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The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-05-20
STATES RIGHT TO
BUILD ELEVATOR
SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS THE
CONSTITUTIONALITY OF TER
MINAL ELEVAOR ACT
Injunction on Sale of Bonds Was
Brought by E.. f. Lyman to Test
the Legality of the Act; Court Says
Legislature May Establish Institu-
ton for Public Good.

In a decision rendered a few days
ago the state supreme court upheld
the constitutionality of the act of the
legislature of this state in providing
for h issuance and sale of $250,000
in bonds for the erection of a ter
minal elevator at Great Falls. The
opinion of the court was written by
Associate Justice Mathews.
The bonds for the erection of the
elevator were advertised for sale
during January by the state board of
examiners, but nc bids were receiv-
ed. The board then decided to make
another call for bids, and when the
advertisements were published E. f.
Lyman brought an injunction suit in
the supreme court to test the legal
ity of the act. In view of the deci-
sion of the court it is thought the
board of examiners will readvertise
the bonds within a short time.
Wide Power
In it's opinion, the court decides
that the legislature in its discretion
may establish any institution it
deems for the public good. 1t de-
clares the language of the constitu-
ton is broad enough to include any
sort of an institution. On this point
the court says:
Section 1 of Article x of the con-
stitution declares educational refor-
matory and penal institutions and
those for the benefit of the insane,
blind, deaf and mute, soldiers home
and such other institutions as the
public good may require, shall be es-
tablished and supported by the state
in such manner as may be prescribed
by law. This language is broad
enough in it's scope to include any
sort of an institution which the legis-
-ature may determine the public good
'equires. Therefore, whether the
authority of the legislature to estab-
ish and provide for the support of
my public institution by the state is
% be found in this clause of the con-
'titution or in it's general police
power, there can be no doubt that it
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-05-20

that the winter crop is moving along
nicely and that there is going to be
a large spring acreage seeded, though
not SO large as the crop of 1919.
Mr.. Meters department places the
winter acreage at 425,000 acres and
the April report showed it's condition
83 per cent of normal. 1t probably is
somewhat better than that now. He
estimates that the final total on the
spring wheat will show about 1,150,-
600 acres, which is considerably less
than 1919.
He says there appears to be plenty
of spring wheat seed but there is a
shortage of seed oats and barley.
While farmers were hindered slight
ly by the wet weather of April, he
says they are making the best of the
weather of recent weeks and are now
very busy with their crops.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-05-20

100000 pounds of citrate of lime and
$4,000 pounds of lemon oil.
"The department introduced the
navel orange from Brazil. Last year
100000 boxes of California navel
oranges were distributed among the
people of this country.
"We introduced, in spite of great
difficulties, the Smyrna fig from Tur-
key. The industry is established and
the United States will soon be pro-
ducing enough high grade figs to
meet it's own demands.
eve have introduced the date
from Egypt, established it, improved
it and the United States is today pro-
ducing the finest dates grown any
where in the world.
"The Panama canal could not be
completed until yellow fever was
overcome-and nobody knew what
caused yellow fever. Then a scien-
fist in the bureau of animal industry
discovered that splenetic fever of
cattle is caused by a tick. That open
ed UP the field of insect %causation
of disease, revealed the mosquito as
the carrier of yellow fever, and the
control of this disease made possible
the completion of the Panama canal.
when that discovery was made
the cattle fever tick infested an area
of more than $4,000 square miles
and caused a loss of from $4,000
900 to 100000 a year. The de-
partment of agriculture has eradicat-
ed the tick in 100000 square miles of
this territory and, according to pres
80 -I4-- I'LL l@-A +I@ ..@-.4sasnor
100000 square miles free of ticks
by the end of 1928.
Boil WeeviI
"The cotton boil weevil has been
one of the most stubborn enemies Of
production that the department has
ever had to deal with, but our ex-
perts have at last found how to con-
troll the pest by busting the field with
calcium arsenate. Here is what it
did on an abandoned field-a field
where the weevils had become so nu-
merous that the farmer had given up
all hope of getting a crop from it.
The department men went in and Gull
it. They busted a strip down
the middle and left the two strips on
the sides imprisoned. One of the I'M
poisoned strips made 48 pounds of
cotton to the acre and the other 60
pounds. The poisoned strip produced
$50 pounds of cotton to the acre
That meant s168 an acre more for
that cotton than if the plants had
not been busted.
az could point out scores of SINH
lar things, but these are sufficient to
show you that my estimate of 1000
per cent profit is not too high"
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-05-20
By H. IL. Murdoch, Agricultural En-.
gineer, State College, Bozeman.

