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The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-02-22
A KLOND|KE TO THE
REAL FARMER
A Western Canada Crop Estimat-
ed at $4,000. Makes
$4,000.

4
Messrs. Harris, formerly Of Audu-
bon, Iowa, wrote the audubon Advo-
cate" expressing their satisfaction Of
things In Western Canada. They To-
Gated at Makepeace, Alberta They
say there are those who make good,
and those who fail. The former are
| those that land agents refer to when
advertising their land. "But," contin-
ues the letter, "a great many Of the
farmers in this vicinity pay for their
land with their first crop. A man
pear here bought q section of land in
the year 1915 for s23 per acre. He
broke 300 acres of the land during the
summer of 1915. In the fall Of 1915
| he threshed 10000 bushels of wheat,
which paid for his land, all expenses
and had a balance of $4,000. In the
fall of 1917 he threshed nearly as
much off the other half of the section.
At the present time he would not take
$50 per acre for his land.
"We have had five crops in Alberta:
The two dry years (19141917) our
wheat made 20 and so bushels to the
so bushels of wheat to the acre on
summer fallow. The best results are
obtained by blowing or breaking in
the summer, working it down in the
fall so that it will retain the moisture.
Thus farming one-half your ground
each year.
persons owning land here and still
fsx-f., In 4hn che 8
don't feel themselves able to come up
here and finance themselves until they
could get their first crop, get some of
their land broken and worked down
in the fall before they come. The
next spring they could come and put
In the crop. fence and put up their
buildings. This way they have to
wait only one summer for their first
CROP.
at is not advisable for a person to
come here in the spring. break out
land and put it in crop the first year,
because the moisture is not In the
ground and a failure is almost GER
tain unless it is an exceptionally wet
year.
zone of the boys from that locality,
Mr.. Peder NJ. Jensen came to Alberta
last spring. He bought 30-60 Rum
ely Oil-Pull engine on the 9Th day Of
June, 1917. After that date he broke
LOO acres of prairie sod for which
he received an average Of $500 per
acre.
'Mr. Hansen from your community,
was up here last fall with several
prospective land buyers from that
neighborhood. At that time he in
quired the value of the crop on the
section we were farming. We told
him that it would probably make in
the neighborhood of $4,000. This
same crop when sold brought nearly
$4,000. The most Of it being sold
when prices were low for the year.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-02-22
GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATEs
MONEY TO POISON GOPHERS
$4,000 Is Available for This Purpose
on Condition That State Appropri-
ates Equal Amount.

Bozeman-For the determination of
gophers and other rodents that an
nually destroy millions of dollars
worth of grain, the federal govern
ment has announced an allotment of
$4,000 for the work in Montana this
year, according to a dispatch from
the q. S. biological survey in Wash
ington to f. s. Cooley, director of the
extension service in this state. The
money will be forthcoming on condi-
ton that an equal sum is made avail
able in the state for such work.
Blaine, Broadwater, Cascade, Hill,
Lewis and Clark, Phillips, Sheridan,
Teton, Toole and Valley counties have
already appropriated $4,000 for 60
pher control, whilesB eaverhead, Gran
lite, Fergus, and Flathead have the
matter up and other counties will take
action. Over 1900 farmers will CO.
operate In gopher eradication this year
In Montana. Over 1880 ounces of
strichnine have already been pur-
chased for making squirrel bait.
Men will be employed and trained
for the rodent work and poisoned oats
The cost of poisoned oats is
about Is cents per quart. Farmers
will be assisted in preparing and
spreading poisoned oats and supplies
for use on public lands. The cost of
poisoning the squirrels is from three
to 10 cents per acre.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-02-22
Miners Are Loyal.

