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Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1909-04-16
IN THE JUDITH MISUNDERSTANDING HANDLED u
LAND DISTRICT. FW
II will PAY YOU To Me - III(JTIJdIlIl III
|HOMESTEADS

a population of less than 800 in which
there are six automobiles"
Then you believe Horace Greeley's
advice to young men to 60 west is still
good:"
Opportunities for the Worker.
"As good as it ever was. The free
land that is good for everything is pretty
nearly all gone, but there is a lot Of
good land that may be had cheaply."
do you believe the west offers better
opportunities for young man than the
east!"
Yes, if he win work and be pa
tient.;'
"You mean that in the course of time
he could become u we'll to do farmerl"
That's it,
But what. if any, are the opportun-
tiles in the west for man who is not
content merely to be moderately cir.
cumstanced farmer! What could
young man do who had 5000! Is there
room in the west for another Hill!"
There is room in the west for all
the Hills who can get there. And it
doesn't require 5000 to start. l know
a man who went to the state of Wash
ington II years ago with not much
more than $1,000. He bought 40 acres
of land and put it into fruit. He could
sell his land today for $lO0,O0O. A
good fruit orchard often is worth 49,
500 an acre.
But fruit is only one of the many
things in which there is money. BACK
here in the east We know little Of al
falfa. Out west it is many mans
chief stock in trade. More and more
s. s.,k., 60
stock. That makes its seed valuable
4 farmer of the Sun River valley o.
Montana noted the growing demand
and in 1906 risked three acres to al
falfa and let it ripen. He sold the seed
for 1913. And if one wants only hug
he can get three crops IL year, aggregA>
to $50 a ton.
.Supmse new farmer wants to
raise sugar beets. If he mikes brains
with his beet seed he cannot make a
mistake. Sugar beets grow in Montana
and many other western states as they
do in no state father east--bigger,
n farmer got the price of his land back
the first year from the sale Of his beet
crop
Dut Sucn facCS as THESE are not atone
taken into consideration by Mr.. Hill
when he advises the young men of the
east to go west and become farmers.
Sees Fierce Fight for Trade
The question of population and food
supply troubles Mr.. Hill even as it did
| Mr.. Nautilus almost 100 years ago. And
| this is what he sees:
4 population in the United States in
1850 of 2OO.OOO.OOO.
The 5OO,OOO.OOO of China and Japan
quickened into manufacturing life. i'm.
itating and adapting the methods OF
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1909-04-16
New School Laws.

School legislation received much attrn.
ton 1T the hands OF the last legislature
Half IA dozen bills We're passed having
reference 1" the management OF the
schools OF Montana. One WAS house bill
HIS. which related to the letting of CON
tracts by school trustees. 1t makes il I'M
Lawful lar amy school trustee to have any
prcuniary interest. directly or indirectly.
IN the erection OF any school house or
plant. or - he in any manner ca,.nec; cd
with the inrnishin. OF supplies tor the
schools. or ~ receive any compensation
or reward for services rendered as trus-
tee. Contracts Tor $3.50 or more cannot
be let without advertising for at least
NV" weeks ion bids.
Fire drills ~ schools is anot her matter
that the legislature provided for II re-
latr> not only To public schools. hut to
private schools in fact. to all schools
where 30 or more pupils are enrolled. 1t
Is made the duty Of the teachers to in
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1909-04-16

