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Milford chronicle., 1950-12-01
EXCEPTIONAL POULTRY FARM

EAUEFIIUNAI FUULIkI FAHM
FOR SALE-Should bring good income
attractive setup, fully equipped, neat
and modern. Dwelling of 8 rooms,
bath, electric, phone, 4 poultry houses,
approximately 10000 capacity; q acre,
about 16 for crops: mile to Hartly, II
to Dover, Del; owner includes all
equipment cessary-chance to begin
operations Immediately. Hurry, $4,000
Terms. H. X. Shuts, StrOut Realty,
Main street, p. o. Box z, Marydel,
Md Bargain lists mailed free.
12-1-1t
Milford chronicle., 1950-12-01

UPHOLSTERING AND RUG
CLEANING can still he done for
Christmas if YOU act now. Wilkes,
upholsters. Phone Milford 4S14, eve
nIngs 5l65.
Milford chronicle., 1950-12-01

THE OLD MILL FOR SALE . .
One mile from Preston, Md. Also for
sale one shuttle board, good condition.
Coy. 12-I-4t
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1950-07-15

This amounted to about 8 head ner
acre and the Hereford steers were
making daily gain of 2 pounds.
Also utilizing the irrigated pas
lures are 140 head of yearling sheep.
The pastures are border dixie irri-
gated. They were seeded to -
pounds per acre with pounds each
OF red clover, alsike, timothy and
bromegrass. The estimated income
from an acre of this irrigated PAS
ture was set at 1925 for the beef at
present prices.
Tillage Demonstration
North of Culbertson, in Roosevelt
county, caravaners visited the Moen
tlllage demonstration farm, a COOP
erative venture of local soil conser-
walton districts with technical SUI
pervision of Sos research workers.
Here experimental plots have been
set up to test the value of different
types of tillage operations. These
include mold board blowing. one
way, and stubble mulch tillage i'm
plements as well as many combina-
lions (actually eight practices in fall
lowing altogether).
Also under investigation is the
possibility of chemical fallow using
2,4-D twice year and no tillage op-
erations. Preliminary results men
toned by technicians but not to be
taken as conclusive indicate little or
no advantage in deep tillage opera
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1950-07-15

serving sprinkler irrigation systems
IN use and being demonstrated at
the Gene Miller farm, Richland
county.
The system being demonstrated
was one of the new wheel moven
types which allow the farmer to
move his portable pipe and sprinkler
line down the field without disman-
ting Leverage on one end of the
pipe and wheel units, that use it for
an axle, viii turn many sections at
once.
Highly productive irrigated pas
lures were seen at the Bud Starr
stock farm, Richland county. On
o43s acres of irrigated pasture. Starr
was running 100 head of beef cattle
TOT a D month period after October.
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lots of fun and never get much
real work done Of course. I had
to argue back and keep her mind
right on that track, by slyly point
ing out that wives have got the
easiest of lives. It'll she got mad
'nuf to decide that I would have
TO stay inside and suffer thru her
awful chores, while she did NV
work out-of-doors.
So there she is out in the heat
announcing on the tractor seat
while | enjoy a new-found ease
In here where there's a fan-made
breeze. No dust is getting in NV
eyes, what sweat work up
quickly dries, the sun amt burn
ing me bit, if standing tires me
| can sit; and it sure amt no
strain to break an egg or mix up
chocolate cake. But when Miriam
dy staggers in, I'll give tired and
sheepish grin and tell her that she
sure was right, this homework is
an awful fright. That way. per-
haps, she will make me stav in
tomorrow too, by gee.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1950-07-15
Song OF The Lazy Farmer

MIRANDY'S SNUG as she can
be because she thought she'd pun
lsh me by trading jobs so I'd find
out what kitchen life is all about
She claims she works from morn
til night to feed and keep me
feeling right, while I am having
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1950-07-15

