227 828 Head of Cattle Shipped from Montana in 1916
Montana exported 227 828 cattle to eastern markets in 1916, up 63 892 from 1915, says Frank C. Lavigne chief stock detective. Assessors report Montana herds totaled 1 042 006. Estray law usage shows state stock recovered, while cattle and horse thieves rise despite vigilance. more suspects, including a few women, were convicted in 1916.
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Frank C. Lavigne
State Force
Montana
Lavigne
Choosing Fruit Trees by Local Ability to Yield
In Montana, select fruit trees by local suitability rather than catalog appeal. Buy from trusted state nurserymen, avoid agents, and plan April delivery. Recommend apples like Yellow Transparent and Wealthy, cherries such as Early Richmond and Ostheim, and pears like Bartlett, with regional notes on dry land vale limits and commercial districts.
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Montana
Learly Richmond
Flathead
Yellowstone
Jonathan
Wagner
Snow
Rome
Delaware
Morello
Wragg
Montgomery
Valdimer
Ostheim
Richmond
Royal Anne
Columbia
Pond
Niagara
Winter Wheat Outlook Improves Across Montana
Reports from Montana and the northwest indicate excellent winter wheat condition. G F Bailey of McCaull Dinsmore notes February 1 condition at 94 percent. The critical two months are March and April due to thaw risks, but current prospects are favorable.
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Montana
Northwest
G. F. Bailey
McCaull-Dinsmore Company
Hard Month for Coyotes in Cascade County
January proved deadly for coyotes in Cascade with 103 animals killed, according to the bounty list.
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Cascade
That
Do Not Eat Chicken On Day It Is Killed
The piece warns against eating chicken the day it is killed and advises killing at night. It recommends hanging the bird until morning then scalding, drawing, and cooking soon after. Starving the chicken before killing is suggested to improve tenderness and flavor.
Open Land for Entry in Township 37 21 East
The surveyed plot lies on file in Havre land office and opens to entry at 9 a.m. April 16. Diamond Ranch Sold for 374 000. W A Staudemeyer of Minnesota bought Ira Sanders’s 2900 acre Diamond QC property near Dillon. Livestock and farming equipment included.
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Havre
United States Land Office
Montana
W. A. Staudemeyer
Minnesota
Ira Sanders
Diamond QC
Dillon
State Farm totals exceed one hundred thousand in year
Montana reports 191 768 farms in the annual horticulture board summary based on county assessors and orchard inspectors. The figure shows a near threefold rise since 1916, with Yellowstone leading at 9 060 farms Fergus and Gallatin tied for second at 5 599, Silver Bow and Mineral counties next, while Silver How lists 125 farms. The note cites a general revaluation of land values and retirement from orchards amid smaller commercial acreage but better yields.
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Morn Lana
State Board of Horticulture
United States
Yellowstone
Fergus and
Gallatin
Silver How
Mineral County
Silver Bow
Land Clearing Special Pushed by Spokane Chamber and Great Northern
Interest in the land clearing special near Eureka and Libby grows as the Spokane Chamber of Commerce and the Great Northern Railway promote stump land removal. S. Dabibers offers 1800 acres and equipment to clear land for settlement. a Great Northern spur serves central valley sites, with Exrekas Commercial Club team coordinating details.
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Ttn
Spokane Chamber of Commerce
Great Northern Railway
Eureka
Libby
Toberco Raller
Raller
S&s J
Exreka Commercial Club
Dr. E. B. Bogardus
C. E. Davis
W. C. Albee
C. A. Weil
F. A. Long
A. M&m. Mikalson
S. J
Grain Standards Chief Announces Tentative Wheat Trades
Charles J. Brand of Washington says tentative wheat trades have been prepared under the United States grain standards act and will be made public in a few days.
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Charles J. Brand
Office of Markets and Rural Organization
Washington
Decision Relieves Homestead Settlers in Huntley Project
A ruling by the first assistant secretary of the interior in Washington reverses the general land office and frees homestead settlers in the Huntley reclamation area of Montana from paying for lands within the Northern Pacific right of way. Congressmen Evans pressed for relief benefiting settlers near Billings.
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House
Heantley
Montana
In- Senice
Wankington
General Land Office
Billises
Evans
Steaders
Huntley
Farmers Adopt Bookkeeping to Track Farm Income and Costs
The Agriculture Department promotes Farmers Bulletin No 661 which provides blanks to analyze a farm business. County agents use it with farmers to identify money losses and gains, estimate depreciation, and determine proper interest charge offs. Surveys of 500 to 700 farms show one third now keep books.
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House Committee
Washington
Office of Farm Management
Department of Agriculture
Farmers’ Bulletin
Department
Inquirer
Beaverhead Fairland Survey Plans New Grounds Site
Beaverhead County surveys new land east of California Street and south of Sebree in Dillon for a fair site. Additional tract northwest of the Rife addition and west of Blacktail creek is also surveyed. The former grounds are leased awaiting Oregon Short Line negotiations, with a push to gain city county and fair cooperation for new fair grounds and a city park.
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Beaverhead County
City and County and Fair Association
City
Comfortable year around resort offers meals baths and rates
Open the year around. A comfortable homelike resort. Cuisine unexcelled. Baths unequalled for rheumatism, etc. Rates, $15 Per week. Reduced Railway EHates.-Ask agent for 30 days' round trip coupon ticket. Write for descriptive pamphlet. M J SULLIVAN. Proprietor.
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M J Sullivan
Park Plan Adds Pool Skating Rink And Playground
Progressive citizens push a new metropolitan park featuring a large year round pool a winter skating rink and a playground for all ages. Workers may start planting trees and digging the pool as soon as frost ends.
Old Fashioned Girl and Her Skirts Questioned
A reader asks what happened to the old fashioned girl known for wearing skirts so low her props were hidden. The remark appears as a sharp, probing aside in the column.
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