The Butte Miner from Butte, Montana • 3

"Sunday Mnrninor 'A A me T-rn v. 7 Monday Morning THE BUTTE MINER July 26, 1915 THE MINER'S PAGE OF NEWS COVERING EVENTS IN THE TREASURE STATE LIVINGSTON NEWS TWIN BRIDGES NET 8 LEWISTOWN NEWS BELGRADE NEWS BOZEMAN NEWS Gallatin Man Has Fiftieth Montana Crop in Ground danger right at this stage of the season that the farmers In the Gallatin will not water their enormous acreage of oats soon enough and heavily enough. The Gallatin valley soil dries quickly, and the farmers should be turning on the water right now. regardless of the looks of the skies that may promise rain. The only crops liable to be injured by ample irrigation now are some barley crops, where the heavy heads and loosened ground might tend to make the crops fall.

"Hold your wheat" is the advice Mr. Flannery offers to the Montana whent farmer this year. He predicts that tms year's wheat crop in the state will be sold for a dollar a bushel or better, provided the fanners are not compelled to dump their crops on the market the nay the wheat is thrashed. World conditions insure good prices for wheat for the next few years, Mr. Flannery says.

This old-time Gallatin rancher declares that the present government, and particularly the department of agriculture, are at fault in' spreading booming crop forecasts which, lie declares, are much 1(1 (Special Dispatch to the Miner.) Twin Bridges, July 26. The Bellen-berg and Higglns mill located at their mine at the head of Bear gulch, has been started up and will likely continue operations through the balance of the season. Mr. Higglns came out from Deer Lodge a few days ago bringing with him foremen for the mill and mine and proceeded Immediately to the mine. A force of from 20 to 26 men are to be employed at present and this number added to as conditions warrant.

The mill was closed down early last winter due to a lack of sufficient water, the supply having frozen up, and it is presumed that the low price of lead was a leading factor in not resuming operations until this time. Some weeks ago a contract for tunnel work was let and it Is understood that this work Is progressing most satisfactorily and that conditions at the mine are looking brighter all the time. The agricultural country contingent to Twin Bridges receives another distinct boost in a statement by P. F. Brown, a traveling representative of Qulnn Shepardson, grain commission merchants of Minneapolis.

Mr. Brown, who was here looking over the situation relative to continued relations with the local grain elevator for the coming shipping season, said that the best carload of oats bandied last year by his firm was shipped by the local plant. The oats were grown on a ranch only a few miles from town. A sample of crail fife wheat, the heads of which measure seven Inches long, is on exhibition at the local bank. Notices have been issued to the stockholders of the Farmers' Elevator company, calling the regular meeting of the stockholders which Is to take place August 3, for the purpose of electing a board of directors.

Herman Graullch, one of the engineers at the State Orphans Home has received a telegram stating that his brother is dead at Cleveland, O. Sprecher and Haag with their big breaking outfit have completed a con tract on the Big Hole bench and will soon go to Rochester basin. Mrs. J. H.

Smith, who has been the guest of Mrs. Frank Pahl, has returned to her home in Sheridan, Wyo. Mrs. F. W.

Jones, widow of a former superintendent of the Butte, Anaconda Pacific railroad, was the house guest last week of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Fox, and family.

Miss Jennie Stalupt one of Twin Bridges efficient school teachers, visited In Butte during the fore part of the week. Mrs. J. L. Sutherland, has been called to Beach, N.

on legal matters. Lutheran services were held Sunday evening at the Presbyterian church. Rev. Mr. Trieber, of Sheridan presiding, The many friends of Mrs.

E. W. Wil son, will be pleased to know that she has been elected a member of the Woman's advisory board of the Mon tana State College at Deer Lodge. The camp fire girls are making arrangements for a week's camping, in Bear gulch. They are to be chaperoned by Mesdames Ruttle and J.

