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The Carbon County chronicle. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1924, 1924-09-10
NEW EXPERIMENT
STATION TO GIVE
HOG INFORMATION

nv HERE is no limit to the posi-.
bilities of the United States
i range experiment station which
Is being established at old Fort
Keough. according to L. 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, land IL
will not be long until we shall be
able to give the farmers of this part
OF the northwest absolute informa-
ton 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
ghaIl 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 il will mean to the ag-
rfcultural interests of the region.
All the guesswork will be elimin-
ated from farming as far as the farm
err 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 midwes-
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
country, conducts c special school for
farmers each fall after the crops are
harvested and in six weeks time ex-
plains all the new methods of farm
ing, domestic science and lettering
H community conditions.
Throughout the year, trains are
run to various parts of the state to
demonstrate new methods that have
been discovered since the last pre-
vious school gathering. 1t is proba-
BILE that some such course will be
pursued after the new station at
Miles City has become we'll estab-
nahed.
The Carbon County chronicle. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1924, 1924-09-10
Montana Growers Afforded
Market linn Louisiana
For Certified Seed Potatoes

sor f. M. Harrington. horticulturist
at the Montana State College dis
cussed 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
rs per cent better than the next
highest state In freedom from di-
sease, the potatoes from this state
were also at the top and 1t was gem
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 1t
should be and that with this limited
production, there was little opportun-
ity of competing with 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.
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
visibility of planting It's high class
stock, the demand was still far be-
lue of such seed becomes more gem
orally recognized. In the states of
Texas. Mississippi, Alabama, Arkan-
sas, Oklahoma and parts OF Georgia
conditions we're much the same as
in Louisiana. Local seed stock was
being quite generally used through
out these states, despite the fact
that such seed produced so per cent
less than northern certified seed. 1t
will be but a question of a short
time before the farmers OF these
states awaken to the value of the
northern product and that will mean
very rapid increase in demand. The
potential market there is difficult to
estimate but. according to the Louis
lana professor, 1t will be enormous.
Explaining the method used In his
state. to bring about more general
use of certified seed, Professor Tie
bout stated that growers from GER
titled seed producing states were In
duced to send samples OF free seed
to Louisiana for trial. Seed so re-
The Carbon County chronicle. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1924, 1924-09-10
Stuart Expedition OF
'63 Most Disastrous linn
arly State History

Continued from Feature Page,)
ed with him not to do it, but he
said he couldn't live long anyway.
/ stood on a little rise. He was
behind it. He was very weak.
He pulled the trigger, but it didn't
60 off. Then he pulled a second
time and killed himself. We dug a
hole in the ground and buried him
in his blankets. The Indians were
constantly in sight while this was
going on.
I'VE then packed up and con-
tinued that long and terrible jour
ney. We travelled nights and rest
ed part of the day. In that way
the Indians following us would
get nearly up to us by night, but
we would get ahead again during
the night. We suffered hardships
that could never be told. We took
only eight days provisions along
after the battle and that was soon
gone. One night we had nothing
TO eat and then Stuart killed an am
telope. The next day we had moth
The Carbon County chronicle. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1924, 1924-09-10

ing but a fawn two or three days
old, which made us all sick. AT
ter that we had plenty of buffalo
meat, but for eight or ten days we
had nothing to eat but meat and
nothing to drink but alkali water.
For a long part of the retreat
we Travelled through snow two and
three feet deep and would some
times sink down into pools of ice
water. While crossing the Big
Horn range we were wet about all
the time. We hadn't been able to
buy any boots or shoes at Bannack
and so had nothing on our feet ex-
cept moccasins. Crossing the Big
Horn mountains we travelled by
the stars, changing our course a
good deal.
I'VE struck the Big Horn river
above the canyon and followed it
up, going in southerly direction.
Bell complained Of pain all the
time, SO we could only go at a
walk. When we got over the di-
The Carbon County chronicle. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1924, 1924-09-10
POULTRY CULLNC
IN DANIELS COUNTY

