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Milk River Valley News.
Vol. 1.
A. A. Papin, .pent Bunday with friend*
in Havre.
Alonzo Smith was * Butte visitor ths
first of ths week on bnsioee*.
The public schools of the city are
having a vacation this week.
Oonnty Commltaionsr W. E. French
was a Hsvre visitor the first of the week.
Miss Anna Albion, Harlem's popular
school teacher, is spending her vacation
at Chinook with her sister.
The drawing for the leather pillow,
will tske place st the drug store next
Monday at two o'clock.
Thrt Bank of Harlem opened its doors
for btkiueas this morning with C. E.
Seen st in charge as cashier.
M. L. Bridgeman, formerly agent at
theGrcs Ventie Agency, was in town
today with hie attorney from Great Falla
George Ade is telling his friends that
he hat, been drinking nothing but water
for more than a week. Ade is a very
glutton in trying new things.
Piof. E. V. Graybeal has gone to Helena
where be will attend a meeting of the
state teacher’s association, which is beihg
belli there thia week.
United Blates Deputy Marshall Guth
rie, of Helens, wo in Harlem today
subpeoning witness in the case of the
U. S. government against former Indian
Agent Bridgeman. The case will come
up for trial in Helena on January 17th.
One of the Bsoo'b newlv married yonng
ladies, says the Glasgow Review “kneads
bread with her gloves on. The editor
of that paper says be needs bread with
his shoes on; ho needs it with his pants
on, and, on lees the delinquent readers
pay up soon, he will need breed nnd
nerd it without a darn thing on.”
7be county clerk'a office reports big
receipts from ircording fees during the
month of November, the total being
SMUtO, ipo largest monthly receipts on
lucord. Tins was due in par', to the
filing of a large number of oil placer
claims on the Teton.
C. E. Secrest, of Cumberland, Ohio'
arrived Monday and at once began to get
things in shape for the opening of the
Bank of Harlem. Mr. Secrest was form
erly connected with the First State Bank
at MiJtu and bus many friends in this
vicinity who are more than glad to
welcome him back to the Only growing
portion us Chouteau county.
A| plication for ncharter for the First
National Bank of Hnrlcm has been made
to the government officials at Washing
ton by the bank’s promoters and it is ex
pecud ihal the same will arrive within
the next month or six weeks. The First
National will have plenty of capital be
hind it and will be controlled by the
leading business men of this city.
Cold weather arrived with a vengeance
Sanday evening and the thermometer
registered 38 below zero Monday morning.
Yesterday morning it took another spurt
and made a top notch of 45 delow, wbioh
is going some. All of the coal dealers in
this vicinity are consequently happy
over the advent of the cold weather
while the stock and sheep men, like all
of the rest, hope and pray that the ex
treme cold will not last long.
' Kid" Onrray, who was killed again in
Colorcdo last summer, is again alive,
this time in Oregon, and a brave sheriff
in Crook county of that state believes he
can get the distinguished Montanan if
the reward ahould be large enough.
Sheriff Buckley of Chouteau county has
telegraphed a diacriptien of the ontlaw
to the Crook county sheriff, with the
added information that the reward for
hia capture, dead or alive, amounts io
about 815,000.
Friday night of last week P. E Wood
bury, the night operator at thia place
had an_axperienoe that be will not care
to have repeated tor soma tiara to coma
It seems that be had been bothered that
evening by a number of hoboes who
■ opiated on loafing around tbs depot.
The operator thought otherwise and
threw the *boea out. A tew boon later
bia attention was called to some oos cry
ing and upon investigation Mr. Wood
bury found that one of tbe man had laid
down on the pls .form and that hia bande
and feet bad been severely frozen. He
palled the fellow inside of tbe building
where ue and others attended to hip
injarue. Tbe tramp seemed to be very
grateful for the succor that ba had re
ceived, but oome time during the day be
got filled up ou whiskey and tried to re
peat the performance of tbe night before
by eleeping off bis jug on the depot plat
form, while it waa asvsral degrees below
zero, bnt ths little gsme did not work so
enoCiawfully. He «as shipped out of
town on the first train that came along.
At the present time there are several
men banging around town with no visible
means of support and these should either
be vegged or run ont of toe country for
their presence is a detriment to any oom
munity at any season of tbe year.
