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Montana farmer-stockman., 1956-04-15
Bronze Grass for Seed, Hay
Looks Like Easy Money
By GORDON BRANDON
Glacier County

MY EXPERIENCE with bronze grass
seed the last two years in the Milk
Eiver area of Glacier county makes me
Wonder if other ranchers and grain
f2-mers in Northern and North Central
E-cntana rersaos arc missing out on
some pre;-y easy mCcsy in grass seed.
If an ayerG Q OF , an acre profit
from seed plus hay crop would in
terest you will try to tell you how easy
it is to get In 1854 my IS acres of
bronze produced $3.50 worth of seed
and about 80 tons of hay. In 1855
harvested $3.50 worth of seed and baled
between so and go tons of hay.
My experience has been confined to
bronze grass seed but other grass such
as crested wheat or some of the other
wheat grasses should work out equally
well or possibly better depending on
conditions.
Seeded with Flax
/ seeded approximately IS acres of
bronze in 1852. The bronze was planted
with flax as nurse crop. The flax seed
helped a great deal in getting the bronze
grass to feed through the drill without
blocking up. Both flax and bronze re-
quire shallow planting depth not over
1 inch deep if you can help it. Unless
moisture conditions are exceptionally
favorable it would be best not to plant
more than 20 pounds of flax to 10 pounds
of bronze grass per acre.
The bronze grass was cut for hay in
1858 but, as there was quite a lot Of
old stubble and trash in the grass,
didn't attempt to harvest any seed that
year. In 1854, however, there was a
nice uniform growth Of bronze over
the entire field. After it headed out it
looked so good I decided to get the
Montana farmer-stockman., 1956-04-15

tanned only 9.S2 per cent inert matter.
1t takes a little time and numerous
trials before you get every setting just
right, but it pays out in the long run.
Easy to Raise
Bronze and other grasses will flourish
on any land which will grow a good
crop of wheat. If the land will produce
from 80 to IS bushels of wheat per acre
in an average year it will produce both
a seed crop and fair hay crop If the
wheat yield is around Is bushels per
acre the hay crop will be pretty short
but seed production may be nearly as
high as under more favorable condi-
tions.
The outlook for profitable seed pro-
ductiOn in the future looks all right to
me especially if some form of soil bank
or acreage retirement is passed by
Congress. We import a great deal of
bronze grass seed each year from Can
ada that Montana farmers could just
as well be raising You won't get rich
overnight but for the amount of work
and expense involved it is easy money.
April Is. 1866
Montana farmer-stockman., 1956-04-15

obtained 200 pounds of foundation Ser
kirk which we planted on S acres OF
land that has been plowed up from
pasture. The yield was SIS bushels to
the acre of high quality grain after
considerable loss from trampling dur
ing rOguing. The field containing this
plot yielded 70 bushels to the acre in
1855. We planted our entire wheat all
lotment into Selkirk this year and the
overall average yield was approximate
ly so bushels to the acre.
Caution: Be sure to buy pure Selkirk.
Reports say that much of the so-called
Selkirk is actually Redman or mix
ture of Selkirk and other wheats. Some
unfavorable reports on Selkirk have
been from these mixtures or Redman.
Many people have wanted to get rica
quick and have sold this inferior grain
at Selkirk prices.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1956-04-15

hand wedding for pure seed without
hurting yields.
z. Large plump heads-We find Sell
kirk one of the most attractive wheats
in use today. The heads are beardless,
uniformly large and filled with plump,
good colOred seed
8. Protein content - We find Selkirk
has protein equal to or higher than
other varieties. Many times high pro-
tein is result of shrunken kernels. but
Selkirk,,s protein is high even with its
plump seed. In our irrigated wheat we
find Selkirk per cent higher than other
varieties we have raised.
8. Milling quality - All reports we
have been able to see, state that Sell
kirk has excellent milling and baking
characteristics.
We had just about given up raising
wheat when, in the spring of 1854, we
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1956-04-06
The Other Cheek"
Plays Al Whereby
Saturday & Sunday

