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Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-08-01
SaIuting Montana's Greatest Industry

registered sires. The commercial producers
are becoming more and more critical of the
foundation animals they buy. They know
that with the present day costs of operation
they must have stock that will produce eff
ficiently. They fully realize the Importance
of constant improvement.
Both the breeder of purebreds and the
commercial producer are eager to keep
abreast of news and developments of their
industry. So it is that page by page, in pic
ture and in words, in stories and advertise
ments, information regarding the livestock
industry is presented in this special issue of
Montana Farmer-Stockman, as well as in
the other % issues that appear during the
year. just as the early issues of the paper 35
years ago covered the livestock and farming
industries of those days, SO today Montana
Farmer-Stockman e%ndeavors to serve these
far greater industries of the present time.
Montana ives a great deal to the men
and women who pioneered the livestock in
dustry and to those who first brought bet
ter foundation stock to the state. It owes
much also to the commercial producers and
to the breeders of registered livestock of to-
day, who are doing so much to maintain
Montana's position as one of the greatest of
the livestock producing states.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-08-01
Balancing Cow Herds With Hay Stacks

next spring at a reasonable cost. The higher
the quality of the foundation stock the more
feasible such a practice becomes.
In the drier areas, however, most ranch-
ers will find it best to balance their COW
herds with their feed Many grow
ers figure that a 9-year-old cow has about
finished her job on the range under normal
conditions. Feed supplies in numerous in
stances may require cutting back to 6-year-
olds or even lower, with due consideration
to quality and production factors.
Most of the veteran stockmen we nave
talked to are planning to cut their founda-
ton herd quite closely in line with the feed
in sight. Experience has demonstrated that
this is usually the soundest practice. With
a return to normal conditions it doesn't take
long to get back to the average carrying ca
pacity of the ranch. Except in extreme
cases where it is necessary to liquidate the
entire herd, comparatively few of the sea-
soned operators plan to buy replacement
stock next spring. Growing back rather
than buying back has proved the best pro-
cedure in the past.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-08-01

DANCHERS whose grass supply is short
~ and whose hay reserves can't take up
the slack until next spring are confronted
with a problem that arises periodically in
the range livestock business. They must de-
eide whether to cut their foundation stock
back to the size of their hay stacks, Or to
buy feed or lease range to carry over their
normal herd.
Right now a good beef cow will bring
from $125 to $3.50. With hay and other prices
where they are and likely to go higher it
may cost an average of $50 and up to win
ter each COW if all materials nave to be pur-
chased. This would include hay, protein
concentrates, interest on investment, nor
NAL death loss and labor. The COW would
nave to be worth around SITS to 5000 next
spring to offset this expense.
Each individual situation is different, of
course. In some cases there is enough feed
in sight to make it good business for the
grower to maintain his cattle numbers on a
normal basis. By supplementing his own
supplies with commercial feeds and what
additional roughage he can secure he may
be able to bring his herd through to grass
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-08-01
The Editors Page

TyHIS annual livestock issue of Montana
Il Farmer-Stockman deals with Montana's
greatest industry. It tells a story in words
and pictures about the business of produc-
ing livestock. Not a complete story, of
course. 1t would take many books to do
that. But we believe this issue contains ma
terial that will be of real interest and value
to everyone connected directly or indirectly
with the states livestock industry-an in
dustry whose products were valued at near
1y 5000, OOO, 900 in 1913.
Only the older stockgrowers and those
who were in touch with the livestock situa-
ton in Montana 80 or 40 years ago fully ap-
preciate the tremendous progress that has
been made since that time and particularly
during the last two decades. Progress in
quality of stock, in range conservation, in
disease prevention, in feed production, in
equipment, in general management and in
marketing.
Take the vitality important matter of
herd and flock sires, for instance. Forty
years ago few purebred bulls, bucks or
boarS were in use in Montana or anywhere
else in the west. Today most of the pro-
ducers of cattle, sheep, swine and other
kinds of livestock are convinced that they
cannot afford to use any but good quality
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-08-01

gested that he do something to help; equally
as loud when someone else does do the
work because he can always find plenty of
ways to peck at results.
Anyone can find fault with the leaders
of the Shorthorn, Angus, Hereford or what
ever other breed association it might be. But
it is not everyone who has the initiative
and foresight necessary to go ahead and get
things rolling.
The leaders need your help, not your
hindrance. They need your push on the
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-08-01
Support Your Breed Association

