Big Timber Pioneer 1909

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The  Bi&
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VOL. 19.
BIG TIMBER, SWEETGRASS COUNTY, MONTANA, JANUARY 7, 1909,
NO. 7
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Hand in Hand
is the way you will go if you
buy your
Watches, Jewelry, Etc.
....at....
H. J. DIXON'S
t  She'll return it,   with   interest, too,
,V:tnd admire not only your salutation
$ but yourself,   if you make yourself
(   look "killing"   in  a Suit and Over-
l   -coat made by us.     We are fashion-
\ able tailors—in   all   but  charges—
V and have been responsible for more
V^ngagements"      (otherwise    than
/ business   ones)   than most .tailors.
Now, if \ «>u   want  to advance your
\r "suit"—nhy,   let   us   make   it foi
you, and the lady is as good as won.
Suits from $16 up
John Watt
Builder of Tidy Tors
JOHN J. HARPER.
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Post Ollico uddrcs.s,
Melville, Mont.
KaiiKC. on tlu> Iieud
of I-isli creek.
Horse brand, same
as cattle on left shoulder.
Strayed to my ranch on the  Bonlder
two cows branded MM on right hip
and one thrccyear ^HH old steer,
branded HKSI on HB right hip.
OwnorlSBfl      |H9please   pay
charge s
12-17-4-p
ind take samo away.
C R. McKknzie,
Big Timber.
HARPER
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Good* Health, FJneDigestion
Strong Nerves, and Hearty-
Good Humor comes from
the moderate use oi
HARPER Whiskey.
Buy HARPER from
THE CLUB SALOON.
WILLIAMJON
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STATE SOLONS READY
FOR BUSINESS.
ORGANIZATION WAS PERFECTED
MONDAY.—INAUGURAL BALL A
BRILLIANT FUNCTION.
The eleventh legislative assembly of
Montana met at noon Monday, and after
organization, both house and senate adjourned until Tuesday, the senate until
1:30 o'clock and the house until 2, when
the governor's message was read to them
in joint assembly. W. W. McDowell,
democrat, of Silver Bow county wai
elected speaker of the house, receiving
37 votes as against 32 cast for T. J.
Cummings of Ft. Benton, the nominee
of the republican members. Edward
Burke of Anaconda was chosen speaker
pro tem. The members of 'the house
wero sworn in by Judge Henry C. Smith
of the supreme court, and immediately
got down to busine-s.
In the senate the members were sworn
in by Chief Justice Theodore Brantly of
the supreme court. Lieutenant-Governor William R. Allen of Deer Lodge
coiui'v presided. Thomas Everett of
Harlem was elected president pro tem
and Nathan Godfrey of Helena was
chosen as secretary. As the roll was
called the following new senators advanced and were administered the oath
of oflice by Chief Justice Brantly: Sol-
way, of Beaverhead; Sykes of Custer;
Mayor, of Carbon; McCono, of Dawson;
Daly, of Deer Lodge; McCarthy, of Gallatin; Kessler, of Lewis and Clark;
Tooley, of Meagher; McDonnell, of
Sweetgrass; Conrowr, of Park; and Cock-
rell, of Powell. Each subscribed to the
oath orally and literally, whereupon the
roll was again called.
Among the senate employes 11. S.
Simpson, of this place, was selected for
janitor.
A committee which will appoint the
different committees of tho senate was
appointed as follows: A. P. Tooley,
Meagher; J. B. Annin, Yellowstone;
George McCone, Dawson.
The house was called to order by Sec-,
rotary of State A. N. Yodcr. After the
members were ,.sworn in M. M. Duncan
of Madison county was made temporary
chairman, Charles Pond of Gallatin
county temporary secretary and S. C.
Ashby of Lewis and Clark county temporary assistant secretary. Representative Charles M. Crutchlield of Ravalli
n -minuted Mr. McDowell for the speakership. McDowell was the choice of tho
democrats of the house at tho caucus,
and there was no other candidate, 'his
being the only name before the caucus.
Representative D. C. Maxwell nominated Mr. Cummings as tho republican
candidate for the speakership and the
vote was taken.
There will be little business transacted
in tho house this week. Toward the
latter part of tho week, it is expected,
the speaker will announce his committees. In some sessions, moro than two
weeks have passed without the naming
of the committees. Interest centers in
the appointments and, until the committees are named, there will be little
attempt to transact business in the lower
house.
Inaugural Ball.
