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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-13
G2 FOR SALE-REAL
ESTATE

IMMEDIATE p1ssesslan 5-room
cottage be- "a paved district
Good view. % I'D luL Iu mIu-
uteH from depot EprrFthlnE
ln and paid Price a. COO terms
MI Spencer.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-13
FUNERAL NOTICES

Nkl6hHult~ OH MoouCNAtr.
ATTENTION
hoGAN-At 1ful lt Pine 81, August
l2 lssA KATE t HOGAN. aEr 81
Nrsfs beloved mother pf EuEfnu
- NuEan uI Everett member lrine
yrsa AnEtHnF circle No sai. 20
Charleston. Wash.
Funeral services Thursday. m d. fn-
al our chapel Friends Invited ir-
termtnt SAT- Pleasant Home En-
dcrtakins Ca.
S1fEkW p-At $3.50 isth -.
Aueust fa 1884. GEORGE a.
SHERWpnb aEe ta years be-
lHAgd husband N Annie sherwood.
aud fathrr 10 Nrf Tweed kaiscu-
meyer
Announcement later Home I'm
drrtakinE ta.
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So STOCKS AND BONDS
WatsOn-MOOre Company

" q krDA4~4NAHUA p ADluU ail4
STOCK. THt 1907 HDNUH
bIrGHt aEf aif lifted and unlisted
flritra r.sHr Immediate sEeca-
tHr over private wrH EitH cone
nrrfau lr aU pr.r pa cities 10
inr United HtrtrB and r1nada
All spokane Hlt Occur dalens
stocks bought and cold
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Root Bros, Realtors
North End Bargain

NEAR GRADE AND HIGH SCHOOL.
$1,000 $500 CASH
New fouf-ropm colonial bungalow.
large combination living and din
ing room. hardwood floors large
corner bedrooms, tile bath aud
Peubrook tub. beautiful kitchen
cabinet aud tito drainboard. very
large breakfast alebve. fun ce-
ment basement furnace and laun-
dry. surrounded By new homes.
Phone ua and we VIII call for you.
CRAWFORD AND LIPSCOMB
iiis T.. 18th Open Evenings.
II L. med sfhf
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I.HnnlI IAInAIN

A we'll built well cared for bun
Eniow not urw. but sound az
nut-ut "a very low price This
ia close ini un a paved street
no Assessments. two blocks
from car An excellent buF
ana attractive Boz appearance
Price t2e5N Terms ST. Perry
NORTH RANENNA DISTRICT
Modern q rooms. hardwood floors.
huilt-in features. FUN rnnrrffr
basement hut air furnace lot
De- a0HlpN. garage plenty NJ
garden space. plenty ~ small
fruits ON lots near trnuup0rth-
tinui z blocks from ErHded
school. walking distance o.
university Price f1tOnt $500
cash balance like rent Mr
ifaEtrr
T. a. THOMAS & COMPANY. INC.
1890 Third Ave ~ lot-e1sl.
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62 FOR SALE-REAL
ESTATE

STORE building ln small town. 900
90 rhlt watsr 'front.' has Q rooms
on second finuri bot and cold
water. great chance fur some
one 90 pui ln small stock FfurtfirH
ana could MAKE good inr1Wr rsnt-
ing boats o. campers. Fun price
gs10t half rash
tsI sEAuOABD BUILDING
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-13
A Root Bros Specia

on rAlATINE AVE
GOOD b-ROOM BUNGALOW
GOING Ar 1850. TERMS
could not ask FOR prettirr
home than ihls. condition ls per-
feet in every dctaili large and
well arranged rooms fine fire.
place. fun cabinet kitchen. full
Placement, paved drive 60 gR-
rage z blocks 20 car. BueinrpH
rnhsuns prompt sale A MIGHTY
GOOD HOME FOR LITTLE
MONEY
Me lrse-oGTI $500 stone way
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BUSINESS AND PERSONAL LOANS
Loans SEQ to $4,000 one year or lesa,
weekly or monthly paymeni plan
No chN,tolA No pnwns No SALARY
assignments can or write fcf
booklet, "HoW to Borrow"
MORRIS PLAN COMPANY
li39 White BIDS. Ill Hot a56s
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-13
LOST AND FOUND

