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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-12-14
LIVES LOST IN
TENNESSEE MINE
Shafts Extend Two Miles Into
the Mountain.
ONE MINER SAVED BY DREAM
Wife Saw Vision OF Scores OF Men
With Heads Blown on and Pre-.
vailed Upon Husband To
Stay At Home.

Briceville, Tenn.-Between 1875 and
151 men were entombed in the great
Cross Mountain coal mine of the Knox
vile Iron Company, according to the
count made by an official of the Unit
ed Mine Workers of America. The
total number Of those who entered to
begin the days work when a terrific
explosion wrecked the working, shak.
ing the country, may have been as
high as 156.
Only three miners came out alive.
They had entered lateral off the
main shaft and succeeded in getting
into the open before the flames and
smoke caught them. The body OF
Lee Polston, operator OF the fan plant,
was found buried and partly dismem-
bered under the cave.in of the main
shaft. He leaves a widow and two
children.
Another body recovered was that of
Pearlie Rolen. AS in the case of
Polston. nearly all the clothing had
been burned off and the corpse was
badly mangled by the force of the ex.
plosion.
Three Theories AS To Cause.
There are three theories as to the
cause of the disaster. One is that in
some manner powder or dust explod-
ed, the second is that an electric wire
came in contact with explosives, and
the third that the catastrophe was
caused by poor tamping Of drill.
The mine also was recently visited
by an inspector under George +.
Sylvester, State Mine Inspector, and
representative of casualty com.
pany which carries insurance on the
employees. Both are said to have re-
ported that the shaft was in excellent
condition.
President Stephenson made the fol.
lowing statement:
81 deeply regret the accident in the
mine and ! am bending every energy
to rescue the men who are entombed
| am in hopes that the men will be
reached. According to the topography
of the mine, the gases go generally
into the entry in which the explosion
took place Most of the men in the
place must have gone into the cross
sections where they were employed in
mining, and this causes me to believe
that at least some of them escaped
death"
The three men who escaped were
John Lang, Sam Farmer and Bert
Haymaker. They observed bad
signs" as they entered the mine.
The rumble of the explosion brought
great crowds of towns people to the
mine opening Women and children
clamored TO be allowed to make their
way inside to aid in the rescue. Many
of the womeh knew their husbands
had entered the mine before the blast,
but maintained brave hearts. The
majority of them had witnessed
similar scenes before.
In the rescue room fathers and bro.
thers of men who were entombed
worked feverishly, refusing to leave
their posts even though urged by 9th.
ers, and although volunteers for the
rescue work were plentiful, until they
had worn themselves completely out
physically and had to be aided out
doors.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1911-02-09
MONTANA TO THE FRONT AS A CORN STATE
Competition of School Children for Prize Money Offered bv
J. ]. Hill of Great Northern Railway Shows
Great Possibilities for Corn
in Montana

The great possibilities for corn grow
ing in Montana were clearly demon
strated in the contest for $l,OOO.OO in
prizes offered by Chairman Hill of the
Great Northern Railway for the best
samples submitted of the 1910 product.
This contest was open only to the school
children Of this state, and was under the
supervision of Prof. +. S. Cooley, Super.
intendent of the State Farmers Insti.
tutes, and Prof. Alfred Atkinson, head
Of the Agronomy Department of the State
Experimental Station. The corn was
judged and prizes awarded by Prof. Thos
Shaw, Agricultural Expert of the Great
Northern Railway.
,About 600 school children entered the
contest, but for various reasons bevond
their control, many did not reach the
goal. However, those who did finish sub
mtted ears OF matured corn which were
marvel to the farmers of this state.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1911-02-09
Thinks Montana Is All Right

Fred Steinkraus, u genial home
steader about twelve miles south of
Malta, WAS in town Monday after
supplies. lie reports the snow fall
in his locality to he even heavier
than that about Malta. Some of
the coulees contain four to five feet
OF drifted snow. Sleighing is not
bad if the team can be kept in the
beaten track but otherwise there is
danger of npsetting the sleigh. This
is Mr.. Steinkrans' first winter in
Montana. and though the weather
has been unusually severe. he states
that lie and Mrs. Steinkraus have
both enjoyed the eXIlilarating, salu-
brlous climate. lie is looking for
ward to the opening of Spring and
VIII seed every acre he can get ready.
expecting good crops next season.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1911-02-09

