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T H E i- ‘P O L S O N D O E S THI OLUME 1, Jd % ' T m<- J! V POLSON, FLATHEAD COUNTV, MONTANA, THURSDAY.JUNE 13,1810. ; s . .* J.' ■■;?/ , •!?. ijt 5 Tr y ;h M A Bit Of Hitoiy )f Poison BiuineM M m j » » Ithe summer of 1906C; II. R ik t | of 8apulpa, Indian Territory if In to Montana looking for.a Ion. And after a trip through iatliead country lie decided Pol. ig the p]acev S q on .returnl^ ulpa he secure*. lils.trader’s ii and the spring' of 1907 found i Poison wltli a stock of general tndise; hlsstore bul|dlng,wjilcli iv occupied by Sliulken Bros., Llhe river.. Her^ lip did a Sg business until' A p r il; 1st' of l«iWt:/t^Wv;'Vheif ;i n t M M to Sliulken Bros.W b e ri :th« ras platted lie moved tlie build- Ita present location, firm of Shulken Bros, la com it three brothers, Harry Max and SpotSW, lj)y,,Iow.a In the .fall of Miff. ailoWlngyear found them .in ithey.openedam t ;st«re /T tiatth e M y o w ig ilssliown M oftlierr Kalispell e*t*W | which they still own and Rooming, Wf Poison tiny J m e Liny friends Kd trad*. ‘ ‘ - ' 1 j>*.. . ' - ^ . I . ■ ■ tfotty Wvin'years ago ayoung RiofcP home wasUten‘KansaB hsouri'eaught' tiie mining m a t’;;-Wi» epidemic a t ' that [He had not yet g atM t'ikle «/»i -'O' ■''WU'-Vil'fWi C-.’I . | but he was born in Kansas le Missouri line and spent lila l l n tin t section of the coun- L i schooled ite boys to aCdrl: | Inured them to hardship. not surprising tliat ln the M we see W. H. B. Carter n it work In the Virginia City Boater lie appared a t Grluly lj^ f » .;^ A f t e r | v e .j^ ^ l| e l| ' \ ‘ to the “ states.\ c , . , . . _ _ ________ |i to stay. So though varloua kept Mr. Carter in hia flty home more than % score JlW ia ; the Montana germ fid such effective work tlnjt hrears ago he accepted the nbook n Company- of h e n : lie came to Polaon ] % ' 1906 and Opened his lin t to now Fourth A vem ie. I'ary^ods, gents furnishings n H a W booster for a greater H Ills position as Fred- Chamber of Commerer| kble to do much for tha |t of tlib'clty. > » * • ■■■■■ fr 1909 marks an epoch la ( of Poison.. A t that tithe • attracted here by the fc* bf Its acetilc ber.utydellght. i and thev. prospects1 of tbe n t p f fabulous wealth, those who, came, 'here then IKlser of the Arm of .Kiser t of D(ilon,. Montana. For Itese gentlemen conducted a.j (general dry goods, clothing justness In Dillon. But (lib: fth e Flathead made tlio it Poison look good to them) jtlis after Mr- Kiser’s first [were on the ground making; the opening of their < Big, |nd that they had tho faith livlctlons was proven, wlien rary 15th they opened tlielr Showed a stock of goods I jantity, quality and price [pare favorably with many Usliments. (mbera of the firm are wide Iness men capable of keep- itli western progressiveness, r Isa born Montanan and n hails from Quincy Illinois » ? ? [as but\Two exclusive gro- Lambert &; Bengston |cli was given in a previous i Courier and Betz & Wells 9 found on Third Avenue, <o the First National Bank, i commenced business ln February of the present igli Mr. ltetz has been a 1 Poison since May 1009. jt o Poison at that time ex p o into business blit found nvernment had withdrawn j for the occupation of lots, Kred the employ of the F. L. ■any where he remained un it* of the year, its a native of .Indiana, But In 190* hMUrtad out .to . 9 eek _ location.,, After traveling through M ^ u r l . ml S a 1i « b . i l (K»tU-:at Wagoner, Oklalnms . 5 Here he con ducted » m a t and graeefy busitwcs. But the old home tlee were not yet entirely severed. 