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Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1917-01-12

river, where the descent is 26 feet
vertically. On a little island just be-
low these falls stands a portion of a
large cottonwood tree, the top ap-
parently having been blown off.
Among the branches still remaining
is an eagles nest. When I approached
the place, riding, and appeared on
the bluff above it, an old black eagle
scared Immediately vel my head,
so close that 1 almost became
alarmed for the safety of my hat.
After a moments survey, it aiighted
on a jutting rock within a hundred
feet of me, where it remained, until
one of the men coming up, dis
charged a pistol at it, before I could
stop him. He missed the eagle. AS
l had a good opportunity to judge the
age of the bird, his feathers being
soiled. torn and otherwise old-look-
ing, I came to the conclusion that he
was probably the same eagle whose
nest in the same position on the
same island was seen by Lewis and
Clark in 1906. General Reynolds,
who visited the spot in 1860, also
saw the eagle and the nest, and notes
in his report his belief in its identity.
The sight of this eagle to me was one
of the peculiarly pleasant incidents
of our reconnaissance"
Eagles Are Long Lived
1t would be interesting to know
whether the Oldest pioneers of Great
Falls ever saw the tree and the nest,
and whether they had ever heard the
story. Eagles, like parrots, are be-
lieved to be very long-lived, 80 years
being the average, it is said. and it
is quite possible that the Bird which
flew screaming above Lewis and
Clark was also the bird which greet
ed Roberts, 81 years later. The
guardian spirit, truly, of the falls, IL
seems, and it may have witnessed
many strange sights, in its long life
for the falls doubtless were the site
of many stirring passages in the day
when the red men held undispute6
sway over this great domain.
An EARLY Day Description.
Roberts description of the othel
falls is worth repeating:
Below these falls" he says, mean
ing those just described above, care
rapids of nine and a half feet fall
followed at intervals by others o
four, three and two feet respectively
then a cascade of fourteen feet, all il
a distance of less than five miles
Immediately below the cascade is tn,
grand fall of nearly SO feet, as statet
by Lewis and Clark. The entire riv
err, over nine hundred feet wide
pitches over a rim of rock, shape,
like a segment of a circle, in one un
broken sheet. The noise, the sprays
and the rainbows are not much shor
of the grandest displays of Niagara
"Six miles further down brings u
to the Great Falls, where the rive
jumps, with one bound, so feet. I
is, however, only at the right BAN
that the descent is vertical, the othe
half of the river passing by step
III over the lodges, ten feet or more at
time. No foothold for man or beas
exists by the edge of the falls. w
had to pass by climbing up the cliff
and around the head of a deeply GU
ravine that opens down to the river
!" A good view is to be had from tn
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1917-01-12
FIGURES NEARLY
100000 in STATE
STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
GIVES ESTIMATE.
Ill. A. Davee Reports Population of
Montana Has Increased IS per
Cent in Six Years; Count Based N
Number of School Children Great
ly Exceeds Federal Computation.

