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THOUSANDS SEEK "rails INQUIRIES FROM ALL OVER THE J WORLD RECEIVED At OFFICE OF STATE DIVISION BEQUEST DATA ON MONTANA Result of Advertising Campaign Con ducted By Three Railroads Traversing Btata Thirty-five thousand Inquiries have been received In the last year hy the Northern Pacific, Great Northern and Burlington railroads from prospective settlers all over the world, as a result of the advertising campaign conducted by the Montana transportation com panies. Many of these people are In terested In the opportunities for own ing a farm home In Montana. As a means of assisting in the cam paign. circular letters are being sent to ail prospective settlers. The letters written hy A. H. Bowman, Mon of agriculture, in and read in part as follows: "The stfife department of agriculture will be glad to give you Information bearing on Montana agriculture, ell mate, land values-any kind of Infon .nation that will help you get the kind of farm you want. "We can put you In contact with re liable men and farmers In every com munit v—men whom we have carefully selected, who are entirely familiar with fanning conditions. They will advise you regarding farming methods. help you get acquainted and aid you to get started right. We want you to take advantage of the free service of this department. •The department of agriculture ns sures you full co-operation In getting dependable Information. We hope you will feel free to write'us. If you come here to live we want you to be suc ce»»ful." *"4.;o"o"4i>»::e:»:;er«c;«*:>;>;>"*::*:>:>:>;»:>l $ j*J * j| BUYING LOCALLY j| BENEFITS EVERYONE ►! You bollovo that every per eon |oj ? In tho state holding a publie of •( floe, receiving a living from pub- !♦! I He funda, owes every dollar's W i werth of their patronage to tho $ I I looal people who pay the taxes. W ►I That's friendly Generation, X i which keep, the wheals ef pro- $ I*; arose oiled. Trading at home Ä Î hurts no one and benefits all « B people In cur community. Ô V : --——— R. J. D. "Senator" Jones. 93 a familiar character of Butte for 41 Born In Wales, he was taken by his parents, when an Infant In arms, around Cape Horn to Cnllfor ■ nla, where he lived through the famous gold rush and vigilante days In that state. Later he removed to Nevada and came to Butte In 1885. He was a member of the Odd Fellows. It was estimated by friends that he went years. Is dead. through a fortune of $60.000. He died Representative Leavitt and Senator! Wheeler and Walsh will he asked to intrduce a bill In congress, appropriai poor. Ing part of the unused federal aid | money which would have been avail able for Montana In the construction | of a federal highway on the Beaver J Greek national playground, a federal J park under the supervision of the city of Havre, which lies along Beaver | creek for 12 miles, starting about 12 miles south of Havre and reaching to the Rocky Boy Indian reservation. Robins on their spring migration from the south Invaded Kallspell, end j from all over the city came the eager reports voicing the glad news that spring was here, because this and that Kallspell resident had Just seen a half-dozen robins. C. L. Coverdell re ported that they were plentiful on his I place at Foys lake, adding that this was the earliest the red breasts had | ever appeared there. The receipts in the office of the state fish and game commission for the nine months. May 1925 to January 1926, have Increased more than $11,000 over the amount for the same period. May 1924 to January 102(1, accor di ng to figures compiled by David Marks of the game department. The receipts for May 1024 to January 1925 were $133,367.01 and the receipts May 1025 to January 1926 are $174.995.46. pronounced upon Rafael Caserez for the murder of Petronlllo Urenda at a Mexican dance hall In Billings on De cember 21, by Judge Robert C. Stong in district court. The penalty was flged by a Jury which found Casera* guilty of first-degree murder after aev-1 Sentence of life Imprisonment was eral hour* 9 deliberation. Tourists are already heglnlng to ar rive In Bozeman. Two men recently arrived there from Seattle and they re ported good roads with the exception of the mountain stretch between Wal lace and Missoula. The largest shipment of automobile* ever received In Montana reached Bll lings recently. It consisted of a 46 car special train containing 189 auto mobiles valued at about $260,000. Th« motor cars are for distribution through a Billings company, in Montana and northern Wyoming. M m Truck Driver, Convicted of Running Down Boy, Granted a L '.. New Hearing I At the February term of district court *at Sidney, the first case oil the criminal docket was the re-frlal of the State vs. Johnson, coining out of the running down and killing of 12-year old James Alton by an unknown truck driver last September. At the October terra, the ta sc had Its first trial and ended In the conviction