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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1925
Page
12
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Jugoslav government offers fifteen carloads of waste paper once circulating Austro Hungarian bank notes. The notes were replaced by dinar currency after inflation and stamping, with four crowns equal to one dinar. Now dinars circulate and crowns are no longer legal tender. Exports exceed imports and the dinar trends to appreciate.
The Victoria Falls on the Zambezi in Rhodesia Africa drop 400 feet and narrow to 100 to 400 feet, creating a dense vapor cloud called Thundering Smoke. A railroad bridge spanning the gorge was completed in 1905 and Livingstone named the falls Victoria in 1855.
Northern Alaska paid with walrus teeth walrus ivory whalebone sealskin fox fawn and reindeer skin as legal tender. Walrus tooth valued at eight cents fox at eleven and a half cents whalebone at four cents and so on down the list.
Dr Komi of Darien General Hospital reported two Japanese patients had their stomachs entirely removed for cancer. In both operations the stomachs were connected directly to the intestines. one patient died recently of a cold in the head, the other is alive. Both patients recovered in about three weeks.
Canada granted 543 divorces in 1924, just five below the 1921 peak. British Columbia led provinces with 136 divorces, followed by Ontario 141 Alberta up 31 from 1923, Saskatchewan 28 Manitoba 77 Nova Scotia 42 New Brunswick 15 Quebec 13 and Prince Edward Island had none.
Millions are spent annually to curb plant diseases and insect pests, with 85 to 90 percent of problems traced to foreign imports. Insects include the gypsy and brown-tail moths from Europe, the Japanese beetle from Japan, the cotton boll weevil from Mexico, the European corn borer from Europe, and the San Jose scale from China.
F M Harrington horticulturist at Montana State College notes Butte, Montana relies heavily on out of state producers for potatoes apples and other fruits and vegetables. He says Montana can supply year round potatoes apples storage crops and seasonal greens and urges expansion of local production to meet demand.
Saunders County commissioners plan to restore the position of county agent in February next year after dispensing with the service last year. Support from farmers and business leaders is noted despite protests. Under former agent Thor finnson the county advanced dairy development and boasted top Guernsey herds and numerous prizes at the state fair in recent years.
Miss Grace Garey has become the county's demonstration agent with assistance from state leader Miss Blanche Lee. Garey, from Rawlitts, Wisconsin, brings prior experience in similar work as Carbon county inaugurates its first extension program at the request of local women's organizations.
Flathead county hosts a gopher extermination contest with 16 districts. Boys and girls compete for district and county spots as local business men and farmers join efforts and offer cash bounties for tails. The goal for this year is 100000 tails.
Deerfield boys and girls clubs held a banquet honoring members with four or more years of service. Margaret Bennett of Danvers, a standout in the Deerfield club, was highlighted as the state's leading club girl in 1928.
Charles KE Potter state leader of boys and girls clubs visited Billings for a conference with Bert Hammond Midland Empire fair manager about a club worth at the fair this fall. A large number of clubs statewide plan to enter competing exhibits in the boys and girls division this fall.
Farmers and farm women in Whitney Creek Community Prairie County will hold poultry culling demonstrations in June under county extension Service direction. Miss Harriette BK Cushman state extension poultry specialist will conduct the demonstrations.
Madison County boys and girls begin an active season of duty work with county agent TV and GC Burgess reporting. The message outlines organization of 4-H clubs at Summit Valley Harrison McAllister Norris Ennis Jeffers Virginian City Laurin Robbers Roost Sheridan Duncan Wisconsin Ingeville and Waterloo.
Butte will be the scene of the proposed national convention of the Wool growers association. Last year Montana produced 19,000,000 pounds of wool and is the third ranking state.
Rake, hoe and cultivate the garden every few days to conserve moisture and eliminate weeds, keeping soil loose and plants healthy. The advice stresses regular cultivation to reduce evaporation and improve weed control.
