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REPORTS SAY GREAT NORTHERN
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PROPOSED UNE
FINANCIAL «10 IS PROMISED
Residents Along New Route Express
Willingness to Subscribe for Stock
to Have the Road Completed
Reports In Lewistown and eastern
Montana towns that President Ralph
Budrt of the Great Northern has
agreed to send one of the railway's
vice presidents to the section most
vitally Interested In the project, has
revived Interest In the proposed con
struction of the new Great Northern
line between New Rockford, N. D., and
Lewistown.
The road between Richey; Mont- end
Watford City, N. D., already has been
constructed. In order to complete the
cutoff It will be necessary to construed
lines from Richey to Lewistown and
from Watford City to New Rockford.
If the cutoff Is completed a large sec
tion of eastern Montana will have a
new outlet to both the east and west.
The proposed line would pass through
Dawson. McCone, Garfield
Richland,
npd Fergus codntles. It would serve
the Cat Creek oil field. Richey, Circle,
Jordan, Wlnnett and a number of other
towns In addition to providing more
transportation facilities for Great
Falls. Helena, Billings and other Mon
tana cities.
Reports coming from North Dakota
are that residents along the proposed
line have expressed a willingness to
sHlawrtlK» necessary a m o unt s to Great
Northern stock at par In order to have
the road complete«]. New Rockford al
ready has pledged $500,000 and Mc
Lean county In North Dakota has
promised a similar amount.
Kill Many Wild Animal«
During the month of December the
regular anlurled and co-operative hunt
era working under the direction of the
federal bureau of biological survey de
stroyed 782 true predatory animals ac
cording to the monthly letter received
from R. E. Bateman, leader of the
driver
The month's kill consisted of 31 bob
cats, 749 coyotes, a lynx and a wolf.
In addition to the predatory list, 10
badgers. 14 skunks and 70 porcupines
were killed.
Important Promotion
Chester C. Do vis. for several years
editor of the Montana Farmer and
state commissioner of agriculture un
der the Dixon administration, hns gone
to Washington, D. C„ to net ns the
Washington representative of the
American farm bureau. His new po
sition pays a salary.of $10,060 n year.
Mr. Davis, since leaving Helena IflSt
spring, has been connected with the
Illinois Agricultural association.
The name of the Sunburst Oil and
Giu{ company yraa tbanffed by the
stockholders at the annual meeting nt
Helena to the Stinburst Oil and Refin
ing company, aqd the capital stock
was Increased, from $385,000 In share«
of $1 par value to $3,000.000 In shares
of $1 par value, $2.000.000 of the new
stock to be common, and $1,000,000 In
7% per cent preferred stock, nil non
assessable.
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money and resources to aid In
the upbuilding of oqr towns and £
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our own efforts and resources In £
buxine«« enterprise«? >.
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Blackfeet Champion«
Representatives of two generations
of Indian dancers, White Grass and
Master Crow Feathers, of the Glacier
National park reservation, won the
"Blue Beaded Buckskin Ribbon" as an
nwnrd for the most artistic Indian
dancing ever seen upon the grass
carpeted prairie, or elsewhere. They
danced in competition with 20 tribes at
the celebration attending the re-dedi
eating of Fort Union, Mont.
At the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the American National bank
of Forsyth the following board of dir
ectors was elected for the year 1926;
R. D. Mountain, W. E, Clarke, G..D.
Whitney, T. J. Wegener and J. C. Kln
kade.
A. D. Sibley has been elected presi
dent of the Hardin chamber of com
merce by the new board of trustees
sind D. L. Egnew vice president and
Carl Rankin secretary.
Butte Pioneer Dies
Joseph Chauvin, aged 77, well-known
broker and one of rhe early business
men of Butte who made history in tbe
struggling camp hood days of Butte,
died » few days ago in that city. H«
i»«d boon In III health during the last
five month*. During »ale years he had
tondue«*] u brokerage business, there
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«IDS MURE STATE
Keeping Up of Export Rates Gives
State Two Grain Marketa
to Ship To
By refusing to allow northwestern
railroads to cancel export totes
grain «md grain products moving from
western Montana points to Pacific
coast ports, the Interstate commerce
commission has ,,Qrovlded_ Montana
fanners with two grain markets.
Those In the western part of the state
can continue to ship their producta to
the west coast fit a lower rate than for
ordinary grain shipments, and those
east of Billings find a market at St.
Paul and other eastern milling places.
