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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-07-31
LUCKY CLOVER CLUB

Lucky Clover Jr., All Gu b
held a meeting July 20 at the
home of Mary Kay Dillingham;.
Miss Cleveland, Madison County
Home Demonstration Agent, visit
ed at this meeting. Sue Egelhoff
gave a demonstration on fla
felled seams.
The business meeting began
with everyone standing and re-
peating the All Club pledge. The
roll was called with everyone an
swering by naming what tn e Y
liked best about All Club Camp.
The minutes were read and APP
proved. The Plain City and Mad
ison County Fairs, judging con-
tests, All Day, and camp were
discussed along with the S enior
Recreation Party Girls were ask
ed about their projects. The meet
ing was adjourned.
Delicious refreshments were SER
we'd. There was no time for recre-
alton. The next meeting will be
July 27 at Hilda Rogers. C1u b
reporter Hilda Roger.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-07-31
BUSY BEE CLUB

The Busy Bee Jr. All Club met
at Madison Rural school July Is.
Minutes were read and approved.
Demonstrations were given by
Martha Otte, Barbara Burwell,
Beverly Hornbeck. The 4-H talent
show was discussed; also the All
county camp. Refreshments were
served after the meeting. Hattie
French, club reporter.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1951-03-01
FARM LANDS

FOR SALE-320-acre irrigated ranch 61a miles
south of Drummond adjacent to County Air
port. Good gravel road. School bus at high
way. Electricity in all farm buildings. Four
room house and 7-room frame house with full
basement near completion. Good pressure wa
ter system in both houses All fenced with
woven wire. Crested wheatgrasS and native
grass pasture will carry so or 60 head of cat
tle Canal water through pasture and barn
lot 100 acres of good alfalfa, rest grain land.
100 shares of free water. $50, 600. Terms. Phone
1880 or see Edward Emery, Drummond, Mon
tana.
LINCOLN COUNTY stock farm: Consisting of
180 acres, 10 in meadow, subirrigated, dark
soil, level. Trout stream through place. Plenty
timber. Outside government range joins place.
House, rooms, bath. Spring water for house
and barn. Hayshed. chicken house. COW shed,
11a-ton truck, Fordson tractor, all farming
machinery, furniture. Good game district. Cat
tie at private sale. Price SIS $50. Write for our
farm business and home listings. Bowen
Realty, Libby, Mont
100 ACRES irrigated on Greenfield bench
ALI nice level land, 10 acres alfalfa, 10 acres
35 summerfallow. Modern insulated 4-room
house, bath, bedrooms, glassed-in porch, hot
air furnace, attached heated garage barn,
chicken house, granary, machine shed, bunk
house, nice grove. Graveled highway school
bus. mail route cream route. REA. $4,000,
half cash. Orval E. Mason Specialist in
Ranches, Great Falls
120-ACRE BARGAIN-Best for Sheep, cattle,
grain and hay. Reported runs 80 cows or 200
sheep. About S8 acres tillable. Greek water,
lots of timber. House started-cement base
ment, boarded over, rooted also; small livable
shack, bunk house, poultry units All $4 900
includes mower, rake, etc., team horses, lots
good lumber, some mixed grain. Strout Realty
1850 W. Broadway, Missoula, Mont. PHI 6949
lHwys No. SO & No. 10). Open today. Bargain
List Mailed Free.
40-ACRE BARGAIN-3O acres tillable, 10 acres
in alfalfa. Wire fenced. Six-room home, cleo
tricity, well; barn, milk house, units for 100
utes to town. If taken soon s65O0, terms,
include cows. calves, approximately 20
tons hay. Strout Realty, 178 N. Main, Kali
spell, Mont. Phi. 924-W Oct of U. S. No.
SO and No. p. Open today. Bargain List
Mailed Free.
GREEN COVER, JUST OUT! Ranches homes,
country businesses etc, etc. Our 51st year.
Worlds Largestl 3084 outstanding bargains,
80 states. Mailed freel Buy now, beat infla-
tlon Save thru Strout Realty, $50 Southwest
6bh Ave, Portland 4, Ore.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1951-03-01
FARM MACHINERY

