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The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-11-25
Copyrighted 1920 by Cola w. Shep-
ard. Colony. Wye. and published in the
Powder River County Examiner thru
special arranEement.D

Perhaps the principle Of our pres
ent homestead laws can be better UNI
derstood by means of an illustration
than otherwise. Suppose that q wealthy
man owned a large block CT unim-
proved land. As long as it remained
unimproved 1t was Of small value. but
IL It could be sold off in small tracts
to Industrious people who would bu II
on it, pillow it up. fence it off. destroy
the predatory animals and stock the
land with domestic animals. then the
land would be quite productive and
valuable. and the surrounding land
would also become more valuable.
Now suppose that this wealthy man,
In order to get the land settled up
and improved. should offer to sell it
in quarter section tracts fer s25 a
quarter section, ara should make all
sales conditional upon certain things
being done. He would enter into a
contract with any person who wished
to buy piece CT this lend OF his
terms. and this contract would give
such person the right to use the land
so long as he kept the contract and
would contain a provision for giving
him warranty deed whenever he
| could show that he had fully COM
piled with the terms of the contract.
Among the terms of The contract
might be a requirement that the p,r-
chaser himself should live on the land
for at least seven months of each
year for at least three years, that he
should build q habitable house en- the
/ land, that he should. within two years
after the contract was signed, plow up
a t1d N,0o MT ct st ~,
| land. and that he should cultivate and
plant to crops at least twenty acres
; Of the land each year after that. and
| that the purchaser should agree thai
| he was going to- make this land his
permanent home. Such contrac,
would be very similar to our prcsen,
| homestead laws, and a man who files
upon homestead has about the same
rights that such purchaser would
have before he had completed his con
tract and secured his deed
If the contract were to contain q
clause stating that it could not be
assigned, but that the purchaser him.
self mus fulfill the conditions or the
contract would become void. then i,
is plain that such a purchaser ceult
not sell the land. or his interest il
| 49, Until uS udu CoHipfCleu MS contract
unless he were able to find some per
son who would advance him som,
money and trust him to go en- ant
complete the contract.
| So 1T is with homestead entry. TIL.
entryman has a perfect right to US,
and enjoy the land while he is com
plying with the law. and he can sci
what he produces from the land, O
can lease the pasture from yAar I
year, but the land itself remains tn
property of the government until h
has complied with all the condition
OF the homestead laws, submitted hi
final proof and received the final Ger
tificate of the register of the land of
ice. showing that he is entitled to
patent. Up until this time he does no
own the land, and therefore he canno
give a valid mortgage on it, He car
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-11-25
sTOCKMEN FEEDING THEIR
OWN CATTLE ON CORN IN NEE.
(Sheridan Post.l

(Sheridan POSt.)
Many Wyoming and ether western
cattle arc finding their homes this
winter in the eastern corn belt where
they are being fattened on silage and
straight corn feed. From Sheridan
county Tip Wilson and r. G. Bowman,
both ranchers in the Blg Horn section.
have shipped their cattle to q point
near Broken Bow, Neb.. where they
are being fed corn for the winter UNI
der contract.
These contracts provide for the
Weighing in and weighing out of the
cattle in the spring. and cost will be
at q rate per pound CT the amount Of
flesh gained during the feeding Pc
riod. 1t seems a very good plan for
winter feed and IL one which may
prove popular for taking care OF more
Wyoming cattle.
For the Information OF those who
are not thoroughly familiar with the
eastern plans Of feeding. it may he
well to know that recent experiments
are proving the possibilities in fatten-
ing Of cattle.
1t has not been many years since
corn sflage was considered merely as
a feed suitable chiefly fer dairy cows
but 1t has rapidly attained a wide use
| among beef producers in the corn belt.
Now all feeding that is not done on
pasture may be divided into two
classes-that in which silage is fed
and that in which it Is not fed. AS a
whole the two classes are now about
equally divided, but in some states the
difference is very marked.
Surveys by the United States De-
partment of Agriculture covering the
last two winters showed that So per
cent of 1856 cattle fed in Indiana re-
ceived silage in their ratiOns, 81 per
cent Of 1880 in Illinois, 30 per cent of
$3.50 in Iowa, 5 per cent of 6.129 in
Nebraska and 30 per cent Of s,964 in
Missouri.
| Where silage is used it supplies most
| Of the roughage. Nearly all the siiage
| is made from corn. probably 90 pei
cent of the total. Sorghum. sunflow.
ers. and legumes are sometimes used
in localities on the extreme edge OF
the corn belt, such as western Kan.
sas and Nebraska and western and
Nebraska and western and northern
South Dakota. 4 greater use of sill.
age depends largely upon the suppl!
and value Of other roughage.
| The main facts about the use Of
silage in fattening cattle are thus sum.
marized by the dc apartment: The great
er the proportion OF silage to corr
the cheaper the gains. The greater tht
quantity Of corn the less silage con
sumed. Silage will not fatten cattle
unless accompanied by concentrates. II
silage most Of the cornstalk is used
Cattle fed on silage will eat NOR.
straw CT slower. If purchased protein
feeds are added to the feed, the re
sultant manure is richer.
Silage fed cattle do not finish quit,
as we'll as those strictly dry-fed. Add
ing corn to the silage produces bet
ter finished animal that usually brings
Il better price. and it also results il
better gains on hogs that follow tn
cattle. Silage-fed cattle shrink NOR
than these fattened without silage
The price of corn and the value o
toher concentrates should be a guild
as to the limit of corn in a si!ag
ration.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-11-25

