The Harlowton News_The Continuation of The Musselshell News

VOL. 3 HARLOWTON. MEAGHER COUNTY, MONTANA, FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1909 No. 42

NEW LINE TO HARLONorthern Pacific May Come in From Livings-

ton By the Way of Shields River-Fighton for Passenger Traffic.

The Great Falls Daily Tribune olthe 10th has the following to sa3about the new pr.,ject of the North-ern Pacific to build a branch intoHarlowton from Livingston: "Workon the Northern Pacific line upShields river is to be rushed. Thecontract for the construction of theline has been let t' Foley Brothers olSt. Paul. More than 30:) teams willbe at work within ten days. Theline will extend north from Living.ston along the rich Shields river agri-cultural valley to Iarlowton on theChicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound.

This report has not been confirmedby all of the authorities of the rail.road here, and rumors of railroadconstruction are so prevalent at pre-sent, that nothing definite seems tobe known. There is not the leastdoubt but that the Northern Pacificwill build a branch north from Liv-

ingston, whethei it will strike the C.

M. & P. S. R. at Harlowton is still a

matter of conjecture in business cir

cles here.

SUDDITH RANCH SOLDIllinois Syndicate Buys Big Traci

at Broadview Will ContinueExperimental Farm.

The biggest land deal that has beerconsummated in Montana for mansyears occured recently when Dr. WX. Suddith sold his immense holding:at Broadview to a party of Illinoiscapitalists, who will begin to colonizethe big ranch in the near future.The scale includes the experimentafarm, which furnished the exhibitsfor tLe dry farming congress recentl3held at Cheyenne. Dr. Suddith re-tains an interest in the syndicate,andwill be in charge of the demonstra-tion.

The buyers of the Suddith ranchare Joseph H. Ray, president of theJoliet Title and Trust Company,Joliet, Ill., J. A. McIntyre, presidentof the First National bank of Joliet:George W. Young and Edward Cornlette, attorneys of Joliet; W. A. Pow.ers, a business man of WilmingtonIll., P. J. Hamler, president of theHamler, Boiler and Iron Works, aChicago corporation, J. Lambert, arIllinois steel magnate. It is likelyDr. Suddith and George A. Water.man both of Broadview will be theMontano representatsves of the con-cern.

The Broadview experimental farmhas already a state wide reputationfor the tests made there in the wayof dry land and intensive farming.Dr. Suddith has become an authorityon scientific methods of farming inMontana. He has furnished fromhis farm nearly all the samples usedby the Northern Pacific, Great Nor-thern and Chicago, Milwaukee andPuget Sound roads in their advertis-ing cars.

The farm is supposed to be situatedin the richest section of the countrytributary to Billings and is not only arich agriculture secticn but is underlaid with coal, according to the re-ports of the United States geologicalsurvey, which covered it two yearsago. Recently Dr. Suddith opened acoal mine upon it, and is now supply-ing the new settlers in eastern Mon-tana with fuel. It is said to containthe only coking coal in this regionand underneath the upper coal stratais a fine grade of blacksmith coal.

The country surrounding the fam-ous farm is being rapidly settled withcolonists from Minnesota, North I)a-kpta, Iowa and Nebraska. It is esti-mated, from .the land fillings at theBillings and Lewistown land offices,that during the past few monthsmore than 1,000 farmers have takenclaims in this district.

XXXX Coffee, 12 1-2c lb. Marshalls

J. R. Cheney, a son of one of theMilwaukee road officials, and who islooking out for some contract workthat was reported to be done nearLewistown, was in town Thursday.

W. A. Hinkley, manager of theLewistown district of the RockyMountain Bell Telephone Companyspent several days in town the forepart of the week.

For Sotre time the Northern Pact-tic and the Chicago, Milwaukee & Pu-get Sound have been sparing witheach other for a branch that wouldtap some of the rich territory thatlies between Livingston and Harlow-ton. Lhe Milwaukee road is anxiousto get a road into the park, and manysurveys have been run across, but noactual work has been done. Railroadofficials say that if a line is run intothe park there is every reason to be-lieve that it will run from Harlowton,as the facilities are already here formaking transfers, and constructionwork would be as cheap from thispoint as any.

Both roads have made bluffs at tap-ping the rich Smith river valley, butoutside of preliminary surveys noth-ing appears to be doing. ContractorD. A. McIntosh, who knows as muchas any one about the plans of theMilwaukee, has no hopes that therewill be any branch work done thissummer unless it is done beyond theRockies, or from Seattle south intoOregon.

Local People File on Claims.