DMVOTKD TO THM GRHAiT AGRICULTURAL, STOCK AND IRRIGATION INTMREBTB OF THM MILK RTVTSB vat.twv
[NTUTAMMENT ATCIKItCH.
Ichul Chitarea Maha Saad Showiag Last
IrMay Aflarasua.
The pupils of the pubbe schools of
thia city gave a Christmas entertainment
at the Presbyterian church Friday after
noon thptlr ot only reflected credit npon
themselves but also upon their teachers.
The program was a good one and was
well carried out despite the cold weather
which prevailed at the time.
The program was as follows:
Recitation; “Santa Clans,”—Alma Mc-
Connell.
Recitation, “Peace on Earth,"—Stells
Smith.
Recitation, “Christmas Eve,”—Maud i
Hatch.
Song. “The North Wind,” —Grammar I
Department.
Recitation, “Belle Across the Snow"—
Three Girls.
Recitation, “December," — Aeenath j
1 Hatch.
Recitation, “Übrintmaa in the Cabin " —
Harry Larson.
Recitation--Hazel Murdock.
Dialogue, “lhe Three Kings of Cologne,
—Three Boys.
Duet, “Do You Know l.ho Bong,”—Rnth
Colgr^ve ami Eloise Wood.
Recitation, "A Christmas Visit,” —Elva
McDpuiel.
Recitation, “The Little Fellows Stock
ing.”—Sivy Larson.
Recitation, “Children’s Day”’—Elsie;
Parke..
Recitation—Charley Smith.
Solo—Lucy Boe'ey.
Dialogue, “Leng Nights,” Intermedi
ate Boys.
Recitation, “The Russian Santa Claus,”
Clara Petaur.
Recitation, "A Pleading."—Harold Cow-
an.
Recitation—Clarence Sadler.
Bong, “The Laughing Boy,"—Three
Girls.
Dialogue. “Old Folks at Home."—Gram
mar Pupils.
Recitation, “Little Joe," —Eloise Wood.
Song, “No Kris, No Christmas,.'— Gram
mar Department.
Ed Bbnltz ot Chinook, was a Harlem
visitor Monday.
“The year is closed —the record made.
The last deed d me, the last word said;
The memory nlone remains
Us all its joys, its grief®, 'ts gains;
And now with purpose full ard clear,
I turn to meet another year."
Charles S. Deneen, Governor elect of
Illinois, enjoys the uuiqne dininciion
ot being the only candidate in the recent
election who led Roosevelt at tbe polls.
Governors in recent years bave not been
very popular in lilinoie, but this time, it
is to be presumed, the State baa one it
likes, as bis plurality over bis opponent
is 684,029.
It is understood that members of tbe
Bbonktn Stock association are preparing
to bring suit against the Great Northern
railroad for losses sustained on one of
their beef shipments. The outfit was
loaded October 29 and should have b^n
on tbe Chicago market the Wednesday
following, but it io alleged there were
inexcusable delays and tbe cattle did
not reach their destination until Satur
day. There were about 1,200 head in
the shipment, and tbe owners estimate
their losses at fully $5.00 per head.
Some interesting figures are found in
the report of tbe amount of taxes paid
by the several railroads in the state.
The total of all companies in all the
counties is $750,000, in round numbers.
Ot this amount tbs Northern Pacific
pays tbs en ormous sum of nearly $400,100.
The Great Northern comes next with
about $315,000. Of this amount Mis
soula gets the largest shars of any of the
counties. That county gets over $91,-
000. Flathead county is ths next largest
on tbe list This county reosives over
$70,000
Chinook Opinion: Trouble still con
tinues over American livestock that has
strayed soress the Canadian lina. The
latest sufferers aie H. C. Gelder and F
A. Prosser. Il seems that H. J. Badger
has been handling Mr. Gelper’s horses
for some yens, and whan bo located
across the line, he took a bunch along
with bia own stock, nod the authorities
mixed the whole bunpb for deUes, among
them being litres head belonging to Mr
Prosser. Mr. Golder was forced to pay
SBOO to clear hia 18 head ot hoiam;
Prosser, 3 head, $Bl, and Badger had to
dig np about S3BO. However, an effort
will be made to secure a rebate from the
Canadian authorities, and it la hoped
they will be successful.
