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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-30
INDIAN RAIN MAKER
TAKES A NEW WIFE

Wolf Point, Aug. 24.-Old Chief
Blue Horn, 78, Indian rain maker.
for this section, Thursday took un-
to himself wife, Opanwin, aged
"a. Judge Charles Gordon perform
ed the ceremony. Blue Horn is the
son of Holy Man, while the mother
OF Opanwin was Plenty-in-her-
House.
In June, 1928, for two weeks be-
fore the rains which spelled bumper
crop in this section, Blue Horn
made medicine. The conclusion of
the affair was a three day cere-
monial meeting of the Indians from
all parts of the reservation. The
rains came.
Following the marriage cere-
mony Blue Horn assented to tbe
suggestion that a fitting wav to
celebrate his happiness would be 70
call down a few heavy showers nv
way of settling the dust and put.
ting the ground in condition 70,
fall blowing.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-30
MONTANA STATE
FAIR AT HELENA
SEPTEMBER 1928

Helena.-Monday, September 20
is the opening for six big DAYS, the
9TH annual Montana State Fair.
To appreciate Montana one must
see the state fair with its widely
diversified displays. Exhibits from
almost every county vie for cham,
plonship honors. Products of both
agriculture and industry; cattle,
sheep, swine, wool, poultry, birds,
rabbits, fruits, flowers, honey, Gull
mary, needlework, fine arts, bows
and girls club work, dairy pro-
ducts, manufacturing, minerals ana
school work can all be seen. The
Northwest Wool Show and the
ram sale are features especially ap-
preciated by stockmen. The barns
will be filled with the finest of
specimens from blue ribbon herds.
All these things insure a true mir
ror of our Treasure State resourc-
es.
Spirited amusements have been
secured, including horseracing UNI
der the Par-Mutual system of wa
gerlng. The stables accommodate
ESQ race horses and will be filled
to capacity. The track is conceded
to be the fastest in the northwest
and this years entries promise I'm
usual speed. There will be seven
races a day.
The Winter Garden Revue with
80 performers will entertain every
night of the fair. The Kline Carni-
val with IL shows over the grounds
and eight riring devices will amuse
both young and old. The Flying
Millers and the Larole Troupe each
act twice daily. The DeFrau Circus
will entertain with two complete
performances daily in front of the
grand stand. The Hit Fireworks
Co. has been secured to present six
daylight and three night programs
This is both thrilling and educa.
tional.
The American Legion, in coop
GRAFTON with the exposition man.
agement will reproduce "No Mans
Land" This will be the greatest
night entertainment feature of The
fair. One hundred Legion member,
and three drum corps will partici,
pate Ground flares every 20 feet
will serve as footlights.
All these attractions, with ex
cellent band music, and meeting o.
friends from all parts of the STATE
will make every fair day from Sep
TENDER % to % not only interest
ing and colorful but educational.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-30
FARMERS UNION
TO SUBSCRIBE One
MILLION DOLLARS

st. Paul, Mimi, Aug. 23.-The
Board of Directors of the Farmers
Union Terminal Association was
called to meet today iii special ses-
sion for the consideration of i'm
mediate steps to be taken to aid
the Farm Board IN setting up at
once the Farmers National Grain
Corporation. 1t is hoped that with
the forward step we are taking to
turn over large capital contribu-
ton to the Farm Boards proposed
grain corporation that the Farm
Board will feel sufficiently en-
couraged to start the new grain
corporation functioning at this
time. The present marketing ma
chinery is inadequate to cope with
the desperate situation in which
our northwest farmers find them
selves. A short crop and prices far
too low indicate increasing farm
losses.
The only practical thing which
will help our farmers secure high
er prices for this years grain crop
is to aid them through moderate
and safe loans on their crop to
store every possible bushel on the
farms and in the country elevators.
The Farm Boards proposed Ma
tional Grain Corporation is the We
hicle with which to carry several
millions of the sum appropriated
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-30
PURE SEED GRAIN
SITUATION CRITICAL

