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The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-05-15
CANADIAN THISTLE
MENACE TO CROPS

~ ANADIAN thistle is becoming
serious pest in some sections o
the state and steps SHOULD
be taken to eradicate it. 1t may b.
considered easier to plow around anC
avoid the thistle patch but this is By
no means the wise thing to do fol
the o~bservant farmer will notice tina
each year his patch grows larger and
the pillow land correspondingly small
Ter. The normal rate of increase OF
this weed if unmolested is alarming.
Canadian thistle is found chiefly
on irrigated land and should not be
confused with the familiar Russian
thistle, commonly called tumbleweed.
which is found in the dryland sec
lions of the state. OF the two weeds,
Canadian thistle is the more difficult
to eradicate and is therefore the more
serious pest.
The weed propagates by both seed
and rootstalks, which accounts for
its difficulty of eradication. The
plant may be prevented from bearing
seed by frequent cutting, but the root
stocks develop and produce new
plants regardless. If the rootstocks
are cut up and broken the individual
PlOSOo OlbCA PlOQQNO LOW pldlISs
Careful summer following of the
land infested with Canadian thistle
has been found the most effective
way of getting rid of the pest. The
land should be plowed before the
weed growth has become too rank,
and all weeds should be turned com
under. A jointer attached
the pillow will make the blowing
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be Immediately disked and narrowed
so that roots and r~ootstocks NAV be
thoroughly cut to pieces. Then at
frequent intervals during the grow
ing season the land should be care
July gone over with a sharp blade
to cut off all weeds about
.wo inches below the surface. BY
in this manner the roots
md pieces of rootstocks are starved
tut. BY pnalting the land to a Guilt
rated crop the following season any
weeds that may have escaped the
irst year can be removed.
Where it is not practicable to
ummer fallow the land, a cultivated
rop may be sown, after first prepar-
ng the land by blowing and disking
suggested for fallow land. FIRE.
.uent civilizations during the season
re necessary and weed patches that
annot be reached with the cultiva-
or should be removed by hand hoe
ng.
The fight against Canadian thistle
hould start as soon as it is noticed
n the field and should continue I'm
il it is completely eradicated. IF
eglected it spreads srapidly, crowds
ut all other vegetation, and grows
1 such dense patches as to be almost
n%passable for man or beast.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-05-15

He raises a carload of hogs every
year. A farmer in Saltwater county,
Montana, who in 1920 raised corr
chiefly, now has 25 or 80 acres of
corn each year. He keeps a dairy
herd with a purebred sire, and this
year marketed a carload of fat, corn
fed hogs, the first cornfed hogs ever
sold from this community. He also
raises barley, oats and alfalfa.
Turns Hogs Into Wheat
An unusual way of dealing with
the wheat problem is reported by the
county agent of Rawlins county,
Kansas. Andrew Halter, a large
farm operator in that county, hog
fenced three manifestations sown to
wheat. He raised 400 hogs in the
wheat field. The hogs lived on the
wheat until it began to ripen, then
they ate the grass and tender weeds
that came UP. They had paths
damage to the growing grain. The
hogs were left in the fields while
the wheat was in stacks, but they
did not damage the stacks. Gain on
the hogs was estimated at $1,000, or
$40 an acre, and the wheat in the
field yielded four bushels an acre.
The county agent in Fall river
county, oSuth Dakota, reports a re-
markable recovery by w. H. Robin
This farmer is an old horseman
and made considerable money years
ago raising a medium grade of draft
But he hung on too long
and when he finally cleaned up on
his horses he had nothing left except
/ mediocre ranch in a rough part of
county. Then he turned to hog
borrowing money to get a
start. Last fall he paid off his loan
Ind has a ranch stocked to capacity.
He has built up a new business in
years. One man in Crawford
Illinois, cut his wheat acre
in half, lined 80 acres and in
to carrying a herd of dairy
on sweet clover pasture the
econd summer he turned under the
lover and increased his corr yield
TX bushels an acre the following
ear. He was the only one of 10
in his neighborhood who
ould show a profit last year, though
hey all kept records to make a COM {
1t
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-05-15

