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Arizona republican., 1920-09-20
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noon. Or was it Ann's coon? Or was it Deb's Irish terrier played destinys part2
 To begin with the dress, it was a darling little taffeta affair, pale blue with Things of pale pink and cord ings of pale yellow showing in the most unexpected French fashion. The gown was cut in the newest mode. It had a long straight medieval bodice with the waist line at the hips. The sides of the bodice were prolonged into mar row panels, back and front, four all together. They fell to the foot of the gathered skirt and were looped up and fastened with the hem.
 Those loops bothered Deb terribly She moves with the grand free swing of the college prize winner in ath letics, she never pays any attention to her garments, and that afternoon she was forever catching her unfamiliar looped sashes on some projection of the furniture.
 The men passed the plates and the usually the most careful Of all the boys, put one foot through dangling loop of Deb's dragging sash as he bent over her chair with a cup of tea. I was glad that no one but me mo- ticed poor Jim, not daring to move for fear of spilIing his tea, while poor Deb detached her draperies. They l seconds, and they were rather pink
 when the release was at last achieved. Perhaps to conceal her embarrass- ment, sDeb contributed to the conver-
 sation a tale about Mike, her Irish | terrier.
 | Mike is a war hero. Deb brought
 him from France. He had been con-
Arizona republican., 1920-09-20

pany mascot. he was wounded, and was given to Deb by his owner who died in Debs car on the road between hospital stations.
 Mike has initiative without refer endum," laughed Deb. "He never pur- sues a chicken in the road. but two nights ago he dug under a concrete wall into the Narney's poultry house and killed six valuable prize winning Barred Plymouth Rocks,'
 Mikes stock seemed to rise wonder fully in the estimation of all the men present, and perhaps in his own. He was posed on the top step of the ter race stairs, watching nothing in par ticular, but turning an understanding eye toward Deb whenever he heard his name.
 'Those awful Varney hens! The Varneys seem to think we ought to hang Mike! And he's usually so re- liabIe-he never chases a cat
 At the moment there was sharp scuffle of hard pads on the pavement, and the reliable Mike was off like a shot in pursuit of Ann's pet raccoon!
Arizona republican., 1920-09-20
Veterans! Have
 You Y UT S :?

WASHINGTON-H The Victory medal (both sides) which the govern ment is giving to every veteran of the World War. To date only 271,661 of them have been given out, but 4,65Oo0o men are entitled to receive them. Any ex-soldier may make application for one-and it is free-to the nearest re- cruiting office or American Legion post. A few days later the medal will be delivered to his home by the post man.
 Uncle Sam has spent more than ST., 0O0.000 for these medals. They are made of hard bronze. There goes with the medal a ribbon and on it is a bar for every major engagement in
Arizona republican., 1920-09-20

NStSAAAS3 1S'
 PICKLED PEACHES
 1 peck peaches
 pounds light brown sugar
 1 quart cider vinegar
 ounces stick cinnamon
 whole cloves
 Use perfectly ripe fruit. Scald and remove skins Stick each peach with cloves. Make a sirup of the sugar and vinegar. Add cinnamon. When boiling, add the peaches (enough to fill a can) and cook until tender but not broken. Put in cans, pour over vinegar and seal while boiling hot. Peach marmalade is perhaps the most delicious of all the fruit mar malades. Peach marmalade is nothing more nor less than what our grand mothers called peach butter"
 PEACH MARMALADE
 peck peaches
 sugar
 The peaches used for this may be
Arizona republican., 1920-09-20
THE BOOK OF DEBORAH Was lt Deb's New Frock- That Shapel the Events One Afternoon?