The following local people havefiled on claims in this vicinity beforeU. S. Commissioner W. O. Straight inthe last 10 days. Most of these tookup claims between here and Ryegate,but two have filed north of Harlow-ton. If the new comers do as well inproportion to their numbeas as thelocal people, there will be a well set-tied community around Harlowton inthe near future. The whole Mussel-shell country is now being exploredfor the best homesteads, and oldtimers say that there never was sucha demand for homestead land.

Oscar Cass, Harlowton;H. B. Myers, "Fred Geisser, "'.Geo. Reilly, Bercail;Mrs. Chas. Snyder, Ryegate;Geo. F. Cobb, Miles City;Geo. Cornwell, " "Dwight Crawford, Shawmut;Clarence Henton, . "Geo. F. Bell, HarlowtonJohn Waugh "A. J. Dougherty "Wm. Wickson, Shawmut;Henry Volk, Harlowton;F. J. Fisher "

Nellie Wilkins and her AustralianBird Circus will appear here twonights, Monday and Tuesday, May17th and 18th in the Grandest, MostWonderful os all bird acts. ChariotI races, double bar feats, cockatooI races, the great fire act and 100 others7 performed by 50 Cockatoos, Giant

Macaw birds, Parrots, Parokeets andCanaries.

New Arrivals in Spring Dress Goodsat Marshall's.

And Some Were Stung.A bunch of about 20 lads in town

here have just experienced what manyof the uniniated have often experi-enced before, the experience of beingstung by a clothes man. The gentle-man bore some flcticious name, andwent to several of thie boys here andsecured orders for clothes. At thetime the orders were taken a depositof $5 to $25 was made to guaranteethe good faith of the purchaser. Thelast that has been seen or heard ofthe "foxy-quiller" was one day lastweek when he went merrily west-ward, and forgot to deliver the drygoods. This pathetic incident recallsto mind those lines of the bard thatsung so well:

"Of all the words of tongue or pen,The saddest are these I'm stung

again."

John Deere Plows and Harrows."The Most Reliable" at Marshall's.

All kinds Garden and Flower Seedsat Marshall's.

Thomas Hanzlik has received wordthat his wife and children accompan-led by Mrs. J. F. Buckley arrived inHankinson, N. D., last Saturday, andall were well, except for the wear andtear of the trip.

Rev. W. W. Van Orsdel, the dis-trict superintendant of the M. E.church for the Great Falls district.preached here Easter Sunday andadministered the sacrement of theLord's Supper.

THE NEW SUBJECT

EDITOR/

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LIVE WOOL MARKETProspect For Good Business During

Coming Season-- LambingSeason Begins.

From all sides comes the reportthat the wool market for the coming Iseason will be very brigh. Accordingto reports from the financial centersof the east, the prospects for a goodwool market are most optimistic forat least three years. This forecast is Ilargely due to the fact that there Iwill not be any material reduction ofthe tariff on the raw product or onmanufactured woolen articles. Ow-ing to the fact that in many sectionsthe wool industry has been curtailed,there is not a supply such as willflood the market as in former years.

Sheepmen are making preparationfor the lambing season, which willsoon be in progress. The inclementweather of the past two weeks hasnot discouraged wool growers, as itreduces the likelihood that there willbe stormy weather during lambing.

BAKERY CHANGES HANDS

Engineer Bostwick of the Montana RoadGoes into the Bakery

Business.

Peter Winter who has been the pro-prietor of the Harlowton bakery sincethat popular institution started, sold iout the first of the week to Engineer <Bostwick of the Montana road. Mr. IWinter has gone to Helena, where he Iwill likely go into business again.

The new bakery will be known asBostwick and Company, and the es- Itablishment will be under the super-vision of Rudolph Sghoettner, whohas been employed for the past few Iyears in the Lewistown Bakery. Mr. ISghoettner has moved his family here.and has already assumed control ofthe shop. lie has a high reputation 'as a baker and will undoubtedly makegood in his new location.

Use the Best-New Era Paints.Sold only at Marshall's. It

Ceretana Flour-the Best-at Mar-shall's.

L. D. Glenn made a business tripto Lewistown the latter part of theweek.

Albert Britton came in from Shaw-mut Wednesday to look after somebusiness matters.

Dr. Tice of Twodot came in fromLewistown Thursday afternoon, re-turning to Twodot Friday morning.

Senator C. P. Tooley passed liruHarlowton on his way to Moore Weid-nesday. He will visit Lewisiowin be-fore he returns.

Mr. and Mrs. George Gannon wentto Lewistown Friday morning andI will spend Sunday at the .MclDonaldranch.