a REDUCTION of 26 per cent in
~ q flock with a reduction Of s
a n per cent in egg production,
shows the value of poultry culling
as demonstrated by II. e. Cushman
of the Montana extension service.
Records covering culling work done
with four flocks In Daniels county
during June, show a number of inter-
esting things in regard to the poul-
try industry.
The average flock contains high
per cent OF boarders which are con-
Stunning feed and are producing bare
ly enough eggs to be rated as lay
ing hens. These hens are costing the
flock owner at least dollar year
for feed and lodging and are making
but little return. In many flocks
the culls will constitute one-third of
the entire flock. The flock handled
during the demonstrations are above
the average and still an average OF
26 per cent of the flock was rejected
as Improbable.
In the flock owned by Mrs. Herbert
Jacques OF Coal Greek, q total of SO
birds were handled during the de-
m0nstration. Out of this number
28 we're penned up as culls and
record made OF production for seven
days following. The 28 culls laid IL
eggs during the week following the
demonstration, while the SO hens Sc
lected as profitable birds laid IT.
Mrs. Roy Humbert reports her 16
culls as laying 3S eggs during the
week following the demonstration
while the As layers produced 21T
eggs. A decrease Of rs per cent in
size OF the flock decreased egg pro-
duction IL per cent showing that the
culling was efficiently done.
Culling of the entire flock can be
done advantageously at this time OF
year before the cold weather begins
Harvest provides an opportunity to
dispose of part of the culls and the
balance can be canned in culling 1t is
best to keep those hens which mott
late, have full red, smooth combs. and
pale vent, beak and shanks. The culls
are early molters, have dry shriyeled
combs, puckerel yellow vent, yellow
beak and yellow shanks.
The Carbon County chronicle. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1924, 1924-09-10
SHEEP CLUB is FORMED BY
VALLEY COUNTY FARMERS

A sheep club has been organized at
Opheim, In the northern part of VAL
ley county, with Fred Smith, cashier
OF the Farmers State Bank, as lead
err. The project is sponsored by
County Agent Murray e. Stebbins.
who is DESTROYS of placing sheep on
all the waste land Of the county.
To give the movement its proper
impetus, County Agent Stebbins and
MIR. Smith conducted sheep club
tour recently. Two sheep ranches
were visited in order that farmers
who have joined the sheep club could
study and observe practical methods
in sheep raising and sheep care.
Each member of the sheep club
must raise at least one acre Of sweet
clover during the first year and raise
It least one grade lamb In the fall,
through the assistance Of the Opheim
nank each member is provided with
roo purebred ewes, which are to
1oozne the nucleus of his band.
The Carbon County chronicle. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1924, 1924-09-10

vide we saw emigrant wagons on
the road II miles away. Hauser
felt so good that he tied hand
kerchief to a stick and hurrahed.
Then we travelled rapidly along to-
ward the road, which we soon
reached.
THE enigrants thought we were
Indians, we were so black and
dirty, and they came out to fight
us. We soon convinced them that
we were alright. They let us have
flour, potatoes and everything we
wanted. They didn't want to
charge us, but we had plenty of
money, so we paid them for what
we got. We went on to Pacific
Springs, on the California road,
and then by the Snake river to
Bannack which we reached some
time in June. We left Bell at
soldiers station, where his bullet
was extracted and where he re-
NAMED until he was well once
more"
The Carbon County chronicle. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1924, 1924-09-10
SALOON BECOMES
MODEL HEN HOUSE
From Montana State College

A BUILDING where once the
II sound OF blinking glasses was
4 - heard now echoes the joyful
cackling of contented hens. Auto
matte drinking fountains have taken
the place of beer barrels and the
wine tap, and the business of pro-
ducing red noses has given way to
the production of eggs. Harriette e.
Cushman, poultry specialist for the
Montana State College Extension Ser
vice and Blaine Ferguson, county ag-
ent for Pondera county are respons-
ible for this strange situation.
Last fall, the county agent and the
poultry specialist, at the request OF
many interested farmers, decided to
hold a poultry house remodeling de-
monstration during the coming sum-
mer. In selecting a centrally located
farm where the demonstration could
be held advantageously they picked
out a place where there was no
poultry house to remodel and no
suitable old building which could be
converted. In order to prepare for
the demonstration the farmer went To
town, bought an old discarded sal
DON and moved it to the place.
At the remodeling demonstration
held on the farmers place recently,
the old saloon was converted into a
modern, Montana poultry house OF
sufficient size to ccommodate LIS
birds In spite of the fact that 1t
was necessary to purchase building
to work on the final poultry house
cost but little. The old saloon was
purchased for $50. The farmer sold
$40 worth of old lumber from 1t at
the start He had been accustomed
to using about SIS worth of fuel
during the summer months but the
old building made Il necessary to buy
neither coal nor wood for a consid-
cradle period, saving at least the SIS
which would have otherwise been
spent. After the poultry house had
been constructed there was still
enough lumber left over to build a
hog house, which will be built when
the time is available. Thus the farm
er will have both a poultry house
and a hog house for cash outlay
of approximately $50
1t is the gradual realization On the
part of farmers that these things
can be done without great expense
and without elaborate equipment that
is revolutionizing the living condi-
lions OF the chickens of Montana,
says Miss Cushman. During the past
three years remodeling demonstra-
lions have been followed by better
equipment and more eggs.
The Carbon County chronicle. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1924, 1924-09-10

lcOntlnued from Feature Page.l
The Carbon County chronicle. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1924, 1924-09-10
OMAHA CATTLE statesmen

