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Mount Vernon Visit Interesting.
While the members OF the Woman's
Democratic League interested in the po-
ltical fortunes of tho country, especially
a. they touch on this administration, have
been absorbed In preparation as we'll as
participation in their annual gathering.
those who compose the Mount Vernon AS
eociatfon, and whose interests may be
said to bark back to the early political
days Of the country, when the first Presi-
dent made his home on the beautiful knoll
overlooking the Potomac. have been pay
ing an unusually Interesting visit 10
Mount Vernon. With all barriers down.
the guards for the time dismissed, they
have lived there in a manner as nearly
like that maintained by the first Presi-
dent rs the prossic facts OF this day
coupled with their imagination would ad-
init They have been doing in fact what
the French writer. Henri de Regnier. writ
ing in a recent number Of Les PoIitinues
at Litteraires' wished to do in fancy
when he wrote: Take away the wooden
barrier that prevents access to the rooms
Send away the guards remake the neces-
sary solitude, give back TO the house its
discreet and familiar noises: imagine
voices speaking in these high-ceihnged
rooms; door softly closed a step Oh
the stair, and behold the living shadow of
the house il once was evoked. as il
was, when in those beautiful hours, full
o. wise and just thoughts, Washington,
doubtless. came to sit on that veranda
looking before him at the flowing waters
of the Potomac"
tea party to which the ladies of
the association were invited on Thurs
day at Gunston Hall. the Old home of
George Mason. the dear and intimate
friend OF Gen Washington. did but
enhance the suggesting of oId-time
days.
Two Picturesque Weddings.
OF the weddings of the week those
of Miss barbara Kaufman, daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Rudolph Kauffmann.
and Mr.. Lewis Newton Murray of Dun
kirk. n. Y. and Miss Sara Raybaud.
daughter of the military attache of the
Argentine embassy. and Mr. Abel ".
EZeyza of Argentina. both Of which
took place yesterday, were in point of
general interest the most noted as
they were the most picturesque.
sTne first had for its setting the roll
0nE lawn. crowned by stately trees. at
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this section of the country. having re-
Gently ridden at the horse show here
many a thoroughbred, to the winning
of blue ribbons. She and her husband
will sail on May % for their new home
in Porto Rico. carrying with them a
host of good wishes.
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Mrs McAdoo have gone to their home
on r street, after an absence from there
Of several months. They went to the
White House on their return from
visit to the Latin American countries,
because the Secretary's grandchildren,
the children of his widowed daughter.
Mrs. Martin had measles. The children
are convalescing. but are not suffi-
GENTLY well for little Ellen Wilson Nc
Adoo to join them there. She still
reigns supreme as the guest of the
President and Mrs. Wilson at the White
House.
June is the date set for the arrival
here of Mrs. Newton Baker, wife of the
Secretary of War, and their children.
The Secretary will go to Cleveland to
accompany them to Washington. and
they will at once take up their resi-
dence at In the Woods. the country
place of Mr.. and Mrs. David Fairchild.
The Secretary of the Navy and Mrs.
Josephus Daniels will return here to-
morrow from North Carolina. where the
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Chief Justice a Host.

The Chief Justice and Mrs. Edward
Douglas White entertained a large dim
ner party last night at the Country
Club.
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Day at Home.

