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.0 0 \ 19. AO , tut; tetv 1 A 19t°1 BUSINESS MEN IN SEARCH OF PROFITABLE ADVERTISING WILL PATRONIZE THE INLAND ampittE THE INLAND EMPIRE TRY THE INLAND EMPIRE JOB DEPARTMENT FOR YOUR NEXT ORDER OF STATIONERY. \JUDITH BASIN'S WEEKLY\ VOLUME NINE l!•100RE, FERGUS COUNTY, MONTANA, SEPTEMBER 18, 1913. &lumber 5: SPECIAL DAYS AT THE STATE FAIR Boston & Montana, Gateway - City and Black Eagle Bands Helena, Mont.', Sept. 17 ---The final meeting of tl 4st 3oard of di- rectors of tie Mon ate Fair before the big exposition of the week of September 22-27, brought about the designation of Special Daysjor the week of the fair. Monday the 22nd will be known as Children's Day and Old Sold- ie`i's Day, when both the little tots and the old veterans will have special features _devoted to their entertainment. The wearing of a small American Rag in honor to the war veterans will be partaken in by all fair \visitors. Tuesday has been designated as Frontier's Day, Shriner's bay, and Western Montana Day. The pio- neers will mingle with those who wear the emblem of the Shriners and special train service will bring Western Montanans to the big state fair from the land of the red apple. Wednesday will be Governor's Day, .Derby Day, and Beaverhead Day. Governor Stewart will lead the stock parade in the afternoon and in the evening will be the guest of honor at the Governor's reception and ball at the Capitol. The big state fair Derby, offering $1,500, will be run in the after- noon, tieing the feature running race of the week. Beaverhead enthusiasts will come to the fair on thi-fittnotts \Beaverhead , §pec- ial\ and by proper _boosting will put their county conspicuously on the map. Thursday will be Northern Pa- cific and Elks Day, when the offic- ials of the \Route of the Great Big flaked_Potato\ will visit the fair, and when the members of the horned tribe of fraternaldorn will evoke - fun from 'the fair aniuse- ments. Friday is Better Babies. Milwau- kee, and Automobile Day. Judges in the Better Babies Contest will announce the prise winners, and medals will be presented to the winning babies. Officials of the & St. P. railroad will be on ii;ind and car owners will bring their- machines to Helena for the official Automobile Day. Saturday is given over as Great Northern, Commercial, and Home- steaders and Dry -Land Farmers Day. 20 executive officials of the Great Northern will be on hand and Louis W. Hill will meet the non -irrigating farms and home- steaders in whom he has shown so much interest. The travelling men of Montana will be given this as their day also. - The bands engaged are the Bos- ton & Montana of Butte, Gateway City of Livingston, and the Black Eagle band of Great Falls. They will furnish martial tunes and clas- sical and popular airs, and will add spice to tlie — thany outdoor free attractions that will include the aviatrice, seven vaudeville acts, and featureful wild west stunts. The prosperity of a town depends tApon the country surrounding it. Business men and commercial clubs should then pay more attention to in- creasing country population and less to bringing increased numbers to town. Doubling the population in the country and increasing the effi- ciency of the farmers will bring about a healthy and permanent growth of the town. Build up the country and a town will take care of itself. Glen Shepler, who has been spend- ing the summer at the R. J. Hannah ranch south of town, left on Monday morning for his home in Pawnee, Oklahoma. GOOD WORD FOR MONTANA UPON RETURN TO IOWA Young Lady From Iowa Lauds Trea- sure State and Judith Basin to -- Friends After Visit Here; Having recently returned from our trip to Montana and meeting many Iowa people there, it might interest Adams county to know, what they are doing and how this \homeseek- ers\ land imptcssed us. The part of Montana in which our relatives and friends located in is the Judith Basin. This basin is a trifle west of the central portion of the state. Our ticket called for Great Falls but wc stopped off this side at Stanford. Upon reaching this place we were met by relatives and had the pleasure of a twenty mile ride to their home. We thus had a chance to see something of the country as well is to visit with the driver. The coolness of the air wafted to us from snow-capped mountains which' almost surround this basin; the bluest of skies above; and the splendid conr, dition of the roads over which • we traveled made the drive one of beauty and pleasure. It is needless to state that the appetite we developed by supper time was an unusually good one and during our stay in the state did not diminish. The homesteads in this portion of the state are all taken but some school land may be purchased for a reasonable amount per acre. As you look over the country, you see the \shaeks\ dot- ting the plains. Fair granaries, barns and other out buildings seem, and will benvel filled with the products A FEW SPECIALS For the Working Man Shirts, all sizes - Socks, 10c per pair, 3 pairs for Gloves, canvas, 10c,\ \ A dandy Muleskin Glove at f 4111 On 50c 25c 25c - 25c A good Buckskin, reg. $1.00 seller, - - 75c Guaranteed Buck, sells world over for 1.50 at $1.40 Union suits, $2.00 value, at - - - $1,75 Uneerweal-, heavy, guaranteed 2 years at $7.50 Extra Good Corduroy Trousers at - $3.00 In Woolen Goods I have the best that money can buy. In Sweaters I have an extra strong line from $3.50 to $7.50. Also good Boys' and Misses Sweat- ers from $2 to $4. The Gent's Toggery JNO. JIMPELROY, Prop. . 