of Orval Johnson, farm hand, driving the grain truck of his employer. The defendant was at that time sentenced to from three to six years at Deer Lodge and had served some weeks of his sentence when the defendant's at torneys took the case to the supreme court. Whlie the matter was still pending In the higher court, the local court granted a new trial. The first trial drew state-wide In terest because of the wide acquaint ance of the victim's father, local Meth odist pastor. I HHp ««<1 removal of Its equipment to a site Mbby, refusal to Increase the ex »«*» of the Gallatin game preserve, «"d closing Jefferson county to shoot ing for upland game birds, were the outstanding accomplishments of the Montana fish and game commission Fiah Hatchery to Libby Abandonment of the Ronan hatchery I recently In Helena, It was the first meeting for E. C £«rruth of Havre and W. K. Moore of Billings, appointed hy Governor Erick December. All members of the I commission attended, The new hatchery site was author ized with the provision that an ease ment of sufficient land be secured. It ^^^UU will accommodate 12 troughs and Is to | available for the 1926 egg taking season. The closing of Jefferson county to hunting for upland game birds was at the request of citizens of that county I and after a hearing at Boulder de I veloped no opposition. It becomes ef fectlve for 1926 and 1927. Treasure Stale Tabloids P*»'n Daniels, to he postmaster at Anaconda. A ^ year-old Butte boy received a suspended sentence to the slate In «lustrlal schodl at Miles City after he admitted that for several months he nm(,e 11 n t,Hll - v Practice to follow mall carriers and steal all accessible letters and parcels. The boy pleaded for "an Presidential nominations Include: I chance." Burton Kingsbury, one of the first settlers of eastern Montana, was stricken with paralysis and Is In a serious condition at his home In Joliet. Mr. Kingsbury was one of the early freighters of the northwest and came to the Midland Empire before the railroads were built In that section. Military honors were accorded In Bozeman to Hiram Jackson Harrlger. a Civil war veteran at funeral services were attended by his comrades of William English Post Grand Army of the Republic, Spanish American war veterens. members of the Women's Re Hef Corps and other friends, t After an Illness of several days from pneumonia. Frank S. Kelly, an Instruc tor at the Billings Business college, Vincent's hospital. Mr. Kelly had been a resident of Billings f ar uUouj jh years and b e for e b e e i wa | n g connecttMl with the college, he was employed by several firms ns a book keeper. More than 50 Indians, members of the Cheyenne tribe, are engages! In logging off the burned art-« along the main fork of the Lame Deer creek In the southern part of Rosebud county, \ considerable area of timber land wns burned over hy forest fires last summer and a great many mature trees were killed. The Indians will U ge these logs for repairing and hulld | n g houses, : barns and granaries, The nttem|*ted appeal of the nttor ney general In the case of the state against members of the Lewis and Clark fair commission who operated the state fair of 1925, has been dis-* missed by the state supreme court on the ground that the attorney general had failed to properly take the appeal, The Judgment roll was not contained In the transcript on « pi nett, as Is pm vlded by statute, and therefore there was nothing before the court, work of the motor vehicle regrlstratlon Excellent progress In handling the department, has been reported by State Prison Warden Austin Middleton. The at work, two of them being civilians and the rest convicts. Warden Middleton states that about 17,000 licenses have been Issued so far thl* year and that appll cations are coming In at the rate of between 000 and 700 per day. With the present, force engaged ke could handle 1,000 license« per day, he states. warden has a force of •V> Great Falls dance halls are to he ln spected to determine whether they can withstand the strain of the Charleston dance. The Inspection was ordered by Mayor H. B. Mitchell as a measure of public safety and will he begun Im mediately by the city engineer's office. eran of the World war and a member of the American Legion, has been ap pointed by Commissioner A. H. Bow man of the state department of agri culture, as custodian of th* state fair William Ha crock of Helena, a vet grounds. ' W eaea m: ania rPV I » h ■ ' * [9 8 *4 I» '2 Ä »5 r 14 13 16 19 20 122 i0 I T [26 23 29 28 27 [32 34 31 133 39 i7^B38 [35 141 40 48 14 45 17 P 50 52 49 51 53 56 54 m 58 (Coprrl(ht. 