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SUIT sm TO
TEST HUD SALE
•Ase will rsrr the right of
COUNTIES TO SELL ON
PAYMENT PLAN
SUPREME COURT WILL DECIDE
Injunction Asked to Restrain the Sals
- of $40,000 Worth of Fenpus
County Land
' The question of whether a county
may sell Its property on the time pay
ment plan will bo decided by the state
supreme court in the case brought be
fore that body by A. A. Franzke of
Le Wigtown, against the county com
mlssloners of~Fergus county.
Franxke petitioned the court for a
writ of injunction to restrain the sale
of $40,000 worth of real estate which
is advertised by the county commis
sioners of Fergus county. A temporary
Issued with
order to show cause.
In his petition Franzke alleges that
the county of Fergus acquired the land
Involved by accepting It from the de
funct First National bank of Fargus
county In payment of $40,000 of de
posits the county had with the bank at
the time of Its closing. He alleges that
at* a matter of law tha county commis
sioners have.no right to dispose of the
county's real estate except for cash.
The advertisement calling for the sale
of the land, he says, declares that tha
land will be sold at auction and the
purchase price may be made In pay
ments covering a period of time.
Relocate Old Fort
I Old Fort McKenzie has been relo
cated by a party composed of O, C.
Schmidt, J. T. Phelan and Frank Lell
of Port Benton, acting In behalf of the
commercial club on a suggestion made
by C. B. Power of Helena, who out
lined tho approximate location of the
old fort.
Fort McKenzie was one of the earl
iest forts to be established In the west.
It was built In 1832 and served as a
trading post for the American Fur
company. This fort was one of sev
eral forts built near the present loca
tion of Fort Benton.
log the historic site. By digging Into
the earth about one and one-half feet
they found a layer of ashes and
charred wood, part of which Is now
petrified. Under this layer they found
trade beads, broken clay pipes and
stems, buttons and other small articles.
Efforts will also he made to relocate
Fort Lewis so that when the Montana
Pioneer society meets there this sum
mer, members may make excursions to
these points.
County Attorneys Aldsd
In an effort to aid connty attorneys
In preparing actions for liquor taw vio
lations which will withstand attack In
court, Attorney General L. A. Foot Is
•ending to each prosecutor a sample
set of forms to cover the usual actions
under the provisions of these laws and
the various procedures thereunder.
(There are 20 form in the set. They
have been prepared by E. E. Collins,
assistant attorney general, In charge
it prohibition work, and have occupied
'his spare time for several months.
The preparation of these forms was
undertaken by the state department
when It became evident that many of
the connty prosecutors lacked either
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time or library facilities, or boeh, to
properly work out many of the papers.
Station to bs Kept
Livestock feeding experiments will
be continued at the Asslnnlbolne sta
tion st least another year, according
to George Morgan, who has returned
to Havre from Washington where he
•pent several weeks assisting the de
partment of agriculture In the com
pilation of the station's annual report
When Mr. Morgan left Havre he was
not sure the livestock activities would
be continued, he said, but officials at
Washington approved plans for at
least one more year's effort In that re
spect. Arrangements were made also
for publication of the result of experl
, merits with livestock at the station
during the last four years. These re
ports will probably be published
through the Montana experiment sta
Authority has been given the local
board of Montana State university,
Missoula, to borrow $50.000 for con
struction of a new residence hall. The
ball Is to cost approximately $110,000.
Montana Power company earned
$6.29 a share on the common in T925
against $4.48 a share the year before.
Gross earnings rose to $8.572.241 from
$8.082,201. Surplus was $3.868.879 af
ter interest, taxe* and depreciation,
but before dividend, against $2,911,288
In 1924. Total surplus Increased to
$5,666,450.
