Fergus County Democrat. [volume], December 21, 1916, Page 4, Image 4

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FERGUS COUNTY DEMOCRAT
Published by Democrat-News Co., Inc.
The Official Paper of Fergus County
Tom Stout .....................................................................—........................President
Harry E. Lay...............................................................................................Manager
E. G. Ivins..............................................................................................................Editor
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MAKE LEWISTOWN A BETTER PLACE IN WHICH TO LIVE
THURSDAY, DECEMBER, 21, 1910.
FARMERS' WEEK.
The course prepared for the Farmers' Week to he held at the high
school from January 1 to January 6 is one that must challenge the
respectful attention of all. The list of instructors, lecturers and assist
ants means that there will be such a gathering of talent here for this
event as no similar occasion has ever brought together in Fergus. From
the state college the instructors will be Professors Cooley, Hartman,
Wilson, Abbey, Beers, Miss Howe, Miss Ogilvie and others, while from
the high school staff those who will assist as lecturers are Miss Holt,
Miss Strauch, Miss Doerflinger, Miss McEntee, Miss Lisherness, Mr.
Musgrave and Mr. Olson. Others who will take part as lecturers, all
men of wide experience and who will have messages of practical value
to give, are County Agriculturalist Carl H. Peterson, Mr. Donaldson, of
the Moccasin experiment station; Amos Snyder, of Becket; Secretary
L D. Blodgett, of the Chamber of Commerce; Hon. B. C. White, of
Buffalo; R. L. Thompson, of Benchland; Finley A. Bennett, of Great
Falls, and F. S. Boltz, of the Portland cement company. Chancellor
E. C. Elliott is expected to pay Lewistown his first visit during the week
and Gov. S. V. Stewart will also be here.
Plenty of livestock will be available for the work in stock judging
and there will be grain and other material to aid in the work of the
other branches.
Farmers' Week is going to present especial attractions for the mem
bers of the school boards throughout Fergus and it is hoped that most
of them will be able to come in and receive the benefit of the addresses
and the general inspiration that is bound to be generated through such
a gathering of earnest men and women as this is certain to be.
THE PRESIDENT'S NOTE.
President Wilson has seized upon the very first real opportunity af
forded him to present to the warring nations of Europe an appeal to
make an effort, as speedily as possible, to get together on terms for
peace. Events of the past few days brought about the opening and
the president was quick to take advantage of it. In the form that it
is made, this appeal can give offense lo none of the powers concerned
and it is confidently believed that the action taken will have a consid
erable influence in hastening the lime when this inevitable question
must be taken up.
There is no denying the fact that from anything that Germany has so
far put forward on this subject, there is "nothing before the house.
All of the allies are agreed upon the point that the German chancellor's
talk contained nothing whatever foi them to consider. But now, with
the president's note before them all, they can resume the discussion
bv way of reply to it, and that may bring Cut some definite declara
tions that will, in the end, form a basis for taking up the negotiations
in a formal manner. At least, 'if there is any chance of this develop
ing soon, the note from Washington ought to hasten the hour for it j
materially.
FOR GREAT BRITAIN.
David Lloyd George spoke for Great Britain Tu sday with regard
to the so-called peace proposal of Germany, and the whole world
seemed to wait for this declaration from the premier, although the be
iief was general that he must necessarily be in accord with the expres
sions previously made by France and Russia. Those who expected
a positive, clear cut refusal to entertain the overtures for the consid
eration of peace upon the basis presented in the speech of the German
chancellor were not disappointed. The British premier was as posi
tive as language would permit him to be. To make his position even
more emphatic, he borrowed the words of Abraham Lincoln, uttered
under somewhat similar circumstances;
"We accepted this war for an object and a world object, and the
war will end when the object is attained, under God. I hope it will
never end until that time."
Summarizing the things that Great Britain insists must be the basis
of any peace, the premier declared his government demanded first,
complete restitution; second, full reparation, and third, effectual guar
antees against the aggressions of militarism for the future. And he
pointed out that nowhere in the speech of the German chancellor was
there the slightest reference, direct or indirect, to any one of these
three essential conditions.
Taking the premier's speech at its face value, it seems to reject the
whole proposition absolutely and finally. Of course, it might be said
that the way is left open for some further discussion upon the condi
tions David Lloyd George says are the essentials—restitution, repara
tion, guarantees—but it is hardly to be expected that the German gov
ernment will care to consider them at all at this time.
The German ambassador at Washington, Count von Bernstorff, after
reading the premier's speech, said that it left the door open for fur
ther discussion as to peace. If so, the door must be open on such an
exceedingly small crack that it takes an ambassador to see it.
AN ADJUNCT TO THE FAIR.
