Milk River Valley news. [volume], November 09, 1904, Image 1

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Milk River Valley
Vol 1.
Get ■ barrel of nut kraut at Barton ’a
Mn. R. F. Murray to Avery, was in
the city Monday.
Al. Shultz of Chinook. *aa a Harlem
visitor election day.
Robert Day of Chinook spent Tuesday
here on buaineea.
Finest line of stoves at Barton'a that
ever oanse to town.
Fred. Brockway, the Avery abeepman
spent Monday in Harlem.
Geo, Petris of Avsry, was a Harlem
visitor the first of the week.
The interior of the Presbyterian church
is being treated to a new ooat of plaster.
0. H. Phelps, of Duluth, Minn., is here
at present visiting his mother and bro
thers.
Large shipments of hay continue t#
leave Harlem every day for eastern and
western points.
Several care of stock was shipped from
this point to the eastern markets during
the past week.
Pork sausage, mince meat, wienwre.
bolonga, sauer kraut, all home made and
pure st the City Meat Market of 8. H.
Parker.
Jno. McAfee, of the John Leslie Paper
Company, Minneapolis, waa talking
paper to his customers in this city Friday.
Several parties attended the election
dance here last evening from Malta and
Chinook, There was a large crowd pre-
_ «nd all aeemed to enjoy them ae-ve?
immeuaely.
Barton's delivery horse caused con
siderable excitement Monday afternoon
by celebrating with ote of his periodical
yunawaye. No damage was done and
the bores was finally caught.
The services of the Presbyterian
church will be held in Odd Fellows hall
next Sunday morning and evening on
account of repairs being made at the
church at the present time.
Do you know that the French Trad
ing company have put iu a stock of fine
jewelry and tuat the same will be sold
by them on commission until Dec. 27th.
Go in and examine same. It will please
you.
Glasgow News: Yesterday afternoon
Ed little who was serving a term in the
county jail for petty larceny, was seat
out tO'donif - pailof slop and be jumped
the fence aud run down to the river, cros
sed on the dam, and bas not been seen
since.
Mr. aud Mrs. .1. A. Hutch entertained
a small company of ladles and gentle
men at progressive whist Friday even
iog complimentary to Mr. and Mrs.
Houston of Chinook. Geo. Stow won
(?) tbe prize of an apple. Mrs. Barton
captured the booby prize, a clothes pin.
Ou Friday night the east bound flyer,
No. 4, wan wrecked one mile west of
Vandalia, by the endite sinking a steer-
The steer went under the engine but did
not derail it but when the mail car hit
the flier, the cur went up iu the air,
turned complelly over and landed clear
of the maiu line. The mail elerk, L. W.
Patten, Ind itverui ribe brokvn and was
injured internally. Dr. Hoyt cressed his
wounds and b- was taken to bis home in
Larimerum the same traiu. That lhr
entire train was not ditched is almoti-.l
miraculous, Ilie coupling broke between
the mail and the baggage cars aud the
passengers all escaped with usbakiug
up. The traiu waa delayed about five or
six hours. The steam wrecker was sent
np from Williston bundny end picked
the car up.—Glasgow News.
The December Delineator, with its n-^
sago of good cheer aud helpfullnras, wii»
be welcome in every home. Tbe fusaiou
pages are unusually attractive, illustrat
ing and describing the very latest moden
in a way to make the construction dtir
ing the busy festive Beason u plo. sme
instead of a tusk, and tbe literary and
pictorial features are of rars exoeHence.
A selection of Love Souge from thvW. x
ner Operas, rendered into English by
Richard de Gnilmune arid benulifmiy
illustrate I inoo'oraby J.O. Leyendeoker,
occupies a promiuent place, and u chap
term the Composeis' Serine, I elating tbe
Romance of Wagner mid Cosima, is an
intuitetin* eupplimint t< th । lyii'n .i
yery clever paper entitled “lb" Couh
Circle of the Republic." disordies autne
unique phases of Washington e'lciul lite
ia from an unmned contributor, aho is
said to write from tbe in^er circles cl
society. There are ebort atones from tic
pens of F. Hopkisa Smith, Robert Grant.
