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Valley frontiersman., 1950-12-22
CHARLES SCHAEFER FAMILY WINS P-TA
 CAROLING CONTEST

Approximately 100 members and guests gathered at the school gym Tuesday evening for the P-TA Christmas program held at the regular December meeting of the P-TA. A family caroling con- test sponsored by the P-TA was the highlight of the evening with first prize going to the Charles Schaefer family. The family en- tered the contest en toto, includ- ing MT. and Mrs. Schaefer, Betty, Helen, Patricia and young Char ley. First prize was a twenty pound turkey.
 Other caroiing families to enter the contest were Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Colberg, and their chil- dren, Stephen and Carol; MT. and Mrs. Walter Huntley with their children, Duane, Margie Lee and Laddie and MT. and Mrs. Paul Martin with their two children, Phoebe and David. Second, third and fourth prizes of a gallon of ice cream, a $3 party cake and a box of potatoes were awarded to the families in the order in which they are named.
 Teachers, acting as judges, were also called to the stage in a group to sing several of the Christmas carols. The audience was warm ly appreciative of the program
Valley frontiersman., 1950-12-22
Cub Scout News

Toys and gifts for the children's homes and the Salvation Army were packaged and wrapped at the Cub Scout pack meeting held Monday night at the school gym.
 No formal program was carried out this month, but instead the boys sang their own selections of ChEistmas carols. Some hand craft was exhibited and Den 2 put on a short Christmas skit.
 Cub Scouts Hamilton and Kin dler received awards. Several of the Cubs also received member ship stars. These were earned by being in the clubbing program one year or better
 The next monthly pack meet ing will be held January 18th. There will be no den meetings until next week.
Valley frontiersman., 1950-12-22
2 ARC MEN SPEND
 HOLIDAYS OUTSIDE

Members of the Alaska Road Commission staff who have gone Outside for the holidays are Charles Abbott and Jack McAl- lister. MT. Abbott, construction engineer of ARC, left Anchorage last Sunday by plane on his way to meet Mrs. Abbott and their daughter, Neville, at Seattle. The family plans to return here driv- ing over the Alaska highway in the new car that the Abbott ladies bought while they were Outside on their extended visit. They expect to return here the first part of January.
 MT. McAllister, highway engi- neer for ARC, left Saturday, De- ce1nber 16, for Lompoc, Calif., where he will visit his family. He expects to return to the Val ley the early part of February.
Valley frontiersman., 1950-12-22
Did You Know?

Did you know that the first settlers here started to build where the Glacier Streams are located on the other side of the dike? The town was called Ger man Town, but was washed out by the glacier streams. The dike was built in 1913 and Robert Macontash had the contract to build the dike.
 Did you know that the District Court House used to be located in Valdez? It was a large build ing across the corner from where the U. s. Marshal's office now stands. The Court House burned down in 1941 and was rebuilt in Anchorage.
 When Valdez was first started it was not to be fishing center but a trail to the Interior? Most of the towns along the coast were started because of the fishing in- dustry. The original use for Val dez was route to the gold fields. Cordova was route to the copper mines.
Valley frontiersman., 1950-12-22

and many expressed the hope that the contest might be the be- ginning of an annual family Christmas caroling event Mrs. Allan Mick was chairman of the contest. James Hurley was mas ter of ceremonies for the eve- ming.
 Mrs. l, M. Sandvik, president of
Valley frontiersman., 1950-12-22

the P-TA presided at the preced- ing meeting, which was opened with an invocation by Ray Gather.
 Discussion included the contin- uation of a book of the month club service through which books are obtained for junior high school grades
Valley frontiersman., 1950-12-22
The Horfesieader
By Bud Dodge-Kenai