Mrs NJ Campbell Oliphant will be at
home the last two Wednesdays in May at
Langdon. Drummond. Md, from to I.
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the country home 81 The brides par
ents on Military road, near an en-
trance to Rock Creek Park. andsat1ne
other the long aisle leading 20 the
riilghted altar Of St Matthew's
Church. the diplomatic circle bride and
her attendants forming the youngest
wedding party to have been seen in
many day. This little bride, but
eighteen years old. whose hand was
promised to her suitor when she should
become of age. made a lovely picture
in her trailing robes Of white satin
and lace, enveloping veil orange bios
SONS and valley lilies, as she stood a
slight and girlish figure in the midst
of great gathering of prominent
persons. ambassadors. ministers and
other dignitaries of foreign lands, as
well as many from the ranks of official
Washington.
perfect day lent it's charm to the
outdoor wedding at Airlie, when Miss
Kaufman plighted her troth to Mr..
Murray, surrounded by a charming
group of young women clad in the
daintiest frocks Of white and pink with
garden hats appropriate to the setting.
Airie looks over rolling country.
and it's own immediate grounds are
bound by bushy hedges, under whose
spreading branches Sir Cecil Spring
Etce, the British ambassador. likes to lie
with his children and study the birds
that abound there, as he and the young
over lee and hillside, when the children
have holiday and their father takes
one to be with them and away from the
cares of state that beset him.
All sorts of festivities preceded the
wedding Of Miss Kaufman. the whole
week being given up to merrymaking,
| the ceremony yesterday being followed
! by a dinner and dance for the wedding
| party and out-oftown guests at the
! Chevy Chase Club. with the parents of
| the bride host and hostess.
| Another Nuptial Event.
Another nuptial event of interest this
past week was that of Miss Helen
/ Buchanan. daughter of Gen. James A.
Buchanan. L. S. A.. and Mr. Walter NC
F., Known Jones, formerly of Boston, but
now of Porto Rico. the ceremony being
/ performed by the rector of st. Johns
Church before a small party Of friends
| and relatives.
| The bride. who ever since her coming
out has been one of the most popular
young women in Washington society,
also carries a reputation for horse
manship unequaled. or rather unex-
ceiIed. by any other young woman in
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Engagement of Interest.

An engagement of interest announced
during the week is that of Miss Mar
guerite Barbour, daughter of Mrs.
James F. Barbour, to Mr.. George Lewis
Mayer of Philadelphia, a graduate of
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c.
lHARACTER have the week
by chief
breakfast the yearly the
the Mount Vernon the shrine of their patriotic
weddings usual list
~ OF dinners uncheons bringing the
presence a the breakfast of Mrs Woodrow Wilson,
the added
break the provb bread together
remarks
Mrs Champ Ciark prophecy the of the White
particularly well though all
that the lady of the future could
look viii, charming hold higher place the OF all
old taHca
tue and of hemp malne
delicate shade, became admirably.
Evening star., 1916-05-21

The Secretary of the Treasury and
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-11-10
Sweet Grass Farmer
Breaks Flax Record

Tooe county farmer has broken the worlds record in
growing flax dry land.
His John Hall. He 500 farm nine miles
the Of Sweetgras He has threhed the flax
dry land went 1886 bushels to the the whole
bringing him 2,731 bushels
The worlds record dry bushels But the
that this record made small tract comprising
only grown by the government makes
Hall achievement with large acreage one that the
growers of world will talk about
E. r. Holdeby, Grass Advocate in order
connection with the Hall flax CROP
personally investigated matter secured affidavs from the
hreshr this particular He also caused the
which the flax to be measured and looked into
conditions generally.
that have collected and correspondence with the
the Montana station at Bozema
establishes beyond question the fact that Halls achievement CON
worlds record said Mr. Holderb The tract on which 50
small OF three
four
eve grow section Of Montana, continued
fine yields by other farmers
this but the Hall crop exceeds all other
achievements as dry land flax is concerned
received $685. for his flax or $96 per acre IN
of wheat as WELL His profit from TINS
season operations will well beyond $4,000
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-11-10
BOHEMIAN SAYS NO
BLACK RUST IN II
PROF. SWINGLE NSID E r S
CLIMATIC CONDITIONS
JUST RIGHT.

The wheat rust, which during the
season just past did extensive dam
age in the eastern part OF the state,
is not apt to recur next year in Mon
tana, according to the statement just
made by Prof. D. B. Swingle, bacteri-
ologist and plant pathologist for the
Montana experiment station at Boze-
man.
There are no practical preventive
measures known at present, according
to Professor Swingle. Some varieties
of wheat, particularly the durum or
macaroni varieties, are more resistant
and some varieties, especially some va
rites of the soft wheat, are more sus-
ceptible. The weather is a most i'm
portant factor. Continuous wet wea-
Their during the late spring and early
summer is more favorable to the
growth of the spores that cause the
disease.
Montana is ordinarily less suscepti-
bic than the middle west. No method
of handling the native straw or gram
will prevent a recurrence OF the d.
SeaSe
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together with the larger bands which
may be run on the national forests.
insure the continuing Importance of
Montana s sheep and wool industry"
Beaverhead Acquiring Fame
AS Sheep Raising Center.
Beaverhead county, in which were
made the first discoveries of gold
that attracted the attention of the
world to Montana and brought the
first flood of immigration, now is
acquiring fame as a sheep raising CEN
ter.
Sheepgrowers of Beaverhead county
and adjoining sheep districts will re-
ceive $1,S46, 229.35 from wool and
mutton this year according to the es-
innate Of the Montana Livestock Com
mission company. This is a gain of
more than half a million dollars over
last year, which was considered the
best in the history of the country.
Within 80 days $50 cars Of mutton
sheep were shipped from points on
the Oregon Short Line between Mon
ida and Divide to feeding grounds in
Idaho, Utah and Colorado or were con-
signed directly to eastern or coast
markets markets. Each of these cars
contained about $50 head Of sheep
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VETERINARIANS START
CAMPAIGN ON SCAB
THOUSANDS OF SHEEP TN
NORTHERN MONTANA.
BEING DIPPED.

