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VOLUME X CHOTEAU, TE TO N C C U N Ï Y , M O NTANA/ SEPTEMBER 8, 1922 N U M BER 9 S CRUT SUCCESS Since the culling meetings which were held here- recently the County -Agent has received several favorable reports'from tanners who have adopt- -ed culling as a practice, but the best report received comes ’ from Mrs. Porter of Bynum. Mrs. Porter had thirty-seven birds at the time of cul ling and seventeen of these were culled out. In two weeks after the culling the seventeen birds laid a to tal of nine eggs, while the twenty _good hens produced one hundred ninety eggs. It is apparent that in this, flock that seventeen birds were boarding on the other twenty with .perhaps the result that the income from the flock was very materially .reduced. Such items as these often mean success or failure in farming. The culling of a flock of poultry should not be an event occuring but -once or twice a year but should be a continuous process and all poor hens taken from the flock as soon as they appear. Birds which are not laying had better be sold or canned for winter consumption. They are cheaper and easier kept in cans, or Using Uncle Sam Hampton’s expres sion, “They are fit only for preacher -silage.” Seventeen Acres of Certified Potato « Seed in Teton County The inspector for the Montana Po tato Growers association, E. C. Cates, was in Teton county last week mak ing the last field inspection on the -certified seed potato plots. Seventeen acres of certified seed is now being grown in this county by the following farmers: Adolph Dale, George Sleek ier, Henry Bleeker, George Grasdock and Henry Radcliffe of Fairfield; A. _D. Anderson of Dupuyer; and J.. E. Hodgskiss of Choteau. - ' ' These plots have been Yogued out thoroughly during IJie summer and at present time are practically free .from all the potato degeneration and disease. The most prevalent disease found in the county among the po tatoes inspected was rhizoctonia, the common name for which is black -scurf, and occurs on the tuber in the nature of dirt-like particles and ad- heares tightly to the tuber, and does not wash off as dirt would. This disease causes its damage through a rotting of the roots, girdling the stem and causing stunted plants.'- In case of plants it is most easily detected by the plants showing curly leaves, compact tops, verticle branches and small plants. Often these plants also -show a slightly curled leaf which -early in the year starts to fade and turn yellow. Upon pulling up these plants the disease is evident as a round rot on the outside of the stol- -ens and roots. Potato inspector for Teton County. The farmers who are in the po tato business this year will be able through the efforts of the Farm Bu reau to have inspection of their po- The flower show held Monday un der the auspices of the Womans club in the Bair building was a grand success^ ai3b we have the word of the directors that they intend to make it an annual event. Flowers of nearly every specie that can be grown in the temporate zone were exhibited in a very pleasing manner. The judges were Mrs. C. S. McDonald, Mrs. J. J. Greene and Mrs. J*I Cain, and their, decisions met with the .approval of all present. The . only regret that the Montanan has is that lack of space denies us the opportunity of presenting the prize winners to the phblic. tatoes made at the shipping point and a definite grade specified before shipped. J. E. Hodgskiss, of this place, has, been appointed' inspector for this county and any farmer wish ing their produce ispected before be ing shipped should write or telephone Mr. Hodgskiss before they Btart loading. This inspection gives the fanner a great advantage in having their potatoes inspected here instead of at their destination. Under the old system often the buyers took ad vantage of this fact and notified the shippers that their potatoes were below grade and offering him a lower price .than that specified in the agree ment, with the result that if the farmer did not know the marketing game and did not call for inspection at destination he consequently was at a disadvantage, but under the pres ent method this could not occur. Goes to School In order that Mr. Hodgskiss and other-inspectors of Northern Montana might^become acquainted with the grading and inspection of potatoes, Federal Inspector H. M. Kenzie and State Inspector W. L. Shovell, held a meeting in Great Falls this week at which time they pht on a grading school and gave full instructions as to potato inspection. This meeting will be followed up later by two meetings which will , be held in this county and those interested in potato growing should be present. The in spector will give a practical demoi- stration on the grading and sorting of potatoes as well as a talk on state and federal laws concerning same. An announcemet of the dates of these meetings will appear in a later issue of this paper. The commercial market for pota toes this year is not very favorable and it will be