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he Harloon News
The Co.tinatlai. The Musselshell News
VOL. 3 RARLOWTON. MEAGHER COUNTY, MONTANA, FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 1909 No. 50
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EXCHANGE TO
BE BUILT
Telephone Lines of Local Company
to be Placed in Alleys-
Entire Change.
General superintendant H.Summers
of Salt Lake City of the Rocky Moun
tain Bell Telephone System, was in
town Wednesday and Thursday of
last week in consultation With Mr.
Hinkley of Lewistown and M. II.
Graham, the local manager. It has
been the purpose of the company to
rebuild the exchange here, but the
plans as drawn up need some adjust
merit before the work can be com
menced. Manager Gralam states
that the work will begin in about two
weeks or as soon as the plans can be
changed to meet local conditions.
The telephone lines will be taken
from the main streets of the town
and placed in the alleys. and will re
quire a large outlay of capital. It is
planned to improve the service, by a
complete overhauling of the local ex
change. The company promises to
give Harlowton a most up-to-date
telephone service.
The poles for the new exchange
have arrived and have been unloaded.
ADOPT THE CHILDREN
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Blethen are Now
Legal Parents of Gray
Children.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Blethen re
turned from Lewistown Wednesday
evening wiere they had been in at
tendance at the district court, on the
case of the adoption of the two minor
children that have been in their cus
tody for over a year. A petition had
been tiled in the district court, and
the case came on for hearing before
Judge Cheadle on June 9th. After
hearing the petition and all the evi
dence and after the necessary agree
ment had been signed by the petition
ers, the judge signed the order de
claring the adoption.
The father of the children, Robert
Gray lives in Portland, Oregon' the
mother wiho had abandoned her chil
dren is now residing either in Scot
land or England. Efforts were made
to find her, but to no avail. It is a
matter of satisfaction both to Mr.
and Mrs. Blethen and to the relatives
of the little tots that they have been
adopted.
All who know Mr. and Mrs. Blethen
realize that the children will have a
good home, and a good training.
They will have kind treatment and
will be given all the advantages of a
good education. The foster parents
are also to be congratulated upon get
ting two such bright and intelligent
children. Hereafter the little boy
aged seven, will b3 known as Boutell
Albert Blethen and the little girl,
who bore the name of Elizabeth, will
take the name, Clara Nettle Blethen.
Base Ball Dance.
The local bose ball team are giving
a dance in the Harlowton opera house
Friday evening,. June 17th. There
will be a full orchestra and the dance,
like those that are generally given as
a benefit for 4 ball team, will be the
very best. Everybody come and en
joy a big time besides the boys need
the money.
Thomas Hamilton came in from
Piedmont Wednesday on business.
The continued wet weather has put
a stop to all building for the present.
J. J. Haney, a surveyor, from Dor
sey, was a business visitor Thursday
and Friday.
E. II. Barrett, the railroad superin
tendant from Three Forks was here
during the week, and spent Wednes
day in town.
Mr. Kleber reports that he is com
pelled to purchase more beds to ac
commodate his numerous guests. -
J. W. Van Alstine is in from Mar
tinsdale to take in the show. lie is
a schoolmate of the Klieber girls.
E. L Sheppard was a business visi
tor from Miles City Wednesday. He
says there is all kinds of trouble east
of here with washouts.
Delbert Doors, who runs a restau
rant at Twodot came in ;Thursday
evening to attend to some business
matters, and took in the circus Fri
day.
Attorney Powell! Black of White
Sulphur Springs, was a prominent
visitor the latter part of the week.
He had some legal matters to look
after at Lewistown.
WILL PREACH HERE
Rev. P.R. McMahon, Methodist. Min
later for Harlowton Will Ar
rive June 18th.
Rev. Percy R. McMahon,the Metho
dist minister who will assume the
pastorate at Harlowton, expects to
arrive here June 18th. He comes
highly recommended by the district
superintendent, Rev. W. W. Van
Orsdel. He is a native of Indiana
and has had two years experience of
pastoral work in that state.
The new minister is a university
graduate, and also a graduate of the
Garrett Biblical Institute. He has
spent two years traveling in Europe,
Africa and Asia and is regarded as a
man with 4 broad vision. He will
hold services here on Sunday June 20
and from then regularly on each Sab
bath. The exact time for the service
has not yet been set.
