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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-08

..r.-,.od ep,rnlnr after HIM IN an
..t,, case the .ghtuE was wing 10
,,.,,c" A well placed ,aot caIneu ~
C.-0'.o riot from his plane, ",IO"
,.,or-n+'y divcd by the nose. ne p'
,.r.it sucak- o. "a concerted ar d.
al anon carIHc balloons pt'"''I,
,'.',,,s and Rheims. DO which TWO OF
The big bags were destroyed .a
French raiders yesterday dIGPP'u
go tilocram~ Of projectiles Al 'un-
,.11ors Spiucourt. and ln the Mama
c.onucs and Billy forests. ,,-h.~d.
below tbc fiers tho mutual bomnaIo-
mon; has reached a pitch OF IutE' rs
intensity may be judged rom l'V 'oC'
Ia. last night and to-day German az
.lior,. hurled 800 shells into Rheims
t;lGnc ffteen civilians and malmlng
erores Of others All the oihclal re-
norte describe cannonades OF almost
eoual violence throughout other sectors
of the line clear 10 the sea.
Big Battles Are Near
The impression prevails here th't
big operations are imminent unless
Hindcnburc AZ the last minute. decides
10 abandon the positions he has now
reached. which seems unlikely. from
the German viewpoint il is lmprobabIc
mat they viii be content with recent
conditions under which their losses
have been heavy without compensatory
results. During the Hindenburg re-
treat both the French and British
found great numbers of unburicd Ger
mans. mute evidence Of the heavy cost
Of withdrawal.
The infantry engagements to-day
were bitter, but minus outstanding M
cidcnt During the night and early
morning British troops made nroeres,
around St. Quentin. Ground was gained
between Selency and Jeancourt and the
first houses In the village Of fresuoN-
lc-Pctit were stormcd.
French Gaining Ground
The French made fresh advances
north Of Landricourt and stIll give the
Germans no rest in the region of Coucy
Forest. The artillery fire which pre-
saPed the German success at SapigneuI,
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Germans Attack Balloons

In one case a German observer was
cen 10 fan from his machine, which
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The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-01-05
H0MESTEADER CREATES NORTHERN Emil
Old Cattle Ranges of Sheridan and Valley Counties Transformed Into Vast Grain Growing
Districts Patrick E Burke Writes of Most Rapidly Developing Area in the United States

people-probably the Invest and best
organized town in the state. The
county seat of Sheridan county is To-
Gated there.
Plentywood Named by Indians.
People who have never been in the
Plentywood country may think it is
a timbered country, judging from its
name. AS a matter Of fact there isn't
a tree to be found within a hundred
miles of Plentywood. A hunting a
ty were searching for a place to camp
several years ago, and they met with
a couple of Indians from the Fort
Peck reservation. they told the In
dams of their desire to find a place
to camp for the night where there
was some shelter. The Indians point
ed north to the present site of Plenty
wood and exclaimed: "Plenty wood;
plenty wood"
In 1913 the 500 line surprised ev-
erybody by suddenly starting to ex-
tend their Ambrose branch, in North
Dakota, to the present town of Whit
tail, 20 miles northeast of Scobey.
This upset the plans of the Great
Northern, who had figured on build
ing another feeder into the north
country from Poplar, intending to
build up the Poplar river to Scobey.
The 500 was bound to cut in on the
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-01-05
CROP
VALUES TRIpLED
WITHIN z YEARS

