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Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-04-01
plain, insisted that he had been

plain, insisted that he had been
pursued to our door by coyotes.
Loneliness was one of the severest
hardships suffered by those men and
women separated from family and
friends. When the pleasures of visit
ing among other settlers in a like
p~redicament to his own had palled,
the lone young man was likely TO
walk to the nearest town, which
would be anything from Is to 80
miles away.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-04-01

and a single horse. The gathered
rocks were heaped under the bound
airy fences of the claims. (And 80
years later, removed by new-type
farmers who grumbled the while at
the lack of foresight such rock piles
~indicated).
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-04-01
Claim Jumpers

Villains of the drama were the
homesteader's version of claim
jumpers, would-be settlers who
waited, v~ulture-like, to find a partly
improved place which might be con-
tested on the ground that it's owner
was not complying with the letter
of the law, had outstayed his leave
of absence, or had not completed the
required number of improvements
in the time allowed.
But not all of the first years of
homesteading was grim. In winter
there were social meetings and
dances, there was always an eager
ness to be neighborly, the settlers
remembering how helpless each was,
alone. And there was an undeniable
pride in accomplishment, a con-
seriousness that they were living a
page of history.
There were romances among the
younger settlers, and weddings
celebrated in o~vercrowded homes or
in school houses, with feasts pre-
pared by families and interested
neighbors. There were gallantry
and laughter.
The spirit, though willing, could
not be divorced from vulnerable
flesh. and the demonstrating ex-
pertinent was doomed to failure, .
failure swift and merciless.
The story of that debacle is too
well known and too recent to need
retelling here, though the evidences
of it is all but gone.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-04-01
Loneliness

One of these women later des-
cribed to me amusedly the agonies
of terror she lived through, her
fevered imagination conjuring up
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-04-01
Contour Forming Eliminates
Uphill Pulls
Saves up TO 1o% on Tractor
Fuel Bills!

Farmers who have changed to contour farming report big
savings in "anchoring' their soil in preventing ma
nure and fertilizer from washing downhil : and in tractor
operating costs. Rows are longer, but most important
they're on The lepe! The plows, cultivators and combines go
right along without having to bump and jerk across gullies.
Tractors are not continually in lower gear pulling uphill!
The result : less wear and tear on your tractor and machin-
cry. Less fuel is used because you eliminate the uphill pulls.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-03-04
STRENGTH IS
 CALLED FOR
 BY JOHNSON
America Must Remain Strong for Peace Says
 New Defense Head
By ELTON C.. FAY

WASHINGTON, March 4. = R - Louis A. Johnson, soon to be Secre- tary of Defense, said today that Am erica must remain strong.
 strength means peace, and with out strength there is no peace he said.
 Johnson talked with reporters at the White House. He said the pur- pose of his call on President Tru- man was to express appreciation for his appointment and my full de- voted loyalty.'s
 Accompanying Johnson was Sec |retary Forrestall Johnson said he had been meeting regularly with Forrestal and would continue to do SO until March 31, when he takes over, getting familiar with the job j Forrestall said the two would spend the next month arranging for a smooth, practical, and easy tram sition." He said the cabinet office carries great responsibility and he is confident Johnson will handle it. Forrestal. a former New York fi- nancier, was asked his plans for the future. He said he had made none except to get long rest.
 T have had the usual temptation to write which trust I will resist, he laughed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-03-04
90 GO SOUTH ON
 PAN AM CLppER

