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The Whitefish Pilot.
VOLUME 7
WHITEFISH, FLATHEAD COUNTY, MONTANA. THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1910,
NUMBER 33
SEEMINGLY
DOOMED
* A terrible forest fire, fanned on
bv a high wind, swept the moun
tain sides in the vicinity of Field
ing last Thursday and Friday, and
the little settlement composed
mostly of the grading camps of
Grant, Smith and Co., tlje railway
station, the general store and post
office owned by J. J. Cremans,
and a few forest rangers' cabins,
seemed domed to destruction.
The whole grading crew was
pressed into service to assist the
forest rangers fight the flames, hut
it was no avail. The wind carried
the live brands ahead and set new
fires faster than a thousand men
could put them out. With the
high wind that was blowing it was
- realized, that nothing could prevent
everything in its path from being
„consumed,so the contractors ordered
a special train to be on the scene
and be held in readiness to move
everything out when ever it was
necessary. All the women and
children were ordered to leave
Thursday night, so that in case
anything serious did happen the
men would not be handicapped In
their work by having them to look
after. Those who could not move
out dug holes in the ground and
buried thrir goods.
Every one was prepared for the
worst, but through an act of provi
dence it seems, the wind changed
its course before the flames reached
the foot of the mountains, «ad car
ried them clear of the town. The
jUext morning everything was pro
gressing the same as usual, but the
fire still continues on over the
j*nountians and will probably not
be extinguished till a soaking rain
comes.
THREE THOUSAND
NAMES TO BE CALLED
The calling of the names of the
second three thousand of those
awarded numbers at the drawing
for Flathead reservation lands, will
begin at the Kalispell land office on
September first. No definite in
structions have been received by
the local officials, but it is supposed
the calling of the names will con
tinue for two or three weeks more,
calling probably an average of two
hundred names daily.
)
It will be remembered that at )
'the drawing a year ago six thous
and names were drawn and num
bers assigned. The first three
thousand names were called in May
of this year, and of those whose
names were called approximately
one thousand made enteries.
Since the calling of the names in
May, a new schedule of the lands
remainig open to entry has been
.^prepared, and a limited number of
the schedule were received at. the
local office this week.
WRECK VICTIM
SUCCUMBS TO INJURIES
Engineer Jack Nelson, of the
Montana division, died in Havre
Monday night from injures received
ih the collision of No. 3 and 44
near Bombay two weeks ago.
Nr. Nelson with his family were
n train No. 3, bound for Lake
cDonald, where they were going
or a few weeks outing. He was
the diner eating breakfast when
he accident occured and was
Vrown against the oorner of the
ble with great force, naiming in
lal injuries. He recovered so
hat he was able to be up and
bout the day before his death, and
t was thought that he would re
ver, but he had a hemorrhage
_onday that proved fatal.
LOCALS LOSE
TO HAMILTON
Hamilton, Aug. 14—-With Ge
beau pitching gilt-edged ball- the
team behind him playing almost
errorless ball, the locals defeated
Whitefish to-day on the local
grounds, 3 to 1. It was a game
of few hits, the losing team get
ting only two singles. Skillman,
the southpaw who was with San
Francisco in the Coast league
last year, was in the box for the
visitors and pitched a good game,
but was hit at critical moments.
Gebeau was in fine form and al
lowed but one man to get to sec
ond base. Messmer caught a
fine game for the home guard,
his base throwing being the best
ever seen on the local diamond.
Hamilton put one over in the
first frame. After McQuaid had
grounded out, Hammond tore a
board off the left-field fence and
was sacrificed home by Williams.
The third yielded another. Mc
Quaid was safe on an error by
Keeve and stole to third while
Williams was striking out, to
score on Snyder's smash thru
short. In the sixth Snyder sin
gled to left and went to second
when Marx bunted. Rafferty
sacrificed the first baseman
home.
[No further particulars of the
other two games are obtainable,
except a message over the long
distance phone which stated that
on Monday the score stood 6 to 2
in favor of Hamilton, and Tues
day Hamilton took the game by
3 to 0.