A SETTING hen can produce sitting
IA down. But for most humans success in
any enterprise is a matter of getting up and
doing something about it. Yet there are in
every organization those who coast along
in the setting hen capacity and let the rest
of the folks do the work.
This is equally true of most of the breed
associations of this and, very likely, every
other state. Like the setting hen, a typical
sitter cackles and bustles about when dis
turbed. He shrills loudly when it is sug-
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-08-01

load; they can't pull you along lead weight.
They need your criticism but let it be con-
structive. They need your support, but it
must be something more than the passive
moral variety. They need your advice but
not the backward-looking kind; they need
the look-ahead and the go-ahead.
If you belong to a breed association, or
any other worthwhile organization, don't be
just a sitter.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-08-01
Straws i'm the Wind

Western wheat mosaic. a mysterious
virus disease, has been creeping through
Kansas wheat fields and may cause damage
to crops in that state exceeding $50, 600, 600.
Agronomists think the virus is spread by
the green bug, an insect that is prevalent
in that area.
Oleomargarine interests have all but
given up hope of repeal of the law barring
manufacture of yellow-colored oleo at the
summer session of congress. Dairy state sem
ators have threatened a filibuster if the
ho~use-approved measure is called up and q
filibuster is the last thing senate leaders
want in view of the legislative jam which
has developed.
Among observers of the agricultural sur
plus problem there is growing acceptance of
the oelef that II all the consumers in the
United States could eat all the meat they
want there would be no burdensome surplus
of agricultural products. The increase in
livestock production that would be required
would fully utilize the surplus acres now
devoted to grain, cotton and other basic
commodities.
D is still an effective fly and insect
killer. Don't spray it on milk cows and don't
use it In the dairy barn or milkroom. Other
wise use it as you have before. Other sprays
such as m~ethoxychlor are safe for dairy
purposes and will give very good results.
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Montana and Wyoming farm and ranch
homes have improved tremendously during
the past few years. Modern equipment has
helped to make farm life more enjoyable
In the house as well as in the fields.
Some kinds of farming may be more
pleasant but dairying has a more stable
profit record than many other branches of
the agricultural industry. The well man
aged dairy farm will give a good account
OF Itself during the years that lie ahead.
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Costly and painful accidents are hap
penlng on Montana farms and ranches every
day. Some are unavoidable but MANY could
be prevented with a little care. Better be
safe than sorry.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-08-01

August I, T94q -
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-08-01
Montana Farmer-StOckman

COVERS MONTANA AND NORTHERN WYOMING
OFFICE: III 4th St. N. Great Falls. Montana.
Evening star., 1949-07-17
DR.. James Mccain Heads
New Presbyterian Council
By the Assoeiotsd Press

ATLANTA, July 16.-Dr. James
Ross Mccain, president of Agnes
Scott College, has been elected
chairman of the genral council OF
the General Assembly of the Pres
byterian Church in the United
States.
The group was formed in At
lanta yesterday. 1t was created at
the 1949 session of the Presby-
terian Assembly to supplant the
committee on stewardship.
DR.. T. K. Young. pastor of Idle
wild Presbyterian Church in Mem
phis, was chosen vice chairman
Officers will serve one year.
PHILADELPHIA. July 16 (P.-
The total membership in the Pres.
byterian Church In the U. s. A. to.
day was reported at 1880, 1876, larg.
est in the history of organized
PreSbyterianiSm in America.
Evening star., 1949-07-17
Boy, I, Kills Man, 81,
In Playing With Gun
Behind Store Counter
By the Asseeiated Press

SAN FRANCISCO, July 16.-
"A 7-year-old boy today confessed
the accidental Staying of a st.
year-old grocer after the child
first had attempted to lay the
blame on a man in a neighbor-
hood bar.
II beaded him." Teddy Moreno
said when his sister, 4 years old,
had contradicted his earlier
story.
According to Police Inspector
AL Nelder, Teddy, only 80 inches
tall, carried note from his
mother to corner grocery.
Please send 81 nice hamburger, y
the note read.
Fred Throckmorton, operator
of the store. went to the meat
counter to fill the order, Inspec-
tor Nelder recounted. Teddy
wandered behind the counter.
saw gun Mr.. Throckmorton
kept there for protection and
picked it up.
THE man said look out, "
Teddy told police.
Il said does it 60 OFF, and
then I pulled the trigger. 1t
worked hard. Then it went off.
The pop gun made a noise like a
flrecracker.
"The man fell down. I beaded
him."
The grocer's wife, Tomma, told
police she heard a shot and "a
scuf1ing of feet that sounded like
kids" She ran Into the store from
their adjoining living quarters and
found her husband dying on the
floor. A bullet had penetrated his
chest.
Some time later. Teddy's mother
telephoned police and said her
boy knew something about the
shooting. Questioned, Teddy told
police a strange man had shot
the grocer after he protested
against the mans grabbing Ted
dy's 81 bill. The boy even led
police to neighborhood bar and
pointed out a man he said had
done the shooting.
But then his sister, who had
accompanied him to the store,
said:
Teddy pulled the trigger"
The child then readily admitted
the shooting.
The boy, oldest child in a family
of five, was turned over to juvenile
authorities who were undecided
what to do with him.
His father, John Moreno, said
people like that grocer shouldn't t
leave guns like that around for
kids to get hold Of"
Evening star., 1949-07-17
Dominican Flyers Body
Found on Bahamas Isle
BY the Associoted Press