The Other Cheek" the contro-
versiai play from the pen Of Al
win Del Chamblee Is the forthcom-
ing production Of the Phyllis
Wheatley Experimental Players.
The play Is 10 be given Saturday
and Sunday evening at the Phyllis
Wheatley House.
The Other Cheek" deals with
the long years OF enlightenment Of
a woman against her husband and
sons and the downhin race to
destruction 10 which she carries
them with her lies. hatred and
Vickedness.
It is a powerful drama for a.
dults 10 which the writer has Civ
en- an interesting Interpretation Of
its characters.
The cast includes Loretta Ellis,
who plays the part Of the embit-
tered woman. Bert Wade Bill
Fraction. Wilma Naves. Emma
Jean Battles. Robert Patterson
and Louis Whitlock.
Tickets for this production are
81 The curtain win rise promptly
al s p. m
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be. these five simple rules are
directed.
D Don't approach the lion too
quickly. There are several rea-
sons for this. Lions startle easily.
And they react violently to the
too rapid approach Of a stranger.
We found this out the hard way.
II was only last June that we ar
rived in Montgomery, to move into
the newly-built parsonage Of Trim
ity Lutheran church. We came
with the idea Of serving a mission
congregation and bringing the
gospel to souls within our reach.
Scarcely five months had gone by
however, before the bus protest
began. Immediately we were fac
ed with the challenge to show
concern for the physical welfare Of
our people as well as their spirit
ual welfare. Ny answer was sim
pie, as expressed It TO one Of our
church officials: u cannot minis
ter 70 souls alone. Ny people also
have bodies, Pie in the sky by and
by may be a fins thing to look
forward TO. But my people deserve
the opportunity to live a decent
life in this world too"
To the Hon I was too much a
stranger. Though I was born and
reared in West Virginia. now I
became a Northern agitator" or
a Yankee earpet-bagger." But
even lions can be shOrt-sighted.
A Negro minister who has lived
in Montgomery for several years
spent the first part Of his life
(continned on page ~
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Winthrop Rockefeller, a Trus-
tee Of the National Urban League
and chairman of the Leagues
Commerce and Industry Council,
will be the guest speaker.
Mr.. Carey and Rabbi Minda
were recent recipients of rs year
service awards made by the Ma
tional Urban League. Judge
Waite, long time civic leader and
outstanding judicial figure serv-
ed on the local League Board OF
Directors for many years until
1851.
Marshall Diebold, president of
the Mill city board of directors of
the league, stated that the
league is not only expressing gra-
titude for the organization in
comforting honorary Board MEM
bership on these men, but is also
noting benefits extended to the
total community through the
work these men have done in the
leagues broad area Of interest.
The meeting is designed to
commemorate League activities
over a 80 year period in the city.
This period has been characteriz-
ed by important social changes in
the field Of race relations and the
services extended by the League
which have shifted significantly
from the time Of the Leagues
founding 80 years ago.
The meeting is open to the pub
lie and guests are cordially invit-
ed TO attend a reception follow
ing the dinner which is sponsored
by the Minneapolis Urban League
Guild. Mrs. Robert Murray is the
president Of the Guild
The Minneapolis League is a
member agency Of the Commun-
ity Chest and Council Of Henne-
pin County and an affiliate Of the
National Urban League.
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Dining Car Men
Reacfivafe Political
Action Committee

