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Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1910-03-11
War on the Fly.

With the coming OF summer war
on the house fly has again been de-
clared. Something was done in this
direction last season, but that was
only Il preliminary skirmish to get
people informed as to the necessity
Of destroying the ever-present pest.
This year the war is to be waged
more extensively, ii the plans Of the
American Civic association are car
rcd out TO make the reason for the
warfare clearer to the average mind
the insect has been termed the ETY.
phoid fly" and it is proposed by the
association to show 10 the people Just
what the fly does and how he does it.
Lantern slides and moving picture
!ilms have been prepared showing him
in action. The fly, large as Il hen on
the screen, is shown trampling over
disgusting dirt and few moments
later III the dining room. He is pie
tured in all stages of development
and activity. The observer. after
seeing the pictures, never again will
class the fly among the things that
are too weak and harmless to merit
serious attention.
The plan Of the association is Il
practical. common sense one, and
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1910-03-11

breach of promise; then comes chaos
for Jack, and lie seeks shelter among
friends. Jacks friends lure indig
nant auntie to him with II message
that he is sick, and then comes the
mrtamorplosis brought about by
dinner at which the dear old lady is
the guest of honor, and he is game
from the oysters to the champagne,
and after all, she wasn't as old rs she
thought she was and proved to be the
best fellow of them all" at the
DabcOck, Billings, March II.
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1910-03-11

seekers care much either. as the
month Of February following the Col
lier'S assertion that 1.-The west 40
longer holds out any inducement to
the homeseeker," the filings in the
Great Falls land office ran over 400
giving practical evidence that the
Golfers tip doesn't cut much figure
with the people after all
Here is another, for it's Il poor
week when Golfers can't put one or
two over against the state, and is pub
lshed in the "Commercial West" of
Minneapolis. Under the head of
"Colller's Slam at Montana the
Commercial West says editorially:
George l.. Ramsey, president of the
Union Ban Il Trust Co. of Helena,
has sent the following letter Of pro-
test to Golfers Weekly:
Editor G OILERS Weekly: We wish
to file with you a protest against the
nnseemlv and course picture in your
issue of February 5, through the me-
dium Of which. MS supplemented by
reading matter, you quote Montana
bank president as saying:
In five years, no Montana cattle
man has made money: the bank has
loaned them to its SORROW etc.
''This unwarranted and vicious at
tack upon a principal resource Of the
state mas brought to Montana and its
people much harm, and we challange
You to give the name of the bank
president to whom You have referred.
1.-The writer has had business rela-
tons with Montana cattlemei during
the last % years. and the cattlemen
with whom we have dealt have made
money and the business with us has
been very satisfactory. their borrow
ings being less than usual and the
present amount Of their Indebtedness
being unusually small: in fact, so lit
tie at this time, that we look with
much satisfaction upon the prosper
Gus nature of the business.
AS Golfers is the great champion
OF everything fearless in journalism,
we shall expect to see Mr.. Ramsey's
letter printed and the authority Civ
Ell for such 4 sweeping statement Of
financial loss to both ranchmen and
bankers. Every winter there is a loss
OF stock during severe storms, but we
had never heard before that stock
raising on Montana ranches was not
profitable; and surely the record of
Montana banks indicates good profit
on the loans made on stock. Cattle
paper" is considered an excellent as
set not only in Montana but through
out the west.
We have before us a statement of
nine different companies operating
Montana ranches, and the dividends
paid during 1909 range from 10 to 20
per cent. We have no data on the
dividends paid by Montana banks.
but Mr.. Ramsey admits profits for
his bank: and only this week we no
ticpd an item of several new banks
started in Montana by Minneapolis
bankers. Montana must be all right
1t is up to Golfers to retract and
apologize.
Luckily for Montana, neither Col
lier's, nor any other muck rake COM
modify, may do us harm, nor are any
favors asked of them. Montana
stands upon her own resources; re-
sources that will flourish and endure
regardless Of the penny trumpet blast
OF any mnckraker who ever pushed a
garbage can down the great white
way, or waved Il bunch of skunkweed
to stop the wheels OF progress!
-...e....>.--
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1910-03-11
Isolated Tract.