At>S back from the war to the old
 home town,
 Your friends are all married and
 settled down. You feel out of place with noth- ing to do
 So you head for Alaska to start life anew.
 North to the land of milk and
 honey
 Where you buy it with hard
 earned money. Where your room and board cost
 eight bucks a day And Uncle Sam takes a big slice
 from your pay. You decide you'd be better off to
 cook for yourself So you rent shack and stock up
 the shelf.
 4As you look at the prices at the
 local store
 It looks as if batchin' will really
 cost more.
 Lettuce and cabbage at four-bits
 head
 And three dollars night for
 broken down bed. Though a little bit green and full
 of dents
 Tomatoes are cheap-only eighty
 five cents.
 You buy some steaks at buck
 and half They say it's veal from a ten
 year-old calf You have to have spuds so it's a
 four-pound sack, You dig out a buck and it's no
 change back. To render some lard you'd better
 buy bacon
 When you pay for it you'll know
 you've been taken. At dollar pound you get five for
 fin And with luck it'll last till the
 paychecks get in. Two years pass by and you've
 saved some money So you look for a home and gal
 to call Honey. You stake out a claim on a piece
 of land And ask the neighbor for his
 daughters hand. Next you will need to build house To shelter your kids and over worked spouse. Eight hours in the field and four in the kitchen She will be too tired to do much kickin'.
 About carrying the water she . never stops yappin' So to buy a pump you set to trappin'. The snow is deep and you're miles 1 from home You get lost in the woods and all alone. You build fire and curl in II heap, The wolves are ahowlin' and you can't go to sleep. This gives you some time to do some thinkin' You wish you'd stayed single and 1 stuck to drinkin'. But time flies by and twenty
 years later The kids gather round for in
 structions from Pater. You swell up with pride and give with a speech Then hand each ticket for good
 old Long Beach.
Valley frontiersman., 1950-12-22
Classified Ads

FOR SALE
 LARGE oil range, Reliance burn CT, $65.00. Bill Took at Valdez.
 HELP WANTED PERSON as part time mercantile investigator on a fee basis, in the town of Valdez and sur rounding districts. In reply give age, qualifications and address. Reply, Key 12, Valdez News.
Valley frontiersman., 1950-12-22

CoffeY Insuxes Everything
 Remember?
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1950-11-15

Forming is hazardous business. Guord
carefully against accident but protect your
self from loss by fuking out q Montono
Former Stockmon SPECIAL ACCIDENT
INSURANCE POLICY. Full informotion ON
request. Write Insurance Dept. Montana
Former-Stockmon. Great Falls. Mont.
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S q u e a K Q I
course this made
Billy very UNI
happy, especially
when some of his
playmates would
cry, .Billy sings
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Earn Christmas Money :

BONUS PRIZES plus big profits selling
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Quicker service from SOLE MFG. CO..
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"a
cry, BILLY sings
tenor! Billy sings tenor!"
Mr.. and Mrs. Bullfrog called Old
Doctor Bullfrog to examine Billy.
Doctor Bullfrog looked down
Billys throat and said "Harrumph!"
He poked Billy's stomach and said,
'sHarrumphl' He listened to Billy's
chest and he pulled his legs, and he
said, 'Harrumph. There's not thing
the matter with this young frog"
s'How odd" said Mrs. Bullfrog.
ssThere must be something wrong.
All of the bullfrogs in my family
have had wonderful singing voices.
'Well, perhaps he will find his
singing voice some of these days"
said Doctor Bullfrog. Goodbye,
Billy, and don't worry. There is more
to life than just being able to sing
bass" he said kindly.
So Billy worked hard in school,
trying always to remember the
doctors advice. Soon he could leap
farther than any other bullfrog in
his class. He learned to swim faster,
too, and won all the races, but when
it came time for singing class, Billy
just hung his head and wouldn't
even try.
At night when the frogs all
gathered for their nightly concert,
Billy sat way back in a corner and
big tears rolled down his cheeks and
went ker-splash in the water.
Billy wouldn't give up. Every day
he slipped away by himself and
practiced.
One day, as he sat on a lily pad
after particularly trying time with
his practicing, Billy was about ready
to give up.
whats the USE" moaned Billy
ST just can't sing Maybe there is
more to life than just being able to
sing bass, like Doctor Bullfrog said
but what, I'd like to know. A bull
frog without voice just isn't gooc
for anything" Big tears began to rol
down his cheeks again.
"What on earth is the matter will
your" shrilled sharp voice almos
in Billy's ear. Billy was so startled
at the sound that he tumbled RICH
off his perch and hit his head on
rock which, in his fright, he hadn'
seen at all.
For minute Billy was stunned
but he shook his head and the spot
quit dancing in front of his eyes
Then he swan back to his lily PAD
There was no sign of anyone bu
blue jay perched on the limb of
willow tree. "Well, I see you are al
. right" said the jay. 'For a minut
thought you were going to drown.
$50 you are the one who shrieke
in my ear" snapped Billy. sYo
should have" he paused. His voic
sounded different Cautiously
! tried to croak. And beautiful has
note came forth.
Without backward glance, Bill
hoped home, croaking at every hol
There was great rejoicing at Billy
home you can bet when they hear
his beautiful bass. And that nig1
at the concert Billy sat way out
front and sang to his hearts conten
GoodbY Now.
Q
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THE BULLFROG WHO
COULDN'T CROAK