Alice Brown, Mary Stewart Gatling m d
Elmore Elliot Peake, and such interim
ing writers as Julia M rgow M,winder,
T. Frank Baum, atm Grace Mau lowan
Cook hold 'be atenlion of theo^ilden.
Many Christmas suggestions nre give
in needlework and the Cokey pagra
are redolent of the Chrie'm H tear I hi
addition, there are the icguiar dep..r'-
ments of the magazire, with m my tpe-i I
articles on topics relating to womi.nV
Inters!a within and wiihout the bom..
DNVOTBD TO THR GMAT AGRICULTURAL, STOCK AND IRRIGATION INTERESTS OF THE MILK RIVER V? I l 1 Y
Cranberries at Barton's.
Waa the ballot big enough tor you?
Miaa Viola Cooil baa gone to Fort Shaw
where abe will attend school.
Generally the wont thing about an
election u that the legislature meats two
months afterwards.
Miss Carrie Proeser of Chinook, epent
aeveral daye here thia week the gueet of
MiaaNhllw Buckley.
The Inset lino of fancy pickles that
ever Mae to Harlem are on tbs shelves
of the French Trading Co.
^ek saueage, mince meat, wiernore,
bolooga, saner kraut, all home made
^nd pure at the City Meat Market rfH
H. Parker.
B you haven’t the eaah to buy your
goods your jaw bone is welcome at Bar
ton's. He knows is it not possible to al
ways have be cash, but you must have
something to eat and wear.
Order your custom made clothing from
the French Trading Co. their enite are
as good as those bought from the travel
ing salesman and 20 per cent cheaper.
We have a nice line of samples and we
guarantee a fit.
Prof. 0. B. Newton, the noted Cali
fornia Humorist and entertainer, will
give one of his recitals here in the Odd
Fellows ball, Nov. 14tb. The gentleman
hss a wide record as an entertainer and
will no doubt be greeted here with a
large audience.
According to all reports some of the
local sbeep meu have been offered and
a number have reused twenty cents per
pound for their next years Clio of wool.
The market seems to be extraordinary
high at the present time and promises
to continue so for some time to come.
Yon may talk about heating stoves
but you cannot get anything better than
The Peninsular. The French Trading
Co. have a very large and varied assort
ment in their furniture department. We
will guarantee every stove. For fuel
savers, they are the beet and most
eoocmecal.
Miss Mary McDonald, the matron of
the Fort Belknap Indian school, has
been transferred to Tnecon, Arizona, and
will leave for that place some time this
week. During her stay m this vicinity
Mies McDonald has made many friends
who will regret to lose her frtßnehip and
Harlem’s loss will be Tnecon,a gain.
1 Vickers, Bone & Maxim have produced
in the 2,000-ton Manxman the fastest
turbine-driver merchant steamship
afloat. She completed. Sept. 24, a two
■ ays’ trial in the Firth of Clyde, in
which ehe attained a maximum speed of
23t^ knots, which la about one and one
bait knots faster than any turthne-driver
merchant vessel yet constructed.
L Minngh has been nutting in all nf
his spare time during the last two or
thrAA days organizing a pinochle club
and up tu tbe prerent time be has bad
good snooesa. The club will meet at the
N<»w England hotel parlors once a week
and while the dues are rather high most,
all nf tbe business men of the city have
joined and are now in good standing.
I he initial m°e'ing will he held shortly
when 1 he matter will be more t horoughly
explained to one and all.
Picket Cooper, the two and one half
yenr old son of Mr. and Mrs. Wynn
Cooper met with an accident Monday
afternoou that will Jay that youngster
up for some tin oto com*. It seems that
th« little fellow had been playing around
tbe stable and in some manner got under
nne of the borses heels, when that animal
Im cam excited and kicked at tbe little
| fellow, striking him u glancing blow on
the tnn ’f the bead and laying tbe skin
open fnr two or three inches. fie wns
brought tn town ne quickly ns possible
where medical attendance was given.
If tbe little fellow bad teen a couple
ot inches taller ho would undoubtedly
have been killed instantly.
