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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-05-27

coat and boots II you're willing Bob"
he added. AS he spoke he took a
cap OF, McAlpin's hanging on a nearby
hook and stuffed 1t into his trousers
pocket.
Scott began to take of his coat
Lefever sat partly on the table, with
one leg swinging over the edge. He
slipped uneasily from his perch and
stood before Selwood.
"John," he asked, 'what are you ac-
tually going to do? You don't honest
ly mean you are going to try to go
into Bunty's place tonight?"
"Why not?"
Lefever eyed him with Indignation
and contempt. you're looking to
quit, shre."
(To BE CoNTINUED.)
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-05-27
YIELDS ON
WALLER PROJECT
FrOm Montana State COlIege)

Wv YHEN the Pondera county extern
w sion once and the Waller Land
their studies to determine why
the wheat fields on the Waller project
had averaged only 10 bushels Of wheat to
the acre during the past IA years they
found that lack Of water was the chief
cause for the low yields. In spite of the
fact that an abundance of water was
available, annual yields have varied di-
.rectly with the amount Of rainfall.
Project officials and others agreed with
Blaine Ferguson, county agricultural
agent, that this was an absurd situation.
Farmers actually were sitting by waiting
for rain while their crops wilted in the
SUM-, and millions Of gallons Of water in
the great storage lake were allowed to go
unused.
1t was decided that something had to
be done about it. The publication Of a
booklet, a Guide for Raising Wheat by
Irrigation OF the Waller Project" was
Of the means used to correct the Sit
uation. The farmers of the project were
advised of the results of the recent study
and pointedly reminded of the value Of
irrigation in producing wheat.
Two irrigations are necessary to pro-
duce a good wheat crop and in many
cases a third will be of material benefit,
the booklet points out. In contrast with
this, last year approximately one-third of
the Wheat produced on the project re-
OCANCA liz A44A6oIAOAA ~ ILL
about two per cent of the wheat was ir-
rigated twice. 1t was found, however,
that farmers who did irrigate twice re-
ceived approximately six bushels more
per acre than those who irrigated only
once.
The message of the publication is
strikingly presented by a chart comparing
yields with rainfall from 1913 to 1926
With monotonous regularity the chart
shows that yields were down when rain
fall was low and up when rainfall was
abundant-with one exception. In 1925
the county extension office put on ar
intensive campaign for more irrigation
Had the yields been in proportion to the
amount of rainfall that year the average
would have been about IA bushels to the
acre; instead the 1925 wheat crop aver.
aged 90 bushels per acre.
The unmistakable conclusion arrived
at by the booklet is that irrigation pays
In fact, according to past results, the
first two irrigations are each worth ap'
proximately five dollars per acre n thu
third is worth slightly less.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-05-27

s. A RAINY April meal a greater a
~ acreage" Perhaps this trite say
- ing will become a fixed principle
in Montana's agriculture. AT any
rate, reports from the areas OF the state
where flax can be grown to IN
dictate that farmers this spring are Shift
ing some of their intended wheat acre
age to fax. And, according to the de-
partment of agricultural economies OF
the Montana experiment StaJlon Che
change may mean a greater farm income
next fall han if the original planting
were carried out.
According to the economists the out
look on the price of fax looks consider
ably more favorable than prospective
wheat prices. A year ago observers placed
fax in the doubtful list. They pointed
out that while flax is protected by a tariff
which operates to the advantage OF max
growers in this country as long as the
domestic supply is less than the domestic
demand, the world price is an important
factor. The domestic price is h world
price plus the margin of increase occa-
stoned bv the tariff. At that time Ar
gentina had a bumper flax crop which
was dumped on to the world market
was in the process of harvesting another
almost as large. 1t was reasoned that
two large crops in succession might Iorce
the price down to an Improbable level
However, the world market has sue
Cessfully withstood the onslaught Of two
successive bumper crops from the Argen-
tine. On April 81, 1927, flax was quoted
on the LOndon market at $780, pei
bushel. one and a half cents higher than
the price on December 1, 1926 and only
min cents below the price on January l
1926. Industrial expansion and a grad
ually widening field Of construction IN
Europe and other parts Of the world il
held responsible for the easy absorption
of the large amount Of fax. Economist
now point out that two successive bump
er crops in Argentina were rather excep'
tional and the prospects Of three in {
row are even more remote But even 1
this possibility should materialize TIT
world market seems entirely capable o
absorbing the third crop without seriou
disturbance.
From the domestic standpoint, pros
poets are even better, according to econ
Omists. Last year the United States con
sumed 38 million bushels Of flax. Les
thai 20 million bushels of this were pro
duced in this country and more than 2
million bushels were imported. Evel
though there is a recession in building
operations the fax demand in this coun
try is likely to remain above the 35 mil
lion bushel mark and a 20 to 80 per cen
increase in flax production here woul
still leave a wide markin Of safety to in
sure the benefit of the tariff.
Farmers Of the flax growing area G
the United States earlier in the seaso.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-05-27
MOTHERS CAMPS
BEING PLANNED
(From Montana State College,