A grave seed grain situation ex-
lists in the northwest, according to
H. R. Sumner, executive secretary
of the Northwest Crop Improve
ment Association who has Just
completed a survey of the seed
fields in North Dakota, Montana,
South Dakota and Minnesota. The
problem confronting all those in
terested in crops of better quality
lies in the fact that so many grow
ers of pure seed are inclined to sell
their crop on the open market ra-
ther than hold it over until the
normal demand for good seed next
spring.
Discriminating farmers, elevator
managers and business men should
locate their supply Immediately,
suggests Mr.. Sumner. The supply
of pure seed is greater than it was
last year although it is still made
quate to meet the needs of the
northwest. Thost who wish to OBJ
tain carload lots of pure seed
should contract for their needs now
for if they wait until next spring
they will find much of the purest
seed to have been marketed.
In my four weeks inspection trip,
says Mr.. Sumner, l was surprised
to find so many men with the i'm
preston that it is necessary to go
to Canada for pure seed stock.
That may have been the case sew
eral years ago but it is not the sit
uation at present. / walked over
many acres of seed fields in North
Dakota, Montana and Minnesota
that were pure and showed high
breeding. We have seed fields and
seed growers in the northwest with
a quality product that makes n
unnecessary to look exclusively ia
Canada.
The Northwest Crop Improve
ment Association, 408 Flour Elk
change, Minneapolis, Mimi, will be
glad to write those who are inter.
ested in finding good, pure seed
We do not have seed to sell, con
cluded Mr.. Sumner but our organi-
cation is concerned in placing in.
terested buyers in touch with pure
seed growers. Mixed grain i:
wasteful for all concerned anC
pure seed is one step in eliminating
such a loss.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-30

The Producers News, So a year.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-30

Mrs. S. P. Cornelius and blanche
Sherry were Plentywood visitors
Thursday. A'i'orS
Linden Pfeiffer had the n;sfo..
tune to be thrown from his borlo
Wednesday and having his ar ar So
broken above the elbow He ~a =
taken to the hospital at PIept~9
care of. "oS taken
John S. Albers drove 10 Pon,or
Tuesday with Mrs. Albers w va
garet Smith and Margaret Zetter-
berg who took the train from tbero
to Great Falls. Mrs. Albers will
attend the Grand Lodge meetino
of the Eastern Stars which IS Is
session here. - ~
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Smith and
children who have been VISITING Of
the J. w. Bucklin home left Wed.
nesday morning for their home st
Selby, S. Dakota. ~
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Daley woro
Plentywood visitors Wednesday IF.
ternoon. a
Mr.. and Mrs. Emanuel States
and children were county seat Wis.
itors Tuesday.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-30
II o m c Demonstration
Agent Undergoes Opera
ton For Appendicitis

Miss Vesta Hanson, district home
demonstration agent in Roosevelt,
Sheridan and Daniels counties, is
confined in the hospital at her
home at Mount Vernon, Washing
ton, according to reports received
here.
Miss Hanson drove to Washing
ton some time ago to spend her va
cation at her home. While there
she suffered a severe attack of APP
pendicitis and was operated on at
the Mount Vernon hospital. The
information received here indicates
that Miss Hanson is making salts
factory progress and will be back
as soon it is practical for her to
drive from Washington.
An illness at this time is a Sc
we're handicap TO Miss Hanson as
she had planned to complete the
Kitchen improvement project start
ed in the three counties and to be.
gin new project work during the
fall months.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-30
DOOLEY

(Too late for last week.
Al Peterson of Plentywood was
a DOOley visitor Thursday.
Mrs. John McNeilley of Mon
trOse, Mimi, who has been visiting
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
W. W. Scott for some time, left
Thursday for points in western
Montana.
Mrs. w. w. Scott and family
were Plentywood visitors Thurs
day.
Mrs. Frank Loucks and sons are
spending a few days visiting rel
atives at Kermit, N. D.
Mrs. M. w. Markuson and Mrs.
F. ]. Shilling motored to Plenty
wood Thursday afternoon.
Ruby Robieson of Fairfax, Mimi,
spent few days last week visit
ing old friends in Dooley. While
here she was a guest at the Goss
and Newberg homes.
]. j. Schons, M. w. Markuson,
Ambrose Schumacher, Barney
Johnston and Ray Mitchell motor
ed to Radville, Sask., Friday, where
they played ball in tournament
there.
Helen Ehrhardt returned to Doc
ley Friday after few weeks Wis
1t In Regina, Sask., Can. She was
accompanied by her sister, Mrs
Robert Hall and son, who will be
a guest at the w. J. Ehrhardt
home for some time.
Mrs. J. ]. Schons and children
went to Bowbells, N. D., Friday
where she visited few days with
relatives. She returned to Dooley
Tuesday.
Lois and Eleanore Epler motor
ed.up from Williston, N. D., Sat.
urday and were over night guests
az the Leiback home. They return.
Cd to Williston, Sunday.
:. Inc Munscn and Kenooth fami
nes went to the sand hills Sunday
where they picked choke cherries
Inc Leiback family spent Sun
SSsy choke cherrying in the sane
aus. They brought home lots o.
Marjorie Markuson of Medicin,
lake and Mrs. Kenneth Markusol
~ omaha, Neb., were guests a
%e M. W. Markuson home a few
Jays this week.
AZ. frank LOucks is spending a few
o stt Il this week at Kermit, N. D.
attending to business matters. Cliff
n S,I DoOley has charge of tn
; inv" Implement Co. yards dur
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-30
REDSTONE

