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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-04-11
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Ill., of Archer was seen
.'1ts Of the county metropo-
By
rrer Of Homestead was
i,r affairs concerned with
sriv was over from Outlook
Il the week looking after
a v5snan was in the county
Y SDday and Monday from
laughter was born to the
IN. and Mrs. Ray White last
mining.
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vas in the city Monday
ier business.
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Decker, hardware man of
vas a business visitor in
T seat Wednesday.
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Up. Smerud and Mrs. F,
ii Flaxville were visitors in
BY seat last Saturday.
nd Mrs. A. F. Moore Were
N the county capitol from
Monday of this week.
D. Johnson returned from
anphrey the first Of the
hB says that the training he
vas great.
Murphy and R. l. Runke1
H from Outlook looking af
1aa affairs last Saturday.
Remn was over from Out
first Of the week looking
NnaSs in the county capitol
l. Mellon is out on his farm
nck. Guy says the pros
ra corp Of MELONS is good
Hial friend John Swige
tie county capitol Thursda,
usual called on his friends a
printing plans, the ''News. !"
Russell, a League farme
Cd back from North Dakot
@, nine miles east Of Plen
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Miller and wife arriye
1on Minneapolis and M
y taken a position in Bo.
O'TooIe returned the frs
week from France. Fran
sag the many boys who lei
SF to do their bit for Uncl
SglOr returned from Seattl
s.s MS brother and famil
]''ie are emigrating to tn
sby. ~ ''l'- piN'
Me-. Anderson has purchas,
4 |. "nnonery stand fo1merl
~ Dob Medved and has h;
8 femodeled and repainte
very attractive and neat
B !, " !, Moore and his fathe
Ill., moore y were up from Mec
! ia he first of the week. T
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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-04-11
BIG SMOKE AT BOLSTER BLOCK
Fire Department Called Out, But


smoke OdIUc TTOlu OIl OsOfNs
The local fire department was
called out Wednesday by an alarm
of fire in the Bolster Block. When
the fire truck arrived it was found
to be a false alarm and the dense
black volume of smoke was emerging
from one of those oil stoves which
did not seem to be functioning pro
perly and which stove was IN the
APARTMENTS occupied by the school
teachers. Outside of a very sue
cessful fumigation no harm was
done.
Rodney Salisbury ard H. R. Smith,
both well known citizens Of Ray
mond, are county seat visitors to-
day.
Donald O. Collins and Lowell Col
Inns, sons of P. L. Collins, of the
Raymond precinct, who have been
visiting at the farm for the past
week, are in Plentywood today
Donald O. Collins was recently dis
charged from the United States
navy where he was acting as wire
less operator in the service of Uncle
Sam. Mr.. Collins is a bond salesman
in Chicago where he will go to re-
sumo his profession, in the neal
future. Lowell Collins who is en-
ployed as a clerk in the Plentywooc
State Bank has been i'll for some
time and has been in the country
recuperating.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-04-11
REMODELING BRENTWOOD
HOTEL INTERIOR

Mr.. Lindh who recently purchased
the Plentywood Hotel is making ex-
tensive improvements on the interior
of the building which will make
it much more comfortable and home
like as well as ornamental.
Mr.. Lindh has just closed deal
whereby he has purchased the lot
located next to Mr.. Whites resi-
dence, on which he intends to build
later.
Regular $2.25 Mems Blue Demon
Overalls at $1.5O. Palubicki's New
Store.
Arizona republican., 1919-02-20