- eiiS area. ALSO Cnere seems
to be considerable promise in the use
OF weed chemicals once plus perhaps
one tlllage operation on fallow. But
more years of experimental work
are necessary for definite conclu-
sions.
From lookout tower at the Oscar
Hippo farm, Sheridan county. manv
acres OF contour strip cropping were
viewed These strips had caragana
hedges growing along the edges as
Wen as crested wheatgrass buffer
strips. All through this area the
value of stubble mulch tillage.
which the leaves as much of tha
stubble and weed trash on the sur
face of the soil to prevent erosion
was evident.
Lars Angvick, Sheridan county
farmer, often called the father Of
soil conservation in Montana. was
introduced to the caravaners. Mr.
Angv1ck was largely responsible for
the Introduction and passage of the
Dill IN the state legislature authoriz-
ing the formation of soil conserva-
ton districts in the state.
Flood System Pays Off
A stop was made at the Vincent
Bergh farm, Sheridan county, to OBJ
serve some flood irrigated wheat
lands and pasture started at the turn
OF the century. The early terraces
and bikes were built by his grand
rather using Indian labor and horses
with slips to move the dirt.
The payoff for the re-designed
system of flood irrigation was illus
trated just last year when there was
no growing rainfall over the area
after the spring run-off. Lands I'M
der the irrigation system yielded IS
bushels to the acre with moisture
reserve 38 inches deep in the soil.
Wheat fields not under the flood ir-
r1gatlon system were not even har-
vested
A serious erosion control area
called the Willow Creek wash. To-
Gated on bureau of land manage
ment rangeland, was observed by
the caravaners along the route be-
tween Fort Peck and the Pines rec
reatlon area on the shore of the lake.
rms area is under treatment now
to develop water spreading systems
by creating burrows every a to ~
feet following the contour of the
rolling hills.
The range had been heavily over
grazed years ago by herds of cattle
from Texas as well as many bands
OF sheep and large numbers of
horses. Some Of the areas not vet
effected by the water spreading il
Illustrated the seriousness of the sit
uation. They were dry and parched
with only an occasional piece of sage
sticking out of the hardpan surface.
$500 Miles of Contour
Some 1900 miles of contour fur
rowing was recently completed on
one 1900 acre area. An estimated
10000 acres could be developed UNI
der this contour furrow system to
improve the grass cover and control
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1950-07-15
Green Carpet for 1850 Conservation Tour

