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The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-09-29
MAKING MONEY WITH TRAPS

With the first few cool days in Oc-
tober, the men and boys on the farm
begin to plan for that greatest Of all
fall and winter sport, the hunting and
trapping of fur-bearing animals.
Gums must be carefully cleaned and
oiled and the many traps must be
gone over SO that everything may be
in readiness when the calendar shows
the beginning of the game laws open
season. Some states do not protect
their game and fur bearing animals
and in these, they may be hunted and
trapped at any time but it is a short
sighted sportsman. indeed, who will
take an animal before its coat of fur
becomes good.
1t is really a crime to set out a trap
before October Is, and in most sec
tons it is best to wait until November
first. The big fur houses report that
trappers and hunters are realizing
and more. the many advantages
of waiting until the furs become
prime and are doubling their profits
by so doing. Early caught skins are
worth very little, whereas the same
skins taken after they become prime
will command excellent prices.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-09-29
DO NOT IRRICATE
TREES IN AUTUMN
APT TO PROVE DANGEROUS IF
WINTER Is SEVERE.
Delays Ripening of Fruit, and Makes
Trees More Susceptible to Cold;
1rrigationists Killed Many Trees
Last Winter.

Last winter there was a consider
able loss Of trees among the orchards
in different parts Of the state. While
this was largely due to the cold whit
er, for it is not surprising if fruit
trees die under conditions which kill
native forests, still some of the loss
can be attributed to carelessness on
the part of the fruit growers. In
some orchards. particularly where a
crop of hay OF grass was grown be-
tween the trees, there was too much
irrigation given later in the season.
This caused the trees to grow too
close to the cold weather and did not
give them opportunity to harden their
wood and roots before the cold wealth
err actually began. 1t is a well known
fact that trees which have been irri-
gated late the previous fall are far
more subject to winter injury than
those where the late summe irri-
cation has been scanty.
Where alfalfa. clover or some other
crop is grown between the trees of
the orchard care should be taken not
to irrigate this heavily late in the fall,
and where the spaces between the
trees are fallow, late irrigation Of the
trees themselves is apt to prove dang
erous. However. such late watering
is not often done for it delays the
ropening of the fruit to a certain ex-
tent. Let the soil be as rather dry
as before the trees enter the winter
and the in injury from cold weather will
be greatly reduced.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-09-29

There is more or less of a differ
ence of opinion among the farmers Of
the state as to just what is the best
time to plant fall wheat. While ma
turally the seasonable time varies
somewhat in different localities. it is
the safest rule to plant as early as
possible in the fall. The exact date
of planting will depend on the mois-
ture content Of the soil. If there is
enough moisture present in the soil to
terminate the seed the best time for
seeding is the last week in August
and the first two weeks in Septem-
Der. However, if there is not
enough moisture in the soil to germin-
ate the seed and scant prospects for
immediate rain, there is no use in
seeding until such time as the seed
will terminate.
There are many arguments in fav-
or of early planting. In the first
place the fall rains give the plant
ample moisture for strong germina-
ton. The roots have a chance to
spread out and become firmly estab-
llshed before cold weather comes on
and the tops of the plans grow high
enough to afford some winter protcc-
ton. as we'll as to hold the snow.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-09-29

Trapping is also extremely profit
able and the farmer who has had an
"off' season with his crops will find
the skins Of the fur-bearers produc-
ing a source of evenue that will help
materially toward the winters ex-
pense. Fur prices are on a high basis
and every man or boy who is willing
to combine work with pleasure can
make many extra dollars this winter
by trapping the mink, skunk, muskrat
and other animals.
Preparedness at this season of the
year is the professional trapper's
motto and the amateur will do we'll
to follow his example. Time spent
now in getting traps in shape an in
replacing any that are broken will be
paid for many times over when the
active trapping season begins.
The trapper who has to buy traps,
bats and other trapping supplies
should be sure and get the best that
can be had for while the first cost
may seem higher, the best goods are
much cheaper in the end.
Using cheap trapping equipment to
save money is like stopping a watch
to save time.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-09-29
MARQUIS WHEAT
SELLS AT $1.48
LOCAL PRICE Is EQUIVALENT
TO $1.69 IN EAST.
Highest Price Yet Paid for Wheat
Not Sold for Seed; Prickley Pear
Farmers Selling; Top Price is Paid
for Hard Spring Seed.

