The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1922-06-16
McELROY

Oscar Helseth is selling Wards ex-
tracts soaps and medical supplies. lie
expects to put in such time as ne can
snare from the farm in covering MS
Territory which includes the eastern
mart of Sheridan county and the west
ern part of Divide county, Nortn Ia
kota. He reports business good.
Deputy Assessor Bye has been
working in the McElroy vicinity the
past week winding up his work Tor
the county. He says he is glad to
get through.
Ingvald copeland has recently add
cd annie trees to the other fruit trees
set earlier.
L. B. McElroy believes in raising
fruit. He has planted strawberries
and raspberries this spring.
Peter Degen has added about LTD
plum trees to those he had before.
Ell. P. Hanson has improved the ap-
pearance of his farm by setting out
some Carragana aborescens.
BORN. to Mr. and Mrs. A. w. W.
ergaard, June 4th, a son. Mother and
child are doing well. DIR. Laberge
was in attendance Mrs. John Rice
and Mrs. Ed. S. Spoklie have been as
sisting at the Overgaard home.
Rev. Theo. Aaberg was a busy man
last Sunday. At two o'clock he con-
Quoted services at McElroy, at three
thirty at the Louis Larsen home near
Lone Tree and in the evening at
/ Comertown. He plans on leaving
soon to attend the Lutheran Confer
onoa ~ MINI mills
/ At the Larson home Miss Ida Lar
son served lunch in behalf of the Lone
Tree Ladies' Aid.
Mrs. H. P. Hanson had her share of
excitement Friday when she was re-
turning from Westby. She drove a
single horse and buggy. Just as she
was passing the Peter Degen place
the dog jumped out at the horse. The
horse gave a sudden jump sldewlse
throwing Mrs. Hanson out Of the bug
gy, then sped up the road for home;
On arising and finding herself still
intact Mrs. Hanson started in pur-
suit of the horse accompanied by Mr.
Degen who had come to her assist
ance. Half a mile up the road they
came upon the horse in charge of
Peter Lutnes. Mr.. Lutnes had been
| at work near the road and had stop
ped the runaway. The excitement
over, Mrs. Hanson finished her inter
rupted journey.
| Ed. Buchanan came down from Out
| look Saturday, returning Sunday
with a bunch of work horses.
| Alvin Stageberg went to Crosby, N.
D., Friday to attend Commencement
exercises at that place. His sister
Miss Guida Stageberg was one of the
high school graduates.
| o. M. Lutnss has constructed
potato planter which may prove
rival to Wards Hninent as it relieves
backache, also that tired feeling ina,
usually accompanies planting time
| The planter consists of a four-incE
pine set perpendicularly through the
floor of a sfeneboat, the lever end OF
| the pipe cut slanting with the point
forward A lever raises or lowers
the pine to the desired depth fol
planting. On top of the pipe is fast
ened box which serves as a hopper
and holds a supply of potatoes in
convenient position for dropping into
the pipe. One man drives the team ano
one feeds the potatoes and the row l:
planted as fast as the horses walk
Some two by fours fastened under the
stone boat to throw the dirt over thu
row insures perfect covering. Farm
ers elsewhere have used pipe fast
ened usually to some sore of wheel
ed Implement, but Mr.. Lutnes be
lieves a stoneboat or some other slet
to be as convenient an Implement a:
any can be bor the planter.