II20 81 ton truck Used dependable tractors:
TD-6 crawler, 1860 hours, in perfect condition.
T-2O crawIer, very good 5000. T-20 crawier.
$780, 1948 J. D. A. with power-trol Farmall-C
used 80 hours, with all attachments. New
4-bottom No. 10 plow. New No. 3 stubble car
rier for summerfallow. Carbon Implement Co-'
Box 218, Bridger, Montana.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1951-03-01

FOR SALE-360-acre stock and grain ranch,
5 miles from town. rs acres cultivated, irri-
gated, balance subirrigated. 80 acres alfalfa
Bus, mail route electricity, fair buildings.
Darrell Simpson, Three Forks Mont
Montana farmer-stockman., 1951-03-01

STROUTS RANCH CATALOG = Ranches,
homes, country businesses, ETC., etc. Worlds
largestl 3,029 outstanding bargains 81 states
Mailed freel Save through Strout, $40 S.W
Sixth Ave. Portland 4. Oregon
Montana farmer-stockman., 1951-03-01

40-ACRE highly improved completely equipped
six hundred bee colony apiary two miles from
town. Many other farm, ranch and other busi-
Montana farmer-stockman., 1951-03-01

PLAN A FARM HOME in the Northwest where
land is reasonable in price. Send for literature
on WASHINGTON, oregon. Idaho. Montana, the
Dakotas and Minnesota. Write E. B. Duncan,
Dept. 3J9, Great Northern Railway, st. Paul 1,
MINI.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1951-03-01

FOR SALE-40-acre irrigated farm, located
across the road from three mile store, miles
northeast of Stevensville, Montana Eight
room house, needs paint, garage two sheds,
woodhouse. very good cellar, some fruit and
berries, electricity in house. All in meadow
School, mail and milk bus at place. $780,
Sarah M Chapman. Route J., Stevensville
Montana
Montana farmer-stockman., 1951-03-01

400 ACRES near Fairfield, 76 Irrigated 125
cultivated dry land. Balance grazing with run
ming water Four-room house, barn, garage,
chicken houses. School bus. sic, 900. S11, 900
down, balance $3.50 year. Orval E. Mason,
Specialist in Ranches Great Falls
Montana farmer-stockman., 1951-03-01

NOTICE RANCHERS- have buyers for all
kinds and sizes of ranches and require more
listings at once. We have connections in New
York, Texas, California and all over besides
connections with the State Multiple List
ing and National Farm Brokers. If you have
a ranch for sale, contact us. Orval E. Mason,
Specialist in Ranches, Great Falls Mont
Montana farmer-stockman., 1951-03-01

HERE'S THE BEST farm buy in beautiful Flat
head county--a 455-acre farm located miles
east of Whitefish. 300 acres of crop land with
balance the finest kind of pasture. A private
dam on year round creek with gravity flow
system of reservoirs and bitches provides irri-
cation and water piped to all buildings. Will
particulars. Ken Ssakahara, Box 70, White
Montana farmer-stockman., 1951-03-01

HIGHLY IMPROVED Wis. farms, convenient
Twin CitiesI 180 to 273 acres, wonderful build
ings including modern honest $7322 to se6 IS
r1er acreI Baker OQ10 St Croix Falls Wis.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1951-03-01

950-ACRE RANCH. Ample grazing land
leased for 400 cattle. Modern home, good
buildings. On oiled highway. 160-acre irri-
gated farm. Excellent buildings. Many
smaller farms and ranches Every listing
appraised by agricultural expert. Write or
Montana farmer-stockman., 1951-03-01

14s-ACRE FARM four miles east Of Eureka.
Six-room house. 80 acres irrigated with free
water R. E. A. line through in spring. $50
Terms. Mrs. June McCully. Eureka. Mont.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1951-03-01

