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Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-01-15
Mouton Is Discussed
At Feeder Tour

"HOW DO MONTANA Lambs Fit
the Mouton Industry" was the topic
of the main talk given at the series
of lamb feeder tours arranged by
the Montana extension service. The
talk and demonstration of mouton
pelts were given by Leroy VAN
Horn, Montana experiment station
staff, Bozeman.
Mouton pelts, made from shorn
lamb pelts, are used extensively in
the manufacture of Women's coats
and accessories. The general pro-
cedure is to shear the lambs in Oc-
tober or later so that the wool is
approximately three-fourths of an
inch in length at the time lambs
are sent to market. Purpose of the
experiment at Bozeman, according
to VanHorn, was to determine the
extent to which typical Montana
lambs are adapted to the industry.
Lamb feeder tours were conduct
ed at Hardin, Huntley, Sidney, GIas-
Cow, Chinook and Great Falls. F..
A. Ralston, livestock extension spe-
c%ialist, Bozeman, was in charge of
arrangements, assisted by the coun-
ty extension agents in the local
counties.
Speakers at the Huntley tour in
Guided c. o. Hansen, past secretary,
Montana Wool Growers association;
Everett Shuey, recently elected Sec
rotary of the organization, and
Ralph Mccall, Billings Public
Stockyards, Billings.
Stops were made by the groups
who attended the various tours, at
feed lots in each locality.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-01-15
Montcalm Barley Not
Suited to Montana

MONTCALM BARLEY, a Cana
madam variety, is not suitable for
production under Montana climatic
conditions, says Dale G.. Shelter,
assistant agronomist at the Montana
Agricultural Experiment station, in
answer to inquiries from Montana
growers.
While Montcalm is adapted to the
province of Ontario from which it
has been released, it has not proved
satisfactory at experiment stations
in Saskatchewan where climatic
conditions are similar to those of
northern Montana, he said. These
stations report that Montcalm is not
suitable for mailing because of its
steely texture and that it is I'M
satisfactory for combine harvesting.
In nursery trials in Montana
this year, Smeltzer said, Montcalm
proved inferior in yield to the rec
commended Compana and Glacier
varieties.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-01-15
National Woolgrowers
Meet Jan. $3.50

Declines in the sheep population
and the effects that any renewal of
price control and meat rationing
would have on the industry will
take top spots in discussions of the
National Woolgrowers association at
its 83d annual convention Jan. 25
to %, at Salt Lake City.
j. Melvin Jones, executive secre-
tary, said sheep and wool men from
16 states have made reservations for
the meeting. Sylvan j. Pauly of
Deer Lodge, Mont, is association
president.
Speakers will include DR.. r. R.
Renne, president of Montana State
college, Bozeman.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-01-15

The soil auger is often used by
cattlemen to determine the prob
able condition of the range and to
show how many cattle can be pas
tured or for how long a time.
If you don't have a soil auger try
your post hole digger, and you will
soon invest in the two inch auger.
Don't wait until the plant begins
to show want of water; use the
auger and your judgment. If the
moisture falls to Z percent, start
to irrigate.
And now remember that it takes
about 1000 pounds of water to grow
one pound of wheat, included in
this weight is of course the weight
of the straw.
For a 24z ton crop of alfalfa
(kiln dried) calculations will show
that from IL to 2 acre feet of
water are breathed off through the
leaves. Of course, rain has its eff
feet but in the plains regions Is only
sufficient to make up for evapora-
ton from the ground deep percola-
tons and unavoidable losses. AS
stated in a previous article rain
isn't much help to the irrigator
even though it may make dry-land
farming profitable.
This auger will cost you about
$40 and will last for years.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-01-15
Dates to Note

Jan. l5-Deadline for filing original
or amended declarations of esti-
mated income tax for 1947.
Jan. I5-17-Montana Woolgrowers
association 47th annual conven-
ton, Butte.
Jan. 22-24-Montana certified potato
and registered seed show, Kali
spell.
Jan. 25-2s-National Wool Growers
association convention, Salt Lake
City.
Feb. 1-Deadline for filing reports
of performance under the 1947
AGA program.
Feb. 23-28-Second annual Montana
Winter fair, Bozeman.
Feb. 25-First annual meeting Mon
tana Hereford Association, Inc,
Bozeman.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-01-15
Feeding DOT Treated
Forage Not Advised