W. Starr. Mr. and Mrs. D.

H. Taylor have re turned home from a two weeks' ojourn on the coast. While absent they at tended the Shriners" meeting at Seattle, and were present at a family reunion of the Taylor family at Oregon City. A number of real estate seekers have been In town the past week, and local land men have been on the hustle showing them desirable lands for purchase. The meeting of the Ladies' Aid society of the Methodist church next week will be an Important one.

It is expected that the noted speaker, Mrs. Unruh, will be present to address the ladies. Mrs. Harry Redfleld, and her mother, Mrs. R.

W. Page, will leave In about two weeks to visit relatives in Oregon and California. London, July 25. German submarines today resumed their activity In Knglisb waters, sinking a French and four British trawlers. One of the undersea boats Is reported to have been destroyed by bombs and gunfire.

The French steamer Danae, bound from Liverpool for Archangel, Russia, was sunk off Cape Wrath, which forms the northwestern extremity of Scot land. The trawlers Henry Charles, Kath leen, Activity and Prosper were sent to the bottom in the North sea. The crews or all the vessels were saved. too optimistic and tend to depress the prices to the injury of the-farmer. He quotes recent conversations with farmers and business men from Iowa and Illinois, who declare that vnder the most favorable conditions for the rest of the season, the corn crop can hardly make half the normal aggregate, although the government reports boom the corn conditions.

He finds the same fault with the wheat forecasts, declaring that the published vision of a billion dollar wheat crop will never be realized. Only once in his entire long life of farming here bns Mr. Flannery observed a season so wet that it did not pay to irrigate oats, and that was in 1891, when on a field of acres. Mr. Flnnnery says, he harvested B6 bushels, weighing 40 pounds to the bushel, without artificial watering.

BIG BLAINE COUNTY WOOL CLIP IS SOLD r1.4..mL- Ti.1t. 91 Tnroron TvllhT. who has about the largest wool clip in Blaine county, has disposed or aooiu pounds of wool the past week at figures round 26 cenrs. inis is me umj n.nc hno Uoti moda In flliv Altp'fi knOWl- Lliai UCIO I'Cl II edge. Many are holding their clips for 2S cents, out tne wool uuyeis win ui or pay the price asked.

The next two weeks will see the Blaine comity ranchers in the Harvest rieiu. xne outlook for a Dig crop is excellent, aim the weather has been most favorable to small grains. The wheat crop will be a heavy one in these parts, and will greatly exceed any other crop, as a much larger acreage was put in this year than ever before. Previously flax was the favorite crop among the farmers, but this year whtjat and rye lead. PlANSFOmiffWORK (Continued From Page One.) house announced today.

He said that nurses of the health department were giving attention to mourning families. The department of public welfare, under direction of Mrs. Louise Osborn Rowe, opened a bureau of infurmatio.ii and used its employes in the relief work. Noble Response. Ernest P.

Bicknell, national director of the National Red Cross, will arrive in Chicago tonight to take part in the relief work. "Chicago is nobly renponding to the call of relief and we will not need assistance I from outside the said acting Mayor Moorhouse. "We have an efficient organization, all the money needed and every care of the sufferers will be promptly relieved." Acting Mayor Moorhouse received hundreds of telegrams from officials of cities all over the United States and also in Canada expressing sorrow at Chicago's grief and offering aid. Call for Clergymen. An emergency call to clergymen of Chicago and visiting ministers to offer their services at the funerais of the Eastland dead was Issued today by an interdenominational committee of churchmen headed by Bishop Samuel Fellows.

WAR SUMMARY. (Special Correppondenre to the Miner.) Belgrade, July 25. Wayne Barnard of the Belgrade company store found a large tarantula In a bunch of bananas at the store yesterday, Tha spider measures four inches across when outstretched and Is one of the largest specimens ever found here. A smaller one was found the first of this month and both re now on exhibition at the store. M.

W. Penwell is harvesting 30U tons of clover, alfalfa and timothy hay at Penwelton. One tract haa been cut for 21 successive years without reseeding or fertilizing. Mr. Penwell has recently returned from his ranch near Three Forks, where, across the Missouri river, a ferry boat has been installed by Messrs.