struct once week in a fire drill. The
fire alarm is to be given by striking a
gong, and the children are required to
form in line and leave the building in an
orderly manner, and through the exits
that will most expeditiously clear the
building. That the drill may he effective
when there is real danger there is to be
no set time for the alarm. Penalties are
provided for both trustees and teachers
who fail to carry out the provisions of
the law.
Another bill which is Of interest, par.
ticularly to teachers, is that relating to
contracts affecting legal holidays. 1t pro-
vides that in any contract between a
teacher and the school trustees, the
school mont shall he construed as TWEEN.
ty school days, or four weeks of five
days each. No teacher shall he required
to teach on Christmas, New Years day,
Fourth Of July, February II. February
%, May 30. the first Monday in Septem.
Der, October II, and the day appointed
for Thanksgiving day, and no deduction
from teachers wages shall liz made he.
cause ii school day happens to come on
any Of the holidays mentioned.
County superintendent are given some
additional duties under one Of the bills
passed. \ county superintendent is re-
quircd to visit each school in his or her
district at least once year. and oftener
if deemed necessary. The superintendent
is t" observe the conditions, mental and
moral, the instructions given, the teach.
er's ability and the progress of the pu-
pills. The superintendent is to advise the
teacher in regard to instruction, CLASH.
ficatiOn, government and discipline Of the
school and the course of study. No dis.
trict is to be entitled to any part of the
apportionmcnt Of money which has not
maintained a free school for at least
four months Of the preceding school year.
Some additional duties also are inn
posed on the teachers, in the matter of
teaching something about communicable
diseases. I: is provided that there must
be taught every year the principal modes
by which each of the dangerous com.
municable diseases are spread, and the
methods for the restriction and proven
ton Of such diseases as smallpox, diph.
iberia, scarlet fever, measles, tuberculosis
and fever. and teachers are to give oral
and blackboard instructions in this mat.
ter. on data furnished by the state board
of health. Refusal or neglect to comply
with the law is to be cause Of dismissal.
One of the bills passed was vetoed. It
was measure that would have done
away entirely with third grade ccrtiii.
Gates for teachers. Also it allowed tenn.
porary certificates. There was deter
mined fight against it in the house, for
the reason that it would have compelled
small country districts to engage at
least second grade certificate teacher
at higher rate than one of the third
grade would call for, and either increase
the expense of the district or cut out the
schooling there altogether.
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1909-04-16
MONTANA OPPORTUNITIES.

The Minneapolis journal has the
following relative to openings for
homeseekers in Montana:
''perhaps no section OF the globe
offers greater opportunities to the
wide awake settler today than Mon
tana. In the first place, look at the
vast acreage of valuable but unoccu-
pied lands. OF the total acreage of
81 ,OOO, 900 acres, more than enough t"
make six New England states. only
acres are reserved for irrigation. for
pstry and parks, l9,MN,ON are SUR
vpyed and open to homestead settle
ment, while 81 ,UOO, 900 are still unsur-
veyed.
ITO make mp for the shortage in
rainfall, Montana is we'll supplied
with lakes. rivers and springs avail
able for irrigation projects. Texas,
Minnesota and Florida are said to be
the only other states SO well equipped
in this direction. Some OF the small
streams are already taken for irriga-
ton purposes. but none OF the large
streams are utilized to anything like
their capacity. The general govern
ment, cooperative farmers com
lMnies and private capital vie with
each other in irrigation projects
which insure the swift development
of the slate's vast and varied agricul-
tural resources.
what is known as eastern Mon
tana has developed from Il grazing
country into great many localities
where dry farming has been put int.
successful practice. Lands that were
supposed to be arid have proven cap
able, by proper cultivation and scien
titic methods used in dry farming t.
retain moisture. These lands hav,
produced from thirtv-ive to lift,
bushels of wheat. \ great amoun
of work has been done in the direc
ton of irrigation and in develOpin.
the different projects, and the STATE
will show in few years more revinu.
from agricultural products than from
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1909-04-16

Register NJ ckoin of the l.ewistOwn
land office sends this cheering letter
to the Judith Gap Journal: "llaving
complied with the requirements Of
the Department. this office has desig-
mated your paper as one in which no
notices of publication may be pub
lished.' Notices of publication men,
toned include everything required to
be published by the government such
as final proofs. contests, etc. The
Journal is now Of legal age and can
publish amy legals required by the
state, county. or government.
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1909-04-16
Great Chance In West, Says J. J. Hill.