There is nothing really new in the simple growing of cotton in Arizona Evidences of cotton cloth are found in the pueblo ruins of the Salt River Val Icy dating back thousand years or so. Cotton cloth is found in the mummy wrappings in the cliff dwellings of a later era. The Hopi Indians. to the northward. have woven cotton cloth since an unrecorded past. Cotton cloth was known to the Aztecs, found by Cortez in Mexico. The plant itself is indigenous. to this day found wild in the foothills of southern Arizona mountains The product, of course, compared with modern long staple is much inferior.-but it is cotton just the same.
 Cotton has been experimented with in the valley since 1873. when the first cotton was grown by Neri Osborn's father. In 1884 a bale of cotton was grown on the Larsen ranch. a mile south of Tempe and took high honors at the New orleans exposition. Many small patches were planted in different parts of the valley, but it was not un- til 1911 that cotton became an indus trial product Mir. McClatchy and Dr Chandler were interested in the early introduction of cotton in this valley along with several other progressive agriculturists. The principal credit oi introducing cotton in this valley how cver should be given to Mir. Kearney and W. II. Swingle. who carried on eX- periments for several years at the gov. crnment experiment stations at Yuma and Sacaton where they respectively
Arizona republican., 1919-02-20
THURSDAY FEBRUARY

ing season, many of them being brought in from Mexico by special per mission of the United States Labor Department.
 The average yield of lint cotton is something under one-half bale to the acre. This rather low average is due to the fact that a great deal Of cotton
 grown on new land, and yields from such lands are generally about half what they are on similar land which has been in cultivation, especially if 1t is old alfalfa land.
 The following actual results, com piled by the chamber of commerce. prove not only that tested methods are best, but are an indication of what may be expected when cotton is grown in well-planned rotation:
 Last year a young Mesa rancher, who does not wish his name to he mentioned, purchased ten acres of land and put it into cotton. He did ali the work himself and a small amount ot outside labor and cleared enough on the cotton to pay the entire purchase price of his land which was s200 an acre.
 On the Germann ranch at Higley, which is just outside of the Salt River project but part of the Salt River Val ley, nevertheless, there was produced OF five-acre tract last year seven and one-half bales of cotton.
 A full blooded Pima Indian on the Pima Indian Reservation, near Saca- ton, on 12-acre field, cleared s200 an acre over his expenses, which included part of the labor of producing and all Of the cost of picking. It is interesting l to note that this Indian, whose name IS Juan James, purchased $500 worth l of Liberty Bonds and Thrift Stamps out of his profits.
 Heretofore the main objection to Ari- zona Egyptian cotton lay in the fact | that there has not been enough of if. Manufacturers naturally did not care | to alter their machinery to take long staple and to turn out bew patches of exceptionally high grade goods for which the supply of raw material ] would soon come to an end The very length of the staple would necessitate ' expensive changes in almost any mill.
 Two uses for the Arizona cotton are preeminent. It has been demon- strated that it makes the toughest and pest automobile fabric ever known. So large is the necessity for this one use that the entire output of the Salt River valley would not supply the de- mand ot even the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company of Akron, Ohio. The second is for thread, where strength and length are>demanded. A new use Is for airplane wings, the government last year having purchased 200 bales of Pima cotton for shipment to a New England mill to be made into airplane fabric.
 Thus far the Salt River Valley has had no cotton insect pests. Close watch IS kept for seed importations, for there Is ever the threat of the pink worm from Egypt and the boil weevil from tfe gulf states. There is a belief, however, that the weevil would not flourish in the dry hot summer of Ari- zona- a<d hence there is little appre- hension of trouble on that score. Taken as a whole. the future seems 10 hold nothing but good things ir
 store for cotton in the Salt River Val
 ley and indications point to record
 planting of Arizona-Egyptian cottor for next year
Arizona republican., 1919-02-20
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This makes an expense of about $130 an acre and many do not expend this much, but for best results. thorough work is necessary and this is eXpen- sive. Yields of one and one-third bales to the acre have been made on good sized acreages under proper cul- tivation methods on the best lands. A bale of 500 pounds lint or 1900 pounds of seed cotton at 59 cents a pound for the lint would bring and at least $30 more for the seed which would leave a profit that would almost pay for the land.
 The labor required to pick the cotton is considerable and especially so with large acreage. Last season Mexican laborers were importeed for the pick
Arizona republican., 1919-02-20
PRESENT AND FUTURE OF
 THE LONG STAPLE COTTON
 IN SALT RIVER VALLEY

