The Flathead Courier 1917

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POLSON, FLATHEAD COUNTY, MONTANA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1917.
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NEW TOWNSITE
TO BE PLATTED
According to reports that are considered reliable, all arrangements are
now being made for the platting of a
new townsite and the building of a
new town on the line of the N. P. road
in section .18, about ten miles southwest of Ronan. The site is about half
a mile north of the George Lindsay
place,' just as the new railroad line
reaches the level country after the
climb- out of Mission creek. It is half
a mile east and a mile north of the
townsite of D'Aste. For the present
at least, so rumor has it, this will be
the only place between Eonan and Dix
on where the N. P. will have a depot
and have an agent stationed. There
will be other sidings, but no depots.
A depot and town at this point will
accomodate a large terrtury, drawing
from the upper Mission creek country,
the. Post creek country and a large
portion of the big flat.
•It is understood that several buildings will go up there in the spring,
including buildings for a store—and
possibly two—a bank, grain elevators,
a lumber yard, blacksmith shop etc.
That it will become an important trading point is conceded, as it is surrounded by a rich farming country and
y/ill draw busness from an extensive
territory.—Pioneer.
ALLIES REFUSE TO
DISCUSS PEACE
BODY BURNED CAN
NOT PROVE DEATH
Sawmill At Columbia
Falls Burns To Ground
Paris, Dec. 30.—In reply to the proffer of Germany and her allies for a
peace conference, the entente allies
in a collective note declared that they
"refuse to consider a proposal which
is empty and insincere."
The note was handed to the American ambassador, William Graves
Sharp, today by Premier Briand and
was made public simultaneously in
London and Paris,
The entente allied governments insist that no peace is possible so long
as they have not secured reparation
for violated rights and liberties and
the free existence of small states aiiu
have not brought about a settlement
for the future security of the world.
The note declares that the proposal
of the central powers is not an offer
of peace, but a "war maneuver." It is
declared to be founded on "calculated
misinterpretation of the character of
the struggle in the past, the presenx
■and the future."
The note does not specifically outline the definite war aims of any of
the entente governments, except Belgium asked for nothing but to live
in harmony with her neighbor. As- j
sailed in spite of the treaties guaranteeing her inviolabilty, Belgium,
the note says, has taken up arms to
"defend her independence and her neu
trality, violated by Germany.
Belgium's aim, which is declared to
be the only aim of her king and government, as described as "the re-es
tablishment   of    peace  and    justice.
Mrs. Lillian Ulrich, of Sonxers, widow of Floy Ulrich, who dissappeared
at the Somers Lumber company's mill
August 2, 1916, and is believed by
many to have perished in the mill
burner, has been denied a lump settlement by the state industrial accident board on the grounds that there
is no proof that Ulrich is dead. Under the settlement allowed, Mrs. Ulrich will receive compensation for 400
weeks.
The case is one of the most pecu-
iar that has ever come before the
board. Ulrich was employed as an
oiler by the Somers Lumber company,
working the night shift. August 2
he disappeared. The next morning
his hat and lunch basket were found
on the hook where he hung his clothes
upon going to work.
Several days later some charred'
bones and ashes believed to be those
of a human being were taken from
the incinerator. The belief prevails
that the ashes and bones were thpse
of Ulrich's body, and that in some
way he had been drawn into the incinerator, but the fact was never absolutely proven.
After an investigation, the board
decided there was sufficient evidence
to warrant an order for Mrs. Ulrich
to be paid weekly compensation. She
applied for a lump sum settlement
on the ground that she could take
better care of her young child until it
reaches an age where it will not need
-onstant care, and then she can earn
RONAN SUFFERS       i WILSON HAD
FROM ANOTHER FIRE BIG PLURALITY
Ronan's new opera house, the pride; New Yorkj Dec 26.-Complete offi-
of every resident of the town, is no dal returns Qn the presidential elec.
more. Erected by H. M. Gehlert and!tion show that Mr> Wilson received
completed only in October last, it was 9)116)296 votes and Mr. Hughes, 8,547,-
of short life. The fire fiend claimed ■ m> a piurality of 568)822, for Mr.
this structure, as it has claimed prac- Wilgon Jn 1Q12 mhon (Democrat)
tically everything else ever built in j received 6j297,099; Taft, Republican)
the business district in Ronan..
;Shorty after 1  o'clock Wednesday
night fire was discovered in the build-
3,846,399;   Roosevelt,     (Progressive)
4,124,950.
