The Washington herald., 1911-02-05
VIEWS AND
INTERVIEWS
Dry Land Farming.

Dry Land Farming.
Tho State of Montana. which is fur.
nishing q great deal OF aid to its new
settlers and the farmers throught its
experimental farms, has made arrange
ments to enlarge greatly the field of its
operations. according to F. B. Linfield.
director of the experiment stations OF the
State, who was seen recently at tho
Raleigh.
New stations will be established In
the Musselshell Valley and in Beaverhead
County," continued Mr.. Linheld. IT is
also proposed to engage several irriga-
ton and dry-land experts to travel over
the State to instruct the farmers. through
personal demonstrations and lectures.
how to obtain the best results from
their land.
'Dry-land farming stations have been
maintained in Montana for several years.
The results obtained at these stations
show that the State is well adapted for
this class of farming. There are still
several millions of acres of bench lands,
very fertile. and with sufficient rainfall
for successful dry farming. which are
open to settlement under the Mondell
Sa,-acre act and the homestead law
That the people Of the Middle States
and the East are recognizing the value Of
these lands and taking up homesteads In
the State Is indicated by the report that
in the Great Falls land Office alone more
than 100000 acres of land was registered
for entry during December a year ago.
There are several other land Offices in
Montana. and all Of them showed q big
business"
For Railway School
Railroad financial managements should
incorporate an educational scheme as a
definite part of their policy. on the ground
of business prudence" said j. Shirley
Eaton, former statistician of the Lehigh
Valley Railroad, who was seen at the
Arlington. such policies should be in
augurated for periods of not less than
five years. preferably ten. otherwise the
money appropriated will be largely
wasted.
Railroads should extend the princi-
Piles of definite apprenticeship to every
department of the service, continued Mr..
Eaton, .'and should provide for two or
more grades of apprentices, in order to
take account of differences in capacity
and work done elsewhere. either in prop
erly accredited schools or by experience,
and leading to different grades of serv-
ice. There should be formal provision for
movement among departments under
proper conditions. and the comfy of rail-
roads should be so far extended as to
provide formally for some interchange
of officials under special restrictions
In executing the policy of education
announced by the directors, there should
be superintendent of education. report
ing directly to a higher official. such super
intendent TO De thoroughly informed of the
educational policy Of the railroad and
the broad considerations on which it
rests. His department should systemati-
cally recruit the employees Throughout the
service, and certify, on request to their
records and general efficiency in the
early stages of promotion. Efficiency
should be recognized by an efficiency
| wage. stated distinctly apart from the
seniority wage Employees should be en-
couraged to take outside courses of in
struction or experience without forfeit
ing their tenure. and, SO far as possible.
the educational department should sys-
tematically turn to account every out
side educational agency by suggesting
courses and recognizing the work done
in those courses, to the end that theory
and practice be joined
MovinR-picture Education.
DR.. Charles Q. Russell, of Pittsburg.
who is at the New Ebbitt, had some
thing to say about moving pictures in
this city. He had visited one of the
| shows, and from appearances did not
seem to be much pleased with what he
saw.
Moving picture shows charge low
! admission fee, making it possible for
| those people who cannot afford to patron
| ize more expensive places of amusement
! to spend an evening profitably. Tho
| moving-picture theaters, for this very
| reason, are most important factors in the
| education Of the masses, and great care
should be exercised by managers to
| offer only such films as not only add to
| the amusement of the patrons, but also
inspire them with proper thoughts.
II visited a show tonight, in which
was shown a scene down South during
the civil war. The sentiments evoked by
the films were such as to provoke ami
mostly against the Union army, as those
who represented them on the film acted
disgracefully and with wanton cruelty
and disregard of the feelings of the
Southern people. There were sympa-
thizers with the South and the North
their sentiments by applauding. A widow
and her child left in the care of faith
fuI old negro servant. looked on while q
detachment of drunken Northern soldiers,
carrying the Stars and Stripes, burned
her homestead and ransacked it, carry
ing of valuahles.
Pictures Of this nature should be IN
terdicted by the censors; they do
great deal of harm. They are not anus
ing nor are they true, and, therefore,
they are of no instructive value. 1t Is
films of this kind that wipe out in two
minutes every honest effort made by
right-thinking people to heal the old
wounds ard establish peace and united
country"
Good Batting Average.
Lieut.. Walther Samhammer. of Deutscn-
land, is at the Shoreham. The big SOL
der is in this country to see the sights
He Is no four-fusher when 1t comes to
tales of war and acts Of valor. He gloafs
over i've deep crimson gashes on his
left cheek and a forearm and fist IKE
the last part of his name.
IT fight because ! love to fight," said
the son Of Mars. although have fought
but one duel for love-" Five of his bat
ties were fought while student at Held
elberg University. and the rest of them
during his first enlistment In the army.