YOUNG lady nndlns drtsslns guu n
fn car s3. $50. Pac No. D. this mora
InE plrasr return tralhmastrr.
northern Pacific seattle. LADY
rrum Billings Mont
MIL iadN "a DE- found black AND ted
beaded has. sunday tu iaVatory
Eidrrbrath MaAot call EL iot-ltlbf
Mnrkinsl mother nfeds No badly.
alola Pine
Evening star., 1924-03-23

The minor celebrity with the
really $50 her mamma tells you)
phenomenal voice. After much
urging she will stand by the
piano and say: This is a little
French song called 'Oui. Nous
n'Avons Pas du Pajamas.' 1t is
about little peasant girl who
was very much in love with a
young undertaken. She insulted
him and he died of modification
in daisy field" Then she will
let the head tones out in great
style.
Evening star., 1924-03-23

If the celebrity
has the misfor-
tune to be a
painter the host
of the evening
will delight in
showing him arr
treasure after art
treasure. Now
this one" says
he, called De
cember Eventide,
is, I've been told,
finer than any
thing Whistler or
VelaSquez ev er
did. Look at that
snow with the
pink light and the
b blue shadows
That's what |
call lifelike."
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-09-05

that the hoppers were very plentiful,
although I had used poison quite
freely. The land adjoining was va
cant and because no poison was used
there the pests were constantly fly
ing into my fields, so that the time
and expense of putting out poison
was practically lost"
A few weeks ago, the gulls came,
great clouds of them, says Mr.. La
Vale. They stayed for two or
three days and then moved on to
conquer a new hopper army. Since
that time not hopper has been
seen.
LaValle calls the birds "benefact-
ors" and feels that they should be
protected. He thinks they are the
same which legend credits saving
crops for Norman settlers in Utah.
Gulls as result have been protected
by law in the Mormon state for
many years.
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Story of The Original
Pony Express Lime

lContinned from Feature Page,
railroad. 1t traversed the Plains
the main chain of the Rockies
crossed the Wesatch mountains in
to the Salt Lake valley; then
through an alkali desert and the
sink of the Carson their road led
to the Sierras and over them to
Sacramento. The western part of
the route was the most difficult in
every way.
Express riders not only ran the
gauntlet of hostile Indians, but
were exposed to dangers of every
kind, such as billiards; streams too
deep to ford; rain wind and hail
storms, and miniature avalanches
in the mountains. Then the lonely
rides by day and night, with not to
exceed two minute stop at the sta
tionS where horses were changed.
1t took vast amount of courage,
as well as endurance, to be an ex-
press messenger.
Some idea of the endurance re-
quired of a messenger is given in
the story of the record run of Col.
William F. Cody buffalo BilD,
who had seventy-five mile route
from the north fork of the Platte,
20 the three crossings of the Sweet
water. After he reached the end of
MS route, on one occasion, he was
informed that the rider who was to
nave succeeded him had been kill
ID. Cody at once offered to take
lis run of eighty-five miles, which |
lie made on time. He then turned |
Jack and rode the whole distance
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-09-05

to Red Buttes, without rest, and
averaging fifteen miles an hour
for three hundred and twenty
miles.
Although the receipts of the
pony express were enormous, at
times its expenses were also great.
There was an army of employees,
along the route, and it cost an i'm
mense sum to provide feed for the
stock; grain being from ten to
twenty-five cents a pound. 1t is
said that the amount received by
the express company was some
times $1,000, or even more. From
official documents fifty to one hun
bred and thirty-five dollars were
frequently realized.
Letters were often written on
tissue paper and wrapped in oil
silk to protect from dampness, and
then placed in the four pockets
with which the leather pouch was
provided. At first five dollars a
half ounce was charged. Some of
these letters cost over twenty-five
dollars to transmit. The express
ran sen1i-weekly, and carried on
each trip an average of three hun
bred and fifty letters. During the
Civil war, even newspapers were
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-09-05
Sea Gul1s Eradicate
Grasshoppers ON The
IF arms of Pondera
After Poison Failed

