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Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-12-01

and I was paid for an average of 8
pounds. I think it was too much to
lose in "a hours. How do you think
about it?
have quite few New Hampshire
pulIets for sale. They are months
old. have had several inquiries about
them and I don't know if $1.50 would
be too much TO ask at months or
not.-Mrs. D. D.. Phillips County.
A. In ordinary shipping coops,
especially in warm weather, you can
expect quite shrink. If you had
provided water the shrink would
probably been less. The birds were
in strange environment and no
doubt ate nothing. But the weather
being warm, they might have drunk
some water.
Then again, the birds had to stand
on the main line platform for quite
a while waiting for the train. This
would also contribute to losing
weight. Unless you have made SINH
lar shipments with lesser losses, it
is impossible for us to state whether
the weights at each end of the trip
were accurate or not.
In regard to the pullets, I trust
that you were able to. get $1.50 each
at 4 months. That seems like very
reasonable amount In former years,
one could ordinarily purchase a A.
month pullet at SIPS.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-12-01
SICKLY CHICKS

q. Last spring got a very sicklY
bunch of chicks. They had the best
of care. The temperature never varied
2 degrees. They had fresh water in
clean fountains every day. About
inches of feeder space per chick. The
brooder house was cleaned twice
week and was well ventilated. The
scratch was hammered green oat
bundles. They were so pale and dopey
acting and only about 80 lived of the
200. Now what grew up have crooked
bones and most of them tthe roosters
have been ki1led) have a sack of yell
low water around their hearts.
What want to know is would If be
worthwhile to keep any of the pullets
as layers? Is it contagious SO the old
hens which want to keep would get
If too? The young one are still out
at the chicken range and are not near
the old hens. Should move the brood
er house before / brood more chicks?
/ generally clean and put fresh dirt
on the floor and then a scratch on
top of the dirt. I put l or inches of
new dirt from the field around the
door outside for Is feet or so.-Mrs.
L. S.. Yellowstone County.
A. There is a possibility that the
birds were infected when they ar
rived. But if the loss did not all
occur in the first 10 days, it is much
more likely that the ground in and
around the brooder house was heav-
lily infested with worms. Whether it
was round or tape worms is impos-
sible to state without posting" some
of the birds. Often the worms will
leave the birds in the last stages of
the birds weakness.
Whether the case is worms or
some other factor, it never pays to
house and feed pullets which are
not in full health. You would save
money to destroy the whole bunch
In regard to next year, I would
certainly move the brooder house
to absolutely clean ground. would
also strongly recommend putting {
board floor in the house. You JUS
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-12-01
Order Group Over" from
GRAHAM & ROSS
Great Falls. Mont.
1870 EGGS A DAY
INSTEAD OF %

Mrs. VIM. J. Turvey. poultry raiser IN the
far north state OF Washington, tells an IN
teresting story of increased egg production
She says:
IT have 178 chickens. In November. their
appearance was poor, and I was getting Is to
% eggs a day. I started giving Don Sung in
their feed. Now. in December. l getting
1870 eggs day. and my flock is livelier, and
looks much better Surprised isn't the word
I'm really amazed at the change in my flock"
Will you do we'll? We don't know. But
do know that you mustn't expect eggs from
hens that are weak, under-vitalized and lazy.
When flocks are deficient in manganese, vita
Minis. and other essential elements which
laying hens require, and which necessary
to pep-up egg production, Don Sung supplies
these essential supplements. 1t does not force
or hurt the hen in any way. Why not try
Don Sung for your flock? Send SOC for a
trial package Cor 81 for large size holding 8
times as much) to Burrell-Dugger Co., 229
East South st. Dept. Y. Indianapolis A. Ind.
Don Sung must show you a profit your
money will be refunded. Start giving Don
Sung to your flock now.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-12-01
Poultry Department
DOUBLE YOLKED EGGS
By H. E. cUSHMAN

O. am writing about double yolked
eggs. We have a nice flock of New
Hampshire pullets. hatched April 4.
which started to lay the last of August.
and lately we are getting quite few
double Yolked eggs. which l do not
like to see and am wondering what
I can do TO remedy this condition.
We are feeding corn wheat. oats and
growing mash and just started giving
them dry alfalfa leaves. Is it a COM
mon thing for pullets TO lay double
Yolked eggs when they first start lay
ing?-Mrs. J. r. F.. Richland County.
A. 1 am glad that you are feed
ing the alfalfa leaves, as the birds
may be suffering from slight vita
min deficiency which may cause a
slight weakness and would in turn
make them lay more double yolked
eggs than normal However, pullets
are prone to lay double yolks FOR
quite a while after they start lay
ing
But if the birds are still laying
too many of this sort of eggs, I
would suggest increasing the vita
min D content of their ration. This
could be done either by adding more
cod liver oil or providing the birds
with ultraviolet lights or a synthetic
vitamin D. Without the presence of
sufficient vitamin D, the bird is not
able to absorb calcium into it's sys-
tenn
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-12-01
Are Your Chickens
Wheeling, Choking!

