25 Feb 1921
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Newspaper
Saco Independent
Location
Saco, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1921
Page
1
The text argues for a definite starting point in any project, noting education, milk production, and cost reduction require a clear inventory of current conditions. It emphasizes beginning at the right end and moving forward to identify and fix wrongs.
An expert learns to focus on the farmer and the dairy operation rather than cows alone to cut milk costs. The piece argues responsibility lies with breeding health and housing, not just genetics, urging humane care and factory-like management to boost efficiency and profitability.
A thinker argues dairy farming can become a factory like industry. He asserts healthful clean barns with fresh air and sunshine cut costs and boost milk output, urging farmers to improve housing and management to profit.
The text quotes George Washington praising potatoes as a top crop for hard land. He asserts potatoes improve soil and compare favorably with wheat oats or clover following them, noting a darker soil hue and reliable yields after potato cultivation.
A legislative committee reports on 1919 1920 highway work in Phillips County noting 311 miles completed at 3 211 685 98 and 349 miles remaining at over 3 million 1921 contract cost. It argues county control yields cheaper graded roads and criticizes state overbuilding and misallocation, tying bond sale failure to tax and crop issues and the need for a county court house vault.
Teachers face a Sunday school expectation as part of an unwritten contract yet need rest for spiritual welfare. The piece argues teachers are not superhuman and cannot be pumped dry by continual teaching without personal days for recuperation.
The text discusses growing potatoes for family and livestock use, noting you cannot sell them until you can produce a car load of a single variety. It suggests overcoming this by planting the right seed and mentions the broad consumption by the whole family and benefits for cows and pigs.
President elect Harding selects his first cabinet with Charles Evans Hughes as Secretary of State Andrew Mellon as Secretary of the Treasury John W Weeks as Secretary of War Harry M Daugherty as Attorney General Will Hays as Postmaster General Ewdin Denby as Secretary of the Navy A B Fall as Secretary of the Interior Henry Wallace as Secretary of Agriculture Herbert Hoover as Secretary of Commerce James J Davis as Secretary of Labor in a list noting their home states.
C A McKinney hosted the Ford dealers from northern Montana at the Hotel Rainbow in Great Falls. Speakers included R C Ives of Detroit and R White of Fargo while F W Kroeger attended as local representative. Dealers noted a light winter but overall optimism for spring business.
The Home stake No. 1 well near Lewistown was completed Friday night on the oil discovery anniversary at Cat Creek. It is the twentieth producing well in the field, initial output 250 barrels daily, drilled in 22 days with a 10 inch casing to the sand, owned by Great Falls and Lewistown men.
The senate and house unite on a wheat tariff plan set at 35 cents per bushel. The proposal faces broad opposition as higher bread prices would affect consumers more than farmers.
The government files an injunction against the Southern White Pine Association, a group of 61 corporations and 69 individuals, to stop price fixing and prevent unjust profiteering in the lumber trade.
A Detroit News item notes that over 5,000,000 farmers in 18 organizations are pursuing a National Farm Organization. Leaders from Farm Union and allied groups maintain a national capital base and work for coordinated farmer legislation to strengthen farming interests.
The Tax Commission Plan, a key Dixon campaign plank, passed the house but was killed by the senate. The public’s wishes appear ignored as current tax laws burden counties cities and school districts with debt forcing most revenues to service interest.
Montana towns report a mix of identifications and arrests. Nettie Wilborn identified after a suitcase is found at a Butte lodging house. Great Northern announces 200 workers laid off in Great Falls. a candy theft leads to gang burglary confessions. Kalispell man arrested for grand larceny and auto theft. deer season fines issued to Saltese residents. Miles City seizes three teens after local burglaries with loot and jail time pending.
A playful exchange unfolds as a father jokes about dryness and a mother counters with a pun about water and youth. The light moment centers on a child's comic mispronunciation and family banter.
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