The friends of Fred Brockway are bav
ir.g considerable fun at the gentleman’s
♦ftp* use at the present time. It seems
tbaUbe was down to Malta a few days
ago and frem there he took the lata train
for 11 ir point. Mr. Brockway was rather
tired i v I rood dropped oft it a doze.
Jmd an tbe Iniin stopped nt CoEErg be 1
w. ko up and bnrridely asked if Harlem
bid been reached. He was told that he
W.e l! ere ami togrther with another
man both hnrriodlr picked np their
bdongirgi and swung themselves from
'he mov ng train. Before either one of
them roil’d colleM their thoughts the
ram wan nnd-r way and nearly out of
s.ht. They then locked aronnd for
"me familiar eights and finding rone
i they did ih* next licet thing and started
Itowa'kt" Harlan), lomn sixteen miles
"way. Bolh arched here in the early
' morning h "m. Tlidtlory would proh-
I ..lily hirer Imre been k>own, but the
j "tber fellow thought it was to good to
’ Veep and tol.l some of Fred's friends
I about it and henro all of this joshing.
Harlem, Montana, Wednesday, November 9, 1904.
Notice the naws department at Bar
ton’s. All the latent magazines.
Look tbs line of stoves st tbs de
partment store.
The campaign orator can now take bis
voice to tbs repair shop.
A large assortment of art squarea and
ruga at French Trading Co’s.
If yoy have lost any cigars cn too
election, let your wife buy them.
Go to the meat market of Olaon A
Dorrity for all of your meats, both fresh
and salt.
Go into the store of the French Trad
ing oom pan y and ask for one of their
1906 calendars.
Olson A Dorrity carry the finest Une
of meate in the city. They will have on
band freeh meets of all kinds and solicit
share a of your patronage.
Contract with the French Trading Co
for your apples delivered at your homo
when they arrive at $1.60 per box. They
will be first class io quality.
The long spell of fine weather bee
served the school dristrict a good purpose.
The work of constructing the new school
bouse has gone along without interap
tion, and if this g od weat her continues
tor a few weeks longer, the new building
will be under roof. The second story walls
are np and tbe joists will be on this
evening. Bnperintendening Architect
Lntz says IJiM the building will be
finished Ibis winter. "
Slowly and very gently the summer is
folding and pntting away its robes be
fore the sdvancmg autumn. Tbe Indian
haze is on the sky, now and then a real
storm tone comes in the wind; tbe advance
aid of winter, the frost is turning tbe
leaves to crimson and gold; Ibe migra
tory birds have gathered their broods
and taken flight for the south-land, but
tbe days are still warm and full of peace,
tbe flowers are still growing om of dor r-,
the late summer hm-h broods tbe world
as a mother bird does her jonng, and
the world itsself, surrounded by a divine
calm Berms waiting, like a tired old man
whose sole is at peace, for its white
night robe and its long sleep
To run a newspaper says an Oklahoma
editor, "all a fellow has to do is to Ise
able to write pomes, discuss tbe tariff
and money question, umpire'a ball game,
reporta wedding, saw wood, ds scribe a
fire so that readers u ill shed their wraps,
make one dollar do tbe work of ten,
shine at a dance, measure calico, abuse
tbe liquor habit, teat wbinkey. subscribe
to charity, go witont meals attack free
silver, defend bimetaliam, sneer at si.ole
bery, wear diamonds, invent advertise
moots, overlook scandal, appraise babies,
d- light punipkiu riiiser-, minister to tbe
afflicted, heal ibe disgruntled, fight to a
finish, set type, mould opinions, sweep
the office, speak nt prayer meeting, aland
in with every body and everything.”
E. W. Judd, now a resident of Everett,
Wash , claims that it was io Ills p trior,
near Rip. n. Wig, tbrl tbe formation of
the republican party was decided upon.
Mr. Judd is nowa prohibit io nut. In 18'4
lie was a free Boiler. ‘I be question came
up that year of b iw to rid Wisconsin of
tbe ram in power, a preliminary meeting
was held in the sch'Mtlbonse, but Judd s
support as a lending free soiler was
desired. He was vi-ited by a oon.mithe
and signed the cull for n convention.
