Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-08-06
BUILDING
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l IN IlOUU, WuOSC bhOW "AAtC a OAA
| finely carved features were shaded by
a broad brimmed straw hat, was feed
ing her chickens.
Girl Runs for Office
Here are some people who want
you to tell them about your farm
Arms informed her. MY goodness
, she exclaimed as she put down her
pail of feed and held out her hand,
Yourself in for. Talking about this
! farm is the thing l like best to do"
She told the truth, for, obviously,
| she enjoyed relating the story of the
struggle with the logged-off lands. 1t
! was the same tale of clearing, or dy-
| namiting stumps, and burning debris
and brush, of blowing, planting, stock
raising, building, and hard and steady
work.
been on a farm all my life. l came
from the East, but l think life right
here is as fine as it is anywhere
Here she was interrupted by the ar
rival of her daughter. Mrs. Wilcox. who
lives on a n~eighboring ranch. She was
Idriying q rather impatient horse hltched
to a z in which were several cans
Her husbands is away, and she's
running the RANCH" explained Mrs.
Robb. She's taking their cream to the
train. and she's stopped for ours. Ex-
cuse me while / help her. she hasnt
much time
Arms wanted to stop at Mrs. Browns
Int felt the time was too short. she
liz a fine. motherly woman who has al
ways been on a ranch. and enjoys it,
he said. And she's got a fine daugh-
for Miss Gladys, who is homesteadlng
down on Swamp Creek. Got a nice
Mace, TO. She's proving up now; got
about IS months more to go. Used 10
he county superintendent of schools.
Wanted to do something during the war
and resigned from office and went to
Washington. She worked in the War
Risk bureau two years. Worked hard.
TOO. and she went to night school and
took a course in accounting and Dook-
lkeening. Tried to get TO France with
the Red Cross and had all the necessary
credentials, but they wanted her IN the
bureau and she couldn't get away.
Plans to run for county treasurer on
the democratic ticket now.
To reach the ranch of Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward Gage. On the banks of clark 8
| Fork. it was necessary to walk a mlie
or so across the cut-over land. but
Arms declared it would be worth the
walk.
.If YOU want to meet the representa-
Tive women of the valley he SAID; o
can't afford TO miss Mrs. Gage.
The Cages hae havd their ranch
barely a wear, but it is already showing
the result of their labor. A large vege-
table garden near the house had made
! a good start. Down by the river a
flock of sheep were grazing
Living perhaps a mile from the near
est neighbor. it was evident that Mrs.
Gage had learned the art of being sell
| sufficient. In the living room books
we're everywhere. shelves and shelves OF
| them magazines and bits of needle
work lay Upon a window seat. ana a
sewing machine heaped high with work
stood in the corner. .
Complimented upon the nominees OF
the room, Mrs. Gage declared it looked
ianvthing but honey to her. 1t awful
Iv unset" she said. but I've been
working in the garden all morning, and
one has to let something go. I've been
planting clover seed around the house,
and wedding onions, and now that the
bows are home from school. we are go
ing TO make screens for the doors and
windows. We don't get much help
from Mr.. Gage because he's busy clear
ing the land.
The swamp creek district next wal
visited. a vast region of land some
miles distant-land which will one day
he under irrigation. One of the larg'
est ranches in the logged off area /:
owned by James McNurthney. The
photographer was anxious to obtair
some pictures of this locally famou:
Mace. while the woman of the part,
was equally bent on visiting Mrs. Nc
Nurthney and her tYo-months-oit
daughter.
"A Cute Little DeviP'
As far as could be observed. Mr.
McNurthney and her wee little DORIS
were the only representatives OF TENN
inity for miles around But neltheI
seemed TO mind that. As the visitor'
anproached the house Doris was pro
claiming her troubles 10 an uninterest
ed world. with loud and lingering walls
which advertised healthy lungs. while
her mother. Young. stout. and laugnln!
infectiously. came forward to NEE
them. >,
she is really a very good baby thu
nroud mother asserted as she bent owe
the crib. but she has q whale OF !
temper. and she's mad now because
wouldn't take her up.
When the proper amount OF attention.
had been bestowed upon the baby. th'
conversation turned to her brother, {
chubby three-year-old. at that momen'
engaged in helping the hired man bullt
a bridge over q small creek in 6
meadow below.
HE thinks he's quite a man now
said Mrs. McNurthney. While wa
at the hospital he stayed home with tn.
men. and acquired many habits OF
speech and manner which do not al
together meet my approval. Inc dal
after I returned with the baby he IN
sisted upon being present when
bathed her, and was a most interested
spectator. He was silent for an nn'
usually long while, and when finally NJ
smoke if was in an awe-struck and al
m;r;no tone. Gee. she's n cute little
devil, isn't she, Mamma" he said
The logged-of country IS not new e
Mrs. McNurthney. She lived on swami
creek with her father before she wa
married. but she has the spirit ant
courage of the pioneer ant
Il is. with her. all in the days work
sba doesn't even know she is extra
ordinary. NJ
"Why don't you come down to MIS-
sonia once in a whileE' asked ne
guest. r..