tnat comes from the indiscrimjnate
cropping of the land that is freshly
broken in the spring.
"On the land thus prepared he
should SOW large acreage of winter
wheat. He should try to sow it in
August if there is moisture enough
IN the land to give it a good start.
Ii winter wheat in Montana gets a
good strong start early in the Au
tumn the crop is practically assured
The following spring any kind of
spring crop may be sown that js
wanted on the residue Of the land
prepared the previons season. II
the crop is put in early and properly
cared for, the farmer will get a good
return, let the weather be dry or
not dry. The corn crop OF this sea-
son may be grown OH freshly broken
land. AS soon us the crop is put in
the farmer should go on breaking
other land to the greatest extent
that is practicable for the next sea-
sons crop. Managed thus, there
need not be any failures in farming
in areas that are dry.
''1t may be asked why will it not
answer as well for the beginner TO
hire the breaking done with q steam
or gasoline power plow the first sea-
son? | answer that it may do as
well providing that the settler is
able to hire narrowing done in sea-
son. To accomplish this will be
no easy task. Too many men
are waiting to hire power plows and
teams at the same time. This gives
the man IL very decided advantage
who can command his own labor
when he desires,
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1911-02-09

! Dodson is to give masque bal
February II, at Bon Ton Restaurant
Heating Stoves and Kitchen Ranges
at Edwards $ & McLeIlan's.
For durability and speed the REQ
auto cannot be beat. See Price 81
cluster,
Mr.. and Mrs. Law Of Grafton, Y
d., tile former a nephew of Mrs. r..
NJ. Trafton. are spending a few days
very pleasantly with relatives il,
Malta.
j. i. Arnot, of Glasgow, president
of the First National Bank of Malta.
and +. y. Sheldon of Minneapolis.
vice president, were Malta visitors
Tuesday.
j. +. kildutf is back after three
weeks in the eastern ma kets. select
ing goods to rep'eniSh Iis stock of
merchandise for the coming Spring
and Summer.
A. NJ. Sheldon of Minneapolis,
manager of the line Ct Imperial File
vator Co., lumber yards throughout
the Treasure State, was looking over
the town Tuesday.
Next Saturday, February fl, JAS.
DoZark Of Zortman and Jack Collins
Of Butte, will give a 20 round glove
contest at Zortman before the Zori-
man Athletic Club. Admission tick :
cts $500.
just look over the new advert lse-
ments in this issue. They are-The
Jones Hotel, the Gurney Nursery
and Seed Co., and j. r., Mccoy has
something to say about water wells.
Notice changes in advts. Of The NAL
ia Drug Store. r. NJ Trafton, Nick
Schnitz and First National Bank.
Tf1e Great Northern Depot burned
at Cascade early last Friday morn
ing. The building was totally de-
stroy+d and for a time the town was
threatened from the fierce lire that
ragged for several hours. The town
of Malta should have Il fire prutec-
tion company.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1911-02-09

Florsheim Shoes for men at I'd
| wards Il McI.ellan's.
The Ladies' Aid meets this after.
noon at the home Of Miss Mary Hess
Amy one desiring Il competent
nurse, call at the Munson Hospital.
Mrs. G. Il. Secrest entertained a
a number OF her lady friends last
Friday afternoon.
Miss Peck will take orders for
Henderson and La Princesse corscts
from $3.50 to s25.0o per pair
Overshoes and Sheep lined Coats at
Edwards 4 McLellan's.
Mrs. Tom Mcdonald and little so..
returned from their visit with re1a-
tivcs at llinsdale last Thursday.
Now is the time to look 'pm up.
100 egg New Jewel Incubator, l:o
chlck brooder. j. II. koke.
e. E. Crofut made business trim
to Chinook last Friday returning 10
Malta OH the Skidoo Saturday morn
ing.
Mrs. Henry Plott and children
reached home Saturday from Har-
lem where they had been visiting
relatives.
Mr.. O'Connor, representing NJ orse.
Fairbanks Engine Co., was rustling
for business in our city the latter
part of the past week.
\ Milk River booster arrived III
the home OF Mr.. and Mrs. Ezra
EreauN at Wagner last Friday. It's
a boy and we learn he intends stay
ing with Mr.. and Mrs. ErealN unsil
he's twenty-one.
Montana grown oats for sale Il
Edwards Il McLellan's.
Mrs, II. II. Filield entertains the
Ladies Sewing Circle at the Great
Northern Hotel this afternoon.
The Circle also had an enjovab ble
at Mrs. Harry Cosner's
home February /.
Henry Plott returned last Friday
from Rochester, Mimi, where ha
was a patient in the Mayo Bros. hos
pltal. While there he underwent AN
operation which proved successful
II removing an abnormal growth |
rom the sa'iyary glands.
Nj. j. Dyorshak, Dodson's leading
Harness and Saddle Maker, was IA
business caller in town last Monday.
VIZ. DvOrshak believes lhat there
will be qnitea large influx of settlers
o Dodson this Spring and this, with
he work on the big ditch, will put
he country in good condition.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1911-02-09
RESOLUTIONS PASSED BY NORTH
ERN MONTANA STOCKMEN
HOLD MASS MEETING AT FORT BENTON AND EXPRESS DIS
PLEASURE All ACTION OF STATE BOARD OF
STOCK COMMISSIONERS