FEEDING PLANTS or parts of
plants that have been treated with
DOT to livestock is not recommend
ed by the U. S. department of ag-
riculture bureau of entomology. The
bureau reports that DOT may be
excreted in the milk and accumu-
lated in the fat of animals to which
feed or forage bearing DOT resi-
dues is fed.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-01-15

from the committee at the end of
1947 to devote his full time to ranch
ing. He is interested in the opera
ton of the Quarter Circle u ranch
near Birney in southern Rosebud
county.
Present members of the commit
tee are r. J. McKenna of Geyser,
chairman; J. Ray Maberry, Great
Falls; Claude M. Cory, Helena, and
r. B. Tootell, Bozeman, director of
extension.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-01-15
Brewster Resigns AS
Committeeman

RESIGNATION of Burton B.
Brewster, Rosebud county stock
man, from the Production and Mar
keting administration state commit
tee has been announced.
A successor to Brewster has not
yet been named by the secretary of
agriculture.
Brewster, state committeeman
since July, 1941, said he was retiring
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-01-15
Check Moisture
Continued From Page 19)

piled the soil may be and probably
is, just plain mud to a depth of one
foot but it will percolate downward
and in a day or so will approximate
the ideal. Some water may go below
the root system.
The hair-like roots of all plants
extend downward to astonishing
depths and absorb water to a depth
of 10 feet. 1t is well therefore to
sample the soil to 10 or more feet
and to determine the depth to the
water table, for capillary attrac-
ton will raise the moisture some
5 or 6 feet.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-01-15
Too Much Wafer

Too much water is a waste and
that which passes below the root
system will raise the water table
to a point where the water will flow
underground to a stream or to a low
area. In the latter Ease the low land
"goes to seep," becomes wet and
marshy and much water is lost
through evaporation from the sur
face. All too often it leaves a strong,
plant-killing white alkali.
These phenomena are all too COM
mon in all irrigated areas.
Evening star., 1948-04-08
Press Group to Heur Gloss

LYNCHBURG. Va. April (spe-
ciaD Carter Glass, jr.. editor and
publisher of The Lynchburg News
and Advance, will deliver the OPEN
ing address at the spring conven-
ton Of the Virginia intercollegiate
Press Association at Lynchburg Col
lege tomorrow.
Evening star., 1948-04-08
AnsIinger Reveals Camel Hump
Stores Narcotics for SmuqqIers

the Sahara, who set up = camel k
ray station out In the sand. Al
though this stopped the sm1gglers
for awhile, the narcotics chief says
he understands they now are using
plastic containers which can't be
spotted,
A drug addict, who was being
treated in Lexington ky hos
pital, troubled the Investigators un-
til they examined him in the dental
clinic. The patient. although his
supply presumably had been cut
of, still exhibited the tell-tale pin
point eyes. The dentist found q
hollow tooth, with cavity which
had been drilled high into the
cheek bone. Inside the hole was
a package containing enough heroin
to keep the man showed" for sev-
eral months.
Mr.. Anslinger, while praising the
cooperation of most physicians,
said some Of them don't ask ques-
tions." He told of . Louisville CKy)
woman who hired an old man on
the street to be her father, marched
him into q doctors office and said
that her father was dying Of can
Ger. The doctor gave her q pre-
scription for morphine. She re-
peated this trick with other physi-
clans and went back each week
for more morphine for her father" /"
Finally one doctor asked to see
her father again. She hunted for
the old man, eventually learning
that he had died. She hired another
and presented him to the doctor,
who promptly wrote her out another
prescription.
She was doing thriving business
Evening star., 1948-04-08

A camel that carried heroin across
the Sahara In his hump, desperate
man who filled his own tooth with
the drug and Z woman who hired q
dying father for IS. we're described
last night by Harry J. Anslinger,
United States commissioner Of mar
cotics.
Mr.. Anslinger addressed the
Crestwood Citizens Association.
The camel trick was developed by
group OF international opium and
heroin smugglers, Mr.. Anslinger said.
Metal tubes were filled with dope"
and fed to camels. They found their
way into the animals second, or
storage, hump, where they remained
until the desert trip ended In q
slaughter house.
After receiving q tip, horoscope
was rushed to q narcotics agent in
Evening star., 1948-04-08
when the narcotics squad nabbed

when the narcotics squad nabbed
her.
Mr.. Anslinger, who has headed
the Bureau OF Narcotics since 1880,
Is also the United States represent
ative on the Commission on Narcotic
Drugs Of the United Nations. Before
1880, he served in the diplomatic
service and was assistant commits
sioner OF prohibition.
The meeting was conducted by
Forrest Martell, president, In the
Roosevelt High School, Thirteenth
and Upshur streets NV.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-09-15
One~Shot Lice Control
Continued from page 45)

