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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-09-25
MAY DEVELOPE new
COTTON INDUSTRY
Cheap African Labor Expected
To Help Keep Price of Staple
Down To Minimum


MANCHESTER, England. Sent
25.-Mr. G. F. Keatinge recently
undertook a tour in South Africa
on behalf of the Empire Cotton
Growing Corporation, and in his
special report he states that the
Empire Corporation can can do
much to help and expedite cotton
growing, and the moment is op-
perfume for such assistance to be
offered. "If the Corporation de-
cides to associate itself with this
important development the assis-
tance given must be on an adequate,
scale. To take full advantage of
the existing opportunities, a deci-
sion should be reached without de-
lay"
Discussing the position general
ly, Mr.. Keatinge states that the
fiscal conditions of a limited tract
of South Africa are we'll suited for
the production of high class cotton.
"The supply of cheap labor is
adequate for fairly rapid devel-
opment of cotton growing, but ow-
ing to the lack of certain facilities
and organizations, the rapid dwell
opment of the industry is hamper
ed" he says.
"On consideration Of all the
facts" continues Mr.. Keatinge, 81
would venture to guess that dur
ing the next twenty years, cotton
production in South Africa may be
stimulated to the extent of about
100000 bales, and that the ulti-
mate expansion may amount to
100000 bales.
''If anyone contends that it can
reach 100000 bales | should not
be disposed to say that this is not
so, but such development would
necessitate a very great sub-divi-
sion of the existing farms, and
considerable degree of concentra-
ton of cotton on the limited areas
that are suitable for it." He urges
that a strong commercial corpor-
alton should be formed for handl-
ing, marketing and financing the
crop, with the support of the Union
Government of South Africa and
the Empire Cotton Growing Cor
poration. In the report it states
that whereas the cost of baling and
ginning in the United States is
about cd per pound, in South Afri-
ca the cost works out at 1.25d per
pound even under the most effec-
tive conditions now obtainabIe.
1t is interesting to note that in
the year 1909, 62 bales of cotton
were produced in South Africa. In
1911 there were only % bales.
During the period of the war the
production increased rapidly, and
in 1919 1888 bales were grown
The estimate for the season ending
1922 is 2700 bales. 1t is stated
that the average yield of lint per
acre in Natal in 1918 was "a
pounds and in Transvaal so
pounds and in 1919 80 pounds anc
II pounds, respectively. Those fig
ures are miserably low, but it is
stated that the lowness of the yield
per acre is largely due to the fact
that farmers include in the area
which they report as sown to cot
ton,- fields which they subsequent
ly plough up and resow to maize
owing to the cotton crop having
failed.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-09-25
VIGOROUS APPETITES

attained by eating such tempting,
wholesome, nutritious, meats to
be had at Braggs Market.
Best selected cattle and hogs,
Best refrigeration to be had.
Courteous and expert meat cut
tiers, polite delivery boys, an I'M
firing manager, all at your com
mand is why your mind is con
tent.
Order fresh meats, fish, fraifs,
vegetables, groceries, chickens,
eggs etc. from
BRACES MARKET
Phone 1S1
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-09-25
HIS HoLIDA

BENNINGTON, Eng. Sept. 25.
"Cheerio, 1 am off for my holt
day." was the last message writ
ten by DR.. Lancelot Craven Wiki
inson, AZ, before he killed himself,
taking gas.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-06-15
CAMPS FOR FARM BOYS AND
GIRLS WILL OPEN THIS WEEK

the year in Boys and Girls Clubs
organized under the Montana Exten-
sion Service, the training given at the
camp being supplementary to the
actual Club work training. While
in past years all children have been
admitted as they applied, the mem
bership this year and in the future
will, as far as possible, be limited to
Club members.
Places and dates of the camps,
follow:
June 1928 Osborne, for Yellow
stone county.
June 2O-2s Sidney. for Richland
county.
June $3.50 Blaine Lake, Kalispell,
for Flathead county.
June 24-27 Indian Reservation,
Poplar, for Roosevelt county.
July 1914 Hamilton, for Ravalli
county.
July 1921 Fair grounds, Lewis
town, for Fergus county.
July 1928 College Campus, Boze-
man, for Gallatin county.
July 80 August Virginia City, for
Madison county.
August I'll Helena, for Lewis and
Clark county.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-06-15
SIS IN GOLD TO BOY
OR GIRL FOR ESSAY