Cupid's arrow and the DEVILS tail
are both barbed.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-11-25

subscriber. writing. to a magazine.
complains Ct treatment given certain
industries by the government. and an
excerpt IL:
my Government. you have spoiled
me: now you are running me! Far bet
ter II you had never given mo any
credit at all. then I would not have
made 30 much to lose."
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-11-25
WHAT Mr. ADSTREET SAYS
ABOUT THE FAILURES

Bradstreet is the man VINO started
the trick of looking about tc keep tab
on business and professional men. Then
he tells the other fellow about 1t. Re-
Gently they made a survey from Brad
streets headquarters and figured out
why business men fail. Following are
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-11-25


cent of them.
Tieing ties in collars breeds and pro-
| voxes profanity.
| Many talk a whole lot without say
ling anything.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-06-24

They foated down the placid stream
Both seated in the stern;
She placed her little hand in his,
And he took hold of hern.
-Puppet.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-06-24

the governor, with soldiers, proceeded
against a band of men calling them
selves Regulators and a few miles
north of Southern Pines a battle was
fought in which more than 100 casual
ties occurred on both sides, nearly two
score being killed. This was the first
bloodshed in the Revolution. The In
iudicious governor, whose force was
victorious, aroused further hatred on
number OF his prisoners. Herman
Husbands. the leader of the Regula-
tors, escaped and went to Pittsburgh
where he settled, dying later at Phila-
delphia.
The feeling was famed by the e K
IRENE acts OF Zach side, until a state
convention was held at Newbern In Au-
gust, 1774. The meeting of the colonial
legislature. which followed, practically
endorsed the radical views of the con-
rention, which was proclaimed by the
governor to be anarchy. The result was
that the legislature was dissolved and
the governor took refuge on a ship Of
wal in Cape Fear river.
In May, 1775, the people of EIecklen-
burg county had a convention, and
they took occasion, nearly IA months
before the Declaration of Independence
was issued at Philadelphia, to say
that
Ringing Declaration.
"We declare ourselves a free and
independent people; are and of right
ought to be a sovereign and indepen-
dent self-governing association, under
no power than that of our God and
the general government of congress.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-06-24

The Buffalo Charity Organization
Society recently received a gift of 81
with the following line:
"You are welcome to this. | can't
buy anything with 1.-THE Survey.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-06-24
North Carolina
Led Colonies in
Freedoms Fight

~ is popularity supposed that the
independence of the United States
began on a Fourth of July in Phil.
adelphia, but down in the Old
North State is a community that
threw off the British yoke more than
a year before the
Tumult in the city,
In the quaint old Quaker town
announced the first general step to-
ward the freedom of the colonies.
{ In 1865 the British parliament passed
the stamp act. When the first sloop Of
war arrived off Cape Fear from Eng
land carrying stamped paper the peo-
pie terrorized the captain until he was
afraid TO land his stuff, and then they
captured the stamp officer from the
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-06-24

