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The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-06-26
HITCHCOCK DENIES RUM0R
VIII Not Bc Candidate for Vice.
President lie Announces In Wire.

WASHINGTON. June 2j.--Sen-
ator Hitchcock Of Nebraska, an
nounced today that he would NOT
accept the ocrHtic vice presi-
Dental nomination. Senator Hitch
cocks announcement was made ia
"a telegram to Arthur T.. Mullen,
member Of the democratic national
committee for Nebraska, answering
a letter IN which Mr.. Mullen had
said the senator was being promin-
emily mentioned FOR the vice presi-
dency
II am not a candidate for vice
president and would not accept tho
nomination for second place" the
telegram said. The democratic
platform will not contain either a
wet or dry plank. IN the opinion or
senator Hitchcock but he expressed q
the conviction today that 1t VIII
Include strong league OF nations
plank.
Il cannot conceive that the demo
cratic party will place a plank In
tho platform declaring for or
against prohibition he said PRO
hibition is not properly an issue be-
tween democrats. II dry plank
were inserted It would mean reading
out Of tho party those democrat
who had not favored prohibition. IL
wet plank were adopted 1t means
that the men who believe in pro.
hibition must be outside tho party
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-06-26
What Is "Spring Fever?

What Is "Spring Fever?
II is simply low Vitality, lack Of
Energy caused by impure blood
GROVES TASrELESS chill TONIC
restores Vitality and Energy by
Purifying and Enriching tho Blood.
You can soon feel It's Strengthening
lnvdratging effect, 60c.- Advt.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-01-15

Although the Montana merchanr
has of late been regarded by many
as a bloated ''profiteer," reapine
huge profits on a rising market, the
mercantile agency which dictates
how much credit he is entitled to and
which knows what shape he is in fin
ancially, has a very different view OF
the matter.
In a recent interview, Philip S.
Rush, manager of the R. G. Dun &
Co. agency in Butte, declares that
the Montana merchant has suffered
severely during the year 1919, and
among the various reasons for the
unfortunate situation, he points to a
constantly rising market as an unfa-
vorable factor.
Mr.. Rush points out that there was
a very general assumption that the
prices would soon decline, but he de-
clares that this was not justified by
the facts. The public was prone to
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-01-15
HIGH PRICE FOR
WOOL EXPECTED
EASTERN BUYERS ARE SAID TIC
BE OFFERING MORE THAN
go CENTS A POUND
Despite Vanishing Range Many Large
Outfits Continue to Operate and
Montana Is Still One of the Largest
of the Wool Producing States.

1t is reported that eastern WOO.
buyers are offering slightly more
than 60 cents a pound for WOO
grown in the southern part of the
country. Because a higher grade OF
wool is grown in the northern sec
ton, local sheepmen feel assured that
so cents is the least they will be Of
fered for their 1920 clip, and that
the price they receive may be much
higher.
Despite the vanishing range, a con-
siderable number of good sized sheep
bands range the open country in Car
bon, Saltwater, Big Horn, Treasure,
Musselshell and Rosebud counties
and counties in the extreme eastern
part of the state. Montana contin-
ues to hold a leading place among
the great wool-producing states. In
many instances here, as in states to
the east of the Mississippi river, the
flock owners have adopted the prac-
tice of reducing the size of their
bands and increasing the quality by
developing a higher grade animal. By
reducing the size of the bands, flock
owners are enabled to take better
care of their sheep, thus o%bviating
heavy losses from exposure and lack
of feed. Few Montana sheepmen of
today risk going through a winter
without sufficient feed on hand to
tide them over the period when the
grazing is difficult.
The Grow reservation still provides
a retreat for large bands of sheep
while many other flocks are run from
ranches adjoining national forest re-
serves, the owners leasing portions
of the reserve, on which they Craze
their bands during the summer
months.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-01-15
MONTANA HAY IS
NOT BEING SOLD
DELAYED SHIPMENTS COMING
INTO STATE FROM MINNIE
sofa AND WISCONSIN
Stockmen Are Big Buyers; Early
Feeding Has Caused Scarcity;
Dealers Expect Price to go Higher;
Shortage Of Cars Is Preventing De-
~Iiveries.
Montana hay is not for sale.