Fromberg.-J. c. Mccarthy, who is
operating a coal mine near here, and
the miners in his employ have hit
upon novel plan for increasing the
coal production and at the same time
swelling the proceeds for the Red
Cross.
The miners have agreed to work
four Sundays this month and to do
nate the proceeds to the Red Cross.
Mr.. Mccarthy on his part has agreed
to donate to the same fund one-seventh
Of his gross earnings for the month.
Mr.. Mccarthy LAS wired Senator H.
L. Myers of the plan and suggested if
1t could be put into effect in other
lines it would speed up production of
war material.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-02-22
Atkinson Issues Chicken Ruling.

Bozeman.-Food Administrator At
kinson has issued the following order
for Montana:
Licensees dealing in poultry and
eggs shall not between February IL,
1913, and April 30, 1918, purchase,
ship, sell or negotiate the sale of any
live or freshly killed hens or pullets
provided, however, that this shall not
prevent the purchase, shipment or
sale, between February /, and Febru-
airy 23, of hens or pullets which were
either killed or shipped prior to Febru-
airy IL, to marketfor sale as food; and
provided further that nothing in this
rule shall prevent the purchase, ship
ment or sale of live hens and pullets
for egg production purposes.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-02-22
Newlyweds RecIassified.

Local board members take issue with
the exemption board of district No. ]
on the question of marriages. A num-
Der of newlyweds the local board has
placed in Glass IA have been given
more deferred classification by the
district board upon the grounds of de-
tendency. The local board claims a
number of the brides earned their own
living before they married, or were
the daughters of well-to-do parents,
and that no dependency claim is valid.
A member Of the district board takes
the position that the government had
no intention of discouraging marriage,
and that where young couple had
planned in good faith to be married,
and then are married, this should be
taken into consideration.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-02-22
Ten Dollars Not Necessary.

Because some prospective borrow
ers were unable to rustic the $40 de-
posit the state land board required
should accompany all applications for
farm loans, the rule requiring that de-
posit has been rescinded. The money
was returned to borrowers in the event
loan was made or the state rejected
the application and was only forfeited
If, after an application was approved,
the borrowed declined to complete the
transaction.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-02-22
UNSUITABLE SHIP
IS NOW REALITY
NAVAL BOARD OFFICIAL AN
NoUNcES PERFECTION OF
SUSTAINING DEVICE.
REIGN OF SUB is NEAR END
Recent Hints by Officials Indicate
That Anti-submarine Measures
VIII Be Able to Eliminate
U-Boats by August.

New York, Feb. 13.-Means have
been found to make transports I'M
sinkable by submarine, according to
a statement made by William L. Saun-
ders, vice chairman of the naval con-
sulting board, in an address at din
ner of the University of Pennsylvania
alumni in this city.
Mr.. Saunders said that one of the
ships recently Communicated by the
government now lies at an Atlantic
port and in such shape that she can
not be sunk by an exploding torpedo.
II can conceive of no reason why
this information should be withheld"
he added. "On the contrary, / be-
lieve it is well that the enemy may
come to realize that the time has been
reached when American transports
are ready for the transportation of
our troops which that enemy cannot
sink This ship may have hole 80
or 40 feet in diameter blown in her
side, and she will remain afloat. Such
a hole would waterlog but one-tenth
of the honeycombed air-tight cells"
Mr.. Saunders described in detail
the plan to keep ships afloat after
they had been torpedoed, and the man.
ner in which it had been developed by
William +. Donnelly, New York ma
rine engineer, working under author
ization of the naval consulting board.
''Of course, it will take some time
to equip similarly the large number
of transports we have" continued Mr..
Saunders. at is my belief, however,
that nothing will be left undone by
the administration to safeguard the
lives of large troop contingents to be
moved across the Atlantic"
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-02-22
Ford Making Liberty Motors.

Washington, Feb. 13.-All available
parts of the Detroit plant of the Ford
Motor company not now engaged in
government war work, will be devoted
to high speed production of Liberty
motors for American .airplane fleets.
The Detroit f.-ory has been turning
out cylinders and other engine parts
for several months but the new pro-
gram provides for wholesale produc-
ton Of the completed engines. Re
cent tests of the Liberty motor indi-
cate that a minimum of 400 horse
power can be expected.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-02-22
Wife Wants Hubby Exempted.