The movement was outlined in bis
parlor. (The call de^red sguioet tbe
father extension of slavery. It was pub
ielied hi anti-slavery papers and in the
New York Tribune. In answer to Horace
Greely’e query as to Ibe name of the new
organization one of tbe leaders dubbed
it tbe republican party
In tbe palace of agriculture at tbe
world’s fair is a log cabin associated
with tbe name of another distinguished
president—Theodore Roosevelt. This
structure b* s been brongbt from tb*
; lama of North Dakote.lt was President
It. "r veil’s home during UMI-Sd, when,
s < kmg the open prairies m e^aicb of
be.dib, lie settled down ns a cattle
rancher ou the bucks of the Little Miss
ouri liv.r, eight miles south of Medora,
ju 11 e heart of a romantic re.ioo then
uhuncdl' g with big gun o. IVitbio the
cabin are worn overalls, for instanc ,
niw ' humorously labeled ‘Rooevelt'e
H ui lay trousers”, the famous rocker in
which he wrote "Bunting I rips oi a
Ranchman", and the huge seat hewn out
of a log in which lie restsu outside after
j many n hard day's work, and watch tbe
sun go down. One of ih«iloga that forms
thehnt shows a Maltese cross. Rooeevelt'e
I particular cuttie brand, fashioned with
cartridge shells, driven into tbe wood
1 with bis own band. Since coming to
St. Louis, the cabin bas acquired further
in'eroeti g associations, for the silver
p'ate on tbe door was nailed then* by
the presidents daughter, and ber initials
iu brass headed nails stud one of the
mgs not far from the cross made by her
father 20 yenra Indore, when no one drea
med that I e would yet live to I* lh *'
president of bis country.
DIZON GOES BACK TO THE
IMfIT CONGRESS
Receives a Heavy Vote in al J puts of the State. Legislature is
Republican by small Maj on y. County Ticket Elected
with a Big Whoop.
ROOSEVELT AND TAIRBAHS CARRY STATE OF MNTAIA
—— caarwiii /
Everett for the Legislature and McDonald for Sheriff Elected by a
Large Vote in this Ccunty ^at’unal Election ums
Great Politic 1 Landslide for Republicans.
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HON. JOSEPH M. DIXON, RE ELECTED COXiLESSM AN.
The greatest political landslide of roc. :t yt ;.rs occurr n J twday
wudi I heodore Roosevelt and Ch irks \\ . I’nirbnnl " went cecL d
President and vice pr esident of Ihea * great Unit d .''tales on the re
publican ticket. I'liey curried all of th • u übtful hi a ‘ s andthou
some, while thod-mo ratio nomine-.; for the mine ulur <-iri d <uh
the sold southern states, with possibly i few others.
Montana was carrie l by the head of the u« ket, while lovle was
eledted governor by a small majority. , .
McDonald will in nil probability be e. 'cte l .•Jena <>f 1 " county
while the el cthm of Brigham and EverelCW Brc
cceded. All of the rest of the republican ticket is ( u elei. in this
county. . tt i
Tne following was the vote in Harlem:
Republican electors democratic electors 21. Dixon lu4,
Bnrmiev 2h Lindsay 110, I'oolo 38. Kin - 149 tos l L J -
147 Smith 27. Yoder, 149, Romi ey 24. (mk n bi", Hall 2-> hue 14b,
Brown 26. Albov 149, Me Rae 21 CuiiniHg - m 148, (r-nxiwin 24.
Harmon 149, Kay 24. Brigham 111, Everett 176, Nowman 13 /.• berth.
McDonald 68, Buckley 113. Sullivan 127. O V- 1 4i Boyle 144, Hud
son 29 Leet 153, Kei v 21. Lewis 152, Roberts 29 Pray 15<l. Bram
-1)11,24 Powers 127, Many 40. Alkinnn 153 Crutchei 28 Brny lUB,
Lemmer 66. Lewis 144, N< über 126. Mm ntiJil 163.
G. W. vennum aud B. <l. Thompson nere elected as justices of
the peace. Constables: Reynolds 72, E. NeDon 98. M. Buckley 108.
