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The Glasgow Courier
VOLUME
GLASGOW, VALLEY COUNTY, MONTANA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1915.
NUMBER 20
TAKES EXHllKS
TO STATE FÀ».
Valley County's Products to
Compete for Prizes.
MANY AFTER WHEAT PRIZE
Grain Grown Here Expected to Win
Many Prizes. Fair Board Ex
presses Gratitude to Patrons.
Secretary S. C. Moore of the Com
mercial Club left Wednesday night for
Helena to arrange the Valley County
exhibit at the State Fair.
Since the close of the county fair,
Mr. Moore has worked incessantly
gathering together the best exhibits
and packing them so that they would
be in good condition when they reach
ed Helena.
The products which will be repre
sentative of what was produced on
the dry land farms of Valley county
this season should be a big advertise
ment for this part of the state. The
corn and grain exhibits will be ex
ceptionally fine and Mr. M ( oore expects
to bring back even more premiums
than this county won last year with
its exhibits.
Over a dozen farmers from Valley
County will have grain on exhibit at
the state fair to compete for the
Studebaker automobile offered for the
best wheat grown in the state, and it
is safe to say that they will have
to go some to beat the wheat grown
this season in Valley County.
Larger and more premiums f>aid to
exhibitors, with not quite as large an
attendance as last year, resulted in
the fair association coming out with
a deficit in the neighborhood of $500.
The farmers who exhibited are all
very well pleased with the results,
thoroughly satisfied with the awards
made by the judges and those who did
not win premiums are loud in their
praise for the winning products.
The sentiment as expressed among
farmers who have been interviewed
since the fair, show them all to be
heartily in support of the manage
ment. Many who have been interview
ed, who were unable to attend the
fair expressed extreme regret and
stated that had it not been for the
late season and the absolute necessity
for them to be at home harvesting
or threshing their enormous grain
crops, they would have been at the
fair with big exhibits.
The program of entertainment is
declared by practically everyone who
attended as being the best offered in
Glasgow by the association, and was
remarkably successful. The direct
ors of the fair greatly appreciate the
assistance rendered by those who vol
untarily and freely gave their ser
vices as superintendents and judges
in the various departments.
In the livestock division Dr. F. N.
Frisch, superintended the placing of
the stock, and as he had been in this
position previous, it could not have
heen in better hands. C. J. Carr had
charge of the poultry department and
also assisted in looking after the con
ditioning of the race track piovious
to the fair, and va., of very vsU.ialrê
service to the secretary.
In the culinary and butter and
cheese departments, Mrs. W. J. Grif
fith worked long and hard in superin
tending the arrangement of the many
entries made. Mrs. H. A. Yotter,
who had been appointed superinten
dent of this division, found it impos
sible for her to give it the attention
necessary, and Mrs. Griffith very kind
ly consented to take her place. Mrs.
Matt Murray, in charge of the flower
department was an untiring worker
in attending to ' the arrangement of
the large flower display, as was Mrs.
D. S. Williams, who was in charge of
the fancy work department. Mrs.
Williams was assisted by Miss Sophia
Bowling, and both are to be commend
ed for their work in behalf of this
department. Mrs. G. A. Axt assum
ed charge of the art department for
Mrs. B. A. McFarland who was out
of the city.
Mrs. Axt showed her ar
tistic ability in the arrangement of
this department.
The school exhibit was installed in
the new room especially built for that
purpose, and was an exceptionally
commendable one. The placing of
this exhibit required long and ardu
ous work on the part of Miss Johon
not. assistant County Superintendent
of Schools, and Mrs. Charles Tanner
of Hinsdale. These two ladies worked
steadily for several days prior to the
fahr arranging and placing the ex
hibits on the wall. It is impossible
to realize the enormous amount of
work required placing a school exhibit
so as to make a good showing and too
much praise cannot be given these
ladies for the tremendous amount of
work they did.
The ladies who acted as judges in
the various departments are extend
ed an especial vote of thanks by the
Fair Association for their conscien
tious and painstaking efforts in ren
dering their decisions. It is to their
credit that their good judgment was
verified and complete satisfaction ex
pressed by all of the exhibitors whose
work they judged, both the losers as
well as the winners expressing sat
isfaction with the results.
