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COW TESTING PLAN
PROFITABLE IN THE
KALISPELL AREA
FIRST YEARS WORK OF NEW
ASSOCIATION SHOWS VERY
ENCOURAGING RESULTS
Thirty-six herds were Tested with a
High score for Production Show
ing; Many Pure-bred Animals are
Being Added.

The first annual report of the
Flathead Cow Testing association
which was organized July 4, 1928,
made by E. r. Ford, tester, shows
that total of SO herds, containing
$50 cows were tested with an av-
erage production of 7,443 pounds
of milk and 287.4 pounds of
bHtterfat from PAT cows tested
for ten months or more.
Fifty-three cows and four bull
were sent to the butcher as culls
Members of the association purchased
eleven pure bred bulls, six pure
bred cows, Sc grade cows and nine
grade heifer calves. FOrty-eigh1
grade COWS and 10 grade heifers anG
six purebred calves were sold BY
members on the basis OF the testing
records.
While the average cost of produc-
ing butterfat was % IL cents a
pound, the lowest average cost of
production for herds made is Is IL
cents and the highest is 80 cents
pound. The most economical cow
produced butterfat at a cost of 10
cents pound and the most expensive
COW produced at cost of 46 cents a
pound
High Producing Herds
The 10 high herds of those tested
for the entire year with their pro-
duction are as follows:
Herd No. 8, consisting of two pure
bred Holsteins, which averaged IT,
103 pounds of milk and 522.7 pounds
of butterfat.
Herd No. L, consisting five grade
Shorthorns which averaged 14,262
pounds of milk and 1892 pounds of
butterfat
Herd No. 4, consisting of five grade
Holsteins, which averaged 1904
pounds of milk and 1925 pounds of
butterfat.
Herd No. %, consisting of 10 regis
tered and grade Holsteins which av-
eraged 1876 pounds of milk and
346.1 pounds of butterfat.
Herd No. Is, consisting of Is grade
Holsteins which averaged 1853
pounds of milk and 1893 pounds of
butterfat.
Herd No. IL, consisting of 0 regis
tered Holsteins which averaged g.
657 pounds of milk and 1915 pounds
Of butterfat.
Herd No. 8, consisting of rs head
IF grade Jerseys, which averaged 81
'95 pounds of milk and 310.5 pounds
If butterfat.
Herd No. 6, consisting of seven
registered Holsteins and grade Short
lorns which averaged 1877 pounds
If milk and 305.5 pounds of butter
at.
Herd No. 5, consisting of seven
grade Holsteins which averaged 81
$50 pounds of milk and 1851 pounds
If butterfat.
Herd No. "a, consisting of five
,rade Holsteins and Jerseys which
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ALEXANDER MAJORS, NOTED PIONEER OF
OVERLAND TRANSPORTATION, SPENT 10
YEARS ON THE GREAT WESTERN FRONTIER