II was announced this week by
Jerry Robins, President OF Din
ing Car Employees Union, Local
516. that the Educational and
Political Action Committee OF the
Local, has been reactivated
According 10 Mr.. Robins, this
committee will formulate a pro-
gram Of education in the prin-
ciples Of trade unionism, and en-
courage the membership 10 regis
ter and vote in local, state and ma
tional elections. and also keep the
membership informed as 10 the
activities and progress Of Labors
League for Political Education.
Mr.. Robins stated, The reacti-
walton Of this committee will lift
this tremendous burden from the
shoulders Of the elected officers"
Harry s.. Brown, Of TOT Lyle
hart Avenue. a retired Northern
Pacific Dining Car employee. and
charter member and former
President OF Local 516. Is Com
mittee Chairman Mr.. Robins
said. Mr.. Brown served as preai-
dent Of this organization. with
honor and dignity for eight years.
and 1t was most gratifying 10 have
him head this important commit
tee.
r. s Csid) Harris, Of AS Kent
81. a retired Great Northern Din
ing Car employee, Is Political
Coordinator. Mr.. Edward East
men. 953 st. Anthony Avenue,
secretary. Other members Of this
Committee are: w. A. Cartwright,
William Wade, Oscar Davis. VIII
lard p. Jones. Albert Mcfarland
Maceo Moody Albert Benjamin,
Clarence Anderson. Otto stopf
Robert NJ Patterson, Leonard H.
Carter and Nathaniel ~ Gallo
way.
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was built on a North-South axis
definitely not on the East
West axis of the post-Civil War
Republican tradition.
II was this South orien-
tation Of Taft Republicanism
which had made It possible for the
Democrats to hold the northern
Negro vote down through the Tru-
man presidency, for the Negro had
obtained great benefit under the
Democrats, and he had no parti-
cular reason to return to his ira
ditional Republican loyalty so long
as the Republican Party was seek
ing TO build itself in the Old
South on a white basis.
The Eisenhower administration
faced a grave political choice
when it took office. 1t could con-
tinue the North-South policy of
Senator Taft and hope TO build
a lasting white basis in the Old
South. Or it could sacrifice the
Taft groundwork in the South for
the sake Of the Northern Negro
vote.
The decision was quickly made,
and Mr.. Eisenhower launched
campaign for the cultivation Of
the Negro vote in the North. De-
segregation in the armed services
and in the District Of Columbia
were Eisenhower policies well ad-
vanced before the Supreme Court
decision. Mr.. Eisenhower had re-
turned to classic Republican
strategy, which ran along an
East-West axis. The voting in the
Negro wards Of the big northern
cities in 1854 showed that the
strategy was already beginning to
pay off by that time
This posed problem for Demo-
Gratis which Mr.. Stevenson re-
solved in one way and Senator
Estes Kefauver of Tennessee and
Gov Averell Hartman of New
York. resolved the other way. Mr..
Stevenson has campaigned as
leader in a North-south party
Continued on page ~
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The Montgomery Story;
Into The Lions Mouth In
Race Relations Experience
OF Lutheran Pastor
The Montgomery Story:
By ROBERT S. GRAETz

(The Rev Robert s. Graetz the white pastor
Ala who has taken leading role in Negro boycott the
bus system because of what he describes
ment and unfair seating policy the bus
article Mr. Graetz relates his experiences upon
living bridge
that separates
MANI
Have you watched the on-tamer a crcusf He holds
his spectators spebound he his wild beasts through
their Cartoonis love portray the ontamer work
especially in that remarkable feat of putting head
mouth of a lion.
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District ! Nelson's
Greet VIC Master
On Official Wish

- An enthusiastic crowd oi
Prince Hall Masons welcomed tn,
Minnesota Masonic grand master
and his cabinet 10 District /
which includes the Masonic lodges
in st. Paul. The meeting was held
in Perfect Ashlar Hall ON St An.
thony Av. on Tuesday, March 81
Paul l.. Wood, assisted by William
B. Lewis, both OF whom are mas
ters Of the st. Paul lodges, pre-
sided. The latter, who is master
Of Pioneer Lodge No. /, extended
the cordial welcome to the grand
officers, Il. +. Henderson, past
grand secretary, responded.
Eugene II. Lewis, grand junior
warden was the principal speak
err He addressed the Masons on
the topic, "Freemasonry its ORR
gin. And You" Instructive talks
were given by past grand master
Samuel l.. Ransom. grand lectur-
er, Lapercell L. Greene, and past
deputy grand master, John l. Nc
HE. Jr. Remarks were given by
past grand master Lawrence r.
Tarver, district deputy William
Sayles, ST.
John r. Lawrence, the grand
master concluded the meeting
with instructions 10 the craft.
James r. Lynn. grand senior dea-
con. and Marion A. Boiling. grand
chaplain, were in charge OF devo-
tons. Delicious refreshments were
served by a joint committee con-
sisting OF Sherman Parker and
william Jackson Of Perfect Ash
lar Lodge and Norman Bell Of
Pioneer Lodge.
The Grand Masters annual Wis
II TO the Minneapolis lodges win
be Thursday April 26th at $3.50
p. m.
On Tuesday. April 10th the
grand master. the grand matron
Of Prince Hail grand chapter or
der Of the Eastern Star accom-
panied by other officers will visit
Sioux Falls. South Dakota for
planning conference for the
grand lodge and grand chapter
session 10 be held In that city
September 18th 10 21st
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81. Puul NAAcP
Charges Fire
Dept. UnfuiE

