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tug.ENA Montana Historical LIbrerf. THE . N BUSINESS MEN IN ,SEARCH OF PROFITABLE ADVERTISING WILL PATRONIZE THE INLAND EMPIRE • \JUDITH BASIN'S WEEKLY\ TRY THE INLAND EMPIRE JOB DEPARTMENT FOR YOUR NEXT, ORDER OF STATIONERY. VOLUME NINE GOVERNOR ISSUES A PROCLAMATION Designates Thursday, Oct. 9 as Fire Prevention Day. Governor Stewart has issued a pro- clamation designating (Nit. 9, as \Fire Prevention Day,\ a day set aside for a general cleaning up in every city and town in the state, so as to minimize the fire risk. The proclamation follows; \Our people are becoming more and more aroused - to the seriousness / of the fire waste problem, and the necessity for taking such precaution- ary steps as will result in a reduction of the danger to the minimum. It is conceded that a great percentage of the loss from fires is preventable, and it behooves us to do all that can be done to preserve to the nation the lives and the property that are an- nually so sacrificed. To this end, and in the hope that the people may have their attention directly called tg the fire danger, I do hereby designate Thursday, the ninth day of October, 1913, as fire prevention day. \I earnestly recommend that our people give observtince to the occa- sion by a general cleaning up and removal from their premises of all waste and rubbish that might con- tribute to a conflagration. It would be well if all public and private in- stitutions and buildings were. thoroly \inspected on that day, with a view to putting heating apparatus in prop- er order for the coming of winter. Also, profit should come from an ob- servance of the day in public and private schools, where programs of ,appropriate nature shouJ4--4;we-_. pared By the teachers on the dangers of fire and methods of prevention.\ Empire Ws,nt Ads PAY. Pload.r el The Jedith Beata W. S. Corwin, one of the real pio- neers of this county, last week visit- ed his old time friend, Dr. O. Fr David, of this city, leaving here on Saturday for Kansas. Mr. Corwin landed in the Judith Basin in 1880, being perhaps the first settler in the vicinity .of the oil Philbroolt paste office and recalled many interesting experiences of pioneer -days life in Fergus county's history. He located about a mile from Philbrook and stated he was abobt the eighth man to locate in and open up this country as a settler. Mr. Corwin was one of the first organizers of the Presbyter- ian church in Fergus county and en- joys the distinction also of being the first Sunday school superintendent * the county. He is a veteran of Civil War and during his reside in this county won the esteem of al who knew him as swan of strict in- tegrity and excellent character. Mr. Corwin has been a resident for the past nine years of the state of Wash- ington, where he removed for hie daughter's health, and recently *old out his interests there, stopping at *oore for a brief visit while enroute to Wichita. 6E0. THACKER TO LEASE LEAD - AND SILVER MINE Oeorge Thacker went to Deer Park in Sixteen Mile canyon on Tuesday morniug to conclude a deal with -a party of Helena capitalists, who wish to lease, a lead andisilver mine of which he is half owner. The mine, which is located in the canyon, has been in operation for a number of years and the owners have been fol- lowlrig a good lead. If the deal goes through the lease will bemade under a $50,000 bond. The Helena capi-• t alists plan to fully develop this mine which is considered a rich one. DO IT NOW. „ '0,10iims atrium 7.0 lika to -buy, trots or mai? If so try a weal ad In The autpire and witch reonito. MOORE, FERGUS COUNTY, MONTANA, SEPTEMBER 95, '1918. Montana Farmers Handi- capped by High Rates of Interest on Farm Leans Helena, --J. M. Kennedy. commissioner of agriculture and pub- licity, has been compiling information in his office concerning interest rates on farm loans in the northwest, and the figures show some very interesting facts. For instance ---It is shown that the interest rate on secured hard loans in Iowa is 5 1-2 per cent; Minnesota, South Dako- ta and Nebraska about 5.7 per cent andy Wisconsin 5 1-9 per cent. Montana pays the highest of all, 9.3 per cent. , This is on first mott- o loans. The interest rate on farmers' notes unsecured other than by credit of the giver is higher, of course, in all centers, but Montana ;Again pays much the higher rate. The range is from 5.8 per cent in Wisconsin to 11.4 per cent in Montana, the lowest rate being in Iowa. is a singular fact that while the government report* and statistics. le authenticity of which cannot be disputed, show that Montana farm lands produce per acre more profit to the farmer than the farm lands of any other state or territory in the American union, the farmer is taxed for his loans in Montana more than in any other section of the northwest. Speaking on this question- yester- day Mr. Kennedy said: \It has been the pleasant policy of the bankers outside of Montana who have been releasing money to Montana patrons for farm loans, to insist that farming is more precarious in Montana than elsewhere, that the state is new and undeveloped, and that farming is Largely ea experiment here; that he loan risk is greater in Montana than anywhere else west of the Mississippi river. This is grossly unfair to the state. It hampers the agricultural development of Montana. It places an unjust burden upon the husband - Men of' the commonwealth of many hundreds of thousands of dollars an- ... . uually. I personally know of one effintty41141finittapa where only owe kink lik4pwated in one of the most inneperons sections of the state. The little town where the bank is situated 4 surrounded by one of the most A FEW SPEC For the Working Man Shirts., all sizes - la IN . 