Work on the new church is pro
gressing as well as weather will per
mit, and it is hoped that it will be
ready for services the last of this
month All who have no other ties
in this vicinity are earnestly urged,
not only to attend the church ser
vices, but to join in the work for the
upbuilding of Harlowton and the
Valley along spiritual lines.
Mrs. E. M. Jenizen has the distinc
tion of being tihe first guest at the
Graves Hotel. This is a note of small
interest at present, bnt when the
town is a few years old it willl be a
matter of more than ordinary inter
est.
Always the Best.
A. E, Tubbs moving picture show
that was put on at the opera house
last Monday night was up to the high
standard of the performances gen
erally given by the Orpheum com
pany, of Lewistown. One thing that
can always be expected in the shows
put on by this company, and that is,
that their pictures are always new
and distinct, and do not irritate the
eye. The features of the last, per
formance were of a high order.
Williams Here.
President Williams of coast exten- n
sion of the C. M. & St. P. Road with a
headquarters in Seattle visited us
Thursday in his special train. le g
passed on to the Judith basin.
HAPPY FAREWELL o
E. H. Chnrchwell of Penwell Ranch Given
a Send off Last Friday
Evening.
E. H. Churchwell, manager of the
Penwell ranch north of town, has a
been transferred to the managership
of the Penwell ranch near Dillon, C
Mont. His promotion is due to his
ability and foresight in running tile c
ranch. Mr. Churchwell is a young
man and his many friends are glad to
hear of his success.
Last Friday evening a large num
ber of his friends from Harlowton
and Judith Gap repaired to the big
rauch home of Mr. Churchwell. C. a
M. Flickenger took a party from here t
in the big $4000 automobile and the
happy bunch say they had the time
of their lives.
There was some delay before the
music arrived for the dance, but tile
time was well spent. Miss Flossie
Preston, a talented public reader en
tertained the guests by reading sever
al selections, among which was the
pathetic piece, "Who Killed Joe's
Baby."
After the music arrived the dance
began with its merry whirl. Two
large rooms in the bachelor's home
were well tilled with merry dancers,
and joy was unconfined until broad
day light. C. L McKee was the floor
manager, and he didn't allow interest
to flag a moment. Along about mid
night a substantial lunch was served,
to which all did ample justice. The
occasion was truly an enjoyable one,
and Mr. Churchwell may feel proud
of the high testimonials paid him in
the good wishes of his guests as they
departed for their homes. The popu
lar young manager, by his uniform
kindness and courtesy extended to
the new settlers in the vicinity of the
Penwell ranch, has endeared himself
to all, and their expressions of sorrow
at his leaving and good wishes for his
future success were feelingly sincere.
For Sale.
25x12, 12 oz. duck tent, in splendid
shape, will sell cheap.
T. E. Johnson,
Photographer
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GAME WITH LEWISTOWN
A ball game has been scheduled for Sunday,
June 13 with Lewistown. This will be one of
the big games to be played here this season.
come out and see the new park. and a fast game.
ADVERTISE COUNTY
Commercial Club Appoints Attorney
Ford as Representative at Meet
ting in County Seat.
President A. T. Anderson of the
Musselshell Valley Business Men's
Association received a telegram Wed
nesday from Mr. Stark, as advertising
agent of the Milwaukee road, request
ing that the association send a dele
rate to While Sulpour Springs to meet
with the County Commissioners now
in session to discuss the advisability
Af appropriating a sum for the pur
pose of advertising the resources of
Meagher County.
The exective committe of the busi
men's association was quickly called
Logether and immediate action
was taken. The time being short for
a delegate to make the trip to White
Bulphur Springs, it was decided to ap
point a proxy at the county seat.
County Attorney W. L. Ford was
:hosen and empowered to act for the
association here.
The action taken by the legisla
ture in its last session relative to ad
vertising the resources of the state
has awakened interest along the lines
of advertising. The legislature ap
propriated a sum for this purpose
and created a bureau to attend to
the work. Other communities have
fallen into line, and now the resour
ces of the Treasure State that have
heretofore been lying dormant with
out any notice will be quite generally
unfolded to the outside world.
Grand Opening
Of
HOTEL GRAVES
Harlowton, Jgoitna J. N. Kleber, Prop.
