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The Whitefish
VOLUME 7
WHITEFISH, FLATHEAD COUNTY, MONTANA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1910.
NUMBER 31
HEAD-ON
COLLISION
Train No. 44, east-bound Bur
lington passenger, in charge of
Conductor Burke and Engineer
O'Brien, and Great Northern
No, 3, west-bound, in charge of
Conductor Wolcott and Engineer
Gregory, met in head-on collison
just west of Bombay siding at
7:40 yesterday morning, but with
no very serious results.
The accident happened on a
sharp curve, so that neither crew
could see the other until they were
nearly upon one another, and it
was impossible to prevent an ac
cident, as they were going at a
pretty fair rate of speed.
Both engine crews jumped,
and none were hurt, except En
gineer Gregory, who sprained
both ankles when he fell.
Conductor Wolcott on No. 3 got
.down on the step in the vesti
bule to find out the reason for
putting on the air so suddenly,
and when they struck he wa 3
thrown out on the ground, bruis
ing his left arm severely.
The passengers were all badly
shaken up, but none seriously in
jured. A number were cut up
and slightly bruised, but after
receiving medical attention were
able to continue on their journey.
When the locomotives hit they
reared up in front like a couple of
horses and made a novel sight.
They are both badly damaged.
The Great Northern equipment
again showed its worth, and was
hardly damaged except the baggage
car which had one end stove in,
but two of the Burlington cars were
elescoped. The express messenger
had a miraculous escape.
SHERIFF MAKES
AN INSPECTION
Sheriff O'Connell was up Satur
day to inspect the saloon licenses,
md in company with Mavor May
eld and Marshall Metcalf made a
horough investigation into the
ituation in the redlight district
vith a view to finding out how
ome of the evils of that place can
Jest be remedied. While looking
round they rounded up a few
-oung men who seemed to be mak
ng their homes there,and put them
inder arrest. They paid a fine of
10 the next day.
Sweet Grass Again.
Commencing today there will be
baseball game each day this week
•ith the Sweet Grass team. They
iave organized for this series and
vill play on the local diamond with
he Whitefish team.
The games will be called at 5:30
f each afternoon except Sunday
vhen the game will be called at 3
'clock.
Two Broken Legs.
Charles Ford was brought in
rom Eureka Monday night and
laced in the hospital here suffer
ig with two broken legs which he
eceived in a run away accident.
r e has a compound fracture in his
ight leg and one in his left.
Infant Dies.
The infant child of Mr. and Mrs.
larence Small died last evening,
aving been sick for the past week
ith summer complaint. Funeral
rrangments had not been anounced
n going to press.
Contractor Fred Graves in erect
g a new home at Lakeside for
rs. S. B. Mullen.
CAN TALK ALL
OVER THE VALLEY
The Northern Idaho and Mon
tana Power company have com
pleted their line to Poison and on
August 1, telephone service was
opened to the public throughout
the valley from Poison to White
fish. In another column is pub
lished the rate card for this service
and the towns that have toll sta
tions.
They now have a large crew
at work stringing a large cable to
do away with the great net work- of
wires on Central avenue, and in a
week more it is expected to have
the new switchyard connected to
this, and the central station trans
fèred to the electric light office.
Work has also tiegun rebuilding
the line to Columbia Falls.
KALISPELL VS.
WHITEFISH
The Whitefish team returned
from Kalispell Tuesday night very
jubilant after winning the series of
three games and administering to
Kalis|)ell one of the worst beatings
they have ever had in the history of
their team. It was an owui jolt to
Kalispell, and they shut right up
like a clam about the sixth inning,
and those who were making the
biggest noises began to slink away j
in disgust before the game was over, |
knowing that there was no chance
for their boys to retrieve the way !
things were going. Score 17 to 6. j
Beating them on their own
grounds, with their own umpire,
then rolling them in the dusst and ;
rubbing it in so hard that it has
caused the whole Kalispell contin- ,
gent to have a nauseating feeling !
come over them, dittos a world of
good. Wonder if they will put up
the howl that we robbed them of
the game. That would be impos- j
sible because Kalispell is pretty j
well graduated in that art them
selves and would not give us a
chance. Most of tliam have been
led to believe that we have some
ball plàyer in "stump town" after:
all.
They tried everything they had.
