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Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1917-02-23
WORLD NEVER SO
HUNGRY AS NOW
PRODUCERS OF FOODSTUFFs
FACE MOST PROMISING
ERA IN HISTROY.
When War in Europe Is Over We
Must Be Ready to Meet Enormous
Demands, President of Colorado
Farmers Congress Declares at
Convention.

THE world Is hungry as it never
was before and the farmers of the
world, as the producers of the things
which will satisfy that hunger, face
the most promising era of their his
tory"
That was the keynote of the an
nual address of President o. f. Gard
ner of the Colorado Farmers con-
gress at the annual session at the
Agricultural college at Fort Collins,
Colo.
President Gardner said that the
eyes of the world are turned on the
producer as they have never been be-
fore. Production of food stuffs and
raw material for clothing has been
"all shot to pieces" literally and fig
uratively in Europe, and he told the
farmers of Colorado in attendance
on the congress that never had a
body of farmers assembled them
selves together at so important a
time.
Enormous Demands After War.
when the wal in Europe is over
he said, 1--WE must be ready to meet
the enormous demands which will be
made upon us. The demand for food
and clothing will be even greater
then than it is now. In order to
meet this demand and thus take ad.
vantage of our opportunities
opportunity, as l have previously
limited, such as has never been ours
before-we must push our produc-
ton up to the very limit. To do this
we must use our brains. We must
study all new legislation. such as the
new rural credits law, we must take
advantage of every bit of assistance
we a get from u Agricultural col
lege, from our county agricultural
agents, and from the United States
government.
THE most comforting thing about
the situation is that we need not feal
over-production. There can be nc
such thing as overproduction of food
stuffs and raw material for clothing
in the next few years.
"As eve before is it evident to
day that the business of producing
the fundamental things of life is biz
business, We must use big busin 81
methods; we must use big bushes,
brains, if We are to be equal to thu
ueHldHuS WHICH VIII ne mdue On us
Must Correlate Ourselves.
"The day of the individual living
only for the individual in rural com
munities is past. We cannot fulfil
Jul destiny any longer by that prin
ciple. We must correlate ourselve
into tangible, effective, harmoniou
community units. We must TAX,
c~ognizance of our relationship to tn
state. We must make a closer stud,
of legislation, for we are the state.
And even as a nation we occup,
a position which requires our YER
best forethought and vision. This i
true of every other nation of tn
world. When the present world wa
terminates every nation of the worl
will find itself in a position as re
CARDS it's relationship to the ether ma
tons for which there is no precedent
We must think out our course of &C
ton and the welfare of civilization 1
the future will depend upon the wis
dom and judgment we display"
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1917-02-23

The testing OF seed corn is mucn
more important in Montana than it is
in the so-called corn belt. Our grow
ing season is all too short at the best
and does not allow the farmer to test
out his corn by planting it and then
r%eplanting the hills that do not have
plants enough. To secure maximum
yields a perfect stand must be Sc
cured at the start of the growing sea-
son and this can only be obtained by
planting seed which is sure to ger
inmate.
Every a of corn which has been
saved for seed purposes should be
tested separately. Even with the
best of care in picking and drying
some ears will prove to have poor
vitality and some may be entirely
dead. AS it takes on the average less
than 20 ears of seed corn to plant an
acre, the using of two to three dead
ears would cause a material loss.
Vitality Easily Determined.
Testing seed corn is a very simple
process and the vitality of each ear
of corn a be easily determined and
the weak and dead ears thrown out
before the seed is shelled. The saw
dust box and the rag doll are two
of the simplest and commonest seed
corn testers and can be easily made
and used by anyone.
The sawdust box tester may be
made any size, but a standard
size for 100 ears is 80 inches
square and four inches deep. In
the bottom of the box is placed two
inches of clean sawdust that has
been thoroughly soaked in war; va
ter. This is packed down tightly and
covered with a cloth that has been
marked off in two and one-half inch
squares with a two and one-half inch
margin around the edge.
Squares Numbered to 100.
The squares are numbered from
one to 100 and the ears to be tested
are laid out in order and given the
same numbers. Six Kernels, two
from near the tip, two from the mid
die, and two from near the butt, are
taken from each and placed in the
squares on the cloth. The kernels
from one are placed in square one.
and so on. Another cloth which has
been wet in warm water is then
placed over the kernels and the box
is filled with I'll moist sawdust.
Generally seven days are required for
a good test and at the end of this
time the top sawdust is removed and
the cloth rolled back. If any of the
squares contain dead or very moldy
kernels, the ears corresponding to
the numbers of those squares should
be thrown out.
Rag Doll Tester.
The rag doll tester is simply a
strip of muslin 10 inches wide and
four or five feet long. A heavy line
is drawn through the center of the
cloth and squares made by marking
cross lines every two and one-half
inches. These squares are numbered.
A blank eight to 10 inches long
should be left at each end of the
cloth. This is necessary to make the
cloth roll easily and to prevent the
kernels from becoming mixed. If the
cloth is soaked before placing the
kernels on the numbered squares
they will stay in place better than il
it is dry. Place six kernels, germ
side up, crosswise on each numbered
square, with the tips all pointing the
same way. Then carefully roll up the
strip as loosely as possible without
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1917-02-23
ARE YOU SICK?j