caravan bus. This man, now dead.
made the carrying out of conserva-
ton practices he had worked all his
life to achieve one of the conditions
of his will His heirs must carry on
these practices.
Weed spraying in wheat fields
with 2,4-D is quite common in the
area and one sprinkler irrigation
system was observed putting water
on irrigated pasture along Beaver
creek
Yellowstone Project
Past Glendive and along the YELL
iowstone river, bus passengers heard
history of the lower Yellowstone
irrigation project and the new Saw
age pumping project presented bv
bureau of reclamation men. About
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$4,000 acres of land lying along the
Yellowstone river from near Living
ston to the North Dakota border are
involved in the overall project. This
acreage will be developed through
20 pumping units.
Last stop of the day was visit
to the sugar beet processing factory
at Sidney.
Fourth day out the caravaners
saw the newly established expert
ment station near Sidney. The 100
acre irrigated farm is divided into
experimental plots of small grains,
sweet corn, flax, irrigated pastures,
beans, sugar beets, and alfalfa. Hav-
ing about beat their weed control
problem, station workers are now
concentrating on a fertility and soil
building problem.
A visit was made to the Hardy
dairy, Richland county. A newly
re-designed 6-stal1 elevated milking
parlor is capable of handling 40 cows
an hour. No doubt one of the most
complete small diaries in the state,
this retail milk business boasts COM
plete new pasteurizing, cooling and
battling equipment set up in top eff
ficiency building units.
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q $4,000 pumping plant. This in
cluded a 100 h. p. diesel power unit
to pump water Is feet from the Pow
der river into bitches for irrigation
OF 900 acres in hay meadows.
Water Spreading Project
The second days trip from Broad
us to Baker was by way of Camp
Crook, S. D., and Ekalaka. Principal
stop was near Alzada to view a
l,OOO-acre range water spreading
project developed by the bureau of
land management on public lands.
Basic idea in the water spreading
projects which are rapidly increas-
ing on ranches in the area is to sta
bilize the livestock feed situation
by putting flood waters on some of
these poorer lands.
For a specific example we talked
to Kent Hale, Powder River county
rancher, who gave us this story.
Just two years ago, he set up a
dixie water spreading system in a
flood runoff area that covered $50
acres with water. The resulting
grass on this area plus little more
along Thompson Creek from natural
flooding were the key factors allow
ing him to keep some 1000 head of
ewes through last summer despite
severe drouth conditions on his
other rangeland.
He estimates his cost of the diles
at about $4,000 and is convinced he
got his money back in just this one
year. An estimated $4,000 acres
could be treated in the same wav
in this area.
Also noticed in this area, was the
large number of sheep ranchers us
ing woven wire fence around pas
lures for 'sone-man control of both
and sheep and range grass condi-
tons.
Storage Wafer Utilized
Out of Baker, in Fallon county.
on the third day of the caravan the
first stop was at the J. K. Munsell
farm where the WPA-built Red
Butte dam of the state water con-
servation board is being utilized to
irrigate some 100 acres of alfalfa for
seed production. Another $50 acres
can be brought under the irrigation
system with further development.
Water from the -acre-foot stor-
age dam is brought down 11l mile
main canal into some Is miles of lat
erals for the irrigation project. An
other 225 acres of flood irrigated
hayland gives him two cuttings just
from snow water runoff Munsell
was one of the few ranchers in the
area able to put up hay under last
years dry conditions in eastern
Montana.
Wibaux county was said to have
more contour strip cropping on its
spring wheat farms than any other
county in the state and many of
these strips were observed from the
road. Also noticed were the many
excellent farm shelterbelts affording
wind, snow and water protection
for farm buildings.
1t was pointed out that these shell
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Sprinkler Irrigation

Several sprinkler irrigation units
were observed in the area. The ir-
rigation show series of the Montana
extension service was in session OBJ
Evening star., 1950-08-27
Lorton's Bloodhonnds

DINKY and Jack, a pair
l. of sad-eyed, floppy-eared
bloodhounds, we're taken out
of the kennel and put into a
Gagged carrier truck. Both
were on their way to school.
Unlike most school-bound
pupils, Pinky and Jack were
eager-so eager, in fact. that
before they got aboard the
truck, their lunging and bay
ing got the rest of the ken
nels into an uproar; all the
dogs wanted to go.
OF went Pinky and Jack
to learn how to trail escaped
prisoners.
Two of the younger dogs
in the kennels at the Lorton
Reformatory. they were being
trained in the fundamentals
of following a human being
by scent alone. It takes
months of patient work by
trainers to get puppies to the
point where they really know
their stuff.
Bloodhounds, the most re-
liable man-trailers in the
animal world, have been kept
at Lorton for many years.
Captain of the Guard p. F.
Pegelow trained the first pair
of bloodhounds at the insti-
tuition some % years ago and
is still in charge of the ken
nels.
There are now II dogs, but
they don't have much work
to do these days; their effect
is mainly psychological. Es-
capeS are rare and one OF the
reasons, says Capt. Pegelow,
is awareness by the inmates
of the efficiency of the blood
hounds uncanny proboscis.
More important, perhaps,
Is the fact that In recent
years the law has been
changed so that felons who
try to break jail incur
further serious punishment.
Previously. Capt. Pegelow re-
calls, the dogs were called
out with fair frequency to
trail fugitive inmates.
The keen sense of smell of
the bloodhound enables him
Evening star., 1950-08-27