Penwell, G. J. Heck and George Johnson to Clark-ston. The boat will carry two four- horse loads of grain, thus saving hauling crops a great many miles. The gentlemen all have large realty holdings in that section.

Dalton RIsley unloaded his Home thrashing outfit here at the Milwaukee station yesterday. The outfit weighs about 4,000 pounds and is very like the large outfits in miniature. It has a capacity per hour of 60 bushels of wheat, 70 bushels of oats, 45 bushels of rye and four bushels of alfalfa seed. Five men can operate it. Crops in the Horshoe hills are looking very fine and thrifty the best in the history of the basin.

L. C. Williams and Sam Kelly each have 500 acres to harvest. The families of W. V.

Callantlne and Levi McCullough left yesterday In their automobiles for Helena to visit Mr. and Mrs. Percy Brown. Miss Ethel Frank came yesterday from Hobart, to visit her cousins, Prof, and Mrs. H.

E. Kraus. Mrs. J. A.

McAuley and two chil-: dren are at home from a long visit at Viroqua and La Crosse, Wis. M. H. Clark and daughters. Miss Grace Clark and Miss Mary Clark, came down from Bozeman yesterday morning.

Mr. Clark haa returned from California with a view to locat- ing here again. Miss Clark addressed an audience at the Presbyterian, church this morning on "Missionary Work in Africa." Miss Clara M. Post has gone to Chicago and New York on an extended visit. P.

C. Elliot has gone to Laurel to spend the summer with relatives. Mrs. G. W.

Gibson and three children have gone to North Dakota for month's visit with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. N. R.

Hamilton have gone by motor to Hardin to visit Mr. and Mrs. Patrick and Mrs. Lew Kennedy. Mrs.

Sam Chestnut of Salesville haa returned from a visit to Dawson county where many Gallatin valley persons have homesteads. She was delighted with the county and the advanced season for all grains and garden truck. Fall grain was ready to harvest when she left. Mrs. Vincent Conrow was hostess to the West Flathead Birthday club Thursday afternoon.

Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Thomas and Mrs.

L. E. Gaskell spent the week-end at their summer home in the West Gallatin canyon. (Continued From Paara One.) bodies were still pinned under the boat, the left side of which he said was resting tn about four reet or mud. These bodies cannot be reck oned with until after the coroner's Inquest when efforts will probably be at once made to right the vessel.

Manager W. K. Greenebaum of the Indiana Transportation company, which had leased the steamer for the Western Electric company's excursion, was early at his office. From hi window he overlooked with grave faco the scene in the river below, and' said: "It was a terrible calamity. I can add nothing to what I said yesterday, and can only repeat my deep regret at what happened.

As I said befora the government inspectors' 'O. on the passengers taken aboard seemed assurance that all was well and th catastrophe came to us as a terrible, shock and surprise." EXCURSIONS Frequent Dates of Sale) In June, July, Aug. and Sept. S3 From Butte and Anaconda ris Chicago $61.00 Buffalo 79.35 K5 Toronto 77.00 E3 Montreal 82.10 3 New York 89.65 3 Boston S3 Round trip fares to many other points 3 Information Bureau Vt. HELENA.

MO.YLiKA ARE RECOVERING BODIES (Special orrenponilenie to the Miner.) Bozeman, July 25. Nick Karras, the Greek confectioner of Havre who was twice shot by his younger brother on July 13, is out of the hospital and walking about, and William Karras, the brother, is held for first degree assault, in the county jail. County Attorney Harry A. Bolinger on Saturday filed the informat on charging the young Greek with this offense, and he took until Monday morning at 10:00 o'clock to make his plea. His bond was fixed by Judge Law at $2,300.

