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MONT ANA WHEAT OFFICIALLY
PROCLAIMED BEST lM WORLD

| Although all states of the Unior
as well as Canadian provinces, are
leligible for competition in the big
Chicago show, Montana in 1915
won ISL per cent of the premium
money in the classes in which Mon
tana products were shown. In
1920 Montana won 22.4 per cent of
the money in her classes, 26.3 per
cent in 1921, 29.1 per cent in 1922
and 23.5 per cent in 1923. In those
five years the state of Montana has
won the cup for the worlds best
peck, of wheat, the worlds durum
trophy for the best peck of durum
wheat, and first place in most of
the classes entered in one year or
another. Montana has won more
prizes in small grains than has any
other state of the Union.
In the past three years 74.4 per
cent of Montana's hard red spring
wheat has graded No. l. The near
est state record to this is 5o.4 per
cent. Of this Montana wheat 1873
per cent has averaged 62 pounds or
more in weight.
Montana has a climate and soil
favorable to the production of
grain of exceptionally high quality,
said Professor Mckee. Added to
this is class of farmers who have
learned to select and prepare high
grade samples of their best grains.
A. J. Ogaard, extension agrono-
mist at the State college, and who
is in charge of the exhibits that go
to Chicago, says that the Montana
showing in 1923 was a noticeable
feature of the big Chicago competi-
ton. Montana has earned a repu-
tation as the greatest producer of
high quality small grains in the
Union, he says. The exhibits ga
thered in Montana for the Chicago
exhibition in recent years have been
the work mainly of the Montana
oeedgrowers' association and a few
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-01-04
THE STATE