the Events One AIIefnoon9
 In response to several notes and phone calls, a delightful group of per sons gathered on my terrace for Sun day night suI5&er. Willy Van Eyck came with her brother Paul. I had invited Katherine out of sheer pervers- ity. Let Bob see her enough and she would bore him. I assured myself. Let him flirt with her-and I would flirt with Vani
 Ted Moore, Jim and Ann. Martha Palmer and her husband, and Chrys, of course, made the intimate center of a congeniaI group.
 Deb had never looked prettier, l thought, as she stepped from her car. She was a stunning thing. tall and slender, with perfect features and silky shiny light hair, which made glorious halo around her head.
 Ann indicated, by a gesture, that she desired me to pay particular attention to Deb's new frock, and I did without in the least surmising that it was go- ing to shape the events that after
Arizona republican., 1920-09-20

riper fruit and imperfect as to con
 tour All imperfections should be cut out. Pare and stone the peaches. Cook the peaches in a very little water till tender. Press through a colander. Measure. Use three-fourths of a cup of sugar to a cup of fruit Put fruit and sugar into a preserving kettle and boil. stirring with a long handled spoon till thick. This requires several hours of cooking and the spoons must
Arizona republican., 1920-09-20

If peaches are plentiful make some old-fashioned peach pickles They make perfect accompaniment for baked ham and fowl of any sort
 Although the stone is not removed from peaches for picking, freestone peaches should always be used Cingstones are perfectly all right for canning when the stone is twisted out but clingstone peach made into pickle such slippery article that there is no pleasure in
Arizona republican., 1920-09-20
About That Job! What It Is-What It Pays What It Leads To

Miss Elizabeth Arnold of the eVeian O7 writes these editorials gained Oy e~perence m employment the oerVice called the employment Service had chafee the factory her. to ouch opportunities
 
 vacations and the future new
Arizona republican., 1920-09-20

The first equestrian statue in tho United States was that of General Jackson in Washington, erected in 1858.
Arizona republican., 1920-09-20
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Young plants thrive better, accord~ ing to a French botanist if fed drops of water almost continuously than if watered copiously at intervals.
Arizona republican., 1920-09-20

More than eighty former soldiera are candidates for election for congre4s4
Arizona republican., 1920-09-20

which the soldier participated. The largest number of bars is II and Gen eral Pershing is the only soldier so far tof receive the maximum.
Arizona republican., 1920-09-20

In the kitchen of her home Sister Mary cooks daily for family of four adults She brought to her kitchen an understanding of the chemistry of cooking oaned from study domestic science in state unlNer Consequently the advice she offers happy com binaton theory practice Every recipe she give" and served at her family table
Arizona republican., 1920-09-20

Paris has more equestrian statues than any other city in the world
Arizona republican., 1920-09-20

Only 7S men in the army and navy, during the late war, received the con- gressionaI medal of honor.
Arizona republican., 1920-09-20
Famous Butter Expert Perfects Trocc
 New building of efficiency margarine production

Many tropical races live and thrive on coco nuts, their principal food.
 Then this snowy neutral fat IS churned with pasteurized milk-cultured to produce the famous flavor of perfected Troco.
 We have personal knowledge of the herds which supply the Troco plant. This is a most inn portant factor in achieving the standardizing of Troco flavor.
 Standardized perfection Every pound of Troco is guaranteed perfect in flavor and freshness when it leaves the Troco plant. If pound reaches you in imperfect con- dition, want to know 1t and remove the cause Because we intend to protect the reputation of Troco from the carelessness of handlers. we make this offer to users:
 If ever you get carton of Troco which isn't absolutely right let us know and we will replace it.
Arizona republican., 1920-09-20

But don't expect cut prices Troco Is the fancy grade of nut margarine. So like fancy butter it naturally commands premium.
 We will maintain this standard under all conditions and there fore Troco 1nay at times cost a few cents more per pound.
 Your dealer keeps Troco or will order 1t for you. Ask him and don accept any other brand.
Arizona republican., 1920-09-20
NOTICE

Regarding Mir. Hofmsn's services. Up to the time of his recent connection with the Troco Company. Mir. Hofman's ad- vice andeounsel was greatly in demand by Agricultural Colleges. Dairy Schools and associations. educational organiza- tions. women clubs. etc W4wish him to continue this good work and his serv- ices will still be available for this pur- pose. with the hearty cooperation of this company.
Arizona republican., 1920-09-20