Chickens do not die from so-called ''coldsS
but death results from strangulation caused
by accumulatiops OF sticky, choking mucous
(phlegm) in the breathing passages. This
phlegm must be removed if bird is to survive.
Read the letter from Thomas PulIiam, q
Kentucky poultryman:
Il have had birds choking. strangIing, and
with their eyes closed from common colds and
have saved them all. One cockerel was nearly
dead. He lost pounds / applied Group
Over and in two weeks he full of pep
and fighting every rooster on the place"
Why don't you try Group-Over on your
flock7 It's easily used See for yourself now
the Group-Over treatment helps bring needed
relief. For a liberal supply. send soc Cor 81
for the extra large sizei to Burrell-Dugger Co..
229 East South St., Dept. GE, Indianapolis A..
Ind. Group-Over must satisfy you perfectly
or your money refunded.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-12-01

can't continue to raise chicks Sue
cessfully on a dirt floor, especially
when you are not moving the house.
If you feel that it will be impos-
sible to move the house to absolute
ly clean ground each year, would
suggest building sun porch for the
brooder house as well as the floor.
Let us know whether you wish
plans for sun porch. Or you can
get them from the county agents
office at Billings.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-12-01
Hunters Peril
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end of the root was almost exposed.
Another second and I would be life
less in the paws of bruin. The root
gave away with a sudden snap and
I went sliding to death; slowly, thep
rapidly gaining momentum
A sharp crack of rifle sounded
from above me; then another, and
another. Dimly saw my pardner,
rifle in hand, on the ledge above
me. Then things blacked out.
When I came back to reality the
sun was down, nearly dark. I was
lying near a roaring camp fire and
I was lying on something soft and
warm. Raising up, looked. 1t was a
bear skin-the carcass lay a few feet
away. I resolved then and there to
trod upon bruins pelt the rest of my
life.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-12-01
SHIPPING SHRINKAGE

O. Recently shipped spring roosters
from Loring TO a market in the state.
They had some feed in the crates and
it was warm weather. They left here
on a Tuesday morning and weighed
at the market on Wednesday morn
ing. They LOST in weight. according to
their figures None weighed less than
4 pounds when put them in the crate
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-12-01
Thoughts ON Life
The Price Of a Pearl
By DR.. JOHN w. HOLLAND

OH OeylOn an oyster was lnchlng It's
way slowly in its search for food. A
rough grain of sand lodged behind
its mantle in such position that it
could not get it out. The oyster
snapped shut its shell, while it's in
sides writhed in pain.
For many hours the oyster lay on
its side lamenting the pain that had
come to it, murmuring against the
Great Spirit of oysters for allowing
it to suffer.
Then, something like voice came
to the oyster, which said, '.Why don't
you make something beautiful out
of your pain?"
At this the oyster stirred itself and
threw out from its shell-making
glands films of tinted calcium which
it proceeded to wrap around the tor
turing sand grain. Days passed, and
its pain grew less and less, as the
sharp corners of the sand were COW
cred with film after film of twisted
rainbows. Finally, the obstruction
became smooth, and little oyster for
got all about its troubles.
Pearl Produced
One day a pearl diver picked up
this oyster, brought it to the surface
and opened it. Out rolled giant
pearl which an Indian Rajah bought
for 100000. The pearl was the oy-
ster's glorified sorrow. 1t made from
its pain one of the costIiest jewels
on earth.
You say, ''What pretty fable, but
what about the pains and sorrows
that come to me? Can I make them
beautiful and forget all about them?"
Listen: You can do more than for
get them. You can pass them into
service to help other people.
Henry F. Durant was successful
attorney in Boston. He had bril-
liant son whom he loved as his own
life, and he planned for the son to
carry on when he could no longer
work. When death claimed this son,
the fathers heart was rebellious
against Providence. Then he resolved
to try to make life better for others
in memory of his son. In 1875, he
founded WELLESLEY college as a me-
mortal to the great sorrow that had
almost crushed him.
Sorrow to Understanding
When trouble comes to us, there
are three possible things to do about
it. We can suffer in silence, separate
ourselves from other people and let
our hearts die within us. We can
make display of our sorrow and in
crease the misery of other people, or
we can transform it into sympathetic
understanding of the sorrows of our
neighbors and turn our grief into
pearls of comfort and beauty.
Once, there was a cross placed
upon high hill. 1t was not fin
ished cross, but was rough hewn
and ugly. They nailed Jesus to it and
killed him. What happened? From
that cross came words spo k e n
through the most terrible anguish
which still help to transform the
rough natures of men into sons and
daughters of God. Father, forgive
them, they know not what they do
The cross, once symbol of dis
grace, has become the worlds mos
wonderful symbol for making the
inner life of men beautiful
You and I have crosses to bear
That is what life is for. When we
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-08
Boomen, Raiiers
 In Northwest 10
 Seek Wage Boost

