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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1920
Page
2
Agricultural lands offered with 10 percent down and 10 yearly payments at 6 percent interest. Logged off lands of the Anaconda Copper Mining Company suit dairying, hogs, poultry, fruit, berries, garden goods, grains, and root crops. Prices fixed by appraisers, with discounts from promotion charges and commissions. aid in locating suitable land.
Irrigation expert W. M. Wayman urged a 40 percent cash 40 percent experience and 10 percent family and health asset mix for new Montana settlers. He ranks prospects by region and wealth, favors stable farming families, and warns against renting lands and nonfarm entrants.
H M Chadwick argues irrigation supplements rainfall and yields rise with timely moisture. He cites Wisconsin experiments and Montana prospects, noting irrigation boosts crops, land value, and community benefits, and that the humid states fallible rainfall reinforces irrigation as essential.
Frank C. Lavigne Montana livestock commission chief deputy reports 182 arrests for felony theft across the state with 135 convictions and 47 pending. Sheep thefts reach hundreds of head. cattle horses mules and hogs also stolen. Some rustlers flee to Wyoming Mexico Oregon and Minnesota while bands are broken up. Some thieves are killed or wounded resisting arrest and juries favor short minimum terms.
A speaker claimed commercial clubs favor better farming over baseball and predicted faster national progress. He noted colonizers question schools and churches and their proximity to the land.
Montana's annual livestock report shows 641,337 cattle shipped out last year, about 150,000 for feeding. The stock retained was the cream of the herds, helping future improvements. drought cited as a catalyst for rebuilding. Livestock values rose from 1915 to 1919, with total Montana livestock at 1,214,724 cattle and 2,017,797 sheep among others. The commission handled 9,574 animals and seeks lower breeding stock shipping rates to aid restocking.
The commission is composed of John H. Burke of Helena, president, Harry B. Mitchell of Great Falls, vice president, W. H. Donald of Melville, Percy Williamson of Miles City, D. W. Raymond of Jeffers, J. T. Farrell of Conan, and E. A. Phillips of Helena.
John Hopper, trackman for the Butte Electric Railway, found a diamond ring in a turkey gifted by W. A. Clark. About 235 turkeys from multiple states were distributed to employees. origin of the bird with the ring is unknown. Some workers reported sapphires in other turkeys’ gizzards, likely from Nebraska.
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