4 of the fields and garden. A few neat residences are taking the places of \shacks\ and it will be only a ques- tion of a short time until fine houses will be the general thing instead of the exception. Wheat is the principal grain raised but fields of oats, barley, flax and al- falfa are also grown with profit. When we left, the harvest . was on, and the plains presented a most beautiful sight with its hundreds of acres of golden wheat, oats partially ripened, and the darker green of the flax pro- ducing pleasing shades of color. The yield of wheat is from 25 to 45 bush- els per acre--the difference owing to the time of planting and preparation of the soil. Not many years ago immense herds of cattle and sheep roamed arid past- tured in this part of the country --- hence the ground in some parts is hard and difficult - to plow. Disc plows are used in many cases. The steam plow is used too, in the first breaking of the soil. „ The McElroy brothers live here and this year will harvest flee hun- dred acres of grain. Col. - Campbell is i rapidly getting his 3ect,awres under cultivation. His father, B, -W. Camp- bell, has made the discovery that Montana homesteads pay in more ways than one. Their crops are good. • The Vogel brothers crops are sec- ond to none. Claude Ford will har- vest 250 acres of grain and of the very best, too. A few miles - away on a slightly.el- evated ridge called the \Iowa Bench\ are located Geo. Robison and Rob Holgate. As they were among the first to go to Montana, from Quincy, they may be considered old settlers judging by the accumulation of land and the condition of their houses and splendid outbuildinge. These homes are not far from W. J. Hill's ranch. The outlook from these last named homes is a beautiful one. Crayton Misner, George Smith and many others are making good in this country. Jim Johnston is one who is gaining wealth since he came here from Corning. Montana is no place for a lazy in- dividual but the energetic person who is in search of a home and has not the price of an Iowa farm, may in a few years possess a home and many fertile acres. The4ast year has been a good one for crops.... Much rain in June and enough in July for vegetation and comfort. It is remarkable how far a person can walk and how much phy- sical labor may be accomplished with very little fatigue compared to a mate of lower altitude. Cool nights and mornings and a cool breeze dur- ing the day if you chance to be in the shade of the house, are the common blessings during a Montana summer. Trees are an unknown quantity in this section but one does not miss them as much as you would imagine. Alew of the people are naming their ranches. George Robson gave his the poetic name of \Avondale.\ Another has given \Broadview\ while B. W. Gampbell--the last man in that locality to secure a home- stead, thinks that \The Last Chance\ cv ould be an appropriate name. For the last few years the schoql question was a serious one as the buildings were few and far between. Now we see many frame buildings and, occasionally :a log structure. These buildings serve a double pur- pose, that of school and church. The shipping of graiwproducts too, require a great deal of time, as the nearest station was 20 miles distant. Now that question will soon be sol- ved for the new railroad will be ready for transportation of - freight be -- fore the new year. The new road is a branch of the Milwaukee from Lewistown to' Great Falls. Another branch from Lewis- town will soon be under construction. These railroads Mean much to the .farmers as _they ...pave the way for more rapid development Of the coun- try and its resources. We hear much today of the simple life. You may enjoy it to the fullest extt-nt in your little -\shack\ upon the plains --no complicated system Of housekeeping but as you stand at the entrance of your home, you have a splendid •-sii,ew ' of \ God's great out -of- • d6Ors.\ And when it comes to the preparation of food it is not so much the quality as the quantify, relishing heartily the 'plainest of food, another important item., in simple living. Some have suggested that I've over drawn this view of Montana. Per- haps our visit was timed during the best period of the year; perhaps we are unusually appleciative of nature's wonders; or perhaps. we received much Physical benefits that we liked this \homeseekers\ land and it may have been all of these reasons combined that made my trip one long to be remembered. Dr. F. P. Amdor and family visit- ed their son Charles about 110 miles to the southeast of the Judith Basin and the reports from him relative to that country are startling in their enthusiasm and , eracity. Much more might be said but this infficient tO let you . know that the Iowa people who are living in Mon- tana expect to remain there an& do not wish our sympathy but would enjoy our congratulations.