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Montana Pioneers Inn
Convention IRE call
Early Days of State
tcontinued from Feature Page.)

W. Blair, Helmville; Mary D. Larsen Anna
NJ Kerruiss, Emma Beaumont, Joe Larsen,
Mrs. M. W. Trask, Marvin Trask, Tom
McTague, Deer Lodge; G. H. Wisler, Gold
Creek; H. w. Evans, Deer Lodge; Eli De-
zourdi, Deer Lodge; John Steger, Hamil-
ton; Henry Buck, Steyensyille; James pa
wilson, Levi Wild, Belle B. Irvine Mollie
b. Kline, w. /. Lippincott, Michael Can't
lon, Miles J. Cavanaugh, Mrs. o. H. Hop
kins, John Berkin, Jim Orton, Mary G..
Hauswirth, H. o. Stewart, Matt Glasgow,
Mrs Agnes Beck, Andrew A. Ehrick,
Charles l.. Finch, III. F.. Notstina, Helen
Conrad Mrs. J. r. Russell, Simon Haus-
wirth Mrs. Ttta Lind, Charles Freyler,
Mrs Anna M. Kenna, Butte; Mary e. DON
ovan, Melrose; John Redfern, Divide; Fan
ME e. Ref, Anna Cowes, W. L. Robbins,
Butte; Mrs L. j. Doggett, Pennington; (;
Charles Francisco, Judith Gap; c. III. New
man, Billings;
Pioneers from out of the state who re-
turned to Montana for the convention, are:
Joe Irwin and Thomas McGirl from Cali
fornia; Ben Kline from Dakota; Charles
S. Hanscom, from Idaho; John Lethlean
from Galena ILL.,; Seymour Dunbar from
New York City; r. w. Clark from Oregon,
and T. c. Jackson from Salt Lake City.
Remembers Pat Gass
The Sons and Daughters of Pho
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From Montana State College

ar ONTANA farmers have an OPP
N portunity of sharing in a GER
&sA titled seed potato business,
amounting to $50 carloads year. to
supply the needs of Louisiana pota-
to growers, according to Professor
T. L. Tiebout, horticulturist for the
Loisiana Extension Service, who has
just completed trip through Mon
tana's principle certified seed potato
growing sections. Professor Tiebout
was favorably impressed with Mon
tana's potato fields, the comparative
freedom from serious disease and the
general excellence of the potatoes.
At meeting of potato experts and
railroad officials following the trip
through the Gallatin valley, Profess
sor r. M. Harrington, horticulturist
at the Montana State College dis
cused the excellence of Montana seed
potatoes as disclosed in recent tests
carried on in Louisiana. In these
tests Montana potatoes came through
with a yield averaging approximately
20 per cent better than the next
highest state. In freedom from di-
sease, the potatoes from this state
we're also at the top and it was gen.
orally conceded that potatoes from
Montana were much better in appear
ance and would therefore be more
attractive to the buyers.
Discussing the development of GER
titled seed potato production in the
state, Professor Harrington called at
tention to the fact that this years |
production was far behind what it
should be and that with this limited |
~.
ity of competing with a state like Ne
braSka which produced enough of
such potatoes to attract buyers.
While Montana potatoes were de-
sired in many quarters, there were
not enough produced to have much
effect on the general market. Pro-
fessor Harrington stated that with
the work already done to acquaint
Louisiana growers with the superior
quality of Montana's product there
was ready market there for more
potatoes than would be available this
year, AS further efforts are made .
to introduce Montana stock the de-
mand there will develop accordingly. i,
Professor Tiebout discussed the
southern markets, stating that the
demand for certified potato seed was
just beginning, that even in Louisi-
ana where the greatest amount of
work has been done to show the adj
of planting this high class
stock, the demand was still far be-
low what it would be when the va :
lue of such seed becomes more gen
orally recognized. In the states of
Texas, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkan- :
sas, Oklahoma and parts of Georgia !.
conditions were much the same as !
n Louisiana. Local seed stock was
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NEW EXPERIMENT
STATION TO GIVE
HOG INFORMATION
ry HERE is no limit to the posi-
: hiiitiaa of tho IIxaito1i Cta+<ez

