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Newspaper
Saco Independent
Location
Saco, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1922
Page
1
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Without opposition the Harlem irrigation district will be recognized this week after a formal order from NodsemM district court. The district covers Harlem Ditch Company areas and extends to Belknap and Zurich districts with plans to issue serial bonds for canal construction and land development. The Belknap dam will serve diver and water would flow from the river via the Belknap canal while Zurich district holds large productive tracts awaiting water. A June 12 petition hearing will determine bond approval and district boundaries north of Harlem.
Miles City May 27 The First National Bank of Miles City plans to announce within ten days the arrival of a carload of milking Shorthorn heifers and a few purebred Angus bulls from Esmond North Dakota. Sidney Morrison will accompany the shipment to Ens place. Farmers near Esmond have a ten year breeding association. the North Dakota agricultural college backed their Block.
The new Milk River bus service between Harlem and Havre will stop at intermediate points. Previously travelers faced night trains and overnight stays. the bus offers daytime trips with morning departures to Havre and evening returns to towns like Chinook and others, improving comfort and travel options for riders along the Roosevelt tributary.
Multiple ventures report spudding and drilling across Montana and neighboring areas. Projects include Kevin-Potlatch Oil and Refining Co plans in Kevinfield, Browning-Homestake and Great Falls refineries, depth tests at Bowdoin dome, new bridges, sewer work, and silver and gold developments in Helena Deer Lodge Saco and nearby locales.
Mrs. George Glendenning and children left for Minot. Several residents visited Malta and Woolridge friends. M. May buys Allard Cafe planning a confectionery. Guthrie Construction men head for Wenatchee. Rain halts weekend service. Tieden Hall hosts a large Flat Rock program funded for three local campers. Many local moves and trips noted through the week.
Ed Hodge visited Saco last week. Mrs. E Grouch was ill part of the week. J Tiedon served as jitney driver for Simon Hartside one day last week. Field work is nearly finished.
McChesney harvests the first alfalfa crop of Grim alfalfa and notes its early maturity allows two additional crops, promising abundant feed and profitable hog raising. Community events in East Alkali and Valleytown raised funds for camps and youth, with Mr. and Mrs. Miller credited for driving success.
In Bloom Harry Vage nurtures a young apple tree in full bloom despite skepticism. The Valley has rarely seen such blossoms and locals doubted it could grow. A small but growing crowd predicts he will establish an orchard in the near future.
John Askwald went to Saco to work while Joe Albus visited there on Saturday. Mrs. A G McCord of Saco visited the D C Busche home on Thursday. Rudolph Waal spent a week near White Water helping Theodore Olson seed. The Huntley family and Mrs West and daughter visited the Busche home on Thursday. Rev B C Auger could not reach Huntley schoolhouse for services due to rain. John Senne returned from South Dakota after his father's death last week.
Jean Du Luthes Coronet, a Minnesota Guernsey dairy cow holding a world record for milk and butterfat, sold for 8000 to a Boston buyer at Wheaton Illinois during the Western National Guernsey Breeders sale. The cow produced 20026 pounds of milk and 953 pounds of butterfat in a year. George P Grout, former dairy science professor, manages the Jean Du Luthe farms.
Joseph Putz, aged long time Beaverton resident and pioneer, died Monday May 22 after a lingering illness. Born in Bavaria he lived in New York and Iowa before homesteading in Montana in 1910. Survived by twelve children, funeral at Catholic church with Rev Benedict and Hinsdale Cemetery burial.
Fifty-one Phillips County girls will attend the Glasgow camp organized by the Extension Division of the State College with Phillips and Valley county Farm Bureaus. The county quota is 25, but communities have more than fulfilled it, with about 28 communities contributing toward a projected total around 1400 dollars. A basket social and dance at the Old Alkali post office, under the East Alkali Farm Bureau, drew a good crowd and was a success.
Agriculture benefits from radio development as government markets news expands. Radio clubs form self regulation and spread education for youths. Weather crop and market reports broadcast nationwide by Post Office stations and state bureaus.
President W E Mallelieu of the National Fire Protection Association cites that to equal the $1 billion burned in 1920 21 would take 1 000 men at 1 50 an hour for 666 000 consecutive hours or about 76 years. He says waste stems from public misunderstanding and calls for education to cut preventable fires.
New York financiers report Brazil has wired a $10,000,000 government loan to the United States. Officials say several foreign loans, including government ones, will be arranged in the near future.
Kalispell Potato Exchange head Mr Dickey visits the Milk River Valley with bankers to inspect seed potatoes. He praises Blue Triumphs and Bliss Triumphs as seed options and plans to return for more stock. Local concern notes past Dukes Mixture crop losses and strict seed labeling.
Northeastern Montana Masonic Welfare Association schedules its regular quarterly meeting in Saco on Thursday afternoon June 30. Speaker Scott Leavitt discusses Equity of Opportunity with illustrative moving pictures. Banquet follows. attendees plan to catch the Great Northern train at 7 24 P M.
Washington dispatch reports the house military committee approved a development plan for Muscle Shoals nitrate and power projects in Alabama after three months of investigation. The proposal follows Henry Ford and Alabama Power terms, with Gorgas plant removed from the disposal list.
Malta May 26 J P O'Brien of Saco has a license to use a fish seine in Nelson reservoir. He will start soon to remove carp and has leased the Jones reservoir to store fish until cold weather when they will be shipped east. He expects several carloads ready for shipment in fall. Nelson reservoir is being stocked with game fish and aims to rid waters of carp.
Redfield Daisy Girl, a two year old Holstein from the State School and Home herd at Redfield, SD, establishes a state record with 26.48 pounds of butter from 400.2 pounds of milk in seven days. The cow remains on official test with a current 26 pound gait as the test continues for 40 more days. Her lineage shows four generations of state school breeding on both sides.
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