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Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-11-19

average Weld of corn in the county in
1919 was rs bushels TO the acre
This in the most nnfavorahle year for
crop production that has ever been
experienced in the northern counties.
One of the real corn veterans OF
Phillips county is Fred Primeau whose
farm is located not far from Malta.
1917, Mr.. primeau made his first at
tempt with corn. putting IN 3o acres
Of Dakota White flint. The crop dad
so we'll that he increased his acreage
10 45 in 1918. so acres in 1920 and
1873 acres in 1921. For the last three
years he has marketed II carload OF
hogs each fall. finding good markets IN
Libby and Great Falls. Last year the
Primeau hogs brought a cent and a
half a pound more than was being pad
on the st. Paul market the day they
were sold. This year Mr.. Primeau
has so purebred Poland CHINA brood
sosys that will farrow in March. lie
has 1000 bushels of corn IN ms bins'
Northwestern Dent Popular
In Hill county such farmers as I. l..
Stewart of uavre, Fred Behrends of
Havre and John Fox of bingham have
been growing corn for Il number OF
years and are having good success with
it as a cattle feed. Northwestern
dent is the most popular variety IN
Hii county. Gehu flint and Dakota
white flint have quite a following,
Blaine county also is turning strong.
ly to corn production. Il. G. Miller OF
Harlem, f. NJ. Parker of Savoy, Gus
Burchard Of Chinook and others have
been raising corn since 1917 and have
been having splendid results from their
seed SELECTIONS. Mr.. Miller is one OF
the real Corn enthusiasts of the north
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-11-19
S65O,OOO, 900 Deficit
Staring u. S. Treasury

Much has been heard about reduc-
ton of taxation. but the American peo-
pie still are faced with tremendous
burdens. largely growing out of the
war. says John Snure in Farm Life.
It has been made known by the treas
ury department that the treasury def
lett for the present fiscal year. which
ends next June 80. will be more than
$3.50, o00. 1000. In other words, it viii
be about t~wo-fhirds OF 4 billion dollars.
The question 70 be evolved is how
To meet that deficit. Uncle Sam must
find some way Of digging down in his
pocket and making UP the money. Al
ready there is serious talk among lead
ers in congress of providing for more
taxes by passing Il. new revenue bill
or imposing additional taxes. Either
this must be done or the government
will have To float more bonds or treas
ury certificates.
Most of us don't like to listen TO
the suggestion of new and additional
taxes but nevertheless there is n
strong likelihood they will be imposed.
What form they will take is something
vet to be determined. The probabili-
ties are that is more taxes are i'm
posed they will be varied and miscella-
neouS.
Some still advocate the sales tax
and there is Il movement ON in the
house for higher inheritance taxes with
Il view to making up all or a large part
Of the deficit from them.
If congress finds it has to grappte
with Il new tax bin this winter, and
pass il, it viii find leisure for little
else than this bin and for the regular
annual appropriation bills, which
20 several billions of dollars.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-11-19

on to more serious things. Little did
he realize that corn production had
reached Il stage. of considerably more
than minor Importance in the tier of
counties that stretch along the Cana
| dian line, that in this northern terri
tory the acreage given over to this
crop is as great as the entire corn
acreage of the state less than 10 years
| ago, that almost half the farmers in
the district from Hill county to the
Dakota border are growing corn.
This change from straight wheat
farming is taking place quietly. The
dawn of the new era has come swiftly
and although northern Montana is Just
on the threshold of the newer and bet
ter agriculture the progress that has
already been made, as demonstrated by
the first annual Northern Montana
Corn show, held at Malta last week, is
remarkable and wonderfully ~encourag-
ing. The crying need of the vast dry
land area along the northern border has
been for a feed crop. dependable enough
to form the basis for q more diversi-
fled and a more permanent and profit
able system of farming. To the hun
dreds Of visitors who attended the ex-
hibitioh at Malta there can be no doubt
that the need is being answered.
Corn Gives Confidence
To the farmers. to the bankers. to
the business men of northern Montana
is coming Il feeling of calm confidence
in the future and the foundation of
that confidence is corn. Straight
wheat farming is recognized wherever
il has been carried on as Il gamble-as
a temporary system of farming at
best and as a particularly hazardous en-
terprise in many sections of the north
west during the conditions, economic
and climatic, that have prevailed for
the last few years. Corn farming is
safe and permanent farming because
corn is the premier feed crop OF
America. means livestock. supplement
tary crops, rotation-in short, diver
sification, and diversification means
safe farming. employment the year
round and prosperous homes. And so
out of the years of uncertainty. of fail
ure and despair in dry land districts
toward the CANADIAN border has been
born Il new understanding of Il sane
agriculture.
Among the visitors at the corn ex-
hibit at the Phillips county court house
last week were men an women who
would not believe nj first that all of
the 5000 fully matured ears of corn
on display had actually been grown on
the farms Of northern Montana and
had mo- been imported for the oc-
casion from Iowa or Illinois. Many
were amazed TO learn that for each
ear on the racks there were more
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-11-19

