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Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-01-28

connected with the Minneapolis Federal
Reserve bank In a recent discussion of corn
possibilities in Montana. Until the Sep
TENDER frost the outlook was for a corn
crop of record dimensions In Montana. Not
only the bushelage OF corn but the fodder
and silage from the plant itself are re-
garded as important factors in fattening
all classes Of livestock and for the develop
ment OF dairying, an industry which has
received new Impetus throughout the state.
A Greater Wheat Crop
The wheat crop Of the past year is SUBJ
That years crop reached SO, 100000 bushels.
The 1926 crop, due In part to better returns
on the winter wheat acreage and to a much
larger return from spring wheat planting,
is nearly II, 600, 900 bushels larger than
that of 1925. The 1926 figures is Al. 100000
bushels. 1925 average price was STAG,
while the price In 1926 was $1.22 per bushel.
The 1926 crop is just under the fiee-year
average, which is AZ, 1924 600 bushels.
Montana wheat graded about Y per cent
No / and averaged ii per cent in protein
This protein content governed the
prices offered for Montana grades in the
market quotations from Minneapolis and
other points. The wheat crop brought to
farmers a total of S57, 100000 and
constituted their principal item Of cash in
come. A notable addition to Montana's
wheat production resulted from the COM
pletion of the Great Northern branch rail
way from Seobey to Opheim, in North
eastern Montana, a distance of 40 miles,
Great Northern officials state that the
branch line handled 100000 bushels more
of wheat than had been secured from that
territory at any time before the branch
was completed.
Setback in Corn
Corn received the hardest setback of any
of the large staple crops in Montana as
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AGRlCUl TuRE, THE PEER OF ALL MONTANA INDUSTRIES, SHOWS
MARVELLOUS DEVELOPMENT ACHIEVED DURING THE PAST YEAR

