Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1911-05-19

there on the oath of this month. The
Old officers must preside. Remember
next Wednesday is the oath. Get to
the polls and vote against bonding
the county.
Sophia Dylarker is assisting in
Hays restaurant.
II You want Il work team, he at
Murrphy's barn on Saturday OF this
week.
Charles l.. Beers was in I.ewistown
Monday on business.
Frank Murphy made hurried trip
to lewistown Wednesday.
Willie +. Fringer spent several
days in Lewistown this week.
Miss Rita Brown filed on desert
and homestead IN lola Wednesday,.
Several work teams will be on sale
at Murphy's livery barn, Judith Gap.
Saturday, May 10Th.
Miss Esther Pero has been the
guest of Miss Rita Brown at the tele-
phone office for several days.
Deputy Sheriff VIM. Lacock, Of
Lewistown was an official business
visitor in the city and vicinity yester-
day.
Marion Small will spend the sum
mer on his homestead near lIobson.
lie expects to make communication
proof this fall.
\ big delegation Of eastern farmers
are expected here this week to look
over this section of the Basin. 1t is
excursion week.
Mrs. T.. J.. Harrison filed on
homestead near Okla Tuesday. The
land was formerly the desert of Gar
diner Green, who relinquised before
he lett for Michigan.
Andy Stevens OF White sulphur
Springs, deputy county assessor, was
in the city Tuesday. lie has been
spending several weeks i'm this end of
the county attending to the duties of
his Office.
Mrs. Ed Browning and daughter
will leave Saturday for Prosser,
Washington, to spend the summer
with relatives. Mr.. Browning has
secured a position in Spokane and
will probably remain there.
The White Sulphur Springs Repub-
lican. finding no better argument in
reply to the Journals criticism of the
new court house bonds, says that Jul
dith Gap is also inaccessible. Judith
Gap has twelve passenger trains
every day in the week.
Mrs. $. j. Small was in the city
Wednesday on Il shopping expedition.
She says crop conditions around He'd
gesvile are much better than this
time last year. and that everybody
down there is feeling encouraged
over the splendid outlook.
Every hOmesteader in this end of
Meagher county needs ii S5.OOO resi-
dence and IL $4,000 barn on his place
just as badly as White Sulphur
Springs needs 500, 900 court house.
And the homesteader will get his inn
provements before White Sulphur
will ut that.
The opposition to the court house
from this end of the county is caus-
ing some writer OH the county seat
paper to lose Il whole lot Of sleep.
That is, the paper has been wide
awake for two or three weeks, but it
is opined that it will go to sleep
again after the oath.
The tOwnsite company sent deed
this week to the trustees of School
District No. 81, for half block do
mated near the Congregational church
to be used for school purposes. The
trustees will possibly buy the other
half of the block which will make
ideal school grounds.
w. r. Stubs, one of the prosper
GUS farmers of the swimming Woman
country, was in town Wednesday
transacting business. Mr.. Stubs
says crops are looking fine in his sec
ton of the country, and believes they
are farther advanced than around
Judith Gap. Spring seeding is about
over in his country, but the steam
plows are still busy breaking up thu
sod. An unusually large amount OF
ground will be prepared for seeding
to IL winter wheat crop this fall.
+. J. Murphy sowed about four &C
res on his ranch to alfalfa this spring
and says he has stand about eigh
inches high at this time, and will GU
his first crop in June. This land wal
| plowed last ia and thorough.
worked down this spring. 1t is bencl
land and not irrigated, and +. }, say
he has not seen finer alfalfa any
| where. lie intends to go into tin
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