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COURT ACTION FOB
ANNULMENT BEGUN
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CIVIL SUITS TO PREVENT FUR
THER EXTRACTION OF GOV
ERNMENT OIL INSTIGATED
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POMERENE HEADS COUNSEL
Criminal Action, If Any, Awaits More
Detailed Study of Sketchy
Investigation Evidence
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Washington.—Court action In the oil
lease cases was Initiated this week by
special government counsel while the
senate oil committee followed further
the trail of the celebrated McLean
telegrams.
The first step of counsel will be to
orlng civil action looking to the stop
page of the extraction of oil from the
naval reserves in California and Wyo
silng and the annulment of the leases
■warded by Albert B. Fall, as secre
tary of the Interior, to Doheny and
Sinclair Interests. 1
Any criminal action growing out of
the oil scandal must await a more de
tailed study of the testimony adduced
oefore the senate committee and an
Independent investigation to fill in
gaps In that testimony.
Atlee Pomerene, former senator
from Ohio, will bsve more or less gen
era! charge op the civil proceedings
while Owen J. Roberts of Philadelphia,
will devote himself and his staff prin
cipally to the study of the criminal
phases of the case.
President Ooolidge Is expected to ap
point additional special counsel to
prosecute actions looking to the re
covery to the federal government of
sections 16 and 86 in the Elk Hills re
serve In California, now operated by
- the Standard Oil company of Califor
nia.
The executive will select counsel es
pecially learned In land law to prose
cute this case, Inasmuch as the chief
point at Issue Is whether these sections
were known to be mineral bearing at
the time the state of California ob
tained them as school lands upon the
grant of statehood.
DAUGHERTY DEFYING OOOLIDGE
NEW YORK BANKER SAYS
New York.—President Coolldge has
asked for the resignation of Attorney
General Daugherty, but has not re
ceived It, Frank A. Vanderllp, retired
banker, declared In an address here.
Asked to elaborate on bis assertion,
or to tell from whom he had obtained
t^e, information, Mr. Vanderllp was
uncommunicative.
"I will stand on that statement,
that's all," he told newspaper men.
Mr. Vanderllp added In his speech,
however, that he had sent word to the
president, but did not know whether
bis communication had been
—that Daugherty should not
lowed to resign If the reslgndt
to he accompanied by a "whitewash
letter."
Mr. Vanderllp sold n new political
party would he formed If the president
did not "go through with the present
investigation In Washington, where
ever it leads, and purify the federal
government."
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OREGON STATE COLLEGE AT -
WORK ON HAY FEVER CURE
. Corvallis, Ore.—Pollens to prevent
hay fever are being prepared by the
Oregon college botany department.
The person« treated are Inoculated
with a prepared solution containing
pollen before the pollens of plants ap
pear In the spring.
Pollens carried hy the wind and not
those carried hy Insects are the com
mon ones which give hay fever, ac
cording to Dr. Helen M. Gllkey. as
sistant professor of botany. Different
persons are affected by different pol
lens.
When pollen Is found that affects a
person, he ts treated by a series of ln
, oculatlons, which make him develop
a resistance against that kind of pol
len. These treatments are given early
enough so that the person will be Im
mune by the time the pollens are ripe
in the spring.
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Bones for Ma Jongg
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EXPLOSION WRECKED TOWN
New Brunswick. N. J.—Aided by
tractors to tear asunder the masses of
fir* welded steel girders and other
debris, firemen and volunteer« at the
tew» of Nixon are working to recover
the bodies of many dead sa the result
«T • T. *. T. «spioMon that wiped out
that town retehöy Forty are thought
to be busied beneath the ruins.
Äghtoo# Mites have been recovered,
«the t «rifle explosion occurred la tbs
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—Some time ago A. B. Bohloen and
family, of Woonsocket, 8. D., moved
from that place to a Fergus county
farm. In their Immigrant car came
fine collie dog. which a few day* after
arrival disappeared. News from old
neighbors In the vicinity of Woon
socket, recently received,,Is to the ef
fect that the dog has returned to the
old home, having presumably traveled
the entire distance of 800 miles on
Wot.
