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Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1911-09-15
BIRTHDAY OF
JUDITH GAP

r. +. Ross, formerly publisher of
the lIarlowton News, and merchant
of Harlowton for several wears, was
in Judith Gap sunday on his way to
Great Falls, where he has accepted a
position on the Morning Tribune. aud
will remain in that city permanently.
MIR. Ross. while waiting for his train,
gathered the material for the follow
ing article which appeared in the Tri-
bune of Monday:
Judith Gap, one of the new and
growing towns Of the judith, basin.
will celebrate it's third Sanniversary
by Il big harvest festival next Friday
and Saturday, September Ii and Is.
Big arrangements are being perfect
ed. and it is anticipated that Il large
crowd from the surrounding country
will be present.
"A number Of committees working
under Il general committee headed by
Sam j. Small are in charge of the
plans and from present Indications
there will be plenty to keep the visi
tors entertained during their stay in
the place.
"a feature Of the event will be a
big agricultural EXHIBIT. and the com
mittees are arranging to have both
sides OF the main business thorough
fare completely lined with grain and
grain exhibits. Prizes Of $3.50 in cash
will be awarded for the best exhibits
and many exhibitors are expected to
enter intotiie competition.
"Programs OF athletic sports are
being arranged. Baseball games will
be conducted both days between teams
representing different towns Of the
basin between which great rivalry ex-
lists.
"a half mile race track has been
constructed and number of horses
from various parts Of the basin will
compete in the runs. a bowery dance
will be conducted during the after
moons and evenings, and a band has
been engaged to furnish music during
the festival.
1T is announced that special rates
have been secured upon the railroads
between Judith Gap and surrounding
points.
'',rhe town is situated in the midst
of great grain raising country and
1t is claimed that there were this year
in the vicinity. loo acres in winter
wheat and 1000 acres in flax. The
flax is said to be averaging Is bushels
to the acre and the wheat is running
25 to 3J bushels to the acre. Three
wheat buyers are now working in and
abont::.Jnditl iap and are paying. ac-
cording tn reports. Is cents per b,l-
shel for the winter grain. Land in
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1911-09-15
N l H l LII

Geo. II. Root Of Missoula is in Nj
hill, putting in his wells for irrigat-
ing his desert adjoining the townsite.
Mrs. l.. Harmed and Mrs. Neramett
spent few days last week at the An
derson ranch on the Musselshell.
j. A. Dreesman has the contract
for building residence for Henry
Van Lob on his homestead west Of
Nihill.
Every one from the Nihill district
expects to attend the Judith Gap
Fair Friday and Saturday.
Threshing is progressing nicely ON
the bench west Of Nihill and the
fields are good.
!. II. Garret and u party of Milwau-
kee railroad officials. antoed over
from IIarlowton Monday, and visited
the ranch northeast of Nihill.
4. .. Jones spent Sunday in Nihill
having came over to attend the peo-
man lodge meeting.
Mrs. PostOn and little daughter
spent Sunday III Nihill the guest Of
friends.
Somehow we can't help feeling
sorry for an eN-herO.
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1911-09-15
GOOD NEWS FOR
JUDITH GAP

President l.. W. Hill was in Helena
the first of the week and in an inter-
view with the Helena independent
said:
ut is probable that we will yet be-
gin construction work on the Molldak-
Helena cutoff this year. The work
would have commenced sooner than
this except for the delay in securing
the necessary right of way. We have
some right of way, but we have not
been able to secure it all, and for
this reason the work has been delay
ed. AS a matter of fact it often takes
more time to secure rights of way
than it does to build the railroad, and
this condition seems to exist as tar as
the Mondak cutoff is concerned"
This is the line which James j. Hill
and President Elliott of the Northern
Pacific stated about year ago would
be built from Mondak through Lew
istOwn to point on the Great North
ern near HOuck, thence to Judith Gap
on the line already in operation. and
from Judith Gap to Helena both roads
would build jointly and both operate
trains over the same. The Northern
Pacific is to build from Glendive to
Judith Gap. Both railroad magnates
gave out this information in Helena
about year ago, and when they re-
turned to st. Paul gave the same in
formation to the Pioneer Press. So
Tar as the journal knows there has
been no change in the plans. so it can
reasonably be expected that the Nor
thern Pacific will bein Judith Gap by
the time the Great Northern reaches
Lewistown from Mondak. 1t will
take about two years to complete
these lines, and three years from now
when the Oriental mail contract is let,
both the Northern Pacific and Great
Northern will have shorter lines to
the coast by at least 200 miles than
the present shortest line Of the Mil
waukee. Between Chicago and Seat
tie the Milwaukee road has the short
est line by. about $50 miles. When
the Hills get Through building, they
will beat the Milwaukee bv about 200
miles, or any other road that may be
built hereafter.
Judith Gap will undoubtedly be
passenger division on both roads,
and with the Milwaukee already here,
will be an important railroad center.
This, with the large and rich agricul-
tural country tributary, will make
this town splendid retail and
wholesale commercial center. There
Is 10 town in Montana today which
has a brighter future for Il healthy
and substantial growth than has Ju-
dith Gap.
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1911-09-15
THE FARMERS
INSTITUTES