Continued from page 45)
thoroughly examined eight days
after treatment. No live lice were
found on any of these animals. APP
proximate1y go days after applica-
ton, &c head were rechecked for
lousiness. At this interval 81 were
apparently free from all louise stages,
five head showed one or more in
dividual lice and were classified as
very lightly infested.
Complete Practical Control
Another test group of 81 Short
horn cattle belonging to the wner
of the above herd, were sprayed Jan.
s with pyrenone T-194 Wettable
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-09-15

IS. ". Clark Photo
A Hereford cow heavily infested with
short nosed OK louise.
powder at the rate of 1917 pounds to
$50 gallons of water. Application
was made with 400 pounds of pres
sure. After II days, II representa-
tive animals were carefully checked
for lice. Of these, Is were found to
be entirely louse-free, while the
other two steers had louise each
and were therefor, classified as very
lightly infested. Complete practical
control was obtained On these two
herds with a single application of
pyrenones.
In the fourth test % head of heav-
lily infested Hereford feeder steers
were treated with emulsifeab1e con-
centrate tbs at the rate of 1 gallon
to 100 gallons of water. The ma
chine which was used to make the
application produced so pounds of
pressure and it was observed that
the spray equipment did not give
complete coverage of the animals.
Two months after treatment 81
steers were examined for lousiness.
In these examinations 13 were c1as-
sified as 1ouse-free, six lightly in
tested, and two moderately infested.
The control obtained in this expert
ment was exceptionally good con-
sidering the manner in which the
spray was applied.
Weight Gains Noted
In comparing Montana results
with tests made in other states, it
is interesting to note that equally
satisfactory and in many cases, even
more complete control was obtained,
Workers in New Mexico made COM
parsons in weight gains of treated
animals over the gain made by those
left untreated. Two lots of 10 cows
each were cut from the herd. One
lot was weighed, marked, anc
power sprayed. The other 10 were
marked, weighed and left untreated
After a period of 81 days following
treatment the two lots were weighed
again. The weight data showed tina
the treated cows gained an averag,
of 70 pounds per head more thar
those that were untreated.
3 Important Practices
To obtain maximum results from
applications for cattle lice contro
there are three important practice
which the stockman should keep il
mind. First, the spray application
should be made with at least 40
pounds pressure. 1t is necessary t
wet the skin of the animal to XII,
the lice and this can be accomplish
best by using high pressures. It
Evening star., 1948-03-21

TIE WAS born more than a hun
LII dred years ago in a farmhouse
20 feet square, in a place that might
be described as a suburb of a village.
His father was a carpenter, barely
able to make a living for his family,
and his son was scarcely more Sue
cessful. The boy had little or no
schooling. In his early teens he be-
came an errand boy in a lawyers
office, worked for a doctor, and
became typesetter.
At 18 he tried to teach school,
but was unable to maintain disci-
pline. He then decided to be a pub
Usher. At 20 he was editor, COM
positor and distributor of country
journal. Failing again, he drifted to
the city as an itinerant journalist.
His newspaper work was uninspired,
for there was dream in the back of
his head which made everything else
seem petty and pro6tless. Driven
by this dream he travelled and
toiled, and, as far as his compatriots
figured, came to nothing.
In HIS mid-thirties, he put his
thoughts into book, setting the
type with his own hands. 1t was a
small but startling affair, full of
strange ideas and curious language.
One of the famous writer's of the
period hailed the work as an ex-
traordinary piece of wit and wisdom,
and wrote, Il greet you at the begin
ming of a great career" But most of
the critics condemned the book with
angry denunciations. They said the
author was "as unacquainted with
art as a hog is with mathematics"
that he deserves nothing 50 richly
as the public executioner's whip"
and he employed slang in place of
melody, rowdyism instead of regu-
larity."
Disheartened, he turned to other
tasks. Then the war started, and he
learned to dress wounds, write let
tiers for disabled soldiers, and 60
Evening star., 1948-03-21
FAITH OF A FAILURE
by Louis Untermeyer
He won little fame and less fortune
yet every American knows his name
by Louis Untermeyer