Have you Rheumatism, Stomach or Kid
ney Trouble. Then go to Boulder Hot
Springs, the most wonderful Curative Wa
tiers in the World. Positively cures. Fine
hotel accommodations; medical attendance.
Cheap rates by the week. Write to j. M.
REYNOLDS, manager, Boulder Hot
Springs, Mont.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1917-02-23
Wheat Condition Excellent.

Reports from all parts of Montana
and the northwest generally are to
the effect that the condition of win
ter wheat is excellent.
The condition the first of Febru-
airy was "a per cent. Since early fall
the ground has been covered with
NOW
The critical time for the winter
wheat growers is in March and April
when there is a liability of sudden
thaws and freezes. Last year in diff
ferent parts of the state growers had
this experience with resultant cut
ting down of the winter wheat yield,
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1917-02-23
1,O4O-Acre Ranch Sold.

E. D. Barney, county commissioner
of Fergus county, has sold his ranch
of 1,040 acres near Deerfield to Har-
ley Scovel, the consideration being
we'll over $4,000.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-12-28
memberships GLASGOW RED
CROSS CHAPTER FOR 1918

The following are the names of
those who have taken out member
ship in the Valley County, Montana,
Chapter of the Red Cross for the
year 1918:
H. G. Wolking, Robert Eugene Ar
not, Don Douglas Arnot, Thomas
Dignan, Margaret l.. eastman, Mrs.
John Todd, Mrs. Geo. w. Hanson, Miss
Lucy Gaynor, Mrs. Adolph Behner, r.
M. Lewis, James Statelar, Mrs. S.
Statelar, Elizabeth Statelar, j. p.
Mcintyre, Mrs. J. p. Mcintyre, Mar
garet Dignan, Thomas Dignan, Jr.,
George Dgnan, Mrs. Margaret Re-
more, Grace Remore, Johanna Lind,
C. C. Beede, NJ. M. Allen, Mrs. T. H.
Markle, Mrs. NJ. A. Walker, Miss
Marie Warteo, f. d. Coleman, Mrs.
E. D. Coleman, Mrs. M, G. Vining,
Mrs. L. B. Coleman, John M. Lewis,
Mrs. Ellen S. Lewis, Jane McLane
Lewis, F. X. Amundson, R. M. Young,
Mrs. j. E. Flaherty, o. R. Hess, Mrs.
C. d. Borton, Hugh Borton, A. Zobrio-
witz, Mrs. G. w. Pointer, Lismas.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-12-28
FARMERS CAN SECURE
LOANS WITHOUT AGENTS
No Agents Required by Farmers
to Negotiate for
State Loans

1t has come to the attention of the
state board of land commissioners
that in several communities of the
state farmers who desire to negotiate
farm loans from the state have been
solicited by and in some instances
have employed agents to do business
for them, paying them a commits
sion. Applications have also been
made to the state land board by sew
eral men to be appointed farm loan
agents. These applications have all
been turned down for the reason that
there is no necessity for farmer
having an agent to negotiate loan
from the state for him, and the board
desires the farmers to do business
directly with it, In some instances
the agent has made an agreement
with the borrower under the terms of
which the agent is paid commission
for term of years.
When a farmer desires to make a
lOdIl dill lie Has W w Is W write Slu-
ney Miller, register of state lands,
for the necessary blanks. These he
can fill out himself. When he sends
them in he should send an abstract
of title with the application for the
loan. This abstract can be obtained
from the abstract in the county or
from some one who makes business
of furnishing them. Then the state
land board sends out it's appraiser
and a report on the loan is made. The
only expense the farmer need assume
is that of having the abstract made.
The report of the register of state
lands for November shows that dur
ing that month the amount of farm
loans made aggregated $4,000. The
state land board approved a total of
1922 in loans during the same
month. Up to November 30, 1862 farm
loans had been made by the land
board, aggregating $358,440.
During November the total invest
ments from the common school and
other funds amounted to $268, ,260.67.
In addition to the farm loan invest
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-12-28
Railway System of Country
Taken Over BY Govern
ment Today.
COMPLETE UNIflCA1lON The OBJECT
w. G. McAd00 Made Director General
Railroad Officials Will Continue
Management Express Com
panies May Be Included.

Today at noon the government took
over the control of the railroads in
the United States. Every railroad
and its appurtenances, including the
steamship lines, are now urder the
control of Uncle Sam.
William G. McAdoo, secretary of
the treasury, was appointed director
general of the roads, with supreme
control. Railroad officials will con-
tlnue management of lines under Mr..
McAdoo's direction. Mr.. McAdoo will
retain his cabinet position.
The chief practical effect of gov
ernment operation will be to permit
complete unification of all rail sys-
TENS, impossible under private operz
alton by reason of statutes prohibit
ing pooling of rail traffic and earn
ings.
The general scheme appears to fol-
low closely the British system. In
England, however, government freight
is carried free and the guaranteed
earnings require an enormous amount
of money from government funds,
while in the United States the gov
ernment will pay for it's freight as in
the past and will stand it's part of
increased freight tariffs if they are
found to be necessary.
Express companies are also believ-
ed to be included.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-12-28
AND ROBERTS
FORM NEW LAW FIRM

Clarence H. Roberts and John A.
Goodrich have formed a partnership
for the practice of law under the
firm name of Goodrich & Roberts.
They will occupy the offices in the
First National Bank building hereto
fore occupied by the firm Of Parker
& Murphy, whose business and prac-
tice has been taken over by the new
firm. Both G. A. Parker and ]. P.
Murphy are now in the service of
Uncle Sam.
Mr. Roberts has been for some time
back associated with Parker & MUIR
ply, and prior to coming to Glasgow
was successfully engaged in the prac-
tice of law at Portland, Ore He has
established the reputation here of be-
ing a lawyer of integrity and ability.
John A. Goodrich, the other men,
ber of the firm came here three years
ago highly recommended as an at
torney by lawyers and judges of the
Los Angeles County bar and on en-
tering practice at Glasgow speedily
acquired good practice and has sus-
tanned an excellent reputation.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-12-28
MONTANA BOYS ARRIVE
SAFELY IN FRANCE
Cablegrams From Europe Bring
News of State Troops. Left
on December IL.
"Safe. Merry Xmas.
(Signed) "Bill & Larry Belzer."
"Merry Xmas.

"Safe. Merry Xmas.
(Signed) "Bill & Larry Belzer."
"Merry Xmas.
(Signed) "Sternhagen."
Above are two cablegrams which
reached Glasgow Wednesday from
"Comewhere in France" bearing the
news that the Montana boys are now
in Europe ready to take their place
in Pershing's lines to fight for justice
and democracy.
The first message from the Belzer
boys was received by Clarence Hall.
While brief, it's first word brings re-
lief to the many friends and relatives
of the boys in the regiment who have
not heard from them for several
weeks. The other message was re-
ceived by L. E. Jones.
The regiment steamed out of an
Atlantic port on December 13, bound
for France. 1t is understood that the
Second Montana, which is attached to
the Forty-first division, arrived Sat-
urday in France.
While nothing definite has been
given out by the war department re-
specting the course of training, it is
understood that the Montana boys
will not see service in the trenches for
some months.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-12-28