price was s1.26, although Montana Nc
Intosh Reds brought a substantially higher
price. In the small fruits present develop
ments indicate a fine future for Montana
horticulture. Montana had It's best cherry
crop in 1926, consisting of approximately
$50 tons. There was a larger acreage of
berries than ever before. The bulk of the
small fruit crop was canned in the Bitter
Root valley and this product has found q
very good market.
Besides the canning plant In the Bitter
Root valley there are canning plants at
Bozeman and Red Lodge, the one in Gala
tin valleys metropolis being the largest In
the state. The Gallatin and Bitter Root
valleys produced approximately 132, 600 bu-
shells of peas for canning and the states
output of peas is estimated at $4,000 bu-
shells.
The seed crops which had no existence a
few years ago, are coming in for serious
attention from crop experts in al lparts of
the state and they are attracting notice
abroad. The seed production is under the
supervision of seed growers associations
and is supervised by the agricultural ex-
tension service, all fields being inspected
at least three times during the growing
season. The seed also is inspected and
finally the sacks of seed are sealed and
certified. The production Of certified seed
in Montana Is a practical application Of
scientific agriculture carried out to a very
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seed peas, timothy and alfalfa seed, onion
sets and lesser seed crops have found ia
vor In all parts of the country. The ex-
IRENE southern states have found Montana
seed potatoes so free from disease, so
vigorous In growth and so heavy In yield
that buyers offered to take more certified
seed than this state produces. Several
hundred carloads of seed potatoes are
being shipped to growers in other parts
of the country this winter for early spring
planting. The state has raised half a
million bushels of seed peas on order from
various seed distributors, and Montana
seed will be planted next spring in al
most every pea-producing state of the
In larger quantity than ever before, prac-
tically 10000 0 pounds of this seed being
produced In 1926. Every bag Is sealed and
all Is certified so that the grower may be
assured that he has the genuine Montana
product.
The development of Montana seed crops
Is the result of long experimentation by
the agricultural extension and experiment
services which center at the State college
In Bozeman. These seed crops eventually
win grow to be among the largest cash
income producers for Montana farmers, II
the program advocated from Montana State
college is followed out.
Corn and Hogs
Corn contin ues to be one Of Montana's
phenomenal crops In the sections favorable
for its cultivation. The development of
species Of corn which thrive In Mon
tana have made possible a remark
able increase In hog production. Corn
fed into hogs Is worth 81 a bushel,"
is the comment of an agricultural expert
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several sections of the state also proved
a seriously unfavorable factor. Montana,
however, Is so large In area and so diverse
In its far-flung farming activities that I'M
favorable reports from certain districts
were largely overcome by more encourag-
ing conditions from unaffected areas.
The years total acreage Is somewhat
larger than that OF 1925 and estimates in
dictate that Montana farmers this year
TILED 6,50O,OW acres of land as against
6,150,00 0 last year. The old census figure Of
1900 farmers for Montana can no longer
apply. The state this year had almost
$4,000 farmers, the actual estimated num-
Der being 47,765.
Holds National Attention
Montana's insistent prize winning rec
ord wherever her agricultural products
have come into comparison with those Of
other states has turned the attention Of
agriculurists throughout the nation toward
this state. This year Montana made the
finest showing she has ever made at the
Chicago international Grain and Livestock
exposition. Her hay and grain products
were awarded no prizes and her showings
Of wheat, oats, barley and several other
products were unapproached by any other
state.
High quality wheat, the best In the
world for milling purposes, was again
an outstanding Characteristic Of the Mon
tana wheat crop. The protein content av.
eraged IA per cent and the great bulk OF
the crop graded No. /. Millers again found
themselves seeking the Montana grain. So
pronounced has this preference become
that throughout the season the Minnea-
polls grain market carried complete quo
tations for the various divisions Of Mon
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as In 1925 and there is a substantial de
cline in price. Flax is regarded in this
state as a favorable crop for newly broken
land. The production is estimated at I.O0O.-
600 bushels compared with 1907 900 bushels
a year ago, and a five-year average of
l,250,000 bushels. The average price is SLIP
as against S225 per bushel in 1925.
Montana has led the country In per acre
yield of potatoes. The crop of the past
year suffered heavily as the result OF early
frost, losses being estimated at from II
TO % per cent of the whole crop. The 1926
crop totals 100000 bushels as against
4, 1S0,000 bushels in 1925. The five-year av-
erage Is 4,347. 600 bushels. The 1926 price
Is S1.34 per bushel. In 1926 it was $1.40.
Sugar beets are coming to be q more
and more important cash cropfor Montana
farmers By-produets of the crop are TAX
ing an important place as food for fatten-
ing stock. Montana ranks seventh among
the states In sugar beet production and
first In the sugar content of the beets
raised. The state has three sugar beet fac
tories, the Great Western at Billings being
the largest In the world. Other factories
are located at Chinook and Sidney. A fourth
factory, it is expected, will be in opera
ton next fall when the Amalgamated
Sugar company puts In its plant at Mis-
soula.
1856 900 Tons of Sugar Beets
Montana's sugar beet crop of 1926 Is
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estimated at 1885, 600 tons, a slight increase
over that OF 1925. he average price is So a
ton. The Billings district growers held a
contract bringing them $3.50 a ton for
their beets. Growers In other sections of
the state realized $3.50 a ton. BY far the
greater tonnage in the state is located In
the territory contiguous to the Billings fac
tory. The Great Western company distrib-
uted more than 81, 500, 600 in it's territory
to sugar beet growers last fall.
Montana's hay crop is one of it's greatest
agricultural items. This crop illustrates
well the close tie that binds purely farming
pursuits with those of stock raising. Hay
is not a large cash crop in Montana, but
fed into livestock it represents n far great
er value than the price quotations indicate
For the past year Montana's hay was valu-
ed at $11 a ton. The production is 2,750,000
tons, an increase of 10000 tons over that
of 1925. The price a year ago was $1,000.
The apple crop, also cut down almost
one-half by the September frost, is still
much higher than that of 1925. Orchardists
picked $4,000 bushels Of apples the past
year as against $1,000 bushels in 1925. The
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tana wheat and Invariably these quota
lions topped the market. Competition for
Montana wheat from Pacific coast points
was not as keen as In 1925 and early esti-
mates are that not so much Of the crop
went westward as a year ago. This is due
to difficulty In the export trade from
Puget Sound and other Pacific coast
points. Canadian flour exporters are said
to have secured such governmental con-
c~essions as enable them to undersell the
American millers In Pacific export mar
kets.
Montana farm products, like Montana
livestock, found favor In many far-distant
markets. Montana apples were the pre-
ferred goods In the New York market this
fall. Montana Strawberries again went east
In carload lots and there was a standing
demand for these berries from the Bitter
Root valley when the frost OF Sept. 24-25
put an end to the business. Special car
load shipments of Montana wheat, as last
year, took the top price in the Chicago
market, while the flax planted on newly
broken land was in good demand at
Duluth.
Montana Seed Crops
An almost sensational development of
the last two years in Montana agriculture
Is the growing Of registered, certified seed
in inspected fields. Montana seed potatoes,
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high degree. The results have been most
encouraging, with more and more farm
ers each year placing themselves under
sion service representatives. Montana grow
ers have established a reputation for pro-
life and disease-free seed.
Montana truck and garden crops are .
big item in the aggregate Of agricultural
production. Estimates indicate that these
crops are worth almost $1,000, 900 during
the present year. While these crops go
Lar gely to sustain the farm population,
they find a ready market in all Montana
cities.
Montana's agricultural production In
1926 again may be considered all the more
remarkable and noteworthy when it is re-
membered that good pillow lands In this
state average about $50 In value and irrf-
gated lands are assessed at an average of
$50 an acre.
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(By r.. @. LEIPHELMER, Editor of
the Anacanda Htandardl.