Montana authorities have started a
vigorous war on sheep scab, and a
force of deputy veterinarians, with
their assistants, are making the flocks
of the northern part of the state the
color of chemical blonde. A whole
sale treatment of dipping the flocks
is we'll under way, to check the raw
ages Of scab in several flocks. The
disease is limited to certain localities,
widely scattered, and this work is
largely Of a preventive nature. The
authorities of the state of Washing
ton are cooperating with Montana Of
ficials in this work.
The scab is said to have been
brought to Montana by a band of
bucks that were shipped in from Cal
ifornia year ago by sheep COM
pany, whose ranches are~on Sun River
about 40 miles west Of Great Falls.
This band and other sheep that were
infected by them were dipped several
times many months ago, but the dip
pings were not successful in stamp
ing out the disease, hence the present
campaign.
Between $4,000 and 100000 head of
sheep will have been dipped during
the present operations and the work
will require several weeks. Dr. Nash,
who is in charge of sheep dipping for
the entire state, will direct the work.
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1916 Wool Crop 25,OOO,OOO Pounds
Value Near $8OOOOOO
Show Remarkable Improving Quality of Wool and Mutton
at which keeps it rich and fer

soil that which keeps it rich and fer
tile"
Winter feeding of stock for the big
operators still affords big field for
the farmer. This has long been an
important industry in the Yellowstone
valley. By fitting up pens and util-
izing his surplus alfalfa, the farmer
can carry sheep through the winter
for the ranchman whose ranges are
far from the railroad and who pays
frequently more than dollar head
for their feeding. This enables the
farmer to market his forage crop
without moving it while fertilizing his
fields without cost.
s'In accordance with the general
plan of good farming now being car
ried on in this state" says Seth Max
we'll, state commissioner of agricul-
ture, Kit is realized that few sheep
are an economic necessity on every
we'll established farm, and some of the
larger growers, who find their range
passing away, are making arrange
ments for large number OF farmers
to carry small band Of sheep-as
many as they can economically care
for-on shares, plan which already
gives every indication of being mu-
tually profitable. These smaller herds,
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weighing on an average 70 pounds
each, making a total Of 7,S75,0OO
pounds Of mutton.
Revenue Of Growers in district
Increases nearly Thirty Per Cent.
This mutton was contracted last
spring at prices ranging from z to
81 cents per pound, the average price
being ~ cents per pound. Last year
the price was from 6 to 61@ cents,
the best price ever paid for
Beaverhead county lambs. A total of
7,S75,000 pounds would net the grow
ers the lump sum of $585,312.50.
In addition to the mutton sheep the
growers of this section contracted
for 1880 eve lambs to outside
growers. These ewes will be used
for breeding purposes. The eve sheep
would weigh 2,625,O00 pounds and
bring on an average of s cents per
pound, or a total of $2l0,000, which
added to the receipts Of the mutton
sheep would bring total Of $685.
312.50 for the 1916 lamb crop Of Bea-
verhead county. Last year the total
receipts for the lamb crop was $685.
600. This year the growers will re
ceive a quarter million dollars and
more for their lambs.
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GET YOUR BULBS
IN RIGHT AWAY
NOW IS THE TIME TO PLANT
BEDS OF TULIPS AND
BRIGHT NARCISSUS
Plant Bulbs in Light, Rich Soil That
Has Been Loosened to Depth Of at
Lease Ten Inches; Ground Over
Plants Should Be Covered With
Light Mulch.