Seventy-five dollars in gold will be
paid to the Montana boy or girl, I'M
der Is years of age, who writes the
best story, of from SO to $50 words,
on the subject. ''Why We Should
Buy Studebaker" For the second
best story $25 will be paid and for
the third best $40. The offering is
made by Roy L. Diggs, manager of
the T. G. Power Motor Car company
of Helena.
Applicants who contemplate enter
ing this unique contest should apply
by letter to the T. c. Power Motor
Car company, Helena, Montana, be-
fore June Is, and should mail stories
to the same address before July Is,
on which date the contest will close.
There is not a boy orgirl in the
state who hasnot written dozens of
essays, on some given subject, in the
course of ordinary school work.
That is all this contest is. Get in
touch with some local Studebaker
car owner, and ascertain, through an
interview with him, of the merits of
the Studebaker car, write your story
or essay, and forward it to Helena.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-06-15
BLACK CURRANT BUSHES
MENACE TIMBER

Whether four and a quarter million
white pine timber in Montana shall
be destroyed by the white pine blister
rust or conserved for use in the build
ing and manufacturing industries,
with the attendant logging and lum-
bering payrolls created in the western
part of the state, largely depends up
on the public spiritedness of a few
Montana citizens.
These few Montana citizens happen
to be owners of black currant bushes
which are the most menacing secon-
Diary host plants of the blister rust
disease. If the black currant bushes
remain, the white pine timber forests
are doomed, say plant pathologists;
if the currant bushes go, the stands
of white pine are almost certain to
escape the disease, which is now raw
aging the British Columbia forests.
There is no law in Montana COM
pelling the destruction of black cur
rant bushes. The conservation of
S55 million board feet of white pine
rests upon the public spiritedness of
the owners of the currant bushes.
Taking cognizance of the situation,
Chester G. Davis, commissioner of the
Montana Department of Agriculture,
has issued an appeal to all growers of
cultivated black currants voluntarily
to destroy the bushes and to discour-
age propagation in the future of this
plant. Owners of black currants are
requested to make a gift of their
black currant bushes, to the Montana
Department of Agriculture, that they
may be destroyed, in the interests of
public welfare.
Pathologists of the United States
Department of Agriculture, with the
cooperation of western Montana
school children, have about complet-
ed survey of the location of all
black currant bushes in the state.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-06-15

The quality of butter depends to a
very large extent on the quality OF
cream from which it is made. High
est quality butter brings the high
est price. Therefore the highest
quality of cream should bring the
highest price. 1t is almost impossi-
Bile to estimate the yearly loss in the
United States due to cream OF poor
quality, cream which could by lit
tie extra effort be sold as No.
grade. To produce a high quality
cream the following rules should be
put into effect.
1. Cows should be free from dis
ease. This not only applies to tuber-
culosis but to other diseases as well.
Disease organisms in the milk means
that unless careful pasteurization is
practiced the disease germs will be
present in the butter and other re-
sulting products.
2. The cows should be kept clean.
The udder and flanks of the COW
should be clean so that contamina-
ton from dirt would be less possible.
Good clean stables, with sufficient
bedding, will aid very materially in
keeping the COWS clean.
8. The mixer should be clean
Clean about his person, wearing APP
parel, habits, and he should milk
without wetting the teats. 1t is also
important that the mixer be abso-
Iutely free from disease. Further
more disease carriers should never
be allowed to handle milk or cream.
4. Feeding. Dusty hay and feeds
with strong odor should be fed after
the milking is done and the milk is
removed from the barn.
5. Utensils. All utensils should
be thoroughly washed and scalded af-
ter each milking. 1t is also advisable
to let the utensils stand exposed to
the sunlight as much as possible.
6. Location of the separator. Lo-
cate the separator in clean place
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-06-15

FLAHERTY OPTICAL PARLOR
Third ST., NJ, Great Falls, Montana
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-06-15
SANITARY PRODUCTION AND
CARE OF CREAM ON FARM
CBy J. A. NELSON, Mont ana Experiment station.)