developed the Yuma and the Pima strains of cotton.
 What has been done with cotton and what can be done with it should be subject interesting to every true Ari- zonan since cotton has become such an important industry in the state, mon- opoizing as it does the crop on S0,0OO acres of land and adding untold wealth to the resources of the state.
 At present prices the expense of raising an acre of cotton has been esti mated as follows:
 Rent of land S25.00 to SS0.00
 (Some land owners make terms
 of 70 per cent of the lint cot
 ton in lieu of cash rent)
 Water IL. ............... 12O Thorough preparation of an
 acre of land .............. 800 Planting. including seed ..... 1.50 Hand hoeing and weeding .. 300 Man and team for 9 months.... 25.00 Picking 1900 pounds of seed
 cotton at 3 cents .............. 54.00 Ginning .................. 1900
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-03-06
The BeIington Progressive
America First Justice To All
ea=s "a
- rEorLE rArEN "A
OUR BoUNDEN DUTY

This newspaper must first OF all be
clean, it must be fair, it must be hon
est and without malice in its opinions
and expressions, and'it must, at all
times. devote itself unflinchingly and
fearlessly TO the public service in the
interests of the masses of the people.
1t must always combat evil and in
justice.
1t must always fight for progress
and reform.
1t must never tolerate cOrruptions.
1t must be in sympathy with the
poor and the unfortunate.
For Belington it must always stand
with unselfsh devotion, for the
achievement Of the finest ideals, of
every high purpose, of every enter
prise, of every step in the march OF
progress.
1t must stand for good government,
freedom, equality, the public welfare,
civic and true patriotism and undying
love of country.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-03-06
ORIGINAL AGRICULTURAL
GLEANINGS.
II
e. d. Koontz

The following original notes from
Mss. of class in Agriculture
year 1916-show some of the real
humor that may be gathered from
ideas of girls and boys.
'The Bob White" is beneficial be-
cause it tells farmers what time of
day it is and when to get up" This
young man seems to have mixed the
Bob White" with certain brand of
alarm clock with which he was ia
miliar and has forced upon the quail's
shoulders the double task of time
piece and alarm clock
2-"The Bob White is useful to
farmers because he keeps hawks a.
way from his chickens" in this in
stance the boy has either confused
the Bob White with the king-bird or
has made him answer to the name of
some "Nimrod" of his acquaintance
with blunderbuss or rife
Sin the following answer note
the latest in crop rotation "Crop Ro-
tation is when you pillow the ground
turning the dirt up from the edge
to the middle and back again" Ro-
tate seems to have been the word
and this answer would indicate a
vest pocket Dictionary of some stan
dard type having been handy. And
demonstrates the class of help which
is obtained when general knowledge
is lacking.
The young would be farmer
who in the following question under
took to select seed corn scientifically
did infinitely more than select the
corn. Like the Mahomedan of Nee
co at his prayer turned facing the
East So must his seed corn face
the East and yet is there a certain
amount of reasoning put.
"The cultivation of corn is civil.
When corn gets on the cob it is time
to cut the stalks. The seed should
be selected from the field and the
ears should be turned to the East"
The source from which "Civil Guilt
walton" comes is obscure. While his
system of reasoning on the time of
corn cutting is simple and childish.
5-You harvest twice year when
1T IS nice weather and the ground is
dry" Hisideas of harvest time
seems to have been of wheat and hay
and having the weather made to or
der.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-03-06
ONLY FLAG OVER STARS AND
STRIPES

