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The Glasgow courier., 1916-12-29
RICHARD E. JOHNSON
SUDDEEzY STRICKEN
Attack of Pneumor = roves Fatal to One of Glasgows
M influential Citizens
FUNERAL WEDNESDAY, AFTERNOON
Hundreds of Friends Mourn His Loss Funeral Death Came
Early Christmas Evening. Career Was
Very Successful

Borton, who has been pastor OF the
Congregational church in this city,
and of which Mrs. Johnson had been
member when she lived. He con-
Quoted her funeral services two years
ago and it fell to his lot to perform
another sad duty Wednesday. Rev.
Il. H. Stone of the Methodist Church
also assisted in the services.
Several beautiful songs were sung
by choir, consisting Of Miss Ruth
Lawson, Mrs. w. w. Hurd, H. j. Ad-
den and A. B. Friedlund.
Following the services at the home,
the last rites were administered at the
grave where the deceased was buried
beside his wif9 The pail bearers
were J. w. Wedum, ]. NJ. Lewis, H.
A. Voter, D. S. Williams, Maurice
Reuler and Gordon Jameson.
In the death Of Mr.. johnson the city
and community has lost one Of the
best beloved citizens. He had always
taken an active part in everything
that stood for progress and advance
ment and he was the trusted friend
Of all who knew him.
Very successful in business, he
leaves large estate. He was presi-
dent of the johnson Farm Loan Co. of
this city and of the Sheridan County
Abstract Co. of Plentywood, and
owned considerable city property and
other real estate in the county.
We are indebted to Miss Johanna
Lind for the following resume of the
important events in the life of the de-
ceased.
On the 9Th of September, 1881, in
the little village of Norcross, Mime.
sofa, Richard Emanuel johnson was
born. Later his fathers family
moved to Kensington and there he
attended the common schools, and al
the age of fourteen was confirmed in
the Lutheran church and became q
member there, which membership he
retained until he moved to Glasgow
He later attended the Glenwood
Minnesota, Academy where he grad.
uated at the age of sixteen. At the
|age of seventeen he came to Glas.
gov and entered the employ of the
Lewis Wedum company, where hi
was clerk for short time and ther
returned to Minnesota and entered
the employ of Wilcox & Willis store
at Hancock. This was significant
step in his career, for there he me-
Miss Marie johnson, who was post
mistress and there began love mattel
which will never end.
\ After a few months he returned t,
Glasgow and had charge of the post
office and books in Lewis Wedun
store for nearly three years and thel
was cashier and bookkeeper of tn
Lewis Bros. bank.
April 5, 1904, Richard and Mari,
were married in the old farm hom
. near Hancock, Minnesota, and ther
. began what was, as near as eartl
can give it, an earthly paradise. A
| first the young pair lived at Glen
wood, Minnesota, for the summer. Il
. the fall they moved to Flaxton, N. D.
! where Richard and others establishes
the First State Bank Of Flaxton. !
year later they moved to the nev
town of Rolette, N. D., where Mrs
The Glasgow courier., 1916-12-29
WORK ON OIL WELL
GOING ON RAPIDLY

With the derrick of the Bowdoin
Oil and Gas company rising. LOG feet
into the air and the boiler on the
grounds, it begins to look as though
the work of boring into the earth for
Rockefeller's precious fluid will soon
be under way.
Tools are beginning to arrive to
carry on the work and men are now
living near the works in houses built
this fall.
The site Of the first we'll will be
near Bowdoin Lake and the drillers
expect to strike gas at about 800 feet.
The huge derrick is % feet square
at the bottom and is built of heavy
timbers especially sawed for the job
which were shipped direct from the
mills in Washington.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-12-29
AUTO FALLS FIFTY FEET

Escaping with only few bruises
when his automobile became unman-
ageable in the snow and skidded of
hill, dropping fully fifty feet, A.
M. Brunskel of Lovejoy considers him.
self pretty lucky man.
Brunskel was attempting to ascend
the Cottonwood hill near Malta and
when at the steepest part, he discov-
cred that the supply of gasoline was
so low that the feed failed to work
Necessity demanded that he back
down the hill and it was while at.
tempting to do this that the machine
went over the fifty foot incline.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-12-29

