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Milk River Valley News.
VOL. 1.
BIG WATCH DOGS
AT WORLD'S FAIR
Coast Defense Guns Are Shown
in Working Order to
Visitors.
THE NAVY EXHIBIT IS A FINE ONE
Shells Are Manufactured on the
Grounds and the Drills by Army
and Navy are Many.
Sr. Louis, Mo., Aug. 20.—(Special cor
respondence.)—Grim reapers of modern
warfare in the government exhibit at the
Universal exposition warn the civilian
that the nation ia on guard.
Guns that suddenly raise their ugly
muzzles over the parapet to spy out the
enemy, that slay in a breath and then
disappear to load again, with shotted
earn age.
One ton of steel bores the air at a
speed of 26 milee a minute with an enor
mous energy behind it, equivalent to
3.76 locomotives of 70 tons, running 100
miles an hour.
Urged from its bidden lair by 655
piounde of smokeless powder, thia pro
jectile’s 2,400 pounds Hash through a
yifled throat of 49 feet and crash through
three and one-half feet of tempered
/steel.
This mammoth engine of destruction
which dispatches such a terrible destroy
er on its swift and even merciful mis
sion, weighs 282,000 pounds, or 141 tons.
It ranks in the seacoast battery exhibit
at the World’s Fair as the 16-inch gun.
A muzzle velocity of 3,000 feet a sec
ond is the swiftest death dealt by any
gun in the seacoast exhibit. Tt means
that a projectile weighing 106 pounds is
expelled by 44 pounds of smokeless pow
der through a tube over 26 feet long and
travels 34 miles a second to its tempered
steel mark, which is indented for 19
inches.
But the 6-inoh gun’s story is unfin
ished. Back of its terrific speed is the
energy of one 70-tod locomotive making
53 miles an hour. In the technical de
scription of the ordnance department
this speed is a popular conception of a
muzzle energy of 6,621 foot-tons.
Highly effective in carrying its quietus
is the 12-inch gun. It is a nappy med
ium between the 6-inch and 16-inch
tubes. Its end is jnst as peaceful when
it blots out the human target, for its im
pact is equal to the energy of two 70 ton
locomotives moving 100 milee an hour.
The projectile weighs 1,048 ponnde.
The equivalent of the force of two loco
motives becomes 375 pounds of smoke
less powder burling the mass of steel
through a tube nearly 37 feet long. A
muzzle energy of 47,298 foot tons gives
the huge bullet the same destructive
qualities as two 70-ton locomotives
would produce in a collision were the
speed 100 miles an hour at the instant
of the catastrophe. The 12-inch pro
jectile pierces tempered steel to a depth
of 37 inches.
Photographs accompanying thia de
scription give an idea of the size of the
16-lnch gnn. Thirty-six artillery men
are standing on the great gnn, which is
(X) inches in diameter. It might easily
hold fifty gunners. The weight of the
12-inoh gun is 133,01X1 ponnde, with a
diameter of 44.5 inches. It is mounted
on a carriage weighing 409,000 pounds.
The (l inen gun weighs 20,000 pounds
and the weight of its carriage is 60,000
pour de. The diameter is 24.62 inches.
These colossal types of seacoast de
fense are silent at the exposition. One
discharge would wreck all the window
lights in the fair, and the concussion
would be heavy enough to demolish all
the light buildings in a radius of a half
mile. A projectile fired at the exposi
tion would wipe' out of existence any
farmhouse and its life at a distance of
ten miles from the gun. Over 8500 in
powder would be burned in one charge.
But the guns tell their stories. Daily
drills by the corps of artillerymen de
tailed by the war department function
each piece. They are loaded and sighted
at an imaginary enemy and raised from
their lairs behind the mimio seacoast
fortifies' on and pass through the man
euvers of firing. The immediate sur
roundings carry all the atmosphere of a
real seaooaat battery, with the stir of
military discipline.
Workmen from the war department
laid immense concrete foundations for
the guns. The bases nre situated in a
parked quadrangle at the southwest cor
ner of the government, reservation, be
tween the United States government
building and the structure erected for
the United States fish commission.