Salt Lake City and a corresponding
high schedule obtained to other
points on the system.
Wealth poured in upon them, and
the famous trio was known, wher-
ever on the plains or in the noun
tains, a bullwhacker had cracked
the whip or a muleskinner had
piled his blacksnake and jerkline. 1t
is not possible to compute how
leargely they contributed to peo-
ping the territory of Montana, but
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land freighters-wagon trains go
ing westward into the almost I'M
known dump of prairie and noun
tain.
st was Mr.. Majors firm that
organized and put in the Pony Ex-
Press across the plains and made it
the grand success it proved to be.
1t was his firm that so long and
successfully carried on the business
of overland freighting in the face
of every obstacle, and also the
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j A THOUGH but little mer
i ~ ton is made in historics
sketches of early Montana c
Alexander Majors, probably du
to the fact that he personally spen
but little time in the territory, Maj
ors, was man whose influence wa
felt to considerable extent in tn
early development of Montana, en-
tering as it did into his bushes
connections with the entire west.
Majors firm was one of the pi
oneer freighting concerns of thu
country extending from the Missis
sippi west to the Pacific and it wa:
the original organizer of the fam
Gus Pony Express.
Alexander Majors was born Oct
"a, 1874, near Franklin, KY, and
when five years old was taken by
his parents to Missouri. He died in
1900, but before he reached the pc
Rod of decline he wrote his mem
oirs of his life on the border, which
was published in 1898 under the
title of Seventy Years on the
Frontier" 1t was Majors who first
introduced Col. w. F. Cody, Buff
a1o Bill" to his life as a plains
man, and it was to Col. Cody that
Majors dedicated his book in the
words Gas a tribute of sincere re-
gard for w. F. Cody, as boy and
man, my friend for two-score years,
| dedicate to him this book of bord-
er life"
AS published the volume contain
ed Preface by Buffalo Bill, in
which he referred to his former en-
oloyer in the following terms:
"The man who could in the face
if all dangers and obstacles origin
tie and carry to success a line of
reighter wagons a mail route from
he Atlantic to the Pacific, and a
,ony express, flying at the utmost
peed of a hare through the land,
vas no ordinary individual, as can
,e we'll understood. And such a |
nan Alexander Majors was. He
Won success; and today, on the
,erge of four score years, lives
yer again in his book the thrilling
Genes in his own life and in the
ives of others.
Family reverses after the kill
ng of my father in the Kansas
caused me to start out. though /
mere boy, in 1855 to seek to aid
l the support of my mother and
listers and it was to Alexander
1ajors that I applied for situa-
on. He looked me over carefully |,
/ his kindly way, and after ques-
oning me closely gave me the
lace of messenger boy, one to ride
18th dispatches between the over
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Ill pounds of butterfat for IL IL
months at cost of As cents a pound,
and another producing 1874 pounds
of butterfat in nine months at cost
of 43 cents a pound. The highest
producing COW of the association pro-
duced 673 pounds of butterfat at 81
cents a pound and the COW standing
low in cost of production it will be
noted, stood fourth in the associa-
ton for high production. OF the
cows in the various herds on test
for 10 months, the highest producing
COW of the herd was invariably the
most economical COW in the herd,
even though she received no more at
tention, except for her extra feed,
than low producers in the herd.
Feeding Methods
Alfalfa formed the bulk of the hay
ration for most members of the as
ISOLATION, rs of them in fact feeding
only alfalfa for hay. Twelve mem
bers fed either corn or sunflower
silage. OF the grain rations fed, a
mixture of barley, oats and bran was
most popular. Probably the best
liked ration was one made of three
parts of barley, two parts of oats and !
one part bran. Fifty pounds of oil
neal were added to this in some cases |
.or high producers.
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i it is an incontrovertible fact that
1many citizens who have attained
distinction here in various branches
of industry, commerce and the pro-
fessions were able to point with
pride to the fact that they walked
across the plains, driving a half
dozen yoke of oxen hitched to a
prairie schooner, or sat on the
"near-wheeler" handling the jerk
line on an eight or ten-mule team
engaged in similar occupation.
1t is not unlikely that some still
live who can remember how Frank
Kenyon, the founder of the first
newspaper in Deer Lodge, would,
when freight outfit was unload
ing at Dance & Stuart's or John S.
Pembertson's, boast of his ability
to WELD bullwhip with greater
dexterity than any teamster in the
train, and offer to "set EN- up" for
the crowd if he failed to make good
his boast. Ex-Sheriff Tom Deyer-
mon of Madison county, who estab-
lished the Madisonian in Virginia
City in 1873, also served term
with Majors, Russell & Waddell
when they had the contract for
the supplies for Gen.
Albert Sidney Johnston's army
when President Buchanan sent it to
Utah to quell the threatened Nor
non uprising in the latter part of
he fifties.
Each of the members of this
.irm has had family representa-
ion in Montana among the bust
ness men of the state. Colonel
Majors himself came to the terri
DRY in the spring of 1866, and I
With his son established the Vir- s
,inia City, Helena & Fort Benton !
transportation and Freight line ,
relative of Colonel Russell was s
partner in the firm Of Pfouts & q
RUSSELL at Virginia City in 1868 :
nd nephew of Captain Waddell 5
yas business manager and conf t
entail clerk for Col. Leander M.
lack, the well known pioneer cap 1
alist of Bozeman, for several 4
ears prior to 1874. v
Colonel Majors had passed the =
alf-century mark in his life when Il
[ajors & Son entered upon the d
business in Montana. d
he purpose of the venture was to y
a communication between y
le interior towns of the territory
Id the headquarters of the river
ansportation companies at the
lad of navigation. 1t was not b,
lowling success" Competition d
came so great that freight rates \ \
mbled enormously and the Col II
lel, after two or three seasons, in
andoned the field to others. til
While his line was in operation, NJ
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Campers Must Show Permits

