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Geyser Judith Basin Times (Geyser, Mont.), 21 Aug. 1913, located at <http://montananewspapers.org/lccn/sn85053135/1913-08-21/ed-1/seq-1/>, image provided by MONTANA NEWSPAPERS, Montana Historical Society, Helena, Montana.
toR •••••••• 5. • 0.• VOL. 3. St ' çT •••••\ A • • 2. 1 .;t 4 '` •••• • ;.• •• • 74-41194-, • _ ,‘• GEYSER, MONT., NUGUS'Is 21, 1913 11:1011MAL NO. 23 0=0====101:20====i0Q0 20=0=====101:30====t 01==10=0=====01:10 101=0=0=10=0=0====s0=01====101:10 •a PRIZES FOR BEST SAMPLES OF WHEAT AND OATS. In order to obtain samples of the best wheat and oats raised in the vicinity of Geyser,. A. Hedman, 0. Buckner, and Louis F. Coughlin. Samples to be retained by us.. Contest Commences AT ONCE Cut samples close to ground. $3.00 1or the best sample of winter wheat. 2.00 for the second best sample of winter wheat. 1.00 for the third best sample of winter wheat. t WC offer the following cash prizes. The judges of this contest are W would also like samples of other grains for display purposes. $3.00 ft r the best sample of oats. 2.00 foe the second best sample of oats. 1.00 ft , t• the third hest sample of oats. Contest closes SEFF. 1st. 1913. Freseman & Moody Farm Loan Co., GEYSER, CASCADE COUNTY, MONTANA. 1011301===oa0=====ono=orso=0ci0 sornos===o====sorsoic==o osmo oraos====sono=====oczoc=o=01=01:10q 11 LI II LI About Ft. Peck Indian Reservation. Presideut Wilson Proclaims Reservation to be Opened. Many People will Register and Start New . Homes. Land Said to be Good. President Wilson today (August 5 ) issued a proclamation for the opening of Ft. Peck Indian Reservation in Eastern Montana. Filings will be made beginning September 1, 1913, and continue to September 20. The land will be open to actual settlement May 1, 1914. The registration places are Glasgow, Havre and Great Falls, Mont. The final drawing is to be at Glasgow, commencing September 23. The reser- vation is located in Sheridan and Val- ley counties. The opening of Ft. Peck Reservation will mark the last big opening of agri- cultural land in the United States. Six new towns will be started on this big land area. The total acreage of the Ft. Peck Indian Reservation is 2, 068, 693. Land allotted to the Indians is 723,- 693 acres. Land remaining vacant or unoccu- pied is 1,345,000 acres. Land now under cultivation is 3,800 acres. Last year there were only 1, 500 acres under cultivation and the year before practically none. It is estimated by agricultural ex- perts that when this land is cultivated by the white settlers it will add about 20, 000, 000 more bushels of grain to the nation's annual production. Flax this year is running from 18 to 26 bushels per acre, wheat from 20 to 25 bushels per acre and oats 60 to 85 bushels per acre. On the supposition that the unoccu- pied hind were devoted to the growing of wheat on the summer fallow plan which would mean that one-half the area would be in crop at one time, and on the further supposition that the wheat would yield 25 bushels per acre, which is a moderate . estimate for yields on lands thus prepared, theag- gregate production would be19,312,500 bushels,\ Thomas Shaw, agricultural expert of the Great Northern Railway, estimates. Professor Shaw further says: \If this land were entirely de- voted to the growing of barley on the summer fallow plan, the yield would be 30,900,000 bushels, as barley grown on such land should average 40 bushels to the acre. If the entire area were devoted to the growing of oats on the same lines, the total production would be 38.625.000 bushels. as 50 hiishels per acre would not be an extravagant estimate for land thus farmed.\ \There is another way of showing , the immensity of the possible produc- tion of this fertile tract of land. On I the supposition that one-fourth of the entire acreage was devoted to the growing 1 fodder coin, the yield at , the moderate estimate of 2 t:_• tons per acre of cured fodder would amount to; 840,625 tons. If winter wheat were I drilled in the fodder at the proper sea- son, whit'll is August. and if the yield . %s ere the same as on the summer fal- low, which would be reasonable to look for, the production in wheat would mount to 8,406,250 bushels. If one - tenth of the land were devoted to the growing of flax and the yield were 10 bushels per acre, the flax crop would amount to 1,345,000 bushels. If one -tent of the land were also devoted to the growing of barley, putting the yield at 30 bushels per acre, which would be high enough for land not summer (allowed, the production would he 4,035,000 bushels. If one - tenth of th•-. land were devoted to the growing of oats at 40 bushels per acre the yield Would be 5.380,000 bushels. This would still leave one -fifth of the land for other kinds of production, such as alfalfa, vegetables and pastures. The estimated possible production then would stand as follows For each year after the first year: Fodder corn 840,625 tons Wheat 8,406,250 bit. Flax 1,345,000 1m, Barley 4,035,000 bu. Oats 5,380,000 but. 