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The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-05-16

previous to 1918. Mention was made
at this time last year of the serious
ness of the hay and forage situation
in the state. Since that time manv
farmers and stockmen have experien-
ced direct loss and great in~convenien-
ces through their inability to secure
hay and the high prices paid when a
supply could be secured and thew
would do we'll to take the necessary
steps at an early season to provide
as far as possible against a repeti-
ton of a similar situation. The pres
ent condition of all hay is estimated
t ODE 90 per cent of normal while
pastures and ranges are reported to
be only IS per cent as a result of the
cool weather and a general lack of
moisture prevailing up to May /.
Directly rejecting the mildness of
the past winter, the estimates on the
mortality of live stock from exposure
are pleasingly low. The losses among
live stock from diseases are also be-
low the 10 year averages and the con-
dition on May l of the various classes
of stock, with the exception of farm
work horses, is up to or higher than
the average.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-05-16

before his transport was to sail he was
spending the afternoon with an Amer
lean girl he had met in Winchester.
She was from Paterson, N. j., and he
called her Jersey"
"Well, this is goodbye" he said as
he was about to return to camp.
Thinking of home dimmed the girls
eyes. "Gee, 1 wish l was going, too"
she exclaimed.
"You mean, that, kid" said the big
westerner.
~ sure do" she replied.
Touced by her tears, he made a
quick decision. GAIL right, come along
with me-" he said, selling her arm.
He knew where a special license could
be obtained, and a few hours later
they we're husband and wife.
In telling the correspondent of his
romance, the soldier remarked: ~
wouldn't leave a dog on this side of
that good old Statue of Liberty" He
meant no disrespect to his bride.
A special canteen for these home
ward bound soldiers has been estab-
lished at Morn Hill by the American
Red Cross.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-05-16

tana field agent for the U. S. bureau
of crop estimates, the 100000 acres of
winter wheat sown last fall has gone
through the winter with one of the
lightest losses ever recorded in Mon
tana, the acreage abandoned from
winter killing and other causes being
only as per cent of the total acreage
planted. This leaves 674,00O acres
remaining for harvest, which is an
increase of 10 per cent over the
acreage harvested last year. Based
on reports made by crop correspond
ents and from personal observations,
the field agent estimates the present
condition of the winter wheat crop to
be ~ per cent of normal, Indicating
a prospective crop of 14,828, 900 BUSH
els, as compared to 8,7O5, 900 bushels,
the final estimated production for
1918.
The greatly increased acreage of
rye over any previous year presents
one OF the most striking features of
the government report. The acreage
to be harvested as grain this year.
estimated to be $4,000 acres, shows
an increase of 240 per cent over hat
harvested last year and the probable
production, based on the condition of
the crop on May /, is more than three
times the 1918 o%ut-turn. Winter rye
has won a great popularity for itself
throughout a considerable part of the
north central and eastern sections of
the state and to a certain extent is
s%upplanting winter wheat in districts
where winter killing of wheat has
been excessive for a number of years
past. 1t is of interest to know that
the planting of $4,000 acres, or ap-
proximately one-third of the total
acreage of rye seeded in Montana last
fall, was financed through loans
made by the federal seed loan office
out of the $4,000, 900 fund provided
by the president for drouth relief in
a number of the western states. It is
estimated that Is per cent of the
acreage of rye seeded last fall will not
be harvested as grain and, based on a
May 1 condition of 95, that the prob
able production will be 1,548,OOO bush
els.
The acreage of hay to be cut, based
on present intentions and conditions,
is practically the same as that cut
last year but almost 10 per cent less
than the average for a series of years
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-05-16
BUTTER PRICES HIGH.

