The Flathead Courier 1920

              COURIER-
VOLUME 10
POLSON, FLATHEAD COUNTY, MONTANA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1920
NUMBER 39
CALLED ON II-
At a meeting of the executive
committee of the Flathead Irrigation
Association it was decided to call a
mass meeting of all unit holders to be
held in Ronan at 2 p. m. Saturday-
January 3rd. The following points
are to be discussed:
Point No. 1—Some facts regarding
the plan of opening this Reservation;
first, the allotment in severalty to
Indians, and • next, homesteading of
the surplus lands; the reas|onsN for
making the homesteads 40 and 80
acre units; the co-ordination therewith with the proposed irrigation
system; all the facts, both specific
and implied, as to the intent of the
government at that time to furnish
these unitsi holders with water, thereby making it' an attractive homesteading proposition for those who took the
lands, was there any reservations or
stipulations to the entryman at that
time asi to when and as to how long a
period they would have to reside upon
the lands before they would get an
•established water right?   Was there 1500,000 cords of pulp wood,
PULP MILL
TO BE ISSUED
in the consideration of this opening
to settlement, any question asi to
whether the entryman would be furnished with water, or presumed to
accept a dry land homestead of the
size apportioned?
Point No. 2.— What has actually
been performed by the government
in tine period have they carried out
to these settlers the intent and promise of the government at the time
it was settled?
Point No 3.—What is our remedy?
If the government will not complete
this in two equal appropriations of
this Congress and the next Congress
have we got justifiable reasons for
asking them to forfeit all work done
to date and turn over to the settlers
to complete by private enterprise, and
acquire good water rights for the
water here-tofore reserved by the
Government. *
Ex-Senator Jos. M, Dixon will address the meeting and cover Point
No. 1 in full. Project Eng. F. T. Crowe
will give us full information on Point
No. 2. Point No 3 is for general discussion Your are requested to give
as. much publicity as possible to this
meeting and have as many allottees
and homesteaders present as possible.
The Gaiety Theater here will be available if the smaller hall is not sufficient to accomodate the crowd.
D. A. Dellow, Vice-President
Stanley Scearce, Chairman Executive Committee.
An associated press dispatch recently sent out from Missoula hasthe
following to say in regard to the establishment of a paper mill on Flathead Lake.
A final prospectus for the develop-
'ment of the manufacture of pulp and
paper in the vicinity of Flathead Lake
is being prepared at the district headquarters in Missoula by R, P, McLaughlin, supervisor of the Blackfeet
forest, who has, been conducting in-
'tensive inevstigations of the feasibility of such work for the past few
years.
Everything favors the establishment of a pulp mill in the Flathead
region, according to Mr, McLaughlin's
final report. Pulp timber in practically inexhaustible quantities may be
found, in accessible stands; three or
four favorable water power sites are
available, while freight rates will also
favor the Montana plant and the market needs the supply which it may
'turn out and more too.
The.best chance in the Flathead
region isi found in a compact, body of
timber, on the west side of the north
fork of the Flathead river, just west
of  Glacier park,  which  contains   2,-
60    per
cent of it Engleman spruce. Government roads have been built, at an
expense of $200,000 into this stand,
while the natural waterways furnish
cheap transportation facilities from
the woods to the mill.
THREE MORE COUNTIES
NEEDED TO REFER LAW
Three counties have as yet to file
petitions to refer the preferential
presidental and the new state primary
OF FLATHEAD
ALE OF
DEB GROSS SEALS
Mrs. M. J, Cowman, chairman of the
Poison District for the Christmas Seal
sale has sent a check for $102 to C, D,
Great  Falls,  Dec.  24.-Special-,A! J°"radf °f KalispeJL Mr' .+Conrad' |»
site comprising sixteen acres, located dlstl?ct ^airman his territory mclud-
., ,,     . ~    , JL       -*.», mS Lincoln and Flathead counties  Mr
a mile south of Dayton, on the we-$* ,„        ,       ,„,,««        .,    - ., ;   .
i. ,„,,,,,     ,      ,   ru Conrad sent $100 worth of the seals to
em shore of Flathead lake, has been ■.,,      _ T   _
,    ,   ,        ,,           .     ,        4.1.   ■    ■ ""*• Mi's. Cowman   Enough sealsi were re-
selected as the spot where there    is .        ,      ,        u 4.              ,,
■.    .    v.,.                     •.           j.      .4.1;    turned and resold to carry them over
to be built a summer home   for   thej^. A .ir. m„ nn   __^     *.,,___   ,,	
Young Women's Christian association
of America, it was announced here today.
