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The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1911-01-19
MEETING OF STOCK
HOLDERS OF W.-P. {. R.

Directors of the Whitefish and
Poison Electric Railway company
are planning a meeting of the busi-
ness men of the city who have en-
tered into the agreement to buy
stock in the enterprise as soon as
President J. A. Edge returns from
Helena, at which time the directors
will present the matter to the Kalis-
pell Townsite company to enlist it's
interest. Vice President Moseby
stated today that the Northern Ida
no and Montana Power company has
promised to take as much stock as
any other corporation or individual
in the city, and if expectations for
the next meeting are not disappoint-
ed it is believed poles and ties will
be cut this winter. Preliminary ar
rangements for power have already
been entered into between the direc-
tors and the power company.--Kal-
ispell Inter Lake.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1911-01-19
LABORERS SUFFER
GREAT HARDSH|PS

While engaged in clearing the
snow from the Great Northern rail-
way tracks to liberate two trains
which were snowbound from Mon
day afternoon until Friday night
workmen suffered great hardships
and many froze their hands and
faces.
No sooner had the storm begun
to rage than employees of the Great
Northern for several hundred miles
to the west of the Rocky mountains
were called out for duty While the
storm was at its height, and even
before knowledge had been received
by the railroad officials that train
had been stalled the battle with the
snow began.
The temperature was close to 40
degrees below zero, and the men
could only work a few minutes be-
fore they had to go into the cars to
get warm.
The wind was blowing at such
speed and the snow was drifting so
rapidly that the efforts of the men
did not count for anything until the
second day after the storm had
started. At that time the wind wen
down and the workmen were able
to clear the tracks and keep them
clean For the first two dayS q
space of track would hardly be
cleared before it was recovered with
snow from three to ten feet deep
Several of the trains carrying the
work crews had difficulty in getting
back to Essex and other towns from
which they started.
The snowstorms which swept Nor
tana and tied up the train service
of the Great Northern cost that roa'
thousands of dollars.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1911-01-19
BASKET BALL.

A number of the young ladies
here have recently organized a bas-
ket ball team and have been hold
ing practice meets every Tuesday
and Friday evenings in the Duncan
Samson block. Under the super
vision of Miss Myrtle Jackson, the
coach, very fast team is being de-
veloped, and they will soon be look
ing around for match games with
some Of the reignbo.,Ig towns in
the valley.
The members OF the team are
as follows:
Catherine GCodell and Mary Man
waring. right forwards: Christine
Cremans and Serene Jepson, left
forwards; Cora Thompson, Vern Tay
lor, Bertha Poe and C. Conlin, CEN
ters; Josephine Noble and Alice No
BILE, right forward guards; Jessie
Smith and Myrtle Jepson, left for
ward guards; Marche McClench, Lu-
ella Thompson, Frances Mahan and
Marie Shoaf, subs; Myrtle Jackson
coach
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1911-01-19
JUMPS TRACK AND
PLUMGES INTO RIVER

Going at high rate of speed
around a slight curve four miles
east of Priest River, engine 1912 of
the Great Northern railroad jumped
the track early Friday morning and
plunged into the Pend Oreille river,
carrying to death Engineer w. F..
Zumwalt and Fireman John ]. Keis-
ler. Both lived at Hillyard, although
their relatives reside in the east.
Officials of the Great Northern
sent diver to the wreck and an
attempt was made to locate the bod
les previous to raising the engine
from the water.
Engine 1447 and engine 1910
were OH their way to Standpoint and
were coupled together, with the one
that was wrecked in the rear. The
two engines were in charge of Pilot
Eberhart while the engine in the
lead was being operated be Eng.
ineer J. c. Wyatt.
Where the engine jumped the
track there is a 25-foot embank.
ment. The accident occurred SO quic'
ly neither man on the engine had 6
chance to jump.
The rear engine broke it's coup
ling with the engine in front the in
stant it left the rails.
Examination showed that the
track where the engine jumped wa:
not disturbed and the officials be
lieve the wreck was caused by cX
cessive speed.
Engineer Zumwalt was married
his wife living in Clay Center, Neb.
while Kiesler's parents live in Sum
merset, Pa.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1911-01-19
NJ. v. A. ELECTION.