A good many inquiries have come
in recently to the department of dairy
husbandry of the state college wanting
to know the reason for the high price
of butter at this season of the year.
1t is true that butter is extremely
high for the month of May but the
reasons for the extremely high price
a be accounted for to some extent
in the following paragraph.
A communication from the largest
butter market in the United States,
namely New York City, states that
during the past ten days some large
orders from France were filled at
around GA cents, mostly the highest
grade creamery butter. Five cars of
California butter were also purchas-
ed on the coast and are now being
ordered forward and three or four cars
of medium butter have also gone to
shippers.
On April Goth, from 10, 1000 to 49,
600 packages cleared for a French
port, followed a week later by anoth-
err steamer with a similar cargo. At
New York City the rumors are that
other European countries will demand
a great deal Of butter during the re-
mainder of The spring and summer and
will probably have a great deal to do
in shaping the price of the local but
ter markets in all parts of the United
States. During the month of Feb
ruary, %clearances through the port of
New York aggregated 3,O49,637
pounds. Of these, 2,919,825 pounds
went to England; $4,000 pounds to
Belgium; 56,034 pounds to Panama
and the remainder to fifteen tropical
countries.
This will indicate to som extent
the enormous demand for American
made butter that has been growing
the past year or so. If this demand
keeps up as it promises to do, the
price of butter the next few months
will doubtless remain at a very high
level. 1t is not a matter of shortage
of butter in America but the great de-
mand for our dairy products in the
European and tropical countries.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-05-16
TOO MUCH CONTAGIOUS
DISEASE IN THE STATE

Asserting that smallpox and scar
let fever are widely prevalent in Mon
tana, DR.. John j. sippy, state epidem-
iologist, has issued a circular letter
appealing to all health officers in the
state to report promptly all contag-
ious diseases.
"Epidemics," he writes, "are the re-
suit of ~unrecogniZed, unreported or I'M
cared for cases. Health officers are
urged to give local publicity to the
manner in which %scarlatina is spread,
to the quarantine regulations for it's
control, and to request the cordial CO.
operation of physicians, teachers and
h~ouseholders in prompt reporting of
all suspected as we'll as known cases
under observance of control measures.
eff the diagnosis is in doubt, the
public should be given the benefit Of
the doubt. Better a peeved house.
holder in M family than a funeral
in another. Safety first!
"Smallpox is also widely prevalent.
The v%accinated, of course, have no
cause for worry, but incidentally, the
usual controversy exists in many COM
munities as to whether the disease
is smallpox or chickenpox. AS a safe
rule it can be accepted that chicken
pox in adults is SO rare, that when
~chickenpox is circulating among them,
n can hang out smallpox placards
and be right nine hundred and ninety
nine times out of a thousand.
"Prompt reporting is the key to
successful disease control. Health Of
ficers who get reports early usually
know what to do"
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-05-16

fantry, the only Americans to serve
in Italy, and the regiment decorated
in New York by Italian representa-
tives, have made affidavits of what
thew term ill-treatment and needless
suffering, and have turned them over
to Congressman Roscoe C. McCul-
loch with a request that he reopen the
discussion of conditions in congress.
Among charges made are the fol-
lowing:
That they were so ill-fed while on
a transport en- route to Cattaro, Dali
malta, Austria, that they fought
among themselves for scraps from
the officers tables.
They were confined for ten days
in Cattaro and, although covered with
vermin, were not permitted to go into
the town to battle.
That two members of the company
were assaulted by a navy captain in
the quarters of Captain Wallace M.
johnson of Cleveland, their command
err.
The cattle killed for company COM
missary were not fit for food.
That the rice was musty and wormy
the cornmeal moldy, the macaroni full
of worms and bugs.
That the men picked up stray pieces
of Austrian clothing, washed and wore
it because of the ragged condition
of their own.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-05-16
GOES FURTHER; GETS WORSE.

The more that Director-General
Hines goes into the details, the worse
the financial showing Of the railway
situation and the greater the deficit
that the people must make up through
taxation. 1t must be remembered in
this connection that there is this diff
ference between the railway and wire
situation with reference to govern
ment management: While bungling
and incompetence have been charged
up against Mr.. Burleson in handling
the wire systems, it is agreed that
the railways have been managed both
by Mr.. McAdoo and Mr.. Hines with
skill and judgment. The failure of
the theory of government control
government ownership would be still
worse-is not attributable to bad man.
agement, but to the unsoundness of
the theory itself.
Mr.. Hines has an excuse. He says
traffic has fallen off and the bust
ness of the country is suffering from
the transition of the reconstruction
period. If true, this might account
for the deficit of the first quarter of
this year, but how about the deficit
incurred when neither Of these two
causes were operating?
It is the system that is at fault.
Railway men doing their utmost to
maintain their revenue balances, do
not fail to see the lack of individual
incentive and initiative. Transporter
ton facilities, operated under govern
ment auspices, show the lack of eff
ficiency that ch-aracterizes govern
ment administration everywhere and
at all times. 1t is the governments
business, not the railway officials;
there is the whole difference. Indi-
vidual responsibility is gone; there
is the whole story. Every man who
travels or ships freight sees the diff
ference. Government management or
control has been weighed in the bal
ance and found wanting. The only
entry to the credit side of the ledger
is the conviction reached by the peo-
pie that if government management
is a failure, government ownership
would be worse.-St. Paul Dispatch.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-05-16
AGAINST The Law TO
MAKE HOME BEER
Fine of From $500 to $4,000 and Jail
from Six Months to Three Years
Possible Penalty.