\ Tillie Hope in Corning(la.) Press ARISTOCRATIC BOVINES BOUGHT BY J. J. HILL John C. Shaw is in receipt of a let- ter from his brother, Thomas Shaw, who is now in 141unope purchasing thorough -bred cattle for James J. Hill, giving the information that many aris- tocratic bovines will be added to Mr. Hill's herd. The very best which can be found across the water are being eelected, and the question of price is not entering into the matter to any great extent, as $2,000 has been paid for a bull, and others are being bought at correspondingly high prices. The letter states that twenty-eight shorthorns and twelve Ayrshires have been purchased, and that the ,writer has visited many lands before buying the shorthorns, as he was determined to get only the best. He continues: \I am positive that we have bought the best herd of . shorthorns that ever left England. The average price for them was $600, and for the Ayrshires, $350. One -of the bulls Cost $2,000, and was a 4 -year -old at that. No one can. tell me dual purpose cattle cannot be bred. The highest priced cattle in England are the dual shorthorns. Many give 10,000 pounds of milk per year, and at the same time produce the best of beef steers. I have secured twenty-two Oxfords and twenty-two Shropshire sheep, and Mr. Hill has cabled me to get three Angus bull, and I am starting tonight for Aber- deen, Scotland, to get them.\ Before returning, Mr. Shaw will visit Holland for the purpose of obtaining a herd of Holsteins, and from there will go to France to buy French dairy cattle, a breed little known in this country. Mr. Shaw was for several years head of the agricultural college at Guelph,. Ontario, and was afterward an instructor in the University of Minne- sota. He is the author of fifteen works on agriculture, many of them being used as text books in the dif- ferent colleges, and is designated by James J. Hill as one of the best—if not the best—agriculturalist in America. Voyle David of Moore was a visi- tor in town Monday.- He spent Sunday whipping the American Fork for the elusive trout and stopped ov- er to attend to some matters of busi- ness Monday. He has been shipping ice cream tiniarlowtOn but reports he will be unable to fill any more orders here on account of not being a ble to get cream.--Hartowton News. IMPROVING THE BEEF CATTLE TYPE Farmers Will Reap Immense Benefits Thereby The chairman of the board of direc- tors of the Union stockyards, John A. Spoor, has called attention to the pre's- eut scarcity ot' cattle in a rather unique way, says Iowa Homestead. According to Mr. Spoor. It will require a period of seven years before an adequate supply of beef steers is available for slaugh— ter iu this country. This being the ease, what objection could there be made if cattle raisers during coming years should make up at least a part of the needed inerease by improving the quality of their cattle? It will be conceded that a given lut- proveinent in the quality of our cattle can he made at a less Oust when the number or breeding animals is small than could be made when the supply is noruutl. This is partly due to the fact that on account of the smaller number of Males being required the quality of these males may be maintained at the The Highland breed of cattle is not well known in the United Sfutes, but in the British isles is p ed for its hardiness and high quality beef. The Highlanders are direct descendants of the wild cat- tle of Great Britain. Their hair is _sometimes six inches in length and their horns long and spreading. In Scotland some herds remain in the field all winter, with no food other than the grass and heather, paw- ing away the snow to get at it. The pure breds or crosses would do well on our northwest ranges, but because of their late maturity they are not favored by feeders. The Highland bull shown is owned by W. M. Van Norden, Rye, N. Y. highest standard. It would, therefore, be a great mistake if after the lapse of a seven year period the farmers of the corn .belt should be sending to the shambles the same class of low grade steers. Men who have [Aimed their al- legiance to a lierd_of pure bred cattle and who have not lost faith should flud their opportunity during the coming years. This opportunity consists in placing at the head of grade herds a larger number of good, useful beef bulls than have ever been used in the past, and secondly it should wean to them years of appropriate reward for their allegiance to the higher ideals. It must be borne in mind that this seven year estimate does not, carry with it the suggestion that in that time the market can be glutted. There may be intervals when reckless marketing of half fat cattle may depress prices to the point where there is little profit to the feeder, but these intervals are bound 'to be short. With such a repid- ly increasing population and In the face of a strong tendency on the part of n large percentage of farmers to grain their land it seems, that, those who painstakingly build tip good herds. of beef cattle, whether these be grade or pure bred, will justly earn and, we believe, reap a reward that will exceed in our opinion that obtained from simi- lar effort directed In any other channel of farm affairs. A petition is being circulated which will be presented to the coun- ty commissioners ,of Fergus county to appropriate $100 per month from the general funds to the director of the Montana experiment station to he applied towards the salary of the county agriculturist, whose duty is to collect and disseminate informa- tion among the farmers of the county and otherwise promote it agricultu- ral development and progress. A copy of this petition may *be found at the First National Bank and farm; era are all urged to sign, as a num- ber of signatures are required to in- sure the appropriation, which, if made, will be of inestimable value to every farmer in Fergus county.