The Montana Farmers Institute Of
flee announces plans well under way
for the fall institutes which will be
held in northern Montana beginning
about the middle of October.
Among the lecturers secured for
this series of meetings is o. G. Gregg,
Father of Farmers Institutes" of
Minnesota. Mr.. Gregg is Il veteran
in the work, has made Il splendid rep
utatiOn as a leader of agricultural
thought and action, and is IN agricul-
tural lecturer in great demand.
FOrty-five years ago, with his wife
"Lottie," he journeyed by wagon in
to the then wilderness of southwest
ern Minnesota, took up Il claim. erect
ed a log cabin, and began farming.
lie was the first to attempt winter
dairylng. III few years Mr.. Gregg
and his wife had built up reputation
for the bricks in ''Solid Gold" but
teri, that had extended beyond the
boundaries of the state. The "Sol-
id Gold" produced in the Gregg dairy
went to the dairy exhibitions and
conventions and brought back the
gold coin.
MIR. Gregg has been an inspiration
to some of the influential men Of the
day. who were boys in his home. He
has been Il leader OF agricultural pro-
gress and is the father Of the farmers
institutes in his state, which lie SUI
perintended until recently. 1t was
he who suggested the solution Of the
problems OF the university when the
pressure for agricultural instruction
became too strong to be disregarded.
Besides his "Solid Gold" butter and
the splendid dairy herd which he has
developed, an experiment station was
established on his farm where exceed
ingly important experiments in pro-
ducing hardy trees for the northern
prairies have been conducted.
Montana farmers and citizens are
to be congratulated upon the oppor-
tunity to hear 80 distinguished and
inspiring farm speaker as Mr..
\ Gregg.
The list Of speakers will also in
clule superintendent Hoverstad Of
the North Dakota Institutes; NJ. l..
Wilson Of the Montana experiment
station: F. $. Cooley, superintendent
Of Montana farmers Institutes; A.
j. Walrath, one of the bonanza far
mers of the Gallatin Valley, and 9TH
The trust may limit the output of
whiskey. but it would never, never
try to limit the input.
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1911-09-15
SOME GOOD YIELDS
NEAR JUDITH GAP

Nils Larson's threshing rig has
been operating about to 10 miles
northwest of Judith Gap, between
BarrOws and Buffalo. MIR. Larson
hands in the following yields of
wheat:
John Edwards, $50 acres. yielding
% bushels.
MIR. Griffith, 80 acres, ~ bushels.
Mr.. Myers, % acres, % bushels.
Mr.. Mcl.eacll, 100 acres, % bushels.
Mr.. Larson says that the wheat
threshed by Miller Brothers rig on
the Hastings place went - = bu-
shells per acre. There were 10 acres
Of this filed, and Mr.. Larson says he
saw it before it was cut. and never
saw Il finer stand OF wheat.
In this territory, MIR. Larson says
the oats he has threshed has run from
20 to 20 bushels per acre.
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1911-09-15

the vicinity is selling at from s25 to
x35 per acre.
"At the present time Judith Gap
has il population OF about 500, and is
continually adding to it's size. A
business man Of Straw is preparing
to open a general store there and
ground has already been broken for
the store building"
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1911-09-15

From Of the the Mail Order Octopus
ing its myriad hands and gbb the retail
Of Nothing that grabbabc and gobbeabe
tho Mail Order clutch unless the people stand together against
Octopus.
The Mail Order people the EARTH and unless you
trade with them and systematically your home
and manufacturers they will your part the you
have get of it.
A word to the wise is whole language
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1911-09-15

and they will go just as far for our
show as any newspapers in the home
city of any other show. We have the
advantage OF having six daily news
papers with us where our competitors
have one.
add to this the fact that the great
farm weeklies published in the Twin
City assisted in planning the entire
Northwestern Development League
movement; that the papers published
in foreign languages are even more
interested in getting new settlers of
their own nationality into the north
west, and the newspaper influence be
hind the st. Paul Show is no less than
twenty times as great rs that behind
any other show in the United States" !"
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1911-09-15
The Horse Sports.