Notice for Publication Isolated Tract-public
Land Sale Sci ial No O24S9. Department of
the ln,erior. T. y Land Office at I.ewistown
Montana March 9. 1910.
Notice is hereby given that. as directed by the
Commissioner OF the General Land Office under
provisions OF Act Of Congress approved June II
l@'a "a Stats 81 we will o.ier at public sale to
the igies, bidder at II o'clock a. M Oh the , tn
day Of April. l9!u. at this Office the following
described land: se' nwl. e., sw1l. swi4 sea ;.
section y. twp. II H.. range IL e.. III. M
ANY persons claiming adversely the al,ove,les-
crhed land advised to file their claims or OBJ
jections. before the time designated for sale
c. r.. MckOIN. Register.
II y -WNIl.NS A. HEDGES, Receiver.
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1910-03-11
CHURCH DIRECTORY
CATHOLIC CHURCH.

Catholic services VIII be held every
fourth Sunday in tlis city by Father
Phaian.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-07
Treat the Sow Well.

For the first weeks Of pigs life
the mothers milk Is It's drink as well
as food. and. therefore, In caring for
sucking sows 1t should be the aim
to so feed them that milk OF only
medium richness will be furnished
instead OF a limited supply OF that
which is extremely rich, the latter
being less healthful and more liable
to cause thumps, scours and unsatls-
factory growth. 1t Is only a law OF
nature that pigs should make more
economical gains through the milk
OF the dams than In any other way.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-07

IL VIII pay you to plant pumpkins
IN the corn field II your land is good.
One or two seeds ten or twelve feet
apart In every third row will be
enough. They will make a whole
lot of good feed for all sorts of stock
next fall and winter.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-07

and ii is also true that the SOW Will
furnish nourishment for her young at
less cost for the raw material than
any other animal on the farm
Swine In America.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-07
HOW TO DOUBLE YOUR CORN YIELDS
Ix-A FEW MORE FACTS ABOUT CULTIVATION.
TAFT Butler.

! the soil cooler and possibly poison
| ing the soil or obstructing the growth
of other plants by their presence.
Since the keeping down of grass
and weeds is unquestionaS1y the mat
ter of first Importance in corn Gull
ture in the South, and the root prun-
ing resulting from deep cultivation
is always hurtful, the aim of the
corn grower should be to prevent the
growth of weeds and grass, or TO
kill them before they become large
enough to make methods of deep
cultivation necessary.
How to Keep Weeds and Grass Down
In seasons of large rainfall this
may not always be possible, but in
vast majority of seasons it is en-
tirely practicable when the proper
preparation has been given the land
before planting the crop. We feel
safe in stating that this Southern
country can never prove that ii is
really in the corn belt" while rs
per cent of the land is broken with a
one-horse pillow and the harrow Is not
used on over 10 per cent of our
farms; but this question has received
our attention before and this years
crop being now largely planted We
desire to call attention TO the i'm
portance of preventing the grass and
weeds getting a start. OF course.
the chief reason for never permitting
the weeds and grass to make head
way is that in such case the injury
they do is never felt by the crop:
but there are other reasons why the
grass and weeds should never be
allowed to get foothold. The chief
more easily killed before they make
large root, and when young and
tender may be killed by light-run-
ming implements that cover ground
rapidly. These implements not only
run more lightly and cover ground
more rapidly. but they also avoid the
corn roots and do not turn up addi-
tional weed and grass seeds TO the
surface to terminate and cause addi-
tional trouble. These seeds are usu-
ally small and only come up when
covered by not more than an inch
or two OF soil. II only the top two
inches of soil Is stirred, the seed SUI
ficiently near the surface to cause
| trouble soon terminate and are kill
ed. but when the turning pillow or
deep-running cultivator is used a
fresh crop of grass and weed seeds
| Is brought up at each succeeding
cultivation.
These observations do not APP
ply TO land infested with John
son, Bermuda. or other such grass
es; but they do hold good for a
very large proportion OF the lands
upon which corn is grown. The hoe
has been largely banished from the
corn fields Of the South In the last
few years. 1t Is too largely used yet
for the most economical production,
but its use is decreasing and the
practice is doomed. We must now
throw aside the one-horse pillow and
bring the harrow into general use
before and after planting. When
this Is done and the general farmer
understands the simple facts or
principles underlying cultivation and
It's purposes, our better lands will
double their yields at less cost for
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-07