Everybody knows that it is against
the law to make "moonshine" whis-
ky, but from the discussions regard
ing the manufacture of beer and
wines which are now and then over
heard on the streets and in other pub
lie places, it would appear that many
people are of the opinion that they
have a perfect right to make for their
own use any amount of beer or wine
containing "kick" as desired. Those
who hold that belief would do we'll to
go slow in this line of activity from
now on, however. 1t is liable to re-
suit in a fine of from $500 to $4,000
and a Jail sentence of from six months
to three years.
The internal revenue department of
the government has instructed local
collectors and agents on the subject
of prohibition and particularly as to
the penalties of the new national law
and it's predecessors.
The manufacture of beer and wine
except for sacramento and other non,
beverage purposes, is prohibited by
the act of congress Of November 81
1918, and which became effective MAY
l., 1919.
The penalties for the violation OF
the national prohibition laws follow;
For failure to register a still, $500
and a fine of from 500 to $1,000 anc
Imprisonment of from one month tt
two years; for making liquor in {
community where it is forbidden by
local or state laws, a tax of 1000
for violating wartime prohibition, ;
fine of $1,000 or Imprisonment for one
year or both; for making whisky masl
or beer, a fine of from $500 to $1,000
and Imprisonment from six months t.
three years.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-05-16
MILITIA BATTALION
ORDERED FOR STATE

Montana has been authorized by
the war department to proceed at
once with the organization of a mi
litia battalion-four complete compan-
ies-of infantry, in a letter received
by Adjutant General Phil Greenan.
This authorization means that the ma
tional guard act of the Sixteenth as
sembly complies with the provisions
of the national defense act and Mon
tana will be eligible to receive fed
eral aid.
The battalion must be organized
and mustered in not later than June
80. General Greenan has not decid-
ed upon the communities that will be
authorized to proceed with the or
g%anization of companies. This will
depend upon the facilities offered, the
armories available and the interest
manifested by the communities in gen.
eral.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-05-16
TROOPS AWAIT SAILING
IN ENGLISH ARMY CAMP
Huge Military Reservation in Eng.
land Is Mecca for the Home
coming Yanks.
Winchester, England, May

Morn Hill, n of the huge military
reservations on the heights overlook
ing this picturesque old city, is again
an American camp. During the war
it was the principal assembly ground
in England for American legions on
the way to the war. Now it is the
clearing station for thousands of bat
tle-worn Americans who are on the
way home. They are the men who
fought with the British forces.
All Armies Contribute.
All the far-flung armies of the en-
pire are contributing to this assem-
blage. The Americans are coming
chiefly from France and the occupa-
ton forces in Germany, but large
numbers are making longer journeys.
Some have served in Palestine, some
in Egypt, some in South Africa and
others are with the British forces
in various parts of Russia. 1t is rec
koned that it will be six or eight
months before all can be brought to
England.
Meantime, as fast as the Americans
arrive in this country they are sent
to Winchester and put through the
process of rehabilitation and repat-
ration. Other camps here are being
used to comb out Colonials who serv-
ed with the English instead of with
their own armies.
The majority of the Americans who
Joined the British forces enlisted in
Canada. Most of these are to be sent
back, not to the point of enlistment
but to their own homes in the states,
a stipulation that was generally in
sisted upon by Americans when they
volunteered their services.
Delays Are Frequent.
Repatriation machinery turns slow
ly and there are often considerable
delays, as it frequently happens that
a soldier arrives at the camp weeks
before his papers filter through the
devious channels in which they move.
1t is only by his papers that a mans
identy car be officially established,
Great care is exercised in this mat
ter for, in the British army, there
have been many instances of soldiers
exchanging names and Identification
disks.
British regiment wished to remain in
If an American serving with a
British regiment wished to remain in
England and a British comrade want
ed to go to America, it would be easy
enough, it was pointed out to the cor
respondent, for them to swap names
and disks, and if the real Tommy was
we'll coached and did not drop too
many of his chs" the scheme might
succeed.
After repatriation, the Americans
are sent home as soon as transports
can be provided at Southampton,
which is only a dozen miles away.
Special sailings are arranged for the
soldiers who are taking wives back
with them.
One husky Michigan lad now at the
cramp missed his chance to get away
with the last shipload of unmarried
men by making a sudden entry into
the matrimonial state. A day or two
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-05-16
For a Sprained Ankle.