The selection was made after an ex--.  , .,    ,       .    „    nn   _        „
,     ■,  ,    ...   . . .  . 4.1.    also sold close to $20.00   Supt. Pace
tended visit to various points on the ^ i_,_ ^,_ __,__,.     ,, ,;„. „„
lake, which is situated near Glacier,
Park and is declared to be the me-   ]
beautiful inland body of water in the
United" States,  by  Mary Grove,    of
Johnday, Ore., and Lucille Stoner of
Washington, D. C. !
The site selected is on the park to'
park highway, and on the routes of
the steamers which ply on the lake,      I 	
The home to be erected is. to be' Livingston, Dec. 24.—With the close
called the "Mary Grove home'? after 0f the elk hunting season, as close an
the woman who is to be the firs- estimates as can be made by game
president of the board of directors, officials indicates that 4000 elk have
This board is to be selected from been killed throughout the state. This
every state in the union, and its duty number seems large, and being used
will be to control this summer play- under such scare heads as "Terrible
the top with $2,00 extra. Mrs. Mason
was the champion seller.  She alone,
j selling $20.00 worth. Mrs Win. Wall
1 and Mrs. Casey worked together, they
through the schools: sold $31.00 worth.
ALL APPMAIIGNS
SLAUGHTER OF ELK
ground, which will be dedicated to the
use of the Christain association in all
parts of the United States.
MEETING
HERE THIS MONTH
Slaughter   of   Elk",   the  public  has
given the statements some credence,
^mp.ny people believing that the specie
is  in  danger of extermination,
!    As less than four per cent of the
elk in the state were killed it is evi-
' dent there  was  no    slaughter    and
' that there is not the slightest dan-
'ger of the animals becoming extinct.
The fact is that the farmers occupying  rural  homesteads  in  the  mountain valleys  near the  National  for-
SENDS GREETINGS TO
MEN IN KHAKI
Washington, Dec. 24.j—Seci'etary
Baker yesterday sent to all American
troops within the United States and
abroad the following Christmas message:
"To *hof 0T*° ™™ *e unif0.™ ,f small crew of men began to work The
the United States, Christmas with itsidecision of the officials and ^ctors
deep meaning of'peace on earth, good of tne company to remove the    ]ant
January 20 and 21 are the dates set ests where the elk and deer are plen-
laws.to the voters at the next genei*-ifor the short course to be given Jn tiful, and that are dependent for pas-
al election, according to the records Poison by the  extension  departmeiii. turage   for  their   small   herds     and
of the State College. '   "■ flocks, on their grazing leases in the
The Bozeman talent assigned for national forests, are complaining
the Poison meeting are Mr. Tomson, bitterly of the overfeeding of the
Mr. Fuller, Mrs. Roosevelt and Miss range by the elk, and are spending
Quaw. Mr. Tomson is a dairy special- protests into the government depart'
ist and also specialist in dairy stock, ment.
silos etc. Mr, Fuller is the agronom- In 1916, the forestry service took
ist. His specialities are grain and a census of the Yellowstone national
forage crops, tillage and cropping park elk, finding approximately 45,-
methods. Mr. McKee, Mr. Kauffman, 000. During the intervening three
Mr. Neiman and other local talent years,. the winters have been 'favor-
will appear also t :.n the two day pro-able and the animals have been pro-
in the office of Secretary of State C.
T. Stewart. The total signatures to
these petitions, which have come in
from 22 counties,. to refer measures
known as referendums number 10 and
16, are 16,949 for No 15, which passed
by the special session as senate bill
32, and No. 16, senate bill 30, which
has 16,817 signatures.
The law requires 15 per cent of the
votes cast for governor at the last
general election to refer a measure to
the voters from a majority of 26 of
Montana's 51 counties;.
