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T H E F L A T H E A D C O U R I E R . 'POLSON DOES THINGS' OLUME 1, bucans name COUNTY TICKET CMtloi Adopb M IlH M F M W n WIH Wla «MY, OF POLSON NAMED FOR rep r e s e n t a t iv e repobllean county convention it Ktlixpcll Saturday w u -jnui in every way. Sidney M. w i made chairman and Ward and A. J . Lowary following ticket wa* placed In (nation. State Senator—E. M. Ilutchin* Bepiewntatives—G. H . Grubb, 1 Lewis, F. L. Gray. County Commissioner—J . E . Sberiff—Eugene Hodge. Tnasurer-E. E. D a y County Clerk—A. L. Jordan. AMNor-J. W. Johnson fount; Attorney— J . U . Steven* County Superintendent—Mhe Trumper. Public Administrator—Hugh tiiaty Surveyor-C. P .' Smith. Gomner-J. E . Waggener. « tiw representatives of tlie re- * party of Flatiiead county lit km ateembied, do hereby en* tht administration of President tad point especially to tlie fact the congress of tin United States eighteen months of tlw aimln- “ lias placed upon tlie statutes eowtry more progisaslve legi* titanlias ever been adopted in Hkw like period In the bbtoqr • government. Tlw eetabllali- lefapernsnant tariff eoenraMon M ( i of tlie postal saving tank tl* long and short haul featura • railroad law; are marked ex- « of Mich legislation. We call iai attention to tlie part taken iii pngmsive legislation by our Monitd repneentatives in eoo* pied endorse their official coo- In representing the state of n a at Washington, feme* our demand for a eon* Host smendment for tlie eler e< United States senators by the • note of tlie people. We are In favor of tlie consenra- of the natural resources of tlw by, but in such a way ss not to id tbe development of those see* •ofthe country to wliicli tliose wee belong. We favor the V disposal of all agricultural •a Uie Flathead Indian isssrv*. to actual settlers whether tlwy hy *nd or otlierwlse, and stand •or for our nominees for tlw legis- **' supporting no man for tlw »of United States senator wlio not pledge his best endeavor to end. *e are tn favor of an efficient dl- Prtmary election law. e are in favor of a law making, ninal offense for any assessor state of Montana to assess prop* for less than its actual cash value law provides. • hereby Instruct tiie nominees convention to tiie state legisla- to use tlielr best efforts to secure enactment of a law applicable to psrtation upon the water within state, conforming to tlie provi- of the United States marine in* ion law. • pledge the nominees of this ention to efficiency and economy uie administration of county Bi having due regard to tlie de* of necessary public improve- throughout the various sections >e country. n stalet national and county rei we pledge tlie republican Ho administer affairs from its Pt on guaranteeing justice to all ali0\ ing special privileges to none '* delegations that selected com «es reported the following: jlspell, Ko. i_ o . p. j. Mosby, Buckingham. „ McDonald, Jack. Cox. J-Dr. A. Howe, G. M. Fisher, i, ^ O'Neil, J. D. Eaton. JicGrove-G. J1- Beatles, G. II. POLSON, FLATHEAD COUNTY, MONTANA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15,1910. NUMBER 23 Bad Rock—W illiam Mooring, W il liam Turner. >r Creston-C. L. Buck, J . H . Paul. ,. Big V o ik - ] . M, Parker, J . Nadrau. Dayton—A . I I . Jainen, Thomas Seed. • • R o lllna- R . A . Bolllns, L. D. W hite Somers-8. E . Johns, Amos Mitchel Columbia F a lU C . C. Miller, L. 1): Bates. W h itelish—P. P. Dodds, Edwaid Tenner. Sedan—II. B . Rankin, Alden Ayers. Demersviile—F . G. Spannuth, Wal lace Monk. Poison—H . A . Kiser, John Sherman. A number o f precincts had no dele gates preaint a t tiw close and the cooimltteemenwere not named. Tbe following delegates were named to a ttend tlw s u t e convention: a J. M o lntlre, J . 