Improvement* In the Northern Pa
cific hospital at Missoula, to cost $ 5 ,
090 have been announced by President
H. B, Smith of the Northern Pacific
Bénéficia] association who has been
visiting hospitals and other property
ef the organization along the line.
war. 4t«1 rerenfly at the Northern Pa
Üfk hospital at Giendive
Loch re n Donnelly, superintendent of
the mining operations of tbe North
western Improvement company at Ooi
«tri»; aud
of President Charles
DeooeHy of ths Northern Pacific rail
THE SUfflEfE MT
MES TAX CASE
•tats Laves Ars Held Undlscriminat
log in Appeals From
Custer .
Montana taxation laws do not dis
criminate against national banka des
pite the fact that the stock of national
banks la taxed on a higher percentage
of Its value than assessments other
moneyed capital, the state supreme
court says.
The Court affirms the decision of the
district court for Cutter county in the
suits of the Commercial National bank
of Miles Olty and the Miles City Na
tional bank, seeking to recover taxes
paid ander protest to Custer county.
"Investments by Individual citlsens
in bonds, notes or other evidences of
Indebtedness *not engaged in the bank
ing or Investment business and repre
senting merely personal Investments*
are not to be treated or considered In
the character of moneyed capital com
ing rçlthln the Inhibition of the federal
statute," Justice Galen declares,
speaking for the court.
"Where money Is not so employed as
to come Into competition with the busi
ness of national banks, although In n
general sense It Is *moneyed capital,'
It Is within the province of the stats
to tax It at a different rate from bank
ing capital."
Tralsart Stale Tabloids
Montana's American Legion conven
tion will be held at Great Falls. June
17, 18 and 19, It has been announced
by State Adjutant W. L. Jones.
Increased traffic on the street car
lines of Great Falls has made neces
sary the purchase of three new cars,
which will be used to supplement the
19 now In operation on ths various
lines of the city.
The Montana State College Regi
mental band win make Its annual
spring tour Into north central Montana
during the first part of Aprtt. Direc
tor Louis L. Howard is taking 81 mu
sicians on the trip and this year has a
varied program to offer to music lov
ers of the state.
Announcement has been made that
the Agricultural Credit corporation
will Invest more than $500,000 In aheep
thla year for the farms In Montana
and North Dakota, by S. N. Poole,
livestock agent for the Soo line, who
declared that thla state will be the
first in the northwest to regain sta
bility.
After having been closed down since
Christmas the plant of the Somers
Lumber company near Kullspell, has
start«! operating again Manager W. R.
Ballon! has announced. Weather con
ditions would have permitted of the
operation of the mill all winter, hut a
shutdown was ordered to give oppor
tunity for certain changes to be made
In the plant.
C. N. Burgess of Townsend, a former
state senator from Broadwater coun
ty, has been appointed by the state in
dustrial accident board to the position
of holler Inspector, which has been va
cant for more than a year following
the retirement of J. H. Taylor, who
formerly filled the position under the
Dixon administration. Mr. Burgess
took over the work April 1.
John R. McQuIgg, national com
mander of the American Legion, and
John R. Quinn, former commander,
are two of the notables who are cer
tain to be in attendance at the annual
convention of the Montana department
of the American Legion, to he held at
Great Falls June 17, 18 and 19. Presi
dent Coolldge. Vice President Dawes
and General Pershing have been in
vited.
The new settler need not fear In
coming to Montana that he will lack
opportunity to mingle with fratenlal
brothers of his own particular desire,
declares the state department* of agri
culture In an article prepared for the
new Montana year book, which la aoon
to be Issued. About every fraternal
organisation la represented in the
state, It Is said. Among the larger
are mentioned the Masons with 143
lodges and a total membership of 19,
267; the Elks, with a membership of
7,560 In 1925. In 1925 there were 173
Boy Scout troops with a total member
ship of 3,879.
21,481 Coyotes In Forests
Despite the operations of a bounty
law and the work of the salaried hunt
ers of the United States biological
survey, there are still 21,431 coyotes In
the boundaries of ths national forests
of Montana alone.» The estimate Is
made by the forest officials and Is
based upon observation and counts
made by rangers. The results of the
annual survey, a copy -of which has
been received by State Game Warden
Robert A. HUL show that there are
listed, also, as predatory animals with
in the forest*. 8,689 cats or lynx, 475
mountain Hons and 168 wolves.
fundamental viewpoint In Billing»
The member* of various Billing»
churches numbering about 300. have
formed an organisation to defend the
churches against the modernist ideas
Notlflcation has just been received
of the appointment of Jack Habtey of
Lew!»town as » member of the Ki
wanls International committee oa agri
culture. The work of this committee
of Klwants international is to foster
better feeling between the psopts of
the country district* and those of the
cttls*.
