Yellowstone monitor. [volume], January 02, 1908, Image 1

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ýolume 3-No, 45 GLENDIVE, MONTANA, THURSDAY. JAN. 2, 1908 Twelve Pages
OUR AIM: TO PUBLISH A NEWSPAPER. .
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for Saddlery N Harness Goods
S::t that the BEE HIVE CASH STORE is the Most Reliable and
: aier of Horse Goods in Eastern Montana. Our prices are the
I .i : outr goods the BEST of any ot. -r house in Glendive. We buy
fr iai in large quantities, so can save you the middle man's profit. We
he ail cLompetition and catalogue houses beat a Salt Lake block.
For the next 10 DAYS ONLY, before taking stock we
will give you a
20 Per Cent Off
on all Robes, Horse Blankets, Sleigh Bells and Woolen
Horse goods in our store. Remember this is no dodge,
we do as ;we advertise
The Bee Hive
Cash Store
.he Largest and Best Store in Dawson Co
J. J. STIPEK, Proprietor.
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REGULAR SESSION
OF THE FATHERS
December Meeting of County Board Sees
Much Business. Transacted.
,, board mjt F. -,uint to yester
f, adjourn:mlEr .!: all members
r. i'r':" Ti meeting was
o: aimnd by the s.; fi '.
The board rt-ume ;ire auditing of
r:a:ms filed agint nt. The
noo:';U noOn h an, \ ied the board
At 2 p. m.
arr,...r . i all present.
0 ' ,' ii''ed against
S, nlti. The hour of
Sna I the board ad
1 a. iii.
Ttei t to yester
.... u,, a! 1 members
meeting was
: ,herift. On
aS': i ' . i j Donohue
S , . and health officer
4. Iea a'c,ýe and the county
ce !n trutd i t ii(, draw up a con
e sam?. The hour of noon
tig arrie eh bard took a re
e. il~, L. . At 1:30 p. m.
On iardt e.tei with all present.
rf Crufa tn e rt of E. S. Baer,
;rand ) J. .McIntyre of the
asn Thef Waux t, v,what is
a,`. Th5 . i S_ e •. 9, 'I'wp.
d anra o ]E. M. I'. M., was read
Pblhed, and said road is hereby
tyt as a public highway of the
accordin to t ,
ade ing to thas survey thereof
flerk d in the office of the coun
On mation Milo
0oitio a ilMo Hanks was duly ap
oenstabler in aid for New
ion township and requested to f;le a
bond in the amount of $2,000, as re
quired by law.
On motion the county clerk is in
structed to have printed suitable blank
form petitions for roads and furnih
the same free of charge to any and all
persons desiring the same.
On motion the petition for a road to
leave the Glendive-Buford road in
Twp. 17, N. R. 55, E. M. P. M., is
ordered to be returned to petitioners
owing to the description of said road
not being particularly described in said
petition.
On motion the petition of G. H.
Laherty to lease or rent a strip of land
from NEj of Sec. 3, Twp. 15, N. R.
55 E., was read and disapproved.
The hour of 4 p. m. having arrived,
the board on motion adjourned until
Monday at 10 o'clock a. m.
DEC. 9, 1907
At 10 o'clock a. m. the board met
pursuant to Saturday's adjournment
with all members and clerk preiwnt.
The meeting was duly proclaimed by
the sheriff. The board commenced the
examination of the treasurer's ac
counts. The hour of noon. having ar
rived the board took a recess until 2
p. m. At 2 p. m. :he board reconven
ed with all members and clerk present.
The examination of the treasurer's ac
counts was resumed. Thb hour of 5 p.
m. having arrived the board adjourned
until 10 o'clock 4. m.
DEC. 10, 1907
The boad ast. persoa o
day's adjournment with all members
and clerk present. The meeting was
duly proclaimed by the sheriff and the
board resumed the examination of the
treasurer's accounts. The hour of noon
having arrived the board took a recess
until 2 p. m. At 2 p. m. the board re
convened with all present. The exami
nation of the treasurer's accounts was
resumed. The hour of 4 p. m. having
arrived the board adjourned until 9:30
a. m.
DEC. 11, 1907
The board met pursuant to yester
day's adjournment with all members
and clerk present. Meeting duly pro
claimed by sheriff and the examina
tion of the treasurer's accounts was re
sumed. The hour of noon having ar
rived the board took a recess until 2
p. m. At 2 p. m. the. board reconvened
with all present. The board continued
the examination of the treasurer's ac
counts. The hour of 5 p. m. having
arrived the board adjourned until 10
o'clock .. m.