[It appears that Hamilton has
strengthened up considerably
since they visited the Flathead
and are returning the compli
ment they received'here.]
HUNGRY CROWD SOON
DEVOURED SUPPER
Whenever there is some good
home cooking in sight, that's what
attracts the attention of the great
number in this town who have to
depend on the resturants for their
meals and very seldem get a taste
of some of that cooking "like
mother used to make". Friday
night the M. E. Ladies served an
other of their delicious suppers in
the new Grill rooms and one had
to wait his turn to get into the
building. From the time the doors
were opened the place was packed
with hungry people as if they had
no ^ had anything to eat for a week,
and it was not long before every
thing in the house was eaten up
and the ladies had to close up
sooner than they expected, and
many went away dissapointed be
cause they could not be accomodat
ed. A church supper here is al
ways a success.
Republican Convention.
At a meeting of the republican
state central committee held in the
city of Helena on June 18, the ex
ecutive committee directed that the
republican state convention be
held Thursday, Sept. 15, at Mis
soula. Candidates for the follow
ing offices will be nominated : One
representative in congress, railroad
commissioner and clerk of supreme
court. Flathead county is entitled
to 19 delegates.
Harry Peasley has returned from
a visit to Minnesota and Wisconsin.
He intends to move to Java as soon
as the hunting season opens up and
will guide hunting parties thru the
mountains, and show the tender
feet where all the big game is.
Contractor Fred Graves has be
gun the construction of a handsome
residence on the corner of O'Brien
avenue and Third street, for J. H.
Matthews, which will cost better
han $4,000 when completed.
Good Roads for Glacier National Park
Great interest is now being shown by
people from all parts of the United
States in "Glacier National Park," the
beauty spot of Montana, and the action
of the members of the Good Roads Con
vention held in Billings, during June,
in drafting a resolution dealing with the
"One of the Beauty Spots—St. Maiy Lake and River."
construction of roadways through this
magnificent National Playground, should
receive the encouragement and support
of every loyal citizen of Montana. The
benefits to be gained by the "Treasure
State" through the making of this won
derful region easily accessible to the
tourist cannot be over-estimated, as a
teurist once pleased with an outing is
sure to return again, and is as sure to
urge his traveling friends to visit that
particular spot. It is to be remembered
that wery friend now gained for the
Park will be a strong booster toward
making this wonderful region as equally
DATE OF
ELECTION SET
Governor Norris on Wednesday
of last week issued a proclamation
providing for the fall election, No
vember 8 being the date fixed under
the law. The proclamation enum
erates the various offices to be filled,
including the congressmen, chief
justice of the supreme court, one
railroad commissioner and state
senators in the following counties:
Broadwater, Cascade, Chouteau,
Deer Lodge, Fergus, Flathead,
Gallatin, Jefferson, Lincoln, Mad
ison, Missoula, Ravalli, Rosebud,
Sanders, Silver bow, Teton, •Valley
and Yellowstone.
The proclamation also provides
for the election of the various coun
ty officers and for the submission
of a constitutional amendment with
respect to the tax levy, which will
have the effect, if it prevails, of
preventing a reduction in the rate
to IV 2 mills as it is provided by
the basic law shall be done when
the assessed valuation of the state
shall reach 0300, 000,000.
NEW RESTAURANT
IS OPENED
The new restaurant known as the
Grill, of which D. B. Thornber is
proprietor, opened Monday morn
ing and is serving the publie with
excellent meals.
It is equipped thruout with all
modern conveniences. On one side
is a dining room finished off in a
heavy rich red, with mission trim
mings. The furniture is also mis
sion style, and the place presents a
very comfortable and homelike ap
pearance, where one can drop in
at any time and enjoy a delicious
meal with homelike privacy and
quiet. . For the busy man there is a
lunch counter on the left hand side
that is separate from the dining
room, where short orders and excel
lent meals are served.
Besides serving meals to the pub
lic, Mr. Thornber will oater to the
wants of lodges and societies, and is
prepared to furnish suppers and
banquets on short notice.