SA1aOOlt 0t<ttO OOiltSOs 1tOLClIohs
During the past irrigation season
many parts of the state have been in
vestigated as to local irrigation needs
and some of the most conspicuou.
ones which came to my attention viii
be briefly discussed.
On account of the extremely dry
season following two previously dry
years, interest in irrigation was fore
ed upon the farmers and many were
the schemes proposed for getting
water on the land. Some of the pro-
posed schemes are impractical while
many others are feasible, and likely
to be constructed. l have had re-
quests for information on proposed
new schemes of irrigation ranging
in size from a fraction of an acre to
many thousand acres, and ranging
in estimated cost from a few dollars
to several million dollars. The lar
ger projects proposed consist of Sc
curing the water for irrigation from
flowing streams, by storage or by
pumping, while the smaller projects
consist of schemes for pumping water
or for storing small supplies of flood
water.
The three prominent needs of the
farmers of the state along irrigation
lines are Cd adequate legislation,
(2) utilization of the natural water
and land resources, and CD instruc-
ton in methods of applying water
and in irrigation farming in general.
A need of the state is the settlement
of lands that are now ready for irri-
CATION but without the farmers.
In the matter of legislation it is
generally recognized that Montana's
statutes are rather inadequate and
need revision and to put this state
on a firm basis equal to those of other
irrigation states. One of the out
growths of the Investigations carried
during the season was the calling
together of the irrigation interests
of the state to consider the irrigation
problems. This call was made dur
ing the early fall and a meeting was
held during January at which the
Montana Irrigation and Drainage In
was formed. The first prob
to be undertaken by the insti-
tute is to help in making suggestions
to the necessary revisions in the
irrigation laws of the state.
The irrigated regions of Montana
nave generally had an adequate wa
.er supply for the irrigation needs
those regions so that there has
)een no large movement to deter
nine the total water resources or the
way in which they may be utilized to {
he best interests of the state. We {
heed stream measurements, adjudi-
of water rights, and an organi-
built up to protect those
The basis for a~djudicating !
he streams of the state and deter
rights and to apportion the I
of the various streams of the q
tate. When this is done and stream 7
Measurements have been established t
throughout the state the available L
water supply can be determined and C
easible irrigation projects can be t
Tanned. 1t is believed that vast i
reas of land can be irrigated in the S
tate by the water that now runs
way and an effort is being made to b
rovide means Of fulfilling that water. t.
However, with our present knowledge o
re must proceed with caution as it s.
ill take years to secure the data 81
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-05-20