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Crystal Set Circuit Adjustment of Detector Is Fixad by tha Manufacturers
and Remains Permanent
By WILMER A TRINKLE
In Philadelphia Public Ledger.
One of the greatest drawbacks In
the average crystal receiver la the
lack of selectivity. To separate suc
cessfully broadcasting stations when
several local stations are on the air
la an absolute necessity If good uni
form reception la to be obtained.
The aet here described la one de
signed to meet the above require
ments. The selectivity Is quite good
and testing thla set In the heart of
the dty the writer was able easily to
separate the Philadelphia stations and
also to receive programs from WJZ,
when that station was broadcasting
through 2XAR, its 50-kllowatt station
at Bound Brook.
The detector circuit here shown will
be familiar to the old operators who
regarded It as one of the most reli
able In a fixed type and Is shown in
the circuit diagram. It may be used
In the usual type of circuit which
does not require a battery, but detec
tor sensitivity is materially Increased
by the use of an applied voltage that
can be regulated to a fine degree.
This is regulated In the set here de
scribed by a potentiometer.
The adjustment of this detector Is
fixed by the manufacturers and re
mains permanent. The crystal here
used Is of the carborundum type and
the contact pressure Is quite heavy.
Ths Parts Nssded.
The parts used to construct the set
here described are as followes:
One fixed carborundum detector.
One aero-coil coupler. ,
One variable condenser .00035 mfd.
capacity.
One fixed condenser, .001 mfd. ca
pacity.
One potentiometer, 290 ohms.
One single-circuit Jack.
Four engraved binding posts marked
as follow :
Ant* Ond., A—, A+>
One panel. 7 by 10 inches.
One wooden sub-base, 7 by 8 inches.
One 4-lncb dial.
Two lengths of No. 14 bos wire.
One dry-cell, one and a half volts.
The coupler used Is of the single
layer solenoid type of the air-core va
riety and consists of two windings.
The outside coll is the secondary, la
three Inches In diameter and consists
of 61 turns of No. 22 double cotton
covered wire. The primary Is wound
Inside of the secondary and near one
end. It consists of seven taras of the
Best Amplifier for
Reducing Distortion
No doubt there are a number who
have one-tube sets with which they
would be quite satisfied If they gave
more volume,
will accomplish this object
The resistance coupled amplifier ta
one of the best amplifiers for distor
tionless reception. It Is a very easy
amplifier to build, costs less than any
other form of amplifier, takes up llttla
Adding amplification
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Resistance Coupled Amplifier Best
for Dlstortlonlon Reception.
room, and compared with other ampli
fiers, draws teas current from the "B"
batteries.
On the other band. It has some dis
advantages, It requires three tubes
to give about tbe same results as are
secured with two tubes in a trans
former coupled amplifier. Another dis
advantage of this amplifier Is that It
takes more "B" battery voltage, up
to 186 volt*, as against 90 volts re
quired for other types.
As yen can see by the circuit dia
gram shown. It consists principally of
a aerie* ot re u le tancea . The condensers
«wed vary from .006 to .06. The beat
capacity will be found only by experi
t However, la most ca
la correct If you are using dry cell
taboo, you will bare to vary the resis
tors which make up the secondary on
006
HI you find those that glva tbe best
results.
same sise wire as the secondary and
Is space-wound. This coupler covers
the broadcast wave-length bond when
tuned with a .00035 condenser.
The condenser used Is of the new
straight-line frequency type and baa
a maximum capacity of .00085 mfd. It
Is quite compact and requires but lit
tle more room than tho old-fashioned,
straight-line capacity type. The nse
of this condenser In conjunction with
the specified coll gives uniform fre
quency spacing on toning dial.