Leon Freeland is at Havre taking
charge of the Havre Hotel for a
month, but expects to be back here
after that time.
a great tnecca of tourists as any of the
present famous scenic resorts.
The resolution of the Good Roads Cbn
vention Was as follows:
"Whereas, the Congress of the United
States has created Glacier Park, and,
whereas, the federal government has al
ready made a liberal appropriation for the
construction of roads through this park,
and whereas the, park is known to pass
through the greatest scenery in the world,
and whereas the construction of a road
making the park accessible to tourists by
other than railroad trains is of great im
portance'to the state of Montana, thus
encouraging the national "See America
First" movement; be it
e "Resolved,' therefore, that this Conven
tion recognizes the necessity of such
roads and recommends the early consid
eration of same by proper authority
that may be constituted as the result of
this Convention."
NEW LOCO»
MOTIVES
Built low near the rails and cap
able of a speed of seventy-five
to eighty files an hour, the Great
Northern is receiving the first of a
consignment of forty locomotives
that are as near automobiles in ap
pearance and performance as any
thing on wheels. Both the engine
and tender are built low so that
they will not rock when at a high
speed. They are expected to travel
eight miles an hour with a train of
seven cars.
The locomotives are comparative
ly small, even the cab giving the
engineer just enough room to turn
around, being smaller than the
Pacific type. They have ten wheels
and have superheater equipment.
Twenty of the new engines will
be used on the Winnipeg Limited
and the Gopher express, and on
the service recently established be
tween Vancouver, B. C., and Port
land, Ore. The other twenty, with
bigger cylinders,will be used to pull
the fast transcontinental mail.
IOWA MAN
SENDS COMPLIMENTS
We print the following from a let
ter received this week from a read
er of the Pilot in Sioux City, Iowa,
and feel highly flattered at the
compliment he has given us and
our city:
"Received several, copies of the
Pilot, and think it a very readable,
and well gotten up newspaper. The
advertising patronage looks very
good, and impresses one with the
fact that Whitefish must be blessed
with a coterie of enterprising, up
to-date merchants, who appreciate
the service rendered to to them
by their local paper. From the
amount of local and other news
which appears I would judge that
there was a far better field to draw
from than the average country pa
per has to contend with. Can only
guess at the population of your city
by the looks of the Pilot, but should
imagine it is quite a town.
"Don't think I will stay here
much longer. Perhaps about the
first of the year, and maybe sooner,
I will start to work west by degrees.
Am keeping my ears open for an
opening."
CHESTER PRODUCTS
AT FLATHEAD FAIR
The Immigration Department of
the Great Northern Railway has ar
ranged to bring to the Flathead
Fair an exhibit of products, raised
by dry farming methods on the ex
perimental farm at Chester, Mon
tana. Chester is the dryest of the
dry belts this year, and the growth
attained on the experimental farm
is said to be turly wonderful. The
Great Northern is fully alive to
the importance t Montana of a
successful Fair at Kalispell and is
lending every encouragement to
the management. The officers of
the Fair are confident of the largest
and best fair in the history of the
organization. They are assured of
exhibits from people who have
never before taken any interest.
They are beginning to worry alx)Ut
lack of space to take care of the ex
hibits and people. Arrangements
will be made, however, to take care
of everything that comes.
FORMER WHITEFISH
GIRL MARRIED
Miss Ruby Hill, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. V. M. Hill, residents of
Whitefish until a year ago, and now
living at Prosser, Wash., was mar
ried last Thursday to Mr. T. D.