Wv xHILE all arrangements ave not
NA/ been completed at this writing,
Wv Montana is assured Of another
series of mothers camps this
summer, according to an announcement
by Miss Blanche Lee, state home demon
stratiOn leader Of the Montana extension
service. DR.. Caroline Hedger Of the Eliza
beth Mccormick Memorial Fund, Chicago,
again will be on the mothers camp
speaking programs.
DR.. Hedger is we'll known in Montana
since she has been at mothers camps
here almost every year since the camps
have been held. She is internationally
famous as a health worker.
DR.. M. A.. Brannon, chancellor Of the
University Of Montana and DR.. Alfred
Atkinson, president of Montana State
college will speak at several of the sum-
mer camps.
Mothers camps originated in Montana
several years ago and they AVE been a
regular summer activity of the wOmen's
division of the extension service ever
since. Many other states have copied the
idea and wOmen's camps are held in many
parts of the country.
The Montana Federation of Women'S
Clubs and other organizations are active
supporters and the work of local wom-
ems organizations is largely responsible
for the wide success that has attended
the mothers camps held in the state
says Miss Lee. Last year 674 wOmer
were registered at the summer camps.
A more detailed announcement o
dates, speakers and program features TO
this summers camps will be announced
at an early date, advises Miss Lee.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-05-27

From a moisture standpoint ranges
are in excellent condition, according
to the monthly summary issue by the
U. 5. division of crop estimates and the
state department of agriculture. The
warm weather of the last few days of
April brought grass out to an excellent
start. With the coming of ~seasOnabIe
weather a big improvement i'm range
feed is anticipated. Lower ranges are
now anOrd1ng some pasture in cases
where stOckmen are largely dependent
upon this feed.
Feed supplies were heavily drawn upon
during April on account of the cold.
snowy weather. Even in sections of the
state where feed supplies were consid-
cred good for a fair sized carrv-over.
present stocks of hay are now small. For
the state as a whole hay stocks remaining
on farms May l, 1927 (1926 crop) aver
aged 80 per cent compared with 2O.8 per
cent reported on May 1, a year ago. In
general cattle n sheep are reported in
good condition. Considerable wool con-
tracted at 1873 cents while a large num-
Der OF lambs have been contracted at 10
to IL cents.
Weather conditions during April were
unfavorable, generally speaking, with sew
eral bad storms that eliminated in a
general storm from the 18th to the 23rd
when zero temperatures were expert
enced. The month closed with an abrupt
change to almost summer temperatures
WHICH saw grass starting In gOOd lar
giving some encouragement to stockmen
and farmers throughout the state. Dur
ing the first few days of May conditions
have not been particularly favorable to
lambing and calving but the heavy wet
snow will be Of great benefit to both
grass and crops.
Ranges and Cattle
Condition Of Montana ranges on MAY
1, 1927, placed at 81 per cent of normal
compared with SO last month and 101
percent on May l, 1926.
Condition of cattle on May 1, this year,
placed at ga per cent of normal COM
pared with 50 per cent last month and
los per cent on May l, 1926. In Sec
lions of the state where feed and hay
were short some shrinkage in cattle was
reported. h situation, however, will
be Offset as soon as ranges attain a nor
NAL condition.
Sheep and Lambs
Condition Of sheep and lambs as o.
May 1, 1927 placed at 81 per cent of nor.
NAL compared with 90 per cent on Apri
l, 1927 and 104 per cent on May l..
year ago. While lamb losses are expect,
+ ed to average higher han the ligh-
losses Of the past two seasons, they viii
r not be as bad as similar April weathe
5 would have meant four or five years age
t Considerably more attention is beinI
paid to winter feeding of ewes, Will
l lambing in Montana is now largely don
= in sheds, which affords a minimum lamI
loss compared with losses experience
} where ives and lambs are exposed t
the weather.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-05-27
MANY FIowers at park

