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Imperial Valley press., 1928-09-21
COW TESTING MOVEMENT is
FINE FARM RELIEF MEASURE

In a communication received this
morning from the California Dairy
Council by Robert Hays, secretary
of the Chamber of Commerce, Sam
H. Green, secretary of the dairy
organization is quoted as saying,
in regard to the great good accom-
plished through the COW testing as
sociations:
conc of the best Farm Relief
measures that know anything about
is the COW testing movement.
3" Farm relief as I understand
it, means some method or system
whereby the farmer is enabled to
make better profit from the busi-
ness enterprise in which he is en-
gagged. Dairy farming, particularly,
is business enterprise and those
who are engaged in dairy farming
in California are fast employing
business methods.
"Thc starting point for business
methods ON the dairy farm is COW
testing. In that way the farmer
knows the amount of milk and
cream that each COW Of his herd
produces and can separate the pro
tit-makcrs from the boarderS.
"Testiug is an operation that must
be carried on collectively. The ex-
pense of setting mp q system for
testing only few cows would be
probibitive.
In California, which leads all
states in percentage of cows under
test, the work has been carried on
under auspices of the Farm Bureau
aud with cooperation of the Agri-
cultural Extension Division of the
University of California.
The current report by 9, L.
Gordon, University Of California
Extension Specialist in dairying,
shows that there are now 55,563
COWS under regular test in this
state
''Tbe largest testing association
in the United states is the Los Ang
eles County association with 1876
cows. The Fprndale association, in
Humboldt county, Is eldest in con,
tinuous operation.
"Of this total Of 55,563 cows
under test in California, 10, 100 pro,
duced more than 40 pounds Of but
terfat in the month coEered by Cor
dom report,
"The average monthly production
Of butterfat tor all cows in Cali
fornia, inside and outside Of test
ing associations, is less than 20
pounds per COW.
GA Z0-pound COW eats just as
much as 40pousd COW and re-
quires the same amount of labor
and care, while the 40-pound COW
produces twice the revenue.
"Apd my point is, that a system
which gives the dairy farmer infor-
nation by which he may separate his
20-pound COWS from his 40-pound
COWS is about the finest form Of
this farm relief that just now is
so much talked about.
Hays asserts that in no other
county of California have better re-
suits been obtained than in the
County Of Imperial, where due to
information derived from the sys-
Imperial Valley press., 1928-09-21

& 1928 figures are not avallable)
Climatic conditions favor the
Southwest states and with proper
methods employed, substantial in
creases should be had. Viewing the
situation as a plant operation as the
public generally construes that
term, even 10 per cent production
is not regarded as indicating high
efficiency and we know that III
eases of close breeding and the con,
finement of the cows in small areas,
calf crops have exceeded 90 per
cent. Closer breeding is an impor,
tapt factor in increasing our calf
production. The big range presents
situation in itself and naturally
the calf crop will not he as great
as with the smaller areas, but fenc
ing and cross fencing will help.
There are but two ways in which
a COW is an asset .calf product ton
ard value as beef. If the calf is
lost, the COW is border and an
expense until II produces another
calf or goes 10 he butcher. This is
one of the problems that is receiv-
ing serious thought and will con.
tinue to do SO with every prospect
of beneficial results and it is Il
problem that will have TO be solved
individually because of the differ
cnt conditions that exist in differ
ent sections and with the different
ranches so a word to the wise Is
sufficient.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-09-21
Man Is Injured
When Hit By Car

Jesse 4. Hall, 81, of 3l7 Main
street, was slightly Injured in an
automobile accident on Main street
between Third and Fourth streets,
shortly after 8 O'Clock last night.
Hall was taken to the FL Centre
hospital, according to the reports,
where first aid treatment was rem.
dercd lie suffered from minor
bruises and abrasions.
According TO the report filed by
NJ G. Stuart Of 364 South Eighth
street, Hall got out Of an automo-
bile and started across the street,
stepping directly in the path Of a
machine driven by Stuart Stuart
said that he was unable to avoid
hitting the man, Hall being knocked
to the pavement.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-09-21

The Dollar Steamship company
has purchased 2.t00 acres of land at
the north end of Lake Tahoe.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-09-21

tematie testing of many herds, and
the elimination of boarders," the
average weld from grade cows has
been increased here from a former
one-half pound of butterfat per cow
TO a production now closely aP-
proximating threefourths of a
l'ound. At the prevailing price Of
about soc per pound, this increase
amounts to l2c per COW per day,
or gain of about $500 per COW per
month, a very large increase, PROV
ing affirmativcly the great good
which the COW testing associations
accomplish.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-09-21
SERIES OF ROBBERIES
IN L. A. DURING NIGHT
by United Press Leased Wire

