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The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-09-25
To Discuss
Questions
Regarding Farm Program Of Past
Year; Make Recommendations
For Coming Year,

Farmers and ranchers of Big
Horn county will soon have an
opportunity to appraise the 1e-
suits of the 1896 Agricultural
Conservation program and make,
recommendations for a 1887 pro-
gram, according to Geo. w. Gus
tafson, county agent.
Community meetings will be
held soon to discuss questions re-
garding the program for the past
year and to make such recon-
mendations as would appear TO
improve the program for next
year.
The following are some of the
questions which farmers will be
asked to discuss:
What progress was made in soil
conservation in the county under
the present program?
What practices should be rec
commended as most valuable to
conservation?
Should a greater portion of
navments be made for soil build
ing practices in 1887 than in 1896?
Should a maximum total con-
servation allowance be estab-
lished for each ranch or farm?
If such an allowance we're estab-
lished, how should it be earned?
Should the crop income insure
features contained in the present
program be enlarged?
The Montana agricultural con-
%servation committee also submits
three questions for discussion at
the county meetings. These are:
Should there be a plan based up
On the increase or maintenance
or both of soil CONSERVING crops
on practices without regard to
soil d%eDletin~ acreanes?
If a payment be made for main
tanning a percentage of crop land
in soil conserving crops or prac-
tees, what should this percentage
be? Should the percentage be
different for irrioated than dry
land. Does the planting of cara
CANA in rows on the line of strips
have possibilities as a soil o Il
serving practice? A schedule OF
these community meetings will be
published later.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-09-25
POPULAR DECKER COUPLE
WE'D IN HARDIN SATURDAY

Miss Helen Maroaret Porter was
united in marriage to Jess w.
Thomas, Saturday evening, Sept.
10, at 1880 p. M, at the parsonage
of the Congregational church, Rev.
N. e. Hannant officiating.
The bride was charmin"'' gown
ed in a wine-colored wool-sheer
tunic, with ivorv-colored Access
series, and wore a wine-cOlored
sport hat. She was accompanied
by Miss Margaret Gustafson, a
teacher in the Hardin grade pri-
rnarv deDartment, who was dress
ed in a blue wooden sport dress.
The groom was attended by Joan
Mielke. q
After the ceremony a wedding
dinner was served at the Savoy
cafe, plates being laid for the
bride and groom, Miss Margaret
Gustafson and John Mielke.
Mrs. Thomas is a daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Porter of Deck
er, and is a popular young lady Of
that community. She is a graduate
of the Sheridan high school and
of the Eastern Montana Normal
school, and is, at the present
time, teaching school at Decker,
Montana, where she will continue
throughout the term. IL
Mr.. Thomas is emnloved by the
Kendrick Cattle Co. of Wyoming,
and Is also a resident of the
Decker community. :
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-09-25
T. d. Campbell, Wheat King, Thinks
Contour Cultivation Aid in
Retaining Rainfall.

Last SATURDAYS issue of the Den
vel Post contained an Associated
Press news dispatch from Wash
ington, D. c., giving an interview
with Thomas D. Campbell, who,
since 1913, has been growing wheat
at Hardin on a large scale and is
known throughout the country as
the worlds largest wheat farmer,
Mr.. Campbell, as well as prac-
tically every other dry land wheat
farmer in eastern Montana, had
his wheat fields devastated by
the past summers drought, aided
by millions of grasshoppers and
crickets. Saturday he told Presi-
dent Roosevelt he believed a ma
tional program of contour plow-
ing would minimize future drought
damage.
Conferring with the president
on the great plains drought re-
lief program, Campbell suggested
the administrators small reser-
voir building program be linked
with a system of contour ,cultiva-
ton to aid in retaining rainfall
In contour Moving the burrows
follow the contour Of the land In
stead of forming straight rows.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-09-25
Political
Rallies Held
Republicans Pack the Harriet
Theatre, Tuesday-Demos
Court House Hall.