1HOIACA 0uoAiAOoo AASsAA A$So ]
answered the call to the Great Be-
yond.
Christmas day, Richard E. johnson
passed away at his home on the north
side, after an illness Of few days
which had first been diagnosed as
la grippe, but which later turned
into pneumonia.
About week before his death Mr..
Johnson contracted cold and when
of la grippe appeared he
remained at home to recover. But
not being in the best of health and
unable to withstand the disease, he
became worse from day to day, until
he quietly passed away about six
o'clock on Christmas day.
The news of his death came as a
thunderbolt from a clear sky to the
majority of the people of the city
who knew and loved "Dick" johnson:
Many of them did not even know Of
his illness, and the news Of his death
was severe blow.
Roy Johnson, brother in law of
the deceased and Harry johnson, a
nephew, both of Plentywood, were
notified, and arrived Tuesday and
Mrs. E. Halgren of Watertown, Min
nesota, arrived Wednesday morning.
A niece, Mrs. E. Lovelace of Hebron,
N. D., wired that she was coming,
but did not arrive in time for the
funeral.
The funeral was held Wednesday
afternoon from the residence on the
north side, and despite the bitter cold
and deep snow, hundreds of ..&iends
packed the house to do homage for
the last time to man who had many
times proved true friend.
The services were in charge of the
local Masonic lodge, of which the de-
ceased was a member, and he had but
recently become a Shriner, receiving
his degree on visit to Helena few
weeks ago. The members of the local
order attended in body at the home
and also at the grave.
That the deceased had looked for
ward to the day of his death was evi-
denced by slip Of paper found on
his desk on which were instructions
as to how his funeral should be con-
Quoted. It was written some time,
for after the death of his wife, Mr..
Johnson's health was never very good
and he probably looked forward to the
day when he could join her.
| Those in charge of the services
made every effort to carry out the
wishes Of the deceased to the minutest
detail. The same kind of a casket
which his wife had been buried in was
selected for him, the same ministe,
presided, and the same musical selec-
tions were rendered, as at the funeral
of his wife two years ago.
The casket was placed at one side
of the living room and visitors were
allowed to see the body on Wednes.
day forenoon. Due to the delayed
train service dozens of boxes of flow.
ers did not arrive in time for the
funeral, and were sent to the loca
hospital.
The funeral services at the John
son home were in charge of Carl d
The Glasgow courier., 1916-12-29

the loss Of Mr.. johnson will be keen
" felt, arrangements have been made
for the continuance of the business as
though Dick johnson himself were
alive.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-12-29
SEVEN ECLIPSES
TO OCCUR IN 1917
Four Of Moon and Two of Sun
Will Be Visible to
Montana

During the coming year of 1917 the
earth will, at different places, see the
greatest number of eclipses possible
in one twelvemonth. There will be
four of the sun and three of the moon.
The least possible number in a year
is two, both of the sun.
First, of the eclipses, that of the
moon, will be total. It will come early
in the year, and will take up part of
two days, Jan. and Jan. 8, in the
eastern part of the country, but will
be confined to the last named day in
this section. In this pare Hf the west
it will begin about 1880 in the morn
ing of Jan. 8. Half an hour later the
period of totality will begin. This
will last about an hour and half.
Then for nearly an hour and half
the moon will be getting out of the
shadow. That will bring it up to a
few minutes before eight in the morn
ing. So those who take an interest
in such matters can see the perform
ance by either staying up late or get
ting up early. The price of admis-
sion will be the same in either case.
It will be visible in this section.
Next will come partial eclipse of
the sun on Jan. %. 1t will not be
visible in the United States, but in
parts of Europe, northern Africa and
western Asia. Being only a partial
performance, it will scarcely pay to
90 that far just to see it.
For the benefit Of this part of the
globe the sun will put on another
performance on June 10. 1t will be
visible in the western part of Mon
tara, in Washington state, northern
Idaho, western Canada, and Alaska.
Less than half the suns surface will
be observed at the maximum phase
1t will start very early, and will be at
its high point in this section shortly
after 6 o'clock in the morning.
Fourth of the eclipses of the sun
will be total, but this country will not
get a chance to see it. Europe, Asia
Africa, Australia and South America
will see parts Of it. The fifth event
on the program will be partial
eclipse of the sun on July 18. This
also will not be visible in the United
States, and only in the Antarctic
ocean south of Australia. Likewise
this country will miss the sixth eclipse
on Dec. 13. Only parts of South
America ard the South Atlantic anc
Indian oceans will be able to see this
However, the total eclipse of thu
sun, which comes on Dec. % will bt
open to all dwellers in this section
The beginning will be visible gener
ally in North and South America, th'
Pacific ocean and northwestern Asia
the ending in North America, Pacific
ocean, eastern Asia and Australia
This also will be an early morning
performance, starting in this section
several hours before the sun gets up
and ending shortly before 9 in tn
morning.
So Glasgow people will have tn
chance to see three out of the sever
eclipses of the year without leavin,
home.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-12-29
CANTATA A BIG SUCCESS