The counties which have submitted
petitions complete on both these measures are, Blaine, Dawson, Fergus,
Flathead, Glacier, Hill, McCone Missoula, Musselshell, Phillips, Pondera,
Ravalli, Richland, Roosevelt, Sanders,
She*ridan, Teton, Toole;, Treasure,
Valley, Wheatland and Wibaux.—
Helena Record
WORK IS COMMENCED
DISMANTLING PLANT
FOR SUGAR   COMPANY
Missoula, Dec, 30.—Initial steps toward dismantling'the plant of the
Great Western Sugar company a mile
west of Missoula were taken when a
will to men,' should take on an added
significance thi|s year, in that during
the new era of peace for which such
great sacrifices were made, American
institutions have been guarded during
the 12 months past with that fidelity
and devotion which has always been
one of the great traditions of the
United States army.
"With the new year approaching
your country stands on the threshold
of greater opportunities and prosperity than are to be read in any of the
glorious pages of her history. As
soldiers you represent the strength of
your country, and in peace, as well as
in war, you can prove that the foundation of democracy and the safeguard of liberty is the ability of the
individual to percieve and defend the
truth. I speak for your commander
in chief and for the nation you serve
when I wish you a very Merry Christmas and a successful and Happy New
Year."
from Missoula was announced some
time ago from the offices of W, L.
Petriken.
A full 1" , will be placed on the
job. It is expected that 200 men will be
employed on the project. The machinery will be moved to Mitchell, Neb.,
where it will be utilized in the construction of a new plant to be erected
by the Great Western Sugar company
at that place.
It is expected that the machinery
and parts to be removed will all have
been shipped from this city before the
first of May, officials stating that it
would take four months to finish the
work
WATCH NIGHT SERVICE
Wednesday evening of this» week
at the Methodist Church a Watch
night service was held. The first part
of the evening was spent in a social
time under the auspices, of the Adult
Bible Class, Mrs Matthews, Leader.
The last hour was given over to a
Watch night service and a short message was delivered by the Pastor,
250 ARRESTS MADE
BY GAME WARDEN
gram.
tected  by   the  national  forest  war-
A thriving Farm Bureau has lately dens, by being rounded up and driven
been organized with Poison as head- into the park'before the opening of
quarters and every farmer tributary each game season, the rangers hav-
to   Poison   should   plan   now  toj  at- ing  annually  ridden the  line,   night
tend  all  mettings  on  Tuesday    and and day, firing blank cartridges    to
Wednesday January 20 and 21. Mrs keep the elk well back from the park
Roosevelt, Miss; Quaw and Mrs Greene lines. Hunting elk around in the park
will  look after the  interests  of-the borders during those and prior years,
women during the short course. was not frequently    rewarded.    Elk
Though the generosity of President were found as easily in almost any
Kelley of the Anaconda Copper Min- other mountainous part of the state,
ing Company the Poison High School Sportsmen say that under the con-
will have a representative at the ditions cited, the elk will*' double in
State Vocational meeting    in    Boze- two   years.   Reckoning   that' the   elk
have only doubled   since    1916,   the
man January 12-17
President Kelley is paying the.'herds this fall have increased to ap-
transportation expense for one boy proximately 90,000, over half of these
from each high school in the state hanging in the northern part of the
giving the Smith-Hughes course in park. When the extreme cold and
agriculture, to the big Bozeman con- heavy snows came the first part of
ference Mr. Kelley is one of the pow- October, practically two months
erful public spirited men of Montana earlier than usual, it caught all the
who recognized the possibilities of animals physically unprepared and
agricultui-al development in the state the elk, deer and other animals
and is furnishing the means, to hasten stampeded north from the park to
this development by making it pos- lower levels, coming across the pro
sible for the high schools of this state tecting lines and scattering over the
to send: representatives to this meet- lower hills and valleys, just in time
ing. to be well advertised for the opening
From  the  seventeen boys    taking of the'hunting  season.   Many hunt-
this course in the Poison High School ers came to get an elk and to take
Adrian Henningsen has been chosen home   several   hundred    pounds     of
to make the trip to the state college, nourishing meat. A good many    elk
Adrian will leave Poison Dec, 10 and were  kiled just for  the meat when
return Dec. 17, Upon his return    he the 'family needed meat.  There was
will make a detailed report to    the little  violation  of the    game    laws
high school and also take part in the     The cry of indiscriminate slaughter
program for the short course to be was not a fact, as testified by two
given in Poison Jan. 20-21. ; forest  officials   from  Missoula,   who
made a close investigation of the re-
"<~" ' ports.  In addition to the 00,000 elk
POPULAR PABLO COUPLE j belonging  to   the   Yelowsfcone  park,
,„.„„„,~   «.   ,,T„~~~,. .   there are large numbers    of elk    in
MARRIED   IN   MISSOULA Glacier> at fte head of gun r[ver> in
 . ' the upper Blackfoot and small bunches
Brian  Connerly    and  Missy Addie scattered all  over the  mountains  of
Stonehawker put over a big surprise the state, making it evident that the
on their many friends here the first elk herds in Montana far exceed the
of this   week  when    they    slipped 100,000 mark.  Two years ago  there
quietly  away to   Missoula  and were were. 1,500 moose and  600    buffalos
married.  They are both well  known and  presumably large    numbers    of
and are extremely popular. Both have goats and sheep. It is probable that
lived here for years and have a host it the weather of the next two months
of friends who wish them all kinds is as severe as the past two months,
of those reported coming in the first' of. success in their new venture. The a good many elk may die, at the same
half. Silver Bow county led   with   a Press also    extends    congratulations time thousands: of farmers horses and
total of 124 arrests, I and best wishes.—Pablo Press. cattle and sheep will die.