The vote for Mr. Benson, Socialist
ing by Leslie Young and another | candidate for president was 750,000
gentleman'who were walking up thejwith eight missing states estimated
street. One .of them rushed to the!aganst 90i,873 for Debs, (Socialist,)
telephone office to give the alarm, in 1912j and for Mr< Hanly( (Prohibi-
while the other ran to the Carper tion) 225,101, against 207,92228 for
pool hall to notify a crowd of men still Chafin) (Prohibition) in 1912.
at that place. In a few minutes a The total popuiar vote for the four
dozen or more men were on the scene candidates was 18,638,871 as against
but the fire had gained such headway, i5j045,322 in 1912 This is an in-
.that it was beyond control, especially | crease of 3,593,549 accounted for by
where there was no water to fight.the incr,,ase in population and the
with.    Considerable snow was thrown | woman vote in the new suffrage states.
LARGER HOMESTEAD
ACT BECOMES LAW
The following is a table showing the
vote by states for Wilson and Hughes;
Alabama  07,778
Arizona    '.112,186
Arkansas    112,186
California    466,289
But  they only  desire  peace    which | her own living, but that the weekly
make reparation, guarantees and safe
guards for the future."
The note, which is the joint act of
Belgium, France, Great Britain, Italy,
Japan, Montenegro, Portugal, Rumania, Russia and Serbia, declares
that the present strife was desired,
provoked and declared by Germany
and Austria-Hungary and that Germany made no effort to bring about a
pacific solution of the troubles between Serbia and Austria, as did
Great Britain, France and Russia.
A peace concluded upon the German
idea would be only to the advantage
of the central powers, says the note,
while disasters caused by the war demand penalties, reparation and guarantees.
The German overtures are described as a calculated attempt to influence
the future course of the war and to |
end it by imposing a German peace.
The overtures also are said to have
the effect of intimidating neutral
public opinion as well as to stiffen
opinion in the central powers, "worn
out by economc.pressure and crushed
by the supreme effort which has been
imposed upon their inhabitants."
payments are not sufficient to permit
her to live without working, and she
finds it difficult to make a living ana
at the same time look after the child.
—Kalispell Interlake.
SEVEN ECLIPSES DURING
THE COMING YEAR
Columbian: The A. L. Jordan
Lumber company planing mill was
completely destroyed by fire at an
early hour on Christmas morning, entailing a loss of about .$30,000, only
partly covered by insurance. The
cause of the fire has not been definitely determined. 4
The fire was first discovered by Rod
ney Phillips, night baggage man at
the depot, located just across the
tracks from the mill. He telephoned
to the Gaylord hotel, where Night
Marshal Graves answered the ring,
and started ringing the fire bell at
once, and a small group of men soon
congregated and a team of horses was
secured in the Lee Livery.
The start for the fire with tne chemical and hose was made within 15 minutes after the alarm was souncred, but
the terriffic wind and severe cold
which prevailed made going almost
impossible, and it was fully 50 minutes before the equipment reached the
fire. Th horses were barely able to
walk the entire distance and snowdrifts almost' stalled the outfit several
times.
When the chemical reached the five
it was frozen beyond service and the
fire had made such headway that the
entire roof had fallen in and every
effort was put toward saving" the
adjoining lumber sheds. The water
hydrant in the depot was frozen and
could not be used. The fire hydrant
at the mill is one of the old style and
the city hose could not be attached.
A string of hose from the mill was
finaly located and a stream of water
played upon the flames, and eventually saved the adjoining sheds filled
With lumber.
Within an hour after the fire was,     „.   ,.     ,        _        „.     m, , .    , .
discovered the entire planing building    . Jffshlpngto!1'   ^ L°7?      advls"|1An   Western   Australia,   southwestern
was a mass of smoulderng ruins.        1 abjllty of ™sto™g tariff dutes on wool; Asia, Europe, Africa and South Amer
Mr. Jordan, the owner of the plant,' ™bber anc! ?ffef • and of "basing; ica.
was awakened by the telephone and;the V™**? tariff °n sugar is under; ..Later in the month of July there
was among the first to reach the scene'C°nsid1erat,°n by treasury department, will be another partial eclipse of the
where he worked continuously to save j CfflClals a"d » conf«» as a means of, sun which will not be visible in either
the building.   He had nothing to give avf"g4lthe thf atened deficit at the North or South America.
out for publication as to his theory icndof ^ next fiscal year. ;    Americans   likewise, will   miss an
for the fire and states that his insur- '     The plan to mcreaSe revenues- whl<*. opportunity to view the annual eclipse
Seven eclipses, four of the sun and
three of the moon, will cause the astronomical observers to tilt their telescopes skyward during the year about
to begin. Of the total number, however, only two will be visable in North
America.