Despite a below zere temperature and
a driving snow, conditions unpleasant
enough to deter many from venturing
outside, the Inaugural ball and reception given at tho Auditorium Monday
night by the Helena Commercial club in
honor of Montana's new governor, Edwin L. Norris, Mrs. Norris, the state
officials and their wives, and members of
the legislature and their wives, was a
brilliant success. It was the best attended, llic most enjoyable and in every
way the host appointed public function
ever given in Montana's capital. The
affair began at nine o'clock with a
reception which ~ continued until ten
thirty when dancing began. During
the reception Madame Ej-icke's orchestra
of twenty pieces rendered a special con
cert program. Dancing continued until
two o'clock.
Most of tho women were in dccollettc
and seldom in the west has such a galaxy of beauty been seen. Handsome,
women, radiantly gowned, thronged the
floor; debutantes of Montana cities
entered into the spirit of the occasion
enthusiastically and made tho most of
their first Inaugural ball. In tho galleries wero many invited guest* who enjoyed looking on moro than they did
participating in the allair.
In the receiving lino wero Governor
and Mrs. Edwin L. Norris, former
Govornor and Mrs. J. K. Toole, Lieutenant Governor and Mrs. W. R. Alien, W.
W. McDowell, speaker of the house;
Chief Justico and Mrs. Theodore Brantly, Justice and Mrs. Henry C. Saiith,
Judge and Mrs. W. L. Holloway, Judge
and Mrs W. H. Hunt and Colonel and
Mrf. William A. Mann.
Theme who attended the function from
Big Timber were, Col. and Mrs. A. B,
Coit, Mrs. Harvey Coit, and Mr. and
Mrs. J T. LaFond.
COLLEGE WILL GIVE A  COURSE
For Benefit of Farmers from  Over
the Entire State.
Arrangements have been made at the
Montana Agricultural College to again
give a special one week's course for
dairy farmers. Last year for the first
time this course was given and thirty-six
farmers with their wives took advantage
of it, coming from fifteea different towns
from Missoula to Miles City.
The work taken up during that week
is of a very practical nature, covering
the following subjects:
Practical Dairy Stock Judging.
Stock Feeding.
Feeding Skim »*ilk to Pigs and Calves.
Home Butter Making.
Home Cheese Making,
The Hand Separator.
Care of Milk and Cream.
City Milk Problems.
Testing Milk and Cream.
The Milking Machine.
These are discussed in a very frank
and practical way, and wo would ask
any dairyman who has any other problem in which he is interested to bring it
so that it may be taken up.
It is our desire that these meetings
shall be so practical that they shall be
worth dollars and conts to those who
attend.
This course begins on Wednesday,
January l.'Stli, and will continue until
Tuesday evening, January 19th. Cheese
will be made again this year on the last
day and those who attend the meetings
will have the privilege of bringing milk
to the college and will have the same
made into cheese without cost. We
would advise those who desire to send
word to the dairy department to do so at
once, because we can handle 700 pounds
of milk with our equipment. First come
first served.
The classes on practical work will
continue from 9 a. m. until i p. m., and
there is no age limit. Last year men all
tho way fro:ii 20 to G5 years of age attended. Ono practical dairy farmer
came to us after the meeting and said,
"I wouldn't have missed that for anything for it has been worth u hundred
dollars to me."
Don't forgot the date and don't forget
about the cheese.       W. J. Elliott,
Dairyman.
NEW  BOARD   OF  COUNTY   COMMISSIONERS MEET.
Geo. A. Loasby Selected as Chairman
—Reorganization Perfected.
Big Timber, Mont., Jan. 4, 1909
Board met pursuant to adjournment
of December 12th, 1908. Members present: II. O. Kellogg, Chairman; John
Rye and George A. Loasby, Commissioners; and J. A. Bailey, Clerk,
John Esp, the newly-elected Commis -
sioner, to till vacancy caused by the expiration of term of H. O. Kellogg, having
tiled his bond and taken the oath of
office, the Board proceeded with its organization. On motion made by John
Rye and seconded by John Esp and carried, George A. Loasby was elected chairman of said Board for the ensuing two
years.
Board examined the property in possession of the retiring county officers
and found same in good condition.
Appointments of H. C. Allen, Deputy
County Clerk, and A. Whitney, Under
Sheriff, approved by the Board.
The bonds of Drs. A. P. O'Leary and
D. Claiborne, as County Physicians, and
of L. C. Bade for the board and enre of
the county poor for tho year 1909 wore
approved.