0 . K leth, E . M. Hutch- ineoo, J . D. Eaton, F, L. Gray, G. A. Feeeenden, 0 . S . Proctor, Wallace Monk, W . N. Nuftslnger, A . D. Mc Carthy. W . F. Hubbard, W illiam Cal- beck, G. H . Grubb* W. X. Wells, Dr. M . W . Bottorf, W . C. Whlpps, E . E. Day, L . D . Bates, H . S. Canon, W . J. Brennen, S. M. Logan. Alternates w e n named as follows: U . A . Kendal), C. L . Dobner, J . A. Robtoeon, O . P , J . Mosby, John Sher- m a n , E . Glen, C .E . Bedeker, George Graham, F . C. 8pannuth, II. Lou K n igh t, Fred Gerlach. J . H . Stevens, II. A . Kiser, P. C. McStravick, A . L. Jordan, H . F . Jeseup, C. H . Brintnall B. M .H o llister, Harry Fine, J . M. Paulln, J . M. Parker, C. W . Pomeroy. Eifiki WiH S mb Frank Marsh ia up from Kalispell tliia week looking after a ll tlw details Iii connection w ith tlie installing oi tlw municipal water works plant. Tlw contract has been let for pipe, hydrant*, valves and titling*. Tlie M t wete spoBod Wsdnssdsy Mght and were I3&0 below the sst|maU>’ which allows Juat tlia t much more margin to work npon intlw e a tlm M o d Ttw nssrvolr w ill be of reinforced concrete, w ith a capacity of 100,ouo gallons, located 1196 feet due weet oi Dewey avenue on F if t h street. I t w ill Iw b u ilt on tlw side of tlw lillt and w ill be modern In all its detail* and for a ll tbe centuries to eome. by locating a t this elevation tlw low s w ill have a pressure o f M pounds In tto business d is trict and an avsrage of 10 pounds in tlw rssident districts. T ills is a t least twice Uw pressure tlw K a lispell system liaa been having and w ill be ample in moet urgent lire cases M r Marsh thinks we ought to be en joying ample fin protection by the U t li of November, nest, which will certainly be a g rsat relief to tlw people isaacUUly in the business p a rt o f town wlwit tlw fr a w itbout water works would be very bad. A t last night's meeting of tiw town council tlw matter o f a pump and en- ■tne wae up b u t no definite action wss taken owing to bids not having arrived in the m ail. However tlie bids w ill fa ll below tiw speculations, whieh w;l» Iw lp m a ture. Work on tlw plant w ill commeuce a t an early date.—Eureka Journal. DELEGATES ATTEND STATE CONVENTION The Kalispell contingent to the Republican State convention made a short h a lt in Poison. A few of tlie ^ came in Tuesday evening and stopped over n ight a t the view. Tlie otliers came In on the K londike Tuesday. Tliey were Join ed Iwre by the Poison delegation and all went to Ravalli in the big auto. M. E . CHURCH SERVICE Tiinre w ill be preaching In tlie Methodist Episcopal church next Sun day a t 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Sunday school every Sunday at 1 0 ^ a ^ prayer meeting every Thursday 8 AlT are cordially invited to these services. ________ TOWNSHIP ORGANIZED i t is now Poison township. The one under tl,a* ” 7 u i e Little Arm = & - £ « s r , , s l s : tern aud southern boundaries. POLSON SCHOOLS OPENED MONDAY Hsadrad aad Fifty PipHi EMM Monday was a great day for the school children of Poison. But few of them had been in school since they left their homes north, so.uth, east or west. And many o f them mat now for tlie first time. I t is seldom tliat a school of 150 pupils is organized under auch conditions aa exist here. Tlw grading liad be done to a great extent on tiw word of tiw pupils themselves. As tlwre were no records for anything. O f course mistakes may have been made, but this can be remedied as the work progresses and it is found t h a t any Iiave been placed In tiw ftrong grade. Tlwre are eight gradea in tiw school. Tlw first, second and third are presided over by Miss E d ith Maynard in tiw school build ing. Here fifty four little ones re ported Monday morning. I t being tlw first day In school for a large number, On the first floor o f tlw Mills build* ing you w ill find Miss Nellie Wade In charge o f tiw third, fourth and fifth grades. Forty-eight were en rolled In these grades Monday morn ing. Tiw sixth, seventh and eighth grades are located on the second floor of tiw Mills building .'C a r l Billings is in controllwre and Iwenrolledforty one Monday; making a total o f 143 enrolled tlw fln t day. But Wednes day evening the enrollment had reached 155. Tlwre being 60 In tlie primary, 50 In the Intermediate and 45 in Mr. Billings’ department. I t has beeu necessary to order more seats by telegraph as tiiere are a num ber wiio w ill start next week and all the seats are now occupied, -*• Mr. Billings is very enthusiastic in his work and anticipates a successful year. RUNAWAY TEAM A runaway team belonging to the Poison Lum ter Company created a little excitement on B. Street this morning. Two four-liorse stsges were standing In front of the W il liams stage office when tlw runaways which