Pondera Will Ship Poultry.—Recent
ly the Pondera County Poultry Grow
ers association, of Conrad and Valler,
asked for bids on poultry and turkeys
in car load lots. The bid of J. H.
White and Company, of Chicago, has
been accepted and the first carload
left Conrad on March 1. Each ship
ment must be of 24,000 pounds. Prices
considerably higher than If
the birds were marketed Individually.
A. M. Blackford, a rancher on the up
per Box Elder, near Ekalaka, recently
attempted to doctor a three-year-old
steer suffering a barbed wire cut the
average
Steer Resented Medical Aid.—When
animal backed him up against a bay
stack, gored him through the arm and
trampled him severely. No further
effort bas been' made to render first
Fraak Egg.—A White Plymouth
flock hen of K. D. McCurdy, of Cot*
«mod, recently laid an egg measurla,
Sues Sheriff for Injury.—Earl Ma
aid to the vicious animal.
eight and one-quarter Inches the long
way and six Inches around, weighing
three and one-half ounces. The egg
was sent to the Powder River Examin
er and Is on exhibition In that news
paper office.
lone, of Hamilton, has brought suit
against Sheriff Earl Lockrldge, Rnval
II county, alleging damupesto the ex-j
tent of $7.000 clolmed to have been In- |
curred when he was shot In the leg
hy the sheriff who was attempting to
take him to Jail.
Good Price for Wheat.—George j
Fowlle and F. A. McDonald, wheat
growers of near White Sulphur
car of
mhim wheat to Minneapolis. The
wheat weighed 624 pounds per bushel
and sold for $1.20, six cents over tbs |
Smallest Firs Loss.—In making his I
market price.
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WIN Have Special Train.—A special
train carrying members of Al Bedoo
temple of the Mystic Shrine from Bil
lings to Kansas City to attend the 1924
Imperial coucll of thns order, will
leave Billings on May 30.
report Fire Marshall Hurst, of Sidney, I
states that the fire loss In that place
This Is believed to be the |
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of 1923.
smallest fire loss recorded In the state. I
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Over the Great Divide
Planoar« *1 forty yooro Mo, or moro,
who hovo como to tho o«4 ol tho troll
ROSS—John T. Ross, who, coming
from Novla Scotia In 1870, was one of
the first locators In Argenta, and has
since that time been actively engaged
In the mining business at that place,
died at his home there.
SMITH—A. J- Smith, a Olvll war
veteran, who, with h!s family located
In the Yellowatone valley In 1871, and
afterward moved to Boietnan, died V
the home of hls daughter, Mrs Sol
Frank, at Livingston.
PARKER—L. C. Porker, former
prominent mining man of Deer Lodge
and a member of the state legislature
in early days died at hls home In Sun
Francisco. California,
LOVE—William Love, one of the
first white men to homestead In the
Swan Lake country, and an old time
prospector of that section, died at the
Tea Kettle ranger station, where he
made hls home with the ranger, near
Columbia Falls.
BEAN—Willard E. Bean, whe In
1882 arrived at Fort Benton via river
steamer, later took up a claim In Fer
gus county and engaged In the sheep
business until 1906, when he sold out
and moved to Billings, afterward lo
cating ogaln on a large ranch In the
Big Horn, died at a hospital la Har
din.
TERMINAL MARKET PRICES
Quotation« of Interest to Montanans.
Week Ending March 1.
Minneapolis Grain : Wheat—(Mon
tana Station basis) Dark Hard Winter,
86; Spring, 98; Rye, 64; Flax, (Du
luth) ».57. ^
Chicago Livestock : Cattle — Top,
$11.00, average. $10.00; Hogs, top.
$7.10; Sheep, fat lambs, top, $15.76 ;
ewes, $10.00.
Boston Wool, territorial choice, 0L42
New York Metals ; «liver. $4 cts. oa. ;
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Letter to State Examiners Pointe Out
Method of Shaving Recant
Appropriations Half Million
An additional half million dollars
can be shaved from the general fund
appropriations as made by the last
regular legislative assembly and the
recent extraordinary session.