hand, there is nothing to indicate
that such deep cultivation is of adj
vantage.
Wilcox states that $50 tests at II
different experiment stations show
an average increase of AZ per cent
resulting from shallow cultivation,
as compared with deep cultivation"
Hunt, in his Cereals in America,
gives a table showing results of
90 tests at 10 experiment stations
in which it is shown that best results
were obtained from shallow cultlya-
ton in "A of these tests, or 63.77
per cent. In 16, or 1872 per cent,
deep cultivation gave best results;
but in some Of these tests inches
was regarded as deep cultivation. In
the remaining tests. or Is per cent,
the results were inconclusivs.
Sixty-one tests at 3 stations gave
a yield of 65 bushels from deep cul-
tivation, and SIS tests of shallow cul-
tivation gave a yield of rs bushels
per acre, according to a Mississippi
Station Bulletin.
Corn being a rapid growing plant,
which produces a large amount of
dry matter per acre, needs a large
quantity of water. These three facts,
rapid growth, large production
and need of large water supply
are closely related and interdepend-
ent; hence, it naturally follows that
70 &c han
most water and plant foods are re-
quired, these are deficient, the yield
is seriously affected Deep cultiva-
ton at such a period is consequently
a much more serious matter than at
less critical times. A slow-growing
plant like cotton, which produces
less dry matter per acre and needs
less water at any particular period
of its growth, will much better
Withstand the injurious effects of
root pruning by deep blowing, de-
ficiency Of waters or large growth
of grass and weeds. In other words,
these unfavorable conditions for
short periods cause less injury TO the
cotton crop than to corn and conse-
quently the latter requires more in
telligent and careful handling TO
produce maximum yields.
On moist lands where the presence
of weeds and grass affects the crop
more seriously than a scarcity of
rainfall, the question OF first i'm
portance in cultivation is to keep
down the growth of these weeds, but
this statement does not mean that
the root pruning resulting from deep
cultivation is TO be entirely disre-
garded. Deep cultivation and the
consequent cutting Of large numbers
Of roots are always TO be avoided, II
possible, but is under some condi-
tons lesser evil than the growth of
grass and weeds.
How Weeds Hurt the Corn Crop.
The injury done by weeds is very
great as shown by an experiment at
the New Hampshire Station, where on
a plot on which the weeds grew luxu-
riantly, yield Of only III bushels
per acre was made while on a plot
cultivated shallow five times the
yield was 1911 bushels and on an
other plot cultivated deep five times
the yield was 69.7 bushels per acre
Weeds do their injury (1) by con
Stunning plant foods which the corn
plants might otherwise use; CD by
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-07

EEP CULTIVATION before the
INN plant is over or 10 inches
* high probably does net injure
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-29
AUTOS BOOST REAL ESTATE
Advance Census Reports Indicate
Property Increase Everywhere.
FARM LAND is GOING HIGHER
Demand for salesrooms ana Garages
in Cities Acts as Tonic for
Rental Prices-Grcnt Fac
tor in worlds Progrcss.