Stating some ugly charges against his wife in the complaint filed on Wednesday in his suit for divorce, i Ol.ver E. Foster names one well-known man about Belgrade as correspondent, i and says there are others. He and i his wife, Odile E. Foster, were married in Bozeman on July 2, 1904. The al- leged infidelity of the wife was dis- covered two years ago, he states in his complaint, and since then they have not lived together.

The plaintiff asks for the custody of the one issue of the marriage, Mabel W. Foster, aged (i, who is now under his care. E. W. Roe of Three Forks, the leading butcher and market man of that place, was fined $25 by Justice of the Peace W.

H. Axtell on Friday, having pleaded guilty to the charge against him of neglecting to file with Judge Axtell his monthly statement of animals he had purchased and slaughtered during the month, the sellers and the marks of the cattle. Information charging Dick Warrman with burgiary was filed the district court on Saturday by County Attorney Bolinger, who alleges that Warrman made a raid on the slaughterhouse of Jess Parrlsh near Manhattan. Warrman pleaded not guilty to the charge, and his bond was fixed at $1,000. Cupid was busy among the employes of the Campbell Carnival company showing in Bozeman this week, and two couples were married on the closing day of the week's show.

Eddie R. Goodman of Houston, and Catherine Stein Prowse of New York were the first to enter the bonds, Judge B. B. Law performing the ceremony Saturday at the courthouse. Just before the closing hour at the district court clerk's office, Al Hogan and Dorothy Huntington, both of the carnival company, took out a license and were wedded a few minutes later by Justice W.

H. Axtell in his office. Licenses to wed were issued to two couples from Belgrade last week. On Thursday, July 22, Charles Tumpleson, a rancher near Belgrade, secured the necessary permit for his union with Mary Fisher, also, of Belgrade. On Saturday Mitchell D.

McVay, a prosperous young rancher of a prominent family living north of Belgrade, took out a license to wed Miss Nellie Daniel, also of Belgrade. Postmaster N. P. Evans has been enjoying a visit of a few days from his brother-in-law, W. J.

Allen of Cald- weu, wno stopped orr for a brief visit on his way to his home in Canada. Assistant Postmaster C. S. Taber of Bozeman is justly proud of the news that reached him a few days ago of the athletic performance of his nephew, Norman S. Taber, recently track captain of Brown university, who recently established a new world's record for the mile run in competition on the track at the Harvard stadium.

The new world's record he made is of 4 minutes 12 3-5 seconds, lowering the previous record held by T. P. Jones, also of the U. S. of 4 minutes 14 2-5 seconds.

Young Taber is starting from the east in a few days to take part in the games at San Francisco. WILL BOTTLE UP VILLA TROOPS ATSAf Nogales, July 25. The advance on the Villa garrison of Carranza troops under Gen. P. Elias Calles was halted today at Santa Cruz, 30 miles from here.

The suspension of threatened hostilities resulted from instructions sent to Calles from General Carranza. Calles declared he would now bott' up the 4,000 Villa troops under Jose Maytorena, governor of Sonora. RIOTIOUS ITALIANS IN PHILADELPHIA Philadelphia, July 25. The forces of five police districts were called out to quell a riot in the foreign section of the city, which the authorities say was caused by the efforts of two New Yorkers to prevent Italian reservists from returning to Italy to enlist for war duty. Carlos Tresta, one of the leaders in the Paterson, N.

silk strike two years ago, and Metalia Cueno of New York were arrested in charges of inciting a riot and a number of persons were sent to the hospital as a result of the disturbance. Italians in various other sectors, but the attempts to force the evacuation of Gorizia and with it important strategic positions guarding Triest, constitute Italy's effort against Austria. The Germans have resumed their submarine campaign after a period of Inactivity and one British and one French steamer and four British trawlers have been sent to the bottom. Four members of the crew of the British steamer Firth were killed. Ten men of the crew of a Grimsby trawler, which was destroyed by a mine, lost their lives.