away from dust and stable air. Never
locate the separator in same room
where the COWS are fed and MIXED
Z. Care of the separator. The
separator should be washed after
each separation. The saving of time
in washing a separator is not justi-
fled over and against the loss of fat
and contamination of the cream by
only washing once day.
s. Cooling the cream. The cream
should be cooled as soon as separat-
ed. This may be accomplished by
various means. By running spring
water, irrigation water or well wa
ter through cooling tank. Cream
should never be placed in refrig-
orator until it has been cooled with
water Cold air does not extract
heat nearly so rapidly as water. 1t
has been carefully determined that
water will cool 48 times faster than
air. Hence cream can be cooled
much more quickly in water than
in a refrigerator.
The cellar is not a desirable place
in which to cool and keep cream.
Cream will absorb vegetable and 9TH
er foreign flavors from the contents
of the cellar. Never mix warm and
cold cream, cool before mixing. 1t
is also recommended to stir the
cream occasionally while it is being
cooled.
8. Richness of cream. Richness
has only an indirect influence on
keeping the quality of cream, but for
the sake of convenience of handling
and of the seller and purchaser, it is
considered that cream testing from
80 to 40 per cent is the more desir-
able.
10. Delivery. Cream should be
delivered not less than twice week
in winter and three times week in
summer. Frequent delivery is es-
sential. Old cream will never make
first class butter.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-06-15
rs time to 60 camping again!

It's time to go camping again!
This week the Junior Club camps
which are operated each year under
direction of the Montana State Col
lege Extension Service, will start at
two places in Montana. Eleven
camps are to be held during the sum-
mer, the last one coming in Lewis
and Clark county from August to
IL.
These camps for farm boys and
girls from IL to 16 years of age are
under the direction of Charles Pot
ter, state club leader in Montana. The
purpose of the camps is to give need
ed recreation and education to farm
boys and girls in the communities
which want that work done. The
camps combine the ideas of recrea-
ton, education and inspiration. Spe-
cialists teach home and farm prac-
tees, conduct the many games and
contests of the day, direct the young
folks in their meetings and help them
grasp the ideas of leadership.
Each county camp is under the
personal charge of the county agri-
cultural agent, home demonstration
agent or club agent. Most of the
camps will be beside streams or
lakes, with tents to shelter the mem
bers. Cooks are hired for the time
of the camp and the very best of food
is prepared. Physicians and nurses
each day conduct a health examina-
ton and give talks on care of the
body and health.
These camps continue the work of
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-06-15
GROWING WEATHER
IN ALL SECTIONS
PRECIPITATION HAS BEEN GEN
ERAL IN ALL PARTS OF
THE STATE.
Only Unfavorable feature of the Crop
Outlook Is Grasshopper Menace;
Control Measures Adopted in All
Counties.

Excellent growing weather for the
small grains and ranges has prevailed
throughout Montana, but it has been
a little too cool for corn, according
to reports to the Montana Depart
ment of Agriculture. Precipitations
has been general. Shearing is start
ing. The labor situation is materi-
ally improved. The only unfavorably
feature of the crop outlook in the
state at the present time is the grass
hopper menace, which is reported
from nearly all districts east of the
Rockies. Control measures are being
adopted in most counties. There has
been some damage to garden truck
and young alfalfa and serious damage
to field crops and the range in north
central Montana, especially in Liberty
and western Hill counties.
Madison-Heavy showers have con-
tinued to improve crop conditions.
Cattle are practically all moved onto
the range and ranges are in excellent
condition. Frequent rains seem al
so to be retarding the grasshopper
pest.
Ravalli-Weather unsettled with
three days of general rain. Shearing
started this week. Estimated clip
will be fairly heavy. Slight demand
for farm help.
Flathead = Weather cool n d
cloudy with rain every day this week.
Precipitation 2.88. All grains in
splendid condition. Livestock in eX-
cellent condition,
Blaine-Total of an inch of rain
fell this week. Growing conditions
excellent. Spring grain very good.
Winter rye heading out with very
poor promises. Livestock in general
ly good condition. Grazing very good
Labor plentiful at the present time.
Grasshoppers showing up generally
all over the county.
Teton-Precipitat amounted to
practically one inch. General grow
ing conditions excellent. Grasshop-
stock in good condition. Sufficient
labor in county for present demand.
Chouteau- General rain greatly
improved crop conditions General
growing conditions favorable. Grass
hopper danger continues. Livestock
generally in good condition. No de-
mand for labor.
Liberty-Between Joplin and Lo-
THAR grasshoppers have done much
damage. Field crops in many in
stances have been destroyed entirely
and the range eaten bare, necessitat-
ing removal of stock from the dis
trict.
Cascade-General growing condi-
lions good. Crop conditions good.
Livestock in good condition. Few
calls for farm help or for work.
Grasshoppers being reported in all
sections of the county. Control meas
ures being started.
Fergus G wing conditions
throughout the county have been
ideal. Several rains have been of i'm
mense benefit to crops. Summer fall
low is general throughout the county. |
Livestock coming through with the |
abundance of grass. Labor situation
is somewhat slackened. Grasshop-
pers Matching out in some districts of
the country and control measures
have been adopted. The only damage |
done thus far is to gardens and young
alfalfa.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-06-15

