The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-07-07

was brought to the community by
Doctor Lenout, by William Hunter
by O. E. Emery and by J. J. Dack
A good bit of this was ribbon-win
ming stock at the Worlds Fair, wher
it was purchased. First one short
horn man, then another, began t,
cross his females with the big gentl,
milky looking Holstein bulls.
In 1900 Mr.. Schilling showed hi
faith in the gospel by purchasing
from E. P. Miller a fine herd of Hol
stems which had just recently beer
brought into the county. He bought
a farm also and moving out to it
went into the dairy business.
pretty tough shedding it was" he
told me with a laugh, running the
farm before and after Office hours.
| took my team in every morning and
brought a load of manure out every
night. Money was a pretty scarce ar
ticle. The first two years | had to
sell by oats after threshing to meet
bills and buy them back a few bushels
at a time. At the end of three years
a chance to sell came along, and |
took it and moved into town. But
another three years convinced Mrs.
Schilling and me that we belonged in
the country. We're the sort that must
have room. So we rented another
farm and went to building up a sec
ond herd. A few years later we
bought the farm-our present home
and in 1911 | gave up editorial
work, after sixteen straight years of
it."
1t is interesting to know that at
this time, fourteen years after the
little talks of Mr.. SchilIing and Mr..
Delaney at the Rice County Fair, a
census revealed 5532 dairy cows, 855
pure-bred Holsteins, within a fifteen
mile circle about Mortified. Thou
sands of dollars worth of stock was
then being shipped out each month.
Remembering that the Mortified
News stated this, who says that print
er's ink is not something with magic
it?
The Schilling farm is a beautiful
property, 44S acres in all, with a
house that would look not a whit out
IF place if set down beside any city
street. Big red barns and tall sllos
complete a homestead picture that
fingers in the memory. There are
;eventy-fve Holsteins on the place
comprising a herd that has hung up
and yielded milk and show
champions. And it is a herd bred to
perform under farm conditions.
1t must be a great satisfaction to a
nan to start with his bare hands and
vim all this before passing out of his
7igorous years. | said something of
he sort to Mr.. Schilling.
''The best part of it ALL" he an
;wered. sis the way my children love
t. They couldn't be coaxed off this
After a lengthy visit in the Schil-
ing home-there are eight children
I believe that statement. And
must add that N reason is a mother
n that home who could attach the
Elections of a family to a shed in
he Painted Desert.
What we have done in Mortified
an be done anywhere if people will
york together" Mr.. Schilling de-
Jared. "The town and country must
Irst see that they are one. Arrayed
gainst each other, neither can get
cry far. Much of the community
pirit you see here is due to the fact
hat we have always tried to head
IF anything calculated to divide the
eople into factions. AS an example
f that, we once refused a speaking
lace to a lecturer whose talk Ike
bought might offend n religious
ect. It is the good sense of this
ommunity that has made it so pros I:
erous and so fine a place to live in. f:
live that the credit, not me-" f:
"Our commercial club was chang +:
d into a community club in 1903 :
the business men saw that :
hey must be close to the farmers for :
he good of both. You ought to see :
ne way we bunch up for picnics-by :
lousands. We've learned in North :
ED that neighbors are worth more :
nan dollars" :
"And the fact that most Mortified
ollars come from the same source :
to make closer neighbors," | :
lggested. :
Exactly. There's nothing like a :
ommon interest to knit a community :
With one breed of stock :
very mans herd helps to sell his :
.eighbor's surplus. Buyers come here :
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