The Miner Is always first with the news subscribe for It. Costs More Worth It Occident Flour TRIPP DRAGSTEDT CO. 543-E47 South Main St. A (Special Correspondence to the Miner.) Lewistown, July 25. Mrs.

Frances d'Autremont, assistant postmaster at Windham, yesterday brought suit against Mrs. Margaret McDonald of that -place, to recover $35,000 for alleged slander. It is recited in complaint that on July 21 last, the defendant, in the presence of the plaintiff's husband and others, made a false, malicious and scandalous statement regarding the plaintiff, with the intention of injuring her in her good name. She asks for $10,000 actual and $25,000 exemplary damages. Announcement was received here yesterday that the marriage of Rev.

E. W. Wright and Miss Rheua Nickey would take place at Columbia City, Aug. 4. Mr.

W7right was for some years pastor of the First Presbyte rlan church here, coming to Lewis-town from Missoula. He left recently to take the pastorate of the church at Oconto, Wis. Miss Nickey has long been employed as a teacher in the Lewistown schools. A marriage license was issued yesterday to Claude Koeser of this city and Catherine Wendt of Livingston. It is announced that the marriage of Harry Keen, a merchant of Judith Gap, and Miss Susan Small, daughter of Col.

S. J. Small of the Democrat-News, will take place at St. James' church in this city Wednesday, Aug. 4.

Reports from the west side state that considerable damage was done by hail in a strip eight miles north of Denton early yesterday morning. HAIL DOES DAMAGE AT FORT BENTON (Special Correspondence to the Miner.) Fort Benton, July 24 A fierce storm of rain, wind and hail struck this place last night about 11:00 o'clock, which lasted about an hour. Much damage was done to shade trees and gardens by the wind and hail, and the streets were badly flodded. Hail stripped all vegetation in town, and ice collected on the north side of buildings, which did not all melt until noon todays Reports have been coming Into town of damages done to crops by the hail and wind. These reports show that, as usual with such storms, the visitation of hail was freakish, the storm evidently dropping to earth, then rising and again hitting, without showfng a continuous course.

In the vincinity of Carter and north and east of there, where there were some promising fields of grain, the storm is said to have none a good neai of damage. William Itowe, who lives across the river from this place, not over a mile, did not suffer any damage, while Hans Rudolph, the same uisiance from lown, but a little south, lost most of his grain. Pleasant Valley, northwest of here, where there are extensive grain fields, escaped serious injury. Capt. Geo.

H. Stevens, four miles west of here, was damaged by hail about 10 per cent. He has over 1,000 acres of grain and considerable corn. Lower Frenchman's ridge, another good grain country, escaped serious injury, there being no bail, but heavy raiu and wind. POSTOFFICE LOOTER IS BACK IN WALLACE (Special Correspondence to the Miner.) Wallace.

July 25. The confessed looter of the Wallace postoffice, Clarence McDaniels, arrived Thursday in Coeur d'Aleue city in the custody of United States Deputy Marshal Thomas F. Mulva-tiill. tt is understood that he will be held in the county jail In the lake city pending action by the federal grand jury in November, when witnesses from here will be summoned to testify what they know con cerning the case. Between 1:30 and 6:00 o'clock 'on the morning of Dec.

14, 1913, three packages and several sacks of currency were removed from the big safe in the postoffice, the total amount said to have been over $18,000. Following determined search by the inspectors of the postoffice department evidence sufficient to cause the arrest of McDaniels in Talo Alto, was unearthed. The arrest was followed by complete confession by the robber to Postal Inspector O'Connell, on the afternoon of July 15. Practically $13,000 of the stolen funds were recovered beneath a chicken coop at the McDaniels home in Palo Alto. For a time it was considered probable that the prisoner would he brought to Wallace to be held until the federal pourt should convene In Coeur d'Alene.

