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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-10-04
CARD OF THANKS

Through the columns Of this paper
we desire to return our Wariness
thanks TO the citizens of this commu-
nity for kindness and sympathy ex-
tended to us during the sickness ana
death of our beloved little children.
MR.. AND MRS. JULIUS VANCE,
Dagmar, Mont.
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WHERE THE MONEY GOES.


Billions ere big. The average lay
man finds a million hard to compre-
bend. AS an aid to understanding why
your Government must have SO many
billions of its peoples dollars, Pay
master General MCGOWAN, of the
United States Navy, gives the follow
ing list of the costs of various kinds Of
supplies and equipment in the Navy.
There are only about million men in
the United States Navy now.
Estimated Cost of Various Types OF
Vessels Now Under Construction.
Battleship ............... S2S,075 900
Battle cruiser ............. $4,000 900
Scout cruiser ............. 100000
Destroyer ................. 1890, 900
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The Benson signal., 1918-04-27
Montana,

The March output Of the porphyry
copper companies reflected the in
creased operations at the various prop
critics, due to the ability Of the COM
panies to ship copper to refiners. The
total output for the first quarter was
103,911, ,871 pounds, compared with 104,-
SIG, 152 in the first quarter Of 1917.
If any prospector or miner in Mon
tana, Arizona, Colorado, Wyoming,
Utah or New Mexico has reason to be-
lieve that he has chromite in view let
him send sample by mail to the Colo
RADIO School Of Mines, Golden, and the
same will be tested free of charge
Alaska was last years chief producer
in the United States.
The Benson signal., 1918-04-27
New M exico.

Mill construction is progressing rap
idly at Socorro plant.
Mogollon Mine Company tonnage for
the week was 1,120 tons.
A larger hoist has been installed at
the Deadwood mine at Mogollon.
The Oaks company cut ore on a cross
cut on the third level of the Deep
Down mine at Mogollon.
Union county shale has been found
to contain oil. A crude retort operat-
ed in Clayton squeezed out a quantity
Of the shale considerable amount of
oil. The gas was ignited and burned
with blue flame.
The Pima Mining and Smelling Com
pany now owns it's plant. Payments on
the plant, now at SOcorro, have been
completed. The site in Tucson for the
plant has been secured. Reconstruc-
tion Of the plant will follow.
After concluding $360,OOO worth of
development work on the Torpedo and
the Stephenson-Bennett properties in
the Organ district near Las Cruces,
the Phelps Dodge interests have with
drawn, pulling out their pump.
The Benson signal., 1918-04-27
Colorado.

At Leadvilie the Denver Mining and
Milling Company recently completed
overhauling and improving it's mill at
Workman, and will start milling.
Leadville reports that streak Of
gold ore assaying from two to ten
ounces to the ton has been encoun-
tered at the Bartlett tunnel on Sugar
Loaf.
At the P. o. S. property on Carbon
ate hill, the lessees are engaged in
cleaning out the old workings on the
50O-foot level and retimbering the main
drifts.
The Teddy Bear group of claims is
being opened under lease and bond.
The property is situated on Red Ele-
phant mountain, which made the town
of Lawson famous as silver camp
during the days Of silver activity.
The demand for tungsten is greater
than the supply. 1t is rare metal
and the world supply is limited. Dur
ing 1917 the United States produced
5000 tons of tungsten concentrates
carrying at least 60 per cent tungsten
content.
Colorado can be proud of the fact
that it is supplying one-half of all of
the tungsten produced in the United
States. The Boulder district has the
largest deposits of tungsten ore known
in the United States and among the
largest in the world.
In Summit county some 800 men are
now employed in the district compris-
ing Workman, Climax and Buffher,
where a year ago there was none. The
operations of the large molybdenum
companies have been the direct cause
of the present prosperity.
The Benson signal., 1918-04-27
TABLE TALK AT ITS BEST
Excellent Recommendations From
Those Who Were Recognized as
Highly Proficient in the Art.