BILL BULLFROG couldn't croak!
No matter how hard he tried, all the
sound he could make was a dismal
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1950-11-15

For Mrs. S., Fergus county, who
requested recipe for pasties.
Our new Montana Farmer-Stock-
man arrived today. l see that Mrs.
S. of Fergus county would like a
recipe for pasties. I'd like to send her
the one I use all of the time and
which is the easiest and quickest of
any I've seen.
Pasties: 2 quarts flour, pound
lard, " teaspoon salt. Cut well to-
gether and mix with cold water as
you would pie crust. Roll out. Place
a dinner plate over dough. Cut
around plate This makes enough for
10 or II pasties. 2 flank steaks;
ground or cut up small, or 2 pounds
hamburger, " pound ground suet, l
large turnip and carrot, 1 medium
sized potato for each paste, 5 me-
diminished onions. Cut igredients in
small pieces. Mix together the meat,
suet, vegetables and potatoes and
season. Put handful of mixed in
gradients on " of the pastry. Add a
little butter. Fold over and pinch
crusts together with fork. Bake in
moderate oven 80 minutes or until
brown. Do not prick the dough on
top. Serve with butter and catsup-
IAN Interested r r." Blaine
county.
Pasties: Make pastry not quite as
flaky as one makes for pie. If you
own a potato slicer, use this as the
thinner the potatoes are sliced the
juicier the pasties become. Cut pie
meat or steak into pieces the size OF
fingernail; using small portion OF
pork adds to its flavor. Slice about
medium-sized onions. Place pota-
toes, meat and onions in bowl, sea-
son with salt and pepper. Mix well
Roll pastry into size of paste wanted
Place your filling on one edge OF
pastry, put lump of butter in the
center, turn remaining pastry over
crimp edges. Some add turnips which
depends on the individual Bake fol
about so minutes at 375 degrees
Mrs. Fl. J.. Ishpeming. Mich.
| Recipe for pasties was also re
ceived from Mrs. n. u. Fergu,
county.
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Story and Ply Time
Deer Boys and Girls.

With Thanksgiving almost here oguin. I
hope each one of you will take time to
count your blessings and give thonks for
the privilege of living in our wonderful
country. VIII you do thot for me?
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stuff out and used the one enclosed.
Snrrdo,1nh raancales. / nackape

stuff out and used the one enclosed.
Sourdough pancakes: package
quick acting yeast, 3A cups water,
" cup powdered milk, 4 cups sifted
flour, "a cup melted fat, 2 teaspoons
salt, 2 eggs, " teaspoon baking soda,
l tablespoon water. Soak yeast in "a
cup water. Add to the three cups of
water the powdered milk, sugar and
flour. Mix and let stand in a warm
place overnight. Next morning take
out l cup of starter to start next
batch. To remaining batter add
melted fat and salt. Beat eggs well.
Add. Dissolve the soda in the table
spoon water and add. Fry in large
cakes on hot griddle.
I buy the powdered milk at the
drug store. Keep the starter in cool
place though it is not necessary to
store in refrigerator unless you ex-
pect to keep it several days. When
you are ready to use it, put the
starter in a bowl and follow recipe
again except to leave out the yeast
entirely this time. use only half
the recipe the next time as that is
enough for my family. We do not
make them in the summer. This is a
good recipe too for buckwheat flour.
Use " buckwheat and " white flour.
Mrs. o. A. B.. Gallatin county.
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Sourdough recipes were also re-
ceived from Mrs. w. r.. Blaine
county; A. Fl. D.. Gallatin county;
Mrs. P. S.. Blaine county; Mrs. c. E.
j.. Deer Lodge county; Mrs. J. w. D..
Park county; Mrs. J. c. P. Powder
River county; E. A. F. Granite
county.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1950-11-01
Falls Sale Averages $615;
Champ Brings $4,000

