davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1953-09-11
Miss ArubelIo Tutein,
Chief Nurse, Pruised
for s. Years Of Service

Miss Arabella Tutein, Chief
Nurse at the Charles HARDWOOD
Memorial Hospital, came IN
for high praise from Governor
de Castro during the dedica-
ton exercises on Sunday
1t was il the midst Of his
address that he said AT this
significant moment Of our his
tory, I want to pay a special
tribute to two worthy Virgin
Islanders who have served in
our Department Of Health
here in ST. Croix for a great
many years and who sill con-
tinue to Serve their people. AS
a veteran Of IS years govern
ment service myself, | salute
today with respect and honor,
the Chief Nurse, Miss Arabel-
la Tutein, who has likewise
served IS years here, and the
Chief Nurse Of the Frederik-
sted Clinic, Miss Ingerborg
Nesbitt, close behind with "a
years service.
such devotion to duty, such
love Of their fellow human be-
ings, such loyalty to home g
country, should not go unre--
cognized.
Both nurses are retiring and
modest, however, much had
been written about Miss Mes
bitt over the past several
weeks but until the Governor
nentioned it few persons re-
allied that Miss Tutein was a
veteran Of IS years in the De
partment.
Extremely modest, Miss Tu-
tein goes about her duties
Continued on page ~
, 1953-09-11

assigned as dispensary officer
for the 511th AIR.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1953-02-01
Guard Against Vitamin A Deficiency

little storage is possible, So while breeding
animals may appear to be wintering in
average condition, trouble may be just
around the corner.
Vitamin A, if not secured through leafy
green hay not over one year old, can be
supplied via commercial feed which has
been fortified with special, slow-deteriorat-
ing forms of the vitannin. While costs and
requirements will vary, an average cost
might center around SO per COW for such
a feed for the rest of the winter. This feed
would not only supply the necessary vita
min, but also protein and some minerals,
especially phosphorus, Some types of COM
mercia1 feeds, however, such as straight
cottonseed and Hnseed meals, or pellets,
do not contain either vitanins or minerals.
Your investment in either green hay or
a fortified pellet may look like waste of
money when thrifty COW herds are graz
ing on warm open ranges. But if five per
cent of your cows abort, another five per
cent of your calves die soon after BIRTH
and then fail to breed next spring, this
cash outlay may prove to be smart man
agement.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1953-02-01
That World Wheat Agreement

MONTANA wheatgrowers, and those of
1VI other parts of the United States and
of exporting countries generally, have
much at stake in the deliberations of the
International wheat council just getting
underway at Washington. The present in
ternational wheat agreement expires on
July 81 after a four-year run. Importing
countries have been reasonably well salts
fled with its operation. But the United
States and other exporting countries have
found it too costly.
The present maximum price is $1.80 as
agreed upon in 1949 when economists anti
cipated a declining trend in the world mar
ket. Since 1949 the subsidy paid by the
federal government has averaged about
so cents bushel In Canada the difference
between the export price and the domestic
price is born by the producers.
1t is understood that the United States
will ask that the top limit be set at $2.10
a bushel starting with the 1854 crop. Can
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1953-02-01
Editorials
Make Sure Your Grain Is Clean

YVHERE is every indication that admins
IL traitors of the federal food and drug act
mean business in their enforcement of
regulations against unclean grain. Grain
intended for processing for human con-
sumption must be free from contamination
by rodent pellets, weevil infestation and
bird and poultry filth Otherwise it is sub
ject to seizure and will be barred from use
as human food.
Two carloads of Northern spring wheat
shipped to Minneapolis from South Dakota
were seized by the inspectors few weeks
ago. The grain had been found to contain
excessive rodent and weevil contamina-
ton, The shipper not only had to accept
feed prices but sustained additional trans
portation costs.
To guard against penalties growers will
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1953-02-01