Urges Diversification
Mr. Maxwell is staunch advocate
of good summer tillage and diversi-
fication and from the profits of his
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-06-15

farming operations he has paid for
a comfortable home. and a farm of
$50 acres. He farms about ESQ acres
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-06-15

each year, summer filling about 100
acres. Last year he raised rs acres
of corn.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1923-09-21

For instance the walk between
the two sides on the way to and
from the postoffice where every
body has to travel. 1t is a shame
that the city council, or someone
who has authority to look after
this matter, would not look into
it. We would suggest that some
of the councilmen and the mayor
try a trip over these walks and
get out of their cars for a while
and see how it seems to step in
holes big enough to bury a horse
and then besides it looks like
hi TO strangers who may hap
per to get off in this town. The
Register would like to know it
something can be done about this
situation or at least see some of
the brethren take a slant at this
walk outside their cars.-Craig-
mont Register.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1923-09-21
VILLAGE TO GET $500.

That the village of Orofino
will recover about $4,000 from
the Fidelity State Bank, which
mount it had on deposit at the
time the bank closed its doors in
April, 1921, is the firm belief OF
members of the board of trus-
tees, following a conference with
V. R. Clements, attorney of Lew
iston, who is handling the vii
lagos case. Mr.. Clements was
here Tuesday evening and made
arrangements with the board to
have the case heard early next
week in Moscow by Judge Steele,
provided the date can be arrang-
ed with the court. The evidence
and circumstances are practi-
cally the same as existed be-
tween the North Fork Highway
District and the bank, the North
Fork wining it's case. -Orofino
Tribune.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1923-09-21
MOTHER OF Is CHILDREN.

Mrs. Mary Isaksen, a resident
of the Genesee section for nearly
80 years, passed away at her
home, four miles north of Gone
see at $50 o'clock Tuesday
evening, September IL, 1923, OF
diabetes, from which she had
been a sufferer for the past II
years. Had she lived until Dec
ember Is, she would have been
70 years of age.
Mary Larson was born at Ven-
ersborg, Sweden, December Is,
1858, and came to America in
1875, going to Fairbolt, Mime
sofa, where the same year she
was married to Abraham Isaken.
To this union Is children were
born, eight of whom survive.
They are Mrs. Anna Thorsten-
son, Mohler, Idaho; Peter Isak-
sen, Genesee; Mrs. Carrie Hud-
son, Spokane; Mrs. Lizzie Will
kins, Tacoma, Wash. Isaak
Isaksen, Genesee; Herman Isak-
sen, Genesee; Mrs. Charles Bour-
land, Grangeville; Emma Isak-
sen, Tacoma, Washington.
Besides her children she is
survived by one brother, Andrew
Solberg, of Alger, Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaksen resided
at Fairbolt until 1884, when they
came to the Genesee section,
settling on the farm where Mrs,
Isaksen passed away, and where
she has, with the exception of a
few years spent at Tacoma
Washington, made her home
-GeneSee News.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1923-09-21
FIRE ENDANGERS MT.

Fire on the south side of Mos
COW mountain, one of the scenic
attractions of the city, broke out
early Monday morning and at q
late hour Tuesday afternoon
threatened to spread and endan-
ger the entire mountain side. A
crew of forestry students, head
ed by H. A. Galley, of Moscow,
was at work starting this noon
The students were sent out by
Dean F. G. Miller of the Uni
versity of Idaho school of fol-
estry.
The fire is regarded as serious
due to the dryness of the timber
and the blowing up of a vino
late in the afternoon. The pres.
ent area burned over is not large
but the fire is endangering the
surrounding timber.
Last year serious damage tt
the timber of the mountain was
narrowly averted after severa
days of volunteer forest fir,
| fighting by Moscow people an(
students of the University O.
Idaho, under the direction of thi
instructors of the school of for
estry.
Mondays fire is believed tt
have been started from CAM
fire left by a careless camper
Moscow Mirror.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1923-09-21
WARREN HOUSE BURNS.