State
the board of examiners of which Gov
ernor Dixon i$ president The auditor
I addressed a letter to the board with an
estimate "of the requirements of the
beneficiaries under said appropria
| tlons and possible percentage of reduc
tion, based upon past history, and
J °lher data In possession of this office."
11* ie letter concludes:
I " It wl)1 be observed that the esti
mates Indicate that It Is possible to
8 "* e t0 the Funeral fund more than
| $®00-000 during the fiscal year ending
June 30, .1924, by observing due
omy and this without impairing In the
j slightest degree the efficiency of
departments, offices, boards,
( tuflons In question."
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any
or instl
The reductions propose dby the state
I auditor range from one per cent fer
the supreme court expense to 42 per
cent for the school of mines nialnte
| nance, the latter proposed cat totaling
$30,80©. The auditor suggests that the
appropriation for the agricultural col
I lege maintenance and expense account
he trimmed $96,947, with additional
( cu * 8 °f $34,622 for the experiment sta
tion expense and $39,076 for the farm
ers' extension work. From the univer
sity maintenance he would pare $02,
714 and from the Insane asylum main
tenance $»0,000. From the normal
school the auditor's figures propose a
reduction of $42.087 and from the fund
| for county attorneys' salaries, $18,000.
As concern? 29 funds he has
mended no reductions.
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ARSENIC OUTPUT OF JARDINE
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NFARLY DOUBLED LAST YEAR
Operations of the Jardine Mining
company of Livingston for the last
vear an( j activities planned tor the
new y Pnr nre outlined In the report of
the Pomp nny. Just Issued for the bene
:j t 0 f the public'and stockholders,
rear amounted to 381 tons, containing
$16.788.80 In gold and $30.030 In
»enlc, a total of $47.743.30 In the 114
tons «f crude arsenic accrued In the
plant.
Improvements in the milling will .In
crease the capacity from 140 tons to
175 or 200 tons a day. Considerable
development was done In the mine, a
new ore body being opened up In the
"Iron Duke.
The stocks of concentrates for the
ar
A tunnel 18 feet In
width and 40 feet deep was sunk and
425 feet driven In tunnel No. 22.
A total of 44,429 tons of ore was
mined and milled at a cost of $4 40
To carry on the company's
mining and milling operations and con
«traction work 140 ment
P pr ton
were em
ployed. Further additions to the lions
Ipg facilities and increase In the Aorce
employed Is contemplated the cmntng
season.
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STATE CHECKER ASSOCIATION
IN INTERESTING TOURNAMENT
The checker tournament of the Mon
tana Checker association was held at
the Y. M. C. A.. Helena, February 22.
23 and 24, and was played out ex
ceptlng the finals which were post
poned to a later date not yet deter
mined. The tournament was a pro
nounced success, and was the hardest
fongtif battle of any hitherto conduct
ed. The result of the first round was
Henry H. Lepper of Glasgow. 29
points; Albert Goldherry. Springdale,
27 points; George E. Opok. Helena. 20
points; Dr. R. R. Frailer, Helena, 25
points; Thomas Éowe, Butte. 25
points; John Goldherry, Springdale.
20 points, and Jack Williams, Helena,
16 {mints.
George E. Cook was elected presi
dent for the ensuing year, and Dr. R,
R. Frailer, secretary and treasurer.
Razing Jail
The Cascade county commissioners
have awarded the contract for disman
tling and removing the olid county Jail
at Great Falls to Albert J. Fousek.
He will pay the county $50 In addition
to doing the work and taking posses»*
slon of the material with the excep
tion of the Iron and steel In the struc
ture. There were nln bidders, most of
whom wanted to be paid by the county
for the Job.
Membership 1,027 ^
As a result of the fburday mem
bership drive conducted by 100 mem
bers last week, the Butte chamber of
commerce now has a membership of
1,027. During the Intensive drive, 189
new members were secured. The ac
tivity will continue until the ^ps^d
goal o fl,200 members has been at
tained.
