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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1911
Page
7
Spring travel notes caution travelers about intoxicating liquor on passenger trains in Montana. Conductor duties include arrest and delivering violators to police. penalties include fines up to 500 dollars or up to six months in jail. Also mentions posting act extracts in cars and jurisdiction of justices of the peace.
Missoula reports the interscholastic meet will be held during the second week of May at the state university. A record number of high schools will participate and arrangements for visitors include free railroad fare for five person teams and enhanced accommodations. Track improvements and expanded facilities are planned with judges’ stand and reconfigured jumping pits. Dormitories are replaced by main hall rooms for guests and Woman's Hall will host declamatory and debating participants.
A silver cup valued at 1000 is to be awarded for the best one hundred pounds of white oats grown in the United States during the summer. The prize will be presented at the American Land and Irrigation exposition in Madison Square Garden New York next November. Donated by A J Earling president of the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Puget Sound railway.
H F Patterson of Montana Agricultural College advises flax can grow on dry land if the seed bed is well prepared and seed is planted early. Plow deep in spring, follow with disc and harrow to pack and mulch soil. Sow about 20 pounds per acre, drill 1 to 1 1/4 inches deep, as early as possible. Avoid late June seeding to keep moisture. Do not rely on formaldehyde. use clean seed and noninfested land to prevent flax wilt.
An analysis by Prof. Cooley explains Montana land values rising rapidly over the past half decade. He contrasts intrinsic farming value with place value, noting a wide range between land that productive farm income supports and land valued for location, such as near Great Falls or in unsettled areas, with prices driven by supply and demand.
All accounts due me and not paid by January 1 1911 will be placed in the hands of an attorney for collection E T Brock 17 tf
The U S Supreme Court heard extended argument on whether an entryman under the 1891 desert land laws may assign rights after entry and before final proof. The decision could validate many such assignments and affect William B Hammers perjury indictment over improvements on a desert entry in Imperial Valley California.
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