were hitched to a heavy wagon came tearing up the street. Tlwie was quite a scramble as the stage driven tried to get tlielr rigs out of the way, but no damage was done and tiw runaways were caught Just a fter tlwy got on tlw bridge. MUCH LAND W ILL BE SOLD AT AUCTION W h a t is declared the largest auc tion ssle of lands ever offered a t one time, will take place on the Crow, in Montana, tlw U n itali, In Utah, In dian reservation October 15 and No vember 1 next respectively. About 1 , 100,000 acres of land suitable prin cipally for dry farming and grazing. Is Involved. About 800,000 acres of tlie lands on tlie Crow reservation win be sold at Billings, Montana, a t not less than *2 per acre, one-llfth payable In cash, the remainder in four annual Installments witiiout in terest. On the Unitab, approximate ly 700000 will be sold a t Provo, Utah, at not less than fifty cents an acre, payable in cash. COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS A t the last meeting of the city council they decided to pass an ord n a n c e controlling the dockage. This will be acted upon at the next % committee composed of Dawson, Gabb and Chambers was appointed to report upon the grade of streets and alleys that was made by a committee that was appointed by the Chamber of Commerce before the town was in corporated. If this grade Is found to be satisfactory it will be accepted. t h e w e a t h e r The temperatures as taken by the U. S. Observer Frank Browne at the Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday MMY FILINS ON LAND T hat is not scheduled Many of those who are offering fil ings for lands on the reservation are selecting broken farm units, or tracts which have not been classified or ap praised. Wlien the state made its selection of land in lieu of that taken on eec- tions 10 and 30 by Indian allotments, in many cases the selections covered a portion of a farm unit, as the tracts which i t is proposed to put under Irri gation are called. Tlie land office had been instructed that a filing cannot be accepted (or a portion o f a farm unit, and when a filing Is offered for one whlch lias been broken by a state sslsctlon, tlwre js no option b u t tore* Ject the entry, and give the applicant the opportunity to appeal to tiw gen. eral land office for a decision. I t is thought probably that the applicants In such cases will eventually get tiw land, as tiiere is no reason for holding to the original ruling in such cases, b lit the situation was not anticipated, and no provision lias yet been made for-it. . Either because of being originally Indian allotments, or for wmie otlier mason, there are some lands that were uot Classified by tlw appraising commission, M d tlw land ottce lias no authority to accept filings on tlwae, but by recent instructions is' permit ted to receive sn spplhatkm snd su*- pend It, pending appraiisiSnt. ; A number, of filings on miei^tjfsclbhave been offered.—Inter L a k e , 1 FLATHEAD FAIR V ' ; One unique attraction a t tlw Flat head Fair on Oct. 12-I&14, wlll be a iww invention by Mr. >W. B Ryter, wlio lives Just outside of Kalispell, near the Stillwater bridge. Mr. Ryter claims that he has an Inven tion which abrogates tiie law of grav itation Mid shows the reasons why tlw planets are. suspended. Ill space and tlie Impassibility of' one planet ever striking another, lie claims Iw can suspend a needle In mid-air and make a pin stand on tlw small end w ltiw u t any support. Tlw Flathead F'alr Is tlw only Fair In tlra work! which has this exhibit and this w ill be tlie flrst time I t has ever been placed before tlie public. The Flathead Fair office liss Just mailed out a complete line of fair literature to all the school teaclwre In Flathead county, and among other things has called attention of tiw teacliere to tlie large increase'of pre miums In theeducational department. Special exhibit space has been as signed to this department this year and this very Important work should have a large and creditable exhibit. The Flathead county schools are sec ond to none, and the good work done Is certainly worth showing the peo ple. The school children under the ages tof fourteen years will be admit ted free on Friday, October 14, by ap plying to the outside ticket office for iNdian Rilice Aitiine