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The Harlowton news. [volume] (Harlowton, Mont.) 1909-1914, 1909-12-10
The Hog Business.

The Montana Record says thou
sands of Nebraska farmers have come
to the conclusion that as a machine
for converting raw material into
quick and big money there is nothing
that beats hogs. For a good many
years it was figured that in order to
come out even the man who fattened
hogs for the market must get five
cents pound when corn was selling
at fifty cents, six cents When'cOrn was
sixty. and 50 on. Experiment has
demonstrated that with corn at fifty
cents and big lot Of alfalfa ready at
hand TO be judiciously fed the grow
ing porker, a pound of pork will cost
about three and one-third cents.
This section of Montana is partic-
ulary adapted to hog raising. We
can grow the alfalfa and corn and
what is better still, barley and sugar
beets. The best bacon and hams in
the world are produced without corn.
| Hogs are high now, and the mar
ket experts say the gap between sup
ply and demand is steadily widening,
and cheap pork will be only dream
for years to come. There has never
been a time in the history of the pork
raising industry when prices have
been SO uniformly high for so long
st. Paul prices are from s7.75 to $S.l(
and have been over 5000 for ovel
three years.
Much of the new money in hog.
i comes from alfalfa. Tests shown.
the feeding values prove that alfalf;
is worth As per cent more than clover
60 per cent more than timothy anC
one acre of it will pasture 80 hogs 70
six months.
The Harlowton news. [volume] (Harlowton, Mont.) 1909-1914, 1909-12-10
Hard Luck.

George Pirrie is certainly up
against streak of hard luck. In the
summer he purchased threshing rig
and turned it over to Frank MOShner
of Lewistown. The rig was shipped
to HobsOn anG. this fall Moshner oper-
ated it in that vicinity, keeping it
busy in the grain fields for several
weeks. He wrote Mr. Pirrie that he
was $500 to the good with the rig
some time before Moshner shut it
down. Last month Mr.. Pirrie decided
to have the rig shipped 70 Hedges and
taken out to his farm with which to
do his own threshing, and when he
arrived at Hobson to have a settle
ment with Moshner that party had
skipped out with all the proceeds OF
the seasons work. 1t is believed
that Moshner took with him about
$500 or 81, 900 of the money belonging
to Pirrie. Hedges Herald.
The Harlowton news. [volume] (Harlowton, Mont.) 1909-1914, 1909-12-10
MONTANA at
TRACTS ATTENTION
Big Men Of the East Enthusiastic
Over the Conditions of
Treasure State.

Never before did | hear SO much
favorable Montana comment among
tinanciers and big investors as on this
trip" said r. A. NARROW, president
of the National Bank of Montana,
who with Thomas b. Miller has just
returned to Helena after a two weeks
trip to New York, Chicago and Wash
ington.
The east is wild about this state.
he continued, land on every hand |
only heard Montana spoken of and it
was always favorable. The Montana
sentiment overShadows the sentiment
states, and the immense future of the
state is talked of everywhere. and
particularly among the money men
who are constantly reaching out for
new enterprises. Montana mines
are attracting much attention, but
it is the agricultural side that is
prominent.
II believe that it will be an easy
matter at the present time to secure
capital for any legitimate proposition
in the state. If it will bear scrutiny
and can stand on its merits. its sue
cess is assured: there will be no trouble
to finance it.
There are several reasons for
this overwhelming Montana senti-
ment. The chief reason, ! think, is
the favorable impression created by j.
j. Hill. His visit to the state fair here
will be worth hundreds of thousands
of dollars. He has since Travelled ex-
tensiyely over the country and every
place has talked Montana and it's
amazing prOductiveneSs. He has
hammered this into the ears of the
big men Of the east until they have
been made to feel that for these
many years a tremendous opportunity
has slipped by them. Now they want
to catch it.
"Mr Ilill's story has been corrobor-
ated by visitors to dry land congress at
Billings. They also have gone east
shouting the praises of the state.
Men who hardly ever heard Of Mon
tana before have become genuinely
enthusiastic and are turning their at
! tention this way. The examples of
these men, leaders in the financial
world is bound to be initiated by less
| nrOmin pnt mon
This trip has convinced me that
| Montana is on the threshold of a new
era; that in the next five years big
yer stream Of eastern money is going
to pour into the state, developing its
resources and its infant industries
than has been invested here for the
past % years. The day of the great
! Montana of the future is already
dawning"'
The Harlowton news. [volume] (Harlowton, Mont.) 1909-1914, 1909-12-10
OVERFLOW LOCALS