impossible for the farmers to market anything but A-l products. The freight rate from this county to Minneapolis amounting to 58c, Kansas City 57c, St. Louis 83c, forces the farmer to thoroughly in spect his products due to the fact that if inferior potatoes are shipped they possibly would not cover the freight charges. Patriotism and Business Every good citizen at this time should do his share toward strengthing the Federal Reserve Banking System which our govrnment has .cre ated with its billion dollars of resources to stand back of its member banks and all their depositors You can contribute directly to the strength of this system, and at the same time secure its pro tection by depositing your money with eus, since part of every dollar goes directly into the new system, where ' it is always ready for you when wanted- This is a „ suggestion for prompt action. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHOTEAU PET EX MOVES SET TRE SCHOOL OF TOOLS TO KEVIN The string of tools of the Western Petroleum Exploration company on the Willow Creek well will be moved to the Berglin permit in section 12-. 35- 2.W.,, in,the K^vln-Sunburst fields held by'the' Pet. Ex., according to-a report published In the last isstie of the Tri-Co. News, the house organ of the Wiser Companies. It is understood that the well on the Wilow Creek structure will be carried only to the Eagle, although it may be drilled to 2,000 feet, or suffiiient to hold the permits for two years. The Pet. Ex. holds consider able holdings in the vicinity of the well to be drilled on section 12, hav ing taken some 800 acres under a drilling agreement from the Gordon Campbell-Kevin synicate. Concerning the plans of the Pet. Ex. the Tri-Co. News says: \Orders have been given to the management of Western Petroleum to move drilling equipment into Tools county, Montana, for a test well to be started on acreage held by the company in that section. Instruc tions have been issued to move the standard rig with all equipment, which has been used In drilling the deep test well on the Willow Creek structure in Teton county, to the Ber glin permit in the vicinity of Kevin, and it is thought operations will be started within two weeks. The well will be located on the Berglin tract of 320 acres which lies in the north half of section 12, township 35 and range 2 west. This acreage lies one- half mile south of the Ohio-Sendin well, which is a gasses making 2,000,- 000 cubic feet, and is one and a half miles southeast of the original Sun burst well which, has pumped an average of about 50 barrels per day for the past month. “There is plenty of opportunity for the structure to be thoroughly tested, as there are more than 50 tests being drilled. Wella that have already been ........ .. ^ ....... ....... ....... ...... ........ brought in are making around 50 to j tract of Mr. Williamson, as we under- 100 barrels. Latest reports from the i stand it, is claimed to be valid and A- great deal of interest 1 b being manifested, in the matter of the or ganization of a joint board to oper ate thjs high schools and city schools under the law „ passed by , the last legislative session. Last ^-year, ow ing to the claim that it would be an economy to allow the schools to op erate as heretofore, the law was ignored and each school had a prin cipal at a principal’s salary. This year, after investigation, 'certain of the taxpayers concluded that it would further the interests of econ omy to obey the law, and upon ad vice from the county attorney, who gave a written report that the law was mandatory, an organization was affected. This action was taken af ter Mr. Williamson had entered into a contract with the high school board to^continue at his old salary of $3300 per year and Mr. Bay had entered into a contract with the public school board. Mr. Ray informed the district board that if any organization of a joint,board was affected they might consider his contract a nullity and he would look elsewhere for a posi tion. The object of the law was to effect a saving by having a superin tendent take the place of the two principals and to save one salary, but it appears that something is wrong—at the expense of the taxpay ers—and without regard to results and the good of the schools, becahse a school fight is a poor thing for the schools as well as the community. The matter has been referred to the attorney general and we are informed that his opinion is in line with that of the county attorney. Meetings have been held in an at tempt to smooth over the difficulties and avoid friction, and a number of the joint board met with the county commissioners last night, with that end in view, but no-results were ob tained and it is very probable that the matter will be brought into court within the next few days. The con- Westem Pet Ex. well on the Crown Butte structure state tha drilling is continuing at a depth of 1,920 feet, while the Willow Creek well in under reaming at about 1,300 feet. No in dications of oil have been found up to this time?