A. E. Hoffman is the man. He brings lifetime of experience and a national reputation into this new field. For over 30 years he has made butter. judged butter and taug ght butter making and milk culture at leading dairy schools. He IS called upon wherever dairy associations meet MT. Hoffman directs the details which make lroco superior
 For this purpose. and with his counsel we have built the most modern. up-to-date plant in the country designed exclusively for the manufacture of margarine. Built of concrete and white tile 1t Is provided with elaborate laboratory equipment and sanitary conditions which give full scope to his ability. In this ideal surrounding Mir. Hoffman produces perfected Troco. fancy Troco which will delight with its sweetness and delicacy.
 Troco is churned like butter. with pure whole some coconut fat replacing butter fat
 It gets it's flavor from the same culture which Havors butter. MT. Hoffman produces this culture in the Troco laboratory. It is the
 same which won his reputation ID o'e O'e' "''1 NO White meat of the coconut Regarding Mir H
 to the tirneof his pure, pasteurized milk the Toeeo Comp.
 counsel The basis of Troco is pure. taste by Asicultural less, odorless coconut fat de soo. @ ~ xen: J rived from the white meat of CO., to ntnueth g counts. ro.. ~ % ,r,b & ,h. be % This rich nut fat is very nu1i- company tious.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-09-16

its own weight. Say there is but one
nest to the acre in this state, and
each nest contains four young birds
weighing an ounce each, or four
ounces to the nest, n pound to four
acres, one ton to eight thousand
acres, it would require eleven thou
sand, five hundred (11,500) tons OF
insects to feed our birds one day, as
Montana has 93,568,640 acres of
land.
May 1 ask you, then, in all kind
ness, if the bird family, consisting of
game, insectivorous and singing
birds, may be considered of value to
the agricultural interests of Mon
tana?
Should Abandon Poison
I'm conclusion, permit me to say
that we are satisfied that a carefully
arranged system "a be worked out,
whereby the rodent family may be
properly cared for, but the system in
use now is a bad n and should be
The law should Danish
the shelves of the grocery stores
he many formulas and the recently
introduced mixtures should be
into the discard, as the loss
IF the greatest friend the farmer
las, the bird, is proceeding at an
alarming rate of speed"
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-09-16
CARTER MAN is VICTIM OF
AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT

John Guthrie of Carter, pinned I'M
der his automobile for 16 hours, died
in Fort Benton hospital last week.
Guthrie had been employed as
manager of the Smith-Greely elevator
at Tunis for the past year, but has
resided at Carter. A road, seldom
Travelled, connects the two places.
He left the elevator shortly before
8 o'clock in the evening to go to his
home at Carter. When he failed to
appear the following morning a
party was formed, but it was
not until noon that he was found
under his automobile in such
a way that he was practically stand
ing on his head.
His face and neck were badly Bills
tered by the gasoline and his face
was severely cut. He had lost much
blood from several severe gashes on
his body. The car apparently had
a culvert and turned com
over. He was unconscious
when found. He is survived by a
son, Vernon, who resides at Carter.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-09-16

have had difficulty in securing exper.
fenced construction superintendent
Without in any manner relaxing ou1
supervision of the work we are doing
everything reasonably possible to
speed up the completion of projects
under way. Just now one of our men
is ~devoting his time to a study of the
labor situation, endeavoring to bal
ance the labor demand and supply
through the cooperation of local en-
ployment agents, contractors and
county agricultural agents. No at
tempt is being made to draw men
from the harvest fields, where their
efforts are of such vital Importance,
but as harvesting is finished we shall
endeavor to place these men on road
work If such employment is desired.
Good Year Ahead
/ feel justified in making the as
sertion that during the season of
1920, under the direction of the state
highway commission and with the
helpful cooperation of county off,
Gals, more miles of high standard
road will have been placed under
construction and completed than has
been done in any previous ten years
in the history of the state.
Every contract awarded has been
executed by the state only after it has
been approved by the local respons-
ible officials, not only as to type and
general details of construction, but
also as to the price to be paid for
the work. The fact that % projects
are now being built by counties for
the state is, I believe, indicative of
the close cooperation between all in
terested agencies.
Federal Aid
You, of course, already know that
for all highway work in Montana ap-
one-half the cost is borne
by counties or towns, the other half
being paid by the federal govern
.ent through the state under the
provisions of the federal aid road act.
have been asked by members of
his association whether or not fed
,ral aid is working out as I had ex-
and hoped it would. / want to
iay frankly that in my opinion fed
,ral aid for highway improvement is
of the biggest things that ever
anne to Montana. Under its provi-
ions and because of its far-reaching
ignificances, legitimate and needed
DAD betterment has received an i'm
'etus that would otherwise have
If not attainable, certainly long
.elayed.
Difficult to Estimate
1t is hard to estimate the value of
he federal aid road act to this state;
l trust it will always be contin-
ed either in its present or in an i'm
roved form. But with the keenest
ppreciation of this fact, it is only
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-09-16
ROAD BUILDING RECORD MADE
I'M MONTANA DURING 1920
BY DIN N. EDY, STATE ENGINEER.

