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Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-04-14
Rural Credit
Bill introduced
Plan Based on Landschaft
System of Germans for
Land Banks

There may be a better rural
credit system than Germany's
Landschaft, but at any rate none
has a longer record of success
full operation. Since a bill to
adapt the Landschaft system to
the needs of the United States
has been introduced by Senator
Sheppard of Texas, it is worth
while to give it renewed con-
Sideration.
The system has been in sue
cessful operation in Germany
for lat years. One day Fred
erick the Great was discussing
financial matters with Herr
Buring, a Berlin merchant who
was his financial advisor. They
agreed that fundamentally the
prosperity of a country depend
ed on the prosperity of it's
farmers.
Out of the desire to help ag-
riculture by soundly facilitating
rural credit grew the Lands
chaft. Senator Sheppard says
that lit touched the land and
the land was gold"
The farmers Of each district
incorporate themselves into a
Landschaft. Each member,
thereupon, executes mortgage
on his farm and exchanges it
for the collective bond issued
by the Landschaft. The bond
is offered for sale without any
further guarantee. There are
about thirty OF these organiza-
tions doing business in Germany
today and their outstanding
bonds aggregate not far from
nine hundred million dollars.
| No LandSchaft has any cap
ital stock or pays any dividends.
The members may borrow up
to sixty per cent of theproduct-
live xalue of the land at from
three to tour per cent. The
bonds mature in from forty to
Seventy-tive years. No Lands
chaft has ever failed, and all
their maturing bonds have been
paid.
The whole system is operated
under rigid Government super
vision. The members are col
lectively liable for any defaults
or losses. No mortgage and
therefore, no member, is accept
ed, until the property that Sc
cures the mortgage has been re-
liably appraised. The title is
so carefully searched that there
lis no question about it when
the mortgage is accepted. The
organization has the most sum-
mary powers of foreclosure.
1t is urged against the adopt
ion of the Landschaft system
in this county that, before it
could be made workable. the
homestead and other laws of
the States would have to be
changed or repealed. The adj
vocates of the system insist
that changes like these would
have to be made under almost
any system of rural credits.
| Whether or not the Lands
chaft is the best rural credit
system for American farmers,
it is suggestive of possibilities
for the convenience of the
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-04-14
Brouning

Rev. DR.. Gold left several days
ago for the Presbytery at Poison,
but he will be home in time for the
regular services on Sunday. He is
Moderator of the P1esbytery and
was to deliver the opening sermon.
Mr.. Frank Nivins is quite a fine
tenor, and he and Mr.. Drever are
hard to beat in duet.
The Browning Review is giving
us some good reading on the Gus
toms, ceremonials and manner-of-
life of the old Indian days.
Charlie Newhaus' shop is head
quarters now for athletics of all
kinds, including horseshoes and
throwing the shot.
James Stone was in town the other
day, securing lumber to finish his
large barn at the halfway house.
He says Mr.. and Mrs. Gleason are
doing nice business as mine host
and hostess.
AL Goss, Matt Lytle and o. G.
Van Senden have gone back to
their ranches. Mr.. VanSenden's
family will remain in town until
after Easter, we understand.
Mr.. Whistler's rat has returned
to his native lair in the creek near
Mr.. Bonds house. 1t is splendidly
prepared to do missionary work
among its race after a winter in
civilization.
Quite extensive Improvements
are being made at the Agency Of
fee. Jim" Walters is doing the
job.
Mr.. DesRosier's new store, next
to his picture show establishment,
looks attractive, and he seems to
be doing a good business.
The mud is gone from around
here. and the roads are becoming
quite good.
There is great determination
among the members of our tribe
to test the resources of the Reserva-
ton in root stuffs and cattle raising.
Mr.. Ellis and Mr.. Ferris have
worked hard to create this deter
mination. They talk it always and
everywhere. May success crown
their efforts!
Our good friend. Fish Wolf Robe,
is the busiest man in town at pres
ent, when it comes to cleaning up
yards and hauling away trash to
the dump heap on the east side,
where it may blow to Cut Bank OF
Minneapolis, if it likes.
There is a lull IN our Public
School battle of Verdun just al
present, both east and west of the
Mouse, mole, gopher, or whatever
| it is. May peace now reign all
along the trenches of our education.
al front.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-04-14
Catholic Services