Montana crop values have i'm
creased from $31 DOG, 900 in
1909, to $04, O3O, 900 in 1916, ac-
cOrding to u report submitted by
Seth Maxwell, commissioner of
agriculture and publicity, to
Governor 5. v. Stewart, which
shows comparative figures for
the last seven years in Montana,
marking u great agricultural
growth and an enormous influx
of settlers to Montana.
Mr.. Maxwell reports that since
1909 there have been 10000
original homestead entries in
Montana, which included 49,
280,OO7 acres of land. During
the fiscal year ending June
30, 1916, 14,486 original hOme-
stead entries were made, cm-
bracing 3,318,45O acres. There
yet remains in Montana 1861
727 of unapprOpriated and
unreserved public land, at least
half of which, it is conservative
~ estimated, will be ultimately
farmed.
MOntana's wheat value has in
creased fivefOld in seven years,
from $9,:864, 900 in 1909, to
SAG, 134, $50 in 1916. As fig
urcs will show, corn values have
increased elevenfOld, oats and
barley have nearly been doubled,
rye has been increased fOurfOld,
flax threefOld, potatoes more
than doubled, while hay has
shown a large increase in value.
The same comparisons hold vir-
tually true in production, while
the acreage in all grains has
been greatly increased.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-01-05
BY Patrick +. Burke,

In writing this story of develop
ment in northern Montana the writer
deals almost entirely with Sheridan
and Valley counties, or more clearly,
the old Valley county before Sheri-
dan was created. 1t is we'll also for
the reader to keep in mind that these
two counties extend something like
100 miles in length from the Dakota
border westward, and from the Cana
dian border to the Missouri river, a
distance of about IS miles, a verit-
able empire in themselves.
Six years ago there we're no branch
railroads in northern Montana. The
only railway facility was the main
line of the Great Northern, which
parallels the Canadian border about
IS miles to the south. Settlers liv-
ing north of this railroad did all Of
their freighting from towns along
this line. A trip to the railroad once
a year, or twice at the most, was the
extent of their trading during the
year. The country was settled some
what by large ranchers, and vast
herds of cattle and sheep roamed the
plains with not even the sight of a
fence to change their course.
Days of Wild and Free Life.
These we're the cowboy days in
northern Montana, and old timers
tell us today of the wild and free
life these people lived. They were
the days of riders and bucking bron-
chos, horse and cattle stealing,
changing of brands and other depre-
dations, and virtually no law to in
terfere. True enough, there was law,
but it never reached these people on
this wild frontier. A traveller in
those days might start in at Mondak,
the southeastern corner of the pres
ent county of Sheridan, located on
the Montana-DakOta border, and zig
gag his way between the Missouri ri
yer and the Canadian border, clear to
Havre. a distance of about 800 miles,
and he would find nothing but stock
ranches, and these were few and far
between.
gic. is e This territory just des-
CIlUcu. Is Scllleu ny the uOIleSIcducT.
available foot has been taken
by the man from the east, the tiller
of the soil. The homesteader has
come and the cowboy has gone.
Grain Fields Displace Range.
Where a few years ago there was
nothing but buffalo grass and swarm
ing herds of cattle, today there are
growing fields of grain, white houses
and red barns, windmills, fences, fine
roads, towns, elevators and, best of
all, the iron horse-the railroad. To
illustrate the extent of this develop
ment it is but necessary to state that
at Scobey, the home of the writer,
close to 100000 bushels of grain
were marketed in 1915. Almost three
million dollars was paid for this
grain.
The first railroad building was
done in northern Montana in 1910
when the Great Northern constructed
branch from Bainville to Plenty
Bainville is on the main line
of the Great Northern about 80 miles
west Of the Dakota border. This
branch extended northwest to Plenty
wood, a distance of about So miles.
was then a country post
With the advent of the rail-
road, however, business men came
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-01-05
UNITED STATES is
NOW THE RICHEST
ON r

Resources of the United
States, Comptroller Williams
announced a few days ago, have
increased more than $4,000
100000 during the past two
years and now aggregate $751;
$4,000, 900, exceeding by about
81 ,OOO, 600, 600 the combined to-
tai resources of
The Bank of England,
The Bank of France,
The Bank of Russia,
The German Reichsbank.
The Bank of Italy,
The Bank of Spain,
The Bank of the Netherlands,
The Bank of Denmark,
The Swiss National Bank,
The Bank of Japan.
Preparatory to becoming one
of the worlds bankers the fed
eral reserve board is making ar.
rangements for such institutions
as the banks enumerated above
to become the correspondents of
the federal reserve hank. One
of the results of the war will
be the coming of all countries to
the United States to borrow
money.
If there is any commercial
war after the war, it is not
probable that the nation which
is doing most of the lOaning will
suffer. The fat man financially
in any community is the banker,
and what is true of a community
is true of nations,
And Montana is producing
more wealth per capita than any
other state in the union.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-01-05

a pace that they find hard to keep.
For instance, two years ago last
Fourth of July the ladies organized
a baseball team and challenged the
business men of the town to combat.
They ever gave them the long end of
the stick by permitting them to sp-
point n of their own sex for UNI
pire and then they beat them hands
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-01-05

