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a sP. aa\ 11 aaa acP\ • THE INLAND • EMPIRE \JUDITH BASIN'S WEEKLY\ VOLUME EIGHT MOORE, FERGUS COUNTY, MONTANA, DECEMBER 19, 1912 BOXING CONTESTS - ARE ARRANGED FOR Bob Saalesettoetileat Paddy O'Hern, the Hager Pug Xmas Night—An- other Match Between Jack Den- ier and Jake Scheel the 28th. A boxing exhibiaton between. Bob laitylea, of Moore and Paddy O'Hern, of Hager, will take pliace at the dome opera house on Xmas night. These two pugs have been scheduled to meet before, but for vianimus rea- sons have not come together as yet and both are anxious to enter this 'contest. Through the efforts of the I'Vloore Atailetic Club an Eaglet reund boxing contest late been arranged to be pulled off at the opera amuse Sat- urday evening, . Dec.. 281a, between Sack Denier, of Lewiston and Jake Scheel, ,of Cheyenne, Wyoming. : Both of these men are bantam 'weights, entering the ring at 118 ipounda, and are reputed as being very clever boxers.. As far as can be determined at,. the present. they are , evenly matched, both haying won a number of fights during their career , and wfil no doubt put on one of the beat exhibitions of the art • ever seen in this city. A number of good preliminaries sail be arranged .for that night, anrong them being a boat hetwet aY.orky\ Pickard„ of Mcore and Soltoellas manager, which will be a 'very intere.sting feature. Speciaa. !trains have been engaged to .carry fight enthusiasts from Lew- istown to Moore for both of these icontesta allaying in the eity &holt- hefore the exhibitions and return- ing iimmediatelly alter. alight itlanis will be enabled to wit - aces twe first elase matches and no doubt many out of tow:a people will IDe present on bath, occasions. CATTLE THEFT DECREASING That the industry of cattle nista in.g is deteriorating throughout the' .state wee a fact divittiged at the !semi-annual meeting of the state stock Commission head lei the cepiaca Monday afternoon, attended by mem- bers from every county in, the state. Members .of the booed from the eastern. 'section of the 'state, where the stealing of cattle has been per- petrated most extensively, report that the practice gradually dying out. This, they say, Is due to the increased surveillance instituted by the commission 'during the past two Tears to prevent the thievery. Might paid commissioners and 15 unpaid have beein added to the commis- sion's force and have succeeded in klecreasing the practice. There have been a large number of prosecutions of cattle rustlers since the addition was made to the 'squad of inspector and it is ex- pected that there, will be eeverall more before the final crimp can. be prit .in the explois. .cf the rustlers, if it is passible to pat a catnip in them. it 'was decided by the commission to hold a meeting in this city dar- ing January for the purpose of (Continued on page 4) We admire those who remember their family and friends with Christmas tokens, but QUIT BEING \A CHRISTMAS TREE,\ and let every loafer 'who asks for it, get a part of your hard earned money. \CHARITY BEGINS:AT HOME.\ Bank your money and have it for yourself and family. Let OUR Bank be YOUR Bank. We pay 5 per, cent interest on time deposits United States Depository FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF MOORE BEAUTIFUL GIFTS Xs AT LEO KEY'S JEWELRY STORE A Pleasure to Show Goods For LARGE IRRIGATION PROJECT What promises to be one of the biggest undertakings that central Muntenia hes ever experienced is a gigantic irriga.tion project which teas or its object the irrigation of ap- proximately 32,000 acres of land along the Musselshell river and the first 'bench above the bottom lands, says the Rouladelp Record. Back of the imoject are practically . ail of the big ranehers alienig the river who own the greater poetical of the lands which are to be embraced in the project. The estimated, cost of the 'project, which is to be. carried out under the state irrigrualon district plan, is aa.aroximatella $1001,1000. The plans under which the project Is to be carried out call for two big 'reservoirs , to store the flood waters Of the Musselsbela in the spring of the year. For this purpose Dead Man's Basin two miles , north of !Barber, and an immense dry take tbaisin three males -north of Ryegate, 'will be .utilitized. Here it is estimated enough water can be stored to ir- :agate at least 75,000 acres for the entire season. .To fill Dead Man's Baslin it will be necessary to dig a ditah from the Musselshell a number of miles above. The other