'This would still leave ample room for - tither lines of production.\ A striking era in the evolution of the American Indian was marked on the Ft. Peck Reservation in Montana, (Ycl'o'ber 1st, by the first County Fair Ofer , Iseld by Indians. At this unique agr14Itural exposition, there were ex- hibited some unusual specimens of grain and grasses which later were en- tered at eastern land shows in compe- t;tion with the prize products of the white man. The %%hue man has always laughed at the idea of civilizing the Indians, but the primer lesson in agriculture given the Sioux tribe has worked a remarkable transformation scene in the lives of these red men on the Ft Peck Reservation. In 1911 Louis Hill, Chairman of the Great Northern Rail- way_liJard of Directors, sent a repre- sentative body of these Indians from the Montana 'prairie to the New York Land Show, Inasmuch as the Indians wcro about to have their holds opened of the white man for settlement, NI r. Hill felt sorry for the crude children of nature, and decided upon a novel experiment in their behalf. He figured that if these people were destined without consent, to become farmers, they should be given some instruction in the aericultural methods of the whites. The Railway chief thereupon picked the most intelligent members of the tri e ind gained the approval of the Interior Department at ‘Vashington to send them to the Gotham Land Show. The result was that the Indians went back to their Montana tepees im- bued with the idea of tilling the soil and producing all of the wonderful products which they saw exhibited at the Madison Square Garden Show. \The figures are rather surprising to some people,\ said Mi. Hill, \ for they show that since these Indians returned from the New York Land Show in 1911 thew have b,•en more than twice as many acres cultivated on the Ft. Peck Reservation as were planted thereto- fore. It simply goes to show that almost anyone will improve their con- ditions if they are given a helping hand in the right direction.\ The Indians are highly elated oser the progress they have already made in agriculture as the result of the siimultis which their Chief gave to the tribe on returning from the big Land Show of the white man in New York. The entire tribe entered with great enthusi- asm the first Indian Counts , Fair ever held. It was at Poplar, Montana, 1st of last October. In connection with the beginning of the filing next month, there will be a big Indian gathering just outside the Agency town to celebrate the event. The Sioux then will hold their tribal dances, and go thin their picture , que ceremonies for several this s. KNERVILLE Grover BMW n usc a l'Aikr ii Mansfield's one day last week. Homer Stone of Great Falls guest at the W. E. Dickson several day s recently. Mrs. R. E. Dickson and children and NIrs. W. 0. Brach is ere shopping in (;e)'ser, Friday. Mrs. Lizzie Erwin of Arrow ('reek Bench visited at die home of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Watkins, Thursday. NIT and Nits. H. B. Dickinson v,s- ited friends in Lonetree last week. Mrs. and Miss Kernaghan of Belt and Nits, Joe Barr, spent Wednesday at the Nlansfield home. Nliss ()itidi,* Johnson cc ho taught the school here, is taking a trip thrn Velloss Stone Pat k on her way home to SP I k lre h ane iailstorm which passed through northern K tiers lie last Thursday after- noon, did considerable damage to gat - dens and late oats. It was particularly s.were just to the east of Square Butte. Mrs. Frank Spencer visited relatives in Armington. Saturtho. Quite a number of the Knervi le people enjoyed Ringling Bros' show at Great Falls. Clyde Abbey' of Pox Elder is visiting his friend. Niel McDuifie. Geo. XV. Bain arrived from Culbert- son, Sunday for a few weeks' visit with his brother and faintly. Fred Venolo and sons, former resi- dents of Knerville, are spending a few dos in the neighborhood hum their lhome near Belt. H. C. Ti lots ,t of ri .yser sets a ' visitor here first of the week. J. I'. \V. Uovnii k Ira elm : fre:Au .1m1 was a r a senger agc n for the NItlwaukee, wa ; home a business v.sitor iii (;eyser early in tlis week. Alk Surprising Values in Men's Made -to -Measure Clothes. See the fabrics for yourself and pick out your own model—Nothing like them anywhere. TAYLOR FABRICS arc noted for their beauty, and Taylor Tailoring is acknowledged as superfine. Ask to see our $18.00, $22.50 and $25.00 values. They are Wonderful! COUGHLIN BROS. &CO.. GEYSER. MONTANA. Put Two and Two Together And figure out if we could afford to promise you big values in GROCERIES and then not give them. How many times could we fool you? Just once! It is your second visit we are after, so pay us your first visit today, and we war- rant our Grocery qualities and values will make the others a matter of course. 1E8 5 •it Me, 1111111111111111111111111111011111•11111
