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The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-07-18
GRAND JURY GOES into
SESSION WEDNESDAY
lINE ADDITIONAL NAMES DRAWN IN ORDER TO
O%$sA1N REQUIRED NUMBER NECES-
sA>$$x5 TO COMPLETE JURY; FRANK J.
! z$~>M OF BAYLOR, FOREMAN.

The much talked of gra ;ury is
now reality, having gone INTO ses-
sion Wednesday morning and is COM
posed of the following. members:
Frank j. Zurm, Baylor, foreman.
Louis Ritter, vandalia.
James Carroll, Ajerton.
c. l.. Goodrich, Avondale.
Marcus Tufte, Barnard.
Frank Bartholemy, Thoeny.
Adolph Nybakken, Nashua.
When court convened Tuesday morn
ing only six of the fifteen persons
summoned appeared, two having been
excused by Judge Hurry ,some could
not be located and others notified the
court that they had left the state,
which made it necessary for addition
al names to be drawn in order to OBJ
tain the required number to complete
the jury. Judge Hurry instructed
Clerk of the Court Cutting to draw
nine additional names and ordered
Sheriff Powell to secure sufficient
autos to go after those called and
have them appear Wednesday morn
ing at 10 o'clock.
Only six of the nine persons called
could be located and when they were
questioned as to their qualifications
it developed that two of them were
not citizens of the United States and
another was medical man which fact
exempted him from jury duty. The
judge excused these three men and
ordered that the names of the three
remaining, with the names of the six
having qualified the day before be
placed in black capsules in the jury
box and that the first seven drawn
would compose the grand jury.
After the jury was sworn Judge
Hurry instructed them as to their du-
ties, after which they went into pri-
vate session with County Attorney
Borton and Assistant Attorney Gen.
eral Gerth as legal advisers.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-07-18
SIXTEEN HUNDRED ACRE
FARM CHANGES HANDS
VIM. McCARTER, PROMINENT SPOKANE BUSINESS
MAN TAKES OVER THOMAS DIGNAN PLACE
NINE MILES WEST OF GLASGOW; PRICE
PAID RUMORED TO BE S150000

A deal was closed this week where
by VIM. McCarter of Spokane, WASH,
became the owner of the sixteen hun
dred acre Dignan farm located about
nine miles west of Glasgow. The
deal was consummated through S. J.
Rundle Of the Rumble Land & Alb
stract company and S. B. Somers and
is the largest real estate transaction
that has ever been made in Valley
county.
The consideration involved has not
been made public but it has been ru-
mored that Mr.. McCarter paid in the
neighborhood Of one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars for the farm and all
| farming implements on the place, the
new owner having bought the place
just as it stood.
The new owner has already taken
possession, his foreman and a crew
of men having started work on plant
ing two hundred additional acres of
alfalfa seed, which will make a total
of nearly a thousand acres that have.
been planted to alfalfa.
VIM. McCarter has been resident
Of Spokane, WASH, for the past 26
years, being engaged in the numbering
business, in addition to which he owns
several farms in the vicinity of Spo-
kane.
In an interview, Mr.. McCarter stat
ed that it is his intention to sell out
all of his holdings in Washington and
devote his entire time to his farm
here. He stated that he Travelled
through the states of Idaho and Wash
ington, also the province of Alberta
looking for suitable location, and his
contention is that the Milk River
valley land is the best that he has
ever seen and predicts bright fu-
ture for Valley county.
Mr.. McCarter, is married and has
three children, one boy and two girls
The family will live on the farm dur
ing the summer and in Glasgow dur
ing the winter months so that the chill
dren can attend school here.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-07-18
FORT PECK SETTLERS WILL
MEET AT SCOBEY JULY

An important meeting of the Fort
Peck Settlement association has been
called by President C. F. Blaich to
meet in the Glacier theatre in Scobey
Saturday afternoon, July 26, at one
o'clock. Every resident Of the res
ervation who owns land and has the
interests of the section at stake is
urged to be present.
The chief object Of the meeting will
be the adoption of memorial to con-
gress praying for readjustment of
land appraisements. Other matters of
vital interest will be brought up for
consideration. Come prepared to place
your problems before the meeting for
discussion and suggestions.
Mr.. Blaich feels with others that it
is critical time in the history of the
reservation and that united and force
full action is called for.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-07-18
LAST YANK CONTINGENT TO
RETURN ABOUT AUGUST 1920