On the basis of the count of chill
dren of school age in the state, H. A.
Davee, superintendent of public in
struction, estimates that the popula-
ton of Montana has increased 70 per
cent in the last six years. There
were 147,374 persons of school age
in the state last September. Allow
ing for the same proportion of school
children to the total number of per-
sons in the state as existed at the
time of the last federal census would
give a population for Montana Of
64S,346. This is much greater than
the latest government estimate of
the number of persons in the state
a computation which supposes the
increase to be in the same proportion
as was maintained between 1900 and
1910, whereas it is universally adj
mitted that the growth of Montana in
the last six years has been much
greater than during the preceding
decade.
Regarded as Highly Conservative.
The Davee estimate is regarded
as highly conservative as other au-
thorities place the population of the
state at three-quarters of a million.
However, as a third of the year has
elapsed since the school census was
taken and the influx in both town
and country has been considerable
since that time, the present popula.
ton, on the same basis, may be re-
garded as close tos7O0,000.
The school census shows an in
crease of 1859 children of schoo
age in the state in one year., which
is equivalent to an increase of 55,04(
in population during that time. A
particularly large share of the in
crease is in the farming counties.
According to the figures, the II
leading counties in Montana are Sill
yer Bow, Cascade, Yellowstone, Mis-
soula, Flathead, Carbon, Sheridan
Hill and Lewis and Clark.
Last Census Gave 376,O53.
In 1910 the federal census CAV
Montana 376,053 population and tn
school census was 85,126.
The annual report of S~uperintend
ent Davee gives the estimated popu
lation by counties in 1915, as fol
lows:
BeaVerneau 1900; Dig f1oTH +
061; Blaine 1858; Broadwater 4
761: Carbon 23,518; Cascade 43
100; C%houteau, 16,918; Custer, is
594; Dawson 20,759; Deer Lodg
+ 20,S6O; Fallon 1853; Fergus 40
N 066; Flathead 23,940; Gallatin 20
$50; Granite 4,211; Hill 1855; Je
ferson 6,116; Lewis and Clark %
sos; Lincoln 8,188; Madison 9,80s
Meagher, 1887; Mineral 2,592; Mi
a soula 27,034; Musselshell 14,001
p Park 1904; Phillips 1852; Powe
f. 7,146; Prairie 4,721; Ravalli IA
g OPT; Richland 14,164; Rosebud 1S
ID 024; Sanders 1887; Sheridan 2S
IN 241; Silver Bow 65,252; Stillwat'
lie 1884; Sweet Grass $500; Tetc
1890; Toole 6,151; Valley 1895
Wibaux 4,5O6; Yellowstone 32,04
It. Total 64S,346.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1917-01-12
Warning Against Thistle.

Warning that Canadian thistle
will soon be a serious menac to the
Gallatin valley and other parts of the
state unless put under immediate
control was given by several speak
ers at a recent meeting of the Gala
tin county farmers advisory commit
tee. Clarence Matthew told of his
fight against this invader on his
farm, in which he was the victor only
after blowing his soil 20 times in one
season.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1917-01-12

idea of founding the school, and he
consented to sell. The deal was
consummated a few days ago.. The
company agreed to allow him a life
time privilege to live there in the hut
of his building, and to range his cat
tie on the land that goes with the
power rights. On coming into pos
session of this money he Immediately
put $4,000 away for safe keeping,
to be used in connection with his
scheme to give poor boys a chance at
an education.
Needs But Little Money.
"I have always managed to get
along with but very little money"
said this philanthropic hermit. "Ten
thousand dollars is a lot of money
for me. l can take that amount of
money, in a country like Montana,
and not only make a good living, but
accumulate more money. If l should
be still further successful / would
want to put mor money into my
school.
Il have bought 40 acres of land
down near Salem, on the Milwaukee
railroad. 1t is a fine piece of land,
and I propose to build my school on
it. Boys who attend the school can
do some gardening on the land and
raise all the vegetables the school
needs. I might live at the school
myself and look after the agricul-
ture, although I would want to have
some scientific agriculturists to in
struct them in modern farming meth
DDS. In this way the boys could
help to earn their way through
school, and the little work they
would do would build them up into
fine, strong men. If they would
earn their own living the element
of charity would be eliminated, and
81 believe it is possible to build up
an institution out of this little wind
fall of mine, which Providence has
placed in my way, to do some real
good, and I am willing to risk my
money in the undertaking. l am
not very old and perhaps I Lean make
some more money to put into it, and
out of it might grow a great
school, which would help many boys
and fit them to become useful men,
Notwithstanding the fact that he
has a comfortable fortune in the
bank. Cowan is still living in his rude
IsHack on the wind swept banks o
the Missouri. The wintry blasts
whistle through the cracks of thii
poorly constructed hut and are OLE
time friends and have no terrors TO
him. He has a coy excavation jus
under the floor of his shelter, witt
a trap door leading to his sleepini
quarters. He cooks and spends mos
of his time in the room above hi
dugout sleeping chamber. His fol
tune has made no change in his hat
it's, and he is cooking his meals, an
doing his own washing, just as b
did in the days when grim necesslt
compelled him to do his own house
work.
Saves Money for ellis Boys"
ST am used to living this way.
= helped me back to health, and
! would not know how to put in til
. time, if someone else was doing m
household work for me. Beside
n can live very cheaply this wa
and I can save my money for tt
boys l hope to educate"
Cowan is about 70 years of ag
sDut I do not feel DID," he said. "T1
s outdoor life l have led has kept n
in good health. I am much strong
e now than when I came west. l e
s pect to live to be 100 years old. Tn
will give me 80 years more of lii
and is sufficient time to permit mi
e build up my schf'l."
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1917-01-12
Big Price for Wheat Crop.

