The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1922-02-10

state as to what he raised or Didn't.
aAd therefore make affidavit to same.
we are not going to- tell what nc said
Any shortage Of snow in q south
easterly direction can be easily sup
piled from this district. Our trans
portation in that direction 10 working
admirably. Please notify US and we
win get out cur shovels ana give 1t
a start; the wind will do the rest.
Now is. the time for the readers Of
the Examiner to take advantage of
some Of the advertisements. 'Ruy
Now" save Now" Remember 1t viii
be scarce next July and August; If
you had taken precautions q year ago
you could have used q blanket of it
at a good advantage on your last years
hoppers. How nice 1t will be when i!
gets summer time again. Now is the
time to lay 1t in.
bob Rice Is busy trying to stretch
out q January haystack to reach to
April.
Frank Waters = mining Forage
from under the snow to feed his stock
and is making very good headway.
Mine or farmer, Frank IL there.
Our mail carrier from Kingsley to
Olive, is working in good accordance
with the Broadus-volberg line. despi-e
the Indictment weather and almost i'm
passible roads. Our last mail brought
us some Christmas packages. Besides
what we got for Christmas and what
we later received it makes US long
Merry Christmas.
Our weather bureau being somewhat
out of order. our weatherman has not
been able to get tab on our last
storms owing to- our WIND gauge be-
ing attached to high powered wind
mill. In his attempt to get the We.
lccity of the wind this A. NJ. turning
the mill on in such a heavy gale. the
sudden jerk stripped the gears on the
sreedometer. Until we can secure re-
pairs from Shorty's garage there Will
be no way to- get the exact speed Of
the wind but Judging from the appear
arce outside it will soon get by. Our
Thermometer freezes up at 125 below
zero and it busted, whether from
hanging loose on the NAH and beating
itself on a log CT our building caus-
ing the frosty glass to break or FROM
the extreme chane in temperature. AIRY
way. our mercury is very low. The
depth of snow is at variance here,
the shallOwest place being at our hay
stack where the snow is level with tn"
butt of the stack just being the length
Ct our pitchfork tones. and the hisl.
mark at our woodpile where unloading.
| wood last fall one stick stuck out
about eight feet above the ground.
| There is now about nine inches above
the snow. Judging that the average
| up to the top Of the handles of our
" alking plow.
We notice from late copy of the
Miles city American that Garter
county rancher predicts wet spring
| Powder River county. after ALL is not
| so far behind. We knew that since
! &c rly November.
| Judging from a piece in the Powder
River County Examiner. reprinted
from the Alzada Fairplay. that there
| may be a few crooks around there
does the Alzada Faf,play expect her
citizens in reference to- straightsn NY
so soon after being knocked out by
Attorney General Rankin with a hand
full Of Powder River Countys- E~ami'
ners? whether the Ekalaka Eagle
screamed at them or not we We're no
advised: no doubt but what they vii
pull thrcugh we hape hopes they VIII
gain their pcrpcn'iicularity afte'
awhile.
4 great many of our citizens aroun,
here are overjoyed at the decision o
the supreme court ind eciding the pol
tax and bachelor tax demonstrations!
u means a saving of from two to fiv
dollars to the taxpayers OF Montana
lIf John T. Wilson should hand us
check for our Overpaid taxes 1t wou.'
amount tc. from 81 to $51 to some !"
our local taxpayers. We would rathe
su-pest that the amount be applied t
the delinquent tax list. or more 40
propriate. to the school FUNDS OF I'll
counties. We are wondering why a
:. attorney has to be elevated to the SUI
preme bench before he can dtscovc
we have some laws that are uncon
stitutional. How about our gar.
| warden, Jackways. allowing YOU 81
; for catching any beaver that may
destroying your valuable timep, a.!
, having the state take the skins: Wh
: should have a better right to the skaN
+ than the parties owning the land an
\ the timber they feed on. Why not
2 little sane legislation en- this questin
, at our next legislative session? A Il
il male beaver produces from four TO 81
young e2Cn year. Say NHset VIC ope
: season for trapping be for two Or thrt
= me nths each winter and a rcasonah
license tax for trapping same? Beav
v are like people: they die from old az
= Take our automobile license ;our t
y lizzie comes at about 35c per hors
: power a jump of nine horsep wer;
20 Jumps to soc per horsepower, then tt
# next jump ranges upward again
II another extreme adv: ace and so q
o Our opinion on this matter brings
: to the belief that mere unifor
j. scale could have brought our mo
" cars annually, being on the old sche
- ule. doubtless there will he sever
is cars lay over for some periods a
.e take advantage of the half year
l. cense, there being 10000 appllcatio
j" returned &C. early applicants who
lie plied for license before the raise
i: the new license went into effect. L
Is only reasonable thing to be done "
a tc hold up applications until the le
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