yall by the one-crop system. He tried
orn and his experience has made him
a booster for the crop. Last year %
1cres of Dakota white flint produced
100 bushels of ripe corn. In 1920, IS
!cres Melted him 900 bushels and dur
ng the three previous years he pro-
duced an average of - bushels to the
tcrc.
These and countless similar expert
noes We're heard during the three
lays of the corn show at Malta. Farm
rs who took up the new crop a few
ears ago and stayed With ii despite
the jokes and criticisms of those who
said sit couldn't be done selecting
their seed carefully and raising the
varieties best adapted to the northern
attitudes. are now looked upon as pio-
ncers in a great and immensely impor-
tant undertaking. When wheat was
failing during the dry years they were
raising good crops of corn that were
invaluable when feed was high and
scarce at n price. Now their seed
corn is in demand and thousands of
farmers are following in their foot
steps.
j. f. Kilduff, president of the Malta
State bank, expressed the attitude of
the bankers and other business men of
northern Montana toward the coming
i corn when in the course of an adj
lress on the opening day of the corn
show he said:
Corn VIII Stabilize Farming
Many of you here have lived in
corn producing sections before NOV
ing to Montana, To You | can say
emphatieally and without fear of con
tradiction that in normal times any
country that has corn as its saajor
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-11-19
By LESTER COLE
Editor The Montana Farmer

WEARS AGO, when the agriculture
/ Of the great middle west was
Young. the farmers in southern
Iowa and Illinois shook their heads
when they heard that settlers in the
northern districts of those states were
trying to raise corn. 1T can't be
DONE they said. The northern and
western limits Of the corn belt have
been reached and corn can be pushed
no further" But the old timers of the
corn belt were mistaken and the
settlers to the north and west succeed
ed in their efforts to adapt corn to
their lands and then. as the agricultural
frontier was pushed farther and farther
westward and northward, corn followed
in the pathway of flax and wheat until
Kansas. Nebraska and the Dakotas had
been added to the dominions of King
Corn. that great builder of a perma-
nent and substantial agriculture.
Crossing the line into Montana was
but another step for this ambitious
monarch and for a number OF years
eastern and. some parts of central.
Montana lave been producing substan-
tial crops of corr fodder. In 1910.
there were 10000 acres of corn IN
these sections of the state. BY 1918
the acreage virtually doubled and by
1915 there were 10000 acres IN corn.
Since then, this almost phenomenal in
crease has kept on until corn has be-
come a valuable and an important crop.
This season just past has been a re
markably successful corn year for Mon
tana and the states 100000 acres of
corn have produced bounteous rop of
orr for ~''hogging off, for fodder, for
ensilage and for grain.
Northern Montana Invaded
When the average Montanan thinks
of Montana grown corn, he thinks OF
the fields in the central, southern and
particularly eastern sections of the
state, and there, it is true. the greater
part of Montana's corn crop is pro-
duced. But. true TO his old habits, the
progressive monarch-king Corn-has
been busy conquering new territory.
About the first the average citizen of
the state knew of this latest invasion
was when he picked up his morning
paper a few weeks ago and read the
first announcement of the Northern
Montana Corn show to be held at Malta.
No doubt he glanced over the item cas-
ually. reflected for a moment on the
folly of such an undertaking and passed
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-11-19

crop, as Its big acreage crop, is a
prosperous country whose farm lands
bring a good price. 1t is not altogether
the orr Itself but the things it brings
about-the cows. the butter. the milk.
the chickens. the hogs follow the pro-
duction of corn just as night follows
day. Corn will stabilize the farming
business in northern Montana and
make it safe. 1t is much better for
everyone to make Il living and some
money every year than TO have one or
two so-called big years and then sev-
eral years OF failure, and corn has
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-11-19
Corn Withstands Hail