OLYMPIA, March 8.-tRi-The h. ternational Woodworkers of America CCIO) Regional Negotiating Com mittee had a request today that 1t authorize strike vote among the 40,0c0 CIO Timber Workers in ore gon and Washington. The request was made by the Executive Board oi the Boommen and Rafters Dis trict Council No. II. It represents 600 men in Southwest Washington.
 The Board conditioned it's request to be effective unless there IS a satisfactory offer made by employ CTS representatives that they in- tend to enter into sincere and honest negotiations" when they meet with Union representatives in Portland this Wednesday and Thursday
 The Union seeks a general wage increase of 32 1-2 cents an hour, paie holidays, and ' l,2 cent a man hour payment into health and well fare fund.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-08
DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME E PLAN OF WASHINGTON STATE

SEATTLE, March 8. 1R-A orive for the inauguration of daylight say- ing time in Washington State will get underway soon.
 Charles T. Oliver, President of Daylight Savings, Inc, said today signatures will be sought to peti- ton to state officials to turn the clocks ahead one hour
 Backers Of the move, he said, are cheered by growing interest in Ore gon and California.
 A telephone poll conducted by the Portland Oregonian showed nine Of 10 Washington Mayors reached to be in favor of the plan on q coast wise basis, the newspaper said. May or N. K. Buck of Yakima was said to be opposed to the plan in any form, Mayors in approval, according to the Cregonian, are Seattle. Spo- kane, Tacoma, Centralia. Kelso, Walla Walla, Vancouver, Aberdeen and Longview
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-08
FORMER WEALTHY
 kLONDIkER DIES
 pENNILESS MAN

SEATTLE, March 8.-lR-Mem- bers of the dwindling ranks of Alas ka- Yukon Pioneers will attend and participate in funeral services for George A. Kendall, 83, at ? pm. tomorrow in the Johnson and Ham, ilton Chapel. Cremation will fol- low.
 MT Kendall, who went to the Klondike in the gold rush days of 1897, was reported to have become wealthy in the gold mines He died penniless here Feb. 26 in a ( nval- escent home.
 He mined for gold in the Klondike until 1899 and went on to Nome. He spent from 1904 until 1886 at Fair banks, except for six years at Ken necctt, Alaska. Three of his child ren were born in Fairbanks.
 He had lived here since 1886
 Born in Carmel, Maine. MT Ken dall graduated from Michigan State College as an attorney and was the last surviving member of his gradu- ation class. Except 10 rhis years in Alaska, he returned to Michigan to ation class. Except for his years in until he became i'll two years ago.
 Known survivors are three sons, George, Walter and Kenneth, all in Michigan.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-08
pERON CANDIDATES
 FAVORED, ELECTION

BUENOS AIRES, March 8.-tR-- First returns from yesterdays Ma tional elections favored candidates by President John D. Per on.
 Although electrical boards will not begin the official count in Congress sional races until Wednesday in most returns in municipal el- ections held simultaneously gave yic- tories to Administration supporters in the Provinces of Santa Fe, Entre Rios and Jujuy,
 These returns tended to bear out claims by the Peronista Party of a sweeping victory.
 Peron quit the hospital six days after an emergency appendectomy to ballot. Then he settled down in the suburban Presidential Residence.
 Tne election was to fill 83 of the 1858 seats in the Chamber of Deput- ies, Congress lower house. The Per onistas have held l09
 No casualties were reported.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-08
HEAVY TRAVEL 10
 ALASKA PREDICTED


 SEATTLE, Nlarcn 8-ia1-S Ship ping sources are predicting a big season for the Alaska passenger services
 Numerous Alaska residents who spent the winter Outside con- verged in Seattle last weekend for the trip north
 Several of them boarded the AL aska Steamship Company's Denali which sailed Saturday.
 The Northland Transportation Company will put the Alaska into service March g, with sailings list ed every two weeks thereafter. The Alaska Transportation Company will inaugurate its seasonal passeng- CT service May l.
 s. J. Swanson, Vice President and General Manager of the ATC. said advance reservations and inquiries indicate one of the biggest Alaska seasons since beforc the war. Re- servation from June to early fall already are remarkably heavy, he said. Tourists and Vacationists will predominate during the summer months.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-08
GOV. M(C0NAUGHT
 DIES 5UDDENL

