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The Harlowton News
The Cootinualion of The Muaselshell News
VOL. 3 HARLOWTON. MEAGRER COUNTY, MONTANA, FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 101x) No. 51
FIRST VICTORY
Harlowton Takes the Game Sunday
6 to 4--Locals put up Good
Article of Ball.
The locals succeeded in getting
away with the game Sunday from the
fast Lewistown bunch in a first class
exhibition of the national sport. The
rain god had taken to the tall and un
cut, and left Old Sol on duty. The
day was ideal, and the grand stand
contained a goodly number of enthu
siastic rooters. The ground was still
slippery from the recent rain, and be
ing new and slightly rough made sure
fielding uncertain.
Lewistown started off in rather bad
shape, errors by Baker enabled Chast
to get to third who scored on a long
fly to center. In the third, hits bi
Lord and Windland and an error b)
Slater enabled Hlarlow to put two
more over the plate. Hines and Nefi
brought in two inure which were ac
countable on a two bagger by the lat
ter and errors by Schaffer and Slater.
Lewistown's scores were the result,
of free tickets to first and a hit b3
Moe. Two more were added in the
fourth through Neff's liberality and
a comedy of errors. Lewistown put
up a good game as they always do,
with the necessary amount of spice
that never lags. Captain Schaffer
led his men in all-round baseball.
The Auburn haired boy had three put
outs in one inning, the last of the
thiree was of the gilt edge variety.
Carlton was on the tiring line for
the visitors, and pitched a steady
game. He has great speed and excel
lent control. Neff did the mound
work for the locals, and outside of
passing several, he had much the bet
ter of his opponent in the way of
strikeouts and hits. At different
times it seemed that Neff and Lurns
were playing the whole game for liar
lowton. Ben Hines was in the center
garden for the first time, and graced
his position by getting the first fly
which made New York Central Time
in going out.
CRUSE ON TOP
Settlers on Bench Lands Are pleased
With Prospects-Crops Are
Doing Well.
The settlers living on the bench
land north of Cruse are a happy and a
contented bunch. "'Thle crops and
the prospects are much better than
any of us ever anticipated," said
Thomas Cummings, who was here on
business Monday. "The gardens that
some have would astonish you."
All the farming that ha. been done
in this section has been done without
Irrigation. This spring wheat, flax,
speltz, oats, millet, buckwheat, and
Kafflr corn have all been sown, and
the results are better than expected.
All crops are doing splendidly, and so
far the prospects are bright for an
abundant harvest.
George Eberhart spaded up about
an acre of virgin soil and set out a
garden. Everything is doing fine, and
some claim that it is the best garden
they ever saw. Frank Fuller has
been so much encouraged that he is
setting out a fruit farm.
This progress bodes well for Mon
tana. It will not be long until the
most credulous will be forced to be
lieve that t lie richest farming section
of the north west is to be found in
central Montana.
Ladles-Save your combings and
have puffs and curls made from them.
All work gauranteed to give satisfac
tion.
Mrs. Flora Ross.
Dr. Tice. of Twodot, was in Thurs
day, and took in the ball game be
tween Harlowton and Moore. He says
that Twodot wants a game with us.
Under Sheriff Farnum Tullock, of
Fergus county passed through Thurs
day morning on his way to 'Brett e
Mr. Tullock is returning to the
Sister's hospital for further treat
ment. lie is looking much better
than formerly.
Deputy Sheriff Johnny Bigelow, of
Fergus county, passed through on his
way to leer Lodge Tuesday morning.
Hle had in ciarge two nnfortunates,
one from Hlobson being implicated in
a cutting affair, the other, Frank
Kopec of Roundup, is being taken to
the insane asylum.
Two of our popular young ladies
are candidates in the Anaconda
Standard voting contest recently in
augurated. Misses Edna Caine and
Glendora Clark are the contestants
from this district and both are at the
t)p. Miss C aineihas the lead at the
present time. The prizes offered are
valuable and very much to be desired.
SHEARING SEASON ON
Sheepmen Basy With Wool Harvest
--Fleeces Are Excellent--A
Record Clip.
