Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1909-09-03

Oav from an extended business trip
through the northern part of the state
in the interests of the Minneapolis
Brewing company. He reports very
successful trip.
ID. c. Hays returned the first of the
week from Oklahoma, where he spent
several months transacting business.
Mr.. and Mrs. James She'll and
daughter, Miss Maud, Of Garneill,
made the city Il business visit last
Thursday.
Mrs. Ed. McReynolds, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Mckee, returned
Monday to her home in Bozeman, af-
ter pleasant visit here with her
parents.
JAY Fisher has bought an interest
in the Thompson restaurant and the
new firm will open billiard and pool
hall in addition to running Il short
order restaurant.
Samuel I-utZ brought in yesterday
fine sample of broom corn grown
on his farm. The growth is fine and
demonstrates another profitable crop
that can be grown in this section of
Montana.
There will be Il meeting of the
Ladies' Aid of the NJ. K. church
Wednesday afternoon, September Sth.
from 2 to 5 o'clock. The ladies are
urged to be very prompt as this is to
be an afternoon for work. No re-
freshments will be served
Tuesday a special bearing the rail-
road commissioners went as far as
the burning tunnel at Rimrock and
returned the same day. Tie COM
missiOners were OH a tour of inspec-
ton of the entire Great Northern
system in Montana.
The Piepho Drug company's watch
contest: Miss Linn Corbly, 1904:
Miss Florence Wing, 1920: Mrs.
Oscar Skeen, 572: Mrs. j. r.. Balm,
463; Alberta +. Motfet, POO. No cou-
pons are now being issued, and all
votes must be in by p. m. this Sat
urday.
The Howard Co., Mimi, Clipper
says: "One man can take 10 acres of
land, run into debt for it, and from it
support his family and pay for it inside
Of five years or SO; while anothermay
have whole quarter section given
him, and within the same length of
time it will be gone. In ninety-nine
GASES out of Il hundred the difference
all in the man.
Oscar Skeen made business trip
the first of the week to the RimrOck
tunnel, and secured the contract for
furnishing meat to the laborers dur
ing this month. He reports that a
large force is at work repairing the
damage done by the fire, but that it
will be at least a month before the
regular train service can be resumed.
Two thousand feet of the tunnel cas-
ing were destroyed.
Harold MOffet, who has been SPEND
ing the summer vacation with his
mother, Alberta f. Moffet, leaves
today for Kansas City, Missouri,
where he will resume his studies at
the Central high school. This is
docs" senior year, and next sum-
mer he will return to spend year
with us. During his several months
stay here he has made many friends
who wish him every success in his
school and athletic work.
a recent trip made by the writer
over the country north of the west
end of the Snowy mountains, would
convince anyone of the great agri-
cultural possibilities of this region.
Thousands of acres of winter wheat
are in shock, and large fields Of oats,
spring wheat and barley were ready
for the binder. Many excellent fields
OF timothy and alfalfa were driven
by. But We skeptics should have seen
the gardens and Orchartls-plots OF
ground covered with every imagin-
able vegetable growth, all in the pink
of perfection, and apple trees laden
so heavily with fruit that the limbs
had to be prOpped. And all this with
out irrigation. Verify, this is "A
blessed district-One which in a few
years will be supporting ten times
the population that is now here, and
the virgin sod containing so large a
portion of volcanic ash will he pro-
ducing food for millions.
A party of young folks comprising
Messrs. Harold MOffet, a. a. Frese-
man, Jr., Marion Small, and the
Misses Susan, Bertha and Jeanne
Small, and Nettie and Maud She'll,
drove over to the lake in the Snowies
Sunday morning, returning the fol-
lowing day. George Murphy accom-
panied the party in the capacity of