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Montana farmer-stockman., 1954-06-01

-. oppose social security plan for
farmers and ranchers.
>. urge and promote the setting
up and carrying out of an expanded
program of native range research.
>. approve transference of part
of range research work from land
management agency to research
service; urge that further transfers
of like nature be made.
:. request amendment of mining
laws so surface and mineral values
would be segregated.
.. insist ON enactment of legiS-
IatiOn whereby livestock and other
agricultural interests be represented
by at least two members ON State
Fish & Game Commission.
=. ask for abandonment of ante
lOpe permit system.
-. request StOckgrOwer president
to appoint committee to assist in
amending present game laws for
presentation to 1855 Assembly.
-. oppose compulsory testing for
Bangs present control regulations
are premature, should be held in
allegiance, postponed for a period Of
three years.
-. urge prompt action on passage
of HOpe-Aiken bills S-2548 and
HR-6787 pertaining to grazing laws
ON national forests.
-. go on record requesting that
part of national forest grazing fees
which are supposed to be used for
range improvement be so used, rath-
Montana farmer-stockman., 1954-06-01
St0ckgr0Uers' Resolutions
In Summary
We Hereby

er than revert to Treasury, as has
been the case, in part, the past three
years.
.. definitely oppose change in
state leasing program ON state lands
which would compel lessee to permit
hunting and fishing, ingresS and
egresS over decided land.
-. ask railroads to keep scales
in better condition.
=. urge that Forest Service
amend their regulations pertaining
to administration of Title iii lands
to conform to the regulations under
which all other lands in state grazing
districts are administered.
-. again urge that congress fur
Their draStically reduce funds for the
Bureau Of Reclamation, that they be
allowed to undertake no new prof
ects, except where the need is clear
ly established.
-. heartily endorse the research
foundation at Montana State College.
-. express against new auction
method of selling leases on Indian
lands, desiring instead the sealed bid
system of former years.
-. ask help from American Ma
tiOnal in securing lower livestock
tariffs for mixed carloads of cattle.
.. ask executive board to con-
slider ways and means of promoting
Montana beef and ways and means
of securing money for cost thereof,
If necessary.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1954-06-01

year at the old COW town of Miles City.
The meeting, May 20-22, was held at
the same location as the first meeting
of the group in 1884. Several times as
many members turned out for the
1854 event-some $50, in fact. A couple
of hundred Cowbelles turned out to
keep the social events on somewhat
higher plane than may have been true
nearly three-quarters of century ago.
G. R. Jack Milburn presided at the
meetings in his official capacity of
president. Milburn was back at his
own birth place in Miles City where,
before the turn of the century, his
father was district judge of an area
which included Custer and Yellowstone
counties Milburn, manager and part
owner of a ranch on Flatwillow Creek
near Grass Range, received a stand
ing vote of confidence when he turned
over the gavel to his successor, Dan
Fulton, Ismay.
Assisting new President Fulton will
be Jack Bremen, Grant, first vice
president; Gene Etchart, Glasgow, sec
ond vice president, and directors w.
A. D'Ewart, Wilsall; Bill MacKay, Ros-
coe; Cliff Mcnamara, Big Sandy; Len
Mcdonald, Geyser; Dale Metlen, Arm
stead; Wayne Bratten, Winnett; Geo.
VOldseth, Lennep, Wilbur Harrer, Hell
ena; Don McRae, Forsyth, and Fred
Milestone, Sula. McRae replaces F. J.
Browne, Poison, retiring member of
the board.
Secretary Members
But it was the secretary" members
of the StockgrowerS who made head
lines. Secretary of the Army Robert
Stevens, a 1O-year member, dropped
in for a short visit and short speech
in which he said he, chad no intention
of resigning" from his cabinet posi-
ton.
Stockgrowers Secretary E. A. Phil
lips, for nearly AZ years member OF
the staff of the organization, rendered
his resignation to the executive board
at the close of the meeting. The board
however, refused to accept the resig
nation outright, requesting instead tina
he remain with the organization as ;
special assistant to the president
Ralph Miracle, present executive off
Ger of the Montana Livestock Commits
sion, will take over Phillips dutie
July 1.
Wild Game Panel
First actual convention present;
ton was a round table discussion o
a a possible solution to the game prol
: lem. A. c. Grande, Lennep, led til
discussion with three members repr
6 senting the Stockgrowers on one sid
and three members representing IL
Fish and Game Commission on tt
other.
: 1t was thought this might turn in
e hot discussion, but it became instes
a rather mutual agreement that Il
IS basic cause of the problem lay in Il
legislative direction. It was eXplaint
that laws to control game are mad
l. quate and far behind the times, tn
the Fish and Game Commission knoN
K how to prevent much of the prese
difficulty, but is unable to do
Of under existing laws and regulation
Jay Taylor Speaks
h On the speaking agenda the seco
re day of the convention were Secreta
Montana farmer-stockman., 1954-06-01
Veterinary
Calf ScOurs: A
Costly Disease
By ]. w. Stafford, D.V.M.