Les ANGELES. Sept. 21-A Sc
ries of robberies including six ser
vice stations and one citizen netted
a total of $91 for a pair of bandits
early today, police reported. All
took place in the southwestern see
ton of the city.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-09-21

Merced county is harvesting
2l 900 acres of cotton this year.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-09-21
Court of Honor
To Meet Tuesday

First court of honor Of the Boy
Scout season will be held Tuesday
night, Sept. % at the Elks club, ac-
cording to announcement made to-
day by Seoutmaster Ralph Reynolds.
Bows who have earned merit
badges during the summer months
will receive them at this time and
there will follow short program
and the singing eff scout songs.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-09-21
Scout Messenger
Off The Press

\ snappv four page newspaper,
the Scout Messenger, was issued to-
day from the Scout Executive s. L.
McCrory's Office, the official organ
of the Imperial Yuma council B.S.A.
This little paper, filled with news
of general interest to scouts and
their parents, will be issued month
". 1t will contain no personals or
announcements, as these will be car
ried from day to day by the valley
newspapers, but will depend on ma
terial of general interest to fill its
columns.
a subscription blank appears on
page three, soliciting subscriptions
at nominal rate.
News items from the various
troops should be mailed to the I'm
rerialYuma Council. B. 5. A.. Box
l0l7 FL Centre on or before the 18th
OF each month.
Merced county is harvesting
Imperial Valley press., 1928-09-21
Mooney Unable
To Raise Bail
Nv United Press Leased Wire

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Sept. 2l--
Frank Mooney sat in his cell today
awaiting grand jury action after his
arrest for attempting TO Obtain
100000 from Mrs. John j. Raskob,
wife of the Democratic national
chairman.
Without money to raise $1,000
bail, the bent, old man was sent to
prison until the grand jury met. He
seemed moody and only broke his
silence to say that he had daught-
er who had $2,000,000 and lived in
Brooklyn.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-04-27
First Attempt to Give
Montana Women Vote
Was Defeated Inn 1889

has been fought by those in power.
Sometimes it was a class, and in the
case of woman suffrage, q sex that OBJ
jected to giving the ballot. In every in
stance when this happened, the ruling
class advanced excellent reasons why gov
eminent should remain in their hands
at least excellent from their viewpoint.
Also, in every instance, there have been
hose of the ruling class or sex who were
broad minded enough to throw aside
their class prejudices and go over to the
opposition, to help them win the battle.
The incident / have narrated was not
the only amusing one occurring during
the fight for suffrage, here in Montana.
The anti-sunragists sent women lectur-
ers into this field to explain at length
that Woman's place was not in public
life, but in the home, and this when the
lecturer herself was admittedly out OF
her place and a long way from home.
Yet this was not thought i%ncongruous by
the ants.
Once, when the question of suffrage
was being considered in the Montana
Legislature, an aspiring politician who
thought TO win prestige by opposing 3
losing cause as he believed it to be, made
q speech on the subject that led to a
good deal of favorable and un-
favorable; but all agreed that it was an
eloquent address, showing care in its as
sembling of material to boost the speak
er's sid of the question. The young
legislator was showered with congratu-
~lations, and 1t was prophesied that he
would 90 far; you could not keep a young
man Town who was gifted with such
ability.
Then came the afterclap, from which
the young man referred TO never quite
recovered. It that a woman
who was prominent in the suffrage party
wisely kept herself well informed as to
what the opposition was doing, and this
party had read the young mans speech
in an a~nti-suffrage magazine. It's auth
or was d oma
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-04-27