The Modern Woodmen of Ameri-
ca held their annual election of Of
ficers last Thursday night, which
will be installed one week from to-
night, January 26. An oyster sup
per will be served by the refresh
ment oammittee, and an urgent in
vitation lie extended to all men,
bers to be present on this occas-
sion. Those who will be installed to
have charge of the affairs of the or
der for ;saAss soming year are as fol-
lows:
Consul-Wm. Ferguson.
Adviser-C. E. Mabry.
Bankers. S. Stacey.
Clerk. P. Wilde.
Escoft-C. M. Wilson.
Watehman-Guy Phipps.
Sentry-Ernest Zehm.
Physieian-Dr. r. G. Purdy.
Board of managers for three
years-H. C. Anderson.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1911-01-19
BIG LION IS R0PED.
Charles Or(liSh LassOeS 2OO-POunH
Beast, but it ChOkes.
Great Falls Tribune.


Having placed a rope around the
neck of large mountain lion, Chas.
Ordish yesterday tried to bring the
animal into town alive, but the beas
fought and struggled until it was
choked to death. Ordish, in COM
pany with F. Beckman and Robert
Maker, captured the mountain lion
within two miles of Libby.
The beast was treed by dogs, and
as Ordish had an order for alive
mountain lion, he was anxious to
get the lion to town without having
to kill it. Accordingly he climbed
up in the tree in which the brute
had taken refuge, armed with a
rope and pole. Making a moose in
the end of the rope he fastened it
to the end of the pole and slipped
it over the lions head. Then he
decended to the ground and he
beast was pulled down.
The hunters then tried to lead
the animal into town and succeeded
in getting him within half a mile OF
this place, when he died, having
choked himself to death through his
incessant struggles. The lion was
an unusually large one, weighing
nearly 200 pounds.
Ordish has state wide reputa-
tiDn as 2 lion hunter few dayS
ago he succeeded in roping lion II
| in tree as he did the last one, but
the beast knawed the rope in two
Ordish has made a bet with a Kal-
ispell man to kill 20 lions this win
ter, and claims to have killed "A in
| the last few years.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1911-01-19
FIRE At THE
COUNTY SEAT
Explosion in Store of Noble & Davis
Does Considerable Damage.

In fire which occurred in the Sec
ond hand store of Noble & Davis
Saturday forenoon, Hector D. Noble
was badly burned about the face and
legs. Mr.. Noble was in the store
alone at the time of the starting of
the fire, and was working near the
stove, when it suddenly exploded, or
at least he thinks it did, and flames
coming from the stove set his cloth
ing on fire. In attempting to res
cue a can of oil that was standing
near the stove, he was severely
burned about the head. He rushed
out doors and attempted to extin-
guish the fire in his clothing by roll
ing in the snow and was assisted
by passersby, who wrapped him in
their overcOats.
The fire department was sum-
| moned and soon had two streams
of water playing on the burning
building. The fire was soon got un-
| der control. After the alarm was
turned in Mr.. Noble was taken
acrCss the street to the Knapp
| Transfer company's office and q
physician summoned to his aid. 1t
was found that the burns he re-
ceived were of a very serious nat
! ly, and all of the hair that was ex-
lending below his cap was burned
off. He was taken to his home and
at this time is reported to be rest
iAg as comfortably as could be ex-
pected. The doctor states that it
will be two or three weeks before
he will be able to be around.
Mr.. Noble is at loss to account
for the explosion, as he supposes it
was an explosion. He says the first
he knew something went wrong and
he ATTEMPTED to carry out a can Of
oil with the result that came very
near to losing his life. The stock
in the building was considerably
damaged by the fire and water
which was partially insured. j. r
Listle, whose place of business i:
located next door. removed all the
|fusz.iture from his living roo Al:
above his restaurant and was pre-
pared to move out below had the
fire assumed control of the build
ing.-Kalispel Bee.
Mr.. c. E. Davis, a former White
fish resident, is we'll know here
having just left last fall to engag.
in business in kalispell, and hi
many friends here are grieved t.
learn of his loss.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1911-01-19
CHIMNEY FIRE.