All three of the Kalispell pitchers j
were knocked out of the box. After
Rausch was swated all over the
diamond, it is reported that Mana
ger McNeeley was seen warming up
behind the grandstand, but the!
game was over before he got ready, i
Our boys swated them unmercifully J
every time the got up to bat and t
after the game, the Kalispell field
ers were literally worn out from
chasing the ball around the field.
Last week McNeely weeded out
some of his players in hopes of
strengthening up with the addition
of some of the Sweet Grass bunch,
but he evidently got some sour
grass. The Kalispell fans want
him to fire the whole gang now and
get a whole new set of men.
Sunday's game was not very ex
citing or very fast. Goins was in
the box and pitched a good, game,
but some of the boys had an off
day and made some bad errors, and
we were licked 7 to 2.
Monday's game was a hummer,
it is said; close all the way thru,
both sides playing neck and neck,
and there was a number of sensa
tional plays which furnished plenty
of excitement during the whole
proceedings. Mazurie was there
with his long drives, and put one
over the fence when it was most
needed and brought in two scores.
The score was 4 to 5 in our favor.
Death of Charlotte Grubb
Charlotte, the little daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. George Grubb, aged
eleven months and sixteen days, I
died last Thursday of cholera in- j
fantum. Interment was made in
the Demersville cemetery Friday 1
afternoon.
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MANGLED BY
CAR WHEELS
Frank McGuire, a man about 30
years of age, who says he has been
employed as blacksmith- at Eureka,
was picked up Sunday morning
about 7 o'clock by section hands nt
Trego. Both legs were crushed off,
having been run over by a freight
train that had passed thru there a
short time -before, lie was rolled
in a blanket, and when train No. 4
came along it was flagged, and he
was placed aboard and brought to
Whitefish and put in the hospital.
When he arrived here, which was
five hours after he had l»een
hurt, and without any ki <1 of med
ical attention, he was still con
scious. He sat up and helped him
self to a drink of water before be
ing taken out of the baggage car,
and talked very coherently, but
could not or would not give » very
satisfactory explanation of how the
accident happened. He says he
had been in Eureka all night,
drinking quite heavily, and had
started to walk east w'hen he was
struck by a freight train.
The only freight that was run
ning ahead of No. 4 at that time
was an extra east, No. 1203, in
charge of Engineer Woods and
Conductor Arnold, but neither
these nor any others of the crew
knew anything of the accident un
til they arrived at the terminal.
The fireman claimed that he had
seen a man try to catch on to the
side of the cars wlien passing thru
Trego, but did not know whether
he made it, and paid no further at
tention to him.
It is thought that the accident
happened by his . trying to get on
the cars, and had missed his foot
ing and fallen under the wheels.
His right foot was crushed off,
his left leg crushed to the knee, and
the fingers on his right hand had
been run over. His face was badly
cut and scratched, and his whole
body severely bruised.
He died Tuesday morning, the
shock being too severe for him to
overcome.
His home is in Pennsylvania,
where he has a father, to whom a
telegram was sent, and it is ex
pected he will arrive here to-day to
take charge of the remains.
FLOATS TO SHORE
ON WOODEN LEO
What might have been a fatal
accident occurred at Lake Mc
Donald last Sunday. Wm. Deer
inger, who has been spending
his Sabbaths at that popular re
sort, was enjoying a ride in the
Tenner-Deeringer launch, ac
companied by a party of ladies.
Our information is that he
struck a submerged "deadhead"
while going full speed, punctur
ing the boat, which sank. For
tunately, there were life-preser
vers in the launch, by the aid of
which, and a near-by boat, the
ladies were rescued, while Mr.
Deeringer floated to shore on his
wooden limblet.
G. N. WANTS
GRAIN EXHIBITS
The Great Northern is gathering
up as much grain as possible for
the different exhibits they are get
ting up for this fall and winter.
The grain is wanted for six general
land shows of the middle west and
for use in many of the smaller cities
where the company will exhibit,
and also for the dry farming con
gress in Spokane. They have asked
the Flathead to contribute all they
can and promise to give us the
most advertising this section ever
had.
