Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-10-15
WAR FINANCE BOARD
LOANS 4,4OO BANKS
OVER S180,0Q0,000
Livestock Corporations Get
$72,000,000 and S175,000,000
to Marketing Concerns.
(Tribune's Washington Bureau

Washington, Oct. 14.-Eugene Meyer,
managing director of the Var Finance
corporation. said Friday that up 10
September is, 1922, the corporation
had authorized nearly 1000 loans, ag-
~gregating $183, 900, 900, to approxim-
ately 400 banking institutions in the
agricultural sections of the country;
$50 loans, t~otaling $1,000 900, to live
stock loan companies; and advances
ag~gregating STE, 100000, to co-opera-
tive marketing associations. Altogether
the loans approved for agriculture and
livestock purposes, including exports
of agricultural products. amounted to
$4,000 900.
Indictments and criminal informa-
tons for liquor violations filed in fed
eral courts the past year totaled
45, 1000" said Federal Prohibition Com
missioner HAYNES. Through active CO.
operation between the prohibition unit
and the department of justice. there
have been 2S,273 convictions in federal
courts. Fines imposed have approxim-
ated S3.032,174." 49,,
arrests for violations have totaled
42,223 as compared with 34,l13 for he
preceding years"
Within the last week three prohibi-
ton enforcement officers have been
killed, which brings the total OF fed
eral agents killed since the law went
into effect ND to 20. 1t Is estimated that
the total number of prohibition agents,
federal and state, sheriffs and other
officials killed the last year Will ap-
Lroximate 200.
In a recent decision, Solicitor Booth
of the department of the interior
stated that the Lewis and Clark Ma
ticnal monument (Morrison Caves) ~
Montana and the Shoshone Natlonai
monument in Idaho may be opened 10
visitors, by giving an individual or q
corporation, exclusive franchise 10
develop and display these natural wor-
ders to visitors for 4 fixed sum.
Work Is being carried forward rs
ranidlv as conditions will permit, To-
wards the adjustment of the Northern
Pacific land grants of 1854 and 1870,
In the states Of Wisconsin, Minnesota
North Dakota, Montana, wyoming
Idaho, Washington and Oregon
Former Governor .Spry OF Utan;
Commissioner of the land Office sald
that these grants will place about
20 100000 acres of land held by the
railroads upon the tax rolls OF the
states wherein the land is located. This
undertaking, because of the large
amount of land to be adjusted. Will
lake from four to six months to flnlsh'
The following public land matters
from the decision Of the general land
office to the secretary of the interior
: were decided during the month OF sep
Great FaIls-The application Of NJ
r.. Coleman for a prospecting permI'
was rejected In part. ~,
: G~lasgow-The appeal OF MIS- 20
wards to make an additional entry
under the homestead law was allowed
The original entry was filed In the
land office at Glasgow.
Glasgow-The application of ;. Il
Nasty for designation of certain !ands
for a stock raising homestead was de-
MED in part and the case mOdlfleo 1or
further action.
Glasgow-The decision of the gen
eral land office in denying the appl-
cation of Harry Pullos for a home
stead entry in holding his preference
right suspended until farm units a v
been established, has been affirmed.
Glasgow-The conflicting aodItlons
to the stock raising homesteaos "
( .Jobn Johnson and Sam Veil appealed
. from the ueClolOh VI I"N =
of the land office, was modifled
Eonitable adjudication was made OF the
conflicting claims. M,
GIasgow-The appeal Of Mrs. Earl,
slew. from the decision of the genera
land office was denied and her nome
stead entry ordered cancelled.
Havre-The additional homestead
entry of Otha Potter, heir OF RUFUS
Potter, was remanded to the genera.
land office for further action, the claim
having been validated by an act OF
congress.
Hayre-The decision of the genera
land office in rejecting the Homestead
application of Alva A. Brown, being II
conflict with the desert land entry o.
Robert Johnson, was affirmed.
Havre-The application OF u
Holt for the adjustment of entry with
out change of description denied ano
the entry ordered cancelled.
Lewistown-The application OF WI
liam f. Spicher for reinstatement o.
homestead entry was granted. q,
Tewistown-The appeal OF W. >
Kennedy from the action of the gen,
eraI land office for the reason ina,
conflicting lands were omitted IN tn'
amended application, remanded To-
further acton.