The Bozeman courier., April 16, 1926, Page PAGE FOURTEEN, Image 14

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The Relation
Culture to The
State's Livestock
(From Montana State College)
HILE the sugar beets produc
ed in Montana's beet growing
areas last year had a value of
nearly two and a quarter million dol
lars, at least 60,000 lanmbs and 18,
000 head of cattle could have been
fed on the by-products of the sugar
beet crop, according to Louis Vinke,
livestock investigator for the Mon
tana Experiment Station. The beets
and their by-products had a gross
value of more than three million dol
lars. During the winter beet tops,
pulp and discarded molasses was
used to feed 11,000 head of cattle
and 30,000 lambs, indicating that
farmers and stockmen were not mak
ing the fulest use of the feeds avail
able.
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Salem, Orcg. — "During my first
expectancy my health failed completely.
I got run down, weak and so nervous I
could not sleep. I could not eat, was
nauseated all the time. Also I had
severe bearing pains in my side. I was
too miserable to do my work, when I
saw Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
advertised as being good for women
during motherhood, and decided to try
it. It strengthened my nerves, over
came the relieved me of the
side aches, and I got strong and kept so
right up to the last, and my baby was
healthy and fine. 'Favorite Prescrip
tion' is the best medicine for every pro
spective mother to take if she wishes to
avoid a lot of misery/'—Mrs. Eliza
"Winger, 1390 Waller St.
Obtaid Dt*. Perce's Prescription now,
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or send 10c for trial pkg. of tablets to
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STOCKMEN
Protect Against Blackleg
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MINIMUM COST
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Full information upon Blackleg,
Hemorrhagic Septicemia, etc., by
mentioning this advertisement.
State Distributor
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Helena, Montana
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Grazing Tract
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Splendid grass, water, bronse and
shade. Has a .southern slope giving
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AGRICULTURAL LANDS
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IN THE CLARK'S FORK VALLET
Dairying Is a type of farming best
adapted to the timbered sections
of western Montana. Most of the
land can bo converted Into pas to re
and dairy cows will yield s splendid
profit from the land wlthont the ne
cessity of removing nil the stomps, al
though a sufficient acreage most be
pat under the plow to supply winter
feed. —In connection with dairying,
hogs and poultry should take an Im
portant part. —All fruits, henries
and garden track thrive; field crops
of grain, clover, timothy, potatoes,
d stock roots do weU.
TERMS: 10 per eent down, balance
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BLACKPOOL LAND
DEVELOPMENT CO.
of Sugar Beet
Future of
Industry
beet growing areas of northern Col
oradoy and the possibilities of devel
oping the livestock feeding industry
in Montana, Mr. Vinke says;
Although most ranchers in the
sugar beet districts raise beets prim
arily as a cash crop and produce ac
reages every year in proportion to
the probable cash income, there is a
very important relationship between
this cash crop and the fattening of
livestock other than that of main
taining fertility to produce greater
yields of beets. A careful inspection
of the beet districts of Colorado
brought out the fact that many
ranchers raise beets in order to ob
tain by-products for fattening live
stock, a practice directly opposite to
the rather popular recommendation
to raise livestock to increase soil fer
tility. The raising of sugar beets
must be considered as a cash crop en
terprise, but the very fact that one
raises beets opens the way td another
enterprije, that of feeding livestock,
which often has proved more profit
able, under Colorado conditions, than
the beet crop itself..
According to numerous feeding ex
perminets at the Colorado Experi
ment Station, one ton of beet pulp
has a feeding value equal to 139
pounds of corn plus 351 pounds of
alfalfa; one ton of beet molasses has
a feeding value equal to one ton of
shelled corn, and the tops from an ac
re yielding 12 tons of beets have a
feeding value equal to one ton of al
falfa hay. Applying these figures to
the 1925 beet crop in the three Mon
tana districts, very interesting figures
are brought out.
From the 28,000 acres of beets
grown last year, approximately 28,
000 acres of tops, 72,171 tons of
pulp and 6,351 tons of discarded mo
lasses were produced. The feeding
value of these by-products is equal to
63,512 tons of corn and 24,000 tons
of alfalfa. Figuring corn at $30 a
ton and alfalfa at $10 a ton, the val
ue of these by-products produced in
Montana last year amounted to $707,
669. Since the cash return from the
entire beet crop was approximately
$2,309,500, the by-products were
worth 36 per cent as much as the
beets. It is true, of course, that the
farmer must make some outlay for
his share of the pulp and molasses,
but the actual cost of the by-pro
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not exceed $214,000, which is about
29 per cent of their actual feeding
value.