The first of the astronomical phenomena will be a total eclipse of the
moon, which is scheduled for the
.night of January 7-8, and will be visible generally in North America, as
well as in central and western Europe,
northwestern Africa, South America
and the central and eastern portions
of the Pacific ocean.
Also in January, on the 23rd of the
month, there will be a partial eclipse
"Finally,' it is asserted, "these over j 0f the sun. This will be visable in
tures attempt to justify in advance in j Europe, Asia and northern Africa, but
the eyes.of the world a new series'(hot in America
of  crimes—Submarine   warfare^   de- j    On June 19 there will be    another
portations,   forced  labor   and   forced .-partial eclipse of the sun, also invis-
enlistment of the inhabitants against j it>Ie to North America,
their own countries and violations of j    a total eclipse of the moon will take
neutrality." j place on July 4, but it will not be a
 ,. «. .  iipart of the Independence dav.cebra-
j tion  in the  United  Stater    T ie be-
Tjiriff   Jill    ^llffJUT j ginning of the eclipse will be/visible
id! III    UIB    tJUgUS jgeneraly p Asia except   the   north-
. , j eastern   /porton,    Australia,    Africa,
■ u    w»w    »,<wjwm   vv»itlonSj amj tne soutn Atlantic ocean.
The  ending will be visible generally
/on the flames but the heat and dense
smoke soon drove them from the build
ing and it was given up as lost.
There was a   picture   show in the
house that night and it is thought the
fire originated' frop-  the   furnace or „.„..„.   ,. ,_	
J/chimney and had probably been smoul! Colorado    178,816
1 dering for a couple of hours before be- j Connecticut   99786
ing discovered.   Effective work saved Delaware  24,521
all adjoining   buildings, even to   the! Georgia    125,831
photograph gallery    only a few feet j Idaho     7Q,021
away.   A foot or more of snow on the | Illinois    950,081
roofs of the buildings aided materially j Indiana    324,063
in the work and kept the flames from j Iowa    221,699
belching through the opera house roof Kentucky    269,900
as they would have done otherwise, i Louisiana     79,875
Little trouble was experienced in sav- Maine     64,118
ing the big Scearce store immediately Maryland    138,359
across the street;.    Wet blankets were  Massachusets    247,885'
hung over the plate glass windows,. Michigan     286,775
protecting them, while the brick walls' Minnesota    179,152
provided their own safety. • Missisippi     80,383
Mr. Gehlert's loss is    estimated at Missouri    398,032
$10,000, covered by an   insurance of Montana    101,063
$5,000.   The building was new, sub- Nebraska    158,8227
stantial and thoroughly equipped as  Nevada  17,776
an opera house and undoubtedly had r ; ]\jew piampshire .. 43,779
few equals in the state.   The loss of New Jersey   211,018
the opera house is felt keenly by the New  Mexico     33,553
people of Ronan and    vicinity.     All New York      756,880
were justly proud of having an amuse-: North Carolina  ... 168,383
ment house of this character in Ronan North Dakota  .... 55,271
and while the loss is   great to    Mr.  Ohio    604,946
Gehlert personally, it is also felt by  Oklahoma    148,123
everybody. Oregon    120,087
A stream of water at hand when the  Pennsylvania    521,748
fire was first discovered would easily Rhode Island   40,394
have saved the building and a loss of South Carolina   ... 41,846
$10,000 fully one third of the amount South Dakota    59,191
that would be required to construct Tennessee    153,334
an adequate and    up-to-date    water Texas    285,909
system that would protect the entire Utah     84,025
town from such   conflagrations.     In  Vermont     22,708
this, as in all things, there is a moral.  Virginia    102,824
Will Ronan benefit by it ?—Poneer.      Washington    183,388
 «  jW. Virginia   140,403
i Wisconsin    193,042
Wyoming      28,316
28,662
20,524
49,827
462,516
102,308
106,514
25,794
11,225
56,368
1,152,316
341,005
296,449
241,854
6,644
69,506
117,374
268.812
339,097
179,544
4,253
369,332
66,750
117,711
12,127
43,723
268,982
31,161
875,510
120,890
52,651
514,836
97',233
126,813
703,734 |
Washington, Dec. 29.—President
Wilson late today signed the Ferris
bill, opening up 640-acre homesteads
for stock raising and grazing purposes
It is accounted of great importance to
the western states.
