Btftte Historical Library ^
THE YELLOWSTONE MONITOR
Volu nl ' e
11 -No. 32
the OFFICIAL PAPER of DAWSON CO UNTY
GLENDIVE. MONTANA. THURSDAY. September 23. 1915
Eight Pages
Qut of Town Visitors
Praise County Fair
Interest and Enthusiasm The Keynote—Attend
ance Lower Than Last Year—Names
of Prize Winners
with a total attendance of somewhat
ver 3000 people daring the three days
Lmore than 1000 less than last year
1 sixteenth annual Dawson county
1 completed last Friday evening
wha t was, in everything else but at
tendance, the most successful exhi
bition of its kind ever gotten together
in this part of the state
The grounds presented a most in
viting appearance; every convenience
had been arranged and provided for
patrons ; the horses, cattle, other live
stock and poultry was exhibited to
better advantage than ever before;
the educational exhibit on the second
floor of the exhibit building under the
grandstand was pronounced by all as
the very best shown anywhere in the
entire state; the races were fewer in
number than usual but just as excit
ing; the wild west features were in
tensely interesting and were pulled
off without a hitch; the exhibits of
grains and vegetables were a genu
ine surprise to those who had an idea
that the late season would create
havoc in this department; the women's
department had been enlarged and
even then was crowded with the many
beautiful and useful articles produced
by Dawson county ladies; the crowds
were orderly, enthusiastic and happy:
and to top it all off the weather dur
ing the entire three days of the meet
was everything that could have been
desired.
Aerial Acts Appreciated
The open-air acrobatic and trapeze
acts provided by the Little Giant
Carnival company, furnished the usual
thrills, the carnival band of ten pieces
produced lively and muchly-audible
strains of more or less perfect harm
ony at frequent intervals; and as
there was something doing every min
ute of the time without a dull moment
of intermission or delay, the fair can
be truly said to have come closer to
everyone's ideal of what such an ex
hibition should be than any of the fif
teen fairs that have gone before.
Transportation Service Perfect
The special jitney train service of
the Northern Pacific railroad was per
fect, upwards of 1500 people taking ad
vantage of the cheap fare and the cool,
comfortable ride to and from the fair
grounds in a real train of four coaches.
Numberless livery automobiles carried
hundreds of visitors to the grounds at
"THE BUNGALOW"
The People's Popular Place to Eat.
West Bell Street—a few Doors from
Main Street
Absolute cleanliness, all Good, Home
Cooking, Quick and Courteous Service.
Popular Prices. Originators of the
"Exclusive White Help" Idea.
Regular Dinner 25c and up.
hone 82-R Glendive, Mont.
The Big Free Panama Exposition Trip Contest
Being Conducted by Bert Johnson's Drug Store is Fast Drawing to a Close
The Contest Closes October 29 at 6 P. M. and the names of all the
Winners will be announced on the following day, Saturday, October 30
r.irle Hat Rnsv and Win One of the Ten Grand Prizes
druggist and Jeweler
ASK ABOUT THIS GREAT
BERT JOHNSON
Druggist and Jeweler
25 cents per carry, and private cars
and horse drawn vehicles filled the
south road to its capacity.
Late Season Hurts Attendance
Had most of the nearby farmers
not been delayed with their threshing
on account of the backward season, it
would have been a safe bet to wager
that this year's attendance would have
broken all records. A county fair
never was better conducted, nor was
there ever before so many interesting
and amusing "stunts" pulled off as at
this year's event. Everything went
along as per schedule and everyone
who attended felt that the time was
well spent, many of the city people
attending on all three days.
School Exhibit Makes Hit
So well were the exhibits of the city
schools, the rural schools and the
High school received, that a movement
was started to send the entire display
to the state fair at Helena. The time
was too short, however. It is more
than probable that steps will be taken
to see that the work of the schools will
be sent to the Capitol city next year.
This exhibit was in charge of Miss
Camilla Osborne, county superintend
ent of schools, to whom much credit
must be given for the tasteful and ap
propriate manner in which the dis
plays were arranged. To her, in
charge of the rural school work; to
Professor R. L. Hunt, superintendent
of the High school; to Professor
R. H. Brown, superintendent of the
city schools, and to John Brown and
Miss Ella Harmon, in charge of the
manual training and domestic science
departments, must be accorded, in
large measure, the credit for the great
improvement noted ii\ the work of the
pupils in our valued educational insti
tutions.
Women Make Good Showing
The fancy work department contain
ed a larger and more varied display
of embroidery, knitting, hemstitching,
tattin, crocheting, battenberg, point
lace and all other kinds of fancy work
than has ever before been placed on
public view in eastern Montana. The
entire exhibit showed remarkable skill
and infinite patience on the part of
the exhibitors. From plain hemstitch
ing to beautifully dressea dolls the dis
play excited wonder and admiration.
Paintings and Flowers
Much favorable comment was made
on the excellent display of paintings,
which included many beautiful scenes
of still life and landscape. The work
was largely done in oil, although there
were several excellent canvasses in
water and pastel. The paintings of
flowers were particularly well done.