The prisoner and his custodian left San Francisco Tuesday morning. ILLINOIS MAN HELD ON FORGERY CHARGE (Special Dispatch to the Miner.) Great Falls, July 25. Cornelius R. Clark Is held here tonight for the sheriff of Sangamon county, 111., who will arrive from Springfield tomorrow to take Clark back to answer to the charge of theft of western express money orders and forgery of names to them. The orders were stolen in May at Chicago, and passed on the leading hotels and banks at Springfield.

Clark will return without extradition papers. He denies emphatically all charges made. FREIGHT TRAIN HITS FAST MAIL (Special Dispatch to the Miner.) Great Falls, July 25. Traffic on the G. N.

main line was tied up seven hours today by the rear end collision of passenger 28, the limited mail from the coast east with a freight train about five miles east of Columbia Falls. The caboose and four or five cars were wrecked, but fortunately no person was injured. The wrecker was sent from Whitefish and cleared the track, but it took from shortly after 4:00 o'clock this morning until nearly 11:00 o'clock to complete the task. The wreck happened about 1:00 o'clock this morning. BALLPLAYER HURT AT GREAT FALLS (Special Dispatch to the Miner.) Great Falls, July 25.

Robert Gal-logly, first baseman for Havre's ball team, and formerly first baseman of St. Thomas college team, sustained serious injuries here this afternoon while playing a game witeh a local team. He collided witeh Catcher Stone after a foul fly and his nose was broken and he was knocked unconscious, remaining so at the hospital for several hours. Late tonight he regained consciousness and hope is entertained for him. (Special Dispatch to the Miner.) Livingston, July 25 Livingston takes to southerners.

Recently former Governor Slaton of Georgia visited here. He was given a great reception and citizens made much over him. Saturday Congressman John W. Abercrom-ble of Alabama filled a Chautauqua engagement. He lectured on the race problem and after the lecture the people waited and before anyone realized it he was busy accepting the greetings of his appreciative audience.

By Congressman Abercrombie is a strong defender of former Governor Slaton's act in commuting the sentence of Leo M. Frank. Commenting on that case, he said in an interview: "I can- not understand the attitude of many people in Georgia. To my mind Frank is not guilty of the crime he has been convicted of. I have no doubt of his innocence, and was so strongy convinced that way after reading every particle offered by the state, I was one among the thousands who wrote Governor Slaton and asked him to commute the sentence.

Governor Slaton, when the passions of present inflamed minds of Georgia have cooled, will be applauded In that state for saving the life of Leo Frank." Livingston plans to outdo its Fourth of July celebration when the Park county fair is held. At a mass meeting held last evening committees were appointed and a tentative o'utline of enterta nment during the evenings of fair week was made. The medium will be a unique display of Park county products. There will be a big parade and every float will represent some industry of the county. At considerable expense some competent person is to be employed to get up the floats and assemble the materials for the show.

There will be a celebration of another step by Livingston to jump in the ranks of progressive municipalities of Montana. It is planned to have the first section of paving complete and during one evening the paving will be turned into an open-air dance pavilion when hundreds of persons will get out and keep time to music. The committee has not completed its outl.ne of the program. Suffice it to say It will not be any insignificant affair. The Livingston hotel, one of the landmarks of the city and located on Park street, has again changed hands.

It had been operated for some time by J. P. Zink, but the latter has just closed a deal whereby Thomas E. Bruffey of Creston, will operate the hostelry. Arthur J.

Bishop and Myrtle O'Brien, the latter formerly of Butte, both of whom have been conspicuously before the public because of their marital troubles, have again been arrested. They were taken into custody follow ing complaint reaching the local of ficers from neighbors residing on Can yon creek in the Shields river valley The nature of the charges were not given out. Some time ago Bishop got a divorce from his f.rst wife, Mrs. Jennie Bishop. Later he was defendant In suit for foreclosure of a -mortgage given wife No.

1 in settlement of their property following the decree. Then Bishop and the O'Brien woman were married. Soon afterwards the latter was arrested on a charge of bigamy, it being alleged she was married to a man in uuue. inen uisnop inea suit for annulment of his marriage. His wish was granted by the district court.