"Table talk" says Leigh Hunt, "to be
perfect should be sincere without bigot-
ry, differing with discOrd, sometimes
grave, always agreeable, touching on
deep points, dwelling most on season
able ones, and letting everybody speak
and be heard" There is story Of q
Frenchman at one Of Rogers break
fasts who listened to Macaulay's end
less eloquence, and, seeing another
talker waiting his chance, fastened his.
eyes on Macaulay and muttered. "S'il
tousse, II est perdu." In regard to the
part Of anecdotes in table talk,
quote two opinions. "He who has
stored his memory with slight anec-
dotes, private incidents and personal
peculiarities," according to Doctor
Johnson, seldom fails to find his au-
dience favorable" "Of all the bores,"
exclaimed De Quincy, "whom man in
his folly hesitates to hang, and heaven
in its mysterious wisdom suffers to
propagate his species, the most insult
ferable is the teller of good stories."-
Exchange.
The Benson signal., 1918-04-27
FEEDING THE SUCKLING PIGS
SheIIed Corn Is Particularly Good
When They Begin to Nose
Around for Food.

(From the United States Department Of
Agriculture.)
When the pigs are about three weeks
old, sometimes less, they will begin to
nose around for something to eat. If
they are going to do as they should this
something must be supplied. One Of
the best feeds at this particular time
is shelled corn. It should be in a self
feeder in a pen where the pigs can go
to it and will not be bothered by any
of the rest Of the hogs. This can be
arranged by a creep just large enough
to admit the pigs handily. Don't forget
that these little fellows grow quite
rapidly and from time to time the
creep must be made larger. After the
pigs are or weeks old, especially If
they do not have good grass pasture,
the addition of some shorts, tankage,
or oil meal is advisable. Nothing
would be better however, than skim
milk. The self-feeder in which is
kept corn and other feeds should be
maintained right along up until wean-
ing time, and after that if the pig is
intended for market purposes. Pigs
to be used for breeding purposes may
be kept on q self-feeder all the time
with splendid results, but in some
cases they get too fat and logy and do
not take the proper exercise. The most
profitable pig is the one that never
quits growing from farrowing time
until he is driven over the scales.
The Benson signal., 1918-04-27
PRODUCTION OF LIVE STOCK
Good Permanent Pastures, Leguminous
Crops, SiIo and Purebreds
Are Essential.

From the United States Department Of
Agriculture)
Where live stock is factor on the
farm, make every field hog-tight and
sheep-tight; have thoroughly good per-
manent pastures; grow leguminous
crops; build a silo; and keep only pure
bred males. These five things are alb
solutely essential in the economical
production of live stock. Of course,
this program calls for some labor and
expense, but the permanent condition
of prosperity in the sections devoted
to live stock production is proof of the
good profit derived therefrom.
The Benson signal., 1918-04-27
Healthy Pigs Kept Under Sanitary
Conditions Are Better Able to With
stand Diseases.

susceptible or subject to ailments
which, if not remedied, checked, or pre-
vented, will result in the curtailment
Of production, despite all efforts that
may be made.
Diseases of swine may be classed
in two groups: (a) Ailments which
are not highly destructive and can be
treated as a rule by the farmer; (b)
highly destructive diseases, particu-
larly of infectious origin, which spread
rapidly and kill quickly, and to handle
them properly requires the co-opera-
tion of not only the farmers and stock
raisers, but federal and state officials.
In the first group which is not high
ly destructive may be mentioned such
ailments and conditions as parasites,
both internal and external (worms and
lice); mango and other skin diseases {;
tumors and assesses; poisoning by
agents as caustic potash and mold in
garbage, cockleburr. cottonseed, ETC.. {;
pneumonia; thumps, or other digestive
disorders. These ailments as a rule
can be readily treated by efforts Of
the farmer himself, and the applica-
tion of home remedies often proves eff
fective in their cure. Preventive meas
ures at all times should be observed,
such as proper housing and feeding,
sanitary conditions of yards and shell
ter good clean drinking water, and
above all the elimination Of filthy
mudholes.
The Benson signal., 1918-04-27
COTTAGE CHEESE
AS STAPLE FOOD
Thirty Billion Pounds of Skim
Milk Available for Making
Substitute for Meat.
IMPROVED WAYS OF SERVING
Federal and State Agencies Organized
to Convince American Housewives
Of Great Value-HoW to Make
Some of New Dishes. @