The shearing season is on in full
blast in this part of Montana. Wool
growers are busy at the present time
with their wool harvest. The shear
ing plants adjoining this and other
towns are running full time and are
employing all the shearers available.
Last year close to 4,000,000 pounds
of wool was marketed at this point,
owing to the fact that so many wool
growers are going out of the sheep
business and putting their ranches on
the market it is possible that the
amount marketed here this sear will
be less than any year previous. Some
say that a better quality will be
brought in owing to the favorable
season, and some go so far as to pre
dict that the total product will ex
ceed that of last year.
Now that the wool season is on, a
great many stories are current as to
the prices paid, the amount of the
clip, and the number of sheep sheared
by one man. So far C. M. Blair and
Rea Brothers of Billing have the
largest single clip ever reported, and
is undoubtedly the largest individual
wool holding in the world. The
amount of the clip was 2,500,000
pounds and was sold last Monday to
George Colby, who secured is for Hal
lowell, Jones & Donald of Boston.Thr
wool was held for 24 cents, but was
tinally sold fer 23 1-2 cents.
Mr. Law Visits Harlowton.
L. M. Law, who has been stationed
at Roundup as the representative o1
the Milwaukee Townsite Co., paid u.
a visit the fore part of the week, and
announced his appointment as assis
tant general townsite agent of that
company for the states of Montana
and Idaho. This promotion is a re
cognition of the services of Mr. Law
performed at the coal town. He has
been busy in a quiet way, and ha
succeeded in selling two additions
during his stay there.
The appointment means that Mr.
Law will move to Butte where tie
will have his headquarters. He is a
married man with a family and his
many friends are glad to learn of his
success.
Mr. Law will conduct a public sale
of town lots at Ryegate on Saturday
June 19th. The country surrounding
ityegate is very fertile and contains
thousands of acres of rich and produc
tive farm lands. It is also well known
that these valuable coal deposits
there are free for time digging.
The lots are listed from $100 to $209
each.
ANOTHER BIG DEAL 1
t
Slayton Sells His Ranch to be Cut
Into Small Farms--NF Ranch
Not Sold.
Mr. Dan Slayton, of Lavina, one of
the pioneers of the Musselshell Val
ley, has just completed a deal foL the I
sale of his holdings in the vicinity of
Lavina. The sale was made to a Chi
cago syndicate, who will cut up the I
ranch into smaller farms and colonize
it.
The track sold comprised about
20,000 acres, and the consideration l. I
sulficient to make Mr. Slayton a c
wealthy man. He has retained his
home ranch, which adjoins the town
of Lavina, and contains about 800
acres. Mr. Slayton has another tract
that i; yet untold that lies near the
toot idll9 of the Snowy monntains.
For some time negotiations have
been on foot for the sale of the NF
ranch belonging to H. F. Lowther
and which lies east of Roundup. The
deal has fallen throug however. The
party seeking the purchase desired
the property for dairy purposes, and
was willing to lease it, if it could not
be purchased. This ranch is still on
the market.
Mrs. Robert Glenn and her little
son are expected to arrive fromMinne
apolis about Saturday.
Win. Lunceford drove In from Ber
call Wednesday. lie states that the
Bercall country is looking fine.
Jerry Welch, auditor of the Mon
tana liallroad with offices at Helena
passed ihrongii Wednesday, and
shook hands with many of his ac
quaintances here. He has recently
been promoted to a position in the
general offices of the Milwaukee at
Chicago, and expects to leave to take
up his new work about the first of
the month.
PRESIDENT TAFT-THE OTHERS WILL BE EASYI
me0
" r' 0oRv.
SELLS LARGE TRACT
Penwell Ranch Company Sells
9,560 Acres of Land to
Syndicate.
A sale was effected on June 12th by
Louis Penwell and A. D. Jones, tra
veling immigration agent of the C. M.
& P. S. R. R. covering 9,260 acres of
the land of the Penwell Ranch Co. to
a syndicate of investors from Illinois.
This track is a beautiful stretch of
land lying in the vicinity of Oka and
Judith Gap. It contains a large per
cent of plow land, has two large reser
voirs and extensive improvements at
Oka.