AS soon as possible after the injury
is received get a bottle of Chamber
'lain's Liniment and follow the plain
printed directions which accompany
the bottle.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-05-16

Miss Myrtle Smith returned the
fore part of the week from a months
visit with her parents in Minneapolis.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-05-16

MONTANA CROP REPORT
Missoula, May 12.-According to
the official crop report for May, is
sued today by Guy Fitzpatrick, Mon
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-11-11
TALK OF THE TOWN

An orchestra Of Is pieces has been
organized by Peter + Landi to play at
the armistice ball in Randolph 0-night
Hugh Cole and brother, Howard Cole
students at the University of Vermont,
visited their mother here over the week
end.
Edward Dooley of Dixyille Notch,
n. H., returned to his home to-day
after a several days visit with friends
in Barre.
George Cameron, night clerk at Hotel
Barre, is having Today vacation
which be is spending at his home in
Woodsville, n II.
c. W. and d. A. Perry of the D. A.
Perry Real Estate agency motored from
Barre to Lee, ~ H., to-day, where they
are to conduct a sale of purebred Hol-
stein cattle for j. A. Bartlett and Ben
jamin Lang.
Attorney II. w Scott, supreme war
den of the New England Order of Pro
lection, will speak tonight at the armi-
stice celebration of the Manchester, ~
H., lodge. From there he goes to Bos-
ton to the supreme Office to spend
Wednesday and Thursday, and on Fri
day he will attend the union meeting
Of all the n. i. 0. 7. lodges Of Water
bury, Conn.
One hundred and fifty school spirited
lads of Spaulding high school volun-
teered to assist Coach Robert Ross in
putting the Lincoln field in shape for
Wednesdays game, when Spaulding
meets Burlington high a great amount
Of snow covered the field which required
considerable work to move But the
snow was removed and gridiron put in
fairly good shape for the game.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-11-11

chestra furnishes music.
The work on the garage and other
buildings which the state of Vermont
is constructing on that portion of the
Benjamin farm that was recently pur-
chased for storing the federal trucks,
that had been loaned TO the state, is
progressing we'll The blue print of the
plan to the plot shows there will be
81 stalls for housing trucks, steam
rollers and like machinery The house
will be "a by % feet, the garage As
by "a feet, and the machine shop 20
by "a feet. The plot is being con.
structed so that with the closing of
the gate next to the trolley tracks, the
place can be securely locked
ArmiStice day was observed to-day
at the State House for the most part,
only a few of those employed in the
different Offices. being present, except
ing in the governors office, where en-
ployment occurred. Until Monday it
was not known that a general observ
ance was TO take place Inquiry from
the governors office revealed that no
authority was fort hcoming from that
Office; but the heads of the other de-
partmcnts notified their clerical as
sistants that they need not appear.
Those in each Office who had to look
after the mail spent a. little time.
while some OF the officials spent much
Of the day cleaning up some of the
work that has been waiting for such an
occasion.
In the suit of G. Biahchi vs.. G. MAJ
zini, judgment was directed in Mont
pelier CITY court Monday afternoon by
Judge H. NJ Harvey in favor Of the
plaintiff in two suits. One Of these to-
tails $4,000, while in the other the
Judgment was $3.50. In the case of
the American Fidelity company, rela
tive to insurance against Clarence +.
Parker of Granville, a judgment for
S77.45 was given by default In the
case OF the Odd Fellows Building as
soCiation VS. Charles H. Thompson, the
hearing has been continued for a week.
The suit is for rent, the sum being set
at $500.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Poole have sold
their house ON Mortified street to Mr..
and Mrs John w Herman. Mr. Her
man IS employed in the cattle testing
work Of the department of agriculture.
A marriage license has been issued
to Inc G. Daniels Of Montpelier and
Miss Laura Hills Of Lowell, Mass, for
merly of st. Johnsbury
Mrs. G. f. Mann and Mrs. James T.
Dewey of Quechee were visitors in
the city Monday.
Judge Sherman Moulton of Burling
ton was in the city yesterday.
Miss Alice Robinson, who is en-
ployed in the state auditors Office, re-
ceiyed advice Monday Of the death Of
William Willoughhy, her grandfather
who died in Gorham, n. II. The funeral
will be held Wednesday and burial
will occur in Stanstead, p. O., where
the deceased was a gardener for many
years His wife died five years ago.
He was S4 years of age. He leaves six
daughters and three sons
Mr. and Mrs o. T. Martin of Plain
field were in the city Monday on their
way to Grand Rapids, Mich, where
they attend the annual National grange
meeting, to which both are delegates,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-11-11