Economy has hit the appropriation
for Montana projects in congress, according to advices with irrigation proposals suffering the heaviest cut.
The Flathead irrigation system, $1,-
000,000 asked, gets $100,000; Fort
Peck project, $100,000 recommended,
gets $40,000 ;* Blackfeet project $50,-
000 asked gets $25,000.
The Indian bill authorizes the expenditure of $150,000 for the Crow
tribal funds for the operation of the
irrigation system; $25,000 for Fort
Belknap agency; $20,000 for Flathead
agency; $30,000 for Fort Peck agency;
$50,000 for Blackfeet agency; $30,-
000 for repairs to Fort Belknap irrigation system; $5,400 for employes of
Crow agency; $80,000 for Northern
Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians;
$10,000 for Rocky Boy band of Chip-
pewas; $15,000 as part payment for
public, school at Browning, provided
Blackfeet Indian children are admitted
freely
Tribal funds for wards may be expended as follows: Blackfeet $24,000
Crow, $200,000; Flathead, $20,000;
Fort Belknap, $50,000; Fort Peck,
$11,827; Rocky Boy, $8,400; Tongue
River $25,000,
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LECTURE COURSE NUMBER GOOD
The "Bamabys,"' the "Entertainers" of the third number of our
Lyceum Course, appeared at Gray's
Hall last Saturday evening. Tjhere
was not as good an attendance as usual owing no doubt, to its being Sat-
ui'day night and the surfeit of entertainment of the Holiday season.
Should our people isign a guarantee
for another course, it should be stated
that no number should be given on
Saturday night nor during the Holiday  week.
The  entire  entertainment    was    ai , „ .	
clean,  homey   affair     There    being j ARMy SHQE SURPLUS SXJpPLY
nothing that.the most fastidious couldj    Approximately  1900000       irs   of
take exception to. Each number car-, army shoes ^ fae distrlbuted to fte
rymg a message with it. Mr and Mrs.|25 retail stoMB of ^ a ter.
Barnaby are excellent imitetors car-, ffla8ter>8 department acordi to in.
xying their audience with them^to^the | formation reaching. Missoula ter.
different scenes of action and[holding j d       The dates of ^ j      of the
their interest to the end of the story | sales win be   iven latei, b   ^
^   The fifth number of the Course will ;intendent of each store>
neJ1Ve«   Wednesday,  January  28th.;    The gtock to be s6ld includes choco.
The nghtmg Canadians, a male (late colored marchi shoeS( to be de_
quartette, will he here on that date, j livered on mai] orders at m& & ^
This will be the best number yet giv- a heavyweight metallic fastened shoe
e.r and the   "boys" should    have    ajthat was intended for field at
packed house.  Remember    the    date $7 50 a     ir> An the shoes are made
James Harbert returned the last
of last week from Washington where
he has been making an effort to get
the House Committee to raise the appropriation for the Flathead project,
Mr. Harbert left in response to a message from Senator Meyers stating
that the committee had agreed to give
them a hearing and asking that someone be sent down from the project.