The consideration and the names
of the purchasers were not made pub
lic. The purchaser will incorporate
under the laws of Montana, and will
take the name of the O. K. Land and
Trust Co. The company will then
open offices at Harlowton, Billings
and Helena. The company will pur
chase other tracts.
The Penwell Ranch Co., was orga
nized by Louis Penwell last Septem
ber to purchase the land and live
stock of the Basin Livestock Co It
was this company that owned the
tract just sold. It still has 5,000 on
the Musselshell river one and a half
miles below Harlowton. Negotia
tions are now pending for a sale of
this 5,000 acre tract to another in
vestment company. The sheep of the
Penwell Company, numbering about
17,500 as well as other livestock and
implements will be marketed between
now and fall. Mr. Penwell stated
that the receipts from land and live
stock would pay the stockholders of
his company about 50 per cent upor.
their investment for the year. There
are a number of stockholders in this
company in Harlowton, Lewistown
and Garneill.
Mr. E. Stevenson, speaking for the
purchasing company of the tract
near Oka, stated to a representative
of the News that his people were
highly pleased with their deal, and
were greatly impressed with the ac
tivity of the Musselshell Valley.
They are already looking over other
property in this section, and another
sale may result in a few days.
Rain Saves Moore.
The game between Harlowton and
Moore that was played on Friday im
mediately after the circus parade,
was brought to a sudden ending in
the first half of the third inning.
A brisk shower came up from the
north and spoiled what had all the
indications of a victory for Harlow
ton. When the game was called on
account of wetness, the score was 4 to
2 In favor of Harlowton. Burns made
his initial appearance in a Harlowton
uniform, and made good in every re
spect. He is the best catcher in this
part of Montana, and the fans here
admit it, we want Burns to be with
us as he is a tower of strength to the
team and fills the big weak spot.
Mrs. Anthony Dreyer returned
Tuesday from a delightful visit to
ner parents home at Glendive. She
stated that although it rained most
of the time while she was there.
nevertheless she enjoyed the outing.
Her younger sister, who recently
graduated from the Glendive High
School returned with her for a short
vacation.
The Latest in Wash Goods for July
4th at Marshalls.
SURVEYORS RETURN
Gang That Run Preliminary Survey
for Road to Melville Say
Grade Is Low.
Engineer Criss and his nine men
who have been running the prellnin
ary survey for the proposed railroad
to Melville, Caine back to iiarlowton
Tuesday in the best of spirits. They
have been out for nearly three weeks.
The boys say they had a very plea
sant trip and were well fed owing to,
the culinary art of Mrs. Criss. The
grade will be low having an average
of one and a quarter. This is regard
ad as very low considering the charac
ter of the country traversed. Al
Melville they tied on to a survey that
another crew had run op from Big
Timber, making a continual survey
connmcting the Milwaukee and the
Northern Pacific.
Will Go to Seattle.
Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Curtis enter
tained luring the fore part of the
week Miss Plhilinda Whiting, of West
Superior, Wisconsin, an aunt of Mr.
Curtis, and Mrs. E. C. Curt is. of (msh
kosh, Wisconsin, the latter being the
mother of Mr. Curtis. After an en
joyable visit hlre, they left Tuesday
morning for Seattle where they will
visit more relatives, and take in the
fair. They will return over the (Ore
gon Short Line and Union I'acitic to
Kememer, Wyoming, where two
daughters of Mrs Curtis are living.
Here they will spend the greater por
tion of the summer returning to t heir
Wisconsin home late in August. Bot h
Miss Whiting and Mrs. Curtis are en
joying their trip and anticipate many
happy times before completing their
long journey.
Straw Hats at Marshmalls.
Summer underwear for all at Mar
shalls.
Oscar Stageburg and I1. M. Maley
of Shawmut have 2,00) acres to plow.
In company with several Minnesotans
they will purchase a steam plow.
The plow is expected almost at any
time.
A Big Time.
A large number gathered at the
Hlarlowton Opera house Wednesday
evening to enjoy the pleasures of a
social dance. The en'ertainment was
given by the ladies of the Catholic
Church for the benefit of. the propos
ed church that is to be erected in the
new Van Cleve addition. It 'was a
merry crowd and all compliment
the ladies on their entertainment.
