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The Whitefish Pilot.
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VOLUME 7
WHITEFISH, FLATHEAD COUNTY, MONTANA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1910,
NUMBER 5
INTERESTING
MEETING
The Chamber of Commerce held
a very interesting session in the
city hall Tuesday evening at which
a great many important questions
were taken up and discussed. There
was a good attendance and everyone
there was feeling very enthusiastic
about the prosperous outlook of
Whitefish this coming summer.
Everyone is beginning to fçel that
the Chamber of Commerce is an ab
solute necessity to enhance its pros
perity and there were a number of
new faces present, which goes to
show that the booster spirit is
spreading out.
There is need here for an up-town
express office, and after consider
able discussion on this subject the
secretary was ordered to take the
matter up with the express com
pany, to see if there is any possi
bility to have such an office estab
lished. This matter was taken up
twe years ago, but at that time the
town was not large enough to war
rant one. Since that time the ex
press business has nearly doubled.
T1 îe library proposition was dis
cussed at some length. The secre
tary reported that he had written
to other towns who had received
Carnegie libraries, and it was found
that in order to build one here the
taxes of the town would have to be
increased considerable to establish a
maintenance fund. At the present
time the question of getting a sewer
is considered of more importance to
the town, so it was thought best to
lay the library aside for a time, as
we could not afford to get both at
this time.
H. C. Anderson re*d a commun
ication from the Great Northern,
which is published in this issue, in
regards to having an experimental
farm established here, and a com
mittee consisting of J. E. Skyles,
M. C. Groene «nd H. C. Anderson
were appointed to get in touch with
the farmers in this vicinity, who
will be interested in this proposi
tion and send in their names to
the Great Northern offices, for them
to choose the man who shall con
duct the experimental farm at this
place.
The next regular meeting will be
Tuesday evening, Feb. 15, when
there will be an important meeting
and everyone who can possibly do
so should turn out. It is desired
to have the presence of every mer
chant in the city on this occassion.
It is a meeting which should be
of vital interest to them all.
EXPRESS MAN
PUT ON AT DEPOT
The express business has reached
that stage here now that a man has
lieen put on to look after the ex
press business exclusively, and a
room has been fixed up at the
depot for this purpose.
The new expressman is R.
Wright, who arrived from Butte
last Thursday, and entered upon
his duties here on the first of the
month. Mr. Herberg, who has
been looking after both the freight*
and express will now devote his
time to the freight department only.
This move will no doubt be ap
preciated by the people of Whij^4
fish, and from now on it is
not thought that there will
arise any cause for complaint or
criticism on the part of the public
for not receiving' prompt and'
efficient service. With one man
having to look after both tfiie
freight and the express, it was im
possible for him to find time to
give it the proper attention.
Watch the comet for signs of the
times.
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County
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FLATHEAD EXHIBITS AT THE DRY FARMING CONGRESS AT BILLINGS
NEW GREAT
NORTHERN EQUIPMENT
The Tacoma Daily Ledger gives
an account of an interview with E.
J. Healey of the passenger depart
ment, who states that on the first
of Mav the Great Northern will
have an entire new equipment for the
Oriental Limited, which is now
being built and will make this train
a veritable palace on wheels, with
which even the limited trains in
the east cannot compare.
They will be equipped so as to
supply every need, real or imagin
ary of the American traveling pub
lic, even to electric curling irons
for the ladies.
The entire replacing with this
new equipment will mean that 64
new coaches will be built, as each
train contains 8 cars and it takes
8 trains on the road all the time,
both ways, to work from Chicago to
Seattle.
The trains will be lighted thru
out with electricity, supplied from
a dynamo in the baggage car
which is supplied with steam from
an oil burner, instead of getting it
from the locomotive as is done now,
which is the latest advance made in
illuminating these palaces on
wheels. Instead of the common
carbon lamps that are now used
the new tungsten lamps will re
place them, which give a whiter
and brighter light, but on account
of being very fragile they will have
to be fitted .with a special spring
socket, especially designed for this
purpose, so that the jar of the train
will.not break . the delicate wires.
