The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-08-14

er Elf at Grand Forks. He palu
tribute to the work of NJ. l.. VIII
son in securing the seed loan OF
last Spring. AS a result OF WI
sons work last fall, it was pos
sible for eastern Montana farm
ers to put in crops this year
through the summerfallow loan.
Secretary Hyde, he said, had as
sured Governor Erickson or an
other seed loan. He urged farm
ers to fill out the missionaries
which had been distributed wheth-
err they needed aid or not as it
would help to complete the pic
ture of the farm situation. He
said every relief agency must be
brought into action. He vas GER
tain the Red ross would help and
was sure that the unreasonable
requirements attributed to the
Red Cross were the result of mis-
understanding. He advocated re-
duction in acreage and said n
good crop would give US a new
lease of life. One acre plOwed now
is worth ten plowed next Spring.
Kill the weeds, put the ground in
condition to absorb moisture. He
declared the Vida community was
in much better condition than five
years ago.
C. P. S%wedberg of Wolf Point,
Mr.. Duncan of the agricultural de-
partment and R. d. Mckenzie of
the traffic department of the
Great Northern railway were pres
ent and were asked to give their
views. They selected Mr.. Duncan
as their spokesman. He opened
his talk with a good story or two
and said he was glad that in spite
of their troubles Montana people
could still laugh at a joke. He
said he had been at a Malta con-
ference the evening before. Gov
ernOr Erickson. he said, vas wOr
ried over the situation and could
be counted to do anything in his
power. your problems are the
railroads problems. We must
keep our heads, look forward and
carry on. I believe we have the
confidence, the spirit and the
Backbone to rise above our diff
culties and make good"
Chairman HOrsford suggested
that the railroads could haul feed
free Of freight into the drouth
stricken district. 1t would be just
a matter of picking up a few ex-
ira cars and carrying them along.
He thought it would pay the rail-
roads well to do this because of
the increased stock hauling they
would have in the future. The
chairman said that this was the
proper time to name the commit
tee for the northern district of the
six into which the county had
been divided for the purpose of
administering Red Cross aid. Sew
eral nominations were made and
there were a few Withdrawals and
finally three names were voted on
by reclamation. The committee
elected being Clyde Byxbe, Under
Hanks and Mrs. Harold Bawden.
Mrs. o. B. Horsford had been
named by the Red Cross as tenn
porary chairman but announced
through Mr.. Horsford that she
did not care to serve after the
permanent committee had been
selected.
While waiting for the report of
the resolutions committee, Homer
Hoover. county attorney, was re-
quested to explain briefly the
county manager plan provided for
by the last legislature, which he
did. He was also asked if the
county board had the power to re-
peal penalty and interest require
ments on delinquent taxes. He
answered that the county boards
had no such powers. He said the
last legislature had reduced the
interest on taxes from one cent a
month to one-third of a cent a
month, and the penalty from 10
per cent to 5 per cent. He said
that when the first half of taxes
are not paid by November 80 that
only the first half becomes de-
linquent, the second installment
not being delinquent until June L.
The resolutions committee re-
ported. Chairman Clarence Cham
berlain read the resolutions one
at a time and moved their adop-
ton. The first one read request
ed free freight on hay and feed
grains. r. D. Mckenzie, of the
G.. n. Traffic department, explain
ed that railroads had not the pow
er to either make or cancel freight
tariffs. this being done by the
interstate commerce commission.
He said there are many other
classes of people who are in near
ly as bad condition as the farm
ers, that the roads could not take
care of the farmers at the expense
of other people.
The second resolution demand