65 for amendment, 6 against. .... .. .i i„*
At twelve o’clock all of the business meh of the city gathered at
the Oasis restaurant were a fine banquet had been spread Tn honor of
the great republican victory. The party was at the banquet lab e tor
over two hours and many toasts were drank to the republicans. ChM.
A. Smith acted as toast master ar.d ho certainly done it in an artistic
manner. The viands served were of the liest while the wine drank
could not be surpassed in the world. The banquet will long be re
membered by those who attended on account of the good fellowship
thatbrevailed. ,
233 votes were registered here and 194 of these were voted.
No cnmolete returns have been received here from any ot the out
side precincts, butenoug is known at this time to claim even thing in
sight for the republican oounty ticket. We will give.a complete report
next week.
MANY CAYI Sts ARE SHIMD
Ponies bring gocd prices Buyers ante
money feeding them.
‘•Ah b- ar ne I cvn learn in the neifbbor>
Io »d cf ] JNK) bead <if city nee horses haw
; b • o m».pped from 1 Lis vicinity this yesr t
id a prominent bueif.e»- man the nthm
day, xbile talking to a News reporter
“TLcbh I offpm are shipped fwth east
and west, and bring fairly good
prec Several hundred be* d of ca*Us
have rlso I een flhipped, and tbe country
bus benu well cleaned of tbe lower gneW
of bo^Bes and cuttie. 1 believe this has
•wor the greatest t-bippir g year for live
stock in tbe history of this part of Cbos-
• an county.
” । here is one eastern firm that Imb
di viFed a Wi.y to mi ke money out of Um
orc inary cuyuFee; one of tbe firms agent*
h a epei t coDHiderable lime in our part
of ti e country this summer and ban
pnrebaned a larg* number of ibe animal*
have Veen ehippt d Rusk This first
buys jeurlir.g colts from the Indians aul
t KpR ibem to a nn ch s< me where in
'lnHua ib. On ibt rmich the colts am
wofl fed for a .'ear. A’ the end of which
lime it it; nu'd they bring good prices. &
im Mod by f» eding these colts forayear
i" thie marner they n.j-ke twice as good
h» imu’b a^ liny uid if left on tbe
in< ug . in range, and I am told the firm
ia making money.”
l ine t.ew wnolou b ankets, assorted
'Hri* ti*-s and quaht’^s at French Trading
(ompanj.
Order your Butterick patterns and
IL* Hu water at Barton's bio charge fur
postage.
The French Trading Co. a-e receiving
biily now end np to date novMtirs in the
dry goods and nr>l ion line.
Yon should got one of those washing
machines at Bhrtoc’s. Newest and beet
ever placed on the market. Use only
about half the water that the others d»
Special Notice.
Dr. Dicksrn, the ( hiuook dentist, wfll
bu in Harlem the first four days m
every month for the purpose of doing
all kinds of dental work. Wait for him
Will Appear Here Nov. 14.
During the past dozen years America
bas sent us maay enL-rtHiuere. But the
two best were Nat Goodwin acd Cyrus
Brownlee Newton. Of Newton we mast
s y he is a typn al "Yankee.” He poo-
net see the dash, bri Haney and rich droil
humor commo*, in Lis countrymen. Ho
gis fresh, refined, original. He keeps Jkic
iiudiimce in Hcon inons roar of laughtac
Ha baa Ttnda u deep impression here OS
an entertainer of the first rank. Suok
• h’e men. no matter from what part of
the globe are always welcome visitors to
our whores.—Sidney Bulletin. Australia.
Prof. Newton will appear at the Odd
Fellows ball heie Nov. 14th. Come oak
and bear him and enjoy a good UuA
BIDS WANTED.
\
Bids will be received by tha
undersigned, for the sale of aboot
200 head of native cattle, oonsiA
ing of about 40 head of three aal
four year old steers, the b&laMg
coneisting of one and two year
cows and calves, up to Mon‘‘w.
Nov. 14, 1904 Cat tie now held «■
Lodge Pole Any informatMß
deuired will be furnished by
L. MINUGH,
Administrator of the estate of W.
J. Allen, deceased.
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