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Geyser Judith Basin Times (Geyser, Mont.), 20 July 1911, located at <http://montananewspapers.org/lccn/sn85053135/1911-07-20/ed-1/seq-1/>, image provided by MONTANA NEWSPAPERS, Montana Historical Society, Helena, Montana.
. • • r • More Active Approximately 350.000 pounds of wool is now stored at thy Great Falls wool warehouse, says the I.eader, awaiting developments in the wax)! market. . For -the past two weeks from 'e • VOL. 1. --' • • • .. 1- 7,••• • ••/ \'\' • 4 . ) A. - •••% . , .:0A P. '14 I. )4 .4% _ - s • • GEYSER, MONT.,. JULY 20, 1911 Big Advance This Year Commissioner Hall Gives Estimate that Predicts SPleadid Yield of Gtain J. H. Hall, commissioner of agricul- . lure, labor and industry in Montana, states that it is his opinion the wheat crop of the stale will be this year more than double-sihat it was last year. Commissioner Hall said that indica- • (ions were that the wheat crop in the Fair Weights and . Measures Law Passed by Last Legisla- ture Affects Weighing. Devices There is one law passed by the Ism legislature that goes into elfect Au- gust 1st, of which little is generally known, and the - operation of which will undoubtedly be a surprise to man) of the merchants and citizens of (;ey- ser It is a law of standard 11eights Gallatin valley and the Judith Basin. and measures for Nlomana. oder its Cascade and Teton counties alone, prot isions etery merchant. or all per, would be double that for the entire ,sons, firms or corporations'engag,ed in state in 1910. Mr. Hall said: the trade of buying and selling cony - The Gallatin valley is growing an imtnense crop of wheat this year and it is estimated at 5,000,000 bushels. The Judith Basin will easily produce 6:000,000 bushels, and conservative estimates of the crop in Teton and Cascade counties place the production in this section at 7,000,000 bushels. modities, produce or - things - of an t nature, will come under the rigid in- spection of the state sealer of weights and measures, w ho a ill be the se it tary of state, and fiis deputy sealeis who tt ill be the county clerks of each county. As explained, the new law requires Which would be a total of 18,000,000 every merchan(, firm, vendor. corpora_ bushels in these three sections. Last tion. milkman and railroad company', year's crop of wheat was 10,500,000 to present their weights. measures, • bushels. - scales and devices to the county clerk . - Hence, I say, that there is ever) for inspection on August 1st next. r easo n to b e li eve t h at t h e Ni o nt a n a Alley will then be inspected and it wheat crop will be more than doubled found correct, tt ill be staining' or tag - this year. Reports which have re- ged with the official certificate of the (rived, while not extensive or detailed, deputy sealer - point to this conclusion s \ STORING WOOL Any merchant, person, firm or cor- poration failing to have their weights and measures thus officially inspected • The Passing of the Prairies Though we are glad to see the fertile stretches of wheat land brought under cultivation, and new homes established throughout our great state, yet to the man who has known only the freedom of the frontier, it seems like desecration. Here is a little mastetpiece by J. W. i Fole)': They have famed it their harrowayhey have broken it with plows; Where the bison used to range it, some -One's built himself a house. They have stuck it full of fence posts; they have girdled it with wire; They have shamed it and profaned it with an automobile tire; They have bridged its gullied river; they have peopled it with men; They hate churched the)' hate schooled it, they hate steepled it ---Amen! They hate furrowed it with ridges; they have seeded it with grams And the west that was worth knowing I shall never know again. •Ehey have smothered all its campfires where the beaten plainsman slept; They have driven home the cattle whoa ilking'coyyte crept; They hate made themselves a pasture where the timid deer once browsed; Where the antelope were feeding they have dotted o'er with cows; 'Ehere's a yokel's tuneless whistling down thebison's winding trail; Where the redinan's arrow Butte*, there's a woman with a pail, Driving up the cows for milking. They have cut its wild extent Into forty acre patches till its glory is all spent. I remember in the 60's when as far as I could see, It had neter lord or ruler but the buffalo and nae; Ere the blight of man was on it and the endless acres lay Just as God Almight) left it on the restful Seventh Day; When no sound rose from its vastness but a murmered hum and dim Like the echoed void of