Kalispen. announcement is mad
that Reliance Refining company vii
build refinery plant in Kalispell.
utte.-Malcolm McCrimmon, VIII
came to Butte more than AZ year
ago, is dead at his home here afte
lingering sickness
Gildford.- The big jackrabbi
rive which had been arranged fol
last Sunday to be hid on Sage creel
south of this town, resulted in the
Staying of about 1000 rabbits.
Butte DR.. D. A. McLennan, as
sistant superintendent of the Mon
tana state hospital for the insane
at Warm Springs, died suddenly re
Gently.
Butte Five thugs, all under 90
years of age, waylaid Guy Stapleton,
a miner, DON South Arizona street
and, after knocking him down and
beating and kicking him unmerciful-
ly, robbed him of SO and watch.
Harlem. - The Ford garage and
Lawr's drug store were entered by
thieves. In both cases only cash was
taken from secret hiding places where
the receipts of the day had been put
away after closing, hours, showing
that the parties who broke in were
familiar with the system of these two
business houses.
MissouIa. - Thursday, January "a
and Friday, January25 have been
fixed as the dates for the twenty
seventh annual convention of the
Montana horticultural society, an or
ganization composed of all those in
terested in the fruit industry in the
state, with the principal membership
in western Montana.
Anaconda. - What has been char
acterized as the boldest burglary COM
mitted in Anaconda in years was per-
petrated recently, when thieves enter
d the Nossel-Parker store for the sec
0nd time in 48 hours and looted the
place of merchandise valued at sew
,ral hundred dollars.
Lewistown. Thomas NARROW, the ]
Helena banker, and J. E. Woodland,
PRESIDENT of the Metals bank at Butte,
ire in consultation with the officers
md directors of the First National, |
matters connected with |
he proposed reorganization and re-
opening of that bank.
KalispeII. H. G. Bucholtz, and |
mploye of the Equity Supply com
amy, mistook the location of the ele-
'ator in the semi-darkness of the
warehouse, walked into
he shaft and fell to the bottom, and
les at the hospital badly, but it is
bought, not fatally injured.
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cry stockman in the state will coop
crate with the agencies named and
either take advantage of the offer OF
the biological survey to furnish poiA
son, or see to it that the range adj
jacent is covered by some live wire
trapper."
AS an example of successful and
economical work carried out under
this plan Secretary Phillips cites the
experience of the Rock Creek Live
stock association which last year en-
ployed hunter and sold enough furs
from his killings to enable the asso-
citation to return SO cents upon each
dollar levied in assessments against
the stockmen to meet the expense of
the trapper.
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thern and northeastern counties,
where the crop was a disappointment
this year, and where surplus rye has
been marketed at very discouraging
prices the past three years. Corn is
replacing rye to some extent as a
feed crop. The condition of rye is
"a, compared to 81 last year, and to
84.7, the 10-year average on Deem
Der 1. 1t has been too dry in some
of the northern counties for rye to
terminate we'll and make good
growth this fall In other sections.
it is reported to be in fairly satisfac-
tory condition.
In the United States 40,191,0 900
acres were seeded to winter wheat
this fall, which is 1875 per cent less
than the 45,95O,000 acres seeded in
the fall of 1922. The condition of
the crop is 50 as against 1915 last
year, and the 10-year average of
S6.5. The rye acreage this fall is
4,377, 900, which is ISL per cent less
than was seeded last year. The con-
dition of rye on December 1 was S9.9,
which is the 10-year average, and
to 84.3 year ago.
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Tiff does not operate under present
conditions because of the exportablt
wheat surplus which must be sold OF
the world market. Because of this
surplus the world price is also the
domestic price. In other words the
1900, 100000 bushels which this coun-
try exports, sets the price for the en-
tire 800,000,000 bushels raised
1.-THE problem then is to provide
the necessary conditions which will
make the tariff operate to protect the
farmer. 1t is proposed to do this by
creating government export corpo-
ration which will buy, or stand ready
to buy, all of the exportable wheat
at a figure on a par with the price
level of all commodities and labor.
The tariff on wheat is to be raised
at the same time to point necessary
to keep out foreign wheat. If the
plan were in successful operation at
the present time it would mean add
ing about SO cents to the present
price of wheat. The plan is expected
to operate in the same way with any
other agricultural product of which
there is an exportable surplus.
''It can be seen that there must
be some loss connected with this bust
ness for the 100000 bushels of
exportable wheat will have to be pur-
chased at say $1.60 per bushel and
sold on the world market which at
the present time is approximately
s1.10. This means loss of so cents
bushel on 2OO,00O,00O or about
800, 100000 in the transaction. Now
then it is proposed to place levy up
on all wheat raised in this country to
take care of the export deficit, At
the present time it would mean a levy
of about 1875 cents bushel on $780,
100000 bushels to make up the re-
CURED amount. This levy would be
collected at the elevator and would |
require much the same machinery as
Is now used to collect the luxury tax |
on moving picture shows. Thus by |
paying 1875 cents on the bushel the |
price would be raised from $1.10 to
S1.60, and with the levy deducted it |
would mean a net increase of 37.5
cents on each bushel of wheat. The
figures used are arbitrary of course
but they approximate the actual con-
ditions.
''The entire plan is designed to i
check the depression which started in
1920 and which historyteaches, will
continue in this postwar period with ,
possibilities of far more disastrous
'esults than have so far been expert
snced. The proposal is merely an at
empt to bridge-over the impending ]
gap; to ward off further losses, fur
her hardships and further distress. !
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MON TAMA WHEAT EXPORT PLAN
lis EXPLAINED BY mi. l.. WILSON