By II. G. LEIPHEIMER, Editor of
the Anaconda Standard.
TINE crop year 1926 is an out
standing M for Montana agri-
culture. Despite several unfayor-
able conditions, not the least of
which was the unprecedented cold
spell accompanied by killing frost in
September, M%ontana's modern diver
sified agriculture brought her farm
ers through with flying colors to a
magnificent finish when compared
with the adjacent states of North
Dakota, South Dakota and Nebraska.
Montana this year harvested a crop
that is estimated at more than $125, 000, 900
In value. The September frost, which put
an abrupt end to the season, cut off fully
10000 900 from the estimated returns that
would flow to the farmers. The corn crop
was severely curtailed, some estimates
placing the figure at from 40 to so per
cent. The apple crop was cut in half and
other fruit yields substantially impaired.
The potato crop was cut down approxim-
ately 100000 bushels and there was some
damage to the grains.
Drought during the summer months in
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A 25-story building In Providence. r. l.,
is to be surmounted by an enormous Ian
tern, the light of which will be visible in
three states.
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(By FRANK NJ. KERR, Vice presi-
dent and General Manager, the Mon
tana Power Company.
, 1927-07-06
LUMBER co.
BUYS ADDITIONAL YARDS

R. B. Durkin of Lowell, and man
ager of the lumber yard at that
place. spent several days in Cody
this week, and while here informed
the Enterprise of a deal which was
closed recently whereby the Dia-
mond Lumber Company, of which
the Cody yard is a unit, has pur-
chased yards at Lowell and Grey
bull, and that both he and S. S.
Kensel, manager of the Cody yard
are substantial stockholders in the
enlarged company.
With the purchase of the Lowell
and Greybull yards, the Diamond
company now operates five lumber
yards in the Big Horn basin, one
located at Cody, n at Lowell,
Greybull, Basin and Thermopolis.
, 1927-07-06
BUFFALO BILL TOWN DOINGS

Mr.. and Mrs. R. G. Julsrud of
Mankado. Mimi, and DR.. and Mrs.
A. r. MacFarland of Rochester, n.
Y. were tourists en- route to Vel
lowstone park. today. Mr.. Julsrud
is the advertising manager of the
Mankado Free Press and paid the
editor of the Enterprise a nice
visit while here.
Robt. N. Currie, of the Rowland,
Thomas & Company, certified ac-
c%ountants, of Billings, Montana.
with Mrs. Currie, spent a few days
in Cody and Meeteetse last week,
and has decided to nov here for
a permanent location. Mr.. Currie
will take over much of the account
ant work of the late Chas. o. March
in the Meeteetse section.
Cecil and ]. Roy Huntington are
looking forward to d visit with
their mother, Mrs. VIM. Hitchcock,
who is coming all the way from San
Bernardino, Calf. to spend a short
time with them. Mrs. Hitchcock
is 81 years of age. and that she is
very active despite her years is
evidenced by the fact that she is
making the trip to Wyoming alone.
Cecil Huntington will meet her at
West Yellowstone on Thursday.
Sheriff Blackburn has ordered
that a Russian wolfhound, named
v~ariously Duke or Dempsey be turn
ed over to Willis Hudson of Bur.
ilngton, Wyoming. Mr.. Hudson
claims hat this dog disappeared
last summer, vas seen later in the
Greybull river country and at Val
ley, and belongs to him. The dos
was given by two boys at the Val
ley Ranch to Ebert Covington o
i Ishawooa. To get him back, Mr.
Covington must make claim O
ownership.
, 1927-07-06
WIFE OF COMMISSIONER
INJURED BY OWN AUTO