When the exposition opens a completely
appo nted seacoast battery greets the
DEVOTED TO THE GREAT AGRICULTURAL, STOCK AND IRRIGATION INTERESTS OF THE MILK RIVER VALLEY
millions of visitors from the interior and
abroad.
Electricity raises and depresses the
iron mastiffs above and below the par
apet. The sight of 140 tons of steel
quickly mounting from the gun carriage
on ponderous arms into the air is full of
thrilling excitement. Not a sound
breaks the silence of thia majestic move
ment. With a sort of devilish human
ingenuity, the big dogs of war creep cau
tiously to the top of the wall and take a
peep before the victim is marked for
slaughter. The gunner’s arm hitches
like the finger of the executioner by the
electric chair and souls have entered
eternity. Almost instantly the awful
leer of the muzzle slinks back into its
den with the seeming smirk of reeking
jaws.
In keeping with the highest motive
of the Universal exposition, which is ed
ucation. the government makes of the
seacoast battery a timely object lesson
to the citizen. It impresses him with
the methods and adequacy of national
defense, the security of national honor
and the ready arguments in favor of a
peace that has its own cost. That the
ezbibit shall not be misleading even a
hair’s breadth, the fortifications ereo ted
at St. Louis are exact reproductions of
sections of similar forte built in recent
years for the defense of New York City,
on the islands at the upper end of Long
Island and at Sandy Hook.
The lesson is carried farther Time
may be when citizens must fight for
country and home. The citizen who
realizes his full duty will not miss the
opportunity to take away with him from
the university of a century’s progress a
faithful impression of what his privi
leges tor living in this country means.
He is shown bow the cartridge used in
the great fights are made. They are
turned out before hie eyes, so that every
point in the process of manufacture is
illustrated up to the actual use of the
deadly projectile. The only feature cut
rom this program is the firing of the
cannon.
The camp of the artillerymen at the
fortification serves the same purpose.
8. R. J.
LODGE POLE NOTES
Major W. R. Logan and Stockman
Bolster were at Lodge Pole enronte to
the Ooburn Ranch on the' 10th ;
Bill Howard, Geo Cochran. Mrs; Annie
Bent, Nancy Adams and Theresa Ma
loney were Lodge Pole visitors Wednes
day last
John Leggins is on the sick this week.
We received a pleasant visit from D.
A. Ring acd wife last week.
James W. Perry, tbe hustling and
industrial teacher of the Fort Belknap
agency school, was out to the mountains
on Sunday last.
Tbe Little Rockies district is well
represented this week, with prospectors
looking for cyanide claims.
The ball given by the Slortman Social
Club on the 12th was a very enjoyable
affair. About 50 couples were present.
Mr. William Granger and wife of Haye
went to Harlem last wees after supplies
returning the next day.
Oscar Wendell of the Phillips ranch
was a Lodge Pole visitor this week.
Mr. Wendell says Ben Phillips has put
up 2,000 tone of hay.
Johnnie McConnell and Frank Bear
are hauling wood for Black Bull, the sub
chief of tbe Assinuiboines.
Snb-Agenl D. A. Ring is very busy
nowdaye settling disputes in land
cases, horse trades, etc. for bis wards.
Lan Kuhneban was a Zortman v sitor
on tbe 12tb.
The Hon. B. D. Phillipa is building
two large reservoirs on Big Warm. Jim
Murphy has the contract for doing the
work.
William Howard, the well known
stockman of Hays, escorted Miss Mary
Gatags, Cora Rider and Clara B. Ronds
to Lodge Pole to visit Mirs Maggie
Bbatnbo and Nettie Healy.
Nearly all of Sub Agent Ring's wards
have gone to Browning on their annual
visit to the Piegans.
The 25 yard dash for young ladies at
Lodge Pole last week was won by Em
ma Bowers. The prize was a pair of kid
gloves.
Stock is in good condition in the vi
cinity of Lodge Pole and, although the
weather continues very dry, all kinds of
green vegetables an? on the local market.
Mise Maggie Bhambo came very near
capturing a live coyote last week io tbe
postoffice. Tbe animal was no doubt
crazy with the smoker,
James W. Perry and wife have re
turned to Fort Belknap, after a pleasant
visit in this vicinity.
