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Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-01
A CITY HALL AND OPERA HOUSE
The Commercial Club Decides to Erect
Much Needed Public Building.

The commercial club met in Beers
4 Haynes store Wednesday evening
to hear the report Of the building
committee. The committee recon-
pleted s2,l5O. 1t will be fitted up
with good sized stage and hard
wood maple floor for dancing. The
aim is to make it large enough to
years to come.
\ committee Of three was appointed
to accept plans and award the con-
tract. The committee is composed
Of II. l.. Bills, Oscar Skeen and :. j.
Small.
II. l.. Bills was appointed Il COM
mittee of one on construction, and
was authorized to 60 ahead and COM
plete the building.
$. J. Small was appointed manager
of the hall subject to the pleasure OF
the club. His duties will be to have
full charge of renting the hall for any
purpose needed, to- book attractions
on the best percentage obtainable
from travelling shows, to pay the net
proceeds to the ones advancing the
money for the erection of the build
ing and to report all the collections
to the club. When all who have adj
vanced money for the hall are paid in
full with II per cent. interest, the
hall to be the property of the COM
mercial club or city government, pro-
viding the city is organized at that
time. Mr.. Small was selected on ac-
count of his familiarity with manag-
! ing opera houses and the show bust
ness, and he agreed to act without
compensation until the building is
| paid for.
The matter Of the new land Office
district was fully discussed, and on
motion a committee of three was APP
pointed consisting OF 5. }. Small,
Oscar Skeen and W. j. Sturgeon who
were instructed to circulate Il petition
protesting against the selection Of Il
town away to one side of the district
for the location Of the land office
and to forward the protest to the
members of congress from Montana.
The meeting then adjourned until
next Monday night.
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-01
GAPLETS

NJ. II. Graham, manager of the
Harlowton Bell telephone, was in
Judith Gap Tuesday OH business.
Rev. J. Philip Anshutz of White
Sulphur Springs will conduct the SER
vices of the Episcopal church and
preach at Judith Gap on the Feast of
Epiphany, Wednesday, January 9Th,
at p. m. The public is cordially
invited to attend these services.
Vic Martin went to Lewistown
Wednesday evening on business. In
a few weeks Mr.. Martin and his
family expect to go to Illinois to
spend the winter, where Mr.. Martin
has been offered Il good position in
the oil fields in that state. They will
be absent from Judith Gap until
June.
Attorney G. :. Bills went to Har-
lOwtOn Tuesday to defend Conrad
Hanson, who was tried there on the
charge of melting riot in Judith
Gap. The riot was the occasion of
the Jap scare at the round house
some time ago. Hanson had n jury
trial Tuesday evening and was fined
SIS and costs, amounting to $50 in all.
We understand that the jury stood
five for not guilty and one for con-
viction, and that the verdict of SIS
and costs was a compromise.
Sheriff Williams and Deputy Sher-
if Johnson of Harlowton, were in
Judith Gap Wednesday. The sheriff
was here for the purpose Of appoint
ing a deputy who would live in Judith
Gap, and Constable f. W. Taylor
drew the prize. The December sal
airy of the Garneill deputy was
stopped, after the Journal called at
tention to the matter, thus saving
the Meagher county taxpayers Ss5
that would have gone to Fergus
county without any services being
rendered for the same. The Journal
and the sheriff have a perfect under
standing now, and are Oh the best Of
terms since the appointment of Mr.
Taylor.
Charles Schmidt rode up from IIar-
lowton Christmas day to pay some
acquaintance in the country near judi
it'll Gap a visit. When he arrived in
town it was quite dark. He rode out
to Mr.. DOlan's ranch near the town
| shin oohnnl hOuSo and iuuuiro tLA
way to the farm home of the man 1t
was going to visit. DOlan advised
him to go back to town and put NJ
for the night, but he said he could
find the way. He got to the schoo
house and putohis horse in the build
The Florida agriculturist., 1909-12-01
IRRIGATION
A Comparison of the Systems Most
Generally in Use in Florida.