DEC. 12, 1907
The board met pursuant to yester
day's adjournment with all members
and clerk present. The meeting was
duly proclaimed by the sheriff. The
examination of the treasurer's accounts
was resumed. The hour of noon hav
ing arrived the board took a recess
until 2 p. m. The board reconvened
with all present.
The board at this time having com
pleted the examination of the treasu
rer's accounts and books and records
of the county clerk and other officers
find that the receipts for the quarter
ending Nov. 30th, 1907 were
$153,644.71, and the disbursements for
the quarter $45,947.11; and W. H.
Frank, county treasurer; T. F. Ha
an, eashier of the Ffrgt Natfonal
Bank of Glin ve; C. A. Bker,
HAS COLONY
FOR PACIFIC
New York, Dec. 21,-Five hun
dred Americans, Germans, Irish,
Swedes and Russians, including
clergymen, butchers, salesmen,
bookkeepers, stenographers, prin
ters and carpenters, will leave New
York on the 15th of next month for
San Francisco. There will be sailors
in the party, too, for the 500 are to
go away from that port in a bark to
seek homes in the South Pacific
ocean, or rather in one of the islands
that dot portions of it.
Back of the expedition is Elmer S.
Prather, president of the Modern
Science Publishing company. Mr.
Prather is a sociologist. Last June, it
seems, becoming convinced that the
wage-earner was gradually becom
ing weaker as the "trust" and the
combination were growing stronger,
he decided to start a South Sea col
ony. So he discussed -' matter
with friends and then ,arted to
carry out plan, with result that up
to date 478 members have been ac
cepted. Only $300 is required to
participate in the enterprise, the en
tire amount to be put into a conm
mon fund to institute a co-operative
colony in some island in the South
Pacific.
When the proper island is found
every one will settle down to busi
ness. Everyone who can will be ex
pected to work six houis a day. al
though every one may have four
weeks' vacation a year. The colony
will be non-sectarian and the farm
of government that of a republic,
with a president elected every year.
HFe will choose his cabinet, but there
will be no secretary of war. Shred
Sad cocoanut will be the chief pro
luct of the colony, but the members
may make a try at tobacco raising
nd other crops suitable to the cli
nate.
AS TO A MOTHER-IN-LAW
New York, Dec. 22.-Wiliam
Davis, a big, good-natured cloth cut
ter, of Broc.lyn had his pretty black
eyed wife. Bessie, in the Ewen street
court today on a summox,s.
"I don't want to give Bessie any
;rouble, your honor," said the hus
band, "but I'd like a little advice.
We've been married five years and
we've got a nice little baby. But my
wife makes me give her all my wages
and she makes me scrub the floors
and do a lot of things like that.
"When I kick, she threatens to
go back to her mother and take the
baby with her. Every little while my
mother-in-law comes around and
stirs up trouble. Now, what should I
do?"
"Here's what you do," said Magis
trate O'Reilly. "Don't scrub the
floors: (Applause from the audi
ence.) "Don't give your wife all the
money. (Loud cheers).
"If your mother-in-law butts in,
throw her out." (Tremendous burst
of cheers). Magistrate O'Reilly is a
batchelor.
"FIFTY YEARS OF PROGRESS."
The Farmer of St. Paul for De.
cember 1st celebrates its twenty
fifth anniversary with a "Fifty
Years of Progress" edition, taking
into account the fiftieth anniversary
of M:rnesota which occurs in 1908.
This interesting and valuable num
ber of The Farmer takes up the ag
ricultural progress of the state in
the past fifty years, illustrated with
some of the early scenes throughout
the Northwest.
Jas. J. Hill contributes an interes
ting article. In fact it is Mr. Hill's
nessage to the farmers of the
Northwest and spunds a prophetic
«ote which should 5e heeded.
Conmgresman Stevens of Minne
1ota writes a most valuable paper
Mn waterwa. Beig a member of
Im Watemmissn ir.
PRINTING GRAFT
AIRED AGAIN
Publicity Turned Upon Very Questionable
Methods. - - Monitor's Searchlight Seeks
Out the County Grafters.
Maverick of Dawson County Proves to the Public That He Still
Carries the Same Disfiguring Brand. - - Citizens
Must Swallow Nauseous Graft Dose.
Those who perused the picturesque
vaporings of the wonderful -Calf of
Dawson County in the last issue of his
mammoth hot air distributer mi-li,"
possibly come to the conclusion that
the unsightly brand which has disfig
ured his winter covering for so long is
at least beginning to "hair over" and
become a thing of the past as far as
the record of it is concerned in the of
fice of the state register of brands.
But such seems to be far from the case
after an experienced "puncher" has
camped on his trail for awhile.