from hospital to hospital until his
health broke down. After the war,
he was given a small place in the
government, until one of his supe-
riors discovered that he was the.
author of an ''immoral" book and
dismissed him from office. Half
paralyzed from illness contracted
during his war experiences he grew old
and lived for the most part alone.
He dwelt in a shabby house near a
railroad crossing, where the trains
shrieked all day and night. He died
in his seventy-third year, unknown
except to a small group of devotees.
YET this man, failure according
to those who worshiped quick COM
mercial success, was one of the great
prophets of democracy. His book is
still the most uplifting celebration
of the American spirit, a glorifca-
ton of ''the divine average" Its
title is beautifully appropriate, for
the author took as his symbol the
commonest and most universal of
things - the grass - the humble
vegetation which is cut down and
burned over, yet survives eternally
to feed the world.
No writer ever wrote more elo-
quently or more nobly about the
union of the trivial and the tremen-
dous, of the dignity of little things
in the face of insecurity and
doubt.
Ibelieue leaf Of grass is no less than
the jo4r,sey-soork Of the stars.
And the running blackberry mouh
adorn the barlors Of heasen.
And the ,sarrosoest hinge tn my hand
puts to scorn all machinery.
And the co,O crnnching wtth de-
bress'd head surbasses any statue;
And a mouse is miracle enough to
stagger sextillio,,s of i'yfdels.
It was faith that could not fail.
The book was Leaves of Grass"
and its author was Walt Whitman.
Evening star., 1948-03-21
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TOO BAD. For while it looked as
though we'd be spared soap operas in
television, since five shows a week
would be too much of a strain on any
set of actors. CTelevision requires a
great deal of rehearsing because actors
must memorize their lines instead of
reading from script.)
But now we hear that tiny walkie-
tallkie device has been perfected; it is
attached invisibly to an actors ear
and an of-stage director can prompt
him whenever he forgets his lines.
Television experts think that this will
Evening star., 1948-03-21

This Week Magazine
FOR A BETTER AMERICA
WILLIAM l. NICHOLS, Editor
HOW DOES A WAR WIDOW LrvE7... 4
BY Jsmss r. Miller
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WHATS HAPPENING m OUR
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Evening star., 1948-03-21

ATOMIC AGE NOTE. The other
day we happened to run across
one of the most modest quotes we
ever read:
mo amount of experimentation
can ever prove me right; single ex-
pertinent may at any time prove me
wrong" ALBERT ErNsTEIN
Evening star., 1948-03-21

cut down on rehearsal time enough to
permit daily soap-opera programs.
However, script writers will have to
keep speeches pretty short so that
they can be transmitted quickly.
Thus, the 'Trudy Faces Tragedy"
program may sound something like
this:
Hi, Trudy." Hi, john" "How's
Mother?" "She's dying" Where's
Dad?" run off," with who?"
Ma Perkins" 'Oh, mel" "Oh, my"
Oh, well. :.
The theocrat., 1948-12-01

A five-day conference of Chi
cago traffic court judges and
prosecutors will be conducted
December 6 through 10 by the
American Bar Association and
The Traffic Institute, North
The theocrat., 1948-12-01

western University. Meetings
will be held every afternoon
for the five days in the judges
conference room in the cham
bers of Chief Justice Shelter
at the city hall.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-13

Do you have an Army 45 you brought back from Europe or the Pacific? Or any other military weap- on?
 Lots of veterans do. Some even have Nils and '03 Springtields wrich they dismantled overseas and sent tack home piecemeal. Can you keep one of these weap- ons in your possession legally? Or is it against the law? Is it still government property to which you have no claim?
 The answer is-it's still govern ment property to which you have no legal right to it. The Army has a regulation on this, but as far as I can find out, the Navy and the Marines do not.
 If you're an Army veteran. you can write the Adjutant Generals Office, Department of the Army, Washington 25, D. O., if you want to find out. In your letter give a complete description of the weapon and ask permission to buy it for sentimental reasons That's what the regulation GAR 45-75) says sentimental reasons"
 Probably the AGO will write back, telling you how much you have to pay for the weapon, and you'll have it for keeps. But remember certain weapons must be registered under federal and some state laws. Better find out about this too.
 Question from " J., New Orleans, La.: T am a veteran in Veterans Administration hospital. Is there anything to keep me from applying for CT Bill home loan while still in the hospital? If so, could I do it when, as expect to soon, go home on a trial visit?"
 Since you are veteran you may apply for a loan at any time. But I ti lnk it would be physically impos- sible to do all the work connected with getting home loan while still in the hospital. Also you might not find any lender willing to make you loan until he was sure you are
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-13
Pasddo Manand
 Arrives in Port