Montana hay is not for sale.
Dealers are receiving delayed ship.
ments of wild hay from Kansas, Min.
nesota and Wisconsin and shipments
of timothy, alfalfa and upland from
Washington, Idaho, North and South
Dakota and other points. Montana
stockmen are the big buyers, and for
several weeks have been placing or
ders through dealers il sthis and in
other states for large amounts, which
in many instances is going into dis
tricts which have before shipped out
hay in large quantities. The scar
city is due to the early feeding re-
quired this season which started six
weeks earlier than usual and as a
result stockmen who raised hay are
not selling it and others are compel
led to ship.
Between 10 and Is cars of hay are
going through Helena daily to all
parts of the state, according to deal
ers, who say the situation through
out the state has made itself felt as
has not occurred in several years.
Wild Hay Comes High
A Helena dealer said he is getting
hay from Seattle, Kansas City, Mimi
eapolis and Boise, Idaho. 81 am pay
ing s22 a ton for baled wild hay at
the loading points in the east and
$34.25 for alfalfa laid down in Hell
ena," he said. He also explained he
is paying from $36 to $38 for tim
othy and has paid as high as $50 a
ton for wild hay shipped from Fargo,
N. D.
Both the severe weather and the
a shortage were contributing fac
tors in the hay situation in Montana.
Hay is being shipped into the Bitter
Root valley for the first time in
years. While some hay was shipped
out of there during the early fall, it
is unusual to ship hay into that dis
trict.
Alfalfa is retailing in Helena for
$3S a ton in carload lots and timothy
at Sal, while oats are selling at 1925
hundred or $65 a ton.
Another dealer said he paid $35 a
ton in carload lots for the last ship
ment of mixed timothy he received
from Washington, which came in 80
days ago.
Only Eastern Hay
"All hay I am selling now is that
which has been shipped in from the
he said. He is buying it in
st. Paul, Minneapolis, and nearby
points, and is paying prices ranging
rom $28 to $29 a ton in carload lots
or upland hay.
Hay is well cleaned up in Mon
ana for this time of the year because
If the early feeding required. This
lealer also said he looked for feed
,rices to continue upward until the
pring because of the demand.
Local Hay Too High
Montana hay is so high we have
'een shipping in from Washington
nd Idaho and retailing No. 1 alfalfa
or $40 a ton,'' said another dealer.
gave the retail price of timothy
s SAP. Deliveries of hay have been
low for some time but are improv-
ng, due to better car situation.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-01-15
Profit in Coyote Skins

1t has been estimated that severa
thousand coyotes have been killed in
Beaverhead county this winter, and
on account of the high price of furs
a large number of men have become
professional hunters and trappers.
One trapper brought in his catch OF
n week, selling it for $1,000.
Others have received as high as $500
for the furs they have caught during
the fall and winter.
A good coyote now brings from
SIS up, and with the bounty is worth
in the neighborhood of $25.
Muskrats, mink, marten and fox
are also worth many times as much
as they were a few years ago and
trapping has become one of the big
in the state.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-01-15

of Bozeman, were awarded respect
lively the fourth, sixth, seventh anG
eighth prizes. This competition in
the hard winter wheat class had %
entries, it was an open competition
to the world, and the Canadians made
a distinct effort to capture the lead
ing prizes.
In hard spring wheat competition,
Montana did not do so well. j. P.
Nash of Salesville being given 18th
place and Thomas Nash of the same
town the 18th. In the white soft
wheat class one Montana man,
George Miles of Bozeman, won the
fourth place.
In the oats competition, Ray Mar
tin, of Bozeman, got second place,
George Lewis, of Manhattan, third
place and Ed Martin, of Bozeman,
fifth.
Gallatin county came to the front
in the barley competition, George
Lewis of Manhattan being given
fourth place.
In the hay competition Montana
won two firsts, Atkins Bros. of Sales
vile getting first on red clover, and
George Sterling, OF the same town,
first on timothy. In the alfalfa COM
petition Montana won fourth, the ex-
hibit being made by Allen Sales of
1t is to be regretted that there /
we're not more exhibits from Montana
and a more general distribution
throughout the state. 1t will be no.
iced that a large number of awards
went to Gallatin county, and I'M
.1oubtedly this is for the reason that
he Gallatin people took a more act
interest in the Chicago show and
.ent more exhibits.
This is the first year that the
Montana Seed Growers association,
lnder whose auspices the exhibits
we're sent to Chicago, has undertaken
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-01-15
FRANK LEMMER