Almost 3O,OO0OOO,O pounds of skim
milk are available for making cottage
cheese. Skim milk made into cheese
is seven times more valuable as food
than as feed for live stock. A pound
of cottage cheese used in the home
releases a pound of meat for shipment
to our soldiers.
These were the actuating principles
behind the organization Of a cottage
cheese demonstration corps Of the
dairy division, United States depart
ment of agriculture, which recently
undertook nationwide drive to make
cottage cheese a staple food through
out the land. Forty-seven women
specialists from almost as many states
make up the corps that will carry the
message.
These women have been in training
in Washington for several weeks learn
ing how to make cottage cheese and
how to serve it in the newest and most
attractive dishes. In the accompany
ing picture they are shown demon
strating their new creations in
the department of agriculture. The
luncheon was held in one Of the rooms
of the dairy division. Among the
guests were Assistant Secretaries Carl
Vrooman, Raymond A. Pearson and
Clarence Ousley, Dean H. L. Russell
Of the food administration, chiefs of
several bureaus and a score of the
departments food and demonstrating
experts. Here is what the guests ate:
COTTAGE CHEESE LUNCHEON.
First urse-Astonishment.
Cream Of Cottage Cheese Soup
CroutOnS.
Second Course-lnterest.
Cottage Cheese Sausages-Creamed Pota-
toes
Mustard Pickles
Graham Muf1ns-Coffee
Whey Honey.
Third Course-Admiration.
Cottage Cheese Salad
Waters
Whey Punch.
Fourth Course-DeVotion.
Cottage Cheese Tart
Mints
Five women demonstrators started
the campaign in Cleveland, o., few
days later. The others will go to other
big cities, small towns and rural COM
munities. Women will be taught how
to make cottage cheese, it's food value
and how to use it. Regular home
demonstrators and county agents Of
the states relation service will help
the cottage cheese force and experts
from the bureau Of markets will en-
courage and assist food dealers to
make cottage cheese one Of their
regular staples. Representatives Of
the state extension forces also will
The Benson signal., 1918-04-27
Wyoming.

Residents of Riverton are financing
the drilling of a we'll in Riverton val
ley just east of the town.
The Fremont county holdings of the
Rand-Wyoming company have been
taken over by a Denver syndicate.
Northern Petroleum Company, hav-
ing extensive holdings in the Maver-
ick Springs district and also in the
Pilot Butte field, is getting ready for
a drilling campaign on company ac-
count during the coming Summer.
The Benson signal., 1918-04-27