Great N~Orthern's business in north
ern Montana with this new line, so
the Great Northern shifted their
plans over night and built west from
Plentywood to the Scobey country
That is why the Scobey branch runs
through such rough country and why
the Great Northern trains on this
branch have to climb. thousand f, Ell
in 10 miles. This IS what is known
as the Redstone hill, between Red.
stone and Flaxville.
Fifty Buildings Started at Once.
When the Great Northern built to
Scobey thai town was nothing more
than P~lentywOOd was at the time il
was penetrated with the steel rails.
but from the time the construction
was commenced Scobey started to
boom, and perhaps the most phen-
omenal growth v witnessed in a
new town in the northwest has been
seen here. The town sprung up as if
by magic. Over so buildings started
up at once. People of all occupations
and from all walks of life came to
Scobey. In less than six months
there were five hotels, five livery
barns, two banks, eight hardware
stores, and a dozen and one other
business institutions. There had been
one saloon but the county commits
sloners Immediately granted a license
or second. Four elevators with a
combined capacity of 1850 bushels
OF grain were built. One of these
burned down and the company imme-
diately built another with a greater
capacity. Eleven track buyers came
in for the crop of 1914. Grain came
from as far west as the Opheim coun-
try, 80 miles west, and from as far
north, and about rs miles on the
south. The Canadian grain is a big
item in Scobey. Uncle Sam keeps
three customs officials here to COL
lect ten cents a bushel duty. Today
Scobey has about 1900 people and is
putting in a $4,000 water and sew
err system. Such has been the phen-
omenal growth of one town in north
ern Montana, and where four years
ago not a living thing could be seen
or heard.
Election Figures Show Growth.
About 10000 votes were cast in
Sheridan and Valley counties at the
recent election. At Scobey there were
SIS votes cast, although there was
a registration list of close to a thou
sand. Eight years ago there we're
votes cast in this precinct.
There is a large arr . of state land
located just west of Scobey that is be-
ing leased and sold as fast as pros
pective leasers and buyers apply for
it. There are still thousands of aces
of this land to be leased. A wealthy
Chicago physician came here in
1915 and leased three sections of this
land. He sold his flax in Scobey re-
Gently and states that he has already
cleared $4,000 on the deal.
Now the Scobey people are going
to start a campaign to create a new
county out of part of Sheridan and
part of Valley. with the ultimate OBJ
ject of making Scobey a county seat
town. This idea looks feasible and
it will probably materialize this
year. The necessary valuation has
been reached. The Great Northern is
going to build another feeder the
coming summer from Poplar to OPP
helm. This line of railway will open
up one Of the finest farming sections
in the west. Poplar is 60 miles south
of Scobey and Opheim is 60 miles
west of Scobey.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-01-05

fair players, there have been several
ties, a number have made a h-me run
and they are crowding the bases;
but that is the way they play the
great game IN Reed Point and the
town makes a hit with everybody.
Reed Point is proud of her girls
baseball team, some of whom have
married vanQuished players.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-01-05

No wonder the rapidly growing
little town of Reed Point, in
saltwater county, captures prizes in
wheat growing and gets so many bou-
Quets thrown at 1t from the state
press. Reed Point men have to be
on their mettle to keep up with the
active and progressiv spirit of it's
women and sometimes they set them
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-01-05

down.
1t is a noticeable fact that of the
members of the two opposing mines
who met that day, nearly every one is
still located in Reed Point and still
engaged in boosting his or her home
town by one means and another.
True, as n might surmise by the
change in the names of several of he
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-01-05
Huh!