S. L. Hodges was a passenger toLewistown Wednesday evening, liereturned Thursday aftertnoon. Sam

I doesn't mind taking a trip to Lewis-

e town once in a while, as ihe generally Icomes back wearing the smile

But Montana sheepmen have prepar-ed for bad weather in the months ofApril and May, and are not in muchdanger of loss.

Throughout Fergus and Meaghercounties the fleeces are said to be invery fine condition. The crop is lheavy and the staple is likely to bevery good.

The Big Sale at the E. F. Ross Co'sstore is still going on in full blast.Saturday will be the biggest day ofthe entire sale in point of bagain giv-ing, the prices quoted in their adver-tisement are worthy of serious atten-tion, we are positive that good mer-chandise was never sold so cheap be-fore. Saturday will probably be thelast day of this phenomenal price cut-ting.

Read Marshall's ad.

McINTOSH HERE

Is Member of Big Firm, Says Teams willall be at Work Before Very

Long.

D. A. McIntosh, one of the firm ofMcIntosh Brothers, a big firm of rail-road contractors of Milwaukee, Wis-consin, spent most of week in town.He came in from Butte, where hehas been making his headquarterswhile the last few strokes were puton the coast extension of the Milwau-kee near Bozeman.

Mr. McIntosh states that there rwill be considerable work done allalong the line west of Miles City. Atpresent a large force is at work atRoundup. As soon as the v eatherpermits work will start at the sum-mit, where the grade is to be lowered,making it possible for the fast trainsthat will soon be running, to makemuch faster time than they could atpresent. Mr. McIntosh will probab-ly make Ilarlowton his headquartersfor some time.

Joe Furley was in from Fish CreekWednesday.

F. M. Cook, a rancher and minerfrom Delpine, was a business visitorthe latter part af the week.

Sammy Griffin, from the Lintonranch, was a business visitor Thurs-day.

Ben Stevens and Attorney W. C.Husband were passengers to Lewis-town last Saturday. The latter hadbusiness in the district court.

E. S. Cook, United States Commis-sioner from Roundup made a busi-ness trip to Lewistown Sunday, andwas here between trains Monday onhis return trip.

Workmen have been busy the pastweek htilling in the forms for theSfoundation of the new MusselshellValley National Bank. It will takea large amount of concrete to fill upI the forms as they are broad and deep.

TO HAVE A LEAGUERepresentatives From Towns in Central Mon-

tana Meet in Lewistown--Baseball Prospect.

A meeting of representatives fromthe towns of Harlowton, Moore, Ju-dith Gap, Roundup, Lewistown andKendall will meet in Lewistown to-night to discuss the baseball situa-tion in this secsion, and if possible toorganize a central Montana league.Al. Houseworth who will manage theLewistown bunch this year, has calledthe meeting, and is boosting for or-ganized ball: Mort Lewellin is inLewistown as the representative ofHarlowton.

Harlowton will have a fast bunchin the field whether a league is form-ed or not. I he weather has not per-mitted much preliminary work butthere has been enough warm weatherto induce a few of the enthusiasticones to display their talent. Thosewho are in a position to judge, saythat the outlook is first class, andthat there is enough local players to

make the neighboring teams trot a

merry pace. Harlowton had a gocdteam last year, and this year some

ball tossers who have made names

Episcopal Church Concert.

There will be given under the aus-pices of the Episcopal church a con-cert at Twodot, in K. of P. Hall, onThursday night, April 22 at 8 o'clockand the same repeated at HarlowtonOpera House on Friday night, April23 a' 8 o'clock. A well selected pro-gram by competent performers willbe given.

PROGRAMPART 1

Selection, by the Ladies' Orchestra ofTwodot and Lewistown

Piano Solo, Mrs G. K. RobertsonViolin Solo, Mrs. G. WellesCornet Solo, Miss Mabel BakerWhistling Solo, Mrs. P. J. AnshutzVocal Solo, Mr. S. L. HodgesPiano Solo, Mrs. IH. B. TiceVocal Duet, Mrs. W, W. Coates and

Mis. G. K. RobertsonPiano I)uet, Mrs. II. B. Tice and Mrs.

G. K. Robertson.Vocal Solo, Mrs. G. K. Robertson

PART IISelection by Ladies' Orchestra of

Twodot and LewistownVocal Solo, Mr. S. L. HodgesWhistling Solo, Mrs. P. J. Anshut zPiano Solo, Mrs. H. B. TiceVocal Solo, Mrs. G. R. RobertsonViolin Solo, Mrs. G. WellesCornet Solo, Miss Mobel BakerPiano Duet, Mrs. Robertson and Mrs.