Game heads and birds mounted true
to life. Horse and COW hides tanned
OF made into coats or robes.
GREAT FALLS, MONT.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-01-15
MONTANA FARMER
is GROWING CORN
DETAILS OF MANY PRIZES WON
AT INTERNATIONAL GRAIN
SHOW IN CHICAGO
e. e. Elker of Huntley Takes First
Prize in Single Eau Exhibit; Ridge
view Stock Farm of Miles City, lei.
A. Hoover of Sidney and Mason of
Halfway, Win Prizes.

If anyone had said 10 years ago
that Montana in competition with the
corn growing states of the middle
west would carry off the first prize
for corn at an international show,
he would have been given credit for
a very small amount of common
sense. But this is just what Montana
did at the International Hay and
Grain show held in Chicago in De-
cember.
The official list of the prize win
ners at the show received by Charles
d. Greenfield, commissioner of agri-
culture and publicity, shows that E.
E. Eiker of Huntley, was awarded
the first prize in the single ear corr
sales. In addition to this, Ridge
view Stock Farm of Miles City was
awarded the third prize for yellow
corn; Herbert A. Hoover of Sidney,
the sixth in the same class, while G.
w. Mason Of Halfway, won the fifth
in the white corn class, there being
no first and second awards in this
class.
Until someone comes along and
takes the honor from him, James
Sanders of Manson, Pondera county,
must be recognized as the producer
of the best hard winter wheat in the
United States or Canada. Mr.. San
ders was awarded the first prize at
the show in his exhibit of wheat of
character. The "granary of
came in second best on
this class, Seymour Kent of Sales
Vile being given second place, Erwin
Kent of the same town third place,
E. j. Lawrence, Otto Knutsen,
Zoe GOWN and Robert Wetsigue, all
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-01-15

Lands
AT $40 TO $40 PER ACRE

AT $40 TO $40 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
lions of western Montana. Most
of the land can be converted into
pasture at very little expense and
dairy cows will yield a 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 an 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 it
reaches the farmer. We will aid
you In selecting a location that Is
adapted to your needs.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-01-15
(By DIR. w. j. Butler, State
Xeterinarian.l


The best shelter for beef cattle anC
sheep in the state of Montana is &
good wind break. Animals will de
better, will be much healthier anc
will stand our rigorous winters in
better shape when they are provided
with a good wind break shelter rather
than when kept in roof-covered shell
tiers.
Some may doubt this statement.
If they will only observe closely they
will find that it is true.
In the days of the open range we
always found fat cattle, fat horses
and fat sheep in a broken country
where there was plenty of shelter
from wind. These animals lived out
all winter long. They were protect
ed from the cold winds simply by the
broken land formation and brush
bottoms. Their ability to stand the
winter and come out in the spring fat
was increased approximately n
hundred fold if they were in the vi
cinity of springs which were open all
winter long.
In the case of sheep, / have seen
the animals u into a shed where
the lower windows were closed to
prevent wolves and coyotes from get
ting in during the night. In the
morning the herder and camp tender
have to work for two or three
hours trying to get these sheep out
Of this shed.
The reason was very simple. The
air in the shed had become very foul
overnight. The ammonia from the
excreta of the animals completely
saturated the air in the shed. The
animals had become Supplied due to
his foul air. The air in the shed was
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-01-15
TREASURE STATE FARM AND LIVESTOCK
Winter Shelter for Livestock