Hobson-Timber wolves and O V
otes are killing large numbers of
deer and other game as we'll as cat
tie in the Little Belt mountains.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-10-28
Persian Envoy Will
Explain Staying of
Vice Consul Imbrie

washington. Oct. 27-(By A. Po-
The Persian government VIII sou"
eerd an Extraordinary envoy 10 the
TYnited states to explain and eiuci-
Sats 70 the state department regard
Inc the murder of Vice Consui no
hart ~. Imbrie by fanatical mon IN
Toher,n. and te relieve any tension
hetween the two governments que 10
the snparrnt failure of the PERSIAN
authorities to carry out the aea,i'
sentence against all the chiet ihs''-
gators of the crime. s.,.
Racher n. Kazemi. charge al :
fairs of the Persian legation mere, TO-
night Informed Acting secretary y.
state Joseph c. Grew OF TINS oec,st .
Of his government ana issued 49,
ment declaring that Persia nau uos.
;ts utmost to satisfy and INDEMNIFY
49,. I,n,ted states and Mrs. 1mbrie,
o e That friendship between the two
"n"rtries was one Of the "essentiai
.,o,,csa." Of the present Persian gov
eminent. =, .o,,,s con,.
t~rt c,rcles that .he situation
co,,id he cleared up to the entire sat
.faction of the American govern
Want through discussion WIN tne
.rac,., envoy. It is anticipated thar
az TYnifed States will contend tnat
the persian governments only posi-
h s course of action Is to execute
III" :. 10 he,ieved here that on the hrm-
as. with which the United States
acts IN this case will depend the
e.fetv Of other diplomats ana Chris
tion nationals in various near east
ern countries.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-10-28
Madison Planning Mill
And Carriage Shop
Burns; Loss Is $4,000
Especial to Kennebec JournaD

Especial to Kenrebec Journal)
Madison, Nc. Oct. 27.--The big
wooden building owned by Harry
hasop!an, and used as planning mill
and carriage shop was destroyed by
IRE at @".335 o'clock Monday morning.
when first seen Ivy Mr.. Bumpus. a
fcomer at the Madison house, the
IRE was breaking through the roof.
A second alarm was sounded as
we building is located Just back Of
me business section up Main street
with number OF other wooden
structures nearby. Almost before
me alarm had ceased sounding the
nEe department had big streams of
wafer playing on the flames. Al
'nough hut little could be done ex-
sept coniine the fire to the building
"nere 1t started.
MT. Hagopian estimates his loss on
guiding and machinery at 5000
with small insurance. Tho build
ing was recently leased by u. III.
nst'lett TO manufacture carriages
saa sleighs. Mr.. Bartlett took pos
se@on a week ago and had moved
. "a aock and tools to tho value of
MW These were a total loss as
mere was no insurance.
The origin of the fire Is unknown.
Su1 may have been caused by a
usarette as Mr.. Hagopian states he
,satned a crowd OF young men away
RON the building about IL +. NJ.
Inc building destroyed was erect
"a Two years ago to replace another
saliaing destroyed by fire on the
sane site.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-10-28
HANDICAPS Of
Navy POINTED.
Al LAD ~ -
ID -
OUT BY WILBUR
COUNCIL ORDER
SETTLES DISPUTE
PRISONERS PAY

1t became known Monday that an
order passed by the Governor and
Council at its last meeting settled the
controversy that has arisen relative
to the keeping at the states prison
the monies received from the sale OF
articles made there in order to pay
the prisoners at the rate of from 80
to so cents day under the plan
authorized by the Governor anu
Council on April of this year.
Whereas the prison commissioners
had ordered the warden of the pris-
on to hold the money at the institu-
tion for making payments to the
prisoners, State Auditor Ebert ID.
Hayford made a formal demand that
the money be turned over monthly TO
the state treasurer as Is provided for
by statute.
The Governor and Council have
just passed an order providing that
the receipts fromSthe sale of goods
manufactured at the prison be re-
tanned there that n sufficient sum be
taken therefrom every month to pay
the prisoners and that the balance
be sent to the state auditor, this Or
der to be In effect until the legisla-
ture shall otherwise provide.
Under this arrangement, State
Auditor Hayford will prepare the
warrants for the money for paying
the prisoners. but will Withhold his
approval The warrants will he
passed by the Governor and Council.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-10-28
BAY STATE STRAW
Discarded Army
Shells Endanger
Forest Fire Fighters