Antoine Paraseau, Indian Police- man was drowned this, Thursday eve- nlng ju8t this side of tiw narrows. He bad taken tiw two Indians who were arrested for kidnapping the In- dlan woman here, to Kalispell wiwre he lodged them . In Jail. Wlwn iw boarded the C ity ' of Poi son a t Somen Iw was decidedly under the influence of liquor,, snd . liad a coupleof bottles of whiskey w ith him. Ben Crsmer took one of the bottles away from him and tried to induce him to go Wlow but Antoine would not d o lt . Juat how the accident happened is not known ss no one wss looking wlwn he fell. As soon as possible tiw boat was stopped, and a skiff lowered. The skid was w ithin a few feet of him wlien Iw went down for tlw last time, ■■■w Paraseau was married and leaves a wife iand several chlldied. II? lived about three miles esst o f Poison. CHANGE IN STACE COMPANY Ben Denison lias sold his interest in the W illiams stage line to Tom Bateman. Mr. Kateinan is proprietor of the llavalli hotel a t Ravalli and is an old timer in tlie stage business. Tlie company is figuring on p u tting on another large passenger stage about the 20th of this month. II. Max Min. Set. 02 40 60 ()U 38 58 05 3(> 56 64 38 62 (il 40 66 70 48 64 76 52 70 Drudging Of Poison Harbor Started Work of dredging tlie Poison Har bor was started today. Tlie work is being done wltli the Somers Lumber Company’s dredge in charge of a gov ernment engineer. It is thought that four months will be required to complete the project. GONE TO GET MARRIED A. E. Kemball, Nate Hart’s right liand man, left for Spokane Monday. It is reported he will be back next week and will be accompanied by a lady who will take charge of the new residence in Grandview wliicli Mr. Kemball has been workingjon so faith fully lately. Poison Township To Have Two Jus' tices Of Peace The County Commissioners have provided for the election this fall of two justices forPolson township. Driving liis prisoner ahead of him; w ith a shotgun, held ready on his arm, T. Si A rthur o f Ravalli; yeeter* day brought a neighbor, B. A . BryMt. Into lllssouls, chargad:. wlty haying committed m outrage u p o q h ls .U tti* nlne*year-oid daughter.: A rthur wired in from Ravalli to Sheriff G n h a m Saturday night, that Iw had tlw n u n ,I and asked him to conge and bring him In. Tlwre were no trains u n t il early this morning, however, eo. the sheriff instructed A rthur to bring- tiw man to Mtapoula. A rthur, ac.' cbrdlngly, boarded tiie train, witli: his shotgun always cocked snd ready to'fire, and escorted tlw prisoner td Jail. Tlw charge, t lia t lias been made against BryM t .is a grave one. Mr. A rthur told tlw following atory yes terday: A week ago Ssturdsy lw and his wife left on a fishing trip and asked their neighbor, Bryant, o f whom tlwy. knew no evil, to look after tlielr children. Tlw crime was committed upon t lia t day. Tlw child said nothing of .the out rage to Iwr parents arid I t was not. until some time later t lia t anything was suspectid of Bryant. Last Sat* urday a half-breed wonuui told Mrs. A rthur that BryM t liad attempted fam iliarity w itli !wr own little daughter and suggested that Iw m ight n o t be al) right. This led Mr*. A rthur to fear for lier child and on questioning tiw little girl she got the whole story. When lw Iward o f it, Arthuratonce seized a shotgun and went out after Bryant with the intention, he frank* ly admits, of killing him on sight'. When he met him , however, he sur* rendered so easily that A rthur brought him Instead to Missoula, wliere he now rests In the county Jail. Bryant has not yet told his side of the story. Both .Bryant and A rthur are from Kentucky, but they did not know each other until two months ago on their arrival on the reservation where they have taken up claims. I t Is said that Bryant is married and has a family of grown children in Ken tucky.