FOR SALE-Five fertile irrigated acres s.
room home, new inside and out. Full base
ment In city. limits. nice small town. Harry
Van Der WORT, Ryegate. Mont.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1951-03-01

OUT! Ranches, homes,
:, etc. Our 51st year.
outstanding bargains,
Buy now, beat infla-
Realty, $50 Southwest
Ore.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1951-03-01
RABBITS

EARN UP to $400 monthly raising Angora or
New Zealand rabbits Plenty markets Partic-
ulars free. Whites Rabbtry Newark 76.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1951-03-01
POULTRY EQUIPMENT


POULTRY DRESSING EQUIPMENT -Pickers
scalders wing strippers, replacement fingers
eviscerating tables and electronic slaughter
systems Greenbriar Sales and Service, Boz
104 Bozeman, Montana.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1951-03-01

WANTED TO RENT or buy a diversified ranch
to run 100 head cattle. Have own machinery,
livestock References. Box 1875, Lewistown,
Montana
Seward seaport record., 1951-12-21
NOTICE

The following schedule is by virtue of an order issued Decem- Der II, 1851, and is effective as of November IA, 1851. This or der will remain in effect until changed by the Office of the Housing Expediter.
 Schedule attached to D-35, Or der Adjusting Maximum Rent, covering City of Seward Hous- ing, Seward, Alaska: Docket No. SH-3, dated December II, 1851, and effective November 14, 1851. This Schedule is a part of that Order.
Seward seaport record., 1951-12-21

R. E. BAUMGARTNER, Ad- mlnlStratOr Of the Estate of AR THUR il. NESS, deceased, hay Ing presented to this Court and tiled herein his verified petition, Tn due form of law, praying for an order for the sale ot all the real property and all the person al property of said ARTHUR II. NESS, deceased, for the purpose therein set forth, and it appear ing to this Court, by said Peti- ton, that 1t would be for the advantage, benefit and best in tereSt of said Estate, and those interested therein, to sell the whole of the real estate, and that 1t IS necessary to sell the whole of the personal property to pay the debts outstanding against said ARTHUR II. NESS, de ceased, and the debts, expenses and charges of administration
 IT IS THEREFORE HEREBY ORDERED by this Court, that all persons interested in the Estate of said deceased appear before said Court on the 31st day of December, 1851, at 10 am, at the office of the United States Commissioner in Seward, Alaska, TO SHOW CAUSE why an order should not be granted to said Administrator to sell the whole of the real estate and the whole of the personal property of said deceased, at public sale, and that a copy of this order be posted in the post office at Sew ard, Alaska, and at two other public places, and by publica ton for a period of not less than four weeks in the Seward Sea port Record.
 The real property sought to be sold is: Lots Thirty-nine (39) and Forty (40O in Block Sixteen Q6). original toWnsite Seward; and the personal property is list ed in the Inventory filed in this Court and Matter.
 DATED this 27th November,
 ANNA B. SOUTHARD, (SeaD Probate Judge
 Nov. 3O-Dec. ?, 14, ,21,'51
Seward seaport record., 1951-12-21
LEGAL NOTICE

us. Department of the Inferior Bureau of Land Management Land Office. Anchorage. Alaska NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
 Notice is hereby given that Davis Fleming Clemson Jr., en- tryman, together with his wit nesses, Lorna M. Keeler, and Sara II. Hostetter, all of Anchor Point, Alaska, has submitted final proof on his homestead en- try, Anchorage serial No. O1677O for the NEANEl4 Sec. 25 T. 3 s. R. Is w. Seward M., containing 40 acres, and it is now in the files of the Land Office in An chorage, Alaska, and if no pro test is filed in the Land Office within the period of publication or thirty days thereafter, said final proof will be accepted and final certificate issued.
 GEORGE A. LINGO,
 Manager First Publication Dec. ', 1851 Last Publication Jan. I, 1852
 LEGAL NOTICE
Seward seaport record., 1951-12-21
LEGAL NOTICE

