Hay fed steers bring high price in Kansas City market
I L Hershey of Fox Montana describes a 400 acre cattle ranch with 2800 acres irrigated where only hay is grown and cattle are fattened on hay after grazing. He notes his heaviest steers sold in Kansas City netting over 100 dollars per head, proving cattle can rival grain fed beef without grain. He attributes high altitude and lack of small grain crops to the farming approach.
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L. Hershey
Fox
Montana
Big ‘Hole National Forest
Cattle Shipment From Remote Range Reaches Kansas City
The Kansas City Livestock Reporter notes a long trek inland ranchers undertook to move high grade cattle. The shipment required ten days travel over mountains to a loading point and onward to Kansas City, using wagon transport for provisions.
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Kansas City
Ten Schools Get Nameplate in Beaverhead County
County Superintendent Margaret Ross announces ten rural schools will receive name plates after meeting state and county standards for ventilation lighting equipment water and cleanliness. The scorecard also rewards teacher community involvement and pupil activities with several named schools and teachers listed as winners. Senator Walsh notes Montana’s growing support for woman suffrage, driven by agricultural and mining regions and strong unionization.
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Margaret Ross
Beaverhead County
C. W. Tenney
H. A. Davee
Wisdom
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Jennie Stevenson
Drummy
Hannah Falconer
Deil
Margaret Lyon
Gosman
Harriet Schrader
Jackson
Eva Lawrence
Celia Wilson
Oe Armstead
Bess Wall
Bishop—Ada Nutting
Riverside
Martha Berena
Bedrock
Winifred Dult
Lima
N. Evans
Grace Wilcox
Montana
Walsh
Suffrage Support Seen Rising in Montana
Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana predicts that woman suffrage will win in Montana this year. Walsh, a leading senator, supported the suffrage amendment in the Senate and remains convinced of its eventual passage.
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Thomas J. Walsh
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Walsh
Senate
Weekly Market Report from Portland stockyards
North Portland June 12 report shows week receipts cattle 1497 calves 85 hogs 2048 sheep 5748. Cattle liquidation small. best grain fed steers 7.75 8.00. bay steers 7.50 7.75. prime dehorned cows and heifers good. Hogs demand better. tops 7.85 7.90. Sheep and lambs had improved demand. fancy yearlings 4.85 3.00. old wethers 4.25 4.40. ewes 4.00 4.25. lamb trade firm. Portland Union Stockyards Co.
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Portland
Oregon
Portland Union Stockyards Co
Gas Strikes at 285 Feet for Hillsdale Ranch Home
Rev. Leonard J. Christler of Hillsdale found a gas flow at 285 feet while drilling for water on his ranch. The gas could supply lighting and heating for his home, possibly surplus. Louis Newman reported the discovery after returning from Havre. The hole was abandoned as a water source and will be used to fuel the Christler residence.
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Hillsdale
Louis Newman
Havre
Mr. Christler
Flathead lands open to homestead entry proposed in senate
Senator Myers introduces a bill to open all unoccupied Flathead reservation lands to immediate homestead entry. Lands would be sold to homesteaders at 1.25 to 7 dollars per acre in year one, then not more than 1.25 after a year. Entrymen must follow homestead laws and pay appraised land values. Commutation after 14 months allowed with new appraisals for dissatisfied entrants. In California, ranchers near Sierra forest form a cooperative to prevent fires and clear land with community action. Fire viewing times are noted as just after daylight and before sunset.
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Myers
Flathead Reservation
Sierra National Forest
California
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