Among those who. helped make the
agricultural room attractive was Mrs.
Flaherty, who made a special trip to
her ranch and return, in order to
bring in additional exhibits. Her
work in this respect, as well as in the
time she spent distributing reading
matter to the farmers' wives, shows
her great enthusiasm for the success
ful issue of the fair.
That the Valley County Fair is an
institution for which the business men
of Glasgow hold the greatest regard
was plainly shown during the three
days of the fair by the many cour
tesies extended to the association.
Private automobiles were at the dis
posal of the judges, superintendents
and Secretary at all times. Especial
ly is this true in the case of J. P.
(Continued on page 7.)
DESIGNATES FIRE
PREVENTION DAY
October 9th has been designated by
Governor Stewart as Fire Prevention
day in a proclamation just issued. Af
ter reciting the fact that the subject
of fire prevention is receiving increas
ed attention each year by both pub
lic officials and private citizens, and
that the annual loss in a majority
of instances preventable amounts to
approximately $200,000,000, the gov
vernor concludes:
"In the hope of furthering this
movement, I, S. V. Stewart, as gov
ernor of the State of Montana, do
hereby designate Saturday the 9 th day
of October, 1915, as fire-prevention
day.
"In observance of the day I sug
gest that our citizens give careful
inspection to heating apparatus pre
paratory to the winter's use; that
those charged with such duty make a
thorough investigation of all public
and private institutions, hotels, the
aters, etc., to the end that the safety
of the public may be further guaran
teed and that fire drills be held in i ll
our schools and suitable instruction
impressed upon pupils as to the im
portance of the occasion."
ANOTHER AUTO RACE
Arising out of the discussion over
the result of the auto races at the
Valley County Fair, another auto race
will be held on the fair grounds track
on Sunday, October 3rd. The race
this time will be between a Ford and
a Buick, Sam Grossman, the winner
of the Fair Ground? race putting up
the little car against one of the big
Buicks. The race will be for a $1,000
stack, each man backing his car and
abilities as a driver with S5<Kl The
race will be for blood and should set
tie all arguments over the superiority
of the two cars on this track.
Besides the automobile race there
will undoubtedly be a number of mo
torcycle races and the residents of
the county will have an opportunity
of seeing some of the best racing on
that day that has ever been witness
ed here.
Further announcement of the plans
will be made in next week's issue.
MASONS MEET IN GREAT FALLS
Three of the Masonic bodies of the
state, the A. F. & A. M., the Blue
Lodges, the Eastern Star and the
Grand Chapter, are meeting in Great
Falls this week. There are 86 Blue
lodges in the state and there will be
three delegates from each. These
with other delegates and officers will
bring the total close to 1,000 Masonic
representatives.
On Wednesday, the Masons dedicat
ed the Great Falls Masonic Temple,
the $100,000 structure devoted entire
ly to things Masonic.
Every section of the state is re
presented at the meeting and the
Great Falls Commercial Club co-op
erated with the Masons in providing
a full program of entertainments.
CITY SCHOOL
TERM BEGINS
Glasgow's Yosth Again Resume
Studies After Vacation.
INCREASE IN ATTENDANCE
Almost 100 New Pupils Enrolled. Co
operation Between Parents and
Teachers Urged.
Glasgow's city schools opened for
the school year of 1915-1916 on Mon
day morning, September 13th, with
the largest attendance in the history J
of the local institutions of learning.,
The plan of Prof. Williams of op-1
ening the schools a week later than j
last year worked splendidly and a r
full attendance greeted the teachers
when the doors swung open Monday (
morning. The school term began 7*
week earlier last year and many àf
the pupils were late in getting start- !
ed, many holding off until the second
week of school before enrolling, bu$
as the term this year commenced a j
week later, every pupil was ready
when the school bells rang for the
new term. v
The total attendance in the city
schools to Wednesday night was 456
as compared with 370 pupils enroll
ed last year. The big increase in
scholars reflects the rapidity of the
growth of the city and the excellent
work being done by Prof. Williams.
and his efficient corps of teachers. In
the high school alone there are 77
pupils. Thirty six of this number are
beginning their first year, 20 are soph
omores, 15 Juniors and six seniors.
