The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-23
The Land This Year Fairly Flow
ing With Milk and Honey.
ORCHARDS DOING FINE
The County High School Proposition Car
ries, Kalispsn Voting Almost Solidly
for It-Great Activity in the Tim
Der Business

as large a crop this year as it has ever
produced before in it's history The
farmers are very hopeful of a good
| yield, with fair prices. Those raising
hay are very busy just at this time in
harvesting it, The yield will run from
one and one-half to three tons per acre.
the difference in the yield being on ac-
count of water. 1t is now. and has
been for the past three weeks. very hot :
| ana dry, and has made the grain and
! grasses grow rapidly. The warm sun
| had taken almost all the snow from
the mountain peaks. and with this gone
| the fear of an early frost is disuelIed
Inc wet and slow spring made the
| grain slow and deep-rooted and WITH
| the warm sunshine the past week has
made it do far better than was expect
ed The straw is not so long as usual
out the heads are good and will prove
| extremely profitable to the farmers
The fruit crop this year will far sur
pass that of last. All orchards of three
ana four years of age are yielding
| piehtitul TINS year. and very few wers
| killed by the last hard winter All
small fruits are doing well and berries
of most all kinds are in market. Ire
strawberry is selling as low as sl.25
| per case of two dozen quarts while
thousands of quarts are being market
ed The current and gooseberry bushe,
| are loaded as full as they will stand
| The raspberry will give good pro-
| duction, and this valley will raise
more small fruit than can possibly tie
| put up.
| Inc saWmill men are keeping things
| very lively around the land office these
| days Many new filings upon timber
lands are being made, and the mill
| men are keeping a sharp lookout for
those l.,.
| up on their lands. Good prices are paid
| to all who have sufficient timber upon
their lands to make it profitable to
mill All plants are running their full
capacity, employing from 10 to 40 men,
Some have orders ahead for the entir,
cut for two years, and others have a
years cut sold at good prices on board
the cars at kalispell. There are %
good sawmills in operation. and 1t
| makes a good pay roll for this section
of the state. What we lose in having the
japanese working upon the road we
more than make up by the number of
men employed in the many mills now in
operation. A man does not have to re-
main idle long here, as the mills have
given employment to many who have
arrived from other states this spring
and summer looking for good locations.
Some of those who came were intending
to buy farms, but thought that they
would look over the country and live
here awhile before they purchased, and
in most every case they secured EN-
ployment in some manner at the mills.
Considerable building is going on
here this season. Several new business
blocks are going up and others are con-
templated. Many new brick and frame
residences are building and houses
to rent are very scarce About five APP
plicants to every good house that is
empty is the record.
oil Flr r,n l.
school has undoubtedly carried. as
Kalispell voted almost solidly for the
proposition. giving 9lS for the school
as against rs votes against the school
Columbia Falls voted 1863 votes agains,
and for. Libby gave % votes for tt
against. Other points cannot be had
until the official count is had as no
record was kept. 1t is almost certain
that the free school proposition carried.
locating 1t at Kalispeli. Fla thead
county does not want 10 be behind 9th
er counties in educational matters, and
the people of kalispell realized the i'm
portance of this measure fully. 1t has
been conceded that the other precincts
will give a ma jorty of 10 votes each
against the school. but this will then
leave good majority of about 200 votes
in it's favor The fight upon the school
at Columbia Falls was the locating it
at kalispell which was the only loca-
ton that was suitable for it in the
county, for the reason that the town
is so centrally located that all parts OF
the valley will have easier access to
the new school than if it was located a
some point that would be so to one
side of the valley as to be almost value
less to the great number of scholars
that wish to attend
The Modern Woodmen of America
lodge at kalispel will soon be the ban
ner lodge of the state, having now over
175 members and enough app icatirns
to bring up the grand total to 200 mem
bers. This lodge is just about one year
old and has never had deputy in the
field working for themselves. All the
work done in getting new members has
been done by the members themselves
on the 26th of this month about 20 APP
plicants will be given the high sign in
the order. and an all night session will
be held comforting degrees. This is
one of the youngest lodges in the stat
and the baby lodge far as time of
existence is concerned in KalspeIl.
The government weather office at
kaltspell is in thorough working order,
receiving two bulletins per day. ore
from Chicago and the other from
Washington. This has been made on"
of the important offices in the NORTH
west, and has the finest instruments In
the service.
Mr.. F. w. Tinkle and Miss Marjorie
spauldng were married Wednesday
evening in their new home on Fourth
avenue east. The ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. II. f. Cowes of the
Episcopal church. The wedding was "A
quiet one, only the families of the
principals and Immediate friends wera
in attendance. The groom is one of
the best-known young business men of
KaliSpeil. being interested with his
father in the Kalispell roller mills. TIL
bride was one of KalispelIs best school
teachers for the past three years. The
young couple have the best wishes of
their many friends.
TIL" Macdonald lake country is grow
ing to be one of the great summer re-
sorts Of Montana. Many Eastern pe1-
pie are arriving constantly. going tc
the hotels al the head Of the lake, while
many are camping out. At present "A
party Of @ from jacksonville. ILL.,. are
ca mped at the lakp. They will make n