ry HERE is no limit to the posi-
bilities of the United States
4 range experiment station which
| Is being established at old Fort
Keough, according to E. G. Russell
head of the swine department of the
United States bureau of animal in
dustry, who recently visited Miles
| City for survey of the station.
1--WE shall go ahead carefully here
in my department" he said, "and it
will not be long until we shall be
able to give the farmers of this part
OF the northwest absolute informa-
tion on ways and means for earning
profits by the raising of hogs. We
shall know what breed of hogs is
best adapted to the country. We
shall know how to care for them and
how to prepare them for market that
will be profitable"
Mr.. Russell is very enthusiastic
about the country and the station.
He, with all the other government
men who have been at Miles City re-
Gently on matters pertaining to the
new station, are of the opinion that
very few persons in the northwest
appreciate the vastness of the enter
prise or what it will mean to the ag-
ricultural interests of the region.
All the guesswork will be elimin-
ated from farming as far as the farm
er himself is concerned. The govern
ment will do the experimenting and
foot the bills and the information re-
garding crops and livestock raising
will be given gratis to the farming
public.
Farmers who wish to become more
familiar with the crops and methods
used by the government may visit the
station and make personal inspections
and obtain first hand information
There will be experiments in every
branch of the farming industry.
In many sections of the mid-wes-
tern states the farmers give credit
to the experiment stations for their
success. Thousands of them take
advantage of the free information
throughout the year and make an eff
fort to visit the station grounds at |
least once a season to get the latest |
information regarding crops and to
see for themselves the work that is
being done.
Purdue university, one of the big
Institutions of the Mississippi valley
conducts special school for
farmers each fall after the crops are
and in six weeks time ex-
plains all the new methods of farm
ng, domestic science and bettering
If community conditions.
Throughout the year, trains are
'un to various parts of the state to
demonstrate new methods that have
,een discovered since the last pre-
1ious school gathering. 1t is proba-
lie that some such course will be
pursued after the new station at
diles City has become well estab-
ished.
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Header-Barge Used In Valley County

Harvesting wheat by the new Hart
header-barge method was carried on
recently in the Baylor district of VAL
ley county, according to Murray E.
Stebpins, county agent. Northern
Valley county farmers are much in
terested in the demonstration of the
use of this new labor-saving device,
and large numbers have visited the
fields where it is in operation. There
are approximately 800 farmers in
Valley county, each of whom are
raising 800 acres or more of wheat.
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STATE COLLEGES.
TRADE HERD BULLS.
From Montana State College

OWANA Mercedes Homestead No
14O35, one of the greatest bulls
l. of the Holstein breed has come tt
Montana State College and Aagie On
dine Grahamholm Lad, the former
! herd sire at Montana State College
has gone to the Iowa State College at
Ames. In other days "Hoss tradin' =
was one of the important parts of
farm operation; today bull trading
has taken its place. When Montana
State College had used its famous
herd bull as long as it could and
Iowa State College found itself in
the same position, the institutions
arranged for a "swap" on even terms.
Both sires are of the same age and of
outstanding breeding.
A glance at the history and pedi-
gree of the new Montana State Col
ege herd sire indicates that Aagie
Ids place has been filled by worthy
successor. Iowana Mercedes Home
stead was born September IS, 1914.
He was recognized as being one of the
best bulls in the state of Iowa. Being
sired by Oak DeKol Ollie Homestead.
he is a half-brother to Piebe Laura
Ollie Homestead King, the sire of
the American Champion butter fat
producer, May Walker Ollie Home
stead, with 31610 pounds of milk
and 1885 pounds of butter to her
credit.
Iowana Mercedes Homestead was
second priced aged bull at the Ma
tional Dairy Show in 1919, half
brother to his father being the win
ner of first prize. In 1917 he was
first in the two-year-old bull class
at both the National and the Water
loo Dairy Congress. His sire, Oak
DeKol Ollie Homestead, was grand
champion at both of these shows in
1915 and 1917, being the only bull
of the breed to accomplish this high
achievement for two consecutive
7ears.
Mercedes Herbert Johanna the
lam of the new State College sire
'anks second in the breed in the
number of yearly tested daughters
md II of her daughters have records
If 10000 pounds of milk or over in
me year. The dams record is 2O,422
'ounds of milk and 712 pounds Of
utter in one year.
Iowana Mercedes Homestead is a
arge bull, weighing about $500
ounds in breeding condition. With
his size, however, he carries great
a perfect top line, with
extremely broad, level rump. The
irst daughters of Iowana Mercedes
homestead are just beginning to
reshen and have started some very
reditable records. Individually
hey are the best ever raised in the
owa State College.
e. J. Haze1rude who is in charge
f dairy production at Montana State
iollege, and who managed Grace
-oningen in her worlds record
reaking test, feels that the new sire
; a worthy addition to the State
ollege herd, and that the College
! fortunate in being able to arrange :
UGH an advantageous trade.
Aagie Ondine Grahamholm Lad, I,
ne former herd sire at the College,
eeds no introduction in Montana. In
922 he was grand champion Hol-
,ein sire at both the Midland Empire
nd Montana State Fairs. This bull
a son of the famous show bull,
agie Cornucopia Johanna Lad, Jr.,
ith 62 advanced registry daughters;
nd a grandson of Aaggie Cornucopia
ad with 107 advanced registry
aughters.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-01-16
ADVOCATES DRASTIC
DRY ENFORCEMENT
COVER NORs OF STATES
WRESTLE WITH DRY
LAW PROGRAM
Governor Denies That His West
Baden Speech Was Demand for
HousecIeaning Among
Dry Forces