Mrs. Roy Goodman was quite SER
iously injured on Wednesday even
ing when the a owned by herself
and husband. and d=iven by a
friend, plunged into her Hamburger
stand, jumped to the sidewalk and
struck her down. She was placed
under a physician's are and it is
thought her injuries will not be
serious. The car. operated by a
friend was being placed at the curb,
that lights from it could be used
for the stand. The brakes failing
to work it plunged over the side
walk pinning the lady to the
ground.
, 1927-07-06

into Cody Thursday where they
will load and leave Saturday for
the fo~urty-five day pack trip. They
will camp at Hanging Rock, where
the dudes will arrive July End to
begin the trip.
Arthur Holman returned Thurs
day from Buffalo. Wyoming. He
will wrangle horses for the Valley
ranch boys party.
John PAIL was a Cody visitor,
trading his Ford sedan for a Ford
touring car He expects to be on
hand for the Stampede.
Mr.. and Mrs. Merrill Snyder and
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Snyder were
Cody visitors Thursday.
Mrs. Joe Jones and Mrs. Kayler
spent Friday and Saturday in town.
Robert Hartung returned home
Sunday after several days visit at
the Blen Holman home.
, 1927-07-06
PAGE FOUR

Mrs. Jennie Wilson of Sheridan,
mother of Mrs. H.. b. Maxon is
spending some time here visiting
with her daughter and family
Chas. Orchard, of Denver. Colo,
and r. j. Wallace of Billings, prom
inent oil operators. spent several
days in Cody last week. These mex
and associates plan to drill a well
on the Rue oil permit in Oregon
Basin this summer.
During her stay in Cody over
entertained by Mr.. and Mrs. ]. NJ.
Schwoob and by Mr.. and Mrs. S.
c. Parks, Jr. With her daughter
Frances Fairchild and guest, Gerda
Ohlssonfi Mrs. Little made her
home at the Chamberlin while here.
Mrs. Howard Bells sister, Mrs.
r. L.. Donley will arrive with her
daughter. Sarah OF July 10th to
spend the summer with Nh. and
Mrs. Bell in Cody. Sarah has been
attending the university of south
ern California.
Mrs. Dillon and daughter. Of
Minneapolis, are visitors at the Paul
Richter home this week. After a
few days here they will our yell
1owstone park, and expect to make
an extended tour of several south
ern states before returning to the
Twin cities.
Alan Langworthy is doing the
work at the steer chutes, while the
senior is bossing the cattle. Alan
is spending his vacation hewing
out the Shoshone Trail, which is to
traverse the Shoshone forest after
the manner of the famous Eaton
trail.
Entire poultry flocks have been
destroyed by infestation of chicken
lice and mites. They always re-
tard the growth and decrease egg
production. Fly-Tox kills chicken
lice and mites, Spray lightly un-
der feathers of grown fowls, on
walls and in nests of chicken house,
Do not spray baby chicks. Simple
instructions on each bottle (blue
iabel) for killing ALL household
insects. Insist on Fly-Tox. X
, 1927-07-06
SOUTHPORT

Bill Ewalt was a Cody visitor
Tuesday.
Mrs. Walter Peterman was shop
ping in Cody Wednesday.
Mrs. B. c. Holman and son we're
Wednesday visitors in town.
Mrs. Evan Holman and Wilma
spent Thursday and Friday at the
Jay Blood home in Cody.
Miss Clara Nelson was shopping
in Cody Thursday.
The Valley ranch wagons pulled
, 1927-07-06
EIGHTH ANNUAL
STAMPEDE HAS
RECORD CROWD