warm but very foul. The moment
the sheep hit the cold air on the out.
side they turned back. Can any one
estimate the amount of damage done
these sheep by breathing this foul ali
and being hazed for approximately
three hours each morning before get
ting them into the fresh air? Haze
an animal for twenty minutes and
you have worked off more flesh than
you can put on by feeding for prob
ably the next month.
Animals which live in the open
should live in the same temperature
during the night as they do during
the day. Keep the wind away from
them. In the case of cattle it is ex-
~ceptionally good if they can lie down
on dry ground. Sheep will often
times pick out a snow bank in prefer
ence to dry ground.
From a sanitary point an open shed
is much preferable to a rooted shed.
Lice will not develop to the same ex-
tent. In addition to this, if any dis
ease should break out the open shed
ear very easily be moved, cleaned and
disinfected.
Brush is a wonderful shelter. Did
you ever realize that brush contains
heat? If brush were frozen it would
die. Brush does not freeze, there
fore, in cold weather, it must be
warmer than the outside air.
The two fundamental things to re-
member in providing winter shelter is
protection from the wind and proper
drainage. Never build sheds where
a mud hole may develop. Build on
ground, or build them where
there is a gravel formation, if such
is possible, and neve permit manure
to accumulate year after year. Keep
your sheds and feeding ground clean.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-01-15

look for a remedy locally, whereas
nationwide circumstances were
really to blame.
"There have been few, if any, fac
tors lacking in making this a hard
year for the business man." said Mr..
Rush, "and it is a great credit to the
merchants of the state that they have
been able to weather the storm in as
satisfactory a manner as they have
done.
Despite strikes, difficulties in OBJ
tanning merchandise, uncertainties
regarding the future, and great hest
tation on the part of the public in
buying many commodities, the vol
ume of business which has been
transacted in many lines has been
good, and the number of commercial
failures in the state, this year, has
been far smaller than was expected
six or eight months age, when it be-
came apparent that the grain crop of
the state was only 20 per cen of
normal.
Figures compiled by R. G. Dun
& Co. for the entire United States
show that business in almost all Sec
lions has been very good this year,
and in many of the large industrial
centers of the east the volume of
business transacted this year has far
exceeded any previous records. The
east has had much more ready
money to spend than has the north
west, and the high wages and steady
work for employees of all industrial
plants has made business exceptional
ly good in many cities and states.
"Montana's showing for the entire
year is one of which the state may
long be proud, for there have been
only SO commercial failures in the
state this year., and the amount of
liabilities involved is exceedingly
small. The total assets of those fail
ing in the state this year are $301,-
$50 and the total liabilities only
thus indicating an ability
of those who have failed to recon-
pense their creditors to a very large
extent, at least. In the year 1917
there were 80 failures in Montana,
and the assets totaled $44S,791, as
against liabilities of $522,638.
zone very serious drawback to a
expansion of business in Mon
tana has been the price situation.
The feeling, not justified by facts,
prices of necessary living COM
modities were going to take a big
and that the current prices
the result of local conditions
than nationwide circum-
AS a matter of fact, prices
Ire very high in all lines of business
LII over the world, and carefully pre-
pared statistics show that they have
oeen increasing and have not been
decreasing, as was expected.
Price Situation
"R. G.. Dun & Co. have for so
made a study of prices, based t
N actual quotations in New York C
ity markets, and these figures show v
hat on December 1, 1919, the gen f
raj average of living costs reached b
new high water mark. When it is a
AIKEN into consideration that the S
lerchants of Montana must buy vir- d
ually all their merchandise in dis G
ant markets and ship into the state c.
a very high freight rate, it
an easily be seen that the dealers n
f this state must charge high prices D
)r their wares. Were lower prices CT
ossible, no one would appreciate the E
lct more than the dealers them Il
lives, for business would be better Sc
nd more normal and the outlook for Vi
800 would be far brighter" "a
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-01-15

to be expected that next year, having
in view the results achieved this year
that the number of Montana exhibits
will not only be increased, but that
all sections of the state will be re-
presented in the competition.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-01-15
HARD YEAR FOR
The MERCHANTS
MONTANA COMMERCIAL EXPERT
REVIEWS BUSINESS CONDI-
TIONS OF THE STATE