They we're Joined in Burlington by Mr..
and Mrs. w. N. Cady, the former OF
whom is past master of the state
grange.
Glen Martin, who left his automobile
in front of a hydrant, was taken IN
charge last evening by the police de-
partment upon order of Judge +. NJ.
Harvey of Montpelier city court on
the charge Of breaking the city ordi-
nance relating to leaving an automobile
within IL feet of a hydrant. The
complaint was that ne left his machine
in front OF the Playhouse last even
ing. He was ordered into court at 8
O'Clock this morning, where Judge Har-
vey and City Attorney G. l.. Hunt had
a talk with the man, after which he
was released Martin lives in Plain
field and had brought his friends to
attend the presentation OF Daddy
Long Legs
GOV. p. w. Clement has offered
prize of $50 for the best exhibit of APP
pies in the horticultural exhibit at Rut
land Nov. 10, 20. q. The prize is offered
for the best five boxes OF either spy,
Rhode Island Cireening, Mameuse New
ton, Pippins or Spitzenburg. Governor
Clement viii also make the opening
address at the annual show.
The Miller's inn and Concrete Prod
net company of Montpelier have filed
policies with the commissioner OF in
dustries. showing that each concern is
employing more than 10 persons.
Harold L. Bailey Of Bradford was in
the city yesterday in connection with
the insect work which he has been IN
charge of for the agricultural depart
ment during the summer.
Judge G. H. Dale this morning re-
ceived word of the death OF NJ. Q.
Evans in Waterbury, whose death oc-
CURED during the night
The Mortified Trust company settled
its account about. A o'clock Monday
afternoon in the estate of John Nj, Sui
liyan, late OF Roxbury, as administra
tor of the estate. Several of the heirs
Of the deceased were present and op
posed the settlement Of the account,
but it appears that the settlement as
agreed upon was accepted by Judge
Frank j. Martin. A, q. Fay appeared
for some of the heirs. while Theriault
& Hunt appeared for the widow The
will OF James i. Cardell, late of War
rem, has been presented for probate.
Fitting recognition of the late George
Fl. Cross of ST. Johnsbury was held this
afternoon during the hour OF his fu-
neral which took place in st. Johns
bury at , o'clock from the North Con
gregational church in that village, by
the playing of the chimes in Trinity
church in Montpelier. This was done
by Fred keegan, who for several years
played the chimes These chimes were
presented by MIR. Cross to the Trinity
church some six years ago They We're
dedicated in the memory Of the de-
ceascd's parents, who were members Of
the church here. Mr.. Cross spent the
early years of his life in Montpelier,
having been foreman of the bakery
which his father operated for years in
Montpelier, after which he went to ST.
Johnsbury, where he was in the bakery
business.
The report Of an accident which took
place in Fair Haven has been re
ceiyed at the secretary Of states office
in which Mrs Andrew Frost, formerly
of Montpelier, was injured. The re-
port was made by Harold J. Hayes of