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The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-01-05

east and thought that an excellent
opportunity. He was informed that
be was 20 years late for his train
Butte-A movement for consolida.
ton of city and county government
has been started by Neal A. Ward.
city treasurer, as a solution of the
financial difficulty in prospect with
the city greatly expanding in popula-
ton, but with the assessed valuation
only slightly increased. If the new
attorney general carries out his
threat to close the restricted district.
the city will lose a yearly license re-
from this source alone of $780,
900.
Helena-The bounty system for ex-
terminating predatory animals will
never be a success because bounty
hunters always cas- work before the
animals are all killed off so that they
can gather a crop of pelts and boun.
ties the following year, writes E. w.
Nelson, chief OF the biological sur
vey of the department agriculture,
to D. w. Raymond, secretary Of the
state board of stock commissioners.
Mr.. Nelson points out Montana has
expended over 100000 in bounties
during the past 1S years and preda-
tory animals are still a menace.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-01-05
AMOUNT AND VALUE OF
MONTANA LIVE STOCK
INCREASE IS IN EXCESS OF SIX
MILLION DOLLARS.
Total Value of Cattle Is Nearly 1885,
100000; Horses $10,516,OO4; Fer
gus County Leads in Horseflesh,
Beaverhead in Cattle.

Statistics compiled from the as
SCISSORS offices in the various coun-
ties and published IN the state vet
Urinary surgeons report show that
the total value Of the horses, cattle,
swine and sheep within the boundar-
les of the state Of Montana has in
creased ove six million dollars dur
ing the last year. Greatest gains
have been made by cattle: which in
1916 were assessed at ~$4,594,475
more than in 1915. Sheep decreased
about 100000 in numbers but were
worth $515,961 more than last year.
Swine was the only class of livestock
to show a decrease both in numbers
and in total value. High grain prices
which have made hog raising unprof-
liable r undoubtedly the reason for
a slump of 9,441 from the total num-
Der of hogs assessed in 1915.
Cattle Values Highest.
Cattle rank first in Importance
with a total money value of $24,911,-
528, with horses second at $19,516,
OO4.
While Fergus county IL not gener-
ally thought of as the center of the
horse raising industry Of the state,
tyet the records show that Fergus
county with 1888 horses has more
horse flesh than any other county
in the state. Custer county is Sec
ond with 24,SS4, and Dawson is third
with 23,159.
Beaverhead, Custer, Fergus and
Big Horn are leaders in the cattle
industry. Beaverhead taking first
place with 69,159, valued at $780,
O99. Meagher, Beaverhead, Madison
and Blaine all have over 100000
sheep. Meagher leading, with 2O5,035.
Park Is Swine Leader.
Park county leads in number OF
swine with 28,26O.
Classified on a basis of the total
number of livestock of all classes
the four livestock counties are Bea-
verhead, 268,334. Meagher, 245,535,
Fergus, 1912, and Custer with
182,134. Classified on a basis of to-
tai money value, Custer leads with
$~3,329,576. Beaverhead is second
with ~$2,955,517, Fergus is third with
$2,578,636. and Meagher is fourth
with $1,767,7O1.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-01-05
MANY DAIRY FAILURES
DUE TO IMPROPER FEED
CERTAIN GENERAL RULES WILL
MAKE DAIRYING FAIRLY SAFE
Feed the Grain Mixture in Proportion
to the Milk Yield; One Pound of
Grain Per Da. to Each Three or
Four Pounds of Milk.