Services first and third Sunday
in each month. The following
is the order of services:
Morning mass at 800.
High mass at 1890 a. m.
Christian doctrine at 2 p. m.
Services every Wednesday ev-
ening at 7:30 during Lent.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-04-14
Indians Object
to Park Names
Petition Secretary Lane to
Restore Old Time Tribal
Nomenclature

INOluCll(1dtu1S
Tired of having visitors for
a day" hurry away from the
Glacier park country back to
their eastern home and en-
deavoring to steal the glory of !
having one Of the everlasting
peaks in the great mountains
named for them, the Indians of
the Blackfeet council have ap-
pealed to Secretary Franklin *.
Lane to put a stop to such prac-
tees. There is a petition being
circulated now and numerously
signed by the Indians, calling
upon the secretary of the in
terror to wipe out all such
names and to restore to the map
the names that the first occu-
pants of this section accorded
to them. They point out quite
forcefully their reasons for this
in the petition which reads as
follows.
Browning, Montana, Febru-
ary /, 1916.
Hon. Franklin X. Lane, Sec
retary of Interior, Washington
D. G.
Dear Sirs: We the undersigned
members of the Blackfeet
Council, for our tribes and for
ourselves, respectfully petition
that the names now used to in
dicate various topographic fea-
lures within the eastern slope
Of Glacier National Park, and
including the summit of the
range. be wiped off the map
and the names of our old time
chiefs and warriors substituted
therefor. The proposed change
is within keeping of the purpose
for which the National Park
was established.
I'VE did not learn until re-
Gently, sir, how generally the
white people have given their
names to the mountains, lakes
and streams; ours since Oldham
made the earth and placed us
here, and we are grieved that
they have done this. They have,
for instance, given the foolish
name, Trick Falls" tc the falls
of our long ago virgin woman
warrior. Running Eagle, and
to one of our most beautiful
lakes, Beaver Woman's Lake,
they have given the name of a
wandering prospector, McDer-
mott, who passed through our
country but a few years ago,
Only last summer a man from
the east-unknown outside his
own little town, asked that his
name be given to one of ou1
mountains, and that of his
daughter to a falls upon it
giving as his reason therefor
that this was his second visit te
the park. AS he asked. so was
it done. That deeply grieved
us!
Time was---and not so very
long ago, when we owned al
the country from the Saskat'
chewan to the Yellowstone, ant
from the summit of the Rockies
eastward for some hundreds o.
miles. We desire to have some
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-04-14
How to Look for Cutworms
How to Look for
Winter-Killin6
afternoon

Plants that have died from
winter injury lie shriveled and
dead on the ground and may be
easily pulled up as the roots ar
dead and broken. Sometimes a
field may show a little evidence Of
life and the plants take on a green
color for a short time early in the
spring and then die down in
places so that the field has a
spotted appearance. Don't con-
clude that the crop has killed out
suntil growth is fairly started in
the vicinity as all winter wheat
plants look withered and dead
early in the spring.
To distinguish between cut
worm injury and winter killing it
should be borne in mind that
winter-killing has already been
done and that cutworm injury
is just beginning. here should
be no difficulty in m taking certain
of the cause of the damage if indi-
vidual plants are closely examined.
The worms eat off the top Of the
plant, while if killed by the Sc
we're winter the entire plant is
there but withered and dead.
What to Do for Cutworms
To meet the cutworm difficulty
and keep the loss from this cause
at a minimum. the farmers should
start at once to carefully watch
their fields and keep this up till
the danger from the worms is
past. In this way they will be
able to detect at the earliest pos
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-04-14
Presbyterian Church

Bible school at I0:30 a. m.
Mems Bible Class: Topic,
Jesus and the Church"
Evening Worship 7:3O. Ser
mon, The Passion Week of the
Saviour"
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-04-14

Reports are already coming to
the Experiment station from sew
eral sections Of the state that the
army cut orm which caused Sc
rious loss of winter wheat last
year is again doing damage. Re-
ports Of serious winter-killing of
wheat are also coming to US.
Farmers are urged, therefore, to
examine their winter wheat fields
at once to see if the crop has been
killed out or is being destroyed.
How to Look for CutwormS
Look very carefully in the grain
fields for plants that have been
eaten by worms and search for
the small worms from half inch
to an inch in length with the
usual cutworm appearance. They
are more easily found in the late
afternoon.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-03-17
LONG A PLAGUE TO YOUTH
Schoolboys Of Many Centuries Ago
Had to Wrestle With Problems
Of Arithmetic.