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Ü □ ■araarc nlraanQ In Ir ma ■hIihii asi ana aSB ■I^^HaGDaa SiKt o > A rRUl r t. □ 0 ft * A L P l n o HUM A|T m ■Ll a 0 T o I N a .8 P L O O a A ft V W t n L. I ii a O P\ 1 D l N d R I |OWO l lo isM t A N T nil a © |MN E. A Montana Ranch News By JOHN DEXTER Montana shipped more batter to the San Francisco market Ip 1825 than any other state out side of California and was only exceeded by Idaho In butter shipments to Los Angeles, ac cording to marketing studies being made by the Montana Extension Ser vice. Butter shipments to (he fpymer dty totaled 1,806.000 pounds and to the latter 1,540.000 pounds. The studies show that Montana and other western states are gradually taking over tim business of supplying food to the cities on the west coast. There Is still room for some expansion, however, for last year San Francisco received almost two million pounds of butter from such far-distanat states as Virginia, Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, Ihwa, Kansas, and North Dakota and the province of Manitoba. Montana has not shown a corresponding develop ment In the cheese business since It supplied only 6,000 pounds of this dairy product for the San Francisco market In 1024 and 63J1Q2 pounds In 1925. Of the 11,855,431 pounds of >f cheese received on the San Francisco market in 1925 the four states of Cali fornia. Oregon. Idaho and Wisconsin furnished more than 10,000,000 lbs. Eight states more remote than Mon tana supplied the California city with approximately three million pounds of cheese. Indicating that there Is room for Increasing cheese production In the western states. * Meetings of Indian farmers at Ash land, Blrney, Bushy and Lame Deer in the southern part of Rosebud coun ty have resulted in the organization of farm chapters and woman's aux iliaries among the Cheyenne Indians of the Tongue River reservation. CL B. Lohmlller, superintendent of the reservation, has been conducting the meetings, assisted by the fanners of the various districts. Each chapter consists of a small group of men living in the same neighborhood, presided over by a president who co-operates with the Indian bureau through the government farmers In agricultural pursuits and In matters pertaining to the livestock Interests of the Indians. It is planned to have the different chapters compete with one another at the annual Indian fair held at Lame Deer. — V' Stillwater county gave official recog nition to its farmers who contributed so much toward making Montana the outstanding winner of last fall's Inter national Grain and Hay Show, at a meeting at Columbus last month. More than 150 farmers and business men attended the celebration to honor the winners. During the past year Stillwater county farmers won highest awards at two International exhibits. L. P. Yates of Fishtail won the world's championship wheat cup at the Chi cago International and Elmer Davis of A^sarokee won the wheat grand cham pionship at the Pacific International Exposition at Portland. Thirty-nine carloads of poultry and eggs were shipped out of Montana in December, according to the monthly commodity report Just compiled hy the Montana railway commission. Show ing a great Increase over movement of this class of freight from Montana points for that month, the report, as compared to movement of Montana, freight In the corresponding month for 1924, Indicates that no cars were load ed with this class of freight In De cember, 1924. G. W. Cowan. Hobson hardware and Implement merchant, closed up a deal recently for the sale of his 120 acre« on the bench south of Hobson to Peter J. Hoven. Mr. Cowan has been farm ing south of Hobson for a good many years and decided to Invest profits made in growing wheat. In Judith Basin land. The consideration has not been made public but it has been understood to have been between $30 and $40 per acre. The major projects In the »agricul tural Improvement campaign In Chou teau county for the coing year, as decided upon by representlves of the Important agricultural communities of the coun ty, «re crop standard ization , 4-H club work, marketing and develop ment of community organizations. The work will he continued In wool grading, poultry Improvement, establishment of egg testing circles, seed production, shelter belts and Insect control. In spite of the great Increase in pure seed growing In Sheridan county last year, M. P. Ostby, county agent, re ports that the demand for pure seed wheat for spring planting Is greater than the supply. Farmers are plan ning to Increase pnre seed production for the coming year. Rosebud county farmers captured the lion's share of honors at the recent State Corn Show «t Miles City. Ex hibits from the county won the 10 -ear grandchamplonahip, the bushel grand championship, three class sweepstakes, five variety sweepstakes, 19 firsts, 14 seconds, nine thirds, «even fourths and »even fifths. Flgures from tbe United States De partment of Agricultural Indicate that there are approximately three per cent less rattle on feed in the United States this winter than Ism year. Hogs Pay Big in Musselshell Musselshell county farmers last year sold more than $100,000 worth of hogs, most of them going to A. B. Hicks of " Musselshell. Forty