Walter Hard, chairman Of the horse
sports, says that there will be sever
al outlaw horses brought from Lew
istOwn to enter the bucking contest.
lie expects horses from other Sec
tions, and says that this part Of the
celebration will be far better than
heretofore.
Mr.. Hard announces the following
prizes in his department:
Bucking contest, first prize. -. $50
Second prize. %
Cowboy race. first prize. ........... 10
Second prize. ................... )
Ladies' race, first prize. ........ 3
Second prize. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 2
Boys race, first prize. B
second priZe ......... 2
In addition to the prize offered by
the committee in the bucking contest,
the contestants have agreed to pay an
entrance fee of S25 each and the Ell
tire purse and entrance fee money go
to the winner. 1t is understood that
this will make Il purse Of over 5000,
and ought to bring out the best riders
in Montana.
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1911-09-15

The trust may limit the output Of
whiskey. but it would never, never
try to limit the input.
The Princeton union., 1911-02-02
ORANGES FROM CHANCES
GROVE ARRIVE HERE

Included in the. train load Of Califor-
MIA oranges which just reached here
from the coast are several cases from
Captain Frank Chances grove near
Los Angeles.
The "Peerle- Leader" of the Cham
pion Chicago Cubs has shipped all of
he present crop from his old ranch
and is at present looking over his new
grove recently purchased. =. - . ...
According to reports from Chance he
stands to make a big profit this sea-
son. He personally overlooks all the
picking and shipping of his oranges
and it is common sight to see him
carrying his men from place to place
Chance grows two grades Of oranges on
mis- ranches-the famous "Sunkist' brand
and the "Red-Ball." equally as popular on
Eastern tables.
Last spring. while on his way to
lead the Cubs on their spring training
trip Chance brought a suit case full
Of his own oranges along with him. It
was his intention to treat his players.
But he happened to mention the fact
to one Of his fellow passengers, with
the result that only five were left when
he finally reached Chicago.
Pitchers Mordecai Brown and Orval
overall, Of the Cubs, will spend a
couple Of weeks with Chance this win
ter and their boss hopes to convert
both of his star pitchers to orange
growing.
The Princeton union., 1911-02-02
LONG SIDING.

Charlie Larson is reported to be on
the sick list.
Miss Dena Carlson spent Monday
visiting friends at Brickton. -.
Miss Dena Liskey and Leon Berg
eron were in town between trains Sat-
urday.
Emil Thompson left last week for
Faribault, where he will attend the
school for the feeble minded.
Miss Vina Dejarlais, who is work.
ing at Princeton, spent Sunday at her
home here. She also attended the
dance.
A large number of people attended
the show and dance at this place Sat-
urday evening, and all report that
they had a grand time.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Ug-
lem, a bouncing baby boy on Satur-
day, January %. Have you noticed
the broad grin on Hanks face?
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Larson and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Larson
and family and Henry Uglem Sun
dayed at the Gust Anderson, jr.,
home.
The Princeton union., 1911-02-02
SPENCER sRook.

Mrs. Carrie Peterson is having a
severe attack of quinsy.
Clark Severance traded horses last
week with Charles Foote.
James Mckenzie and wife visited at
the home of Charles Peterson on Sun.
day.
Surveyor Holm was surveying for
Oscar BIomquist and Clark Severance
on Monday.
Mrs. Lois Chapman of Princeton
spent the week with her mother, Mrs.
A. A. Foote.
Florence Smith has gone to Mime
apolis, where she expects to get work
the rest of the winter.
O.. Saxon, while cutting wood,
found a bee tree from which! he took
Is pounds of honey.
These cold mornings have no ter
rors for Miss Ida Simonds. She is
often seen dashing by on her pony.
Ida is perfectly at ease in the saddle
and is very graceful rider.
The scholars in district l gave a
party on Thursday evening at the M.
W. A. hall in honor of one of their
schoolmates, Sigma Jensen. They
played games and cake and coffee
we're served. That they had fine
time goes without saying.
There has been nothing in Spencer
Brook for long time which has
aroused the farmers from their
lethargy as did the farmers institute
which was held in the M. W. A. hall
on Tuesday last. There was a very
large crowd in attendance. F. b.
Gibbs, who spoke on gardening, gave
some very good suggestions on
raising vegetables. Charles E.
Brown talked on raising corn, hogs
and clover. These Institutes will be a
great help to the farmers if they carry
out the suggestions made by the
speakers.
The Princeton union., 1911-02-02
THE DRINK CALLED COFFEE.
Here Is the Way They Made 1t In the
Seventeenth Century.