Tice.Vocal Duet, Mrs. Coates and Mrs.

RobertsonGrand Finale by Ladies' Orchestra

Following the program, those whowish to do so may remain to dance,the music for which will be renderedby the Ladies' Orchestoa.

SHAWMUTT.F. S. Webster is home from Boze-

man, where he has spent the winterwith his family.

School in District No. 20 has open-ed, with Miss Hays of Wisconsin as tteacher.

Mrs. Words made a trip to Miles I,City last week, returning home Fri- tday. fl

Mrs. Will Jenizen and Mrs. Gustad I

made a trip to Harlowton Friday. I1

Miss Julia Scholten is back in ourneighborhood again, after a visit inDakota and Big Timber. d

E. E. Crawford's plowing outfit isat work now.

The country north of Cruse is be- king settled fast, and little homes arebeginning to break the monotony ofstretches of bare hills. c

The new section house at Shaw- omut siding is completed and one of tthe section crews at Cruse have been itransferred there.

Incubators are coming to the front r

in this vicinity, with a "Mandy Lee" Ion the Webster ranch, an "Ideal" ontithe Rossman, and a "Jewel" on the t

1 Crawford.

B. II. Erickson, of Viroqua, Wis.,has been in town during the week

t looking over the town, and gettinge information in regard to a good loca-

I tion for a hardware store. He wille go from here to Spokane, and willp return to IHarlowton before going

I back east.

for themselves in North Dakota andSouth Dakota have come in to make-their stamping ground in the railroad town. But let actions speaklouder than words. It is enough tosay teat Harlowton will not need toimport any material, and can rely onwhat is here for a swift bunch.

The Daily News in sizing up thesituation for a league has the follow-ing to say:

Ail of these towns are good balltowns. Of course Lewistown willdraw the big gate receipts, and ifgood ball is put up, some immensecrowds will turn out to witness thecontests. However Moore alwayswas a rattling good town for the na-tional game, This year the Mooritesplan to put a faster team than everin the field. They will erect a highfence to enclose the ball grounds.Harlowton and Roundup are alsogood towns for the game, while Ju-dith Gap, though young, is ambitiousand expectations are that the gaptown will have one of the fastestteams in this section.

SIMS RANCH SOLDFargo Firm Buys Ranch Near Rye-

gate and Will SoonColonize.

The Sims ranch near Ryegate hasbeen sold to Wheelock and Wheelock,a real estate firm of Fargo, N. I).This firm will at once begin on a col-onizing scheme which will fill up thecountry in the vicinity of Ryegateand Lavina. The Fargo concern areconnected with large companies ofthe east and think they will meetwith success in their new venture.B. A. Wheelock stated in an inter-view:

"The place consists of a little over26,000 acres, about 3,000 of which issaid to be irrigable. We will dividethe land into small farms at onceand hope to bring a large number ofsettlers from eastern states, principal-ly the Dakotas, Minnesota and Wis-consin, this summer.

"These Montana lands are far su-perior to the best lands in our sectionof the country and it is hard to de-scribe the general 'going west' spiritthat prevails in some parts of the

middle states. The people are notdiscontented with where they are lo-cated, but they have heard so muchabout Montana and dry land farmingthat they want to see for them-selves."

N-BAR RANCH SOLDColonel Cruse Sells His Famous Ranch

In Fergus County.

The largest undivided tract of landin Fergus county, and one of the big-gest stock ranches in Montana, theN-Bar ranch, belonging to ColonelThomas Cruse of Helena, has beensold and will soon be cut up intosmall farms. The following is fromthe Great FallsTribuneof April 13th;

W. J. Cruse has just returned fromFergus county and he announcesthat a deal has been practically closedfor the sale of the property to J. H.Ray, W. A. Powers and E. A. Tor-lett of Chicago. The considerationis in the neighborhood of $1,000,000.The transfer will be made in a fewdays and then the new owners willtake steps to immediately colonize it

The N-Bar ranch is located in theFlatwillow country, and is wellknown throughout this section as*the big stock ranch of the country.it is stated that 1,000 horses, 8,000cattle and about 10,000 sheep roamover the ranch. The disposal ofthese large holdings marks and epochin the history of Montana. The oldcowboy days are on the wane and thenew era of the homeseeker and smallrancher is dawning. It is the natur-al evolution of agriculture in thetreasure state.

Mr. and Mrs. Owen Duffy returnedfrom Helena Wednesday. They hadbeen visiting at the capital.

J. S. Bullard, the piano man andI one of the best musicians in thisI country, spent Thursday in town.Bg irds of a feather flock together, Lndso Bullard and Dreyer are pals.,