Sea Gulls of a variety thought
to be the Franklin gull are solving
a problem in eradicating grass
hoppers in Pondera county, which
poison and other forms of prevent
ativcs long since have failed to do,
according to P. F. LaValle of the
Valier-Montana Land & Water
company.
Flocks working In units of be-
tween 1000 and 5000 birds have
done the job SO nicely around Waller
that farmers in that section of the
state look forward to a hopperless
season next year and there is now
movement on foot in that county
aiming to protect the birds by state
law and give them the credit they
deserve. Pondera county, like many
other sections, has suffered a great
loss through the pest and though
poison has been used in great guam
titles the desired effect was not OBJ
tanned until the gulls came.
During the last six or eight weeks
great flocks have commenced to prey
on the grasshoppers," says Mr.. La
Vale. From my personal observa-
ton it would seem that they gener-
ally work in alfalfa fields immedi-
ately after the hay has been taken
off, and usually move about from
place to place in flocks of about
1000 to 5000. After working for
upon it's size, 1 have noticed that
4 day or two on field, depending
all the grasshoppers are
destroyed.
ION my own fields it so happened
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-09-05
II ECAUSE of the wide publication
X given to accomplishments of
So various deDartmentS of the

II ECAUSE of the wide publication
X given to accomplishments o
- various departments of thu
State College of this state in the
past year, high school graduates O.
Montana are addressing to the Boze
man institution a greater number o.
inquiries than ever before concern
ing courses offered there. These sci.
ence courses at Montana State Col
lege have received wide recognition
| in recent years for the thorough
preparation of graduates. This past
year the State of New York placed on
its special list the engineering depart
ment of Montana State, which means
that graduates of this schools engi-
neering courses can go into one of the
largest and most strict states of the
Union and practice their profession
without further examination, an hon.
or accorded to only few institutions.
The demand for graduates in ag-
ricultural education this spring was
greater than the supply from the
Class of 1924, and the same holds
true of graduates in the other
courses. Americas great electrical
COA pOi dIicho are IdhlHS 6dCu year d
quota of Montana State graduates
for their experimental laboratory
work The big wireless station of the
government at Salt Lake was in
stalled last spring by young man
only two years out of the electrical
course at Montana State and another
young man of the same class is in
charge of electrical engineering prob
lens in one of the new automatic
telephone districts of New York City. |
All of the engineering courses Of |
Tered by the State of Montana, ex-
;ept the course in mining engineering
Ire offered at the State College at
3ozeman. Here the student may spe-
'ialize in civil engineering, electrical
mechanical engineering,
hemical engineering, architectural
irrigation engineering,
Industrial engineering and in engi-
eering physics. The engineering de-
artment has two of the new build
ngs at Montana State and it's new
hops are one of the finest engineer
ng laboratories of the country.
Agriculture also offers a number of
pecial branches in which the young
nan may specialize. College men are
that now is the time to "get
n on the ground floor" of agricul-
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-09-05
IRRIGATION SYSTEM
In RAVALLI COUNTY
PROVES SUCCESSFUL

l"HE year 1924 will go down il
history as one of the most sever
- tests for an irrigation system
ever experienced in the developmen
of the northwest. With one of tn,
hottest and dryest summers eve
known following winter of excep
tionally light snowfall the presen
season has rendered valueless man
water-rights heretofore considered
perfect. A large percent of the nat
ural flow creek rights which have
never failed up to the present time
are worthless this year.
In spite of the general condition
the big Ditch,' with it's Lake Como
reservoir, has been able constantly to
furnish adequate water for all lands
requiring irrigation, under it's sys-
TEN. Further than that there is still
a reserve supply of around $4,000
acre feet in Como; enough to furnish
the season up to October 1, and pro-
vide an extra supply for stock water.
The formation of the Bitter Root
valley irrigation district, it's acquire
ment of the old B. r. V. I. system,
and through rehabilitation of the
main canal is now a matter of history.
In the face of the most strenuous
opposition, and with an organization
on the verge of bankruptcy, the board
of commissioners of the Bitter Root
valley irrigation system in less than
one year rebuilt the canal which was
in critical condition, and made it one
of the finest irrigation systems in
the entire northwest.
Too much credit cannot be given to
Mr.. Ralph Schneeloch of Portland,
and his associates for this marvellous
change. For it was Mr.. Schneeloch,
a specialist in irrigation finance, who
pointed the way to an economical
program of reconstruction And, it !
was his firm together with Messrs.
Freeman, Smith and Camp, which
purchased the bond issue of $780,
enabling the retirement of
the outstanding debt, and the recon
struction program to be put into eff
feet.
The work commenced last October,
was completed ahead of schedule, and |
water was turned in in June of this
year. High and dangerous fumes |
were replaced with earth sections.
The long and costly Burnt Fork
hume was eliminated, and earth
canal substituted, worn fumes were
with new structures set on
concrete piers. Concrete intakes and
spillways replaced the old wooden
mes at the pipelines. And the newest
ind most approved steel spill-gates
we're set III the Como dam, replacing
he old wooden ones. A sitting plant
vas put into operation near the head |
# the ditch, resulting in the saving |
# about 20 per cent of the seepage II
oss, to date, and the consequent re-
noval of danger resulting from sat-
rated canal walls.
There has never been any question III
S to the fertility and producing abil-
~ of the lands served by the "Big
bitch" But, owing to lack of con-
idence of the security of the main III
anal there has been but little de- II
elopment of the unoccupied tracts, II
re last few years. And as these to- II
IL several thousand acres, the re- II
Ilt has been retarding of the in II
ux of new settlers, and development II
taxable property for the county. III
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-09-05

