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The Coconino sun., 1927-05-27

Judging from his reply to Mr.. Mellon, Lord
Churchill is one fellow who takes college pres-
dents seriously.
The Coconino sun., 1927-05-27

Remember the good old days when the favorite
alibi for a killing was Il didn't know it was
loaded p
The Coconino sun., 1927-05-27
How About It?

love to watch the rooster crow,
He's like so many men / know.
Who brag and buster, rant and shout
And beat their manly chests without
The first darn thing to brag about
The Coconino sun., 1927-05-27
High Cost Of Ignorance

Senior: What will it cost me to
have my car fixed?
Garageman: What's the matter
with it?
Senior: / don't know.
Garageman: Fifty-two dollars and
sixty cents.
The Coconino sun., 1927-05-27

Spieth: Yeah, he and 1 are ole
bunk mates.
Friend: What! Were you room
mates at college?
Spieth: No, mean we believe the
same kind Of bunk.
The Coconino sun., 1927-05-27

bered that the Danes also bit on Doc Cook.
The first ping-pong championship tournament
is to be staged in Portugal. Wonder where they
are going to hold the tiddedewink finals?
The Arctic regions, it is said, now have hot
dogs, soda pop and ice cream cones. Where is the
rush Of civilization finally going to stop?
Now that the war in Nicaragua is over without
involving Uncle Sam in any bloodshed what will
the pacifists find next to worry about?
Of course if the shoe were on the other foot and
Uncle Sam owed every country in Europe, Europe
would be unanimous for cancellation.
Who remembers the old fashioned experts of
1920 who told lis that by 1927 the supply Of crude
oil would be practically used up?
They are having an economic conference over in
Geneva and all we know about it is that it won't
do Uncle Sam much good.
One drawback about being multi-millionaire
is that you don't dare make a good looking girl
any, kind of a promise.
AS a. result of the meeting of A state legisla-
lures this year there are 10000 new laws. More
work for the violators.
One nice thing about travelling by airplane is
that you don't have to read lot Of billboard ad-
vertising enroute
Churchill is one fellow who takes college pres-
dents seriously.
Remember the good old days when the favo1ite
alibi for killing 4 didn't know it was
loaded p
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-09-23
Poultry Ideas Held
by Breeders Tested
Considerable Divergence Of
Opinion on Questions.

prepared BY the United stAtos D@partnama
ss AgFicultur@.j
To determine the soundness Of vaPi-
Gus ideas held by commercial poultry
men, the UEitsd States Department
Of Agriculture has conducted expert
ments leading to rather conclusive re-
suits. From q practical standpoint it
Is highly desirable for poultrymen to
improve, II possible, the hatchability
OF eggs, to distinguish pullets from
ROSTERS at an early age, and to obtain
other similar information commercial
ly important but baffing. There has
been considerable divergence of opin-
ion on most Of the questions.
Hatchability, says the department,
probably is best improved by testing
breeding birds for bacillary, white
diarrhea. and eliminating affected
birds.
The size Of eggs has no significant
effect on their hatchability.
There is no significant correlation
between either shape or weight Of egg
and the sex of the chicken Matched
from it. Therefore, from a practical
standpoint, poultrymen cannot expect
to influence the sex Of chicks Matched
by selecting eggs according to either
shape or SIZE
While there is a fairly definite rela-
ton between the weight Of eggs and
that of the chicks Matched from them,
there is no significant difference in
the weight of either sex, and it is
highly improbable that pure-bred
chicks can be separated according to
sex at Matching time.
Male chicks grow faster than the
females, and as early as two weeks
of age there is a significant difference
In the rate of growth between the
sexes.
The addition of skim milk to a ra.
ton induces much faster growth, tbs
difference being observable as early
as at the end Of the secopd week. This
points to the value Of skim milk II
growing-chick rations.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-09-23
PAGE THREE
Poplar Dome Favorably
Reported By Biologists