Thirty passengers left Juneau yes- terday by Pan American clipper bound for Seattle. and l3 arrived here from the south. Passengers included:
 From Seattle: Steven Parker. Mar celia Bunker, Laurence Irving, Roy Anderson, Harry Norris, Clancy Jenkins. Mike Punsti. Clarence Nor on.
 From Annette Norman OBryan, Marcella Leask, Kathie Leask, Rus sell Carter. Fred Urban.
 To Seattle: MT. and Mrs. Anti Penittinen, Mir. and Mrs. Jack Bur ford, Mrs. H. o. Hulberg, Helen Hulberg. Spencer Workman. Max Christianson, Hernod Tofte, James Prevatt, Mrs. Kenneth Bowman, Ti- mothy Bowman.
 To Ketchikan: Eden Abercrombie, Leo Kaye, Wayne Walther, Alice Walther, A. Howard, Oscar Brick son, Elsie Dedrickson, Marion Hun- skar. Windell Stimson. Virginia Bliss and infant Judith, Tarian Croker, Malvin Croker. Joanne Croker, Ruth Gervasi, Violet Haynes, Ellyn Lo- paz, George Salkeld.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-03-04
HOUSE KILLS CRED|T5BILL
 BY B TO 10
Legislators Support En- pIoyers' Side on Con-
 troyersidI Issue
By JIM HUTCHINSON

The House rejected today bill to eliminate the employers exper- fence rating credits from the Terri tcrial Unemployment Compensation Act. The vote was 13 to 10.
 The rating section allows credits estimated at $1,200,0OO this year to employers who maintained stable payrolls. They get the credits in the form of reduction in the unemployment compensation tax on their payrolls.
 Organized labor has opposed the credits. The bill was introduced by Rep. Alfred Owen, Jr., of An chorage.
 The rating clause is now before the U. s. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco on appeal after District Judge Anthony Dimond ruled it invalid on the ground of an error in legislative procedure in its enactment.
 Moore Testifics
 The House vote came after tes- timony for the bill by Tom Moore, legislative representative of the Territorial Federation of Labor, and testimony for continuation of the credit system by John Mclaughlin. director of the Unemployment Compensation Division.
 Moore testified that labor organ izations feel the approximately sl2,- C0o,000 in the unemployment fund is insufficient to weather the drain of serious business recession, and credits which reduce the payments into the fund should not be grant cd. He said organized labor feels that if the fund reaches a size where payments could be safely re- duced, the reduction should apply to all employers instead of only to those with stable employment rec ords. Mclaughlin Gives Views Mclaughlin testified the Unem- ployment Compensation Commis- sion favors continuing tile exper- fence rating credit system and feels the fund is sufficient to protect the unemployed reasonably. through a depression period.
 The House vote on the bill to eliminate the credits was (Continiied on Page Fivel
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-03-04
CAB MULLING
 REGULATION
 OF N0NSkED5

E SEATTLE, March 4.-sR-The fate of the nonscheduled airlines of the Northwest and Alaska is now in the lap of the Civil Aeronautics Board.
 This was the word brought back from Washington, D. O., by John F. Dore Jr., counsel for the l3 non- scheduled airlines of this region. He spent three weeks in the capital arguing before the board and sub mitting briefs in opposition to the proposed change in regulations. He said they would amount to death sentence" for the small independent carriers.
 Gov. Gruening of Alaska wired the board that the nonscheduled air lines had been a vital factor in the development of Alaska and their sus- pension would be a severe blow tc the economy of the Territory. Dore made his report to the op- orators at a meeting yesterday afternoon at Boeing Field. Floyc Davis. newly-appointed President of the Independent Carriers Con- ference, presided.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-03-04
STATEHOOD COMMITTEE
 PROPOSED
Would Gather Information for Use by State Consti-
 tutiondI Convention
By CHARLES D. WATKINS