Instead of separating, the arrest reveals that the couple have been together since the last action. The case is being watched with more than usual interest. Bishop Michael J. Hoban of the Catholic church, Scranton, accompanied by Father Neagle of Boston, arrived in Livingston Saturday night after touring Yellowstone park. Sunday morning the bishop said high mass at St.

Mary's church. A large congregation welcomed the visiting easterners. Miss Mary B. Wagener of Richmond, died yesterday at the Lake hotel in Yellowstone park, following an attack of heart failure. With her at the time of her death was a brother, William Wagener, of Washington, D.

C. A local undertaker prepared the remains for shipment and Saturday they were sent to the east for interment. TIDEWATER OIL GUARDS ARRESTED New York, July 25. Samuel H. Edwards, general superintendent, and 32 guards of the Tidewater Oil company's plant in Bayonne, N.

were arrested today charged with inciting to riot by Sheriff Kinkead and his deputies. The arrests occurred after guards had fired shots near the plant. All were immediately arraigned. Superintendent Edwards was released on $500 bail. The guards were sent to jail in default of $500 bail each.

P. Leon Bergoff, a labor representative, arrested with the guards, was released on $1,000 ball. HIS CONDOLENCES Cornish, N. July 25. President WMlson today ordered a complete Investigation by the Department of Commerce into the sinking of the steamer Eastland in the Chicago river.

Chicago, July 25. Acting Mayor Moor-honse today received the following telegram from President Wilson: "Windsor, Vermont. Jnly 25, 1915. "Hon. William Hale Thompson, Mayor, Chicago, 111.: "I am sure I speak the universal feeling of the people of the country in expressing ray profound sympathy and sorrow in the presence of the great disaster which saddened so many homes." A cablegram was received from Sir Thomas Lipton of London, England, which reads as follows: "I am greatly shocked to see by the day's newspapers the catastrophe that has fallen on your city.

My heartfelt sympathy goes out to those who have lost their loved ones. If you start a relief fund, put me down for $1,000." A message of condolence from the organization of the General Sloeum survivors of New York also was received. PRESIDENT WIRES (Special Dispatch to the Miner.) Bozeman, July 25. William Flannery, br.e of Montana's prominent fanners, this year has his fiftieth Montana crop In the grojnd, and he predicts a bumper wheat crop, not for the Gallatin valley alone, but over all of southern Montana, over which be has extensively traveled. Mr.

Flannery's estimate of the winter wheat crop of the Gallatin valley is that Jt will far exceed 30 bushels per acre bn an average. Nothing can hurt the winter wheat now unless it might be excessive moisture, for there Is plenty of water in the ground to mature a heavy crop. This lyear's crop will have a tendency toward Irankness and heavy straw, but the yields will not be materially lessened on that account, Mr. Klannery says. Probably no man in Montana has given longer and more fruitful study of farm-ling "Montana farming," as Mr.

Flannery himself styles it than Mr. Flannery. His home rauch is eight miles vest and north of Bozeinau on the East Gallatin river, and his fiftieth crop in the Gallatin consists of 250 acK's of winter wheat. Mr. Klannery has branched cut repeatedly In other lines of business, but he often says farming Is the only occupation at which he ever made a cent.

He has extensive Interests about Hardin. iWbere he claims the crops are immense 'this year. Mr. Flannery has been one of the greatest wheat producers in the Gallatin' In his time. Four years, the last being In 1805, he produced crops ahove 34,000 of wheat, and each year he was forced to sell at extremely low prices.

Ills best yield of winter wheat averaged f9 bushels to the acre, while of oats he once harvested a big crop of 130 bushels. After watching the. effects of irriga-'tion for a half century, Mr. Flannery is an ardent believer In copious irrigation everywhere except on the swamp lands of the Gallatin. There is a real BOZEMAN SOCIETY Bozeman, July 24.