Poplar.-The following excerpts are
the high lights" in the geological re-
port on the Poplar Dome just received
from DR.. David Eugene Olson, ac-
cording to the officers of the Commu-
nifty Drilling Co.
He finds the dome is enclosed, there
being a steep-dip enclosure to the east
and southeast, sufficiently enclosed to
the west and southwest, and very
abruptly enclosed to the north and
northwest.
That the geology as we'll as his
Petrolometer tests show that CONNER
cial oil should be reached in and near
5000 feet at the present well-site, and
if properly drilled the we'll should be
good for 1000 barrels per day or more.
That he finds the Poplar Dome has
possibilities greater than those of the
Kevin-Sunburst field, in that it is not
so badly broken and the sands are not
so periodically pitent.
That the said dome is not only
strongly endorsed by the U. S. Geo
| logical survey, but that every indica-
ton is that said Survey is very con-
sentative in its statements as to pos
sibilities of the dome.
That the depth given by the U. S.
Geological Survey of 1900 to 300
feet to the bottom of the Colorado
Shales is more than sufficient to
reach the oil at any point of the axis,
which passes Northwest to Southwest
through the entire structure, and that
he can scientifically and sincerely rec
ommend large and extensive drilling
developments along the axis and apex
of said anticline.
He concludes the report by saying
that he can scientifically and truth
fully state that in all of his expert
ences in the great oil fields, he has
found very few oil domes and loca-
tions for oil wells which he could re-
commend more heartily than the Com
munity Drilling site and the Pop
lar Dome as above set forth.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-09-23

thus make sure of striking the sand
farther from the edge, in the belief
that water so found will be as soft as
We're the samples found in the test
hole and as first taken from the well
after it had been finished. If this
plan succeeds, the new well will be
used for the regular city supply and
the present well for emergency pur-
poses; otherwise recourse will be had
to chemical treatment of the water.
The well recently finished for the
Great Northern railroad is furnishing
water that appears to be satisfactory
and there is every reason to believe
that a second well, located nearer the
center of the water-carrying sand
vein. will furnish supply of water
that will be satisfactory from every
point of view.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-09-23
Marketing Aids
Used by Farmer
Good Evidence That Better
Business Methods Are
Being Employed.

prepared by the United States Department
of Agricuiture)
There Is every evidence that farm
erS generally are using better business
methods in handling and marketing
tural economics points out in it's an
nual report to the secretary of agri-
culture. This Is shown says the re-
port, Gin the manner in which farmers
have rebuilt their business from the
depression of five years ago. It is
shown, also, by the steadily increas-
ing call for information on standardiza-
ton and inspection of farm products,
farm management, credit facilities,
and both domestic and foreign market
news"
Is a Service Bureau.
The bureau is organized to obtain
by research and investigation facts on
practically all phases of the economics
of agriculture from problems in farm
management to the final distribution
of agricultural products to consumers.
It is essentially a service bureau to
give farmers the best available infor-
nation on these subjects.
Federal standards are now In use for
80 leading fruits and vegetables,
grains, varieties Of hay, cotton, wool,
tobacco, butter and eggs, and for q
number of classes of live stock and
dressed meats. The American cotton
standards are now used throughout
the world, and the bureau Is endeavor-
ing to effect similar uniform stand
ards for wool.
Market news reports on shipments
supplies and prices Of farm products
in the leading market centers are uset
by farmers everywhere, nationwide
service on collecting and disseminat
ing this news by telegraph and radio
having been organized. The bureau
operates the largest government leaset
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-09-23
MONTANA WEEKLY
INDUSTRIAL REVIEW

Sae.0y-Sixteen new wells started
ana z spudded in in week.
e. Western Montana has 15,OOO,OOO,-
w ieet virgin timber, mainly mac
~. SoC yea county expects to harvest
',COVO0 bushels wheat this year.
uIea' Falls-St. Thomas orphans
lone TO build $4,000 building.
aouadup-Milwaukee railroad gives
~ lot big municipal swimming
Anay-Pipe line crew here has 10
-'Syy trucks hauling pipe.
Snerdan-WOrk begun on 15-year
C ,oa9 mining project on Wisconsin
n. ondger-New schoolhouse built in
DIynead district.
N SoIumbus-SOO,OOO pound wool pool
sens at IS cents per pound.
a Sae'Jy-SlXteen new oil wells start
vs. II Aeyn-Sunburst field in one
MAJ ~ : Lodge-New survey to be
~i I ior Missoula highway.
MIL i,1'gsla ma being received on As
-' NJ federal aid road.
stat. to1 9.la is spending s2,5OO,OOO OF
'T To highways this year.
C,I yCIhree crews working OF
lhs D Ofeek-Miles City-Terry ga,
egtSSI;leg-New cream station to b,
fo, Tas5ge = Improvement distric
tenn 70 secure village lighting sys
busbeis, ~ will export 60,OOO,OO
PoI o. 1927 crop of wheat.
graded NOad toward Valentine beinj
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-09-23
planned for the future.