By CHARLES ID. WATKINS
 WASHINGTON, March 4.-lR- Statehood for Alaska was approved today by the Territories Subcom- nittee of the House Public Lands Committee.
 A similar measure for Hawaii got the committees favorable vote yesterday.
 Chairman Redden CD-NC) saio the vote on Alaska was unanimous He said the bills will go before the full committee next Tuesday.
 He added that he is sure both will be approved in committee ano will pass when the House gets tc them.
 The committee heard short ora testimony in favor of statehood or Alaska before going into execu- i've session to vote.
 Father Paul c. O'Connor oi Hooper Bay, Alaska, said the Terri tory is ready for statehood. He 5redicted that it will develop just as fast as other states ito make our state one of the principal states of the union"
 Interior Department representa- lives and army officers also testi- fed in favor of statehood.
 Statehood for Alaska was approv- sd by the Public Lands Committed last year but the proposed legisla- ion never was cleared by the Rules Committee for House debate.
 9O-Day Convention The bill provides that on pas sage the Governor of the TrritorI shall call a constitutional conven- sion composed of elected represen' tatives which will draw up con- stitution. It is required that thi. work be done in 90 days. The constitution then would bf submitted to the voters of thf Territory and, if ratified, forWaro' ed to the President, who wouie issue a proclamation making th' Territory new state. The bill proposes to admit Aiasks on the same basis as Arizona ahe {; New Mexico were admitted to th' union. It provides the new stats would have control of it's fisheries l now under federal control, ant would give to the new state ap' proximately 100000 acres Of lane for use in raising funds for schools and other activities.
 During the Hawaii statehood hearing yesterday Rep. Mansileie D-Mont) urged approval of state hood for both territories.
 He said he would like to see th' i stranglehold of Seattle business in terests broken in Alaska
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-03-04
S9,o5o,ooo Recommended
 By ypr!'esildenf sl
Favorable Action by Bud- get Bureau on Forest
 Service Request

The Juneau office of the U. S. Forest Service received a wire to- day from Regional Forester B Frank Heintzleman, who is now n Washington. D. C., that favor tble action has been taken by the 5ureau of the Budget on the For 1st Service request for Forest High way funds to improve and construct 'oads on the Tongass National For sst adjacent to those cities where 'ulp mills are contemplated in the not distant future.
 This includes Ketchikan, Juneau md Sitka.
 The President has recommended to congress that a supplemental ap- rorrlation of s2.65O,000 and con- ract authorization of 6,4OO,0O be made to the Public Roads Admins ration for this construction.
 In addition to new construction md improvement of Forest high ways this fund will provide for the
 
 construction of several spur roads open homesite areas on the Ma ioIal Forest.
 These additional homesites will ,e urgently needed by workers in he various pulp mills.
 Division Engineer H. A. Stoddart the Public Roads Adminjstrat;o,, lated that this will be in addi- ion to the regular appropriation or Forest highways already pro- ,rammed.~ the -pxinOipal ones of mich are the Ward Cove reIoca- : ion job at Ketchikan. hard sur acing the Glacier Highway between uneau and the airport, and the seio.N ton of ,the Kenai River 'ridge section of the Anchorage Homer road
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-03-04
E LEAVING FOR
 JUNEAU,5AT.

SEATTLE, March 4. F. A. 1eusler, Executive Assistant to the resident of the Alaska Steamship Company, will sail for Juneau to- morrow on company business.
 J. Fred Zumdieck, Superintendent of Alaska Steam. and Emil Hansen. superintendent of the Alaska Term nal and Stevedoring Company, ar rived back yesterday on the Baranof .rter an inspection tour of Alaska port facilities.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-03-04

WASHINGTON- House leaders are quietly Investigating one of the biggest franking grabs in Congress ional history. It involves jaunty COP Representative Ralph w. Gwinn of New York. the man who, at minimum wage hearings last week. angrily told laundry work CT witness to take in washing at home if she didn't like the wages paid by her employer.
 Gwinn has launched the most ex- tensive one-man mail crusade since the days of former isolationist Con- gressman Ham Fish-aimed at un- dermining President Truman's Fair Deal' program.
 He is mailing out more than 900,000 letters containing 2,250,00( copies of speeches against public housing, federal aid to education rent control and ether blanks o1 the Democratic platform.
 A good part of this already has been sent to the, Committee foi Constitutional Government and two
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-03-04