Those who know James J. Hill best
say there is nobody who understands
as we'll as he does how to keep rail
road trains moving back and forth
asross half continent like the shut
ties of loom. But Mr.. Hill has been
going for several years, and during that
time he has picked up some information
that has not to do with trains. He un-
derstands farming as many man who
runs farm does not.
Why Mr.. Hill is not a great farmer
instead Of a great railroad man must
remain mystery unless the eNpana-
ton be contained in the remark he made
while speaking on another subject to
the New York correspondent Of the
Chicago Tribune. Mr.. Hill was talking
about the destiny of the great W. st
whether it was destined to be- ii mighty
empire teeming with population and
laden with riches.
1T seems likely it will be-" said he.
Its foundations are broad and we'll
laid. These facts, of course. make for
greatness. We may almost say that
man himself is governed by circu'n-
stances"
Land Needs to Be rertilized.
What is the vain" of the farm pro,
duets this weary" he was asked.
Eight billions"
Correct" he answered. ut might
rs well have been sixteen billions. or
twenty four billions. We haven't he
yun to ti!! our soil, We don't know how.
| We have merely scratched the surface,
and we are robbing our land. Every
year the crops are smaller. It's all one
way everybody taking ont and IL few
putting back The land needs to he
fortified. Crops need t" he rotated.
We ought not to plant the same things
every year.
What the country needs more than
ANYTHING else is an adequate system
of agricultural colleges. The farmers
ought to be- taught how t" farm. The
farmer, of other countries know more
than We do. The land of England has
been titled for a thousand years. but
it is producing more wheat to the acre
than most of ours is. It's the same in
France. Germany. Belgium and Holland
while the little Japanese till their few
acres with an intelligence cqualled nc
other place in the world.
General dissemination of informal iun
pertaining t" scientific agriculture would
bring Il return beside which all the,
source, of national revenue would seem
insignificant. The produces of our mines
wnnld he rs nothing in comparison.
Few Mortgages; Many Autos.
The farmers OF this country at the
rate they are creating wealth could
save enough money in twenty five year.
to buy railroads. have just taken .
trip over the Great Northern to tn.
Pacific coast and back. never saw
things looking better"
The farmers are paying up theil
mortgages and getting ready to start
bank accounts. are they"
Paying up mortgages: guess not
There are few mort cages in that west
rrn country, Those farmers are gettin,
rich. Many of them have automobiles
know little western vilia.. that ha.
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1909-04-16

the long celebrated mines. The Vel
lowstone valley. which extends from
Glendive to Livingston, nearly $50
miles in length, averaging ten miles
or more in width, is also susceptible
to irrigation. One hundred thousand
people can prosper and make money
in this valley. Eastern Montana's
vast plains are known as Il paradise
for cattle raising, where great herds
Of cattle exist. These are generally
being broken up into smaller herds
and the future will see these smaller
herds grazing in the foothills during
the summer, feeding upon alfalfa
from the first of November to the
first of April. and will be sold in the
spring in competition with corn fed
cattle of Nebraska and Iowa. Re-
liable judges estimate that ton of
alfalfa fed to the cattle will equal Sl8
in value per ton. These lands pro-
duce an average of seven tons year,
which makes Montana alfalfa ii great
money-making crop. Numerous irri-
CATION projects are being developed
in the different valleys in central
Montana and dry farming is being
established with success. Western
Montana produces an unlimited
amount Of grain and alfalfa, and with
their future prospects for producing
OH top Of the soil as well as beneath
Montana il bound to become one y
the richest states in the uniOn,''
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1909-04-16
LET ME SHOW
YOU THE BEST
GREATNESS OF MONTANA
e1G&0G;e0G&l@

While returning Washington City,
Warren the Chicago Journal and he
know believe Residents the appreciate
of fertile lands but when think that it large
Ohio Indiana and Illinois combined definite idea of
its immensely This immense is being rapidly settled by
sturdy and of citizens and Montana the
General has developed where
the the nerMoutain The soil the richest in
the world and safe that the few will
greater development than has been witnessed the
Montana is natures own money garden
The General then continued 'e impetus given :te farming
Dry Farming being
that Montana destined
be agricultural state 1t already recognized truth
the plateau land that lies between the Yellowstone the Musshe
the Judith and the Missouri rivers the best hard
section of the United States
The the state not appreciated by those who
but casual readers its fully compended by
its citizens Its to and the
they have the driving machinery being taken
advantage and capital is being invested in their development. The
Missouri has
Butte and other cities There other whose falls
will be used running into golden eagles
Montana is the Pennsylvania of the northwest Her mines Of
COAL iron and far those of the her
Mchigan her lands
the Mississippi valley and all in ALL the everything
could be asked even by the most exacting"
Thus in great in the who
of
the Union and is destined take her place the
the agricultural but with
her worth for the strengthening and charging the
the UnOn With the mineral wealth lies
stored hills and mountains the fertility
the sturdness of her citizens she has right that will dispute
to claim for herself place high the galaxy of states Her
population wonderful what
but the lair Of the wild beast today busy with the hum industry
holows agow with the smeters
blossomng Those
ship conservative and progressive that the arbor
which tends will be safely reached and Montana will
her
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1909-04-16

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Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1909-04-16

the western world and producing an
enormous output
A tremendous flood of manufactured
goods flowing from the cheap labor re.
gions Of the Orient and inundatinR the
expensive labor markets Of the Ossi.
dent.
The fiercest struggle the world ever
knew for trade-a struggle in which
the west must 20 down unless it puts
down its standard Of living-which it
will never do without a struggle.
That is the tomorrow that James j.
Hill sees today.
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1909-04-16
S. J. SMALL

Published every Friday in the Journal building.
Judith Gap. Meagher county. Montana.
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1909-04-16

MARION SMALL. BUSINESS MASAGER
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-15
lNIAGRA FALLS
 ICEBoUND
Water Flowing 0nly Over the Horse
 Shne.