t,r MI. and n Mrs. Henry Gray re-
S Tsa,, will remain for a COUPLE I'Oa Of
dan Mr., and Mrs. C. B. Bull and
rvu enter Harriet and Grace sb ss,u
nesS S.Sl'ed with friends here Wed
.S J. D. Matkin shipped a car 81
hoe ep and and Art Hagan a car car Of Of
NJ rom rom this this point on THURSDAY v
are 't H. and Mrs. Kenneth A ASH Iuay,
ns S 5sh,pI proud parents Of . bonncl
nesd oSoy girl, born to them . OS Wad.
d S~oSt hospital. M NJ Ine Pi len,
beV wv IAN and Mrs. F. s. Fo ~tfe af g..
nesday. us'One visitors Wed.
business Pau Paul was a plentvwoOt
westlpannd LGg !I representa-. =,
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-30

A.. Herb Grant and children OF
u,I MT and Mrs. James Cowan
WI 9 Jsnghter Betty were visiting
anu The the Pace family Monday.
VIII NJ ' and Mrs. Clark Stukey OF
IN, NJ are visiting with Mr.. and Mrs.
Il, Mr. - and Mrs. A. M. Hagan and
ton wi, were callers at the Macln-
n re home Tuesday evening.
AeS Hrs John Pace entertained the
1oJias Club Thursday afternoon, a
i hro,s attendance being present.
The 1T,e visitors present were: Mes
j imT lack Sheridan, K. Sheridan,
T'il Graves. E. Z. Phelps Of Minnie
anoIis, c. French and c. Stukey of
IO Harriet Cromwell spent the week
ond visiting with the Scott and
West We Cromwell families on Smoke
Mrs. Dan Campbell and children
vere visiting with Mrs. Machines
Friday afternoon.
Mrs. ]. Burke and Mrs. Rollin
Phelps were callers at the Metz
Ier home Friday afternoon.
Betty and Billy Cowan spent
Friday visiting with Juanita Pace.
Mrs. H. B. French and Mrs. G.
Stukpv were business visitors in
Fiaxville Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. McCallister. Mrs. Bill Crom-
well and Mrs. C. Cromwell were
shopping in Redstone Friday morn
ing. =,
berta went to Flaxville Saturday
afternoon to consult DR.. Healey in
regard to Alberta's health.
Claude Petite, Mrs. Noun and
daughter Fern were callers at the
James Cowan home Sunday eve
ming.
MIR. and Mrs. Claude Marsh and
daughters Louise, Hazel and Mabel
Mrs. f. E. Phelps and grand chill
dren Marjory and ROllin drove to
Williston Sunday to spend the day
with Mr.. and Mrs. Vic Wilberg
and family.
Bill Cromwell and family were
visiting relatives on Smoke Creek
Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. French and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Clark Stukey
and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. c..
French were visiting with the Lee
French family on Smoke Creek ON
Sunday afternoon.
Louise Marsh left with her grand
mother, Mrs. E. E. Phelps, for
Minneapolis Monday morning. She
will attend high school there the
coming year.
Mrs. James Cowan and daughter
Betty were visiting with Mrs. Mac
hines Monday afternoon.
Mrs. French and Mrs. Stukey
were Redstone visitors Monday.
School will start Sept. 8 with
Mrs. Robinson as teacher.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-30
Hitch-Hikers Get Thrills
Aplenty on Forest Fires

Whitefish, Aug. 24.-Miss Cleo
Nelson and Miss Hester Bennett Of
Minneapolis, who are hitch-hiking
to the coast, spent the night in
Whitefish. They left Minneapolis
Monday, August 18th, and spent
three days in Williston, two days
at Malta and two and one-half
days at Glacier Park station. They
took the train from Glacier Park
station intending TO get off at Bel
ton but the fire was too bad. From
Bolton to within few miles from
Whitefish the girls said they were
scared to death" as the flames
were higher than the train. They
stated that they saw houses burn
ing and towns on fire. They are
enroute to Tacoma, Anacortes and
San FranciSco. Their expenses so
far have been $21.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-30