Oliver Brisbo was a visitor from Big
Warm last week.
Charlie Olson, the well known Con
stable of Harlem, was put out of busi
m-sa tbe other day between Malta and
Alabama mine in Aider Gulch. Charlie
was going to the Alabama mine to arrest
a mao, and his horse belonging Jo a
livery man at Malta, pawed in his checks
and left Charlie rm tbe prairie afoot mid
nlone near Boar Gulch. Charlie bail the
p.ensure o' walking to Zortman.
Frank Kirkaldie. wife and children
returned from Harlem the 16.
• - —
A Southwest Georgia exchange says
that in th it section corn grows so tall it
takes two men, standing on each other's
reputation, to reach tbe top of it.
Harlem, Montana, Wednesday, august 24,1904.
POLITICAL POT
BEGINS_TO BOIL
Mnny Candida!ee Are Now Out
Looking After Their
Interests.
COUNTY CONVENTION SEPTEMBER 3
Will Meet in Fort Benton for Pur
pose of Naming the Winning
Ticket at That Time.
Within the past few days Harlem has
been visited by a number of men from
different parts of the county who are
making a personal canvass of the county
to look after their political fences, and
with the coming of the county conven
tion only a few days off, the political
pot has already began to boil in a very
industrious way, which to laymen seems
to be a very mysterious affair, but is
dead easy to the average politician.
For most all of the county offices there
are at least two candidates and these
are very active. At the present time
there are said to be three candidates for
tbe nomination to the sheriff’s office on
the republican ticket, F. D. Parker of
Chinook, Frank McDonald of Fort Ben
ton and 8. E. Gross of Havre being tbe
different aspirants ter that office.
For the office of clerk of the district
court Chas. H. Boyle, the present in
cumbent, is out for the nomination. Mr.
Boyle is a first-class man in the right
place and he will in all probability cap
ture tbe nomination to the office which
he desires. Mr. Boyle baa been a life
long republican and has been a taxpayer
in this county for 25 years or more. He
has at all times been very accommodat
ing, not only as a private citizen but
also as a county officer, and has often
gotten up at midnight to attend to tbe
wants of tbe people having business in
the clerk of the court's office, so as to let
them go home without tbe expense and
delay of remaining until office hours the
next day. He is a perfect gentleman in
all respects and has tbe respect of not
only all of the people of Cboutesn coun
ty, but tbe well-earned recognition that
comes to a man from the different at
torneys of the county, together with
that of the district judge, tor having
performed tbe duties of the office care
fully and promptly in all cases.
For tbe office of county treasurer there
are said to be two candidates, John 0.
Sullivan of Fort Benton and C. M. Sedg
wick of Chinook.
E. F. Sayre of Fort Benton and W. R
Leet of Chinook are both out after tbe
no mination to tbe offioe of clerk and re
corder of Chouteau county.
It is also said that J. W. Hindman,
who bails from Havre, is a candidate for
the clerk of tbe district court’s position
and that be will make a strong play to
capture tbe nomination at tbe coming
county convention.
Merritt Flaaagan of Chinook is an
other aspirant for the office of sheriff,
and it is said that he has enough assur
ances from bis friends throughout tbe
county to land tbe desired plum in
good style.
A. E. Lewis, tbe present county asses
sor, will in all probability have no op
position in capturing the renomination
to the office which be now holds.
There will be a new county office to be
filled this fall, and B. L. Powers and
Oscar Johnson, both of Fort Benton, are
out after the Domination to tbe county
auditor's high seat. 'lhe new office will
pay a good salary and it is a very desir
able one.
There will be three representatives
elected Ibis fall, and I 'homas M. Everett
of Harlem, Co). J. H. Rice of Fort Ben
ton and Wallace Coburn of Brookside
have announced themselves ns candi
dates for tbe position. They are all
good men and will all ba elected to tbe
position that they seek this fall by hand
some majorities.
Mirs Mae Flanagan will probably ask
for tbe nomination to the position as
connty superintendent of schools.