If next spring you would have rich
beds Of tulips, or if you would have
your lawn bright with the white glow
or narcissus you must plan for it at
once for the bulbs Of these flowers
must be planted in the fall before the
ground is frozen.
Plant the bulbs in a light rich soil
that has been loos6hed to a depth of
at least ten inches. The tulip bulbs
should be set five inches apart and
four inches deep. The narcissus bulbs
should be ten inches apart and five
inches deep. After the ground has
frozen hard it is we'll to cover the new
ly planted bulbs with a light mulch Of
straw or leaves to prevent injury to
the young roots from the alternate
freezing and thawing Of the soil that
may occur during mild periods
throughout the winter. This mulch
should be gradually removed in the
spring as soon as growth appears
above the ground. The bulbs are quite
hardy and are not injured by severe
cold if the soil is we'll drained.
Tulip and narcissus plants are per-
ennial and if given proper care and
grown under suitable soil and climatic
conditions, will increase and multiply
from year to year. The bulbs may
remain in the ground for several years
but the third season the plants gen
orally become crowded and the bulbs
should then be lifted and divided.
After blossoming in the spring from
six to eight weeks should elapse to
allow the foliage to partially die
down when the bulbs may be lifted
with a spade Or fork. Shake the soil
from the roots and store the bulbs in
a cool shady place where they will rip
en- and cure. When the old leaves and
roots are thoroughly dry they may be
easily rubbed off and the clusters of
bulbs divided. The bulbs may then
be replanted in the same manner as
the original stock,
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MONTANA LAND.

Buy It the EQUITY WAY. Why pay ex'
cesslve commissions. and unnecessary pro
land owners. Write us what you want, we
have it or can find it,
$50 acres within six miles Of Great Falls
good spring, 175 acres splendid tillable soil
balance fine pasture, no buildings, price
$22-5O.
GO acres In Teton county, five miles
from railroad town, 80 per cent tillable.
$50 acres in Choteau county, 50 acres
plowed, price $21 an acre, crop payment.
16OO acres stock ranch, GOO to 500 acres
good hay or grain land, good stream close
to open range, SIG per acre.
800 acres near Fort Benton, all tillabie.
good buildings, 100 acres in wheat, II
HORSES full equipment machinery, splendid
water, $50 an acre.
Large and small tracts, raw and improved
lands in all portions OF the state at best
possible prices and terms. EQUITY CO
OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION, Great Falls
Montana.
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ACREAGE FOR SALE

CALIFORNIA HOME FOR SALE. Five
acres in fruit; located in the Sacramento
valley on California's famous paved state
highway; two miles from town; modern
five groom bungalow: good outbuildings:
telephone; electric light and electric pow
er. Price is exceptionally reasonable as
business interests brings owner to Mon
tana. For further information address.
P, O. Box 1853. Helena. Mont.
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Irrigation Contract.

Kalispell.- Under new contract
just announced by the government,
over $l7,250 worth Of work on the
Flathead irrigation project near st.
Ignatius has been awarded to Welsh
Brothers & Hannaman of Kalispell.
Some of the work will be started
this fall with a view to completing the
lob as early next spring as possible.
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MAKE CASH
WITH TRAPS

No farmers boy, or his father, for
that matter, who is on the alert for
chances to make some extra dollars
during the winter season will over
look the opportunity that is offered
ON any Montana farm for trapping.
Fur bearers, big and little, are
found in abundance in our state and
there is big demand for their hides
this year.
Get all the information the fur
houses have to offer, and with little
practical experience you will soon be
an expert trapper.
The marketing of furs is not
difficult problem and the work is
profitable.
Acceptance Of too much advice
-
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Champion of France.

Georges Carpenter, the champion
Of France, says he will not do any
fighting until the war is over. In the
meantime he will keep himself in con-
dition by taking an occasional wallor
at the Germany army.
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HELP WANTED-MALH

statesmen selling restaurant, hotel, cafe
can do big business with our new live
pocket side line. All merchants towns
100000 and under want it. $500 commits
sion each sale. No collecting. No ex-
pense or risk to merchant. We take back
all unsod goods. Garfield Mfg. Co. 20s
Sippl ST Chicago. Ill,
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Heavy Livestock Shipments.

