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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1925
Page
7
One third of Sheridan County will be tuberculosis free after the current eradication drive. Five federal and state veterinarians test all cattle in the area as County Agent M. P. Ostby prepares and assists the team. The completed testing will designate the region as a modified accredited area.
Two hundred rams and 3500 breeding ewes were consigned to a Valley County sale in early October. Farmers from Valley Roosevelt Daniels and nearby counties attended to buy sires and ewes for breeding flocks. Valley County hosts over 80 000 sheep with about 65 small farm flocks, the sale serving these owners.
Seven north and central Montana counties led by Pondera County Turkey Marketing Association will cooperate in marketing turkeys this year. Cascade Glacier Teton Hill Valley and Fergus join Won dera in adopting a Montana label with a black turkey profile and the words Montana Poultry. red grade indicated on the bottom. The label will appear on boxes and as a head wrap to standardize branding.
Growth of the Lewistown poultry trade prompts growers to organize. Fergus County Poultry Growers Association formed with Mrs. Charles Baird as president and Mrs. John Marshall as secretary-treasurer. Baird will attend the Great Falls meeting.
The Sheep Mountain farmers of Prairie have decided to build a community hall to serve business and recreation. At a meeting last month 84 farmers and their families attended as community officers were elected and committees named to manage the construction. A constitution and by laws were adopted for the Community Hall Association.
Business men in Fort Benton organize a Sugar Beet club to promote sugar beet farming on bottom land along the Missouri river in Chouteau county. The group will offer financial help and other support to productive use of idle river land with a goal of 100 acres of demonstration plots next year.
Twenty refrigerator cars of Northern Pacific departed from the Bitter Root valley loaded with potatoes onions and other vegetables for local and eastern markets. Apple shipments are small this year with only five cars sent, compared with hundreds in other seasons.
Ranchers who raised large pea crops haul their product to the Roger Brothers Seed company in Dillon. The new plant, built this fall, handles the exceptionally large yield for milling.
Beets harvest in the Worden vicinity progresses in full swing with unusually large yields. Farmers note the crop is large in size and of fine quality with high sugar content.
Heavy steers sell for higher prices than last year hogs nearly double year ago lambs fetch higher prices across markets with strong demand and steady buyers noted by traders in incomplete report.
J R Overholser president of the Fort Benton Commercial club announces that contracts for planting 100 acres of beets on the Duer tract across the river from Fort Benton have been signed and the plowing contract let to James McKenzie who now has his large tractor and horses on the ground.
A 1925 Western Union puzzle prompts readers with numbered clues spanning animals, prepositions, names, professions, and abstract concepts. The mixed list invites solutions including synonyms, initials, and foreign terms, with a note that the solution will appear in the next issue.
Ingomar reports the largest fall delivery of range lambs in its history. Over a ten day period, $1,000,000 worth of sheep passed through the Sherring Company plant, with as many as 80,000 head handled in a day. Arthur Sanda praised the 22 year experience and the quality of lambs, noting a standout swing of yearling ewes owned by Gunnar Lende weighing 110 pounds.
A man and a former wife meet on a forest estate as she guards a gun and he lightens a cigarette. They discuss memory, love, divorce, alimony, and gender roles amid a tense, stylish exchange framed by a cinematic anticipation. The ex husband arrives as she is addressed by a new group.
During the fiscal year ending July 1, 5 411 farmers enrolled in short and unit courses in agriculture through Smith Hughes in Montana high schools. The work is run jointly by the state superintendent of public instruction and the federal board of vocational education. Montana ranks near the top nationally and MSU graduates are in demand elsewhere.
Market reports show farmers in the Miles City district delivering over 100000 bushels of wheat. The current season averages $1.38 per bushel, up from about $1.20 last year. This fall deliveries have earned growers roughly $18000 more than the same quantity last year.
30 carloads of seed peas threshing in upper Clark's Fork area is finished and grain shipped to contracting houses. J. K. Spurling notes expected 80 carloads with about $80,000 paid to farmers. Yield and prices were satisfactory and most growers earned good net profits.
Montana expects 4 159 000 bushels of potatoes for this year, up from 1924’s 3 256 000 yet below the five year average of 4 043 000. Agricultural statistician J G Diamond notes October harvest conditions reached 72 percent of normal and a tighter national crop could boost Montana grower profits to levels not seen since 1919.
The state board of examiners approved a $500 allocation for Montana grain exhibits at the National Grain Show in Chicago. The funds cover gathering, shipping, and display arrangements coordinated by the secretary of agriculture.
Townsend residents report Townsend Lambs P F Riley and Sons sold to Mr Williams of Two Dot Mont. for a famous 850 head drove declared the finest ever reared in Montana. Lambs averaged 85 pounds with many over 100 pounds. Riley brothers began in sheep five years ago and achieved success.
A July 1 USDA report shows Montana farmers with radios reaching 14.5 percent, higher than the national 8.5 percent. Montana farms host 8,370 radios versus 553,003 nationwide, reflecting stronger rural media adoption in the state.
A large consignment from Geyser bound for Chicago consisted of twelve loaded cars carrying both range cattle and feeders. The shipment was led by F. R. Spencer, J. Mears, and Sisson, who shipped the greatest number.
Proper housing boosts hen welfare and egg output. Even in poor conditions hens lay, but a well kept flock with good care yields higher profits and efficiency.
Instructions explain filling white spaces with words. Numbers mark first letters for horizontal and vertical words. Words stop at black squares. Dictionary words only except proper names. Abbreviations slang initials and technical terms noted in definitions.
In Hicks' office Joe Miller laments poverty and flatters luck as the key to wealth. He contrasts Bill Smithers who toils and saves, arguing success comes from character and effort not luck, noting opportunities arise from science and perseverance rather than chance.
The Scientific American describes a one man clay digger combining a pneumatic riveter style handle and a spade. The device delivers 800 blows a minute to cut through frozen ground and tough clay, digging postholes or tunneling with ease.
A brief student composition claims Lincoln lived to 1896 and was famed in England, noting Lincoln Cathedral. The remark follows remarking on Barton’s Life of Abraham Lincoln and recalls standing before the cathedral with a reflective line about time and legacy.
A humorous reflection on Scottish stinginess and a string of jokes about Scots in business and social settings. The narrator cites Punch puzzles about nationalities, notes a recurring belief in Scots humor, and recalls a tale of a Scotchman grabbing brandy to prevent waste, tied to a memory from Edinburgh in 1862.
Bram Stoker tells of Sir Henry Irving’s aversion to counter-attraction on stage. During a London engagement Nansen, famed Arctic explorer, sat in the royal box. A theater employee whispered the news, prompting Irving to murmur and greet the arrival with a memory of the man who “stands the cold so well.”
Sam Blythe quotes a Washington wholesaler who asks his janitor Henry to test two brands of mucilage. Henry reports both gums failed differently with the remark that one tasted longer and the other stuck more, delivering a comic verdict on stickiness.
A Savannah bride hires her mistress to manage four months of saved wages after marrying a comely colored woman. The astonished mistress agrees but questions Mandy about trusting a stranger black person with all the money.
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