Last, but not least, there is the office
of coroner, and “Pretty Bill" Pyper of
Havre, the present incumbent, will lie
nominated for tbe position without any
opposition whatever.
End of Bitter Fight,
" * wo physicians bad a long and stub
born fight with an aboaes on my right
lung” writes J. F. Hughes of DuPont.
Ga. and gave me up. Everybody thought
my lime had come. As a last ri-soil I
tried Dr. King’s Naw Disovery for Con
sumption. The benefit I was
striking and I wna on my feet in a few
days. Now I've entirely regained my
health. It conquers all Coughs, Colds
Throat and Lung troubles Gauranteed
® rn ßSUt. Trice s<ki
and 81.00. Trial bottle free.
HADRAS NEWS.
8. R. Birdwell was in Benton Thurs
day.
Edwin Williams returned to his ranch
Thursday.
Mrs. Emil Nelson visited tbe Misses
Larson last week.
Misses Ella and Bivy Larson Melted
Maggie and Nettie Birdwell Sunday
afternoon.
Charlie Sadler was in this vicinity
Sunday.
f LOCAL news’]
The water in Milk river ia said to be
rising slowly.
Rev. Morrison spent several days in
Chinook last week.
Hon. Thomas M. Everett was a Great
Falla visitor last week.
Large numbers of catfish are now be
ing caught in the river.
Miss Margie Dodge visited friends at
Savoy for a few days last week.
A band of gypsies have been camped
in this vicinity for the past few days.
A fishway has recently been placed in
the large government dam at tbe Agency.
W. E. French will ship two carloads
of horses the last of the week for Ba
tavia, Illinois.
Work was started on the switch
for the new stockyards, a mile east of
town, yesterday..
Miss Mabel Ellis left yesterday morn
ing for Galesburg, Illinois, where she
will attend school.
Rev. Thomas Jones went to Fort Ben
ton last Wednesday evening, being called
t hare on district court business.
The school levy for thia district has
been fixed at five mills by the county
commissioners at a recent meeting.
The interior of the local postoffice has
been treated to a new coat of paint and
the employes are consequently smiling.
Joe Apple, tbe painter, left last week
for bis old home in Louisville, Ky. He
will remain there for some time to come.
Beef, i home made pork sau
sage, home made bologna, together with
home made corn beef and home ren
dered lard at the City Meat Market of
8. H. Parker.
Sage ben hunting is said to be fine in
this locality and some excellent oories
have been bagged within the past week
or two, hunting parties being an svery
day occurrence roundabouts.
Mende Kennedy will ship several head
of cattle to tbe Bt. Paul markets the last
of tbe month. He will accompany the
shipment and expects to visit the big
exposition before he returns to the won
derful Milk River Valley.
Nearly all of the necessary material
for tbe new stockyards baa arrived and
it is expected that tbe grading work will
be pushed as rapidly as possible after it
is once started. It is expected that the
first shipment of stock will leave these
yards the last of the present month.
Cbas. Reed and M. Redenback bare
been subpoenaed as witnesses in rhe
horse stealing cases which will come up
the lost of this month at Miles City,
where two of the prisoners are now con
fined in jail. They both had horses tak
en in the general roundup here last
s pring and will be called upon to iden
tify tbe different brands on the animals.
The announcement comes from Helena
that George H. Bailey, assistant United
States district attorney, has resigned
hie position, to take effect as sqou as bis
successor has beau appointed and quali
fied. Mr. Bailey surrenders the offioe in
order to make the race for tbe nomina
tion for attorney general on the repub
lican ticket in the coming state election.
Joseph Hamlin died at the St. Clare
hospital at Benton last week Wednesday.
He was taken to Benton from Harlem.
Mr. Hamlin was 87 years of age, and was
one of the oldest reagents of tbe state
of Montana. He was engaged in tbe
blacksmith business in Fort Benton in
the early seventies, and according to old
timers wna the first justice of the peace
for that township. His property interests
in tbs', city were purchased by tbe Mee
Bros, when Mr. Hamlin to. live on the
reservation.