The Importance of irrigation is
becoming more and more apparent
to all who cultivate the soil in Flor
ida, and there is no doubt that, in
most cases, a good irrigation plant
would pay large interest on it's
cost every year. The best method
Of doing the work has not been sat
isfactorily settled. The Tampa Times
describes a plan which certainly has
some great advantages. 1t is as fol-
lows:
The Times is greatly pleased to
see the fight it has been making the
past five years or more for irrigation
being taken up so intelligently and
earnestly by the press Of South
Florida. Hundreds of enterprising
farmers and grove owners are in
stalling plants as rapidly as possible
and the story Of loss and disaster
The Florida agriculturist., 1909-12-01

in quality and quantity for several
years after planting. The same thing
is true of the blackberry. All you
have to do with the blackberry is to
NOW off the old canes as soon as the
crop is gathered every year and the
new growth of canes makes the next
crop.
For the third acre plant Lady
Thompson strawberries in the last
week of September or first week in
in holidays. Can any other State
beat this? And if the crop is raised
near Orlando there is home market
that never goes below 20 cents per
quart for No. 1 berries, and the
earlier one 80 to SO cents per quart.
The tourists eat them and pay for
them, and Orlando has from two to
four thousand tourists every winter,
while your Strawberries are at their
best. From $3.50 to 5000 per acre
can be realized, and if the grower has
done his part he will increase the
acreage of Strawberries the second
October.
The fourth acre may be planted to
celery, and the growers at Sanford or
Orlando will tell you that $500 per
acre is a very modest income and
many men have made double that
amount.
Let the fifth acre be put into
kitchen garden, where the good
housewife can gather lettuce, beans,
beets, cabbage, cauliflower, Irish po-
tatoes and sweet potatoes, egg plants,
radishes, cucumbers, sweet peppers,
tomatoes and half dozen other edi-
bic vegetables, and live like king
and not work in the hot sun in Au-
gust.
There are many other valuable
things that may be grown on the
small Florida farm, but let this suf-
flee for this time, and if this finds
favor 1 will come again with yet 9TH
er money making crops.
Orlando, Fla.
The Florida agriculturist., 1909-12-01
Sugar Lands i'm Hawaii.

Of the total sugar area of the Ha-
waiian Islands, 100000 acres (about
SO per cent? have been reclaimed
from practically arid land, entirely
through private enterprise, and by
means of irrigation, magnificent
crops are now produced. The cost
Of reclamation, with the provision Of
irrigation plant, was about $40 per
acre.
The Florida agriculturist., 1909-12-01

from drouth will never be told OF
them again. Various methods are
being adopted, and right here the
Times wishes to drop an earnest
word Of caution. The best method
Of applying water to Florida soil
is by underground pipes Of porous
terra Gotta. 1t is more expensive in
the first application, but it is the
best and cheapest in the long run.
bitches on the surface are waste
full Of water, have to be cleaned and
opened up anew with almost every
turning on Of the water, they inter-
fere with plowing and narrowing and
are continual nuisance. Sprink2ing
must be done with metallic cOnduc-
tors, costly and short of life, enjOin-
ing continual expense and renewal,
demanding much more expensive
and elevated tank. Sprinkling also
hardens the surface of the ground,
it being baked into crust, and the
water seeks the lower spots of the
surface away from the trees and
plants. While it is profitable COM
pared with nOn-irrigation, it is not
the best method.
The underground pipe method is
the nearest approach to perfection
possible. The labor Of installing is
simple, the pipes cover the field
with perfect uniformity and are for
ever away from the reach of the
plow, while every drop of water is
applied directly to the roots of trees
or plants, and none of it escapes into
the air. The supply tank need not
be SO high, saving much of the labor
and cost of pumping. A few iron
pipes convey the water to the open
ing heads of the underground pipes,
riser with a fifty foot length Of
cheap rubber hose will feed the pipes
for breadth Of hundred feet and
a child can attend to the whole busi-
ness of irrigation. The supply is
steady and sufficient and the ground
is always kept in the best Of cOndi-
tiOn as is attested in many sections
where the terra Gotta pipes are en-
ployed in connection with artesian
wells.
For orange groves line Of pipe
on each side Of the row Of trees,
say at a distance of five or six feet,
is sufficient. By this means the trees
can be stimulated during the bloom
ing and growing seasons and allow
ed to become dormant during the Sc
verer portion of the winter. It is a
fair estimate to say that the best
crops can be increased fifty per cent.
and the average crop doubled, the
trees can be brought to uniform ex-
cellent condition and made to pro-
duce twice the amount Of bearing
wood each summer for next years
fruit. There is scarcely a limit to
the Improvement that can be brought
about in the average grove by the
judicious application of water and
fertilizer. With this combination it
is just as easy to have ten boxes a
The Florida agriculturist., 1909-12-01
SOME UNTRIED CROPS
A Man of Large Experience in Florida Tells What
May Be Grown on Five Acres.
By George III. Wright