his wheat crop, grown on 172 acres,
for $11,500. His land was all sum-
mer fallowed and so acres of it
yielded As bushels to the acre.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1917-01-12

1592-Dress or Apron with Boomers for
Girls.
Cut in 5 sizes: 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 years:
1t requires for a 6-year size 8 IA yards of
27-inch material, with 2 IA yards for the
bloomers. Price, 10 cents.
1922-Girl's Dress.
Cut in 4 sizes: 6, 8, 10 and u years.
1t requires 8 ga yards of 36-inch material
for an 8-year size. Price, 10 cents.
Cut in 8 sizes: Small, Medium and Large:
1t requires 4 7-s yards of 36-inch material
for a Medium size. Price, 10 cents.
Cut in 6 sizes: "a, SO, SO, 40. AZ and A
inches bust measure. 1t requires Z yards
skirt measures about 8 yards at the hem.
Price, 10 cents.
1934-Boy's Suit.
requires 8 Is yards of 36-inch material for
a s. year size. Price, 10 cents.
1924-Child's Dress.
requires 8 1-S yards Of 44-inch material for
a 6-year size. Price. 10 cents.
1920-Ladies' One-Piece Yoke Dress, with
Cut in 8 sizes: "a, SO, ss, 40, A and A
inches bust measure. 1t requires 3 IL
Size. The skirt measures about 8 yards at
1885 1916-Ladies' Costume.
~, a" 4 and aI' Is ' inches BUST measure. Skirt
1916 cut in Z sizes: %. "a, 26, %, 80, 80
and "a inches waist measure. 1t requires Z
yafQS OF oO-lncu mdterldi IoT u oo-iHcn
size. for the entire dress. The skirt meas
ures about 2 7-S yards at its lower edge.
TWO separate patterns, 10 cents FOR
EACH pattern.
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catalogue, containing over 400 designs of
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Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1917-01-12
New Citizens of Phillips County

Four hundred and forty-one for
eigners, residents of Phillips county,
filed declarations of their intention
to become citizens of the United
States during 1916.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1917-01-12

Be sure to give number and size. Send
orders for patterns to Montana Newspaper
Association, Great Falls, Montana Be sure
to sign your full name and address below.
New Britain herald., 1917-07-06

Snake river. Idaho. The red, white and blue ribbons of the champagne bottle stuck to the prov, floating gayly in the smoke arising from the ways until the ship made her bow in the Delaware.
 Governor Alexander was accom- panied by his daughter, Mrs. William Simons, Colonel Louis Doplin of his staff, Attorney General T. A. Walter and several personal friends. Secre- tary Daniels wired at the last mo- ment that he could not be present. and the navy department was repre- sented by Captain C. If. Dickens, cha plain from the Philadelphia navy yard.
 The Idaho is the heaviest vessel ever built at the Camden yard and IS 70 per cent. completed. Her keel was laid Jan. 19. 1915. and she will be completed in six months. She Is sister ship to the Mississippi, re- gently launched at Newport News, and the New Mexico /huilt at the New York navy yard. Her length is 624
New Britain herald., 1917-07-06

The superdreadnaught Idaho was launched at Camden N. J. The launching was in every way the success, but was surrounded with the greatest precautions against enemy conspiracies or the presence of spies. For the first time in the history of the yard the public was not admitted to a launching. Only, the sponsors and a few newspaper men having passes signed by the vice president of the company were permitted to enter the yard. Armed guards were at the entrances, and a detail of sail ors from the Philadelphia navy yard was lined up on the launching plat form.
 Henrietta Amelia Simons, grand daughter of Governor Moses Alexan- der of Idaho, smashed the bottle of champagne against the steel prov, while at the same time Miss Monroe Dever broke against the side of the ship a bottle containing water from
New Britain herald., 1917-07-06

not only present maps of many of the national forests, showing towns, streams roads and trails, but contain information pertaining to camp sites fish and game; and campers registers are kept at the headquarters of the forest supervisors
 The national forests, 153 in num- Der, are scattered over 19 states, Alaska and Porto Rico. All but two of these states-F'lorida and Mich gan-lie west of the Mississippi The total area of national forest land (ex- cluding that of other lands within national forest boundaries) is 244,- 1S9 square miles. This area is near ly as great as that of the state of Texas; or of New England, New York, Pennsylvania. New Jersey
New Britain herald., 1917-07-06
HOW 10 CAN FRUIT :. LEAVING SUGAR OUT
Uncle Sans Experts Say It Is
 Done Successfully