Following the recent Helena hear
ing. the matter was carried to the In
terstate commerce commission, with
the result that the railroads were
ordered tö maintain the export rate
on grain. The national body upheld
the contentions of the Montana grain
men and the railroad commissions that
the rate was of great benefit to grain
producers of this state.
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Surety Company Settles
Full settlement with Interest from
Feb. 11. 1924, has been made by the
American Surety company of New
York, on Its bond of $75.000 given to
the
secure Custer county deposits.
Commercial National bank at Mile«
City.
Litigation on this bond hns been
pending In the federal court since last
May. The surety company offered a
settlement last October for the amount
of the bond with Interest but demand
ed that the county upon receiving pay
ment make an assignment to the surety
company of Its claim against the hank
tf> (he extent of 175,000. The county
refused to accept the money under
those conditions, contending that until
the county has been paid the full
amount of Us claim the bank either hy
sureties or by dividends from .the re
ceiver of the 'bank, no assignment
should be made. By an assignment It
Is pointed out, the surety company
would have participated In each 10 per
cent dividend paid to date by fhc re
ceiver.
The settlement was made without
Such assignment.
Treasure Stafe Tabloids
Insfallntion of an Ice plant nt the
Montana Soldiers' Home at Columbia
Falls has been authorized by the state
board of examiners.
Dying hns become unpopular In Me
Cone comity, It seems, from the vital
statistics given out by Alma Storm,
vital statistician for McCone county.
In 1925 there were tout 12 deaths In the
county und 65 —births. Both these
total» nre far below 1024 figures.
Construction of a superintendent's
cottage nt all expense not to exceed
$7.300 and an addition to the grade
school building to cost not more than
$,'<0.000 at the Montana Orphans' Home
bas been authorized by the state board
The cost will be borne
of examiners,
by the educational bond Issue.
The Sawyer Stores, Inc., with head
quarters at BUI Ing»;- opened Its nine
teenth Mon (aha grocery supply house
In Sidney, taking over the stock and
fixture» of the Yellowstone Mercantile
company, a pioneer firm which has op
erated since Sidney was established as
an Inland crossroad.
The Montana Smelting and Refin
ing company'- with g capiini stock of
$5,000,000. and the principal place of
business nt Basin, Mont., has filed ar
ticles of Incorporation at Helena. Ar
thur Tuttle, a Boulder hanker; Gus
Wallin, a Boulder merchant, and John
F. Wallin, a Basin merchant, are the
Incorporators.
Announcement has been made of the
appointment of Captain E, A. Ecktnaa
of Minnesota to the position as assist
ant superintendent of the Yellowstone
National park, succeeding P. B. BHk
ert, who resigned In September, 1925.
Captain Eckman began his government
career as lieutenant of constabulary,
Luzon Island, Philippine«.
Extensive revision of laws regulat
ing allotments of land to Crow Indians
In this state, near Hardin. Is proposed
In a bill by Chairman Leavitt of the
house Indian affairs' committee. The
changes which are chiefly to revise
the system of tribal benefit from Indi
vidual Irrigation projects. Incorporated
proposals sponsored by the tribal coun
sel In hearings before the committee.
Names of 19 of the 24 Great North
ern railway stations between Cut Bank
and Columbia Falls will be changdU to
promote Interest In the historical and
geographical background of the sta
tions. W. R. Smith, general superin
tendent, has announced. The action Is
a result of an upper Missouri histori
cal expedition l«at summer, when hun
dreds of people visited historical dis
tricts In the northern part of the atate
under the direction of the railroad.
Charles A. Mackensle of Havre, waa
elected president at the northern Mon
tana district meeting of American Leg
ion posts in Havre.
Firs at Shalby
The former Equity elevator at Shel
by containing about 15,000 bushels of
grata, was destroyed by fire entailing
a loss of $6,000. which Is partially cov
ered by Insurance. .The flames were
ignited daring a dust explosion while
Frank Hanna, manager of the elevator,
waa working with a blow torch In the
pit, and spread quickly.
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Montana
Ranch News
From rçpofta of the pig survey-«on
dunged h# the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, economists are
concluding that the relation of supply
to demand on the hog market will be
about the game In 1926 as In 1925. The
report on laat fali'i farrowing shows
that the fall ptg'crop la 11J per peat
♦mailer than id jghe fall of 1924. 'ft 1«
estimated tiiat'the number Of spring
pigs In the Uhif^d Stages afin be 11.9
greater than ilk the spring of 1926
By JOHN DEXTER
The Department point« out, however,
that the expressed breeding Intention«
of farmers are frequently too high,
that previous surveys have shown that
the actual number of nows bred la
from eight to 10 per cent lower than
the expressed Intentions. From this
U I* expected that there will be but
little Increase In bog production this
year.