The modern schoolboy may find
schoolboys have been worried by just
such desperate problems in arithmetic
as annoy him most.
Among the archaeological discoveries
in Egypt is a papyrus roll, in excellent
condition, dating from period about
100 B. c. This roll, which has a long
heading beginning Directions how to
attain the knowledge of all dark
things" proves beyond a doubt that
the Egyptian of that time had thor
ough knowledge of the elements of
arithmetic
Numerous examples show that their
principal operations with units and
fractions were made by means of addi-
ton and multiplication. Subtraction
and division We're not known in their
present form, but correct results were
obtained, nevertheless.
Equations are also found in the
papyrus. Here is one which brings the
Egyptian schoolboy home to us:
Ten measures of barley are to be d.
vided among ten persons in such man
ner that each subsequent person shall
receive one-eighth of measure less
than the one before him. Another ex-
ample given is There are seven men,
each one has seven cats, each cat has
eaten seven MICE each mouse has
eaten seven grains of barley. Each
grain Of barley would have yielded
seven measures of barley. How much
barley has been lost?
The papyrus also contains calcula-
lions of area, the calculation of the
area of circle, attempts at squaring
the circle, and finally calculation of
| the cubic measurements of pyramids.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-03-17
Arizona Cacti.

Arizona has more than hundred
kinds of cacti. and Tucson is the CEN
ter of the great cactus region of the
Southwest. These odd plans range in
size from the noble Sahuara or Giant
cactus, forty or fifty feet high, to
small pin-cushion oacti an inch or two
In diameter. Sahuaras grow in great
abundance In the foothills between
Tucson and Yuma and are always OBJ
jects of wonder. 1t is believed a larse
plant is at least two hundred years old.
Their fruit begins to ripen in June and
is gathered in great quantity by In
dams, who make fine jam and also q
pressed sweet bread of it.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-03-17
Trivial Annoyances.

1t is surprising how trivial are the
annoyances which suffice to make
some men miserable. A lump of SCOT
falling on mans linen; a beefsteak
overdone; losing a railway train by
forty seconds, after running himself
out OF breath; visit from bore when
he is overwhelmed with cares; the
rasping Of his nerves by hand organ
when he is weary, inclined to head
ache or trying to sleep; even the want
Of pin, or shirt button flying off at
an unlucky moment, as when he is
dressing for dinner party and has
scant time in which to do tall these
are annoyances which sorely try a
mans patience and chaee and yex
many a person more than q serious
misfortune.
Alexander Smith goes so far as to
say that If during thirty years all the
annoyances brought on with defalcat-
ing shirt buttons alone could be gath
cred into a mass and endured at once,
it would be misery equal to a public
execution
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-03-17
Rainfall In Hawaii

The rainfall on the island of Hawaii
varies greatly, ranging from the enor-
nous downpour of 353 inches a year
in the upper Walpio valley to 20 inches
a year on the northeast coast between
Htlo and Kohala. The Walpio surface
streams on the island are found along
the northeast coast between Hilo and
Kohala. The only river, according to
the United States geological survey,
is the largest stream on the island,
and has been party developed for irri-
cation. At Kapoho, on the east point
Of the island. warm water flows from
seams In the rocks. These warm
springs" flow into 4 pool about 100
feet long. rs feet wide and 20 feet
deep. The pool is entirely surrounded
by rocks and its color varies In shade
from beautiful blue to violet. Wala.
pele, or Green lake, Is body of fresh
water in the pit of an old crater near
Kapoho. This lake covers an area of
about five acres and is fed by springs
below the surface. A pumping plant
takes water from this lake for domes.
tic use and for irrigation.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-03-17
CARING FOR THE MILK PALS
Receptaces Should Be of Such Con-
struction as to Enable Them to
Be Easily Cleaned.