Washington D. C., June 29.-Fruit for use in pie or salads or as stewed fruit can be put up or canned without the use of any sugar at all. according
 to the canning specialists of the de- partlnent of agriculture. They, there- fore. advise those who, because of the high price of sugar, have been think ing of reducing the amount of fruit they put up, to can as much of their surplus as possible by the use of boil- ing water when sugar sirup is beyond their means. Any fruit, they say may
 be successfully sterlized and retained
 in the pack by simply adding boiling
 water instead of the hot sirup. The
 use of sugar, of course, is desirable in
 the canning of all kinds of fruits and
 makes a better and eady-sWeetened
 product. Moreover, most of the
 fruits when canned in water alone do
 not retain their natural flavor, tex
 gure and color as we'll as fruit put up
 in sirup. Fruit without sugar to be
 used for sauces or desserts must be
 sweetened
 Canning Fruits Without Sirup. Can the product the same day it is picked. Gull, stem or seed and clean the fruit by placing it in a stralner and pouring water over it until 1t IS clean. Pack the product thoroughly in glass jars or tin cans until they are full,; use the handle of a tablespoon, wooden ladle, or table knife for packing purposes. Pour over the fruit boiling water from Kettle, place rubbers and caps in position, partially seal if using glass jar, seal completely if using tin cans. Place the containers in sterilizing vat such as a wash boiler with false ! bottom, or other receptacle impro- ! vised for the purpose. If using a hot water bath outfit, process for 30 min- utes; count time after the water has reached the boiling point; the water
 must cover the highest jar in con- tainer.. After sterilizing remote packs, seal glass jars, wrap in paper , to prevent bleaching and store in a dry, cool place.
 If you are canning in tin cans it will improve the product to plunge the cans quickly into cold water inn mediately after sterilization. When using a steam pressure canner instead of hot water bath, sterilize for 10 minutes with five pounds of steam pressure. Never allow the pressure to go over 10 pounds.
New Britain herald., 1917-07-06

334S square miles, nearly as great as that of Rhode Island and Delaware combined. Glacier National Park, in Montana, and Yosemite National Park, in California, rank second and third, respectively, in size, the area of the former being 1,534 square miles and that of the latter LIZA square miles.
 The Sequoia and General Grant National Parks, in California, con- tain many of the famous Big Trees" -(sequoia gigantea), which grow to height of 300 feet with a diameter of 30 feet, the bark being feet thick.
 The only active volcano ip the United States proper-Lassen Peak
New Britain herald., 1917-07-06

presents a few interesting items of information in regard to national parks and national forests, obtained department of the interior and the department of agriculture, respec- lively.
 Sixteen national parks are main tained by the federal government, in cluding one in Hawaii. The others are in Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Washington and Wyoming. Yellowstone National Park, located in Wyoming, Montana and Idaho, is by far the largest, having an area of
New Britain herald., 1917-07-06

is found in Lassen Volcanic Park, in California
 National Forests.
 Under authority of an act of con- gress passed in 1891, the president of the United States is empowered to set apart public lands bearing for ests as public reservations. The pri- mary purposes of the national forests are to insure continuous production of timber and favorable conditions as to flow of water. As means to these ends, strict supervision is main- tained over the sale of mature timb Der and the forest areas are guarded against fire.
 campers, hunters and fishermen, Recreation maps" are issued, which
New Britain herald., 1917-07-06
CHECK ON JOY RIDERS.