Saturday, June 19 '09.
BALL & BANQUET
URNER CAFE OPENS
r. 0. Matthews of Helena, is Pro.
prietor--Is Experienced and sets
Good Tables.
,,The Urner Cafe threw its doors
)pen to the public last Tuesday noon.
'here were a large number ready to
ake advantage of the opening, and
he increased number that assembled
or supper, showed that the viands of
hose who came for dinner must have
een satisfied.
The new proprietor, .;. I). Mat
hews, comes to us from Helena. lie
s experienced in the restaurant busi
iess and is capable of giving the best
f service. Mr. Matthews was the
)roprietor of a restaurant at Helena
Imd also at Goulp before locating
sere, lie expects to run the cafe
,ere on the American plan, and says
hat his purpose here will be to give
prompt and efficient service, and that
)y giving satisfaction to the public,
me expects to make a success of the
'estaurant.
N r. Matthews has a family that
mave located here and will make this
heir home. lie may be numbered
Lmong the old timers of Montana,
maving been here since 1883. Ills
ong residence in this section gives
mim a wide acquaintanceship that
vill be a valuable asset in his busi
less.
Mr. and Mrs. Nagius of I)elpine
anme inll Tlhurlda evenilig tI at tend
lie Goll mar Ilrotlers circums. Mr.
Nagus is a prominent stockgrower of
the 1)elpine counit ry.
REAL ESTATE BOOMS
Number of Land Concerns Locate
Here--Business Will be Lively
During Summer.
During the past month the real es
tate business in llarlowton seems to
have taken on a noticable spurt, due
to the fact that a number of real
estate firms have located here. Land
men are thick, but they are a bless
ing as they invariably make more
business, and put new life into acon
inunity. The success of their busi
ness demands that they instill new
vigor and activity into business.
The Penwell company that has
been located here for some time, dis
posing of their extensive holdings on
the Billings and Northern, has taken
offices in the Graves Hotel. Louis
Penwell is managing the work in per
son. There are four or five others,
among which is Mel Stevens, that. are
Interested in the Penwell Company.
Another firm that has located here
recently is the O'llanlon Brothers
with offices in the McQuitty building.
W.T.O'Ilanlon comes from Sheridan,
Wyoming and Joseph has been in the
land business at Omaha, Nebraska.
The former has been here before, and
although he is not an old timer, still
he was here when the Jaw Bone went
through, and has a large circle of ac
quaintances. They are in a posit ion
to transact a large real estate busi
ness.
The Milwaukee Land Company
have located here in the past week.
A. I). Jones will assume the manager
ship of this concern. The company
has secured offices In timhe Qualls build
ing, and will dispose of property be
longing to the railroad comipany in
the town and along the line from
Roundup. John Quincy Adams will
be here now and then to help the
work along.
Mrs. Van Cleve has also secured
rooms at the Graves hotel for tihe
summer. She has a large amount, of
property in town that is now on the
market, and will give as much atten
tion to the sales as she can. A new
firm will also take offices in the build
ing that; is occupied by L. Swanson.
Mr. J. Whalen, who has been in town
for several weeks will be the manager
of this concern. This firm is known
as the North-Whalen Company, it
will engage in the insurance and lo
cating business as well as real estate.
COMMISSIONERS AT GAP
Railroad Commissioners Look Over the
Connections Between Two
Roads.
The railroad commissioners came
over from IIelena the fore part of
last week and went. to Judith Gap to
look over the junction proposition be
tween the two roads. The Milwau
kee and Ilillings & Northern roads do
not connect at Judith Gap and this
has been a matter of inconvenience
to all passengers. The difficulty was
brought up before the commissioners
with the result that an investigation
has been made.
The Judith Gap Jaurnal say of the
commissioners visit:
Tuesday forenoon the railroad com
missioners came in from Ielena in
company with the division superin
tendent of the Milwaukee and re
malned until the afternoon train for
HIarlowton.
The express purpose of the visit
was to view the proposition of rail
connection between the Milwaukee
and Great, Northern in this city. As
is known, only about 200 feet of space
lies between the two tracks and a
connection of the rails can be easily
and inexpensively made. Although
the commissioners would not commit
themselves, the general conversation
would indicate that they would order
a connect ion to be made at once.