Many failures in dairying are due
to improper methods of feeding and
feeding a ration that is not suited tc
the animal. While no n set Of
rules could be applied to all condi.
lions yet there are certain fundamen.
tai principles upon which the art Of
feeding rests and which once mas.
tered will generally lead to success
This art a be summarized in three
general rules as follows:
A General Rule.
1. Feed the grain mixture in pro-
portion to the milk yield. The most
general rule is to feed n pound Of
grain per day for each three to four
pounds of milk produced per day.
2. Feed all the roughage that the
COW will eat up clean. Some of the
roughage should be succulent in char.
acter.
8. When the COW shows signs OF
becoming fat, reduce either the
amount of roughage or grain or even
of both, the one to be reduced to be
determined by the cost.
Since the roughage is generally
grown on the farm, the skillful feed.
er will try to have the COW eat az
much OF this as possible, as by so do.
ing the expense of concentrates to be
bought can be reduced. The art Of
feeding roughage can we'll be sum
married. by the following genera
rules:
1. Feed 2 1-2 to 3 1-2 pounds O.
silage for each 100 pounds of live
weight Of the COW.
The Hay Ration.
2. Feed s to 8 pounds of hay or 1T
equivalent in addition to silage, fol
each 100 pounds of live weight of thu
COW. The quality of the roughagt
will have much to do with thu
amount consumed, hence some cow
may eat one pound of hay for eacl
100 pounds of live weight, in addi
ton to the silage.
8. A farmer not having silage o,
any other succulent feed, will fine
that his cow will eat from 1.6 to
pounds of roughage for each 1O'
pounds of live weight.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-01-05
IRRIGATION OF SPRING
WHEAT; SOME RESULTS
SOME EXPERIMENTS BY WHICH
THE FARMER MAY PROFIT
Yield Is Decreased by Irrigating Be-
fore the Grain Is Seeded; Heaviest
Yield Results From Irrigation at
Five Leaf Stage.

The Utah experiment station has
recently published the results of four
years experimenting in various ways
OF lrrigating spring wheat. The ex-
periments were conducted on a deep
loan soil in a locality where the av-
erage rainfall for the four years was
1913 inches. These conditions are
closely approached in many of our
Montana spring wheat districts and
the results obtained by the Utah
experiments should be of value to
many Montana grain growers in the
irrigated sections. Briefly summar-
lied the results are as follows:
The Best Results.
The highest yield of wheat was
produced with three irrigations, each
OF five acre inches uf water, the first
applied when the plants had five
leaves, the second during the early
boot stage, and the third during the
bloom stage.
2. The yield was decreased by ir.
rigating before the grain was seeded
before it was up, or during the dough
stage.
3. Where only one irrigation was
given, the best time was found to be
while the plants were at the five.
leaf stage.
4. Where two irrigations are to be
given, they should be applied at the
five-leaf and the boot stage.
5. When three irrigations we're Civ.
en-, the five leaf staIe, the boo
and the bloom stages were best.
s. Water applied during earl,
growth increased it's height NOR
than that applied at any other time
The Harvest Yield.
Z. The heaviest grain to the bush
ell was produced on ground irrigated
at the five leaf stage, the early boot
and when the plants were in tn,
dough stage.
8. The number of kernels in eacl
head is decidedly increased by earl,
irrigation and influenced but little b,
late irrigations. This is contrary t,
the popular idea held by many farm
ers that irrigating at heading tim,
increases the number of kernels il
the head.
9. The date of ripening is retard
ed by excessive or late irrigation.
10. During the four years of tn,
experiment from Is to 95 per cent O
the yield under the various system,
tried was produced by the natura
precipitation.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-01-05
UNSCRUPUL0USD DEALERS
SELL 7. B. LIVE STOCK
BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY
TO PROTECT PURCHASERS.
Has Established What Is Known as
"TuberculOsis Free Accredited
Herds; Montana Livestock Sani-
tary Board CO-Operates.

Montana stockmen who have
bought pure bred cattle from eastern
states have occasionally suffered con-
siderable loss by introducing tubercu-
losis into their herds through such
importations, even though the cattle
were bought subject to the tubercu-
lin test. This could happen because
it is a well-known fact that animals
which may be in an advanced stage of
tuberculosis, or animals which have
just previously been inoculated with
t%uberculin, may not react to the test.
In other words it Is possible for an
INSCRIPTIONS dealer to inject tubercu-
lin into an animal ne is offering for
sale and thus plug it SO it will pass
an official tubercuIin test. For this
reason the indiscriminate buying OF
breeding cattle on the open market
is dangerous.
Free Accredited Herds.
To insure safety in obtaining pure
bred sires and dams the United States
bureau of animal industry acting in
cooperation with several states has
established what are known as "tu.
berculosis free accredited herds" To
obtain classification in such a herd
the owner must sign an agreement tC
have his herd tested and maintained
in accordance with certain regu,a-
tiOns proposed by the bureau on ami
NAL industry or by the state authori.
ties. The advantages of the breeder
are that he gets good advertising by
having his name published in an Of
fetal pamphlet and his herd CLASH
fled therein as a Tuberculosis free
accredited herd-A1." There is also
an advantage in that most states &C
cept shipments from such herds fol
interstate shipments without a re-
test at time of shipment.
Montana CO-Operates.
In Montana the livestock sanitary
board is cooperating with the bureau
of animal industry in testing and es-
tablishing such herds. Copies of the
agreement which the owner must
sign can be obtained by writing the
state veterinary surgeon at Helena.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-01-05
MONTANA
ODDITIES