To those who had an idea that the
flower growing season in this part of
the state was prohibitively short for
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a
youthful union farmer
WINS FIRST CORN PREMIUM
Lloyd Steinman, of Union, won the
first prize in the Dawson County Boys
and Girls Corn contest, the resu ts of
which were announced at the Dawson
county fair.
The prizes were awarded on the fol
lowing basis: 40% on the ten-ear ex
hibits which were shown at the fair;
40% on the estimated yield of grain
and stover; 20% on the condition of
the field, stand, freedom from weeds,
etc.
Fifteen prizes, all told, were given
by the directors of the Dawson County
Fair association and the merchants of
Glendive. The winners were as fol
lows: Lloyd Steinman of Union, first?
James Bidwell of Union, second; Ar
nott Serviss of Lindsay, third; How
ard Bryan of Union, fourth; Rollin
Galvin of Lindsay, fifth; Rupert Seu
bert of Brockway, sixth; Robt. Harri
son of Lindsay, seventh; Delbert Ol
son of Union, eighth; Leighton Rainey
of Lindsay, ninth; Roland Utterbach
or Union, tenth; Alphonso Guelph of
Brockway, eleventh; Merle Green of
Lindsay, twelfth; Earle Green of Lind
say, thirteenth; Fraley Rainey of
Lindsay, fourteenth; and Everett
Boyd of Union, fifteenth.
SYNDICATE WILL FLOAT
A GREAT WAR LOAN
New York, Sept. 22.—-The largest
underwriting syndicate the western
world has even known has been form
ed to handle the Anglo-French credit
loan, which reports say ranges from
$600,000,000 to $800,000,000. The loan
will be issued at par at 5 per cent in
terest and will be offered to banks and
trust companies throughout the coun
try.
It is now practically certain that
hundreds, perhaps thousands, of these
institutions will be members of the un
derwriting syndicate and will get a
small profit, perhaps onehalf of 1 per
cent, it is believed.
CITY WATER SERVICE
GETS COUNCIL'S ATTENTION
EXPERTS FROM COAST TO GIVE ESTIMATE ON WORK
CITY MAY OIL STREETS IN SPRING
OTHER IMPORTANT MATTERS
The second city council meeting of
the month was held in the council
chamber of the new city hall on Mon
day night, the following members be
ing in attendance: Mayor Baker, al
dermen Andrew Larson, Tom Kean
and David Rivenes, F. H. Handforth,
city engineer and August Colin, city
clerk. Albert Anderson, city attorney,
who was expected to be present with
a draft of the resolutions for the clos
ing of Allard street near the cemetery,
was not present, and on that account
it was impossible for the council to
take official and final action on the
matter.
Cemetery Road to Be Used.
The street which the council at a
recent meeting decided to close, lies
between Sargent avenue and another
street near the cemetery, and as the
thoroughfare was not being used on
account of its disadvantageous loca
tion, the road built about a year ago
by the Cemetery association was pro
RED TRAIL BRIDGE TO
BE DEDICATED JAN.
The Monitor is in receipt of a letter
from the officers of the National High
way association at Dickinson, N. D.,
which will be of interest to all our
readers as it gives assurance that the
Red Trail Transcontinental Highway
bridge over the Little Missouri river
at Medora will be dedicated by the
first of the new year.
The letter in part follows:
"It will be of interest to know that
the letting of the contract has been
certified by the Billings county com
missioners, and to know that the Il
linois Steel Bridge Co., is now as
sembling its material for the immedi
ate construction of this bridge over
the Little Missouri river.
"The required sum of $12,500 for the
bridge proper is now on deposit, and
will be checked out only upon the O.
K. of the supervising committee, con
sisting of State Engineer Bliss, County
Engineer Hurdle of Glendive, County
Engineer Veigel of Dickinson, with
Messrs. Grant Call of Bismarck and
E. D. Peck, chairman of the Billings
county commissioners.
"Provisions have been made for the
rip-rapping and the approaches later,
so that within ninety days, the High
way association will hope to dedicate
this bridge for highway traffic.
"The officers beg to tender their
heartiest thanks for the generosity of
friends along the line, that has made
this splendid enterprise possible, and
that will make the Red Trail and the
National Parks Transcontinental
Highway the popular route for over
land travel.
"Yours very truly,
FRED TURNER, President,
J. P. HARDY, 1st Vice-Pres.
F. L. CONKLIN, Treas.
JOHN ORCHARD, Sec."
Mrs. M. H. Dickman, mother of Mrs.
M. G. Danskin, returned to her home
at Willow Creek, Mont, after a three
weeks' visit in the city
nounced the official highway to the
burial ground.
