Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-11-22
Daroishire's," said the colonel, -were
the devil and all 70 control"
CHAPTER X


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A distinct sensation ran through
the Woodruff school. but the school
master and a group Of five boys and
three girls engaged In a very unclass-
like conference In the back OF the
room were all unconscious OF II. The
geography classes had reclted, and
the language work was on. Those
too small for these studies were play
Ing a game under the leadership of
jimmie Simms, who had been promot-
ed to the position OF weed-seed mon
Itor.
The game was forfeits. Each child
had been encouraged TO bring some
sort of weed from the winter ieids-
preferably one the seed OF which still
chung to the dried receptacIes-but
anyhow. a weed. II any pupil brought
in a specimen the name OF which he
himself could not correctly give. he
paid a forfeit. If a specimen was
brought In not found in the school
cabinet-which was coming to con
tain a considerable coIlection-It was
placed there, and the task allotted to
the best penman in the school TO write
It's proper label. All this caused ex-
element, and not a little buzz-but II
ceased when the county superIntend-
ent entered the room.
For II was after the first Of Janu-
airy, and Jennie WINS visiting the Wood
run school.
The group In the back Of the room
went on with It's conference, ~obIivIous
OF the entrance Of Superintendent
Jennie. Their work was rather alb
sorbing, being no more nor less than
the compilation Of the figures of a COW
census OF the district.
Altogether" said Mary Talcott,
I'VE have in the district one hundred
and ifty-three cows"
II don't make 1t that" said Ray
mond Simms. II don't get but. a hun
dred and thirty-eight."
"The trouble Is" said Newton Bron-
son, that Mary's counting in the
Bailey herd OF S~horthorns."
We'll, they're COWS. amt they?" In
%terrogated Mary.
Not for this census" said Ray
mond.
why not7" asked Mary. They're
the prettiest COWS In the neighbour
hood"
Scotch S~horthorns." said Newton,
land run with their calves,
Leave them out" said Jim. land
tomoFnow, | van each one to tell In
tho lanpuapa cIoco In thraa h,,5~oa
words or less, whether there are
enough cows In the district to Justify
a cooperative creamery, and give the
reason. You'll find articles In the
farm papers IL you look through the
card index. Now, how about the cen
sus In the adjoining districts?"
There are more than two hundred
within four miles on the roads lead
ing west" said a boy.
MY father and / counted up about
n hundred beyond u.s." said Mary.
'But l couldn't get the exact num-
ber."
why" said Raymond, 1--WE could
find six hundred dairy COWS in this
neighborhood, within an hours
"Slx hundred r. scoffed Newton.
You're crazyI In IN hours driver
Il mean nm hours drive each way"
said Raymond.
Il believe we could" said Jim.
And after we find how far we will
have TO go to get enough cows. II half
Of them %patronlzed the creamery, wen ,
over the savings the business /,
would make, II we could get the prices (,
for butter paid the Wisconsin cooper I
alive creameries. as compared with 3
the centralizers pay us, on q /
basis OF the last six months. Who's
possession OF that correspondence :
the Wisconsin creamerles7" >
II have IT," said Raymond. I'm
hectographing a lot of arithmetic 9
problems from It."
"How do you do. Mr.. Irwin !" II :
vas the superintendent who spoke. !
Jim's brain whIrled little prlsmatic :