Montana stockmen We're in attend
ance upon district court at Fort
Benton last week, a meeting was
called in the court room for the dis
cussion of recent developments that
have occurred in the conduct of the
State Board of Stock Commissioners
A number of representative stock
men attended and the meeting was
organized by the election of Chas. II.
| Green as chairman and w. X. lIar-
| Der as secretary. After several adj
| dresses were made, committee con-
ssting of David G. Browne Of Fort
| Benton. Henry kremer of Chinook,
and Orville Patterson and +. f.
/ Stranahan of Fort Benton was APP
| pointed. and the committee request
ed to formulate resolutions voitilg
the sentiment of the meeting. The
resolutions rs adopted are as follows:
Whereas, the stockmen of north
ern Montana have for number of
years been greatly dissatis!ie with
the conduct of the Office OF the State
Board of Stock Commissioners and.
Whereas. they have individually
and through their representatives in
the state legislature sought in vain
to have their grievances redressed
and such misconduct corrected, and
Whereas, it now develops that
about $4,000, and probably more
than that amount, has been embez-
zled or stolen from said office by
means Of hundreds Of olrenses, only
one of which has been prosecuted.
Now, therefore, we the stock men
of northern Montana in mass meet
ing assembled, do hereby condemn
the indifference to our interests and
the inactivity sheWn in the past by
! those who were required to insure
the proper dischare o1the duties per-
tanning to the office of secretary of
the said board OF stock commissions
erS, and the protection and security
OF tile funds in his care. BE it fur
ther,
Resolved, that the action of the at
torney general in permitting u trust
ed emploNe of the State Board OF
STOCK Co IN IN ssionrrs to plead
guilty to a small fractional part
Of the defalcations, and consent
ing to the imposition OF Il penalty
that WAS u trayesty upon justice,
was Il dereliction OF duty that de-
serves the most sever econdemnatlon.
AS public officials whose oath OF Of
flee requires them to enforce the law
without fear or favor, we regret that
personal friendship for a confessed
criminal should outweigh their re-
gard for the best interests Of Mon
tana stockmen and others affected
by such pro 1eedings.
Resolved, that we commend the ac-
tionsof the Twelfth legislative as
sembly in authorizing an investiga-
ton OF the affairs of the State Board
OF Stock commissioners, and we
would urge that adequate provision
| be made for the expenses necessarily
| incident to such an undertaking, to
the end that exact Justice be done to
all parties concerned: and be it fur
ther,
Resolved, that copies of these res
olutions be transmitted to the GOV
erner of Montana, members of the
Twelfth assembly, and to the public
press.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1911-02-09
SCHOOL NOTES
Guy RAIDER is still quite iii

Guy RAIDER is still quite iii.
Ray Cox entered school ON Tups~
day.
Hazel Wilkinson is absent ON ac,r
count of illness.
Walter Clark and Gaylord Madi-
son are able to be in school again.
Morris Fowler and Stewart Eowlpr
entered the primary room this week.
Elmo Pledge bias returned fro IN u
visit to llinsdale and rp-pnterea
school.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1911-02-09

\ full line of tobacco, cigars ant
pipes at The Bon Ton.
Don't magnify your troubles by
telling them to others.
Mrs. +, l.. w hitmore returned yes
tefdaN from Il pleasant visit with her
sisters in Seattle, Wash.
Mrs. Swanson and Miss Myrtle
Church of Dot,son, We're calling un
friends IN Malta Monday.
Want ted, a helpmeet, by Il hand
some and talented young profess
ional man. with bright prospects
bat Il slender bank account. Within
- miles of Malta. no widows or
spinsters need apply. State full par
tieularS in first letter, AS no time
will be lost in securing an affinity.
Address Lock Bon, 1901, Malta,
Montana. Iowa papers please copy, !,
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1911-02-09
Preparing Milk River Contracts