A fire alarm turned in at six
O'Clock Monday morning aroused
many from their peaceful slumbers
a little earlier than usual, and
brought out the fire department to
the Whitefish hotel where a fierce
chimney fire was raging. 1t was
gotten under control though with
out having the hose turned on, and
no serious damage resulted to the
building. 1t gave the inmates in
the house quite scare and had
them packing their trunks prepara-
tory to making a hurried exit.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1911-01-19
LITTLE ONE FINDS
GOOD HOME

While Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Samson
were on their trip west they stopped
in Spokane, where they incidental
ly ran across sweet little eight
months-old baby girl which was
about to be taken to the fondling's S
home. BY it's bright, innocent and
affectionate manner it won it's way
to their hearts, and they adopted
the little one. It was half or
phan, it's mother being dead. 1t is
extremely fortunate for the little
one to fall into such good hands
where it will have a comfortable
home with kind-hearted foster par
ents to look to its welfare.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1911-01-19
OF COURSE IT PAYS.

"You would be surprised at the
number of people who have a sweet
tooth, said C. l.. Herrick, proprie-
tor of the modern confectionery last
Saturday night after closing very
busy day. ''If anyone wants to
know whether advertising brings re-
suits send them around to me. My
Saturday special sold out before
evening and it was then that there
was the greatest demand for it,"
Mr.. Herrick opened his place OF
business a little over month ago.
He makes ALI his own candy and the
people of Whitefish are beginning to
appreciate the deliciousness of his
gO' ds.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1911-01-19
UNDER SURVEILLANCE.

The two Italians who escaped ar
rest when the raid was made about
two weeks ago which resulted in the
recovery of considerable stolen pro-
perty, were traced to Trenton, N. j..
and are now under surveillance by
the police of that city. They had
succeeded however in disposing of
the contents of the trunks. and they
will probably not be returned here
for trial unless stronger evidence is
secured.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1911-01-19
Sh0W-B0UND
TRAINS RELEASED
Forty Passengers Spent Five Days
in Snow Drift in the Noun
tains.

After being held prisoners for B
days on a snowbound Great North
ern train near Fielding, 40 passen-
sengers were rescued late Friday
night and passed thru here early
Saturday moraing bound westward
on their journey. Every passenger
gave assurance that they suf-
fered no INCONVENIENCE by the de-
lay and enjoyed themselves immens-
ly. notwithstanding the storm which
caused the blockade was the worst
they had ever experienced and piled
Immense drifts about the train.
The dining car on the train was
well supplied with provisions and
the passengers were served regular
meals and everybody had a berth
at night.
The passenger train, No. 3, was
following close behind rotary plow
Monday afternoon and the passen-
gers had little thought that the
storm was severe enough to cause
any great delay.
The rotary plow became frozen
and with the temperature SO cold
the crew in charge of it was una
BILE to thaw it out and get it in
working order before the engine on
the passenger train was also frozen.
The weather was so cold the train
crew or the crew on the plow were
unable to do any work to advantage
and as a consequence the snow soon
had piled on to the tracks and the
tie-up was complete.
The Japanese laborers sent out to
work in the track clearing absolute
ly refused to leave their cars while
the weather was so cold and it was
not until Thursday and Friday any
effective work was done to rescue
the passengers on the stranded
train.
Just as soon as the train became
stalled the train crew assured the
passengers there was NO danger Of
starvation or freezing to death and
did all they could to make the inn
prisonsd people comfortable. When
the storm abatsd enough to permit
any one venturing away from the
train Conductor w. w. Wolcott
walked to telephone several miles
from the train and notified Essex
of the plight and also sent any mes
sages that the passengers wished
delivered.
After the passengers were told
that the outside world was acquaint-
ed with the facts that the train was
snowbound everybody turned their
attention towards having good
time. They say they had it.
In the passenger list were a num-
ber of young people and Immediate
ly card games were started and from
early morning until late at night
the passengers did nothing but seek
enjoyment. The men were we'll sup
piled with cigars and the women
granted permission for them tc
smoke where ever they wished, and
as result the cars, as far as they
were concerned, represented a big
family making merry n their own
homes
One of the passengers int"r
viewed was Mrs Laviollette who SAT-
she enjoyed herself immensely; thai
Engineer Babcock of the train an6
others of the train crew told then
stories of their railroad expert
ences and every minute of tho time
of Imprisonment was we'll used.
1T is an i'll wind that blows no
body any good" is an old addagt
that again demonstrated itself, al
two weddings resulted from acquain'
ances formed on the snOw-bOun(
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1911-01-19
MRS. ID. GRANT ENTERTAINED

tained a number of ladies on We'd
nesday of last week at a progress
i've card party. At five o'clock de-
licious lunch was served by the
hostess. Those present were:
Mrs. Jos. Poggi, Mrs M. Whalen,
Mrs. M. j. Chessman, Mrs. P r.
Lynn, Mrs. y. P. Young, Mrs. Silas
Shut, Mrs. AL. Knowles, Mrs. Cara
Walters and Mrs. r. Roberts.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1911-01-19
First-uasS Scout.

