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VOLUME XXVI, No. 29
WHEELER AND BOURQUIN
LONG TERM OPPONENTS
Republicans Make Gain In State
Primary Poll Over Two
Years Ago.
While state results of Tuesday’s
primary election are not yet ab
solutely definite it appears from
ij»e returns from 1,221 precincts
out of 1,387 in the state that only
two results might be changed
by later returns. They are the
Democratic nominee for the short
term for U. S. senator arid the
Democratic nominee for railroad
commissioner. Nearly 130,000 bal
lots have been tabulated with 145
precincts, scattered over the state,
missing. Of these the Democrats
have cast 72,956 while the Repub
lican vote from the same precincts
totals 56,439. Proportionately this
is a considerable Republican gain
over the vote of two years ago.
Candidates who have been nom
inated without question are:
George M. Bourquin, Republican,
B. K. Wheeler, Democrat for the
long term U. S. senate.
Scott Leavitt, Republican, for
the short term U. S. senate.
Congressman, First district, D.
D. “Bob” Evans. Helena, Republi
can; Joseph P. Monaghan, Butte,
Democrat.
DETAILS OF THE BEAN
MARKETINGAGREEMENT
Hearings To Be Held at Which
Growers and Others May
Submit Facts.
The proposed Bean Marketing
agreement is a long-detailed docu
ment. The following is a brief
summary of the agreement:
Purpose—To set minimum prices
to growers, to set definite margins
for dealers, and minimum price
to wholesale trade, by means of
an agreement between growers,
dealers and the A. A. A.
Method—A committee of five
growers, five dealers and one dis
interested party shall administer
the agreement. It is known as the
Industry Area board. The surplus
control shall be by means of per
mitting the marketing of only
such amounts of beans as can be
consumed. All beans above this
consumption amount shall be
taken off the hands of the grow
ers and placed under the control
of the Industry Board to be dis
posed of in any way possible with
out interfering with the market
ing of the other amount. Growers
would be paid pro-rata whatever
can be gotten out of the surplus.
All dealers would be licensed by
the secretary of agriculture, and
no one would be permitted to deal
in beans without a license.
Five Industry boards would be
created, one for each of the major
bean producing areas in the
United States (New York, Michi
gan, the Great Northern area, the
Pinto area, and California) and
each would control the industry
in its particular field. A National
Co-ordinating board would be
formed by selecting one grower
and one dealer from each of the
five Industry boards, and this co
ordinating board would regulate
the selling price of beans so they
would not suffer from competition,
one area with another.
Referring to the Industry Area
board for the Great Northern
area, the representation on this
board will be as follows: Idaho—
Three grower and dealer repre
sentatives, Wyoming and Mon
tana—One each. These elected
members of the board then select
one more member to represent the
consumer’s interest, making the
total membership of the board 11.
The grower members of this
board must be elected by the bean
growers of each area. The dealer
members are, of course elected by
the bean dealers in each area.
It should be remembered that
this is a proposed Marketing
Agreement for beans at this time,
and that the definite Marketing
Agreement will be developed later
through public hearings conducted
by the A. A. A. in each of the
bean areas.
Mr. Haskell has called a public
hearing to be held in Billings on
Aug. 6th. Other hearings are to
be held in Idaho and Wyoming.
At this public hearing, growers
and dealers, and other persons in
terested may submit facts as to
the costs of marketing beans and
other factors entering into the
agreement. Previous to the public
hearings, the A. A. A. will conduct
an investigation into the costs of
marketing beans. They plan to ex
amine the books of a number of
representative bean dealers in
each area.
THE HARDIN TRIBUNE-HERALD
Congressman, Second district,
Judge Stanley E. Felt, Baker, Re
publican; Roy Ayers, unopposed,
Democrat, for re-election.
Chief justice supreme court, Lew
L. Callaway, Republican, unoppos
ed, for re-election; W. B. Sands,
Chinook, Democrat.
Associate justice supreme court,
Albert H. Angstman, Republican,
for re-election; Claude F. Morris
of Havre, Democrat.
State railway commissioner,
Charles A. Rasmussen, Helena, Re
publican.
Clerk supreme court, Ward Cros
by, Republican, for re-election; A.
T. Porter of Stevensville, Demo
crat.
A total of 1,221 precincts in
1,387 give:
Senate, Long Term
Republicans—Bourquin, 33,561;
Shelley, 13,921.
Democrats—Replogle, 8,000;
Wheeler, 67,156.
Senate, Two Years
Republicans—Jergensen. 4.672;
Leavitt, 23,158; Young, 6,219; Ran
kin, 16,580.