FIRES TAKE
FRESH HOLD
The forest fires fanned by a high
gale last Saturday and Sunday have
taken on a very threatening aspect
again and are now raging fiercely
in the timber above Whitefish lake,
on land belonging to the Somers
and State lumber companies. The
smoke has become so thick now
that it has almost shut off the sun
light, and the only thing that will
relieve the situation is a good soak
ing rain. A large army of men are
in the field making feeble efforts to
prevent the flames from spreading,
but everthing is so dry that the fly
ing brands set fires wherever they
fall, making a most serious prop -
sition.
The sheriff was in town Satur
day when the report of the fire was
brought in by T. E. Leubben, so
he drafted a small army of men
and took them to the scene. Sun
day Mr. Slack of the Somers Lum
ber company brought a crew of
men up from Kalispell to help out
the situation. At the present time
the fire is still burning and has
cleaned out the place known as
camp No. 2.
Fires along the Great Northern,
where it touches Glacier park, broke
loose again Monday, and the most
alarming reports reached the Blade
feet headquartersthat an army of
men was needed to fight the flames.
A fierce fire broke out in the vi
cinity of Stryker. The railroad
bridges, buildings and other prop
erty were threatened and but for
the timely arrival of two hundred
men employed by the Great North
ern it is said nothing could have
saved the company property. The
Tally lake fire is still going on, and
in Dayton Valley a large force of
men are at work doing all they can
to hold the situation at bey.
A Hot and Dry Month.
Dryer than any July since 1901
and hotter than any since 1906, the
month of July 1910 has passed into
weather history The mean tem
perature for the past month as
shown by the United States weath
er records state was 67 degrees, and
it has never been exceeded except
in 1906 when the thermometer
went to 66. The average for 21
years has been 65.2. The highest
temperature reached during the
month was 95 degrees on the 17th,
and the lowest was 44 on the 5th.
The greatest precipitation for any
one day of 21 hours was .21 of an
inch on July 22, and the total for
the month was .43. The average
for the month during the past 12
years has been 1.18. The only
time since the keeping of records
began, that the rainfall has been
less than this year, 1901, when it
was .31. There were only 19 days
clear, 11 partly cloudy, and only 1
cloudy. Out of a possible 483.1
hours of sunshine, there were 373.1
hours of sunshine, or a percentage
of 77.
Honeymoon On Coast.
Mr. George T. Van, of White
fish, and Miss Bertha M. Hossack
were married at the home of the
bride's aunt, Mrs. E. E. Dow, at
Belton, Rev. T. E. Dickey officia
ting Mr. and Mrs. Van left on a
wedding trip to the coast, and will
return to Whitefish in two or three
weeks. Mr. Van has been conduc
tor on this division for some time,
but was recently promoted to train
master, and is one of the most pop
ular railroad men on the division.
He will be heartly congratulated
on winning the handsome and
bright young woman who is now
his wife.
A COOL HEAD
PREVENTS WRECK
A story of the cool heroism of an
engineer on a freight train on the
Great Northern comes to the Journ
al. The incident may have appear
ed in print before, but if so this
paper has not seen or heard of it,
and so prints the story as heard.
Some ten days ago a train of thir
ty-four cars of raiboad steel, drawn
by a big locomotive of the 1900
class, with Ray Forcum at the
throttle, got beyond control at some
point above the scene of the double
tracking operations, because the
air would not work. Realizing
that things would be apt to be in
the waj T at the new grading works,
Engineer Forcum pulled down the
whistle lever and tied it in place.
By this means a warning was sent
ahead, and the track was kept
clear by the unwonted agility of
the workmen. The heavy train
flew down the mountain at a trem
endous speed, a report being at one
place it covered seven miles in five
minutes. The air not >vorking, the
only means of checking the speed
was by the hand brakes and occa
sionally reversing the engine. The
brakemen did their part Vdth the
hand brakes, crawling over the cars
from one brake to another. It was
not until Essex was reached and a
lighter grade was encountered that
the train was brought to a stand
still. It is to the coolness of En
gineer Forcun and the crew that the
avoidance of a big and perhaps fat
al wreck is due—Kalispell Journal.
Another Fire.
Last Thursday a somewhat
threatening fire started in the slash
ing north of the tracks near the
five-acre tracts. It seems to ha v e
started near the path leading to
this addition and might have been
set by a earless thrown match or a
lighted cigar. It was burning quite
fiercely before it ivas noticed, so the
fire alarm was turned in for aid,
but was subdued after an hour's
work. This reminds us again how
careful one should be in this dry
weather about fires. They seem to
spring up any place with out the
least provocation.