The first political rally of the
campaign was held at the Harriet
theatre, Tuesday evening, when
the opening gun vas fired by the
Republicans of Big Horn county.
A free moving picture show a:
seven O'Clock filled the theatre to
capacity and it was necessary to
turn people away.
At six o'clock the Republican
central committee, the speakers
of the evening and some fifty
other Republicans, including a
number of the members of the
Crow tribe of Indians, gathered
around the banquet board at the
Savoy cafe. After full justice had
been done to the good things pro-
vided, with Attorney Bert w.
Kronmiller acting as POSTMASTER
for DR.. Lysle E. Haverfield, chair
men of the Republican county
committee, brief talks were made
by j. E. Bvrnes of Chicago, mem-
Der of the Republican national
committee; Leonard Young, NOM
inee for secretary of state, and
Frosty" Sorenson, nominee FOL.
state treasurer.
At the conclusion of the pic
ture show, at $3.50, the political
rally took place at the theatre.
On the stare were a number of
prominent members of the Crow
tribe of Indians, dressed in full
regalia; members of the Republic
can central committee; DR.. L. E.
Haverfield, county chairman; Dave
L. Egnew, chairman of the even
ing; the various Big Horn county
candidates: Leonard Young, NOM
inee for secretary of state: F. l..
Sorenson. nominee for state treas
urer, and j. E. ByrneS of Chicago
the main speaker Of the evening
The audience paid close attention
to the speakers and frequently
annlauded. At the close of the
meeting a number Of pledges were
signed to become members of the
Republican Volunteers, an organ
ization indenendent of the cen
trail committee.
The Democratic rally and dance
at Sullivan hall. Wednesday night
was we'll attended. Interesting
talks were made from a Denlo-
cratic standpoint by John j
Holmes. state auditor. who is seek
ing reelection, and Hugh Adair o!
Helena, nominee for lieutenant
governor. An enjoyable dance fol-
lowed with music bv the Babe
Wolf orchestra from Grow Agency
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-09-25
F. r. Merkel, Farmer IL Miles NORTH
Hardin, Slips From River
Bank and browns

After a search of nearly a week
by a posse at times numbering
upwards of twenty men under
the leadership of U~ndersherif w.
S. Brooks of Big Horn county, the
body of Frederick r. Merkel, 73-
year-old farmer, who disappeared
"Wednesday of last week from his
home, about IL miles northeast of
Hardin where he had for some
years lived alone on his ranch,
was recovered Wednesday morning
about 7:30 from the Big Horn
river by Undersherif Brooks, Buck
Stevens, Shorty" / Eckroy and
"Toots" Brown.
Tuesday, while searching from a
boat with a graphing hook, Cn-
dersherif Brooks thought he felt
the hook dislodge an object on
the bottom of the river. Search
until dark, however, failed in re-
suits. Wednesday morning the
search was resumed at an early
hour and the persevering under
sheriff and his assistants were re-
warded shortly thereafter by 10
eating the body with the head
and shoulders resting just out OF
the water on a sandbar, a few
feet below where his graphing
hook dislodged an object on the
bed of the river the day before.
Mr. Merkel was last seen alive,
Wednesday of last week, when he
drove to Hardin with his team.
He left for his ranch late that
afternoon. During the following
afternoon one of the horses he
had driven to town, which be-
longed to Henry Miller, a neigh
Dor, residing three miles distant,
showed up at the Miller ranch
with the harness on. Mr.. Miller
went to the Merkel ranch that
evening, and not finding Merkel
home, feared he had met with
some mishap. The following
morning he drove to Hardin and
took out with him MIR. Merkel's
daughter, Mrs. Selma Blanskey,
who resides in this city. Mr.. Mer-
KEEL still being absent, MI. Miller
notified the sheriff's Office, Friday
evening.
An investigation by the officers
disclosed that MI. Merkel had uu-
harnessed the team at a point
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-09-25
LOSES LIFE IN BIG HORN
RIVER NEAR HARDIN