"A message from Wasllnoto1 states
that the Milk River deleg;uion--
Messrs. Truscott, Sands and Bogy
are making satisfactory progress in
preparing contracts for water rights
on the irrigation projects in Monta-
ma, with the Interior department.
Thus far every point has been re-
duced to contract form in a mannp,
satisfactory to the interested par
ties.
Only one question remains to be
disposed OF. and that relates to lands
held in private ownership in excess
or 100 acres. TIE reclamation ser
vice insists that sucl, excess lands
Shall be sold before water is sup
Piled and to insure such sale, that
the contract shall embrace u trust
deed to the excess land to the water
users association with power to sell
ii the individual owner does not NOM
plete the sale before the water is
supplied, The delegation is hopeful
that this trust deed may be waived
by the department, the delegat ion
not feeling warranted in MAX ing
such agreement.
4 A.-
Mrs. VIM. Mcclellan is OH the sick
list.
a representative of the Hub Cos
tune Co.. Of kalispell, will be at
the Great Northern Hotel, Feb. 22d !,
with a big line Of costumes for the
Bachelor Clubs Masquerade Ball.
Senator John Survant was down
from Helena over Saturday and SUN
day, visiting his family and looking
after business interests. While in
Malta committee from the Wo-
man $ Club intervieWedMr S,lryant,
urging him TO use his influence in
the Senate for a tuberculosis appro-
priation.
The Board of Directors of the First
National Bank consisting of j. +.
Arnot, +. =. Sheldon, j. ID. Larson,
Lyman Barnes, and John a. Tress-
Ter, held y meeting ut the Bank Tues
day afternoon for the transaction Of
buSisfeSs connected with that inSti=
tuition. Mr.. Barnes was the only
one absent,
One of our brother editors is i'm !,
quandary to know what to do with
this communication which was
dropped into his mail box the other
morning. "please send me a few
copies of the paper which had the
obituary and verses about death of
my child a week or two ago. Also
publish he enclosed clipping about
my niec"'S marriage. and wish YOU
would mention in the local columns,
If it don't cost anything, that | have
u couple of calves to sell. Send me.
few copies OF this week As my
subscription is out please stop the
paprr, Times are too hard to waste
money on u newspaper.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1911-02-09
M. E. Church Services

Sunday February II, 1911. Sunday
School, 10000 Il. M. preaching 1900
Il. n., subject, "Importance of Child
hood:' Il sermon to the Sunday
School. Efforts will be lnade to in
duce children to decide to be chris
tians.
Evening service, 7:3op M, subject,
"Forms of Atleism.''
Friday of this week at -:3o y. M.
Second Quarterly Conference, follow
ing sermon by the District Super
intendent, Rev. O. "A. Waite of kalis-
peIl.
After the morning sermon. Sunday,
the Sacrament Of the Lords supper
will be administered.
Thursday night. Feb 10th. the re-
viyal services will be begun if the
weather permits.
All persons are cordially invited
to attend all services.
G.. II. Wharton. pastor.
Remember the Masquerade Feb. -.
For ground feed and shorts see F.Gw
Pierson.
A"t "esa eating 'pl'e' III WYNN ~
The Bon Ton.
'afl'e! " Derry sN''ee ~ '-o" q ~
Y Mel'e'''" >
Guy Raider has been suffering fronf
az: ,..,..,.
=" 80 ''e'' '''"''' Wv
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w. IL. lltsStr "f the lilhsGale
Mercantile TO-. WAS IN Malta >''1'-
day.
Are YOU going to get an auto this
spring? See irlre \ >cEo S'tf a''""e
'f'e hto car.
VIM. Fowler and family from
Beaver Greek were in after supplies
last Saturday. Mrs. Fowler Will re-
main in Malta for a time ANA mas
taken rooms Vt Il. } llo"erton s..
II 8 Munsor ,.,,, ,,ay l,,.
! stead sou Invest OF town, formerly
an employee OF an eastern railroad
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heen h"'1er hardware "' Eu"afo
Me'"''ah'
Judge Davidson, the father of Wau-
npr was a caller las, Saturday. The
Judge reports his sheen in GOOD con-
ditto but is feeding large quantities
of lav to them, About the middle of
the month if the SNOW is still on the
ground, he will use SNOW scraptrs
and turn the Woolies ont 10 range.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1911-02-09