London, July 6.-To check joy-rid- ing and the misuse of government cars, many of the main roads out of London have been placed under mill itary control. Officers or soldiers ii, motorcars are challenged and have to furnish particulars and produce au- thority for being away from their regiments. Civilian motorists are challenged to produce their petrol licenses
New Britain herald., 1917-07-06

Delaware, Maryland, District of Co., lumbia, Virginia and West Virginia combined; or of Ohio, Indiana. Illi- nols, Michigan and Wisconsin com bined.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-02-01
Major Frank S. Henry
Promoted to Benedict

Frank S. Henry, Major Extraordi-
nary and general favOrite in Valley
City, was promoted to the ranks of the
benedicts at jamestown Monday eve.
ming. The wedding Of Major Henry
and Miss M. Evangeline Bolton was
celebrated at the Presbyterian church
in the presence Of large number of
guests, about Is people from Valley
City attending.
The ceremony was performed by
Rev. G. W.. Simon. pastor of the
church, assisted by Rev. l.. G. Moul-
trie of this city.
A splendid reception was held fol-
lowing the ceremony.
The bride and groom left for the
Twin Cities for their honeymoon and
will be at home at Bismarck after
March 1, so the cards announce.
The details of the wedding as chron-
icled by the jamestown papers will be
given In later issue.
The Times-Record joins the people
of Valley City and Barnes county and
the whole state, over which the groom
has wide acquaintance, in wishing
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry the happiest of
married lives.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-02-01
Bismarck Hopes for
Easier Sunday Laws

Bismarck, Jan. 3O.-The light of day
for the advocates of a less strenuous
~ enforced Sunday law, is breaking
In the state senate, where Senator
Lindstrom's bill, known as S. B. No.
81, and which declares garages, cigar
stands, news stands, confectionery
stores, etc., necessities, and permits
them to open Sundays, was reported
from the committee for passage.
The bill carries an amendment to-
the present Sunday laws that have
been so rigidly enforced in several
cities of the state during the past few
weeks-more especially in Bismarck.
Bismarck has seen the Sunday law
enforced to the limit. Taxicabs are
prevented from operating on Sunday,
and when labor meeting was held
here Sunday, addressed by. several
leaders, Chief of Police
Downing ordered the plan for songs
by quartet abandoned.
So Bismarck folks are right anxious
to see slight modification of the law.
Petitions for and against more lem
lent Sunday laws are being received
by the legislators.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-02-01
Come in and see our new line
of Ladies' Fine Dress Shoes
We Garry Complete Line of ''MunsinG" and
"Carter's" Underwear for Women, SOC to $425

Gen. A. P. Peake was an arrival in
the city Sunday evening, leaving next
day for Minneapolis. He stated that
he would visit the returning North Dar
kota soldier boys at Fort Smelling. Mr..
Peake has placed the California min
ing property that he was promoting On
a producing basis, and is now busily
engaged financing an Arizona prOp-
erty.
Sunday morning in the Congrega~
tional church Mr.. Lyon spoke briefly
on the Sunday question as it pertains
to the opening of pool halls, moving
picture houses and all kinds of CON-
mercialized amusements. The Sunday
question has suddenly become an in
tensely live issue and can be settled
now only in terms of the other fellow.
It is no longer question whether or
not it is wrong for the individual, bat
whether ones action is depriving an
other of the needed seventh day rest
and recreation. The Brotherhood class
of men registered vote strongly op-
posed to the opening of the moving
picture houses and pool halls on Sun
day. Countless numbers on LEAVING
the church both morning and evening
expressed themselves as being like
wise opposed to any movement for
letting down the bars on Sunday OBJ
servance.
Fargo Forum: Funeral services for
W. c. Sherman, Fargo pioneer, who
died at the home Of his daughter, Mra.
J. w. Gray, at Valley City, will be
held from the Grace M. E. church in
Moorhead at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday AFT
ernoon, Rev. Francis Boone officiating.
and under the auspices of the John r.
Reynolds post, G. A. R., of Fargo. Nr.
Sherman was u years of age, and IN
til three weeks ago was a resident At
239 Front street. He had been in fall
ing health for some months. w. C.
Sherman was born at Ogdensberg, N.
Y, July IA, 1845, serving through the
Civil war as member of Company
D, New York volunteers. He came tn
Fargo in 1880, residing here continu-
ously until his last illness. Opa
daughter, Mrs. J. w. Gray, Of Valley
City. and three sons, Eliza Sherman az
Fort Collins, Co..; George Sherman, OF
Erie, Pa, and William Sherman, az
Fargo, survive. Mrs. Sherman died
in 1915.