NASSAU. Bahamas. July 10
The body of a man found on the
beach of a Bahamas Island last
Tuesday has been tentatively
identified as that of a Dominican
Republic army pilot.
Nassau police, who flew to the
island to investigate after the
body was discovered by a hunting
party, said today "the body ap-
peared to be that of a Dominican
aviator"
Police said a flying cap found
nearby was marked "Pena Dias
Tenente. Photo"
Evening star., 1949-07-17
Delaware Man Injured
In Eastern Shore Crosh
By the Assoeiofsd Press

SALISBURY, Md, July 16.-
James F. Purdue, 22-year-old car
penter from Woodland, Del. lost
his left arm in an auto accident
near Delmar, Md. today.
His arm had to be amputated
several hours after his car side
swiped q truck on Route 13.
Evening star., 1949-07-17
Andes Giont

Aconcagua Peak, a $4,000 giant
in the Andes near the Argentina
Chilean border, is nearly a mile
and a half higher than the high
est mountain in Europe.
Evening star., 1949-07-17

Entire Stock of Raleigh
$ll.95 to $l3.95 Summer
Shoes ~no
Ton and white or block ond $X.SU
white, ton ventiIoteds. Sizes
to II in the group.
Evening star., 1949-02-21
Samuel v. Leech Dies;
Father Of 0rganist Here

Samuel v. Leech, 76, Washing
ton native and father Of Samuel
A. Leech, organist and choir di-
rector at St. Paul's Episcopal
Church for many years, died in a
nursing home here yesterday after
an illness of several months. He
lived at 837 Twenty-second street
NV.
Mr.. Leech was the son Of Abner
Y. and Irene Fleury Leech and
traced his ancestry directly to
Lawrence Leech, who settled IN
Salem, Mass, in 1929.
Mr.. Leech served about 40 years
in the Quartermaster Generals
Office of the War Department, re-
firing 10 years ago.
In addition to his son, who lives
at 902 Twenty-th third street NV,
Mr.. Leech is survived by two sis
ters, Mrs. Irene Lerch and Mrs.
Carolyn Hungerford, both Of the
Ontario Apartments, and a broth
er, Abner L. Leech. jr., II Prim-
rose street, Chevy Chase. Md.
Funeral services will be held at
3 pm. tomorrow in Gawler's
chapel, 1855 Pennsylvania avenue
NV. Burial will be in Prospect
Hill Cemetery.
Evening star., 1949-02-21
House Unit May Plan Action
Tomorrow on Daylight Time

Action on bills for District day
light saving time and extension
of District rent control may be
planned tomorrow morning at a
meeting of the judiciary subcom-
mittee of the HounSe District
Committee.
Chairman Harris said the group
would consider at the executive
session whether to order public
hearings.
The Senate already has passed
the McGrath bill to authorize the
Commissioners to order daylight
saving here on an annual basis.
from the third Sunday in April
to the third Sunday in September.
Rent control expires at the end
of next month. Pending is the
question of whether it should be
extended for Is months or for two
years.
The health, education and rec
reation subcommittee. headed by
Representative Abernethy, of Mis-
sissippi. today scheduled a brief
hearing for 10:30 am. Thursday.
on measure to give a permanent
status to the Districts child-care
program,
Evening star., 1949-02-21
Cox 10 Vote 10 Send
Pension Bill 10 House

