Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1911-07-14

level plOW lana on ARROW creek ana
Coffee Creek benches North of STAN
ford which we will assign without
cost. First come first served.-Hil-
ger Loan and Realty Co., LewistOwn.
G. Il. Fairchild has been inspecting
all the schOOl lands tributary to Jul
dith Gap during the past week. Geo.
Murphy has been driving with him,
and they have covered large terri
tory in all directions.
W. H. Parrish, editor of the Geyser
Times, was in Judith Gap Monday at
tending the trial Of Rev. Skies. Mr..
Parrish gets out splendid weekly
paper, and richly deserves the excel
lent patronage the people Of Geyser
are giving it.
{. 7. Benson returned last Sunday
from trip to South Dakota and
He tells Il narrowing tale of the de-
struction of crops in South Dakota
and southern Minnesota by the hot,
dry weather. Mr.. l,enson's faith lin
ed by his visit east.
Owing to the fact that Garneill
Straw and Buffalo have no meat mar
kets, John Shuler will start Il butch
er's wagon to take in these towns and
surrounding territory within Il few
days. John expects to be kept busy
until after threshing is completed at
least, and everybody hopes he will do
rattling good business.
w. {. Jenizen, the new proprietor
of the Judith Gap meat market, has
been in the city several days superin-
tending the removal OF tile market
from the Robert White building to
the old Royal Grill. His new quart
| ers make a tine meat market. Mr..
.)eniZen intends to have everything
connected with his establishment of
the first class, and starts out well by
carrying good-siZed ad in the Jour-
nal. He will succeed in getting all
| the business of this section.
The soaking rain of last Friday
night throughout this entire section
of country was very timely, and crops
of all kinds are looking fine, with the
prospects greatly EXCHANGED for IL
bumper crop. Nothing but hail
can stop Il big crop of winter wheat,
while spring crops will yield excep-
tionally big. The flax crop every
where looks good, and there are fields
that will go over 90 bushels per acre.
Flax is going to be great money
crop this fall.
Frank Murphy and his two sisters
started Monday for II JOY ride in the
Murphy automobile. The party
reached Straw all right, but on the re-
turn trip, and when about mile out
Of town, one of the tires punctured.
The injury was remedied to the best
of Frank 8 ability, and another start
was made, when the same tire blew
up, and the machine was out of bust
ness. The party remained in Straw
over night, and it wasn't such Il JOY
ride after all.
Prof. Thomas Shaw, the leading
agronomist of the United States, who
has charge of experimental farms
along the Great Northern railroad
established Ivy James J. Hill, passed
through Judith Gap last Friday OH
his way to lledgesville to deliver Il
lecture to the farmers of that section.
While down there Harry Giltinan
took the professor out to see Editor
Smalls winter wheat field, and he
was of the opinion that the entire
2OO acres would average 30 bushels.
Willie 7. Fringer, who left here
several weeks ago to visit his rela-
tives in Virginia, with the intention
Of remaining in that section perma-
nently, returned to Judith Gap Tues
day evening the happiest boy you ev-
er saw to get back to glorious Mon
tana, where man can at least sleep
nights without smothering. He says
he never experienced such hot wealth.
er rs he endured while in the east
and he doesn't want to go back there
again-ever. Billy says the crops are
all burned up in Virginia, and, in
fact, most of the states he passed
through.
Washington +. Selleck, who haG
advertised to make five year proof
Monday before Commissioner Small
made a mistake of thirteen days il
computing his time of residence OF
the claim and his service in the civil
war, and has to readvertise. Thi!
circumstance is particularly unfortn
nate in that Mr.. Selleck had made
all arrangements to go to st. Pau
and enter hospital for special treat
ment of the eyes and ears immediate
" after making proof, and this eJ rO