Dover, n. j., Oct. 27.-The task
of fighting the forest fire that has
been raging increasingly for practi-
cally two days, this evening became
dangerous when flames at frequent
intervals reached discarded army
shells scattered in the Picatinny gov
ernment arsenal reservation, caus-
ing explosions of varying degrees of
intensity.
Although a shift of wind during
the early hours of this morning
proved a great aid in reducing the
possibility of serious damage at the
arsenal itself. where large quanti-
ties of army munitions are stored.
the battle continued through the day
uninterrupted.
Dynamite was used today at the
point where the fire has reached
nearest the arsenal buildings. 1t
was hoped that an explosion would
defect the blaze. but what good was
accomplished, it was agreed by the
fighters. was counteracted by the
danger of workers returning to the
Immediate section of the blast be-
cause of the possibility of another.
The arsenal is believed to pc out OF
immediate danger. although 1t Is
pointed out that a wind of renewed
vigor blowing in the direction OF
the building would quickly sweep
the flames to the explosives.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-10-28
SUGGEST EX-COV.
LOWDEN TO SUCCEED
LATE SEC. WALLACE

Washington. Oct. 1.-THE atten-
ton of President Coolidge was turn
ed today to the vacancy in his cabi-
net caused by the death Of Secre-
tary Wallace of the Department 't
Agriculture by recipe OF severai
messages asking consideration Of
various persons for the office. 1t was
made plain at the White House
however. that he would give little
consideration to the new appoint
ment, at least until after Wednesday.
when burial services are to be held
for Mr.. Wallace at Des Moines'
Iowa.
While an early selection is expect
ed TO be made by the president IN
view of his proposal to get under
way in the near future an investl-
cation of agricultural conditions, II
is not considered likely the cholce
will be made before election day.
The name of Frank 0. Lowden'
former governor of Illinois, was
among the first suggested to Mr..
Coolidge today. John Lee Coulter,
president of North Dakota Agrlcui-
tural and Mechanics College. ana
Samuel Adams. editor and former
president of the American Agricul-
tural Editors Association, are other
names mentioned.
Representative William l.. Hun, Oh
Illinois, wrote the president TO-DAY
suggesting the name of Mr.. Low
den.
Returning from the funeral OF Mr.
Wallace. the president received sew
eral visitors this afternoon. including
senator Mccormick, of Illinois: AZ
torney General Stone and John n.
Donlin, president of the Building
Trades Department of the American
Federation Of Labor.
After his visit with Mr.. Coolidge:
Mr.. Donlin declared his support OF
the president and reported similar
feeling among men Of the trade 10
which he belongs. This business IS
prospering generally. he told the
president, with wages high and EN-.
ployment plentiful despite slight
seasonal depression just now.
President and Mrs. Coolidge 10
night attended memorial services TOT
President Roosevelt held at the Me-
tropolitan Methodist Episcopai
church here.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-10-28
Dangerous
Conditions Due to
Long Spell Without
Rain or Snow-Pres-
ence of Many Hunt
ers Adds to Menace
Several Fires Re-
ported Under Control
The Arc hazard in the great forests

The Arc hazard in the great forests
~ Maine at the present time is acute,
according to reports made Monday
TO State Forest Commissioner Neil
T. yIolette. Due to the absence Of
rain or snow the woods are excep-
tIonally dry for this time Of the year
and with the presence of many hum
,srs a danger exists which is prov
,ny a source OF anxiety to timber
land owners and the forestry depart
ment.
Reports of several forest fires in
Hancock, Somerset and Aroostook
counties have just been received by
Commissioner Violette. and although
all the fires were under control the
reports Indicated that the forest Sec
tons OF the State are very dry.
John c. Mitchell, chief warden at
Pa,ten, reported fire on Township
4, Range s, on the east branch of the
penobscot river. The fire burned
over 50 acres before brought under
control George A. Faulkner. look
ont Inspector, left Monday for that
section to investigate the situation.
The Waterman on Lead Mountain
sent In word that two fires had been
raging In that section, one on Town
ship Is in Hancock county and the
other on Township 25 in Washington
county. The former covered 100
acres before being extinguished, and
the latter fire swept over 300 acres.
Chief Warden James M. Pierce at
Houlton reported two forest fires in
Aroostook county, one at Linneus
and the other ut Littleton. No par
ticulars were received regarding the
size OF these fires.
A few acres were burned over in
Long Pond Plantation in Somerset
county. according to the report from
Chief Warden George G. Mitchell of
Jackman.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-10-28
Glass Takes His
Turn to Slam at
President Coolidge

