Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1911-08-18


before MIR. Pinnell regains his form
er natural beauty.
DON'T FOREGET that Every
Saturday" is Boosters Day-the day
to write your friends boosting Mon
tana. 3S-41
The new school house is rapidly as
Stunning shape.
Walter Hard spent several days at
Lewistown this week attending the
fair.
The irrepressible Joe Liberty of
Geyser was here Wednesday OH his
way to LewistOwn.
The Harlowton fair begins next
week. About 100 people from Judith
Gap expect to attend one day.
Nils Larson Will pull his threshing
outfit into the Okla district next week
and thresh about 900 acres of grain.
Emil Bragg began threshing his
winter wheat this week. Anyone de-
string good, clean seed can secure
same ut the farm. 4O-4l
The committee to solicit funds for
the celebration and county fair in Jul
ditl Gap, September 18th and 10th,
is meeting with good success.
The Fergus county fair opened at
Lewistown Monday and the next
night the worst storm of the year WIS.,
tied the metropolis of the Basin.
\ heavy hail storm visited Moore
and vicinity Tuesday evening doing
about Is per cent damage to crops.
The path Of the storm was not large.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. \. McCaulley left
yesterday for Butte, where Mrs. Nc
Caulley Will consult special physl-
clan. They expect to return Monday.
| Those who have threshed in the Jul
dith Basin report wheat running 30
bushels and over. 1t is estimated
that the average yield for the entire
Basin will be 30 bushels.
! Mrs. ii. NJ. Hanson and son, and
nephew, Irvine Wiseman, retained
Sunday from an extended visit to
Mrs. Uanson's mother at Belling-
ham, Wash. Mr.. Hanson went to
Great Falls to meet them.
All of the neighbors on o. X.
bench near Okla, gathered together
last Saturday evening and had Il pro-
gressive dinner, which furnished
great amusement to all Of the parti-
! cipants. They went from one house
to the other, driving in the moon
light and having Il course at each
house.
Manager Jones says that he landed
the lumber contract for the Judith
Gap school house while lie was at
Roundup, and when he assumed the
management of the Montana Lumber
yards here, he got busy and secured
the lumber contract for the Okla
school house.
1t doesn't pay to cut winter wheat
until it is absolutely dead ripe. 4
whole lot of us made that mistake
this year and asa result there is an
abundance of shrunken wheat on the
market. Turkey red will not shell
when dead ripe at the time of cutting
like the hard spring wheats do.
At the opening races at the Lewis
town fair the horses got punched and
three of the riders were thrown, i'll
iuring one quite seriously. The at
tendance was not rs large us expect
ed. The idea OF holding fair in a
week which is absolutely the bust
est of the year for the farmer is a
grave mistake.
Harry Giltinan brought w. J. Pet
erson up from HedgesviIle Tuesday
to adjust the hail loss on the Weisel
and DR.. Remally farms. No loss
while the doctor sustained loss OF
20 per cent on his flax crop. They
were insured in the Northwestern
Fire and Marine of st. Paul.
Mr.. J. +. Bacon, formerly treasur.
er of the Billings Il Northern Town
site company, was in the city Friday
of last week enroute to LewistOwn
Mr.. Bacon resigned from active work
with the townsite company a veal
and half ago in order to accept :
responsible position on the Crane
Forks Times, one of North Dakota
best dailies, and during his absence
from central Montana this district ha!
agriculturally developed so rapid,
that he was astOnished at the increas
ed acreage Of the grain fields, and TIN
prosperity Of the farmers evidenced
by the larger and better buildings t.
be found OH nearly all the farms, ant
he was agreeable surprised to see ant
hear of the bounteful harvest that i
this year being secured. Mr.. Bacol