to follow a trail which may
be as much as a day cold"
Weather and terrain, accord
ing to Capt. Pegelow, are i'm
portant. The damper the
day, the longer the scent of
the fugitive will cling to the
route he traverses. Low-lying,
dampish terrain holds the
scent better than dry. sandy
<ground.
Usually. the dogs are worked
In pairs, on a leash. It is not
mandatory that an article
of the fugitive's clothing be
given them to sniff before
they set off in pursuit. Sup
pose, points out Capt. Pege-
low, the bedclothes of an es-
capped inmate were given to
the dogs to sniff. And sup
pose, further, a scheming fell
low inmate had previously
switched his own bedclothes
for those of the fugitive. The
dogs, consequently, would
really be fouled up. Good
trailing dogs will take right
out after the fugitive when
they first pick up his scent
from where he lit out and
are given the command, Hunt
them!"
The most important thing
In the training Is to teach
the dogs not to be diverted
from the one trail by other
scents. One phase of the
training calls for the make
believe fugitive to pass
through a cluster of prisoners
out on a work detail in the
field. The dog Is expected to
keep after the man despite
the intervening scents Of
other convicts. According to
Capt. Pegelow. wading up or
downstream doesn't throw
the dogs of much; they don't
necessarily need footprints
to smell-they get the scent
anyhow.
Guards at Lorton recall
how on one man-hunt, the
dogs met up with a function
ing skunk. got sick tempo
rarily, but picked up the trail
again and finally hunted
down their man.
Bloodhounds, say the ex-
pertS, derive as much pleas
ure out of trailing humans as
a foxhound does on a fox
hunt or a bird dog does flush
ing game. And they are not,
despite popular belief, vicious
beasts which rend their quar-
ry after they track him down.
Evening star., 1950-07-19

The National Geographic So
ciety says Hans Meyer, in 1889,
was the first man to scale 1906
foot Kibo peak in Africa.
Evening star., 1950-07-19


across the west to avenge a shot
in the back is a thoroughly agree
able one. He has fitting opposi-
ton, too. in the badmen played
by McNally and Duryea, who make
a fine pair Of menaces. Shelly
Winters also is on hand. to por-
tray the most appealing and be-
lievable dance hall girl to get
mixed up in any sagebrush shoot
ing scrapes in long. long time
These leading players are given
some excellent support. Most no
tably this is provided, as you have
every right to expect. by Millard
Mitchell. who plays Stewards
faithful companion as smoothly as
he plays any other role. There are
some bright spots. too. in Will
Geer's portrait of Wyatt carp and
in Jay c. Flippen's Pennsylvania
cavalry sergeant facing his first
Indian raid.
Robert l.. Richards and Borden
Chase. who wrote the script. and
Anthony Mann, who directed, can
share some credit for Winchester
'73," too. It's a lively Western with
some humor. lots of action and
few noticeably dull moments.
Evening star., 1950-07-19
Setting Up Props
Is Big Business
By the Associated Press
HOLLYWOOD.

You could almost go into busi-
ness with the props from one pic
ture alone.
'The Milkman," for instance,
concerns fictitious dairy called
Happy Day Farms. background for
the antics of Jimmy Durante and
Donald O'Connor. Before produc-
ton started five painters spent
two weeks hard at work.
They painted Happy Day" on
1850 objects, in letters ranging
from a quarter inch to three feet
high. Most tedious task, said the
painters, was lettering $50 milk
bottles, in three sizes.
Printers got a workout, too. Two
billbooards, SO posters, SO cartons
each for eggs. cottage cheese, but
ter and sour cream had to be pre-
pared. Happy Day" statements,
stationery, application blanks, dis
missal notices, complaint cards
and envelopes were ordered. The
name was stenciled on 40 uniforms
and $50 milkmen's cap emblems
and badges were made up.
Studio Sculptor Felix D'Orsalli
got the biggest job. He produced
two life-size statues of cows. in
plaster of paris.
Evening star., 1950-07-19
Boy Meets
Rifle
Gun Is the Hero of
Winchester 49,
At Keith's

