The Harlem news. [volume], October 31, 1930, Page Page Five, Image 5

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Friday, October 31,1930
DEMOCRATIC TICKET
For United States Senator
THOMAS J. WALSH
For Representative in Congress
Second Congressional Distriat
TOM STOUT
For Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court
JOHN A. MATTHEWS
For Railroad and Public Service
Commissioner
THOMAS E. CAREY
For County Commissioner
B. B. GANNAWAY
For Sheriff
G. W. FLEMING
^or County Treasurer
. GEO, I. FULLER
For County Clerk and Recorder
HARRY E. BAUER
For County Attorney
D. J. SIAS
For County Assessor
ANDREW CHRISTENSEN
For County Superintendent of Schools
G. H. WILLMAN
For County Surveyor
C. R. NOYES
For Public Administrator
LOUIS W. MILLER
Annual American Legion Auxiliary
Dance Thanksgiving Night at Harlem
Legion Hall. Don’t mi** the best dance
of the year. —Adv.
BE PARTICULAR
WHERE YOU GET
YOUR BARBER WORK DONE
SANITARY
BARBER SHOP
JACK D. SHEPARD, Prop.
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Hire A Successful and Proven Man for A Big Job
Blaine County needs a County Commissioner
whom we can depend upon to protect the interests of
all sections of the county. We want a Commissioner
free and independent and under no obligation to any
corporation, political faction or section. Entangling
promises and obligations on the part of the candi
date may burden the taxpayers in these hard times
with extra heavy expenses.
As fellow taxpayers and voters we ask that you
consider the matter carefully and vote for Al A.
Ekegren for Commissioner We know that he is on
the square. We know that he is under no obligation
which might bring heavy costs on the county. We
know that he is pledged to give every part of the
county fair and impartial treatment and considera
tion in road matters and in every other county
activity.
We are backing our endorsement with the
following letters, written by people who are well
acquainted with Mr. Ekegren.
Vote for the best interests of Blaine county and
remember that a vote for Al A. Ekegren may save
the taxpayers many thousands of dollars.
Fred Pearson of Amory, Wis., states that Al
served his constituency well on the Board of County
Commissioners in the state of Wisconsin. From
childhood to the present day we cannot find a stain
upon the integrity and character of Al Ekesren. His
life record is open and above board.
Amory, Wisconsin, October 13, 1930
Mr, Oscar R. Nesvig, Hogeland, Montana:
Dear Sir:—ln reply to your letter received October 9, 1930, for
reference of Alfred Ekegren. I have known Mr. Ekegren for a number
of years and I have done a lot of business with him and found he was
an honest man in every respect. He was also our chairman in the
town of Apple River, and everyone was well pleased with what he did
for us. He was also on our County Board in Polk County.
Hope that this is the information you asked for.
Yours very truly,
FRED PEARSON
George Petrie, Big Flat rancher and taxpayer,
considers that Al Ekegren can do some good for
Blaine County because of his personal success and
activity.
Turner, Montana, October 20, 1930
I have known Mr. Ekegren for many years, and know him to be
an honest and energetic man, and one who has made a success of his
own business—and owing to that fact think he'could do our county
some good. GEORGE PETRIE
Wheat Feeding to Stock
Increases as Winter Conies
Freezing weather in October had
put a stop to the growth of pastures
throughout the Northwest and feeding
of wheat is beginning to assume sub
stantial proportions* the Farmers
Union Terminal Association says in
its weekly agricultural summary.
4 ‘Wheat’ prices have met a new
resistance level by dropping to the
basis where medium grade wheat can
be delivered on farms in Wisconsin
and Minnesota for feeding to live
stock at about $25.00 a ton. If prices
do not advance substantially, feeding
of w heat * undoubtedly will be in
creased. The fact that wheat prices
are now on a basis where 1 they offer
real competition to other feed grains
should be more effective in stabiliz
ing prices than anything that has
occured during the long decline in
wheat prices oveY the past year.
*‘Several earloads of wheat have
been shipped into the dairying sections
of Wisconsin and farmers are enthus
iastic over the possibilities of wheat
as feed, for livestock,” the review
says. ‘‘Wheat can be laid down at
local stations in Wisconsin for about
$25.00 a ton. Tests made recently
show that a bushel of wheat costing
about 75 cents, produced 16 3-4 pounds
of pork when fed to young hogs. On
this basis, there would be a good
profit in feeding wheat to hogs at
present prices for these commodities.