Some girls are dumb and others
are not as bright as they might be.
But what we started to say was that
Miss America Razor, of Marion,
Kan, is sharp.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-01-05
MIontana's First Wireless.

A commercial wireless telegraph
line is to be established between Miles
City and Jordan, a Dawson county
inland town. The distance is 80
miles.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-01-05
REED POINT is A GOOD PLACE TO LIVE DA

SewralMemberso of Womens Base Ball Team. After Defeating Business Mems Organization
on the Diamond, Make Matrimonial Home Runs With the Happy Players o. Losing Club.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-10-16
Wheat Available For Allies
Less Than Fifth Of Needs

W/AsHlNGToN October P)To
wheat unless more shall be saved by Of
ha wl meet their requirements This the startling
the
argument that the wheat adequate for needs and that
asked of
the has
he next few weeks $50 Z
will
is
of the
be
approach bread The
call
caed still
asserted that while they had the
this thus
and still
is
der living conditions they closing
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-10-16
CONGRESS D|DNOT
. stint ON WAR NEED
Every Dollar Asked Was Voted,
Champ Clark Says, In De-
Tense OF Recent Session

PITTSBt RGH. October IL CAsso-
ciated Pressl-Champ lark, speaker Of
the house of representatives rose to the
defense Of the recent congress- in n
speech which he made here last evening.
He denied that II had been parsimo.
NOUS and declared that charges made
that IL had sought to cut down and
keep unduly low the costs Of war pre-
paration and its conduct were absolute.
ly false and uncallcd for.
1.-THE work accomplished by congress
in it's recent session is unprecede nted
in the history of this country or else.
where said Speaker Clark. Every
dollar which the government asked for
to be used in war preparations or In
the conduct of the war was granted,
freely and without stint or restraint.
Congress stood ready TO vote every dol
lar and every man that may be need.
ed to carry this war to the successful
termination for which we are striving
aud / am sure that the same will be
the case when the regular session opens
in December ..
With the immense sums that were
voted, Clark saws he would not have
been surprised at some charges Of pro.
digality on the part Of the Legislators
but the charges that parsimonys was
exercised by them are so false that Il
would hardly seem necessary to make
any statement to rcfute them. ID ~
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-10-16
TENNEY WILL HEAD
MATSON COMPANY is
REPORT ON MAINLAND

SAN FRANCISCO, October "A
Associated Press II. D. Ten
ney, Of Castle 4 Cooke, the Homo
lulu agency for the Matsou Nav.
igation Company, is TO he the new
head of the company, is the report
that was current in business circles
here yesterday. He has been most
prominently identified with the
affairs of the company and especi.
ally has this been so since the i'll.
ness Of Captain Matson and his
partial Interpretation for business
more than a year ago. In ship.
ping circles +. D. Tenney is looked
upon as his logical successor. .
The funeral of Captain william
Matson was held yesterday morn.
ing and was attended by all Of the
leading shipping house represent,
atives as well as the leaders in
other business lines. His acquair-
tance in the shipping world, with
shippers and importers, with those
interested in the sugar industry
and in California oil affairs was
large.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-10-16
TRIBUTARIES or
SH|PYARDS MAY CLOSE
Japanese Are Pessimistic On
Steel Embargo Effect

TOXIC, October l3-(Special to Nip
pu Jijil Three out of four shipyar.l Is
in Japan will soon he forced to close
down az consequence OF Viscount n
Ishii : unsuccessful attempt to have the
United States government lift the EN-
barge on steel in favor of the japanese
shipbuIders.
Since the beginning of the great war
the shipbuIling industry in Japan has
made wonderful progress, plant after
plant sprnging up until there are in
all today IS such plants in various
parts of Japan. As all these plants
were getting the steel from the United
States, the embargo on the expectation
Of iron from the United States has
completely cut them of from their sup
plies.
According to the prediction made
here today only 10 shipbuilding com
pauies in Japan are expected 10 sur.
viye the industrial crisis caused by the
American embargo on steel.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-10-16
LAFOLLETTE'S TALK
. IS INCONCEVADLE
Former President Taft Says His
Deepest Feelings Were Shock
ed BY Utterances