Buffalo, Feb 15.-The cataract at Niagara Falls is icebound to-day and { the American Falls is practically dry. l The stream is a mere brook at the brink Only twice before has this been
 known to happen, March 29, lS4S and March 22, 1903. There is not force ! enough in the stream to carry a pulp Jog over the precipice.
 For days now a cold northeast wind has been holding back the waters and barring the channel so the ice finds lodgment first in the upper rapids and then in the long reaches up to Gill Creek The result is a great wall of ice from Goat Island to the American bank and some 200 feet into the Cana
 dian channel. From Goat Island all that. may be seen is the long stretch of ice, in hillocks and hummocks ten feet and more high, between which an alert man might find it very easy to cross.
 The ice has choked the American
 Falls and the great Horseshoe Fall, which seldom knows a check, is block
 ed by wall, of ice that tuts out be- yond the thirc., Sister Island and shuts off all the flow west to the outward sweep of the Horseshoe. wall of ice also juts out from the Canadian side; so all that is left is the very centre of the fall, and that to-day is robbed of half it's normal volume.
 In the Gorge below the American Fall great hummocks of ice from 40 to 60 feet high front the cataracts face On what was left of the ice
 bridge one could make easy passage acrosss the front of the falls to the Cave of the Winds.
 Rocks that old rivermen say have not been seen for forty years are nak- ed to-day The Whirlpool is sluggish. At the Devils Hole there is only peb- bly, brook The low water has crip- pled the power plants tremendously.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-15
CLUB WOMEN IN JOLLY SESSION
 AT "STRATFIELD''

Covers were Iaid for seventy-five at the regular nid-wtnter luncheon of the State Federation of Woman's Clubs, held this afternoon at The Stratfield. Those present represented the mem bers of the executive board and com mittees at any time in the history of the federation. Mrs. w. H. Phdpps of Waterbury, president of the society, presided at the banquet table. The tables were beautifully decorated with dark red carnations, the Federation red, the Federation color The hour preceding the luncheon was one of great pleasure to all. The program after lunch was as follows:
 Address of welcome by the president, Mrs. w. HI. Phipps, of Waterbury.
 Remarks by Mrs. H. H. Pyle, Bridge port, honorary vice president; Mrs. c. H. Briscoe, Thompsonville, ex-presi- dent; short speeches on the subject, 1.-The Club Woman.
 AS Others See Us," Mrs. G. H. Jamieson, Bridgeport; Mrs. c. W. Shel- ton, Norwalk; Mrs. B. F. Walker, Bridgeport.
 AS We See Ourselves" Miss Alice Bacon, New Haven; Mrs ": R; Hop South Norwalk.''
 Address 'Now," Miss .Dotha Stone Pinneo, NorWalk.
 Music by members of the Wednes- day Afternoon Musical Club, repre- sented by Mrs. Robert Martin, Mrs. A. c. Mertens and Mrs. Bullard.
 Those present included the following ladies: Mrs. H. H. Pyle, Bridgeport; Mrs. w. H. Phipps, Waterbury; Mrs. J. H. Hart Waterbury; Mrs. James R. Mason, Derby; Miss N. C. Smith, Cheshire: Mrs. w. HI. Hoffman, Ches- hire; Mrs. E. F. Thompson, East Ha- ven; Mrs. James E. Wilson, Bridge port; Mrs; F. c. Dowd. Madison; Miss Carolyn Brown, Stafford: Miss Dotha Stone Pinneo, Norwalk; Mrs. E. S. Curtiss, New Haven; Mrs. F. H. Dart, Niantic; Mrs. F. W. Gerard, South Norwa1k; Mrs. F. S. Wardwell, Stam- ford; Mrs. F. E. Hartwell, Danbury; Mrs. J. c. Downs, Danbury; Mrs. M. H. Parsons, Stamford; Mrs. J. H. Nun son. Woodbury; Mrs; Friend J. Peck, Mt: Carmel; Mrs. M. B. Medbury, sonia; Mrs. L. B. Nickerson, Bridge port Mrs. Frank w. Patterson, Bridgeport; Mrs. Edward Sterling, Bridgeport; Mrs. ". w. Porter, Bridgeport; Dr. H. Alkaline Thomp- son, Bridgeport; Miss l.. N. Stoddard, Mrs. O. L. Nettlteon, Milford; Miss Emma Dickernlan, Mt. Carmel; Miss Alice L. Bacon, New Haven; Mrs. John s. Seymour, Norwalk; Mrs. Ida S. Keep, South Norwalk; Mrs. Robert Carter, Washington; Mrs. Neil Mitch ell, Westport; Mrs. E. J. Naramore, Mrs. B. F. Walker, 1 Dr. Sophia Penfield, Dan bury; Miss Dorothy Ryder, Danbury; Mrs. D. J. Camp, Seymour; Mrs E. H. Bailey, Hartford; Mrs. G. A. Jamie | son, Bridgeport; Mrs. c. w. Shelton, Norwalk; Mrs. w. B. Bean, Rockville; Mrs. Frederick Rhodes. Bridgeport; l Mrs., John F. Godillot, Westport: Mrs. 1 Louise O. Coolidge, Norwallz; Mrs K 1 M. Spalding, Bridgeport; Miss Marion l Lewis, Bridgeport.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-15
PNEUMONIA FOLLOWS