about a half mile from his ranch,
after driving about 200 feet of
the trail leading to his place. He
then had evidently wandered
around over the hills in the vicin-
itv. leading the team, as the tracks
plainly disclosed. SATURDAY. the Of
ficers found his tracks showing
that he had walked along the east
bank of the river, near his ranch,
and evidences where he had slip
ped off the bank and fallen into
the river and had crawled out
again on his hands and knees
The tracks then indicated that he
had walked up the river a dis
lance, and coming upon a bluff
had retraced his steps down the
river, and then had slipped of
riae bank and into the river, where
the water was deep, and that he
had probably drowned.
The Merkel horse returned to
the Merkel farm Friday, still with
the harness on.
Frederick R. Merkel was born In
Germany 70 years ago. He was
~naturaliZed at BoZeman in 1884,
and was a well-to-do farmer of
the Gallatin valley before coming
to Hardin Is years ago. His wife
died several years ago. He is sur
vived by two daughters, Mrs. Elsie
Kortte of Kalispell and Mrs.
Selma Blanskey of Hardin, whose
husband was killed in an accident
while building a log house near
Hardin some years ago. A wire
has been received from Mrs.
Kortte stating that she will arrive
in Hardin this morning.
For the past several years like
many others engaged in farming
Mr.. Merkel lost money and of late
had been in Strengthened circum-
stances. Onlv this month he was
allowed a pension by the board of
county commissioners, but had
not collected the first payment.
The funeral will be held this
Friday afternoon at two o'clock
at the Hardin Baptist church, the
pastor, Rev. c. l.. Shook, assisted
bv Rev. H. J. DIETRICH, pastor OF
the Hardin German Congrega-
tional church, officiating. Pail
bearers are Frank Douglas, George
Deitsch, William Lind, H. A. Shaw
Fred J. Waterman and w. H
Roach, all of whom have lived
neighbors to Mr.. Merkel for many
years. Interment will be in the
Hardin cemetery.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-09-25
Story Hour
Affhe Library
Is Regular Event Every Saturday
More Than 100 Children
Have Attended.

Over 100 children have listened
to stories at the Story Hour at
the Big Horn County Carnegie H.
brary, the last three Saturdays
Stories are told every Saturday at
1880 in the library basement. Ali
children In the third grade and
under are invited to come. The
following stories were told last
Saturday: "The Animal Party
and 1.-THE Wise Ant" told by Vera
Brannon; 1.-THE Hobyahs," "Mr.
and Mrs. Vingar," and Glow the
Pigs Can. See the Wind" by Irene
Bertram.
The stories to be told this Sat
urday afternoon, by Vera Brannon
and Irene Bertram are: Little
Rabbit" 'The Great White Bear
THE Lambkin," "The Adven-
lures of the Field Mouse" can
other Little Red Hen"
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-09-25
Farmers Must
First Be Sure
Before Moving From One Location
To Another in Search of
Better Chance.

BoZeman, Mont, Sept. 24-ES-
Establishment of a Resettlement
Administration information SER
vice for farm families who are
planning to move from drought
stricken areas in search of more
fertile regions was announced to-
day by Thomas Horsford. Montana
state director of the federal agen-
cy. Many families who have
fought a stubborn but losing bat
tie against drought and crop fail
ures are planning to transfer to
more productive land, Horsford
explained.
These farm families are dis
couraged as a result of this years
drought and are anxious to set
forth in search of better oppor-
tunities elsewhere" Horsford said.
And, unless the farmer knows
where he can find a better farm
Or a job which will support him
and his family, or has adequate
funds to establish himself in an
other section of the country, the
resettlement administration advises
him not to move" he explained.
Establishment of the informa-
ton service for farmers was made
in an effort to prevent harmful
results of migration such as have
taken place in recent years. Many
farm families who already have
left the drought areas with no
definite destination have settled
in poor areas or on farms where
it was difficult to adapt themselves
to the new farming methods, the
director said.
Large numbers" he said, "have
moved to the Pacific coast and
have become a part of the unab-
sorbed migratory population there.
The resettlement administration
will assist these needy and eligible
farm families If they will remain
on their farms-within the limit
of funds available, through grants
for subsistence needs and loans
for the maintenance of founda-
ton herds and flocks, and for the
planting of forage crops"
The information service will be
available to farmers through coun-
ty rural rehabilitation supervisors
in designated drought counties,
Horsford stated. The best up-to-
date information which has been
gathered on types Of farming and
general conditions existing in 9TH
err parts Of the country, together
with the amount of capital re-
qpired to get started and the pos
sibilities for obtaining farms and
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-09-25
LOCAL RELIEF COMMISSION
WANTS CASTOFF CLOTHING

w. E. Towne, district supervisor
of commodities for the Montana
Relief commission, is in receipt OF
a letter from Ellis Blumenthal,
director of commodity distribution
at Helena, suggesting that the
commission will appreciate it if
the people Of Hardin and vicinity
will contribute cast-off clothing
they no longer have use for. There
are many needy families in this
get clothing Of any description for
the use Of children of all ages,
as we'll as for grown-ups. Anyone
having articles of clothing they
are willing to give please notify
MI. Towne and he will arrange to
have some one call with an auto
mobile and get them and they
will be distributed to the needy.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-09-25
I. b. CAMPBELL URGES
NEW PL OWING Ian

