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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1918
Page
2
Cattlemen in the state expect brisk demand for young cattle this spring as markets stay firm. Experts say meatless days relief and freight clearance boosted markets, with overseas beef demand and rising prices signaling sustained value for young stock whether fed short term or grazed for later sale.
A speaker laments a harsh environment where hard workers face idle critics. The message describes loafers who habitually judge others and offer unsolicited better methods, implying frustration with envy and negative commentary among peers.
Reports from across Montana show spring conditions 15 days ahead of former years with Judith basin grain 30 days ahead. Acreage planted to winter wheat rose 25 percent with negligible winter kill and plowing activity at a fever pitch as farmers race to plant. Labor costs rise, tractors in demand, and optimism grows for a harvest valued at three times prewar prices.
C J Beiseker of Plentywood and Harry Martin of Poplar will farm 5000 acres again this year. About 3000 acres will be sown to wheat and 2000 acres to flax. Spring wheat seed from last Fall is thriving, and the land is being treated with gopher poison under Martins supervision. Beiseker is a Sheridan county banker who helped lead the seed bond campaign.
A meeting at the state railroad commission office last week discussed establishing temporary freight rates from Hanover to all Montana points for the Portland Cement Company with plants at Trident and Hanover. The reasonableness of the rates will be determined later.
Dillon forms Montana first war relatives league to aid dependents of soldiers in service. It will classify relatives, raise funds for those in need, handle urgent business for men at the front, and ship goods overseas while charging a small membership fee to cover clerical costs. Mothers, fathers, siblings, and children of service members are eligible to join. The league operates from Dillon with regional reach.
Montana orchardists are urged to polish tree care to lift next fall’s apple harvest. Four sprays are advised starting at pink bud, with costs outlined for arsenate of lead and Bordeaux mixture. sprayed trees yield more, higher quality fruit with fewer worms, boosting home consumption and prices.
Garden refuse such as Swiss chard, old lettuce, beet tops, weeds, and thinnings provides a reliable green feed for chickens. When greens are abundant they require less grain, reducing waste and sustaining the flock.
Rosebud county organization reports seed grain sold at prices lower than any other Montana county or private shipment. Shipped 15 000 bushels of oats and 21 000 bushels of wheat in 23 box cars, roughly one long freight train. With good weather the seed could yield 20 times more, equaling 460 cars of wheat and oats to be shipped this fall.
The roundup of Montana notices reports Tri City Oil Co starting a second well. Lewistown recruits Rev Hugh McCarroll as Presbytery moderator. Whitefish buys land to make a school playground. Water quality in Roundup verified as safe. Mussel shell county thrift stamp prizes total 100 in gold. Bitter Root irrigation canals near 72 miles in service. Bozeman bank boards new director and officers after death. Allen Matthews dies from a France plane crash. family from Florence, Oregon. Damages suit filed over Essex rail crash. Seed bond works. six hundred applications noted. Anaconda orders sugar back to trade. Montana loans to farmers rise. defense council funding. Doctors needed for World War I service. Slovenski Sinov funds via bonds. social events planned. Dawson county acreage data for grain forwarded to McAdoo. Packard injured, leg amputated in Navy ship explosion. Helena coal stockpiling urged for winter. Missoula sugar plant block threatened by beet production shortfall.
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