80 we now And him in business In hia old liome town In the Hoosler s u tel At tlie- end of a year lie again; u ln a to the weet, bringing up a t B igF o rk, Montana. After a yeir'a neldenoe tliere lie burned the bridges between him and llooslerdom, by ’locating In Poison. *&& hi* business prospecte end so deeply in love wltliPotson t in t lie j v i l l n e m .... 3 . M. Wells the otlier member 0 ? the firm waa born in Ark»ns|p, but spent Ufa boylwod ' ik H iisburl ’| iii K a n s a lb 'U ter he) eiilci»ted.»to Oklahoma came to PoUon in AprU WW. i t wee 9RHUHZE A PREStYTERUN Rev. B. W. Edwards, pastpr. evan gelist of the Graat ,Falls Prasbjrtery and Rey. Geo. W. Fisher of Kalispell peit with the ^ Presbyterian people of laat Tliunday evenlnih Mid iH t h a t i t t ^ h T . f o e t b e p ^ tlon tohlcti mttow HHe'eoMpepiably. W IilleM r .W e ilaJias'iw t boqomeeb llioroughly Im b uM jvlQi die lloiitM a M M r , W»Vi»e * \ Rets A Wells kw- popular wltli tlielr customers and a n estab* . . . . . . | !,V ■ ? A llslilngagood bualnaae. ■ m The A M Ia Pioneer was tetw e e k from e : M ^ to a six o o k iinii. quarto. 'B kk : B ttth bone la eure putUng4be \flalna” He has put In a power press along w ttli oilier improvments and. jftjefe ting out a paper that ls not ?ooly 'a credit to Ronan but tlie entln naervation. Dean King came in ,by boat from Kalispell today and went out to hia . acre $raet live and a half miles soOthwest of Pblaoini' He w ill build a cabin at once; Dean ^ M ia n d le nursery stock for King w T iirm a n ! of Kailspell. ' . ’ Tlie village of Camas a t f l ) t i| r b n e M i ^ M veef%Ofii|iitopeiMieiieeiibe ay. x lih wllrbe t h i only place in igtlmeand ablgcrowd. The regular pnaching and song ser vice of the Presbyterian church will be lield next Sunday evening at 8 a’clock in the schbol' libuBe. I f you lilve not yet fo u n la church liome yott^ni invited to wonl^p h e ie.. Rev Geo. W hite of tlie Presbyterian ehurch preached an excellent sermon at the school houee 8unday morning. Mr. White tlien went to Dayton Where H« was to bave art evening service. T. J . Hoorlgan, the barber, who has a forty acre tract dve miles soutli west bf Poison has let tlie eon* tract to have i t plowed and contem- ptatee building a log houee In tlie near futnre. W ill Mettler, eon of Jas. Mettler lias accepted a position with the Williams Traneportatlon Co., also the lodgb Tira<iiqK>rMtlon Co., selling ibketo and handling expnee a t their PbjaonoMoe. Oswald Ell, Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Guardlpe died at the family liome today, June 23, of typhoid men- lngitls. Tlw funeral will be held Friday at the Cfttlioile church In Poison. Karl Knudsen is a happy man. Mrs. Knudsen arrived tn Poison lu t Friday from Oklahoma City and they are a t liome in tlielr new residence In Poison Heights. 0. W. Blombuiyhas returned from a buslnees trip to Ronan and Is com pleting arrangements to build a resi dence bn liis land six miles southwest ofPolson. Millers’ new well drill arrived to day and will be placed In' position at once to start operations on a well foi Karl Knussen in Poison Heights. Rev. White, Presbyterian pastor, will liold services next-Sunday morn ing at 11 o’clock ln tiie school house at Ronan. The llakeman building is about completed, and the McCarthy Drug Company will move in to it in a few days. The Wade Clothing Company is get ting its stock of goods In and expect to be ready for business in a short time Rev. Sykes of the Congregatlanol church filled the pulpit at the M. E. church Sunday evening. Mrs. Doering of the Bell Hotel left on the boat Wednesday for a few dayB visit ln Kalispell. & OOWFeCTiOHgBY i p g WIII Gordbn Iim sold h W j ^ b t i p ? ery and |ce orepm business to.