"In Montana there were approxi
mately 11,000 cattle and 30,000
lambs fed on beet by-products during
the past season. On the basis of the
wet pulp supply of 1925 alone, if
Montana feeders would follow the
successful practices used in Colorado,
they could have fed 18,000 cattle
and 50,000 lambs. As it is the mo
lasses produced in the state is not
being fed and many of the beet tops
are left in the field.
Montana has a number of advan
tages and disadvantages as a poten
tial feeding country as compared with
Colorado.
"Colorado has a slight advantage in
having the Denver market close at
hand. However, during the past sea
son 92,000 steers were "fed in tran
sit' 'in two of the Colorado beet
growing districts, which mear.s that
these steers will be marketed at cen
tral markets, rather than at Denver.
The Denver market draws most of
the butcher stock while the fat cattle
and a large part of the lambs are
sold in the middle vrest. Colorado is
a little closer to central markets but
this advantage is rather slight. On
the other hand many of the feeders
in Colorado feed lots are bought in
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WE EXECUTE FUTURE TRADES PROMPTLY ON MINNEAPOLIS EXCHANGE
For «nick execution send margins by telegraph, express, money order or cashiers
check Minneapolis, Minn.
MIDLAND GRAIN CO.
TUNE IN ON IRQ
Spokane's Radio Broadcasting Station for Daily
Quotations from Spokane Union Stock Yi
Daily Quotations at 1:30 p*m. [Msntaia Tin«]
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Montana and mnst stand this addi
tional transportation charge.
Montana must ship corn a little
farther than Colorado, but this is off
set in some sections by the fact corn
can be produced successfully and in
others by the possibility of substitut
ing barley for corn in the fattening
ration.
Montana has the advantage in hav
ing a cheaper hay supply in the beet
districts. This state also has more
available feeder steers and lambs in
the state, which in many cases will
offset the greater distance to market,
as Colorado feeders buy many of
their feeder lambs and some steers
here. A greater supply of straw for
feed and bedding is available in Mon
tana than in Colordao. It is evident
that these advantages are of consid
erable importance.
Colorado feeders have learned
that they can get the most good out
of their pulp by limiting the amounts
fed, and feeding more of other rough
ages with it, such as corn fodder and
corn silage. In this way more stock
can be fattened on one ranch, and
more total feed marketed which,
among good feeders, means greater
profits. In other words the feeders
utilize their beet by-products to the
greater extent, and have also found
a very satisfactory method of mar
keting some of their other crops.
One needs only to go through the
Colorado beet growing and feeding
districts to note the evidence of farm
and ranch proseprity, where beet
growing and livestock fattening go
hand in hand. Many of the more
prosperous feeders have two cash
crops, beets and potatoes, the bal
ance of the crops furnishing feed.
"From conversations with more
than 90 successful feeders in the beet
districts of Colorado it was apparent
that many were making excellent
profits. Some feeders would be dis
appointed if they made less than $20
to $30 a steer above feed costs or less
than $2 to $3 per lamb.
"It must be remembered that the
Colorado feeders have been in the
business for a long time and have
learned the art of feeding cattle.
With experience and study there is
no reason why Montana feeders can
not become equally successful.
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Wild Animals Destructive
Predatory animals killed more
mountain sheep and goats and deer
in the forests of Montana than did
man, a recent survey of game condi
tions by forest officials shows. Hunt
ers, however, were responsible for
1,195 casualties among elk while pre
datory animals took but 91. Hunters
killed 3,994 deer as against 4,518 by
animals. Hunters killed 416 black
bear and 11 grizzlies. Twenty-three
sheep and goats fell before the rifles.
One hundred and ninety-one sheep
and 72 goats weer the prey of the
animals. Game laws mean nothing
to predatory animals for eight an
telope and five moose, both protec
ted against hunters, went down be
fore them. One moose was killed by
a hunter.
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Foresees Dairy Increase
It is the hope of G. A. Norris, state
dairy commissioner, that this year
1,000 dairy cows will be imported in
to the region of which Great Falls is
the center, ha said while in the Elec
tric City to attend a meeting of the
Commercial club, called to hear re
ports on the number of farmers who
will apply for cows to be bought
through the financial plan of the
Agricultural Credit corporation of
Minneapolis.