ST. PAUL CATTLE statesmen
Alexander (Scotty) Smith C. W. NASSAU
The Carbon County chronicle. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1924, 1924-09-10

ceived was divided into eight pound
lots and given to Louisiana potato
club boys and girls 10 be grown un-
der the supervision and direction of
experienced club leaders. Each boy
or girl on the first year OF his or her
entry in the work received an eight
pound sack OF certified potatoes,
each sack containing the name and
address of the grower and the GER
tification tag of the association to
which the grower belonged. A care
full record of the growing of the po-
tatoes and their outcome was re-
Quired of each club member. In this
manner the potatoes received q wide
distribution throughout the state,
they were grown under as careful
supervision as possible, an accurate
record was kept of results, worth
while comparisons were possible and
certified seed growers were given the
best possible publicity. AS a result
of this method of extension work
fathers and neighbors OF the boys and
girls growing certified stock were
convinced of the superiority of such
seed and this brought on a general
demand the following season. Pro-
lessor Tiebout recited an instance
which occurred in community with
which he was we'll acquainted. A
carload of certified seed was distrib-
uted amongboys and girls club mem
bers the first year. The following
year SO carloads were used and the
prospects for next year are that from
rs to 100 carloads of certified seed
potatoes will be used In this one sec
ton alone.
A part of the effort of Professor
Tiebout during his trip to the north
ern states was to familiarize growers,
extension workers and railroads with
their plan of operetion and to en-
courage more general use of this ex-
cellent system of advertising. North
ern railroads will be asked to parti-
cipate in this work In the same way
that the railroads of the south have
helped out. There the railroads car
| ry seed potatoes which were to be
used in club work, free of charge.
Professor Harrington states that
Montana will continue sending seed
potatoes to Louisiana for testing pur-
poses, and that an effort will be made
this year to send a carload, and per.
haps two to be used by the Loisiana
Extension Service in its club work
thus bringing the Montana produc-
ers more directly into the view Of
the Louisiana growers. The testing
twork carried on in previous years
has been very valuable because
Through these tests it has been pos
sible to bring about direct com
lparison between Montana potatoes
land those from other states, and Mon
tana has not suffered by the com
parison. During the past year thi
work was financed by the Montani
Development Association, and by fee
collected in the work of inspecting
certified potatoes.
The Carbon County chronicle. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1924, 1924-09-10
From Montana State College

Ar ONTANA farmers have an OPP
MI portunity of sharing in GER
49, tilted seed potato business,
amounting TO $50 carloads year, to
supply the needs of Louisiana pota-
to growers, according to Professor
T. l.. Tiebout, korticulturist for the
Louisiana 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
The Carbon County chronicle. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1924, 1924-09-10

CHICAGO CATTLE statesmen
Charles o. Robinson A. w. Thomas Fred Patterson
The Carbon County chronicle. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1924, 1924-09-10

Leases Lands For sheep Business
J. Lane. Californian. and brother
OF the late Secretary OF the Interior
Franklin X. Lane, has recently been
securing leasings on the Blackfoot
Indian reservation contiguous to the
town Of Cut Bank, and It Is under
stood that he intends to engage in the
sheep business on an extensive scale
The Carbon County chronicle. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1924, 1924-09-10
Treasure State F farm q Livestock


where the federal
descriptive results
, 1924-07-23
TELLS MERCHANTS HOW
TO KEEP TRADE AT HOME

A common remark nowadays is
that the big towns are swallowing the
little ones, that the automobiles and
good roads are taking all the business
to the big towns, that soon there will
be nothing left of the small towns but
a depot, a grain elevator, a post office,
a garage, and one or two little stores.
Fred Anderson, founder of the An
derson Department Store, in Cozard,
Nebr., has proved that this is not nec-'
essarily true. Cozard is a town of
1900 population, located near two
larger towns. Fred Anderson started
in business there with a capital of
$4,000, $4,000 of it borrowed. That
was in 1906. He started in a little
frame building. Last year he did a
business of 100000 and his store
now contains 3,7OO square feet of
space.
The first ten years he did little or
no advertising and just dragged along.
Then he started advertising in the To-
cal paper. He has been at it ever
since and his business has grown
steadily to its present proportions. He
gives all the credit to advertising.
Last year he spent IN per cent of his
income for advertising. He says he
could afford to spend twice that much.
He has a duplicating machine and
does lots of direct-by-mail advertis-
ing and he improves any and every
opportunity for keeping his store be-
fore the public. But space in the To-
cal paper is his chief reliance. He
never uses less than a page and,
sometimes, several pages in the same,
issue. He says he has bought the To-
cal paper many times but got
title to it. But he doesn't want title
because it serves him well as it is.
The Rosenbaum store in Harvard,
Neb., another 1900 town, is an exam
pie of what can be done by giving the
public what it wants and doing adver-l
Using enough to make the facts
known. Harvard is within easy driv-
ing distance of four or five larger
towns, one of 10000, one or two of
10000 or more, and others much larg-
err than it is, but this store draws
trade for so miles or more.
These stores have proved hat it Isl
just as easy to follow the good roads
in a Ford to a small town as a large
one, provided the small town goes
after the business. Mr.. Anderson says.
that what they have done any one
can do by following the same meth
, 1924-07-23
MAINLY ABOUT PEOPLE