by congress to the distressed farm
ers of the northwest in the form
OF loans on country stored grain.
The Farm Board through its pro-
posed National Grain Corporation
together with such cooperative
terminal sales agencies, as the
Farmers Union Terminal Associa-
ton, further aided by funds from
the very friendly intermediate
Credit banks represent the only
real source of help for the north
west grain grower. The Intermedi-
ate Credit bank is at this time
working earnestly with US to COM
plete all arrangements to safely
advance loans on country stored
grain.
Our board of directors has au-
thorized me as its general mana<-
er to offer to subscribe for one
million dollars of the capital stock
OF the Farmers National Grain
Corporation.
When L meet with other mem
bers of the committee of sixteen
next Monday at Chicago to set up
the Farmers National Grain Cor
poration l shall present the action
OF our board of directors of the
Farmers Union Terminal Associa-
ton, and offer to subscribe on be-
half of our fifty thousand stock
holders and farmers union mem
bers in the northwest, $4,000 shares
at $40 per share, or 81 900, 900, and
pay S25O,000 on this subscription
Provision in this offer of course
contemplates the protection of oul
stock holders and the cooperative
grain policy of the members of the
farmers union in the northwest.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-30

Montana at 494,OOO bushels as
now indicated would be about %
per cent smaller than 1923 but
about Is per cent above the Swear
average. In the United States
crop of about 100000 bushels is
indicated, which would be about
one million bushels higher than in
1928 and slightly above the 5-year
average crop. The national acre
age is about 10 per cent larger
than last year which is partly re-
sponsible for the increase.
/ SUGAR BEETS: Sugar beet pro-
duction in Montana due to a large
acreage and condition almost up
to average promises to exceed
1928 and average by a wide mar
gin. The 1929 crop on August
was estimated at 425,O0 tons COM
pared with $4,000 tons last wear
and the average of $4,000 tons.
The crop in the United States
promises to be moderately larger
than last year and average. On
the other hand considering the un-
usually large extraction of sugar
from the 1928 crop the extraction
in 1929 on an average percentage
basis, may possibly fall below that
of 1928.
APPLES: Dry hot weather has
pulled down the apple prospect
apparently by curtailing available
water for irrigation in western
Montana. Apple production else
where in the state is not import
ant commercially. AS now esti-
mated the apple crop would make
$4,000 bushels compared with
$4,000 bushels in 1928 and the av-
erage production of 413,0OO bush
els. Apple prospects declined ma
tionally during July and the pres
ent outlook is for a crop abou,
. 20 per cent less than in 1928.
The Situation Nationally
CORN: Prospects improved ma
terially during July throughout the
country generally except in the
/ North Atlantic States and Ohio
where too much moisture was de,
trimental, and in North Dakota
and Montana where hot weather
and deficient moisture brought
prospects down sharply.
WHEAT: The August first re
: port for all classes of wheat indi
Gated a probable production o.
. 773, 885,000 bushels, which is a re
! duction of 59,784,000 bushels from
the report of July 1. The Angus
first figure is 14.2 per cent below
| the 5-year average production. TIL
/ production of winter wheat indi
: Gated by the preliminary estimat
r of yield on August first is 568,
t $4,000 bushels, a reduction of ID,
r 259,000 bushels from the July fore
8 cast. Spring wheat other thar
' durum production indicated b,
0 August condition is $3.50, 00
f bushels, which is a decline from
4 the July 10 prospect of 1 per cent
{ FLAX SEED: The production o
flaxseed is now forecast at slight
. ly under 100000 bushels. Tn
! decline of 100000 bushels sine
r month ago, is due almost entire
{ ly to drouth in North Dakota an
n Montana. The August first con
dition of the crop was the loves
for that date since 1919. Notwith
: standing the rather large acreag
planted, the total production seem
il likely to be the lowest since 1928.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-30
CROP PRODUCTION
IN STATE ANALYZED