The crystal detector nsed la a fixed
carborundum and Is completely sealed
In. The user does not need to make
any adjustments at all. One terminal
Is marked A and the other O. These
figures are Indicated In the cl rep It dia
gram, and the detector booked up In
that fashion. However, try the detec
tor both In the position shown and
also reversed to ascertain which way
it works the better In your own par
ticular set. The voltage of the bat
tery used In this particular detector
circuit Is varied by the use of the
potentiometer so that the best oper
ating point may be found.
Laying Out ths Pansl.
The laying out of the panel Is quite
simple, and the drilling Is cut down to
a minimum. Starting from the left of
the panel, measure In three Inches and
up three and one-half Inches to locate
the center of the condenser.
The potentiometer Is mounted two
and one-half Inches In from the right
hand edge of the panel and la on a
line with the center of the condenser.
The phone Jack la mounted four and
one-quarter inches In from the right
hand edge and one Inch and a half up
from the bottom. By studying care
fully the' rear view of this receiver,
the other Instruments can very readily
be mounted tn their respective po
sitions.
Wiring the set may then be begun,
and by carefully following the circuit
diagram, no trouble should be expe
rienced.
After the entire set has been as
sembled and wired, the antenna and
ground should be connected to their
respective posts, and a one and one
half-volt dry cell connected to the A
posts. By manipulating the ton In#
dial and potentiometer adjustment. It
should now be possible to tune tn
broadcasts. It Is then time to try re
versing the polarity of the dry cell and
also of the crystal detector. After the
beat combination is found, do not
change IL
Slow Charge It Best
for Your Radio Battery
Storage batteries are charged by
sending a direct electric current
through them In the opposite direction
to tho current flow on discharge.
For the usual six-volt battery, the
charging current ordinarily used will
be from two to five amperes.
In order to obtain such a rate of
current flow various types of battery
chargers are used.
These convert the source of supply
to which they are connected into di
rect current. If the *honce is alternat
ing current, and reduce the voltage to
the proper value for charging the bat
tery at the current rate It requires.
Ceils should not be overcharged, be
cause of the danger of buckling the
plates, due to surface expansion.
If the plates become sufficiently
bdekled. Internal short circuit may be
caused, resulting In bad sulphatloo.
Overcharge, however, is not nearly so
liable to damage the battery as over
discharge.
How to Tell Values of
Different Grid Leaks
A suitable set of .values for a grid
leak would be one megohm, two meg
ohms, three megohms, five megohm*
and seven megohms. A means may be
provided for bringing these values tn
action which may be secured by wir
ing a tap switch so that It may be
used to switch any one of a number
of grip teaks into tho circuit. This
will provide a definite, positiv« value
of grid resistance to salt tbe reqrfîre
ONDtx of various group» of stations, ac
cording to their distance and power.
How CmuScamnr OpsmatM
The fixed condenser In the grid efr
cull of a resistance coupled audio
amplifier la an Important part ot tbe
apparatus, as (t allow* the radio fre
•««Key current on the plate of the
previous tube to reacb the grid of
the next, hut prevent» the D C, plate
battery voltage firom reaching the grid
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_ BjJOHN DEXTER
Fanners of Flgthead, Lincoln and
Sanders counties will have at least s
thousand more acres of land available
for cultivation this year than last as a
result of the land clearing operations
in these counties during the last tew
month* Since October six carloads
of pyrotol, the government salvaged
war explosive which Is sold to, farmers
at cost, have been shipped Into these
counties through the activities of coun
ty agricultural agents. In all, more
than 125,000 pounds of pyrotol have
been used for blowing out stamps dar
ing the past fall and winter; Flathead
county using 77,000 pounds. Lincoln
county 81,700 pounds and Sanders 16,
500 pounds. Under government regu
lations the explosive is shipped In car
load lots only farmers In the different
agricultural communities In western
pooled
this requirement. The Montana Ex
tension Service has conducted a num
ber of demonstrations In the western
Montana counties showing the most
approved methods of using the ex
plosive. These demonstrations have
been directed by H. H. Murdock, pro
fessor of agricultural engineering at
Montana State College. Similar meet
ings will be held in Lincoln county
during the spring months and at the
same time a new device known as a
stump burner will be tried out so that
farmers will have an opportunity o»
comparing the efficiency of different
methods of land clearing.