* “ THE CRAD\E” WINS FAME Ethel Clayton’s new Paramount picture, “The Cradle” has won the fans at the Royal Theatre where it will be shown tonight and tomorrow. Miss Clayton has an unusually fine role i this production and she Is finely supported by Charles Meredith, the leading man. Mary Jane Irving, ft Child ingenue, is well' cast: again it has been handed down as being contrary to the law, and it seems that the question will at least bear inspection. ASSESSOR GLEASON AND BRIDE ON HONEYMOON J. L. Gleason and Miss Maude Arnett stopped In Great Falls last Saturday long enough to secure a marriage license and have the knot tied. They then left by “Hiver” for Spokane and oher Washington points for a two week’s honeymoon. Jesse Gleason is the son of John R. Gleason, one of Teton’s pioneers, and for the past two years has been county assessor of this county and at present is the republican' nominee for that office. His bride is well known in Choteau and Bynum, being the daughter ofA. E, Arnett. Their many friends join the Mon tanan in wishing them prosperity and happiness. FARM BUREAU PICNIC LABOR DAY The annual Teton . County Farm Bureau Picnic was held labor day at the Great Northern Park in this city. C. C. Davis, commissioner of agri culture for Montana, and A. H. Staf ford, president of the Montana Farm Bureau Federation, spoke at the Legion pavilion at two o’clock. The farmers brought their lunch to town and the Choteau Commercial Club furnished free coffee to all. Due, no doubt, to the harvesting of the crops, a goodly number of the farmers were unable to attend, and as a consequence the attendance was far below that of last year. A notice able fact was the absence of most of Choteau’s business men. STRÌE fair offers n cliffy prizes County collective winnings at. the Montana State Fair September 26 30 will be based on strict mathematical computation of winnings of each, county whose farmers show in any of the six main divisions of the Farm Prodlcts show. A magnificent assort ment of silver trophy cups, permanent mementos of each winner’s agricul-' tural standing at the fair, is offered in the agricultural section, as follows:1 cups for five places in sheaL and threshed grains, five places in forage grasses, four in corn, four in pota toes, three in vegetables and root crops; and three in apples. In com puting county rank, all entrles from one county count in that county’s score, which is based on volume, va riety and quality, as follows: Volume (20 points)—Number of entries in catologued lots shown in competition from one county. Variety (20 points)—Number of catologued lots In which entries from any one county are shown. Quality (60 points)—Determined by totalling awards won by exhibitors from on»e county, which for the pur pose of computation have values as folows: first place, 3 points; second place, 2 points; third place or any other listed place, 1 point.. STATE FAIR DRAWS HORSE SHOE TOSSERS The first annual state horseshoe pitching tournament at the Montana State fair will attract one hundred contestants, in the judgment of Dr. R. R. Frazier of Helena, who is man aging this event. Cash prizes, and a handsome silver trophy cup are of fered for winners. Inquiries for cop ies of the rules of the tournament» which are ready for distribution, are coming to the State .Fair office from nearly every’ section of Montana HOME CARS ONLY IN STATE FAIR EVENTS Departing from the custom of sev eral years, the racing automobiles that comepte on the mile track of the Montana State Fair September 26 30 this year will be all owned in Mon tana and driven by home-state driv ers. A free-for-all event with out of state cars barred,, and a race for Ford cars only, with attractive cash prizes, are on the program. Entries have filled from many parts of Mon tana, and there is word from a few districts that favorite drivers will have the support of a large number of home folks. The Ford race will continue for five days, five laps daily on the mile track, a total of 25 miles and 3600 will be the purse, divided 350, 530 and 320 each day, with $100 to point winners for the week, divid ed in the same proportion. The free- for all Montana race for big cars will take place on Tuesday, Thursday and. Saturday of State Fair week for a purse of 3900, divided 3150, 580, 550 and 320. On Saturday night of last week, the members of Queen Rebecca lodge No. 31, gave a surprize farwell party j to Mrs. H. L. Halladay and daughter. ; About thirty members were present j and an enjoyable time was had by i all. Cards were the main feature of the early evening, while a sumptuous banquet was served at midnight In the departure of Mrs. and Miss Hal laday the lodge loses two of Its best members, but the best wishes of the order follow them to their new home. Citizens State Bank CHOTEAU ; MONTANA OUR DIRECTORS: G. M. Coffey P. H. Crossen ^ George F. Miller Wm. Hodgskiss James Eckford We specialize in all departments o f Commer cial Banking and offer service consistant with safe banking.