New York, July 15.-The last con-
tingent of American troops intended
for early convoy home, exclusive of
the men in the army of occupation and
the service of supply, will be aboard
ships between August Is and 20, ac-
cording to a statement today by Ma
jor General David c. shanks, in charge
of the port of embarkation at Hobo
ken.
General Shanks, in explaining re-
cent complaint of some officers about
the accommodations afforded them on
their return from France, said the gov
ernment had been forced to utilize So
cargo vessels as transports in order
to expedite the movement of home
ward bound troops.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-07-18
CROP CONDITIONS IN
STATE ARE CRITICAL
Total Wheat Loss Amounts to Approx.
imately Twenty-three Million
Bushels.

Missoula, July 14.-That the crop
situation of the state is a critical one
is brought out in the report issued to-
day by Guy Fitzpatrick, Montana field
agent for the U. S. bureau of crop es-
Inmates, which reports the lowest crop
condition figures ever recorded in the
state and indicates a drop of 37.8
points since June l in the average
condition figure of thirteen leading
crops; the average condition being
1919 pc rcent on June / and 36 per
cent on July /.
With total loss in the wheat crop
now amounting to approximately
twenty three and quarter million
bushels and proportionate reductions
in other major crops since the prelim-
mary estimates were made, the con-
ditions existing in Montana as a re-
suit of the adverse weather can only
be regarded as extremely serious.
Winter wheat condition on July /
gave promise Of less than quarter
crop, being placed at % per cent of
normal, which would indicate pro-
duction of but 4,025 900 bushels, while
spring wheat acreage, the largest ever
seeded, was in but slightly better con-
dition. The spring wheat acreage is
estimated to be 1,518,000 acres, an in
crease of 10 per cent over that of
last year, and the July condition is
placed at 33 per cent of normal, in
dicating a prospective crop of H.
$4,000 bushels. The combined pro-
duction of winter and spring wheat
is now placed at 15,547 900 bushels
as compared with 38,768,000 bushels
indicated earlier in the season.
Oats, barley, rye, corn and flax
have all suffered heavily during what
proved to be the hottest and driest
June on record and but little can be
expected from any of these crops.
Corn and late sown flax would, how
ever, show considerable Improvement
should there be abundant rains at an
early date in the northern and east
ern districts where these crops are of
Importance.
Hay crops, of Importance in Mon
tana second only to wheat, were ma
terially reduced by the drouth, hot
winds and lack of irrigating water
and now promise but Al per cent of
the normal production. Unirrigated
pastures and ranges dropped off 38
points from the figure reported June
1st and at the present time provide
but poor pickings for grazing stock.
The feed question, both immediate and
future, presents one of the most SER
ious phases of the general problem
and preliminary steps have already
been taken in moving stock to pastures
outside Of the state and arranging
for importations of feed to augment
the scanty home supply.
Minor crops, including field and
seed peas, beans, potatoes and sugar
beets are all in unusually poor con-
dition and the fact that many sources
of irrigation water are either dry or
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-07-18
WHEAT NEAR WINNETT
AVERAGES Is BUSHELS

Winnett, July 16.-Two good rain
storms have improved crop conditions
around here. The corn looks good, al
though some of it has been spotted
owing to the dryness of the soil when
it was seeded, but the majority of it
is expected to mature. Most of it is
rather short but will make good win
ter feed. A. W. Ogg has finished
threshing a field Of 100 acres of Win
ter wheat, which averaged Is bushels
to the acre. Like yields are expect.
ed in this vicinity.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-07-18
$50 FARMERS LEAVE MONTANA
TO WORK IN NEBRASKA A

Great Falls, July 15.-Carrying $50
dry land farmers from this section Of
Montana who need work because of
having lost their crops, special train
leaves Great Falls today for Sidney,
Nebraska, where the men are guaran-
teed at least 80 days work at the
rate of so cents an hour or better. The
men will go in charge of H. G. Gould,
county agent at Sidney and were re-
cruited by the federal employment SER
vice. The Nebraska farmers pay the
cost of the special train.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-07-18
PROMINENT RANCHER
DEAD AT PLENTYW0OD
Andrew Fadness, Well Known Man in
Sheridan Co., Dies of Bright's
Disease.