Democrats—O’C onn er, 17,176;
Lovelace, 7,991; Murray, 18,723;
Donovan, 9,580; Erickson, 15,747;
Hamilton, 4,373.
Congress, First District
Republicans—Smith, 3,951; Edg
ington, 3,535; Bob Evans, 8,097.
Democrats—Monaghan. 23,967;
Dellwo, 1.929; John Evans, 10,754.
Congress, Second! District
Republicans—S tock da 1, 8,976;
Felt. 11,858; Wuerthner, 9.708.
Democrats—Ayers, 34,965.
Chief Justice
Democrats—Pigott. 10,891; Derry,
24,351; Sands, 27,680.
Republicans—Callaway, 42,733.
Associate Justice
Democrats—Morris, 31,942; De
Kalb, 13.763; Veazey. 13,581.
Republicans— Angstman, 29,677;
Choate, 14,312.
Railroad Commissioner
Democrats — O’Connell, 26.622;
Veach, 2.857; St. George, 4,671;
Kelly, 9.937; Stout. 26,113.
Republicans—Rasmussen, 26,074;
Rawn. 16.230.
Clerk of the Supreme Court
Democrat s—Scheuer, 7,420;
Crumby, 5,414; Casev, 16.446;
McLemore. 15,560; Porter, 18,748.
Republicans—Crosby, 39.502.
No figures are yet available as
to the vote on the constitutional
amendment on repeal of the 18th
amendment.
BASEBALL TOURNAMENT
AT HARDIN, AUGUST 34-5
Several Hundred Dollars in Prizes
Hung Up—There Will Be
Other Sports.
The Hardin Lions club are
sponsoring a base ball tourna
ment to be held in Hardin August
3-4-5 at which Billings, Sheridan,
Fromberg, Forsyth and other
teams have been invited. Prizes of
$125.00, $85.00, $60.00 and $30.00
have been offered to the winners.
There will be foot races each
day for the members of the teams
particicpating on that day.
There will be Indian arrow
throwing contests with appropri
ate prizes. There will be many
other prizes offered and Hardin is
to have three days of the na
tional sport which will attract
many enthusiasts from this part
of the Midland Empire.
The Cheyenne and Crow In
dians have signified their in
tention of entering teams.
There will be two to three
games each day, with a dance at
the fair grounds pavilion Fri
day and Saturday nights.
THIRTY MEN ARE CALLED
BY CCC TO REPORT TODAY
Men Must Be Between the Ages of
18-25 and Physically and
Morally Sound.
Thirty men have been called for
by the Civilian Conservation Corps
to report at one p. m., Friday,
July 20, at the Emergency Relief
office in the Gay block for ex
amination as to physical fitness
and other qualifications.
The qualifications are listed as
follows: Age 18, through to 25. If
within two weeks of his 18th
birthday he may be accepted. This
applies to unmarried men, includ
ing single, divorced men and
widowers. Applicants must be free
from communicable diseases and
possess physical and moral fitness.
No former member of the CCC will
be accepted. Members of families
now known to relief agencies will
be given preference. Two members
of the same family may be ac-
G THE HARDIN TRIBUNE AND THE HARDIN HERALD
CDNTINUINi
HARDIN, BIG HORN COUNTY, MONTANA, FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1934
SAM E. M'DOWELL NAMED
RECEIVER OF CATTLE
Purchased From Farmers by the
Federal Surplus Relief
Corporation.
Wednesday George Snell of
Miles City, representing the Fed
eral Surplus Relief Corporation,
was in Hardin to complete ar
rangements for the shipment of
cattle to be purchased from stock
men short of feed under the
Emergency Cattle Purchasing pro
gram. He appointed Samuel E.
McDowell of Hardin, old-time
cowpuncher, receiver of cattle for
quarters will be at Hardin.
Charles Clement was named
brand inspector by the state live
stock commission, Wednesday. He
will work in conjunction with Mr.
McDowell, inspecting brands on all
stock purchased by the Federal
Surplus Relief Corporation.
COUNTY CANDIDATES
HAVE HOT CONTESTS
Democratic Poll 250 Less Than
Republicans—Largest Vote
In Democratic Primary.
Approximately 2,000 of the 3,185
registered voters in Big Horn
county, about 63 per cent, availed
themselves of the right to vote at
the primary election Tuesday. The
sky was clear and the sun un
mercifully hot. The polls were
open from 12 o’clock, noon, till
seven in the evening. Owing to
the large number of state and
county candidates on both Re
publican and Democratic tickets,
it was late in the evening before
returns, except from the very
smallest of precincts, were avail
able.