Northern Marquis wheat, grading
No. l, and raised in the Prickley Pear
valley, brought it's highest figure in
the Helena market one day last
week, when the Dinsmore
company contracted for a large ship
ment at $1.4s, which equals SLIGO on
the Minneapolis market. The price
paid is believed to be the highest yet
recorded in the state for wheat of this
grade not for seed purposes.
Recently a carload of hard spring
wheat, grown ear Joliet, Montana,
sold in the Minneapolis market for
SLIP a bushel, to be used as seed, and
this mark alone eclispses the Helena
price. Helena dealers predict that
the Joliet price will be passed in the
very near future.
Contrary to expectations, according
to local buyers, farmers in the valley
are selling their crop as soon as pos
sible, believing that the present high
prices are not going to continue long.
Over $4,000 bushels were bought dur
ing the past week for September and
December delivery, the earlier deliv-
cries commanding the highest figures.
Prickly Pear valley farmers making
September deliveries arc now busily
engaged transporting their output to
local elevators and ears in the Helena
yards.
The great shortage of wheat
throughout the country, some 34O,-
600 900 bushels, is going to make "a
splendid market for the Montana
crop, which should reach over 3d.
600 ,o00 bushels, according to local
observers.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-09-29
GROWING CHICKS
NEED MUCH CARE
LET THEM ROOST IN PLACE
APART FROM OLD BIRDS.
Get Rid Of Surplus Cockrels Now
Before Cold Weather Comes and
Market Is Glutted With Poultry:
Colony Houses Useful.

AT this time of the year, unless one
keeps close watch, the young chicks
are apt to become overcrowded in
their roosting quarters and suffer
consequent injury. 1t is surprising
how fast the young birds grow these
warm, late summer days and how
quickly they a%rrproach maturity. If
left in the brood houses where they
have been roosting since weaned
crooked backs and bent breasts are
likely to result, which spoil the bird
for both breeding and market. With
the first cool nights, which are COM
ing now, the young birds crowd to-
gether, and unless they are on roosts,
are apt to pile up on the floor where
some Of them are almost sure to be
smoothered or otherwise injured.
If the farm is equipped with colony
houses these chicks should be taken
from the brood coops where they have
been roosting and put where they will
be more comfortable. The colony
house, which is nothing more than a
small roosting coop which can be con
veniently moved around the farm,
makes an ideal place for the chicks
III the fall, for it can be moved into
the stubble fields where the birds can
oftentimes CLEAN their living from
grain that otherwise would be a total
loss. Ii there are no colony houses
on the farm, partition off a part of
the regular chicken house and teach
the young birds to roost there. They
will do better when by themselves
than when they are mixed in with the
older birds.
1t is a good plan to get rid Of the
surplus cockerels at this time of the
year. The price will never be higher
during the fall than it is at the pres
emf time and every day you keep these
cockerels they bring up the cost
without yielding additional revenue.
Their gain in weight will be more
than offset by the lower price per
pound that will be obtained for them,
for once cold weather begins the poul-
try market is glutted with birds and
the price drops accordingly. Then,
too, the young cockerels, now APP
preaching maturity r a constant
source Of annoyance to the hens and
the more mature pullets and prevent
the production Of sterile eggs. By
d%isposing of them there will be more
room in the poultry house for the
pullets and older birds that you de-
eide to keep for next seasons breed
ers.
1T never pays to crowd the birds,
either in the roosting quarters or in
their scratching sheds. Too few
birds are better than too many.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-09-29
GOVERNMENT PROBE
HIGH BREAD PRICE
Administration Concerned Over Bread
Situation; Criminal Prosecutions.