In a letter 10 the ST. Paul RE
CoRDER newspaper dated April
8. the 81, Paul NAACP through
its president, Frank NJ. Smith.
claims its legal redress committee
has discovered certain discrimina-
tory practices in the 81, Paul city
fire department
A letter signed by Mr., Smith
said:
"An investigation into the aIleg-
ed discriminatory practices OF the
St Paul Fire Department by the
Legal Redress Committee OF the
ST. Paul Branch, NAACP, has re-
vealed certain unfair employment
conditions that warrant the at
tention OF every citizen in the
Twin Cities. especially the Negro,
This current investigation has
also revealed that since the pas
sage OF the Fair Employment
Practices Ordinance over a year
ago, not one step has been taken
by those city officials responsible
10 correct these conditions"
Frank NJ. Smith.
President, St Paul Branch,
NAACP.
Public Safety Commissioner
Robert Peterson when queried by
this newspaper said no formal
complaint against any type Of dis
elimination against Negro mem
bers Of the fire department had
been lodged with him before the
NAACP's complaint OF wednes-
DAY.
St Paul FEPC director Joseph
Jacobowski was given the com
plant by the NAACP and the
charges are being investigated by
that office il was learned.
Commissioner Peterson volun-
teered the information that the
wife Of one Of the colored fire
men had complained to him at a
public meeting about an extra"
bed provided for Negro city fire
men in the station houses but he
said no formal complaint had
ever been received.
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shot, that the gun was held by the
defendant: that he died as result
Of firing Of gun; that defendant
lived with deceased man as his
wife without being married to
him: that arguments had gone on
prior 10 the shooting and that the
photos TO be submitted by the
state were accurate.
The stIpulations made were an
indication that defense counsel
did not plan 10 contest too
strenuously testimony Of state
witnesses but planned 10 stake
its case on "seIf defense"
In the courtroom were three
relatives Of Miss jackson. includ-
ing her father. Arch Jackson Of
Jackson. Michigan who came here
20 be with his daughter az the
time Of her arrest Myra Harris. a
cousin was also there to give her
comfort and moral support.
The first two witnesses for the
state were police officers, Richard
Kunitz and detective Clarence
The neatly dressed defendant.
Miss Jackson appeared subdued
Spectators included Shermount
Polk. the brother Of Ira Polk. Rev.
C. NJ. Sexton Of Border Methodist
church and others.
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well known in the Negro oommun-
ity; Lyle Thorsten, l7i7 Burns
and II, +. Adams, 1883 Como
Blvd. both building inspectors em-
ployed in the city architects Of
flee and Joe stepka, police patrol
man and former amateur and
professional boxer, 90 W. Colora-
do.
The men were suspended pend
ing investigation and disposition
OF reports that they were involved
in the disappearance OF some
liquor following a fire at the
Grendendaie Pharmacy and Liquor
store on March 20.
Results Of the police department
investigation have been turned
over to the Ramsey county attor-
ney for disposition,
Police say all four men made
statements. Three OF the men in
volved made written statements
but Harris did not
He did however, make verbal
statement In the presence OF fire
chief w. II. Mattocls, Asst chief
r. A. Schmidt and Asst chief M,
l. MeAunffe. on March 20, follow
ing his suspension.
Police say Harris admitted hid
ing couple OF bottles Of whlakey
under a stairway. They say
stepka admitted taking a couple
Of bottles OF whlskey.
Harris, a fireman with eight
years service, who was sent on a
detail to pump water from the
basement OF the burned atructurs
said that whiakey bottles from the
collapsed liquor store section were
all over the floor OF the basement
He said he told the police In
vestigators that he did not TAXI
any OF the merchandise. He re
iterated that statement TO a re
porter for this paper.
Asst Chief McAuliffe. how
ever. charged HRrri. admitted
placing two bottles under a
stairway.
one Of the other men. II. r
Adams said a contractor whose
crew was boarding up the partial
ly destroyed building, handed him
a bottle OF whiskey, which he
kept.
Police do not claim Harris re-
moved the bottles from the prim-
ises
Chief Mattocks said Harris was
suspended for conduct unbecom-
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Sfdfe FEPC &
Rights Group
PIons Approved