US. Department of inc Inferior Bureau of Land Management Land Office. Anchorage. Alaska NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
 Notice is hereby given that Harold J. Lewis, entryman, kenai, Alaska, together with his witnesses, Joseph A. kurtz, An chorage, and Albert T. Munson, of Kenai, Alaska, has submitted 1lnal proof on his homestead entry, Anchorage Serial No. UlOb46, for the Lot ', SEASW4, Sec. II, Lot 1, sec. 14 T. 6 N. k. 12 W. SIM, containing 93.46 acres, and it is now in the files of the Land Office, Anchorage, Alaska, and if no protest is filed in the Land Office within the period of publication or thirty days thereafter, said final proof will be accepted and final certifi- cate issued.
 GEORGE A. LINGO,
 Manager First Publication Dec. ', 1851 Last Publication Jan. 4, 1852
 CALL FOR BIDS
 Sealed bids will be received by the undersigned until , r. M. December 22, 1851, for convert Ing the heating plant at the Sew ard Public School building for burning crude e. $. G. No. 6) oil. These bids will be opened and contracts awarded at a spe- clal meeting of the Seward School Board to be held on or about December p, 1851, at the office of the superintendent of Schools. The Seward School Board reserves the right to waive any lnformality in bids and to reject any and all bids.
 Specifications for the above work will be available after De- cember 10, 1851, and interested parties may receive copies of the same by contacting the un- derslgned or the Superintendent of Schools.
 BERYL H. WAGNER,
 President, Seward School Dec. ', 4,21-'51 Board
Seward seaport record., 1951-12-21
LEGAL NOTICE
US. Department of the Inferior Bureau of Land Management Land Office, Anchorage. Alaska NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Notice is hereby given that Leo Watt EasOn ST, entryman, together with his witnesses, Clark Emerson Peterson and Earl Adman Stevens, all of An chor Point, Alaska, has submit ted final proof on his homestead entry, Anchorage serial No. O12950 for the S12NE14 Sec. 1 T. ) s. R. Is W. SIM, containing 80 acres, and it is now in the files of the Land Office in An choragc, Alaska, and if no pro- test is filed in the Land Office within the period of publication or thirty days thereafter, said final proof will be accepted and final certificate issued.
 GEORGE A. LINGO,
 Manager First Publication Nov. 23, 1851 Last Publication Dec. 21, 1851
 LEGAL NOTICE
 us. Department of the Inferior Bureau of Land Management Land Office. Anchorage, Alaska NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
 Notice is hereby given that Lawrence Rogers, entryman, to- gether with his witnesses, James R. Fogle and Jack "C" Gist, all of Homer, Alaska, has submitted final proof on his homestead entry, Anchorage serial No. 014656 for the SWANWM sec. IA, SRNEM Sec. Is T. 6 s. R. IA w. SIM, containing 12O acres, and it is now in the files of the Land Office in Anchorage, Alas ka, and if no protest is filed in the Land Office within the period of publication or thirty days thereafter, said final proof will be accepted and final cer- tificate issued.
 GEORGE A. LINGO,
 Manager First Publication Nov. 23, 1851 Last Publication Dec. 2l, 1851
Seward seaport record., 1951-12-21
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS

TWo-bedroom house. Terms. Cabin and site at Quartz Creek Several business opportunities. One 3-bedroom house Terms. Several good lots. 4OX4O tWo-Story building and three lots in good location on Fourth Avenue.
 JOHN r. SMITH
 Real Estate & Insurance Phone Main 283 4th & Adams
Seward seaport record., 1951-12-21
us. Department of the Inferior Bureau of Land Management Land Office. Anchorage. Alaska NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Notice is hereby given that William Edward HumeS, entry man, together with his witnesses Donnie Dale McCart and Roy Coleman Mitchell, all of Hope, Alaska, has made final proof on his homestead, Anchorage Serial O1O795, for tract of land em- braced in Plat of US. Survey No. 252, situated in the Chugach 4NatlonaI torest adjacent to Res urrection Creek Road about two miles south of Hope, Forest List 6-1489, containing 162.56 acres, latitude 60 53 2O' N. longitude 149 39' 02" w. at Corner No. l, and it is now in the files of the Land Office, Anchorage, Alaska, and if no protest is filed in the local land office within the peri od of publication or thirty days thereafter, said final proof will be accepted and final certificate issued
 GEORGE A. LINGO,
 Manager First Publication Dec. 21, 1851 Last Publication Feb. IS, 1852 US. Department of the Inferior Bureau of Land Management Land Office. Anchorage. Alaska NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
 Notice is hereby given that Raymond Edwin Spagnola, en- tryman, together with his wit nesses, EllWood Mounts and Floyd A. Blossom, all of Ninil chik, Alaska, has submitted final proof on his homestead entry, Anchorage serial No. O16958 for the NEl4 SW14 and lots 3, 4, Sec. 5 T. 1 s. R. 13 w. Seward M, containing 126.63 acres, and it IS now in the files of the Land Office in Anchorage, Alaska, and if no protest is filed in the Land Office within the period of pub lication or thirty days thereafter, said final proof will be accepted and final certificate issued
 GEORGE A. LINGO,
 Manager First Publication Dec. 21, 1851 Last Publication Jan. Is, 1852 US. Department of the Inferior Bureau of Land Management Land Office. Anchorage. Alaska NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
 Notice is hereby given that Johnny Schaefer of Clam Gulch, entryman, together with his wit nssses, Earl Mcclure of Kasilof, and William Arthur Reeder, of Clam Gulch, Alaska, has submit ted final proof on his homestead entry, Anchorage Serial No. O16797 for the S12SWI4 Sec. 15 T. N. R. 12 w. SIM, contain ing 80 acres, and it is now in the files of the Land Office, Anchor age, Alaska, and if no protest is filed in the Land Office within the period of publication or thirty days thereafter, said final proof will be accepted and final certificate issued.
 GEORGE A. LINGO,
 Manager First Publication Dec. 2l, 1851 Last Publication Jan. IS, 1852
Seward seaport record., 1951-12-21
POSITION WANTED

SECRETARY. educated. expert enced. Available after January 1. Please write Box 2O4, Seward.
 54-55c
Seward seaport record., 1951-12-21
MARINE SUPPLIES

NEW l6-FT. Fiberglass Boat at list
 price. l6h.p. Johnson, Model SD, purchased new Aug, 800 dis
 count Call Main 107. 55-56c
Seward seaport record., 1951-12-21
EMPLOYMENT WANTED

DISHWASHING or ianitor work by young man, l9, of good charac- ter. References offered. Call Main 289 between am. and } pm.
 55D
Seward seaport record., 1951-12-21
HELP WANTED

DOCK COFFEE SHOP. SIPS days.
 Sl,50 nights. See Mrs. Strutz or call Madison }. 55c
Seward seaport record., 1951-12-21

US. Department of the Inferior Bureau of Land Management Land Office. Anchorage. Alaska NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
 Notice is hereby given that Sumner $. Woodman, entryman, together with his witnesses, Paul Banks and Lee E. Huey, all of Homer, Alaska, has submitted final proof on his homestead en- try, Anchorage Serial No. 01467l for the SW II SWl4 sec. 3, NWll- NV l4 Sec. 10 T. $. R. Is w. S.M., containing 80 acres, and it is now in the files of the Land Office, Anchorage, Alaska, and if no protest is filed in the Land Office within the period of pub lication or thirty days thereafter, said final proof will be accepted and final certificate issued.
 GEORGE A. LINGO,
 .......... Manager First Publication Dec. '. 1851 Last Publication Jan. i 1852
Seward seaport record., 1951-12-21