Their future action in the premises
was further emphasised by their re
fusal to make the trip to ('uslihan,
where they were scheduled to go to
look over the proposition of snaking
connection between these two roads
at that point. The fact that they re
turned to Helena would indicate that
they were satisfied of the connection
here and would abandon tihe other
project. As a matter of fact, it is
almost a physical impossibility to
make the connect ion at. Cushman.
While here they also took up the
matter of crossing over the Great
Northern tracks near the Milwaukee
depot, and said they would order one
put in at once.
The superintendent informed the
local Milwaukee agent that the Ju
dith Gap signs for the depot would be
sent to replace those of Ubet.
A. I). Sprague of Bozeman is a
guest at the Graves hotel.
HOTEL GRAVES
JUNE 19th.
J. N. Kleber Will Have Formal
Opening Saturday June 19th
Ball and Banquet.
Tile Graves hotel will be formally
opened to the public Saturday, June
111111. The Il;arlow\ton band will be
in attendance and will render selec
tions during the entire festivities. J.
N. Kleher the tmanaer announces
that thatl lIthre will be big doings at
thre hotel on 1thi occasiotn.
For some time guests have been en
tertained at the Graves hotel and
sleeping accom modal tions have been
afforded, but the dining room has
ntot as yet beet opened to the pubic.
The fest iit lies of Saturday evening
will mark the opening of the dining
room. A suilmptuous banquet will be
spread there and a most enjoyable
time is to be expectced.
Thie Graves hotel is a buildingof
which the citizens of llarlowton are
justly proud. Air. (;raves, the pro
moter, hlas received numerous compli
ments and expressions of gratitude
for his push and business foresight in
erecting this hotel. It Is attracting
attention all over tihe state, and is ra
pidly rbecoming popular with the
traveling fraternity.
The opening has a signitficance'that
few appreciate. It marks Hlarlowton
as a town that. is capable of taking
care of rranclents of all classes in a
manner that would do credit to a
much larger cit v.
The advertising that will result
from the service that will be afforded
after the formal opening will have
for reaching effects upon this town
and community.
.I. N. Kleber, the manager, is an
experienced hotel man and has the
goodl will of L. large number of the
traveling fraternity. Transcients
still have pleasant memories of the
service he gave while managing tihe
restaurant at the Summit. Ilts wife
and two daughters are a great help to
hint in managing his enterprise and
already they have become popular
for their little attentions and cour
tesies around the hotel.
Houses Sold.
The three new houses in the Van
Cleve addition have been sold, and
were purchased by young people in
town. Mr. C. N. Friday bought the
one farthest,east Fred Marrs took the
one in the middle, and Mr. Vernon
Wilder, who is doing the bookkeep
ing for the light plant, is the owner
of the one nearest this way. The
purchasers are all young married peo
ple who are established here, and
will make that section of town popu
lar. ()ther lots are being sold, and
the rumor that the Catholic church
will be built, in that addition will
tmake it one of the best. residential
sections of the town.
President Earling Here.
President Earling of the Milwaukee
road passed through Hlarlowton in
his special train Thursday afternoon
at 3 o'clock. Lie is on his way to
Butte and expects to return in a few
days. The president is on a tour of
inspection.
Shoulder Dislocated.
A cowpuncher from the Duffy
ranch came to town Wednesday morn
ing with a dislocated shoulder that
lie had sustained from a bad fall from
a horse while on the range. He was
suffering considerable pain. Dr.
Campbell quickly attended to his in
juries. lie has not returned to the
ranch and will be here for several
days.
To the Public.
Mrs. Flora Ross wishes to announce
that she is now ready to do all kinds
> of facial and scalp massage, either
hand or electric vibrator, also h:air
dressing. Ilep prices are reasonable
and all work is guaranteed.
SMrs. T. G. Harper and daughte
Edith, of Burlington, Iowa, who are
on their way to Seattle, are spending
a few days with Mrs. Harper's broth
er, R. P. Johnsen.
Geo. Gannon transacted business
in Lewistown Tuesday and Wednes
day. lie is making a strong cam
paign for wool, and says he is getting
his share.
"Wild Bill," the sheep-herder, was
corralled by the local authorities
Wednesday, but was released Thurs
day. lie has been attracting consid
a erable attention during the past
week.