s~5 ,. LA GRIPPE.
 Pneumonia. often follows la grippe but never follows the use of F'oley's Honey and Tar. for la grippe coughs and deep seated colds. Refuse any but the genuine in the yellow package. F. B. Brill. local agent. 3
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-15
LODGE ROOM NOTES
Happenings in the lodge rooms last

Happenings in the lodge rooms last night. .
 Schiller Lodge, N. aE. O. F., held a largely attended meeting on Saturday night in Red Mems hall at which time receiving an official visit from the grand lodge officers. Grand Secretary Jeremiah Wall of New Haven took oc- casion to present the lodge with a handsome silver mounted ebony gavel as memorial that the lodge had made the greatest gain in membership of any of the local lodges. The gavel was received by Warden J. M. Schram. Following the meeting a German lunch was served. The grand officers present were Grand Warden, F. H. Tolles, Windsor; Grand Vice-Warden F. E. Whalen, New Haven and Grand Secretary Jeremiah Wall of New Ha- ven. There were also present the fol- lowing local deputies: J. L. Christie, for Park City lodge; Leonard Meiller, for Schiller lodge; S. w. Proudman, for Sterling lodge: H. M. Dawson, for lodge and Supreme Repre- sentatives Wallace A. Smith and c. O. Sniffen. The membership of the order in Connecticut as announced by the Grand Warden is 13,799, a gain of 79S during the past year.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-15
CHICAGO FLYER WRECKED NEAR
 ALTOONA TODAY
Kan into Landslide and Three Cars Were
 DeraiIed-Only Oae Badly Hurt.
Especial from United Press ,

Especial from United Press)
 Altoona. Pa.. Feb. 15.-Running at a rate of about 40 miles an hour the Pennsylvania Special Eighteen Houa Flyer between Chicago and New York struck a landslide at Hamilton, about 18 miles from here at this morning, overturning the engine and baggage car and derailing three sleepers filled with passengers.
 H. HI. Ming'uin of Sioux City, the baggagemaster, received serious injun- ies to his spine. A number of pas sengers were bruised by being thrown from their berths. The engineer and fireman escaped by jumping.
 The landslide is supposed to have been caused by the passage of a heavy freight train a few minutes before the special. The tracks were blocked. The passengers of the flyer were trans ferred to the Manhattan Limited which was on a clear track
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-15
NURSE MARRIES MAINE MILLIONAIRE Friendship Begun at Greens Farms San. itarium Results in Marriage at
 Boston.

A Boston paper announces the mar riage under romantic circumstances of Edward F. Brown. a, wealthy lumber man of Bangor. Maine. and Miss Mary w. Brown. a nurse. formerly employ ed at the Westport Sanitarium, and also at Netherlands sanitarium iii Greens Farms. Miss Brown came originally from the South. She was a nurse at the Westport Sanitarium for three months. She then went to the Mcfarland sanitarium. Last week she left the place and later announced to her friends in the establishment that sine had been married. The groom is a son of the late Edward King, known as the Maine lumber King and in- herited @ large fortune. He was a patient at Netherlands sanitarium for several months and made the acquaint- ance of the bride wRile in the institu-