w HILE the Declaration of hide
w pendence says in effect that il
is ~self-evideHt all men are created
equal. the fact of the equality of men
is, has been and always will be denied
by those who have not the analytical
ability to understand just what was
mean by jefferson Wien he wrote
these words into the Declaration.
All Americans are equal before the
law and as children of liberty they
are brothers of a family none of whom
has exclusive rights. 1t is the equali-
ty before the law, equality of oppor-
tunity and the equality of liberty that
was in the mind of jefferson.
1t is possible. however, that Jeffer-
son did not think on the matter of
equal opportunities for all Americans
when he set forth these self-evidenf
truths, but that Americans are created
to equal opportunities, is one of the
supreme facts.
Americans are not all native born.
The instant that a man of foreign
"a III SOAAN5 NHAS NObhNA 4 IuF
determination to become an American
citizen he steps upon a plane of equal
ity with every other American. native
born or n~aturaliZed. But he must be-
come an American in something more
than name, and by so doing he be
comes an inheritor by right of SON
shin of all that was promised by the
writer of the Declaration of Indepen-
dence. by the men who signed 1t and
by the great document itself.
Politics. creed. race, whatever they
may he, do not enter into the question.
for Americanism is a thing apart from
all three. What America asks of
those who come to her from other
lands is only that which she asks Of
those who claim her as their country
by right of birth.
II has been held by some persons
that there is not opportunity of equal
ity in the United States. The COM
moupSt stories in our school hooks Of
American endeavor prove that opt0r-
tunity comeS to the man who asks II
ia he his guest and thai il does not
deny itself entrance into any home.
The future America depends upon
its people. They ARE endowed by
their Creator with certain ~inalienahle
rights" and among these are life.
liberty, and the pursuit of happiness"
Is there any right in the world more
to be desired than that which gives to
the man of proper living, liberty and
that opportunity for a happiness
is the reward of his own lsiA-.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-06-24

g committee to prepare a civil cohsu-
tuition. and II was done so well that
the document served some 60 years as
the organic law If the state. And so
d was that North Carolina opened the
road that led up TO the creation Of the
most progressive nation on the face Of
the earth, and the one whose influence
has done most for the advancement Of
mankind.
Some Tory Sentiment.
All Of this section Of North Carolina
was not enthusiastic in the Declaration
Of Independence. A portion of the set
tiers were ardent Tories-so ardent,
in fact, that it was not until the war
Of 1912 that the Scotch Of Cape Fear
valley finally turned away absolutely
from the royal standard.
The story is one of singular misfor-
tune. The Cape Feas valley was set
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-06-24

Art Critic-Have you ever been
done in oil?
Vanderlop-No; but l have in steel
common.-Panther.
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ereene,s Memory Worthy of Honor.

Next to Washington, Nathaniel
Greene vas the most potent force in
our struggle for national independence.
He was born on May 81, 1742, in a lit
tie farmhouse in Rhode Island. His
boyhood vas spent like that Of the
other youth of the neighborhood. Prob.
ably it was a little less exciting, for
his father was a strict Quaker and
pastor of & church at East Greenwich.
He was also a captain of industry at
that period. With his five brothers, he
owned a forge, a grist mill, a sawmiH,
as well as a store for the sale Of gen,
eraI merchandise.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-06-24
Gold In the Head"

Is an acute attack of Nasal Catarrh. Per
sons who are subject to frequent colds
in the head will find that the use Of
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE will
build up the System, cleanse the Blood
and render them less liable to colos.
Repeated attacks of Acute Catarrh may
lead to Chronic Catarrh.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE is tax:
en- internally and acts through the Blood
on the Mucous Surfaces OF the System.
All Druggists 75c. Testimonials free:
$4,000 for any ease Of catarrh that
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE Will not
F. J. Cheney & Co.. Toledo. Ohio.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-06-24
Dropt Reformed Spelling