reservoir as to be fined with ilh.e flood waters from Careless creek. Both of these basins are natural reservoirs and will be a great factor in brining about he successful , completiont of the pro- -acct. The United States government althea three years ago made an in- aestligation of this irrigation scheme and roan& it feasible, and for that purpose withdrew from entry the lands embraced in the two basins above ,referred to. The first step as to be taken soon after the Brat of 4e year when a petition is to be presented to the • board of county ccarimissaenens ask- ing that a. special election be held of those to be effected by the pro- Int. This :petition Its !to be aligned by 'the 'land 'owners of the proposed die - tact. Some time ago al similar pea- ticn was gotten up but on account ef some irregularity it felll thrn. At this. same eliection creating the district; three directors are to . be , dhosen who are to handle the affairs of the district should It carry. Immediately following the special election, if the tend owners agree to the creation of the district,, another election le called to bond the district in the amount required to make the nieces - !awry Improvements. These .benas will Tun for a period of thirty years, 'and are retireld in the same manner 'as other Public bonds. The Iproposi- !den is much like the improaemen` district Plans in cities. , The completion of this gigantic pro ject will add millions of dollars to the wealth of the Musselshell yea - !fey, and witil mean the ultimate estab- lishment of a. beet sugar factory at 'same point along the river. BEEKEEPER'S CONVENTION Bozeman, Dec. 17—It is roughly estimated on good authority that the armeel production. 'of honey and bee's - wax in the United States (a about $22,000,004). Montana produces a com- paratively !small proportion of this land yet the experience of lndivid- tale in the leading valleys of the state show conclusively that this 'may be 'made a very successful and 'profitable industry. More honey is being iproaticed in Montana already., than Its generally realized. The Yellowatone and Gallatin and Bitter Root valleys probably lead in this 'respect and are producing a high araide of extracted and comb honey. NUMBER 16 One hundred to two hundred, pounds of ,parplas hooey at fifteen cents per pound Is not uncommon an there is geed money in the .business. If Montana ever becomes a great honey :producing state It wall be by a 'gradual process. The young people on the tam should, be allowed to get 'a Latatid or two pf bees and make a 'beg'inning. To be sure they may know nothing about the business, but they never will learn tutees. they !hare the bee.s to Malt with. On January 20th and 1913, in iccenecaon with \Fuemene Week\ at the Agricultural College in Bozeman will be held tap first beekeepers con- .vention in Montana. The addresses and discusalons will be of interest +both to beginners and experienced lbeekeepers. At the eleae of the meet - lags, it is intended that a State Beekeepers Aseociation, wilt be form- ed for the purpose of promoting the industry, LARGE SALE OF STATE LAND The sale of state lands during the years 1911 and 1912, netting total re- ceipts of over four million dollars for 268 6 ,000 acres exceeds the total sales for the 17 years from 1892 to 1907, according to the biennial re- port of State Land Register F, H. 'Ray, filed with the governor, ENV'S the Heilena Independent. The cash receipts of the sales were over $2,000,000 during the past two years, which .sum is far in exces e: any two years prior to thie.. The S912 receipts were. $1,300,892, nearly hall a million dollars in excess Of ith , e receipts of 1907, the record -hold- ing year up to that time, when cash ‘siymenitis et 30 per cent was requir- ed instead of 15 per cent paid now. The land sales in acreage during 1912 were 60,000 acres more than that of '1910, which was the best year for -ales up to that time. Among the nounties, Fergus, again heads the list with $927.553 at an average price of $1901 per acre. The average price per acre of the lands said through- out the entire state during the past two . years is $15.34, which is $3.861 per cent 'less than the 1910 average. Price Safeguarded the :present law the price state lands is safe , guardled by the minimlum price of $10. per acre nid It is required that the land be appraised before being sold at public auction. The Untimbered land sold during 1910, if kept under lease, would pro- duce at the average rate prervaling 'hen of 10 1-5 cents per acre, a yearly rental of a15,029. It