Senator Meyers and Walsh and Representatives Evans and Riddick accompanied Mr, Harbert to the committee
meeting and a three hours session was
held, and all phases of the question
was taken up. However the majority
of the committee are eastern men
and the Chairman is Rep, Snyder of
New York and he is very much opposed to any of the inigation projects. He rules the committee absolutely and Mr. Harbert is very doubtful whether the appropriation will
be raised over the $100,000 although
when it gets to the Senate it will
probably be raised so that when it
returns from the conference commi-
tee the appropriation may be $150,00"-
Snyder apparently does not care what
the government promised the settlers
and is in favor of changing the method
of raising money for the project by
assessing the settlers $10 per acre
now. Mr. Harbert is, loud in his, praise
of the efforts of Montana's representatives there, but they are bucking up
against a stone wall. In the house out.
of over four hundred there are only
sixty members who reside in the west
and the majority of the rest are opposed to anything that has the betterment of this country in view. In the
senate it is, more evenly divided so that
the only hope for this section is
through our Senators.
January 28th, and plan to be there.
WIEDMAN   ASSISTANT
COUSIN ATTORNEY
It was announced Saturday that
R. H. Wiedman, formerly city attorney for Whitefish but who has been
located for some time at Kal?spell as
a member of the law firm of Foot and
Wiedman, has been appointed assist- LAND BANK IN SPOKANE
on the Munson last.
The shoes will range in size from 5
to 15, and in widths from A to EE.
Sizes smaller than 7% however, will
be limited in number. There are approximately 265,000 pairs of marching shoes, while the other two kinds
about equally divide the remainder.
—Missoulian.
ant county attorney Flathead County,
succeeding A, T, Aronson, who will
CUTS NEW YEAR'S MELON
Spokane, Dec. 31.—The federal land
be associated with Mr. Foot in the law bank of Spokane distributed ?100,000
practice. Mr. Wiedman is recognized, in dividenda to farm associations in
as a very capable lawyer and it has|0regon( Washington) Idaho; and Mon.
been rumored that he will be a candi-'
date for the position of county    attorney  at  the   fall  election.—Pilot
URGE
tana during 1919, besides paying all
of its own expenses, according to the
report of D, G. O'Shea, president, today. In addition there is in the bank, a
large surplus, Mr. O'Shea reported.
The bank also repaid to the United
(States government $250,O00rsubscribed
MARKING
OF ALL FORKS:
Members and officials of the state
highway, commission have sent a' ^"^ m;u^a*^; ^^^
memorandum to all the county com-j Dupi m9f 8664 appiications foR
masionera in Montana urging them to|loanS| totaling approximately $31,600,-
co-operate with the commission m 1000 were ,received> of which 5)328 loans
marking all forks from main state • for about $15,000,000 were granted
highways, in compliance with the pro- (the reporfc said#
visions   of  the  general  highway  law'
Two hundred and fifty arrests, with
237 convictions, were made during
the fiscal year, ending Nov, 30, by
state game and fish wardens for
violations of the game laws, according
to the report of J. L. DeHai-t to the
governor. A total of $6,877.30 in fines
was collected and three jail sentences
were inflicted'.
More arrests were made during the
first half than in the second half, 190
passed at the special session. The new'SCIENTISTS WARN
statutes make it the duty of the commission to enforce the general highway laws and the officials are securing data on road markers and designations of all kinds from every state
in the Union.
Eventually it is planned to have
uniform highway markers throughout
the state, based1 on the better features
of all in use in the United States at
present, John Edy, engineer for the
commission, explained Tuesday,—1
Record.
Postmaster Addy has received
notice that an inspector will be sent
here in a short time to go over the
proposed mail route from here to Big-
fork. This route is one that will be of
great benefit to the people living on
the east side and will also be a great
thing for Poison. It is thought that
the inspection will show that the route
is needed and feasable and will probably be granted.
AGAINST   EPIDEMICS "
St, Lonis, Dec. 30.—Warning
against epidemics, advocating of universal use of the metrio syste"m and
speeches detailing the part science
played in winning the war, featured
yesterday's session of the convention
here of the American association for
the advancement of science. .
Dr. Simon Flexner of New York, director of the Rockfeller institute .for
medical research, was installed as
president.
Dr. John Merle Coulter of the University of Chicago, the retiring presi-
dent, speaking on botany, declared
that science would do .more to relieve [
the print paper shortage than anything else.
Dr, Flexner warned against   scarlet fever and influenza epidemics and
said the problems of   these   diseases '
still were unsolved.  He asserted iri- <•
fluenza was more than 500 years olet.
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