''Si - - et'S way lucy "aOS ~ III @u0
Seventeenth Century.
There are in existence in Great
Britain a few copies Of an ancient
cookbook, published in 1862, that gives
what is perhaps the first English rec
ipe for coffee. The recipe reads:
ITO make the drink that is now
much used, called coffee
"The coffee berries are to be bought
at any Druggist, about seven shillings
the pound. Take what quantity you
please, and over a charcoal fire, in an
old frying pan, keep them always stir
ring until they be quite black, and
when you crack one with your teeth
that it is black within as it is without,
yet if you exceed, then do you waste
the Oyl, and if less, then will it not de-
liver it's Oyl, and if you should con-
tinue fire till it be white it will then
make no coffee, but only give you its
salt Beat and force through a lawn
sieve. .-... H. +.
Take clear water and boil one-third
Of it away, and it is fit for use. Take
one quart of this prepared water, put
in it one ounce of your prepared cof-
fee and boil it gently one hour, and it
is fit for your use; drink one-quarter
of pint as hot as you can sip it. It
doth abate the fury and sharpness of
the Acrimony, which is the gender of
the Diseases called CronicaL"
The Princeton union., 1911-02-02
WEST SPENCER BROOK,

Miss Estella Prescott went to
Princeton on Saturday.
Gill Clough and family visited at
the home of O. Moody on Sunday.
Fred Peterson is a happy man now.
A little son came to live with him on
Friday, January 27.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. A. Gotten OF
Princeton spent Sunday at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Williams.
G. A. Babb is cutting wood at the
Brook on Clark Severance's land.
Clark wants to clear up 80 acres this
winter. .... y
On Tuesday evening A. J. Reynolds
and family and Ernest Ellingwood
and family visited at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. G. A. Williams.
The farmers institute held at the
Brook on the 24th was largely
attended. G. E. Brown of Elk Rive,
and F: H.. Gibbs of st. Paul con.
Quoted the Institute. ,~.
The Princeton union., 1911-02-02
The .EasY Public,


August Heinze, discussing the gi-
gantic gold mine fraud exposed re-
Gently in New York, said:
1.-THE public likes to be swindled.
I am reminded of bet made by an
actor in Butte. His bet was that he
could collect $500 with three inser-
tions of a three-line advertisement
that promised nothing and was void
of meaning.
"A friend took him up, and his first
announcement ran:
" Wise readers will send 81. r. G..
B. D. Ticket ~, ,454.' @:- :,
"Three days later the second adYer-
tisement appeared:
" Last chance. Send 81 before
Sunday. Monday, everything re-
fused. r. G. B. D. Ticket %, ,454.'r
"His last insertion was on a Satur-
day, thus: .'
I" All remittances of 81 arriving
after the last mail tonight absolutely
refused. r. G. B. D. Ticket 22,454. ,
"Mr. Heinze smiled.
"On Monday morning,'' he said,
"the Butte actor invited his friends to
inspect the correspondence resulting
from his advertisement which
promised nothing. He won his bet
easily. He had received 1856 money
orders for 81, which he Immediately
returned.'
The Princeton union., 1911-02-02
went to Minneapolis on Monday.

went to Minneapolis on Monday.
John Bither Of Elk River was here
last week fixing the lights at the hotel.
Marjorie Brooks visited friends in
St. Paul from Saturday until Mon
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Iliff drove to
Elk River last Thursday to visit rela-
tives.
Mrs. Jack Larsen went to Elk River
on Tuesday to have some dental work
done.
The dance last Friday night was
quite we'll attended and on Friday
night, February 10, there will be a
masquerade.
Mrs. Heffner has been quite sick the
past week with tonsolitis. She went
to Bethel on Monday to stay with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Starkey,
for while. g.. F..
The Princeton union., 1911-02-02
HE WON THE HOUSE,
Ned Harriean's Plea at a Critical Point
In a PLAY.