CHICAGO, October l4--(Associated
Press)-Condemnation and adherence
of the infamous Lusitania speech Of
Robert LaFolIette, senator from Wis
'onsin, was voiced by former President
William II. Taft in a speech which he
delivered here last night.
Commenting on the words that have
been attributed to LaFollette aud which
have led to demands for his removal
rom the United States senate and to
public condemnation generally, Mr..
Taft said: O., .',a.r
cit shocks my very deepest feelings
70 think that any senator of the United
States could utter such words as those
that are attributed to LaFollette in the
published reports of his speech.
'annOt conceive of a man holding the
position of trust aud honor which he
Ices who could utter such words az
hose. II seems impossible and It seems
equally impossible that he will continue
20 hold the place in the councils of
his nation such as he has held in the
Iast.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-10-16
WOMEN Of SEATTLE
TO DEFEND SELVES

SEATTLE, October I4-(Associated
Press)-TO take action in defense
against the "slugger" who has been
terroriHing the women of the residen
tial sections of the city for the past
'eceral nights special meeting of the
Women 5 Government League has been
called to be held Wednesday evening
In the twenty four hours up to mid
night last night there were three as,
'aults committed, all of which are at
ributed to the "slugger. - Thus far
the police have secured no clue that
seems to lead to the detection of the
miscreant and the notice of the meet.
ing says that the time has come for
the women of the community to take
decisive action in their own defense If
the police are unable to cope with the
situation, .,..r......s.. -. - -. .
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-10-16
CONDITIONS BETTER
kERENSKY REPORTS
Russian Premier Pleased With
What He Sees A. Front;
III But Not Seriously

L. o..
PETRoGRAD, October 49, Associ
ated Press)--A sudden seizure Of i'll
ness overlook Premier Kctensky while
visiting the general staff headq quarters
at Mohilev today, but attending ply.
sicians declare that the premier is in
no danger. '1h ".".>
Later on in tine day Kerensky was
able to telephone to Vice Admiral Ko.
vonaloff regarding affairs at the front
He expressed himself as much pleased
with the change in conditions in the
army, which he said was very much
more satisfactory than it had been for
some time. The relations between off
GERS and men was also cause for con,
graduation, the commander in chief
finding a much more cordial feeling
now existing.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-10-16
POLISH VOLUNTEERS
RALLY TO new FLAG
!. OF A FREE POLAND
Under Silver Eagle Patriots From Many
Lands viii Gather In France
To Oppose AutOuacy

FRENCH FRONT, October ~ Press Polish
army battle for free and independent Poland fighting under
banner OF Poland being organized here and
will be in the field with the armies of France
This army will fight the will be with
Poland and those fighting for Poland along the
Within few days the banner of Poland will unfoded
It's design has been carefully selected women
today embroderng the first battle flag Republic
Free Poland The banner will carry silver eagle
field. ,.&. =. +, &'s.' &".9.. ~. =.
.&~. ~ VOLUNTEERS FROM ALL LANDS ..a"
thousands of Poles from the United already being
enrolled in America for this army the nucleus be
have been fighting with the French since the be
ginning Of the Fl" W E.=s# Ia.:..5h: - =. "A
Poles from nearly Of the globe
their way to France to join the regiments organizing march
Under the silver eagle Fl stsv..,4a" p .. = .:g.t.
t>s@eE .AUsTRIANs OFFER A LITTLE ~. ...
By way Of Zurich Switzerland comes that Premier Won
Seyder in recent interview declared that Austria
comply with the Polish demand for the govern
ment IN Gaca and would impose restrictions Which
irritating the citizens.
This will not satisfy Polish ambition however sees now
that with the of the Allies the possibility
nomous Poland with the Polish provinces of Austria
reunited with Russian Poland for the reebshment govern
ment If all the Poles by themselves t. ~,
1t understood that the German administration Poland with
headquarters at Warsaw has reported that
Poland, and deny all reports to the contrary.