Discussing the economic problems of
th« farmer before a farm audience at
Montana State College recently, J. E.
Erickson, governor of Montana, stated
that there Is a great need for the sta
bilization of value# tor farm products,
and referred to the plan tor disposing
of surplus crop« through a government
pointing the
eglslatlon In
export corporation as
right way." National 1
fpvor of labor, Industrial orgaidzg
tkms, railroads and banks, was des
cribed as a "species of price-fixing"
and mich legislation has given organi
zation« the means of controlling sup
ply and a consequent control of prices.
Com and Bean Awards
Llenroc ranch of Blue creek, owned
by A. E. Cornel), won the sweepstake«
for the best corn at the* third annual
Yellowstone Corn and Bean «how and
was also the winner of the greatest
number of points In the entire «how
and the best and largest corn exhibit.
Xbs Lienroi ranch exhibits were ralsetj
without irrigation. -r—
High honor* In raising beans were
taken by E. O. Seitz of Canyon creek,
who won sweepstakes on Great North
ern beans. The winning exhibit was
raised on Irrigated land. Richard R.
Jones of Huntley, won the best single
entry Of beans by boys' and girls' club
members and George Draper of Hunt
ley won first place on the best Individ
ual exhibit by a boys' and girls' club
member.
A tremendous waste of food results
from the shipping of low grade farm
products to market and a vigorous
effort Is being made by the United
States department of agriculture to
bring about a more general adoption
of federal grades and inspection at
various Shipping points. The railroad
loss and damage claims on fruits and
vegetables alone In some years run as
high a# $14,000,006. The cutting down
of this and other losses should go fa?
In helping to reduce the spread be
tween prices received by producers
and those paid by consumers.
Butter 1« one of the oldest foods of
man. according to J. A. Nelson, In
charge of dairying manufacturing at
Montana State College. To support
his statement he finds that the Hin
doos used butter 2000 B. C.. and Scy
thian», Grecktl and Persians Ip a later
period, made frequent references to
butter. In tbe Book of Genesis Is
found the statement : "And he took
butter and milk and the calf he had
dressed and set It before them." __ |_1
An egg a day to keep the butcher
away and a -whopping egg at that, la
the slogan of Mary Ahn, a last April's
Rhode Island Bed pullet owned by J.
J. Arndt of Great Falls. Recently she
presented her owner with an egg
weighing six and one-half ounces with
circumference ef tache* -one • way
and seven and three-quarter Inches the
other, and she Is still laying an egg a
day to accompaniment of her Joyful
tune.
Orr Burgett wa« elected president
of the Oanle) County Extension Asso
ciation for 1926 at a recent meeting of
community delegates st Scoh«y. J. C.
Timmons, retiring president, served
for two years and during his term of
office the present well organized sys
tem of farm and home Improvement
work carried on cooperatively by the
farmers of the county and the county
extension service, was established.
Once again Scobey must defend ber
title as the largest primary wheat
market In the world for the present
year. To date, alnce July 1, 1926. Sco
bey has marketed approximately 1,500,
000 bushels of wheat. 223 cars of tot
tie and 24 cars of bogs. It 1« also of
Interest to know that IS tons of
dressed turkeys were shipped to tost
en» markets from that poJat during
the month of December, 1925.
Montana's prize winning exhibit*,
which wen more than 80 per cent of
the prizes In tbe classes entered at tbe
recent International Grata and Hay
Show, including tbe world's champion
wheat, were on exhibit at tbe Kate
Utility Seed Show at Miles City last
week. Thia year's utility show brought
a greater variety of exhibit* than ever
before Montana's corn, grata and al
falfa seed was well represented, and
th* sample« entered in competition
and the educational exhibits strikingly
brought out the outstanding quality of
Montana'« products
Marketing Bodies
Benefit Fanners
- Tb« 32 farmer» cooperative market
ing associatkms which here been or*
fan!zed as a re«ult of marketing
«turtles on the part of Montana's conn- ,
tj extension agents, sold farm pro
duct» valued at more than a million
and a half dollara In 1925. The coop- . „
eratlve shipments tor the year Includ
ed 302 carloads of live stock, 608.728
pounds of turkeys, 450 cases of eggs. .