Notice.
After tbe first of January I will have a
good quality of coal for sale at my mine
one mile north ot old Zurich. Terms
rush. For further iulonuation apply to
John Pal.a, Harlem.
Harlem, Montana, Wednesday, December 28,1904.
(WILL DEDICATE
NEW BUILDIE&
House Warming Will be Held
at the Big School
House.
THURSDAY, JAN. 12, THE DATE
Entire Lower Floor of Structure
will Present a Merry Scene
at that time- Large Dance
to be Given.
Work is progressing nicely ou the
’ new $12,000 school house and at the
present time the carpenters are busily
engaged in putting in the finishing
touches to the interior of the building,
which when completed will be one of
finest, if not the best, in Northern Mon
tana, and that is saying considerable.
All of the four down stairs rooms are
now in the course of receiving their
finishing touches. The floors are being
laid, wainscoating placed in position
and it is expected that these rooms will
be finished completely bv Thursday
evening, January 12tb, when the young
and middle aged people of the city pro
pose to have a grand ball in the.«e
rooms, something similar to a house
warming party, doneber-you-know.
The plan has been broached to the
trustees aud they seem to be in furor of
it, as well as the rest of the thousand or
so population of Harlem. The differ
ent committees have all been named
and appointed and areas follows:
Reception J. C. Elder, J. A. Hadler,
R. Churchill. Harvey Phelps, 8. R. V.
Jessen, H. C. Turner, A. Smith, L
Minugb, W. D. Dodge.
Floor managers—W. E. French, W. J.
Hart. S. H< uston. H. Lutz, John Ress
ler, W. M. Williams, E. Laßock, E. M.
Kennedy, W. J. McConnell.
Executive committee—F. N. Wild,
C. A. Smith, W. J: Shurlnck, Clyde
Turner, H. L. Brown.
Houston A Lutz, ■be contractors of
tbe buildi: g bave entered into the
spirit of tbe dedication of the new
building, as it were, and are doing all in
tbeir power to bave tbe finishing work
done by that time.
A full orcbesi ra will be engaged for
the occasion and it will be stationed in
the large ball way, while the four rooms
will be need by tbe disciples of the light
fantastic toe nntil, no doubt, an early
hour in the morning of the next day.
A popular price will be charged for
dancing and this will go to pay the
music and all of the necessary expensee
and it is expected that tbe largest crowd
ever gathered together in this part of
the world will assemble that night for
the purpose of having a general good
time at a slight oost.
If you do not care about dancing,
bring your beet girl, her sister, aunt,
mother, mother-in-law, grandfather and
grandmother in order to show that yonr
heart is located in the right place.
Do not forget tbe date, Thursday
evening, Jan. 12th. Time and place:
At the new school honse, Harlem, Mon
tana.
Go to the meat market of Olson &
Dorrity for all of your meats, both fresh
and Balt
Tbe extreme cold weather ot tbe last
few days has delayed all of the passenger
trains on the Groat Northern from one
to five hours.
Olson A Dorrity carry the finest line
of meats in the city. They will have ou
hand fresh monte of all kinds and solicit
share a of your patronage.
Mine Nellie Buckley and Miao Basie
Fox stisaded the Bodekah dance at
Chinook Monday evening. They will
spend the balance of the holidays with
friends there.
Lon Batsmen, O. Percy Dexter, Eugene
Aiken and Harvey Phelps attended tbe
C l and ball at Chinook Monday evening,
which was given by tbe Rebekahs of thst
place. They report a fine time and all
of tuo boys are anxious to attend another
dance there soon for more than one
reason.
At 4 o'clock last Tuesday afternoon in
tbe parlore of the Montana hotel, Mr. O.
P. Zortman and Mias Rosa L. Finn both
of Zortman, were united in tbe holy
bonds of matrimony. The brides sister
was brides maid and Geo. Putman beet
man. Ibo ceremony was preformed m
tbe presence of only a tew cloee friends
of tbe groom. Mr. Zortman is manager
of the Alder Gulch Mining Co. at Zort
man, and is highly reedeoted by a large
circle ot warm friends. Thb Nbws ex
tends hearty congratulations and best
I wishes for a long and baopy life.