 Bureau of Land Management Land Office, Anchorage, Alaska NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Notice is hereby given that Gordon Anthony Stoddard, en- tryman, together with his wit neSses, Dale David Doner and Amos $. Hostetter, all of Anchor Point, Alaska, has submitted final proof on his homestead en- try, Anchorage serial No. O16899 for the NE14NW4, S12NW4 Sec. 12 T. 4 s. R. Is w. Seward M, containing 120 acres, and it is now in the files of the Land Office in Anchorage, Alaska, and if no protest is filed in the Land Office within the period of publication or thirty days there after, said final proof will be ac- cepted and final certificate is sued.
 GEORGE A. LINGO,
Seward seaport record., 1951-12-21
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FOR SALE. REAL ESTATE
BALMAT REALTY
 338 4th Ave. Phone MAIN i32

WANTED. URGENT! respects waiting for sales and Fntals. List with Balmat Realty Pr your added protection. |hoice lots for sale. Prepare now spring building, Several good lcations. NOTARY PUBLIC
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BETTER USED CARS and cks, call Hamilton's Garage, lin 266. tic
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NOTARY PUBLIC
Seward seaport record., 1951-12-21
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

TENTED Homesteads: Homer Ind vicinity. Box 42-A, Homer.
 Alaska. 52tfc
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Manager FIrst Publication Nov. 30, 1851 Last Publication Dec. 28, 1851
Seward seaport record., 1951-12-21
FOR SALE. MISC.

 PAIR mems laminated nick F skis with binders and poles. Eo two pair girls skates, sizes but two and five Call Monroe 55p FLOW Oil Burner Cook Stove [h 23x32 top. S75. Oil heater, ite enamel, S30 Main l03.
 55-56C \. SET. MALL CHAIN SAW. 50 hours. Two chains, parts. poo. Yule F. Kilcher, Homer.
 52tfc
Valley frontiersman., 1951-11-15
3-Doy Meet Held By AIosko Development Bd.

Problems and opportunities confronting industry in the Ter ritory were discussed by 28 speakers ranging from the Com manding General of the Alaskan Command to the Managing Di- rector of the Alaska Salmon h. dustry in public forums held at Anchorage November II and 12 in connection with a three-day meeting of the Alaska Develop ment Board, Chairman Don H. Goodman of Anchorage an- nounced this week.
 Speakers from all parts of AL aska and from as far away as Seattle and San Francisco went over the entire field of business and industrial developments. Mining, agriculture, fishing, man. ufacturing, construction, power, investment and rail, water and road transportation were dis cusSed.
 In addition to Goodman, other members of the Alaska Develop ment Board and General Man ager George Sundborg were also present. Other board members are R. Boochever of Juneau, w. C. Stump of Ketchikan. A. Po- let of Nome and Herb Hilscher of Fairbanks.
Valley frontiersman., 1951-11-15
LIBRARIAN NEEDED

Mrs. Earl F. Graves, president of the Palmer Library Assn. re- ported vacancy this week in the librarian schedule.
 Anyone interested in volunteer ing for librarian on Wednesday afternoons from 2-4 pm. should contact Mrs. Graves.
 A slotted box to be installed outside the library door for the convenience of returning books in the librarians absence is al- most ready. Hugh Johnson and Ed Smith4 both of the library as-- sociation board, got together on the the project with one doing the carpentry work and the other the paint job.
Valley frontiersman., 1951-11-15
OPS vIoLATORS WARNED

JUNEAU-Dealers who raise the price of cigarettes more than one cent a package under the new excise tax law are in violation of Office of Price Stabilization regu- lations, George N. Apostol, en- forcement director for OPS sad this week.
 The new excise tax added an- other penny to the retail price of cigarettes. Commenting on the tax, Apostol said:
 Tt has been brought to my at tention that certain dealers have raised the price of cigarettes more than one cent a package"
 Apostol added that if the regu- lation with respect to the ciga- rette tax, or any other OPS regu- lation, is not clear to business man, he should contact the Of- flee of Price Stabilization imme- diately.
 Tt is, and will be the policy of the enforcement office to bring appropriate legal action against all violators of price regulations" Apostol said.
 There are no known violatorS in Palmer according to a recent check.