„Charl 9 s Alttiird bf ^zeraah\>who >is .to take possession July. 1st, , , . Mr, and Mrs/Gordon' hive made many friends and b u ilt up a line trade by their purtebw'treatmenVan^ the _ . . . . . . .excellent quality of their goods and f!3 P 9 .^.' f ^ 1 every thing t i n t tliey served. SoUttit ohartfr meipbers and thfre Are^tliclr patrons w ill, rogipt^to. | ie ^ .of their decision' to retire from buslneae, , J I r.Alward '(f^bbW .;|%r|RiorP a men bf good Nullities, will endeavor to keep everything up to tlie. p t b ie n t 'iu M M i ■. ' ■: • number yet to come In who were unable to be present a t the organlxa- ' 1 ^ iN i t 'i a i ' Enoch Plillllps were chosen tlie summerr.. mor summ e - - Ll poison, Ronaii' and Tlie services a t Poison will Dayton, fp^tlw pneent be held Iii tlie school FILINfiS AHE '■VM? i-iti W ttOVU DISTRICT -Tlie record Ab r ftiinigs' on klatlHHui for th# examination of lands selected donW so, thiBff'! opportunity Is gone, ' ' ‘ Moo nanus oalled ln tl^leM opening, wM^uade Mlectiipne; t M of tha<i»u^l»r4«3riJid,^(D f tlioef^rtib: Were favored by luck 1|» fa j n g f t o m tion a yeaf »ifo, on»ycBe' ln everybl« im .nally come Into posseselon o t » Ftotheaa farin. O f t h l . « 3 , « t l e d soldteis’ declaratorysuument.-^MIe> eoullan. - - . NEW METHODIST CHURCH OEOICATED TORE July 3rd promises to be a great day In the liisiory of the M. E. cliurch of city,, wlien that lieautlful. new edlflce will be formally dedlcated^ Rev. Rob.tP, Smith, D. D., president of the Kansas Wesleyan Uulversltjf olpl^Mlress of tlie dajK Otliier v W ^' lngfiipffyman. wlll be Revi^Oi^AC IX D., district superintendent Butte dietrlct. A full aud complete pro* MlHPHBI Lwtlj[ j^l|OUI»B^~*M v-r HIGH SCHOOL STUOEKTS MUTINY A few weeks njjo tlve boyn, members o fthe senior claw of tlie Fiatliead County high school, violated rules and discipline to such an extent t i n t tlw. board decreed I list while tlwy would grant them tlielr diplomas tlwy would nbt permit tlwm to participate In tlw graduating exercises. As usual In enoh eases a number of the class sympatliited with tlw unruly membera and decided to show their sympathy by placing on tlie stage live chairs draped in black. This they did; but tlw / were discovered before the cur tain went up and after some discussion the mutiny was quelled and tlw pro gram carried out. Tiiere were twenty eight to receive diplomas. TO PROMOTE HARiORV » ■ < i ., -v (,’ ■ (■' . i'.tj h. ■■ -■ ■■ . t ■■ ^h e Roijan Pioneer In j|^ report of a meeting o f the.Cbtnmeraiai Club or th a t hiiattMg Ifttie olty (ayes ‘'A flommtttab of aU composed bt ^entire and M. J . Benedict was, sp> pointedt to. v is it tliePblsbhC h u n b e r early date and liariiionlous mutual gf Cot^meiice a t^an biideavor' to promote relatioBji betweeii the twip itobrne talk ovir^ the matters‘ of 5 mi •S> THE WEATHER Tlw temperatures as taken by the U, 8. Observer Frank Browne a t the Fokon etatlon. Max Mln. 8et. Thursday 71 48 69 Friday 09 to 65 Saturday 72 47 66 Sunday 70 44 60 Monday 08 41 55 Tuesday ’ 71 49 j 05 Wednesday (10 49 63 Precipitation .(to JNDMNS I H JiYvm ilHHOTiH *‘*riw Mi#soulUn o f J u n e J o t l iin e tlMfollowlngspeclalfroei Washington in^ regard to t i n baton oeulng of thS Jndlato delegation.’’ -- Led by Indian Agent Major Morgan, the Flathead Indliuis tonight .turned tlielr. faces toward Montem. They will stop one.day to view Niagara and tlwn head straight for home. T in entire delegation, wltli the exception oCChaalee Allard, who left for New York, called on Senator Dixon a t the capital ; Mils afternoon. v Thsy <ex- pressed their appreciation of the courtesies extended themduitlng t ln ir visit and N&ted wlthventhuslasm tlwlrexperlenbee while In Wi They tbttTof tHeir vlelttoM ’ Arlington, the Washington \monu' meut and t in capitol—for tliey hac visited evwrjr point of interest in tin city.' A t the monument old Antiste, the Kootenai chief, flatly refused to ascend In t in elevator unless t i n rest of the delegation made tlw trip in safety lirst. After his comrades had come down tlw old Indian went up and thought tlw view “almost equal to top Mis sion mountains.” \Qeorgo Washington iieap big man to have such big tombstone,” he re msrked. At the navy yard tin Indians looked long and hard, and the slg|)t of 2,000 men making canon for Uncle Sam. Wlwn tiny wen told, that a big 13 Inch gun before them would carry a shell from St. Ignatius to Poison, Charlie Michel remarked that he \would like to Inve It on Wild none island.” Duncan McDonald and Billy Irvine each occupied the chair of Vice Presl< dent Sherman and of Speaker Cannon, a recess having been given for the moment. T in reat of the delegation Insisted t i n t Duncan McDonald try his hand at presiding In t in supreme court, being chief justice of t in reser vation. T lien w m no chance there, however, and he went away disap pointed. Tlie Indians met the commissioner of Indian affairs and discussed reeer- vatlon matters with him. They ex< pressed themselves as being well pleased with their visit and left for home in high spirits. M P f r i M Y E M f S O ' . < 1 . Drs. Owen and Dogge will open an up to date hospital In Poison iu the near future. While they consider tin t the town is small for such1 an undert*klng,yefctheyflnd Jt< atw lut*; lyiftMMMrv.to eniblfi thfim.to'htndle tljlir prac|l^ p ^ lr ,'e s p e c la U y the '• ' •• •cases.'-' ■ now liavjjn; ward, three good private rooms, nj^’in|iM' in*' 4t|fndanL.,. iBglft nowbnthe- ws#»anil1 ftn^prbf pristbrs expecttoannoupoe iininext opsi#lFt W aLCM T M L FIBECWWEB A tthe ’ h M s s M s u m t o m m m % T in idea wks alBo idvaiiced, in tin dfseasslcn«of the s u b ject,tlnt dealeits sfK iM k inot^llP c b a rticleeuotlltl- FoiirUv And thefi t l n t the flring be dbne^n the lake 'front;'/ This action la considered necessary on account of our limited Are protect 4lon. And the great danger, therb would ^ of Un .getting started among the, slnvlnge and trash around tho new buildings that a n being- put up. Of course all Poison is Interested In this move to prevejit a |«igagration. W H S 1 6 1 1 1 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ o e b » »bb»oboob»bo»bb»bbbbb»obbbbbb»eooosoeooebb» F o u r t h o f J u l y i n P o i s o n PROGRAM. 10,00 A. M __ Parade, to start from dock. 11:15 A. m .—Speech. 1:00 p. m .—I ndians. Host costume man and lady on horseback.. . . . . . . . . . .$5.00 Foot race for the men ............................................ . • • • 6.00 Foot racc for the squaws ............................................ 5-00 Foot race for the boys . ............. . ................................. 2'00 Foot race for tho girls . . ............................................... 2.00 Best d a n c e .............. . ....................................................... 5.00 Prize for the squaw who sets up and gets smoke out of the top of her tepee first ..................................... 5.00 1:30 p . m .~ Free for all foot race for the whites ........ .................. 5.00 Foot race for bo.vs under 12—fifty yards. . .................. 