The six-room home belonging
to G.. B. Warren and family, of
Westlake, burned, together with
all its contents during Monday
night. Mr.. Warren is a member
of the c. E. Hayden threshing
crew and was away when the
fire took place.
The fire, so it is told us by Mr..
Graham, a neighbor, is thought
to have started from a defective
f1ue. Practically nothing of any
value, except the telephone, was
saved, and the family had to
make haste to make their get
away. One sad part in connec-
ton, there was no insurance on
either home or contents. Here
is an opportunity to do a good
Samaritan deed right at home
Notwithstanding that the War
rem family has not even limited
at anything of the sort.-Ferdi-
nand Enterprise.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1923-09-21
BACK FROM CALIFORNIA.

r. M. Hollingsworth and fam
lily who last summer went to Cal
ifornia with at least part of an
idea of making a home there,
have come back to Idaho, ar1iv-
ing at their home ranch at Har-
risburg last Friday. In CONVEX
sation with Mr.. H. yesterday he
says he is glad to get back to
the Kamiah valley country, altho
he and his family have spent a
pleasant year during their alb
sence. They travelled pretty
much over the state of Califor-
MIA and saw a great many things
of interest. Reno worked at
various jobs, which gave him an
insight into some of the indus
tries that have made California
famous.
He says that if tomatoes,
melons and various other fruits
and vegetables can be raised at
a profit on land that costs as
high as $4,000 an acre there in
California, he cannot see why
money can't be made on the
same things on the cheap land of
Kamiah. So far as soil and fav-
orable climate goes, he says Cal
ifornia has nothing on our own
section, while our products are
Just as good if not superior in
flavor. Put under the intensive
cultivation and scientific culture
that is given such things in Cal
ifornia, he thinks our land would
produce much better and just as
big crops at much less expense.
Of course, it has taken years
to bring California to this point,
and it will take time to develop
our North Idaho resources; but
we sure have the natural advan-
tages of soil, climate and mois-
ture to start with. What's need
ed right now is the men with the
determination to make the start.
-Kamiah Progress.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1923-09-21
WANTS WHEAT RANCH.

Wants to trade for it a beauti-
full Boise Valley farm home, i'm
provements cost $4,000 modern
home with basement, furnace,
bath, lights, sleeping porch and
built-ins, fine lawn, shade, large
variety of fruits and berries,
barn, garage, granary, chicken
house ETC., As acres alfalfa ana
clover, z acres blue grass, bal
ance other crops. Federal Loan
$500, cash price $4,000; owner
going to California, place too well
improved to rent; wants to trade
for the wheat ranch without
much improvements which will
rent well, must be cash price. J.
w. Wolfe, 301 Brier Bldg, Lew
iston, Idaho. 39-1
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1923-09-21
In The NeighborhoOd
Interesting Items Taken
From our Exchange List
MARTIN HEADS BOARD.

The board OF directors OF the
Nezperce Pubic Schools met in
regular session last Monday
evening and the reelected mem
bers, A. A. Hunter and S. L.
Shoemaker, chosen in the cleo
ton held on Tuesday of last
week, were sworn in. Thereaf
ter organization was affected
for the ensuing year by the
election of A. o. Martin as pre-
sident of the board, A. A. Hun
ter, clerk, and S. L. Shoemaker,
treasurer.
Harold Fike was rendered and
accepted the position of janito1
of the school building during the
current year.-Nezperce Herald
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1923-09-21

Subscriptions are now due.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1923-09-21
RURN FIERY CROSS.

Fair visitors and residents OF
the city of Lewiston were as
tonished to see a big fiery cross
blaze forth on top of the Lewis
ton hill. The cross was near the
top on the old road and as it was
seen to light up several autos
were noticed to leave it and de-
send the old highway. Inquiry
revealed that the phenomena
was a result of the activities of
the members of the Ku Klux
Klan who desired to show fair
visitors that the Klan is active
in the two cities.-Clarkston Re-
public.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1923-09-21
NEED FIXING.

1t is ridiculous indeed to note
the fact that the sidewalks are
impossible in some parts of town