Silence in a far-off half heard hymn; And I lay as if I were the only man in all the world. But the prairie's past or passing with the passing of the years Till there is no west worth knowing and •thete are no pioneers. They hate riddled it - \Vith railroads, throbbing on and on and on. They have ridden it of dangers till the zest of it is gone. And rytiaddled up my pony for I'm dull and lonesome here. To go We s tward, Westward. Westward. till we find a new frontier; To get back to God's own wildness and the skies we used to know— But there is no \Vest—it's conquered—and I don't know where to go! _ Wool Being Shipped to Great Falls and stamped are Prr'llib\ed (ruin \Si\ to be Held Until Market Is them until they are so insptifted. under • of shoo weight or measure, the penal - penalty of the law—which for the first ties for wh • wh are severe. N ot hi ng 'i n f offense is a fine of not less than $25 or the nature of weights and measures is more than $300, and for the second and it St mild well*(or offense a fine or nor less ' kw $ 10 9 or anOne in business who w ill be brought urMer' oan, to secure a cops of the mote than $500. Each day of use of such scales, weights andineasures after lull and lead) , through card till). all over northern Nlontana woohnen that date is considered as a separate have been shipping wool to Great offense. After the law is once in o[ip- Sent to Reform School cram ion, the deputy sealer must cause U pi n complaint which had been Falls for storage in the su arehotic. in to be inspected es cry scale and filed by his father in the court, charg- \re within his t'oiiiltt once eerY )ear iiik! hint su mill uleorni-9 1 uht• Howard —between Januart I and March 1. Cobb, the (en-) ear -old son of C. II. Fla). wagon and railroad track scales Cobb of this place was on Tuesday must be inspected once et er) six committed to the stats reform school months. i Amon an order signed by Judge Ewing Ile fees exacted from the ow nets! of Great Falls. The bot •s father At present the outlook for sales is dark. The but e„ have been instructed rif such \ eights ' Ole\survs' stales r \ tes ti\ \ ( \ wide of )eafs !h on e hope of selling it off later when the market. beciMlej 11101.: actiie. Light hundred logs of wool were in the Warehouse last week and about ten carloads were on the side tracks await- ing unloading. to do nothing until congress has taken final ittion on the reciprocitt bill. Wht try new brands when years of experience •has proved to others that Ansbacher's Paris Green is without equal.- o —FIARNEY &ADAMSH OW. COMPANY. ranges from $5 for L those of larger size streets of NI inneapolis had tie', eloped to We for the smaller sizes. The new law is h COterS et er) - thing from the measure of a )ard iii ribbon to a car of produce, and not only makes inspection of des ices fin weighing and measuring necessar), but also makes it a fraud to sell goods habits of latdessIleSs III the lx\ which he is unable to control and thinks a t ear's discipline at the NIdes City in- stiltitton w ill hate the desired effect. ii. Ii,,', S1:IS arrested on complaint of . 10111 Iii itrinan, who alleged he had stolen a retolter from him. been for years and the renewal of work on the Queen of the Hills is welcomed tot the miners and residents lof the town. Notice, Modern Woodmen! To Combat Forest Fires Forester Holbrook Says Govern- ment Is Going to.Muke Great Efforts to Prevent Losses NO. 18 ••••=1•1•111.•1111M........1 Good Dope for Gophers A Spokane Farmer's Method of' Exterminating the Ground • Squirrels ''As far as possible we are going to \A farmer near Spokane tells of a direct our efforts this ) ear to the pre- method of exterminating ground i squir- reunion of fires in national „ forests, - rels which I w mild like to see tried in said Assistant Chief Forestet Hol- Montana where gophers do so much brook, in an interview with the Great damage,\ said Commissioner Flail of Falls Leader concerning the work of the bureau of agriculture, labor and the forestry department in the Jefferson industry. national forest south of Great Falls. one gollon of flour. add one \Orders are to pay particular attention cup of salt, one cup , of sugar, one to the stoppage of forest losses through ounce pulverized •strychnine. Mix blazes, and as far as our appropriation well together and use enough water to ' will carry us we are going to do it. make a thick paste, or stir enough Special attention to this work will be water in to make a thick barter the given by the service this year. Losses same as for pancakes. After you have . in the national forests were so heavy mixed the above well together, you