Because of the setting of a num-
Der of fires in the Pinkham creek
district, Supervisor Baum of the
Kootenai national forest has ruled
that no one shall be allowed within
that section of the forest who is not
in possession of permit Like ac-
ton is being taken by other forest
supervisors throughout the state of
Montana, and in Idaho.
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| however, the Colonel achieved dis
| tinction as a record breaker, b,
hauling from Helena to Fort Ben
ton the largest single cargo of golc
dust ever shipped from Montana
The amount, according to F. w
Warner, compiler of Historical
DIRECTORY of Montana" in 1879, was
81, 100000, which is believed tc
have been approximately correct
The greater part of the gold was
from the Montana bar, short dis
lance above Diamond City on Con-
federate gulch, with some small
lots from various parts of the terri
tory.
A guard of 80 men, all armed
with Henry rifles, escorted the dust
from Diamond City to Helena, and
these were reinforced by the own
ers of the other gold dust, who pro-
ceeded as assistants to pilot the
convoy to Fort Benton. The treas
ure was shipped to St. Louis on
board the steamer Luella, of which
E. w. McNeal, later of Helena, was
the clerk. Colonel Majors went
down the river on the same boat,
and never afterward visited Mon
tana.
An interesting Renaissance of
the old plainsman is that which IL
illustrates his solicitude for the spir-
itual as we'll as the temporal good
of his employees. A we'll known
practice of the Colonel was when a
train was starting out to cross the
plains, to visit the outfit at the
last outpost of civilization, and
when the cattle were all yoked up
and ready to be attached to the
deliver the train manifest
and final instructions to the cap
tain, assemble the men on the camp
ground, hold meeting of prayer,
exhortation and singing of hymns,
and at its close deliver to each at
ache of the TRAIN substantially |
pound copy of The Bible, accom-
panied with kindly work of eau
ion and good cheer and invariably
with an admonition to
lay over on the Sabbath" when
yer the delay would not be danger
JUS or detrimental to the wellbeing
# the company.
1t goes for nothing that some
avaliers say that the Colonies phi
aanthropy was wasted on many of
he recipients of these books, be-
ause most of them had no. more
Sc for Bibles than for "fifth
wheels on their wagons" There
yere frequent stories that exhorta-
ions and injunctions of his senior
rere frequently neutralized by a
lbsequent visit of Colonel Russell, !
tho could tell the wagon bosses i
) "never mind what the old man q
aid about laying over Sundays, 6
ut pop the buckskin to 'em and
ut 'em through as fast as the Lord =
i'll let you" i
There were also stories that /
hen man was fired by Colonel /
[ajors for blasphemy, he was sure
reinstatement by the captain of II
e train as soon as the last flutter II
the Colonel's coat tails could be II
en- returning to town. II
, 1924-04-02
Gertrude Whitney's
Sec'y and Architect
Are Delighted
(Continued from Pace ~

CONTINUED from Page -
Monday to the business folk of Cody
and the honor pupils from the High
School. She was listened to with the
closest attention by the sixty or more
guests, who were charmed by the high
intelligence of her feminine mind, her
simplicity and the quality of sympa-
thy which is n of her strong char
acteristics.
Mrs. Force said in part:
MRS. Whitney has asked me to
give you this message-to tell the
people of Cody of her great appreci-
alton of your faith in her as an art
list when you selected her to do this
work. She has put the best of her
self into this American monument
and she wants you to judge it when
you see it-not before.
"The Buffalo Bill American Asso-
citation is the official name of the or
ganization which has grown out of
this Memorial Committee which start
ed here in Cody. This Buffalo Bill
Memorial Association asked me to
bring their greetings and to tell you
" thCy ucpciiucu upOH YOU W cOn-
tinue the attitude of sympathy and
understanding which you have always
shown.
"They recognize the fact that you
started this very big thing and now
they have assumed the task of finish
ing what you so CALAMITY begun.
81 have never been further west
than Chicago, and yesterday l real
lied that l did not know anything
about geography. All of my educa-
ton has been with artists, and l have
something to substitute for that lack
of knowledge. l realize for the first
time the grandeur and the beauty and
the freedom in the midst of which
you r living and l think it has had
a great effect. l do not see how you
could be any different from what you
are living as you do in the midst of
this. / want to thank you for your
hospitality to me personally. They
say in New York all good Americans
when they die go to Paris; but l say
good Americans when they live should
come to Cody.
, 1924-04-02