Social affairs complimentary to Miss Kthel Murphy, who is to be married Tuesday, continued throughout the week. Wednesday afternoon a party of young women in two automobiles motored to the home of Miss Ellza- beth Thorpe near Salesville, where Miss Thorpe entertained them at a delicious five-course luncheon. A surprise for the bride-to-be developed when the guests assisted the hostess In converting the afternoon into a 'linen shower for Miss Murphy. Motoring back, Miss Murphy was honor guest Wednesday evening at a dinner given by Dr. and Mrs.

J. H. Delaney. Seated were Misses Ethel Murphy, Julia Martin, Maud Martin, Mr. and Mrs.

W. E. Jolliffe, the Rev. Arthur Stevenson, the prospective groom, and his father, T. F.

Stevenson, be-Bides the host and hostess. The 12 members of the Mary Chilton club were delightfully entertained Tuesday afternoon by Mrs. E. H. Klelnschmldt and Mrs.

John Kopp at the home of Mrs. Kopp on South Tracy avenue. The afternoon was spent at bridge, followed by a dainty lunch served by the hostesses at 5:00 o'clock. Mrs. B.

A. Conrad and Mrs. Charles Kuffner were hostesses Wednesday afternoon at Mrs. Ruffner's home on 'South Bozeman avenue, to the members of the St. James' guild of the Episcopal church at a social session.

Mrs. Gow of Butte, who is visiting her sister, Mrs. J. M. Solon of Bozeman, was the guest of honor at a bridge luncheon Tuesday ajftevrnoon, when a large party was invited to enjoy a delightful luncheon and an afternoon at bridge, 16 quests playing.

Decorations were red and white peonies. Thursday the members of the Ladles' Aid society of the Baptist church of Bozeman were all-day guests of the Ladies' Aid society of Salesville. A merry party of a dozen young women enjoyed the last of the week at Corwln's Hot Springs, chaperoned by Miss Alice Arnold of Bozeman. They were Miss Ann Sackett of Livingston, Misses Jessie Webster, Gelia Buell, Annie McDonnell, Marie Waterman, Mildred Bartz, Zada Sales, Irene Piedalue, Sigrid Braten, Mildred Stewart, Cybele Taylor and Josephine Kountz. Berlin.

July 24 (By wireless to The total number of Russian prisoners of war In the hands of Germany and Austria-Hungary since the beginning of the war. including the figures reported by the general staffs yesterday, surpassed i 3. 500,000 officers and men. How you can get rid of eczema with esmoi Resinol 0rtwat, wih Resinol Soap, usually tpt itching instantly. It quickly and easily heals the most distressing cases of eczema, rash or othf tormentirijr slrin of scaip eruption, and dear away pimple, black, head, redness, roatfferve and dan druff, even wixen other treatments fcave proven useless.

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The fighting to the east of the Vistula river In southeastern Poland has lost for the moment much of its vicious character. Both the Berlin and Vienna official statements say that comparative calm prevails in the Lublin-Chelm region, near Ivangorod, and in the region of the Bug river, where it flows across the border of Russian Poland In Galicla. At these points the Russian opposition to an Austro-German advance has been well sustained, and the Russians have made several attempts to break through the Austro-German line, with what result is not definitely known. The Teutonic allies have been ad-trancing in the direction of the Bug with an important railway as their objective. Some progress has been made to the south, with the capture of two villages which were taken by storm, lying about 10 miles south of Warsaw.

Severe fighting has taken place on the western line in the Vosges. French troops have stormed and carried strong German defensive works between La Fontenelle Heights and at the village of Launers more than 700 unwounded Germans were taken prisoners. Artillery engagements have prevailed on most of the other sectors where there was any fighting at all along the western line. Berlin admits that the French have established themselves in portions of the German trenches in the Vosges. The latest official communication Issued at Rome lays no claim to, the capture of Gorizia or the evacuation of that town by the Austrian general staff, both of which reports have been current, merely asserting that all Austrian attacks along the Isonzo front have been put down.

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