More Improvements.
C. W. Pruyn is digging a large
cesspool in the rear of his hotel in
to which he will drain the sewerage
from the building. He is going to
add a reading room on the first
floor and each of the floors will be
equipped with bath rooms and toil
ets. Before another month goes
by he may build an annex to his
place which will nearly double its
capacity.
Miss Lucile I'rescott is in the
hospital recovering from an attack
of scarlet fever.
The city council held a special
meeting last evening to consider
ome new ordinances relating to
sidewalks and fire districts.
E. A. Logan arrived from Hpo
kane last week and expects to spend
the next two or three mouth in the
mountains, either in the country
about Lake McDonald or in the
Coeur d' Alênes in Idaho.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ferguson left
Tuesday on a trip throught the
eastern states. They will visit in
St. Paul, Indiana and Nebraska,
and return by the way of Helena,
Butte and Great Falls. They will
be back about the middle of Octo
ber.
From a report in the Columbian
we learn the Princ. H. L. Gloyde,
who has been making his home in
Columbia Falls, has purchased a
home in Whitefish. We. are pleased
to see Mr. Gloyde make this move
as it will bring him closer to his
work.
COUNCIL
PROCEEDINGS
The regular monthly meeting of
town council was held Mondav
night. All members were present
except Alderman Skyles, who was
reported sick.
The police magistrate reported
that he had collected $134 in spec
ial fine and $80 police court fines dur
ing the month. The report of the
"stump gang" committee showed
♦ hat 3 men had been working 3
'lays and had done $33.50 worth of
work, so it was considered a profit
able proposition and the marshal
was ordered to continue it. The
treasurer reported $3267.22 in the
treasury on July 1, and on July 31
there was $2776.94.
The chairman of the street com
mittee reported that he had let a
contract to Mr. Mohan to clean the
stumps out of the streets in several
of the blocks in the south part of
town, so that they would be pass
able, also that portion of First
street between Baker and Lupfer
avenues so that it can be graded.
It is the intention of the commit
tee to keep Mr. Mohan at this work
until all the stumps in the streets
and alleys provided for in the stump
ordinace are cleaned up.
A site for a city dumping ground
his been secured from the Town
site cimpany, south of town, near
where the old lath mill used to be,
provided the city puts a high board
fence around it. This will be done
and the deal will be closed as soon
as the company is heard from in
regards to the price.
The city pumper, B. F. Cheevers,
had his salary raised from $75 to
$90 per month on account of his
increasing duties.
The question of cement side
walks was taken up and it was decid
ed to make an improvement dis
trict on Central avenue, from Rail
road to Seeon 1 street, and to con
demn all wooden sidewalks in this
district, and have the property
owners replace them with cement
to conform with those that are al
ready put in. The way it is now
these two blocks do not present a
very good appearence with a patch
of wooden walk here an 1 there that
is out of grade an 1 nearly worn out.
between patches of cement. The
clerk was also instructed to draw
up an ordinance covering the bond
issue with Mr. Powers, the side
walk contractor, so as to protect
those who have put in cement
walks, in case they do not come up
to the guarnantee made by the con
tractor.
Alderman H. B. Sharar having
moved from the first ward, and be
ing no longer a resident thereof,
tendered his resignation, which was
accepted, and E. L. Geddes was ap
pointed to fill the vacancy.
G. \V. Campbell appeared and
requested that the council take over
his water hydrant as per the un
derstanding when it was put in,
as lie has no more use for it.
The ordinance describing the fire
limits, which now takes in nine
blocks of business and resident sec
tion of the town, was deemed by
the mayor to be to large and would
be a detriment instead of enhancing
the upbuilding of the town, so after
some discussion it was thought best
to have it amended, so as not to
work a hardship on those who de
sired to erect residences. The
amendment will be brought up and
acted upon at a special meeting at
a near date.
The matter of getting the sewers
started was discussed, but on ac
count of the city having so much
work on hand this summer, it was
thought best not to do anything
with it for the present, but to get
all the preliminary work done,
such as surveys, etc., and then get
an early start in the spring and
have it pushed to completion in a
hurry.