Merriam Walter OF Martinsdale was
in town Tuesday.
w. g. Elliot of st. Paul registered
at the Hotel Graves.
Rev J. Philip Anshutz held services
here on Tuesday of this week.
r. r. Porter bought the Len
Weber well at the local brick yard
asst week.
Anton Kramer from Lewistown
registered at the Hotel Graves
Wednesday.
w. c. Husband. J. J. Hall AMI A.
II, Eiselein were instructed in the
mysteries of the Hebecca Order here
Wednesday evening. After the GER
emonies a light lunch was served.
Nr. Porter wishes us TO announce
that at the first of this month he
started to charge 80 cents per barrel
for water instead of 80 cents as here
tofore. The raise being made nee
cessdTy on account LlldJ IL II lllpO>-
sible to get water from the river at
this time of the year.
Prof. Thomas Shaw, of the MINI,
university, is scheduled to deliver lee
lures at Stanford December 18th and
Judith Gap the following evening in
connection with meetings Of the Mon
tana Farmers Institutes which will
be held at those places. The Billings
and Northern railroad company who
secured the services of this eminent
agricultural expert, have advertised
free trips to people along the line who
desire to attend these meetings which
inducement will doubtless result in
the attraction OF large crowds.
The Harlowton news. [volume] (Harlowton, Mont.) 1909-1914, 1909-12-10
NEW OPERA HOUSE
Roundup Soon to Have a Large
New Opera House on
Main Street.

J. Stanley Smith, Martinsdale, last
Saturday let the contract for a large
new opera house which will be erected
on his lots on upper Main street.
Grant & Harden securing the CON
tract for the building, work on which
was commenced last week Tuesday
morning, and it is to be completed
before Christmas.
The plans call for one story frame
building 4SXS0 feet in size, and provide
for a stage 20 feet wide and II feet
deep. The opera house will also be
utilized as a skating rink and dance
hall, special provisions being made
for floor that will stand the test.
Every effort will be put forth by the
contracting firm to have the hall
ready for the opening dance Christmas
Eve. Roundup Record.
The Harlowton news. [volume] (Harlowton, Mont.) 1909-1914, 1909-12-10
MILWAUKEE BOOM
Strikes Harlowton--l8 c. N. & P. S. Ry. 0ffici
ais Stop Off at Harlowton Looking
Over Montana.

dog, but finally the dog got the best
of the carnivorOuS mammal. After
the fight Mr. Bowman is said to have
collapsed, the excitement being
to great, and for sometime it was
thought that his case might prove
dangerous, but after he was revived
he stepped up to the bar with all the
dignity that well becomes one who
has just had the honor of pulling the
rope in badger fight, and ordered
the drinks for the crowd.
The following are the names Of the
officials that stopped off here:
Geo. b. Haynes immigration
agent, II. w. Steinholf passenger
agent, E. G. Hayden travelling pas
senger agent, II. L. Idleman travel
ing passenger agent, f. n. Hicks
travelling passenger agent, M. 5.
Bowman travelling passenger agent,
Frank Etter travelling passenger
agent, John r. Pott travelling passen-
ger agent, Ernest q. Woodward
travelling passenger agent, Geo. ..
Walton travelling passenger agent,
Edward Mahoney travelling passenger
agent, G. C. Mordough travelling
passenger agent, G.. E. Chase travel
ing passenger agent, A. ID. Jones
travelling immigration agent, w. }.
Kelley division freight and passenger
agent, e. A. Bradley travelling freight
and passenger agent, Il. j. Daniels
travelling freight and passenger agent,
| p. III. Scanlan commercial agent.
The Harlowton news. [volume] (Harlowton, Mont.) 1909-1914, 1909-12-10

There was something doing for
about an hour Wednesday forenoon
when the passenger from LeWistown
pulled in. About twenty of the Mil
waukee railroad officials, mostly
travelling passenger agents, came IN
with that passenger in their special
car, and stopped off at the pride of
in the town, and few there was
that escaped their hearty handshake
The object of this trip is to show
the officials the country on the Mil
Waukee coast eXtentiOn and to bring
them into closer touch with the peO-
pie. Most of the officials havd never
travelled over this part of the west
before, and were greatly surprised
and much pleased with the lay of the
country around Harlowton and the
state of Montana in general.
Tuesday the bunch spent in waking
up LewistoWn, and while there the
badger fight artists of that place
pulled off a big fight in the evening.
Mr.. Marvin Steele Bowman of Phila-
delphia and one of the travelling pas
senger agents of this road referred
the fight Although Mr.. Bowman
was an inexperienced hand at this
game Geo. B. Haynes said that his
decisions were rendered with great
impartiallity. The fight was hard
fought one, and at times it was thot
that the badger would do the
The Harlowton news. [volume] (Harlowton, Mont.) 1909-1914, 1909-12-10
LIE CLAIR BACK TO FARM
Manager of the Marshall Dry goods
Department Resigns Will Go
Back on Ranch.

