The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-26
ASK PATENT LAW
TOILET FARMERS
BUY seed. WHEAT
County Officials Want State
H0mesteaders to Get Aid
in Emergency.
SELECT LIVINGSTON
FOR 1919 MEETING
Officers Adjourn Convention
After Hearing Forceful
Addresses.

Resolutions calling upon congress to
encourage emergency crop production
in Montana by granting patents to
homesteaders resident on their claims
for year or more so that they may
borrow money for the purchase of seed,
and the adoption by the assessors of
We're the most important actions taken
Yesterday at the closing session Of the
fourday convention held here by Mon
tana county officers.
Livingston, by unanimous vote, was
chosen as the seat of the 1919 conven-
ton. which win be held January %, %,
- and %. Havre was placed in nomi-
nation. but received no second.
Hear important Speeches.
last day of the convention the officials
heard:
Extension of the public school
system urged by Miss MAY
Trumper. state superintendent of
public instruction.;
Employment by counties Of
school nurses and physicians rec
commended by DIR. w. F.. Coggswen
secretary Of the state board of
health:
Conservation of fuel explained
and asked by State Fuel Admins
traitor Swindlehurst:
The success of the workmen's
compensation law in affordinr
Justice and eliminating the "ambu-
lance chaser" made clear by A. f.
Spriges of the state industrial
board;
Food saving and food production
demanded as war measure by
Alfred Atkinson.
Meeting by groups the delegates fin
ished up routine business and prepared
Tor the adjournment which came late
in the afternoon.
Patents to Increase Crops.
The resolution requesting the grant
Of patents to bona Tide homestcaders
came as result of an appeal repeat
edly voiced during the convention by
state and county officers. Speakers
pointed out that unless the $4,000 Mon
tana homesteaders are given the pat
ents which will enable them to borrow
money, few of them will be able to
put in crops this year.
Approximately $4,000, 900 will be
needed this spring to buy seed grain
and feed for farmers in distress Most
or these farmers are homesteaders
without patent and therefore not eli
eibie to borrow from the states s., 600.
600 farm loan fund or from the special
funds which many Montana counties
purpose creating by bond issues.
Committee to Washington.
To press the needed legislation the
county officials asked Governor Stew
art Lieutenant Governor Mcdowell.
Attorney General Ford and two mem
hers Of the state defense council to go
at once to Washington. They also
called upon all interested citizens to
the national good in the food emer-
gency.
Better Rural Delivery.
In another resolution the commits
sioners. acting alone, asked the post
office department to abate the rule
requiring that there be four heads of
families to each mile of a rural de-
livery route exceeding ten miles in
length. This rule. they said is retard =
ing the development OF certain por-
fions of eastern Montana. They asked
that the rule be changed to permit
rural delivery where two heads OF
families are served by each mile OF
road.
Also the county commissioners Sc
lected a committee Of five to confer
with the bankers OF the state in Hell
ena next afonday regarding farm loans
for the purchase Of seed grain.
Valuation Schedule Made.
The new schedule Of valuations. upon
which sub-eommittees of the assessors
worked all week. were completed
roughly yesterday and approved They
Will be assembled and tabulated a,
rnre by James II. Stewart of Meaghei
county. secretary of the assessors.
The classification of property, il was
annonpced- win net be changed. and
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