Bringing five passengers for Ju- neau in addition to nine tourists, the 96-foot yacht Jasado Manana, Skipper Einar Haugen, was in port enroute north.
 Arrivals were R. E. Heron Of Springfield, H.. Mrs. J. w. Forsy- tn of Juneau, Mrs. John Hudson of Olympia, Wish, Omar and Pearl Edwards of Moberly. Mo. Tourists aboard are Sam and Nell Wollman of Los Angeles, Miss Louise Ernst and Miss Catherine Gillmor of California, Miss Roma Greene and Miss Judy Reese of Newton, Kansas, Ed Bowman of Long Beach and MT. and Mrs John Sobey of Berkeley, Calf.
 Miss Reese and Miss Greene paid a surprise visit to the Rev. anc Mrs. Samuel A. McPhetres. The Rev. MT. McPhetres formerly was in charge of an Episcopaliar Church in Junction City, Kansas near the visitors home.
 The yacht was to sail at 6 o'clock this evening.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-13
VETERAN5' GUIDE
 D., AA If,D TunMAT M MAI

all well again and able to make { living But certainly sou are eligible tt
 apply.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-13
RUDY LITTLEFIELD5
 TO RETURk-SEATTLE

Mrs. G. P Hllzenger and Mrs. Roy Patterson arrived today from Seattle aboard the George Wash ington to spend ten days with the Rudy Littlefields of Juneau. Mrs. Hilzenger is sister of Mrs. Littlefield.
 Mrs. Littlefield and son and daughter, Rudy, Jr., and Barbara, plan to leave here for Seattle on board the Washington August 23, and Rudy Littlefield, employed by the Brighton Fish Co.,, expects to fly to Seattle agout August 20.
 The Littlefields arrived to Ju- neau the first of April and have become well known about town since that time. Rudy has been an active and regular ballplayer with the Douglas ball club through out the season.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-13
GROUP ORGANIZE
 TAXPAYERS ASSN.
 FOR TERRITORY
Juneau Man Is Named 10 Board of Directors
 of Organization

! Establishment of the Territorial Taxpayers Association, an organl-
 zation formed to study Alaska's ba- sic tax structure and to foster legiS- lation designed to attract new in-
 dustry to Alaska, was announced by w. c. Stump, Ketchikan, Attorney.
 The group is territorial wide and the following well-known Alaskans are serving as tie first Board of Directors.
 z. J. Loussac, Mayor of Anchorage, Dan Lhamon, Fairbanks, Henry Hogue, Juneau. Theodore Kettleson. Sitka, Emery r. Tobin. Editor and Publisher of the Alaska Sportsman Ketchikan.
 Stump will act as Executive Sec retary.
 "As permanent residents of the Territory, we are vitally con- cerned about the taxation base" Stump said. No one wants to pay more funds and the future develop ment will not lessen that need. Stu dies should be completed and sub mittted to the people of the Terri tory regarding the financial needs of the Territory and the equitable distribution of the tax burden in the Territory. All proposed legis- latiop should be studied with view to it's effect on our tax problem. L eg sl at on should be encour- aged that will favor development of new industry and not penalize private enterprise"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-13

you CT Bill loan. That might be tough. There is no limit to the amount you may borrow, but there is a limit on the amount that the government will guarantee-$4.000.
 Question rom F. R., Spokane, Wash. Whats the deadline for ap- plying for terminal leave pay?"
 Veterans discharged before Sept. 1, 1946, the date of the Terminal Leave Act, must apply for their terminal leave pay by midnight, Aug. 3l. l948.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-13
]. ". ANDER50N
 VISITING HERE

w. Anderson, Tacoma attor- ncy. is presently visiting with George Anderson and wife of Ju- neau. Andersen has been here for about a week, and says he is en- toying the stay extremely despite spite the fact that the fish aren't biting. T was here about IS or 20 years ago. Anderson said, and the fishing luck was much better at that time but if possible, I'll be back next year to give her an- other try"
 Anderson plans to leave for Ta- coma the first of next week.