was sold 'most under 20 -year contract for 42,813,596, which yield at 5 per cent $140,678 per year. The land solid in 1911-12, if kept 'under lease, would at ab l e now aver- tge irate, 11 1-3 cents per acre, pay $26,382 rental per year. It sold (moistly contracts) for $4,119,257, which„ yields, at 5 per cent, $205,- 962 interest per year. There has been no timber lees :bee fire during 1911-12 and the total cost for organized fine protection was $2,131. Under .pald for STATE COLLEGE WINS FIRST GAME OF SEASON Bozeman, Dec. 17—The Montana 'State College baleketalall team de- feated the Carroll quint of Helena 'last Wednesday by a score of 31 to 17. This was the first game of the season for the State College and while The team ontalassed their opponents thruout the game, yet 'Coach Dockstader feels there is much need of improvement in the work of the team, and will put forth every • 'effort to whip the bunch into first class shape and thereby stand a better chance of winning the champ- ionship this year. The State College won the championship last year. John Boss was in 'the cata enroute to the county seat from Hobs -on, 'where he has been employed for a abort time in the offices of the Win. H. Brown company. MONTANA WINS THE BIG PRIZE Also a Number of Other Prizes at th e Land Show in Minneapolis— State Leads in Both Production and Quality of Hard Winter Wheat Willi A, Campbell, secretary of Northwest Development League, has sent the following account of the Fleeting of the different exhibits of wheat and the final result: The prize. winning five borehole A ere or , t,lt‘ turkey red variety and weighed a little mone than 60 pounds; the commencial wore card owe it 92 1 a points and it milled 104.7; the average yield was 59 1-3 bushels, or a total of 3,085 bushe4ls for 52 a.crea, had in this particular it was far in the lead of all compatiltioes. Net only does the big prize come to the Treasure State, but the records show that the three samples which stood next highest were also Pro- duced on Montana soil, this fact npparentlly \cin the claim that this state stands at the top of the column in, both producticat per aere and quality of hard winter wbeat. The winning sample Was not the highest scoring wheat by the com- mercial score card, but it was 4.7 points better than No. 2 northern spring, which is the mtiller'o standard an milling test. It .was the phenom- enal yield which the Shields valley growers realised from carefully se- lecting their fired and the natueai fertility ef tie isoil that placed the prize in their hands. Inspectors who grade and pass co millions of 'bushels of grain on the 'Minneapolis market annually, look( d over entry \No. 24\ along with 60 or 60 others, and cut it one point for color, one-half point on purity, and three points because there was a trace of Smut, leaving tale cora- merciall score 92 1 a. The samples were thee ground into flour and the laboratory, which hl been making tests for the mills for Minneapolis for a quarter of a cen- tury baked great loaves of bread, most of which were reported aa \better than perfect_\ It was found that the prize winning wheat contained but 12 per cent at moisture; It had a cleaning loss of orily one-half of 1 per cent, and c net flour yield of 76,6 per cent, while No. 2 northern has an average of 13 per cent moisture and a flour yield of 72 per cent. The prize is a Big Four \30.\ gave - line .farm tractor and a set of gagn plows. The ten highest scores made La the contest were: Bridgman and Nash, 92.1; Peter Deboer, Conrad, Mont., 84.23; J. F. Kane, Conrad, '41.08; J. V. Scarvold, Christine, N. D, 79.53; K. F. Ebner, Candone N. p., 79.03; J. W. .11,1aNamana, Amaral*, N. D., 76.52; Fred Viet; Mott, . D., 73; Prank Anderson, Heffner, Ore.; 72.61; Josephine Connelly, Power, Mord„ 57.8. CONNECTION TO LEWISTOWN ' Instead of running on the odd (schedule, the new thatnge hi Cho ischeatile of trains No. 241 and 242 (between Billings , and Moccasin) NM 'provide for a direct connection be- tween, Lewistown, and Millings. Two separate trade e quil pm c nts will be 1 11Ditilized instead of one train mink - lug a turnabout as at (present. Beginning today westbound trains 241 wilt leave Billings at 2:10 p. in., and will arrive at Moccasin at 5:30 p. m. to transfer passengers to train . 238 going on into Lewistown Upon the arrival at Moccasin of train 237 out of Lewistown its pass- engers for points east of Moccasin will be transferred to eastbound train 242 which will leave Moccasin at 9:46 a. m., arriving at Billings at 3:45 p. m.