cayed IN, and they were dead hen their
bodies could be reached.
Used Charcoal
Charcoal was used in smelling opera
lions. Thousands OF tons OF wood was
brought from the big Elk Peak burn,
and hauled to smelters and mines. Three
smelters were built at Castle, one in
1889, the other two before the close Of
1891. Their enormous Stag piles still bear
witness to the volume OF work done in
early days. and Stag is still shipped to
East Helena for fluxing. Practically all
the big producers operated their shafts
with steam hoists. The engines were the
heavy, stationary type, and were usually
housed in from the weather. The old
boilers, ruined by years OF exposure, still
attract the attention Of curious tourists
wandering around the abandoned camp.
Even after the big slump IN 1894, ore
was shipped in quantities to Lombard.
The Jawbone railroad did not complete
its branch to ~Leadboro, two miles below
Castle, till 1895. The Black Hawk and
Smith group of claims were yielding q
low grade iron ore, with small quantities
Of zinc and lead, and tons were shipped
after the camp was on the wane
Mining experts say that the wealth of
Castle is yet scarcely touched 1t will take
considerable capital to open the old
shafts and caved in tunnels. But some
body has faith in the camp. In the last
few years 35 new claims have been re-
corded. And when the long-awaited
awakening comes, electricity will replace
steam, motor trucks take The place of
bull teams; and If ~prospectors get ex-
cited, airplanes may some day be landing
in the mountain parks.
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to take you" started toward them. Both
fired, n RAIDER fell.
Make Escape
Gay and Gross made their escape down
the river to Merino 1.-THE site of Harlow
toni. A posse was hastily gathered and
started in pursuit. The outlaws had all
the advantage. since they were concealed
in heavy underbrush, and the sherif's
force was not large enough to entirely
surround the timber where they lay
hidden. One member of the posse, a
man named Mickey. came onto Gay and
was o down. George Williams mar
rowly escaped death when he walked
onto Gays hiding place. Williams drew
his gun, but it damned and missed fire.
BY coincidence Gays gun snapped with
out exploding the shell, and Williams
escaped.
Both Gay and Gross evaded The posse
at this time, but the reward offered for
their capture kept men on their trail.
Gay was tracked to Needles, Cal, and
captured there. He was pinioned from
behind as he entered a blacksmith shop.
He was returned to Montana and tried.
Gross was trailed to st. Louis, Mo. Two
deputies approached him as he was work.
ing on the st. Charles bridge. He eyed
them, smiling, until they were within
a few feet of him, then suddenly pulled
two guns, ordered them off. and backed
from the bridge into the underbrush at
the rivers edge. He was never captured.
Search of the cabin where the men
had lived at Castle, revealed a quantity
of loot from Wyoming robberies.
An accident at the charcoal camp on
Allebaugh creek cost the lives of three
Italian laborers. The roof of their cabin
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-04-27

tinsdale, was one of the old Livingston
freighters. Bull teams came to the camp
later thar horses and mules. according
to Argo Woodland, another Castle freight
er, Il occasioned great excitement
among the children when they first ar
rived.
Before the construction of the Castle
smelters, and the completion of the Jaw
bone railroad to Summit, with its branch
line to Leadboro, it cost about $Io n ton
to deliver ore to Livingston. The round
trip consumed several lays.
Castle was a wide-open town. It's poker
games were NJ place for a plkef in the
old days. The town was no more dis
orderly than other seething mining
camps, perhaps less so, but there were
occasional brawls and fights and clashes
between outlaws and officers. There were
accidents, whose horror seemed greater
in the intimate associations Of a small
and isolated community. Two deaths are
recorded from dynamite explosions. Jacl
Nesbitt was killed while delivering 1
box Of dynamite to a mine. 1t is sup
posed that he slipped, dropping the dyna.
mite, which exploded. Another miner
was killed at Robinson by a charge hi
had set. He was blown to pieces as hi
was being hoisted to the surface.
Deputy is Slain
One shooting occurred in which Bill
RAIDER, a deputy sheriff. lost his life; anc
Mickey. a member of the sheriff's posst
pursuing the murderer, was shot down
Henderson Coates, now a merchant a
Martinsdale. is authority for the follow
ing account of RAIDERS death: Two sus'
picious characters, Bill Gay and his com
panion. n Gross, had come to Castle
shortly before the camp closed down
They were suspected of being implicated
in numerous robberies in the state anC
elsewhere. A warrant was issued for theil
arrest, and Fred Lewis, deputy sheriff
went to their cabin to serve the papers
Both men, and their wives, we're at thu
cabin. They submitted peaceably to ar.
rest, and even engaged Lewis in a friend.
ly game OF cards. The upshot of tht
social evening was that Lewis was throw
off: his guard, and the two men made
their escape. They hid in the timbe.
near town, and since the charge agains
them was a minor one, rumor was cur
rent that they intended to give them
selves up. However, when RAIDER cam
on them in their hiding place, barricadet
behind logs, they ordered hin back, ant
drawing their guns threatened to shoe
if he came nearer RAIDER was a fearles
man, and with the words, Boys, I hav
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-04-27
PLAN RAILROAD
TO A MINES
TWELVE MILES OF LINE TO BE con-
STRUCTED BETWEEN MONARCH
AND HUGHESyILLE
Whether Spur viii BE Constructed BY
st. Joseph Lea Company OF Great
Northern Not Yet Decided, But 1t Is'
Expected Work VII Begin Soon

