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The Wolf Point herald., 1924-05-29

were compelled to abandon their
places because they lacked the cap
ital to tide them over. 1t would not
be good idea to buy place until
you had come out to Montana per-
sonally and looked over the land, or
perhaps the best thing to do would
be to come out and work on some
ranch for a season and find out if
you really liked it or not. If you
did not you would not have any
money tied up and could pull out
when out pleased. On the other
hand, if you did find it satisfactory
and thought you were experienced
enough to run a place of your own
you could look around and find the
most desirable place"
Amazing, isn't it? No horn blow
ing or word painting. No gilded
phrases of opportunity. No huffing
and putting such as immigration Of
ficials so often indulge in. And ac-
companying it was a book of facts
official, statistical facts.
The Wolf Point herald., 1924-05-29
Legal Notices
NOTICE OF sHERIFF,s SALE

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE
In the District Court for the Twen-
tieth Judicial District for the State
of Montana, in and for the County
of Roosevelt.
]. B. Switzer, as Receiver of the
Security State Bank of Wolf Point,
Montana, IA corporation), Plaintiff
VS..
Walter Reichert, Jemima Reichert
and The Commercial State Bank of
Darlington, North Dakota, "a corpo-
ration), Defendants
To be sold at Sheriff's Sale on the
18th day of June, 1924, at the hour
of two o'clock P. M, of said day, at
the front door of the Courthouse at
Poplar. Roosevelt County, Montana,
the following described real estate,
situated in Roosevelt county, Mont
ana,-
The north half (N1a) of Section
Eighteen (18), Township Thirty-one
(31) North of Range Forty-six (46)
East Montana Meridian, containing
32O acres more or less, according to
the Government Survey thereof, to-
gether with all the tenements, here
ditaments and appurtenances there
unto belonging or in any wise apper-
taining.
T Dated this 18th day of May, 1924.
j. H. ANDERSON, Sheriff,
By Chas. Council, Under Sheriff.
H. A. Schoening
Wolf Point, Montana.
Plaintiffs Attorney 14-15-16-17
The Wolf Point herald., 1924-05-29

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE
In the District Court of the Twen-
tieth Judicial District of the State
of Montana, in and for the County
of Roosevelt.
w. F. CHURCHILL, Plaintiff
VS.
JOHANNES JENSEN and MA
RY JENSEN, his wife; THE FARM
ERS BANK, WOLF POINT, MONT
ANA, a corporation; GROGAN-
ROBINSON LUMBER COMPANY,
corporation; j. C. HERMAN and
FIRST NATIONAL BANK, WOLF
POINT MONTANA, a corporation,
Defendants
To be sold at Sheriff's Sale on the
7th day of June, 1924, at the hour
of two ~ o'clock PM. of said day,
at the front door of the County
Court House at Poplar, Roosevelt
County, Montana, the following de-
scribed real estate situated, lying
and being in Roosevelt County, Mon
tana, to-wit:
The south half (S1z) of Section
1927, Township Twenty
eight (28) North, Range forty-eight
(48) East, Montana Meridian, con-
tanning 320 acres, more or less; to-
gether with the tenements, heredit-
aments and appurtenances thereun-
to belonging or in anywise apper-
tanning
Dated this 18th day of May,1924
J.H. ANDERSON, Sheriff
By Chas Council, Undersheriff
Howard M. Lewis & James G. Wag-
ner, Attorneys for the Plaintiff
Plentywood, Montana. 13-14-15-16
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more rainfall than it used to.
"The trees bring rain" argues
the old timers, whose memory runs
! back to the grasshopper invasion and
| to drought disasters. But the rain
fall charts do not show it.
Kansas farmers have merely
learned better how to take advant-
age of Kansas peculiarities.
William E. Connelley, secretary of
the Kansas State Historical Society,
says that Montana is now having the
same pioneering experiences that
Kansas had years ago. He recalls
that claims were abandoned in Kan
sas which are now worth $3.50 an
acre.
It is SO with several other states
That much should be said in Mon
tana's behalf.
To return to the Montana pro
gram:
It leans heavily on Joseph's dream
and the experience of ancient
Egypt. Reserves in good years to
carry over the bad ones.
Shelter belts of trees to catch
snow and insure gardens.
Pit and trench silos to preserve
orr and sunflower silage. Alberta,
acroes the line, has more than 1000
trench silos. 1t is known that sill
zee will keep fourteen years in
pit silo.
Alfalfa or sweet clover. OF course.
Nc permanent agriculture without a
leCume.
Time for New Deal
Hay enough to last at least two
years. Nick Buttleman at Glendive,
Montana, had hay twelve years old
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w INV FI--Vo NFNW-N %
the disaster
Today half the farms
in certain areas are va
cant.
Most of the inexperi-
enced farmers are gone.
Many of these caught
with a lot of mortgaged
land fell victim to high
interest and taxes.
Ten per cent, if it is
The Wolf Point herald., 1924-05-29