Washington.-The administration
is seriously concerned over the bread
situation, and views with alarm the
threat of bakers to increase the price
Of the loaf.
Government Investigations already
are in progress, and it is believed here
that criminal prosecutions will result
if the price Of bread actually is in
creased, and these two facts can be
established: That there is no eco
monte justification for the increase.
and that the bakers have acted in as
ISOLATION.
An official said today there must
be an investigation and the facts of it
detailed to the public, 81 that the pub
lie by the weight of its expressed
opinion may frown down any attempt
to increase unjustly the price OF
bread.
The federal trade commission.
through Chairman Edward N. Hurley.
has been making an investigation of
the economic phases of the question.
Mr.. Hurley is now in Chicago, III
thorized by the commission to pursue
this inquiry as far as he deems nee
essary.
Tt was stated that if there were an
agreement among bakers to increase
the price of bread, it would be equiv
alent to a conspiracy, and that they
could be prosecuted either under the
ommon law or the antitrust act.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-09-29

the average Of the previous -four
years, and is the lowest with but one
exception in Is years. Of spring
wheat we get from each acre only SIS
bushels, against an average Of Is in
the preceding four harvests. Yield
of all wheat, spring and winter, is but
II bushels, or the lowest since the lat
ter SOS.
"'Spring wheat is the sensation
ally disappointing performer. The
calamity tales Of rust blight are
borne out by a condition Of only 4S.6,
against 94.6 a year ago, and a crop
of only 100000 900 bushels, against
356,00O,O0O in 1915. Exactly half of
the 400, 1000, 600 bushels drop in wheat
from last years magnificent yield
happens in spring wheat and the other
half in winter wheat, although last
year the latter constituted two-thirds
Of the crop.
"From another paper I take the
following, which should cause our
farmers to meet the situation calmly
and deliberately:
"'There is a condition in the west,
says a leading eastern journal, that is
SUI to have a more potent Influence
in the national election than any issue
or event that has yet been brought to
public attention-the crop failure.
An expert of worldwide authority
states that the spring wheat candi-
ton in the United States is at the
lowest average ever gnown, that the
total wheat crop falls 25,00O,000 be-
low the amount required for home use
leaving nothing from the present crop
for export and that wheat is sure tc
sell this fall at not less than So pei
bushel. The present wheat crop fail.
ure seems to be the worst in all our
history.''
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-09-29
Plant Winter
Wheat Ear)v


There is little danger Of their grow
ing enough to be injured by the cold
weather, for this to happen they must
start to joint, and if there is danger
of this happening enough livestock
can be turned into the wheat fields
to pasture them down reasonably
close.
With the roots we'll established in
the fall, as soon as April smiles the
earth into activity again the winter
wheat is in a position to take advant-
age Of every warm day for it's growth.
Where late planted wheat is germin-
ating and getting it's roots establish
ed, the earlier planted grain is grow
ing. AS moisture and length of sea-
son are the two deciding factors of
crop production in Montana, early
planted wheat takes advantage Of
these, for the early start it gets in the
spring insures it's maturing, ever its
maturing before the dry weather
which generally follows midsummer.
While there have been numerous
instances of late planted wheat pro-
ducing bumper yields, taken as an av-
erage, and it is averages that count
in crop production the early planted
grain has proven the most satisfac-
tory for Montana conditions.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-09-29

Great Falls.-Two dollar wheat is
predicted by Former Senator Paris
Gibson. He quotes figures, the result
of careful consideration of this sub
.ject of interest to the Montana wheat
grower. with the idea Of convincing
the farmer that the thing to do is to
hold his wheat for the big advance in
price. He says:
1.-The Montana farmer, now har-
vesting his grain, need be in no haste
to sell it through fear of lower prices
between this time and the harvest Of
1917. Even if the European war
should come to an end within the next
- months, which is not probably,
high prices of American grain would
seem almost certain to rule because
of our exceedingly short crop.
"Montana farmers are harvesting
a large crop of high grade table land
wheat which will be eagerly sought
after by the millers Of Minneapolis
and other large flour-making centers.
| still believe that the 1916 crop of
Montana wheat will command at least
50 a bushel in Minneapolis before the
close Of the coming winter.
''Let our farmers carefully read
the following reports just received
from the Atlantic Seaboard:
"'How niggardly nature has been
this season is revealed by the various
crop report figures. The harvest s
promises this year are for yields of
corn 345.000,0 900 bushels or II per
cent under our past best; Of wheat
400, O00. 900 bushels or 80 per cent be-
low the former maximum. of oats
100000 600 Or 20 per cent under the
old record.
"'Of corr the acre yield of 24.9
bushels is a bushel and a half under
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-09-29
OF
FARMER IN SIGHT
Agricultural Interests Will Benefit Great
ly by the Farm Loan Banks.