W. S. Sinclair, traveling electri
cal inspector of the Great Northern,
confirmed this report in an inter
view with a representative of the
Pilot last week. He stated that him
self and the chief electrician at St.
Paul had designed the electric light
ing system and the spring sockets
for the.tungsten lamps to be used
on these cars, just à short time ago.
„ Rev. H. M. Green of Kalispell
will hold Episcopal services in
Skyles' hall this evening. Every
one is cordially invited to attend.
Teddie Logan was over from Spo
kane all this week attending to \
business.
ANOTHER BRICK BUSI
NESS BLOCK TO BE BUILT
Mrs. J. Duncan Having Plans Made for a Two-Story
Brick Structure on the Corner of Second Street and
Lupfer Avenue.
Mrs. J. Duncan has always been
a very enthusiastic booster for
Whitefish and has always displayed
her faith in the future of the town
by the great number of investments
that she has made in real estate
during the past few years.
She is al)Out to launch another
enterprise now that will be one more
boost for the town, by erecting
in the near future a two-story brick
business building on the corner of
Second street and Lupfer avenue.
M. B. Riffo of Kalispell is the
architect and is now preparing the
WHITEFISH WIN
BOWLING GAME
The Brewery Bowling team of
Kalispell came up again Sunday af
ternoon to make a i effort to wrest
another victory from the Whitefish
boys, but they were disappointed
this time.
Thei'e is no regular organized
team here at present, so a few of
the best Fowlers that could be
found in a hurry, were gathered to
gether and they had a very excit
ing game that was witnessed by a
house- packed full of spectators.
The score was as follows:
WHITEFISH
Sletten
144*'
139
135—418
Bjork
207 '
131
196—537
Shoaf
180
112
125—367
Colepian
158 •
120
161—439.
Mazurie
105
143
-168—416
744
658
785 2187
KALISPELL
Vans- Tassel
148
126
179—453
Hassen
115
169
150—444
Dressen
148
160
146—454
Thompson
161
137
141—439
Diesen
109
89
153—351
691
671
769 2131
plans. The building will have a
basement and will cover a ground
space 125x85 feet and will be con
structed entirely of native mater
ials.
The building is being designed
for a modern tenement house,
where furnished suites or rooms
can be secured by those wishing
something real nice and up-to-d te.
Part of the lower floor will proba
bly be used for store purposes. The
building will be modern in every re
spect and will be constructed along
the latest lines of architecture.
EXPECTS TO USE
THE OLD TRACK
W. N. Noffsinger, representing
the Great Northern Railway Co.
presented to the county commis
sioners for their signature a docu
ment which gives the county the
use of the abandoned right-of-way
from the vicinity of Marion to the
county line. Itis not to be a per
manent transfer, however. It is
stated that-the Great Northern ex
pects to again use the right~uf\vay,
and does not wish to bë considered
as having: abandoned. jt.' Tt în
effect proposes a lease of.-the grade,
to the coüntÿ for ■ road purposes
until sucite«*a.. ; jiipe as fye . railway
company " Avisâtes <-te -«set- it, 'and
provides that the County'" shall de-,
liver possession tq$e ..cpmpany at
.any time upon receiving six months
notice, agreement was signed...
.by the t»mmiss*pqers,' .and Was
forwarded last night>to St. Paui.,fqr.'
the signature of/thfTjjroper railway
officials. The consideration flamed
in the instrument- is one dollar.
—Inter Lake,, . .
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Mrs. C. W. Berry qf Kalispell is;
visiting here with her sister Mrs,.
iW. N. Parent.
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GREAT NORTHERN GETS
MORE NEW ENGINES
The Great Northern is again re
ceiving some new Mallet engines
that are larger than any they have
now, in fact they are the largest
locomotives in the world. Several
of them passed thru here this week,
being hauled dead in a train to
Hillyard, where they will be set up
and then sent farther west, where
they will be put in service in the
Cascade mountains. As they stood
here in the yard they were inspect
ed by a goodly number of railroad
men, especially the firemen who
noticed particularly the extra size
of the fire box.