complications, and caught enough
abandoned cayuses to make a 12-
horse team. By himself he raised
500 acres of wheat in 1922, part of
it on summer fallow. 1t yielded
eight bushels to the acre, and at
the end of the season he reported
$2,380 cash on hand.
Second hand harness and machin-
cry are cheap and secondhand
fences and unused settlers shacks
may be had for small payment =
sometimes for effort alone. An en-
terprising Eastern Montana farmer
has six miles of woven-wire fence.
''He must have more money in
vested in fence than in land" l sug-
gested.
A Montana official pumped up a
broad grin.
perhaps he did not get it at list
price," he ventured. ga lot of farms
h a been abandoned in this
county. 1t is surprising how much
Live uO4letlo III CASH Will Ouy OlI q
departing farmer.
ga Chicago investor accuses US
of being mighty frugal with our
own property, but liberal with the
property of the settler who gave
up, put his family in the flivver
and turned tail light to our state. !"
But what opportunity is there for
the experienced farmer who might
come in now and buy this good land
at bankrupt prices?
The agricultural college believes
it has the answer. 1t reads it large
ly out of the experience of the farm
ers who are sticking.
First of all, it warns that there
will be other droughts. Forty years
of carefully kept weather history
show this. Favorable years follow
the unfavorable-they must if you
have both-but with no regularity
by which the farmer can remotely
gauge the future.
The Wolf Point herald., 1924-05-29
BARGAIN DAY
IN MONTANA
John E. Pickett in the Country Gentleman
CARTOONS BY HY GAG0


net income, is quite salts
flying, but if it is interest to
be paid before income can
be counted, it is often eco
nomic death.
This, roughly, is the un-
vanished picture of the
worst hit region in Mon
tana, given because it is
somewhat typical of the
plains area which composes
The Wolf Point herald., 1924-05-29

The history of
rainfall is that it
does not change,
but varies, with
certainty of uncer-
tainty only. 1t is
popular f a l l a
cy that Kansas gets
The Wolf Point herald., 1924-05-29

tant cattle are specks, automobiles
are bugs, and where a sinking coy
ote may be the days excitement.
The soil was thoroughly ground
and blended in Natures prehistoric
ice mills. Centuries of experimental
tion produced nutritious grass to
cover it. Millions of buffaloes graz
ed on it and returned the fertility
to the soil. A limited rainfall kept
it from teaching and preserved it for
mans arrival.
Nature had suggested livestock,
so man brought cattle and sheep.
The Land Boomers Lyre
But land like this also invites the
plow Burrows mile long are a
joy and temptation. The home
steader challenged the cattle baron.
Some of the early yields of wheat
on this land ran up to forty and even
fifty bushels to the acre. This, re-
member, under dry land conditions.
Enter, then, the land boomer, and
the Triangle stepped out to the
drumming Of the Tyre. These were
boom days, 1910 to 1916.
Responsibility for what followed
must be shared in several quarters.
The government shall shoulder some
of the blame, for it's homesteads
were not large enough for efficient
operation. Even the 64O-acre home
steads, which, by a change in the
law, were finally permitted, offer
ed picked-over land where twenty
acres or more may be required to
grow sufficient grass to pasture a
single steer.
But what, if anything can be said
in defense of a homestead system
which took deep-sea divers, @seago-
ing engineers, musicians, clerks and
BARRIERS and set these strangers to
the land down in a new and semi
arid country?
Of the $50 homesteads who were
checked up in the Triangle, only 278
had any previous experience, and
most Of those no contact with rain
lack lands.
The others ranged from blind pig |
ger to preacher in training. Thirty
per cent of all settlers had no capi-
tai, no reserves. Into this set-up
came the big crop years of 1915 and
1916, initiation days throughout the
entire country, and as Mr.. Wilson
points out in his bulletin a fever of
buying commenced. Six and eight
cylinder cars instead of four. More
land. Tractors and expensive ma
chinery. Debts were freely made;
few debts were paid,
Then came the great drought.
From 1917'to 1921 all records for
5cant moisture were broken. Plaques
IF grasshoppers and cutworns came.
Hail added it's toll. Strangling
weeds multiplied. Deflation and low
wheat prices added to
the disaster
Today half the farms
n certain areas are va
cant. A
Most of the inexperi- g
enced farmers are gone. -szz@z
Many of these caught
with lot Of mortgaged
and fell victim to high
interest and taxes.
Ten per cent, if it is
The Wolf Point herald., 1924-05-29