WASHINGTON, May 2S.-Advauco le-
ports of the official census indicate that
property values everywhere are on the in
crease. The statistics show large per-
centage Of advance in values. Real estate
men attribute this largely to the automo-
bile. They say it has exerted a greater eff
feet upon real estate values than any other
modern invention Not only are values in
city property raising, but farm lands,
as well, are becoming more valuable
In tho city the demand for salesrooms
garages, etc, has accomplished wonders
in boosting rentals, while on the outskirts
and extensions has had almost a similar
effect.
People can live farther out in the country
than they could before the automobile came
into general use. Farm values have gone
up and hundreds Of places located within a
radius of twenty-five miles of cities have
found ready purchasers in men who use
automobiles their regular means OF
transportation,
Reports from the WHY'S Overland com
pany of Toledo, o., shows that larger
urban purchasers than to city people
Farmers are buying thousands Of their cars
this year-for business and pleasure.
The automobile has become an essential
part of the complex life of today, and il is
absurd to regard 1t as purely a pleasure
vehicle. 1t has reyoutionized the delivery
service of the cities and proven a potent
factor in the worlds progress
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-29
MUST HAVE STATE LICENSE
Maryland's New Law Relating to
Autos Effective July /.
BAN ON THE BOY CHAUFFEUR
All Persons Under sixteen Years of
Age who Desire to Run n Ma
chine Must Undergo spe-
claI Examination.

BALTIMORE May 2S.-Maryland's new
automobile law goes into effect on July l.
1t will not be necessary for any owner of
a motor vehicle to I Sc a certificate Of reg
istration under the new law until July l.
after which 1t will be a serious offense TO
operate a car without the registration num-
Der tags to be furnished by the new com
missioner. Under the new law dealers and
manufacturers of cars may register them
separately or may secure a certificate as
signing ~them a definite number on their
cars for $24 a year They can use these
numbers INTERCHANGEABLE, but can never
have more than four in service at one
time. II they wish to use more they must
pay 81 "a year for extra numbers and fur
nish the designated number themselves
These particular tags are to be for cars
used only for demonstration, and not those
for pleasure or for hire.
After July no person shall operate a
car without an operators license. This APP
plies alike to owner, chauffeur, members of
owners family, and all others. The only
exception is when an unlicensed person is
being instructed Operators licenses will
not be granted to persons under 16 years
of age, except after a special examination.
The fee for the operators license is 81,
and it need not be renewed annually. Pres
ent chauffeurs' owners licenses will be
accepted as evidence of ability, and no
charge will be made for certificates. EX-
aminatlons of applicants may be held If
the commissioner thinks best.
The only speed regulation is that no per-
son shall operate a motor vehicle at a rate
of speed greater than is reasonable and
proper. having regard to the width, traffic,
and use of the highway, or so as to en-
danger the property or life or limb of any
person This may mean one mile an hour
or twenty-five, depending upon conditions.
AS a check upon speeding, the law provides
that If the speed exceeds twelve miles in
towns or villages, eighteen miles in out
lying or not thickly settled sections, or
twent' five miles in the open country, it
shall be deemed excessive
In response to letter from the Associa-
ton of Licensed Automobiles, dealers offer
ing sixty automobiles for the reception to
Colonel Roosevelt, the reception committee
says that 1T will not be able to accept the
use of the automobiles. Major General
Roe, in charge of the parade, thinks that
the automobile is not slow enough, and as
he is in charge of the committee, bows to
his wishes to use carriages instead of
automobiles
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-29
SOME AUTO HINTS FOR AMATEURS
Know Mechanism of Car First, Then
Fofnge in Repair Shop.