Plentywood, July 15.-Andrew Fad
ness, pioneer rancher and business man
of this city, is dead at his home, the
cause being Bright's disease.
Mr.. Fadness came to Sheridan coun-
ty about IL years ago. Besides being
interested in the old home ranch and
several farms, Mr.. Fadness was a
heavy stockholder in a chain of banks
throughout Sheridan county. He leaves
a wife and two children to mourn his
loss.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-07-18
THRESHER SCHOOL
WELL ATTENDED
Instructive Lectures Given by Experts
From Washington, ID. c., and
Agricultural College.

The thresher school held in Glas-
gov Tuesday and Wednesday of this
week was a success from start to fin
ish. A good crowd Of threshermen
gathered at the Orpheum theatre on
Tuesday morning and the school start
ed off in good spirits and the crowd
increased considerably the second day.
The threshermen though facing a
poor season were eager for knowledge
and the lecturers were questioned thor
oughly about the subject he had to
handle. After each talk there followed
a general discussion of the subject.
Different threshermen gave their ex-
periences and troubles and how they
solved them. This feature of the school
was of great value, especially to the
new men in the threshing game, as the
many old timers present gave out some
valuable suggestions and helpful
hints.
Elmer johnson of the United States
department of agriculture opened the
program Tuesday morning by giving
the objects of the school. In brief,
Mr.. johnson said: Work done by the
thresher division of the grain corpora
tion of the U. S. food administration
during 1918 has been turned over to
the U. S. department of agriculture.
The division of rural engineering of
the bureau Of public roads, and the
states relation service are assisting
the extension service in the grain
growing states in carrying out the
campaign for the saving of grain and
time.
During the present season it has
been hoped that some such organiza-
tion could have been perfected to car
ry on the tests and the original pur-
pose of these schools was to prepare
men to make the blanket tests and to
make adjustments in the field to pre-
vent unnecessary waste.
the good results accomplished
through the efforts of the threshing
division are shown by the following
figures, taken from their report in
circular No. 998. In North Dakota
the average waste per day on about
26 per cent of the rigs in operation
was 14.63 bushels for each. After
testing the machine adjustments were
made, this loss was cut down to 4.03
bushels per day or saving of 1000
bushels, with total saving of 1,5OO,-
900 bushels in the entire state for the
season. In South Dakota the testing
and readjustment made a saving of
1913 bushels per day, on Is per cent
of machines tested or 100000 for
the state. In Montana through prop
er adjustment of machines and avoid
ing waste, the average saving per day
on Is per cent of the rigs was 1927
or 706,925 bushels flor the season in
the state. Minnesota saved an aver.
age of 1928 bushels per day, on 81
per cent of the machines, with the to.
tai for the state given as 100000
bushels.
Maximum losses as. determined by
the tests inthese states are as fol.
lows:
North Dakota, 38O8 bushels per day
| South Dakota, 1884 bushels per day
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-07-18
LEWISTOWN is SCENE
OF A TRIPLE TRAGEDY

Lewistown, July ia triple trag-
edy, one of the worst enacted in this
vicinity, occurred just before II
o'clock noon today at the Day House,
when T. H. Ross shot and killed his
wife, inflicted a mortal wound on
Enid Melton, 15-year-old girl, and
committed suicide.
Ross had been conducting an ice
cream parlor in the Day House for
a short time. He threatened few
days ago to kill his wife and the sit
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-07-18
NEW MASONIC TEMPLE TO
BE BUILT AT WOLF POINT

Erection of Masonic temple at
Wolf Point is the announced purpose
of the Masonic Temple association of
that city, which has filed articles of
incorporation in the office of the Sec
retary of state. Fifteen persons are
named as the incorporators and the
capital o fthe association is placed at
100000.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-07-18
IOAHO GOVERNOR ASKS
AID IN FIGHTING ETAN

Washington, July 16.-Governor Da-
Wis of Idaho today telegraphed the
department of the interior for aid
in fighting a great forest fire raging
along a 15-mile front in the Thunder
mountain district of that state. The
governor said loss of millions of
dollars was threatened.
Representative Smith, republican, Of
Idaho, telegraphed the governor that
Secretary Lane had given assurance
Of fullest cooperation.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-07-18
WORK FOR FARMERS AT
DEVILS LAKE, N. D.

