The Harlowton news. [volume] (Harlowton, Mont.) 1909-1914, 1910-02-25
Items From Neighboring Towns
Parts the County

under the efficient management Of
Miss Clark, the teacher, assisted by
Miss Slayton. A duet was very sweet
ly sung by Mrs. G. H. Belcher and
Miss Froberg; and a chours by the
young people OF the town, A paper
was read by Mr. d, w. Slayton de.
scribing a 'homesteader's" tour of
town and surrounding country,
and causing much laughter as the
various hobbies and idiosyncrosies OF
the residents with whom this would
be Mantanan" came in contact, were
wittily laid bare. The object Of this,
as we have stated, was to secure
money for flag and an Unabridged
Dictionary for the use Of the school,
which was accomplished by means of
an auction sale, conducted by Bert Col
Inns, of many beautiful and elaborat-
edy decorated lunch boxes, some net.
ting as high as three dollars per box.
Total receipts including contribu lions
being 1860.
julius Miller, Billings and Northen
transfer chauffeur, was seriously burn.
ed Tuesday morning while heating
the generator Of his auto. He
left the gasoline can standing to near
the blaze and in an instant he was a
mass Of flame, having on d coon skin
overcoat In trying to remove 1t. his
right hand was severely burned.
Failing TO get the coat of, the fire
was extinguished by plunge into the
snow which fortunately covered the
ground.
Dan Slayton, Jr. returned this week
from a stay of several months in
Chicago, wheIe he has been deIving
into The mysteries of engines and
moters The breezes or the Windy
City" must be an excellent tonic,
judging from his looks.
W.O. Pound, of the Pound Sheep
Company, which is about twenty miles
from town, and who makes frequent
trips to Lavina, was in Tuesday for
supplies and mail, and reports his
sheep in fine shape Notwithstanding
the storm. Sheep men generally in
this vicinity seem to feel that they
have the foot and lip diaease, with
which sheep have been affected, we'll
in hand. The spread of the disease
has been checked by the use of nitric
acid in solution, and by carefully
separating those affected from the
we'll ones.
DR.. w. X, Sudduth, the well known
"Dry Land" farming advocate, was
in town few days ago. He has an
experimental hog ranch near Lavina,
where he is feeding them one pound
of grain each, per day, and a tea
brewd from alfalfa. The success of
the undertaking however, is not yet
an established fact.
Fridays train brougt in quite q
number of land seekers from the East.
Probably the severity Of the winter in
Mimi. and the Dakotas will turn the
minds of many more toward our sun
ny valley.
D. A. Sheeham, manager of the
Kingman Investment Company al
Lavina is somewhat under the wealth.
er with severe cold.
The Masquerade given by the prop
rietor of Adams hotel mentioned last
week was very successful affair in
every way, the Broadview Orchestra
furnishing the music. There were
between fifty and sixty couples on the
floor, most of them masked. Miss
| Kenney OF Burgoyne, dressed as flower
girl, carried off the cash prize for the
pretIiest costume, while Mr.. HarmaE
of Lavina, as Chinaman, wasaward
ed prize for comic dress. An elegant
supper was severed at midnight, bu,
dancing continued until the gray light
of morning warned of the approach
of another day.