Construction of the railroad from
Monarch to Hughesyille, in Cascade
county, a distance of about IL miles,
which 1t recently was announced would
be built along an abandoned grade of
the Great Northern as a means of fur
nishing transportation for the output
of the Hughesyille mine of the st.
Joseph Lead company, Will be started
within the next GO days. The cost of
the railroad Will be approximately
$150,000.
The information was received by the
Cascade county commissioners in the
form Of a request that the county move
a portion of a highway to facilitate the
construction OF the proposed railroad.
After the old Great Northern grade was
abandoned. two miles Of highway was
constructed along the route and the st.
Joseph company now asks hat this por-
ton of the county road be changed.
The request was placed before the
board by Frank Scotch, district manager
of the Montana Power company. who
acted in the matter for II F. Skeels, man
ager Of the st. Joseph company. Mr..
Skeels was unable to meet with the
board and asked Mr.. Scotch to place the
request before the commissioners
Whether the railroad will be built by
the Great Northern or the st. Joseph
company is not definitely known. A re-
quest that the Great Northern recon-
struct its old Hughesville line was re-
Gently placed before the officials Of the
road by Mr.. Skeels, but the last report
received was that the matter was still
under consideration.
Building of the railroad will be a part
of an extensive development program re-
sulting from the purchase by the st.
Joseph company, last year, OF the old
Block P mining property at Hughesville.
Chairman j. A.. Barker OF the board OF
commissioners is informed that the min
ing company will move its concentration
and mill from their present location in
Judith Basin county, near Hughesville,
and erect a 400-ton fiotation mill IN the
Cascade county side. The plan calls for
the building Of a tram from the mines
to the oncentrator and in its new To-
cation the mill will have a gravity water
system instead Of the old pumping plant.
The cost Of the new mill will be APP
proximately s400,0 900, in addition to the
new railroad, and with other improve
ments will amount to $500, 900 in new
property valuations. Nearly 800 men will
be employed when the mine is In fuli
operation.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-04-27
Lead and Siluer Properties There by Numerous
Dy GRACE STONE CoATEs)


THE Castle district of the Jefferson
National forest has unusua historic
4 interest because Of the mining activ-
ity centering here in the '80's and COS.
The present renewed interest In the Cas-
tie mines brings out many stories of early
days In the camp. Leon l.. Lake of the
Four-Mile anger station is indebted to
two former Castle residents, George II.
Higgins and j. o. Berg. for much of It's
early history that he records.
Both Mr.. Higgins and Mr.. Berg are
present commissioners Of Meagher coun-
ty. George Fowlie. until recently chair
man of the board of county commission
ers. is another Meagher county official
whose early years were spent in Castle as
school teacher and prospector. Mr.. Hig-
gins. a prominent stockman OF the coun-
ty, lives at his ranch near Ringing. MIR.
Berg lives at Lennep. where he operates
a sheep and cattle ranch.
Built First Log Cabin
Mr.. Higgins came TO Castle in 1886,
before the town was started. With Lafe
Hensley he built the first log cabin there,
in 1887. BY Christmas time there were
200 in the settlement. In the 10 years
following, Mr.. Higgins saw the town grow
to an incorporated city of 1000, and die
down under adverse silver legislation to
q handful Of families. clinging to their
2tA fAAA v ~ NtN ON' N141
come back.
Castles peak years Of production were
1890 and 1891. At its height Castle had
nine stores, q bank. two barber shops,
two butcher shops, two livery barns, two
hotels. a photo gallery, a danc hall, a
church, a schoolhouse, a jail, a brass
band nj IA saloons. Mr.. Berg owned
one butcher shop in Castle and another
at Robinson a camp on the White Sui
phur Springs stage line. His slaughter
house gives name to the stream still
known as Slaughter House creek. Three
four-horse stage lines gave daily service
from Castle to Martinsdale. White Sui
phur Springs, Townsend and Livingston.
The Castle-White Sulphur Springs stage
road was built in 1890.
The late r. H. Tooley was the first
mayor of Castle, and Rowe Johnston, the
first deputy sheriff serving there. Law
yers fourished, and the town did not
lack doctors.
Discovered I'm '85
1t was in the winter of 1886 that
George X. Robertson, now one of the
well : known woolgrowers of Meagher
county. picked up some samples of lead
and silver ore float off Yellowstone ridge.
He was prospecting at the time with LATE
Hensley at the head Of Hensley creek.
The boys sent their samples to Riley
Lewis and c.. F. Chaplin, assayers at
Wicks, and the returns were SO promis-
ing that Lewis and Chaplin came to Cas-
tie to look the ground over. In the mean
time LATE Hensley and Ike Hensley had
discovered q big boulder of outcropping
ore close to where the shaft of the yell
lowstone mine was later sunk. After the
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-04-27

