Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1912-03-22

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they will make homestead life neal
Straw the ideal.
The New barber Shop." next tc
/ the post-office. Good Work. l7ti
Jack Eldredge Soden. (since engag-
ing III business pursuits he insists
upon having his full name usetl) made
4 business trip tol Lewistown last
Friday. returning Saturday even ing.
The weather during the past week
has moderated considerably, but the
thaws have made but little impress
sion upon the big snow drifts. 1t
will probably be two weeks before
the snow disappears entirely.
e. NJ. Guriey and T.. F.. Barrows
have about completed Mr.. Barrows'
real estate office. located alongside
the new store, some booster station
cry has been printed for him by the
Journal, and now he is ready to help
along the boom in real estate.
The second wedding ceremony to
be performed in Judith Gap occurred
1T the Gap hotel Monday. when Rev.
Percy Il. Mcmahon united in mar
riage Miss Jessie Henthorn and Mr..
George karrer, both Of IIarlowton,
where they are well known.
st. patrick's day passed off very
quietly. No Orangeman appeared to
ruffie the placid serenity OF p. j.
Murphy. Even the irrepressible
Willie 4. Fringer wasprevented from
pulling off the 4. +. A. parade in the
evening. so there was no chance for
y disturbance.
County Assessor James II. Stewart
is in town this week lining the prop
erty owners up for taxes this fall.
Alr. Stewart says that improved dry
land farms in this county are assess
ed at 8 al acre. and that n. Y. lands
at $3.50 to Is All acre, and that these
rates will not be raised this year.
Mr.. and Mrs. q. f. Dewey enter
tanned 40 friends at their home last
Friday night. All report having
had good time. A lnnch was serv.
ed ut midnight. While the snow
storm ragged outside everybody dane
ed until the storm ceased 80 they
could see their way home after .
O'Clock u. III.
John II. johnson. local agent for
the Minneapolis line. delivered two
engines III this city last Friday. II 90
horse power to Murphy Bros, and a
% to Alien & Robinson. The latter
recently purchased the Gus Andrews
place near the Gap which greatly
added to their holdings here. and they
will use the engine exclusively on
their own land. II
0eyser Times: Il. J. O'Connor,
roadmaster Of the Great Northern be-
tween Judith Gap and Arlington,
was in town few hours Monday.
lie says that the contractors have es-
most Of their camps on the
new line from Moccasin to Lewis
town and that work is progressing at
. rapid rate. Additional machinery
Is being shipped in and extra men
and teams will be put to work as soon
rs conditions become more favorable.
At the farmers institute held here
IAN. 3lst. John II. johnson received
the *l5 flax seed sprayer as Il premi-
nm for the best flax on exhibition at
lie institute. The prize was award
I'd last week by the professors at the
bozeman agricultural college. Mr..
Johnson is highly elated over landing
he trophy. Anyone in this vicinity
Who is going to sew flax can see Mr..
Johnson in regard to the free use of
he sprayer. as per arrangement by
he donors
Fred Witt returned last Friday
rom Independence, Wis, his old !
home, where he spent the winter. He
vas accompanied to Judith Gap by |
lis uncle, Hans Larson, a brother of !
Nils Larson of this place. Fred says !
hat the Montana excitement in Wis
onsin has taken about all the farm
lelp from that state, the young fel-
ows coming out here to take up
lomesteads. When he left Wiscon-
IN several years ago farm hands
here were getting 500 to s25 a month
nd board. Now farmers are offer
ng $40 and $50 and there is not
nough help to supply the demand.
red looks for a big immigration
rom Wisconsin to Montana this
The Journal this week deyOtes con-
iderable space to the county division
and everybody should
cad every line of it. None of the
rticles were written with malice as
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