The Helena independent., 1892-03-12
AFFAIRS At KAL|SPELL
A Strong Democratic Club Organ
lied and the Membership Is
Rapidly Increasing.
Flour Mill and Brewery Are
Among the Business Enter-
prisas Talked of.
Tickets in tho Field for this
City Election.

KAL1spEI1, Mont. March H. Special. -
A strong democratic club has been organ
lied here, and preparations are being made
for an active campaign in the Flathead
valley, The membership ia large and
rapidly increasing. The organization is
known as tho Flathead club. and its officers
are: M. d. Baldwin, president; N. 2. Moon,
fret vice-president; S. II. Butler. second
vice president; j. Fl. Graves. third vice.
president; Edmund Gale Jr., secretary; Il.
d. Duncan, treasurer.
A -four mill and brewery are two OF the
industries to be established in Kalispell
this spring. Upon the assurance by the
kalispell board of trade that Touring
mill would be constructed at this point the
farmers have agreed to raise wheat to sap
ply it. The brewery will also give market
for large quantities of barley. That
brewery will be paying institution there
is no doubt, as over 100 carloads of beer
were consumed the Iast year. and the popu-
lation does not begin to compare with the
number here now.
A Grand Army post. to be known as Cen
eral n. Lyons post, was organized In halls-
psll Saturday with membership of thirty
two, to which number several new names
will be added at the next meeting. The
veterans were mustered in by Department
Commander Sloane. of Missoula. and Capt
L. F. Wyman. A. A. g., of Butte. The fol-
lowing officers we're elected and installed:
Post commander, A. f. Mckay; Junior vice
commander, Il. G. Palmer chaplain, ]. II.
Ayres; officer of the day, John Meyers;
sergeant, W. P. Emmerson; quartermaster,
A. T.. Treat; officer of the guard. Il. X.
GREGG; adjutant, A. L. Sherer; sergeant
major, Ed Haak; quartermaster sergeant,
J. D. Bowdsh. The post will be uniformed
and preparations will be made for the
proper observance of Decoration day.
camp fire aud dance was gi ven by the post,
which was largely attended and highly en-
joyed.
Two tickets are in the field for the com
ing city election, One is called tho Citi-
zsns' ticket and the other the Peoples. The
former was nominated at public conven-
tiou. j. w. Conner was chairman and II.
j. Mock secretary Of the meeting. B. D.
bank, was the unanimous choice for mayor,
and the following we're decided upon as
candidates for aldermen: M. Branden-
burg, J. L. Cox, DIR. Cummings. j. II. Ed
wards H. S. Cannon and j. $. Ford. The
other ticket was nominated BY private
CdQCub. tuS SaAuAuosC5 boAAAS 40 HSAAN"s
For mayor. John Wilson; for aldermen.
Frank Hatton, A. H. Swanberg, Chas. Hack.
DR.. j. A. Client, A. Bourk and Paul Hand
lev. Both are striving to secure the cleo
ton and the contest will be interesting.
A new bridge is to be constructed across
the Flathead river, just opposite halispell,
doing away with the ferry and thus giving
the farmers of the east side crossing
available at all times. Work will be COM
menced at once. 1t was demonstrated at
no little expense last summer that the river
is not nRvigable above Kallspell. A boat
was built to navigate the upper waters last
summer, but only succeeded in making q
few trips when the water was at the highest
stage. With railroad paralleling the
stream from this point for miles east boat
ing would not pay anyway, on account OF
the danger.
The tracklayers reached 1uohy's tunnel.
thirty five miles west of here, Monday, and
are now beyond the tunnel. They are lay
ing on an average of 5000 feet of track a
day. few miles west of here the grade is
one and one-half per cent until the summit
is reached, about twenty five miles west, SO
that all trains going west out Of here will
require pushers. The track is in splendid
condition, eighty-pound steel being used
But little trouble has been occasioned east
of here on account of slides as was anticl-
pated. The snow is going out of the
mountains gradually and it is not likely
that traffic will be blocked.