These new engines are a great
improvement over the old ones,
which had a great many faults that
are all remedied in these locomo
tives. The main improvement is
the way that the steam from the
high presure engines is conveyed to
the low pressure engines in front.
Instead of a big exposed receiver
pipe, the steam goes into a receiver
pipe in the front end where it is
superheated before it enters the low
pressure cylinders. The water
from the injectors is also heated to
the same temperature as that in
the boiler by a specially designed
heater. They have a lubricator on
the low pressure engine that is
operated by the link and will do
away with the long tallow pipes
that gives so much trouble on the
others.
' The reversing gear is operated
with an air cylinder instead of a
motor which gives quicker service.
The locomotive is equipped with
piston valves all around and the
cylinders are the largest constructed
^hnMItis typer being 23 and 35 inches
.WJ&meter with a 32^.inch stroke*
<Mr. Emerson, superintendent of
jfrifltive power, expects that these
çngjujes will prove capable of mov
i»g from 100 to 120 fifty ton cars
on ' a*level track. Its * total" weight
with, tender is 468,000 pounds and
have a total-length of 92 feet.
«hjhn Lampert left this morning
foc-ÀIelrose, Minn., where he will
visit for a month and then return
with flis family, who have been
there for the past two months.
BLOWN FROM
HIS TRAIN
Conductor Ollie Fisher had a
somewhat unusual and exciting ex
perience Saturday, something simi
lar to a ride in a flying machine,
but it came very near costing bin«
his life.
The wind was blowing a terrible
hurricane on the east slope of the
mountains that day. In fact rail
road men say that it is the worst
that they have ever experienced,
and as his train was entering the
siding at Midvale,Fisher started out
over the tops of the cars from his
caboose to get to the head of his
train, but the wind was blowing so
Hard that he could not stand up
against it, so had to get down on
his hands and knees to crawl across.
While he was in this act an un
usually hard gust came up and mi
roofed several of the cars including
the one he was on, and was blown
50 feet off the right of way.
He managed to get away from
the roof in its flight, so that when
it landed it did not fall on him, but
he received several severe bruises
that will lay him up for some time.
He is now in the hospital under the
doctor's care, hut none of his in
juries are serious and it is expected
that he will be able to i>e about in
a short time.
Conductor Chas. Powers also had
an experience with the wind the
same day. As his train was pulling
into Midvale across the Midvale
bridge, which is quite a high struc
ture, six empty box cars were
blown bodily off the track, out of
his train, and toppled over the side
of the bridge, into the r a Vine be
low, where they now lie a mass of
wreckage.
This place is noted for being
windy, as it evidenced by the great
number of car roofs that are strewn
along the right of way, but it has
never before been known to blow
the cars out of a train.
JUMPED FROM
COAL CHUTE
Having to jump from the top of
a coal chute, a distance of about 40
feet to the frozen ground below is
not a pleasant situation to have
staring one in the face, but this is
what Brakeman McKenzie had to
do in order to save himself from
meeting death by being crushed by
the cars.
He was engaged in putting some
cars up on the coal chute at Brown
ing Sunday afternoon, where there
was such a blizzard raging at the
time that it was impossible to see a
car length. The cars had been
pushed to the top of the incline by
the engine and McKenzie was spot
ting them, but on account of the
flying snow the engineer could not
see his stop signal and shoved the
ears right thru the end of the chute
and over the edge. The engine was
stopped just in time to prevent jt
from going over also. The front
wheels of the pony truck went off,
but by backing up was able to get
them back dii the rails again with
out mueh inconveniencè. >
In this confusion McKenzie had
to jump from the chute to save
himself from being killed and he
received some very painful bruises,
besides being very badly shook up.
He also caught his hand in some
thing and had it severely crushed.
He was brought to Whitefish on
No. 43 early.Monday morning and
placed in the hospital» where he is
reported to lie getting along nicely.
Yesterday was ground hog day
and he could not help seeing his
shadow in the bright sunshine, so
we know what to expect for the
next six weeks.