IL is CduSSu ny COlllpllIatloh VI la
fictitious agents and faulty feeding.
Calves affected with white ScourS
usually present the following symptoms:
The calves are depressed and do not
have an appetite. They show stiff
ness. The eyes are sunken, abdomen
is tucked-up and haircoat is rough. The
temperature rises to about 104 degrees
F. and the calf has a rapid respiration
and pulse. Most prominent symptom is
hind quarters smeared with watery.
yellowish or white, often very fetid
feceS.
COlOstrum Important
1t seems there is no other disease that
is influenced by so many predisposing
factors as calf scours If these predis-
posing factors are controlled much is
done to prevent the disease. If the calf
fails to get its dams cOloStrum milk.
he is almost certain to Succumb to In
feciOuS ScOurS.
Overlooking and irregular feeding can
play an important role in setting up
conditions in the calf favorable to the
infectious agents of calf scOurS.
Calves born into dirty pens or damp.
cold barns are starting life under handi-
caps favorable to infectious ScOurs. Cold,
wet weather can lower Calls re-
sistance, and makes it that much more
difficult to maintain sanitary surround
ings.
Other Diseases Hurt
If there are lot of brucellosls, mas
tits, or other infectious diseases in the
herd. the calves weakened from these
diseases are that much more suScept-
BILE to scours.
A good percentage of calves affected
with infectious scOurs respond to proper
care and treatment. Veterinarians have
found the use of the DAMS blood is not
only useful as treatment but gives
good results as preventive. Early and
proper use of a number of antibiOtics
and sulfonamides usually give very good
results. 1t is not too uncommon for
calf to develop a chronic scours.
The presence of this disease In a
herd is costly no matter the efficacy OF
the treatment. Therefore, it is just
plain good sense to concentrate on pre-
vention. The following dozen factors
should be considered in preventing this
aggravating and costly calf disease:
Preventive Aids
1. Be sure the COW freshens in clear
surroundings.
2. Be sure the dam is provided will
adequate, balanced rationS. If not
giving vitamin capsules containing Vita
min A, niacin and aScorbic acid to tn
newborn calves may do much in pre-
venting ScourS.
3. Be sure the calf gets its dam
cOlostrum milk.
4. Avoid overlooking.
5. Isolate sick calves Immediately.
6. Maintain a brucellosis-free, ma
titis-free-in other words, disease-fre
herd
z. Clean and diSinfect stalls or per
in which sick calves have been kept.
8. Feed in clean, sterile utensils.
9. Keep calves in clean, dry, wei
ventilated pens.
10. Prevent chilling and Over-e
posture.
IL. Disinfect the navel with tincture
iodine.
II. Sometimes allowing cows to fires
en- on clean pastures and keeping Il
1oIx,oo o,,,ox, f~oY,, ;vafoofod horuc col
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-07
Derby Guide