A SERIOUS nutritional problem may
N well be in the making for stockmen
over much of the central and western
region the, remainder of the winter and next
spring. State veterinarians have already
reported evidence which indicates the
problem is here And if it is showing up
this early, there could be plenty of trouble
before spring. But there is still time to do
something about it.
The problem is Vitamin A deficiencies
in livestock feed. Vitanin A, whose pri-
mary natural source is carotene, is neces-
sary in all animal life for growth, for re-
production and as an aid in the prevention
of respiratory diseases. Without it cows
and ewes abort, calves are born weak and
high percentage die, Bulls may be sterile,
cows may not conceive Night blindness
and susceptibility to pneumonia are COM
mon symptoms.
Vitarnin A is generally derived from
green feed in the natural state. Excess
amounts are stored in the liver for long
periods. But during seasons of limited
rainfall when forage is dry and bleached,
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1953-02-01

have to handle their grain under sanitary
conditions. Storage bins must be made ro-
dent, bird and poultry proof Weevil in
festation can be prevented by spraying
storage facilities with approved insecti-
cides before grain is stored in them. Care
must be exercised to avoid storage of wet
grain.
All grain will be tested for contamina-
ton upon arrival at the elevator and pen
alties will necessarily be applied on all
loads not meeting federal requirements.
Most growers recognize the Importance
of maintaining food products designed for
human consumption in a clean and sani-
tary condition. They will cooperate in COM
plying with the new regulations 1t is 60
ing to be costly to do otherwise from now
on.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1953-02-01

ada is likely to take a similar position.
These demands will be strongly resisted
by the importing countries.
In the long run reasonable stability in
prices and markets would seem to be in
the best interest Of both importers and ex-
porters. The old dog-eat-dog competition,
with wide price fluctuations from year to
year, was costly to both sides
If satisfactory new agreement cannot
be reached, American wheatgrowers might
suffer further substantial loss of world
trade. Lower prices prevail in other ex-
porting countries and they would probably
get the lions share of the world market.
In the absence of some alternative plan
growers might have to accept acreage al
lotments as much as 20 per cent or more
below present acreages.
: If new international wheat pact can
not be agreed upon it might be possible to
set up some other system Of export sub
sides. But if this were done outside of
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1953-02-01

world wheat agreement producers Of
other agricultural SURPRISES would proba-
bly, demand similar help.
Another possibility would be a two
price system under which the grower
would receive a supported price for the
domestic percentage of his production and
a world price for the balance
Importance of the world market to the
American wheatgrower is indicated by the
fact that exports in the form of wheat and
flour have averaged well over 400000,000
bushels year since 1915. From 1880 to
1914 exports averaged little more than
60,0O0,0OO.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1953-02-01

Traffic over country roads is increasing
much faster than that over primary high
ways, according to a survey made by the
bureau of public roads. But improvement of
rural roads is tagging far behind With funds
inadequate to do good overall job on the
road system the tendency in Montana and
many other states has inevitably been to
give first consideration to the primary high
ways, With the lions share of public money
necessarily going into the defense program
it is difficult to build and maintain a salts
factory road and highway system in the
United States.
In his appearance before the senate agri-
culture committee few days ago, Secre-
tary Benson of the department of agricul-
ture said he will stand by the present sup
port law which provides federal price sup
ports at 80 percent of parity for basic COM
modities in 1858 and 1854. But he declined
to commit himself as to what his position in
this respect might be after 1854. "Basically,
[ am for full parity prices for farmers in the
market place." said the secretary 81 do not
believe government supports are a substi-
tute for fair price in the market place"
Blood was officially designated as a vital
national resource essential to the country S
health, strength and security when the Pres
ident of the United States recently directed
the establishment of national blood pro-
gram within the Offices of Defense Mobili-
cation The new agency is charged with the
responsibility of modifying the nations
blood resources so that blood will be readily
available to meet the total needs of the
country-both military and civilian
While u. S. wheat crop may be the small
est in 10 years, world production is up and
U, S. exports are bound to suffer Growers
are fortunate in having a support program
which will maintain prices around 80 per-
cent of parity level. Production rather than
price will be the problem this year.
This mild winter weather that has pre-
vailed in most sections of Montana and
northern Wyoming has been big help in
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1953-02-01