Half a million fewer head of cat
tie will be marketed from the west
ern region during the last half of
1924 than were shipped from that
area in the similar period last year,
while sheep Ioadings from the
same territory will be increased by
775,OOO, according to estimates re-
Gently coming from the office of
G. l.. Harlan livestock statisician
for the United States department
of agriculture.
Harlan's estimate is based on re-
ports from different states covering
the situation as of August 1, af-
fecting range and feed conditions,
financial condition of stockmen, es-
timated supplies of cattle and sheep
and expressed intentions of growers
as to numbers to be marketed.
May Change Later.
Changed conditions subsequent
to August /, may alter the situa-
tion," says the Harlan report, land
the number that will be actually
marketed may be greater or less
than this estimate, depending on the
prices of cattle and sheep, supplies
of feed and financial developments /"
The region covered by the esti-
mate includes the states of North Da-
kota, Oklahoma and Texas, the
greater portion of Nebraska and Kan
sas, and all states west of there. "a
different situation is indicated in
various areas in this western region"
the report continues. "In seven of |
the states west of the continental di-
vide, the greater part of whose cat |
lie usually move to the Pacific coast |
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or local markets, the number of cat
tie to be marketed is indicated as
larger than last year.
i This situation is due to the
drouth conditions prevailing in near
ly all of this area, and the prospect
i've high prices of feed and low prices
for cattle.
Feed Plentiful Here.
I'm the area including the western
parts of South Dakota, Nebraska and
the states of North Dakota, Montana,
Wyoming and Colorado it is estimat-
ed that 100000 fewer cattle will be
shipped this year than last. In most
of these states winter range feed
promises to be fairly plentiful and
supplies of hay and forage sufficient
for the winter needs.
Since such a large part of the
western cattle are stockers and feed
ers, the demand for such stock in
the corn belt will be a big factor in
determining the actual marketing of
western cattle. The extent and the
character of this demand is at pre-
sent very uncertain and will so re-
main until the outcome of the corn
crop can be more definitely deter
mined. Supplies of pasture, hay and
roughage are quite large through
out most OF the corn belt and cattle
will be needed to utilize them.
IF there is a large supply of I'M
marketable soft corn, as now seems
probable, in most of the states east
of the Missouri river, big demand |
for feeder cattle for a short feed will |
presumably develop. But the pros |
pective high market prices for sound |
corn will tend to reduce the demand I
for feeders in the states that produce
IT, The best corn prospects at pre-
sent are west of the Missouri river
and these states were very large pur-
OF feeder cattle last year.
Lamb Crop Larger.
The lamb crop was larger this
year than last because of the in
,rease in the number raised and an
of the number of breed
ng ewes. In a number of these
tates the number of lambs raised is
estimated at more than 10 per cent
lbove last year. The feed condi-
ions west of the continental divide
will have the same effect on sheep
IS on cattle. In he face of this sit
lation 1t is the expressed intention
# sheep growers in this area to mar
let very closely this year and to Gull /;
heir breeding herds carefully.
In the areas east of the contin-
ntal divide the winter feed situa-
lon is much more favorable and the {
increased marketing there will prob t
bly, be in proportion to increased n
ambs saved. In these states, how !.
yer, the cost of hay and and grain
romises to be much greater than I
lst year, which may tend to produce t
larger movement of aged ewes. V
he demand for lambs will be a very !.
Important factor in determining the !.
rice of all western lambs and will i
considerably the actual h
of western lambs. This e
emand is as yet quite uncertain and !,
Ill so continue, as with cattle. un- -
the corn situation is fully devel- n
ped" b
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-09-05
BLUE HERON SPEARS FINNY
BEAUTIES IN STATE STREAMS