is planned for the future.
The construction schedule provides
for completion of the first SO miles
northwest from Glendive this season;
and it will be possible for the crews
to meet that requirement easily if
normal weather is had. Final COM
pletiOn and institution of service over
the entire 81 miles is scheduled for
June l of next year.
This line, commonly called the Red
water branch, is being built under
rigid specifications. There will be no
grade exceeding one per cent; the
steel to be laid will be of 90 pound
weight; and 280O creosoted ties will
be placed on each mile.
M. w. Beach is engineer in charge
for the Northern Pacific; F. J. An
dersOn is in charge for Foley Broth
ers; and Messrs. Shirley and Evering-
ham represent the firm of Peterson,
Shirley & Gunther.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-09-23

Great Falls-The fall term of fed
II court opened here Sept. 22nd.
Three DAYS will be allowed for hear
- notions. demurrers, arrangements
- meas and calling of the calendar.
Criminal cases will be heard first, to
: allowed by the civil actions.
trial jury has been ordered called
n Monday, Sept. &c, and 70 names
Waei drawn.
Iriications are that the calendar
an be a heavy one during the COM
rr term. with many criminal and civ
+ actions on the docket. The large
-soritv of the criminal actions in
w'rs bootleggin ceases. The fact
fiat many cases were left over from
m spring term, and will be added to
Il calendar this fall, will undoubted-
H lngthen the session.
One Of the big cases that is ex-
bsr.ei to be heard this fall is that
which involves the fire at the Blue
Noon cafe last December. Fire gut
,si the cafe a few days before the
orning date and the suit is one to
collect from fire insurance companies
total Of approximately $4,000. J.
W Speu as trustee is plaintiff in the
action.
The case was removed to federal
court On an order of Judge w. H
Neigs last July, following a request
made by the fire insurance companies
judgments of 5000 each are
asked in suits against the Mercantile
Fire Underwriters, the Fidelity-Phoe.
nix Insurance company and the St
Paul Fire and Marine Insurance com.
Fany A total of $1,000 is sought
from the London Assurance society
and $1,000 from the Queen Insur
ance company.
Another case Of considerable publ,
interest that will probably come VI
this term is that of Sheridan county
against bonding company to re
cover funds stolen from the count,
treasurer in robbery about a yea
ago.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-09-23
E "a PROVINCES
VI ~ S-ANADA GRIPPED
BY RAIN AND COLD


rain,5r .lpeg, Man, Sept. 1S.-The
in the 0 gri. prairie provinces were
With nr erp Of a cold wave SUNDAY.
the Di gtSOspects of light frosts during
at Sting tang and threshing remained
Of the '1 ~oL. in virtually all sections
gave T n, west but reports from ON 9 Giberts
dryingP Promise Of clearing SIX Skies iOe apd
Grains we'll iius With cutting of all
vas not h. advanced in Alberta, it
Damage bs 5ugved that any serious
'enpersatmnssoa. been caused BY the low low
cent Of tb estimated that about 20 ner
hces sim Tni wheat in the three ~ Or pgl
age. Is susceptible tn frost ~,
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-09-23
WILLETON WATER IS
HARD; MANY PROTEST
Housewives of Dakota City Complain
of Difficulty When Washing, Bath
ing, Etc.-Warning to PlehtywOOd
Citizens Who Would Use Hard
Water in Local System.

