The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-02

Of January and February in California
to about $3.50. 200. The floods OF March
in the Chattatoochee, Alabama and
Tombigbee rivers caused losses
amounting to about $l,000.0O0. The
weather bureau says these losses were
unavoidable.
During the year SOS employees of the
weather bureau were dropped from the
rolls These were weather correspond
ents whose services We're dispensed with
following the discontinuance of the
section weekly weather bulletins. The
weather bureau now has $50 en-
ployes.
Before adjourning for the Christ
mas holidays. the senate confirmed
Stephen Carpenter to be register Of
the land office at Helena.
An order has been issued by the
postoffice department moving the
Yale postoffice from Fergus to Meagh-
err county.
In his annual report reviewing the
operations of the bureau of chemis-
try last year, DR.. Wiley, the chief.
says that his trade waste laboratory
examined 335 samples. OF these lis
were obtained in cooperation with the
bureau OF forestry at the request Of
the department of justice. and con-
stitute part of the study begun the
year before to determine the injury
to vegetation, particularly within for
est reserves. produced by the fumes
and refuse of smelling operations. He
says the effect of gases and toxic
salts, produced as a result of mining
and smelling operations. on green
house and field specimens. was
studied under conditions so that the
quantity of the several materials used
could be accurately determined and
the results exclusively investigated.
He reports that part of the investi-
cation of conditions in the vicinity of
the smelters at Anaconda. has been
completed and will be announced soon.
while other studies of similar ma
ture are also nearing completion.
Because of lack of funds the bu-
reau of soils of the agricultural de-
partment made no soil surveys In
Montana last year. although there
We're requests from six areas for such
surveys. totaling 75.266 square miles
to be surveyed.
At Missoula on January 26, 81 and
2S civil service examination will be
held to secure senior mechanical and
optical craftsmen for the ordnance de-
partment Of the army. The place pays
$1,000 year
A review of the work of the bureau
of plant industry of the department
of agriculture in Montana is contained
In the annual report of this bureau
for the last fiscal year. The west
ern farm management work was in
charge Of J. s Cotton. in district No.
20. which includes Montana. Wyoming
and the Dakotas west Of the Tooth
medidian. OF the work the report
says:
With the increasing knowledge of
proper methods of tillage in the con-
servation and crop utilization OF soil
moisture and because of recent fav-
orable seasons of rainfall in the semi
arid region. profitable farm crops have
been secured and the interest of
homeseekers in these lands greatly
stimulated. During the past season
study was made of farm-manage-
ment problems over practically all of
western North and South Dakota and
IN several counties in Montana, SO that
the office Is in position to advice
settlers as to the best methods of pro-
cedure. In Custer county. Mont, and
Butte county. South Dakota. the
greatest agricultural DEVELOPMENT will
eventually come through the building
of storage reservoirs at the mouth of
small conlees in order to catch the
surface water from sudden showers
tnat occur more or less frequently
through the summer season and store
Il for irrigation during the periods of
drought. As the rainfall is not always
sufficient or is not favorably distrIb-
uted Tor the successful growing of
crops, small quantities OF water judi
eiousiy used at the proper time will
nave much To do with the farmers.
welfare. In these counties more than
30 per cent of the land Is too broken
FOR economical agricultural purposes.
In order to get the most out of the
range land and also out or these
farms. the greater part Of the pro-
dnce grown on them should be fed
10 livestock ranging over the areas
TOO rough for successful cultivation.
OF the dry-iand grain 4nvestiea-
tons which have bsen CONDUCTED al
rhiaorook. Mont. and other points in
Iexas. Colorado. South Dakota. North
Dakota. Utah and Oregon. during the
past three years the report says: