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La Junta tribune., 1917-11-08
DIR. EDDY's ADDRESS
by James Glenn

Al the close OF the banquet At the
Albany Hotel. Wednesday evening.
October gath. the representatives
present from all parts Of Colorado
gsthered In closer to the speaker 40
that the women interested in tho
campaign could occupy the vacant
chairs and have standing room. The
first part Of the address vas 10
bring homo the realization that we
are at war. The first day OF DR..
Eddy's voyage from one. waring
country to another. . torpedo was
fired at his ship. The crew man
agd TO turn the vssel enough 30 that
the torpedo just misssd Il. Until
one experiences something like his.
does he realize what war on the sec
10! rH '.rIlt H.
While In London. the sight Of .
single air hattie reminded him that
Enelahd was at var. An extra
large German craft was sailing .
mile high over London. dropping
bombs that meant total ruin wher.
ever they hit. Instantly tho great
spot lights Of London spotted the
menance. and almost At the same
time the air craft guns began firing.
IN English fleet set sail 10 capture
the enemy. With one signal the
guns IN London suddenly stopped
fire. The machines shot over. un-
der. and around each other for some
time firing on each other constantly.
Suddenly an English craft dArted
hish above the German. who
had started homeward. dropping q
bomb that wrecked the Germans ma.
chins and setting fire 10 Il st the
same tims. London was almost q
light ~ day while the machine was
dashing 10 earth. DR.. Eddy's room
was illuminated. The captain Of ths
Engiish craft did not realise thai
he was injured until he reached
earth with . lower limb shot prae,
ttcaily OFT.
Five million mon have actually
been killed In battle. while the enor,
mous number Of 5000. 900 men are
lansulshins In prison camps. DR.
Eddy could name elshty men whe
hsvs gone inssns over the sxistins
conditions IN these camps. vermlne
Dssts Of ell kisds Of lasaaitstios ar,
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La Junta tribune., 1917-11-08
Me~ber- Of Telegraph B.,..lio.

Bert Lusk and Chester Baker.
both well known young men Of La
Junta. are members Of the <06th
Telegraph Battalion. now stationed
At Camp Lewis. near Tacoma. Wash.
The battalion IL composed Of 81:
men brought together from ninety
one citiss Of twsaty statss-nen
Who have Tor the time being climbed
Oft the ladder Of success-some Of
than after ssttins we'll up near the
roof-just bscauss Uncie Sam whis-
tied for volunteers to put out . fire
over In EursDs that = thrsatsning
the temple Of liberty. e-,
The <esth telegraph battalion 10
. reserve organization. The mss In
Il begas ssadins II ehsir spp,lca-
'tioas early In April. They had to
ssnd In mishv good references to
81 10 q all. sad Deovs their abiiity
- veil % character. After they
were accsptsd they vsnt % With
their johs sstii UAcls Gam got
ready 70 Ne then 10 his fire lspart.
msaG On Oeteber eth the call went
out. aad there bsean immsdiatsly the
pilgrimage that brought the battai.
iea = Camp Lswts. d
Most Of The nea in the battaiion
left posltioas with oig corporations
70 sslist 10 Usels Sans fire brigade.
and ssns Of then have records they
have rsasos 70 - preud Of. One Of
them 10 o. O. Msechiorri. who holds
the record Of having besa the most
expert wire and radio opsr1tor IN
the army Of Italy u lSos.e7. and o
mas Who has eeamsaA Of six lan-
euasss. He 10 settng % Instructor
In Preach for the battalion IN sddi.
tios 70 biz other duties. and practi.
caliy svesy naa In the battalion h
seing 70 study the language.
Bert Lusk was located st Salt
Lake City II the employ Of the
1eouseaia States TslsDhsns Com
paay whea the. cali was ssnt out.
aad left q oacs for Camp Lewis.
His mother. Mrs. ALICE Lusk. who
has bssa making hsr home With her
500 In Salt Late City. hes Just ~.
centiy retained 70 La Junta.
La Junta tribune., 1917-11-08
CoNDENsARY PROGRESS
Our Now Enterprise Making Rapid
Pro9ress-PayrOll for October
Was $4,000

OCsAJoS
Was $4,000
Work on the $150.000 milk con-
densary now being erected In this
city by the Libby. McNeill & Libby,
is making rapid progress at the
present time. The new cement stack
looms up on the western horizon
and presents very imposing appear
ance from any point on Second
street. 1t will probably be the first
OF the year before the plant will be
equipped to inaugurate the evapo-
ration Of milk, but 1t is the inten-
tion to move the cheese factory from
its present quarters on West First
street to the new plant about Decem-
ber LIST, where the manufacture of
cheese will be continued until the
condensary is equipped and ready to
commence operations.
The number Of patrons at the
cheese factory Is increasing with
each succeeding day. the number Of
new ones last Monday being nine.
and the total number OF patrons for
that day 3oS. Fifteen hundred more
pounds Of milk were received that
day than any day since the cheese
factory WAS established on June
goth. The amount paid to patrons
during the last ten days Of June
was $500. and the number of pa
irons was less than ninety. The
number OF patrons delivering milk
last Monday was sos. The amount
paid to the farmers for milk deliver
les during the month OF October was
about $4,000. and the average
price received by them per hundred
pounds was S3ll. which was the
amount paid for per cent milk.
For the month OF November the
cheese factory is paying s3.l5 for
4 per cent milk. with an increase of
three cents for each one-tenth per
cent above that. making the price
for five per cent milk $3.%5.
Now is the time to get started
selling your whole mix In order TO
give the condensary . good start
when II opens about the first Of the
year. Many cows are now coming
In fresh and the Indications are that
the number Of patrons at the local
cheese factory will show Q steady In
crease from now on. A new route
from Ordway and Olney will prob
ably b. established within the next
few days. and II IL expected will in
crease deliveries st the cheese fac
tory at least 5000 pounds per
day from the start. They are very
much enthused over the dairy In
dustry In Crowley county. which
boasts Of moro silos aad the impor-
tatton Of more high grade dairy
cows during recent months than
any other section Of the Arkansas
Valley.
Aifaifs will bring sls per ton
when sool ~ whole mink. and II h
about time for the farmers Of the
Arkansas Valley 10 get wise to this
fact sad imurovs tAsiP opportunity
to make milk lest % long a. the
alfalfa lasts. There is NO system
that can baat Il. Il 10 even better
thss mating hay while the sun
shines. which II aa aphorism that is
~ old - the eternal hllls - Q nscss-
sary requisite 10 success IN any line
OF sndeavor. and the dairy industry
more than any other.
La Junta tribune., 1917-11-08
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writes - ~ nethss. Nm. 0ehop-
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La Junta tribune., 1917-11-08
CA..ss l. ssrsss Ll.Ass.s sy.,-.'

AZ the last nsstias Of the city
couacil that body ordered . change
In the present street lighting system.
aad authorised The signins up Of .
contract With the Arkansas Valley
Railway. Light and Power Company
for rsplacias the prsssat arc lights
With sitrogsa isnps. several Of
which have bssa givsa . tryoui at
various points II the city Of late.
The instailstioa Of the new system
will result II . savtAg 70 the city
on its street lingtisg service Of
etes.s0. There are fifty-fivs arc
lights In use % the streets Of Ia
Junta at-she prsssat time. which are
maistsinsd q . cost 70 the city Of
80 per annum. The cost Of the
nitrogen lamps will b ess per an.
aumr sad the service rsndsssd will
~ nuoA mere sftsetivs thaa that
nov h ~.
Ths nev sitrs9ss iaaps Will also
~ las(Ai,s1 n ~ sllsys. oAs ee
sAsss - li1ups 49, bsss n w.
~ ossleee1ss sessss ~ ssos sias.
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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-02-18
JOE WING TELLS
ALFALFA EXPERIENCE
Famous Farmer Describes in Book
His First Encounter With Crop
That Made Him Rich.

~"Joe" Wing. that princely man and
good farmer who died not long ago,
tells very ontertainingly in his book
on alfalfa, of his first experiences on
a western stock ranch where they
knew the value of alfalfa. He was
especially surprised to find the brood
sows fed a regular ration of hay; in
fact, when the boss told him to go
and hay the hogs he thought they
were putting up some kind of game
on him because he was a tenderfoot.
Get the book and read how he went
back to his Ohio home and forced
literally torced-the old homestead to
produce alfalfa till it became four
times as productive as it had been,
and how "Alfalfadale Farm became
famous over many states. Alfalfa
made him rich, and his preaching and
teaching Of it has caused many others
to date their success from the time
they began to grow alfalfa as Joe"
Wing showed them.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-02-18
LOOK AT SUCCESS
NOT AT FAILURES
Don't Condemn Alfalfa Because Jones
Could Not Grow It; Go Look
at Smiths Fine Field

There are alfalfa failure in every
community where alfalfa is being tried
out and introduced. Why not find
out the reason for these failures be
fore condemning the plant, as some
folks do? 1t is too valuable a plant
to cast aside just because it winter
killed for Jones, or because Smith
says it doesn't grow over foot high
for him. and looks mighty yellow Did
they get hardy seed? tYou know there
are some kinds that are mighty ten
der) Did they give the ground good
preparation? Did they inoculate the
seed? OR were they of the 'biggity,"
tention to such nonsense?' There
are some such individuals who are
going to need lot of forgiveness from
the Almighty some day for the dam
age they did to their neighbors in
hindcring the planting of alfalfa. ON
Abe other hand, Il genuine alfalfa
crank" is "A Godsend to any neigh
borhood. and when he dies should
have a niche in the hall of fame.
Guess we'd better petition the sec
rotary OF agriculture for it, If needs
be- brother farmer, you can well af-
ford to travel 40 miles to some sue
cessful alfalfa field and learn how
the owner did it. Study methods more
than soil: then go home and grow
alfalfa.
J. r. CAMPBELL.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-02-18
FLOOR FOR DAIRY BARN
Cement Is Best Material
Within Reach of Average
Montana Farmer.

The rapid increase of dairyins
within the state has naturally given
rise to more advanced methods of
stabling and management of dairy
cows. One question which is con-
stantly coming up is in regard to the
best floors for dairy barns The floor
for the dairy barn must have four
characteristics: 1t must be clean.
sanitary cheap and durable, The
common dirt floor. found in many
barns while easy on the animals. is
neither sanitary nor clean. Rust aris-
ing from it gets in the milk and makes
clean production impossible. Wooden
floors can be kept clean, hut they soon
wear out. Cork brick floors, which
are so popular in the eastern states,
are out of the question in Montana,
where the cost has to be considered.
Cement floor are hard on the cows,
though fulfilling other requirements.
Perhaps the most satisfactory floor
is one made of cement. When this Is
laid the cement in the alleys and pas
the animals slipping when the floors
are wet, which otherwise they would
be very apt to do. The undesirable
feature of cement floors, the fact that
they are cold and that it Injuries the
cows to stand on them constantly, can
be removed in two ways. The first
is simple, though somewhat expen
sive. If the cows are well enough
bedded to keep them entirely off the
floors they are most satisfactory. This
however. requires a deal of straw for
bedding and more work in cleaning
out the barn. The other method is
more practical. Over the cement
floor of the stalls where the cows stand
lay false floor of one-inch planks.
These can be composed of any rough
lumber. \ long strip of tin or thin
piece of iron can be nailed or screwed
along the ends Of these planks to hold
them IN place. This wooden floor
raises the COW above the cement. If
the stalls are of the proper length
but little of the droppings from the
these floors are quite sanitary. once
or twice Il year they can be taken
up, the cement floor under them
washed and sprayed and the boards
replaced. These boards will last many
years and such an arrangement has
proven most satisfactory wherever it
has been used. The dairy barns at
both the Montana and the Missouri
experiment stations are so equipped
and are giving good satisfaction.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-02-18
|0N CUTTING AND CURING
County Agriculturist Ex-
plains Two Good Methods
Based on Experience.

Two easy and satisfactory methods
OF caring for and curing alfalfa hay
arc here given &for the benefit of
those people who object to alfalfa
growing on the grounds that they are
unable to cure the first crop properly
on account of rain.
First Method.
Here's how they work it in Kan
sas. J. w. Berry of Jewell. Kan, tells
OF the method originated by him and
now widely used throughout the state.
He cuts the alfalfa as soon as the
dew is off in the morning and hauls
It In to the shed the same day, after
1t Is well wilted. The only precau-
ton is to see that there is no dew or
rain or outside moisture on the green
hay.
He stores it in shed, the bottom
of which is elevated about two feet
above the ground and made in OPEN
work fashion with poles or strips Of
board widely spaced as flooring. This
allows plenty of ventilation. He makes
mis- shed large enough so that the
first cutting from II acres fills it
only three or four feet deep. The hay
Is thrown in loose and not tramped.
The second cutting is put on top of
the first and the third on the second.
He says it makes an extra green and
attractive hay and he has been able
to sell for an average of 81 per ton
above the market for the past five
years.
The heating of the hay causes the
| air in IT to become warmer and light
| er. so 1t naturally rises and this pulls
IN the cooler dry air from below, set
ting up circulation that keeps it
from getting too warm and gradually
cures it, with all the natural green
| color retained
| Second Method.
| The second method. practiced by
some growers in Illinois and Indiana,
Is as sure as the first. but cures the
hay IN an entirely different manner
the hay is cut and stacked green as
IN the first case. but it is put up in
a large stack and well tramped. This
sets up fermentation like that in
sllage and the hay cures black instead
or green. The points to be observed
are, first to see that it is put up
without dew or rain on the cut hay,
and second to tramp well. If not
tramped there will be too much air
in the hay and burning will result.
When well tramped it cures the same
as silage and is very palatable to the
stock, but worthless to sell as baled
hay on market that wants green
hay.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-02-18

bushels of seed this year. Have II
acres that will bear seed this year.
have 81 acres all planted with garden
drill in rows.
acres. SO inches, pounds per acre.
acres, 40 inches, pounds per acre.
acre. Is inches. ~ pounds per acre.
acre. ls inches, 81: pounds per acre
10 acres, "a inches, pounds per acre
Il prefer early spring planting for
good hay and seed crop the second
year.
well. l am tired and you will be
when you read this. l want to see that
alfalfa page and find out how other
farmers thresh alfalfa without clover
or alfalfa huller
Yours very truly.
FRED SPENCER"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-02-18
DANDRUFF GOES!
HAIR GETS THICK,
WAN, BEAUTIFUL
Save Your Hair! Double Its
Beauty in a Few Mo- I
ments. Try This.
Hair Stops Coming Out and
Every Particle of DAN
druff Disappears.

Try as you will. after an application
or Danderine. you can not find sim
gle trace of dandruff or falling hair
and your scalp will not itch but what
will please you most, will be. after a
few weeks use, when you see new
hair, fine and downy at first--yes-
but really new hair-growing all over
the scalp.
A little Danderine Immediately dou.
bles the beauty of your hair. No diff
ference how dull, faded, brittle and
scraggy, just moisten a cloth with
Danderine and carefully draw it
through your hair. taking one small
strand at a time. The effect is inn
mediate and amazing-your hair will
be light, fluffy and wavy, and have
an appearance OF abundance: an in.
comparable lustre, softness and lux
uriance, the beauty and simmer Of
true hair health.
Get a 25-cent bottle of Knowltons
Danderine from any drug store or
toilet counter. and prove that vour
hair is as pretty and soft as any-that
IL has been neglected or injured bv
careless treatmenf-that's all.
Danderine is to the hair what fresh
showers of rain and sunshine are n
vegetation. 1t goes right to the roots.
lnvigorates and strengthens them. 1ts
stimulating and life.
producing properties cause the hair to
grow long. strong and beautiful.-Adv.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-02-18
Fred Spencer. horte.

Dear Sir:-l would like to write a
story about my experience with alfalfa
II could. but will only be able to make
n few remarks and by remodeling you
may he able to use part of it in your
alfalfa page.
Il planted my first five acres four
years ago on sod plowed six inches in
the spring and kept it worked down
until the Goth of June. I planted two
pounds OF grain in three foot rows
with a garden drill and finished plant
inr in the rain. l think every seed
came up in seven days. All hut four
rows were inoculated and ! could not
see any difference in the growth.
cultivated the first year with a one
horse tooth cultivator and after the
first year | used spring-t tooth har-
row. once or twice in the spring. and
after each cutting. Can get three cut
tlngs by taking the first crop early or
one hay crop and one of seed. NY first
good seed crop was in 1915. got
four and one-half bushels per acre aft
'er hauling 1t one and One-half miles
and using grain separator with flax
screen. 1t brought me more than one
dollar per acre. think | got two
thirds OF the seed. | cut with a binder
the same as wheat set four bundles to
"A shock between the rows and leave
II till the thresh:ng machine comes.
Alfalfa hay here is worth from $50 to
$25 per ton in winter or early spring
and about SIS the rest of the year. In
the stack ] get 75c per pound in small
lots and COO per pound by the bushel.
Can sell all | can raise. Last years
crop looked like six or eight bushels to
the acre until the grasshoppers struck
it. They cut 1t down to one half bushel
per acre. expect to raise 80 or 40
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-02-18
ALFALFA GOOD FOR HOGS
Government Bulletin Ad-
vises Use of Forage in
Feeding Swine.

The monthly news letter from the
department of agriculture has this to
say about alfalfa for hogs:
The newer irrigated sections have
thousands OF acres in alfalfa which
may be utilized to great advantage by
pasturing with hogs. Alfalfa, while
adapted to the same territory as
clover. has a much wider range of
usefulness. for 1t succeeds with less
rainfall. and on 4ehter soils than
clover. Where thu Ia is to be used
continuously for hd pasture for a
number OF years. alfalfa easily stands
first. An acre Of alfalfa will keep
from Is to 20 pigs during the sum
mer and with grain in addition will
make very profitable gains and
high quality of pork.
Alfalfa hay is often used for feed
ing to hogs in the dry lot. 1t may be
fed whole. chopped or ground. The
results Of five years work at the Ne
braska station indicate that for fat
tening hogs the way to feed alfalfa
hay most satisfactorily is without
grinding or chopping. While the cost
OF producing pork may be reduced
materially by the use of alfalfa hay, or
alfalfa pasture, 1t Is desirable to feed
grain or other concentrated feed in
addition. Alfalfa is too one sided for
a ration unles supplemented with
grain. Mature hogs, however. are
maintained in apparently satisfactory
condition on alfalfa alone,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-02-18
FARMERS EXPLAIN
ALFALFA GROWING
Western Montana Men Tell County Agent Campbell of Ex-
p:"ence With Premier Forage Crop, Giving
Details of Cultivation.

In response to an inquiry made by
County Agent J. r. Campbell, Missoula
county farmers who have been sue
cessf,A in growing alfalfa have en-
planned their methods for the benefit
of their fellows. Three interesting let
tiers from mon convinced Of alfalfa's
value as Il crop follow:
}. L. Snyder, Dixon.
Dear Sir:-Your inquiry of the 18th
inst on hand; will say as to my way
Of planting alfalfa: first | pillow my
land very deep in the fall and leave the
blowing in the rough state as plowed
over winter. the furrow as turned over
and left rough has a tendency to hold
the snow and in case of a thaw holds
the water where 1t belongs by so doing
get all my ground well soaked with
fail rains and snow. then as soon as
the snow melts and the frost is out of
the ground enough. | go over it with
"a light two-horse drag harrow. before
the ground is quite dry or before the
winds form9a crust. Then | leave this
for the land to get dry enough to work
over, going over again with same drag
harrow until | have good mulch.
These last borrowings are the secret
of 1t all. You have Il big lot OF mos-
ture stored by so doing
Il leave the land lay then until my
most urgent spring work is over, such
as my small grain sowing: in fact. all
my crop planting, then go on to my
alfalfa land with land leveler and n
spring tooth harrow and give 1t H,
tin have the ground so can irri-
gate with ease, and above all things |
am sure | have a first-class seed bed.
After get the correct seed bed, I then
go over with a float to leave Il smooth
surface as ! SOW with a cyclone sceder.
| can see my distance to walk each
lway without using stakes or any
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-02-18

marker l SOW 10 pounds of seed to
the acre but divide the sowing by go
ing one way, sowing ) pounds then
with the remaining pounds I cross
SOW. Mhis is all done and then with
slanting tooth drag harrow l go over
and harrow the seed in lightly and I
have never failed to get n good stand
of hay. The alfalfa ! sowed last spring
was done in the same manner. I wish
to state that this is all / do the first
year. don't try to irrigate and make
hay as some do the first year. leave it
grow as it will. dry farming. and pas
ture it off. The second year Is the
time l surely make hay. have three
acres as it so happens cut off by the
ditch to this size. | hayed and stacked
this separate and the stack of hay
sold for $500. ! find 1t is better
to have the hay thick on the ground as
1t makes better quality of hay. am
very much impressed that incubation
IN this vicinity is not necessary. l can't
tell any difference in the plat inoculated
ana that was not, so far. Perhaps it
may make Il difference this year. On
my own place | had three excellent
crops. also on the one below you spoke
of. AS for alfalfa hay to feed, well
don't ask me. you know l am a south
crn farmer and never knew any kind
OF hay except clover and timothy, or
hay made from forage crops. but l find
that alfalfa has come to my ranch TO
stay without having to ask permission
for proof. l want to SOW about Is
acres this year.
Yours very truly,
J. l.. SNYDER.
Marsh Meadow Farm
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-02-18
BREEDING DAIRY HEiFERS.

Dairy heifers bred now will calve in
the fall, which is the best time of the
year for the dairy COW to frcshen The
early part of her lactation period
when naturally the yield is greatest.
comes during the winter and spring
pastures add to her later production.