Bankers, merchants and farmers 0.
Montana and northwestern states are
uniting in movement to bring about
the creation of a government export
corporation to handle surplus agri-
Icultural products which promises the
best results of any proposal yet made
to bring relief to the farmer accord
ing to Mr.. M. L.. Wilson, extension
economist at Montana State college.
In speaking of the plan and de-
scribing its operation Mr.. Wilson
says:
"There is underway in this country
at the present time a movement to
correct the price difference that ex-
lists between certain farm products
and the price level of manufactured
products and city wages. Taking
wheat as an example, the price of
wheat on the Chicago is approximate
ly $1.10, which is about the same as
the five year average price 1909-13.
Thus if the five year average previ-
Gus to the war is taken as 100 per
cent, then the present price on wheat
is still approximately 100 per cent.
On the other hand if this same sys-
tenn of figuring is applied to manu-
featured commodities, the price level
for the five year period before the
war stands at 100 per cent but the
price level at the present time stands
at around $50 per cent. A difference
of approximately so per cent in favor
pared to wheat at the present time.
Regardless of what other difficult
ties the farmers may have, essential
ly, the difference in price level is the
one basic cause of the present agri-
cultural depression. Not that all
farm products are suffering in this
way, for wool and cotton, for example,
are well up on level with manufac-
tured goods, but beef cattle, wheat
and hogs are down, and to this can be
traced the economic distress in the
corn belt, western and northwestern |
states, where wheat, hogs and cattle |
are the chief crops.
TO correct the difference in price |
level it has been proposed to provide
the same tariff protection for the |
farmer as now exists for the manu-
facturer and labor Unquestionably,
the present price level of manufac-
tured commodities is maintained by
the protective tariff and unquestion-
ably, labor also receives it's share of
from this source and from
he immigration restriction laws.
ut may be urged that wheat al
'eady has 80 cent tariff and that
his should be sufficient. The truth
If the matter is that the 80 cent tar
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-01-04
A N ONTANA has higher per-

nj ONTANA has higher per
|M centage Of hard red spring
wheat grading No. / than
any other state of the Union; Mon
tana's fancy wheat commands a
higher premium on the Minnea-
polls market than the wheat of any
other state; Montana has won a
higher percentage of prizes in the
Chicago International show in the
past few years than any other
American state.
This, in brief, is the summary of
an address made by Professor
Clyde Mckee of Montana state col
lege before the Bozeman Kiwanis
club recently. 1t was a statement
of facts and figures that called
forth a flood of comment and I'm
animous demand for publication of
the figures throughout the state.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-01-04

New York. William E. Corey,
millionaire steel magnate of Pitts
burgh, and formerhead of the United
States Steel corporation, who last
month was divorced in Paris by his
second wife, the former Miss Mabelle
Gilman, of San Francisco, intends to
follow in the footsteps of the late Wis
count Astor and leave America for
good, it is declared by his associates
in the financial district.
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other cooperating individuals.
Plans are now made for many state
organizations to cooperate in 1924
to make bigger and better show
ing.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-01-04
$lOO,OOO,OOO VALUE
OF 1923 CROPS
MORE THAN 52,OOO,OOO BUSHELS
OF WHEAT PRODUCED
LAST YEAR
Corn, With Nearly 10000, 900 Bush
els Grown, is Replacing Rye as a
Feed Crop; Potato Crop is Getting
Larger Each Year.

Despite the materially decreased
value a bushel this year, the total
value of all Montana's crops produc-
ed in 1923 is sos, 358,O0O, more than
100000 above the figure for 1922.
The totals are shown in figures
prepared by George A. Scott, Stats
tician of the Montana Cooperative
crop reporting service. Revisions
for 1922 and 1928 show large acre
ages of crops are decreased some
what, or remain the same. Revised
figures are based upon the latest
available data, such as records of
movements, elevator and mill receipts
and the annual farm census on crop
acreages taken through county asses
sors, which have been the most i'm
portant factors in determining chan
ges.
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Large Wheat Crop


