The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-08-07

curing waivers OF mortgages on
cattle upon which loans were
made, would in themselves be
sufficient obstacles to make the
feed loan impracticable here.
o. B. Horsford told of conditions
in McCone county. He said that
the farmers there want to stay.
but that if they are forced to sacri-
flee their cattle, many Of the
herds having been built of over a
period of several years. that 1t
would take the country fifteen
years to regain what it had lost.
Not Enough Seed Grain
The question of seed grain for
next year was taken up. A. w.
Warden, county agent, said that
if all the wheat there is in the
county were held for seed there
would still be only t%wo-thirds
enough for seed next year. Of
other seed grain besides wheat,
there is practically none in the
county. Senator Schnitzler point
ed out that in Daniels, Sheridan
and Roosevelt counties there is,
since the recent hailstorm only
an area about twenty miles square
that is worth harvesting.
1t was pointed out that the tie
ing up of bank deposits at this
time added to the distress. 1t not
only worked a hardship on the
farmer, but it made it necessary
for merchants to tighten up on
credits. It also brought ont that
the federal land banks are fore
closing on land where pavments
are in arrears. In some instances
5he amount of the arrears is small,
not much owe 500.
Red Cross Helping
o. c. johnson and J. w. Wulf,
of Froid, told what the Bed Cross
is doing. $1,000 a month has been
received for the county and used
since April. Application has been
made for a larger sum, but just
low much will be received is not
known. w. L. Young said that
the commissioners had made the
maximum poor fund levy possible
which would, if all taxes We're
paid, bring in about $4,000. 1t
was estimated that eco or more
families in Roosevelt and possibly
three-fourths of the families in
McCone county would need aid to
greater or less extent before
Spring. The burden is too much
either for the Red Cross or the
afflicted counties to shoulder
alone.
Mr.. Schnitzler said that the
people in his end of the county
we're averse to accepting charity,
and he thought there ought to be
some way whereby work could be
supplied to farmers who need it.
He suggested the building of a
strip of road north from Froid by
the men living in that part of the
county, using teams and fresnos.
Governor Erickson cited the fact
that where the federal govern
ment was paying Sc per cent OF
the cost of building roads, they
insisted that the contract be let
to the lowest bidder. and that the
use of horses and scrapers as
compared to modern road grading
, machinery. would be like replac-
: ing a modern combine with an old
fashioned reaper. He said that
: Valley county people had had the
same idea about building a road
: between Glasgow and Opheim,
and that they sent a delegation
to Helena to present the matter
to the highway commission, but
| that there seemed to be no way
this could be worked on state
roads.
Eiuht States Hard Hit
]. c. Taylor said that the stu
alton in eight of the western
states is about as serious as in
Montana. He said that perhaps
it was fortunate that Montana
had her bad year this year, be
cause concerted effort on the part
of eight states would probably be
able to accomplish more toward
securing federal relief than could
two or three states. He spoke o.
the conference of representatives
of these states at Salt Lake City
on August II at which time he
and Governor Erickson woulC
present a survey of the Montans
situation as they have found it il
their trip over the state. He sale
that if once the breeding stool
were allowed to get out of the
state. many Of the cattlemen viii
become discouraged and perhaps
will not make an effort to builC
up their herds.
superintendent McCulloch sale
that he represented $500 indians
on the Fort Peck reservation
That these Indians depended OF
lease money as a regular part o
than ;1coro and that at tht