The Democratic party cast the
largest vote it has ever cast at a
primary election in Big Horn
county, only about 250 less than
the total Republican vote, which
approximated 1,125 with about
875 cast by the Democratic party.
Heretofore the Republicans have
cast 75% or more of the total
vote.
The contest which attracted the
greatest number of voters was
that of Republican nomination
for county clerk and recorder.
There were 1.044 votes cast in
this contest of which Harry E.
Cox, up for re-election after serv
ing one term received 690 votes
and Mrs. M. Ruth Tanner, his op
ponent, 354, giving Mr. Cox a
majority of 336.
The Republican contest for
county assessor brought out a
vote of 1012, divided among the
four candidates as follows: Art
C. Sweeney, 343; Fred E. Miller,
present incumbent, 292; Harvey H.
Barnett, 198, and Russell White
Bear, 179. Mr. Sweeney’s plurality
is 51.
There also was keen rivalry for
the Republican nomination for
sheriff, which was won by Sam
McDowell, known to his intimates
as “Sarpy Sam,” by a margin of
35, 998 votes being divided among
the four candidates in the fol
lowing order: Sam E. McDowell,
356; J. A. Perry, 321; E. A. Steen,
184; J. H. Kifer, 137.
The next highest vote on the
Republican ticket, 977, was brought
out in the contest for state repre
sentative in the legislature, E. L.
Jacobson being nominated by a
vote of 520 to 457 over R. A.
Vickers.
Another spirited contest in the
Republican ranks was that for
county attorney between David L.
Egnew and Bert W. Kronmiller.
The former has practiced law in
Hardin several years, was elected
county attorney six years ago and
but recently completed three
years’ service as first assistant U.
S. district attorney under Welling
ton D. Rankin. Mr. Kronmiller is
a young attorney who came to
Hardin some two years ago. Mr.
Egnew won the nomination by 97
cepted. Applicant must be a citizen
of the U. S.
These men will be sent as soon
as examined and accepted to Fort
Missoula for further assignment.
It is understood that additional
camps will be established in
Powder River and Carter counties
in eastern Montana.
The pay is S3O per month, $25
of which is sent to the family and
$5 per month is allowed for spend
ing money in camp. All food,
clothing and shelter Is provided
in addition to all men in camp.
The enlistment period is six
months.
Registrations are now being re
ceived until one o’clock to-day
(Friday) at the Emergency Relief
office In Hardin.
FRED GREENWALD BUYS
OLD JACK CANDEE FARM
Fred Greenwald, who recently
came here from Hawk Springs,
Wyo., Friday of last week closed
a deal with Peter P. Kopriva of
Saint Paul, Minn., for the pur
chase of the old Jack Candee ir
rigated quarter section, located
in the Big Horn valley, about four
miles southwest of Hardin. J. A.
Koebbe is operating the place
under lease, this year and will
give possession as soon as this
year’s crop is harvested. Mr.
Greenwald has a wife and eight
children, six of whom are boys,
all at home, the eldest being 23
and the youngest five. This is
one of the desirable farms of
the valley, well improved, and
with this help, Mr. Greenwald
should be able to intensely farm
the entire 160 acres. He and his
family are welcomed to this com-
majority, receiving 528 votes to
Mr. Kronmiller’s 431.
Other candidates nominated on
the Republican ticket, each with
out opposition, are: B. H.McCarty,
county commissioner, third dis
trict, by a vote of 727; Bert Slater,
county treasurer, with a vote of
821; Lillie A. MacLeod, county su
perintendent of schools, present
incumbent, by a vote of 742; Carl
Rankin, present incumbent, pub
lic administrator, by a vote of
733; John W. Bullis, incumbent,
coroner, by a vote of 774, and
Charles A. Corkins, nominated for
justice of the peace by a vote of
507.
The name of Evan Gustafson
I was written in for county surveyor
by 29 voters.
One of the keenest contests on
the Democratic ticket was that
between Omar E. Bearss of Sarpy
and Robert J. Miller, of Lodge
Grass, present incumbent, for
state representative in the legisla
ture. The Bearss candidacy had
the endorsement of the Gov. E. H.
Cooney Democrats who were dis
satisfied with the votes of As
semblyman Miller on certain
measures before the last regular
and special sessions of the legis
lature, one of which was the at
tempt to impeach Governor
Cooney, which failed by only a
few votes. The vote was a tie with
all precincts in save Pryor, OW
and Four Mile. When these re
turns were tabulated Thursday
morning, it was found that Mr.