Helena.-What is the organized
Montana farmer doing in the matter
of protecting himself and his COM
munity, and in this particular in
stance the whole state is his commun-
ity, in the matter Of the location of
the farm loan bank which will best
serve the agricultural interests of the
state? Big thinges are possible of this
new departure, and the best thought
in the farmers organizations should
be devoted to it seriously.
The farm loan banks soon to be
established throughout the country
will prove to be a true lifesaver for
the farmers generally. The farming
interests of the nation will be made
vastly greater by the new system of
farmers credits provided by the law
recently signed by the president.
The agricultural development of
the United States can be greatly en-
larged through the long time credits
at low rates of interest which are
made possible by the e law. Ger
tainly there is no inducement to
greater farm development unless it
can be made profitable. To make
farming profitable there necessarily
must be the required capital open to
farmers on reasonable terms.
\ review of the farming industry
for years discloscs that in times of
financial stringency they have been
the chief sufferers as o result of the
scarcity of funds, and hence i'm
~provements alon" agricultural lines
have 100 often been impeded. They
have been the victims of cXtortionate
rates of interest. Many of them
have been constantly in the shadow
of mortgage foreclosures, because OF
high interest charges.
The advocates of the law very
properly have claimed that the farm
loan banks will serve the function
of cmancipatiny the farmer from the
disadvantages he has 50 long had tc
contend with. Officials now say that
the farmers of the country will be
provided with an abundance of cred
llS. i\dllaDle il al llInPS. upon long
term mortgages at low rates of in
%terest. with a provision for repay
ment of the principal on easy install
mcnts. The farmer under the new
system should be able Ia pay the in.
terest ON his mortgage and the prin
cipal Of his debt through annual in
stallments which will be less THAI
the straight interest charges, paid OF
the old mortgage under the forme.
system.
More profitable farming. with nor,
prosperity for the man who tills tn,
soil, and with the future prospect o
a life of security and independence
is assured under the new order o.
things. It is the confident prediction
of many students of affairs that tn,
new law, through its many advant
ages. will attract to the soil laro,
numbers of persons who have here
tofore found it impossible to enyag,
in agriculture because it has bee,
difficult to secure money on farm
obligations.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-09-29
HELP WANTED-FEMALE

S.ALESMENselling restaurant, hotel. cafe.
cigar. pool. drug general store trade
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 unsold goods. Garfield Mfg. Co.. POS
Siua1 s.. ClicarO. Ill.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-09-29
LAVINA GOOD CROP

I4avina.-Contrary to general cx-
pectations the dry weather of the past
summer months did not do great dam
age to crops and the farmers are get
ting a very good yield Of wheat and
oats.
All of the grain thus far threshed
is of the best grade and will make up
in quality what it lacks in quantity.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-09-29
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

WENATCHEE HOTEL Clearing 5000
monthly. Will trade part; city or ranch
property. Elberta Hotel. Wenatchee,
Wash.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-09-29
MONEY TO LOAN-REAL ESTATE

If INTERESTED in loans. farms. stock
ranches OF city property write Hunts
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-09-29
PREDICTS WHEAT
WILL GO TO $500
Paris Gibson, in Review of Wheat Situation, Opines
That High Price Is Certain, and Advises
Farmers to Hold Their Grain.

Montana has a %25,000,000 bushel wheat crop this year. The
value of this crop at prevailing and prospective prices will be
$%40,000,000.
Montanas 1916 oat crop is 100000 bushels.
The barley crop totals 100000 bushels.
Corn, 100000 bushels.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-09-29
A R LANDS-FOR SALE
MONTANA LAND.