The Event-A coaster race
for boys IL through Is, in
which contestants drive cars
of their own building.
Wheels, axleS and steer
ing sets are available at
Chevrolet dealers.
Time-July IL.
SpOnSors-The Star in as
ISOLATION with the Metropol-
itan Area Chevrolet Dealers
and the District Department.
Of the American Legion.
RegistrationAt the near
est Chevrolet dealer.
addison. Fourteenth street and
Co, 1101 King street. Alexandria;
Barry-Pate. 1870 Connecticut ave-
nue. N W.; Chevy Chase Motor Co,
7725 Wisconsin avenue NV;
Hicks, 1910 Upshur street NV;
ard Kenyon:Peck, 1926 Wilson
Also Lnstine-Nicholson. $40
Baltimore avenue. Hyattsville: Man
dell. 1900. Nichols avenue Sc;
Ourisman. $40 H street NE; stohl-
man, 1907 M street NV. Will
liams. 1899 East-West highway.
Silver Spring, and WisSinSer. Seven
Corners. Falls Church. Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-07
20 Boys Start Building Racers
With Eye on SIS 900 in Prizes
By Steed Evans

Boys all over the District and
nearby Maryland and Virginia
already have started building
their Soap Box Derby racers for
the Washington Derby on July
10.
Some have gone so far that
they're finishing of their car
tops. Others are still making
their floor boards.
But the point is. no matter
how far they've gotten. 20 boys
are building for a crack at
$4,000 in prize awards. The
first i've finishers in the big
Akron (Ohio) Derby, to which
the winner Of Washington's race
will be sent, will win college
scholarships. And there will be
prizes for all the other COM
petitors, too.
Last year, Johnny Moore, jr.,
Of Hume avenue in Alexandria.
the Washington champion, beat
out 140 boys from the United
States, Canada and Germany to
place 10th. And he also won the
coveted prize for the best oe-
signed car in the race.
Won After 3 Tries.
Johnny, now too old TO race
again, is an experienced crafts
man with tools. He started
building his winning car right
after the 1852 race. He had
raced in three Washington
derbies before he finally won.
But you don't have to have
Johnny's way with tools. nor do
you have to build a beautiful car
to win. What you do need is the
will to win and the perseverance
to finish a job you start.
Some boys have said they don't
think they are able to build cars
like those they've seen at the
local derbies. But they should
know that Joe Lunn of Columbia,
Ga, went on to win the 1852 ALL
American Soap Box Derby at
Akron even though Cd he was
only II years old, (2) he weighed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-07
Morrison Sweeps
New Orleans Vote
BY the Assoeioted Press

NEW ORLEANS. April t.
Democratic Mayor de Lesseps
Morrison won his third term
yesterday with a sweeping vic
tory over the first organized Re-
publican opposition since 1880.
Less than one-third of the reg
istered voters turned out after
the one-sided campaign in which
the G.. o. P.'s seven-man ticket
was active and the Democratic
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-07

ingame: you're opposed to
this system but you don't know
what it is all about. think
when you do know, you will want
to come in-and unless you do
come in now. doctors will lose
money"
Representative Eberharter,
Democrat. of Pennsylvania said
many doctors have come to him
wanting to be included in the
system. Does the ANA really
represent the vast majority Of
doctors?" he asked.
DR.. Blasingame said that in
any large organization the final
stand of the organization is
bound to differ to some extent
from that Of some individual
members.
Favored by Forum.
A smaller medical group. the
Physicians Forum. said the vast
majority of doctors do want So
cial security coverage. DIR. Anna
Tulman Rand told the commit
tee the group represents doctors
in 26 States.
She said the medical societies
Of New York County. the Kings,
Queens and Sullivan Counties in
New York, and Bergen and Essex
Counties in New Jersey, have
gone on record as favoring COW
erage.
/ DR.. BlaSingame said the Pres
ident's program for the disabled
most definitely would become
an entering wedge for the regi-
mentation of the medical pro-
feSSion."
He said this in turn could
lead to a full-fledged system of
compulsory sickness insurance. Z"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-07

just IS pounds, (3) he had
cracked up his car winning his
local race and went into the
finals in a car patched with
scotch tape.
Altogether, his car was no
beauty; in fact, it was dubbed
The Ugly Duckling" by Akron
fans.
Girls Feat Recalled.
Perhaps the last argument for
boys who doubt their ability to
build a car is that June Kali
jarvi, then II, Of 1922 Thirty
second street NV. built a racer
that passed official inspection.
although she was. ruled out Of
competition.
So you don't need exceptional
skill, nor even fancy tools. Boys
clubs and some fraternal organi-
cations each year are anxious to
sponsor boys who don't have the
money or tools to begin work.
Get started now. Go to the
nearest Chevrolet dealer listed in
the attached Derby Guide and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-07
Roanoke Democrats Pick
Three for CITY Council
By the As.oeio.ed Pres,