In the North and West a farmer
thinks he must work at least eighty
acres of land in order that he may
make a living for his family, and
most farmers want to farm a full
quarter section and many half Sec
tion in order to be able to send their
sons to an agricultural college and
give their daughters an education
necessary to fit them to be at the
head OF farm house.
When such farmers in the West
are told that the same amount Of
money can be made, and is made, in
the State of Florida on five and ten
acre farms they shake their heads
in doubt of the accuracy of such
statements, yet such is the case and
they are being verified every year by
many men who have come to the
State and are now making good and
happy homes on five and ten acres
of land, and in the healthiest State in
all this great Republic.
In order to do this one must aban-
don their grain that they have de-
pended on for money crop and
adapt themselves to the crops that
bring money in sub-tropical eli
mate.
Allow me to suggest a money crop
to be made on five or ten-acre Flor
ida farm.
To do this the proper land must
be selected, and this is among the
cheaper lands of the State today.
They are known as flatwoods, or
lands that require surface drainage,
and this can be done by simply back
furrowing the land, as many farmers
in the North do in order to raise
crop Of winter wheat. What crop
can be raised on such lands? is at
once asked by the newcomer, and l
will suggest few Of the many, and
then they will see that there is no
difficulty at all in making the money
out of five acres of land.
First, select good flatwoOds cut
over land, and remove the stumpS
and roots so the entire ground may
be worked with one horse or mule
and a nine-inch plow and use some
fertilizer such as reliable manufac-
turer would recommend. Then for
the crop to be grown: Say one acre
of blackberries, the common wild
variety that grows spontaneously in
Florida. Plant the roots in rows
five feet apart and two feet apart in
the rows; give first class cultivation
so as to get the best growth the first
season, and the second seasiOn lit
tie more fertilizer and clean culture
and gather crop that will bring the
grower five hundred dollars.
The second acre plant to sage.
Yes sage. This may be new thought
to many, but sage will make the
grower one hundred dollars the first
season. double that amount the sec
ond season, and double again the
third season. I have been asked by
several where they can get market.
| answer, ask any groceryman if he
sells dried sage, and he will tell you
yes, and lots Of it. 1t is perennial,
Mo
The Delta independent., 1909-10-08
Austin Briefs.

Mrs. Earl Allen accompanied her sis
ter going east as far as Salida.
Road Superintendent Chris Jacques,
has put in an embankment on the Cory
grade.
Jesse johnson came through with
l. Williamson's car. He was thirteen
days on the road.
William Grow, while working at the
Fruit Growers Association, is with his
sister, Mrs. Tom Ritter.
Mr.. Mccartney went out this week
to Leadville with a car of movables!
He will return in the spring.
Willie Weaver, formerly employed in
Ouray, Colorado, has come to Austin to
help his father in the lumber yard.
Beet harvest is on and Alfred Hill is
weighmaster. There will be something
doing for the railroad if beets and fruit
both hold out
Ison Williamson of Flemmington, w.
", arrived with his family this week.
He is having house built on land pur-
chased from his brother, G E. Williame
son, on lower Surface Creek.
The automobile men are repairing
the roads about Austin this week.
Their example should be an inspiration
to every community for better roads.
Much thought and some work is needed.
The Delta independent., 1909-10-08
Late Locals.

18 men wanted to work for S3 per
day, and pay SIS per week board. Men
must have blankets and go to work by
Monday morning.
SHIPPEE EMPLOYMENT AGENCY,
432 Main Street.
A few of the advertisers who dropped
out during the quiet summer season,
are beginning to come back. They
realize the amount of money there will
soon be in this district, owing to big
crops, and that the business man who
advertises will get his share of it.
When you want nice, fresh, sweet
butter and strictly fresh eggs, phone
512 Black, The North Delta Grocery
& Produce Go. We also pay highest
cash prices tor poultry, eggs. butter,
fruits and produce, belgian hares and
cottontails. Phone US and we will
call. "a
The remains of Miss C. NJ. johnson,
who died suddenly in Colorado Springs,
on Sunday morning. September 10,
were taken to Denver where on We'd
nesday they were cremated, as this
was the desire of the deceased. Services
were held at Colorado Springs, presided
over by Dean Parsons of the Colorado
College. Cedaredge Champion.
Messrs. C. A. Fergus and S. "A.
Haynes of Hastings, Nebraska, who
bought the Dewar place on Payne
mesa some time ago, returned to their
homes Wednesday. The two gentle
men have been here for several weeks
looking after their interests and left
we'll pleased with their investment.
They had fine crop of peaches as vel
as other fruit. Mr.. Haynes says they
received SLIPS from three acres of
peaches and there is a little yet tc
come.
The home paper is always interest
ing to you, whether you take it or not.
Some people who do not take the paper
borrow it from their neighbors, and,
while this Inconvenience the neigh
bors and themselves, it cannot help but
make US feel proud that they really
care for our paper enough to walk a
half mile each week to read it and also
save three cents. 1t shows that these
people are economical and that when
our advertisers put an ad in our paper
they will be sure to read it carefully
and take in all the bargains.
The Delta independent., 1909-10-08
DenUer Markets.