Milk pals should be of such con.
struction as to enable them to be cas-
lily cleaned and kept bright
This is best accomplished by having
the inner surface of the pail smooth
and free from seams or crevices,
which serve as place for dirt to &C.
cumulate and make its removal diff
cult.
The pals should have the seams
smoothly soldered and should be heav-
fly timed to prevent rusting.
They should have a narrow or COW
cred top to exclude as much falling
dirt as possible.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-03-17
FROM GIRLHOOD TO OLD
ACE WOMEN ARE HELPED

At the first symptoms of any de-
rangement of the feminine organism
at any period of life the one safe, really
helpful remedy is DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription for every conceivable all
ment and disease of womanly nature.
1t is a woman's temperance medicine
and its ingredients are published ON
wrapper.
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription IL
true friend to women in times of
trial and at times of pain when the
organs are not performing their func-
lions. For headache. backache, hot
flashes, catarrhal conditions, bearing
down sensations, mental depression.
dizziness, fainting spells, women
should never fail to take this tried and
true women's medicine.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-03-17
POULTRY ON DRY FARM
Should Be One of Most ln,nprtant
Sources of Revenue.
10 Prevent Injurious Drafts Dry
Land Fowl Should Have Proper
Shelter-Have South Front
Of Hen House Open.
tBy H. NJ. COTTRELL.l

tBy III. NJ. COTTRELL)
Good hens, like good dairy cows. are
sure producers in dry land farming
sections and should be one OF the inn
portant sources of revenue. A skillful
poultryman on dry land farm can
realize two dollars year hen above
the cost of feed.
The layers in the average flock con-
sist of number of early-hatched pull
lets and few yearling hens. Besides
these there are number of old hens,
some OF which ceased to lay years ago,
several long-spurred old ROSTERS and a
lot OF active young cockerels. Such a
fiock with fair attention will average
o0 eggs year a hen. Get rid of all
the flock but the choicest early
Matched pullets and the heavy laying
hens. The average will increase to
100 eggs year a hen and the feed
bill will be cut in half.
Pullets from good egg laying strains
Will begn to lay when six months old
II they have been pushed for growth
and development and given plenty Of
exercise and comfortable surroundings.
Such pullets Matched in March or
April will start to lay in October and
Will supply the eggs for the high
priced fall and winter markets. Year
old hens begin to lay In December
and should be laying well In January.
Males should not be allowed at any
time with the hens except when the
eggs are to be used for Matching The
hens will lay more eggs and produce
them at less cost without males than
with them. At the New York Expert
ment station pullets without male
produced eggs at 80 per cent less cost
than pullets kept with a cockerel In
fertile eggs do not spoil in warm
weather.
The general management of the hen
to make her lay is the same in the dry
land districts as in the rain belt, with
one marked exception, that of shelter
People In the dry land districts boast
that no matter how hot 1t gets in the
day time, they have to sleep under
blankets at night. This shows wide
change of temperature every "a hours
between the hottest time of the day
and the coolest in the night In some
districts the average change for each
"a hours is 80 degrees. This extreme
change causes drafts with eastern
methods of ventilating poultry houses
One OF the sources of heaviest loss
comes from injury to the fowls from
these drafts-colds, roup and poor
laying.
To prevent drafts the dry land
hen house should be built tight on the
north side, both ends and the roof
The only openings will then be on the
south side. and drafts are not posi-
Bile with openings on one side only.
The south front must have sufficient
openings to supply constant change
Of air-without draft. The air is sc
dry in the dry land districts that Sc
we're cold is felt but little and 1t Is
easy to make a hen house warm
enough. 1t may be made of straw
packed between boards, adobe or lum
Der.
Kaf1r or milo is the staple poultry
feed in dry land districts, supplement-
ed with wheat, oats and millet. In
cold weather 1t pays to warm the
grain In the oven before feeding.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-03-17

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The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-03-17
STABLES DURING THE WINTER
Whether Building 10 Intended TO,
Horses or Cows It Should Be Well
Lighted and Airy.

