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VOLUME 1 W V9 * WIBAUX, DAWSON COUNTY, MONTANA, THURSDAY JANUARY 17, 1907 NUMBER 1 Dr. C. C. Benedict, '• • • .Physician and Stir^ ? o p I Office over,First Natjl Pank. ( Residence v Qr a h a m' Hotel. LOUIE FON« [First Class Restaurant md Short Order Chop House [Regular Meals and Shcrt Order Lunches at any hoir of the day. [Wibaux, - - Montana. CHAS. H. DAE!I, General Blacksmitiing. Horseshoeing a Speciilty. All Work Guaranteed. Wibaux - Mcntana. E. E. JORDAN S Real Estate • Dealer 1 2 • Ask Me about farm lanis 2 in the vicinity of Wibaux— g I have the largest list )f g desirable lands in Dawson g county. 1 can absolr.tey g locate you on land at an ir- g side price. I will be glal g to give you further infoi- g mation on request. Locat- g ing a specialty. Address g E, E. JORDAN g United States Commissioner g Wibaux * Monlam ( )IHO 0 HOf«MHWN«S«N* Tht E. WILLIAMSON Neats and General Produce Buyer of Hides, Furs and Pelts. Live Stock Bought and Sold. Wibaux, Mont. "i. F. J. STIPEK Manufacturer 9 f and Dealer in • Harness and Saddlery, Brid les, Collars, Whips, Fur Robes, Etc. Men's Furn ishings, Boots and Shoes. I pay highest cash prices for hides, pelts and furs. Wibaux, - - Montana. WIBAUX BARBER SHOP J. D. WYNN. Proprietor. A First Class Tonsorial Parlor. First Class Workmen. You are next for a lux urious shave or a stylish haircut. Bath Room in Connection. iDENTISTl Dr. C. H. Dwight is now permanently located in Wibaux jo All kinds of up-to-date Den 'S tal work by the latest and • most approved methods. ;%G°ld .Crown and Bridge * work a specialty. fa In the 0 GRAHAM HOTEL g •itfMMMNINNMUtUfl! Newlon-Jenscn. Geo. C. Jensen, vice president of the W. A. Orgain Co., and Miss Flora B. Newlon, of Fair View, Montana, a sister of Mrs. Frank Cannon, were quietly married at the home of Hon. and Mrs. F. P. Leiper at Glendive on Saturday last. Miss Clementine Dundas acted as bridesmaid and Mr. Lew Newlon, a brother of the bride, as best man. To say that these young peo ple surprised their friends in no manner fits the occasion, as the fact that they contemplated mat rimony was, it seems, entirely unknown. Postmaster Jordan was "in" on the secret and help ed them engineer it so well that not more than two or three peo ple in Wibaux knew of it until they returned from Clendive as Mr. and Mrs. Jensen. The young couple are very well and favorably known throughout the county and have a multitude of friends with whom The Pio neer joins in wishing Mr. and Mrs. Jensen all the happiness and blessings of matrimony. First National Bank Meeting. The regular annual meeting of the stockholders of the First National Bank of Wibaux was held in the nicely-appointed di rectors' room of the bank last week. The meeting was called on Tuesday but adjourned until Saturday when the following named directors were elected: J. C. Kinney, L. S. Patterson, j Paul A. Fishcer, F. J. Stipek and H. Robinson. The directors then proceeded tc elect officers as fol lows: J. C. Kinney, president; L. S. Patterson, vice president; Paul A. Fisher, cashier. The stockholders were highly pieased with the progress the bank has made and consider the outlook for the future very bright. Pleasant Social Gathering. An exceedingly pleasant party was given at the hospitable home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cannon last Thursday evening. A goodly mumber of invited guests were present and the ev ening was spent in dancing and card playing. Mrs. Wills, at the p^ano, furnished excellent music for the dancing. Punch was served during the evening and at midnight the guests were treat to a sumptuous lap supper, short ly after which all departed for their homes, unanimous in their decision that as entertainers Mr. and Mrs. Cannon were unsur passed. Another Real Estate Office. Mr. Babler, of Perham, Min I nesota, was here with a party of j land men this week and com pleted arrangements to locate here permanently and open a land office, having rented the Kinney building first door south of the First National Bank, and also the newly-erected Payne residence. He will arrive with his wife and little boy some time in February. Mr. Babler is an experienced real estate man and says he will make the land busi ness better than ever in this vi cinity. A bright baby boy arrived to cheer the home and brighten the lives of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mullendore last Saturday morn ing. The mother and child are both well and Mr. Mullendore is the proudest man in town. C. A. Steele and W. S. Waldo, from Sioux Falls, S. D., arrived here with two cars of emigrant movables this week. They have rented a house of Mr. Bloodgood which they will occupy until spring, when they will move on to their land. Telephone Company Meeting. The regular annual meeting of the .Wibaux Investment Com pany, owners and operators of the Wibaux-Ekalaka telephone system, was held January 7. Directors for the ensuing year were elected as follows: W. A, Orgain, H. Mullendore, J. C. Kinney, E. E. Jordan, W. H. Rucker and F. J. Stipek, for the Wibaux end of the line and Frank Emerson, R. C. Charters and P. H. Ferguson for the Eka laka end of the line. Officers for the ensuing year were also elected and are as follows: W, A. Orgain, president; H. Mullen dore, vice president; E, E. Jor dan, secretary; J, C, Kinney, treasurer. The rent for residence 'phones was cut to $2.00 per month which is reasonable enough so that everybody can afford to have one in their home—in fact can hardly afford to be without one, considering the fact that the merchants all run delivery wagons. Stockholders in the company are highly pleased with the re sults thus far attained and as more instruments are constantly being installed the prospects for the future are excellent. Going to Take a Day Off. A postmaster in North Dakota, posted the following notice on his shutter recently: "All parties expectin' mail are hereby notified to git all that's cornin' to 'em in advance—any time before next Thursday, that bein' the day we have app'inted to go huntin'—not havin' had a holiday from the government since July 4, and the said gov ernment seemin' to forget that, bein' only human, we need rest and recreation occasional. There is some little mail here for the Joneses and the Tompinses — but it don't amount to much, as it's all got one-cent stamps on it. There ain't nothin' much in the business nohow."