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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1925
Page
7
Kate Cathrew known as Cattle Kate travels to Cordova to McKane's store and becomes enraged at a girl plowing in a valley. She fires a rifle near the horses. The girl ignores it. In town Kate’s arrival triggers a confrontation between McKane and Sheriff Selwood.
In Nameless valley Nance Allison steadies her family amid hardship. She vows to defend the land and her kin against looming foes, while her disabled brother Bud shares in the stubborn courage that defines their frontier life. The scene blends love, duty, and a harsh resolve.
Nance Allison reads of faith in Psalms as danger looms from Kate Cathrew's frontier world. A knife, a torn Bible leaf, and a danger note echo the Deep Heart's harsh codes while the Allison family endures fire's ruin and labor to survive. Kate's shadow falls as a courier delivers a threatening verse found on a recovered page.
Description of Kate Cathrew atop Mystery ridge near Sky Line ranch. The cliff fortress sits below Rainbow cliff with log buildings, pack-mule supply, and a six inch water arc from the cliff, guarded by sheer escarpment and expansive valley feeding land. The setting emphasizes isolation and grandeur of the ranch.
The Quinine chinchona tree bark, used to treat fever, was discovered in the 16th century and popularized by the Cin chona wife of Peru's vice royal in 1635. It spread to France in 1649 aiding the dauphin, then to England via Sir Hans Sloan around 1700 and thrives in India and Ceylon.
A Chinese beggars trade union operates as a formal profession with local guilds. Each guild has a president and officers and charges about four dollars yearly. Officials wield magistracy protection, and although powerful, the beggars have not gone on strike.
More than 1,000 acres of sugar beets will be grown in Rosebud county this year double last year, with contracts split roughly between Great Western Sugar at Billings and Holly Sugar at Sidney. Holly covers the Cartersville district near Rosebud, Forsyth area, while Great Western has 340 acres at Howard and 175 near Finch. This marks the first commercial sugar beet year in Cartersville, with prior success in the other districts. Five thousand pounds of beet seed were unloaded at Rosebud for Cartersville farmers.
Farmers around Bainville begin field work as soil is favorable and a large acreage will be seeded this spring. Wheat remains a major crop while substantial areas are set for corn and other grains. Forage crops like clover and alfalfa gain attention, with increased efforts in grass production and feed stuffs.
An experienced Deer Lodge valley rancher shipped cattle to the Spokane market. He received 8.25 dollars per hundredweight and about 111. one steer weighing 1590 pounds sold for 1,111. The article notes improving market prices for high quality fat cattle.
Excellent progress reported on the 1.5 million dollar Holly Sugar plant at Sidney with half days lost to bid weather since November. Main warehouse brick walls are half completed and 140 cars of material are on the grounds.
A. Z. Buel visits Hardin and notes bright agricultural prospects with cod crop outlook and farm improvements. A new draining system and a 12 mile beet spur were completed. Beans expected to dominate Big Horn county with about 3500 acres. Last year J C Williams near Hardin grossed 1550 from 20 acres of beans.
County agents urge feeding potassium iodide to bred sows to ward off goitre and hair loss in affected areas. Livestock authorities credit Dr. Howard Welch of the Montana Experiment Station with the iodine treatment, noting it has made hog raising viable where losses once occurred.
C H Barnes sugar beet specialist of the Great Northern railway distributed beet seed to farmers in the Helena valley including Canyon Creek and Birdseye. He toured with L G DeVore county agent and W G Ferguson secretary of the Commercial club to survey prospects for a sugar beet factory in the area.
A. E. Brine of Malta reports farmer optimism for year with a new sugar factory planned at Chinook. About 3,000 acres of beets near Malta have been contracted for the plant. Ed Northcut of Hathaway Rosebud County shows two elk he has broken to drive, drawing attention as he tours behind a team.
Roosevelt County conducts a countywide effort to eradicate wild gats to prevent losses in Doone and crop production. The campaign targets areas previously lacking control measures to curb rising pest damage.
The Campbell Farming corporation holds 25 000 acres of winter wheat in Big Horn county with minimal losses after winter. Mr Campbell expects to plant 8 000 more acres to flax this year and notes thousands of acres remain leaseable, identifying the land as among the world's best flax soil.
Joe Rybolt of Ash Creek 26 miles southeast of Forsyth runs a diversified Montana farm with 200 cultivated acres. He raises vegetables chickens eggs milk and butter. Last year his 200 black Ancona hens laid about 60 dozen eggs weekly for market and family. Wheat 750 of 800 bushels sold for roughly $1 000 at prices $1 27 to $1 54 per bushel.
Wheat stands six inches high in Plathead near Kalispell as farmers rush to plant spring wheat on all available acres. The district reports the best grain outlook in years with rapid expansion and many experienced farmers relocating from Idaho and elsewhere to the valley.
In nine northern Montana high line counties corn acreage jumped from 22 WW acres in 1919 to 157000 acres in 1924. Phillips Taine and McCone counties show sharp gains from 1000 to 40000 1000 to 20000 and AD to 10000 respectively. Roosevelt Daniels Sheridan Richland and Valley counties also rose to 15000 5000 5000 40000 and 30000 acres.
Mr Stone of Whitefish reports strong profits from bee culture after testing. He already operates 12 stands and plans expansion. From four stands he harvested 359 pounds of excellent honey.
Chris Jesperson, a horse buyer for a Rockford canning factory, returned to Harlem to restart buying in the area. He faced a temporary hold up due to horse inspections but reports the issue is resolved satisfactorily. Three hundred head from the reservation were shipped recently.
Farmers in Lincoln County’s Tobacco Valley will trial Alaska garden peas Canada field peas and Great Northern beans in the coming season to develop another cash crop. Numerous test plots are arranged under real field conditions directed by county agent F A Givan.
Richland county has redeemed the last of its seed grain bonds. A draft of 77 534 30 dollars was needed to discharge the obligation. Liberty bonds totaling 79 000 dollars were sold in the New York market to raise the funds.
Supervisor G E Martin estimates about 60 000 sheep and 6 000 to 7 000 cattle and horses will graze in Absaroka National Forest this year outlining the scale of livestock grazing plans.
Livestock near Libby suffer from an upsurge of woodticks along Libby Creek with livestock bites. Affected animals show illness but few have died from tick bites. Local ranchers monitor herds and seek protective measures amid the outbreak.
A group of five ranchers aided by two men plans to kill prairie dogs on 100 sections of land about 12 miles north of Mizpah and 70 miles south of Miles City. They will use 1000 pounds of poisoned oats distributed along Powder River.
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