Another special exhibit that attract
ed much attention was a large display
of fully matured Northwestern dent
corn grown in fields that were ham
mered to the ground by hail that Wis
tied a portion of Phillips county on
July 4. Nothing but the stubs of the
corn plants were left after the storm
yet the corn came back and yielded 26
bushels to the acre on the j. \. Man
gis farm. IS bushels to the acre on the
Ole Lefdabl farm and 81 bushels on
the liver Lefdahl place. Whe;a on the
same farms averaged only three bu-
shells to the acre as Il result of the
hail. A good many other farmers ex-
hibiting at the show told similar
stories of the haii-resisting nature Of
the corn.
Many also were the experiences told
by farmers Of the powers of drouth
resistance held by the new crop in
northern Montana. In 1919, when
wheat was Il total failure in northern
Montana. Frank Schempp of Free
water, phillips county, raised %
bushels of corn to the acre on a 30
acre field, Fred Primeau OF Malta
raised rs bushels TO the a.sss. +.
Kronsnable of Saco raised D bushels
and many other farmers had similar
success. W. r. Stapleton, county
agent of Phillips county, says that the
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-11-19

GENE BYRNES. famous cartoonist,
NJ creator of "Reg'lar Fellers,' and
father of Willie Dugan, Aggie Riley
and a score of little folks that have
made newspaper readers in various
cities laugh each day, is automobiling
on a transcontinental trip to California.
Byrnes is driving a special make
Marmon ~speedster, accompanied by
Mrs. Byrnes and the only little Byrnes
in their family, namely Jimmy Dugan,
a curious looking Boston bulldog. He
started from Piattsburg, \. y, where
the Byrneses have a summer home on
Lake Champaign.
Inst before Byrnes started, he took
q pen in his hand and sketched a neat
little souvenir for his friendship spe-
cial drawing published on this page
today showing all the "Reg'lar Fellers'
bound west.
Byrnes is going to California, but he
doesn't know by what road. lie has
no idea how long it will take to get
there, but he hopes to arrive before
the roads become impossible from snow
storms. When they started, the ton
neau Of his car was piled high with
DIRS dIu OftI ItbtS, w hhlh o"Nhl1io
for the dog, Jimmy Dugan.
Locked to the back seat was a golf
bag filled with clubs. and at the mem
ton of the word golf he nearly went
crazy, as this is another thing he is an
pxpert Mt. in addition 10 the drawing
of great rEauman interest comic features
hat appeal to millions of readers in
the United );tates and Canada as well
as Europe. South and Central America
and Australia.
Byrncs does not look as though be
was n business man, but the big income
he receives for making newspaper
readers laugh is evidence of his busi-
ness ability. He is going TO draw as
he finishes his motor trip each Day
He gets all his ideas for his funny
drawings and the delightful humor that
fills i'm the drawings from watching the
little kids on the street. Mt school ana
wherever he runs into youngsters. ne
has no helpers and he initiates no other
artist. His secret, he says, IS just
reveal kids ITS they are.
He said. Il am very proud that The
Great Falls Tribune is on my list be
cause it is a real home newspaper
When the motorists reach California,
if they like the place. they are going
10 stay some time. sending the readers
hack their "Reg'lar Fellers" by ~.
As they are reserving their decision
on California. they are also holding
onto their winter place at Pinehurst,
n. G.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-11-19