Bradford of that place. Miss Hill
was one of our popular and talented
voung ladies, and has a host of
friends here who join us in extend
ing congratulations. The Prosser
Record gives the following account
of the nuptials in part:
"T. D. Bradford of Byron, who
makes Prosser his headquarters,
and is known throughout the val
ley as the manager of tho lajy»e
Fogg orchard at Byron, took a trip
to Seattle this week, and Thursday
his fiancee, Miss Hill, met him on
his return from that city, at North
Yakima, where they were quietly
married by the Rev. Charles Gibson
in the presence of only the father
of the bride and Attorney Thomas
H. Wilson of North Yakima.
"Dame rumor has been busy with
this young couple for the past sev
eral weeks, but the groom when
asked regarding his intentions,
would only smile and say "all in
good time." They have a host of
friends in Prosser and vicinity who
are ready to extend congratulations
and wish them "bon voyage" thru
life amid continued prosperity in
this wealth-producing section of the
west." _
ITALIANS FINED FOR
USING A FISH TRAP
It had been reported to Game
Warden S. F. Raison, l>y the
the marshal that a number of
Italians were fishing without a li
cense, so he came over to look into
the matter, and while crossing the
railroad bridge over the river
Monday morning, discovered a
queer looking contrivance in the
water below that aroused his curi
osity, and on investigation found
it to he a fish trap, very ingeniously
constructed and woven together out
of small willow boughs.
Ralston laid in ambush for two
nights in hopes of catching the
owners coming down to take the
fish out of the trap, but they
seemed to be on to him, and yes
terday morning after giving it up
as a hopeless case, confiscated the
trap. On the way to town he met
an Italian and took a long chance
of accusing him of being the owner
of the trap. When accused the
Italian tried to run away, but
Ralston drew his gun which brought
him to time and he confessed that
he was not the owner of the trap,
but would find the two men who
were, and he did. Ralston brought
them up before Judge Garr, who
fined one 040 and the other 025.
SELLING BED
OF ROCKS
A couple of shrewd real estate
promoters have been brought to
grief at Vancouver, Wash., for sell
ing lots in an alleged townsite called
Hillman.
The letter which the attorney
general of Washington, is reported
to have sent to District Attorney
Cameron, who lias taken the case
under advisement, is to the effect
that the land covered by the pro
posed townsite is a bed of rocks,,
unsuited for resident purposes. It
also says that the site is occupied
by one lone tent, although the ad
vertising matter of the company
shows banks, hotels and other
buildings.
More then 300 lots are said tcv
have been sold in the townsite by
the promoters. Action was urged
upon the attorney general by prom
inent residents and officals of Crook.
County.
Since they have gotten into
trouble in their own state it is re
ported that they have come ter
Montana to work their game and
started in at Troy last week, com
ing east. They may drop in here
any time, and if they should ik
would be well to'give them, a wide
berth.
SIX COMPANIES
IN GLACI ER PARK
Three companies of soldiers of
the Second batallion of the 25th.
infantry, arrived from Fort.
George Wright, Wash., Monday
morning on a special ii* :
charge of Conductor H. E. Ful
ton, and were taken to the Glac
ier National Park to fight the
forest fires, that are devastating,
that beautiful region. They are
under command of Major Logan,
who has recently been given full
charge of the new national play
ground.
Two companies are stationed
at > Garry, and one at Es
sex, totaling 159 men. The con
trol of the park has been taken
out of the hands of the forestry
department now, but a few of
the rangers who know the coun
try, will remain to advise the
officers how best to get at the
seat of the trouble, and help
them to battle with the flames
to the best advantage. Their
outfiit consists of a carload of
mules, three commissary wagons,
one car of camp equipment and
the forestry department is fur
nishing them with the necessary
fire fighting tools. Three more
companies arrived Tuesday night
on a special and are stationed at
Belton.
Bridge Completed.
The bridge across the Pend d'Or
eille river connecting Poison with
the west side is completed ready for
the examination and approval of the
county commissioners. The ap
proach on the west side is near
enough finished so that it can be
driven over. There is yet some
grading and filling to be done on it.
This will be completed as soon as
the ranchers, who are doing the
work, get thru with their harvest.
On the east side Cramer Bros,
have the C street approach well uu
der way.—Poison Courier.
The death of Mrs. John Bruck
hauser, sister of W. N. Parent, oc
curred Saturday at Kalispell. The
funeral was held yesterday from
the family residence, 26 Third ave
nue west, at 10:30 p. m. Rev. G.
M. Fisher delivered the funeral ad
dress, and interment was made in
Conrad Memorial cemetery.