Representative Cox. Democrat
of Georgia, a member of the House
Rules Committee, said today he
would vote to send the Rankin
veterans pension bill to the floor
for general debate.
MIR. Cox said he deplored specu-
lation that the Rules Committee
might be used to bottle up the
multi billion dollar pension meas
ure, which does not have admin
istration approval. He said he
would oppose any effort to cir
cumvent the liberalized House
rules, which entities Mr.. Rankin,
as chairman of the Veterans COM
mittee, to take his bill to the floor
if the Rules Committee does not
act in 81 days.
Mr.. Rankin, speaking briefly in
the House today. pointed out there
would be ample opportunity to
change the terms of the bill on
the floor. He insisted. however.
that the plan to provide pensions
for veterans of World Wars and
II was IAN irreducible minimum.
and could be as readily afforded
by the Nation as pouring billions
of dollars down the sink holes of
E,lrope. Asia. Africa and Israel"
Evening star., 1949-02-21
Agnes Mckenzie, II, Dies;
Credit MANAGER Of Saks

Miss Agnes Mckenzie, 70, credit
manager for so years OF Saks,
furriers at 610 Twelfth street
NV, died of a heart ailment yes
terday at GEORGETOWN University
Hospital. She had been Ill since
the first of the year.
Miss Mckenzie. who lived at 1917
Warren street NV, was a native
of Washington. the daughter OF
the late William and Mary Jane
Mckenzie. A member of several
District credit associations, she
also belonged to Electa Chapter
No. 2, Order of the Eastern Star.
and Georgetown Presbyterian
Church.
Surviving are two sisters, Mrs.
Florence Walters and Mrs. Jessie
Coggins, who lived with her at
the Warren street address, and a
brother, William Mckenzie, Of
4301 Varnum street NV.
Funeral services will be held at
3 pm. tomorrow in the Hines
funeral home, 1901 Fourteenth
street NV. Burial will be in Con-
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1949-02-21
Citizen Group to Discuss
ArIinqton School Funds

Arlington's Citizens Committee
for School improvement will meet
at 8 pm. Thursday in Washington
Lee High School to consider the
question Which Body Should
Control Arlington's School Pi-
nances-The School Board or the
County Board?"
DR.. E. L. Morphet. specialist in
school financing, United States
Office of Education, will speak.
Part of the meeting will be de-
voted to a discussion of the policy
the citizens committee should fol-
low regarding the election of
school and county board members
next fall.
Evening star., 1949-02-21

members. including a sprinkling
of officers wives. Both Mrs.
Robert j. Barrett. wife of the
Metropolitan Police superin-
tendent, and Mrs. Hobart w.
Francis. head of the White
House police, have attended
meetings.
The club, Mrs. Hagerty ex-
planned. Is purely social. In
addition to giving the wives a
chance to get together and
compare notes, the club intends
to help policemen's wives when
their husbands meet with ac-
cidents; she said.
Mrs. Hagerty emphasized that
the club is strictly a wives
project" and has no official
sponsorship. It's for wives only
not mothers ar sisters-and
Is open to the wives Of police
men attached to the Metropol-
Evening star., 1949-02-21
Appeals Court Backs
Covenant Prohibiting I'll
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Apartment BUILDING

The United States Court Of Ap-
peals today affirmed a District
Court ruling to prevent erection OF
a large apartment building at
Northampton street and Connec.
ticut avenue NV.
The 2-to-1 appeals decision up
held a ruling of last April by Dis
trict Court Judge F. Dickinson
Let's. who enjoined the Saint Lo
Construction Co. Inc. from erect
ing the building, which was to
have cost about $2.500,000. 1t was
to have had some 140 apartments
and some stores on the ground
floor.
The court rulings followed an
injunction suit brought in May.
l947, by Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence
Koenigsberger., 3749 Mckinley
street NV. who contended that
under a restrictive covenant. only
private dwellings could be built on
the proposed location.
Eleven other residents also made
the same contention after inter-
vening in the suit.
Judge Let's held there had been
no substantial change in the resi-
dental character of the neighbor-
hood since an earlier District
Court decision which upheld the
covenant. His ruling. he pointed
out. was in line with the earlier
decision.
Judge E. Barrett Prettyman,
who wrote the majority appeals
decision. declared he saw mo
escape from the conclusion
reached by District Court" to the
effect that the earlier court ruling
in connection with the issue still
applied.
A dissenting opinion was by
Judge Henry w. Edgerton. Judge
Bennett Champ Clark of the ap-
pellate court shared in the ma
jority opinion.
Evening star., 1949-02-21
Arlington Will Broadcast
7 Brotherhood Programs