Wb^^rorking'around some horses a
few days ago Charles Soderstrom met
with a peculiar accident that will bother
him fat ‘eme time to come. It seems
that he went in between a couple of
horses that were kicking in order to
separate them, when one of the vicions
animals suddenly took a good sized bite
out of his nose, nearly putting that noe
fnl member of bis nnatomy out of the
business. At pi went be is carrying his
nasal appendage around in a sling and
also keeping a safe distance from the
animals that caused all of the trouble.
CROPS ARE LARGE
AT TRIAL FARM
The Experimental Station Proves
a Huge Success in
Every Line.
THE HELD WILL BE IMMENSE
Although Crops Were Planted
Late, They Have Far Excelled
Hopes of Most Sanguine.
J. A. Sadler and Hon. T. M. Everett
made a visit to the Experimental Farm
some twenty odd miles north of the city,
Monday, and while there secured several
large bunches of oats, wheat and flax
that they brought to tbe city, which
were raised on the farm, that surpass
anything of a like nature that has been
brought to this office before.
The seed was planted in virgin sod
last spring five weeks later than that in
the valley, and at the present the farm
presents a beautiful sight, as all of the
graine are now of a rich golden yellow.
The oats will average thirty bushels or
more and these will be harvested short
ly, while the wheat and flax are above
tbe standard growths for such cereals,
especially the flax, as those who have
planted this staple article in other states
claim that the yield at tbe Cherry Ridge
Pa toh farm will far exceed the yield in
North and South Dakota, for the same
amount of grouxd covered.
One acre was planted each in flax and
wheat, while eight acres were sown to
oats. The season was advanced and the
crop was sown late on dry sod, which
shows clearly that crops can be raised in
this large tract of ground, which are not
only bountiful in measure, but also of a
very substantial nature.
Just as soon as the crop is harvested
it is tbe intention of tbe local Industrial
Association to have tbe ground put in
proper condition this fall so that a lar
ger crop can be sown there next spring.
With the finding of good spring water
only a few feet from the surface in this
same locality, the Cherry Patch. Ridges
will undoubtedly be the mecca of hun
dreds of homeseekere within the next
year or two, who will open up and de
velop one of the richest agricultural sec
tions of the northwest. This large area
was thought to be a barren waste only
a few years ago.
Much credit is due the citizens of
Harlem and the Harlem Industrial asso
ciation for bringing this matter to the
front in such an enterprising manner.
A large number of speoimene of tbs
different grains were sentito F. L Whit
ney, the general passenger agent of the
Great Northern railway, at Bt. Paul
yesterday morning, and tbeee will be
given space in tbe general offices of tbe
company and otherwise advertised
throughout tbe east.
The crops will be harvested by B. G.
Thompson, who will also put the soil in
con dition for next year’s crop.
ADDITIONAL LOCAL
Attorney W. B. Bauds of Chinook, was
here yesterday.
John C. Duff of Chinook, spent Tuos
in Harlem looking after business.
Mrs. T J. Chestnut of Clancy, spent
several days here last week visiting the
family of Mr. and Mrs. H. Hardaway.
Fob Balk—Six dozen chairs for sale,
all nearly new. Cheap tor Cash. In
quire of W. J. Hart, at tbe New England
hotel.
Dr. Hopkins of Chinook was a Harlem
visitor Thursday, being called here on
accouut of tbe sickness of little Marion
Btowe.
J. B. Long of Great Falls, one of tbe
largest sheep owners in the state, was
li^re last week and went out to Woody
Island on business.
J. 0. Cronk, the Coburg horse raiser,
has gone to Grafton, N. D., with two
care of Montana bred horses, which be
will dispose of there.
Everybody in Harlem is convinced
that thp Lorelei keg and bottled beer is
the lust on the market. Bold at the
Club saloon. Try it.
Active work has begun on the fouuda
tion tor the new school house and tbe
work will be pushed from notion to the
completion of the building.
County Commissioner Nevins qf Sweet
Grass county is at Hays. He and Cap
tain Oocbraue of that place have gone
into the mountains for a hunting trip.
J. B. Long A Co., the Great Falls sheep
men bare recently purchased 3,000 sheep
from the Woody Island Livestock Co ,
which are to be delivered at Malta OcLl.