iAlC PllSS 10 lOW.
Not since homestead days when
the land boomer tuned up his Tyre
and sung his song of the new glory
land with the catchy chorus, "Get a
free home in the West" has land
been so cheap.
Doubtless it will never be so cheap
again, for this newest and most ac-
cessible of our agricultural frontiers
has just come through the longest
and most severe drought in its rec
orded history, with great many
of it's farms foreclosed or abandon
ed, third of it's banks closed, land
values peeled down to around old
first-mortgage levels, and with cash
in position to talk and be listened
to as never before.
Montana will have droughts in the
future.
Likewise h all. Hoppers, no
doubt. And cutworms.
Hot winds and unquestionably hot
air.
1t is still against the law in Mon
tana to shoot or poison land boom
ers.
Political pests, as ever, are pro-
tected in life, liberty and the pur-
suit of votes.
But, glory be, the land roosters
have their tail feathers adroop; the
bass-drum boys-noisy but empty
are now scowled down; mere citl-
zens can get a thought in edgewlse; f;
and the state faces facts with cour-
age which is characteristic OF It's
real pioneers.
After 1900 miles of travel in the
state interviewing fire-tried farm
ers, county agents, college and state
officials. bankers and business men,
the things which impresses me most
is the states new and refreshing
frankness.
Frankest of all is bulletin which
the agricultural college put out last
summer.
This stark and interesting picture
of dry farming conditions in the re-
gion known as the Triangle has be-
come the dope book of those who
press for the McNary bill. Its maps
showing abandoned farms and clos
ed banks are before Congress.
Chastened But Courageous
M. L. Wilson, the farm economist
who made the investigation and pre-
pared the bulletin is sought as an
authority on the condition and the
cure His rainfall charts are both
the conscience and the guide of
chastened but courageous state.
The Triangle is a small but inter
esting three-cornered bite out of
North Central Montana The town
of Shelby, of prize-fight fame, is
at the northwestern corner, Havre
at the northeast, Great Falls at the
southern point Bear Paw Noun
tains and the Rockies wall off this
segment which appears but notch
in the map of mammoth Montana,
but is small empire in size.
The Triangle is really part Of the
Great Plains and is much like the
eastern two-thirds of Montana. Pre-
historic glaciers tramped it out into
a land of billowing distances where
vision is limited only by the down
turned rim Of the sky, where dis !
The Wolf Point herald., 1924-05-29
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE
HIRAM C. SAUNDERS,

VS..
EASTERN MONTANA SECURITY
COMPANY, corporation; THE
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF WOLF
POINT MONTANA, a corporation;
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, a corpora
ton, JOSEPHINE SAUNDERS,
Wife of Hiram C. Saunders, and w.
E. McGARRY and J. H. COFFEY,
Defendants.
To be sold at Sheriff's Sale, at the
front door of the County Courthouse,
in the City of Poplar, Roosevelt
County, Montana, on the 31st day Of
May, 1924, at two o'clock p. m. of
said day, pursuant to order of sale
issued in the above entitled action
on the 4th day of March, 1924, the
following described property, to-wit:
South Half of the North Half
(SAN1a), Lots One ~, Two ~,
Three (3) an dFour a. Section
Four (4), Township Twenty-seven
(27) North of Range Forty-six (46)
East of the Montana Meridian,
Roosevelt County, Montana.
Dated at Poplar, Montana, this
28th day of April, 1924.
J. H. ANDERSON, Sheriff.
By Chas. Council, Under Sheriff.
The Wolf Point herald., 1924-05-29