The 62-year-old wife of the 29-year-
old husband that has been certified
for service by local board in Mon
tana, appeared in person before the
exemption board of district No. 1 re-
Gently to plead for his exemption. The
grown daughter of the wife recently
wrote sarcastic letter to the district
board, suggesting that the husband
would be better off in the trenches.
The board took the matter under ad-
visement.
Contrary to the impression that
has generally prevailed, the letters
used in sub-dividing the registrants in
the various classes have no signifi-
canoe, so far as the draft is concern
ed. When the second draft call is
made, the men in class one will be
called out in the order of their serial
numbers regardless of whether they
are in la, lie or any of the other
subdivisions of class one. The let
tiers are used simply to denote the vo-
cation of the registrant.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-02-22
HORSE STEAK IS
DRAWING NEARER
COMMITTEE OF sTocKMEN WILL
ASK HOOVER TO TAKE MAT
TER UP WITH PACKERS.
NEWS OF THE CAPITAL CITY
Reclamation Officials Plan Settlement
OF Projects With Soldiers After
War.-NewIyweds Are Given
Deferred CIassifications.

Helena.-Food Administrator Her
bert Hoover will be asked by a COM
mittee representing the livestock con-
servation movement of this state to
take up with the packers the matter
of the establishment of abbatoirs for
the slaughter of light western range
horses to be sold as meat throughout
the country and possibly to be export
ed abroad.
This was the decision reached at the
conference at the state capitol of rep
resentatiyes of the Montana Stock
Growers association, the state live
stock commission, and the animal hus-
bandry committee of the state council
OF defense. State Veterinarian w. J.
Butler and J. M. Boardman of Rich
land county, were appointed on the
committee.
One change which the stockmen are
confident would greatly stimulate
livestock production in Montana would
be to secure longer time on livestock
paper" and it was decided to ask the
federal reserve board through proper
channels to take up the matter of hay
Ing this paper run for u months in
stead of six months.
Consider%g the problem of the
smaller farmers who would like TO
get into the livestock game but lack
the capital, the recommendation was
favorably received that the state land
board be asked to make arrangements
whereby loans could be made on
lands, the proceeds of such loans to be
Invested in livestock to run on the
lands. r. P. Heren of Miles City, e.
o. Selway of Dillon, and J. H. Burke
of Hogan, were appointed on this COM
mittee.
1t was the concensus of opinion that
Montana is capable of turning off
much more livestock than it is now
doing, and the view was generally held
that the campaign of conservation and
increased production can best be car
ried out through the machinery al
ready existing in the Montana Stock
Growers association.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-02-22
NO SUMMER VACATION
AT STATE UNIVERSITY

Missoula-The Montana State uni
versity has announced that the usual
summer session will be replaced by a
regular collegiate term. The state
board of education had previously au-
thorized four-quarter system to per-
NIT full use of the plant but the
university authorities had expected to
devote the summer quarter to normal
school work. Courses will be continu-
ed straight through, however, without
interruption.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-02-22
To Bring in Settlers

Soldiers and people from congested
districts of the country will be brought
into Montana when the war ends to
settle small tracts of land on govern
ment reclamation projects, according
to statement made by William ].
Eggleston, district counsel for the rec
lamation service, with headquarters in
Helena, who has returned from con-
ference of reclamation officials at
Denver. The plan for settling the
project includes the placing Of 6OO,-
600 more acres under bitches this year
than was originally planned.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-02-22
CONTROLLED BY AUGUST.

