Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1909-06-04

places had to be filled by selections
from the spectators.
James Meara has completed paint
ing the outside of the Pioneer barber
shop.
Bob Shipley, the Broadview hustler,
was in Judith Gap between trains
Wednesday.
Don't let whiskey get the best of
you; get the best Of whiskey-Sunny
BrOOk-at the Pioneer.
Mrs. DOlan will give a japanese tea
party ut her home next Wednesday
afternoon for the Ladies Aid Society.
&. j. Shanlahan of l}ercail, was in
town the first Of the week. He has
planted 10 acres to Canadian peas,
which have made nice start.
X. \. White returned from his trip
to North Dakota and Minnesota
points yesterday. lie was accomp-
anied by his wife and baby who will
make Judith Gap their future home.
\ fine sidewalk has been laid be-
tween Beers \ Haynes store and the
Pioneer saloon, a much needed i'm
provement which shows public enter
prise OH the part of these property
owners.
The COnlan boys have 80 acres of
winter wheat which they say is the
finest stand they have seen in recent
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a few miles. They expect big yield
this year.
I \ farewell dance for Miss Clara
Ske!tingtOn will be given in the judi
it'll Gap hall Friday eve, June nth.
Music will be furnished by the local
orchestra. and supper will be served
at the Royal Grill. Committee: Fred
Stanley and Harry Pearce.
The Piepho Drug company has put
the soda foutain in order, and all
kinds Of delicious soft drinks are now
being served. The genial Piepho
brothers are still waiting patiently
for the rest of the fixtures, and as soon
rs the store can be placed in order ice
cream will be served.
The Ladies' Aid society of the NJ. f.
church met with Mrs. j. II. Balm
Wednesday. After the business SEES
sion lunch was served. Those pres
emf were: Mesdames piepho, Dolan,
Sturgeon, Morgan, Murphy, Olson,
Lureth, Carlson, Hill, Wildetield,
Antoine, Schuler, and Miss Murphy.
There was Il storm at Oxford last
week that was in the nature of cloud
burst. j. W. Barley says the rain
washed out the oats he had just COM
pleted sowing and the field had to be
replanted. One of the section hands
working near oxford came near
drowning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence r. and Miss
Nettie Stone, are entertaining their
father and mother, Mr.. and Mrs. II.
:. Stone, AMI brother \. II. and baby
daughter, of COmstock, Neb., who ar
rived for Il short visit ednestlay
Il. =, 4. II. and Miss Nettie Stone
will leave Saturday for visit to the
Alaska Yukon- Pacific exposition at
Seattle, where they will take in the
sights for couple OF weeks.
When the passenger train arrived
in Judith Gap last Sunday the report
was made that Il dead man had been
seen near the track four miles east Of
the city. Deputy Sheriff Taylor and
viii Stanley drove out to the scene in
the afternoon and found the supposed
dead one. After Taylor shook him Il
little, he got him OH the grade and
assisted him in start towards
Billings. Ed says the fellow stepped
off like Il ten second man.
4 special train of twelve coaches,
one dynamo, baggage, diner and nine
sleepers, passed through Judith Gap
Tuesday evening at 4 O'Clock carrying
the twin city jobbers to Lewistown.
The train returned after midnight
and continued on to Lombard, where
the Northern Pacific took it up and
conveyed it back home. The job
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qnainted with the vast territory which
is practically tributary to the twin
cities. TO the people at Judith Gal
who were ut the station when the
train pulled in in the evening, the eN-
cursionists expressed their delight
with the trip and wonderment al the
great development they had witnessed,
Of the fertile country they had
passed through.
North Dakota parties have about
completed deal for the Hedges
MOule-(;iltinan holdings on Careless
and Swimming Woman creeks. Thu
tract consists of about y, 900 acres o
rich agricultural lands which the pnr