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Friday, September 24, 1937
Report of Weater and .
Crop Conditions in Mont.
The week just ended was favor
able for all outside farm work and
maturing of late crops, but too dry
for pastures, ranges, and fall seeding
-operations. While rains of the preced
ing week brought some benefit to
northwestern, central, and southern
-districts, they were not heavy enough
generally to put soils in good shape
where they oeoured, and missed al
most entirely much of west central
and northeastern Montana. Some far
mers are still waiting for additional
moisture before seeding winter wheat
and rye. During the week daytime
temperatures ranged mostly in the
eighties and nineties, accompanied by
eool nights, but with no frosts re
ported. Precipitation was negligible,
with none reported west of the Di
vide and throughout most of the
-northern districts and only light
ahowers Wednesday and Thursday in
scattered localaties in those southern
-counties lying east of the Divide.
Except in some irrigated sections
wnd in the western portions of the
north central counties, harvest and
threshing of small grains is now
practically completed. Late crops such
as corn, potatoes, and beans are
being harvested in the southern dis
tricts and maturing rapidly elsewhere.
Beans are mostly in the stack in the
important producing counties of Car
bon, Yellowstone, and Big Horn. Hail
on the fifth damaged beans, late al
falfa, and some sugar beets south of
Billings. Sugar beets are still growing
in most districts, with yield prospects
reported quite favorable. The crop is
almost ready for harvest in Rosebud
County. Where frosts killed potato
vines, some fields will be harvested
within the next ten days, but har
vest generally is not expected to get
under way much before the end of
the month.
Livestock continued to make gains
except in the northeast and east
central counties, where movement to
market that started in August be
cause of drouth is still reported in
considerable volume. Cattle market
ings are beginning to pick up from
such counties as Judith Basin, where
14 cars were loaded last week, and
from Wilbaux, where 75 carloads
were shipped out. Reports of market
ings also come from such counties as
Fergus, Blaine. Glacier, Park, Lewis,
and Clark, and Broadwater. Consider
able numbers of cattle and sheep are
still on summer range in the moun
tains, and indications point to the
peak of the fall livestock movement
coming normally during the last week
of September and first part of Oct
ober.
Although better than last season
the growing season moisture of 1937
(April-August) was below normal
throughout the State except for a
ferw scattered localities in northwest
ern, north central, and extreme south
eastern Montana. In west central, part
of central, and in extreme northeast
ern Montana the 1937 amounts were
below those of 1936. During the
months of September, October, and
November the amount of precipation
Teceivcd will determine to a consider
able extent the spring wheat crop of
1938. Summerfallow fields generally
now contain much less than a normal
storage of moisture. September rain
fall to date has averaged less than
normal, and was negligible in north
eastern and parts of east central,
southeastern, and west central Mon
tana.
School Supplies at the News Of
fice.
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fight for independence hom power
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”' ia,,Y --YOU'LL EN JOY IT!
L_——i
The Whangpoo River:
Shanghai’s Lifeline
Prw&rod tad TIfTVHI by
Tka National Olographic Society
The Whangpoo River is playing a
double role in the tragedy of embat
tled Shanghai. For Chinese and Jap
anese, the river and its adjacent mud
flats are a heavily bombarded bat
tlefield. For the occidentals maroon
ed in Shanghai, the sluggish muddy
streams'is the nearest exit.
“The Whangpoo River is usually
the most anonymous stream in
China,” says a bulletin from the
Washington, D. C., headquarters of
the National Geographic Society.
“Whenever Shanghai is spoken of as
a seaport, the Whangpoo is being
silghted, for this relatively little
known river actually makes possible
the commercial importance of China’s
largest city.
“The 'Whangpoo ean truly be call
ed the author of Shanghai’s success
story: from fishing village to world
port in less than a century. Onyl na
tive junks of Chinese fishermen sail
ed the Whangpoo and tied up at the
walled village of Shanghai in 1842,
when foreign trade was first permit
ted by treaty to enter. Since then,
the muddy creek has borne sail and
stream ships from all the seven seas,
until the traffic has constructed a
modern metropolis on the Whang
poo’s mud flats.
“Shanghai is two steps removed
from the ocean. Vessels must travel
into the broad yellow mouth of the
Yangtze and turn to the left into its
tributary, the Whangpoo, for 13
miles before reaching ‘seapo’rt’
Shanghai.