Washington, Feb. Is. = Announce
ment by Vice Chairman Saunders OF
the naval consulting board that means
had been found to make troop ships
practically unsuitable lends new
meaning to the air of confidence with
which both American and British
naval authorities are facing their task
of clearing the seas of U-boats. Re
cent statements by Admiral Jellicoe,
formerly first sea lord of the British
admiralty, by Secretary Daniels and
other officials, have indicated that a
campaign had been mapped out and
the instrumentalities developed which
are expected to curb if not to elm
mate the submarines entirely within
the next few months.
Discussion of the devices developed
is deplored by officials here. Investi-
cations and experiments have been
guarded closely. High officials have
been free to assert privately, how
ever, their belief that the U-boats
would be checked sufficiently by early
summer to insure a steady flow of
American troops and supplies to Eu-
rope.
Admiral Jellicoe went farther than
any other official by predicting that
the submarines would be "Silled' by
August. At the same time, however,
he warned that heavy ship losses were
to be expected up to that time. Sec
rotary Baker has insisted before the
senate committee that O million and q
half American troops could be taken
to France and kept supplied during
1918. His replies to the questions as
to where the tonnage for the task was
to come from have indicated that
there was some information at hand
which he did not care to discuss.
Without disclosing any of the new
implements that may have been de-
veloped to meet the submarine men
ace, navy officials have pointed out
that all of the lines of effort started
when the United States entered the
war are now on the point of bearing
fruit. Additional destroyers and pa
troll craft are beginning to come for
ward rapidly. In some cases more
than a years time has been saved in |
destroyer construction. Swifter, more
heavily armed vessels, fitted with |
every device that has been evolved |
have been rushed to the support OF |
Vice Admiral Sims flotilla.
With the complete mobilization of
all these agencies against an lenemy
already severely hampered by the
skill and daring of American and
British patrol fleets, 1t is pointed out
that greater repression of the sub.
marines is certain to follow, even if
no master weapon has been evolved
At the same time, however, tits evil
dent, even without Mr.. Saunders
statement, that various important me-
chanical devices have been brought
to high state of perfection.
Destroyers equipped with depth
bombs have been rated as the most
efficient foe Of the submarines. The
of destroyers, the effective
ness of the bombs used, and the means
of hurting these charges have all been
increased. Ways of detecting the hid
den foe at increasing range also have /,
been worked out.
All these things supplemented by
what they know of the devices evolved
Of which nothing has been said. form
The basis on which high officers have =
said repeatedly that the U-boats would
De curbed this year, probably this :
spring. ~
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-02-22
Thought owenrship Changed.

A little boy and his mother were
seated across the aisle from me in the
car and 1 asked the mother to let the
boy ride with me. After sitting beside
me few minutes. he asked: do I
belong to you now?"-Exchange
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-02-22
The Difference.

"That young actress, 1 see. is just
incoming along"
81 thought she was starring"
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-02-22

Red Cross Ball Blue, made in America,
therefore the best, delights the housewife.
All good grocers. Adv.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-02-22
ParadoxicaI Success

HAS he succeeded in business?"
81 should say so! He has failed
three times"
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-02-22

Reform should begin at home.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-02-22

Piles Cured in D TO IL Days
Druggists refund money If PAZO OINTMENT fails
TO cure Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Proiruding Plies.
First application gives relief. Soc.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-02-22

The order from the milling division
of the food administration regarding
the closing of the Roundup flour mill
has been modified so as to permit them
to grind sufficient flour to supply
local needs only. They are not al
lowed to ship in wheat, but will not
be required to ship out the stock on
hand, as the previous instructions or
dered. This will obviate the necessity
of shipping four carloads of flour per
month to Roundup, that being the
amount necessary to feed the commu-
nifty.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-02-22

Internal Revenue Collector Whaley
of the Montana district announces the
time for filing all income and excess
profits tax returns has been extended
from March l TO April 1.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-02-22

Declaring that they cannot operate
at profit under the margin allowed
on flour, Helena grocers have decided
to forward protest to the national
food administration,
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-02-22

Because a Montana soldier who is
sick in an English hospital refused to
be consoled or improve because he
couldn't get Montana newspaper to
read about the home folks, the state
council of defense has been appealed
to to send Montana papers to the
library committee of the London chap
ter of the q. S. A. Red Cross.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-02-22