Four booths had been erected, one in
each corner of the hall. Those on
either side of the door fucnished
strawberries, ice-creani, lemonade and
In one of the booths at. the
ther end a fortune teller told of tlie
mysterious fut mire, while in t he ot her
a fish pond was conducted that gave
amiusement to old and young. The
ladies did well and those who pat ro
nilied the dance say they had a good
time.
Wright and Kramer have the con
tract for building the stone whole
sale liquor house for Isaac Tampkin.
The building will be a two story
structure, and 4when completed will
be one of the substantial buildings of
the town. At present the work on
the building is being carried on at a
vapid pace.
FREE ENTERTAINMENT
Local Lodge of Modern Woodmen to
Have Huron Here on 23rd-
Dance After.
Horace Moroi the noted fraterna
list and lii unorist will lie here on the
evening of the 2drul of June. That
fact alone Is enough to till tlie opera
house, but when it is annoutiied that
his delight ful entert ainment. w Ill Ie
given free, there is no question lut
that I he house will ire tilled.
The Wood 'ren hale gone to consid
erable expense in get I ting Mr. IIuron
here. 'T'hey are going to pay his ex
penses from Wick Island to Harlow
ton, hire the opera house and give a
free entertainment, This is a liberal
otTer on the part of tile Woodunen,
and should be reiognized by a large
pat ronage. Mr. fluron is a noted
entertainer and the Woodmen feel
that, lie will give the best of satis
faction. After the entertainment
there wit I be a dance. It is probable
that. a small charge will be made to
defray the expenses of the music.
Buy the Mayer Oxfords, for sum
mer at Marshalls.
Furniture at, Marslialls.
Ceretana Flour --the best at Mar
shalls.
Mr. O'I)ahl has accepted a position
as cashier at. the local depot.
Attorney Jameson, of Roundup, was
a prominent business visitor Thurs
day.
George Pirrie, of Iltotlhiemay, was
here during the early part of the
week and took out, a load of provi
shins to the ranch.
Miss Helen I)rosky of Billings, a
sister of Mrs. E. M. .ienizen, is a
guest at t he Graves hotel, and will
be here all summer visiting her sister
Misses I )orot hey and Mary \'easey of
Velville have been guest,., at. the
(raves hotel si noe Wednesday. They
were at. t11he ('at Iribe dance Wednes
day evening and will stay for the
grand opening of the hotel Saturday
night. Miss 1)orot.hey has recently
returned from Washington D). C.
where she was the guest of Senator
Carter for some t ime.
Will Not Leave.
IDan Dennis has announIied his iln
tent i(n1 to stay here and c1l11ninu1 lii
lie dray business. Ile will enlarge
his lutfit and expects to have three
tearis at work in a few days. Somie
I imne ago le had tihe intenti on of
leaving, but has changed his mind,
and instead will prepare to carry on a
miuch bigger lusiiiess in the bus and
traIsfer lusinesi .
HEAVY FINE
On Stanley Smith for Attempted
Bribery of a State
Witness.
Stanley Smiith of Marllnsdale he
camie involved in an unfortunate af
fair at Lewistown this week. lie
was attending the trial of his cousin
WIlbur Hloffiman, charged with bur
glary, and during the trial was ar
rested on the charge of attempting to
bribe May Riser, a witness for the
slate. Smith was represented by
Ayres and Marshall, and Mr. Ayres
stated that. Mr. Smith, who is a
wealthy young sheep man from Mar
Iinsdale, was willing to be adjudged
in contempti of court, but would
plead not guilt y to t hl felony infor
iiatiion.
In commenting on the alTair, the
Lewistown Daily News says:
Judge Cheadle announced thatl the
information would therefore be with
drawn, and addressing Smith, gave
him a very severe roasting. lie said
Smith was unfortunate in having
more money than lie knew what todo
with, while his experience in any
thing useful was very limited. While
"pimps and prostitutes" might look
on him as a hero, descent people
looked down on him and his conduct
in coming into this community and
attemliptilog to bribe witnesses was
audacious and could not ine passed by.
lie referred 1o the manner in which
Smiit h and his young friends had lueeiu
ctimid iilg themselves in Lewistown
as "appalying" and warned hini that
he would come to a bad end unless he
desisted. lIe then imposed a lite of
*24.1. O(to Myers and William
William Fringer also charged
with cuntteeipt, did not escape with
out very severe lectures, and each
was fined $25.