The Glacier National park naturalist
reports snow and other conditions indi-
cate the season of 1927 will be a profu-
sion of wild flowers for which this sec
ton Of the Rocky mountains is far
famed. Last year there were three causes
combining to reduce natures great floral
display in this region. First spring came
three weeks earlier than usual. The
snowfall throughout the park was very
light and there was IN absence of rain in
July. such a combination is not likely
to occur again, SO there is every reason
to expect a normal season this year." the
park naturalist a
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-05-27
CLARK Scholarshin WINNERS

w. A. Clark scholarship awards for 1927
have been announced by the committee
in charge. They are effective at the be-
ginning Of the fall quarter of the state
university. The awards are made each
year to the five students of Montana
high schools who have the highest scho-
lastic standing and who are prominent
in athletic activities: The men are: Ray
mond Lyon of Billings; Frank Rom, of
Klein; Russell Peterson, of Miles City;
John Yale, Of Dillon, and Thomas Moore.
of Philipsburg.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-05-27
Castle school For Sale

The old Castle school building is adj
vertised for sale. Tt was built in the '80's,
and was a pretentious building for that
period. For years it has been unused, its
equipment falling into disrepair, its old
library books scattered and destroyed.
Now the trustees Of the district have
offered it TO the highest bidder, hoping
to get something for good lumber that
went into its construction 40 years ago.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-05-27
TREASURE STATE FARM AND LIVESTOCK
Flax Situation is FavorableS
Acreage Being Switched

expressed the intention of decreasing fax
acreage and increasing spring wheat. The
late spring, it is pointed out, may cur
tail the intended spring wheat acreage,
and fax, which requires a shorter grow
ing season to reach maturity and may be
planted up to JUNE 1 and even later I'M
der favorable conditions, may take its
place. If price prospects materialize the
much complained of weather Of tie past
month may prove a decided benefit rath-
er than a detriment.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-05-27

90 Table Talksoo
By Jeanette Boyer, Home Service Dept,
Royal Milling Company
MENUS
MONDAY
Breakfast
Hnuoaro Sauce Curly Bacon
Toast Breakfast Food
Beverage
Lunch
Creamed Chicken n Pineapple on Toast
Feacn Sauce ,- Spice Cake
Dinner
Liver Loaf Dreamed Potatoes
BUttered Carrots
Peach and Pear Salad
Pineapple Tapioca Pudding
Coffee
TUESDAY
Breakfast
Oranges
Poached Eggs Toast
Breakfast Food
Beverage
Lunch
Creamed Asparagus Hard Cooked Eggs
Fruit Salad Sand Tarts
Milk
Dinner
Corned Tongue Scalloped Potatoes
Spinach
C~ocoanut Custard Pie
Coffee
WEDNESDAY
Breakfast
Fresh Strawberries Breakfast Food
Sausage Toast
Beverage
Lunch
Jellied Vegetable Salad
Cottage Cheese
Brown Bread Sandwich
Butterscotch Pie
Dinner
Pork Tenderloin with Blackberry Sauce
French Fried Potatoes
Asparagus Salad
Strawberry Shortcake
Coffee
THURSDAY
Breakfast
Prunes Stewed
Coddled Eggs Toast
Breakfast Food Beverage
Lunch
Sauer Kraut and Weinies
Mullins Preserves
Strawberry and Apple Salad
Milk
Dinner
Vegetable Soup
K Ham Spiced Pineapple
Candied Sweet Potatoes
Rhubarb Raisin Pie
Coffee
FRIDAY
Breakfast
Grapefruit
French Toast Syrup
Breakfast Food
Beverage
Lunch
Egg, Cucumber INC Lettuce Salad
Thousand Island Dressing
Toasted Cheese Sandwiches
Milk Oatmeal Cookies
Dinner
Dreaded Veal
Dreamed Cauli1ower with Almonds
Lettuce with Egg Dressing
Strawberry Sunday
Cocoanut Macaroons Coffee
SATURDAY
Breakfast
Stewed Apricots
> Hot Cakes Syrup
Breakfast Food Beverage
Lunch
; Dreamed Salmon with Mushrooms
> on Toast
! Tomato Salad
! Bananas and Cream
! Gingersnaps
Dinner
Clear Tomato Soup
Roast Beef Baked Rhubarb
New Potatoes and Peas in Butter Sauc
Fruit Meringues
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-05-27