One flag alone flies above the Stars
and Stripes, 1t is the flag bearing
the emblem which symbolizes the re-
ligion upon which the principles Of
America have been founded-and
that emblem is the Cross. 1t is a
solemn sight on Sunday morning to
see the deck of great battleship
with its line after line Of blue and
white clad sailors, all at attention.
AS they stand thus, Old Glory is
slowly hauled down from that high
place Of hers which she has been so
proudly and rightfully holding dur
ing the week. Then, suddenly, a
thrill goes through the heart of
every Christian man aboard as the
Flag Of the Cross rises calamity to
the place Old Glory had formerly
held. For moment there is silence
then as its folds swing out to meet
tn sky and the sunshine, the song,
Coward Christian Soldiers" rings
out across the air.
To the man who feels the signifi-
canoe Of it all, particularly in these
days when it looks as though a
great new brotherhood was about to
be born, the hosting of the Flag of
the Cross is one of the most thrilling
moments of the week. They know
that red cross on its blue field is
an outward symbol of tremendous
things about to be of great move
ments under way everywhere for the
aplift and happiness Of long time
blinded world,
One Of thse momentous movements
that has as it's object the hosting
of the Flag of the Cross above
every national flag that flies is that
of the Centenary movement Of the
Methodist churches.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-03-06

Ny friend help the editors in their
wild-eyed search for news. When
your friends come to see you, if you
are not ashamed of it, tell US; when
your wife gives tea party, if you
have recovered from the effects of
the gossip, drop in with the news;
when new baby arrives, fill your
pockets with cigars and call; if you
are not a subscriber to this paper
join the crowd coming this way.
Any man can take newspaper.
1t is the cheapest thing he can buy.
Every time hen clucks and lays an
egg his paper is paid for that week.
1t costs less than postage stamp
less than to send or receive letter.
1t comes to you every week, rain or
shine, calm or stormy. No matter
what happens, it enters your home a
welcome friend, full of sunshine,
cheer and interest 1t opens the
door. No man is just to his child
rem or good to himself who does
not take his home paper.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-03-06
SENATOR REED is RIGHT;
BRING AMERICAN SOLDIERS
HOME NOW.

Senator Reed is a big man who
thinks in big way Therefore Sen
ator Reed talks in a plain way, using
words that everybody can understand
which is the habit Of men who have
something to say that is really worth
while saying
While speaking in the senate on
Wednesday upon the necessity
of bringing our soldiers home more
quickly Senior Reed vas interrupted
by Senator Lewis with this inquiry.
May | ask what method the SEN
ator from Missouri would suggest ito
force France and Great Britain to
put their ships at our commando"
To which Senator Reed replied:
Instead of writing Leagues of
Nation with perpetual peace in them
instead of spending my time talking
about some scheme that is to con-
Germ civilization in the future. 7
would say to the gentlemen: |
need some ships, | need them now. |
believe you will give them to us.
Then, if they did not give them
to us, | would see to it that every
benefit and advantage they have in
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-03-06
THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1919.

The prosperity of a town is not
guarded by the wealth of the inhabit-
tants, but by the uniformity with
which they pull together when an i'm
portant undertaking is to be accom-
plished. A man with a thousand
dollars at his command and a love
for his town in his heart can do more
for its upholding than the million
aire who locks up his capital and
snaps his fingers at home enterprise.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-03-06
INCOME TAX PAYS
FOR PUBLIC BENEFITS.

X "viewed in its largest and
X truest sense, the payment of
X taxes is payment for benefits
x received or expected Only from
4 a narrow and essentially selfish
4 and shortsighted viewpoint can
X the individual propose to him
4 self the evasion of tax liability
x as a desirable course of action"
K Daniel G. Roper, Commission
X er of Internal Revenue.
4
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-03-06
HOPE
Erwin ID. Koontz

Out from the gloom of darkness
Kissed by the lips of night,
Springs many glittering dewdrop,
That sheds an eternal light.
Out from the reeking poisons
of the swamp with its germs of
Death;
Bursts the. beauty of thousand
lilies,
Loves fragrance on their breath.
Out from the walls of prisons
With their weight of crime and
wrong;
Borne on the wings of heartaches,
Floats many sweet-voiced song.
Out from the cloud of sorrow,
When the heart is wrung with
pain;
May burst Hopes beams of sunshine,
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-03-06