835,000 pounds of butter fat, 684.344
pounds of wool, 500,600 pounds of al
falfa seed and 44 carloads of seed po
tatoes. Valley county has the.greatest
Joumberi.<tf comity wide eooperiltlve
marketing assoclatiops of thç counties
of the «tote. Its* four associations,
Northern Montana Alfalfa Growers'
Association, Valley County ..Creamery
and Produce company. Valley County
Poultry Shipping Association and the
Milk River Cooperative Live Stock
Shipping Association, handled crops
and live stock products valued at $237,
000 during 1926.
Ole Fossum, a farmer living 15 mile«
northeast of Glentana. Is now _ con
vinced there Is good profit. In the pro
duction of livestock and poultry on the
farm. One day recently Mr. Fossum
arrived at Scobey with a truck on
which he had loaded 1,500 pounds of
turkeys and several hogs. The hogs
netted Mr. Fossum $285 and the tur
keys brought the sum of $600, or a
total of $885 for the one load. This Is
thought to be the largest sum of money
ever received In northeastern Montana
for one load of farm produce.
Sanders and Judith Basin counties
last month joined the list of Montana
countie« carrying on organised exten
sion work, with the appointment of E.
J. Haslerud as county agent of the for
mer and C. R. Monntjoy as county
agent of the latter. The work started
In both counties on January 20. The
extension headquarters Is at Thomp
son Falls In Sanders and at Stanford
In Judith. Basin. Montana now has 83
county extension agents, the greatest
number since organized extension work
was started In the state.
The worst smut epidemic In the his
tory of the northwest will probably
come In 1926 unless the fanners of the
great empire realize the condition and
treat their seed before planting, de
clare« W. T. Giese, chief of the divis
ion of grain standards and marketing
of the state department of agriculture.
Mr. Glese based his assertion on the
records of receipts this winter at Min
neapolis and Duluth. "From Sept. 1
to Dec. 17, 1925," be stays, "the com
bined receipt* of hard red spring
wheat at Minneapolis and Duluth were
50,721 cars, of which 2,818 actually
bore a notation of smut. For the same
period at both markets there were 26,
690 cars of durum wheat and of this
number 7,180 graded smutty. This Im
mense loss would be easily avoided by
proper treatment of the seed.
Thû Frai rte Cmtnty Shi p p ing A««-,,
elation Is the largest farmers cooper
ative marketing association In the
state In point of membership. The
association has 487 members and last
jtÉrdtd a business of more than $190,
000. The association handles beef cat
tle, hogs and other farm products.
The poultry business has grown to
such proportion» in the county that
poultry growers are now contemplat
ing the organjzatlon of a separate
poultry marketing association.
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Berg Christenson, one of Beaver
head county's leading sheepmen. Is an
optimist when It comes to forecasting
the future of the sheep Industry In
this state, Fleeces are heavy, he says,
and a good lambing season appears In
prospect, with 1Î cents for lambs be
ing his prediction. He I» expecting a
market around 40 cents this season for
wool In the grease. Mr. Christenson
looks tor a clip of about 2,000,000
pounds this year In his county.
Farmers of Blaine, Phillips and Val
ley counties are planning to join hand«
in the organization of a cow testing
association. Meetings held by farmer*
In the different counties last month
aron«ed interest In the project and a
survey 1« now under way to ^determine
the number of dairymen who will Join
tbe association and the number of
cows to be tested.
The Pondera Turkey Marketing As
sociation «old 173.000 pounds of tur
keys valued at $87.000 for It* members
during 1926. This association did a
«rester volume of buelne«« than any
other poultry marketing association In
the state last year.
An Indication of the openness of the
winter coin« from the Wheaton dis
trict, west of Roundup, where, on the
O. O. Alexander ranch, four ls»*'*vs
were recently born. Lambing In Jan
uary la an unusual experience even In
Montana, but Mr. Alexander reports
good success and that all of bis sheep
are In fine condition.
More and better birds seem to be
th« slogan of Montana poultry grew
ere, according to C. A. Greenfield, of
Butte, who was a turkey Judge st the
state show recently closed at Conrad
Mr. Greenfield stated that a number
of Montana turkeys probably would be
exhibited at the All-American Turkey
show which la to be held In Fargo. N
D., next month and that several poul
try men to the northern part of the
state have promised to attempt to
carry off honora at tbe Southern Men
tana Poultry «»soetotion's «how at
Butte.
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