ROANOKE. Va, April 7.-Only
1889 votes were. least yesterday in
Roanoke's four man Democratic
primary that nominated three
candidates, including two in
cumbents, for City Council.
Mayor Roy l.. Weber and
Councilman Roy L. Young won
easily, but the honor of leading
the ticket went to Paul j. Plum
kett, a salesman who was nosed
out in Roanoke's experimental
nonpartisan councilmanic cleo
ton last June. Lester C. HuttS,
making his second bid for coun-
Gil. trailed the ticket.
The vote showed Mr.. Plunkett
with 2,828, Mr.. Weber with g.
BOT, Mr.. Young with 2,765 and
Mr.. Hutts with 1.016.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-07

candidates virtually silent.
Complete but unofficial returns
from the city's 312 precincts
gave Mr.. Morrison 50,408 votes
to 11,793 for Fred Ogden, a New
Orleans businessman.
Democratic candidates also
won in contests for six seats on
the City Commission Council. A
seventh Democrat was unop-
posed.
The G. o. P. candidates ap-
pealed to Eisenhower Democrats
and pointed out the Democrats
"snub" of not campaigning.
OF the 1924 registered
voters. only 2,778 are listed as
Republicans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-07
Legislators Attack
Stand Of Amazon
Social Security Plan
BY the Assoe,aied Press

The American Medical Asso-
citation has denounced parts OF
President Eisenhower's social
security program. but some
House members questioned
whether the ANA could speak
for most doctors:
DR.. F. L. j. Blasingame OF
Wharton, Tex, a member of the
ANA Board of Trustees, told the
House Ways and Means Com
mittee yesterday that ANA
strongly opposes proposals to
Cd help disabled workers keep
paid-up social security benefits
and (2) bring doctors under the
system.
These moves, DR.. Blasingame
said. were steps toward "com-
pulSory sickness insurance" or
the destruction Of free enter
prise.
Kean Challenges Stand.
Representative Kean, Repub-
lican, Of New Jersey challenged
DR.. Blasingame's statement that
doctors did not want to come
under the social security sys-
tenn. He said a poll in Essex
County. N. j., showed a 6-1 ma
| jority favored social security
coverage.
Mr.. Kean also told DR.. Bias
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Watch The Star for news
Of The Derby.
Scholarship Awarded

Gerry j. Martin, the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. James E. Martin,
1437 Rhode Island avenue NV,
has been awarded the Charles
H. Smith scholarship for the
academic year 1954-55 by Har-
ward University, it was an
nounced yesterday. He is now
at Harvard studying for a doc
tors degree.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-07

sign up. Plan to get some work in
on the car during the Easter
vacation.
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Montana farmer-stockman., 1954-03-15
Montana sc Districts
In 100 Per Cent Class

WHEN CLARENCE POPHAN,
president, Montana Association of
Soil Conservation Districts, turned
in the check at New Orleans, Mon
tana became one of three associations
to be paid up 100 per cent in the
National Association. The other two
are Puerto Rico and Alabama.
At the national meeting held in
New Orleans, Waters S. Davis was
reelected president and Nolan J.
Fuqua was reelected vice president.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1954-03-15