onds and Harold Hogan finished
third with So seconds.
Second Day Events
Cowboy * mile Race-Byron
Stall first; Carl Downing, second
and Red Mccullough. third.
Boys and Girls Poney Race u
Mile-Alfred Bird Hat, first; Bob
Richard, second; and Bob Tate.
third.
Indian One Mile Race-Sampson
Bird Hat, first; Joe Bell Rock.
second and Jake Stands Over Bull,
third.
Cowboy Standing Race-Harold
Patterson, first; Harold McMillin,
second and Jimmie Turf. third.
Cowgirl Race II Mile-Myrtle
Althoff, first: Mrs. VIM. Curtisfl sec
ond and Marjorie Green, third.
Indian Relay Race-Jake Stand
Over Bull, first and Sampson Bird
Hat second.
Wild Cow Milking Contest-Kid
Taylor. first; Bill Curtis, second;
and Harold Hogan. third.
Three-Eightf Indian Race-Owen
Smell. first; Stanley Bell Rock, sec
ond and Jake Stands Over Bull
third.
Relay Race-Bin Curtis, first;
Red Mccullough, second and Jim
ME Turf, third.
Free-for-all Race-Byron Stall,
first; Myrtle Althoff second and
Carl Downing, third.
Calf Ropinp
T Kid Taylor made the best time in
calf roping on the second day, rap
ing and tieing in SO seconds; A.
G. Burgess tied his calf in 43 sec
onds and sis son. Russell Burgess
was a close third with 451a sec
onds.
Bulldogging
Lee Farris bulldogged his steer
in 40 seconds. Only good time made
on second day.
Saddle Bucking
Floyd Stillings and Archie Camp
bell tied for first honors in saddle
bucking on second day, with Rus
sell Lassater a third. -
Third Day Events
Cowboy " Mile Race-Bin Cur
It's first; Frank Owens, second and
Byron Stall third.
Boys and Girls Poney Race, II
male-Wayne Schwoob, first; Bot
Tate, second and Alfred Bird Hat
third.
Cowgirl Race " mile-Myrtle
Althoff, first; Alice Bates. second
and June Scott third.
Indian Y Mile Race-Ollie Bird
Hat, first; Wayne Schwoob. riding
Indian horse. second and Joe Rock
Above. third.
Cowboy Standing, Race-Harold
Patterson, first: Jimmie Turf. sec
ond and Harold McMillin. third,
Harry Davis entered in this event
but fell from his horses and was
quite badly bruised.
Cow Milking Contest-Joe Trot-
tin. first, Floyd Stillings. second
Indian Relay Race-Jake Stands
over Bull, first; Sampson Bird Hat
second and Joe Rock Above. third.
Mrs. Lee Farris rode a buckine
horse. Very good exhibition.
Relay Race-Bil Curtis first;
Sonny Owens, second and Jimmie
Turf, third.
Free-for-all Race-Myrtle Althoff,
first; VIM. Big Day, second and Joe
Rock Above. third.
Final Bucking
Archie Campbell. Ed. Rosenberg,
Vern Stall. Bill Kennah. Bert Sib-
bett. Irwin Collins, Lloyd Stillings,
Stall Sewig and Ernest Hussman
were selected to ride in the finals,
and some splendid rides were made.
Stillings. Hussman and Kennah won
first. second and third in the fin
ais.
, 1927-07-06
DEAvER Roy INJURED BY AUTO

The eleven year old son of MIR.
and Mrs. Shorten of Beaver was
struck by an auto driven by VIM.
tanned some injuries, which FORUM
ately will not be serious. Mr.. Gail
took the blame for the accident and
paid the expenses incurred by rea-
son of injuring the lad.
, 1927-07-06
ARNOLD BREAKS ARM

Chas. Arnold is wearing his, arm
in a sling these days as a result OF
an accident in Oregon Basin last
Wednesday where he was employed
in the laying OF the water line by
the Ohio OIL company. A heavy
wrench struck him on the elbow
breaking one of the smaller bones
of his arm.
, 1927-07-06

Notice
The road up Dryrork OF Pat
10 Hara is closed-do not try to
travel it.
2-3tf j.. N. Mcknight.
, 1927-07-06

There are many gasoline saving
devices on the market. A pair of
comfortable shoes is the best.
, 1927-07-06
M PROPERTY INSURANCE
FARM

Insure your farm property with
the Shcshone Farmers Mutual. Sea
G. A. Holm, Agent. Cody. 4-15-27
New Britain herald., 1927-07-12
SING SING WARDEN TELLS WHY HE
BELIEVES LIFE IS WORTH LIVING

convicts transformed into new men
when they were given an oppor-
tunity to grow and express them
selves through responsibility that
involved service. Mike. the rat
catcher a product Of the slums OF
the East Side of New York city.
was seemingly a worthless human
derelict until l gave him the re-
sponsibility Of caring for the prison
horses. He is now a respected citi-
zen after having distinguished him
self during the World war.
Reformed AIurderers
Il have seen murderers reprieved
from death in the electric chair
live out lives that in their purity
Of thought and action would put TO
shame the lives led by many re-
spected men. have seen criminals
Of the deepest dye share their las,
bite, so to speak, with a fellow be-
ing. Many prisoners live the lives
OF saints in an effort to atone their
crimes, consoled and encouraged by
OF salvation to all, even as 1t was
extended to the thief on the cross.
Life is dull and dreary, and al
most interminable behind prison
walls. but even here 1t is worth
living. The prisoner soon learns the
true meaning OF the motto created
by prisoners for their fellow pris-
oners (the motto Of the Mutual
Welfare league) do good and make
good and spurred on by a hope to
redeem himself In the eyes Of loved
ones and friends, he makes life
worth living in the face OF heavy
handicaps.
YES" he added emphatically,
'life is worth living for every hu-
man being and particularly go for
him who makes 1t so in service 70
his fellow man."