Down in the southeastern corner
of Montana near the inland town of
Ekalaka is a wierd freak of nature
known as the Medicine Rocks. These
are tall cubical rock formations re-
sembling buildings in size and shape
and spread out in orderly array
along a high ridge. The wind and
weather have worn holes along the
sides of the rocks and in some places
blown holes entirely through them.
The result is that the great rocks
look for all the world like human
habitatiOns and in the distance, seen
across miles of open prairie, the Me-
dicine Rocks are easily and eXcusably
mistaken for a city. The rocks got
their curious name from the Indians
who in the early days came here to
make medicine"
In Rosebud county there is an lice
we'll" where ranchers can get ice the
year round. Almost as fast as the
ice is chopped out by the neighborine
ranchers, new ice forms.
Over on the head of the Redwate1
to the north of Miles City was an ole
Indian cemetery. the graves being in
the air instead of in the ground. The
cemetery was destroyed years ago by
cowboys who set fire to the scaffold:
because they declared that the cattle
were being killed from rubbins
against the poles which gave way
and precipitated the heavy bundle!
containing the dead and their belong
ings on the stock. One cowboy wht
is now a retired cattleman and wa
present at the holocaust says the,
obtained many elk teeth tarnishet
green and other Indian gewgaw,
that today would be considered valu
able.
On the Fort Keogh Military Re
serve near Miles City is what is local
ly known as the Heart Arch-a hug
monolith shaped like a triumpha
archway and underneath which
team could drive. 1t is covered witt
the carved initials of hundreds O
! soldiers of the frontier days.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-01-05
TREASURE STATE FARM AND LIVESTOCK
Montana Remarkably Free
of Ljue Stock Diseases

The annual report of the state vet
Urinary surgeon, w. j. Butler, has
just been issued and one cannot read
1t without being impressed with the
fact that Montana livestock is re-
markedly free of diseases. Accord
ing to the report the status of the
various diseases which attack live
stock in Montana is about as follows:
Dourine has been practically eradi-
Gated. Chambers is seldom found on
range animals and is confined to
three localities, where it was intro
duced by contractors horses shipped
in on railroad grade and irrigation
construction work. Out of 1896
cattle tested for tuberculosis only IS
reactors were found and these were
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-01-05

Maybe the reaso why women get
off street cars that way is because
their clothes button up the back.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-01-05

only in herds recently shipped into
the state. Contagious abortion is
present in Montana, but undoubtedly
to a less extent that in eastern states.
Blackleg is the most serious prob
lem that confronts the state veterin-
airy surgeon at the present time. Dur
ing 1916, 1886 doses of blackleg
vaccine we're distributed. No serious
outbreaks of hog cholera have oc-
Cured in Montana during the past
year.
Doctor Buffers report also contains
an article by DR.. II. G. Gardiner on
IA New Feed Rack for Winter Feed
an account of Cattle Lice in Mon.
tana," by r. A. Corley and R. r
Parker, and a paper on "Contagious
Abortion" by Doctor Butler.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-01-05

What has become of the old-fash-
toned man who referred to women as
the female sex?
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-01-05
BE~LLEF0URCHE
LINE SURVEYED
GRADING AND LAYING OF STEEL
Is TO BEGIN EARLY
IN THE SPRING.

