The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1922-01-06
MANY SUBJECTS OF
COUNTY INTEREST


Important subjects of countrywide
interest We're taken UP at the regular
mpnth!y meeting Of the Chamber CT
Commerce Monday n'..ht. Despite the
inclemency of ths weather the attend
ance was good, several visitors from
out of town being pr"sent. The meet
ing was held at skcrty's hall and was
presided over ty Ha,,o Camplin and
NJ. Il. Wiley. respectively president and
secretary.
The business transacteo included
unanimous opposition to The sale of
$4,000 highway tones ana recom-
mendation that the issue be cancelled.
A letter was read from J. l.. Curran
pertaining tc' the railroad situation
and the matter was referred to the
executive committee. \ committee on
irrigation was appointed c,nsiting Of
Ben Johnson. Frank 4. Kelsey. Noel
4. Rurkey. w. r. Waite, Chas. s. EinseI,
NJ. 7. Wiley and Hugo Ca1.plin. The
market situation vas discussed but nc
action was taken IN the absence of Mr..
Ryan representative OK Seattle
packing company who was detained by
unfavorable weather and road condi-
ado pied that recommends undivided
support for the E~..adus -four mill and
everyone was urged to buy it's flour
product in preference to import ed
brands. \ home Industry committee,
consisting CT H. r. Straiton. Chas. E.
Lewis. W. r. Waite and \. g. Norris.
was appointed especially to promote
the sale Of Broadus -four. II. X. Straiton
was named on q committee to supply
| literaturea nd inee rna,ion to farmers
who might be Interested IN summer
| lfallowing of lan0. n. a. Burkey and
| S. \. Holt were appointed as II COM
mittee to draft resolutions congratu-
lating the Helna Chamber of Commerce
upon securing the services CT w. G.
| Ferguson as it's secretary and express
| ing regret that the change takes him
from southeastern Montana and espe.
| cially this county where he has form.
ed the acqua intarce Of many friends
\ motion was passed espec ally thank.
ling Frank 4. Kelsey and Len johnson
| for their presence at the meeting ant
the information thy advanced concern
ing the different subjects in which
they were intere std.
| The ladies of iIfoaGus had prepared
an agreeable surprise to the Chamber
of Commerce members and the visitors
not so much of a surprise either, fo
the aroma of coffee pernseated th,
hall and gave an i1l>ling OF a most en-
joyable luncheon served by them fol
lowing the meetings adjournment
The floor was cleared and for about 81
hour dancing was enjoyed.
On the market subject n. A. Burke.
%.,l 4i,e >F kt f>f,
with the Miles City Chamber Of Com
merce and subsequent developments
From the interest taken in the mar ket
ing CT farm produce from this coun
try the farmers may feel assured o
| increasing thei, production of por1
land poultry this year for a: availabl
market win be fornd through the ef
forts and cc-ope"a tion of the CONNER
cial club.
J. I. Curran If. writing .f the rail
road situation stated something shoul
be done towards gathering data con
corning tho tonnage volume of import
and experts to this country and al
other information that corld be iai
+. before railroad promoters. Such dat
, is necessary as tie preliminary wori
Mr.. Curran will compile data on TIL
-, business handled thrcvs:h Fe,te Fourch
and requested lnt Chamber of Com
merce to cooperate with tn. Miles Cit
, Chamber of Commerce in gatherin
information pertaining t. coal an
the tonnage IF business going to an
t from Miles City.
, / Ben Johnson in broaching the sui
ject of Irrigation believed dam sit,
!. were feasible OH both the Little al
Big Powder river: th,t wo,..d reclai
n a vast area of country for irrigatio
= He told of the many benefits to accr,
Y with the valleys Of these two rive
q placed under 'rigation. citing ii
h production of sugar beets. alfalfa. ct
: that would more than Justify the il
- veStment in such projects by priva
j. enterprise or under scvernni, mt sure
q lvision. Johnson "ar.tea the eNperien
!. Of irrigation projects j.. ea'tern Col
l. rado where con1it!cls were not as
e vorable as here. The Arkansas riy.
IS Il muddy stream the same as Powd
d river, was damed and its waters US
Is to irrigale Il largo territory.
a Frank 7. Kelsey spoke against t
X proposed sale Of 500. 900 coInty hie
ID way bonds fer the primary reason tn
> the people We're MT able a, this til
to assume the extra burden of tax
& ton. He stated that while he h
20 worked for the passage of the DO
4 issue over two years tgC. conditio
g. have since changed and he did not l
lieve the county would be justif
III tnoW in further i.volving itself in de
III 1t was not good business policy
II his estimation fer the county to y
Il difference Of 3is per cent inter
on any surplus money that may be l
for the benefit of those who would
-, able te borrow the money from I
:" banks. Kelsey explained that the co,
!, ty draws 2hs per cent interest fr
~ county funds deposited in the ban
*, and after paying 6 per cent intert
Gu the countp would stand a deficit of
to