February |. 1851
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1953-01-01
Narrow-Based Terraces Stop
Runoff, Boost Grass Growth

NARROW TERRACES, or ridges,
built on 215 acres of abandoned
cropland have about eliminated rum
off from melting snow and spring
rains from that field, and the added
moisture boosts production of the
grass that has been seeded there,
according to Sidney Fraser, a CO.
operator with the Sweetgrass Coun-
ty soil conservation district.
NINETY acres were terraced early
in 1851" he said, land last spring
we saw how the terraces held water
on the land. The grass there made
much better growth. In addition,
control of that water has also ended
the erosion that was cutting up the
land BADLY. The gullies are healing"
These terraces, it is pointed out,
are not like those used in cultivated
fields in the more humid areas of
the country Terraces in cultivated
land are broad-based, with gently
sloping sides on which farming
S4u1piilSi1t Idl1 NC OpeIdleu. IdSeI
are narrow based, with more steeply
sloping sides.
He built his first terraces before
the soil conservation district was
organized, getting the help of a
PIMA program assistant to lay them
out. After organization of the dis
trict, he got the aid of H. L. Smith
of the Soil Conservation service to
develop complete conservation
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1953-01-01

plan for the ranch. Preceding this,
the SCS made conservation survey
to determine capabilities of the land.
Power Takeoff Terracer
Completion of the terrace system
on the abandoned cropland is part
of that plan, and the Sos finished
the layout job. Fraser built the ter
races with a two pillow tractor
equipped with a terracer blade that
is operated from the power take-off.
Three rounds with this equipment
was enough.
Other work completed is the level
ing of 20 acres of bottomland for
b better distribution of irrigation
water. This is now in alfalfa for hay
production.
''The effect of the added moisture
IN the growth of grass is remark
able" Fraser commented. "There is
variation even on this field. where
we have held all the water that fell
"Just for example: The snow
drifted both in the terrace channels
and just below the terraces, and
when it melted the water went into
the ground. A lot more grass for hay
and pasture was produced there
than in the rest of the field"
Homesteaded in 1888
Part of the present Fraser ranch
was homesteaded by the present
owners father in 1899. Later it was
enlarged by purchase until it now
includes $500 acres. The main ranch
enterprise is production of purebred
Hereford cattle. A herd of about 100
purebred breeding cows is main
tanned
The land where the terraces were
built had been cultivated for years.
Gullies that developed made further
cropping of the land impractical be-
cause of the difficulties in operat-
ing farm machinery over it.
Conservation of soil and water
and improvement of the produc-
tivity of both cropland and range
land are Fraser's aims. He sums his
goal up about as follows:
"My dad promised that he would
leave the farm in a condition as
good as or better than when he
got it. Well, L have the same am
bition. But it seems to me, as ]
look around the country, that as a
nation we are losing the race with
erosion. People had better get busy
right now"
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1953-01-01
January to IS
By OSCAR L. MOLDENHAUER

FREQUENT CHANGES and light precipitation
of activity several brief cold
and northern of
nental divide will be plagued
while
pected to bear the brunt of the cold weather Precipitation
mostly light because storms likely
this before they sufficiently developed
activity will shift southwark
changeab cloudy weather but prolonged cold spells
January nor a
Weather Changes
The New Year expected begin with disturbance light
coming
Montana will continue cudns
Montana northern Wyoming should
slightly cold weather through Friday JAN 3D. change
weather
adverse weather during the JAM Sd weekend
briefly about Monday
by series of disturbances and probable eastward
this Wednesday, the 7h through Friday the
Light moderate snowfall and few days of adverse weather
likely at this time.
northern
This spell will be brief moderate of
tnen divide but cold weather and occasional light
Rising temperatures expected spreading
this about Sunday the 11 and reach the Dakota
border Monday brief mild spell This will be opportune
time bring supplies preparation
weather rather cold invade northern
the continental divide 13h and
southeast all but the portions
probably
the through the 18TH weather.
coudness and expected to begin about Wednesday, the
the Moderate snowfall be fairly widespread by
Saturday, JAM 18th.
Precipitation Temperatures Average
NAL above.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1953-01-01
Windreel Proves Effective
In Actual Field Tests