‘‘Henry Quam, living near Barron,
Wise., recently hauled six tons of
wheat for feeding to livestock to his
dairy farm. When a carload of 30
tons of wheat recently ^arrived at
Poskin, Wise., farmers of that area
could not all get the wheat for feed
ing that they wanted and purchase of
more wheat in that section is planned.
‘‘At Munster, N. D., more wheat is
being crushed for livestock than any
other grain, reversing the conditions
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AL A. EKEGREN
THE HARLEM NEWS, HARLEM, MONTANA
which have existed in previous years.
In southeastern North Dakota where
considerable corn is produced, wheat
will be mixed with corn for feeding to
livestock.
“The Montana Department,of Agri
culture reports that there is a keen
demand in Custer County for feeder
pigs, as farmers in that section prefer
to feed their wheat to pigs rather
than to sell at the present low price
levels. In Glacier County, Montana,
cattle producers are reported to be
making plans to feed their cattle
extensively with wheat. In sections
where there are sugar beet factories,
particularly in northwestern Minnesota
। and in Montana, sugar beet pulp is
being used as feed for livestock on a
larger scale than is usual.
‘‘With the growth of pastures
stopped by freezing weather, grass
from pastures will be available for
only a week or ten days. At that
time it will be necessary to increase
the feeding of grains.
‘‘The recent freezing weather has
delayed farming operations in North
Dakota and Montana. In some sections
there was quite a heavy fall of snow,
which has greatly improved the sub
soil moisture and should be of real
benefit to the land.
“From Nebraska and the South
west come reports of substantial re
duction in the acreage of winter wheat.
The period for the seeding of winter
wheat is practically over and the
reports from Nebraska indicate re
ductions of from 18 per cent in north
central counties to 5 per cent in
southern counties with an average
acreage reduction for wheat for the
state of approximately 10 per cent.”
NAVAL REDUCTION
“And how is your husband getting
on with his reducing exercises, Mrs.
Nuequids?”
“You’d be surprised—that battle
ship ’e ’ad tattooed on ’is chest is now
only a row boat!” —U. P. Magazine
Erling Thorson, another neighbor of Al Ekegren
has always found him to be honest. He is pleased
to recommend his friend and neighbor to the voters.
Anyone that Mr. Thorson recommends must be on
the square.
Hogeland, Montana, October 21, 1930
To Whom It May Concern:
For twenty years I have known Mr. Al A. Ekegren, tho Republican
candidate for County Commissioner. Wo have lived uut here on
neighboring farms and as neighbors, we have also had considerable
business dealings. In all these transactions I have always found Mr.
Ekegren to be fair, upright and honest.
This honest man 1 am sure will do his duty as a County Commis
sioner and be fair to all concerned. I am therefore pleased to recom
mend him to my fellow voters. ERLING THORSON
Mr. August L. Matter, prominent pioneer, sub
stantial farmer, respects his neighbor. This spring
he turned his supporters for the same office in favor
of Mr. Ekegren.
Treasurer, Town of Apple River, Polk County, Wisconsin.
Hogeland, Montana, Oct. 21, 1939
I have known Mr. Alfred Ekegren for a good many years, and have
found him to be a man that everybody must respect.
Yours truly, AUG. L. MATTER
Judge Carl M. Lynn of Wisconsin is a childhood
friend of honest Al. Judge Lynn does not question
Mr. Ekegren’s ability. This judge does not say any
thing that he does not mean, especially when he
signs his name.
County Court, Polk County, Wisconsin; Carl M. Lynn, Judge
Osceola, Wisconsin
Mr. Oscar R. Nesvig, Temporary Chairman Al A. Ekegren for
Commissioner Voluntary Club of the Big Flat, Hogeland, Montana.
Dear Sir:—Your letter of Oc,tober 4th, calling my attention to the
fact that Al A. Ekegren of Hogeland, Montana, is a candidate on the
Republican ticket for the office of County Commissioner of Blaine
County, has been received.