Ned Harriean's Plea at a Critical Point
In Play.
Edward Harrigan once said that the
most trying moment in his theatrical
career occurred in New Orleans soon
after the civil war. He had gone south
with his company and, yielding some
what to popular request, put on 'The
Blue and the Gray" The play had
been a success up north, but down
south, with the air still full of the bit
terness Of the war, it was a dangerous
experiment.. Tony Hart was to repre-.
sent the Confederate gray, so he hunt
ed up uniform Of the Louisiana Ii
gers, and when he came marching on,
young, stalwart, handsome, the typical
soldier boy in the beloved uniform, the
house, men and women, cheered and
shouted and cried for all their heroes
embodied in this boy. Harrigan, stand
ing in the wings in his northern blue,
waiting to go on, had just one thought
They'll kill mer' Then he stepped
out, the embodiment of the enemy, and
a: cold, dead silence fell upon the
house. Not#a hand moved for him.
The audience was tense with emotion,
and there was only an instant to act
If the play was to be saved. Harrigan,
big, kindly, good looking, came swiftly
down to the. front and stepped over
the footlight gutter, leaning down to
them. '.'For the love Of heaven, won't
you give the Yankee a hand?' he ex-
claimed. At once the house was caught
and all the pentup feeling turned the
right way. There was a yell of ap-
plauSe ~.
The Princeton union., 1911-02-02
AT NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL.

Howard Reichard, aged years, was
operated upon by DR.. Cooney for
bowel obstruction caused by appendi-
citis. The little fellow is doing
nicely.
Erick Bocklund of Wyanett is at
the hospital suffering from pneumonia
in severe form.
Chas. Plavick, who was injured in
the back by falling from train at
Onamia, is at the hospital.
The Princeton union., 1911-02-02
OxBOW

Harry Swift of Princeton is staying
at Geo. Tomlinson's.;' =: :: 1"' ),
Marshall Hall and Ed Halls chill
dren are on the sick list:
Val Mott went to the cities last
Saturday to remain for few days.
Everett Hall and family have moved
into the house on the Osman place.
Winthrop Foster and Hank Egma
are cutting wood for VIM. Schmidt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Winsor and chill
dren visited at the Bulleigh home last
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Radeke and
daughter, Elma, spent Sunday at Pete
Henschel's.
Some of the young folks from this
vicinity attended the dance at Frank
5Schilling's last Saturday night.
Miss Anna Roadstrom accompanied
her sister, Mrs. Ellen Peterson, to ST..
Cloud last Monday for visit with
relatives. :. t.;
Last Monday DR.. Cooney was called
to attend Carl Dehn, who is quite
sick, and Mamie Gates, who is i'll
with pneumonia. -:
The Ladies' club met with Mrs.
John Gates last Thursday and had a
very enjoy able time. The next meet
ing will be on February 8 at the home
of Mrs. Emil Lundgren! p. :'.s..
Miss Mamie Gotten spent Saturday
and Sunday with Maize and Daisy
Mott. Other visitors at the Mott
home on Sunday were Mr.. and Mrs
Verne Mott and children, Misses
Helga Chalstrom, Signe Bengtson
Anna Roadstrom, Gertrude Sleeves
Delma and Hazel Duby and Erms
Sleeves.
The Princeton union., 1911-02-02
Fritzell's for . short time.

Fritzell s for short time.
The sewing society at =. Hanson q
last week was we'll attended.
Elmer Rust has been staying with
Mrs. Karline for few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Strong and family
called at Q. Engstrom's 9 last Sunday.
Quite number OF the members Of
the I. Q. G. 7. lodge spent Sunday
at Freeman's.
a baby girl weighing 915 pounds
was>born to Mr.. and Mrs. B. Fritzell
on January 80.
The moving picture show at the M.
B. A. hall on Sunday night was well
attended and every one reports q
good time.
The Princeton union., 1911-02-02
WOODWARD BROOK.

Bernt Anderson is saving wood for
the farmers in this vicinity.
Chas. Satterlee is here from the
southern part of the state for a few
days visiting with 81. E. Jones.
Don't forget the spelling match at
the Colburn school next Saturday
evening. Both schools are preparing
for good work and are determined to
win. .-s.: *.~- r.,
Belvin Anderson left last week for
Grove City, where he expects to work
for some time. His sister, Hilda,
accompanied him and will visit rela-
tives and friends for some time. q
Mrs: Herman Schlee and son, Otto,
celebrated their birthday anniversa-
ries last Saturday evening by giving
a party which was attended by a large
number. Dancing was the principal
amusement of the evening. i.