Ed. n. LIE Clair who for the past
wear has been in the employ ment Of
the H. E. Marshall firm as manager
of the dry goods and gents furnishing
department resigned Friday. Mr. and
Mrs, LIE Clare have made many
friends during their stay here, who
will not take kindly to this news.
They will however continue TO make
Harlowton their home until the first
of March; then will move on
to their ranch in the Judith Basin
near Hobson, and go into the farming
business. Ed. had been the ad
writer for the firm, having had con-
siderable experience in this line of
work. His ads were always neat
and well got up, which has given
him warm spot in the hearts of
the News force.
The Harlowton news. [volume] (Harlowton, Mont.) 1909-1914, 1909-12-10
Will Arrive Soon.

Harry Giltinan received letter
recently from Father Van, who is in
Holland, which brings the informa-
tion that there will be in the neigh
borlood Of fifty families leave that
country this winter in time to arrive
in Hedges about the first Of march.
These families will be of the better
class Of farmers in that country, peo-
pie with sufficient means to improve
Immediately the farms they will buy
around Hedges. Father Van says
Holland is over run with real estate
men from the northwestern states
seeking immigrants, and under the
circumstances he is meeting with
greater success than he anticipated
after first arriving there. Hedges II
Now is the time for you dealers to
have your holiday displays photo
graphed, call at the studio and have
it done. Olsen is there.
The Harlowton news. [volume] (Harlowton, Mont.) 1909-1914, 1909-12-10
A Pleasant Evening.

A reception was given Thanksgiving
in honor of the Majestic Orchesra
by Mr.. and Mrs. E. J. North at
their residence in the Van Cleve
addition.
Father Phalen acted as toast mas
ter and the different toasts were
responded to by Messls. e. P. Con-
well, II. f. Mcdowell, A. j. Dreyer
J. II. Whalen, G. E. Rieff, G.. II.
Wilkie, w. Esmay, j. Root and the
host and hostess.
Cards and music were the order OF
the evening, the gathering breaking
up about midnight, after they had
all voted it one of the most pleasant
evenings they had spent in Harlowton
The Harlowton news. [volume] (Harlowton, Mont.) 1909-1914, 1909-12-10

Home Brand Can Goods, the best,
at Marshalls.
Richeheu Brands at the Harlowton
Grocery Co. Try them.
Diamond rings. from $40 up to
$l30. 90 at Robertson's JeWelry store.
All styles and prices of mems,
womens and chiidrens winter under
wear at Marshalls.
If you want good groceries go to
the HarloWton Grocery Co. and ask
for the Richeleu Brands.
Mrs. Maggie ColIyer was visitor
in the city from Cruise Wednesday to
settle with the Firemans Fund In
surance company the loss caused ny
fire in her building on Main street a
few months ago.
f. NJ. Jenizen and wife have
returned from a few weeks visit in
Chicago. While at Chicago Mr.
Jenizen took sick and was under the
care of doctor at that place fol
several days.
Miss. Bertha Lunceford of Harlow
ton was the guest of Miss. Jennie
Harris and her brother, Herbert, dur
| ing the teachers examination. anC
accompanied them to the ranch tt
spend the following week. -Meaghe
Republican.
Jacob Berg one of the prosperou
ranchers from near Lennep was il
our city on business Saturday OF las
week. Mr.. Berg thinks that Har
lowton has a bright future before it
and sees the pride of the MusseI
shell" as one Of the liveliest cities il
central Montana in the near future.
The Harlowton news. [volume] (Harlowton, Mont.) 1909-1914, 1909-12-10
HOME TALENT