Stockmen of Chouteau county are in
terested in organizing a livestock market
ing association which will make possible
the development of a direct producer-to-
feeder cattle business. 1t is hoped to
have an organization in operation in
time to handle the fall business.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-05-27

Employees of 20 trunk line railroads in
the southeastern territory Of the United
States have been granted a 7K per cent
wage increase.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-05-27

Montana will receive 1851, 900 for for
est highway construction during the ifs
cal year starting July 1. The total for
est highway fund for allotment to the
different states is four and a half million
dollars for the coming fiscal year.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-05-27

SawteIl. Calif-"When l arrived
at middle life my health became
very poor. Besides various other
things which troubled me, 1 suffered
q great deal with my back. 1 had
heard about DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription and decided to try it.
The first bottle helped me quite a
considerable and I continued taking
It and my health steadily grew bet
ter until l became we'll and stout.
! am still enjoying good health and
shall always recommend the 'Fav-
Orite Prescription Mrs. G.. P.
Howell, 1888 Nebraska Ave.
Sold by all druggists, in liquid or
tablet form, or send 10 cents for
trial pkg. of tablets to DR.. Pierce's
Invalids' Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-05-27
RANGE CONDITIONS
FAVORABLE HERE
MORSE MOISTURE IN GRAZING RE-
SERVES THAN FOR MANY
YEARS PAST

Big Improvement in Feed for Stock is
Anticipated as the Result of Abundant
Moisture; Cattle and Sheep Condition
Good
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-05-27

Milk consumption in the United States
consumption last year is placed at 55.3
gallons as compared with 54.75 gallons
in 1925 and 43 gallons in 1920. The peo-
pie Of this country consumed more than
Sc billion pounds Of milk and cream in
1926.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-05-27

SUNDAY
Fresh Strawberries Breakfast Food
Omelet POpovers
Beverage
Dinner
Baked Chicken Mushroom Gravy
Currant Jelly
Cucumber Pineapple Jelly Salad
Fruit Gelatine
Banbury Tarts Coffee
Supper
Apple Celery Currant Salad
Egg Salad Sandwiches
Chocolate White Cake
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-05-27

The spring pig crop of Hill county is
estimated at 20 per cent less than last
year because of losses due to wet weather
at narrowing time. The calf crop in the
county is about normal.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-05-27

cuticura Soap for the Complexion.
Nothing better than Cuticura Soap
daily and Ointment now and then as
needed to make the complexion clear,
scalp clean and hands soft and white.
Add to this the fascinating, fragrant
Cuticura Talcum, and you have the
Cuticura Toilet Observation-Disclosures
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-05-27
About Farnninq-
(FrOm Montana State College,

DROF. CLYDE MCKEE, head Of the
- agronomy department, has been ap-
pointed vice-dean of the college of
agriculture at Montana State col
lege, according to an announcement by
DR.. Alfred Atkinson, president Of h col
lege. Prof. Mckee succeeds G. n. Arnett
who recently resigned.
The present seasons wage scale on the
Campbell Farming corporation farms is
as follows: Tractor operators $3.50 to
$3.50 per day, depending upon size Of
tractor. Operators of FordSonS and other
small engines, $3.50 per day. Pillow, disc
and drill men, etc., $500 per day. Ford
scale does not include board and lodg-
ing which are furnished at $1.O5 per day.
Some 1000 cooperative elevators and
nine state wide wheat marketing associa-
tions are at present engaged in marketing
the grain crops of this country. No sim
gle cooperative organization controls as
much as two per cent Of the wheat pro-
duced in the United States" Statement
by W.. M. Jardine, secretary Of agricul-
ture, at a wheat marketing conference at
Kansas City early this month.
Crop damage from the army cut worm
has been reported from practically all
dryland farming sections of Yellowstone
county. Wherever poisoning campaigns
have been possible damage has been held
down to the minimum and in MANY
places the advance of the worms has
been halted.
] Demonstration shelterbelts will be
planted on the farms of Charles Koler
Of Moore, Robert Chamberlain Of Coffee
Greek, Robert Hamilton of Suffolk, Milo
Messenger Of Valentine and M. T. Camp
bell of Denton, reports D. B. Noble, coUn-
ty agricultural agent of Fergus county.
More than 1000 acres Of registered Su-
preme wheat has been planted in Flat
head county as a part Of the county crop
Standardization plan. In demonstrations
conducted in various parts of the county
Supreme has proved superior to Marquis
and the present effort is to replace Mar
quis with the higher yielding wheat.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-05-27