The aforesaid puncher is duly equip
ped with a choice selection of lariats,
and is experienced in the use of them,
so it is safe to predict that the mav
erick will soon be brought back again
to the corral of hi. rightful owner,
and have the proper brand applied
again by those in charge of the herd.
First, we will take up briefly the
statement of the -Calf, that he was
under no obligations to complete the
printing contract of John R. Stout,
when he purchased the Review plant,
but had voluntarily done so at a loss.
Any visitor to the court house can at
once verily the falsity of these re
marks. For some time past the -Calf
has refused in many cases to order
printing material for the courty offi
cers, and the same officers have been
compelled to order the material them
selves. A little further riding by the
"puncher" disclosed the main reason
why Metcalf had refused to order the
same. Letters were discovered from
several wholesale printing establish
ments informing the vociferous -Calf
that he would have to produce more
shekels of the realm in payment for
former work ordered before any more
would be sent out. Simple isn't it,
dear readers, when one considers?
As a few samples of the liberal al
lowance.. of fodder which Commission
ers Meadors and Mullendore allowed
the -Calf at the last session, we will
simply quote the following instances
of some of the extremely extortionate
items allowed to go through: On sev
eral whole sheet forms, the price for
rnerly allowed was $2 for the first 100;
the price allowed under new contract
Stevens is in a position to speak of
ficlally and with authority on the
subject to which he has given much
careful study.
President Northrop of the Uni
versity of Minnesota contributes a
valuable article upon the education
al development of the state which
will not fail to be read with interest
and profit.
Oliver Dalrymple, the original bo
nanza wheat farmer of North Da
kota furnishes a most interesting
story of the purchase and develop
mnent of his great wheat farm near
Castleton, N. D., which is part of
75,000 acres he, with others, origi
n.olly bought.
The Secretary of Agriculture,
Mr. Wilson, sends a cordial message
to The Farmer.
A. W. Trow, Clarence Wedge, J.
J. Furlong and other well known
agricultural authorities have some
thing to say; each one along his par
ticular line of work in dairy, horti
mUt rne MW gen" :tarmning.
II1#~(JI·o # the
wi!l be $10 for the first 100, giving the
-Calf a clear profit of $8 per 100 on
every 100 ordered for the price of a
i-cent stamp. The price formerly al
lowed for assessment books was $28.20
each. At this session Metcalf pre
sented a bill for $45 for one of these
assessment bcoks, and the board al
lowed him: $39. Doesn't that look
like carrying out the terms of the old
contract as he claims? We think to
the ordinary reader it will seem as if
the -Calf had probably secured an
overdose of fodder and was suffering
with windy colic. We have figures in
this office which give the price of these
same assessment books at $20 each,
wholesale. One more example we
think will suffice. The price formerly
allowed for a form of one-eighth sheet
was 25 cents per hundred. The price
now allowed is $1.67. Does this look
like highway robbery or simply lack of
intelligence? The public has the
privilege of choosing. A recent ship
ment of books of the value of $200,
which the -Calf ordered, the company
refused to send, and the county was
compelled to guarantee it.
Going on, the -Calf remarks that
the contract was given to him for the
reason that he had the best equipped
office. Having the equipment and us
ing it are two different matters.
When this same Review office received
the contract for last year's Fair cata
logue, it was finally necessary to have
the work finished at Billings. The last
telephone list that the -Calf received
he had printed at Livingston. Al
though the Review ofice has a linotype
machine, the financial stringency of
the combination does not perniit of
the hiring of a competent operator.
Scarcely any paper stock is usually
to be found on hand in the corral of
the -Calf, making it necessary to bor
row from both the other local offices.
Stereotyped plates, ink, and other
material also follow the same route
regularly, from the Independent office
to that of the Review.
More and more anon, dear readers,
when the -Calf again escapes from
his corral.
full of matter of interest and con
c rn to farmers which makes it the
finest and best contribution to agri
cultural literature ever published in
the Northwest.
This December 1st double number
of The Farmer will sell on news
stands for ten cents, but we have
made an arrangement with the pub
lishers whereby any reader of this
paper may secure it by sending a
!two cent stamp and mention The
Yellowstone Monitor. Address The
Farmer, St. Paul, Minn.
N. B. The Farmer is published
twice a month, has more subscribers
than any other Northwestern farm
paper and contains more reading
matter. The subscription price is
50 cents a year, but we will send
The Farmer with The Monitor, both
one year, (new cr renewal) for only
two dollars.
Chicago has exempted baby carri
ages from its new wheel tax. This
should create a healthay demand for ba
b.ls for auto.n.z e i.se.