West Baden, Ind.,-Prohibition en-.
forcement by invigorated action by
the federal government was the over
shadowing question Thursday before
the fifteenth annual governors con-
ference, as preparations were made
by group Of tile state executives to
issue memorial to the people Of
the United States" suggesting a
national drive for literal enforcement
of the Volstead act.
While the address was being draft
ed by Governors Clifford Pinchot of
Pennsylvania and William E. Sweet
of Colorado, supporters Of the move
were aligning the conference field
for record test on the enforcement
issue. and there were indications
that when the governors met Presi-
dent Coolidge in Washington Satur-
day an accepted program of reorgan-
lied federal activities would be pre-.
scented.
Governor P. G. P. Baxter Of Maine
said before an informal gathering of
several governors Thursday that "the
time has passed when vague declara.
lions for law enforcement or law and
order may be regarded as a state
ment of public policy by government
officials" Declaring that in his
opi nj on, prohibition enforcement
would be the predominant national
issue in 1924, he said officials now
are called upon to state in un-
terms their attitude. On
turning then to Maine he told tho
governors that two fast destroyers
could wipe out rum smuggling along
the $500 miles of state coast Gin
thirty days, If the navy would attack
the problem with true American
vigor." His state is successful In
dry enforcement within it's own juris-
fiction, Governor Baxter declared,
)ut is unable to cope with smuggling
operations without assistance from
ederal authorities.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-01-16
British Ships on Long Tour

London.-The battleships Hood and
Repulse, with light cruiser squad
ron, will sail about the middle of next
month on tour of the empire. They
will proceed by way Of South Africa
to Singapore, thence by way Of Aus
tralia and New Zealand to British
Columbia, where they will arrive
probably about June. From British
Columbia they will proceed through
the Panama canal to Halifax and Que
bee. while the light cruisers will visit
South America. 1t is expected that
calls will be made at several United
States ports.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-01-16
Sugar Tariff Inquiry to Open

Washington, = Public hearings to
begin January Is will mark the final
phase Of the tariff commissions in
quiry into the relation of present
phase Of the tariff duties to the price
of sugar to the American consumer
undertaken when the price scared to
exorbitant levels some months ago.
The increase brought charges that it
was caused directly by the duty Of
1.76 cents a pound on imports from
Cuba and 2.20 cents on foreign sugar.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-01-16
Arizona has First AirpIane Thief

Los Angeles,-The city Jail housed
its first alleged airplane thief Thurs
day when Paul Sparks, aviator. was
booked on charge Of stealing a fly
ing machine from local air port. Ac-
cording to the police, Sparks stole the
plane and flew it to Yuma, Ariz.,
where he was arrested.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-01-16

SONGS REQUESTED
These songs and poems are on the
requested and To-Be-Found list:
Poem:
When Ma Rogers Breaks Loose.
Children's Rhyme:
Near to town in q cottage small
Lived Rip Van Wrinkle. known to all.
Songs:
Love Ne and the World is Mine"
I'm tho Evening by the Moonlight.
One cold winter night. as Mary came
wandering home. etc.
Then stick to your farming
You'll suffer no loss,
For the stone that keeps rolling
Won't gather no moss.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-01-16
OIL Territory Claims InvaIIdated