who sent representatives to see the
windreel in action, are anxious to
start manufacturing so it will be
available for the 1858 harvest.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1953-01-01

INVENTIVE CURT PHILLIPS of
Rudyard this year tested the COM
bine reel he invented and put more
than S. per acre extra profit into
the hands of Lyle Griffin owner of
the field near Inverness where the
test was made.
The test was made with two IA
foot, self-propelled combines, har-
vesting one behind the other in
Griffin's field. The combine which
had the Phjllips-designed reel har-
vested nearly three more bushels
per acre than an identical combine
with a conventional reel.
The test was outlined by Charles
Bowman of the agricultural engi-
neering department at Montana
State college. Bowman directed the
test, did the weighing and calculated
the results.
Air Blasts Heads
Phillips reel is a device that di-
reefs an air blast at the heads of
grain as they are shipped off by the
combine sickle. This air blast blows
the heads into the combine.
Phillips built his first reel three
years ago. With the aid of the
agricultural engineering department
at Montana State college it has been
refined but the principle remains
the same.
It has a powerful blower. The
air from the blower is blown to a
supply pipe that replaces the con-
vential reel. Smaller pipes run
downward toward the sickle bar
from this large supply pipe. Slots
cut into the small supply pipes
direct the blast of air at the grain
heads.
Bushels More
The wheat harvested on the Crit
fin farm ran about IL bushels per
acre. The wind reel saved 288
more bushels per acre than the
conventional reel
The two combines were tested in
another field which averaged about
81 bushels per acre. The height of
the wheat varied from 20 to SO
inches. In this field the windreel
combine harvested nearly one extra
bushel per acre. This suggests that
the poorer the crop the more the
windreel will save.
Phillips applied for patent but
it is not completed. Two companies
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1953-01-01

This picture shows the sweep of one
of the narrow terraces or ridges
built on Els acres of abandoned
cropland by Sidney Fraser. near
Reed Point. Mont. The terraces are
on the true contour-called level
terraces. They have just about elm
mated the runoff from melting snow
and spring rains from this field.
(SCS photo)
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1953-01-01

Jonuoy !. 1881
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1953-01-01
HAPPY NEW YEAR

Happy New Year. said in one way or another is pro-
oaby the worlds oldest and most universal holiday greeting
The coming of the year has been marked and
celebrated since prehistoric times 1t has not always been
January however, and many people celebrate
some other date as New Years Day.
January l. in fact arbitrary date by the Romans
before julius Caesar established the calendar that the
basis Tor the date used in western January
J. IN ancient Rome marked the day that consus other
officials took office and until Caesar things straight
was sometimes ugged considerably for the POLITICAL bene
lit OF one officeholder another
An error in Caesars calculation (365 days. however,
nec 3 m 70 s speP away & from the Original %
the reformed Julian calendar in today springs first day
had gained IA days on the stars.
Practical it is, the Gregorian calendar gained slow
acceptance The British empire including its American
colonies, did not adopt it until 1852
The Gregorian month of January is the namesake Of
Janus the twoaced Roman god credited with ability
look backward and forward at the time
This idea not exclusively characteristic of any creed
Chinese children tradtionay dispatch the Kitchen
God to heaven, while smmermg pots promise New Year
banques
In looking back the past year. Noble Countians
find many things for which they should be thankful
Perhaps the most important TODAY is the industrial
progress being made by this community and county. We
consider this tops because it affects almost every family
the entire county.
During the past year. we awakened from our stagnant
period of and began the forward bigger
and better industrial center.
The Caldwell plant of the Cleveland Graphite Bronze
company is today employing over 400 people, many of
whom from this and the immediate surrounding counties
In 1851 did not have this picture The outlook other
than from agricultural angle dark and bleak Entire
families leaving for they must have work exist
when they found it, that is where they located.
But the trend reversed during 1852 now many
old families returning to the county of their birth and
sticking down their again. Many new families have
into our midst and already they have become an
important factor in community life
On this New Years Day can be thankful for many
things including good health the right to live and work
free country and above ALL the privilege of living
community that has been aroused and moving forward
with the times and progress of the entire Ohio Valley.
Yes, indeed, we have much to be thankful for.
New to one al with Tho
wish that community and county will continue grow
1853 it has done the past year
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1953-01-01
JOURNAL NEWS ITEMS OF 10 YEARS AGO