irelp. Meanwhile the commercial
dairying experts of the department
are working with the big creameries
to turn their skim milk into this prod
uct to meet the big demand certain to
develop.
Here is how to make some Of the
new cottage cheese dishes:
Cottage Cheese Sausage.
cupful cottage " teaspoonful pow
cheese dered sage
I cupful dry bread "a t a p
crumbs, or n cup full thyme
full cold cooked i teaspoonful salt
rice and " cupful " teaspoonful pep
bread crumbs per
u cupful peanut " teaspoonful soda
butter or more
u cupful chopped / tablespoonful OF
peanut meats chopped onion
Mix all dry ingredients thoroughly
with bread crumbs. Blend peanut
butter and onion with the cheese, and
mix them with the bread crumbs,
form into flat cakes, dust with bread
crumbs or cornmeal, and fry delicate
brown in a little fat in hot frying
pan.
COTTAGE Cheese Tart.
1-s cupfuls of cot 2 teaspoonfuls lemon
tage cheese Juice
Whites of 2 eggFew gratings of lem
beaten stiff on rind
1-s cupful Of heavy to tablespoonful
cream, whipped sweet milk
1-3 cupful sugar
Soften the cheese with the milk. Add
part of the whipped cream. and the
flavoring, which should be very deli
cate. Fold in last the beaten egg
whites. Heap lightly into ready
cooked, delicately Drowned pastry
cases, made by baking pie crust in
muffin tins or on the bottom of in
verted pie tins. Garnish the top of
the tart with the rest Of the whipped
cream, and with fresh or canned fruit
If desired. This makes a large one
crust pie or tart.
Conservation Crust.
Y cupful cornmeal, y teaspoonful bak-
cornfour or other ing powder
substitute 8 tablespoonfuls of
y cupful Of wheat shortening
flour Cold water to mix
teaspoonful salt (About " cupfuD
Sift together the dry ingredients, cut
in the shortening, blending it thor
oughly with the dry materials. Mix
with very cold water to rather stiff
dough. Roll as thin as can be handled.
Line two pie tins and use the trim
mings to cross-bar the tops if desired.
This crust may be baked before the
pie, If the nature Of the filling makes
it desirable.
Cottage Cheese Salad.
Cottage cheese lends itself especial
ly we'll to salads. If enough is used,
the salad may serve as the main dish
of the meal. French, mayonnaise and
boiled dressing all 60 we'll with cheese
salad.
Cottage Cheese and Peanut Butter
Soup.
cupfuls milk l tablespoonful but
flour 1 cupful Of cottage
tablespoonfuls pea cheese
nut butter u teaspoonful soda
Few drops Of onion or more
juice Cayenne pepper
Bit of bay leaf and teaspoonful salt
ground sage
Heat the milk with the bay leaf,
salt, pepper and onion juice in a double
boiler. Soften the butter and blend
with it the flour Pour hot milk grad
ually on this paste and beat until
smooth. Bring to boil and cook over
hot water for ten minutes, then cool
slightly. Blend cottage cheese, soda
and peanut butter, softening with a
little of the warm sauce to a smooth
thick cream. Add the cream to the
sauce and reheat carefully. Avoid
boiling the sauce, for this will tough
en- the cheese. Serve with croutOns.
The Benson signal., 1918-04-27
Chicago Grain and Provision Pricos

a Chicago-Corn-No. 60 2 yellow, $1ss
yellow, $1.45 @1.56.
Oats No; 3 white, SS1z S95sc; stand
ard, 88% 090Ac.
Rye-No. 2, $2.40@25O.
Barley-$1.400D1.78
Timothy-S5 S50008.00.
ClOver-$18 90 @28.OO.
Lard-$25.15.
Ribs-$23.00@23.5
The Benson signal., 1918-04-27
ATTENTION GIVEN BABY BEEF
Industry Increasing in Importance on
Account of the Scarcity of
Feeder Cattle.

With the growing scarcity of feed
er cattle and the advance in value Of
farm lands, the baby-beef industry
is Of increasing Importance and is
receiving the attention of farmers
in all live stock sections of the coun-
try.
The Benson signal., 1918-04-27
Arizona.

Arizona output of copper will make
materially better showing, it is now
indicated, in April than was made in
March.
Miami Copper Company report for
the year ended Dec. 81, 1917, shows
profits of $3,2O4,26O, against $7,336,196
in 1916.
The total shipments for the month
of March at the United Eastern, in
Kingman district, was $4,000 against
$180,000 for February.
The rig at the Chino Valley Oil &
Mining Company Of Prescott has been
moved a few hundred feet, where the
company will begin a new well.
The Benson signal., 1918-04-27
Chicago Live Stock ouotations

Chicago.-Hogs-Bulk, $174O@178O;
gs l7gg5 $1aSU@17S0 haaTv %1ed s17SoS
$16.40@16.75; pigs, $1325@17.25.
Cattle-Native steers, $11.OO@1725,
a new high record; stockers AID feed
ers. $40 1915; cows and heifers,
Sheep-$13.00@17 lambs, $16.500
21.80, new high record.
The Benson signal., 1918-04-27
You Need
PERUNA