The Hardin, Mont, wheat grow
er, picturing the extent of drought
disaster, told the president he
planted $4,000 acres Of wheat and
didn't harvest a single bushel."
c Campbell, described as the
world wheat king" after he sue
cessfully farmed $4,000 acres of
wheat land ten years ago, operates
in south central Montana.
Describing soil erosion control
and water conservation as the
biggest single factors in drought
prevention programs" Campbell
told the president contour farming
would conserve moisture in the
fields, control floods at the source
and prevent sitting Of streams"
Sedimentation of streams as a
result of rapid runoff from cult
waited fields, he said, was endan-
gering the VESTS reclamation and
irrigation reservoirs.
Engineers estimate Boulder
dam lake will be filled with silt in
100 years and a reservoir like
Elenhant Butte in New Mexico in
forty-eight years, unless sitting is
prevented" Campbell said. THAT
Is a threat to the west. Reservoir
sites are limited and once reser-
voirs are filled they must be aban-
doned."
He suggested to the president
that the government establish
contour blowing demonstration
fields or the Crow Indian reser-
walton in Montana. Campbell for
merly produced wheat on Crow
lands under government lease.
He said he offered to cooperate
with the government in contour
demonstration programs by s'spend-
some OF my own money" on such
protects.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-09-25
MANY BUSINESS BLOCKS
IN MISSOULA ARE BURNED

Fire at Missoula, Thursday, de-
stroyed seven business blocks,
among them the Florence hotel,
one of Missoula's leading hostel
ries. and damaged a score more.
While the damage has not been
determined, it will run into the
hundreds of thousands. The fire
is thought to have resulted from
an explosion of chemicals in the
basement Of the Public Drug COM
pany'S store.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-09-25
PROTECT LIVESTOCK FROM
POISONOUS PLANT FOOD

Stockmen should take precau-
tons to keep tIleir livestock from
feeding on several common plants
which have tine property OF de-
veloping prussic acid when stunted
or W1lted by extreme drought or
by common frost, warns DR..
Howard WEIGH, state college vet
erinarian. Among these plants are
sorghum, sugar cane, sudan grass
and other members of this group.
Wild cherry. chokecherry, peach
and plum are alSI dangerous in
this respect. Flax seed which has
failed to ripen Or mature also de-
yelops prnssic acid and several
cases of poisoning have resulted
from feeding flax screenings that
contain a high percentage of I'M
mature seed All types of live
stock may oe poisoned by prussic
acid or cyaa!ie, as it is some
times called. If any of the feeds
mentioned are used, only one or
two animals should be fed at first,
then If any poison is present the
loss will not be heavy.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-09-25

Mr.. and Mrs. Jerry Christensen
of Downey, Idaho, spent q few
days here, guests of the family of
the formers brother, Enoch Chris
Hansen. Accompanied by Mrs.
Enoch Christensen, they left We'd
nesday for Powell, Wyo., to visit
with the family of their niece,
Mrs. Clarence Kopriva, and af-
forwards tour the Yellowstone
National Park.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-09-25
ENORMOUS CUKES GROWN
BY TWO ST. XAVIER LADIES

Two immense cucumbers grown
in the st. Xavier section have been
left at the Hardin Tribune-Heraid
office, this week. Both of them
were grown from seed purchased
from the Oscar Wills Seed House,
Mandan, N. D. One grown by Mrs,
E: l.. Robbins measures 341a inches
while the other, grown by
miss Peggy Harvill, measures Paw
inches in length.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-09-25

FRIDAY evening. tonight, there
will be the annual teachers re-
ception at Pine Lodge at 8 o'clock.
to which all teachers and school
board members and wives and
Woman's Club members and their
husbands are invited. This is
one of the nice affairs of the club
year.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-09-25

Registration of voters for the
general election Nov. 8 closed last
Friday. While tabulations Of the
registrations have not yet been
completed, the county clerks Of
flee estimates the total at not far
abort Of 1000.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-09-25
JOE MONAGHAN'S NAME FOR
SENATOR TO BE ON BALLOT

The secretary of state Monday.
certified the nomination of Con-
gresham Jos. P. Monaghan as an
independent candidate for U. S.
senator. n aghan's petitions
contained more than $4,000 names.
Onlv $500 were required to place
his name on the ballot.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-09-25