2.00 ' Ilorse race for men (a ll) ...................... ,...810.00 and 5.0C riorse race for women (all) . ....................... 10.00 and 5.00 Horse race for bo.vs (only 14 hands high)................... 3.00 Slow horse racc (all) .................... . ................................ 6-00 Mucking contest............................................................. 10.00 Indian horseback wrestling match ............................. 5.00 Ball game ............... ,.......................................................’JG-OO 7:00 p. m .—Swimming contest, 100 yards, free for a l l ................. 3.00 Rowing race, flat bottom beat, free for all, 200 yards 3.00 Sailing contest, free for all .......................................... — Motor boat'race, free for a l l ....................................... 2.00 9:30 p. M.-Fiveworks from barge on lak e .................................... : **♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ i t w ii jR-'H)—in fact it was shame ful the way the Poison ^ l tosseh landed on the Somers aggregation at the latter place last Sunday. In the nine innings bu$ tliirtyslx men came up before Parsons, and he struck out ten of them, allowed but four hits and most of tlie time retired them in one two tlire? order. r The locals had on tlie lr; batting clothes and their lilts totallsd-flfteen, everybody scored twice, while Marsh, 'Brown, Dagget and Hart each got three runs. The. Poison Band and about fifty rooters went along and helped cele brate the victory and everybody had a good time. I f the score had been reversed the fans would not have been surprlsedjas i t was the local's first trip outside the Reservation and most any. tiling wight iiave been expected. But sucii a cleaning was a surprise to everyone. Soobr By In n in g s Poison—3—1—2—4—2—3—0—0—7—22 8omers~l—3—0-0-0-0—0-0-1 INFANT ROY DIES Little Kenneth, tlie infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Barber died on Saturday. He had been ailing for few days; but was not considered seriously ill until a few minutes be. fore his death. Llttfo Kenneth was born ln Poison January 22,1910 and died Juno 10, aged four months and twenty seven days. The funeral was held at Dawson’s undertaking room Sunday, afternoon’ Rev. White of the M. £. Cliurch officiating. INDIAN DELEGATES RETURN Auld and Chief Antiste arrived hero Wednesday from their trip to Washington. The delegation got to Ravalli Tuesday evening. Tliey had a very enjoyable trip, aud were successful ln getting tho water right question settled. Mose says that Chief Antiste had the time of liis life and saw many strange things but was very glad to get back to Poison. 9IG CROWD GOES ON EXCUUSI0N. t J The excursion to Yellow Bay today for the benefit of the M. E. church and public school was a pleasant event. There were eighty-three people boarded the Klondike for the beautiful trip. There were plenty of well filled baskets and the company was ready to enjoy their contents when they landed. Afteran hour and a half at the Bay, the jolly crowd re sponded to \all aboard” arriving at. Poison about i o'clock p. 111 . One of t i n moet horrible in t in M^ory of?this county < in < ISibby yesterday afternobo^at 2 o’clock. Tlie ferry on the Kootenai river was loaded wltli psssengan started for the .nflirth s j i i ' p f the r|ver.'‘ Tlie occupant# w?re j f l l l liar* klns.Mill Harmon, •W iib,,Fililsrle|M> Mr. Loucln, Mrs. Roderibk, Tranks Murray, a boy six yean oM and-bid man Frantz, the fert]’ p u p who.Das llvedh>L^byfor.