You inform me that Mr. Ekegren won out in the primary election
by a vote of two to one. I am glad to know that my old friend, Al
Ekegren, is held in the same high esteem in Montana that he was in
Minnesota and Wisconsin. I have known Al A. Ekegren ever since he
was a boy, his parental home and mine being only about four miles
apart over in the state of Minnesota. I also know him very intimately
while he lived here in Polk County, Wisconsin, operating a store in
partnership with his brother, Ernest Ekegren, at Range in this county.
During all of my association with Al A. Ekegren, both in a social way
and in business, I always found him frank, open and above board and
honorable, and a man of ideas and ideals, and I am sure that the voters
of his commissioner district in Blaine County, Montana, will find him,
if elected, a trustworthy, energetic and efficient public servant.
Will you give my best regards to Al?
Yours very truly, CARL M. LYNN
Mrs. E. Twete opened the first post office on the
Big Flat and is well known to the people of the
county. The post office of Twete was named in her
honor. She realizes that Mr. Ekegren’s business
training will be.of value to the taxpayers.
Twete Cash Store, General Merchandise, Hogeland, Montana
September 23, 1930
To the Voters of Blaine County:
It has been my privilege to have known Mr. Al A. Ekegren, the
Republican candidate for County Commissioner, for the past twenty
years. During this period I have always found him to be fair and just
in all his dealigs. In the early days on the Big Flat, Mr. Ekegren per
sistently and successfully endured the hardships of a pioneer. These
various experiences have given him knowledge of our circumstances and
with his business training, I am of the opinion that Mr. Ekegren will
make Blaine County an excellent County Commissioner.
Yours very truly, MES. E. TWETE
Mr. B. E. Johnson, manager for the Thronson
Sattre Co. of Hogeland, takes pleasure in supporting
Mr. Ekegren and assures his fellow citizens that our
confidence in him will be well placed by supporting
Mr. Ekegren.
To Whom This May Concern:
ai a 1 irt Pleasure that I take this opportunity to state that Mr.
Al A. Ekegren is one of the esteemed residents of the Big Flat of
pleasing personality and highly considered as to his business ability.
To the voters of Blaine County I bespeak that your confidence will be
well placed in voting for Al A. Ekegren for County Commissioner of
Blaine County at the election Nov. 4th.
B. E. JOHNSON
Need of More Refuges
for Waterfowl is Seen
At the present time Montana has
many bodies of water suitable for
ducks and other waterfowl but our
present waters are inadequate to in
sure good duck hunting in all years,
and it possibly offers the most popular
shooting,” according to a statement
by B. t. Gerry, Secretary of the Mon
tana Sportsmen ’s Association.
1 “Th<? sportsmen throughout the
State should be giving considerable
thought to the construction of dams
whicn will provide ponds and lakes
for private and public hunting as
well as refuges for ducks. The plant
ing of suitable food in such waters is
• very important. Many of our present
ponds and lakes are full of water
during the spring months but com
pletely dry during the summer and ;
fall months. Under such conditions '
the mother birds leave and the young
| birds starve or are destroyed by pre- ।
datory animals and birds in their
Quest for food anil water. If they are
fortunate enough to survive, they
usually find some suitable body of
water many miles distant and the
hunters have to depend entirely upon
the northern ducks for their hunting.
। ‘‘Duck hunting is very poor in Mon
। tana this season and there is a gen
eral scarcity of ducks, but many
States having numerous bodies of
water and refuges are reporting
fairly good hunting. The Biological
Survey is making a very thorough in
vestigation of the present duck short
age and will undoubtedly issue a state
ment in the near future.
| “In many locations the cost of con
ptructing these dams would be very
| small and the returns very large. A
great number or series of such waters
. would naturally insure more local
i ducks and also bring more northern
' ducks into Montana and cause them to
stay for a longer period of time. Any
sportsmen’s club or organization eon-
Grain Market for Past Week
Local Market quotations on cash grain as received each morning
daring the post week by the etevators from the Grain Bulletin, Mpls.
__ Eri Sai Mon Tub Wed Thur
Dark Northern Spring, 60 lbs. .53 52 51 51 52 51
“* rd Winter, 60 lbs _4B 47 46 46 47 46
Mixed Durum, 60 lbs. 42 42 40 41 42 42
— 134 136 136 135 136 134
No. 2 Barley, bu. 46 lbs. .. 22 22 22 21 20 20
Bye, bu. 54 lbs. — ..... 19 19 18 19 19 ]8
MISS RAMBERG
EXPERIENCED BEAUTY OPERATOR
Is Now in Charge of tho
Sanitary Beauty Shop
Open Evenings by Appointment
structing such ponds and lakes for
private or public shooting and also as
refuges will accomplish something
that will bo of real benefit to them
selves and their communities.”