County Agent Stebbins is in receipt
of the following letter from the county
agent at Devils Lake:
The superintendent of construction
for the tate highway commission just
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-07-18

extremely low portends further drop
in these and other crops under the
ditch before the close of the season.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-06-18
WAITSFIELp

Miss Leila Marshall closed her MILL
merry business in town Saturday and will
visit her father in Middlesex.
Miss Winifred Warner Of Middlebury
was guest in town Sunday.
! Coming: "Mess Mates" drama to be
given in the near future by the Y P. B,
| G. Of the Congregational church.
Miss Ruth b. Jones returned home on
Monday from the Moody school in North
field, Mass,
DIR. Warren j. Howard has received
his appointment as health officer of the
| first district of the state board of health,
and win make his headquarters in ST.
Adams.
Gerald Stokes returned to town last
Saturday and has employment in town.
Miss Marion A. Jones has returned
home, having graduated from the Moody
school in Mortified, Mass.
Benjamin Buzzell died Monday morn
| ing az the result of shock. Funeral
services were held at his late residence
this afternoon.
Miss Lucille Robinson has been visiting
her sister Mrs. Ronck
Mrs. w. j. Howard and daughter. Miss
Marguerite Howard, are visiting Mrs. j.
C. Kingsbury and other friends in town.
The new schedule for the mali has
gone into effect, The stage leaves for
Middlesex at g a. m. and p. m. arriving
with mail at Il q. m. and 8 p. m.
Otis Wallis, youngest son OF George w.
Wallis, narrowly escaped serious injur-
les Monday, when he jumped off the
school team directly in the path of a
Ford car owned and driven by s. p Jos.
lyn The car passed directly over the
child's body, the wheels bruising his hip.
His head and body are badly bruised and
cut, but no bones are broken and no in
ternal injuries have been discovered.
Earl Baird has sold his Maxwell car
and bought a Chevrolet touring car.
Miss Anna Belle Martin was taken 10
the hospital in Montpelier Thursday.
Hugh Carpenter was in Burlington on
Monday.
Harve McAllister and S. P. Joslyn
were in Barre Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Graves were in
Montpelier Monday.
Miss Louise Folsom has returned from
Wilder.
Mrs Wallace Haskins was in North
field Wednesday.
Mrs. Laurence G. Howard and children,
Barbara and Lucille, of Montpelier are
visiting in town
At the first annual sale Of the Yer
mont Guernsey Breeders association,
held at Appetree Point in Burlington, at
the farm Of Z. A. Woodbury., 3D., D. H.
Skinner sold four six month.old Guern-
sey heifers for the sum of S905.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-06-18
A Barre Mans Plan Commended.

In an interesting article on Getting
the People to Believe in Your Bank, !"
written by j. Stanley Bailey in the June
number of the Bankers Monthly, the
plan adopted by the Peoples National
bank Of Barre FOR an advertising cam.
paign in The Times is given. The arti.
Gle says: "An interesting example of
how so-called country bank in Yer
mont--a national bank by the way-has
advertised its commercial facilities
should suggest helpful ideas to other
bankers in gaining public confidence and
creating new business both in the com
mercial and savings departments. This
particular bank, the Peoples National
bank Of Barre, VT, ran series OF news.
paper displays of an informative char
acter that gained quick public attention
This series is one of the best specimens
Of reason why copy as applied to the
small national bank that has appeared
in long time. In each display the
bank presented a reason for using the
copy in an attractive little box in the
upper left hand corner of the display
why We Advertise National Bank
Protection for Your Savings When w
c. Johnson, jr., cashier of the bank, de-
cded to write the series of advertise.
ments he selected several interesting
topics in relation to national bank func-
tions, as shown in the accompanying
display. Mr. Johnson had clearly in
mind fact that great many bankers
seem to overlookthe ignorance of the
public concerning even some of the most
elemental functions of the bank These
very functions, however, can usually be
made the basis of chatty and inspira-
tonaI talk that is certain to enlighten
the public concerning the powers and
privileges of the national bank 1t is
interesting to note how, in the accom-
panying Illustration, the surplus fund is
explained and again, how the Importance
of the national bank examination is en-
phasized Throughout the series, topics
of this kind were considered, in order
to impress upon the public the safe
guards that are thrown about the oper-
ations of the national bank This helped
to clinch the argument that the national
bank offers attractive inducements to the
savings depositors"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-06-18
PAID GOVERNMENT PUBLICITY.
United States Is Initiating New Policy
in Advertising.

