The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1947-07-31
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At the risk of being repiti-
tious, we want to issue a warn
ing about fire this week. There
have been many grass and
wheat fires in this area al
ready, but due to the fine
work of the rural fire fighting
organization, they have been
controlled before they could do
too much damage.
The ripe wheat and the sun
dried grass are like finder
now, and a carelessly tossed
cigarette can be responsible for
thousands of dollars worth Of
damage. We can't caution in
this matter strongly enough.
We were highly chagrined
this. week to find we haven't
been reading the fine print in
the right places We discovered
that plainly printed on the
cards the city sends us each
month, is the admonition, I'm
case of fire, shut off all taps.
We must be too mercenary
minded. All we ever saw on
the cards was the amount of
the bill. And they are printed
right here in the Tribune-Her-
aid shop, too. Tch, tch!
Incidentally, the water sit
uation really isn't SO good. The
present plant will be able bare
ly to supply Hardin's needs, if
something doesn't happen, but
something easily could. The
worst calamity, Bob Young
tells us, would be a power
failure. If the city's electrically
operated pumps should be
without power for long, the
tank would be drained dry.
No one, least of all the city
officials, wants Hardin to take
on a parched and desert like
appearance, but the use of water
should be handled with care.
Just because you can water on
your days, that doesn't mean
that you should use water I'M
necessarily. Don't overSoak an
area of lawn, and don't water
it, if it can get by for a couple
of days without water without
doing too much damage. Watch
the run off. A good deal of
water goes where it doesn't do
any good, unless care is taken.
The cooperation on water ra-
tioning has been good for the
most part, the city says, but it
isn't helping too much. Some
times the water level in the
tank gets pretty low.
This is a big week for Big
Horn county - it's wheat
is, too, to see the big combines
cut a swatch through the tall
grain - and it is really tall in
most of the fields we've seen.
We sincerely hope the luck of
farmers hereabouts holds until
all the fields are cut. The
thunderheads have been threat
ening, and every once in a
while a wind that seems to
hold the icy promise of hail
has swept across Hardin, but
so far, we've had Just wind
and a few splatters of rain.
Well admit frankly that hot
weather, especially the first OF
the week, made us acutely un-
comfortable at times - and
we're still acting lazy and
blaming it on the heat - but
we hope it stays this way just
long enough to get all this
bumper crop of wheat in.
W. think it would be fas-
cinating to follow the travels
of Big Horn county wheat
some time. We wonder where
it all goes. A good deal is pro-
cessed by millers, and some of
it is shipped to the big Mimi
esota mills, we know. But we
wonder how many countries
wheat and wheat products
from our county finally will
find. We think some at least
will go to Europe and Asia to
alleviate the war-caused star
walton there.
Perhaps some will save lives,
and others will give children a
better start and better nutri-
ton.