50c Socks, 10c per pair, 3 pairs for 25c Gloves, canvas, 10c,\ \ \ 25c A dandy Muleskin Glove at - 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 Uneerwear, heavy, guaytutteed 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 S Gent's Toggery •INON INIoELROY, PAW' , It 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 Of 11 11 11 11 1, 14 ca. magnificent farming and fruit raising districts in all this northwest coun- try. Most of the farmers in the vicinity of that town are prosperous; In fact all\ of them are who have been there any length of time, but there is a lot of undeveloped and un- cultivated land in the neighborhood. If a new comer goes in there and purchases & piece of that unbroken land and seeks a loan at the local bank for the purpose of mahing some ',needed improvements, no matter 1 what the security he has ro offer, he flits to pay 12 per cent. Recently I spoke ,to some agents of loan com- panies representing eastern money in this state, and asked them why it was that cheaper money could not be *Wiled. hy A h e foment jughe , cow try ef which I am speekeistri The answer was there had notbeen much developuient there yet and the agents of the loan cowponies had neverbeen In that section and did not knor much about it. \One of the big insurance com- panies recently made a point in its reports to its stockholders to call at- tention to the fact that none of the company's funds were invested in the state of Montana. The officers of the company seemed to think this was a matter upon which they should be congratulated. It is the pleasant occupation of many of the men repre- senting big money in the eastern and middle states to continually question the safety of money invested in Mon- tana properties. I get much litera- tureLA almost daily this office, and when I read it IJIboiling mad. \One of the greatest necessities this state faces today is cheaper money to meet the requirements of the men who are doing most to up - build the st i ate and advance its pros- perity and development. The rep- resentative ; ef one of the largest loan compeniee in Oregon told me in Helena a few days ago that his com- pany had recently loaned nearly $5,000,000 in this state to stock men for the purpose of moving their stock this fall. He said that some of the officers of hi. company had questioned the 'wisdom of loaning so much money on Montana stock, but that he had persuaded them it was with- out question both safe and profitable to do so. \It **estimated that a group of five northwestern states, of which Montana is one, requires today not less than $1,000,000,000 for the im- mediate purpose of replacing old farm buildings, buying new stock and machinery, building fences and pur- chasing general equipment and put- ting under cultivation new and fer- tile soil. This is perhaps, a very modest estimate of the needs of the farmers in the territory mentioned. Uncounted thousands of acres of splendidly fertile lands are lying idle today in the state of Montana await- ing only the money and labor fleets - wiry to clear, drain, break and Mit that soil. ,Necessarily the cultiva- tion of this land will be delayed as long as the fanner is tequired to pay the present rates of interest for the loans necessary for his success in farming. This question is being dis- cussed in general terms, of course. \I realize that the 'conditions sur- rounding the borrower and his own individuality enter largely in •every instance into the question of the loan, but it is unreasonable, unfair and indefensible that in a country where dairying, stock raising, mixed farming, gardening and horticulture are carried on with almost universal success and profit, as is the case in the state of Montan& today, that the operators carrying forward these en- terprises are compelled to . pay a rate of interest several per cent higher on their loans than their competitors in other states of the northwest are . re- quired to pay. \Throughout Montana today the farmers are almost universally in good shape financially. They are Improving their. property;. -.they are adding to their live stock; they are improving the grade of that stock; they are paying their bills with reg- ularity and promptness; their lands are increasing in value faster than the farm lands of any other state in the northwest; they are surrounded by natural conditions that make for financial success where industry, so- briety and intelligence are exercised Tn any moderate degree. Why should they pay a higher rate of interest on their loans to carry on their opera- tions than is paid by farmers in any other section of the northwest? \Montana needs more cheap money, and this office is doing all it can to direct the attention of the mortgage and loan comPanies of the eastern and middle western states to the ad- 'lint e s to be obtithwid in t field.