—Ex. Frank Tullar and Wm. Baird of Beach, had business in town this week. James says that anthracite coal is the only thing (that is, apparently-, at times) to burn. The Wibaux M. W. A. will give a social in the Odd Fellows' hall on Saturday evening, Jan. 19, for Woodmen and their fam ilies. When you wish donations for churches, schools or other char itable work you solicit your home banker or merchant. The First National Bank of Wibaux re spectfully solicits all home busi ness. Mr. G. B. Pope, of the firm of Pope & Howard, of Glendive, came down this week to make arrangements to have grain hauled out for his sheep. Mr. Pope has a large crew of men working with his sheep and feays that the snow is so deep and the conditions generally, are so bad north of Blue Mountain, where his sheep are located, that the loss will be great if the sheep are not fed and well cared for. J. L. Milner was in from his ranch twenty-five miles north this week getting men and mak ing arrangements to trail about 4,500 of his sheep to Wibaux. From here he will ship them to Billings and feed them alfalfa for the rest of the winter. Mr. Milner says the conditions are bad and as he will probably not have hay enough for all his sheep he has decided on this move, which leaves about 2,500 at the ranch. It will be neces sary for him to use a snow plow the whole distance in order to get the sheep through. The Town oj Wibaux. The first town in Montana is Wibaux, just six miles from the state line, located on .the main line of the Northern Pacific and on the Big Beaver, a beautiful stream that empties into the Lit tle Missouri in Dakota. Wibaux, pronounced Wee-bo, is a typical, hustling, western town with metropolitan ideas and 500 inhabitants. Originally merely a shipping point for cat tle, it has grown steadily, and is now a successful bidder for trade that comes a hundred miles over land. It is interesting for the eastern man unaccustomed to such rapid development, to visit such a town as Wibaux. For instance, he will wonder where all the people come from who support three such splendid general stores, stores that would do credit to towns of 5,000 people. He will speculate on the need of two banks, both occupying handsome structures. He will be surprised at the activity in building and other improvements, both busi ness blocks and residences. He will be struck with the prosper ous air of the homes, the pretty lawns, freshly painted houses, the general air of thrift and com fort, and he will fail to under stand why there are no idlers about, no man wihhout a job or something to keep him busy. But it is the west, the growing, busy west, where there are too many opportunities for anyone with money to invest, or a trade to follow, to remain idle. While there are plenty of plac es where land can be irrigated, there is as yet very little irrigat ing done because large yields are possible without it. And the man with a few hundred dollars can get a start on one of these farms-can make a payment and in a few years be free from debt with a farm that has perhaps trebled in value to show for his labor. The farmer who gets a quarter section near Wibaux, and who supplements cropping the land with a few head of stock, will get ahead. Another important factor is the market. For years to come Montana will consume more than is raised within her borders. At Wibaux, and other eastern Mon tana towns, there is a local mar ket that is the best in the world because the demand for farm products is greater than the sup ply. A strong home market is a great factor in the farmer's prosperity. With thousands of fertile acres from which he can take his choice, with a rapidly growing town for a market and supply point, with a transcontinental railway running past his door, with a climate that is delightftn, with fuel on his own land—for the entire region is underlaid with great coal measures that crop out in many places on the surface—with all these advan tages the farmer and stockraiser will find "opportunity" spelled for him at last, and it is on the prosperity of the farmer and rancher that the town depends for its existence. But the town man who wants to go into some business for him self will find Wibau* a good point. The town now has: 2 banks,. 2 hotels, 3 saloons, Postoffice, 3 churches, 1 restaurant, 1 barber shop, 1 lumber yard, 1 meat market, 2 livery stables, 3 general stores, 1 real estate office, 1 saddle and harness shop, (Concluded on fourth .page. ) First National of Wibaux SOLICITS YOUR BUSINESS WHETHER LARGE OR SMALL The First Consideration in Banking is Safety atoooo&'osooooooosooisoosoooeaeoooooooooboooooosooooooo MRS. R. PICKERING, Proprietor, Rates $2.00 per day. Steam heated brick building, newly built and furnished. Special attention given to the travelling public. | First Class Bar in Connection. 9 ®99®O®9999«99O999990999999999S9tt999«9999a99999999999 Livery, Feed and Sale Stable S. H. STAMBAUGH, Proprietor GOOD RIGS PRICES REASONABLE City Dray Line Phone 21 Wibaux, Montana 990890009990900009091 Coal and Lumber Co. | Anthracite Coal now on hand from Pennsyl * vania. Bear Creek Coal due from the West ! 2 Now ready with a good supply of Sash, Doors, Windows, 2 Lumber, Lath, Plaster, Lime; Cement, &c. 2 2 2 GEO. W. JAMES; Local Agent, Phone 18, Wibaux, Montana 0999980099900099990099909090099900000900 •••• 99099902 I S. M. Bunnell | LIVERY FEED and SALE o 9 0 S Dray in Connection Phone No. 12. Wibaux, Mbnt. •9«NMM«N9M««HMMH9«#M»MMM«MN aMM CWc2 The Pioneer is equipped to do all kinds of job printing. Your patronage respectfully so licited. We /aim to satisfy V v.\ * : THE WIBAUX PIONEER Wibaux - , Montana