Although Montana's wheat pro-
duction is cut well below last year
and the average, the smaller crop
will bring better price than the
large crops of 1928 and 1927, the
increase depending upon the ex-
tent to which world production in
1929-30 falls below that of 1928-29.
AT present, indications are that
with the decreases in production in
both the United States and Canada
and the prospect of somewhat
smaller crops in the southern
hemisphere, that foreign competi-
ton with American wheat in Eur
opean markets will be much less
than last year. Rejecting this sit
uation prices have risen above the
levels at which the 1928-29 crop
year closed.
FEED CROPS: Feed crop pro-
duction in Montana this year will
fall well below that of 1928 with
corn, oats, barley and rye now in
dicating a total of about 80 pei
cent less than in 1928 and about
25 per cent less than the 5-yeal
average. Hay production for 1925
is indicated at % per cent below
that of last year and about IL
per cent below average. Stocks Of
old hay, furthermore were reduced
by heavy feeding requirements Of
last winter.
Under similar conditions in the
past Montana has shown an in
crease in livestock shipments Dvel
those of the preceding year and i
is quite likely that this situation
will prevail this season.
FLAX: Despite the large in
crease in acreage sown to flax thu
year, production has been appar
emily cut to a point where it vii
fall somewhat below that of 1925
and will be only a little larger
than the average. Prices for flax
like prices for wheat have advanc
ed with the likelihood that produc
ers will receive a better price thar
last fall. United States production
of flax at 10000 900 bushels j
about 5 million bushels below tn
: 5-year average.
POTATOES: AS indicated by tn
August estimate Montana's potat
crop will fall below 3 million push
els even allowing for some I'm
provement during August. In
August / forecast was 2,5i9,UO
bushes or about Al per cent DeioN
the final estimate of 1923 an
: about 80 per cent below the o-yea
/ average production. The natlo ma
: production as indicated now at o.
= million bushels compares with 40
r million bushels in 1928 and aO
million bushels in 1927. fleio
promise to be particularly low
the drouth area from Mlnnesot
/ west to Idaho and the crop is e
! pected to be smaller than last yea
{ in all states outside of New eng
I land.
E BEANS: Bean production
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made to advance money to farmers
on storage receipts.
FARMERS ARE ADVISED TO
HOLD BACK GRAIN

hOLO DAOh ORAlN
An appeal to farmers to with
hold their grain from the market
Tor while as move to relieve
the situation resulting from over
crowded terminal elevators in Min
nesota was made public Thursday
by Minneapolis grain commission
merchants.
The Minneapolis grain dealers
recommend that grain shipments
be kept at lowest possible levels
until the terminal elevator situa-
ton Gao be adjusted and stressed
the point that farmers lose money
by rushing their grain onto a glut-
ted market
The harvest of the three grains
which will be subjected to embargo
are estimated by the department
of agriculture for Minnesota, the
Dakotas and Montana as follows
Rye, 18,776,000 bushels; barley,
As, $4,000 bushels; oats, 254 ,394,-
600 bushels. Wheat has not vet
been enlarged.
Harvesting of small grains is
practically completed in all of
Minnesota except the extreme nor
thern counties in South Dakota and
about two-thirds of North Dakota
and Montana.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-30

Miles City-Road contracts, in
GLIDING grading, surfacing and
bridge construction totaling $780,
900 is now under way in this ter
ritory.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-30
Zeppelin to Assist
 In Balloon Observation

Friedrichshafen, Oct 30 (P}-The Graf Zeppelin is to become a mother balloon" in undertaking experiments preparatory to it's po- lar flight next spring.
 After overhaulng, it is expected the dirigibe will, late in Novem- Der, make a flight over Norway and Sweden to obtain meteorological information.
 This will be obtained by means of a pilot balloon which will ascend to a height of 32,S00 feet from a special platform to be constructed on top of the Zeppelin.
 At about that height the pilot balloon will be destroyed and me neurological apparatus carried by it will drop in a parachute which will be pulled back to the Graf by means of a line attached
 The Zeppelin Works has sue cceded in dispelling the principal scruples of the Graf's crew against making the polar flight, it is said. Life and accident insurance and wages have been increased and hy- gienic improvements guaranteed.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-30
SNOW HITS WEST;
 NINETEEN RESCUED
Winter Holds Sway From Mon-
 tana to New Mexico Today

Denver, Colo, Oct. 30 CP-Win- ter held sway from Montana to New Mexico in the eastern tier Of the Rocky Mountain west today, but the weather forecasts indicated relief in sight.
 The greater proportion of the entire area was under a covering of snow that ranged from depth of one inch ill the valleys to foot or more in the higher attitudes. In some places drifted snow made mo- toring difficult
 Nineteen persons marooned on Pikes Peak were rescued and taken to Colorado Springs yester- day. Three employees at the Summit House and Mrs. J. R. Spencer, who publishes the Pike's Peak News, were brought from the crest of the peak by a special cog road train which bucked the drifts to the sum- init. Fifty persons held at Glen Cove, half way up the automobile | highway, were brought to Colorado l springs.
 | In Wyoming, where the storm was the most severe, additional scarchers prepared to renew their efforts to locate John B, Wood ward, Casper post office employe | lost in the snow caked Green Noun tain territory since Sunday.
 Denver was the recipient of 8 seven inch snow fall. Trinidad Colo, reported 10 inches and the storm penetrated into New Mexico Santa Fe reporting five inches. Al Albuquerque there was a four incl | fall.