agriculture at Montana State col
Ilege, according to an announcement by
DR.. Alfred Atkinson, president of the col
.lege. Prof. Mckee succeeds G. N. Arnett
who recently resigned.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-05-27

w YHEN the Pondera county extern
M sion Office and the Waller Land
wv and Water company had finished
their studies to determine why
New Britain herald., 1927-12-16

GLASS MILK CARS LATEST-Unted Diaries Go. of London transports milk by rail in glassined tanks having capacity of 5000 gallons. Supposin they should get into wreck! ,1n,.ma,iona,N New,r.ep
New Britain herald., 1927-12-16

IN YOUR HANDBAG-On of the most in- teresting novelties produced at London's fashion show is this bag which holds camera, enabling milady to do some snappy work when she has to catch her subject on the fly.
 tlnterna,i NewsreeD
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-04

Railway Express Radio Corporation,
United Drug, American Home Prod
ucts Midland Steel Products preferred,
Calumet and Arizona, American Lin
seed and Victor Talking Machine was
offset by new lows in Remington
Rand common and first preferred
American Metal American Piano,
Electric Refrigeration, Gillette Safety
Razor, White Sewing Machine and
Foundation company.
Rails presented numerous points of
strength under the leadership Of South
eTn Railway, which crossed 1877 to the
h CHEST price in its history. Revival of
activity and strength in Wabash COM
mon was based in part, on expecta-
lions of heavily increased traffic when
the Ford plant gets into full produc-
tion with the new modes. Texas and
Pacific jumped 6 points in the late
trading and Canadian Pacific and
Norfolk and Southern showed net
gains of 4 and 51z points, respectively.
Call money held steady at 81 per
cent all day, although funds were re-
ported to be obtsinable in the out
side market" as low as per cent.
Time money and commercial paper
rates were unchanged.
Except for a further recession in
sterling cables to around $4.86 1872,
there was little of interest in the
irregular foreign exchange market,
Spanish and Japanese exchanges were
higher but the other
changes were nominal.
Mixed movements in the commodity
markets reflected the usual switching
OF speculative accounts on the eve of
government crop reports. Cotton drop
ped rs cents to $3.50 a bale, but wheat
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-04
GRAIN MARKET

CHICAGO, Nov 3 [P)-With reports
at hand telling of ocean charters for
100000 bushels of wheat from Van
couver, November January shipment,
wheat values here hardened today.
Early declines were more than over
come. Closing quotations on wheat
were firm, Is cent to IS cent net
higher, corn n cent to IS cents up,
oats showing "A rs cents to 70 cents
advance, and provisions unchanged to
a rise of Is cents.
At first the wheat market here was
bearishly affected in connection with
talk current that before the close of
lake navigation large amount of
domestic spring wheat is likely to
come to Chicago and that liberal stocks
accumulated here will remain all win
ter These predictions we're based on
chances that Canada will supply for
eign buyers with low priced wheat,
and that the Argentine crop will be-
gin to move about January /.
Announcement that two cargoes of
Duluth spring wheat had been sold
today for shipment to Chicago tended
further to handicap friends Of higher
prices here, and so likewise did selling
of 100000 bushels of wheat to be put
in storage in Chicago. An additional
bearish factor was an estimate that
domestic winter wheat acreage is IL
per cent larger than last year. Never
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