him throughout his life as the artist
has tried to interpret 1.-THE spirit of
every American whether he was
known or not which contributed to
his success, to this country's success,
and that is the spirit of going on, of
being quickened, if l may put it that
way.
you know there are two ways of
making monuments. You make a
symbol or you make "A figure. / was
in the foundry when | went over to
see the Buffalo Bill cast a week or so
ago-the big bronze foundry, and the
man who II n that foundry showed
me another monument, and | looked
at it--a gigantic portrait of a man
represented in all his grandeur
morning coat, braid on it in bronze
every button on his waistcoat, in
bronze; waistcoat just right in ap-
%pearance, watch chain across his
waistcoat, all the links in the cuffs
Just as he would stand there, cuffs
just the right length, in trous-
ers-all in bronze. The head of the
foundry asked: what do you think
~ q Saius tHdt u not n
that is a pickle He replied: That
Is n funny thing; this monument is a
memorial to the head of the 81 vari-
eties.'"
"The high thing in n work of art
is what is technically called gesture"
II that work does not say something
to you that makes you go on, that
"quickens" you, then that is not n
work of art; il is just n historical
document. And this monument, when
you get it,, am sure you will realize.
ms have realized for u long time. is
a gesture. Look ut il that n I
am so proud Of Il, and | am so glad
to be able TO tell you I am proud of
OF Il, and so glrd in fact that | have
met you. and ! know you will under
stand when ! saw I am proud Of this
gesture which Mrs. Whitney has
made"
, 1924-04-02
FACE to Face
As Man to Man

Step in today and place that
order for that spring and summer
suit. We can fit you as we have
thousands of others, and at pric-
es in keeping with the times.
We have been building clothes
in good old Cody town for over
Fl years. Our business is increas-
ing every year. There is a rea-
son.
1t will not cost you as much to
be a tailor made man as it will to
be a ready made man. And then
besides you will get the goods to
your own fancy and it will be
built to your own liking-not
what the other fellow wants you
to have.
If you have any regard for
your $$$$ It will pay you to keep
your eyes on the Toggery and
Bill. You ire welcome If you
buy or not.
See Bill Face to Face at the
Toggery. East Cody.
, 1924-04-02
FACTS IN OIL LEASING

So much politics have been injected into the oil leasing invest
cations on Capitol hill that the fundamental facts have been hidde
from the public. Briefly, they are as follows, says the National RI
publican:
Under the Taft administration certain portions of the public dc
On February 18th, 1920, an act of Congress, fathered by Senate
Walsh, became a law, authorizing the leasing of public oil reserve
." private companies for development on n royalty basis, the secrt
tary OF interior being invested the authority to make the leases
On March 5h, 1920, Secretary of the Navy Daniels addresse
a letter to the chairman of the house committee on naval affairs re
questing that the law be amended to give the navy absolute powe
the oil reserves, directly or by lease, on the ground that drainage
these reserves by wells on adjacent territory made this necessary
ned to grant leases on public lands adjacent to the naval reserve
increasing the danger OF drainage of the naval reserves of their oil
In June, 1870, the request OF the secretary of the navy to assun
control OF the naval oil reserves with a view to their development
was granted by a rider" in congress.
thereafter seven leases were granted on these naval reserve
to private parties by Secretary of the Navy Daniels, the action BE-
ing taken by him in conjunction with Secretary of the Interio
Payne, without the fornlalty of a presidential order, but only b
correspondence between the two offices. l
In line with this precedent the leases to Dohney and Sincla
were granted by Secretaries DENLY and Fall. These leases wei
based al the same necessity to guard against drainage by adjacer
es were as favorable as any granted under the preceding administrs
tion. They involved vast expenditures of money by Dohney a
Sinclair which could be undertaken only by a few oil operating c
Germs. They provided for the erection of storage tanks and the ST
ing OF oil for navy purposes at huge expense to the operators, v
were to be reimbursed in government oil.
Both Sinclair and Dohney publicly exploited these leases as
ing immensely profitable in order to boost the stocks of their
companies, succeeding in doing so, and thus made huge profit
the market. Later the quotations on their stocks dropped. l
the belief of oil experts that the leases ar>rot in fact profitable
the operators. especially in view of the fact that the drilling res
have been far below expectations.
The scandal in connection with these leases is that Secret
Fall pressed for money, borrowed 100000 from Dohney and s
600 from Sinclair, and lied about the transactions publicly and
vateiy when his financial relations with the two men were n
public, thereby leading to the public belief that the transact
were corrupt and detrimental to the public interest.
That is all there is in the oil scandal: there isn't any more.
locked up the naval oil reserves, Daniels and Payne opened
and Fall made leases to Doheny and Sinclair under circumsta
now on the way TO court determination as to whether they
criminal but which everyone knows were reprehensble.
, 1924-04-02
PASSING 1T ON