Prof. Williams expects that this num
ber will be greatly increased within
the next few weeks, as many fromj
outlying districts are expected to en-;
roll, and evary day ainca tha htaW.
school term commenced, new pupils
have been steadily coming in.
In the north side grade school there?
are 138 pupils, 39 of whom are being«
ttoght b ? Mr. U*, 37 b y
Gaynor, 32 By MÏSs Harlîn àVid 30'
Miss Johnson.
In the south side school, there are J
241 pupils, 35 being instructed by
Miss Parker, 36 by Miss Harroun and
35 by Miss Fair, 30 by Miss Eber- j
sole, 30 by Miss Hickok and 75 by
Miss Hammond and Mr. Huber. 1
Prof. Williams was a busy man '
Monday morning when the burden of,
another year's work was assumed by ■
The opening day was spent
him.
largely in assigning the pupils to their
respective classes and arranging the
routine for the coming year, all the
classes being organized and put in a
fairly good working order.
No additional courses were added
this year, as the great expense of
building the new high school and get
ting the departments already estab
lished in good working order would
not permit it.
Students in the high school have
their choice of a wide range of sub
jects, which have been comined under
different courses. Pupils desiring to
take up college work after graduat
ing from high school may select sub
jects that will prepare them for this.
Then there is a business course for
those students who desire to get a
good business training while attend
ing high school. Among the subjects
in this course are bookkeeping, short
hand and typewriting. The instruct
ors in these subjects are well quali
led to give excellent instruction and
graduates from this course are well
prepared to take their places in the
business world.
The Domestic Science course em
braces many subjects and 'provides
excellent training for those who wish
to become proficient in this line and
the Manual training course affords
excellent opportunities for those de
siring this kind of training.
To secure the best results in school
work there must be hearty co-oper
ation between the parents and teach
ers and Mr. Williams and his facul
ty are striving to accomplish this en ^
Parents can greatly assist the school
work by seeing that the students are
prompt and regular in attendance and
by providing suitable conditions for
home study. Students who do not
spend two hours daily in systematic
home study rarely do satisfactory
work. Irregularities in attendance
and home study are the usual caus
es of failures.
The athletic work at the new high
school has received a set back by the
inclement weather this week. The
idea of having a football team was
thought of this fall, but as so many
of the older boys live in the country
and go back and forth morning and
afternoon, it may be given up. Pros
pects for a good basket ball team are
better than ever this year, as the
aspirants for positions on this year's
team will have plenty of time to prac
tice in the new gymnasium of the
school. Mr. C. A. Buckman has charge
of the athletic work again this year,
and that the work of the students
in this line will be up to its high stan
dard, is a foregone conclusion.
Arrangements have been made by
Prof. Williams for another Lyceum
course for the coming season, to be
given in the high school auditorium,
The first of the numbers will be held
on Friday evening, October 8th, when
the soloists of the Schubert Symphony
Concert Co., will appear here. The
Schubert Symphony Club is one of the
largest musical organizations in the
west and the appearance here of three
0 f their foremost soloists is an at
traction that should not be overlook
an d will be a rare treat for the
music lovers of the city.
Season tickets for the entire ly
ceum course ^11 be on tale within
^ f ew days and the success with which
it met last year will no doubt be re
peatel this year. Five numbers have
already been booked and others may
be added from time to time, and those
having season tickets will be able to
attend every entertainment at a great
saving.
"CON" MAN CAUGHT
Acting on a tip furnished by the
Williams County, N. D., Sheriff, Sher
iff A1 ghaw of phillips County took
William T. Poe, into custody Satur
day at Wagner, while the latter was,
attemp ti ng t o cash fraudulent checks
as he had done at Saco, Harlem and
Ma ita, The arrest was accomplished
only atter excitin?
c }, ase
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numerous small loans by means of.
f ed mort gages. The loans were
„ , m „ n that n0 ab , tract , of ml . w.
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charged that Poe obtained
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small loans by means nf
deemed necessary and the transac
tions were concluded without suspic-,
j on . j n each case the papers are said
to have been made out perfectly with
notarial seals and everything else in
regular order. Instead of having
the money come directly to him it is
sa i d that the amount would be for
warded to different places.
p oe j s a i so wanted in Willims coun
ty, N. D., and was convicted not long
a g 0 while posing as the duly elect
ed clerk
county.
and recorder of Williams
CHANGE IN TRAIN TIME
Effective Sunday, September 12th,
a slight change was made in the run
ning time of Trains No. 3 and 4.
