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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1914
Page
2
Helena March 18 Special. A 1400 Cartercar touring auto is awarded to the best wheat at the Montana state fair. Entries require five sheaves and three bushels of threshed wheat from the same field and variety. The prize aims to attract many Montana farmers and will travel to the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco.
Receipts show cattle 785 calves 19 hogs 4221 sheep 2528 in North Portland. Beef liquidation declined while butchers stayed firm. Best light steers 7.50 to 7.65, cows 6.50 to 6.65, bulls 6.75 to 6.00. one lot 1168 lb steers hit 7.75. Hogs steady with prime light at 8.70 top, majority 8.50 to 8.65. Lambs scarce, mutton and lamb prices steady to strong. Portland Union Stockyards Co. note greenhouse box cleat use.
The Country Gentleman editorial from February 21 notes growing pork production in the Pacific Northwest and declining western imports from the Corn Belt. It cites Portland Union Stockyards data showing hog receipts rising from 86,263 in 1909 to 188,423 by December last year, with Nebraska no longer sending hogs to Portland and total supply now from Oregon Idaho Washington California and Montana.
The Montana Country Life Educational association aims to equip a traveling library serving rural districts and villages. A committee will select books, with state superintendent approval, and parcels post will transport ~10 pound cases. Districts contributing $10 gain monthly case service for a year. Contributions welcome from public-spirited citizens. donors of $10 may designate the served community. Send to Miss Jessie Poindexter, treasurer, Harlowtown, MT, or write J. H. Holst, Bozeman for details. First shipments set for September 1914.
The development of quicksilver mines is set to create substantial demand for cordwood and construction timbers on the Tonto National Forest in Arizona.
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