05 Dec 1913
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Newspaper
Saco Independent
Location
Saco, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1913
Page
1
A Montana Agricultural College horticulturist notes protection helps certain berries. Currants need shelter or snow cover, while gooseberries benefit from bending vines and adding soil to cinch snow protection. Any tender bush fruit can be saved with earth mulch, though excessive covering may harm.
Discussion emphasizes profitable cow selection and sire lineage, cost of production for crops, labor input, and crop profitability. It covers feeding, exercise, and housing standards, recommending farm grains, skim milk if possible, and a balanced daily feeding schedule with heavy evening rations and roots.
Residents of Lewis and Clark county withdrew signatures from the petition for a proposed new country, leaving the Cascade plan with insufficient support and effectively halting the movement.
The piece recalls the Panama crisis and Roosevelt era actions placing an independent Panama under U S protection. It notes Colombian demands to repudiate Panama's independence, return Panama to Colombia, and grant the United States a clear title to the Canal Zone, with possible compensation to Colombia.
A new corporation is formed to develop a possum ranch on the Goodman addition in Virginia. M Dr Skelly is elected president with Jack Wagoner as first vice president J I Matkins as second vice president George McCoy treasurer and A R Chapman secretary. The venture aims to propagate the rat industry and was announced in Plentywood Herald.
An advertisement warns that constipation poisons the body and promises relief with Dr. King's New Life Pills. It claims quick elimination of waste and related ailments and offers 25 cents products via druggists or by mail from H. E. Bucklen & Co., Philadelphia and St. Louis.
The article argues that distrust of trusts has grown in Washington as government power shifts from business to public action. It notes all three major parties agree on advancing legislation and currency reform, while big business resists investigations. It highlights bipartisan protection for legitimate enterprise amid renewed federal probes into trusts.
A testimonial from Geo W Fitch of Mendota Illinois asserts long time eczema relief from Dr Hobson's Eczema Ointment. The company guarantees satisfaction or money back and sells the 50 cent drug via druggists or by mail Pfeiffer Chemical Co Philadelphia and St Louis.
Senate Democrats back the House style currency bill as amendments from Senators Hitchcock Owen Newlands Shatreth rise in the debate. Western lawmakers object to the regional reserve bank allocations and push for broader bank distribution.
Rodney Sacket, once in the Senate clerical staff, sues Senator Isaac Stephenson of Wisconsin for services rendered during the campaign. Sacket, who helped carry the Stephenson bag in Wisconsin primaries, contends for compensation amid a broader Republican turnover in Washington.
Classified note promotes a 27 hp Hart-Parr tractor as a money saver with kerosene fuel and a price of 1450 dollars.
The piece describes how after President Wilson took office Southern factions formed a group pushing to segregate races in federal positions. They aimed to place Southern office seekers into government roles but found civil service cumbersome and abandoned the push.
Professor Herbert W. Munford of Illinois University will visit Bozeman Montana during Farmers Week to give lectures January 21 and 29 He is a former cattle judges board president at the 1904 St Louis Exposition and a leading authority on animal husbandry He will demonstrate livestock judging and discuss stock topics amid a growing interest in diversified farming and arable transitions
Mr and Mrs S M Disher of Nashua were rolled under a moving freight train at Glasgow crossing last night. Both are badly injured and expected to die. The couple had crossed with three children when the train began moving and a trailing car struck them, tumbling them 80 feet and causing fatal injuries.
The School of Agriculture at Montana State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts reports the largest enrollment ever. Principal Holst invites dairy and experiment station workers to arrange employment for dislocated or nonhome employed boys from April to October, matching needs with capable youths.
Representative Smith of Idaho seeks a $20 000 appropriation to start Agriculture Department operations in the Rocky Mountain states to study extermination of rabbits ground squirrels and prairie dogs. He cites Idaho rabbit drive results showing 18 000 rabbits killed but little overall impact.
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