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Farmers' Institute Friday, March 3rd—Free Dance Friday Evening, March 3rd—Piano Contest Closes March 4th Wibaux Pioneer VOLUME 5 WIBAUX, DAWSON COUNTY, MONTANA, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 24, 1911 NUMBER 7 INSTITUTE NEXT Farmers of Valley Will Hold Prof itable Meet Here Next Friday— 1 ine Lot of Prizes Offered Don't, forgot the farmers' insti tute to be held ut Rocker's lml 1 next Friday, March 2. at 2:00 p. in. nod 8:00 p. m. The program will lie furnished by scientific agriculturists and practical fanners. Such topics as fruit growing, dairying, alfalfa, seed selection, irrigation, poultry keeping, and dry farming, will be discussoil. Bring your family and invite your neighbors. While the full program is not available for publication at. this writing, we ran assure our farmer friends that, it will be an excellent ('no, and worth traveling mans' miles to hear. At tin afternoon session Mrs. Win. Bell will favor with a select reading, and Miss Man ning will do likewise in the evening, while Miss Muggah of Preston, a remarkably proficient vocalist, will sing at both sessions. As an added inducement for the farmers to attend this institute the business men of Wibaux have hung up the valuable prices set forth below. Each farmer and family living outside of Wibaux will be given a ticket upon enter ing the hall. C. M. Allen, fountain pen. Wibaux Provision Co., I ham CLOSING OUT We have decided to retire from the mercantile business and wish to dispose of our entire stock. In doing this we have decided to give our customers and friends who have been so loyal to us the benefits to be derived from a Closing Out Cash Sale. On and After Friday, February 17th, 1911 *» Every penny's worth of goods will be sold for Cask Only. From boot-blacks to bankers—all will be treated alike for it is not a matter of who is good. We have numerous customers who are as good as the wheat in the bin, and who would settle at a stated time, and it would be a pleasure for us to grant the privilege of an account to them; but we cannot attempt to draw a line between those who would and those who would not, and for the extra trouble of bringing the money when you buy, we will give you the following Discounts From Our Regular Prices On Dry Goods 10 Per Cent On Clothing 10 per cent On Implements 7 1-2 Per Cent On Shoes 10 Per Cent On Shelf Hardware 10 per cent On Groceries 5 Per Cent On Furnishing Goods 10 Per Cent On Harness 10 per cent On Paper and Tablets, Net Our Deliveryman will continue to serve all customers promptly and may collect upon delivery when customers desire it, but no partial payments will be accepted as book-keeping will be cut out You Want to Save Money and Nothing Would Please Us More Than to Help You Save It. THE W. A. ORGAiN CO T WIBAUX, MONTANA --------»*»»» •—------—— if Crescent Hardware ('o,. I rock ing chair. T. S. Lovell, 5 lbs good coffee. 1 W. O. Orgairi Co., sack flour, j N'ick Wagner, dress shirt. Wibaux Drug A Jewelry Co,, 1 watch fob. F. J. Stipek, buggy whip. Louie Fong, order for 5 meals. Mezette, one year's subscript'll. Pioneer, TWO year subscript.' n. Rucker A Co., box of cigars. Kimball, pair cuff buttons. K lander & Sell nett, box cigars. Wolfe & Drake, day's feed for a team. Sutherland, day's feed for team. The evening session will be fol lowed immediately by the Pioneer's Piano Contest dance, which will be free to everybody, (Jood music and a good time. Stole Blankets—30 Days Alondaj evening, Fred Long, a farmer living several miles south of town, missed a pair of blankets from his rig and suspicion was di rected to Louis Verhassell, who has been, around here for four or five years. He was gathered up by Deputy Sheriff Frank Boyce and haled be fore Justice Bushel! Tuesday for a hearing. He admitted appro priating tin* blankets and was sen tenced to serve thirty days in the county boobyhatch at ( Hendive, to which place he was taken that af ternoon . The loot was recovered and ie. stored to the owner. ELECTRIC LIGHTS Wibaux Plant Now In Operation - - - Credit to the Promoters The Stygian darkness, which has characterized Wibaux after nightfall for many years, dis solved last evening before the rays of the modern electric light land the town took its place in line with other progressive cities. The achievement marks an other epoch in the advancement of the pi ice, which has been very pronounced during the past year, and will be followed by many others that are already in preparation, and which will make Wibaux one of the very best towns in eastern Montana. Credit for this latest innova tion belongs to the Wibaux Im provement Co., which has been to no little pains and consider ably more expense to give our citizens a modern, eflieient and safe system of illumination. The plant, which has been in stalled in the basement of the new Kinney block, was furnished by the Fairbanks-Morse Co. of St. Paul, and is a most thorough and complete one in every de tail. 'fhe engine is a heavy one of the gasoline type and well known F-M efficiency. It is of 25-horsepower and operates as smoothly as a watch. The generator, switchboard and all exterior and interior wir | ing and connections were in stalled by Chief Electrician Aug. Hanson and his crew of expert workmen, and the job is second to none extant. In addition to the generating plant proper, a large storage bat tery has been provided to furnish commercial lights early in the mornings, dark afternoons and at such other times as the main plant is not in operation. This is in another room, and consists of 72 extra large cells which will be charged while the main plant is performing its regular nightly duty. This will prove a great convenience. The plant has a capacity of 600 lights, and we venture the prediction right now that it will be found inadequate to supply the demand within a very few weeks. Henry Zopfi starts out in com mand of the plant and takes to his duties like a cat to cream. Postmaster Williamson Ims been notified that after February 28' tli" post office at Cedar, this state, would Vie discontinued and patrons will call at the post ottieo here for their mail. DECIDE TO MOVE Chamber of Commerce Effects a Change of Base and Transacts Other Business , The intense cold weather of Monday evening interfered very materially with the attendance at the regular meeting of the Chamber of Commerce. The in adequate and inaccessible quar ters, too, has been another fac tor in reducing the attendance. This will now be remedied, as the Chamber decided to lease for its meetings hereafter the com fortable quarters in the base ment of Rucker & Co's building recently vacated by Billy Hyde. Being centrally located, it will insure an improvement in the at tendance. Action on the matter of envel ope printing was deferred an other week. - Secretary Bushel 1 stated that it was absolutely impossible to reply to all the letters of inquiry received and advocated the is suing of a circular, setting forth the advantages of Wibaux and environs. The sugge«Hon met with unanimous app and the envelope committee was giv en the matter, and also power to act. The committee on incorpora tion was not ready to report in full, but stated that it was hav j.iitr a piap prepared in Glendive.