Strikes, Difficulties in Obtaining
Merchandise, Uncertainty Regard
ing the Future and Hesitation on
the Part of the Public to Buy Have
Been Serious Problems.
The Pensacola journal., 1920-04-04
DISTRICT MEET
FOR PYTHIANS
DEPUTY G r AM D CHANCELLOR
LARGUE c A l. L S CONVENTION
TO PREPARE FOR GREAT DRIVE

At the last session of the Grand
Lodge Knights of Pythias held at ST
Augustine in the early part of March,
a resolution was unanimously adopted
designating the month of May in
which to put on a Pythian drive" in
the Grand Domain of Florida, and
keeping with the spirit of this reso-
luton District Deputy Grand Chan
cellor Largue has called a district
meeting of all the Pythian Lodges in
the counties of Escambia, Santa Rosa,
Okaloosa and walton to convene in
the city of Pensacola with Pensacola
Lodge No. g. Monday night, April 10.
to discuss and agree on the best and
most feasible plan of putting on this
drive, which will be a supreme effort
by all the lodges in the state and
considerable rivalry will no doubt be
manifest in the contest.
1t is confidently expected that the
district meeting held here will sur
pass all previous Pythian efforts in
that direction and large and enthusi-
astic delegations will be present from
every lodge in the district, and no
doubt but that tangible and success
ful plan for making the drive will
be the net result of this gathering.
The Pensacola journal., 1920-04-04
SWIMMING CLASS
BE ORGANIZED
BAYvIEW TO BE POPULAR SCENE
OF SWIMMING BEGINNERS uN-
DER Y. NJ. C. A.

Swimming lessons. are on the pro-
gram of the activities of the Y. NJ c.
A. and plans are already under way
to open the class as soon as the swim
ming season is opened at Bayview, an
nounced Secretary Moore yesterday.
The instructor for the classes has not
been selected definitely though Sec
retary Moore said that he had such
instructors in mind at the present.
The swimming classes will be di-
vided into sections and a special class
will be established for the teaching
of girls to learn the art after the or
ganization of beginners is completed
Mixed classes will also be held and
another section probably will be or
ganized for those who can partly take
care of themselves in the water.
The swimming class last year
turned out 125 boys and girls, some of
them past the youthful age, who had
learned to swim under the direction
of Secretary Moore. OF these about
half the number were girls.
The class proved popular from the
beginning and the demand is so strong
this year that the secretary plans to
make this year even more successful
and have larger classes than last year.
Bayview is becoming more popular
every year as a swimming resort on
account of the varying depth water
and the swimming classes will tend
to make it even more so. 1t is reached
by street car and with only a small
loss of time from any section of the
city, making it the most popular water
front accessible to the people and Wis
itors.
The Pensacola journal., 1920-04-04
ATHLETIC MEET
Held in APRIL
CLUBB AND JOCKEY ADVANCED
ATHLETIC CLASSES TO HOLD
FIELD MEET AT MAxENT.

Field athletic meets will be staged
between the advanced athletic classes
of the pupils of Jockey and Clubbs
schools, the meet to be under the sup
ervision of Secretary Moore OF the
Y NJ c. A The meet will probably
be held April 16 if the present plans
are carried out.
Teachers and principals of the
schools are working up interest among
the pupils and the boys themselves
are very keen for the meet. Boys of
both schools are among the advanced
classes and practice meets have al
ready begun, getting ready for the
event.
Among the events will be held re-
lay broad jump, canesbree, relay race.
shuttle race, pass ball relay and other
entries are under consideration. The
boys will be coached by Athletic In
structor Olsen of the Y. NJ. c. A. and
others who will be designated by Sec
retary Moore.
sThe meet will be held at Maxent
Park, as the most convenient place
to the schools and the best adapted
for the meet. Judges have not been
appointed.
The field meet is patterned after
similar meets organized during army
days, this system of athletics proving
most popular among the members OF
the various organizations, and field
meet gives more opportunity for q
greater number of the pupils taking
part than any other form of athletic
event.
The Y. NJ. c. A. is working up inter-
est in playground among the boys and
girls of the city and is planning vari-
Gus stunts to be held during the sum-
mer after school is closed. A physi-
cal director will be here shortly to
take charge of this character of work
of the association. E 4