uON IN ~
Buy it the EQUITY Notwithstanding
excessive commissions and profits. The
Equity saves it's members money i'll other
lines and can do it in the selling and buy
ing of land.
800 acres near Conrad. all smooth pillow
land. 200 acres under cultivation, $500 per
acre.
$50 acres. all pillow land. 200 acres in
grain. reservoir and Well. good improve
ments, price $50.
serve, will carry 10000 sheep. good i'm
provements. close to town. price S11 90.
600 acre stock ranch. close open range,
IS cattle, 40 horses. machinery, cuts 200
tons hay, price $4,000
52o acres irrigated. t miles railroad town.
good improvements, S25 an acre.
5000 cattle ranch. Big Hole country. joins
Forest Reserve. good improvements. raises
$500 tons hay. price $3.50 an acre.
Large and small tracts. improved and
raw lands, grain. stock and mixed farming
propositions. EQUITY
ASSOCIATION. Great Falls, Montana.
1000 ACRES. seven miles from Great Falls.
suitable for subdivision. 1.40o acres till
able, strong soil. $4,000 an acre. Reason
able terms. II. T. McNair. Great Falls.
20 ACRES good. level land near Flathead
lake. Address No. t West Park street,
Butte.
WE ARE colonizins 10000 acres good d.
versified farms or stock ranches. Price
interest 6 per cent. Write Or call for full
information. Pagan = NcCutcheon. II
Dunn Block, Great Falls. Mont.
watered and good grass. Price $1,000 per
acre. long terms. low interest. Fagan 4
McCutcheon. II Dunn Block, Great Falls.
Mont.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-09-29

1.5OO ACRES. seven miles from Great Falls
suitable for subdivision. 1.4O0 acres till,
able. strong soil. $4,000 an acre. Reason
able terms. II. z. McNai Great Falls
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-09-29

80 ACRES good. level land near Flathead
lake. Address No. So West Park Street
Rutte.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-13
Through the City for Kingwood,
His Former Home, for
Burial There.

"A special train, running as the sec
ond section of No. IA, passed through
the city about 1880 o'clock Monday
afternoon carrying the body OF w.
NJ. o. Dawson from Charleston.
where he died Sunday morning. to
Kingwood, where the funeral and
burial will be held Tuesday morn-
ing. Members of the family. Gov
ernor H. D. Hatfield and other state
officials and friends accompanied the
body.
William Mercer owens Dawson.
who served as governor Of West vir.
gtnia for four years following March
4, 1905. was best known as the
author of the state tax laws, He
was horn at Bloomington. Md, near
the line which now marks the east
.ern extremity OF West Virginia, on
May 81. 1853. the son of Francis
and Leah tKnightl Dawson. He was
descended on his paternal side from
men who fought with Oliver Crom-
well. but the family had long been
residents OF Maryland. When. ten
years OF age he was sent TO q private
school at Cranberry, tnow Terra Al
tai, and in his spare time worked
.withan cooper. He became prof Client
I'm his trade and I'm sTs had adyanc
cd so far in his studies that he moved
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-13
IS
TO DELIVER
AN ADDRESS
lin the Central Christian Church
in This City the Coming
Sunday Evening.

Oliver w. Stewart, OF Chicago, for
merly of the Illinois legislature, will
speak in the Central Christian church
at 1880 o'clock Sunday evening.
Mr.. Stewart was one of the mem
bers and speakers in the great Flying
Squadron campaign, which began at
Peroa. ILL.,. Sept. 80. 1914, and closed
at Atlantic City, June 6, 1915, after
having visited the capital Of every
state as we'll as the capital Of the ma
tlon. In 235 days meetings we're
held in 255 cities, neccasItating n
journey of over $4,000 miles.
Mr.. Stewart comes under the aus
nices of the Flying Squadron Founda-
ton. of which j. Frank Hanley. for
mer governor of Indiana, is the head.
The foundation is continuing the
work Of the Flying Squadron. Mr..
Stewart fs n speaker of national repu-
tatton and is well known In Clarks-
burg, and many of his friends no
doubt will be glad to know of his
engagement to return.
Mr.. Stewart will be accompanied
by Miss Vera K. Mullin. of Winches-
ter, Ind., the famous Flying Squad
ron soluist, who travelled with the
third group Of speakers on their ma
ton wide itinerary, visiting every
state in the union. Miss Mullin Is as
sisted by her pianist. Miss Iris Rob
inson. The public Is cordially invit-
ed to this service.