carloads alone were shipped from Musselshell and they bronght $70,000 to growers in that section. Three carloads were shipped from other points la the county. No record Is available of the number of hogs grown In Musselshell county and marketed at home, either to butchers or aold direct to consumers, but the total Is conservatively estimated aa representing a cash value between $126,000 and $150,000. In the single month of December Mr. Hicks bought and shipped $18.200 worth of hogs form Musselshell. During the last year the largest amount paid by him to a single owner was $3.000, and there were a number of farmers who receiv ed from $1,000 to $1,500 each. The recent government census shows that Montana has 280,000 hogs, the same number as a year ago. There was a decrease in fall farrowing and the number of fall pigs In thé state I* approximately 10 per cent leas than at this time last year. The Indication» are there will be slightly more than a one per cent Increase In spring farrow ing over the spring of 1925. Figure» for the 11 western states show that there are approximately 10% fewer hogs tltls year than last year, that the number of pigs saved from farrowing Is approximately eight per cent less than last year and that there wilt be an increase of 13 per cent in spring farrowing. The figures show Mon tana to be In a favorable position for the coming year, according to R. L. V.'addell, live stock specialist for the Montana Extension Service. Last year Montana exported 225,000 head of hogs 80 per cent of which went to western markets, and If prices remain good for the year, as economists expect they will. Montana formers will enjoy a profitable season with their hogs. The periodic downward price swing due to Increased production Is expect ed to become noticeable In 1927. Montana alfalfa seed growers are being urged to support the seed bill now before congress which would com pel the dyeing of all alfalfa and ml clover seed imported Into this country. A. ,T. Ogaard, president of the Inter national Crop Improvement Associa tion and secretary of the Montana Seed Growers' Association, states that much of the foreign seed brought Into this country Is lacking In hardiness and therefore not adapted to the con ditions In the United States. At the present time there is no means of dis tinguishing this seed from domestic seed. Foreign seed may be mixed with the home grown kind or substi tuted for it and there Is no way of de tecting the deception. Mr. Ogaard contends that the proposed seed dye ing law will protect famrers against misrepresentation? and will work to the advantage of alfalfa seed growers by eliminating unfair competition. Members of the animal husbandry class of the Sweet Grass high school are making plans for their summer project». In order that they may re ceive their credits in class work, the Students must carry on a project dur ing the summer. This project Includes the rearing of animals or raising grain and potatoes. In each case the boys must do all their own work and keep accurate records and observations. All projects will he under the supervision of M. M. Oliphant, Instructor of agri culture. It-has been agreed, that each boy shall realize a profit of $100 from his project before he will be given one half credit In school. A series of meetings will be held In Judith Basin county by Charles R. Mountjoy, newly appointed county agent, and A. J. Ogaard, state exten sion agronomist. At theae meetings. Mr. Ogaard will discuss two problems vital to fanners In Judith Basin coun ty, "Tillage Methods" and "Crop Stan dardization." Mr. Mountjoy, since hl» appointment, has been actively cover ing his territory. His office Is located in the bast ment of the new courthouse at Stanford. Fanners* elevator representatives and grain growers from Montank, Min- ^ nesnta. North and South Dakota, have applied for a charter for the North western Grain Marketing company, which I« to co n d u ct a general grain business in Minneapolis. The Incor porator« of the company, who asked for the charter under tbe Minnesota co-operative law of 1923, Include J. A. Mead, Glentana, and Herman Wagner, Scohey, Mont. Six hundred 4-year-old ewes have been sold by the Penwell Ranches at $10 per head, believed to be the top price for sheep of that age, to Bert Maynard and F. B. Jeffers of Norris. The sheep were shipped from the Spo kane ranch near East Helena, to tbe purchasers at Norris, Madison county. A year's production record of 800.8 pounds of butter fat has Just been com pleted by "Pansy," two-year-old grade Jersey cow owned by H. Jaten of the Lake County Cow Testing Association. * Stockholders of t^e Bed Lodge Brew ing company have approved plans for the sale of the company's brewing and bottling buildings that they may be come the home rtf Bed Lodge'» new pea canning factory. The transaction has been virtually completed and It In understood that the aale price is be tween $15.000 and $20,00(1