In 1923, Montana farmers produc-
ed 52,486,00O bushels of wheat, 49,
100000 bushels of oats, 2,703,000
bushels of barley, 2,112,000 bushels
of rye, 100000 bushels of flax, g.
100000 bushels Cor equivalent) of
corn, 1857, 900 tons of hay, 369, 900
bushels of commercial apples, $685.
900 bushels of beans, 3,960,000 bu-
shells of potatoes, 253,000 bushels of
seed peas, and $1,000 bushels of al
falfa seed. The sugar beet crop this
year is valued at nearly $2,500,000.
Among the important agricultural
accomplishments of the 1928 season
are the big increases shown in the
acreages of corn, oats, barley, sugar
beets, beans and hay crops. These
crops combined cover $4,000 acres
more than they did in 1922, which
indicates that Montana farmers are
growing into diversified farming pro-
badly as rapidly as reasonably can
be expected under prevailing econo-
mic conditions.
Compared to 1922, average yields
and production this year fell off in
most of the eastern two-fifths of the |
state, while production was much
heavier in the central and northwest |
portions, and generally in other dis
tricts, except part of the north CEN
trail district, where grasshoppers were
very destructive.
Winter Wheat and Rye
The winter wheat acreage seeded
last fall in the state is estimated to
be $4,000 acres, a decrease of 10
per cent compared to the 100000
acres sown last year, and to $4,000
acres in 1921. A decided decrease is
reported in the important central
counties, whereas comparatively
large increases are noted in the east
ern and southeastern districts. The
condition of winter wheat is 90 per /;
cent of normal, compared with SO t
last year, and with 80, the 10-year |
average on December L. Moisture i,
conditions were very favorable this !
fall, and seeding continued later than :,
usual. Early seedlings have made
good growth, and late fields are in !
'air to good condition. F
The rye acreage is placed at 1884, Z
100 acres, or ~ per cent of last year,
when the acreage was $4,000; the
Icreage seeded two years ago was
no. 900 acres. The decrease has I
'een marked in Blaine and other nor Il
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-02-21
Tennessee Admirers
Planning to Boom
Davis. for Presidency

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Feb. IS. -
Tennessee admirers of John w.
Davis are meeting here this after
noon to organize and promote his
claims upon the Democratic presi-
dental nomination in the state. In
a letter read at the meeting, Mr..
Davis said in part: IL agree that no
man can refuse such a call or even
indicate that he would do so with
out laying himself open to the
charge of hypocrisy or cowardice.
s"I think any man is quite within
his rights if he refuses to seek the
office, and if he has seen as much
of it as you and l have, he is quite
within reason if he does not hunger
for it. I have taken the position
and have written a great many peo-
pie to the effect that l am not a
candidate and would not seek the
office in any way, feeling that it is
one thing to submit to the DEGREES
of fate, and a very different thing
to tempt her" =
The letter was addressed to Major
Henry E. Cotton, of Nashville. a
personal friend.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-02-21
Twenty-Five Lawyers
And 10 Mules Figure
In Gainesville Case

GAINESVILLE, Ca, Feb. 49,
An intricate and complicated law
case was heard Friday by Judge J.
B. Jones, sitting at chambers, in
which twedy-one lawyers and nine
teen mules were the outstanding fea-
lures. Seventeen local lawyers were
employed in the various angles of
the case, besides Middle brooks &
Smith, Howard & Smith, OF Atlanta.
The case grew out Of the settle
ment of the estate Of the late An
drew Thompson, of which, by the
will of the deceased, the wife, Mrs.
Verona Thompson, was appointed adj
ministratrix. The estate had large
holdings Of land and other property.
and during the flush times of 1920
was valued at S175,000, with debts
of some $125,000 The shrinkage of
values brought the estate into in
solvency; but the executrix seem
ingly unaware of the condition of
the estate, went ahead and paid off
a number of debts that We're not
subject to the legal rule of priority.
In effect, the present suit is to
have these parties return the money
SO that those in line of priority may
be paid. Each party to whom money
has been paid is represented by from
one to three lawyers. So trait it
looked like meeting of the State
Bar association.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-02-21
Tickets to Tut Tomb
Issued by Egyptian;
Break-in Seems Plan
RY CHARLES RREST

Especial Cable to The Atlanta Journal and
Chicag go Daily News-Copyright 1924
LUNOR, Feb. 1S.-The writer has
it on good authority that tickets are
being distributed for the view by
the public of the tomb of King Tut
ankhamun. These tickets being is
sued by the official in whose care
the tomb has been placed, the impli-
cation is obvious that the intention
is to break in, which will result in
a peculiar legal situation.
Howard Carter now is in Luxor
getting the full facts in anticipa-
ton of legal proceedings.
The writer has seen the govern
ment order which was sent over the
signature Pierre Lecau, director gen.
eral of the antiquities department
by authority of the undersecretary
of state for public works, NOLAN,
med Pasha Zaghloul mo relation to
the prime minister, forbidding Car.
ter's entrance to the tomb. The or
der was sent 70 the local antiquities
iunspector, Angelbach, and was
served on Carter by one of his oldest
native friends and his former en-
ploye, who greatly disliked this duty.
The order provides that the tomb
be put in charge of the governor of
the local district.
1t becomes more and more appar-
emit that the plan has been all along
TO allow Carter to do all the difficult
and highly technical archaeological
work, such as removing the delicate
contents Of the tomb, treating OBJ
jects for preservation and raising
the sarcophagus lid and then TO
seize the tomb and throw Carter out
bodily.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-02-21
Asthma Choking
Stopped Over Night
Pleasant Tablets Taken After Meals
Are Giving Real Comfort and
Relief to Thousands,