Yellowstone claim was located, George
Higgins, Lewis and Chaplin located the
Great Eastern-both in 1886. The Great
Eastern mine lies lower on Yellowstone
ridge, and proved second in Importance
to the famous Cumberland mine. the
Yellowstone ranking third. The Cum
berland was located in the fall Of 1886
by LATE and Ike Hensley.
The Cumberland was the biggest pro-
Queer Of the Castle field. Before the final
shutdown came in 1894. it had yielded
more han $3.50, 900 in ore. The first men
to operate 1t on a commercial basis were
Tom Ash and j. r. King of Billings. Later
Len Lewis, b. r. Sherman and Charles E.
Severance organized a stock company
and took the mine over, operating it UNI
til 1894. This company also located the
Jumbo group of claims.
County records tabulated by Mr.. Lake
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-04-27

In Algeria, on the northern coast of
Africa, Governor John Il. Erickson is
known as "MOnsieur lie chef d'etat du
Montana, Etats Unis, Amerique du
NOrd."
Somewhere in Montana, a Dutch no
bleman who speaks French is believed
operating under an alias, If the letter
addressed to the governor by his daugh-
ter in Algiers, proves well founded. In
any event, the French woman, who writes
an open. legible hand, has added just
another burden TO the voluminous mail
received daily by the governor, in which
all sorts of information is sought.
Bill Aiken, private secretary to the
chief executive, has been detailed to
delve through vital statistics and trace
the missing nobleman. The letter, writ
ten in French, and translated by Mr..
Aiken with the aid Of his pea soup die
tionary, follows.
II respectfully solicit your kindness
for the following information. Since
1890 nc news Of my father, the Baron
Adolf, son Of Julius Hoewel, has come to
me. He lived in 1890 at Staunton, Ala
bama, where he followed the trade of
photographer. being called or calling
himself simply Adolphe Hoewel.
II was born In 1852 at The Hague
where his father was a member OF the
royal parliament. 1 appeal today to your
humanity, your Excellency, to aid me In
finding my father, in giving orders to
the police Of all Montana to make the
search n also to give orders to all the
mayors Of all the communes, also the
smallest places, to see If on the list of
deceased since 1890 appears the name OF
my father.
Perhaps he is dead. In hat case,
listen. Governor. / pray you to reply In
French for it has been SO long since !
left the United States l have forgotten
English. With the homage OF my pro-
found respect, the expression OF my life
and profound thankfulness,
Madame Johanna Ricchardot,
Born Johanna Won Hoewel,
at Bled-Gaffar, Algiers near Guelma."
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-04-27

show 1900 claims recorded in Castle
during the boom days, beside 100 UNI
recorded patents issued. During the last
year the county commissioners have dis
posed of most Of the abandoned Castle
claims at tax sale to j. F. Brophy of Red
Lodge in association with K. c. Brophy
and j. C. Brophy. 1t is stated that Mr..
Brophy is in the market for all avail
able patented claims in this district.
Ran Strong to Lead
Ore from the Castle mines ran 80 to sc
per cent lead, Is to 80 ounces silver, and
gold to the value of $3.50. 1t was
freighted to Livingston and shipped by
rail to East Helena or Aurora, III. Ten
string teams of horses and mules, and
five 10-yoke bull teams made the haul
to Livingston, and IN the return trip
brought mining supplies and provisions
Harry Philbrick, late ra resident of Mar
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-04-27
DUTCH NOBLEMAN
Is SOUGHT HERE
DAUGHTER WRITES TO GOVERNOR
ERICKSON FROM ALGIERS FOR
INFORMATION ABOUT DAD

In 1890 He Was a Photographer In Ala
bama and Woman Now Thinks He May
Be Living in Montana or That lie Has
Died Somewhere in This State