Shot In Ktdnaye; Walke 5 Mile«
Edmund Wagner. 17, of Bonner,
walked fire mile« to Dad help after
his Nver and kidney had been punc
ttired by a ballet. He had been out
with hls .22 caliber rifle and at the
time of the accident had been thrust
ing at a piece of ice In a small stream.
He was leaning forward, gripping the
gun by the nraxzie, when It exploded
The boy started back to Bonner and
had walked about five mRea when be
was met by hls sister, who teak him to
tha city and called a physician. Tka
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The Ford Motor Company making the body readily adaptable
production of a wr general use. Screen aides and
body and steel end doors may easily be installed.
announces the
new all-ateel
weather-proof cab, mounted on This new body, built of heavy
the famous Ford one-ton worm* sheet steel strongly reinforced
drive chassis, forming a complete and riveted, is designed to stand
h aul a ge unit at the remarkably up under the most se v e re usage,
low price of $490. Loading space is four feet by
seven feet two inches.
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Steel flare boards and end gate
with sockets permit the use of The weather*proof cab is
stakes and high
aide boards or
the mounting
of a canopy top,
fitted with
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door-opening
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Adverse Cllmatical Conditions and
Insect Peste Make this Legume
a Doubtful Crop
In answer to the question "Are soy
beans a good crop for Montana?" Prof.
Clyde McKee, agronomist at Montana
State College, states that In view of
the present stage' of adaption of the
soy bean to Montana conditions It Is
still best to go rather slow with this
crop. Individual farmers ipay well
idant a small area to soy beans and
with the continuation and extension of
such test work an adaption will no
doubt take place similar to that which
has been brought about with corn. In
work curried on at the Montana" Ex
periment Station in 1823, IX varieties
of soy beans were tested out, three va
rieties Indicated a superiority over the
others under Montana conditions and
the best of these was the variety
known as Wisconsin Early Black. This
Is by no means conclusive advises Mr.
McKee, and should not he accepted as
than a preliminary Indication.
August Vaux of Sidney, one of the
farmers of the state who has tried
growing soy beans with some degree
of success, states that soy beans grew
well on his place on the Lower Yel
lowstone until the grasshoppers came.
He advises that where this pest Is
prevalent there Is little use attempting
to grow the crop as the. Insect seems
to prefer the little tender soy bean
plants above all other available food.
Mr. Vaux advocates growing soy beans
with corn and sowing the two crops
at the same time. He recommends
planting three seeds to the hill, the use
more
of the early varieties and clean cultl
He believes that there are
vation.
good possibilities of developing the
soy bean Into another good legume
crop for Montana.
NO POISON 18 FOUND IN
PROPERLY PACKED FOOD
There Is no danger of food poisoning
from canned goods If the food Is put
up properly according to directions 1 a
sued by the Montana Extension Ser
vice say« Miss Blanche Lee, extension
leader of home economics. The dls
known ns botulism Is caused by
»•lise
an organism which thrives In Improp
erly canned food,
have been hut a half dozen cases re
ported to the State Board of Health,
hut In each case the result has been
fatal. Doctors believe that there are
many more cases than those reported
being lists In health reports under the
In Montana there
heading "ptomaine person log."
rho *e rases where canned food looks
or smells had. Miss Lee advises
to take no chances but to dispose of It
In
by burning. If there Is a suspicion
that canned good* have not been pri
up properly but, there are no outward
signs of spoiling It 1 »best to boll the
food for at least 30 minute*. Authori
ties state that the botulism organism
is most commonly found in Improperly
prepMAd canned vegetable«, such as
spinach, beans, corn and so on.
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That both a community and a co
operative spirit is developing among
the formers of Montana Is revealed
In the annual report of the Montana
county agent leader. Last year 35,
253 farm folk attended meetings held
In connection with demonstrations car
ried on hy county agents. These peo
ple represent 267 farming communities
In 24 counties of the state and the
meetings were held In connection with
2234 practical demonstrations. More
tjian 45,000 people attended other
Ings held by the extension represent
atives during the year and in addition
there were 182 extension schools and
meetings held by the extension repre
sentatives during the year and In ad
dition there were 182 Extension schools
and short courses held tjiroughout the
state with a total attendance of 10,488.