The cantata given at the Methodist
Church last Sunday evening met with
SO much success that it will be pre-
sented again Sunday morning. So
many requests have been made to
have it given again that it was decid-
ed to give another rendition Sunday
morning.
Despite the cold and stormy wealth
er, the church was packed last Sun
day night, and all present were loud
in their praise for the manner in
which the cantata was rendered.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-12-29
MONTANA LEADS
IN HOMESTEADS
One Fourth of Lands Filed On
In Four Years In State
BIG INFLUX OF SETTLERS
Land Is Being Rapidly Taken Up. De-
velopment Work Among Farm
ers Also Progressing

OuAHk Iuc past 1OUE years one
fourth of all the land taken up in the
United States on homesteads, desert
tracts, railroad land and other tracts
open to settlement was taken up in
Montana, according to Alfred Atlkin-
son, state agronomist and head Of
the experiment farms conducted un-
der the auspices of the state agricul-
'tural college. During that time 109,-
600 filings were made in Montana,
each representing from 100 to $40
acres or larger tracts. The cost of
taking up the tracts and improving
them varies from a few hundred to
several thousand dollars.
The department is operating FIVE
widely different experimental farms
in Montana, each study in different
conditions in various parts Of the
state, and it is the hope Of Mr.. At
kinson and his associates to get an
appropriation from the next legisla-
ture for two more stations, one in
the Flathead and one in the far east
ern part Of the state.
"The first work of the department
was to show the people what could
be done with dry land farming meth
DDS. The first steps were taken 13
years ago, and now it has become
question of what methods and rota-
tion Of crops will secure the better
results. "The success Of the dry land
farm has been proved" Mr.. Atkin-
son said, and referred to the thou
sands of wheat growers who have
settled on the great bench lands Of
the state.
1T is now a question of finding the
best methods to be carried on along
a permanent basis. In arriving at
the answer to this question the de-
partment has conducted five expert
ment stations. One of them is a dry
farm at Bozeman. Another has been
establshed vt HuntIey, and both the
Irrigation and dry fsfm station near
Moccasin, in the central of the Judith
basin.
AT Fort Assinniboine, south of
Havre, the department has 1000 acres
and $1,000,000 worth of buildings
which were sold to the state for St, 1000
when the federal government with
drew from the fort.
"We are conducting fruit station
at Victor in the Bitter Root. Each
of these stations has different prob
lens. In each part of Montana the
rainfall, altitude and other conditions
make farm methods widely different
in order to be successful. We are
studying each one in order to deter
mine which system will give the best
and most permanent results.
"Among the big problems of the
department is to determine a success
full crop for each section which may
be used instead of following the dry
wheat land every year in order that
the crop production may be kept up.
l. 1--WE want two more stations in the
state, one to be located east of Miles
City. The conditions there are en-
tirely different from other sections of
the state and different crops will be
Continued on page ~
The Glasgow courier., 1916-12-29
FROZEN BODY OF
6. TIBBS FOUND
Well Known Railroad Man Dis
covered Dead in House
CAUSE FDEATH UNKNOWN
Was Getting House Ready for Com
ing of His Family. Had Been
Missing for About 10 Days