“Constantly hanging over the riv
er is the threat of silting up. Two
million cublic yards of mud a year
must be dredged to keep -the chan
nel open to low-tide depth of 28
feet. A treacherous mud-bar lurks
where the river empties into the
Yangtze, and here some sea-going
vessels transfer their cargo to light
ers rather than cross the bar. Fifty
years ago Shanghai was pitied as a
doomed city, about to be out off
from foreign trade entirely by the
menacing silt. Warships and ocean
liners, however, still ride at anchor in
Shanghai’s harbor, keeping China’s
leading city among the world’s ten
busiest ports. Foreign shipping, with
out reckoning matting-winged sam
pans and heavy junks that swarm
about the haibor, amounts annually
to over 30 million-tons.
“Beside the Whangpoo runs the
world-famous Bund, crowded
thoroughfare replete with foreign and
local color. Clubs, banks, business
houses, and consulates focus interna
tional interest along the waterfront.
With approximately 60,000 foreigners
of 50 different nationalities in
Shanghai on business and pleasure,
the Whangpoo bears a great responsi
bility as commercial entrance and
safety exit.
I “Paralleling the river on the route
! from the Yangtze to the metropolis
is the first railroad built in China.
But it has not yet even challenged
the snupremacy of" water transport
! ation in linking the port with the
sea.
“Clipper ships moored in the
Whangpoo, and restless to recruit a
full crew by hook or crook and sail
for home, brought a picturesque id
iom into the English language: ‘to
shanghai’.”
Justice Will Prevail
Judgment is often 'delayed, but
justice will eventually prevail.
THE HARLEM NEWS, fiAKLEM, MONTANA
A Guide to Colorful
Speech of Montana
Missoula, Sept. 21—(Special)—It’*
neither good nor interesting news
when some fair young tourist is ad
vised that the tall romantic-appear
ing cowboy she has taken an inter
est in during her stay in Montana,
has become “that way” about one
of {he local farmer’s daughters and
currently is dancing “cheek-to
cheek” in the beer parlor down the
street.
But should the “female dude” be
told that the “elongated, no-good,
lopeared, bronc-bustin’ hombre with
the broom-tailed cayuse and the
buckskin chaps is ridin’ herd on some
sodbuster’s gal” and right at pre
sent is “close-herdin’ the aforesaid
floosy at the crow-hop in the Buo
ket-of-Blood ’ ’ —now that’s something
different.
In fact, authorities in the dude
ranching and tourist trade claim it’s
so exceedingly different that they’ve
called upon WPA to help bring back
the colorful speech which once made
Montanans so interesting to all out
siders.
Cooperatively, WPA through its
Federal Writers’ Project some two
years ago volunteered to collect and
publish a glossary of common speech,
peculiar to the Treasure State.
Now, with the WPA writers’ two
years’ efforts albout to appear in
print, as a section in the voluminous
Montana State Guide, Byron Crane,
acting director of the project, fear
ful of further romantic disillusion
ment for the dudes still in the state
this season, has authorized pre-publi
cation of a selected part of the qpm
mon speech glossary.
iSome of this WPA-colleeted mater
ial, from which the second paragraph
may be decipered, follows:
Bedding ground — Sheltered place
where stock beds down at night, us
ually a ravine or a clump of bushes.
Between hay and grass —In diffi
cult time, as in early spring, when
hay is gone and grass has not come
up.
Biddy—Aged and toothless ewe.
Biddy bridle —Old-fashioned bridle
with “blinders.”
Boothill —Cemetery where pioneers,
who usually died with their boots on,
were buried.
Brand blotting—'Making a brand
indistinct ana alterable by applying
heat through a wet sack or blanket.
Bronc — Unbroken horse; broken,
but wild horse.
Bronc buster —Rider who special
izes in breaking wild horses.
Broomtail —Range or scrub horse of
doubtful value.
Bucking rolls — Leather pads on
the pommel that enable a rider to
calmp his knees to the saddle.
Buffalo chips — Dried buffalo or
livestock manure used for fuel.
Buffalo wallow—Depression where
buffalo rolled in the dust.
Bulldog—To throw a steer by
leaping from the saddle grasping his
horns, and twisting his neck.
Bullwaoker — Driver of oxen.
Bum lamb — Lamb which has lost
his mother, and wanders about try
ing to get food from other ewes.
Buzzard head — Mean-tempered,
range horse.
'Cavvy—Herd of horses (from Span
sih caballada).
Cedar breaks — Broken laud over
grown with scrub cedar.