After using simplifed spelling for
nearly ten years the National Educa-
ton Association has "dropt" it. The
executive committee submitted the
question to a vote of the board of di-
rectors recently with the recommends
ton that simplifed spelling be aban-
doned by the association in its publ
cations. The vote of the board of d.
rectors resulted in favorable action.
so to 9.
1t was started during President
Theodore Roosevelt's term, 1901-9,
and he pushed the fad which has
nearly expired, altho some words have
been extensively adopted.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-06-24

royal governor. declaring indepen-
dence, refusing to pay stamp taxes,
making new constitutions and fighting
against the king, the Scotch settlers
were in arms under the British flag.
Their oath and their bitter experience
before migrating to America prompted
them to keep away from any further
rebellious acts.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-06-24

thority of the British crown was eXhib-
tied only during those few times when
CORVALLIS made his ventures with
more or less varying success on the
territory of the colony.
North Carolina was the first of the
colonies to have an English settlement,
the first to shed blood in the war for
independence, and the first to give ut
terance in explicit form to that indie
pendence. Nor was the declaration of
the people of Mecklenburg the sole
manifestation of the sentiment in tie
matter. At Fayetteville, on Cape Fear
river below Southern Pines, another
Declaration of Independence ante
dated that of Philadelphia. The peo-
pie in Cumberland county, of which
Fayetteville is the capital, issued their
statement in June of 1775. insisting
That resort to arms was justified, and
pledging each other to sacrifice life
and fortune to the freedom and safety
of an oppressed people. In April, 1776,
still before the Philadelphia Declare
lion of Independence, the provincial
congress of North Carolina appointed
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-06-24

tied largely by
the adherents of
the Stuart family,
which met with
such disaster at
Culloden that
many Of the fol-
lowers Of the Pre-
tender g BAN
ished to America
for taking up
arms against the
British crown. Be
fore these people
e r permitted to
sail they were
sworn on a bind
ing oath to be
loyal h~enceforth
to the English
king. When the
settlers around
them in North
Carolina e ris-
ing against the
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-06-24
Tumult in the city,
In the quaint old Quaker town

governor a n q
made the officer
take oath that he
would not at
tempt to enforce
the use OF
stamps. A year
later the stamp
act was repealed.
But North Caro-
lima had found
that she had a
power when the
people arose, and
t h e English
crown was never
again sure of its
ground in the col
Ony.
The people as
serted the right
of free assem-
blage after that,
and the assump-
ton led to numer-
Gus clashes with
the governor un.
til in May, I'LL,
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-06-24

To the mainte-
nance of which in
dependence we
solemnly pledge
to each other u
mutual co-opera-
ton, our lives,
our fortunes and
our most sacred
honor"
The convention
that adopted such
startling reSOlu-
tons of indepen-
dence undertook
to lay the founda-
tien for a govern
ment for North
Carolina until a
suitable and sta
BILE form could be
provided by con-
gress, and from
that day the au-
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-06-24
AMERICANISM

We hold these truths to be
self evice that all men are
crested equal; that they are en-
dowed by their Creator with
certzin inaliensble rights, that
among these are life, liberty and
the pursuit of happiness-The
Declaration of independence.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-01-14
BALTIC. SEES BIG
COIN SHIPMENTS
Closing Of Subtreasury Causes
Movement to This City and
Philadelphia.

BALTIMORE, Md. Jan. 1.-THE
big task OF transferring approx
mately $50, COCOON In gold and sill
yer coin from the subtreasury at
the custom house 10 the mints at
Philadelphia and the Treasury in
Washington was begun yesterday.
The job will not be completed until
the end OF the week. although sew
eral large motor vans are engaged
In the work.
About slO.0O0,0oo is in silver. 1t
was stated yesterday by Robert O..
Hilton. United States Subtreasurer,
and this represents by far the great
er part of the bulk 10 be moved.
IL weighs more than ESQ tons. Each
of the 10000 sacks. containing $1,000.
weighs sixty pounds. and yesterday
only 1000 Of these sacks were taken
away. Gold coin will be moved
after the silver has been disposed of
Four men accompanied each van
or truck, all of which were covered,
and the contents hidden. These vans
were backed into the narrow area
way TO the west OF the custom
house, loaded from small trucks,
each carrying about sixty bags.
A number Of laborers were engaged
for this work. guarded by men OF the
stan OF II. T. Huddleson, "A representa-
tive OF the Secretary of the Treasury
who is here to supervise the removal
These men stood around and watched
carefully every movement. There was
no display OF firearms. although il is
understood that the guards are well
equipped to handle an emergency
On the vans two men sat in front
and two inside. Across the knees OF
the latter were carbines.
The removal OF the coin from the
subtreasury IL preparatory to taking
over of this branch OF the Govern
ment by the Federal Reserve Bank,
which will be officially consummated
tomorrow.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-01-14
WAR EATING SPREE
OVER, SAY GROCERS
American People Have Cut Food
Consumption 80 Per Cent
Since Conflict Ended.