Turner business men take great pleasure in
recommending Ekegren for Commissioner. Mr.
Calvert regards that Ekegren’s personal success is
of value to the man holding the office of County
Commissioner.
Fred Calvert untl Hons, Dry Goods and General Merchandise,
Turner, Montana, October 21, 1930
To the Voterfl of Blaine County:
I take great pleasure in recommending Alfred Ekegren for County
Commifleioner. Mr. Ekegren is honest, broad minded and has made a
success of iiis own business. He will make a good Commissioner.
Yours truly, FRED CALVERT
Mr. Andrew Bolstad, pioneer, prominent Demo
crat in county politics, lives in Mr. Ekegren’s home
community, writes very plain, and sincerely requests
his friends to support Ekegren regardless of parties.
Hogoland, Montana, October 28, 1930
To the Voters and Taxpayers of Blaine County:
The writer has served on the school board and other boards with
Mr. Al A. Ekegren. During all this time I have known Al Ekegren,
he has been fair, honest, upright in all his dealings. His business judg
ment is sound and he cannot be influenced by anyone seeking special
privileges.
It is a time that we should all get together and vote for this man
regardless of political parties. As an old timer here, 1 sincerely ask
all my good friends to vote for Al A. Ekegren because I think it is
for the better interests of our county and state.
Yours very sincerely, ANDREW L. BOLSTAD
Gilbert Flaskerud farmer and rancher, has
found Al at all times to be a real neighbor, square
and sensible. Flaskerud wants the taxes to be just,
and in that respect Flaskerud is satisfied that Al
will do what is right.
Hogoland, Montana, October 20, 1030
To the Voters of Blaine County:
tn reference to Mr. Al Ekegren, Hogeland, Montana, I wish to sav
that I have known him since tho pioneer days. Wo have always found
him to bn a kind hearted and good neighbor, always willing to help
anyone that might be in need. In business ho is a square shooter
and a man of good sensible judgment. Among his nieghhom ho bears
nn excellent reputation and is highly respected. With his qualifica
tions and honesty X am glad to support him for County Commissioner.
Yours very truly, GILBERT FLASKERUD
Mr. Amil Markee has known Al Ekegren for 30
years. He brings out the fact that Mr. Ekegren
favors road improvement and developments. It
seems as though Al has always been popular among
the people who know him best.
„ _ „ „ K - D. 3, Amery, Wie., Oct. 24, 1930
Mr. Oscar R. Nesvig, Hogeland, Montana.
Dear Sir:—This is in reply to your letter of tho 18th inst. No
iormer letter received. It must have gone astray.
I have known Al A. Ekegren for over 30 years. While Mr. Ekegren
ran his general store and the post office at Range in this county, our
family did considerable business with him and always found him on the
square.
Mr. Ekegren was chairman of this township (Apple River) and
while acting in that position did a great deal in the way of good road
improvement and other development and progress. Mr. Ekegren had
many friends while residing in this neighborhood.
AMIL MARKEE,
John Marlow, general manager for the Equity
Cooperative Association of Harlem, does not hesitate
to recommend Al Ekegren for the office of County
Commissioner, because he realizes that Al is well
qualified to represent the people. Mr. Marlow is
well known to the people of the county, being prom
inently interested in various Farmers’ Cooperative
organizations.
v „ Harlem, Montana, October 28, 1930
To the Voters of Blame County: ’
k ” own Ml ? A) Ekegren for the past 16 years, and I have
no hesitancy in asnerting that he is a man of sterling character and is
CommisX™ qUal,f,cd t 0 re P re «ent tho people of the county as their
Yours truly, JOHN A. MARLOW
’olitical Advertisement Ci. related and Paid for by
AL A. EKEGREN FOR COMMISSIONER
VOLUNTEER CLUB OF THE BIG FLAT
Hogeland, Montana
“Why do fish grow tho fastest of
all living things?”
“Because the average fi«h caught
grows a few inches every time thf»
story in told.”
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