The bill passed the house a year ago
the senate on the closing day of the
last session of congress and final agree
ment was reached between conferees
last week. Representative Ferris of
Oklahoma, its author, said tonight
that a considrable part of the 300,-000,
000 acres of public lands in the west
and the 375,000,000 acres in Alaska
could be utilized for stock raising
under the law. Thus, he said, thousands of homeless citizens would be
able to gain homes. The law raises
the homestead unit from a maximum
of 320 acres to 640 on arid, semi-arid
non-irrigable and non-timbered public
land. Improvements of $1.25 per acre
must me made by the homesteader.
The bill was strongly endorsed by
the interior department, which inform
ed congress that it would result in
having the number of cattle in the
west "greater than during the most
prosperous days of the cattle kings."
Northern Idaho In
Hands Of Receiver
The Northern Idaho and Montana
Power Company which at one time
owned the water, light and telephone
systems here has been placed in tile
hands of a receiver. The company now
has no property here except the tele
phone line as the manner in which it
treated its patrons caused the people
to vote it out of business, by issuing
bonds to put in a water system and by
voting a franchise to another company.
The receivership, it is said,
is friendly and is the result of an
agreement between the company and
is creditors. Elmer Dover was ap
pointed receiver and B. F. Grosscup of
Tacoma, counsel for the receiver.
Following the   application   for the
appointment of a received by Matthew
.   „_s. A. Morrson of Chicago, who alleged
'      : that the company owed him $30,000
'on a note and had outstanding mortgage bonds of $4,715,500 to pay interest on, the company joined in the
petition for a receiver. The receivership, it is announced will mean a
period of reorganzatiion work in whch
' J*  • the l'eceiver and the company will join.
64,2611
116,114
64,949
54,133
40,250
WAR AT CORAM
A discussion of the European war
situation resulted in Olaf West being
I brought to town Tuesday for medical
treatment for injuries received at the
hands of a fellow lumberjack in a
.camp in the vicinity of Coram.
Totals    9,116,296
143,124 i
221,323 I
21,698,
8,547,474!
POLSON'S     PROGRESSIVENESS
JtEIN- -BLUMHAGEN WEDDING
Last week there came to our desk
one of the handsomest small town
Christmas editions of a newspaper
we had ever seen. The paper was the'
Flathead   Courier.    The   edition   was
Over fifty friends and relatives of
It'is said that West"wa7iying down Emily Rein and Frederick Blumhagen complete in twenty pages, including
in his bunk discussing the war issues gathered at the beautiful new ranch the illustrated Christmas cover In-
when a companion pounced upon him home of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Rein glancing over the libera advertising
and pounded his face unmercifully Monday afternoon to witness the patronage contributed by the busi-
When brought to town on a local marriage of Miss Rein and Mr. Blum "ess and professional men of Poison
freight train he was suffering with hagen which took place at six o'clock, 'to the edition,.we are convinced tint
broken arteries'in the nose w hich ':Rev. B. Moltham performing the cere-: there exists indeed in that reservn-
bled profusely and a badly smashed mony. Immediately after the cere *«on town a spirit of progressive?!e-5*
face. Dr. Robinson atended him and m°W the guests sat down to one of prevalent only in a thriving- eomiwuW--
he is expected to recover.—Columbian  the finest wedding suppers ever serv  %•    The Courier is issued at Poison
  • ed in the section and to which all did  twice a week> and  perhaps, has the
~-o-—- | f U]] juslcc.    The evening was spent in •most liberal advertising patronage of
A FEARFUL RIDE • rr)en.y making and the light was break ' any PaPer in the state.    Poison is a
Through   Sunday    night's    terrific ing in the east this mornng when the, hustling town,    and    when we look
storm Duputy Sheriff William Engle    uests departed for their homes.   The through the columns of her newspaper
Reservoir
of Ronan carried a crazy woman from  happy C0Uple will make their home o..