said $500 feet-and as result many of
our farmers will plant large areas Of
corn next season who previously had held
to the view that corn could not be made
one OF the leading products of the Treas.
IRE State.'
lgnatius O'Donnell, of Billings, whose
picture is shown here, captured first prize,
tie, as well as the other contestants, are
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-10-28

man beings DR.. Goddard's assistants
have Investigated the records OF near
ly every one of these descendants only
to discover that $50 of them-or more
than half-were feeble-minded, many
of them with criminal records. Among
the others were numerous epileptics
showing conclusively the terrible
consequences of that unfortunate
union.
Dr. Goddard's assistants have traced
nearly a thousand of the same young
mans legitimate descendants-the re-
suit of his union to a normal woman
Not a single case of feeble-minded-
ness has been found among them
When this great work is completed,
DR.. Goddard believes it will be the
most powerful argument ever present
ed for the unsexing of all feeble-mind-
ed persons. The state of New Jer-
sey has already passed law which
provides for the unsexing of all in
mates of institutions for the
feeble-minded However, this will
only prevent those who are
already in the institutions from
breeding more feeble-minded children
More effective measures are necessary,
and to that end Prof. tombstone, who is
VI Lie SCAOOl,
has outlined plan which, if adopted,
will, he believes, do more to solve the
problem than anything that has been
attempted so far.
"All that we have yet done has been
to house the feeble-minded,' said Prof.
tombstone the other day. Now
we are finding that they are in
creasing with such rapidity that this
plan is impossible. We have got to
go a step further. Special classes must
be organized in every school
for all children who are be-
hind in their work. These children
must be examined carefully by physi-
clans. We are standardizing tests for
feeble-mindedness, and SO accurate
are these tests that every feeble
minded child can be detected with
absolute certainty. If morally suitable
these backward children can be kept
in school and live at their homes until
the age of puberty. If they are not
morally suitable they should be sent
to training schools for the feeble mind
ed. There they should be unsexed
and taught some useful occupation.
Thirty to fifty per cent. can be made
entirely self-supporting after ten
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-10-28
HiIIocks of Vegetation.

At this time of the year farmers are
busy making miniature mountains on
their holdings, mountains that will be
scattered over the countryside before
the winter is over.
The mountains in question are those
FORMED of vegetable produce that must
be kept for several months, and sold
as occasion requires Potatoes, beet
root, carrots and turnips are raised
from the ground in September and
stored
The farmer calls his hi1lock of vege-
tables clamp" He makes it on a
piece of high ground near the home
stead, SO that 1t may not be flooded.
and many big grower has clamps a
quarter of a mile long.
First, shallow ditch is dug on the
piece Of land selected. The base of this
is lined with straw, and upon the straw
the roots are heaped up firmly and
carefully, till they resemble an elon-
gated cone.
Over the sides of the cone more
straw is laid, and on that again earth
or, better still, tufts, with their grassy
sides inwards. Bricks will not keep
out frost, but straw will, and well
made clamp is frost proof. and also
damp proof
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-10-28

thyroid glands in the hope that 1t Will
improve their physical and mental con-
dftions. These glands. which are OBJ
tanned from sheep and other animals,
are fed to the children three times
day in tablet form. The experiment
has been under way for about three
months, but at least q year must
elapse before any definite conclusions
can be reached as to it's value The
experiment is being made on the the
DRY that some chemical element is
missing from these children, and that
to correct their condition it is neces-
sary to find out what this is. These
studies are directed by DR.. W. 8. Cor
nell, who is in charge of the medical
research
Another selected group of 20 feeble
minded children of different grades
are being fed with the pineal gland,
also in the form of capsules Their
condition is being compared with that
of 20 children of the same grade who
are not being given the gland Very
little is known of the uses of these
ductless glands, but the discovery that
feeding the thyroid gland to the ere
tin type improves their condition has
led several investigators to believe
that the feeding of pituitary and
pineal glands may have similar effects
The pituitary gland is situated near
the base of the nose. When 1t is dis
eased 1t causes a disease commonly
known as giantism. The pineal gland
in a small conical structure found
above the third verticle of the brain
OF course, these experiments may re-
suit in nothing, but SO far the results
have been most encouraging.