Livestock Shipments From Eastern
Montana Will Be Shortened by Sew
eral Hours; 6,753,28O Acres in
Area That Will Be Directly Bene-
fitted; West Terminal Miles City.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-01-05

h survey of the Bellefourche and
Northwestern railroad between Belle
fourche. South Dakota, and Miles
City, Montana, has been completed
and 1t is expected that the grading
and the laying of the ste l will begin
early In the spring. This road will
give eastern Montana a competitive
line by way of the Chicago & North
western for it's eastern outlet and
will shorten the route for livestock
shipments by sewers. hours.
h territory to be served is a
great irregular triangle in Montana,
Wyoming and South Dakota, COM
prising 1852 quare miles-6. 1884,
ESQ acres-that will be closer to the
new railway than any existing line.
1t includes forest reserves, rich val
ley lands, rolling bench lands that
will be the future grain fields of the
state. unlimited coal resources, nat
ural gas fields that are now being
p%rospected along Powder river, graz
ing land and irrigated lands, the
whole watered by numerous streams.
Land to BE Better Utilized.
While enough farming has been
carried on in the past in this belt to
demonstrate that there is no more
fertile spot in the entire northwest,
its inacccessibility has prevented ex-
tended farming operations with the
result that thousands of acres of en-
cellent grain lands have been utilized
merely for pasturing. With the
coming of the railroad the tillable
land will be used for more profitable
purposes and the stockmen will have
less distance to traverse in reaching
a shipping point.
The Bellefourche & Northwestern
will connect with the South Dakota
terminal of the Chicago & Northwest
ern and it is generally supposed to
be a branch of that road. The tenn
porary directorate is composed of the
following: H. F. Albers, Miles City:
Harry Mills. New Haven. Conn: w.
d. Walker, Boston: John Sutherland,
Pierre. South Dakota: Byron s.
Payne. Pierre, South Dakota; S. NJ.
Culbertson, Minneapolis; l.. A. De-
Belloy, Camp Crook. S. D.
Line 1875 Miles Long.
The new line will be 1876 miles
long and will give Miles City a di-
rect connection with Chicago by way
Of either Sioux City or Omaha over
the Northwestern" The benefit OF
this shortening of the route to the
great central market is one that will
be greatly appreciated by the live
stock shippers.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-01-05
An OminOus Outlook.

Sabbath School Teacher. - What
made King Nebuchadnezzar eat
grass?
Skinny Simpson-The high cost OF
living, l reckon. And, according to
what my uncle says. We'll all have to
come to it by spring. Uncle Skin vot-
ed for Hughes. and don't see any
hope for anything.
South Bend news-times., 1917-07-13

ed citizens appeared as II by magic.
Some hurried from alleys. others
came streaming from store rooms
and some sprarE from low roofs Of
buildings All marched in business
like manner 20 the center Of the
town
Every Stranger Challenged
Every strange man on the streets
was challenged and every suspicious
looking individual was placed under
arrest.
Fifty pickets at the entrance to
the Queen copper mines. in front Of
the post office we're arrested when
- armed citizens rushed from the
lobby Of the post office and sur
rounded them. -Four squads OF citi-
zens coming from different parts Of
the city reached the center OF town
az the same time Each band was
marching with several hundred pris-
oners As each man was detained he
was ordered 20 put his hands in the
air and deputies quickly searched
him for weapons. As the prisoners
marched along the streets. hundreds
Of rifles were levelled at their heads
from all sides.
After an hours wait, captors and
captured marched 10 the depot
where another squad had taken
charge Of several hundred more
men. At $50 o'clock the prisoners
were lined up two abreast. Flanked
by two thousand heavily armed citi-
zens. the captives were ordered TO
march down the railroad tracks to-
ward Warren. At Lowell. a suburb
about 800 more l. W. w. were merg-
ed into the procession.
The baseball Tark at Warren was
chosen for the place of assem- bling
the men 70 he deported Word Of
the cleanup" had preceded the
sheriff and his men and when the
prisoners reached the park hundreds
Of spectators on the scene began TO
ieer.
When the prisoners were inside
the inclosure half the armed bands
formed a guard around the park
South Bend news-times., 1917-07-13
1000 ARMED CITIZENS IN
BISBEE DRIVE OUT AGITATORS
Sheriff and Deputies Round up Every Stranger
and Suspicious Character and Send Them
to Columbus, New Mexico.