DENVER UNION STOCK YARDS, Oct
1.-The receipts of cattle last week
were $500 head against $500 preced-
ing week and 1900 for the same week
of last year. Good cattle held up well
here as there was good demand
though trade was slow at times owing
to big declines East. Good fat cows
and steers closed much the same as the
week before and good feeders were
strong but palmer cattle closed a little
lower. Best steers sold at 81 25 to
$500 with fancy stuff on up. Fair fat
steers brought s4.OO to s4.25. Good
cows sold up to s3.s5 and heifers at
SO. 80 and SAILS. Most of the pretty
good killing cows went at 50 40 to So IS
and fair kinds at $500 to e340. Bulls
sold strong at 1925 to SO 90. Veals up
to $500 for best light weights. Feeders
and stockers were in strong demand
and the market in fine shape. A bunch
of North Park steers sold to Nebras-
ka feeder at s5 90 and other good steers
brought $3.50 and 81 so with most of
the pretty good grades at $4.l5 t. s4. so
and the fair to good at SO. so to 81 10.
Stock and feeding cows were in strong
demand at $2.35 to $500. Dealers and
commission men had liberal orders for
all classes of feeders and stockers and
the competition was brisk all week.
Today's receipts 5000. Market weak
to l5e lower in sympathy with eastern
declines.
The hog demand was good and the
market active. Prices were at the high
point on Tuesday when tops brought
$685., the highest ever paid here, but
there was some decline later. best hogs
now selling around So. 90 with the range
down to $3.50 on rough light stuff.
Sheep demand was good and the mar
ket in fine shape. Receipts for the
week were liberal. Lambs sold at
$6. so to s6.75, ewes at $4.25, wethers
at SITS, feeder yearlings at $4.75
freight paid, feeder lambs at $5.75 to
Sc 90 freight paid and breeding ewes at
$4.75 freight paid. Prices here are
fully in line with the eastern mark cts
and shipments wanted.
The Delta independent., 1909-10-08
AMONG THE LOCAL CHURCHES.
FIRST NJ. E. CHURCH.


]. A. johnson. pastor. Sunday sci ool
10 a. m. Public worship II a. m.
Junior League 8 p. m. Epwor h
League Z p. m. Public wsrsh p
8 p. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday
evening.
The pastors theme Sunday morning
will be ''Lust and Leanness." At the
evening service Fred w. Hopper, Ger
eral Field Secretary of the Y. M C. A.
for Colorado, will give an address on
"a Great Work" Come and hear him.
BAPTIST CHURCH.
Sunday school at 9:45 a. m. B. Y. p.
U. at p. m. Prayer meeting We'd
nesday evening. All are invited.
Rev. VIM. ]. Sly will preach a sp :
cial sermon Sunday morning at the
Baptist church, in keeping with the
harvest time. The church will be
decorated with the fruit of the land. A
hearty welcome is extended to all.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
Regular services at the Christian
church next Lords day. Bible school,
9:45 a. m. Sermon, "Wearying of
Service II a. m. Christian Endeavor,
$50 p. m. Evening sermon, The
Victory of the Human Race" 7:3O p
m. Prayer meeting Wednesday even
ing, 7:30 p. m. You will be welcome at
all these services.
ST. IUKE'S EPISCOPAL.
Services for Oct. 10th, the 18th Sun
day after Trinity. Holy Communion
at a. m. Sunday school 10 a. m.
Morning prayer and sermon II a. m.
Evening prayer and sermon 7:30 p. m.
All services begin promptly on time.
Strangers always welcome to all of the
services. Choir rehearsal on Wednes-
days.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Preaching at ii a. m. and 7:30 p. m.
Sunday school 10 a. m. Y. P. c. f.
$50 p. m. Prayer meeting Wednesda.
7:30 p. m.
CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS.
Meet each Sunday at II o'clock a. m i,
at Pythian Hall. corner Third and
Main.
CATHOLIC CHURCH.
Services every third Sunday. Mass
$3.50 a. m.
The Delta independent., 1909-10-08