Summer picnics, gophers, grass
hoppers and farm labor were the
principal subjects discussed by the
county and home demonstration
agents of central Montana at the re-
cent Great Falls meeting.
The discussions were led by ]. C.
Taylor, state leader of county agents,
E. H. Lott and Miss Bess M. Rowe,
state leader for home demonstration
agents, all of Bozeman.
One day of the meeting was devot-
ed to the discussion of summer pic
MICS. Several of these picnics were
held last summer in Cascade county
under the supervision of County
Agent F. E. MacSpadden and Miss
Alberta Borthwick, home demonstra-
ton agent. One of the most success
full of these was the one held at
Vaughn when a stone was erected to
the memory of the late Robert
Vaughn on the spot where he plowed
the first furrow in Cascade county.
Grasshoppers Are Menace
A. l.. Strand, assistant state ento-
mologist of Bozeman, spoke on grass
hoppers and the serious trouble eX-
pected from these pests this year I'M
less some measure to eradicate them
is adopted very soon. Billions of eggs
were laid by the warrior grasshopper
last year, he said, and these will
hatch during May and June. Poison
ed bran mash is the best method Of
killing them, he said.
Gopher determination throughout
the state has met cooperation in all
of the counties represented at the
conference, according to reports
made Friday. George A. Roosevelt
of the biological survey, in charge of
the gopher work in the state, in DIS
cussing the situation, said that the
law is being enforced in all the coun-
ties where there are county agents
and that the farm bureau organiza-
the county commissioners in this
work.
Discuss Seed Grain
Following a discussion of seed
registration by A. J. Ogaard of Fort
DCnCOh, III WHICH Inc D6SI varieties
of seed for Montana according to
adaptability and production were
taken up, the farm labor situation
was generally discussed. Farm labor
in all counties of the state has been
scarce this spring. In some places
the farmers have interchanged work
but this does not prove altogether
satisfactory. County agents and farm
bureau members are now consider
ing measures that might relieve this :
condition.
Those in attendance at the confer
were: Miss Bess Rowe, Boze-
man; Miss Alberta Borthwick, Great
Falls; Miss Nora M. Holt, Lewis :
town; Miss Inez Swan, Helena; Miss
Gladys Kyle, Kalispel1; F. E. Mac
Spadden, Great Falls; F. H. Spring, l
A. D. Anderson, Harlow
ton; R. H. Mckee, Kalispell; F. NJ.
Eillman, Thompson Falls; w. E.
Pollinger, Virginia City; William
Gordon, Townsend; J. E. Bodley,
Bozeman; David Jones, Fort Benton;
Clarkson, Choteau; Carl Peterson,
James Manning, Helena; J. C. Tay- i:
Tor and E.. Fl. Lott, assistant county h
leader, of Bozeman. 81
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-05-20
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT.
is PAYING LARGE RETURNS

able investments supported by the
federal government. He contends
that it is earning returns of several
thousand per cent each year on the
money appropriated by congress. By
way of demonstrating his contention,
in a recent speech before the United
States chamber of commerce he said:
"The department of agriculture,
through the work Of it's bureaus,
makes for its stockholders-the peo-
pie of the United States-a profit of
several times 1000 per cent per year
on all the money invested in it. AS
evidence that it is paying big returns
I will give but a few typical items
out of a large number that could be
cited. We spent $250,000 establish
ing durum wheat in this country.
The durum wheat now produced is
worth $50,000,0 900 a year. We spent
less than 100000 introducing a rice
and establishing the industry in Cali
fornia. The rice crop in that state
is now worth $4,000, 900 a year. We
spent $4,000 introducing Egyptian
cotton, breeding it up and establish
ing the industry in the arid regions
of the southwest. The American
Egyptian cotton crop is now worth
$4,000 900 a year and is increasing
every year. We discovered a serum
that prevents hog cholera and it's use,
as demonstrated by the department,
has reduced the losses from that dis
ease by 100000 a year.
Experimenting
1--WE searched the world for grain
crops that could be grown in the
southwest, where corn does not sue
coed. We spent a few thousand dol
lars introducing the grain and forage
sorghums. Last year 125, 900
bushels of kaffir and other grain sor-
ghums were produced there.
"The department found Gull lem
ons and oranges in California selling
for SIS a ton. 1t established a citrus
fruit laboratory to discover uses for
these fruits. AS a result growers are
now receiving from s25 to $50 a ton
for culls, and the citrus ~by-products
plants, established since the depart
ment demonstrated the uses for Gull
fruit, produced last year 6,000,0 600
pounds of orange marmaIade and
jelly, 100000 pounds of citric acid,
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-05-20
MONTANA PLANTS
MILLION AND HALF
ACRES IN WHEAT

There will be close to a million
and a half acres in wheat in Montana
this season, according to F. w. Beier,
Jr., Montana field agent for the bu-
reau of crop estimates. He says the
reports from various sections of the
state where wheat is grown indicate
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-05-20
Agricultural
Lands
AT $40 TO $40 PER ACRE

AT $40 TO 500 PER ACRE
Terms of 10 per cent down, bal
ance 10 yearly payments, bear
ing 6 per cent interest. Logged
Off lands of the Anaconda Copper
Mining Company.
Dairying is a type of farming
best adapted TO the timbered sec
tions of western Montana. Most
of the land be converted into
pasture at very little expense and
dairy cows will yield n splendid
profit from the land without the
necessity of removing the stumps.
although a sufficient acreage must
be put under the pillow to supply
winter feed. In connection with
dairying, hogs and poultry should
take sn important part. All fruits.
berries and garden truck thrive;
field crops of grain, clover, TIM
othy, potatoes and stock roots do
WELL.
You are buying at values fixed
by experienced appraisers, strip
ped of promotion charges, COM
missions, and other trimmings,
which are usually added before 1t
reaches the farmer. We will aid
you I'm selecting q location that Is
adapted to your needs.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-05-20