Mention has been made of the organization of the Fergus County
Sales Corporation, the purpose of which will be to provide a market
for all sorts of farm animals. The real object, however, may not be
fully understood. This corporation will work in conjunction with the
county fair to provide a medium of exchange among the farmers of
the county for the sale and distribution of such animals. It is not
formed to make any profit at all except what may be necessary to
meet the expenses of operating. It is hoped eventually to develop this
into a state-wide project for the sale of cattle, being much such a pro
ject as the Miles City horse sale.
During the past two years over 12,000 head of cattle have been
brought in here and sold by Mr. Riddick and others, this stock being
either pure bred or high grade throughout. This number of cattle, ifj
the average price was only $100 a head, would represent an expendi
ture of $ 120,000. As a matter of fact considerably more cattle were
brought in and the price averaged considerably higher per head, but
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Have eveiy
member of
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join oar
You can come in and get a "Christmas
Banking Club" BOOK FREE and join by put
ting in 5 or 10 cents, or even 1 or 2 cents for the
first week. Increase your deposit each week
5 or 10 or 1 or 2 cents.
In 50 weeks:
l cent club pays $ 12.75
2-cent club pays $ 25.50
S-cent club pays $ 63.75
10-cent club pays $ 127.50
You can put in $1.00 or $2.00 or $5.00 each
week and in 50 weeks, have $50 or $100 or
$250. ,
We add the interest.
You can Start TODAY— START!
BANK OF FERGUS COUNTY
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the figures given are sufficient to show the important field this
Corporation is expected lo occupy.
I he commissioners think so well of the project that they have
given ihe very small piece of ground necessary for the sales ring, sheds,
etc., at a purely nominal rental to the company in the desire to help a
good thing along.
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RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION.
It is certainly most encouraging to note the vigor with which the
Great Northern and the Milwaukee are pushing their construction in
tiie fields that directly affect Lewistown and this particular section of
the state. The importance of what is being done is, perhaps, hardly i
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appreciated by us. Wi know, ot course, that the Milwaukee completed
its grade from Grass Range lo Winnett this year and that thirty days
of work in the spring will take the iron horse into Winnett. What we
do not consider is the fact that the Milwaukee is preparing to build
right on from Winnett to a junction with its main line.
1 hen there is the Great Northern. Chief Engineer Hogeland, who
handled the delicate and difficult matter of getting the Great Northern
tracks in here a few years ago upon conditions that would be satisfac
tory to everyone, has just completed an inspection of the work being
carried on by large forces at the long and short tunnels a short distance
cast of Lewistown. He is well satisfied with the general progress and
upon his report th
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progress.tinougn huxi section next year. Meantime the Great North*
ern has been tigoiouffy prosecuting construction on the New Rockford
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prediction is made that the track-laying will be in j
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Lewistown cutoff from the east into Dawson county, having laid the j
steel into Richey on November 29. From that point construction is!
proceeding on westward. From the other end, the work of building j
the cutoff is being pushed on through North Dakota toward New Rock
ford and at this time an engineering party is out from Winnett re
locating the route from that town to the Musselshell, with the mten -1
lion of having everything in readiness for construction as soon as that
fink in the cutoff can be reached. Thus it will be seen that construc
tion upon this project is being carried along in three directions—from
the eastern end on eastward; frem the western end on westward, and
m what may be called the Lewistown zone, while some grading is
being done in the Grass Range section.
These big construction enterprises appear to move slowly, but when
they are pushed in this fashion their completion is likely to take people
by surprise. Lewistown will wake up some morning and find itself
on two real main lines.
CANNOT DODGE PROSPERITY. [
All farmers, of course, are intensely interested in the future of wheat
in particular and other grain in general, and ever since the recent
slump due to the peace talk, there has been continual discussion in the
press as to the outlook for next year. Of course it is exceedingly diffi-;
cult for even the best informed men to get any line on the approximate
prices for next fall. However, regardless of anything that can happen,
wheat is bound to be comparatively high next year. This, in the opm- j
ion of all the authorities, must result, even though peace is declared
within the next few months. Such an outcome, an early peace, would j
doubtless make "two dollar wheat" that was predicted by men like |
Paris Gibson several weeks ago for next fall, an impossibility, but yet 1
the price of the grain will, in all probability, continue through 1917 at j
something like twice what it was before the war started.