There was no happy homecoming
for Mrs. Guy Tibbs and her three
children when she arrived in Glasgow
Wednesday night. They came know
ing that the one they loved best was
dead; that their coming would be one
ofsorrow instead of gladness, as had
been planned months before.
About one o'clock Wednesday aft
ernoon, the body of Guy Tibbs was
found on the floor of the residence
he had rented on Fourth avenue
north. The bhastly discovery had
been made by r. J. Moore, who notic-
ing Tibbs' absence, thought he would
20 over to the house to see how 1t
was being arranged for the homecom-
ing of Mrs. Tibbs and the children.
About a month ago Mr.. Tibbs re-
turned to Glasgow and took position
with the Great Northern. Four or
five years ago he had been a con-
ductor here, but on account Of train
wreck, he had lost his rights and then
went to Three Forks where he worked
for the Milwaukee. He prospered
there and bought home, but Mrs.
Tibbs longed for the day they could
return to Glasgow. Mr.. Tibbs left
Three Forks, and rented his home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Hoffman, formerly
of this city. He rented a house on
the north side from Roy johnson and
planned to have it furnished and
ready for the arrival of his family.
Since coming to the city he had
been rooming at R. ]. Moore's resi-
dence, and they knew Of his intentions
to fix up the house for his family.
Last Friday Mr.. mad Mrs. Moore
left for Sidney to spend the holidays
and Monday, on their return, they
noticed that Mr.. Tibbs' room had not
been occupied. Thinking that he was
over at the other house they paid lit
tie attention to it at first, but his con-
tinued absence made Mr.. Moore curl.
Gus. Tuesday he inquired at the yard
Office and found that Mr.. Tibbs haG
laid off about the 18th Of December
and had not been seen since. He de.
cided to follow the matter up ano
went over to the house which Tibbs
had rented and there found him dead
Taking a careful note of the sur
roundings and making sure thai
there had been no scuffle or foul play
MIR. Moore notified the coroner ant
together they made an investigation
The body was lying on the kitchel
floor, about a foot from the door ant
from it's condition, it is thought Tibb'
must have been dead for over week
as the body was frozen stiff and mic
had gnawed at his fingers and tn
top of his head. He was in his work
ing clothes and his gloves lay besid
him on the floor.
The body was taken to the morgu
and an inquest was held Thursda
morning, but the jury withheld thei
verdict until additional evidenc
could be obtained.
Mrs. Tibbs and the three children
Harry Tibbs and Fay Tibbs, brother
of the deceased, are in the city an
the funeral will probably be held O.
Monday.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-12-29

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Charlevoix county herald., 1916-11-17

his camp, the men were lined up out
side his tent waiting for their pay.
Passing within, Bhiuelander cut open
the package To his CONSERVATION he
found only brown paper instead of
currency Stunned by the revelation
and breathless with amazement, he
made his way, whtefaced, back to
the station for an explanation.
Rushing into the Office he threw the
doctored package down before Lyons
and Helen. The two paled in turn
with excitement and each Of the
three looked blankly into the faces of
he others Lyons ran to the safe and
opened it again-Rhinelander and
Helen watcl us Nowhere else inside
was any money to be found. The cur
rency package apparently undisturbed,
had been taken by the agent in the
first instance from precisely where he
had left it and seemingly in the same
condition in which it had been placed
in the safe. All that confronted the
startled trio now was the worthless
package of brown paper
Rhinelander wiped his brow and
turned, detected from the counter. He
had not the heart to wire Oceanside OF
the calamity. The first thing neces-
sary, in any event, was TO make an eff
fort to appease the men and, starting
to his camp, he attempted to do this
The men, made uneasy by Rhineland-
ers sudden disappearance after his
promise to pay, were grumbling
around Wood, the foreman. who was
using his best efforts to quiet them.
Rhinelander now reappeared from the
station, but empty-handed. lie brought
with him the rifled package, showed
this to Wood and to the men; ex-
planned that he had been robbed and
told the men they would have to wait.
Those closest in the group that
crowded around him had been primed
fer a disturbance by Spike and his two
confederates They sneered at Rhine
lander's statements and told him they
wanted their pay. Lyons, hurrytng
over from the station, reported to
Rhinelander that the express company
and the chief special agents office had
been notified of the robbery and de
tectives were on the way. But while
Wood and Lyons argued with some of
the disaffected, Spike and his COM
panions lured others of them to a hut
on the edge Of the camp limits, where
a sort of blind pig was in operation.
! Here Spike, spending money freely,
piled the grumbling laborers with
liquor and advised them to stand on
their rights and refuse to work If
their money was not at once forthcom
ing.
Rhinelander made up his mind not
Charlevoix county herald., 1916-11-17

