The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1927-11-10
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MT. ana MIS-. JOHn CflllcOll were III
i, Billings this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. M. Worth shopped
in Laurel Wednesday.
Mrs. Wight was a Billings visitor
the latter part of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. H. Chilcott made a
business trip to Joliet Wednesday.
Mrs. A. w. Orr and son Alden
were in Billings on business Monday.
w. B. Scott was in Roberts and Bill
lings on business early in the week.
Grover Reams and family spent
Sunday in Fromberg visiting friends
and relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cannon visited with
their daughter Mrs. Clarence Wight
Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Reams spent
Saturday evening with Mr.. and Mrs.
J. H. Blaylock of Joliet and were
visiting Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
w. B. Scott.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Fields of Red
Lodge visited Sunday with Mrs.
Fields brothers John and Ben Woods,
and were dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Mahaffy.
Mrs. Trees of Boyd and large
number of local friends gave miscel-
laneous shower for Mrs. Harry
Roemer at the home of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Seammon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Winkler of
Joliet and Mr.. and Mrs. L. G. Web
Der were dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. J. L. James Wednesday. The oc-
casion was the birthday of Mrs. J..
L. James.
O. S. Chilcott, being recognized as
the leading grower of garden produce
here, has been marketing various
kinds of hardy vegetables by motor
truck to points far distant from this
community, having gone as far west
as Livingston and as far north as
Great Falls.
Practically all farmers of this vicin-
ity have now finished their seasonal
work. There yet remains but a few
jobs of threshing of clover seed,
which work was halted by this re-
cent storm. Delivery of all sugar
beets has been accomplished with
greater rapidity and consequently less
expense to growers than has been
possible for many previous years.
Forty-five carloads of beets were
loaded over the dumps at Silesia and
Rockvale sidings, 1900 tons are now
piled near the local station which have
been received by the sugar company
and will be sent to the Billings fac
| tory whenever the officials call for
them. The early spring weather was
quite unfavorable for beets, there be-
ing a period when it was feared tha+
the continued damp cold weather
would cause loss of the crop. Because
of the adverse conditions, planting
was delayed by some farmers unit
such late date that serious doubts
were entertained as to whether it was
possible for the crops to mature. TAX
ing the district as a whole, the pei
acre tonnage was slightly less than
usual, with sugar content little high
err than average seasons. Bean grow
ers had the same cultural problems in
early spring as the beet raisers, but
assumed greater hazards, because
theirs is a more perishable crop, be-
ing limited by frosts at the beginning
and end of the growing season. How
ever, yields were very satisfactory
comparing favorably with preceding
years. About 1000 pounds per acre
was the average yield. Seven carloads
have been shipped from this point W
to the present time, a considerable
tonnage remaining unsold. The frui
! crop in this district is mainly haulet
out by motor truck or privately own
ed cars. In addition to this, one car
load went out by rail from the loca
station. Yields of small grains wer
satisfactory to all. Twenty-four car
of wheat have been shipped from tn
local elevator and numerous carlo
shipments to eastern grain buyer
have been made by individual grow
. ers. Seven cars of live stock have bee
loaded at the local corals for trans
: portation to eastern points
, With the modern rapid-fire di
: vorce courts in action there is les