Wilmington. Del, Oct. 27-Declar-
ing he was seeking to test the hon.
esty" of the Republican party lead
ers, Senator Carter Glass, Democrat.
of Virginia, challenged President
Coolidge in a campaign speech here
tonight to come out opposition to
the reelection of Senators Borah of
Idaho. Norris of Nebraska, and other
Republicans who favor changes in
the status of the supreme court.
Unless the Republican managers do
so. said the Virginia senator. their
persistent efforts to project an issue
of constitutional security" into the
campaign must be regarded IS de
void of honest purpose" He attack
ed particularly the recent utterances
of Secretary Hughes regarding the
LaFollette court issue.
Praising John W. Davis, Mr.. Glass
declared that with a single excep-
ton it may temporarily be said that
no man was ever nominated by any
party or elected president who was
better fitted for the grave response
bilities of government"
The senator declared he had no
agreement with the policies advocat-
ed by Senator LaFollette except
honest government" but added that
whatever his vagaries, some OF the
eminent Republican critics might
with profit initiate his frankness."
Republican attacks on the LaFollette
court proposal, he said. were only
red herring drawn across the trail
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-10-28
President And Wife, High
Governmental and Diplo.
matte Officials Pay Respects
In East Room-Body to BE
Taken to Iowa Capitol-Will
Lie in State

Washington. Oct 27-Funeral SER
vices for Henry c. Wallace. secretary
of agriculture, were held In the East
Room of the White House today In
the presence of President and Mrs.
Coolidge and high government ONO
ials, and tonight the body, in care Of
members of the family and close
personal friends. Is being carried
back to Des Moines. Iowa. Mr.. Wal
!ace's home for intern1ent there. We'd
nesday.
The funeral party left here at $3.50
p. NJ. and will arrive in Des MoInes
late tomorrow. Wednesday the body
will lie in state at the Iowa state
capital for several hours prior TO the
funeral services to be held In that
city. State business will be suspend
ed while the body reposes in the cap
ital building.
Accompanying Mrs. Wallace on the
journey started from here this af-
ternoon are her two daughters, Miss
Ruth, who was with her in Washing
ton at the time OF her husbands
death and Mrs. Angus McLay, Of
Birmingham, Michigan: her three
sons, James A. and Harry A. Of Des
Moines, and John. of st. Petersburg.
Fla, and John r. Wallace, a brother
of the secretary. Another daughter,
Mrs. Charles Bruggermann, is abroad.
Secretary Work, who was desig-
mated by President Coolidge to serve
as his special representative at the
burial services, was a member of the
funeral party, which also included
Acting Secretary Of Agriculture Gore
and James c. Davis, director Of req
crds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-10-28
RUSSIAN PLOT NOW
GRIPS ORATORS IN
BRITISH CAMPAIGN

London, Oct. 27.-(By A. P)-The
so-called Russian plot" had produced
a complete revolution in British cam
paign oratory. Little else now being
talked Of in election speeches and
newspaper comment. From the pres
ent indication. the Russian question
will loom much greater in the con-
tests to be decided Wednesday than
seemed likely a fortnight ago.
Premier MacDonald's anxiously
awaited speech at Cardiff today still
leaves the affair of the Zinovieff letter
in a certain air of mystery. with many
questions unanswered. The premier,
however. said he was determined
thoroughly to investigate the matter
and especially to unravel the suspi-
daily paper and Conservative head
quarters got copies Of the alleged So
Wet communication simultaneously
with the foreign office.
The premier characterized as Lies"
reports that the Zinovieff letter had
been intercepted in the post and photo
graphed or that it came before the
cabinet. BY inference. he indicated
that the foreign Office had never had
the original of the letter.
He gave minute details of all dates
with the intention of countering the
accusation that he was aware of the
Linovieff document in September. be-
fore parliament dissolved. He said
the letter was not received until Oc-
tober 10, and not officially put into
the department of the foreign office
until October IA. Mr. Macdonald said
that the trial draft of the note to
Christian Rakovsky, the Soviet Rep
resentative, was dispatched from Lon
don October Fl but did not reach him
until October 20, because of his cleo
ton campaign travels.
Then, describing how the draft Of
| the foreign office note was sent to
Rakowsky without his further perusal,
the premier said the whole foreign of
flee knew he would not stand for prop
uganda. He added:
"On account Of my known determi-
nation to stand by agreements they
the foreign ofiice) assumed they were
! carrying out my wishes in taking inn
mediate steps to publish the whole
affair They honestly believed the
document was authentic. and upon that
belief they acted. If they acted too
precipitately. what is the accusation
against u.s."
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-10-28
HOLD SERVICES IN WHITE HOUSE
FOR late SEC. OF ACRICULT uRE
AMQSKEAC HELP
TO HEAR IMPORTANT
WORD EMPLOYERS