offer in any direction and she turned
distractedly back to the office to wire
Oceanside when her eye fell on a
speeder car.
With a start she turned TO ii, took
hold Of the handles, pushed the car
to her touch, and hardly giving
thought as to whether she could man
age the machine, conceived. as 1t be-
gan to pick up speed, that possibly she
could overtake the departing train.
This idea, once in her head, she had
only to jump into the seat and in an
other moment she was in pursuit of
the train--then travelling through a
zone of fire from the burning camp.
Catching at the infiammable mate
rial with which its path was freely
spread, leaping from tent to tent and
hut to hut, licking up the canvas and
eating rapidly into the flimsy wooden
structures that barred its way, engulf
ing machinery, wagons and equipment
in its quick advance, the fire, famed by
the north wind and it's own suction,
tore alCng like a whirlwind, with
Rhinelander and his gang doing their
best to check it, By the time the train
had reached the vicinity of the camp,
the fire had jumped the track and the
flames rose on all sides as the local
headed through them.
Close behind the train, Helen, run
ming the lineman's speeder, was doing
her utmost to attract the attention of
the train crew. Their eyes were fixed
on the fire. Helen sped through the
angry fire, and gained on the last
moving train until but a slight gap
separated the nose Of her speeder
from the rear platform. Then mount
ing on the fOotboard of the roaring lit
tie motor, she sprang with all her
strength TO the observation platform
of the rear car.
The conductor and brakeman, look
ing back at that moment from the
coaches to watch the fire, discovered
the pursuing speeder TIE two started
back for the rear platform and they
reached it just as Helen landed in
front of them from her jump.
What in the world?" demanded the
conductor, as he looked from the ex-
cited girl to the deserted lineman's
car, now falling back in the race 1t had
maintained with the train. What In
thunder" he again demanded of Helen,
in simple, good faith ARE you trying
TO do, Miss HolmesG"
Helen, short of breath and wild with
excitement, tried to explain: "Mr.
Rhinelander," she said, between gasps,
was robbed yesterday. Thieves took
his pay roll from our safe last night.
They left punches of brown paper In
Charlevoix county herald., 1916-11-17

nave catrgm nm TO save nrs nre, put
fortunately for herself, she could not
reach him in time. Had she done so,
her own death would have been inevi-
table, for Dan, swaying wildly, slipped
again. He caught with fearful curse
at the empty air. II was too late for
anyone to aid him now, and the next
instant he had plunged headlong on
the roof to his death.
Helen turned to the officer, who, in
grapple with Sykes, was fighting
in the grasp OF the powerful criminal,
to save himself from being hurled
through an adjoining skylight.
Below the two, the fat man, Bat,
looking up, beheld his confederate in
the grip OF the law. Helen was too
late to aid the officer to save himself,
but the plucky policeman gripped
Sykes around the neck as he plunged
forward himself and before the fat
Charlevoix county herald., 1916-11-17

10 dodge the issue and ne assured
such OF the men as would listen that
If they would give him a little time he
sonal credit; and that no one should
lose a cent through the accident. The
difficulty was TO get the men to listen.
The strike idea spread through the
camp like an infection, and reason
was for the moment completely for
gotten. Spike, perceiving the mischief
well under way and anxious to get the
two city criminals out of the way be-
fore the detectives from headquarters
should arrive and round up the camp
for suspects, directed Spike and Dan
TO beat it, back to town on the To-
cal passenger.
At this time a sudden and unexpect-
ed complication arouse With Spike,
the party returned to the shack for a
final drink, and when they left it.,
Sykes and Dan started for the station.
But a lighted match carelessly thrown
to the ground inside the hut, falling
among rubbish, had ignited it, and al
most before the pair reached the sta
ton the hut was on fire.
Entering the waiting room with his
companion, Sykes bought tickets from
Helen for the city When with Dan he
walked out on the platform, the local
train had pulled in and the crew were
looking at the fire in Rhinelander's
camp.
Sykes and Dan boarded the train at
the moment it pulled slowly out In
the Office, while Helen was putting
away the bill with which Sykes had
paid for the tickets, her attention was
arrested by a blot of ink on the edge
Of it. With a woman's intuition, she
realized almost at once that the ink
stained bill was one of those stolen
from the express package the night
before. Running out on the platform,
she told Lyons of the discovery
Helen, frantic as she saw the train
pulling away with the burglars, looked
around for help. Nothing seemed to