In a news release 10 last Sun
days daily newspapers the Mime
sofa State Fair Employment
Practices Commission announced
adoption Of plan 10 develop Citi-
zens Committees on Human
Rights and Fair Employment
Practices in the suburban areas
surrounding metropolitan Twin
Cities.
Approval Of the plan by the
State FEPC was made al its
meeting on March 81.
The plan Is TO be a joint effort
by the FEPc and the Governors
Human Rights Commission. for
merly the Governors InterraeiaI
Commission
The program has IS announced
comprehensive aims for the 1885
81 period.
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church Trinity, ALC) in the deep
South city Of Montgomery, Ala
bama- During the last several
months / have taken an active
role in a protest movement Of the
Negroes Of Montgomery against
the abusive treatment and unfair
seating policy Of the local bus
company. Not, however, against
the institution Of segregation, as
many hasty observers have con-
cluded.)
AS one OF the few white who
have dared to take a public stand
in favor Of the Negroes. have
been singled out for abusive
treatment by many Of the white
people, and for praise by others.
Were IL not for the protecting
hand Of God, the lives Of my wife,
my children and myself would
likely be in grave danger. Truly
we feel a kinship with the man at
the circus. Our heads are in the
lions mouth.
We are not the only ones 50
situated There are many others
who have made. and are still max
ing much bolder confessions while
in enemy territory. Some Of
them, especially ministers. have
been driven out A few have paid
the supreme price Of their lives
Others have been forced to back
down. for reasons good or bad.
But we know that more Christian
men win rise up to take their
places and 10 continue the strug-
gle To those who are now look
ting into the mouth Of the hon
and 20 those who some day WsH
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ing a member OF the fire preven-
ton bureau"
Neither Mattoclss nor the police
officials would say they thought
Harris was drinking ON duty. Both
the district Gre chief and his
captain said Harris showed no
signs OF having had any intoxi-
cants.
Apparently the investigation
which led to the suspension OF the
four city employees came after
persons living in the vicinity re-
ported seeing a number OF un-
named individuals leaving the
premises OF the drug and liquor
store with quantities OF mer-
ohandise and liquor on the day fol-
lowing the fire.
Friends Of the accused men say
that none OF the four were around
the store during the time the
residents In the vicinity noticed
what they thought was merchan-
disc being moved by someone be-
sides owners Of the property
In the meantime Developments
await the decision OF the Ramsey
county attorneys office which win
decide whether the evidence sub
mitted 10 them by the police de-
partment justifies prosecutions OF
the suspended men.
Chief r. A. Schmidt and Fire
Chief Mattocks said Il Is incum-
bent upon public safety officers
either police or firemen TO al
ways conduct themselves 20 that
there Is not an iota OF suspicion
directed towards them.
Things nike tncse cases. he
said. reflect on our Public Safe
ty Department and cannot be toll
Grated"
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administration at a very early
date in its career to attempt to
reclaim the northern Negro vote,
which had been its property from
the Civil War down to 1888 and
which had been appropriated
from the Republican Party and
taken over by the Democratic
Party during the Roosevelt era.
The second was the decision of
Dwight d. Eisenhower to run for
a second term in the American
presidency.
If neither of these two things
had happened, Mr.. Stevenson's
method Of campaigning for the
presidency would have made him
a much more logical choice for
the Democratic candidacy than
he appeared to be in the eyes of
the Minnesota voters recently.
But both Of these things did
happen, and the combination has
not only cast grave doubt on the
validity of the strategy employed
to date by the Stevenson advisers,
but has also shaken United States
political life out of established
patterns, with consequences which
may be long lasting indeed.
When Mr.. Eisenhower became
leader Of the Republican Party in
Chicago in 1852 the United States
had two major political parties
which were similar in one respect.
Both were North-south parties.
1t even could be said that this was
more true Of the Republican Party
than of the Democratic Party.
Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio
had been the real leader Of the
Republican Party before Mr..
Eisenhower, and the senator had
long and patiently cultivated Re-
pubhcsnism in the Old South.
One of Senator Taft's staunch-
est political allies was Democratic
Senator Harry Flood Byrd of vir-
GINA, and another close political
associate was b. Carroll Reece of
Tennessee, a Republican, but with
a strong southern accent. The Re-
publican Party of Senator Taft