1s men wanted to work for sS per
day, and pay SIS per week board. Mer
must have blankets and go to work by
Monday morning.
The Delta independent., 1909-10-08
brought out, for people with


brought out, for people with
plenty of money look upon this
feature even with greater inter-
est than they do that of price.
But whatever may be the princi-
pal motive brought to the public
attention, the house that makes
it's importance felt by advertis-
ing, and plenty of it, will be the
one to command attention and
get the great volume of the cash
to be spent in Delta county this
fall and winter and this volume
was never before as large as the
one resulting from the record
breaking crops of 1909.
The Delta independent., 1909-10-08

The enormous crops of all
kinds grown in Delta county this
year and the high prices COM
manded for every variety of
farm, ranch, orchard and garden
produce, mean unparalleled pros
perity for Delta when producers
start to paying out the thousands
of dollars received for their crops.
Every kind of business in our
city should boom this fall and
winter if properly presented to
the public.
The Delta independent., 1909-10-08
De aths.
ARTHUR HENRY WOODS.

Arthur Henry Woods was born in Illi-
nois, January 9Th, 1868, where he grew
to manhood, and was married Septem-
ber 4th, 1884, to Miss Lenora Spaulding.
To this union was born two children.
They moved to Nebraska in 1885, and
from there they came to Delta in 1902,
where they have resided ever since.
After lingering illness of some
months, he died September 22nd, aged
46 years. He leaves to mourn his de-
parture, the wife, one son, Claude M,
and daughter, Phyllis Fern, residing
in Delta, his aged mother, Mrs. H. l..
Woods, and sister, Mrs Elvie Goble, of
Beaver City, Nebraska, Mrs. Milroy, a
sister at Millidgeville, Illinois, and a
brother, Eugene S. Woods, of Lenark,
Illinois.
He was a member of the A. o. u. w.
and the l. o. o. F. The funeral SER
vices were in charge of the Odd Fellows
lodge of Delta and the pastor of the
Methodist church.
The Delta independent., 1909-10-08

Captain Silsby, who was in
command of the steamer Repub-
lie which sank last February aft
er collision with the Florida, has
entered the University of Michi-
gan as a freshman law student
at so years Of age. The collision
turned his attention to admiralty
law and its possibilities, and he
determined to study it. He will
thus prove the old adage. I'VE
are never too old to learn" Up
on entering the college the Cap
tain said, Il want to be treated
like any other freshman, and if
there is any ducking to be done,
l want nv share"
The Delta independent., 1909-10-08

We are convinced that the
great majority of our business
men will not overlook the oppor-
tunity that lies just ahead to en-
JOY an unprecedented volume of
trade this fall and winter. The
extra business in sight will go to
the houses that most forcibly
present to the public the advan-
tages Of buying their particular
goods. Quality is one of the
strongest selling points to be
The Delta independent., 1909-10-08
SELECTED EDITORIALS.

Next thing will be an expedi-
ton to the power house of the
aurora borealis.
A joint debate between Col.
Bryan and Senator Bailey would
be illuminating rather than
calculating.
1t is time for the spotlight to
turn from pole and jungle and
focus on Wizard Nickola Tesla,
who claims that he can produce
rain whenever it may be needed.
In addition to his fame as an
explorer DR.. Cook has the ad-
vantage of being able to WELD a
fountain pen with uncommon
facility. The romantic side of
the polar story will not be
sighted.
The British officers who are
trying to make the imprisoned
suffragettes eat against their
will are entitled to universal
sympathy. An obstinate woman
is harder to deal with than a
balky horse.
The president has taken a drop
of 1900 feet into mine in the
copper region Of the Northwest.
How quickly man can go down
when he is once started in that
direction can have more than one
illustration in more than one of
the relations of life.
The Italian resident of New
York who, applying for citizen
ship papers and being asked if
he knew anything about the
constitution, answered: "Yes, l
know him. He yer good fella, Z"
may have remembered that
earlier New York wisdom which
once declared that the constitu-
ton was too good fellow to
butt in between friends.
The early coming of frost on
the pumpkin, even if that mes
senger has not already arrived,
will find the fodder in the shock
in large quantity in spite of the
long drouth Of the summer sea-
son. Drouths are no longer as
destructive in this country as
they were in the days of Demo-
cratic party government, when
to be dry was to be unhappy.
w. G. Evans, the Colorado
political chameleon, has sued the
Patterson papers for damages to
his character to the amount of
$50, 600. Politically, his character
might possibly assay so cents
with the 5 erased. and if he has
no better luck with this suit than
he is having in discrediting the
regular Republicans with Presi-
dent Taft, his satisfaction will
consist in paying the costs.