Chaps — Leather or goatskin rid
ing pants worn for protection from
cold or whipping brush growth. Ori
ginally chaparajos.
Chinook—A warm southwest wind
that removes snow in wintfcr.
Circle —Area a roundup rider must
inspect in a day. .Several men riding
separate circles, cover the range
thoroughly.
Close herdin’ — Check -to - cheek
dancing.
Corral — Livestock pen of poles
or boards. *
Coulee —A small valley in prairie
country.
Cowpuncher—Ranch hand. In Mon
tana the term is preferred to “cow
boy,” which is regarded as less vir
ile.
Crazy; as a sheepherder — (Cattle
men 'a expression.)
Crow hop—Straight jump made by
a bucking horse, especially in leav
ing the chute (at a rodeo). A ranee.
Cutting horse—Quick horse, good
at cutting out.
Cut out —To separate (an animal)
from the herd.
Ditch rider—lrrigation patrolman
who turns water into laterals and
watches for breaks in ditch banks.
Dogies—Cattle; sometimes mother
lesa calves.
Drift fence —Fence set up to stop
straying livestock.
Drop band—-Band of ewes being
lambed in the spring.
Dry band—Band of sheep without
lamibs or <gravid ewes. j
Fan the hammer —To fire Tapidlv
with a single action revolver on
whicih the trigger catch has been fil
ed down. The gun was held in the
right hand, the hammer drawn back
and released with the heel of the
left.
Father up the herd—To get the
herd bedded down at night.
Fool—Person of more than ordin
ary aptitude; as, “a ridin’ fool” for
an uncommonly good rider.
Fool brand—Brand too complicated
to be briefly named.
Fork a horse—To ride. \
Hell for-leather — In great haste.
“Bidin* hell-for-leather” suggests
very hard use of leather (i. e., whip).
Hill rat—Prospector.
Hog leg—Six shooter in a holster
(from its form).
Hombre — Man (Spanish); pro
nounced “umber” in Montana.
Hack—Saddle.
Lamb linker—Sheepman (derisive);
from a ewe’s habit of licking a new
born lamb.
Lariat —Light, strong rope with a
running noose, used tor catching ani
tying livestock.
Larrup—To strike, thrash.
Larrupin’ truck—Great stuff.
Lasso—^Lariat; -also (v.) to entch
with a lariat,
Line fence—Dividing fence he-
tween range outfit*.
Loco—Poisonous weed that des
troys muscular control: also (*dj)
crazy, and (v.) to craze.
Long yearling—Colt or calf be
tween one and two year* old.
Loose herdin’— Dancing with de
corous space between partners.
N ester— Homesteader.
On the prod— Out of sorts; as, a
cow ready to ose her horns.
Peel bronc — To ride, drive, or
break horses, especially with free use
of the whip.
Pile—To throw. “That horse piled
me. ’ ’
Pool camp— Roundup camp of sev
eral ranches, each one’s interests be
ing in the hands of a “rep”
("Inch see).
Pull freight—To go away; move on.
Ihi 11 leather—To hold on to the
sa Idle in riding a bucking horse. In
rodeos it disqualifies the rider.
Put a loop on—To lasso.
Rattle one’s hocks—To get going;
to move along.
Rep — Representatives; roundup
hand who looks after the stock of a
particular ranch in pool camp.
Ride the owlhoot trail—To ride at
night (as an outlaw).
Ridin’ herd on (a woman) —Court-
ins-.
Ridge runner — Wild horse which
keeps to a ridge or high point to
watch for danger and warn the herd.
Road agent—Old-time robber of
stage route travelers.
Roll your bed.—“you’re fired.”
Rope—To lasso. The favorite Mon
tana term.
(Roundup — Periodic gathering of
range cattle for branding and the
like.
Running iron—Straight iron with
out a brand design, with which any
brand can be applied.
Rustle—To make one’s way. To ob
tain; as food, wood, water. To steal
(livestock). To ask for a job.
Sack out —To break a shying horso
by tying him up and throwing sacks
at him until he no longer shies.
Salivate — To “liquidate”; to
shoot full of holes.
Show daylight—ln bronc busting,
to let light show between man and
saddle; a usual preliminary to being
“piled. ’ ’
Slick ear —- Animal without ear
mark.
Slicker—Unbranded animal.
Slow elk —Beef butchered without
the owner’s % knowledgfe.
SodbustJV—Homesteader.
Soogan—Quilt.