Before being awarded the first
class scouts badge a scout must
pass the following tests, in addition
to the tests laid down for the Sec
ond-class scouts:
1.-Swin fifty yards. IN. B.-This
may be omitted where the doctor
certifies that bathing is dangerous
to the boys health, in which case
CONTINUED on page five.)
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1911-01-19

The sheriff OF Lincoln county
passed thru here Monday night with
Mr.. Boyle enroute to the sanitarium
at Warm Springs. Mr.. BOYLE will be
remembered as the mar who at
tempted to publish the Flathead
county magazine. the venture cost
ing him his home.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1911-01-19
STOLE FUEL.

William King and Fred Smith of
Eureka were arrested last week for
stealing wood. Smith plead guilty
and got 60 days. King got 80 days,
for pleading not guilty.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1911-01-19

H. o. Peterson, wood chopper
in the employ of the Hutchinson
Lumber Company, is in the hospital
with bad wound in his knee. He
cut himself accidently with an axe.
The Washington times., 1911-04-23
Rockefeller Relative
And Seminary Girl Elope

BOSTON. April IA romance involv-
ing a fair Laselle girl, and distant
relative of John D. Rockefeller, came to
light in Newton today, also the details
of a hurried elopement to Nashua, N.
H., marriage there, and an equally
hurried trip home again.
When Dorothy G. Aiken. of West
Newton, and Albert z. Rockefeller. of
Auburndale. quietly slipped away from
Newton on Thursday, for the New
Hampshire gretna green they thought
that there was no danger of their secret
becoming known. But the whole story
came out today, ard the young people
have confessed and been forgiven.
Mrs. Rockefeller. who Is a demure Mt
tie blonde of eighteen, Is the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs Fred Aiken. OF l12I
Webster street, West Newton. and IS 4
pupil at Laselle Seminary, Auburndale
Her husband Is twenty-five years OLD.
q clerk in the commissary department
of the Boston and Albany branch OF the
New York Central railroad, and resides
with bis parents at 235 Melrose street:
Auburndaie. His father Is also employ ed
as a clerk by the railroad. and curiousty
enough bears the name Of the oil king
John D., to whom he Is related
The Washington times., 1911-04-23
PAPAL BLESSING FOR
|. COLUMBUS KNIGHTS
AT BIG CEREMONY
DR.. Falconio, Pope's Repre-
sentative, to Celebrate Mass
at Communion Service.

The Most Rev. Diomede Falconio, d.
D., archbishop of Larissa, papal dele
gate to the United States, Will cele-
brate mass at a service at which 1,IoO
Knights of Columbus will receive the
holy communion at the Immaculate Con-
ception Church, Eighth and N streets
northwest, April so. The papal delegate
will also preach the sermon. and at the
end of the mass will bestow the papal
blessing.
He will be assisted by the chaplains
of the councils, the Rev. DR.. George A.
Dougherty, vice rector Of the Catholic
University, Washington Council; the
Rev. Thomas A. Walsh, of st. Pauis,
Keane Council; the Rev. Clarence f.
Walker, of Holy Comforter, Carroll
Council; the Rev. DR.. Ketcham. director
Of the bureau of Indian missions. Spald-
ing Council, and the Rev. c. A. Ecken-
rode, Shrine of the Sacred Heart, Po-
tomac Council.
The committee on arrangements for
the mass is composed of George R. Re
petit, Washington Council; Charles w.
Darr, Keane; Patrick j. Haltigan, Car
roll: William P. Normoyle, Spalding,
and Dr. William B. Daily, Potomac.
The Washington Council will celebrate
the institution of the order of the
knights of Columbus in, the District OF
Columbus, April %.
The Washington times., 1911-04-23
REAL ART IN FITTING MI.
LADY'S SHOES.