The report of H. C, Allen, retiring
County Clerk, for fees collected in December and part of January approved.
H. C. Allen tiled a receipt for the sum
of $125.00 amount of the warrant issued
to him June 'lth, 1903, to be used for current expensos of the County Clerk's
ollice.
It is hereby ordered that a warrant be
issued in favor of J. A. Bailey, County
Clerk, for the sum of $125.00 to be used
by him for current expenses of said
ollice.
Board adjourned until 2 p. m.
Afternoon* Session*.
Board met pursuant to adjournment,
all members being present.
Bids for the construction of a bridge
across the American Fork creek at the
crossing on the Melville-Big Elk stage
road were opened and were as follows:
J. W. Russell as per plans and specifications $G00.00; Russell & Jowoll as per
plans and specifications $600.00; John T.
Noble as per plans and specifications, in-
c'uding painting 8575.00; Curtis &
Swendsen as per plans and specifications $830.00; Curtis & Swendsen as per
their own plans $735.00. After due consideration the Board accepted the bid of
John T. Noble for the. construction and
painting of aforesaid bridge, he being
the lowest bidder, said Noble to sign
contract for same and to furnish a bond
in the sum of $1,150.00. The Chairman
of the Board Is hereby authorized to
sign above-mentioned contract on behalf
of the County and approve said bond.
The County Clerk is hereby instructed
topwrchase two typewriters for use in
the County Attorney's and County
Clerk's offices.
The report of H. C  Pound, retiring
Clerk of Court, for fees collected in De
cember and part of January approved.
-Board adjourned to meet tomorrow at
10 a. m.
January 5th, 1909.
Board met pursuant to adjournment,
all members being present.
Board took up the matter of road culverts and instructed the Clerk to order
360 feet of 12-inch metal culverts and
296 feet of 18-inch.
The Sheriff is hereby instructed to
have the interior of the jail repaired and
painted.
• The County Clerk is hereby instructed
tm issue a warrant on the bridge fund
for the sum of $600.00 in favor of W. A.
Harrison, the contract price of the bridge
across Sweet Grass creek at Harrison
crossing, upon its acceptance by D. J.
Walvoord, County Surveyor.
The bond of H. J. Koozer as weighing
master approved.
Resolved, That we desire to express
to tho retiring officials of Sweet Grass
county our appreciation of their courteous treatment and for the able and competent manner in which thoy have performed the auties of their respective
oflices.-
Board adjourned.
G. A. LOASBY,   .
J. A. Bailkv, Chairman.
Clerk.
DRY LAND FARMING
Interesting Information for Those Interested in the Culture of Non-
Irrigated Soil.
As is well known the Department of
Agriculture is giving all possible support to those who settle in the drier
sections of the West. A division of
Dry and Agricultural Investigation was
creitod a few yoars ago, and this division immediately began investigations
and planned experiments of special value
to those who are so situated as to profit
by them. Most of the work is done in
connection with tho state sub stations,
where the-, division maintains experi-
uienteis ana'observers. For three yeais
this co-operation has existed. These
have been exceptionally wet years, and
henco enough lime has not elapsed ko
that many—K any—defini'e results can
be givou. In fact, most of these experiments are planned for a series of yoars
si that even though there had been a
period of drouth the experiments would
not have been completed. But a good
start has been made and results will be
forthcoming before long. The department has just issued a bulletin, which is
in reality an extract from the Yearbook
of 1907, which gives in detail the plans
f t the dry farmiug experiments. The
bulletin is more in tho nature of a prospectus of what may bo expected later
than it js a tabulation of results. It is
evidently intended to prepare the dry
land farmer for what is to come,andto
got him to look forward for future pub
lications. It contains, however, some
general observations that are generally
interesting and wo publish herewith
s imo of them: Settlers who come to
the more humid portions of the tram-
Mississippi region soon discover that
with the fertile and easily tilled soils and
abundant rainfall of these districts it
was possible to produce crops successfully with much less labor than is usually bestowed upon them in tho less fa
vored portions of the East. This led to
very superficial and slovonly methods <>f
tillage. Plowing was frequently not only
Vi?ry carelessly done and to a depth of
only Unco or four inches, but in some
instances the land was plowed only once
in three or four years,' and sometimes
even a much longer period was allowed
to elapse between plowings, the grain
being "stubbed in" upon the unplowed
stubble of the previous year's crop.