We take pleasure again Of remind
ing the people of Harlowton that
December the 18th, Friday, is the date
fixed for the play, "When a Man is
Single" We note with pride that
the cast is using every effort in their
power and leaving no stones unturned,
regardless of time and sacrifice, to
make this play an unqualified success.
We have every reason, therefore, to
believe that the entertainment will
be rare intellectual treat, and we
cordially invite all theater-goers and
lovers of music, mirth and song, to
join hands with us that evening.
The cause is noble one, one that
all public spirited citizens and liberty
Come and see how the people of your
town can, from the grave TO the gay.
from the sublime to the ridiculous,
entertain you before the footlights,
and then you can judge for yourselves
what our home talent can do as trag-
edians and comedians The play is
interesting throughout, and whilst
laughter and legitimate fun dominate
the entertainments, there are some
potent lessons underlying the story,
some that touch men, some that
touch women and some that touch
both it shows how easily love, mis-
takes, surprise and disappointments
can creep into our lives and finally
proves the truth of the old ages,
'Love is blind, but matrimony is
an eye opener and all is well that
ends we'll.
The play will be reproduced at
Melville on the following evening,
Saturday, December the 18th, and
probably at other towns in the near
future. The curtain rises at $50 p.
m. Come early so as to avoid the
rush. Come and bring not only your
friends, but all your friends. Tickets
for sale at the Drug Store of Hawley
s. Farr. Father Phalen.
! Fred Cavill was ShaWmut visitor
| Wednesday.
Gilbert Shell made trip to Har-
lowton Tuesday.
Sig Larson, who has been in the
hospital at Lewistown, returned tc
his home on Fish Creek this week.
Photographing babies properly is
problem but Olsen does it to per-
lection.
The Harlowton news. [volume] (Harlowton, Mont.) 1909-1914, 1909-12-10

Joe Bechard, one Of our city dads,
will leave for a three months visit
with his daughter at Matapidia, T. q.
Canada, next Sunday. Joe owns
several houses in town which he is
renting, these lie has turned over to
r. Stephenson, who will take care OF
same. Mr.. Bechard Will be accom-
panied by Joe Belecker.
The Harlowton news. [volume] (Harlowton, Mont.) 1909-1914, 1909-12-10
MORE RUMORS

In last weeks Helena Record ap-
pears detinate information that is
of vital interest to Harlowton people
when viewed from the standpoint that
The line is headed this way. The Re-
cord goes on to say that, while there
has been much talk in the past of the
Milwaukee's Big Blackfoot line, it
has always been more or less vague,
and the Record is enabled today to
give the first detinate information Of
the intention of the company, and
of the fact that it is preceding the
construction of the line with the pur-
chase of great tracts of land.
Agents representing the road, dur
ing the past three weeks have pur
chased outright hundred thousand
acres Of land in the Big Blackfoot
country, and have secured options on
| fully one hundred and fifty thousand
acres more. Some OF this land lies
| in this country and the remainder in
Powell 1t is the intention of the
company to colonize the land after
the road is built.
| Work on this line will begin early
next spring. 1t will run from Bonner
up the Big Blackfoot. cross the maine
range of the Rockies eithr over Cad
otis, Rogers or the Lewis and Clark
pass, and will be continued either to
| Great Falls or across the country to
Smith river up that stream until a
| junction is made with the present
main line near Harlowton or Martins
dale, as seems probable, both Of
these lines will be built, with the
possibility of third spur running
into Helena.
The maps, right of way, and esti-
nations have all been made and the
contracts for the construction of the
! line will be awarded some time this
winter.
John J. Healey, former prosecuting
attorney of Chicago, who was in Hell
ena last week. the guest of a local
man, is the agent Of the Milwaukee
in closing up these land deals. Until
after the land had been tied up it was
not know that Mr.. Healey was the
representative of the railroad.
| Practically the entire tract between
/ OyandO ai,I. HelmVille has been pur
chased. One Of the last deals was
closed here two days ago, and the pay.
ments made. This deal was for the
sale of three thousand acres. 1t was
tied up about Il week ago Two days
after it had been tied up another
party offered just twice what it had
been agreed to sell for.
Don't fail to see "When u Man il
The Washington herald., 1909-10-17

and spoons ere for human beings. They
bring the food cost up to full 81
Not wholly negligible expense, this
Of the canary's little board bill; and yet
considerably less than the total OF his
maintenance, for his lodging must be
reckcned with.
That lodging. including the minor factor
Of the housing Of other feathered pets,
Ike parrots. keeps going the establish
ments Of FIVE manufacturers OF bird cages
and supports In comfort 1000 working
people
The expert estimate Is that the life Of
cage is that Of two and one-haf sue
cessive bird tenants, so that It may en-
dure from one to ten years, with an
average Of FOUR years. and, at an average
cost OF 81 cage, may amount annually
TO from 20 to 90 cents.
Adding the incidentals OF breakage Of
cage furniture, and small but necessary
repairs. and disregarding wholly the item
OF attendance, which is usually a labor
OF love, the maintenance Of the average
canary is cheap to its owner at $3.50 a
year-a total Of 81, 500, 900 annually for the
estimated 100000 birds in the United
States.
But million dollars and more is 70 be
duueQ loI the net cost OF renewal OF
stock. good birds costing from $3.50 to s.
apiece, and this country now importing
at least g per cent Of the 100000 birds
bred in the Hartz Mountain district IN
Europe every year.
In Germany a really fine roller sells
readily for SIS or $50; in the United States,
$50 for a canary equal to a whole orches-
ira would I'LL with intolerable anguish the
soul Of millionaire from whom as much
for bird and some bottles would elicit
merely grunt Of approval at the size OF
his meal check.
The Washington herald., 1909-10-17