Americans must be going in Tor
"liRht diet"
SO thinks the Federal Reserve
Board.
or maybe, the people are merely
putting the cheek-rein on the food
bills.
Big slumps in the volume of grocery
business in the United States, noted
by bank observers, shows among
other things, people are eating less
than during the war period.
War excitement. officials reasoned.
brought Unprecedented demands upon
the grOvers, and "A flood tide OF bust
ness.
Realisation from war habits, back
10 peace time ways, along with
streaks OF economy noted everywhere,
has resulted In drops Of from 20 To 80
per cent in sales By Wholesale
groccrs. in many reserve bank dis
tricts.
Decline in grocer sales, starting
early last summer, seems more pro-
nOunccd now than ever. The situa-
ton Of the wholesale grocers is more
acute in the large farm sections, hay-
ng bumper production OF many
things which can be laid by for the
winter.
But, the board said the city dwell
Ter. who has no garden, must be trim
ming IN" menu at home, or they say,
possibly he's gone off his war eating
spree"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-01-14
DIRECT MARKETING
COMMISSIONS AIM
AII-AmeriCan Farmer-Labor Co.
operative Group to Meet in
Cleveland Soon.

Direct trading between the farmer
and the producer and cooperative
bank ing, will be the goal OF the All
American Fermentation Cooperative
Commission, during the next few
months. il was announced here today
The annual convention of the com
mission will be held in Cleveland
February 10 to 1o. inclusive.
The officers OF the commission are:
president, c. II. Custarson. president
of the Nebraska Farmers I'm on: vice
president and treasurer, Warren =
stone; grand chief. Brotherh. cd OF
Locomotive Engineers, general man
ager, George i. Hampton; and Fred
eric G. Howe and Benjamin c. Marsh
Representatives OF farmer organiza-
tons on the commission include Her.
tional Council: Il. W. II. Stone. presi.
William Bouck, master Washington
president Montana State Union Amer
lean Society of Equity: Grant II. SlO-
cum, president National Cleaners
Federation; j. Weller Long. secretary
treasurer United Farmers Of America.
Labor org aniZations represented in
clude l.. II. Sheppard. president Order
OF Railway Conductors; J. w. Kline,
general president international
brotherhood of Black smiths and
Helpers OF America: Bert VI. Jewell,
president Railway Employees Depart
ment, American Federation of Labor;
Sidney Hillman, president Amalga-
mated Clothing Workers of Amer ca
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-01-14

tee Company, Incorporated 1891, a
promotion OF the kuhns. of Pits
burgh, and which was sold at receiv'
er's sale April 10, 1914, for sl.25O.O0O.
The properties are in Idaho and in
California. but IL holds stocks and
bonds of water supply companies in Il
dozen or more different states. In
the year ended June 30, 1920, the net
income was si3s,8i6, or SlO7, l46
more than 1891 800 paid for preferred
dividends.
Accumulated preferred dividends to
April ~. 1917, amounting 10 u per
cent, or 81 100000. were cancelled by
the payment of Sl50 900 in cash. $3.50, :
O00 in FIRST preferred stock at par and
$3.50. 900 in common stock at - ~
First preferred dividends at the rate
OF sl.75 quarterly have been paid
without interruption since August 20.
1917.
In the twelve months 10 June 10.
1920, the company earned s.36 per
cent on the first preferred and l.OI
per cent on the second preferred. No
dividends have been paid on the sec
ond preferred and common stocks.
The first preferred is quoted at $50.
second preferred at 81 and common
at 81. We do not regard the pre-
fcrred As high grade investment nor
Is the dividend sure.
standard Gas n Electric earned
in 1919 1888 per cent on the. ST., 1851
common stock Of $50 par value; moth
ing earned in 1918 and 1917. In
twelve months to september 80 last,
net earnings were slO.96O,Si4, against
81, 667 1888 for the corresponding period
Of the previous year. These ngures
do not include the earnings of the
Shsncr oil A. Refining COmDRny,
which, for the year, were SI2,O26,OS3
gross and Si26O,7GS net. The stand
ard owns II large preferred and COM
mon share interest in the ShaHer. No
dividends have ever been paid on the
common stock. 1t Is quoted at $3.50
a share and is a speculation Of undo
termined value.