HARTFORD, Conn, March B. tR-Death has cut short the career of James L. McConaughy in the middle of his first term as Con- necticut's Governor.
 . The 60-year-old Republican chief executive, who entered politics af- ter winning distinction as a college administrator, died suddenly from a blood clot in the heart yes terday.
 A family funeral service will be held tomorrow at the chapel at Wesleyan University in MiddletoWn where he served as President from 1925 to 1943
 McConaughy, a native of New York City and a Yale graduate in 1909. devoted most oi his adult life to education Before his ap- pointment as President of Wes- leyan. he was president of Knox College, Galesburg, Ill, eight years
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-08
Two American Women
 Found Slain ai Saigon

PARIS, March 8.-tR-A French communique from Saigon announced today the slayings of two American women employed at the U. $. Con- sulate General in 1naochina.
 The bodies of the women, Jeanne R. Sleeves and Lydia Ruth James, were found last night in dry river ted into which they had driven a jeep. They had been shot to death
 The two bodies lore bullet wounds particularly in the head, said the communique. reported ty the French press agency.
 Before withdra Wng, the attackers mad set fire to the car.
 There has been no explanation of the reasons which led these two girls to such 9 distant spot, unfre- quented by Europeans
 The location was given as near the village of Tan Sonnh Ut some three miles from Saigcn and outside the security zone maintained ty the French in their struggle with Ma tionalist Viet-Namese forces
 Mrs. Sleeves was Director of the U. s. Information Service in Saigon Miss James was Secretary at the Consulate General,
 The State Department at Wash ingtcn. D. C., said Mrs. Sleeves husband, Lawrence E. sleeves, lives in Seattle and her mother, Mrs. E. H Workman, in Phoenix, Ariz- Mrs. Sleeves, 32-year-old native of Paris, wcrAed for the Office of War Infor- nation in San Francisco during the war.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-08
keithikan Man Is
 Dead in Seattle

SEATTLE, March 8.-tR-Wes- ley A. Sundstrom, 55. Ketchikan, Alaska, died here Friday Born in Iron Mountain, Mich, he lived here 36 years before moving to Kechikan eight years ago.
 He was 8 shipping clerk fer the Tongass Trading Company in Ketchikan
 Two sisters, Mrs. Elmer Resin, Seattle, and Mrs. Claude Snyder, Ketchikan, and three brothers, Amos Sundstrom, Ketchikan; Ken reth SunGstrom, Tacoma, and Les ter Sundstrom of Manchester, sur vive.
 Funeral services will be held at D. m. tomorrow at the Wigtgen and Sons Chapel, with burial in Evergreen Memorial Park
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-08
MILITARY AID !S URGED FOR CHINA
 BY CHIEF OF UNDRA

WASHINGTON, March 8-4R- Military aid for China was urged to- day ty the Director General of the United States Relief and Rehabil- itaticn Administration
 Lowell w. Rocks, the UNRRA Chief, told the House Foreign Af- fairs Committee that economic aid is useless" unless the Chinese Cen tral Government can win its war with the Communists.
 He said the United States should send American Military men to China to equip, train, organize and direct Chinese forces even down to tactics and strategy"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-08
American Soldier Shot Ln Back By Russians
HIGHEST COURT GIVES DECISION,
 RELIGIOUS CASE

WASHINGTON. March 8.-IR- The Supreme Court ruled today that public school systems may not be used to assist religious groups in giving religious instruction.
 The decision was to l.
 Justice Reed, dissenting, said the decision raises a bar against prac- tically all forms of religious instruc- tion connected in any way With school systems. He said many states including New York have systems which the ruling makes questionable.
 Justice Jackson, although join ing m the majority findings in the particular case before the court, said he believes it goes too far.
 He argued the decision would open the way to a flood of litigation by groups dissatisfied with local prac- tices.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-08
DE VALERA
 IS IN U. 5.
Former Prime Minister Of Fire Comes by Plane
 First Visit, IS Years