Mrs. Mary Moore Stickel,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
mond G. Moore of Caldwell, has
enlisted in the U. S. Army and
will enter the nurses corps after
Jan. Is. Her husband Pvt Victory
F. Stickel is now serving with the
armed forces and is located at
Camp Hood, Texas.
Lee Myers, who has been an
employee of the Preston Oil Co.
for the past several years, left
Monday morning for Akron,
where he has been accepted for
military duty. Mrs. Myers will
continue to live in Caldwell.
Atty, Clair A. Young, who is
connected with the FBI in Wash
ington, D. c., will arrive in Cald-
well this week to visit his moth
er, Mrs. Mollie Young and his
brother, Atty. and Mrs. L. C..
Young.
Ernest Dutton, county commits
sioner, who resides in Sarahsville,
was rushed to Marietta Memorial
hospital last Thursday, where he
Immediately underwent an en-
ergency operation for appended
It's. His condition is reported
satisfactory.
Sgt. William T. Roberts, broth
er of Mrs. Jesse Hickman, Ava
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1953-01-01
THE AMERICAN MY
Best Years Ahead


Most Americans feel confident
that the Eisenhower victory will
be tonic to an America which
has been dosed with the wrong
kind of medicine for the past 20
years. Even many of those who
do not have that sublime confid-
ence, hope that when Ike takes
over there will be a refreshing
change in the moral, business and
economic climate at Washington.
AS for this columnist, any
lingering doubt he may have en-
tertained as to Eisenhower's in
tent and capacity to really clean
up 'the mess" at Washington,
vanished with the President
elects choice of men and women
to help him apply the water, soap
and disinfectant. To resort to the
vernacular, Ike "has picked him
a CABINET"
-Four main factors have entered
into and made possible the put
ting together of what gives
promise of being the best Cabinet
with which any American presi-
dent has been able to surround
himself:
l. The Eisenhower determina-
ton to surround himself with the
best.
2. The Eisenhower ability to Sc
lect the best.
3. Ike has been able to con-
vince those whom he invited into
his Cabinet that real purge is
to take place along the Potomac;
that peddling of influence by
public officials is to end; that
mink is once again to be regard
ed as just beautiful fur and not
as a symbol of political sin and
corruption; and that public office
will once again become a public
trust. To sum up this factor, it
will once again be respectable
to be public servant.
4. Never before has Republi-
can president been in such a
strategic position to convince his
Cabinet choices that they should
accept the proffered assignment.
Twenty years of unfriendly at
titude by Washington toward
business has finally convinced
top business executives that if
the American Capitalistic System
is to be saved, they must sacri-
flee themselves on the altar of
public service. Without the
punishment and RECOMMENDATION to
which business has been subject
ed since the advent of the New
Deal, it is hardly conceivable that
men like Charles E. Wilson and
George M. Humphrey would have
taken leave of their lucrative
positions at the top of General
Motors and the M. A. Hanna
Company, to enter government
service at such personal financial
| Continued On 2-B)