<tt yeanf a id ’* ■ J U the boat swung I the apron 1 boat to: t ilt'a n d r u i were washed off c lilld a id -Bsaehsanlc a t .owse; and w « p not seeii agila. Mr*., ItoderloHcaugbt tbe.nllinc u d tietd'op until:. ^rMbaodf:?.': T iu il a it l p t were o iithe B o a tA b e t^o ff^'H IU m Fredericks, Harmon and Laridne aad old mait Frants secured im* M tbApd started to swim to tin -*•— for several hti jghtlng ;tln lroinTOe;<melUinf<'i e shore atyl w s ^ had backed off the boat' aad. wiw awlmmlng to shore. HunAreds->bf people were gvthertngi bsi b n k i oftliestream w lldly o^Uw .for help. Three people had been dinwasdiiia* fore their eyes and a lnlplsss wotdia w a s s truggliiigjntheicy wateis wild, mad rive*. The d r lftin f l^| t was amid , stream a M :resbus seiriiiid impossible. ; Then a ' herti appeued on t in scene In the penon of Mr. E. K.uphai, a. young miningenginsbr. This young man mounted tbe btityl and started hand-over-hMid to s a t l t .human life. Bravely he worked his Way by superhuman effort and reabl)* ed the boat rescuing the Mrs. Roderick. The brave KupliM then went to tlie wheel of t i n half submerged boat and while working a t it a huge log came down the riwit, one end datchlng In t h i 1 fltijr swinging around pinioned the < Kupliat to the boat wheia bbH ed for over an hour bravely straggling and loudly calling for help^ The scene beggara description. A ^ t h is time another hero appeared ug scene in the. person ot Clnrlej^ shall, and he too, went bier 1 hand-over-hand to the brave Kuphal and tried to IboAio'the log to free Kuphal, but in valn||He called for a line and an axe b v ii in ld hot get one. Then Id . DawjjNM se cured an old tub of aboat and started for the rescue. He twlce trled 'and twice failed. Then a boy, Johnnie Rouse, appeared on the scene Mfning down the river in abetter boat. This one Mr. Dawson took andsucMeded in reaching the swamped craft. Just then another fatal chapter was en* acted and two more deaths wsrs sdd* ed to tiie awful catastropln. The big steel cable, anchored to an immense tamarack stump gave way pulling the stump up by tlie roots. The tripod over wliicli the cable passed, swung around and one of the big logprope which lield it, crushed J, W. Mulli- tiaux to death, slowly rolling over his prostrate form, grinding out his life in tlie presence of hundreds standing nearby. A nd yet the death roil was not com* pleted. One more was to be added as grimly as the others. As the cable swung around and caught Teddy Wall in its death embrace, passing over his face and binding his head to a stump mashing its steel coils into the flesh and crushing out liis life. Three bodies hidden In the angry Kootenai and two lifeless forms on the banks. ’Twas a terrible thing and tpore sorrow than should fall in one day to a small and peaceful vil- age, and yet it did not occur In a mo ment or an hour, but from 2 In the afternoon until,(1—for four long, aw ful hours the scene of death prevail ed. Women and children hid their eyes iu horror as life after life was snuffed out and friends passed to tiie great beyond before their eyes. A pall of sorrow rests over tiie vil lage, and June 15 will long be remem bered as the most terrible day in lier history.—Kalispell Bee. Work On Bridge Again Delayed. Work on the bridge has again been delayed. In driving the piles Wed nesday a streak of soft dirt was en countered wliicli was so soft that the piling could not be made solid. Work was suspended while a crew was sent to get some fifty-foot piling which it is thought will reach a solid founda tion. The driver will probably not he aL w ork again before Monday.