The situation as regards actua,
road building operations is more en-
couraging and more satisfactory to-
day than at any previous time in the
history of the state highway commits
sion. A year ago 81 miles of state
road were in construction at a cost
of $4,000. Today 552 miles, cost
ing S5,700,000, r being improved
by contractors or by counties with
their own forces; and of this volume
of work, 497 miles, representing a
cost of 100000, have been con-
tracted during the 1920 season prior
to September /. The local funds for
this bodybuilding program were
made available through county bond
issues voted in September, 1919.
Since that date and as a preliminary
to actual construction surveys were
made for 823 miles of road and de-
tailed plans for 818 miles.
Preliminaries Completed
It is apparent therefore that all
preliminary engineering operations
have been completed for a consid-
cradle volume of work not actually
contracted. Improvements valued at
$436,000 are advertised for bids on
September 3; s118,500 worth of
work is ready for contract and being
held pending arrangements on the
part of counties to sell bonds or to
otherwise finance the local share of
the cost and plans representing
S102,700 worth of roads and bridges
are being reviewed by the federal
bureau of roads which must approve
all plans for federal aid projects.
Road Put Under Construction
To summarize rather hurriedIy.
therefore, the commission has since
September, 1919, placed under con-
struction or brought to the point
where construction is contingent only
upon the county's ability to finance.
road and bridge projects represent
ing a total expenditure of Sc, $780, 900.
The 1920 road building program.
adopted last winter, involved an ex-
penditure of S5,500,00O. There is a
of satisfaction for us all in
realizing that, so far as the opera
of the commission are con-
this program has been accom-
and we're it not for the I'M
though, l believe, tem-I
,orary, inability to sell county bonds,
Tx million dollars worth of state
'oad work would have been placed
lnder contract. L
Sc Separate Projects
/ Will not say that all construction I
'perations are progressing as speed
ly as we would like. The improved
nents represent 66 separate projects, t
4 of which are being built by con- 6
FACTORS and % by counties. Several |
ontractors are performing their first I
ighway work and several counties 8
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-09-16
STATEMENT BY THE
STATEACRICULTURAL
COLLEGE, BOHEMIAN

Persistent circulation of the re
port that gopher poison is destroying
many game and song birds of thu
state has caused the issuance of {
definite and positive denial from The
Montana State College. The state
ment vouched for by Prof. r. A
Cooley, state entomologist and en-.
tomologist for the state college, anC
by G. A. Roosevelt, assistant in the
| federal biological survey, is sum-
married. as follows:
There is not a single authenticated
case of the poisoning of game birds
in Montana by poisoned oats pre-
pared under the usual government
formula.
The federal biological survey,
which has charge of administration
of laws protecting game birds and
other wild life, also is directing the
campaign for gopher eradication by
poisoned oats. 1t is hardly plausible
that such a federal department would
be poisoning gophers and killing at
the same time the birds that it is
created as a department to protect.
Domestic chickens, quail, grouse,
ETC., are gallinaceous birds and are
strangely immune from strychDjne
poisoning. Chickens have been fed
for 16 days on a diet of nothing but
poisoned oats and clean water. At
the end of that time the chickens
were unaffected. Wild quail have
fed upon poisoned oats that had been
scattered by a spring, without a sin
gle quail having died, says the bio
survey in a report on gopher
work in California.
Many small birds probably would
be killed in Montana if poisoned
were used in place of poisoned
But it is we'll known that small
birds do not care for oats. 1t is
that crows and magpies are
occasionally killed in Montana by
the bodies of the poisoned go
piers. Three authenticated cases
the poisoning of horned larks have
1een reported out of a great many
Eases investigated. No other song
bird is known to have been killed in
state by poisoned oats.
Some counties in Montana that
lave carried OF gopher poisoning
campaigns for three years report an
Increase in the number of game
The president of the Ravalli
ounty farm bureau, in a county
where song birds of every variety
nd description are abundant, does
lot know of a single case of the
0oisoning of any game or song birds
r any other birds excepting crows
nd magpies in his county.
Reports that bird life generally in
lontana is being destroyed by poi
On set out for gophers must be once
for all branded as unauthentic.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-09-16