Mrs. G. F. Burla and son, Rick
ard, who were house guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Rankin of
South Chouteau avenue, while Wis
iting friends in the city, left Tues
day morning by auto for their
home at Los Angeles. En- route
they stopred over a day at Bill
ines to visit friends.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-09-25
ONE KILLED, Is HURT
IN WRECK NEAR WYOLA

authorities declined to place blame
pending a formal investigation.
The two locomotives were tel
escoped nearly ten feet. All in
jured passengers were riding in
the chair car. None in the sleep
ers were injured. Three M
balances from Sheridan, Wyo.,
with two physicians, and one
from Hardin, with two physicians
were at the scene within a short
time and took the injured to hos
pitfalls in those cities.
Passenger train No. A left Bill
lings at 7:30 p. m, Tuesday, and
had covered about 100 miles at
1920, when the collision occurred.
BORN-In Hardin, Montana, on
Friday, Aug. IA. 1886, to Mr.. and
Mrs. Rex Wemple, a son, the first
born, who has been given tne
name of John Dudley Wemple.
Mrs. Wemple was before her mar
riage Ruby Graf.
Robert S. Ross, of the income
tax division of the state board of
equalization was in Hardin over
Sunday from Miles City, where
he is passing on gasoline refund
claims, for a brief visit with Mrs.
Ross and joyce, who are visiting
the parental homes of both, in
this city.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-09-25

Mr.: and Mrs. A. S. Broat and
the ;latter's mother, Mrs. D. P.
SHOOK. who on Sept. 7th passed
her ntnetieth milestone in LIES
Journey, left Tuesday by auto for
their home at Beverly Hills, Calf,
aIter a short visit here with rela-
lives, and friends, en- route home
from q Swir" around the horn
from Los Angeles bv way of the
Panama canal to New York and
thence across the country to their
former home in Hardin.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-09-25

farm work can be had by apply
ing to the county rural rehabilita-
ton supervisors in Montana, the
state director said.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-09-25

Thieves broke into the Office Of
the Hardin on Co., owned by H.
D; Kenyon & Son, adjoining the
kalberg Motor Co., Wednesday
night and stole about $50, which
had been placed in a certain
hiding place in the office, an evil
dence that the work was done by
someone familiar with the office
customs.
Evening star., 1936-11-19

wrote DR.. Tugwell before his depar-
ture for South America:
Il fully understand the reasons
that make you feel you should for q
time at least return to private life
for few months. fully ex-
pect to ask you to come back to
render additional service"
Tugwell retains his position as ad-
wiser on the Special Farm Tenant
Investigative Committee established by
the President the day he accepted
Tugwells resignation.
Secretary Wallace last night paid
his departing Undersecretary this
compliment:
Men Of Tugwell's courage and in
sight are rare. We shall all regret
that he is no longer with the Gov
eminent"
The Resettlement Administration
Of the immediate future will devote
itself to completing the projects begun
under the regime Of Tugwell.
Before June 80. 1887, when its life
expires, r. A., q gigantic organization.
which at its height last June employed
19.500 persons, and now has l2.500
workers on its pay roll, expects to
finish A rural resettlement projects
on which work Is under way, spend
$11, 500, 900 on the drought-stricken
farmers and their families, and COM
plete three suburban resettlement
town projects.
But new projects are out, 1t was
learned today. A year from now Rs A.
probably will be a branch Of the De-
partment of Agriculture, complement
ing the work of the Agricultural Ad-
justment Administration. and then a
new plan of activity probably will be
worked out for the agency.
Drought Interference.
Resettlement would have been able
to carry its policy further forward had
not the drought come Just in time to
deplete its resources, which amounted
to 10000 900, by $20. 900 900, $500. =
900 of which has already been spent.
The drought was over in September,
but its effects go on and on. Farmers
working now on w. P. A. projects soon
will lose this income with the arrival
of Winter and the shutting down Of
works projects At such a time. r. A.
will have to begin making available
another $ll,500,000 in loans and
grants.
In recent months r. AS emphasis
has been on the land program. L. c.
Gray, newly appointed executive Sec
retary OF the committee to report on
farm tenancy remedies. personally
supervised the purchase of the e,l00,-
900 acres.
Evening star., 1936-11-19

U. S. Tobacco Popular.
Smokers Of China are consuming
more American tobacco than a year
ago