When Cain had killed off one
fourth Of the people of the earth,
leaving only three, then went into
the land of Nod and builded city,
it is evident that he did not sit a.
round like a bump on a log and
growl about the Nod real estate and
people. He was not himself, perhaps
the most exemplary Of men, and if
he had some reason to emigrate from
the land Of his birth, he did not NOPE
and whine, but got hold of a piece
OF ground and went to work to do
something. The man who built up
a city under such auspices is the
kind of material we want in this
town; and we will not inquire too
infinitely into his antecedents, so
that he takes hold like a man and
can be good at least But what is
more, Cain did not advise his son to
go west" and get out of the dead
old town. He named the city after
him, believed in it, worked it, bought
his goods there and kept his money
at home.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-03-06

With the official endorsement Of
the executive, legislative and judi
cial branches of the State govern
ment, Statewide campaign will be
waged throughout West Virginia dur
ing the week Of March 1880 to raise
S218,000. the States quota of the ma
tional s30,O0O,000. fund, every dollar
of which will be expended for the re-
lief Of starving Armenians, Syrians,
Greeks and other people in the near
East.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-03-06
4 MEAN TRICK

Some unthoughtful boys or some
criminal minded man stretched =
strong wire across walk near Fred
Thompson's home a few nights aga
which almost resulted in tragedy
John Booth an aged and respected
citizen of Stringtown was caught IN
the net and sustained serious injuries
A. c. Bolton is also reported to have
fallen at the same spot. If this was
done for joke it belongs to the class
Of criminal jokes and perpetrators
of such tricks should be prosecuteJ.
----------------
When fool is angry, he opens has
mouth and shuts his eyes.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-03-06
Taxable Income.


An individual must include under
gross income all gains, profits and in
come derived from salaries, wages or
compensation for personal service of
whatever kind and in whatever form
paid or from professions, vacations,
business. sales or dealings in property
of all kinds, interest, rent, dividends
or profits derived. from any source
whatever. Very few items of income
are exempt
Deductions include ordinary and nee
essarY business expenses, interest paid
or accrued on Indebtedness taxes of
all kinds except Federal income and
excess profits taxes and assessments
for local benefits, losses ACTUALLY sus-
tanned, debts ascertained TO be worth
less and depreciation on buildings, ma
chinery, fixtures etc, used in business
A further deduction is allowed for con
Tibutlons 70 corporations operated for
religious, charitable, scientific or edu-
cational purposes or for the prevention
Of cruelty to children or animals to an
amount not exceeding 10 per cent Of
the taxpayers net income as computed
without the benefit of the contribution
deduction
The taxpayer is not allowed to de-
duct any personal, living or family ex-
pense, any amount spent for improving
property or making good its exhaus-
ton for which an allowance is claimed
under depreciation.
Figuring the Tax.
Before figuring the normal tax the
dividends are deducted as credits from
net income, together with the personal
exemption. AS in previous years, divi-
dends of domestic corporations are ex-
empt from normal tax when received
by the stakeholder.
The normal tax rates for citizens
and residents are as follows: On the
first $4,000 of net income in excess of
the credits the rate is 6 per cent; on
any further taxable income the rate is
u per cent.
The surtax rates apply to net in
come of each individual in excess of
$1,000 The personal exemption and
the dividends are not deductible before
computing surtax In the case of re-
turns by husband and wife, the net
income of each is considered separate
ly in computing any surtax that may
be due. Form 1910 should be used for
making returns of net income exceed
ing $4,000, and the Instructions on that
form will show how to figure the sur
tax.
Business House Returns.
Employers and others who paid
wages salaries, rents interest or sim
liar determinable gains in an amount
of $1,000 or over during 1918 to any
person must file an information return
with the Government. Blanks may be
secured from the Collector
Every partnership must file a return
g owing IFS income ana deductions and
Il name and address Of each partner
h his stare Of the profits on losses
ing The past YEAR Personal service
eporaiicns will file simfW .nfonna
lta for 1918.
~ x " 4 x 4 4 x = X = 4 X L A X