IS OF 0000 QUALITY
Coal irem the Parker Meer equal to the
Verv BeaL
At th* present time eight men find em*
ployment hi the coal mine of S. Hi
Pariter, some three miles from the city,
near Thirty Mile creek. Ihe mine is a
new one, only being discovered last fall
and the sale of Lhe coal has been so good
as to warrant the rapid and safe develop*
meat of the mine, which has been ac
complished in the judicious manner by
the owner, S. H. Parker, of this city.
The coal is of an extry fine quality
and its sale in this community has been
something phenomiaL It is n high grade
lignite and burns freely, throwing < ff
much heat or little, ns the stove is re
gulated. It does not clinker, as does
come of the eastern ooals, but burns
readily and is excellent for bolding fire
for a long period of time.
The mine is worked by means lJ an
inoline abaft which at tne present is 205
feet in length, which gives a depth of
150 feet to the mine. Ten tone are being
mined daily and this is hardly equal for
the demand. A supply is kept in town
all of the time and can be delivered to
any poist in the city on a few minutes
notice.
The coal is for sale at the mine at $3
per ton and $5 per ton if delivered. A
good trial us this coal will convince the
most skeptical that it is the best local
coal tu be had for the money.
CHRISTMAS TREES.
Interesting Program At Presby
terian Church.
The pupils of the Prisbyterian church
celebrated Christmas with an immense
tree Christmas eve from which many
hundreds of beautiful presents were
taken by Sauia Clans and distributed
around throughout the audience A
musical program was also one of the
features of the evening and the exercises
were attended by a packed bouse.
A Christmas tree and all of the trimm
ings whs nlso cue of the events at the
Fort Belknap Indian school and each of
the pupils was given a small present by
e real live Santa Clone who came down
itLe chimney m the old traditional way
with bis pack on hie back.
There were also a number of trees fixed
up in their proper regaha tbrongboul
the city nnd everyone iu Hurlem had
something to be thankful fur at the
joyous Christmas tide.
SUIS FOR DIVORCE
Mrs. J. U. Erbes Alleges Desertion on Part
es Husband Asks toe Ranch.
Charging that her husband has desert
ed her and refused to contribute to
her aupnort, Mrs. Esther Erbee, who re
sides near Harlem, yesterday instituted
in tbe district court an action for divorce
from John H. Erbes. She asks for an
absolute divorce, the custody of the one
child, an award of certain land in Cbou
tean county, alimony of SSO per month
and an attorneys’ tee ot $250. Geo. H.
Stanton and J. A. McDonough are her
attorneys.
Mrs. Erbee alleges that the marriage
occurred at Poplar, Mont., on Christmas
day four years ago, and that the defend
ant deserted her in May, 1902, and ever
since has continued to live apart from
her, without any cause therefore; that,
for more than one year, the defendant
baa willfully neglected to provide for
plaintiff the common necessaries of life,
and Las compelled her to earn her own
support or live upon the charity ot
friends, though he is at the present time,
and has been, ever since he refused to
support her. earning about $125 per
month.
There is one child, a girl, aged about
22 months, snd Mrs. Erbes alleges that
the father is not a fit sab proper person
to have ths custody cf the child.
It is further alleged that plaintiff and
defendant have acquired title, since their
marriage, to 160 acres of land in (be im
mediate vicinity ot Harlem, paying there
fore $2,000. They saortgtged the land
tor SI,OOO ot the purchase price, and it
is alleged that the plaintiff paid SSOO on
tbe mortgage from her private earnings
as a teacher, while the balance was paid
from money accumulated by the joint
efforts of plaintiff and defendant. It is
alleged that defendant agreed that, while
tbe property should tie taken iu hia name,
be ahould bold it as a homestead for the
plaintiff, and plaintiff has filed a declara
tion of homestead on the land in question.
Sbe alleges she had no other property
and the laud does not al present yield
any income. She sake that tbe land be
decreed to her in fee simple.—Great
Falla Tribune.
♦ ■ ♦ ———
LOST
A gold cased Wattbam watcb, crystal
cracked. Extra small size. Had
Hooeevelt and Fairbanks fob chain
attached. A liberal reward will be paid
for its return to this office.