DON ZENTO 18TH won the grand
championship honors of the show
and brought the top price of the
sale sponsored by the North Mon
tana Hereford association at Great
Falls. The bull, consigned by the
w. H. Hoover Willow Creek ranch
of Belt, was purchased for $4,000 by
the Strand ranch of Geyser.
The As registered Hereford bulls
going through the ring sold for a
total of $27,675, or an average of
$615. Average for the top 10 animals
was $1,092. Previous record average
for fall sale promoted by the asso-
citation was $512.02 on So head in
1947, according to Theodore Fosse,
secretary. Last years average was
$49893 on AZ head. An association
sale in the spring of 1913 realized
an average of $836.92 on 80 head.
A tie for second place was regis
tered with two animals going under
the auctioneer's hammer at $1,000.
They were Royal Mixer 18th, con-
signed by Sim & Schock, Highwood,
and BHR Super Carlos 18th, con-
signed by Becker Hereford ranch,
Wilsall. Buyer of Royal Mixer, the
shows reserve champion, was the
Murphy Bros. ranch at Chinook.
Buyer of Super Carlos was ]. A.
Willard, Augusta.
The Salo Ranch Co. of Cascade
purchased BHR Gay Princeps for
$1,185. The animal was consigned by
the Becker Hereford ranch at Will
sall.
The five high individual breeders
were the Becker ranch, which sold
two bulls for an average of 81, 242.50;
she Hoover ranch, which averaged
Montana farmer-stockman., 1950-11-01
Excess Calcium In Ration
May Reduce Gains
BY DR. WILLIAM H. BURKITT Aminpal Industry Department
Montana State College

lots was not in reduced feed con-
sumption but in the utilization and
value received from the feed con-
sumed.
These figures should indicate to
beef cattle raisers in the wide spread
phosphorus-deficient areas of the
state the Importance of giving a
little consideration in supplying
mineral mixtures to their cattle.
In the phosphorus deficient areas
particularly during the late sum-
mer, fall and winter months, the
native grasses do not contain suf-
ficient amounts of phosphorus to
meet the requirements of cattle. On
the other hand these same grasses
generally have at least adequate
amounts of calcium and in most
cases excess amounts of calcium.
Ideal Mixture
Therefore, the ideal mineral mix
ture for supplementing such con-
ditions would be one containing
considerable phosphorus and no
calcium. Most mineral mixtures
contain at least some calcium but
beef cattle producers in the phos-
phorus deficient areas should sup
ply their cattle with mineral mix
lures containing a maximum amount
of phosphorus and minimum
amount of calcium.
AS indicated by the research re-
suits, if a mineral mixture with a
low amount of phosphorus and a
high amount of calcium is used to
supplement low phosphorus native
forages more harm than good may
be done.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1950-11-01

the state-For instance a group of
buyers from southwestern state
stepped in to pick some 200 head of
bulls from one Montana valley a
couple of weeks ago.
Boyd Gibbons, former auto dealer
of Los Angeles recently purchased
the former Ford ollister ranch in
the Bitter Root valley near Darby.
According to Esther Johnson of
Hereford Hill ranch near Darby, Glib
bons has started a purebred Hereford
herd on the ranch. His COW herd is
predominantly Beau Donald bred
from the Curtice Martin ranch near
Stevensville and number of cows
from the same family acquired at the
recent OXO ranch sale. Another
group of cows were purchased from
Montana farmer-stockman., 1950-11-01
SO bulls average $1.078
IA bred females $l.238
IT heads average $1.108

A. c. BAYERS ANNUAL produc-
ton sale of Herefords was on for the
ninth consecutive time. The famous
old round barn at the Twin Bridges
ranch was filled to capacity, and
when the sale was over several hum
dred buyers still remained, with
dozens still in purchasing mood.
The strong sale average on both
bulls and females was marked by
few extremely high price tops, but
almost without exception every ami
NAL coming through the ring started
at better than $500. This fact alone
illustrates fully the extreme uni
formity of the offering and the heavy
demand for the cattle.
First Bull at $4,000
The Woodlands of Red Barn Here
Montana farmer-stockman., 1950-11-01

RESEARCH RESULTS with win
tering calves at the Montana Agri-
cultural Experiment station during
the past year have indicated that
there may be harmful results if
there is too much calcium present
in rations for cattle when the phos-
phorus supply is not abundant.
A group of steers wintered on a
ration containing DIG percent phos-
phorus and GAG percent calcium
made an average daily gain of IL
pounds per head per day and con-
sumed % pounds of feed per day
per 100 pounds body weight. This
amount of calcium is considered
adequate but not excessive. This
amount of phosphorus is a little on
the low side to meet the require
ments of beef calves.
A similar group of steers wintered
on a ration containing the same
amount of phosphorus (0.16 percent
phosphorus in the ration) but con-
tanning excessive calcium Q.56 per-
cent calcium in the ration) gained
only 0.68 pound per head per day
and consumed only 2 pounds of
feed per 100 pounds body weight
per day.
Excess Calcium Cuts Gain
The former group receiving ade-
quate but not excessive calcium re-
quired 1853 pounds of feed to put on
100 pounds of gain. The latter group
receiving excessive calcium re-
quired 1,051 pounds of feed to put
on 100 pounds of gain.
These results indicate that the
main difference between the two
Montana farmer-stockman., 1950-11-01