Williston, N. D.-Much fault is be-
ing found with the water from the
city well, which, though softer than
the river water when first tested, has
turned out to be considerably harder.
Housewives complain of it for both
washing and cooking and some sick
ness has been attributed to it.
The city physician says that tests
have shown it to be free from any
disease enerating qualities, but that
the change may have caused trouble
IN some cases-a trouble that will be
overcome by further use. The hard
ness, he says, is fault that will be
remedled as soon as a chemical analv-
SIS has been received of a sample sent
to the state university several DAYS
ago and suitable materials can be pro
cured for treating the water in ac-
cordance with such analysis.
After Soft Water
1t has been discovered that the well
was sunk on the extreme edge of the
sand vein in which the water was
found. City Commissioner Monroe in
charge of the city water supply. saws
that present plans are to sink the
second well nearer the test hole and
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-09-23
ISADORE DUNCAN,
NOTED AMERICAN
DANCER, is KILLED

Nice, France, Sept. 14.-Isadore
Duncan, the American dancer, was
killed in an automobile accident at
$40 o'clock tonight. She was trying
out a new automobile on the prone
made des Anglais, when a guest of
wind blew long scarf, which she was
wearing around her neck, over the
side of the car. 1t became entangled
in one of the wheels and dragged the
dancer out of the machine into the
roadway. Her neck was broken.
The dancers body was removed to
st. Roch hospital. At the time OF
the accident Miss Duncan was accom-
panied by a newspaper woman, Mary
Desto Parks, who came to see hel
with reference to the publication o.
her memoirs.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-09-23
wire circuit In the world IN cohnsS
ton with this service.
Much Help 20 Farmer.

Much Help 20 Farmer.
Facts provided farmers on the out
look for specific farm crops, 1t Is con-
sidered, have done much to enable
them to plan their operations. The
pig surveys by the bureau have been
used widely In an effort to reduce the
ups and downs in the hog industry.
Special effort is made in the mar
keting work Of the bureau to deter
mine the kinds, quality and quantity
Of products which are and which
should be offered for sale. In the
process of distribution questions of
Standardization, packing, assembling,
transporting, warehousing financing,
and finally of retailing all call for spe-
cial studies and services.
without broad information in re-
gard to general economic conditions,
the farmer is not able to meet the
changing conditions in domestic and
world markets Hence the need Of
closely co-ordinating the facts Of ma
tional and world production, move
ments and prices for the purpose OF
providing basis upon which farmers
may plan their programs of work"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-09-23

s,s-The first steel was laid
Gs'I ~ the Northern Pacific rail
ri heir new 62-mile branch from
- q to to Circle and Brockway' ,
eI.r Brothers of St. Paul assumed
f'.s. +rsct for the entire construc-
u this line on June . Of TINS
70 o. Eighteen days later the first
~ -. turned; and by mid-July IA
u 70 ere at work along the line. 10
r.s' . as a million cubic yards of
.a's ss1i have been handled, while the
rl.l .- viii total 1,75O5,OOO yards.
r.rsr Brothers have sub-c0ntracted
f -. YORK to Peterson, Shirley &
= ~, II Omaha; the bridges to
G- 49, E Fulton of Minneapolis; and
f,sP1 -.slssrved the tracklaying for
~ , I'm crews. A tracklaying ma
...l ne ose9 recently by them in extern
, - the Seaboard Airline's double
so 90. 4 N I'll the east coast of Florida was
l-'n =, his week, and rapid progress
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-09-23
Homestead Elevator Claims
Record For The Handling
Of New Wheat This Fall

Homestead.-Wi elevators all the
state handling record receipts in
wheat and threshing on in full blast
throughout Montana, the Homestead
Farmers Elevator claims a record in
receipts and shipments. There have
been shipped from this elevator 100
cars of new wheat this season. In
one day, eight cars were loaded and
shipped, and in a single day, 166
loads of wheat were received.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-09-23

EDITORS note-The efforts of the
Williston City Dads to get soft water
after an experiment with hard water
should awake the Plentywood City
Council to the danger of throwing
away good money in drilling water
holes that produce hard water and
brings the wrath of the women who
have to use the liquid upon their
heads.)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-09-23
A Rad Trait

Jeweler-"I don't like that new
clerk you've hired
Manager-"Why not sir?"
'He takes things too easily"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-09-23
They Are Like That

Dame "You dear little man.
Where did you come from? What
are your"
Man "I'm college professor.
"Isn't that too cute for words. Oh,
please do something absent minded. y
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-09-23
There's a. Difference

III have you know sir, that Pm
used to having people treat me like a
lady"
'Do they ever discover their mis-
take ?"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-09-23
Anything ?WrOng?