The shoe statesmen of Gotham must
be a crude lot, with a distressing
ignorance of feminine nature. A mem
Der of the Shoe Dealers Association
has been giving out an interview in
which he makes the ungallant assertion
that women's feet are growing larger
year by year, and that it is now neces-
sary to use a secret code for marking
the numbers. Thus the feminine pur-
chaser is once more the victim of mans
deception. She is made to believe that
she is wearing No. A when in reality
she is fully filling an expansive No. 2.
This story of secret code among
shoe dealers has long since taken rank
along with the Japanese war scares.
As a deep, dark conspiracy for keeping
lovely woman in ignorance as to the
extent to which walking has de-
veloped her feet it has been passed up
as crude and uncandid. That New
York should have retained it, if in
reality it ever had any existence, is
but another evidence of the innate pro-
vincialism of the big town.
Here in Washington the men who
fit shoes to the feet of women are real
artists. No Phidias or Schuler ever
had more unerring eye for the femi-
nine foot. On the instant the Wash
ington artist takes in all the peculiari-
ties of its contour as well as its gen
eral bulk-or, more properly speaking,
its minuteness. Indeed, the most ex-
pert filters, with a real feeling for
their art, can glance at the very
goloshes which Mimi throws aside, and
tell the height of her patrician arch
and the length of each rosebud toe.
Numbers? Why, he doesn't know
her number himself. Trained in the
finer chivalry of trade, he would as
soon ask her age as the number of her
shoe, or repeat backstairs tattle as tell
what he thought that number probably
was in plain figures. He simply fits
her by the eye, Betty Martin-by the
eye.
What muckers they must be in
Gotham with their secret codesl
The Washington times., 1911-04-23
REGULATION OF HERDIC COM.
PANY NEEDED.

The forty blocks bounded by K anG
U and Fourteenth and Eighteenth
streets northwest is probably the most
densely populated area of the same
size in Washington, and there is prob
ably no section that has poorer trans
portation facilities. On its eastern
boundary is the Fourteenth street line
on its western is the Connecticut
avenue line. Two of the four blocks
from Fourteenth to Eighteenth are the
longest in the city.
No street railway traverses the in,
terror of this big district. People liv,
ing in its center must walk to Four,
teenth street or Connecticut avenue to
reach a street car. The alternative is
speak it softly-the herdic.
The herdic answers no law of nature
or of man. 1t is sufficient unto itself
1t cometh and goeth as it listeth-
and its comings are rare and its go.
ings rarer. 1t follows its own sweet
will. 1t is like Ben Kings tramp who
Came from where he started,
And was going where he went.
Patrons of the herdic, or, more
properly, wouldbe patrons of the
herdic, will hail with delight the news
that the District Commissioners are
trying to find some authority to en-,
able them to compel the Metropolitan
Coach Company, which operates the
herdic line, to establish a schedule and
maintain it. The herdics are practic.
ally useless now because nobody knows
when they will arrive or depart. II
they are to be permitted to operate
the public interest demands that they
be run on time card. The fact that
it does not seem feasible to require
either of the street railway companies
to build line through the center OF
the section supposed to be served by
the herdics makes it doubly necessary
that the coach company render depend
able service.
The Washington times., 1911-04-23
THE WORK OF THE STATE
LEGISLATURES.

The State Legislatures are giving
excellent proof that they, too, have
been touched by the magic wand of the
new moral movement. They have been
getting into step with the sentiment
that demands good government because
good government is both good morals
and good business. So long as decent
government was regarded merely as
good business it had small chance. The
average man could figure that his
hands were full of business, anyhow
business that with proper attention
would earn him bigger returns than he
could hope to secure from devotion OF
energies to politics.
But it is different when the moral
element comes to be clearly perceived
That element is now recognized, and
is responsible for the splendid work
that many legislatures are doing this
year.
To begin with, thirty States have
now ratified the income tax amendment
to the Constitution; so many that the
onus of. doubt about ultimate indorse'
ment of that measure is greatly light
ened. Five more States will very like.
ly add their ratifcations before mid
summer, making enough to put the
new provision into the Constitution.
Two years ago, when the income
tax amendment was submitted to the
States, there was general doubt
whether it could command the ratifica
tions of three fourths of the States
Today there is little uncertainty.
California has given the country the
finest example of what a regenerated
public opinion may accomplish through
a willing legislature. Under Governor
johnson and the other reform leaders
the State which for decades was oul
worst type of the machine-ridden com
mnnity, is become the leader in the
movement for progressive government
1t has provided for initiative, referen
dun. and recall; for better administra