The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1928-06-28
0. H. P. SHELLEY
WILL TELL OF The
HIGHWAY PROJECT
Radio Listeners Can Learn
of Washington Affairs
Friday Night.

The program this Friday night a
radio station KGHL in Billings will bt
known as Carbon county night and i
is planned to have DR.. J. G. f. Sieg'
friedt act as announcer. So far the
program has not been lined up suffi.
GENTLY SO as to give the names of al
those who will appear on the program
With the exception of F. L. Ben
nett of Chicago, baritone and manager
of the Chicago Concert company, who
will sing that evening, the program
will be given entirely by Carbon coun-
ty talent as planned at this writing.
Miss Anderson Of Belfry will be one
of the artists and she will be per-
fectly at home as she has done great
amount of concert and radio singing.
O. H. P. Shelley will also broad
cast that evening, telling of the work
done at Washington during the past
seven months as to the proposed Red
Lodge-Cooke City highway. His talk
will be more than appreciated as this
highway is matter that concerns all
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people of the east.
Last Friday evening the Red Lodge
program was taken care of by the
kGBZ Melodians, who are experienced
radio entertainers and Art Lumley and
his boys were more than popular,
telephone requests almost swapping
the boys from ardent fans.
The address of the Red Lodge pro-
gram was made by County Attorney
E. P Conwell. Mr.. Conwell took as
his subject Montana and Carbon
County," and he is to be thanked for
stepping in at the last minute and
helping out on the program. He had
no chance to prepare an address and
from the number of fine compliments
on his talk it is evident that Mr.. Con
we'll can step in at any time and give
a fine and timely address on any
topic. Below we print few excerpts /
from his talk.
AL of Carbon countys glories are
not combined or wrapped up in its I
mountain scenery, pure water, geo
logical specimens, and facilities for
hunting and fishing. The Clarks Fork
valley, which occupies its center, eX-
tending north and south from the
Wyoming line to the border Of Vel
lowstone county, has no peer in Mon
tana, if indeed, in the union. In point
Ct fertility of soil and varied produc-
ton of farm, garden and orchard
products. 1t is doubtful, too, that
there is like area anywhere that has
a more up-to-date law-abiding citi-
zenship, fine schools and churches, /
happy homes and a general air OF
progress, then that of the Clarks Fork {
valley; its fruit and honey production
alone would render it notable, but in |
also raises the finest quality of '
wheat, alfalfa, beets, beans and corn
Y
The same may be said of score Of +
other, though smaller valleys in the d
county, most of which are under irri- b
cation. In ordinary years the rainfall
is sufficient even on unirrigated land,
cultivated, to produce crops 4
of wheat ranging as high as 80 I
bushels per acre, as well as other o
grains of proportionate production. a
Land values depend upon location, G.
soil and whether or not the same is
Stock raising is still an S,
important industry in the eastern part Il
of the county, where thousands of Ii
mead of sheep and cattle Craze on p
7irgin hills. IL
"In point of variety of industry, N
Carbon county more than holds its st
,wn with any other county in the tt
United States; unlimited quantities of G
,oal, mountains of chrome produc- d
ion, oil fields, seed potatoes to sup V
oly southern markets, peas for can
ling, beans for seed use, livestock, Il
very variety of grain, garden prod 81
lcts, honey and fruit, are by no means W
III that testify to its glory. Ii
But most of what is said Of Carbon ia
ounty can we'll be said of the entire L.
tate of Montana of which it is so W
'1oud to be part. God made the al
world and rested and then to make Z,
reation doubly sweet he made the
tate Of Montana. He took the love al
nd laughter of the skies, the sun and he
ew, the breath of myriad flowers, SC
he light of rosy dawns and golden Of
unset splendors,. and fashioned here In
he pride and glory of the newborn sE
lines. Then round this Eden Of the ri
gorld he placed the flaming swords ha
f hardship, difficulty and danger that Fl
one might enter to her heart of gold ri
ut those whose hearts were true and al
rave and worthy as her own. ur
THE race that wooed and won this tr
eerless state deserved to win her.
hey came from stock that conquered a
Torlds; they brought high hope and yo
urpose firm and faith that would not
alter The desert specter, lean and