country. He has found corn 10 be a
dependable crop on his farm and a
mighty valuable crop in graduating
weeds. conserving moisture for the fol-
lowing crop. checking soil blowing and
furnishing feed for poultry. hogs and
cattle.
Prior to 1920. George Phillips of
G~Ientana VALLEY county, was a
gtraight grain farmer. Horses were
the only livestock he had on his place.
In 1920 he tried out Il field of Gehu
corn. 1t was so successful that he has
been growing corn eve since. He
plants about p acres and feeds it to
MS milking Shorthorn cattle and his
Duroc Jersey hogs. He has reduced
is wheat acreage one-half and finds
that his WELD is increasing from the
wheat grown on corn land. He is
building up a diversified system of
farming and has all the confidence in
the world in the north country now
hat he knows it will produce corn.
George Lease Of Bainyille tRoose-
welt county, says that if he had had
the corn acreage in 1919 that he has
now it would have saved him nearly
1000 in feed in that one year. w. j.
Burnison of Wolf Point was formerly
I straight wheat FARMER, Dut III I3-t
he started out with some Gehu and
Northwestern dent corn. Now he
grows alfalfa and sweet clover to sup
element the corn in feeding his Here
ford cattle and hogs. and he wouldn't
think of going back to the straight
grain business,
Pioneers in Important Movement
One of northern Montana real pio-
neers in corn growing is DIR. ]. l.. At
kinson of Poplar, who has been at it
for IS years. He has developed an
early maturing. small cob yellow dent
corn from a selection of one of the
earlier varieties of yellow dent. This
corn has proved very dependable and
aas matured seed without a break for
- years.
Then there is F. 4. kronschnabel of
Saco who was all but driven TO the
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-11-19

than 10 acres in corn in the northern
border counties this year. Included
in the show were hundreds of exhibits
representing the varieties that are be
ing grown and adapted to northern
Montana conditions - Northwestern
dent, White flint, Yellow flint. White
dent, Yellow dent, and the mixed flints,
the show was an exhibit of two ears
of Yellow flint n-o grown in
Montana and one grown in Illinois.
The two ears were so nearly alike that
ster<s of people who guessed as to
which Ias the Montana ear picked the
r.rnItn nnn
The Wrangell sentinel., 1922-09-21
NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that the tax roll for the year 1922 has been con- pleted and is now in the hands of the town treasurer at the Bank of Alas ka.
 The common council will meet as board of equalization on October 2nd and 3d, and again October 18th and 21st.
 These meetings will be held in the town hall between the hours of two o'clock and four o'clock pm. on each of the above dates.
 The tax roll will be open for in- spection at the Bank of Alaska from September 19 to October 1, 1922. Dated at Wrangell, Alaska, this 18th day of September, 1922.
 COMMON COUNCIL
 OF WRANGELL,
 Per J.E. WORDEN, Clerk.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1922-09-21

A recent issue of the Ketchikan Chronicle contained the following news item: "A beautiful blue fox on the roof of a restaurant in Indian town was the object of crowd of in terested spectators whose friendly overtures he regarded with cynical suspicion. He had first sought refuge under house and when chased out climbed to the roof of a nearby res taurant and danced a brief dance of triumph ere an Indian made a noise less ascent and captured him. The question now. is: From whose fox ranch did she make her escape The answer to that might solve the much mooted question of How far can a blue fox swim ?'''
The Wrangell sentinel., 1922-09-21

A wedding with a touch of romance took place on small island in Kechemak bay at high noon, on the sixth day of September, the contract ing parties being Miss Enid Stryker and Archie P. Mclean with Rev. R. V. B. Dunlap the officiating clergy man. Standing amid the trees of a spruce grove, with the sun shining brightly and the many friends of the contracting couple in attendance the services were very impressive. The bride has been teaching school at Ninilchik. for the past two years. The groom has had charge of the Libby McNeill cannery and store at Kasilof where they will make their future home
The Wrangell sentinel., 1922-09-21

CA. Brown last week received a cablegram announcing the death of his sister, Mrs. George E. Aver at her home In Seattle The news came as shock to MT. Brown and other relatives in Wrangell. Mrs. Aver had been ill only two weeks. and as her ailment was whooping cough no se- rious apprehension was felt for her safety. The Aver family have paid several visits to Wrangell and have many friends here. MT. Aver was superintendent of the Alaska Sani- tary Packing company's cannery at Cape Fanshaw in 1919. Mrs. Aver was reared in Kansas and was schoolmate of George H. Barnes and Mrs. o. A. Brown of Wrangell. MT. Aver was for many years connected the Santa Fe railroad in an import ant executive position. Several years ago the family moved to the Northwest, locating in Seattle where they have since resided. Mrs. O.. A. Brown of Wrangell left for Seattle on the S.S. Queen to attend the fu- neral which was conducted according to the ritual of the Episcopal church of which Mrs. Ayers was devout member.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1922-09-21
Unspeakable Atrocities
 By Turks
Who Wilfully Started Con flagration at Smyrna Cradle of Christianity Will Soon Be Empty of Chris tianS.