Bales of native bluejoint hay piled
across one of meadows on Sargent
ranch. This land was. completely UNI
productive before Sargent and son.
Duane. developed flood irrigation sYs-
tenn. For his work in outstanding de-
velopmenf of ranch. All Clubber
Duane won national saltwater con-
servation scholarship in 1853.
project the next year, first clearing
brush, then working on bikes and
bitches. Soil Conservation Service
technicians surveyed the system
and Charlie and Duane did the
building themselves. Most of the pri-
mary system is now in place, but
each year they improve where need
ed. Last year, for example, they
worked on 1R-mile ditch leading
from Sage Creek to the east section
of their hay meadow to improve
water use in the meadow.
AS now set up, about 1900 acres
of their ranch can be irrigated when
water is available. Of this, $50 acres
are kept in feed grains and wheat,
the rest in bluejoint for hay and
pasture. The Sargents plan to try
alfalfa on part of the hay ground.
They've also improved the capaci-
ty of the dryland sections of the
ranch, while gradually building up
their cattle herd. Most of the old
grain fields have been reseeded to
crested wheatgrass and added to
pastures, and several stock dams
have been constructed on the range.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1954-03-15

ONE OF THE best answers to
price-cost problems is to make what
you have produce more. That might
mean greater use of fertilizer or bet
ter farming or selection of better
breeding stock. Or it might mean
as it has to Hill County's Charles
Sargent-making best possible use
of the water you have available.
In IL years, Sargent and his son,
Duane, have made nearly half their
2,700-acre ranch irrigable by build
ing some 20 miles of bikes and
bitches on land which, before de-
ve1opment, was mostly sagebrush
and lake bottom.
They've boosted hay production
of the ranch from top of 200 tons
a few years ago to 500 tons in 1858;
700 in 1852. Feed grain yields from
their newly irrigated ground are
triple those from the old dryland
fields. Income potential of the ranch
well, Sargent hasn't built live
stock to carrying capacity so far, but
a fair guess is that it's been doubled.
Best thing is that this is a program
which costs relatively little for per-
manent returns. And it's been built
around run-off water that used to
go to waste.
Source Is Sage Creek
The source is Sage Creek, stream
that flows down from Canada mile
or so north of the Sargent home.
Ordinarily a trickle and dry much
of the year, Sage Creek is torrent
in the spring. And that's when the
Sargents take advantage of it. Their
idea is simple: Get the run-off out
of the creek and control its spread
over as much hay and crop land as
possible.
To do it, Sargent and neighbor,
George Smith, who irrigates a quar-
ter section in the same manner, con-
structed series of dams, concrete
headgates and fumes along the
creek. Sargent bitches the water up
to mile and half from these, then
lets bikes do the rest.
Most of his dikes, laid out on
wide, flat valley land, are half a
mile apart and surveyed to hold a
foot of water, Sargent says. If pro-
posed upstream water control prof.
ects go through, he plans to add
more and smaller dikes to the sys-
tenn to get more efficient use of wa.
ter. Now, though, he finds it best to
keep the water in place for three Oh
four weeks, then let it flow on *
the next dike-and so on.
Wafer Supply Varies
Depending on run-off alone makes
the system risk in that land actual
ly irrigated each year varies consid
erably. Some years, Sargent says
too much water comes down tn,
creek at once; others, there ism
enough to irrigate half the land h
has ready. But the important thini
Montana farmer-stockman., 1954-03-15
Price-Cost Squeeze Answer:
Make Land Produce More
BY BILL STELLMON, Roving Reporter

is that he makes use of whatever
water is available any year.
The Sargents moved on the ranch
in 1941, leasing it from Mrs. Sar-
gents father. They started on the
Montana farmer-stockman., 1954-03-15
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-28
Fiery AirIiner Skids In Safely,
I'd Plane ExpIodes in Collision

take the child with them down
the rope.
Investigators from the Civil
AeronauticS Board were ex-
pected to arrive today from
Washington and Chicago to
study the crash.
Several passengers said Capt.
Pollard, 80, of Nashville, did a
magnificent job" in bringing
the damaged Conyair to earth.
A Civil AeronauticS official
here said preliminary report
indicated both planes had been
given IAN OK for an approach.
but only the American Airlines
plane had been given an OK for
a landing"
The passenger plane was
bound from Memphis, Tenn, to
Cleveland. The Navy plane was
returning to Columbus from
Lafayette, Ind.
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