THE PROSPERITY 0? HAHLEM
Within the next few fleeting days the
year 1904 will be a thing of the past and
the records of the uuw dying year will
go down to future generations as a mat
ter of history, of which loeally none will
shine with more lustre than that of the
prosperity of the now rapidly growing
town in wnieh so many good people live.
Some of the local historians have told
ns that five years nga there was nothing
here but an old freight ear that Jim Hill
used for a passenger depot, freight
warehouse and a few olaer things.
Bettiers began to come in and some of
the aurroundibg country wav cleared of
its sage brush, large crops were raised
and then the fame of the new town of
Harlem began to spread. ’ It is still
spreading and within the next year or
two it will have a world wide reputation
for its famous bine joir t bay instead of a
national one, as at the present time.
In the Ust few years Harlem has
grown wonderfully. The riiy and peo
ple have reason to be proud of its three
metropolitan stores, with their mam
moth lines of stock. Its beautiful new
$12,(10 scLixl building, now in the
course of construction: its two churches
and many beautiful nsidences pcatteied
throughout the town. 3 hree yeaia ago,
yea. even two, most of tbee^ were not
thought of at al).
All of the merchant* of the city Lave
doubled their business ever ihat of
past years and peace, prosperity and
wealth now reign where only a few
moons ago nothing existed nt all, unless
it was ihe siige hen and the
realises coyote.
The future of Harlem and the sur
rounding country is too great fur us to
make any predictions at the present. It
is enough to say ibat when the beauties
of lhe Bitter Root and the Gallatin
valleys have faded and passed away that
lhe Milk River Valley will be the only
portion of Montana to which people wfll
look with adoring eyes and warm
affection. The diversified crops that
will be raised id this valley five years
from now will command the attention of
the whole civilized work and then the
country will be settled so thickly that
the next door neighbor will be only a
short diet a nee instead of forty or
fifty mil* s as formerly.
The year 1904 has I men a prosperous
one for the rancher, merchant,. profes
sional men, clerks and sheep and stuck
men, la fact, the old year bus sbuwu the
people of Harirm so many favors that;
many hate to see the old year pass in its (
cbeckr. Harlemites have been •
friendly with 191'4 and in addressing
themselves to the prospect of the new
year they will find new courage in the
successes which have attended them in
1904. They will see to it mat, as this
year Las been good, bo the next year
must be better. As they gain faith in
them selves and pride in their families, so
they will intensify their confidence in
the “only growing town’* in Chouteau
county and labor for all that is good
and successful.
Dance Thursday Night..
Join tbe merry throng and dance for
tbe prize to-morrow night at I. O. O. F.
ball tickets 500. Hupper at Delmonioo.
Bee tbe d-noe prize at Freucbk
Everybody in Harlem is convinced
that tbe Lorelei keg and bottled beer is
tbe best on the market. Bold at the
Club salo-'n Try it.
The dm ctors of the mint says that
about one-halt of the $5300,000,000 ot
tbe world'e gold supply ie.“visible. Oar
eyesight is certainly vary poor.
Mrs. Boell—Goffin- Layton—Snell—
Haydene, of Chicago, is going to bo
married again. That woman is appar
ently bidding tor a statue in the War
College.
Tam is considerable agitation againai
making the irrigation project ot the gov
ornaiool a vehicle tor politicians to got
into office and the public tesasury. At
present the geological survey office has
ths matter in band aad so tar han done
very well. Politics have something U>
do with this doparlmsat tan same as all
others, but it is not so partisan as moot
others. For the benefit ot the country
and tbe wellare ot the people who are
to bo benefited by this measure, it should
bo kept on a boainoes basis and as far
from a graft as it is possible to remove
it. Ito purpose is to extend the agricul
tural possibilities of the country, not to
furnub soft jobe with a high salaried
attachment for u horde ot men who are
looking tor an easy living at the expense
of tbe industrious.
The Irish Tongue.
MA Ie to-day tbe living '"gW' of
MaeM as many people as spsak Welsh,
Brook. Servian, Bulgaria*, Norwegian
W Danish In Galway alsns are IT,.
M pereoae who esn M**k BtaMng bat
LODGE POLE NOTES.
