The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-08
A BUREAU AT KAL|SPELL
Fully Equipped Weather Station
Established.
THE FLATHEAD VALLEY
Fast Becoming an Important Fruit Cen
ter-Many Settlers Are Coming
In Farm Lands In
crease in Value.

Special Correspondence of the Standard.
Kalispell, May Sat last the wealth
er bureau at Kalispell is in operation.
The instruments for the service have
arrived and are being placed in posi-
tion in the Conrad bank building. Mr..
Schultz, the observer, will make two
reports a day. He reports direct to
Washington, Chicago, San Francisco
and Portland. Kalispell is to be made
one of the important stations of the
service by reason Of it's situation and
varying conditions existing. We have
now all y e instruments that are sent
to any Office in the country, and it is
the intention OF the observer u place
an electrical instrument in the station
for the purpose of testing the temper
ature of the soil in different parts of
the valley for the purpose OF oetermin-
ing lust wat kinds of grains, fruits
and vegetables are best adapted to
our soil. Kalispell will be the fourth
weather bureau to be established in
Montana. The credit for securing this
office belongs to the board of trade and
its secretary, who were untiring in
ment.
The Flathead valley is fast becom-
ing one of the fruit counties of the
state. More than two carloads of trees
have arrived so far this spring, and
many more will follow. The orchards
will yield this year more than we Will
use at home and some may be ship
ped to other points. 1t will be only
a few years until we will be supplying
many points outside with fruit from
this valley.
Immigration to the county this spring
from the East has been heavier than
eyed before. More than 100 have ar
rived, many bringing their families
and having bought farms. Others came
to look the valley over, and have rent
ed farms for one year, While others
have secured employment and will look
the valley over before investing. Farm
lands have increased in value consd
erably this spring, and as time goes
on and the valley grows older they will
continue to increase.
Henry Sprucks, farmer. living in
the lower valley, just received from the
Omaha exposition managers a diploma
of honorable mention for having grown
the best sample of Wonder of the
World oats on exhibition at the expo
sition. 1t is understood that many
other. diplomas have been issued to
grain grown. This speaks well for
this young valley, to secure diplomas
for best grains grown as against the
entire country. We are not surprised
as we well knew that we could grow
as good. if not better, grain here than
in any other part of the county. Our
increased facilities for handling grain
by elevators and mills is a safe guar
antee to the world that we raise great
quantities of grain. There are four
grain elevators at Kalispell and one at
Columbia Falls, with three flour mills
grinding grain into flour and shipping
1T to outside points.
The KaliSpell school board held the
regular monthly meeting and elected
their teachers for the next school year
as follows: Principal, z. A. Steere,
with an increase of salary of 5000; first
assistant, Miss Anna McDermott, Liv-
ingston, Mont; second assistant Miss
E. f. Ferguson, Pomona Cal; gram
mar grade, Miss Carrie F. Thwaites;
third intermediate. Miss Ida N. Noff-
singer; second intermediate, Miss Susie
Wilson, first intermediate, Miss Jennie
c. Eaton: third primary, Miss Alice l..
Pomeroy; second primary, Miss Edna
Knapp; second primary, Miss Mary e.
Miller; first primary, Mrs. E. l.. Ged-
des; first primary. Mrs. Mary e. Crane.
Six of the teachers are new ones.
Some of the old teachers are going
east and will attend other schools, pre-
pairing themselves for higher education.
Although our spring is rather back
ward this year, most all the farm
ers are through with their work of
seeding. This week will finish up all
and the entire valley will be all in
grain and hay. The mountains are
still full of snow and it is feared that
we will have very high water again
this summer. Very little of the snow
has gone, and should it turn warm
for several days with a hot sun, as
1t did five years ago, nothing can pre-
vent high water, and considerable
damage to the crops will be the result.
1t is feared many fields will be drown
ed out that are in bottom lands along
the river and lake.
Tramps in this country are scarce
articles, but we have them OCCASION
ally. Those that do come this way
employ their time in robbing refrig-
orators of their contents. Several re-
frigerators have been emptied of their
contents this spring, and one robbery
has been committed, that of the cap
tain of the Salvation Army, who had
her dwelling broken into and about
SIT belonging to the Army taken.
The county commissioners. in spe-
cial session, ordered a Jail to be built
at Libby Mont, and bids are asked
for. This is a good move, as a Jail
Is needed badly in the western part
of the county. When, an arrest has
been made heretofore the constable maxi
ing 1t had to sleep with his prisoner
or sit up all night and watch him
that he did not escape. With a iail
so close at hand that trouble will be
avoided.
As rapidly as it can the Great North