\ Building at Denton Work on the Dehnert-Holbrook building on Main street is progress- ing with exceeding rapidity. Con- tractor Dehnert has a crew of men at work and will finish the structure with all due baste. The dimensions are 50 by 80. The east aide of the building will be. used by Mrs. Fred Dehnert as a dining parlor, which will be handsomely furnished. Mrs. Delinert, who was among the first In Denton, has been serving excellent meals in a tent and has won many friends and endeared herself to the people of Denton, as well as the transient public. In the new quart- ers Mrs. Dehnert will continue to command an excellent patronage, a reward that she so richly merits. The west side of the building will be occupied by 'Mt. and Mrs. Henry Holbrook as a first class confection- ery. These people are well acquaint- ed in Denton and are highly esteemed by the citizens of .D. nton and those of their former home at Moore. They have had long experience in this par- ticular line of business and will un- doubtedly make a grand. success of the enterprise.—Denton Recorder. Sugar Beet Factory Started Billings, Sept. 24—With enough beets on hand to nal about a week and more coming in by train -loads every day, the wheels of the Billings sugar factory began turning yester- day. Beets will be sliced at the rate of 1,800 to 1,900 tons per day for the next four months. The company has contracted this year for about 28,000 acres of sugar beets, about 4,000 acres more than last year. The finished sugar began to be sacked and stored today and will continue until the end - of the season. Stat. Land Sale Nets Less Returns from the state land sale held at the county seat last week were not nearly so good as in former years, only $222,065.95 being paid for the total amount of 12,603 acres sold. The average price was $16.32 per acre. The new ruling by Attor- ney -General Kelly requiring that land within three miles of any plat- ted townsite must be sold in five -acre tracts was the main reason that no more sales were made. Number 4. PETER LOHMEYER DIES SUDDENLY Is Found Dead on Floor by Bed rate Monday Afternoon. Monday -afternoon at about :5:30 o'clock, Peter Lohmeyer died sud- denly at his home in this city, death being due to acute gastritis and heart failnre. , He had been ailing -that morning, but not sufficient to cattle any espec- ial notice and had taken. to his bed when Mrs. Lohniever went out to work. When she returned home shortly before six o'clock she found her husband dead upon the floor a short distance fioni the bed.. Site immediately summoned Dr. Owen, who, upon examination, announced that he had been dead for about a half hour, as the body was still 'warm. He had been having considerable heart trouble recently, but did not seem to be in a very precarious con- dition that day. Funeral services were held from the Christian church yesterday after- noon, Rer. Percy T. Carnes conduct- ing the services. Interment was made in the local cemetery. Peter, Henry Lohmeyer was born in Euenfelde, Germany, on Septem- ber 15th, 1871. He came to the ,United States twenty-four years ago and settled in Minnesota, where he took out his naturalization papers. On February 5th, 1910, he was uni- ted in marriage to Miss Henrietta Schiller at Billings, coming from there to Moore where he had resid- ed until the time of his death. TELEPHONE OPERATOR SAVES MANY LIVES From every quarter of the west come reports that the modern heroine is the telephone operator. Near Den- ver a few days ago the exchange oper- ator saved the lives of half the people in a township by staying at her post of duty at imminent risk of her life. A cloud burst swept down from the hills and the St. Vraiu river was swelled from a measly little stream to a foaming torrent in the brief space of a half hour. The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Com- pany's exchange connected practical- ly all the inhabitants of the commun- ity with the telephone exchange from which the subscribers received warn- ing of the rush of waters. The ex- change operator, Miss Barbara Rein- kens, being a true western girl called up a half score cowboys whom she knew would risk their necks for her, and sent them scurrying like modern Paul Reveres, into the byways to warn all who could not be reached by telephone. Thus does the march of Modern chivalry keek pace with the wonder-working telephone. Separator Burns Last Thursday afternoon while threshing at Mrs. Taylor's farm south of Moore the Rock Creek Threshing company's separator was burned to the ground, the .fire being due to a spark from the engine lodging in the grain that was being fed into the separator. The company has already ordered another separator from Havre which will be here within the next few days; so as to complete the thresh- ing for the stockholders of the com- pany. Those, interested in this company are: Gee. -B. McFerrari, Eugene Beck, Clarence Robinson; Art Hauck, Chas. Croly, Dave Brick- er and John B. Gaston. The Empire plans to publish an ex- tended crop report just as soon as suf- ficient yields can be ascertained, and desires every farmer in the Judith Basin to keep a record of his crop yield, showing the acreage, kind of grain, etc. The state bureau of agri- culture, with which to compile its ,sta.-- tistics relative to Montana's farm re- sources, wishes the name of each fann- er and his crop report to publish in Its annual report. Write it down, Mr. Partner, and hand it to The Emplin man, or write it on a postal and mAil it to this office. Your assistance will be much appreciated.