marketed and the remainder la being
put through the cleaning plant as rap
tdly as possible to supply orders on
hand. The present season Is one of
the most successful ever enjoyed by
the alfalfa organization. Prices are a
little lower this year than for some
time but the high per acre yield ob
talned is offsetting the decrease in
price so that the alfalfa seed growers
feel well pleased with the year's bust
Approximately half of the 900,000
pound crop of alfalfa seed harvested
last fall by the Northern Montana Al
falfa Growers' Association has been
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seed produced this year was registered
Grimm, the rest being common seed.
The rapid substitution of Grimm for
common alfalfa among the northern
Montana seed growers will mean the
complete elimination of common seed
In a few years.
G S Bills prominent Judith Gap at
tornev, who, besides his law business,
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is also extensively engaged In g
and ranching, tells of his experiment
with sweet clover. He Is well pleased
with the results, and that he Is putting
In 75 acres of that crop this year. He
stated that In the neighborhood of
2,000 acres of sweet clover Is being
raised In the Judith Gap section this
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year. Mr. Bills has great confidence
in north Wheatland county as a future
dairying section.
Land in Judith Basin and Fergus I
counties recently offered at special
sales. netted the State of Montana
nearly $40,000. At Stanford, on the I
15th of March, I. M. Brandjord. regls
ter of state lands, disposed of 000.28
acres at an average price of $15.42 an
total of $9,255.50. At Lewis
town, on the next day he sold 1,680
acres' for $29,700, or an average of
$17 71% an acre. The highest price
paid for any parcel at this sale was
$28 an acre
potato consumption throughout the
country during the past winter doe to
high prices. As a result they expect
the potato market to remain fairly
steady during the spring months in
spire of the exceptionally short crop
of potatoes produced last year. -Many
gorwers In the country have held po
tatoes through the winter, expecting a
sharp upturn In prices In the spring.
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Market experts are announcing that
there has been a marked redaction tn
A check-up on agricultural activities
on Indian reservations daring the post
year hy the Bureon of Indian Affairs,
Indiana
the leaders In the United
are among
State* In their agricultural work. An
Interesting Item record* the perform
snre of Stsndlngelk. s 64 year old ln
dian on the Tongue River Reservation,
who put in a five-acre patch of alfalfa
and last year harvested from $000 to
$700 worth of alfalfa seed.
Last month's meeting of the Sun
River Poultry Association was given
over to s discussion of cooperative
marketing. Tbe association Is plan
nlag to extend Its marketing activities
during the year so that It will ulti
mately handle all of the poultry pro
ducts of Its member*. J. R. BcotL
R. R. Waddell, «täte llveetock epee
president of the Montana State Poul
try Association, was the chief speaker
at the meeting.
lallst of Boaeman and Otaries Monnt
Joy, county agent, were present at a
meeting ot wool growers tn Hobswa
recently Those present were further
assisted h» their discussion of forming
« pool by M. K StefcMas. secretary of
the Montana Woo! Growers aaaoclatk»
thfc» meeting was another activity *f
Hobeon rommanlty <S*h
Improve Flock at
Time of Shearing
, Shearing dme often « real oppor
tunity for sheepmen to Improve their
flock*, advises R L. Waddell, Irre
stock specialist for the Montana Ex
tension Service.' With wool price*
past the peak stage It la particularly
Important to bring the flock op to Iks
I highest possible point of efficient pro
daction and one of the beat way* of
doing this is to call out si I ewes that
»bear lees than seven pound* of wool,
To do this each fleece is weighed at
shearing time and the light , shearers
*b branded that they may he easily
Identified and marketed before tho
band Is turned out on «ummer pasture.