George Mccullough was down from
Sunlight on Friday of last week.
DIR. Glenn at Irma next Fri. and
Sat. Have your eyes tested.
Jimmy Davis was in from his ranch
near the Natural Corral on Monday.
Mr.. C. J.. Lowe made a telephone
trip to Meeteetse Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Eli Jernberg and Miss Eva
were in from their ranch on Satur-
day.
H. w. Darrah was down from the
saw-mill on Carter Mountain on Fri
day.
Oscar Trumbull and son Guy, of
Emblem, were in Cody on business
last Friday.
Clifford Scudder, of st. Louis, Mo-,
who had some good horses at the
Stampede, is now a guest at the Miles
Bennett ranch on Timber Creek.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Wood have
gone to the Crow reservation to take
up their residence. They made the
trip over on horseback.
Barry Williams who was reported
to have been drowned in the Park,
appeared in town on Monday in his
usual health and spirits.
, 1924-07-23

DDS. He says a merchant is justified
in spending as high as 6 per cent of
his income for advertising while he is
starting. But no small town will ever
get any place by ~bemoaning the fact
that all the business is going to the
big towns and then doing nothing to
prevent it.
, 1924-07-23
HANGS SELF FROM
SEWER PIPE IN CELL

Casper, July PA frenzy brought
on by her inability to get narcotics
is thought to have led to the suicide
of Mrs. Cora A. Dawson, 80 years of
age and previously employed as a
nurse, who hanged herself by a twist
ed blanket suspended from u sewer
pipe in her cell at the county Jail ear
ly Sunday morning, a few hours after
she had been arrested for the theft of
an automobile. The body of the wo-
mar was found by Dan Miller, deputy
sheriff, at z o'clock yesterday morn
ing. She had not removed any of
her clothing and was attired in a
black dress. An examination of the
body later disclosed that it was COW
cred with scars caused by the use of
a needle to make injections OF NOR
phine.
When arrested the woman had told
the arresting officer that if he had
waited a little while she would have
been able to secure some dope" and
an investigation of her room in a To-
cal hotel ended in the discovery of a
small amount of morphine in a suit
case.
An inquest was held by a coroner's
jury Immediately after the body was
discovered and it was decided that
she had come to her death by stran-
gulation caused by hanging. There
was no one else in the cell with her
and consequently no one else to blame
for the deed but herself. The jury
was made up of C. A. ST. Louis, Edna
Quinn and r. E. Burnett.
Mrs. Dawson was arrested Saturday
night at Evansville, while she was in
possession of a Ford coupe, said to
have been stolen from w. E. Kick
bush, 276 South Jackson street. The
coupe had been taken from the curb
near the Wyatt Hotel at $50 o'clock
that afternoon. The woman had
started out to visit a friend known
only as "Aunt En-" who resides near
Big Muddy.
The friend had formerly taken care
of Mrs. Dawson at Greybull and at
Thermopolis, when she had been sick.
Mrs. Dawson had evidently stood
on the bed to make the blanket Sc
cure around the sewer pipe which ex-
tends across the cell neal the ceiling.
One of her feet was touching the
floor when she was discovered. De-
putty Miller was making his custom
airy rounds of the prisoners in the
morning. He opened the woman's
cell and came in contact with her
body. The cell had been darkened.
Because of a commotion heard in the
cell by Deputy Joe Thomas about 1
a. m. it is thought that it was then
that Mrs. Dawson had committed the
act.
The deceased is said to have par
ents living in Denver although Cor
oner Lew M. Gay has not been able
to get in touch with them. She is a
graduate nurse of the Franklin hos
pital in San Francisco. She came to
Casper n month ago and secured a
position in a local hospital as a nurse,
but lost this position about two weeks
ago.
1t is thought that she first acquired
the dope habit while acting as a nurse
and this led to her ultimate downfall.
, 1924-07-23
TOURS o N
FOR SALE

have u fine ranch for sale, stu
ated on Rattlesnake Creek near Cody,
$50 acres, with approved water
rights, stock and equipment thrown
in. Prices and terms reasonable.
Near best hunting and fishing in Wy
oming.
Inquire David Dickie, Care VIM. L.
Simpson, Thermopolis, Wyo. 46-tf