miring chiefs IN the Department of Com
merce and Labor promptly informed the
country at large.
Now, in the country at large there are
certain men who import those birds by
the hundred thousand and sell them again
In lots as small as an individual canary.
Those men we're willing to let the main
figure. as to the total number OF birds.
stand; but they are profoundly convinced
that the expense or keeping them is very
much higher.
In Philadelphia there is one importer
who brought in 10000 birds last year,
with his business stu increasing. In
the local market he disposed Of 5000 OK
them; the remaining $4,000 were distrib-
uted throughout the United States.
II am liable. said this extensive
dealer, to have from 5000 to 10000 birds
In stock at a time. and the calculation
Of a wholesaler, working on such an
enormous scale, Is that it costs him 1
cent week for single birds food. But
that is something very different from the
cost borne by the people who keep ca
naries as pets.
The blrdseed, sold In one-pound pack
ages, retails at 10 cents a pound ana
while a bird will not eat twenty-five
pounds in a year. even in the most
wasteful household, it will consume the
direct retail cost of the seed $-70 a
Year instead OF $3.50.
But the seed is not all Some FIVE
or six packages Of bird gravel, at cents
a package. are an indispensable item, as
is at least one cuttlebone. which costs
cents.
Those two adjuncts TO the dietary,
although they afford no nutriment, are
as essential for the bird as knives, forks.
The Washington herald., 1909-10-17

Prom the Philadelphia North American.
The board bill of the American canary
bird last year amounted to 100000 and
that didn't take account of his lodging.
She ate no more than a bird"
1t is a quotation, of course, although
not from any novel more recent than A.
d. 1895. when delicate Aeroines were Inf
fashion and practical ornithology was
understood only by poultry farmers.
''She eats Ike a bird" would be true
now Of the strapping. hearty heroine
and would convey some practical idea OF
the birds appetite.
The modern heroine weighs well up to
1S5 pounds. and she could keep It up. on
the simple life diet, at a minimum cost
of 81 a week The canary weighs barely
an ounce or so; but his still palmer food
amounts to 81 year.
So far as delicate dieting goes, the hu-
man heroine. as proved by statistics, Is
distinctly a bird; but what the bird Is.
and especially the canary bird, becomes
a much more grossly material story.
An American consul In Germany. Robert
]. Thompson, at Hanover, ravaging the
earth in his neighborhood for hard. Grad
grind facts. after the manner Of the new
and omniscient American consul every
where. LIT upon the innocent canary this
spring, and investigated him down to the
last particle Of grit in his tiny craw.
He discovered that there are no fewer
than 100000 canaries warbIing away in
the United States. each eating twenty
five pounds Of bird seed in year, at .
cents pound for the seed. His ad-
The Washington herald., 1909-10-17

wedding and his pruning. the other look
ing on across the hedge. CONTEMPORARY
scOrnful.
Peter's ID al of the highest human at
tainmen- VS. TO become a true sport.
His voosJ- airy was intensive rather
than extensive. and the few words it con-
tanned meant much. The term true
sport connoted all desirable qualities.
Abstractly, it signi1ed ability, daring.
initiative force: it meant that the bearer
attacked the world with easy, conquering
grace. and-surest test OF all-that ne
faced defeat no less than success with
high heart. Concretely, a true sport
could play polo and ride TO hounds; could
drive a motor car or a four-in-hand or
sail a boat: could shoot or swim or box.
All OF these things and several others
Mr. Harry Jasper could do. 1t was from
observing him that Peters definition had
gained such precision.
The billiard room mantelpiece at Jasper
place held a row Of silver cups, relics
lof MIR. Harry's college days. The hall at
Jasper Place testified TO Mr. HarryS
prOwess with a rifle. A moose head dec
Grated the arch. a grizzly bear skin
stretched before the hearth. and a croco-
dile's head plucked from the mud OF it's
native Nile emerged grinning from the
chimney piece. Some day Mr.. Harry was