Rtead the News.
HARLOW GETS MOORE
Game Thursday Replete With Hits-
Runs, Bobbles and Excitement
Score 11 to 7.
Everything happened in Thursday's
gamne from pyrotechnics to aerial
navigat ion, and the fans were kept in
the feverish zone of excitement. Shir
dahil was lilt. regularly three home
runs, I wo two-baggers and six singles
being made onT his delivery, these
swats coupled with hobbles in the
infield et ted 11 runs. Neff pitched a
good gamn for thee locals, at times he
was liberal with his passes, but when
men were on bases lie was as stingy
as a school kid with his first sock of
candy, Nothing was let out of the
bag. Ieing a busy day there was
not a record breaking crowd, but a
fair sprinkling of fannerine boosters
helped some.
The Trials of a Frontier Minister.
Rev. .1. Phillip Anshiutz held Epis
copal services in the Congregational
church Wednesday evening. The
rector is the Episcopal missioner for a
large territory in Montana, and lie
says his experience here Wednesday
evening in an attempt to hold services
have not been equalled since he came
to the state. It was a rainy night
and cold. The rector arrived on the
evening train from Harlowton, and
his coming had not been advertised.
A key to the church could not he
found, and as a last resort the rector
went through the window and open
ed the door from the inside. At 8:30
people began to straggle In. No fire
was started in the building, because
it was thought there would not le
euough people present to justify hold
ing services. But they kept coming.
Under the discouraging conditions
the fact I hst, they came, and most of
Ileun were not Episcopalians was a
glowing testimonial to the personal
popularity of t he talented young
minister.---.Judith Gap .Journal.
CIRCUS DAY.
Gollmar Bros. Circus Gave Satisfaction
to a Large Crowd.
Last Friday was a gala day for Hlar
lowton. The Gollmar Brothers circus
was in town, and created amusement
for the town people as well as a large
number of outsiders from Twodot,
Mart insdale, Lennep, C'ruse, Ryegate
and other towns. Despite the fact
that. for several days previous the rain
god had been, hmsy, which made the
streets very muddy, the circus went
through its entire program.
Long before sunrise the tents were
erect ed and the mysterious grunts
could be heard from the hungry ani
mals that etninated from the tinsled
wagons. At 10:30 the parade started
up ('entral avenue, and attracted the
attention of every person, in the same
manner as it had dozens of times be
fore. It is old and yet so new. The
parade was complete with men and
women in georgeous costumes on
horseback, with two hands, troupes
of elephants, camels and dromedaries,
and wild caged beasts, and the inevit
able sereaching calliope.
There were several features in time
big show in tihe afternoon that brot
out hearty applause. The "Whirl of
Death" is properly named. The
Van Diemnan sisters defy time laws of
gravity, high up in the dome of the
tent where a single slip would mean
instant death, these daring women
hang by their teeth, without any net
ting underneath, and whirl around
for several minutes. It was a great
display of midair gymnastics. It has
been pronounced the greatest. aerial
act of tihe age performed by women.
The little troupe of Japs as tumblers
and gymnasts gave the the best of
satisfaction, one of which climed a
stairway on his head. These features
coupled with the band of trained ele
phants, were as go-d as could be seen
anywhere.
Some Swell Fixtures.
Time Graves hotel is beginning to
take on all the appearances of a bustl
ing up-to-date hotel of a large com
mertial center. Besides being hand
somnely furnished, Mr. Kieber has in
stalled a new annunciator switch
board, connecting everyone of the 45
rooms with the office, each room is
fitted up with an electric bell so as to
enable time night clerk to give all the
calls without leaving the office. There
are also ten telephdnes in the build
ing all of which connect with the
office. These fixtures together with
the water system give the hotel every
modern convenience, and stamp it as
one of the best in the state.