M0L0T0vI5 RELEASED
 FROM POST

LONDON, March 4.--R- The Moscow radio says V. M. M0lOtov is released from his duties of SO- yiet Foreign Minister"
 Andrei Y. Vishinsky, Soviet dele- gate tc the United Nations and former deputy Foreign Minister, has been named to the post.
 vishinslzy recently returned to Russia from CzechOslOvakia where ne had been treated for illness.
 The radio also announced A. |. Mikoyan has been released as Min- ister of Foreign Trade.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-03-04
CEMETERY PROVES TO
 BE GOOD BEDROOM

RRISBANE-tR- If you're hitch -hiker, take tip from an Aussie and sleep in a cemetery.
 Francis Keaney, l8, university student. gives the advice. He has bitch-hiked a few thousand miles down under.
 Says Francis: You can generally count on cemeteries not being well kent There is always long, soft orass in which to make comfort able bed. Besides, you are fairly safe from cows walking over you
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-03-04
PRINCETON HALL TO
 LEAVE HERE SATURDAY

The Princeton-Hall leaves Satur- day morning for Rake and will re- turn here with the Rev. Harold Voelkel, Korean missionary. who will conduct services at the North ern Light Presbyterian church next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-03-04
BOND ISSUE
 REFERENDUM
 E APPROVED
House Also Votes for Bus Control At Health
 Measures
By JIM HUTCHINSON

In a session that ran until 6 o'clock last night. the House voted for a s200O0,O00 bond issue refer endum, for creation of regulatory Bus Transportation Commission and for a pre-marital examination bill. All were passed along to the Senate.
 The vote was 21-2 for the refer endum by the electorate on whether to ask Congress for the right to have the Territory issue up to s20,0OO,000 in bonds. The same ballot would ask whether the terri tory should proceed with the issue if Congress should approve.
 Three -fourths of the amount would be for school buildings with the rest for other institutions re- quired after statehood.
 The House passed, g to ?, -marital health examination bill introduced by Rep. Amelia A. Gun dersen and Doris M. Barnes. Pas sage came after deleting a propos- ed imprisonment penalty. It carries a $250 fine for violation. Opponents expressed skepticism about its work ability in the Territory, but it carries waiver provisions for iso- lated spots.
 Another bill introduced by the same women passed, 2l-3. It re- quires compulsory prenatal blood test for expectant mothers.
 The House also voted, 18-6 for a McCutcheon- Taylor bill for creation of a Bus Transportation Commits sion to control Territory bus lines, issue certificates of operation and regulate fares. The bill provoked a lively debate, with Rep. Frank Angerman leading the opposition and charging that it would open the way for franchises and mono poly. He read wires from Fair banks labor leaders in opposition
 He failed to get the support of other labor members of the House, however, who swung into line be- hind the argument that franchises would keep order in the industry and prevent big operators from the states coming north and squeezing out local bus operators.
 The Board of Road Commission ers-composed of the Governor, the highway engineer and treasurer would be constituted as the Bus Commission.
 The House scheduled night ses- sion tonight at 7:30 but might have to cut it short-or cancel it-to board the S.S. Denali for the an- nual inspection trip to the Sitka Pioneers Home.
 The House killed for the second time revised bill by Rep. Warren A. Taylor. to admit experienced stateside dentists without a Boarc examination.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-03-04
RHODE TO SEATTLE

Clarence J. Rhode, Alaska direct or of the U. s. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to go to Seattle on Monday. He expects to be gone a week or so. concerned with weir and vessel operations. and to accept bids on two new fast small patrol boats.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-03-04
ACS AUDITOR HERE

Lieut.. Brooks Ydeen, travelling auditor for the Alaska Communi- cations System, expected to go to Seattle on today's Pan American flight, after two months work in Alaska, at various ACS stations.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-03-04
WEATHER REPORT
 TIT q VUEATuER aTJREAT

tU. D. WEAl nER 6OHEhO , This data is for 24-hour pe- } riod ending 6.30 am. PSF.
 , In Juneau Maximum, 40; , minimum, 34.
 , At Airport Maximum, 39'
 , minimum, B.
 } r 0 R E C A s T , tJuneau and Vicinity , Continued cloudy with rain , tonight Saturday. South easterly winds 15-25 mph. } Little change in temperature , with lowest tonight 38 and } highest Saturday AZ. . PR E lPl T A T ION "
 . tPast 24 hours ending 7:3o am. today , Tn Juneau .99 inches;
 . since March 1, 1.74 inches, . since July l, 9374 inches.
 . At Airport .l9 inches, . since March 1, .72 inches; . since July l, 5902 inches.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-03-04