a wage earner-one OF apparently very moderate incor
wrote to a congressman urging the reduction of the high SD
rates OF the present income tax law. The congressman re-
with a very costic letter asking the wage Garner what intered
had in the reduction of the high surtax rates since his income
be SO small as not to be affected by the rates on large incomes.
The question seems plausible on its face and yet anyone
stops to consider the matter for more than one minute will re-
understand that the wage Garner knew what he was talking ao~l
and the congressman did not.
As a matter of fact the small wage garner is not at all interest
ed iii the reduction to the income tax rates on small incomes fr he
pays no income tax directly. His income in most instances is st
small IS not TO exceed his exemptions. But the small wage earnei
pays indirectly the high surtaX rates on large incomes. The manu-
facturer. the professional man, the corporation operating larg,
transportation n public service concerns, pays a heavy income ia,
and adds that tax to the cost OF doing business and necessarily tina
cost is included in the prices charged for goods or services. TIL,
consumer or the patron pays the tax in the end.
This is a fact that no one will question when he analyzes tn,
look.
, 1924-04-02
Lakeview Farmers
Can Now Secure
Patent To Lands
CONTINUED on Page 4;

VII oBo
which the Governor, assisted by S. G.
Hopkins. brought the matter up be-
fore Department of Interior and since
that time has kept in constant touch
with the officials in Washington.
This irrigation project, like many
others, both in this and other states,
has gone through the Slough of
Despond. The original construction
of it b~ankrupted those who financed
it, but after 20 years of b~uffeting the
storms of adversely, it now appears a
completed successful irrigation enter
prise.
In a letter to the Department of In
terror, Governor Ross says in part:
"The Reclamation Service is object
ing to the government giving title to
these people for lands because it
wants to use the water nov going to
these lands to reclaim other lands fur
Their down the stream. What is the
purpose of the Reclamation Service?
, 1924-04-02
Trappers' Ball Success
From All Angles
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and all arranged in an artistic fash
ion rejecting much credit upon the
taste o fthe decorators.
The appearance of "Miss Kitty
Wampus" a live wildcat who made
her first appearance in society at the
Trappers' Ball, was a novelty as well
as the cause of some uneasiness lest
she slip out of her collar and stam-
pede the dancers.
Each gentleman on entering the
door was presented with a small
mouse trap which was fastened on
his scarf or coat lapel. The idea was
novel and created many hearty laughs
from the recipients of the traps.
At the foot of the stage an orches-
ira surrounded by fancy lamps made
a. beautiful setting, the musicians be-
ing dressed in trappers' garb loaned
by Dave Shelly.
The orchestra which furnished the
music for the dance is a new organic
alton in Cody and has not as yet Sc
lected a suitable name. 1t is under
the direction of Mrs. Mabel Bulger
and no doubt will be an acquisi-
ton to Cody. The members of the
orchestra are Mrs Mabel Bulger, vio-
linist and director; Mrs. Victoria Gull
YER, pianist; Mrs. George Walker,
trap drums, C. H. Stump, saxophone;
John Shuler, %cornet; Stanley Land
gren, trombone.
The committee of boys that en-
gineered the dance and decorations
was composed of Verne Spencer, Max
Wild, Frank HULK, Hills Jordan,
Howard Hill, "Red" Powell and Carl
lie Downing. These boys are to be
complimented upon their work in
caring for such a large crowd.
Refreshments consisting if lemon
ade, coffee, doughnuts and sandwich
es were served during the evening.
1t was the hour of 400 o'clock be-
fore "Home, Sweet Home" number
was played by the orchestra, thus
ending n of the most unique and
enjoyable events of the season.