Well-lighted horse or dairy stalls
are even more imperative during the
winter months than in the summer.
since the absence Of light lowers the
Then, leading the animals forth into
the glare of day, after their long con-
hnement in the gloomy stalls, is liable
to bring on defective eyesight, while
the poorly lighted stalls also contrib
ute to the advancement of almost
every known ailment of live stock.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-03-17
Birds That Have Their Own Wav

The ways of birds are hard to un.
derstand. For years the Canadian au.
thorities have been trying in vain to
introduce the American quail, or bob
white, into British Columbia. Last
year few pair, perhaps half dozen,
migrated of their own accord from
the state of Washington into the prov
icce, and have survived and bred
there, and now bid fair to multiply
rapidly. On the other hand. the
willow grouse. which used to be very
plentiful in that region, have almost
wholly disappeared.-Youth's Compan
ion.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-03-17
YES OR NO.

Mr.. c. f. E. USHER is the passen-
ger traffic manager of the Canadian
Pacific railway, the longest railroad
in the world. He could not help be-
ing loaded with experience, for his
activities extend across the continent
and over two oceans.
The other day | asked him to say
few words before one of my bust
ness classes. He made the shortest
speech of the year-just sixty words
and every one of them weighed ton
He said:
Young ladies are popularity sup
posed to be concerned chiefly with
the words Yes and No. but, judg-
ing by my forty years experience,
you, who will be stenographers, are
chiefly concerned with the word Not
II 1t be omitted. and the stenographer
makes one say I am willing when he
really said 4 am not willing, great
trouble results"
Millions of dollars have been lost
because a telegraph operator wired
stock broker to buy, when the mes
sage read not to buy.
Even more millions of dollars have
been sidetracked because some stenog
rapher wrote 81 will" instead of -
will not and her employer signed
the letter without reading it-care.
less of him, of course with a re-
sultapt tremendous loss.
The moral world, as we'll as the
business world, swings on Yes" and
NO" Il will" and Il will not"
Saying yes" at the right time may
stand for success, and saying mo
at the wrong time may encourage fail
ure.
Il will do it" may be the phrase
which carries you into prominence
and Il will not do it, may save your
money and your reputation.
If you are a stenographer, learn the
use of yes" and no." Il will and
Il will not" and never write then
into letter, or repeat them, unless
you are sure that you understood
| your employer Alright; and then, Il
you are certain that you did, but have
suspicion that what he said was moi
what he meant, be careful.
The clerks who rise from the ranks
are those who do not follow direc
tons blindly. They understand the
why, and when they write out what 1.
told them, or speak the words which
they have been ordered to deliver
they have back of them the certainty
that they are following directions, ant
the further guaranty, due to theil
Judgment, that what their employer
said he meant to say.
First of all be accurate. In takinf
| shorthand notes, use the utmost care
In delivering messages, use the ut
most care. In carrying out the mos
important orders. In carrying out tn,
least important orders, use the utmos
care. And with that care, emplo,
your brains.
Think! II note, II a message, I
an order, seems strange to you, thinl
| 1t over quietly. II 1t still seem.
strange after you have given i
thought, IL you can see no reason
| for 1t, go to the one who is RESPONSE
Bile for it and learn the why, or al
least be assured that you have made
no mistake. No man wants an EN-
ployee who does not think, nor does
he want one who will follow orders
blindly. He is not infallible. Some
day he may make a mistake, and he
will then appreciate-perhaps substan
tfally-the clerk who thinks, and
shows that he thinks.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-03-17
Bees and Their Basket.

Every bee carries his market bas-
ket around his hind legs. Anyone ex-
aiming the body of a bee through
a microscope will observe that on the
hind legs of the creature there is a
fringe of stiff hairs on the surface,
the hairs approaching each other at
the tips, SO as to form sort of cage.
This is the bees basket, and into it, af.
ter a successful journey. he will cram
enough pollen to last him for two or
three days.