Many trout in the Musselshell
region of Montana have been de-
stroyed by the blue heron, which
stands in the middle of the rifles
of a Montana stream and spears
fish all day long, according to j.
r. Bonham, forest ranger of the
Hysham district. He recommends
the killing of herons to preserve
the trout.
The destruction of trout by the
blue heron was also called to the
attention of Minnesota sportsmen
last summer. Conservationists,
however, are not unanimous in
their approval of an "open season'
ON blue heron, and the birds are
protected by law.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-09-05
The Montana State COLLEGE
Affords Opportunities For
MI OSt Practical Courses

ture. With land prices down tn,
young man who is equipped with {
scientific agricultural training has {
better chance than ever before to gel
started in profitable agriculture
work. The college offers work in
agronomy (crops and soils), in ami.
NAL husbandry and in agricultural
education. The student may take
special work along lines of farm man
agement, horticulture, agricultural
engineering, dairying, dairy manufac-
turing, veterinary work and similar
lines. Many of the graduates of these
courses at M. S. G. are employed as
county agents, as teachers in Smith
Hughes high schools, as farmers and
farm managers, and as specialists in
the various branches of agricultural
work.
The college of household and in
dustrial arts offers unique courses to
young women. The course in home
economics is one of the most thor
ough courses in the institution and
a large number of the young women
graduates devote year or two to
school teaching after graduation. The
course is distinctly a training for bet
ter home making and it teaches the
scientific matter in a sound and sens
ible way. In industrial art the young
women have course that is distinc-
tive. With their own departments,
their large studies and their unique
study and practice rooms the young
women of the art department form
one of the most important groups of
the school,
General science courses have a
stronger appeal each year to young
people. Training at Montana State
is along lines of general science, bot
any and bacteriology, entomology and |
zoology, and general education. The |
chemistry work is held to a high |
standard in connection with all these |
courses. While the enrolment in this
group has been smaller than in other !
departments, the demand for thor
'ughly trained scientists in these
ines becomes greater each year.
Graduates here are employed on grad
lation in interesting scientific work
Ill over the Union.
Secretarial studies are offered to
men and women who desire a thor
ugh business training with a college
ducation. Modern business methods
With the courses in bookkeeping, type
writing and shorthand, equip gradu-
ties for important office positions.
enrolment in this course is growing
teadily each year.
Under the administration of Pres
lent Alfred Atkinson, D. &c., the aim
f Montana State College has been
thoroughly equip young people for
heir chosen life's work. Every 9TH
r activity of the institution is kept !, ,
econdary to the main purpose and
'holastic accomplishment is the first !
from every student. 1t
by keeping strictly to this purpose
lat the institution in a few years has !:
lken its place among the leading I
,hools of its kind in the country, it's I
'putation being built by its gradu- !
.es.
Montana offers scientific training ',
its young people on as high .,lane =
can be obtained by going to better =
nown eastern schools. It is the :,
n of the states school officials to L
1t this fact before the people of y
ontana, until they come to realize :
at their higher educational system tt
second to none. a
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printed on tissue paper, and sent
as letters to tn Pacific coast.
In the year and almost half,
during which it was in operation.
the pony express was successful in
every respect, except financially.
Russell, its promoter lost heavily
by it, as did also his partners in
the enterprise. Within four
months of its dicontinuance@ a tel
egraph line spanned the continent,
and electricity superseded the.
pony express as the railroad did
the overland stage.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-09-05
Treatment of Seed Prevents Smut

Treatment of Seed Prevents Smut
Checking up various wheat fields
the seed of which had been treated
with copper carbonic before planting,
showed 100 per cent freedom from
smut according to a report from w.
H. Jones. county agent in Saltwater
county. Neighboring fields that had
been planted with untreated seed in
some cases showed considerable
smut losses. Here was evidence
enough of the value of treating seed"
says Mr.. Jones, land if there was
still some doubt as to the effective
ness of the coppeR carbonate dust
treatment for preventing smut the
observations here in saltwater were
to convince the most skep-
tical'
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-09-05
WEST WILL SHIP
FEWER CATTLE TO
EASTERN MARKETS
STATISTICIAN'S REPORT STATES
SHEEP SHIPMENTS WILL BE
LARGER THAN IN 1928

Half Million Less Cattle and 775,OOO
More Sheep Will Be Placed on the
Market. Final Returns of Corn
Crop Will Guage Actual Shipments