Nate H. Bove of Crawfordsville arrives at Circle to lead the Smith Hughes agriculture course newly installed in the high school. He is a graduate of Iowa State College Ames and has two years teaching vocational agriculture and two years dairying experience.
All Montana Development association reports prove Montana Bliss Triumph seed potatoes outyield others in Louisiana trials. Montana averaged 128 bushels per acre across 24 samples against Nebraska 109.5 bushels from 110 samples. Montana’s top sample reached 195 bushels per acre while Nebraska’s best was 156.
W. Q. Whitcomb of the Montina Experiment Station reports seed tests on 523 wheat samples with an average germination of 61 percent, up from 52 percent last year. Other crops show declines. alfalfa 63 to 60 percent, sweet clover 68 to 58 percent, and field peas around 46 to 39 percent, indicating overall lower seed quality than 1924 figures.
In the county last year farmers were lured to replace heifers with spavoured stock. County extension notes the aid cattle buyers manipulated values to push profit driven practices. Merchants estimate that many heifers will be spared before the season ends.
Pari warden of the Pleas ant Valley and Springdale districts held demonstrations on labor saving kitchen devices. The event sparked interest in the appliances and a testing circle was formed to loan and trial various devices among local women to shorten and simplify kitchen work.
Government explosives saved Lincoln county farmers about 4000 dollars over two years in land clearing. The powder accelerated clearing work and expanded productive farm areas. County Agent Givan coordinated the program and facilitated access to the government explosives.
County Agent Lewis reports Prairie county farmers will plant about 2 500 acres of Registered Grim alfalfa along with 900 acres of common unregistered alfalfa and 60 acres of sweet clover based on seed sales, signaling a surge in alfalfa acreage.
Cooperative experiments in treating wheat for simt are conducted at Hart Stratton farm Twete Waine county. Copper carbonate and formaldehyde methods trialed. Seed treated before planting with observations to note results during the season.
A vintage ad notes Red Cross Ball Blue laundry product will make dresses dazzle. It urges shoppers to try it and buy at all good grocers.
In a humorous exchange, Gap Johnson of Rumpus Ridge rejects rumors about loud noises at his house last night at nine o clock. He explains he and his wife were removing plaster from their youngest son Bearcat s back, a task linked to a Christmas delay.
The advertisement promotes Cuticura as a complete toilet set with Soap Ointment and Talcum. It claims soap cleanses purifies the skin, ointment soothes and heals, and talcum powders and perfumes, forming a staple on every toilet table.
Representative Britten at a Washington tea ridicules rivals for ignorance of sea business. He recalls Bob Bowline sparring with a trolley conductor, defending his Lady and scolding the driver as confusion ensues. The exchange highlights nautical arrogance and landbound misunderstandings.
Thousands of women suffer kidney and bladder trouble and may not know it. Kidney issues can trigger back pain, headaches, loss of ambition, and nervousness. Dr Kilner's Swamp Root, a physician's prescription, is offered through drug stores with a sample available by mail for ten cents.
The New York World comments on rubbing methods for fat removal. It mocks vigorous scrubbing with a brush on corpulent bodies and jokes about applying the technique to a floor to achieve similar results.
Ralph Budd, president of the Great Northern railway, completed an inspection of Montana, especially the territory adjacent to the line, and stated that conditions over the Great Northern stem have never been more favorable in its history.
The Lewis and Clark Cow Testing and organized this spring now counts six members and 149 cows under regular monthly testing.
A gardener notes starting seeds indoors yields earlier harvests by six weeks. Using a hot bed accelerates growth and provides fresh eyetables sooner for home growers.
Farmers of Hill county boosted prices by raising from 43 0 50 cents per hundred pounds to take incomes on two carloads of hogs shipped through their cooperative. One car brought 13.75 dollars and the other 12.75 dollars, both topping the market on sale day.
Mrs Walter E Anderson of Rangeley Maine credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with ending two years of bearing down pains and fatigue. She now works with farm chores and household duties while five in her family rely on her. The ad cites 200000 replies and 98 percent saying yes. Sold by druggists everywhere.
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