In this connection conditions in Fergus county this year are rather
unusual. lo begin with the acreage of winter wheat planted is prob
ably the largest in the history of the Judith Basin and the outlook for
this crop, up to this time, is exceptionally bright. The snow storm
that has continued, with a few breaks, for several days, has extended
over the whole county and all the wheat fields are now under a deep
blanket of snow. There is plenty of time, of course, for adverse cir
cumstances to arise, but it is very likely that the crop will develop
to maturity under reasonably favorable conditions. This, with the
big increase in acreage, will more than offset, in the effect upon the
general prosperity of the county, any fall in prices that is anticipated as:
compared with this year. It must be remembered that the acreage was J
not so very large last fall and the greater part of the wheat sown was*
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winter killed, so that the very high price prevailing later did not 1
mean so very much to the farmers as a whole. Then, if the market
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remains anyway tavorable, a big acreage will be planted to spring ;
w ^ ea * an< ^ ^' s ' w '^ w * n ^ er wheat and just ordinarily favorable j
onditions, will give us the largest wheat yield in the country's his
tory.
The fall in prices is hard on the speculator, of course, but no one,
can doubt that with our probable yield next year and the prices that i
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will probably prevail then, Judith Basin wheat is certain to contribute !
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to the prosperity ot the farmers generally in much larger measure than
ever before
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the lirst I ' art of thG week to Melstmie.
They were accompanied by William
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NOTES FROM WEEDE, MONT. 1
Tom Norton and Mr. Schneider of 1
Jitney, Mont., made a business trip
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M. D. Speth of Weede had dinner !
with J. Bunch the first part of the
week. !
G. G. Gates, who has been residing
in Weede on account of school con
veniences, has moved back to his
ranch north of town.
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BILLINGS BASKETBALL.
An independent basketball team has ;
been organized at Billings. Some old \
heads will he on the lineup. Billings j
high is said to have a fast team this
season, while in the Billings district
Laurel and Big Timber have shown
strong in the opening games.
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HIGH SCHOOL NOTES. |
The winter-course soils class of
boys, are making pot-culture tests of
different soils to determine the
quirement of soils.
The first response to the fan weed
campaign letters came from District
A' 0 - 45, at Straw. W. E. Bean and his
! students sent in maps.
Joe King, who has been seriously
ill with pneumonia, is very much bet
ter. He is still at Wood Lawn hos
pital, but may he at home by Christ
mas time.
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The Fergus basket ball team will
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\ gym Thursday at S o'clock. A pre
j liminary game will be played by the
seniors and the faculty.
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Frank Pick is in the city from Win
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Business Cards
AXEL REFER
Civil Engineer and Surveyor
U. S. Mineral Surveyor
'Phone 138; room 402.
BankElectric Building
I»R. FHED TAYLOR
ONteoputhlc Physician
Crowley Block- Phone 295
Graduate American School,
T'nder A. T. Still, Founder of
Osteopathy.
EDGAR G. WORDEN
Attorney-a t-Law
First National Bank Building
Practice in All Courts and
U. S. Land Office
METTLER A BRISCOE
Attorneys at Law
Rooms 6-7-8-9, Empire Bank
Building,
Lewistown; Montana.
J. G. SMITH
Baggage and Transfer
Office' phone, 538
Residence 'phone, 300
Call us for quick service
MISS RUTH P. COOK
Teacher of Plano and Harmony
Pupil of Theodore Bohlmann
Phone No. 92
DR. L. H. TOOLEY
Dentist
Suite 2,'Judith Theater
Building
Telephone 32
al stewart and fred JONES,
WH TEmvis < the" I " > pen RAW
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, A1 Stewart, who on Mondayplead
led guilty m the district court to a
charge of grand larceny In the theft
ot wheat from the Packard granary
near Stanford, was Tuesday sen
tenced by Judge rtoy E. Ayers to
from one to two years in the pen.
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red Jones, who pleaded guilty to
a similar charge, was given the same
sentence, hut on account of extenuat
ing circumstances, he was paroled.
Theft of Team.
The trial of Rollin J. Munroe,
charged with the theft of a team of
horses belonging to P. C. Brougher of
Havana, Fergus county, was then
taken up, Judge Cheadle appearing
for the defendant, while George R.
Judson of Great Falls assisted County
Attorney Frank Wright. The follow
ing jurors were sworn to try the case:
H. S. Stedman, J. H. Ryan, J. T. Mc
Donald. A. D. Peters, T. H. Haney,
Archie Dundas, C. A. Kynett, C. LA
Padgett, Horace Phillips, W. L. Bent-1
ley, J. R. Patton and Herman W.
Kramer.
The state hud some difficulty with
one oi its witnesses, who manifested
some friendliness for the defense, and
at the close of the state's case, a
motion for a dismissal w'as overruled,
The trial will be resumed this morn
i ing.
I EXPECTED IN FEBRUARY.
1 The new American-La France fire
truck, to serve as an auxiliary to the
present fine equipment, is expected
| by the Lewistown fire department
I early in February. It will be a great
I addition to the local fire apparatus.
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J. E. Wasson is a visitor from Hil
ger.