—Tlie Missouiian, Sept. 12. NEW MEAT MARKET BUILDING Teams are a t work grading for the new market that the F. L. Gray Co., are going to build to the east of tlielr department store. The new room will be twenty-five feet wide and tlie length of the store. Tliey are using tlie dirt taken out to till in front of the store build ing. Tills is an improvement tliat will not only be appreciated by tlielr customers in tlie rainy season, but it will add much to tlie appearance of tlie street. M. E . LADIES AID ELECTS OFFICERS The Ladies Aid Society of tlie M. E Cliurch met in the parlors at tlie church this afternoon and elected the following officers for the ensuing year: President Mrs. A. Mizell, Vice Presi dent Mrs. J. A. Trow, Secretary Mrs. B. McGilllvary, Treasurer Mrs. II. W. Douglas. LITTLE D0INS IN THE UNO OFFICE Up to; Wednesday night sixteen hundred of the second.tbree thous* M d number holdero liad been calied a t the Kalispell land office.' O u t of tiitf'num b e r forty eight' h id made selections and eighteen had fifed.' A t Misaoula but little interest is belng 'ftin lfe a te d .. From.prewnt in dications there is going to be plenty of land toft for homestead this fall. INDIANS W O U LDJE KIDNAPPERS Two Indians from Banners Ferry, Idaho, attempted to kidnap, an old In d ^ n squaw here one day t lijs week. They liad her tied and on tiie boat, wlwn some o f Iwr friends notified the In d lM police who rescued the old. Isdy and arrested her- would-be abductors. Tlw next day two squaws,from one of tlw tribes here went to the old woman* teepee and gave her an-.un- m^rclful b e a ting.. W h a t tlw itrouble is about is a hard thlbg to fi^d o u t .. }E. J . Cramer b f Somen w a s # Epi* son today looking after tlw inteirMt of theC Flathead County FMr. Mr. Cramer is very anxious to have tbls section represented in the fair. He urges t h a t a colledtlve exhibit be sent up. This Is a good idsM p d a ll t h a t i t would require is a united effort. A good e thiW t from hero wobld be one of tiw nest advertisements tlw place couldhive. J . R . Tinker who is building tiie stem fMiiding a t the c o rnerbf F o u r tir and E. streets lias decided, on account o f f t ^ \ f U lu r e :.to get brick t o l l n i s l i with, \not to try to' complete tiw building this fall. He w ill finish tlw first . floor and w lll open a furnl* tore store as soon ss possible. Mi** Katherine Browne and iw r sister, Mis. J . M. Harty o f Chicago, came down from Columbia Fails ges* teiday and returned to-day. T%ey are visiting at the family beme in Columbia Falls. Miss Katherine ex* psetato return in a few days. Clarence Sterling met w itb aser* ious accident Wednesday. He was shoeing a hor^e at the Shur black* sm ith simp when the anim al plung* ed forward. Sterling’s Iwad was c u t and one foot was pretty badly mashed. Dr. Owen dressed the wounds. Mrs. E. J. F'rear, who Is visiting Iwr daughter, M n . Harry Bailey of Kalispell, has been a guest at the Poison House the past few days. Mrs. F n a r is looking tlw country over with a view of location. Sbe is high* ly pleased w ltb tbe Flathead countiy. F n n k Lambert has let the contract to E. J . Krlnglen for the building of a modern residence o n tlie lot he re* cently purchased of J. A. Johnson, tlw last lot on the south side of the public square and ts a beautiful sita for a liome. Mrs J. B. Densmore is expected liome from her Eastern trip next Monday. While in New York she purchased a large stock of millinery for Miss Densmore. A part of the goods have arrived and tne rest are expected dally. J. A. Freeman of Brinton, Okla., was a Poison visitor this week. He had been on a tour of the northwest looking for a location, and has de* cided tlia t Poison is the best ever. He will locate liere in tlie near fu* ture. George Wells of Big Fork w ith his wife and children were guests this week at the C. A. Curtis home. They were making a sort of farewell v isit before going to Wisconsin to v isit Mr. Wells’ people. Miss Agnes Koer of Minneapolis is making her home at the Curtis liome. She lias taken charge of the trim ming department of Miss Dens* more’s millinery store. Tiie Commissioners have named John F. Cook, A. J. Lowary Frank Browne, Esau Janies and W. H . B| Carter to serve as Judges at the elec tion in November. F. L. Gray, II. A. Kaiser and C. E. Redeker are attending the state Re publican convention which convened in Missoula to-day. A. J. Hemsing of Seattle arrived here recently and will spend tlie winter on the ranch with his cousin, Hans Tronaas. Messrs. John Wall and D. P. Lake with their wives went to Ronan Sun day in the Lake aulo. Phil Gerard is hanging paper at tlie Conley ranch south of Poison,