Where tho land was not plowed it was
usually prepared for seeding with a disc
harrow. While this svatetu of farming
brought fairly successful returns during
favorable years for a time after the virgin prairie was broken, it became less
and less remunerative^ the soil became
exhausted of organic matter, and the
farmers learned by costly experience
that even in the more humid portions of
tho Great Plains some other system of
tillage would be necessary in order to
maintain the fertility of their farms. As
settlements extended westward into the
drier districts the samo shiftless methods wero used as those at first practiced
further east. A series of dry years which*
culminated in tbo disastrous drouth of
1901 not only demonstrated that the
methods were unprofitable whero the
problem of moisturo conservation was
most important, but it actually served to
depopulate a considerable part of. the
more arid portions of the -.Great Plains
area. Many farmers abandoned their
farms, which were sold for taxes and
finally fell into tho hands of largo land
companies. Since 1894 there has been a
somewhat regular increase in the annual
precipitation through the Great Plains
area, until 1905 it reached the highest
point recorded by tho weather bureau,
but only very slightly in excess of the
precipitation of 1883. This increase in
precipitation, which made tho agricultural conditions more favorable, together
with the demand for cheap farm landa,
had the effect of causing these large
land companies to exploit what is now
generally known as "dry farming."
\lany of the settlers had learned by bitter experience that it would be necessary
to adopt even more thorough methods of
tillage hero than had been required in
the more humid East. No new discoveries had been made as to the principles or practices of thorough tillage, but
it had been learned that thorough tillage waa necessary. It has long been
known that the loss of moisture from a
stubble field left bare by harvesting the
crop is greater than at any other time.
This is particularly true in tbe semi-arid
districts, where the temperature and
wind velocity are usually very high at
this time of year. In order to avoid this
loss of moisture, it is desirable to plow
the land as soon as possible after the
crop is removed.  . -    •
Where the annual precipitation is only
barely sufficient for the crop it is of the
greatest importance that the soil bo kept
in such condition that it will be able to
store as largo a proportion of the rain
that falls as possible. It is therefore evident that plowing should not only be
done as early as is possible in the fall or
late summer, but the plowing should be
deep enough to afford a reservoir to receive the rains that fall during the autumn and winter following.
If the land is plowed during hot, dry
summer weather, and is allowed to lie
loosely as it is left by the plow, there
will be a great loss by evaporation. It
is therefore necessary to thoroughly
compact the soil as soon as possible after
plowing. This can be done in various
ways. Thorough harrowing with an ordinary harrow will accomplish the result
in some cases and upon some soils. An
implement known as a subsurface packer has boon found very effectual for this
Continued on piige eight.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
United States Land Office, Bozemnn,
Montana, December 17th, 1908.
Notice is hereby given that John E.
King, whose post office address is Big
Timber, Montana, has this 17th day of
December, 1908, filed in this office his
application to select under the provisions of Act of Congress approved February 18, 1907. Lot 4 of Section 24,
Township 2 N of Range 12 East of Montana Meridian.
Any and all persons claiming adversely the lands described, or desiring to
object because of tho mineral character
of the land, or for any other reason, to
the disposal to applicant, should file
their affidavits of protest in this office,
on or before the 2c th day of January
1909. Non coal land.
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M. R. Wilson, Register.
FOR SALE.
Two hundred good middle-aged eww,
to lamb March 1st. Ewes are fat. Will
contract them far about February 20th
delivery at $4.25 per head. Also 3000
good lambs for April delivery at $4.25
per head. L. P. Tintinger.
FRANK GOTTLOB,
Post oflice address, Howie, Montana.
Cattle branded IMJMJ °n right shoulder, also bar on ^BS^H nose. Ra n ge
on East Fork of B9BH Sweet Grass
creek. 12-17-3
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
In tho District Court of tho Sixth Judicial District of  the State of Montana,   in   and   for   the   County  of
Sweet Grass.
In the  Matter of the Estato of John
Flynn, deceased.
Notice is Hereby Given by the undersigned Administratrix of the Estate
of John Flynn, deceased, to the creditors of, and all persons having
claims against the said deceased, to t>v-
hibit them with the necessary vouchers,
within four months after tho first publication of this notice, to the said Administratrix at her residence below Grey
Cliff, in Sweot Grass county, the same
being the place for the transaction of
the business of said estate.
Dated Big Timber, Dec. 8th, 1908.
Nora Flynn
Administratrix of the Estate of
John Flynn, deacesed.
A. G. Hatch, Attorney for Estate.
1st publication December 10, 1908.
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