WINCHESTER '73," Universal Inter-
national release, produced by Aaron Rosen-
berg, directed by Anthony Mann, screen
play by Robert L. Richards and Borden
Chase from story by Stuart N. Lake
Evening star., 1950-07-19
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
and Time Of Showing

Ambassador - "In Lonely
Place; $40, $50. 7:3o and GAS
pm.
Capitol-"sierra, II am, 1:45,
4:30. 7:15 and 10 pm. Stage
shows: 1855, $40, 6:25 and 9:1O
pm.
Columbia -" Annie Get Your
Cum; 1920 am, 1:25, $3.50, $50,
T:35 and $40 pm.
Dupont-"Escape Into Dreams:
l::35, 3:35, 5:35, 7:35, $40 pm.
Keith's Winchester '73";
11:15 am, 1:20, 3:25, $50, 7:35
and $40 pm.
Little-"The Wizard of Oz".:
IL am. 2:30. 6:o5 and 9:4O pm.
Metropolitan - Bright Leaf;
1870 am, 1880, 3:35. 5:35, 7:35
and $40 pm.
National-"The Big Hangover;
11:20 am, los, 2:50, ABS, $40
sos and 10 pm.
Palace-"Father of the Bride;
1870 am. 1885, $40, $40, 7:4s
and $50 pm.
Playhouse "The Woman Of
Dolwyn"; IL am, 1885, 3:35, 5:35
TAO and $40 pm.
Plaza-"Gigi";; 11:05, a m. 1855
2:45. ABS, 6:25, BIS, 1905 ane
1870 pm.
Trans-Lux-"Kind Hearts and
Coronets";; II am, 1850, 2:40
4:30, $40, $40 and 10 pm.
Warner-"In a Lonely Place:
i1:15 am, 1:20, $3.50, 5:35, ia:
and 9:55 pm.
Evening star., 1950-07-19

Mabel. There is an especially
happy moment when she COM
pletely confounds the lawyer, ther
offers him a cup of tea. A cup oi
tea won't help things, he says
How do you know it won't help?'
she demands Indignantly, as if he
had Just rejected the only logical
solution to all the plays prob
lens. "You haven't had it yet"
Victor Beecroft's protrait OF
Miss Mabel's faithful gardener is
lively one, too, and good for
solid laughs when the lawyers
explanation about a forged will
appears to him to be the blacklist
skulduggery. Harry Bannister
plays the barrister-and this one
is a long and taxing role-with
competence and Charles Frances
as the vicar. Wallis Clark as the
doctor and Gwen Anderson and
Mark Roberts as the representa-
tiyes of young love are quite ac-
ceptable, even If the play is going
to need more confident playing
on Broadway.
Altogether, the story of Miss
Mabel's murderous deed should
prove a pleasant evening in the
summer theater.
Evening star., 1950-07-19

We have been treated to West
erns starring the covered wagon
the Colt As and the Bowie knife
among other things. SO a Aim star
ring the repeating rifle should
come as no great surprise. The
rifle plays the title role In win
chester 49," the new screen at
traction at Keith's, and apparently
it is quite q gun. Garbo, herself
never was the object of more ador-
alton from all the male members
Of movie cast.
The Zone In a Thousand" rifle
has truly hectic career. It first
Is won by James Stewart. then is
stolen by Stephen McNally, from
whom it passes in a shady card
game to an Indian trader, who
loses both the gun and his life to
an Indian named Young Bull.
Young Bull is shot and the gun
falls into the hands of a young
badman, who is shot for 1t by Dan
Duryea, who gives 1t up meekly to
Mr.. Mentally again. Mr.. Stewart,
it will not be revealing any secrets
to tell you. ultimately catches up
with Mr.. McNally.
This pursuit Of q perfect gun
lends something Of a novel touch
to Winchester IS" and Heaven
knows a novel touch is welcome
in any Western. It Is q happy
combination Of a script with its
emphasis on action, alert direc-
ton and good acting, rather than
the novelty of boy-meets-gun
yarn. however. which puts "Win-
chester '73" q cut above the aver
age outdoor drama.
Stewards impersonation Of q
sharpshooter tracking man
Evening star., 1950-07-19
Dron1o News and Reviews
Lillian Gish's Miss Mabel
fIsu Charming Murderess
By Harry Macarthur