The Winnie B., owned by Charlie wilson, is expected to leave for Angoon today if the weather per- mitS.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-03-04

WAMCAT OUT AGAIN
 Equipment trouble on Sentinel Island took the ACS duty boat Wamcat, out early this morning SC technicians could make repairs.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-03-04
The W ashington Merry Go Round

By DREW PEARSON (copyright. ls4s. by Bell syndicate. Incl
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-03-04

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Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-04-15
Dealer Is Listed Here

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l. Cowan Brothers
Springs Mercantile
contractors Supply
Althoff Nero. Co.
Motor a
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Lbr. d Impl. Co.
street Furt1lturc
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~seringer Hardware
shall Wells Stores
1ge Grass Electric
Furniture Mart
General Appliance
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Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-04-15

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Insecticide Selection
Demands Care
BY DON K. SCHARFF, Assistant
Entomologist. Montana Experiment
Station. Bozeman

SINCE THE WAR a great many
new insecticides have been placed on
the market, and during the next year
or two the present number may be
expected to increase still more.
Each one of these insecticides may
be present on the market under at
least a half dozen different confus-
ing brand names. To add still more
to the confusion, each brand may be
put up in half a dozen different
forms, like wettable powders, mis-
chile powders, mixed dusts, impreg-
mated dusts, l to so percent solutions
or emulsion concentrates, ~aerosol
bombs, etc. Some are to be used just
as they ONE out of the package;
others should be mixed with varying
proportions of water or something
else.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-04-15
Right Insecticide

else.
Right Insecficide
DOT works wonders against some
insect pests, but is practically worth
less against others. Under some IN
ditions a dust is best; under others
a liquid spray or some other form is
superior. The same is true of the
other new insecticides. Thousands Of
tests are continually going on all
over the country to find out which
ones are best for each pest. Some
that are best today will be replaced
tomorrow by others that are better.
Your county agent and the state
entomologist at Bozeman are making
every effort to keep up with this
changing situation. They are in the
best position to advise you On your
insect problem. Contact one or the
other of them when you have an in
sect problem. They will be glad to
give you the latest information on
control materials and methods of ap-
plication.
After you find which insecticidal
material is best for your purpose,
you will probably not be able to find
it unless you do some careful read
ing of labels. The trade name of an
insecticide probably won't tell you
much, but the law requires that the
ingredients and their proportions be
listed somewhere on the label. That
is where you should look to deter
mine what you are buying. Always
read the label carefully before you
buy an insecticide. 1t may save you
trouble and money.
Poison-Use Care!
Most of the new insecticides, in
Guiding DOT, are definitely poison
Gus to certain plants and animals
under certain conditions, and some
of them accumulate in the body It's
sues of treated animals. Some give a
d-isagreeable flavor to the flesh of
treated animals and to food plants.
1t is therefore important to handle
them with care and to follow the
recommendations of your county
agent or the state entomologist.
Toxicity of these new insecticides
to man and animals must be con
sidered right along with their effec-
tiveness against insect pests, accord
ing to DR.. E. F. Knipling, USDA bu-
reau of entomology and plant in
spection. 1t is known, for example
that DOT when used on dairy ami
mails, will be passed into the milk
Under experimental conditions, con
siderable amounts of DOT will b.
stored in the fatty tissues when ami
mails are heavily treated. Little in
formation is available, however, t
show the amounts of DOT stores
when animals are treated with nor
NAL amounts for practical insect con
troll.
Effect of New Chemical
Methoxychlor, one of the newe
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