tation, the public would be more fully
protected if these reputable organiza-
tions would, when they send out So
licitors for funds, furnish them with
a card of authorization, it being gen.
orally understood by the public that
without this card of authorization the
solicitor was not representative of the
organization he professed to be work
ing for.
Thousands of dollars have been
contributed to frauds and fakirs by
generous people since the war started
and unless the reputable organiza-
tions cooperate in this work of pre-
venting frauds and fakirs operating
they will lose thousands of dollars
which otherwise would go into their
treasures.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-12-28
THEY ARE LIES!
Malicious stories are

Malicious stories are being
circulated throughout the coun-
try regarding alleged mishand-
ling Of Red Cross funds and
supplies.
THEY ARE LIES-"made in
Germany" The funds of the
Red Cross are audited by the
United States government. The
work of the Red Cross is being
done by women and men who
are for the time being dedicat-
ing their lives without compen-
sation or thought of compensa-
tion to this patriotic task.
Stories and rumors which re-
fleet upon this great humani-
tartan organization are started
either by thoughtless persons
unconscious of the great wrong
they are thus doing their coun-
try or by pro- Germans who are
utilizing all the devices of Sat
an to hamper the American peo-
pie in their righteous fight
against German autocracy and
for the preservation of their
national liberties.
REMEMBER - before you
think of paying attention to
such rumors that they are tools
in the hands of the kaiser which
through his agents in this coun-
try he is using to TIE THE
HANDS OF UNCLE SAME.
These stories are nothing but
"made in Germany" LIES.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-12-28
Price of Mill Feeds and New
Milling Regulations In Effect

New regulations prescribing the
amount of wheat to be used by mill
ers of the United States in manufac-
turing flour, detailing the manner in
which the prices of mill feeds shall
be determined and which are calcu-
lated to effect a saving of more than
100000 bushels of wheat during
the present crop year were announced
by the milling division of the federal
food administration.
The establishment of maximum
prices for mill feeds relative to the
cost of wheat is expected to result
in a marked reduction in their price
and it is hoped this will operate to
lower the price of milk and other
dairy products.
Protect Future Needs.
"Increasing difficulties of trans
portation and the uncertainty of the
future emphasize the Importance of
providing surpluses of wheat against
future needs constitute the reasons
for the new regulations" state
ment issued by the milling division
says. Agricultural reports indicating
the harvesting of large quantities of
all kinds of cereals during the present
crop year determined the present as
the proper time-"a time of plenty
in which measures should be taken to
safeguard future needs, it states, add
ing, proceeding on this theory, the
food administration is bending every
effort to effect maximum saving in
wheat products, to the end that ample
supplies may be available for home,
war and allied requirements"
Will Not Change Quality.
Restrictions imposed by the new
rulings, it is declared, will not seri-
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-12-28
Uncle Sam t. ~>fxance Million
Dollars to Pn. >e Seed
in the Sta <z
MAXIMUM ACREAGE MADE Pos. .,LE
Money Advanced to Be Paid for Gut
of Proceeds of Crops. County
Agent Stebbins Working
on the Plan.