It's the one tonic for the after
effects of grip, because it is a
catarrhal treatment of proved
excellence. Take it to clear
away all the effects Of grip. to
tone the digestion, clear up the
inflammed membranes, regulate the
bowels, and set you on the highway
to complete recovery.
Perhaps one or more of your
friends have found it valuable.
Thousands of people in every state
have. and have told us of it. Many
thousands more have been helped
at critical times by this reliable
family medicine.
Prepared also In tablet fern fer ysur convenience.
The Peruna Company, Columbus. Ohio
The Benson signal., 1918-04-27
Boston Wool Trade

-Wool-Scoured basis: Texas
fine flne+hs IL months 70 $172@1.75; fine s
Territory: Fine staples, $1.S5@1.87:
half blood combing. $1.75@ 5@17S; three
quarter-blood combing, $1.5O@1.55; fine
clothing, $1.55 q 1.6O.
Pulled extra, s1.SO@1.85; AA, s1.7O@
1.S0; supers, $1.60@1.65.
The Benson signal., 1918-04-27
Itching Burning Skins.

TIOIIIII9 DUTTITII8 ONIIIOs
For eczemas, rashes, itchings, irrita-
tions, pimples, dandruff, sore hands,
and baby humors, Cuticura Soap and
Ointment are supremely effective. Tor
free samples address "Cuticura, Dept.
x, Boston" At druggists and by mail.
Soap 25, Ointment 25 and 50.-Adv.
The Benson signal., 1918-04-27
IA ARm
ANIMALS
PREVENT DISEASES OF HOGS
Most important Way to Conserve and
Increase Pork Production-EIim-
mate Mud Holes.

prepared bv the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)
In the problem of conserving and
increasing pork production, it must be
remembered that one of the chief fac
tors is the prevention of disease.
Swine, particularly young animals, are
The Benson signal., 1918-04-27
Butter, Eggs and Pototoas

ChicagO.-Butter - Creamery. 34M
42c. Eggs-Firsts, 32h @331zc; or
dlnary flrsts, 81 z @32Ac; at mark,
cases included, 81 32hc. Potatoes
Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota.
bulk. s110@1.3O; do. sacks, $1.25@Is5
The Benson signal., 1918-04-27
Never Satisfied.

"They say that mules are coming
into their own in this war"
eyes, and bet they're kicking about
it,"
The Benson signal., 1918-04-27
Not Quite as Good.

"What did papa do when you asked
him to give you my hand?"
He-He put down his foot.
The Benson signal., 1918-04-27

To keep clean and healthy take DR..
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. They regu-
late liver, bowels and stomach.-Adv.
The Benson signal., 1918-04-27

Try This on Your Sofa.
He-My, you have a pretty little
hand. May shake it?
She-Sure; go ahead and ring it.
The Benson signal., 1918-04-27
Sheep.
HAY AND GRAIN MARKET.
(F. O. B. Denver, Carload Price.)
hAY.
@ OTATIO IN s
Buying Prices-per Ton.

Buying Prices-per Ton.
Colo. upland, per ton. $18.00@20.00
Nebr. upland, per ton..... 17.00@18.00
Prairie hay (new CROP,
Colo. and Nebr., per ton. 1900 @ 1900
Timothy, per ton ...... 2O.OO@22.00
Alfalfa per. ton ..... 10000 500
South Park, per ton ...... 20.00@22.OO
Gunnison Valley, per ton. 18.0OQ2O.00
Straw, per ton ...... 600
Grain.
Oats, Nebr., 100 lps., buying. .$3.00
Colo, oats, bulk, buying ......... 800
Corn chop, sack, selling ......... 3.23
Corn in sack, selling ............ 800
Gluten Feed, sacked, selling. ....: 3:22
Bran Colo, per 100 lbs, selling. LIT n
The Benson signal., 1918-04-27
WESTERN
MINING AND OIL
NEWS

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Prices Quoted for Metals.
New York-Lead, $7.07h@712R.
Copper-$23.121a.
Bar Silver-95Mc.
The Benson signal., 1918-04-27
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.
Metal Market Values

Bar silver, 95Bc.
Copper, $2312h.
Lead, $7.07k u @7.12k.
Spelter, $6.82K.
$24.5O.
The Benson signal., 1918-04-27
New York Cotton Prices.