the L. B. McFadgen herd of the same
locality. The ranch has $500 acres
of irrigated land, 1000 all told. 1t
will carry 300 head of cows.
Some 10 percent, says the USDA, of
Montana's wheat crop was frosted.
This should make big windfall for
feeders who will likely be able to
buy at less than SO cents on the dol
lar.
Land values are going up, forced
by what some old hands in the real
estate business tell is the strongest
demand they have ever seen. Some
attention paid to productivity and
ability of the land to pay off, yes
but that ability looked on with OPP
timistic rather than conservative
eye. Somebody is going to get caught
with his 'spenders busted.
The latest about the foot-and-
mouth disease situation in old Mex
ico-inspection has taken the place
of vaccination, with more than IT,
100000 cattle inspected and only 49,
673 vaccinated in August. At pres
ent everything under control but,
says Gen. Harry Johnson, co-ordi-
nator, mo one must assume the fight
has been won. AS long as one cow
has symptoms of the disease the sit
uation is fraught with danger-we
must not take anything for granted"
Montana farmer-stockman., 1950-11-01

year. Demand is
strong on both the
bulls and females.
Lenix Badger, Park
C 0 u n ty extension
agent, says most
breeders a o u n d
Livingston are sold
out, or almost out
of bulls-the same
is pretty uniformly
tru G throughout
Montana farmer-stockman., 1950-11-01

$1,233.33 on three bulls; Sim &
Schock, $1,025 for two bulls; A. A.
Dawson, $725 on two bulls, and
Savik g. Larson, $678.33 for three
animals.
Judge of the show was F. A Raj
ston, extension livestock specialist.
Auctioneer of the sale was H. B..
Sager.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1950-11-01
A. C. Bayers Sale Sets Pace
With $l,lO8 Average

ford ranches, Grass Range and Roy,
selected Royal Custom 18th, first
bull in the ring, at $4,000. Henry
Oiler, Manhattan, picked Prince
Publican 1O8th at 81, 1926 while w. C.
Gravely, Avon, at $4,000 picked F.
Baca Elation 21st. Lois Wilkins, Cut
Bank, selected a grandson of Domino
Lad c 18th at $1,000, and Ralph
Huntley, Wisdom, purchased Clay
ton Mixer 32d bull at $1,65O.
Fred B. Utter, Sheridan, Mont,
was one of the largest buyers of
Evan Mischief sons. He purchased IA
head of bulls, most of them ranging
in the $1,000 bracket, although one
sold into his selection at $1,75O.
Other buyers who purchased bulls
at $1,000 or more included D. E. Ray
mond, Sheridan; Harry Shaw, Card
well; Bill Sullivan, Square Butte.
Alex Christie, Grant; Mrs. Hogan
Walters, Hall; George Frazier, Twin
Bridges; c. Proebstal, Huson; Jerome
Phalen, Chinook; Harrison ranches,
Polaris, and ]. B. Long, Great Falls.
Bred Heifer Sale
With one exception, all the IA
heifers selling in the sale were
daughters or granddaughter of
Evan Mischief. All were bred to AL
phine Pioneer 14th, a grandson of
Domino Lad c 18th which Bayers
had purchased in Denver as a senior
calf at $4,000. Bayers gave an al
most iron-clad guarantee with the
heifers and in addition offered to
purchase back every or any bull calf
dropped at $1,000.
Harold Olsen, Hall, purchased the
top selling heifer at $1,70O, while
Mrs. Walters purchased another at
very nearly the same price, $3.50.
Other buyers included Eden King,
Twin Bridges; Fullerton Bros, Priest
River, Idaho; Archie Parkes
Vaughn; Red Barn Herefords; Frank
and Vincent Pendleton. Wisdom;
Monforton Herefords, Bozeman; Ben
Arnold, Broadview; Ray Ramberg,
Chinook, and L. M. LETTERS, LETTERS.
The sale was held Oct. 10th at the
Bayers ranch at Twin Bridges. Norm
Warsinske was the auctioneer.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1950-11-01

SALE ANIMALS in purebred cat
tie auctions so far this fall are rum
ming from 100000 higher than last
Montana farmer-stockman., 1950-11-01

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