No. 4 now arrives in Glasgow at
8:50 p. m., instead of 9:00 p. m., as
formerly and leaves at 9:00 p. m.
instead of at 9:10.
No. 3 arrives at 9:25 p. m., instead
of at 8:50 as on the old schedule,
and leaves at 9:35 p. m.
The new schedule will greatly bene
fit many travelers who come into the
city on the skiddoo and desire to go
back on No. 3, as it gives them thir
ty-five more minutes than formerly
to transact any business they have
here. It also does away with the ex
tra rush and confusion by having
trains 3 and 4 meet here.
ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING FATAL
As the result of a gun shot wound (
he received in a Plenty wood shooting
gallery last week, Harry Welsh died
in Williston Saturday. The accident
occurred while young Welsh was in
the shooting gallery, a rifle in the
hands of the propietor being accident
ally discharged, striking Welsh. He
was hurried to the Williston hospital
and everything done to save his life,
but the wound was fatal, blood poi
soning having set in.
TRAINS TO STOP AT NASHUA
By order of the railroad commis
sioners, Trains No. 3 and 4 will stop
at Nashua to take on and discharge
passengers for points east of Wil
liston and west of Glasgow.
Twenty days time has been given
the Great Northern to comply mith
the order, which when put into effect
will be a great aid to travelers in
and out of Nashua.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Albert L. Murdick of Lismas and
Lydia M. Jacobsen of Glasgow.
Charles J. Cameron and Miss Mur
iel Weldy, both of Glasgow..
START COLONY
ON RESERVATION
Community of German Lutheran
Families to be Established.
WILL FARM ON BIG SCALE
Over 100 Families Expected by Christ
mas. Thirteen Filings Made
Last Week.
The wonderful crops raised in
northeastern Montana this season will
prove a big advertisement for at
tracting settlers to this section of the
state. Hundreds of new settlers have
filed on claims the past few months
and have moved here with their fami
lies, intent on getting started on their
new farms.
The nucleus of a large colony of
farmers was started on the
Fort Peck Indian Reservation by the
Western Realty Co., through J. M.
Miller of this city, last week. Fifteen
men were taken out to look over
the reservation land last Thursday
by Mr. Miller and thirteen of them
were so well pleased with the pros
pects that they filed on it.
The land which these men selected
lies about twenty miles north of Os
wego and is one of the prettiest farm
sections of Jihat vast, fertile farm
ing country. They are the forerun
ners of a large colony of German Lu
therans from eastern states who will
come here in the near future to es
tablish active farming operations
All of the men who came out here
to look over the land are well fixed
financially and will go into their new
are
intend
to sell out their present holdings and
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a11 successful farmers and
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f the state as growing faster and of
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section where they will make their
homes, blossom as the results of their
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labors. They look upon this section
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cision to locate here was only made
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The land on which the colony will
be founded is situated near the di
i viding line between Sheridan and Val
■ ley counties, but all the families will
1 reside in Valley county.
I Many of the men will bring their
! families and farming equipment out
here before cold weather sets in and
i they stated before leaving the city
that they expected to see 100 fam
ilies located there by Christmas. All
those who come here will be equipped
to farm on a big scale and as they
are all well fixed financially they will
be able to start out in the spring and
get in their crops.
The colony will be known as the
Rosendahl colony and the men who
have been instrumental in getting it
started hope to make it a model farm
ing community. They have planned the
erection of a German Lutheran church
and they predict that by spring that
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P«* of the reservation will be dotted
with farmers homes which in a few
J years will be the best farm.ng section
of the state.
BIG PRIZES AT CORN SHOW
Competition promises to be close
and keen at the Boys Corn Show
which will be a large and interesting
part of the "First National" Corn
show to be held in St. Paul, December,
1915, Upwards of 10,000 boys, un
der eighteen years of age, living on
the farms of the "Zone of Plenty"
states of Minnesota, North and South
Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington,
and Oregon, are industriously raising
corn j n plats of ground one acre or
more in extent, with a view to win
ning honor for their localities and
themselves by carrying off prizes at
their respective County and State
Fairs, as well as at the "First Nation
al" Corn Show competition as it will
be the first time in the history of the
Northwest when corn raised exclus
ively by boys throughout the entire
Northwest has been gathered togeth
er display purposes. While, owing
to differences in slimatir and soil
conditions in the vast area of territory
from which boys will make displays,
there will be no general competition
between states, each boy will be giv
en an excellent opportunity to win a
prize worthy of his greatest efforts.