An important departure is taken by
the publicity bureau Of the United
States army recruiting service. That
bureau will place this week and next in
daily newspapers published where there
are recruiting stations, large display ad-
yertisements 60 stimulate recruiting. The
first of these advertisements appears to-
day in The Republican and other papers.
The departure consists in the fact that
the government has not in the past
spent money for such advertising. There
are arguments both for and against the
practice. On the one hand, the prac.
tical commercial value of advertising
stands to-day upon fully attested ba
sis; advertising has become a business
science, both in this country and in
Great Britain; the experiences OF the
war have furnished new evidence of the
degree TO which the interest Of the pub.
lie NAV be enlisted to great practical
effect through the medium of newspaper
advertising On the other hand, 1t is
obvious that if the government is to be-
come an advertiser on large scale and
to exercise the right Of selection which
would properly be exercised by any pri.
yate concern, there must be difficulties
unless the governments business should
be turned over TO some recognized agency
with instructions to proceed as in an or
binary transaction. In the present in
stance it Is stated that the intention is
to advertise in all papers published in
the recruiting centers. Springfield Re-
publican.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-06-18
TALK or THE TOWN

spaulding alumni ball at assembly hall
o-night.~adv.
Finest quality georgette crepe in the
latest shades. Little Dry Goods Store, 5
Cottage street.
All S. H, S. class flowers will be sold
in the opera house Thursday morning for
II cents eaeh.-adv,
Poison! Farmers, attention. If you
use paris green in 50-lb. lots, ask us for
quotations. N. D. Phelps Go.
Noticel Let all roads lead to South
Barre grange hall Thursday, June TO-.
Good music for dancing Ice cream
served at all hours. Admission, SOC a
couple; extra ladies, l0c. -adv,
Miss Cornelia Dewey, teacher at the
Carleton school on east hill, completed
her years work Friday, June 10, for the
summer vacation. The closing exercises
consisted of concert and picnic. A
large crowd was in attendance and a
jolly good time was enjoyed by all Re-
freshments of ice cream, cake and lemon.
ade were served Much credit is due
Miss Dewey, as she has served as a
competent teacher five years at the
Carleton school.
j. j. Dashner received a telegram from
his son, Sergt. Ralph L. Dashner, yes.
terday stating that the young man ar
rived in New York Tuesday and was
located at Camp Merritt. Sergeant
Dashner joined the ranks of the lat Yer
mont, later designated the 57th Pioneers,
and went to France last fall He re.
turned as member of the 450th casual
company.
The property owned by John Johnson
of Graniteville which ad joins one of the
Wells hanson quarries, sold at auction
Saturday to Mr.. and Mrs. b. f. Davis,
became their property yesterday when
papers closing the deal were completed
The sale was made through the d. A.
Perry Real Estate agency. The pur-
chasers buy the property for an invest
ment.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-06-18
TOPSHAM

Mr.. and Mrs. j. X. White and son,
Philip with Miss Ruth Mckay, motored
to Burlington on Monday.
Mrs. Henry Leet and Mrs. Lizzie Kezer
were at Bradford last Saturday.
Rev. G. A. Lay and family left on
Wednesday for their new charge at
Mundale, \. Y.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Grant Of South
Ryegate were at the home Of James
Welch on Sunday.
Miss Hulda Fuller is working for Mrs.
Fred White.
Mrs. r. d. Sherry and son, Master
Fred Henry, were guests OF her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs Henry Leet, last week.
Several in this vicinity are i'll with the
prevailing distemper.
Mrs Betsey Currier is on the sick list,
Mr.. and Mrs. d. NJ Eastman recently
took an auto trip to St. Johnsbury with
Roosevelt Leet as chauffeur.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-06-18

1t is to overcome this needless burden
on American production that training
courses in plants are advocated by the
training service To back up its claim
that this method of fitting men for their
jobs is profitable, the service exhibits a
number of charts showing the transfer
nation wrought in workers who were
sent through training departments.
These show that ON the average the new
employee learns his new work in about
half the time formerly required and that
old employees of mediocre skill, or less,
can be "upgraded" to equal some Of the
best. Others are fitted for promotion
by training.
Not only is the average production
raised by the introduction Of training
but labor turnover is reduced and spoil.
age is much less. The factories having
training departments find that in most
cases they are self-supporting.