Secretary of Agriculture Meredith
is undertaking to demonstrate that
his department, from a financial
standpoint, is n of the most profit
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-05-20

Score one for junior project work:
A farmer got up in a farm meeting
recently and said, "Im II years old
and have fed hogs all my life; but
1 learned more last year watching
my girl feed her pig, than I've learn
ed the seventy years I've lived"
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-05-20
COUNTY AGENTS
TALK OF FARMS
SUMMER PICNICS, GRASSHOP-
PIERS, GOPHERS AND FARM
LABOR DISCUSSED

A. L. Strand, State Entomologist,
Says Grasshoppers May Work
Havoc Unless Steps Are Taken to
Kill Millions of Eggs Laid Last
Year.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-05-20

Dipping is the only practical way
to rid sheep of ticks and lice, say ex-
perienced sheep men, who further
point out that lice cause sheep to
pull their wool and thus injure the
fleece.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-12-03
POTATOES AND CLOVER

Wisconsin potatoes averaged LOG
bushels an acre this year, and clover
iced made an average of two bus
els an acre. Both are great cash
crops and the two crops bear di-
rect relation to each other in the
arming scheme best adapted to
maintain soil fertility. The state po-
alto yield is about 100000 bushels.
Clover seed made about 218,00O bus
els in Wisconsin, and as usual, the
7oledo market will turn this way for
good share of the seed In spite of
smaller yield of clover seed this
ear it is better than the yield TAX
ing the country as a whole Wis
consin always averages up as well,
Or better, than other states, after ALL
It is quite likely that more clover
ICED will be hulled and sacked for
delivery before December this year,
than last. The demand is fair, altho
the slow fall movement of clover
nay in all leading markets will tend
to leave larger spring surplus on
hand next spring. This should not
seriously affect conditions, however,
because there are always many new
areas being opened to the plow-par-
ti<pl n Wisconsin. Northern Wis
consin will offer growing market
for clover seed to sow among the
rotting stumps. in the first step to-
ward clearing land. Glover hullers
ought to get double-quick motion on
this fall before snow flies. Last win
ter many hullers were stalled in
snowbanks and lots of work was
postponed for months.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-12-03

GOT HIM THIS TIME

Homer K GaIpin, Of Chicago, but
for many years summer resident of
Sand lake northeast of Phelps, killed
the King of Bucks of that vicinity
last week. For years this particular
buck had been the one desire of Mr..
Galpin Two years ago he got a
glimpse of it on the run. Last year he
got within good shooting range of so
feet, but then, unluckily, he was sud
denly taken with 'buck fever" and
missed him when he fired. After
hunting for twenty-five years and ger
orally getting his share of game, large
or small, it was quite exasperating
to be defied in this manner.
AS chairman for many years Of the
Cook county Republican Committee,
he was aware that to bring about
certain results often requires patience,
so he calmly waited, and as has been.
said last week, he realized the ambi-
ton of several hunting seasons, ex-
periencing the thrill Of a lifetime
when he came up on Mr.. Buck, and
getting correct aim, brought him
low, a much subdued buck at last.
Mr. and Mrs. Galpin and party of
friends left Tuesday for Chicago for
the winter after spending the hunting
season at their home on Sand lake.
\
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-12-03
PLOW IN DECEMBER

Flowing in December may come as
a surprise to those who usually refer
to this part of the state as the frozen
north, but were they here this week
their doubts as to our extremely cold
winters would be dispelled. Decem.
Der opened this year with as nice a
brand of weather as is found any
where during the fall months. What
little frost was il the ground during
the latter part of November has dis
appeared and farmers who had given
up hopes of finishing their fall plow-
ing are now completing that work
The grading crew at the Wisconsin
Michigan Lumber Company's new
mill got into action Wednesday, De
cember LIST, and finished up a stretch
of blowing and slusher work, and
since then we have learned of several
farmers who have been blowing the
last couple of days.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-12-03
800. 600 TOURISTS