Miller had won the nomination by
a margin of 25 votes, the tally
being, Miller, 348: Bearss, 323.
The biggest Democratic vote
was brought out in the contest
for sheriff between four candi
dates, a total of 788 votes being
polled for this office. H. E. Vance,
who is now serving his second
term as sheriff, won the nomina
tion by a plurality of 365 over his
nearest opponent, receiving a to
tal of 490 votes. The vote of the
other candidates follows: C. O.
Smith, 135; Jesse H. Criswell, 100;
J. W. Wasson. 63.
The next largest vote in the
Democratic party was for the of
fice of county commissioner, 745
voting on this office, divided be
tween the three contestants as
follows: J. A. Koebbe, 319; Harry
T. Mann, 286; R. B. Saunders,
140, giving Mr. Koebbe the nom
ination by a plurality of 33. In
this contest Harry T. Mann re
ceived a fine complimentary vote
at Pryor, his home town, 92 as
against a total of 14 for the other
two contestants.
For county surveyor 691 Demo
cratic votes were cast, Cliff A.
Randall, incumbent winning the
nomination by a majority of 87,
receiving 389 votes to 302 for W.
L. Dillon.
The only other Democratic con
test was for county assessor, H.
B. McDonald being nominated by
a majority of 69, the vote being:
McDonald, 340; Earl Cammock,
271.
Democratic candidates nominat- ■
ed without opposition are: Lor
raine Reyburn, clerk and record- '
er, 534; W. E. G. Humphries, i
county treasurer, 494; Charles C.
Guinn, now serving his second
term, county attorney. 614; C. R.
Stobaugh, county superintendent
of schools, 511; M. M. Brooks, jus
tice of the peace, Hardin town
ship, 296.
The official count will be made
Saturday by County Clerk Harry
E. Cox and Justice of the Peace
C. A. Corkins and Police Magis
trate A. W. F. Koch, and the of
ficial returns will be published in
tabular form,' by precincts in next
week’s issue of the Tribune-Her
ald.
FEED AND FORAGE LOANS
AVAILABLE THIS WEEK
From $525,000,000 Emergency Re
lief Fund Provided by
Congress in June.
Governor W. I. Myers of the
Farm Credit Administration to
day announced that loans to
farmers and stockmen from the
drought relief appropriation to
purchase feed for livestock and
for production of forage crops in
primary drought areas will be
available this week. The loans
will be made from the $525,000,900
emergency relief fund appropri
ated in the Act of Congress, ap
proved June 19, 1934.
In pursuance of the Act, the
governor will make relief loans
in areas which have been de
signated as emergency drought
areas by the United States De
partment of Agriculture. These
include all of North and South
Dakota, 37 counties in Minne
sota, 17 in Wisconsin, 10 in Mon
tana, 12 in Wyoming, 24 in Texas,
1 in Oklahoma, 1 in Idaho, 11 in
Arizona, 19 in Colorado, 23 in
New Mexico. 11 in Nevada, 10 in
California, 2 in Oregon, and 21
in Utah.
The loans will be administered
by the emergency crop and feed
loan section. Farm Credit Admin
istration and handled through
the emergency crop loan offices
since they already have local
loan committees established in
every county in the drought
areas. Special application forms
have been sent to these offices.
The loans will be made to ap
plicants who. because of the
drought, do not have the neces
sary feed to maintain their live
stock and must produce forage
crops, and do not have the means
or other sources of credit avail
able to obtain such feed or un
dertake production of needed for
age.
The amount loaned to pur
chase feed for livestock will be
limited to a maximum for each
head and the loans for produc
tion of • forage crops will be
to a maximum amount
per acre, such loan limits being
determined according to the cost
of feed or the cash cost of grow
ing forage crops in the various
drought areas. The minimum
amount of • a loan or advance is
$25 for either purpose. Loans
EMERGENCY CATTLE
PURCHASING PROGRAM
Now in Operation in Big Horn Co.
Under the Direction of
County Agent.
The Government Emergency
Cattle Purchasing program has
begun in Big Horn county under
the direction of Geo. W. Gustaf
son, county agent. Two apprais
ers have been appointed to start
the work in the county, and oth
ers will be selected if needed.
Farmers are urged to get their
applications for appraisal in the
hands of the county agent early,
if they intend to sell cattle to
the government under this emer
gency program.
A committee representing the
Big Horn County Livestock As
sociation has been appointed to
co-operate in the program for the
county consisting of Porter Ken
nedy of Lodge Grass, B. F. Shreve
of Decker. Ira Haney of Sarpy.