Since corn production has been one
of the most outstanding developments
in Montana agriculture In recent
years and especially during the past
year it Is significant that there were
442 corn meetings held In the state
in 1923 by the Montana Extension
Service and that these meetings were
attended by 15,231 farm people, in 374
farming communities.
SKIM MILK SUBSTITUTE
FOR BIDDY'S MEAT SCRAP
In feeding chickens for egg produc
tion, skim milk may he substituted for
all or part of the meat scrap In the
ration at the rate of one and eight
tenths gallons of skim milk for each
pound of Äieat scrap, according to Miss
Harriet E. Cushman of the Montana
Extension Service. Since meat scraps
or.milk furnish the necessary protein
in the diet for proper egg production It
Is highly essential that one or both of
the above elements be Included in the
poultry ration. In discussing the
merits of these protein feeds. Mis?
Cushman states that both will cost
about the same, about 12 cents a day
for each 100 hens, figuring meat
scraps at five dollars per hundred
pounds and skim milk at three cents
a gallon,
sume
meat scraps or four gallons of skim
milk a day. Milk may be considered
as equal In value to the meat In the
diet provided the birds can be induced
to eat the necessary amount. If any
difficulty is experienced In this, milk
may be substituted for part of the
meat scrap.
■ The 100 birds should con
two and four-tenths pounds of
In threading a needle with cotta*
thread, put through the eye the end
hanging away from the spool ; when
threading with silk, cut the thread and
putdnrough the eye the end from near :
eat the spool. The reason for this Is
that the two threads are twisted In op
posite directions and this precaution
prevents snarling.
It la time to start planning the year's}
poultry work. I
iOlT OML MOISTURE
DEEDED ID INGOOATOB
Provisions for Humidity In Machines
Insufficient Experiments at
Colleflj^
State
Show
The lack of moisture in the Incu
bator Is one of the main causes of
chicks dying In the shells, according
to results obtained in tests carried on
by the Montana Experiment Station.
Even though the ordinary moisture
pans were kept filled an Insufficient
supply was »{»parent,
tlnued to die In the shell and over a
period of eight years only 30 per cent
of tlie fertile eggs hatched.
Chicks con
As soon
as additional moisture was supplied
the hatching percentage Increased and „
In 1923 the number of fertile
hutched Increased to 65 per cent.
Tlje application of additional mrfls
eggs
ture started two years ago In the mid
dle of tji$ incubations season and the
good results have continued. The
moisture Is supplied by sprinkling the _
eggs twice a day with lukewarm water
with a gradual Increase In. amount of
water supplied with the approach of
the hatching season. On the eighteenth
day sprinkling was discontinued and
the Incubator closed, Including venti
lators. From the results of this ex
periment It would appear that under
high altitude conditions considerably
more moisture can be used than is or
dinarily recommended.
Magpie Is Harmful Bird
In ork carried on in Madison county
last year over 10,000 magpies were de
stroyed. The magpie Is Indicted on
three counts; first, at branding time
he Is a menace to cattle, often obliter
ating brands, eating great holes In the
sides of cattle and causing serious
losses ; second, he Is such a destroyer
of small chicks that some fanners find
It Impossible to raise chickens because
of hls ravages; third, he Is a pillager,
robbing hens' nests and birds' nests,
being especially partial to game birds.
In the campaigns waged against him In
Madison county last year over $80 was
{>ald ont in bounties which accounts
for 6,000 magpies, and the Sheridan
Rod and Gun Club spent $30 in prises
in magpie killing contests which
counted for 4,000 more of the birds,
making a total of 10,000 birds killed
besides the destruction of a large num
ber of eggs.
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Scorched food may be saved fre
quently removing the pan from the
stove Immediately and placing It In a
pan of cold water. If the food Is then
quickly removed, taking care not to
Include any burnt particles, the scorch
ed taste may not be apparent.
Vegetables that have been stored in
a root cellar for a considerable time
often- develop a strong flavor. This
may be removed by cooking In salted
water with the cover off. Cabbage
should not be cooked more than 20 or
80 minute s.
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