New York.-Cotton-May 5000:
28.05; June, 27.94.
The Benson signal., 1918-04-27

Some of our rising poets write ad-
vertising jingles for yeast manufac-
turers.
The Benson signal., 1918-04-27
Z4!27!.g222Z

Back achesl Stomach SEN
sitive? A little cough? No
strength? Tire easily? All
after effects of this dread NAL
ady. Yes. they are catarrhal.
Grip is a catarrhal disease.
You can never be well as long
as catarrh remains in your sys-
tenn, weakening your whole
body with stagnant blood and
unhealthy secretions.
The Benson signal., 1918-04-27

Boulder.-Tungsten concentrates, &C
per cent, $2O.OO@22.5O per unit; crude
ores, 60 per cent, $22.O0@25.OO; rs per
1920.
The Benson signal., 1918-04-27
Live Poultry.

I1OI " % DOIIVOI'J
ROOSterS, Id. .................2 ..23 Q25
I 1OuuS ~
Turkeys, 10 lbs. or over. .26 Q3O
Ducks, young ............. 80
The Benson signal., 1918-04-27
HIDES AND PELTS.
Dry Hides.

F1int' Fint' butch butcher, il h. ...........Ssc
Flint. bull and stag, lb. ............15c
Flint, culls and glue, lb. ......... .15c
Horse % hides, w. one:haif to two-thirGs 9TH rGs
price of green salt.
Green Sailed, Cured Hides.
over 4 IDS, 10; .................8g &c
Glue hides and skins, lb. ....... &c
Bulls and stays, lb. minimum. 7c
Part cured, lb. ....1c less
Green, &c lb. less than cured.
Dry Flint Pelts.
Wool pelts, Id. ............... 40@42c
Butcher shearlings, No. 1, lb. FAC
No. 2 Murrain shearings, lb... 10c
Bucks, saddles and pieces at value.
TallOw and Grease.
Prime rendered tallow, lbs 100 .12
No. 1 tallow, lb. ............ 100 II
No. 2 tallow, lb. ............ $50 10
grease, lb. :.:.........:.. 900 10
Calf and Kip Green Sailed
SaIfsf5n Hibt tbl salted :::.:::.s .1s@ 1s@ - p
Deacons, each ..........:::: 1.oo@1.2s
Slunks, each .............. 500 rs
Horse-No. l, each ......... 5.00@5.5O
Horse-No. 2, each ......... 4.OO@4.5O
Glue and pony, each. ........ 2.50@ 800
Colt. each ................ 500 80
Green saited Peits.
Lamb and Sheep, each .....$ .5O@25O
Spring lamb, each .......... $50 AS
Shearnngs each ............ 100 80
The Benson signal., 1918-04-27
Eggs.

Eggs, graded No. 1 net, F.
o. B. Denver. ............ .32
Eggs, graded No. net, T.
O. B. Denver. ............ .23
Eggs, case count, misc.
cases, less commission $4,000 9.25
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st. Louis.-Spelter, $6.82h.

Boulder concentrates, 60
per cent, $2O.0O@22.50 per unit. Crude
ores, 60 per cent, $22.oO@25.OO; 25 per
cent, $12.00@12.5O; 10 per cent, $4,000
1920.
The Benson signal., 1918-04-27
DRESSED POULTRY,

Flour,
Hungarian patent SO lbs, sacked,
subject to discount ........... $4.95
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Butter.

Creameries, ex. 1st grade, 1b. Al @42
Creameries, I'd grade, lb......39 @40
process ......S0 Sa
Packing stock ................28 .28 @29
The Benson signal., 1918-04-27
Fruit.
Vegetables.

AppIeS, COD, new tancy, DOx. I.UUW 1.0U
Pears, Colo ................ 800
The Washington times., 1918-05-25

The per capita weekly cOnEump-
tlOn of potatoes In Germany g. 10
quRrtEI In AuHtrIH-HunERry. 8 quarts,
while In the United states Il Il only
- quarts.