Two Heavy shipments of livestock
have been made from points on
the Butte division Of the Great North
ern, the Flowerree Sheep e. Horse
company loading % cars of sheep at
Conrad for shipment to Chicago, and
the Bear Paw pool loading 40 cars of
cattle at Big Sandy, also for delivery
at Chicago.
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Montana's wool production this
years is 25,000,OO0 pounds with a to-
tai value Of 100000, according to
John d. Holiday, president OF the
Escalliar Sheep company and presi-
dent of the National Wool Ware
house association, who says wool from
this state has sold at an average OF
80 cents a pound. Other estimates
place the value of the wool production
as high as $S,S27 $40.
Whether the lower Of the higher es-
innate is accepted, the value of the
output exceeds that Of 1915, when 49,
$4,000 pounds Of raw wool brought
a return of $7,3O2,437. AS result of
the high prices-higher than at any
time since the seventies-the present
year has been the most prosperous In
the history of the industry. While
the production of wool measured by
the number Of pounds may have fall
len off, the quality Of the product is
gradually being enhanced and more
attention is being paid to grading and
sorting.
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Sheep Breeding on Farm
May Be Started Cheaply.

r. F. Miller, formerly assistant an.
imal husbandman at the experiment
station of the Montana agricultural
college at Bozeman, now member of
the faculty Of the University of Cali
fornia, writes in this connections:
"While some people claim that
there is danger that sheep will kill
the pastures, this is contrary to ex-
perience on the farm. The pastures
of England are the densest in the
world, and in no place do we find
land more thickly stocked with sheep
than in Great Britain. Sheep manure
is the most valuable produced on the
farm, and as the sheep are pastured
most of the year, it is well distributed
over the fields. Finally, sheep breed
ing on the farm may be started very
cheaply, as small flock costs but lit
tie and is grows in numbers gradually
as the owner grows in experience. "
Ebert Hubbard remarlled: cit is
wise farmer who turns his grain
into livestock before marketing.'
Stock Growing Conserves
Fertility of Soil.
"Not only is it more profitable,
adds G. A. Ryther, vice president OF
the Livestock Exchange National bank
of Chicago, "but it puts back into the
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COO ACRES CHOICE land suitable for
Stock raising and mixed farming-run-
ming stream and plenty OF water for
irrigation. Good buildings and machin-
ery. well located. Price $1,000 per acre.
one fourth cash, bal. 10 years at 6 per
cant Piatt & Heath Co. Helena. Mont:
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TO TRADE.

WILL TRADE COAST PROPERTY FOR
Helena+ or Montana property: will
send particulars. Address Box 131, Bran
don, Oregon.
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The schoolbov doesn' It care anything
about oysters, but he knows instinc-
lively what to expect when a month
comes along with an "r" in it.
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Many Of Larger Flocks
Of State Cut Down.

Mr.. Holiday points out that the
sheep business in Montana is under
going the same change that has been
in progress in the cattle business for
10 years or more, the settlement Of
the open range making it necessary to
cut down many Of the larger flocks of
the state. Yet, while the bands are
becoming smaller, more people are en-
gaging in the raising of sheep.
The change in the character Of
the sheep industry bears an important
relation to the principles Of diversi-
fled farming, which only in the past
five years have been given attention
in this state. In the early history Of
the sheep industry wool was the main
asset. In recent years, however, the
price of mutton has made the lamb
crop a valuable source of income to
the range sheep owner, and on the
farm with a high grade flock, NUT
ton is receiving even more attention.
Sheep return two crops year, wool
and mutton, which are always in de-
mand at present at exceptionally high
prices. AS hay is the main article of
diet sheep may be cheaply kept. AS
a recent experiment station report
points out, they act as scavengers of
the farm, cleaning up weeds in pas
lures, fields and fence corners. The
weed seeds eaten by sheep do not
terminate, a condition that is not
true of most other farm animals.
Sheep will thrive with other live
stock, at least where the small flock
is considered.
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FARM LANDS-We have large list Of
stock and grain ranches from 800 acres
per acre Long time 6 per cent. North
ern Realty Co., 318 Ford Bldg, Great
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MONEY TO LOAN-REAL ESTATE

IF INTERESTED In loans, farms, stock
ranches or city property write Huntshers-
er-Givens Co., Great Falls, Mont.
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GAO acres fine diversified farming PROPOSE
ton. Price $500 per acre. $1,000 cash
Balance ten annual payments, interest 6
per cent. Pagan & McCutcheon, II Duma
Rlock Great Falls. Mont