NEW YORK, March 8-4R-- American born Ramon De Valera arrived by plane today for his first visit to this country in IS years ill plenty of time to take part in St. Patrick's Day celebrations.
 After l6 years as Prime Minister Of Fire, De Valera plans tour Of several large American cities until about April 6.
 De Valera, who flew in from Shannon Airport where 5000 we'll wishers saw him eff, was met be- fore dawn hy an official party at IiaGuardia Field
 He said he believes his nation will cooperate with other countries as lar as feasible with it's present national situation"
 Answering newsman's ques- ten, he said everybody knows the Irish peoples opposition to Communism.
 De Valera, who was replaced as Prime Minister by John Costello after last months elections, said T have a joh OH my hands to baat the opposition
 He will fly to Tulsa, Okla, on Thursday, and on Friday to San Francisco. He will act as Grand Marshal Of the St Patrick's Day parade, which is held in San Francisco on March IA.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-08

 MAN SHOT
 IN VIENNA
Refused to Get Off Side walk Into Cutter
 Other Shots Fired

VIENNA. Austria, March 8.--tR-- U. s. Army authorities said an Am- erican soldier was shot in the back. last night after refusing to obey Russian crder to get off the side walk into the gutter in front of a Russian headquarters hotel in the International District of Vienna.
 The soldier is Pfc. Jack Grunden. l8. of Portland. oregon. The pro- vost marshal's office said he will re- cover, but may lose his left arm.
 The official account is as follows
 The soldier was walking with two ether soldiers and three Austrian girls along a sidewalk tcrdering parkway in front of the Grand Ho- tel.
 A sentry orderd the soldiers into the gutter and the soldiers refused. The sentry then pushed one of the scldiers, who pushed him back. The sentry then called another sentry from inside the hotel
 The second sentry struck the Am erican soldier with his gun. knock ing him to his knees. While the sold- fer vas still on the ground. the sentry fired shot into his back. Another entered the soldiers arm, smashing the elbow
 The remaining soldiers-unarned according to American Military re- gulations and the three girls ran to the American-o occupied Bristol Ho- tel two blocks away as the Russian fired over their heads.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-08
22 PASSENGERS ARE FLOWN HERE BY pAA; 30 ARE FLOWN OUT

Pan American in flights brought 21 passengers from Seattle to Ju- neau over the weekend as follows:
 Morris Wilson, Geneva Parsons, Ernie Smith, Norman O'Brien, Bess Gross, Earl Logsdon.
 Edward Stewart, John Stewart, Arthur Wolf, William Wagner, Wal ter Fielder. Pearl Heinke
 James Barrett, Robert Mcleod, James Finder, Edward Burnitt, Jerry lonaho, George Converse Edwin Morrow, Maude Morrow, Wayne Johnson.
 Annette to Juneau. Paul A. Mon- roe.
 Juneau to Annette: Rex Cunning ham.
 Juneau to Seattle: Lola Hill, Es- ther George, Rose Goenett, Gordon Byrne, Charles Jenne, Alec Nekefer- off.
 E. Rottluff, Maude Turner, Char les Semal, Marcus Jensen, E. Seel, H Adams.
 Mary Hurley, Ella Styling, Mrs Gorden Hyrne, Olaf Olafson, C.. Isaksen, Joe Morris.
 Juneau to Whitehorse: Muriel Lytle, John Powney Stanley Joseph, Mrs. Mabel Agard Joseph.
 Juneau to Fairbanks. Clara Dilg, L. F. Blake, Vicki Kendall, Lavonne Anderson, Alyce Goodman, Dale Bel cher, Charles R. Mountjoy.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-08

SAN FRANCISCO, March 6.-lR An Airforce Superfortress with IA or Is men aboard has been unre- ported over the Pacific since l:34 am. (PST An intensive search was under way.
 The big plane was one of 10 flying from Spokane to Honolulu
 The Arrty Air-Rescue Arm at Hamilton Field and the Coast Guard sent out search planes
 The missing plane last gave it's position at l.34 am. (PST) to the Civilian Aeronautics administration station at Sacramento. It was to have reported again upon reaching the Farallon Islands, about 25 miles off the Golden Gate. It failed to check in and nothing has been heard since.
 All other planes in the flight have reported regularly.
 The planes, attached to the 326th very heavy bombing squadron. left ispokane at pm. tPST1 yesterday at 10-minute intervals.
 The missing ship was the sixth in line
 The 10 B-29's left Spokane Air Force base last night with some of the bases top personnel aboard on Far Eastern training mission.
 The planes were scheduled to stop at Honolulu, then continue across the Pacific to Yakota Air Force bace in Japan.
 Officers participating in the flight included Col Albert Shower, Com manding Officer of the Spokane base; It. Col. Richard Fry, Com manoing Officer of the 97th Bomb Group, and It. Col. James Trask, Commanding Officer of the 326th Bomb Squadron.