Arlington radio stations will
carry two special programs mark
ing Brotherhood Week, which will
end Sunday.
At 4 pm. Wednesday Station
WEAM will broadcast a discussion
by Rabbi Ira Sud of the Arlington
Jewish Center. the Rev. Thomas
o. Diggs of the A. M. E. Zion
Church, the Rev. Fred c. Williams
of the Clarendon Methodist
Church and Mrs. Walter j. Moore
representing Roman Catholic laity
Station WARL will broadcast a
program at 4:45 pm. Friday
Participating will be DR.. Ivan A,
Booker of the Arlington Round
Table, the Rev. J. A. Monroe, CAL
loway Methodist Church; the Rev.
Thomas Scannell, st. Charles
Roman Catholic Church. and Max
Barash of the. B'nai Birth.
Evening star., 1949-02-21
Police Wives Form Club to Brighten Curto|ed Social Life

tary of the Washington High
lands Citizens Association.
Her fellow officers in the
wives club are Mrs. N. H. Cole
man, wife of a second precinct
private, first vice president;
Mrs. James Manuel, wife of a
14th precinct private, second
vice president; Mrs. Shirley
Hobbs. wife of a White House
police private, recording secre-
tary; Mrs. Forrest E. Daugh-
erty, wife of an 11th precinct
private, corresponding secre-
tary, and Mrs. Thomas Vert.
wife of an 11th precinct private.
treasurer.
Committee chairmen include
Mrs. James Morrissey, wife Of a
White House police private,
hospitality; Mrs. Chester Czuka,
wife Of a 18th precinct private,
ways and means, and Mrs. Rob-
ert Dyas, wife Of a 14th pre-
cinct corporal. membership.
Evening star., 1949-02-21
SpeneerviIIe Truck Victim,
Injured Saturday, Dies

A Spencerville CMd.) man died
yesterday in Montgomery County
General Hospital of injuries suf-
fered Saturday night when he was
struck by a truck near his home.
Stewart Hackley, so, colored,
was walking along the Colesville
Pike about a half-mile east of
Browns Corner when struck,
Montgomery County police said.
The driver of the truck, George
c. Wilson, 46, Of Layhill, Md,
has been charged with man
slaughter. Police quoted Mr.. VIII
son as saying he was blinded by
the lights of an oncoming We
hicle, and did not see Mr.. Hack
ley.
Police said Mr.. Hackley was en-
ployed at the White Oak Naval
ordnance plant. )
Evening star., 1949-02-21
Bottle Club Fined $500
For Liquor Violations;
Official Admits Guilt

The Five O'Clock Club, Inc, of
the 800 block of Pennsylvania
avenue NV. today was fined e
total of 5000 on six charges of
liquor law violations stemming
from police raid last August.
Judge George D. Nelson i'm
posed the fine on the hours
bottle club after it's vice president
and treasurer, Julius J. Levy,
pleaded guilty to all charges of
keeping and selling liquor without
a license.
Assistant Corporation Counsel
Clark King dropped similar
charges filed individually against
William G.. Benjamin. president,
and Mary Jane Dowd. waitress.
who were arrested in the raid. Mr..
King said he was interested pri-
marfly in prosecuting only the
corporation.
Defense Counsel Clifford Alder
entered the guiltYplea after with
drawing an earlier request for a
jury trial.
The club was one of three raided
by 100 policemen last August 20.
Capt. Howard v. Covell of No. l
precinct, who led the raids. re-
reported that only seven of 80 pa
irons in the Five O'Clock at the
time had membership" cards.
These cards repeatedly were issued
to grant persons the privilege of
keeping their own liquor on the
premises.
Police charged that, in addition
to such bottles, the club also was
selling its own stock across the
bar and had no license to do so.
An additional charge that the
place failed to have a current
restaurant license also was
dropped by Mr.. King. who said he
would not press the lesser charge
in view of the guilty plea to the
liquor law violations.
The new defunct Spotlight Club.
which was located at Seventeenth
and M streets NV. second Of the
three places raided. was fined $3.50
on similar charges last month.
The Allies Club, 1900 block of
Massachusetts, avenue NV. faces
trial on similar charges in Munich
pal Court next month.
Evening star., 1949-02-21

itan. Park and White House
police.
There's no group that has
more in common than police
mems wives" Mrs. Hagerty de-
clared. 1--WE all know what it
means when a wife can't go out
because her husbands working
the 4-to-midnight shift and she
has to take care Of the children.
We know what 1t means to
spend only every third week
end with your husband and the
strange hours you have to
schedule meals to fit in with his
work"
II suppose" she added. you
might say we like to get to-
gether and commiserate-the
first Monday every month"
Mrs. Hagerty. who Is presi-
dent of the newborn club. has
been with the Agriculture De-
partment Is years and Is secre-