the propaganda for rodent poisoning
has been peddled day in and day out
for the past three years, and witness
the condition of the damaged grain
crops destroyed by insects, resulting,
no doubt, from the use of poisoned
grain taken up by the singing and
insectivorous birds, as well as many
of the game bird family.
upon a recent visit to northern
Montana I took up with the mana
ger of the largest irrigation project
in Montana, the question of gopher
poisoning and what effect the use of
poisoned grain had upon the bird
family. The gentleman informed me
that in sections where the cruel and
inhuman practice had been put into
effect he had found hundreds of
dead birds, singing and insectivorous,
strewn upon the prairie. Today in
this wonderfully productive agricul-
tural district, these ill-advised peo-
pie, having sown to the wind they r
now reaping the whirlwind, as all
small grain crops are found to be
damaged largely by insects. and yet
our friends will tell us we r misin-
formed-strychnine and small grain
will not destroy the bird family.
Farmer Loses Hogs
"a few days ago a lady resident of
Cascade county called at our office
and informed US that we were doing
a good work, and asked us to con-
the publication of all the proof
could secure, as she thought the
nYo offon nf lfCfrfhYTffn tho n0ionnad |
grain infamous and cruel. This kind
lady called to our attention the ex-
oerience they had had upon the ranch
IS a result of the distribution of poi
ioned grain. These people had a
rery fine canine who came in contact
With the poisoned birds and became
Luite i'll, and to relieve the animal of
lis misery he was killed, and his
lead severed from his body and sent
o Bozeman college for examination.
he good lady was informed that her
et canine had strychnine poisoning. |
he hogs upon the ranch became
auch distressed, and would indulge
n squealing and running about the
Oral all night long. A veterinary
urgeon was called in, and upon in
he was satisfied that the
rouble was strychnine poisoning.
Permit me to say, when you can dis
ress the porker with the gopher food
not tell me it will not injure the
irds.
Permit me to quote to you in
ormation given US by the %agricultur-
l department, Washington, d. c..
hat through the ravages of insects
be loss to agricultural interests is
5 per cent, and that a loss of 10 per
ent would mean more than one bill
ION dollars to the farmers of the
States. BY way of compare
on, 1t is claimed we have 500 COL
sges and universities in the United
tates, including buildings and en-
owments the value exceeding $600,-tr
100000. The loss to agriculture in {
ne United States through the raw {
ges of insects in a single year would |
the buildings and endow- s
were they from any cause des- r
'oyed and leave u~nexpended $780, {
90, 000-a sum sufficient to create |
nd endow 900 additional colleges 4
nd universities. i
biologists tell us most young q
irds while in their nests are fed C
pom insect life, and that each one t
ally consumes an amount of animal t
BOD in the shape of insects equal to t
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-09-16
is GOPHER POISON KILLING M0MTAMA'S
SONG AND GAME BIRDS? OPINIONS DIFFER

THERE is a statewide controversy raging over the question
of whether poison used for killing off gophers IN Montana
= is also killing song and game birds, and if so, to what ex-
tent. State Game Warden Jake De Hart declares that a very
large number of song birds and game birds have been killed as
a result of the use of poisoned grain that is scattered over fields
to kill gophers. The Montana Agricultural college at Bozeman
some time ago issued a statement positively denying that the
gopher poison is destroying these birds. The accompanying
statements are issued by Game Warden De Hart and the Agri-
cultural college.