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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1926
Page
4
Article from Montana State College warns magpies threaten livestock and poultry by attacking sick or vulnerable animals. It details winter poisoning strategies using pork rind bait or suet with strychnine, bait placement, and safety precautions to protect pets and children while describing risks to other birds and game fowl.
Montana State college extension entomologist W Bruce Mabee explains insect life cycles and control strategies. Complete life cycles mean larval stages cause most damage, while incomplete cycles like grasshoppers are prep-focused during eggs or early nymphs.
A literary note recalls Rudyard Spling's poem If as a tribute portrait of a strong, wise and noble man, credited to George Washington as the figure who most nearly realized that ideal.
The annual meeting of the Phillips County Farm Bureau was held at the Court House in Malta December 18 with broad county-wide attendance. Delegation plans were made for Bozeman state convention January 3-4 and winter economic conference to shape Northern Montana agricultural policy. Pondera County turkey growers marketed 5.5 carloads through their cooperative, with 3.5 carloads to New England and Montana cities receiving top quality birds. Valley County alfalfa seed from August Lund won seventh at Chicago show. A 20-foot straw berry row patch in Fergus County provides year-round home supply for J. C. Biddison. Blaine County certified seed potatoes passed final inspection before shipment to Louisiana. Roosevelt and Divide communities launched annual meetings to pursue a structured farm-improvement program. Fallon County banks back formation of four sheep clubs for youth. Cascade County 4-H leaders Bruce Garlinghouse, Doris Hancock, and Harold Clark named top members for congress trip to Chicago. Montana mean temps show 66F southeast, 63F in the south, 61–64F along high lone ranges. Pleasant Valley Blaine County to run tuberculosis eradication campaign aiming for a TB-free area. Hill County agent E. B. Duncan judged Alberta corn show at Medicine Hat last month.
The text recounts the Montana entry of the Utah and Northern line, noting Red Rock, Lima, Dillon and Melrose milestones, the first passenger train to Butte in December 1881, the Gallatin extension plans, and the 1887 gauge widening from three feet to four feet eight and a half inches, highlighting the railway’s role in mining access and regional growth.
Montana faces rapid railway growth with major lines planned or completed by Great Northern Northern Pacific Milwaukee and smaller feeders. Proposals reach Redwater valley Circle Brockway Richland and Bitter Root areas with multimillion dollar extensions enabling west east connections. Three counties lack railways Carter Powder River Garfield face future routes via Lewistown Circle and Circle Richey.
Von Lennington of Kershaw raises a large turkey crop and delivered 1926 birds to the Northern Creamery at Fort Benton. The firm paid $4278 for 856 turkeys, with top price 44 1 2 cents per pound. Lennington managed about 3200 birds that summer, using herd like care on a range system. The sale marks Montana’s most valuable single grower lot to date and highlights his planned breeding stock for next year.
Reports describe new construction extending the line southwest from Twin Bridges or Sheridan along the Beaverhead river past Point of Rocks to connect with the Pittsburg and Gilmore railroad near Armetead, linking to Idaho despite the line’s current isolation.
Chancellor Brannon of the University of Montana was informed by Havre Chamber of Commerce secretary Linebarger that Havre members twice voted unanimously against expanding the North Montana Experiment Sub-Station and terminating plans to establish a higher educational institution at old Fort Assinniboine.
The article notes that this year Stanford shipped 300000 bushels of wheat with about 100000 more to ship by next June. Three carloads of wool and about 100 cars of livestock have already been shipped.
The Sun River elk herd has expanded from 200 800 head in 1910 to about 8700, exceeding local carrying capacity of 8000. Supervisor E H Myrick notes 250 elk killed this fall and 20 percent hunter success amid light snow and limited open-season forage, with 1025 counts at 650. A 1918 preserve covers 200 000 acres, with 82000 acres for winter feed, and Myrick plans a year end move from Chateau to Bt Joe forest as Roy Phillips departs.
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