Dr. W. M. Willinms is now the proud
and happy possessor o f „ rubber-tired
runabout buggy. It is the only one m
thia vicinity and is very much admired.
Stow Bros, and W. C. Hensen shipped
2,(KM) head of sheep to the Minneapolis
and Bt. Paul markets last Thursday.
Alf. Watkins also shipped a oar of cattle
♦be same day.
The baying season in thia vicinity will
last for another month yet before all of
the blue joint yield is harvested. Hay
is now living baled and shipped to ths
ontside markets.
Mr. and Mra. O. H. Barton and children
who have been spending Ine last two
weeks in the mountains near Two
Medicine lake are expected home the
last of this week.
Mrs. William Hensen lias gone to
Chicago to join her husband who is now
in tbe east, and from there they will go
to the big World's fair st Bt. Louis to
see ths many sights.
Little Mise Marion Stowe has been
very ill the past week end hopes of re
covery were at one time very doubtful
The little one is now tn the high road
to recovery, however.
Howard Isbell, who fatally shot and
killed Jack Hackett at the Redenbaok
ranch some t ime ago, was sentenced to
eight years in the Deer Lodge jail last
week by Judge Tattan
Charles Reed was in from his Mosquito
Springs ranch last week making all of
the necessary arrangements to ship sev
eral cars of horses to the eastern mar
kets the latter part of this month.
D. A. Smith, sheep inspector, arrived
from Malta yesterday morning, and
spent the day in dipping the herd of
bucks belonging to C. H. Merrill, which
were recently shipped from Canada.
Not tea —All parties owing the liverv
firm of Dodge k Hatch must pay their
accounts to me before September 1, as
after that date they will be placed in tbe
bands of a collector.
J. A. Latch.
0. M. Sedwick of Chinook, was in the
city yesterday looking after bis political
fences. He is a candidate tor tbe
nomination of county treasurer and will
viait all of tbe towns adjacent to tbe
railroad before returning homa.
Patrick Fit ipatrick and wife, who have
been visiting at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. James Morgan for several weeks,
returned to Dubuqne, lowa, Monday
morning. Mr. Fitzpatrick baa charge of
the city pumping station there.
A. D. Dodge, the harness maker left
Monday morning for Oklahoma, where
he will again enter the Indian service in
that country. Mrs. Dodge accompanied
him and she also expects to be transferred
to tbe same place where be will ba
located.
Charles Gates and wife left Sunday
morning tor Mexico where they expect
to make their future home. A few dare
ago they solo their ranch to Messrs. L.
T. Bateman and Vernon Butler, both of
thia oity, who expect to farm the land,
next spring.
W. 0. Oakley, an employe of tbe agri
cultural deparlmentof Washington, D.
0., spent Wednesday and Thursday here
last week taking photographs of tbe nu
merous bine joint havstacks which arw
scattered throngbont the valley, which
will be used in some of tbe agricultural
pamphlets stain. While here he also
look photos of different farm buildings
in this vicinity, and these will be used
for the same purpose. From here he
went to the Gellatiu valley, and after
spending a week or so there expects to
go to southern California, where he will
make similar reports.
Call for Blds.
Healed hide, marked “PropoauM for Bridge,'*
will bo received by W. E French np until norm
Aoitmt 2k 11X11 for the conal met ion and oon
idetion of a 110-foot brides with piers, said bridge
to be bi lit acroaa Paralell creek, one mile rant
or llarkm Plana and epi-citieationx at French
Tradies Co'a. ottice -la'd b.idtrr tn he complet
ed HO dale utter the biting of ll,e contract.
Send hide to W. E. Fkk.xcu. Harlem. Mont.
By order nf tbe ibaml of t'ommiMooners for
Chouteau County. Montana.
-STOCKMEN-
Insure Highest
Market Prices
For Four
Cattle
AND
Sheep
by consigning thorn to
Clay, Robinson
& Company
Un Stock Commission
CHICAGO SOUTH OMAHA SIOUX CITY
KANSAS CITY SO ST. JOSEPH DENVER
Let u« know what you have and when you
expect to ship and we will keep you well in
formed on the markets.
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