A million dollars advance from
Uncle Sam to help the farmers of
Montana with seed for next years
crop is the little Christmas present
that Prof. F. S. Cooley, of the Mon
tana State college, has just brought
back for Miss Montana's stocking.
Prof. Cooley has just returned from
conference of representatives of
states that suffered most in last years
drouth, and the money appropriated
by congress a few weeks ago was
divided up. Prof. Cooley believes that
with this generous advance from
Uncle Sam and with such credit as
the farmers themselves can secure,
and as the local banks are willing to
advance, an absolute minimum acre
age the 1918 grain crops is assured.
Under the arrangements made by
the government, the money is ad-
vanced for the purchase of seed
grains, which are to be furnished to
needy farmers throughout the state,
to be paid for out of the crop, and
every arrangement is being made to
keep the cost to the farmer as low
as possible.
One of Prof. Cooley's chief errands
to Washington at this time was to
secure the immediate advance of the
money, so that the seed now in the
state might be purchased and held
by the government before it was sold
and transported to eastern markets,
from which places it would later have
to be purchased and brought back.
He was successful, and the money will
be made available as soon as the
machinery for handling the pur-
chases can be perfected. Several
plans have been considered and al!
possible speed will be employed in
preparing for the work.
Under the plans perfected by Mr..
Cooley in consultation the govern
ment will grant $500,000 to provide
flax, barley and oats seed, and
through the grain purchasing corpor-
alton, of which julius Barnes of Min
neapolis is the head, will provide about
as much more for the purchase of
seed wheat.
Besides making the arrangement
for the seed fund for Montana,
Prof. Cooley, who is director of the
agricultural college extension work,
further sums are to be used in the
agricultural and home economics
extension work of the college dur
ing the coming year in this state.
The sum of $4,000 was secured for
more women workers as home econo-
mics demonstrators.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-12-28

in some counties a longer time, very
likely in the court house at the county
seat town. In cities where there are
collectors branch offices, he will be
there, and in other cities possibly at
the city hall. My office will in due
time advise postmasters and bankers
and send out notices to the newspa-
pers stating when the officer will be
in the county. 1t will be necessary
for prospective taxpayers to ask my
office for forms on which to make
returns. The officer who visits their
county will have them.
1T may be stated as a matter of
general information that met income
is the remainder after substracting
expenses from gross income. Person
al, family or living expense is not
expense in the meaning of the law,
the exemption being allowed to cover
such expense.
The new exemptions of $1,000 and
$4,000 will add tens of thousands to
the number of income taxpayers in
this district, inasmuch as practically
every farmer, merchant, tradesman.
professional man and salary worker
and great many wage workers will
be required to make return and pay
tax.
The law makes it the duty of the
taxpayer to seek out the collector.
Many people assume that if an in
come tax form is not sent, or a gov
ernment officer does not call, they
are relieved from making report. This
is decidedly in error. It is the other
within the time prescribed, he is a
the government, and if he doesn't
violator Of the law, and the govern
way round. The taxpayer has to 60 to
ment will 60 to him with its penal
ties"
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-12-28
FINE XMAS PROGRAMS

The Sunday schools of the different
churches of Glasgow celebrated Christ
mas much the same as usual this
year, telling the Christmas story in
cantatas, readings, songs and in pic
lures, with slight variation in some
of the programs of few patriotic
numbers.
On Monday evening the Christian,
Baptist and Methodist Sunday schools
gave their Christmas entertainments,
and on Tuesday evening st. Matthews
Episcopal Sunday school gave pro-
gram, a collection being taken for the
benefit of the Red Cross. At the
Baptist church a collection was taken
for the benefit of the suffering in
Armenia. The Lutheran Sunday school
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-12-28
Government to Furnish Help
TolFieure New Income Taxes

You won't have to figure out your
income tax all by yourself hereafter
The government is going to send out
men to help you. 1t will be up to you
to hunt up these men, who will be
sent into every county seat town, and
some other towns besides, to meet the
people. Postmasters, bankers and
newspapers will be able to tell YOU
when the governments income tax
man will be around, and where to find
him. He will answer your questions,
swear you to the return, take your
money, and remove the wrinkles from
your brow. Returns, of income for
1917 must be made between January
l and March 1, 1918.
"The government recognizes" COL
lector of Internal Revenue Whaley
said recently, "that many persons ex-
perlence good deal of difficulty in
filling out income tax forms. It rec
ognizes, too, that taxpayers resident
at points where collectors offices are
not easily accessible find it hard to
get proper instruction in the law.
Next year, when every married per-
son living with wife or husband and
having a net income of $4,000, and
every unmarried person not the head
of family, and having net income
of $1,000 for the year 1917, must
make return of income on the form
prescribed there will be hundreds in
every community seeking light on the
law. and help in executing their re-
turns. My own and every other COL
lection district in the nation will be
divided into districts, with the county
as the unit, and government officer
informed in the income tax assigned
to each district. He will spend hardly
less than a week in each county, and