Lester Harvey, physical director of
the Railway club of Livingston, has
been selected by the National War
Work council as one of the so men
who will go to France for the purpose
of promoting athletics among the sol
diers. Harvey is a graduate of Yale
college, and an all-round athlete.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-02-22

The following Montana men are re-
ported as lost in the Tuscania disaster
when that vessel was torpedoed and
sunk by a German submarine: John
Edwards, Butte; Marcus B. Cook,
Como; Elmer E. Cowan, Victor; Jack
J. Byrne, Butte; Chauneey j. David
son, Anaconda; Chas. E. Swanson,
Wagner.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-03-19

For Sale at a bargain-Several
Willow chairs in good condition. May
be seen and priced at the home of E.
E. Fry. Owned by Mrs. S. T. Eau
cett. If
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-03-19

We are always glad to show our
line of millinery. You are certain to
find hat that will please you and
that will be suited to your individu-
atty. The Mccoy Hat Shop.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-03-19

We have money to loan on city
residence property at low interest.
Principal and interest payable month
ly in small installments, or arranged
to suit. Bottum & Wilson. If
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-28
The VERY best
EVER DECLARES
CLARENCE ROOD
Well Known Contracting Paint
er and Decorator Applies the
Praise to nerv-Worth.

The Gallipolis Nerv,Worth agents
have made a great many new friends
among their customers by selling this
wonderful preparation. Among these
Mr.. Rood is one OF the most enthu-
siastic endoreers. Read his signed
statement, made SEINE time ago:
'ieor two years or more have
suffered with a pain in my back at
nights, resulting in nervous break
down. Wps in an awful shape. At
the C. d. Kerr Drug Co was ad-
visel to try NoIv,W1rth, which did
After ] had taken tirca-fourths of
bottle TIE PAINS WE'RE GONE
Also the tired nervous condition. /
will keep Nerv5Worth constantly in
the house. It is the best medicine
that was ever made for the purpose.
"CI1ARI1NCE ROOD,
"49 Spruce St, Gallipols. O."
e. C. Shepherd sells Nerv-Worth in
Your dollar back if this
famous family tonic does not benefit
you.
Pharmacy, Charles Town; Robert
lShepherdstown. % 20
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-28
PAYING TOLL ON A POOR ROAD

The wooden bridge at the cress
pond, Just this side of the road to
Bedington, is in most dangerous
condition. If it is not given prompt
attention there will be an accident
there that may cost lives and law
suits
The fill at the concrete bridge at
Falling Waters would be a joke if it
were not so dangerous. The same is
true, in lesser degree of the fill just
north of Berkeley
Either a great deal of surface work
ought to be done on that road imme-
diately or the collection of toll ought
to be suspended until it is done. When
people pay toll they have a right to
expect a reasonably smooth, safe road
to travel.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-28

While it is true that years ago,
when the country was sparsely set
tied there was an excuse for toll roads
with their obnoxious toll gates, that
day is no more.
Toll gates are an unnecessary evil
and ought to be abolished Thank
goodness they are fast disappearing.
But charge toll on road that is
not kept up is the next thing to rob-
berry
Take, for example, the Martinsbu-g
and Williamsport pike - there Is
nothing about it that makes it Ga
bit more desirable to travel than any
of the free county roads
The surface is in abonimable con-
dition and in some places dangerous.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-28
DECEMBER AND MAY WED
IN OCTORER-END IN NOV.


(By International News Service.)
DanbSiry, Conn, Nov. 2S.-Decem-
Der and May were married here in
October, but blew up in November.
Gladys Brown, of New York, and
Samuel III. Rumble, millionaire hat
manufacturer and bank president Of
Danbury, were the ones who attempt
ed to prove to the world that romance
still lives, that knighthood and chiv-
airy still are in bloom. The romance
was blighted in twenty-four hours,
romance was dead and knighthood
and chivalry were in mourning.
The wife asks intolerable cruelty
and asks 100000.