The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-03-12
The BEE
man ABROAD
He Has a Rowing Comnis-
sion To
PROCURE SUBSCRIBERS
And Locate Duck Pond For Billy
Mulaney and John Listle.
Latter Hard Job.

O'Brien's Camp, March 1l.-Your
correspondent left kalispell Saturday
morning on the hurricane deck of
cayuse, with what one might call a
rowing commission, with instructions
to secure subscribers for the Kalis-
pell Bee, and, as a side issue, to To-
cate duck pond for John Listle and
Alderman-Sheep-CO Commissioner Billy
Mullaney. The first part of my du-
ties is easy enough as l am meeting
with the usual success that attends
all efforts of the Bee. Every one is
glad that we have live up-to-date
newspaper n-the valley and say it is
Just what they want. The duck pond
proposition is hard one not but that
there are plenty of ponds just now.
but it is difficult to find one where a
man can sneak up and kill them with
a club. OF course Listle and Null
laney will Indignantly deny they ever
do anything of that kind, but if the
truth were known believe they
would like to take advantage of a
duck as soon as any one. However.
if find suitable place l will stake
out few young birds for them. They
might be good enough to send me a
feather.
My first stopping place outside of
kalispell was at the ranch of T.
l.. Widdowson, one of the substantial
farmers and dairymen of the valley.
Mr.. WiddowsOn last year, sold 3,4OO
pounds of butter and 22O gallons of
cream. He is breeder of thor
ough bred Chester White hogs, and
also has a herd of "a Angora goats.
He clipped 1-2 pounds of wool from
each goat last fall, for which he re-
ceived 27 cents pound.
The next place visited was the old
Patrick ranch. This place was re-
Gently purchased by Mr.. Charles Con-
ger, from Blair, Nebraska. Mr.. Con-
ger is a desirable addition to Flat
head valley. He brought five head of
thoroughbred Jersey and Durham cat
tie with him. The Durham is a
Willie Boy and looks as though he
would take prize at state fair.
Just over the hill is beautiful Wild
wood. the home of Mrs. Emma A.
Ingalls,. The place is rightfully named,
as it is one of the pleasantest spots
in the valley Mrs. ingalls, is an
enthusiastic fruit grower. She has an
orchard of ten acres now and will put
1000 more trees this spring.
Mr. F.. A. Gibbons. who lives about
a mile south of Wildwood has nice
location with 800 growing fruit trees
and expects to set out 200 more this
spring. | found Mr.. Gibbons busily
engaged building an addition to his
house.
A short ride then brought me to the
hospitable home of Mr.. R. J. Ball.
where the latch string is always out
Mr.. Ball as one of the best ranches
in the valley and also deals in thor
oughhred Jersey cattle.
The next stopping place was at Mr..
d. j. Lambert's, one of the earliest
settlers in the valley. Mr.. Lambert
has 500 acres of land with a nice or
chard and will put in about 100 acres
of wheat and oats this spring. He also
has the old cabin in which the first
school was held in the valley II years
ago.
Not far from Mr.. Lambert's I found
Mr.. Frank w. Bixby, new arrival
from Wisconsin. Mr.. Bixby is a young
man with nice family including two
bright little children. He is just fin
isinga new house and will be very
comfortably located in a short time.
Mr.. Bixby brought nine head of thor
oughbred Durham cattle from Wiscon-
sin.
| am still headed for the south but
if this rainy weather keeps up may
get stuck in a mud hole S. L. w.