Engineer Makes Important Reports
City Engineer Handforth reported,
to the council that while the water pur
ification apparatus was in place in the
city pumping plant, the system has as
yet not been put in operation due to
the delay to the hypochlorite, which
has been shipped but had not yet
reached its destination. As soon as the
chemical supply arrives the new sys
tem will be put into immediate oper
ation. In this connection it was re
ported that a water system expert
from the Pacific coast would visit
Glendive about the first of October and
would thoroughly and scientifically in
vestigate the city's water supply for
the purpose of suggesting any improve
ments or additions to our present sys
tem which might be found necessary
or expedient.
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Young Dental Student
Mangled By Tractor
Caught in Wheel and Belt of (î an En gin»
While Threshing at Lindsay
Funeral Held Tuesday
While pouring a pail of water in the
radiator of the gas tractor engine he
was running, and which was going at
top speed at the time turning a sep
arator, Chester A. Serviss, aged 27
years and married, slipped and was
caught by the belt and thrown into the
big fly wheel and from the result of
which injuries he died on Monday at
the Glendive General hospital.
Had Been Warned of Danger
The accident occurred last Friday
evening about 5 o'clock near Lindsay,
the tractor belonging Ao Charles F.
Rainey, for whom Mr. Serviss was
working at the time. It was said that
Mr. Rainey had warned him several
times about filling the radiator while
the engine was in motion and that Mr,
Serviss had replied with a smile that
he would be careful and that he was
in no fear of danger.
Arm Amputated at Hospital
Immediately after the accident the
injured man was rushed by automobile
to the hospital where Dr. Donohue
found it necessary to amputate his left
arm near the soulder. The leg was
also badly mangled and the flesh al
most torn in threads away from the
bone but as there was hope of saving
it, the member was not amputated.
The fearful loss of blood had weaken
ed the man to such an extent that
when blood poisoning set it his decline
was rapid and he died peacefully just
three days after the accident.
Was Studying Dentistry.
Deceased was born twenty-seven
years ago this December at Taylor,
WIs., and besides his wife; who was
with him when he passed away, he
leaves his father and mother, three
brothers and a sister, all of whom re
VENTILATING EXPERT
TESTS OUT HIGH SCHOOL
The ventilating system recently in
stalled in the Dawson county high
school by Nels Rafn of Miles City, rep
resenting the firm of Miles & Ulmer,
was given a final test early Monday
morning, prior to the acceptance of the
finished job by the board of trustees of
the institution.
Mr. Rafn arrived in the city Satur
day for the purpose of making the test
on the following day, but as certain
needed arrangements could not be
made on Sunday, the test was not con
ducted until Monday morning.
After making the test, during which
all the machinery was put into active
and complete operation, Mr. Rafn left
for Beach, N. D., where he will install
a similar system in one of the public
schools of that city. Other contracts
which will engage Mr. Rafn's attention
in the order of their mention are: the
new Valley hotel at Sidney, a school at
Fairview, and a bank at Lambert.
side near Lindsay, with the exception
of a brother who lives in Idaho. The
young man had passed his first year
at the Northwestern School of Den
tistry in Chicago and was making pre
parations to leave for the Illinois me
tropolis to take up the second year of
his studies in the dental profession at
the time of his death.
Burial in City Cemetery
The body was prepared for burial
at Lowe Bros Undertaking parlors, and
the funeral was held from the Con
gregational church at 3 o'clock Tues
day afternoon, Rev. Christianson, the
Congregational minister of Circle, and
Rev. Holly, the United Brethren min
ister of White Star, officiating at the
obsequies. Interment was in the city
cemetery..
❖ MARKET REPORT ❖
GRAIN MARKET.
As furnished each Thursday by the
Eastern Montana Elevator Co.—
Wheat—
No. 1 Northern...............
..................$ .82
No. 2 Northern...............
................ . .79
No. 3 Northern...............
.73
No 1 Durum ...................
...................85
No. 2 Durum ...................
...................82
No. 2 Hard.......................
...................82
Flax—
No. 1 .f: ..............................
.................. 1.49
No. 2 ................................
................... 1.44
Rejected ..........................
.................. 1.39
Barley ................................
...................31
Oats-cwt .........................
...................70
Ry» /
..................70
LIVESTOCK AND
PRODUCE
(Furnished each Thursday by Eustrom
& Sinclair)
Hogs—Chicago
Light .................................
$7.10 @ 8.00
Mixed ................................
6:30 @ 7.90
Heavy ................................
6.05 @ 7.30
Hogs—So. St. Paul
Light ..................................
7.00 @ 7.50
Mixed ...............................
6.50 @ 6.90
Heavy ....................................
6.25 <g> 6.40
Cash Produce—Glendive—
Springer, 2% lb up..........
................14c
Springers, 2% lb down ..
................15c
Hens ...................... ». ..........
................ 9c
Roosters ...... . ....................
................ 7c
Ducks ....................................
................11c
No. 1 Eggs, candled .a.....
................20c
Butter ............................................17c
Creamery Butter ............................26c
Today is known as Butte day at the
Helena State fair; all the courts,
banks, stores and other business
places will be closed for the entire day
in the big mining city; two bands will
accompany the crowds and It is said
that two special trains have been
chartered to carry the 5000 people to
the big Montana annual exhibition.