SMYRNA, Asia Minor-The cradle of Christianity will soon be depopu- lated of Christians. Americans and others are disappearing. Hundreds have gone to the hills and are dying of exhaustion, fright and exposure. The city is ruined and the stone wa terfront is shattered. People are eating animals killed by the fire American bluejackets ransacked the ships in the harbor for condensed milk for famished babies. Mothers in despair and anguish are tossing their babies into the sea.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1922-09-21
PIT. A. Meets

The Wrangell Parent-Teacher as sociation held its first meeting for the present school year last Thurs day night. There was good atten- dance. In addition to the routine bus mess several matters pertaining to the welfare of the school were dis cussed.
 Two musical numbers by an or chestra composed wholly of members of the family of Superintendent W.L. Gross were greatly appreciated.
 Charles w. Hawkesworth, super intendent for the Bureau of Educa tion for Southeastern Alaska, was present, and upon invitation made a short talk which was full of helpful remarks.
 Mrs. M O. Johnson read an excel lent article dealing with the parents responsibility.
 Dr. R. J. Diven made an excel lent talk in which he said d number of good things, some of which were of particular interest to those mem bers of the faculty who have never been in the North before.
 Superintendent W. L. Gross of the Wrangell schools made most in teresting talk which showed that he has his whole heart in the school, Land will work hard to make the school a success in every way possible.
 At the close of the business session the association held a reception for the teachers, and a social hour was thoroughly enjoyed by every one. Refreshments were served by the so cial committee.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1922-09-21

Alaska should have a home for aged women separate and apart from that for aged men. While ample pro- vision has been made for the deserv- ing pioneer, no steps have been taken for the care of aged women other than
 to give them small pension out of the indigent fund, with its ignominy and disgrace. The aged pioneers should not be forced to feel that they are paupers, but rather that they are cashing in for their services in build ing up an empire.-Seward Gateway.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1922-09-21

Dr. Thomas A. Haxby has sold his fox farm which is located on Green island about twenty miles from La touche. The purchase price is report ed to be in the neighborhood of $2S,- people who have formed an organiza- tion to be known as the Green Island Blue Fox Corporation, capitalized for s100,000 with 1000 shares of stock at $100 each, all of which nave been subscribed. The new firm con- templates placing an additional 30 pair of foxes on the island and do not intend to take off any stock until they have 300 pairs of breeders.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1922-09-21

Fred Hauselman, a well known miner and prospector of the Kantish- ma region, where he has lived for number of years, was brought before the commissioner at Nenana recently and a jury, and was adjudged insane The unfortunate man harbors the de- fusion that the Guggenheims and the Jews are in league against him and the government to rob the Kantishna country of its mineral wealth.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1922-09-21
National Forest Timber for Sale

Sealed bids will be received by the Forest Supervisor, Ketchikan, Alas ka, up to and including October g. 1922, for all merchantable dead
 timber standing or down, and all the live timber marked or designated for cutting on an area embracing about
 60 acres, on the east shore of and
 about one half mile south of Bay Point, Prince of Wales Island and an area embracing about 40 acres, To- cated on the west shore of and about one mile southeast of McNamara Point Beacon, Zarembo Island, Ton gass National Forest Alaska, estima- ted to be 100000 feet B. M more or less of Sitka spruce and western hemlock. No bid of less than s150 per NJ feet for Sitka spruce, and s1.00 per NJ feet for hemlock, will be considered. $500 must be deposited with each bid to be applied on the purchase price, refunded, or retained in part as liquated damages, accord ing to conditions of sale. The right to reject any and all bids reserved. Before bids are submitted. full in- formation concerning the timber the conditions of sale, and thesubmission of bids should be obtained from the Forest Supervisor, ,Ketchikan, Alaska.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1922-09-21

Frank Williams, a native boy 20 years of age, was found dead on the beach at Wrangell yesterday. The boy had been missing since last Fri day. His father and others had been searching for him since his disappear ance, and it was the father, in com- pany with David Graham, who fi- nally found the body. A coroner's jury was summoned and an inquest held. The verdict of the jury was that the deceased came to his death by drowning, and that it was ac- cidental.