Ronan  to    Missoula by    automobile, a ranch just   east 0f the
says the Missoulian.   Engle arrested  school house.
the woman six miles outside of Ronan ;
and immediately started with her for
the county   jail.    On the    Evaro hill
ance
lie  lire ujiu   ou«,ii^.3  uucii. *»*o  maul- , „ .__    .... -
will not nearly cover the    loss, i 'fCretarj; Mtc,Ado° ls f^ating with  of the sun scheduled for December 14.  EnHe "sa7d   tnTwind "w^Tt *""' •
-i— ~* «.- w. M„,„_. the president's approval, probably will .This eclipse of the sun will be visible 2   t It.   1       1 ?       T     Watch   *»'
HOME TALENT ENTERTAINMENT
program
The plant was one of the best equip-- .""" -i"--»*"'-"■'" <^i--""., f-    ■—j ■•"» .-....= ^.^oc UJ. ,,,lt. BUn win ue visiuic  that it snmpfimpo  nimn[,t „„„„..,„.     i       "»»•"   *««   i""Si«.i
ed in the state with the latest machin
ery operated by electric motors.
Some expensive additions to the box-
making were installed last summer,
and the concern had at least 90 days'
work ahead. Mr. Jordan stated that
lie hopes to rebuild at once.
within a few days after expiraton of tion    of    South    America,    southern \ h"" "wl ~"™™T" .""" '""TV"
"     '   '' --       f   '•    i! ■. a  .....'.        . _    • bearable.    1 he woman's name is Mar-
tolrne. She
p.nd wrn m
lum at Warm Spring:
EQUIPMENT FOR N. P.
St. Paul, Dec. 29.—Orders for $7,-
000,000 worth of equipment, principal
ly rolling stock, are being placed by
the  Northern  Pacific  Railroad  com
the holdy    recess.      Indications are; Australia, the south Atlantic and In
< that it will contain   recommendations dian oceans and a part of the Pacific
that wool, rubber andcoffee be taken ocean.
from  tho free list and placed under [    -In compensation for what they have
low tariffs, but it is more  uncertain ! missed during the-year the rn^idenrn!    ~«~~	
what recommendaton    will be    made throughout nearly the whole of North] FARM HOME BURNS
, with rejrard to sugar.    In fact the en-   America  will   lie   treated  to   a  total      The  house on  the  Stanley Scearce
tire tariff program* of the plan to in-'eclipse of the moon, which is ached-1 farm  four miles northeast of Ronan
c.oase revenues has    not, it is said,  uled  to  take  place three  days after burned    last    Tuesday    night    about
; taken a definite form. Christmas.      The    beginning of this seven  o'clock.    The    house    was  oc-
of  the  home
given in
Gray's    Hall,    Wednesday    evening, i
January 10th.    Program wll appear in
we can readily understand the intensified business done by its firms—they
are liberal advertisers. Does it pay
to advertise, Mr. Business Man?
Take the hunch, make the experiment, at least.—Thompson Falls, Independent Enterprise.
SNOW   STOPS   TRAVEL
Poison has been almost completely
\lZ 1)e.en vi°lentJy inSane Friday's Courier." The"entertaTnment |
reviously in the state asy- wil] be given um,er the    auspices of isolated the past week on account of
the Civic League for the benefit of the snow making the roads impassable
ithe Lyceum Course. Tickets 25 and for cars. This section has received
35 cents. • about twice the snow that they have
  «   I in the lower end of the valley, as the
cars have been making regular trips
from Ronan south.   However a chin-
BUSINESS MEN'S MEETING
ti,   j    •«       j •,      .. -. . A meeting of the business men win nook is on today and it is believed that
„rJ;   a",^ "nd6r   ^^on are  eclipse will be   visible   generally   in cupied by Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Martin, be held Thursday for the purpose of with a little work breaking some of
-naerstood to be nominal and designed North and South-America, thr-m/hout who lost everything in the shape of reorganizing the    Chamber of    Com-' the d-fts m the bie   hill thatTnffi.
 ---.,    +T M „        ,    , ^ Provde revenue only      Rates that the   Pacific  ocean  and the    extreme house hold goods, provisions and cloth merce.    The town was never in great-! will be resumed^ again    It^is under
.any. /resident J. M. Hannaford an- vould amount to a protective   tariff northeastern part of Asia.   The end- ing, except what they wore when the or need of a live organization than it1 stood that the road ftom Poison to
jounced here today.    The   equipment are understood to be opposed by de- ing may be viewed generally in North \ fire was discovered.   A defective flue is now, and there will be more to be Bigarm will also be opened1 up m a
is said to have caused the fire.—Ronan done the coming  summer than  ever day or two and a stage service be-
Pioneer- before. | tween here and Kalispell established.
nounced nere many,    me   equipment >'f  miuciawuu  b-.,  uK uj^uotu vy  uc- miLf may De viewea genera
already ordered includes 2,850 freight partment officials and administration America throughout the Pacific ocean,
cars. ] kad«rs in congress alike. 1 in eastern Asia and Auati alia