Working along original lines, med
ical science has produced a formula
which according to the common re-
port from thousands of users, quickly
stops the awful choking, wheel
ing, gasping, coughing spasms of
Asthma and at the same time loosens
the pleghm, and tones up the entire
system.
1t is now offered to sufferers as a
simple home treatment in pleasant
tablet form, which users say quickly
ends sleepless nights, restores i'm
munity to stormy weather and makes
it possible to walk fast or run with
out that terrible tightness in the
chest
knowing that this may sound too
good to be true" at least to many
chronic sufferers. F. H. Shearer,
Dept 205-B, Coca,Cola Building, Kan
sas City, Mo, offers to send a full
size S1.00 bottle of the famous Flor
ence Formula, to anyone who writes
for it, free of charge or obligation.
If it gives the relief and freedom you
/ have long sought, and satisfied you
in every way, tell your friends and
pay only one dollar. Otherwise moth
ing, as you are the sole judge. You
risk nothing in sending your name,
for this free Introductory offer. Act
now, as it is good for only 10 days.
Advertisements !
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-02-21
GEORGIA HAS MANY,
FLORIDA HAS FEW
PROHIBITION CASES
Atlanta Journal News Bureau,
403 Evans Building.
BY THEODORE TILLER

WASHINGTON. Feb. 19.-In his
report to the president Monday on
enforcement, Attorney General
Daugherty referred at some length
to the difference in enforcement in
the states of Georgia and Florida,
| his comparison being on the whole
favorable to Georgia. The attorney
general said:
Another striking contrast which
attracts ones attention when review
ing the monthly reports is that pre-
sented by the state of Florida and
Georgia. Being similar in many
respects, they might he expected to
make similar reports, but Georgia
far outranks her southern neighbor
in the number of cases terminated
as we'll as in the severity of the sem
fences imposed; in fact, there seems
to be no end to litigation in Geor-
gia.
ION January 1, 1924, when the
northern district of Florida reported
only two cases pending and no cases
commenced or terminated during the
month of December, Immediately
across the border, southern Georgia
had 1,527 cases pending, although
her courts had been for months past
making very good reports as to the
number of dispositions made. By
these reports the two districts each
put themselves in the first rank.
northern Florida having the fewest
number of prohibition cases pending,
and southern Georgia having the
highest number pending.
THE records of the two states
(eacn composed of two judicial dis
tricts) as compiled from their
monthly reports to the department
of justic, is given in the following
table:
'F'iscal year ending June 80, 1929.
Cases commenced: Florida, COL; Geor-
gia, 1,50S. Convictions, Florida 245;
Georgia, 1,343. Jail sentences, Flor.
ida, four years, nine months, two
days; Georgia, 105 years, ten months,
no Gays. Fines, Florida, $22, $3.50;
Georgia, $98,790.
First six months OF fiscal year
ending June 80, 1924: Cases com
menced, Florida, 1885, Georgia, 1859.
779. Jail sentences, Florida three
years, nine months, eleven days;
Georgia, seventy-five years, four
months, eleven days. Fines, Florida,
$12,925; Georgia, SITS, 403.50.
Fiscal year ending June 80 1923;
| Cases pending, Florida $40; Georgia,
2,150.
First six months Of fiscal year
ending June 80. 1924. Cases pending,
Florida, 5S5: Georgia, 1887"