Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1909-09-10

will make them companions for life.
The colonel's many Judith Gap
! friends extend hearty congratulate
| lions.
The people OF Hedges and sur
rounding townships have petitioned
the county commissioners to set
aside several townships down there
to be known as Hedges township for
judicial purposes and have asked the
appointment of Wellington Case as
justice of the peace and Albert Ull-
man as constable.
Roy Stanley returned Friday from
Tokna, Mont, where he and his
brother William have contract to
grade Il portion of the n. =. extension
from Mandan to Glendive. He will
remain here in charge Of the Stanley
Brothers enterprises until the return
OF Irwin from his wedding trip.
L. =. keator. editor Of Farm Loans
Il City Bonds, Chicago's leading
financial paper. was in the city last
week III the interests of his publca-
ton. He was pleasantly surprised at
the prosperity he has meet in every
quarter OF Montana he has visited,
and predicted Il great future for the
state from an agricultural standpoint.
Thompson 4 Fisher have an al in
this week. paper that will pay those
who will visit judith Gap on Septem-
Der 18th. to read. These gentlemen
will erect a good sized building on
the corner adjoining the Journal
building. in which they will serve
short order meals and lunches, and
will have a billiard and pool hall in
connection.
Charley Beers took lay-off this
week to attend the Great Falls fair
II Charley can steer clear Of the
sharpers WHO always attend these big
shows he viii lave money enough
left to see him through and get back
here in time to attend the really big
event OF tie Season-the anniversary
celebration Il. Judith Gap on the 18TH.
If you are Il kicker and see the
shadows Of failure on everything that
is proposed to help the town. for
heavens sake go into some secluded
canyon and Kick your own shadow on
the clay bank. and give the men who
are working to build up the town a
chance. One long-faced, hollow-eyed,
whining, gaping. chronic kicker can
do more to keep away business and
capital from IA town than all the
drouths, short crops, chinch bugs,
cyclones and billiards. combined
Exchange.
| The burning Of the RimrOck tunnel
has disorganized travel to such an
extent between Great Falls and Bill
strictly OH the bum. There is no
through passenger traffic on this
line now, and the mail service in
nearly all the towns is bad. Judith
Gap is fortunate in having the Mil
waukee road also, and we do not
notice, SO far as mail is concerned,
the mishap that has caused the dis
organizing OF our favOrite railroad.
1t is reported that the tunnel will be
repaired in few days sufficiently to
allow the resumption of through
traffic over this line.
BY a supreme hustle Monday night
and early Tuesday morning the seats
and other school paraphernalia were
removed from the old log school
house near Dolan's farm to the old
Larkin's building, and ut . o'clock
Tuesday everything was in readiness
to open the fall and winter term of
school. At the meeting Of the school
board last Thursday the entire build
ing formerly occupied by Larkins Il
Boyle was secured, allowing two
good sized rooms for school purposes.
Prof. G.. II. Butler was employed rs
principal, and Miss Gertrude Hauser,
to teach the primary grade. Fifty
more seats were ordered, large black
boards, maps. globes, etc. which will
be here next week, at which time
everything in the school rooms will
be running smoothly, and Judith Cal
will have one of the best graded
schools in this section of Montana
The school census, recently taken
shows nearly 100 scholars OF school
age in this district. If they all at
tend, preparations have been.made t.
take care of them. The attendance
Tuesday indicates that large per
centage OF the census list will bt
enrolled this term.
Watch Contest Ended.
The result of the watch contest a
the Piepho Drug company, whicl
ended last night, was as follows:
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