H. W. Willcutt of Hardin and
J. S. Tuggle of Pryor.
A meeting of this committee
Iwas held at Hardin on Wednes
day, when representatives of the
I various organizations which have
Ito do with the program appeared
'and explained the set-up of the
I buying program.
The Bureau of Animal Industry
was represented by Dr. Nelson,
who will serve as the inspector
and will assist in grading and
classifying the cattle.
Geo. Snell renresented the
Federal Surplus Relief Adminis
tration and will take the cattle
after having been appraised and
ship them to the packing plants
to be processed and used for re
lief purposes.
Mr. Sutten of the State Live
stock Commission will inspect
brands and certify to the own
ership of cattle offered for sale.
Fred Given and E. K. Prewitt,
authorized to release cattle mort
gaged to the Region Agricultural
Credit Corporation, also attended
and are lending every effort to
the stockmen to hasten the sale
of cattle.
Frank McKinney of Decker
and J. T. Rice of Lodge Grass
have been appointed as apprais
ers for this county. Work of ap-
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will not be made to purchase feed
for livestock acquired since April
1, 1934.
Security for the drought relief
loans will consist of the borrow
er’s promissory note, accompanied
by a non-disturbance agreement
signed by each chattel mortgage
lienholder, except where the lien
holder is a production credit as
sociation, r e gional agricultural
credit corporation, Federal land
bank, the Secretary of Agricul
ture. or the Governor of the
Farm Credit Administration.
In announceing these unusually
liberal security arrangements,
which do not require borrowers
from the drought relief fund to
give chattel mortgages or waiv
ers, Governor Myers stated that
all loans will be advanced in
monthly installments in amounts
sufficient to feed the approved
number of approved livestock for
one month, or to pay the month’s
expenses required for producing
necessary forage crops. Further
advances will not be made to
any borrower who fails to ob
serve good faith by encumbering
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WELL AT SOAP CREEK
NEARLY COMPLETED
California Independient Oil Co.
Has Made Rapid Progress
On New Well.
Interest in the Soap Creek oil
field has been awakened by the
California Independent Oil organ
ization which is drilling a well in
Section? 34-6S-R32
E, •which is checking structurally
higher than any so far drilled in
the field. It is located less than
a fourth mile north of the West
ern States discovery well. Some
oil was picked up between 1550-
1560 feet in the Tensleep forma
tion, and B>/4-inc<h casing has been
set at 1620 feet before drilling in
to the Amsden for production.
The company has made rapid
progress on this well and the
total time spent on it will not be
over 35 days if no unlooked for
trouble interferes. Considering
that four fishing jobs were en
countered in the drilling done so
far the crew has made excellent
speed on their first well in the
field. This well will make the
eighth drilled into the production
horizon of the field, and Hardin
citizens as well as the Crow In
dian tribe (on whose land the
well is located) hope for a good
producer to reward this company
for their efforts in putting Soap
Creek field on a paying basis.
This is the first well to be drilled
in the field in eleven years.
BIG WELL AT CUT BANK
BROUGHT IN THIS WEEK
Well Is Near the New Well Being
Drilled by Hardin Men—
Lawlor and Hoerr.
Word was received Sunday from
Roy Tarrant of Cut Bank that the
well he was drilling on the Al
Jones ranch in Sec. 31-34-6 W was
brought in and had all the ear
marks of being the largest pro
ducer in the vast Cut Bank field.
Wm. Hoerr, formerly of Hardin,
was at the well when the oil
started flowing from the control
head and he states that it pro
duced 96 barrels in the two hours
he was there. Since coming in,
the well is referred to as a "thous
sand-barrel well,” but the settled
production will probably be much
less. It is the concensus of opin
ion of all oil men who have ex
-1 amined the well that it is the
i largest among the ninety wells
that are in production- in Cut
Bank field. Interest locally runs
high to a number of Hardin people
who happened to have participat
ed in the royalty offered on the
Jones property, and particularly to
Ed Lawlor who, associated with
Wm. Hoerr, is now drilling a well
in the same prolific area, which
। location incidentally was selected
lby Mr. Hoerr. Al Jones, cow
puncher, who owns the land on
which the gusher came in, will
profit by it at the rate of about
SI,OOO a month, with many more
wells to come.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Kopriva and
family and Mr. and Mrs. Frank J.
Buzzetti and family, have gone on
a motor trip to Yellowstone na
tional park.
praisal will start Thursday in the
southeast part of the county.