Keeping track of the expiration
date of your Herald will save you
money and our bookkeeper needless
work. If
The Wolf Point herald., 1924-05-29

the bulk of the east two-thirds of
the state
Horses for a Song
In the Triangle, near Fort Ben
ton, is farm of 1900 acres which
is for sale for what it will bring.
Approximately 1900 acres of this
land are tillable, and the soil rolls
away from the moldboard in soft
ribbon which is joy to the plow-
man. On occasion this has grown
forty bushels of wheat to the acre.
Small portions Of it can be irrigat-
ed. A garden can nearly always
be insured by shelter belt of trees
to catch and hold the winter SHOWS.
Alfalfa and sweet clover are fair
ly sure crops. Corn is a good bet.
1t is ideal turkey land, and chick
ems respond to reasonable care. The
600 acres of untillable land are
grassed with Natures best effort.
This farm is vacant.
There is a first mortgage of four
dollars an acre against it and ac-
crued interest and taxes of about
fifty cents an acre. The second
mortgage will probably die in some
ones safety-deposit box, and the
land will pass to whoever takes it off
the hands of the first mortgage
holder.
One loan company, handling for
eign capital capital, has had 5O,-
acres of Triangle land thrown
back on its hands. The first mort
gage on this averages about eight
dollars an acre. No doubt it will
sell for approximately the price
of the first mortgage.
The Wolf Point herald., 1924-05-29

And any far
mer who buys
at this time
will find even
greater bar
G a i n S i n
equipment.
Horses sell
f or a song
and you sing
1T yourselt.
o n e Tri-
angle farmer
spoke to the
S h e riff to
avoid lie g a l
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-07-12
SurUiUor of Indian Massacre

Ross Tanner, who is now living at
Amaranth, Man, has spent the last
few years trying to locate any of his
relatives. He Is the sole survivor of
the Indian massacre at Redwood,
Mimi, In 1862. AS a baby he was
picked up out of the bloody mud and
brought to Canada by one of the
Sioux women.
At the age Of ten he found out that
he was not an Indian and ran away
from the Sioux. He hid in badger
holes during the day and travelled at
night until he came across a rowing
band of buffalo hunters. He Joined
them.
He thinks that he got the name Tan
ner from the fact that he was given
the Job of curing buffalo hides, says
Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance in an
article Of the Indians of the North
west in the Mentor.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-07-12
LeGcOck Tells HouU to
Help Son Get Lessons

The greatest nuisance of all TO the
schoolmaster is the parent who does
his boys home exercises and works
his boys sums. / suppose they mean
well by Il. But it is a disastrous thiug
to do for any child. Whenever /
found myself correcting exercises that
had obviously been done for the boys
in their homes 1 used to say to them:
Paul tell your father that he must
use the ablative after pro-" "Yes, sir"
says the boy. "And Edward, you tell
your grandmother that her use of the
datIve case simply won't do. She's
getting along nicely and I'm satisfied
with the way she's doing, but cannot
have her using the dative right and
left on every occasion. Tell her II
won't do" Eyes, sir" says little Ed
ward.
I remember one case In particular of
q parent who did not do the boys ex-
ercise, but, after letting the boy do 1t
himself, wrote across the face of 1t a
whitening comment addressed to me
and reading: From this exercise you
can see that my boy, after six months
Of your teaching, is completely igno-
rant. How do you account for III" l
sent the exercise back to him with the
added note: 81 think It must be
hereditary. stephen Leacock, In
College Days.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-07-12
Romantic Story of Old
London Jocobite Bonk

One of the most romantic stories In
banking history is recalled by the an
nouncement that the business of
Messrs. Drummond of Charlng Cross,
the old-established private bankers,
has many associations with the ia
cObltes. Indeed, its founder, Andrew
Drummond, is believed to have been a
Jac0bite first and q banker afterward.
It Is at least certain that he walked
from Edinburgh to London, with a
price on his head, bearing funds to be
used to secure the restoration Of the
Stuarts. The Malacca cane with a
gold crutch handle which he carried
with him on this adventurous journey
still hangs, treasured possession. in
the bank parlor.
The old banker probably thought Of
this journey and of the risks he had
run In taking 1t, when Simon Fraser,
Lord Lovat, the "old fox" of the high
lands, passed the bank on his way to
the tower after the "forty-hve."
Lovat, whose gray hairs did not save
him from the scaffold, had been on the
books Of the firm.
AS he passed the bank windows Rob
ert and Henry Drummond looked out
to see him. but Andrew sat still at his
desk. Il suppose you would run out
to watch me If / was to be beheaded,"
he remarked, dryly.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-07-12
Reasoning