Manchester, N. H.. Oct. 27-At the
request of Agent w. Parker Straw OF
the Amoskeag Manufacturing Com
pany, the textile workers of that
plant will meet at 1890 o'clock to-
morrow morning to discuss matters
Of vital interest to the management
and employees" Notices to that ef-
feet have been dispatched to the 269
delegates representing the cotton,
mechanical and worDted sections.
while the agent is not authority for
the subjects to come under discus
sion, it is presumed that Mr.. Straw
will outline the textile situation as it
pertains to the Amoskeag Company,
touching particularly upon the COM
paratively few orders received at the
opening of the new spring lines.
At the last conference OF the dele
gates 1t was agreed to take a ten
per cent wage reduction in order to
permit the company to compete with
the southern mills. The company
had proposed a 20 percent reduction.
With the rise in the price of cotton.
1t was found that the proposed ten
percent reduction would not materi-
ally change the situation. Therefore
reduction was indefinitely suspeded
by the management.
1t is believed that after the situa-
ton had been placed before the COM
pany employees. some move may come
from the management Ut the original
20 percent reduction, or that some
other means may be adopted having
to do with partial operation Of the
plant. Since the previous meeting at
which the employees had agreed to
take a ten percent reduction. the
mills have been operated on a cur
tailed basis
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-10-28
BOWDOIN ALUMNI !
DAY TO Be HELD
SATURDAY, NOV. |
Especial to Kennebec Journal)

Especial to Kennebec Journal)
Brunswick, Oct. 27.-Hundreds Of
loyal Bowdoin alumni will flock back
to the historic old campus next Sat-
urday, November first. to celebrate
the first annual Alumni Day. A joint
committee of the faculty and the
Alumni Council has made plans Cor
the day which will make 1t hereafter
distinctive feature of the college
year.
The great event Of the day, Of
course. will be the Bowdoin- Maine
game. This has come to be the
greatest event on Bowdoin's athletic
calendar. When it Is played m
Brunswick Bowdoin men from as far
away as New York come down for
1t. This year there has been an I'M
precedented demand for seats. Ac-
commodations have been made for
the largest crowd that ever packed
Whittier field. In addition to the
covered grand stand seating 600
there are 5000 bleacher seats, all
numbered and reserved.
Alumni have been allowed only
two grand stand seats so that as
many as possible might get these
seats. There are plenty of bleachers
on the Bowdoin side of the field.
however, and these are being rapid
ly taken.
The Maine supporters will be well
taken care of on the north side of
the field. Maine alumni have been
given a large block of the best seats
there.
Alumni Day will begin officially.
however. in the morning. when
those alumni who care to will visit
classes and compare present class
room work with 1.-The good old
days"
At 10 o'clock there will be n din
ner in Memorial hall. at which Capt.
Donald Macmillan. '9S will be the
guest of honor and the principal
speaker. Leonard A. Pierce 90 of
Portland will preside and the Alumni
Secretary. Austin II. MacCormiok.
Is will also speak. The college
band will furnish music and STU
dent song leader will lead the Bow
doin songs.
At the same time luncheon for
the ladies will be served in the
Alumni room at the library. Both
luncheons will be finished In plenty
OF tltHc LOT lIS great cNelit, thS Nv"
doin- Maine game.
In the evening there will be varied
entertainment. Half the fraternities
will hold their limitations that even
ing. For the other fraternities and
for the alumni the Student Council
will run an informal dance in Sar-
gent gymnasium.
Throughout the day movie man
will he taking pictures for the Of
fetal Bowdoin film. which will be
shown at alumni gatherings and N
preparatory schools this winter.
Action pictures of the football game
groups Of alumni. campus scenes,
and close-ups of well known men
and places will make this film a
living record of the first Alumni
Day. It will he assNede erthrough the
wear with Commencement Day as
the final scene.