Washington,-A number of claims
in the Salt Creek oil field, Wyoming,
will be invalidated by a decision of
the interior department Thursday in
a case brought up Louis Lavoye, a
homesteader. The department ruled
that at the time he filed entry the
land was in possession of a mineral
claimant who had producing well or
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-01-16
will be cheer

Reader: This
iuny ana carefully answered except those seeking medi: advice IN
sent stamped the
questions limited
each letter ma
All communications
10 - 49, ' ~' $3.50
Address letters plainly with Brooks 1915
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-01-16
Greek Ministry Appointments Made

London,-In succession to four cab
met ministes who resigned recently,
says a dispatch from Athens, Premier
Gonatis has appointed Georges Rous-
sos, former Greek minister to, the
United States. to the portfolio Of the
interior; M. Sachtouris to the foreign
ministry; General KatehaKls to the
ministry of war, and M. Stratigopolus
to the ministry of justice.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-01-16
To Probe Suunr Tariff

Washington, = The Tariff commits
sion voted Wednesday to broaden its
investigation into the sugar tariff
question 1t fixed Jan. 10 as the open
ing date for series Of hearings on
sugar rates.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-01-16
Roswell Bank Closed

Roswell, N. M.-The Citizens Ma
tional bank, with deposits exceeding
81, 000,O 900, was closed by tie national
bank examiner Thursday, No state
ment was made.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-01-16
PERSONAL

samuel Gompers was Friday unan
mously reelected president of til
American Federation of Labor at tn
convention in Portland, Oregon.
Word was received at Washingtc,
OF the death OF Diego Manuel Chamor
70, President OF Nicaragua, Saturda,
night. President ChamOrro was ,
member Of the famous Chamorro fam
lily which has governed Nicaragua al
most without break since 1910.
Tsao Kun, the war lord of North
China, Wednesday took the oath OF
office as president of the republic
amid the formal ceremonies which
accompany the Inauguration Of a new
executive.
Frederick w. Hecht, former cashier
OF che American National bank at
Dayton, Ohio, pleaded guilty in
United States district court Wednes-
day to an indictment charging him
with having embezzled 100000 of
the bank.
Martial law, which has covered
Oklahoma entirely since Sept. 10,
was lifted Thursday by Governor ].
@. Walton, while the meeting of the
Joint assembly of the Oklahoma Iegis-
lature was being held.
Secretary Of the Navy DENLY en-
tered New York hospital Thursday
to undergo an operation upon a sever
ed groin Of his right leg.
Mrs. Emma Strutynsky, kneeling in
the sacristy of the little Greek Ortho-
dox church Of st. Michael the Arch.
angel at Chicago, her head bowed as
II In prayer, shot and killed Rev.
Basil Stetsuk as he knelt before her
% receive, by special concession, a
sunday confession that she said she
wanted to make because she was very
IL and was going to a hospital.
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll will
'ome back to America and serve his
sentence as a draft evader, this
tatement was made Sunday by Berg
oils mother upon her return from
lermany.
@. ]. Levalley and c. c. Stork of
'heffield, Iowa, appeared in the Iowa
1str1ct court Monday and entered
leas OF guilty to charges of fraudu.
INT banking, following the closing OF
evalley's bank at Sheffield, they |
ere sentenced to 10 years each i'm.
risonment
A sailor named Cruise, held in Der.
on charge of seeking to assas
nate Macmillan Harden, commit.
ID suicide, Saturday by hanging
lmself in his cell. Cruise waa
'und in Hardens' residence, his ex.
anation was that he was a great
imirer of Harden.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-01-16
Dear Friend:

| Dear Friend:
I am writing to you to request a song
which I desire, hoping you can help me
out, or If not perhaps soma reader can.
I think the title is Common BilP' and
here are few lines:
Il will tell you of a fellow, Of Q fellow
I have seen;
He Is neither red nor yellow, but he's
altogether green.
And his name it isn't charming, only
just the common Bill,
And he wishes me to marry, but hard
1y think will"
The next verse ends with, And I've
tho't the matter over, and I guess I'll
marry Bill" Thanking you in advance,
I remain your well wisher,
MRS. L. NJ, Utah.
I am letting your letter speak for
itself, Mrs. L. NJ, hoping 1t may bring
your song to you. I have added some
to 1t as you will see but cannot supply
has no special meaning.
Dear Miss Brooks:
We three are constant readers of
Between You and Me-" and we have
four questions to ask. % How old are
the following movie stars? Fannie Ward
Wallace Mcdonald, Marion Davies.
Eleanor Boardman, Harrison Ford,
Walter McGrail and Bert Lytell? (2)
Is Vivian Martin still in the movies
(3) Who is considered the handsomest
man and the most beautiful woman on
the screen? az Who is in your opin-
ion? We thank you very much.
THE RED HEADED LEAGUE, Utah.
Cd Not all actors or actresses of the
stage or screen give their age but I |
will do the best I can for you. Fannie |
Ward is 4S. Marion Davies "a, Harrison |
Ford 30. Walter McGrail "a and Bert |
Lytell 3S. (2) Vivian Martin has not |
deserted the screen, but Is not making |
4 picture just at the present writing. |
(3) This is question impossible for me |
70 answer, I am afraid. there is such a
diversity of opinion, and there are 30
many truly beautiful girls and women
n filrhdom, and so many handsome men.
There are those who admire the dainty,
'airy-like loneliness of Claire Windsor,
Pauline Garon, Lillian Gish, Wanda
1awley, and others, while many wor-
'hip such dashing and exotic beauties
ID Barbara La MARI. Gloria Swanson
3etty Blythe and Nita Naldi: and there
ire still a great many others who great
, admire such stately and aristocratic
'sautiss as Elsie Ferguson, Norma Tall
nadgs, Elaine Hammerstein, Bebe
Daniels and Mary Pickford. And the
men! When there are so many hand
ome men on the screen, like Thomas
deighan, ]. Warren Kerrigan, Rich
I'D Barthelmess, Richard Dix, Ramon
Antonio Moreno. Malcolm
facGregor and, oh yes, Valentino, all
t whom have been proclaimed many
ines by many people the "handsomest
nan on the SCREEN how could anyone
ecide definitely? As for me 1 have
ever yet been able to reach this de-
ision as each picture seems to pre-
ent the various ones as even more
eautiful and fascinating than the pre-
ious one did.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-01-16
TELEGRAPH|C TALES
FOR BUSY READERS.
\ RESUME OF THE WEEKS
0oIN0s IN THIS AND OTHER
COUNTRIES
important Events Of the Last Seven
Days Reported by Wire and Pre-
pared for tho Benefit Of the
Busy Reader
WESTERN

-Four members of the train crew O,
3. p. train 70, were killed by train
robbers at tunnel IS, seventeen miles
south of Ashland, Oregon, Thursday
the engineer and fireman were shot
by the robbers. Mail Clerk Dougherty
barricaded himself In his car and the
robbers either threw fused explosive
through window or set off a blast at
the door in an effort to gain entrance.
The car was wrecked, mail pouches
burst and torn and a stove inside
overturned. Fire followed. Whether
the mail clerk was burned to death
or died OF the shock OF the explosion
cannot be determined. His body was
charred beyond recognition. All the
mail In the car was destroyed.
Plans for the deliberate Staying of
prominent residents OF Coos county
with their families were laid by Ar
thur Covell, At, a crippled astrologer,
according to his reported confession to
authorities at Mansfield. Oregon. With
his 10 year nephew, Alton Covell, he Is
held In the county Jail because Of his
indictment by the grand jury on a
murder charge in connection with the
death Of Mrs. Fred Covell, Sept. 2,
last.
All stores were flooded and numer- |
Gus residences were partly submerged
by nine-foot wall of water which |
swept through parts OF Woodward,
Okla, Saturday, when the Northern
Canadian river overlooked from recent
heavy rains, according to reports
reaching over crippled wires Monday.
Scores OF persons are said to have
been made homeless, although no lives
are believed to have been lost. Ex-
tensive damage, as yet unestimated,
was caused.
The steamer Stanley Dollar whose
cargo WAS reported afire, arrived in
San Francisco harbor Saturday with
the cargo still smouldering. The ves-
sci was locked near the harbor fire
boats as a precaution. 1
Olive street and Olive way in Seat
tie have been renamed Harding way,
under an ordinance Of the city coun-
ell. Along these two thoroughfares
The late President Harding received
the greetings OF thousands of child q
rem on a visit to Seattle less than c
week before his death, S