Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1909-07-16

the first of January, and naturally he
was delightfully."- surprised when see
ing the field.
II. ID. Jones and Alberta F. MOffet
drove to the Jones' ranch Sunday.
Rev. and Mrs. Raum were in the
city last Saturday enroute from Lewis
town to their fruit ranch near Bill
lings. Rev. Raum had completed the
organization Of Il Christian church in
LewistOwn, of which he is state or
ganizer.
The watch contest that the Piepho
Drug company is pulling off is wax
ing warm with interest. The con-
testants stands as follows: Miss Linn
Corbly, SOP; Miss Florence Wing,
2O1; Mrs. j. X. Balm, ia; Mrs. VIM.
Duke, ia: Mrs. Alberta +. Moffet;
50; and Mrs. Oscar Skeen, rs.
Mrs. George Scambler's mother and
sister, Mrs. l.. p. Williamson of Kan
sas City, Missouri, and Mrs. William
Crate of Denver, arrived in the city
last week and are visiting with MIR.
and Mrs. Scambler. Mrs. William
son filed early last spring on home
stead and is now making arrange
ments to have improvements made
| thereon.
Fred TIigginbotham, the horse edu-
Gator and veterinarian of the southern
! side of the Snowies. was in the city
the first of the week. Fred says that
| on his way in he noticed patch OF
I hax-abOut Is acres-near what is
known as "Potato knoll" and as it
is the first flax lie had seen since leav
ing North Dakota, he rode over to it
and examined it carefully. mo
North Dakota flax ever surpassed
this said Fred, ''and for that mat
ter no flax field that ! ever saw ex
celled it,
Mrs. j. II. Balm delightfully."- enter
tanned at the Gap hotel last Friday
evening in honor of her birthday.
Three tables of progressive pedro were
played during the evening. Several
musical selections were rendered, and
altogether the affair was most enjoy
able. \ delicious luncheon was
served at midnight. Those present
were: Messrs. aud Mesdames John
Dolan, II. NJ. Hanson, j. W. Stur-
geon, E. {. Piepho; Misses Lena
Mendanllall, Susan and Bertha Small,
Baker, Viola Fisher; Mesdames v.
ID. Fisher, Tarth, Morgan; Messrs.
II. ID. Jones, Ii. 5. Bills, j. II. Balm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Brion returned
to their home at Bozeman last week.
As will be remembered, Mr.. BriOn
purchased the Arthur johnson ranch
in Sawmill gulch several weeks ago.
He is delighted with this section of
Montana and particularly with his
buy, and believes in few years the
land in this vicinity will command a
fancy price and he in great demand.
His son-in-law, James Kent, will take
care of the property until fall, when
Mr.. and Mrs. Brion will return. Mr..
lent homestead near Sawmill gulch.
Harold Motfet, who for several
weeks has been visiting with the Don
Martin family at their ranch near
Twodot, has from all reports certain
ly been enjoying himself. Incident
ally, he has been assisting in shear
ing severed thousand sheep, but other
wise has been passing many hours
casting for trout along the shores OF
a rapid stream, and living on fried
spring chicken and other luNuries
that only ranch furnishes. The
first of next week he will run against
some heet-fOOted individual at Mel
vile, after which he will return with
his mother, Alberta F. Moffet, who
will take the train to Twodot Friday.
X. r.. Monroe was in the city the
first of the week enrOute from Lewis
town to his homestead in 12-a-ls. Mr..
Monroe filed on his place last October
and Immediately erected a cOmfOrta-
BILE cabin and provided himself with
a good household outfit. He has a
very good piece of handspring creek
running through the center of it-and
is enthusiastic over the prospects OF
this district. Before locating here,
he says, he was a "tlOater" of the
lightest type, and during his roam
ings has seen most of the United
States and Canada, but Of all the ter
ritOry covered this part of Montana
appealed to him most because of its
growing opportunities. At present
he is arranging to have 10 to 80 acres
broken and seeded to Turkey Red win
ter wheat, for which grain he believes
this district most peculiarly and fav
orably adapted. He has nearly com