In pointing out the possibilities of rate;
Ing the average fleece weight of the
flek by culling, the live stock special
ist refers to a recent experiment con
ducted In a flock in one of the neigh
boring states. In this band of 1545
sheep 241 fleeces were found which
weighed less than seven pounds when
the culling started In 1928- The fol
lowing year the standard was raised
to 7.5 pounds and but 170 fell below
this mark, while last year, with the
standard raised to eight pound*, but
150 sheep were found to shear less
than the standard. As a result of the
culling the average fleece weight of
the band was increased from 8.8
pounds In 1923 to 9.9 pounds In 1925.
Last year there were 771 sheep which
sheared 10 pounds or more while at
the beginning of the experiment there
were but 180 In this high shearing
class.
The Milk-for-Health campaign held
j In Osliatjn county during the week of
| March 22-28 was one of the most sue;
cessful cooperative ventures ever con
ducted In the state. Farmers and
business men of the county Joined
hands In the effort to point oat the
food value of milk and Its relation to
health. Practically every organization
concerned with civic development or
community welfare took an active part
tn the campaign. The results of the
campaign will be apparent when the
second health survey among school
children Is made during the latter part
of April. The first survey, completed
before the campaign started, showed
about the usual percentage of nnder
weight children In the schools of the
connty and a low milk consumption,
The final survey will show the lu
re
| suit of the campaign and will deter
mine the effect upon the health of
j school children. Similar campaign*
are hq|pg planned In other counties of
| the state,
Completing a five and one-half
months continuous run, the picking
room at the plant of the Great West
era Seed company at Bridger recently
finished and the picking room force,
^ ta nnmbf , r wn8 lald off until next
faJ) g)nw 0ctober 5 1925, more thsn
^qqq bushels of seed peas have
over 20 picking tables. The
, agt to ^ sorted was the seed to
^ distributed among contract growers
for 1926 p , antjDg . Earlier handled
seed peas have been shipped to destl
aB fg r «jetant as Maine. Sev
eral carloads went to Canada, some to
Ohio, and other cartot shipments were
Wiled to points In New York. The
bulk of the seed crop, however, was
sent to Wisconsin, for seed for con
tract growers of the Lange canning In
terests.
Richland county farmers are mak
tug plans now to be on a 100 per cent
pure seed basis In 1927. At recent
meetings held tn connection with
"Seed Exchange Day" In the commun
Itles of Sioux Pass, Andes, Brorron
and Brockton, farmers, almost unanr
mously, pledged themselves to grow
sufficient pure Marquis wheat seed
this year to meet the planting require
ments for 1927. Last year Richland
connty farmers predated approximate
25,000 bushels of pure seed grain.
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Farmers Educational and Co
operatjT( , y nlon> one'of the strongest
tnrm organization* In the state, 1»
pj annlng to establish a cbeeae factory
gt Absarokee, Stillwater connty. A
survey is now being made to determine
the number of cows I« the surrounding
territory which could be depended np
to support the enterprise. A meet
, ng w ni be held at an early date to
ma g e * definite decision on the pro^
poggl.
At a meeting of the Cascade County
Oow Testing Association last month It
was decided to assess esch member a
^ ^ three dollars a month for each
^ association and an addlt
1ona ) ft*. 0 f ten cent aper month for
<JOW under test. The Cascade
Association is the largest organisation
of its kind in the state, with more than
400 cows under test. Brio Holman Is
the official tester for the association.
As evidence of the fSct that the last
winter has been extremely mild P. J.
Fadhl. living about three miles east of
Miles Oty. brought In some carrots
that were planted last summer, having
come through the winter without being
frozen. Mr. Fadhi says that he dug
the vegetables up from a depth of
about Mx Inches and recovered more
qnkrt« bad tt nailtg the«
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The générai level of farm prices
was slightly lower In February than a
ymr ago. Grain prices showed a de
crease of 88 per cent, largely due to
(be low price of com Meat prices
«ran » P*r not higher, with b urs ard
«hewing the great«** Increase