Sourdough — Bread leavened with
dough from a previous baking.
Stampede — Properyl, the running
away in diorder of a herd of ani
mals. Loosely, any confused activity.
Stray—-Animal off its home range;
hence, a stranger.
String—Saddle horses kept for the
use of a single rider.
Sunfish —To back with a sidewise,
writhing motion or by rapidly low
ering and lifting the shoulders.
Swing team — Any pair betwcon
leaders and wheelers in a multiple
team.
SALE
I am moving to Idaho and therefore will dispose of my personal property at Public
Sale, to the highest bidder, starting at 1:00 o’clock sharp, on Saturday October 2,
on my farm 9 miles south and 4 miles west of Turner and 17 miles southeast of
Hogeland and 21 miles northeast of Harlem.
Saturday, October 2
LIVESTOCK—I bay mare, wt. 1600, 5 yri. old; 1 bay mare, wt. 1600, 7 yrs. old;
1 black mare, wt. 1400,10 yrs. old; three spring colts; 1 Holstein cow, 8 yrs. old; 1
Jersey milch cow, 6 yrs. old; 1 spring heifer calf, 7 months old; 1 spring heifer calf,
4 months old; 1 pig.
MMFTttERY and EQUIPMENT—I International 9-ft. duckfoot; 1 McCormick-
Deermg 8-ft. binder; 1 McConhiek-Deering 5-ft. mower; 1 John Deere 10-ft. rake;
1 3V4-in. Bain wagon; 1 3%-in. Webber wagon; 1 2-implement tractor hitch; 1
double 8-ft. disc; 1 single 8-ft. disc; 1 3-plow sub-surface packer; 6)4 miles of stand
ing fence; 7-section spike tooth harrow; 1 Andrew windmill 8-ft. wheel, Timkin roll
er bearing; 1 pump, Bed Jacket; 1 9-ft, redwood stock tank; horse collars; several
harness; iron single trees; double trees and eveners; garden tools; well pipes; fire
wood; lumber; fence poets; barb wire; picks; shovels; 2 heating stoves; 1 kerosene
range, built-on oven; and many other articles too numerous to mention.
BUILDINGS—I house, 12 z 26, with leanto 10 z 12; 1 house 16 z 16; 1 granary
12 z 14; 1 granary 12 z 12; 1 shed 16 z 16; 1 hen house 12 z 14; 1 hay shed 16 z 32;
1 cattle shed 29 z 32; 1 barn 14 z 20.
07 SALE: All sums of $25.00 and under, cash. Over that amount time
will be given until March 1,1938, on bankable notes bearing 8 per cent interest* No
property to be removed until settled for. Strangers to the clerk will please arrange
for ckedit a few days before sale. ;
ED. STUKEL, Owner
TftAliK PHILLIPS, Auctioner FIRST STATE BANK, OtfINOOK, Clerk
“Tap 'er light” — Parting ad
monition.
Throw a wide loop—To be careless
as to whose stock one ropes; t<J take
more than one’s share of anything.
Top a horse—To ride an unbroken
horse, partly taming him.
Top hand—First-rate cowpuncher.
Top railer —Person who sits on the
top rail of.a corral and advises the!
men who do the work and take the!
chances. The back-seat driver of i
range land. j
Vented brand —Brand blotted out j
before witnesses, when the legal own- j
ership of an animal is changed. ,
War bag—Bag containing a cow- j
puncher’s personal effects. j
Woolies—sSheep. ,
Wrangler—Herder in charge of:
saddle stock.
Qualifying Oneself
In every service a man must qual
ify himself by striving early and
late, and by working heart and soul,
might and main.
Chenille Is a French Word
Chenille, familiar to most of us in
rugs, is a French word meaning
“caterpillar.”
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Too late for last week
This community was saddened last
weok to- hear of the death of their
i pastor, Fr. Charles L. O Brier. 3. J.
Mr. and Mrs. T. A. DeCelles havo
moved to their new residence.
Walter DeCelles is a patient at
the hospital.
Returns were received from the
cattle shipped to Bt. Paul by tlio
ranchers of the Valley. The prices
wore better than they have beou in
previous years.
'Walkers are threshing grain for tha
farmers in the Valley.
Mrs. Azure, who was staying at
the home of her sou Alex was re
moved to a hospital.
iMr. and M.rs. Mack Minugli and
Mr. and Mrs. Tom O'Bryan wero
dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin
Phares last Thursday evening.