are ' last year that it has been deemed ex- ready for the pests. pecient to prevent fires at any ('ost. Put a tablespoonful well down into — The appropriation for the Jefferson each hole, so when Nit. Gopher comes national forest was only $1,500 this year, but a large portion of it will be expended in taking more precautions to prevent fires. For one thing, more telephone lines will be built, in order that the central office mat be in touch out he will step into the paste and you trill get him as he does not like to have anything sticking to his feet so he licks them off with his tongue and.gets more or less of the poison and it kills him. I knot% this reMedy will knock constant') tt ith all parts of the forest the squirrels because I have tried it. and be able to get to a blaze at the \Nly brother- in and I tried earliest possible mont e -n t. Fifteen . . poisoning with oats, torn, wheat, etc., more rangers will be put in the forest for the purpose of looking out for tire, b ur we did not have an success as the presenting it when possible amid report- squirrels would not eat enough grain to tog it when found. The government spea k o f. A not h er man an d my „if is determined to cut down fire losses mixed up a gallon of the above poison !as much as the departmental remnirces ;Intl pl11 all 110111 hefOre Will permit. sundown. Afterward went mei . the Work Starts at Neihart To Advertise Geyser same ground and found fifty or sixty ' dead squirrels. We make the proison Operations have been renewed at A neat hole sticker to he used o\ good and strong, so tt hen thev get the Queen of the Hills mine at Nei- emit elopes, papers. etc.. has made its on ly a lit t l e of the poison it kills them. hart on which work was teeentlY sus - appearance in Geyser, and should do Board of Equalization printed for reasons not made public. t • onsi d eta l i i, ion :a d s ca ni ng our east _ .-\ force of men was put to work in the ern f rien d s attention to this town , 'la te Sitting as a board of equalization, the main tunnel on Friday. The pumps • label is diamond -shaped. 2 inches long, b oar d o r comit y coinntiss i tmets i s now have been kept working during the \u which are the w\rds: ..1 c'\ne rrOm ai session and will reinain in session Period or cessation of work so that the - GeNser in the tamous Judith Basin. period 0 , three meek, looklooking\v .iich us grout • r he commercial . period mine has heen kept clear of water. club is responsible for its appearance. \ver the assessment rec o rds and ( \II\ Neihart is much livelier than it has paring the assessments of the present Congregational Church Notice ' >ear wii411 the past. Sunda), July 23: far' there hat e been Cr) few re - Get ser—Sunday 3 it• in,; quests receiied for reductions of aSsess- even i ng servie„ ment, and it appears as though the N I erino —Sunday school -10:30 a.ci,mtlmlssuoiiers'tasks Ins preaching service, 11:30 . a. A regular meeting of (;et ser Camp ERIE B. SI fc ES, NI muster. No. 10887 NI. W. A. will be held at the schmilhouse, Saturday, Jul) 29, Notice 8 : 00 P. in . All members letluested n) As the Postolhee Department at attend. Business of importance. Vis- waskinguin ha\ e issued an order di,- iting Neighbors cordially !Mired. continuing the delitering or accepting A . Cl er k . of mail from the mail trains on Sunda!, Send THE GEYSER TIMES to at ( ;et ser, hereafter the postotlice and tour friends in the East. It still be store tt ill be closed all day on Sunda t S. better than a letter each week. S. (:. PtiRD1', Postmaster. 55911 be rather E.ngineers hate recomMended the expenditure of $150.000 annuallt for lite tears for the immoiernent of the upper brandies of tile NIINSOUll riser in order to extend transruntat um fat d- ines for the Dakotas arid Niontana. The lecommendatlim i due to the efforts of Connie:- simian Prat. S. C. PURDY, GEYSER, MONTANA Dealer in General Merchandise S TRAW HATS and CANVAS OXFORDS for this hot weather are cool, cheap and comfortable. We have the canvas oxfords at $1.75 per pair and straw and crash hats from 25c to 75c. Whewin need of hammers, hatchets, chisels, planes, saws or cutlery, do not forget that we handle the FAMOUS DIAMOND EDGE LINE and that every article of this brand is guaranteed to be perfect or money refunded. We have bay and bundle forks of all sizes and we guarantee them to be the best quality and for every one that does not prove so, we IN ill give you a new one free of cost. Remember we have the MceORMTCK BINDER TWiNE; - the best twine manufactured, and we are selling it as cheap as the other grades are sold. S. C. PURDY . GEYSER, MONT. Va. Th =