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Cuticura Soothes Itching »caip
On retiring gently rub spots of dan*
droit and itching with Cuticura Oint
ment. Next morning shampoo with
Cuticura Soap and hot water. Make
them your every-day toilet preparations
und have a clear skin and soft, white
lands.—Adv.
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Easter Sunday came on April 4 in
1915, 1920 and 1926, but not again
until 1999.
ROOSEVELT FARM
BUREAU ELECTION
(From Montana State College)
. C. BJORGE of Culbertson was
re-elected president of the
Roosevelt County Farm Bureau
at the annual meeting of the organ
ization held at Lanark last month.
Edward Carey of Mineral Bench was
re-elected secretary and the follow
ing were elected to represent their
districts and organizations; A, P,
Tovaa, Wolf Point district; Ole P.
Olson, Proid-McCabe district; George
Piercy, Bainville district; Mrs. Lucy
Curran, director of Women's work
and Alvin Warrior representative of
the Indian organization.
The meeting was one of the best
attended sessions of the Roosevelt
county organization. One of the re
solutions adopted, endorsed the
work of the Extension Service and
urged continued activity In commun
ity development, advocated increased
use of pure seed and the extension of
the crop standardization program,
urged greater attention to labor sav
ing devices on the farm, better me
thods of cultivation and the wider
use of adapted tillage implements,
placed its seal of approval on sweet
clover as a hay and forage crop and
urged an increased acreage of the
crop in the county, favored a contin
uation of farm management studies
to determine the most profitable
farming combinations and
mended that farmers make a careful
study of their farm programs for the
purpose of arriving at better balanc
ed production systems.
Other resolutions passed at the
meeting opposed increased freight
rates, asked
farm economics and outlook studies
on the part of the United States De-
partment of Agriculture, appealed to
congress for the passage of an ade-
quate bill to take care of the
surplus, recommended the
lishment of a grain testing laboratory
at Bainville to serve the farmers of
northeastern Montana, favored a pay-
as-you-go plan for highway construc-
tion In Montana and urged that the
Montana State college establish
radio broadcasting station.
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CAPTAIN SLADE
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enter. I will be there next Friday and will
fix those fellows. Have
iats ready.'
"This letter was written on Tuesday. I
saw it about one year later. Sure enough,
Friday Slade was there with four of his
men and au extra conch. Smith had been
Plante's store about an hour trying to
raise a quarrel with Plante.
Slade Provokes Trouble
"Slade was informed of all this. He went
Smith in the store and approaching
close to him said, 'Smith, you said lately
that no man could call you a liar and live.
Pull out your gun, for I am going to teli
you what I think of you, and I expect to
shot.' The two men stood about ten
inches apart, Slade's left hand on the right
shoulder of Smith. Looking at him square
the face, Slade said to Smith, 'You are
liar a thief and a murderer, and the
greatest coward on earth for you killed a
ftian who had two children to support, to
get his wife, and you did not succeed, but
shall punish you severely for it.'
"Saying the last word, he shoved Smith
four feet away. Smith nearly fell over on
his hack. Slade then told his men to go to
work. They took Smith, tied his hands
behind him, and walked him about 00 feet
away to the gate beam. Slade threw a
rawhide lariat around Smith's neck, threw
the end of it over the beam and pulled
him up until his feet were elevated three
feet above the ground.
" 'Get Bacon,' said Slade. So Slade's men
took the coach, as ordered, and went after
Bacon. They returned, stopping the coach
so that Bacon would be close to Smith's
body when he got off. As he stepped on
to the ground, he saw Smith. He struck
Smith's body about six inches above the
knee and causing it to swing back and
forth. With an oath he said, 'You -
-, I will meet you within an hour and
will whip h
"The same kind of a rope was put around
Bacon's neck and he was pulled up in the
same manner that Smith had been. The
ends of both lariats w r ere tied to a post
planted in front of the gate. They were
left there all night.
"There was a man who had been work
ing for Plante, named Ben Carron. He had
about $1,000 in cash. He dug the grave
near the corral fence, outside.
"After the banging, Slade and Plante
took a buggy and went down to see Mrs.
Bartholamew and to tell her what had hap
pened, to see what she wanted to do. She
said she would like to go home to Omaha,
mother
out of you.'
Nebraska where her father and
lived. She said there were about 40 head
of cattle, 30 head of horses and 100 chick
ens on the Bacon and Smith ranch. Slade
said to her, 'You can have all if you will
hire someone to stay here.' Oh, no,' she
replied. 'I do not want to stay here any
longer.' Slade said to her, 'Get ready and
come down with me to see my wife.' The
distance was about 160 miles. She agreed.