DoMgs La^usky, Zsctaw m* fee
Agsecv Recorded. Mere.
The Zortman freighters- are now all
beaded for Malta. They say the Hay
lem road is too tough to travel over.
Harlem should have the Zhrtman trade.
The Alder Gulch ruining coin puny’s
mill is closed down on account of ooid
went her.
Humor baa it that aLolher mercantile
bouue will be opened in Zortman in the
near future^
The Ruby Gulch Mining company ex
pects to be pounding, <uit< the yellow
metal by Jan. 1.
Laudusky will, be- booming. in the
spring. Never in the-uiiHury of the
camp bus the future l»eeu brighter as
new prospects are being opened up
every day.
Mr. and Mis. Conlway were- visiting
at Cow Cump Coulee last week.
Dan K'lbnehan went to Zortman with
a Christmas beef on the 20th mat Ho
also took several yellow lagged chickens
with him.
Venison will be served at the Little
Warm sanitarium ou New Year’s Day as
Dick buell and John Heal ay killed a
deer recently.
The outlook for* Gbristinau is good.
Ye scribe will have sluffed coyote with
sage Leo sauce for dinner.
Bill. Howard is located on. Big Warih
at the Ohlerking rand).
Thomas Thunder was in for tun ate
last week. While logging in the
mountains he caught hie uern in some
unaccountable manner and was beta
fast until Johnnie McConnell came
along and rescued him from bis per
ilous position. Tom is suffering from a
dislocated shoulder.
B-Ball is on tbe sick liet with u bad
cold*.; which he contracted in a dene
Millfoßiver fog,
Jim Berry Las located, a first class
cyanide proposition in the mountains at
lhe Lead of Hr own’s.creak. Assays run
high*
Wm. Ball and family wete visiting on
th* Lower Lodge Foie- last week.
The AasinibniD« s gn*w* a grand hall at
Evergreen ball oc Obriedruas eve. Tbe
music for the occnamn whh furnished by
the Home orchestra.
NEWS FROM AVERY..
Interesting Notes from Oer Special
Correspondent oi That Locality.
Mrs. R. F. Mturay was visiting in
Harlem last wsek.
Mr. Nelson of Southern Colorado
passed through Avery Isst week ou bis
way to East Eud Police Post He is
looking after a horse location.
Mr. and Mie. Bid Brockway were
visiting Mrs. Murray last week.
Frank Emerson is through hauling
bay at Coyote heaven and has moved,
down on Wayne creek.
“Bud" Blow was out looking after his
sheep last wsek.
C. C. Tubbs haa the contract to pack
the mail between Avery aud Harlem.
Johnnie Fisher is digging post holes
for a now corral.
When arguments fall. Pruaidgßt
Murk Hopkins used to say. Illpgtrat*
The extent of oar foreign exports la
frequently expressed In Hgures; but • .
recent comment of an English manu
facturer Is better than figures. "Invest.
s potato masher In Birmingham.” aalffi
be. “snd nobody will buy it. Call It aPi
American notion, and you cannot maha,
tt fast enough.”
“Future punishment? Lpfs not fito
Maa tbe theological aids of M juat mm,*
said tbe old clergyman. gently, to tap
hot-beaded young parishioners "BM
did yea ever think of it. from the Ah’
mastic and family side? Whan tb*V
babtas of yours begin to grow ub ng*
you see thorn Imitating year tautta and
hampered by your wMknraam, SM
know that you're to blame—ah, thaaufg
a kind of future pnnlahdwnt Mtara cap
bo no two opinions, about!”
Fi^t WMBs VMm.
Those who will persist closing tbsir
esrs Bgainst lira continual recommondo
lion of Dr. King's Nsw Discovery tar
oonsumptios. will here s long snd Mi
ter fight with their troubles, if not ended
outlier by fatal termination. Read what
T. B. Beall of Beall, Miro, baa to say:
"Last fall my wife bad every symptom
of consumption. Bhe took Dr. Kin^s
Nsw Discovery after every thing elan
hsd felled. Improvement camo at onus
and four bottlss entirely oared ber^
Guaranteed by R. H. MoGinnsss Drug
gist. Price ssc, sod SI.OO Trisl bottles
fess.
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