An interesting illustration Of the
processes of reasoning by which scien-
tifc conclusions are sometimes at
tanned is afforded by the case of the
human skull discovered some years
ago at Chapelle-aux-Saint In France,
which, in the opinion of some, Is prob
ably the oldest bodily relic of prehls-
toric man. This skull shows many Of
the characteristics of that of a mon
key, but little indication Of intelli-
gence. Careful examination. however
revealed q slight excess Of size of the
left hemisphere. from which II was
argued that the owner of the skull was
right-handed, and consequently user
of tools, a conclusion which is thought
to be supported by the fact that an
Client stone implements were found IN
the neighborhood.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-07-12
DO 1T NOW
Hurley People Should Not Wait Until
1t Is Too Late.

Hurley People Should Not Wait Until
1t Is Too Late.
The appalling death-rate from kid
ney disease is due larely to the fact
thai the little kidney troubles are
usually neglected until they become
serious The slight symptoms often
give place to chronic disorders and
the sufferer may slip gradually into
some serious form Of kidney com.
plant.
If you suffer from backache, head
aches, dizzy spells; if the kidney Sc
cretions are irregular of passage do
not delay. Help the kidneys at once.
DOan's Pills are especially for
kidney disorders-they act where OF
hers fail. Over one hundred thou
sand people have recommended them.
Here's a case at home:
Road, Hurley, says: my back bot
hered me badly My kidneys didn't
act at all properly. | was troubled
with headaches and dizzy spells and
specks came before my eyes, blurring
my sight. Doan's Pills, from Sulli-
von's Drug Store, made the head
aches and dizzy spells disappear.
The backache left and my kidneys
acted normally again"
Price Coo, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Pills The same that Mrs.
Berglund had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Mfrs, Buffalo, N. 7.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-07-12
Notice To Contractor.

Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned committee that bids
will be received up to 10 o'clock in
the forenoon, Wednesday, July 23rd,
1924, at the office of the County
Highway Commissioner in the City
of Hurley, for the following con-
struction:
The complete construction of one
25ft. 20ft. Reinforced Concrete
Span Bridge to be built over Mud
Creek in the Town of Saxon, County
of Iron.
Said bridge to be built according
to plans and specifications on file in
the office of the County Highway
Commissioner.
Each proposal must be &C
companied by cash, certified check,
a Liberty bond or bidders bond
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-07-12

for a sum equal to $50 of the bid.
The undersigned reserve the right
to reject any and all bids.
Dated this 9Th day Of July, A. D..
1924.
J. J. Defer,
Ed EvensOn,
C. Castagna,
County Highway Committee
By Chas. A. Noren,
3O-3l County Clerk.
Recipe for success: Advertise IN
newspapers and do what you say.
Few men really become great until
they have a cigar named after them.
II doesn't take much resolution to
be good when you are sick.
Rapid turnovers are good for busi-
ness, but mighty poor for motorists.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-07-12
A Good Sport

A guide one day, while working on
a log drive. fell into the water AT
last dizzy and nearly exhausted from
his struggle. he managed TO grasp a
big log and hold on To it. The cur
rent was so strong and swift that 1t
swept his body under the log until
his feet stuck out on the other side.
Just as comrade, who had run TO
his assistance. grasped him by the
shoulders, he caught sight of his own
feet protrudlng on the other side OF
the log.
81 can hold on a bit longer, Jim ~
he gasped. Save the poor fellow
that's In head FIRST, If you can
Taller.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-07-12
An Exciting Sport

Lieut. David Rittcahouse holder
OF the worlds seaplane record. said
In Washington the other day:
Flying Is very interesting sport
rough, dangerous, but very Interesting.
It's ike the life OF the young million
alre
"Haye you had an interesting lifeT
a lady asked this chap.
"'You bet ! have. said he I've
gone through four marriages and
three divorces and two fortunes and
live sanitariums