Amateurs should seize every possible OPP
portunity to learn about the mechanism of
the car they are driving or learning to
drive and one way TO do this is to gather
all that can be gathered from the unfor-
tunate experience. BY learning to make
roadside repairs expeditiously, and in such
manner as to allow the car to limp home
the new driver soon gains confidence in
his own ability, and this is reflected in his
work at the wheel. So it is a wise plan ia
visit all the repair shops possible, there
to learn how repairs have been and are
being made. More than this, it is well to
talk about these things with more ex-
perienced drivers.
Thus many an amateur has had trouble
with punctured floats, or carbureters, par.
ticularly with metal floats, for they are
the only kind that can be punctured. AS
temporary method of repairing a pune.
tured copper float, the use Of sealing wax
may be cited In cases where the float
has flooded through the perforation of the
solder, the first thing to be done is to bore
small hole In the float, in order to let
out the accumulated liquid and the sur
face should be carefully cleaned around
the puncture. A piece of sealing wax
should then be obtained, and a few drops
should be melted over the hole and should
be pressed we'll down in order to fill It
up. 1t will then be found that the float Is
again good for any number Of miles. One
advantage Of this method is that the wax
adds little weight to the float. It is advisa-
BILE to moisten whatever is used for press
ing in the melted wax in order to prevent
its sticking
Nothing can give a new driver more
trouble than a broken axle, particularly a
broken front axle If this be of the tubular
type and the driver be fairly ingenious, a
roadside repair may be made which will
allow of driving the car home, which is
some satisfaction. Thus a case in which
the tubular axle has been broken off close
to the spring chair, but inside of it may be
repaired as follows Obtain a piece of
wire cable, or heavy telegraph wire may
be used, or even in default of either of
these piece OF stout rope. In any case
something that can be used to tie the two
parts together. Attach this to the springs,
leaving lots of slack between them. Then
drive into the broken end piece of wood,
which has been whitfield down to fit, or a
round iron bar or something similar and
handy. Having driven this into one broken
piece, drive the other onto it, and keep
them from separating by Tightening up on
the rope or cable. This may be done by
inserting any strong stick or piece Of iron,
as for instance a tire iron, and twisting
until the whole is as tight as possible
Then the tightening means should be SO
fixed in a position as to render it impos-
sible for 1t to come loose. 1t will then be
possible to limp home with the broken
axle, slow speed being a necessity.
Lamps should have not little attention
whether in use or not, for sooner or later
they will come into use, and then the pre-
vious neglect will manifest itself. one
thing every automobilist should learn IL
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-29

not to fiddle around with the wicks Of his
lamps. Thus. they should be left as they
stand when the lamp is eXtinguished. The
average motorist eXtinguishes his lamp
by turning down the wick in order to save
the clips of the lamp door from becoming
slack from frequent using. He leaves the
wick turned down till the lamp is next re-
quired and then forgets which way TO turn
the button, with the result that he fire.
quently turns the wick right down into the
oil reservoir and has sooner or later to
fish for it in the dark with n bent pin.
Moral; If you extnguish a lamp by turn
ing down the wick, turn It up again be-
fore you quit hold, so that you may never
forget which way to revolve the button.
The best way, however, to extinguish the
lamp is to open the door and blow out the
light, as that leaves the wick right for the
next time of lighting
One little subject which always gives
trouble is the matter of nuts working loose,
so that nut locks are a necessity A sim
pie form which every automobiist having
hammer, cold chisel some sheet steel
and a little patience can make for himself
is as follows: Place a short piece of sheet
steel on a block of hard wood and punch
a hole through one end, this being a
round hole, to accommodate a screw or
rivet. At the other end the nut for which
the lock is to be made is laid on the steel
and its exterior shape scratched in the
steel, using any sharp point, as the end of
file. This outline serves as a guide for
the cold chisel, which is brought into use
to cut away the metal. When the end has
been formed to fit the nut, one end is nut
into wise, and the other end bent to give
/ the whole something of spring To use.
the small end with round hole is fastened
dowa with a rivet or screw, according to
the kind of job wanted, which, in turn,
will depend upon its location and the
party doing the work. This end being
fastened down, the other will stand up at
slight angle. To screw the nut down.
this must be held up above the top of the
NUT out of the way, but as soon as the
nut has been screwed home the lock can
be dropped down over It, preventing it
from backing off.
Crank shafts will break at times, and the
amateur should not start out with the
idea that they will not, nor, more to the
point, that they cannot be repaired. This
particular repair is concerned with a
shaft which breaks off in the checks or
flat part. To repair, the nearest black
smith makes flat strap, making it over
one of the good parts of the shaft Then
with this flat strap over the broken parts,
a couple Of holes are drilled through, and
pins, bolts or rivets put through.-New
York Times