RTsBEE. Ariz. July 13.-More
than 100 Industrial Workers OF
the World. deported from Bisbee
thursday are 5board "a cattle cars
awaiting decision as 10 their destina
ton
The men were driven from the
city by deputy sheriffs and about B.
Don armed men. members Of an or
sanitation known as the citizens
Protective league. Two men we're
killed during the work Of deporta-
ton
Plan Roundup at Midnight.
4 strike was called here by the
metal workers branch Of the In
dustrial Workers Of the World about
two weeks ago. Since then. accord
ing 20 officials, scores Of strange men
have been In Bisbee These men are
alleged TO have prevented miners
from returning 10 work. Plans for
the roundup" OF alleged undesir-
ables were made at midnight by
Harry g. Wheeler. sheriff OF Cochise
county. Within two hours the sheriff
had deputized 1.2OO men and order
ed them 10 report ar various points
az 400 O'Clock Thursday morning
When the bands OF citizens assem-
hled, those who were not already
armed were given rifles and revol-
vers with instructions % use them
only In self defense.
Until the last T. W ". is run
out" was the watchword passed 10
the waiting men.
Order Streets Kept Clear.
At $50 o'clock special newspa-
per editions were issued containing
proclamation by Sheriff Wheeler
ordering women and children 20
keep off the streets during the dav.
10 also instructed deputies 10 arrest
ION charges Of vagrancy and trea-
son" ali disturbers Of the peace Of
Cochise county. all men who have
congregated here from other parts
ana sections for the purpose Of har-
assing and intimidating all men who
desire 20 pursue their daily toll.
simultaneously FIVE bands Of arm
South Bend news-times., 1917-07-13

port was charged by some Of them.
no direct substantiation OF this ac-
cusation could be had Organizers
OF the I. ". W. especially in Arizona
were reported 10 be we'll financed
from sources unknown even 20 these
well versed in the workings OF the
body
Many Strikes Under Way.
Military censorship. which re-
pressed accounts Of immediate oc-
currences in Arizona. still permitted
fairly extensive view OF the gen
eral situation. Strikes were on
Thursday night in the copper mines
Of Arizona and Montana. They were
threatened in the mines of Colors-
do. Nevada and Utah. There were
lumber strikes in Idaho and Wash
ington. with agitation in the lumber
districts OF Oregon. Threats had
been made 10 destroy the wheat
fields OF the northwest and the state
council OF defense OF Washington
appointed committee especially 70
deal with the Industrial Workers of
the World. lest harm come 10 the
crops Existing disturbances reach
ed into Mexico
Bodily resistance 20 constitution
ally constituted authority has not
manifested itself 10 any great extent
in the recent western operations of
the organization. Sixty l. W. w's
were depOrted from Jerome, Ariz..
and redeported from Needles Calf.
without physical violence Threats
attributed 70 them are generally
against property. They say they base
their demands and doctrine upon
theories Of George Sorel, a French
man. and got from him the plan OF
property destruction as a lever 70
gain their end. which they define
as industrial democracy This
property destruction as advocated
and practiced in the west OF late.
has taken many forms. Lumber
mills have had their costly saws
splintered by spikes driven into
logs. In the orchard districts fruit
trees have died after copper nails
had been hammered into them.
Red Flag Proposed as Banner.
The organizers proclaim the
movement to he world wide. The red
flag is the proposed universal ban
ner and each member Of the organ
ization carries "A red card Member
ship is sought in all branches Of in
dustry Organizers say $4,000 farm
labOrers belong and that the plan
tation labor of the south is being
organized. II is the theory Of the I.
w W. that each branch Of industry
should help the other in gaining its
ends. and Rodger culver, an l. w.
w. speaker, recently said at Miami,
AriZ.:
IF necessary 10 enforce the min
ers' demands. there will he no wheat
crop in the North American con-
tinent"
Threats OF wholesale destruction
of wheat have not materialized.
South Bend news-times., 1917-07-13
AUTHORITIES ON ALERT FROM
CANADIAN BORDER To MEXICO.

SAN FRANCISCO. July 13.-De-
portation. undertaken Thursday at
Bisbee, Ariz.. of more than 1000
Industrial Workers OF the World
centered attention upon an agita-
ton which has risen in the west to
considerable proportions after man
ifesting itself sporadically from
coast 20 coast for years. From the
Canadian border 10 Mexico. civic,
state and military authorities were
alert Thursday night 10 suppress all
disorder.
Disturbances fomented admittedly
by the organization and spreading
into various branches Of industry.
carry with them in virtually every
instance a demand for higher wages.
Officials in some states pronounced
the movement one 10 reduce pro-
duction Of supplies necessary TO. the
conduct Of the war. but while Ger
man influence and financial sup