"May, Pm surprised! You're dress
barely covers your body"
"Well, what's the matter with my
body?"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-09-23
@:Bea~.5 Dosk
Literal Lea

Literal Lea
"This is perfectly stunning gently
screamed the college man as the bur
glar sOcked him one on the head.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-09-23
FALL TERM OF COURT
0iiP5FNED AT GREAT
FAILS H SEPTEMBER z

a.,id,n Comfy Case Against Bond
~ company on Docket. Trial Jury
Ordered Called for Monday, Sept.
q and 70 Names Drawn. Indlca-
ions are for Heavy Calendar.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-09-23
I,f Steel Laid For Mp. On
62-Mle Line Clendive to Circle

; Rs9a:' For G2HfS9 s Ba 81 Msi
lnIo Have Main Contract-Several Subcontracts Let
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-09-30
Glentana Bank Robbers
Land In Minot Jail

in three states involving three men.
including Lester Barge, who is held
on charge of numbering H. N. Pet
erson, Wheelock, N. D., banker a year
ago, were confessed to here Monday
afternoon by Richard Brumfield, alias
Clarence Reed, %, according to Sher-
III w. E. Slaybaugh, Minot.
Brumfield admitted completely in
bank robberies at Glentana, Mont. {;
Taylor, Neb.; Hamlet, Neb.; Gas
coyne, Bowman county, N. D., and
the Citizens State bank, Wheelock, N.
u, according to the Ward county
sheriff.
Brumfield alleged that Lester
Barge was implicated in all of the
robberies with him and charged that
Testers brother, Donald, who is also
held IN jail here, was involved in the
Wheelock and Glentana robberies.-
The prisoner is said to have told the
sheriff that Lester Barge shot and
wounded marshal at Taylor, while
attempting to rob bank, and that he
kidnapped the sheriff, who was with
the marshal, and later liberated him.
Brumfield said that he was with Les
ter Barge at the time.
The total loot from the five banks
was $500, Brumfield said, and added
that the amount obtained at the Gas
coyne institution was only two cents.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-09-30
$4,000 TAKEN IN
LOS ANGELES ROBBERY

Los Angeles, Sept. 26.-Two men
held up three officials of the Los An
geles Water and Power bureau just
after the offices opened for business
today and escaped with an estimated
$4,000 in cash.
Fred kimble, water board guard,
was in the robbers way as they emer-
ged from the building and they bundl-
ed him into a waiting automobile. He
was thrown out of the machine at Al
hambra, ten miles east of the city.
Robbers Call Early
The holdup occurred just after the
doors were opened. Geo. Passill,
cashier; F. S. Arthur, paymaster and
Glen Brockway, assistant cashier.
were in the office.
When Pessill left his cage the two
men pressed automatic revolvers to
his body. Arthur and Brockway like
wise were intimidated.
Pessill was forced to open the safe
where the payroll was kept. The
three men were bound with school
book straps and rubber balls pushed
IN their mouths. The new stvle gags
were held in place by handkerchiefs.
The plight of the three officials
was discovered by Milton Fishel, an
other assistant cashier.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-09-30
Bank Safe Is
Blown; $500 Is Taken
Special TO Nc Producers Nows.

Special to The Producers News.
Opheim, Sept. 23.-The Pionaar
State bank, Glentana, was entered
by robbers Friday morning and
about $500 in silver were taken
Efforts to blow up the safe were
frultless, even after several shots
OIL explosives had been fired. The
loss IS covered by burglary insur-
ance.
One man who lives near the
bank said he heard the explosions
but thought some one was pounding
on the wall Of his house. Guv Pat
tison, cashier of the bank. who
lives about a block away from the
bank, reported that at about 2.00
o'clock IN the morning he heard an
explosion which was followed bv
several others. Looking out of the
window, he saw a man moving
about with a flashlight. LACKING
telephone and fire arms, he was
powerless.
About 5 o'clock "a car was heard
starting on the other side of the
tracks south of the town and the
bank robbers made their getaway
Sheriff Ben Olson, Valley coun-
ty, was notified and went to Glen
tana early in the morning.
About five years ago, there was
another bank robbery in Glentana
when the safe of the Farmers State
bank, now consolidated with the
Opheim bank of the same name.
was blown open and the contents
taken.