Lillian Gish is member of the theater who has both charm
and talent and she thank c. Sheriff providing
miss Mabel with play which allows her display both
qualities 1t not long necessarily taxing
the weeks Broadway offering at the
mains of stage at least much time
Evening star., 1950-07-19
The Real Thinq
Is Too Phony
BY the Associated Press

After weeks of carefully nour-
ishing real homegrown whiskers
for his role in Dallas" Steve
Cochran heard one makeup man
say to another:
"They look too phony. Well
have to touch them up"
Steve. reeling from this blow,
protested loudly. They're real,''
he insisted. "I grew 'em myself
on my own time. How could they
look phony?"
We'll. they do" decreed the
makeup man. For that matter
so does Raymond Massey's mus
tache. He grew that himself, too.
Wen have to shave that off and
give him one of ours. It'll look
much better"
Evening star., 1950-07-19

mains off stage at least as muc
role which permits her to create
q character who should win a
great many friends.
Miss Mabel is a woman full of
sweetness and good will toward
her fellow man. 1t gives her the
greatest of Joy to sit by while
the will of her late, rich and un-
lamented twin sister is read, be-
queathing various handsome sums
to the gardner. to young man
who wants to be an architect, to
the librarian he will marry as
soon as he has sense enough, to
the village doctor for his beloved
research, to the vicar for his
orphanage.
She will listen to no protests
because the only bequest to her
Is the sisters half of the home
they share. # the sister had died
and left her all that money, she
points out, she would have done
the same thing with 1t inmedi-
ately.
NJ ~
Things develop somewhat
startlingly in no time at all as
Miss Mabel's story is recounted
In the living rom of her English
cottage and the library of the
nearby vicarage, both handsomely
and heroically erected on the
Qlney stage by S. Syrjala. The
Arst development is that 1t quite
obviously was Miss Mabel who
had the barrister draw up that
will, thinking he was dealing with
the sister he hadn't seen in 10
years.
It should not spoil your fun
to let you know that the ethical
problems aroused by this forgery
are barely put down over the
lawyers vigorous protest when it
becomes apparent that sweet, little
Miss Mabel has fed her sister
some lethal brew to speed her
inevitable natural demise. Any
one who told you much more
would be a cad and If you are ex-
pecting a surprise ending, Miss
Mabel" may have a surprise for
you, all right.
AS it stands now, in its second
tryout week, Miss Mabel" is
somewhat rough-hewn. 1t still
is undergoing pruning and it
shows it, especially in some
moments when the playing is
UNDERSTANDABLE less than assured.
It is story built around a
genuinely entertaining character,
though, and it has some fine comic
moments as people like that
lawyer pit their foolish logic and
the law against Miss Mabel's
calm assurance that a flock of
good deeds easily overbalanced
any wrongs she did when she
breWed those toadstools.
While this isn't a lengthy role, 1
1t Is no easy one that Miss Gish
plays. Essentially, Mr.. Sheriff. S
congenial fable is comedy; but It'll
has its serious turns. 1t is up to
Miss Gish to balance laughs
against sympathy so that you will
come away feeling charmed by
her, happy to have met her. but
not too concerned for fear that
she won't prove q fair match for
anything fate has in store for her.
Miss Gish manages it all, you
should know, with a dexterity
that will have you wishing there
were a few more around like Miss
Mabel.
The central figure in the Olney
play is surrounded by some ex-
pertly written and well-enough
played humorous characters. Marie
Carroll makes a fine figure of the
wears wife. who, even more
thoroughly than anyone else, re-
fuses to believe an i'll word of Miss