Wisconsin was host to 100000
summer tourists during the last sea
son, according to estimates Of the
conservation commission These came.
for the most part, for recreation near
Wisconsin lakes and streams.
Some stayed only few days, many
a few weeks and some several months.
There are large number of summer
homes. Improvements and invest
ments are constantly increasing.
The commission estimates that not
less than $7,OOO,OOO was spent in the
state last summer which would not
have come here had it not been for
the waters within the states borders.
The last season was one of the best
ever experienced, with weather and
road conditions aiding.
"The timber around the shores of
the lakes should be preserved and
fires prevented" declares Commits
sioner James Nevin. "This will be an
inducement for others to join the
lake colonies for their vacations. /"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-12-03
Start Incorporation
Procedure for E. R.
Recent Census Shows Notable
Increase in Our Population
Since Last January When
u. S. Census Was Taken

A recent census of the village Of
Eagle River taken with its proposed
incorporation showed that it has in
creased from 672 when the U. S.
census was taken in January, to TAP.
At this rate of increase Eagle River
will be well on the way to a small
city in 1880, and there is every reason
to think it will be. This justifies in
every sense the steps being taken to
place it on the map with the powers
and possibilities of live and progress
sive governmental policies. There is
no good reason why it should not have
been done before, and with the growth
that is bound to come with the next
few years it is imperative that the
village should go under modern
system of government
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-12-03
Amigo Will Have
''Great White Way"
Prominent Business Men of
LangIade City Support Plan
of Mayor Hanzel for
New Street Lights

If the present plans of Mayor Han
ness men on Fifth avenue, do not
miscarry, Amigo will have one of the
finest Great White Ways" of any
city in the state before the close of the
season next year. 1t provides for an
elaborate system of lighting and the
payments can be so arranged as to
be hardly felt by the property owners
who are expected to pay for the in
stallation, while the city will pay for
the current aftef the installation.
The blue prints provide for concrete
standards of artistic design. There
will be 46 of these placed on either
side of Fifth avenue from Lincoln
street to Field street. OF these So
will be lighted until midnight, and
ten will be on all night In addition to
this there will be Safety Island"
posts These will be on all night and
will be provided with Keep to the
l16AC Iii 1uOACAOAA " CAAA0 CAOy
can also be utilized as police signals.
The cost of installing the system
will be paid by the abutting property
owners, and the cost will be about
two dollars per front foot. The law
provides that this can be arranged to
extend the payment over period of
five years, so the burden to the own
ere will be very light A thirty-foot
front would cost only $12 per year for
five years. The city will take care of
the expense of lighting, the cost of
same being approximately two cents
per hour per light The arc lights now
being used will be discontinued on the
section covered, thus the cost for
lighting will not be a serious matter
to the city.
The plan has received the endorse
ment Of the business men who have
been approached and it is more than
likely that the program for this i'm
provement will be carried out with
out any difficulty
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-12-03
Hayward's Philosophy
by E. F. Hayv ard. conover. W

It seems good to get back to the old
home and neighbors,
Where once was known to the whole
neighborhood;
And shared in their joys, their
sorrows and labors,
And bore their respect as an honest
man should
Those were the days when quality
counted,
When honor was reckoned more
precious than gold;
When dollars and cents to but little
d amounted,
And nobody suffered from hunger and
cold
Where the weak and the aged were
never neglected,
Where, to real human kindness, damn
nature gave birth;
And purity then, was the first thing
protected,
And a mans word of honor was all
he was worth.
This is the place which l tired of,
deserted;
Went out to seek fortune and fame
as | thought.
But now I've returned, and I'm fully.
converted
The old home is best, and I'll here
cast my lot
I've been out in the world with it's
noise and confusion,
Where selfishness reigns, in the
getting of gold
Where to advocate honor is deemed
an intrusion,
Where virtue and manhood are
openly sold.
Yes, I'm glad to get back, was
homesick and weary,
I've been longing to hear the word
welcome" angain;
1t makes this old world seem a whole
lot more CHEEKY
Seems just like the sunshine right
after the rain