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Newspaper
Choteau Montanan
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1917
Page
5
Guidance on feeding work horses emphasizes regular meals of oats or substitutes, appropriate grain per weight, and hay amounts. It covers time-of-day feeding, preferred hay types, laxatives, azoturia prevention, watering before feeding, and salt inclusion for grain mixtures.
Article urges careful planning of farm irrigation laterals to maximize water use and reduce labor. Emphasizes gravity flow, proper grading, and contour-aware ditch layouts, recommending short runs (500–600 feet) for row crops and building ample cross laterals for quick, continuous water delivery.
George Petrie sold about 30 000 pounds of Harlem wool for 56 1/2 cents per pound, the highest price and largest sale in Harlem. The article notes a decline in local sheep farming, with three remaining growers H W Crossen and Chris Maloney, and Otto Liese exiting. Lamb prices have risen from four dollars to twelve dollars per head.
George Pearson of Conrad develops a portable tow machine that processes thresh straw into high quality flax tow for upholstery and auto makers. The Portable Flax Tow Company operates near Conrad, turning straw into about one ton per hour with $30 per ton bids, reclaiming seed and packing tow in one pass. Shipments of the first tow begin this week.
John M Baer the North Dakota district’s nonpartisan league pick won a special election to become the first nonpartisan congressman from North Dakota He drew cartoons for Jim Jam Jems and created Hi am A Rube to win farmer votes Baer has long served as a district campaigns artist and will represent Fargo and the district in Washington backed by the league’s 100000 members across the northwest and midwest with eastern Montana also noted for its membership.
A. B. Clements, formerly with Butte and Helena banks and a 15 year naval officer, has re entered the naval service as a lieutenant.
Plans for the ninth annual Judith Basin farmers picnic on Friday July 27 grow clearer with officials confirming Hon. B C White will preside and a slate of agricultural experts including Chancellor Elliot and Prof Alfred Atkinson will speak The program also features a Denton Moore ball game band music and a home economics demonstration by Miss Bess M Rowe with expected outdoor attractions and a focus on soil tillage and crop methods.
County agriculturalist A. E. Enerson of Cascade County urges farmers with short grain to harrow or hayrake with teeth set to tear the ground. He says stirring the top soil prevents hard crust, conserves moisture, and can boost growth and yield in such fields.
In Roundup Justice Morrow awards Guy Thompson 75 dollars and costs after Emma Thompson, owner of the Elk rooming house, is found liable for a suitcase theft blamed on a guest. Thompson sues the nonrelative for 200 dollars. appeal expected.
A collage of short dispatches from Tarrytown to St. Louis notes events and figures: John D. Rockefeller’s 78th birthday. flour prices in Minneapolis versus England. a 30 ounce baby girl in Kansas City. a German U boat incident near a British cruiser. Admiral Fiske on air power as war endgame. Opal Harme ston’s murder in Wenatchee. a German enemy reporter arrested in Cleveland. over 700,000 service members in U.S. forces with expected rise by September. Rheims being shelled and depopulated. Vancouver’s fire department strike. Victor Salmi jailed after flag desecration. reports of 100,000 American troops in France. retirement of Maid of the Mist captain. Michael Shilling’s headstone moment. escapes from Folsom prison. auction of seized German wines in New York. Spanish political speculation. Celia Venard’s rooftop standoff in Boston. Adkins brothers’ jail break in Huntington. jail beatings of Olive Bradshaw in St. Johnsbury. and the debate over deporting or retaining African American refugees in East St. Louis.
Mrs Letta Haymen of Butte was hanging clothes when the yard she stood on collapsed. The ground gave way beneath her feet due to ore workings near the surface, causing structural failure in the back yard.
Western Montana holdings advertised as low price agricultural land sold direct by Blackfoot Land Development Co. with 10 yearly payments and values fixed by appraisers. Promoted benefits include fertile soil, climate, moisture, rail and telegraph access, schools, future electric power, and scenic mountains near Missoula.
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