The states named have been divided
into territorial districts in each of
which the competition will be confin
ed. There are 32 districts in each of
which a $50.00 silver loving cup suit
ably engraved will be offered for the
first prize and a handsome golden
bronze loving cup offered for second
prize. No entrance fee will be charg
ed to exhibit and admission to the
show will be free. Each boy parti
cipating in the contest must plant one
acre of corn or more.. The finest col
lection of ten ears of any variety
grown in each dsitrict by a single ex
hibitor will constitute an exhibit.
The enthhsiasm shown by the boy
corn growers in the "First National"
C >rn Show contest indicates that they
realize in winning honor for them
selves by sending a creditable exhibit
of ten ears of corn to this Northwest
ern Show they will be performing a
worth while service for their own lo
cality and their state.
The State Agents of the Boys and
Girls Clubs of the United States De
partment of Agriculture are actively
at work interesting the boys of Min
nesota! North and South Dakota, Mon
tana, Idaho, Washington and Oregon,
in this contest.
Prof. T. A. Erickson of St. Paul, is
actively at work with his 3,000 mem
bers in Minnesota. ...
800 boy farmers in North Dakota
are being urged by their State Agent
to send a creditable exhibit to the
show. <•
Prof. W. M. Mair, of Brookings, S.
D., Prof. Augusta D. Evans, of Mon
tana; Prof. T. J. Newgill, of Pullman,
Wash.; Prof. S. L. Griffin of Oregon
and Prof. T. N. Potter of Idaho, are
all endeavoring to organize the mem
bers of their boys and girls clubs, ag
gregating several thousands, to en
ter the list for the honor of their
communities.
With favorable weather conditions
throughout the remainder of the Corn
growing season, the "First National"
Corn Show promises to produce the
most creditable display of corn grown
by boys under eighteen years of age
in the history of the Northwest. All
boy corn growers in each state named
State Agents of the Boys and Girls
is urged to get in touch with the
Clubs of the Department of Agricul
ture and secure detailed information
regarding this competition.
STATE RESERVE MYSTERY
Reports from Scobey indicate that
the U. S. Land office has smelled a
rat in regard to the "sooners" on the
state reserve, says the Opheim Op
timist. Special officers of the depart
ment have been pussyfooting around
on the reserve asking embarrassing
questions of settlers for the past week
or so. The government officials seem
to be puzzled at the confidence display
ed by these settlers that thev had
picked out land that the state did not
want; some of them backing their
guess to the extent of 100 acres or
so of breaking. It is claimed that
some of the locators at Scobey placed
dozens of settlers after the state
made its selections, but before said
selections were filed at the Glasgow
land office, and it is quite a puzzle,
how these locators guessed so accur
ately the tracts the state had dropped.
MUST LIVE ON CLAIM
The land office at Miles City re
cently was advised of a ruling by the
department of the interior which will
have a far-reaching effect in deter
mining the rights of, the homesteader
in regard to residence. To visit the
homestead and remain from Saturday
until Monday will not be construed as
residing upon the claim.•'This was
held sufficient in ; th« ' case of a
young woman employed as a sten
ographer in Miles City, who recently
lost her homestead right and had her
entry right cancelled.
The homesteader is required to re
main continually upon the claim, with
the exception of short absences that
are allowed for the purpose of mar
keting prqduce or attending to other
business in connection with the man
agement of the homestead.
STRICKEN WITH PARALYSIS
Frank Carlson, employed by Winton
& Co., contractors on the irrigation
ditch at Saco, was brought down on
the skiddoo last night suffering from
paralysis in the left side. Tuesday
night Larson was watching the horses
at the camp and when he had been
gone longer than usual other men in
the camp went to look for him and
found him lying unconscious. When
he came to he was paralyzed in his
left side and stated that he had been
kicked on the hip. He was taken to
the Deaconess Hospital and is under
the care of Dr. Smith.