A Rough Burial.
"Going back, Slade sold the ranch and
stock to Ben Carron for $1,000.
"Next morning came the burial. Slade
took down the first man hung and found
$203 in his pockets. In the second mans'
pockets was found $320.75. Slade took the
rope of his man over bis shoulder, dragged
him across the corral as one would a dead
coyote. The lower rail of the fence oppo
site the grave was 15 inches above the
ground. He pulled the body Into the
grave through that opening. The other
body soon followed. Blade walked around
the corral into the store. All was over.
"Slade told Mrs. Bartholamew to get
ready to go with him. She was toon ready.
Slade presented her with $1,500 or more.
One thousand dollars of this was in gold
Plante was a witness. She got into
the coach and went along with Slade, her
money in sacks and pillow cases. She
stayed with Mrs. Slade nearly a month.
The tatter made from her own old clothes,
enough clothes to last the children for two
or three years. Slade said to Mrs. Bar
tholomew, 'If yon could have had your
father and mother with you and stayed on
that ranch, yon would have made more
money, for the ranch and stock are well
worth $10,0001'
'"Oh. Mr. Slade,' she replied, 'the ranch
was not mine.'
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your husband np there, and we had put
them ont of the way, everything was yonra.
I am a good deal of an Indian that way. I
made those fellows pay yon for the life of
coin.
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you use. It pays to use only a motor fuel
which has back of it the reputation and expe
rience of an organization which has catered to
the motoring public over a long period of years.
That's why it pays to insist on Conoco—the
"all in one" motor fuel. Conoco actually de
livers everything you expect from it; ready
starting, rapid acceleration, extra power and
mileage.
So make your gasoHne headquarters wherever
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your husband.
The money I have given
you was not mine, but yours. I have sold
the ranch and all the stock to Ben Carron
for |1,000 in gold. You get the money. Car
ron got the property
make money here.'
"Slade presented to Mrs. Bartholamew a
free pass to the Missouri river for herself
and children. When she left, Mrs. Slade
gave her half of her own clothes. A few
weeks later, Mr. and Mrs. Slade were re
cipients of a letter from the parents of
Mrs. Bartholamew, full of thanks and good
wishes. Mrs. Bartholamew kept up a reg
ular correspondence with her friends.
Slade remained for a time on his mail di
vision, looked upon as a demi-god by ev
erybody."
for nothing, lie will
Was It Justice?
Slade was executed by the Vigil
The question
antes of Montana,
presents itself, as it always has when
this man has been the subject for dis
cussion; "Was it justice?—should
the Vigilantes have executed Slade?''
So far as Slade's conduct in Virginia
City was concerned, it would hardly
seem that he merited the fate which
befell him. He was not a road agent,
and the Vigilance Committee had
been organized to combat these high
waymen who robbed and killed.
Slade, according to all who knew
him and all who have written about
him, was au honest man. He never,
so far as history narrates, took that
which did not belong to him, and his
murders were not committed with
intent of robbery. On the contrary,
as our story discloses, he was the
terror of the highwaymen, having at
one time been hired to bring about
their extermination.
Dimsdale, in his "The Vigilantes of
Montana," says that after the hang
ing of Slade, "Scarcely a leading man
of Virginia City could be found,
though numbers of the citizens joined
the ranks of the guard when the ar
rest was made. All lamented the
stern necessity which dictated the ex
ecution.
Slade had not committed a murder
in Montana; ne had robbed no one;
his conduct was, in the main, drunk
enness which rendered him a demon.
On the other hand, though, if history
be true, the man had, in his former
habitations in the West, many times
earned the fate which seems hard for
a murderer to escape.
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On the whole, Captain J. A. Slade
was one of the most peculiar and as
well one of the most intresting char
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Editor's Widow Dies
Mrs. Frances Harber, widow of the
late W. K. Harber, editor of the Riv
er Press at Fort Benton for many
years, died at Fort Benton a few
days ago. Mrs. Harber had lived in
that city for nearly 40 years and was
highly esteemed in her community.
She and her husband came from Eng
land in 1888.
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Heads Auto Association
Sam D. Goza, Helan insurance man,
has been elected to the presidency
of the Montana Highway association
which is sponsoring the proposed in
itiative measure providing for a
three-cent gasoline tax to meet the
federal money for road construction.
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