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Geyser Judith Basin Times (Geyser, Mont.), 08 Oct. 1914, located at <http://montananewspapers.org/lccn/sn85053135/1914-10-08/ed-1/seq-1/>, image provided by MONTANA NEWSPAPERS, Montana Historical Society, Helena, Montana.
Dancing at the Geyser Opera House, Saturday Evening, October 17, 1014 ••••••,, A , \*\ VOL. 4. ; , - ••• • - • ityoz.!s' 44.4 4 .12 . ' • .- ss_ \'; • .s • s.' r„ , 4 4 _ 4 GEYSER, MONT,, OCT. 8, 1914 NO. 30 Farming is a Burden and Requires Business Methods The other evening, after discussing much money, as the business enter - the buiduesta aide of taming and the prie in town &ea, we must make ev- and sell Ilia goods, sweep out the place and do the other littie necessary chores, without bothering about the added work of keeping books? Somebody says, 'That's entirely different, besides, the bueinesa man knows what he is going to charge for his stuff before he sells it, while the farmer doesn't\ Pretty good argument why the farmer should know all the more just whet it is en , t - stated before, if a farm is to log hint to produce a product and beet . • profitable, all depart in, know when the changing price gets near contribute tlwir full share. Take Ihe ash l e aid ot about - 2 I -2 :owes. The got the danger line, isn't it? cow, for instance. Farmers in Mimic- ern merit has promised to furnish in Everybody will agree that bookkeep- sofa tied that it takes from *35 to *15 nitli Itotit lll l inou s. The lak e will h, lag it a laborious, monotonous and tire- to feed her a year. *SI to *12 hu milk fed by 7 springs. all oll my (ann.\- some job; and when a fellow works her, and $3 to *8 to market the prod- Letnibmg Owl.) Jouenal. hard all day long, he feels less like sitting down to a mess of figures at night. The fact is, no man will soh• mit himeelf to keeping an intricate net of double entry hooks with all their de• tails, and no man expects him to. That kind of work is well for the commercial world with paid bookkeepers. Farm records, by their very nature, are 'deal- ing with estimates and are subject to fluetuating elements. But farm Re- counts can be made very simple, so Haat ' - ahybody earl keep them, alfa 40 to at vox) , little expense of time. In 1„reoeral, three parts are all that are ruseesaary, a financial record ot income and expense, a labor record, and u feeding record. The point in this matter is. doee it pay? Is it worth while? Why not just keep on is before, pay up our debts? We always get along somehow. That was all right in the 70's and 80's but it does not work out in the present day, with our high-priced land, expen• sire labor, and market problem.. Es - cry one says the farmer is cut it led to all he call make. yet how can he know hither he is getting it or not w lou he doesn't know whither the cows are paying or not, or if so whether they are bringing in the largest returns pos. elide. If we have invested our money ie the farm and it represents just so ,ut tu..thud,, than those used by thet • forefathers, a us should not the mana:, gers lit the farm- 'liv• farm rissull and account . is thi . , barottieter which predict s . 414.11:91• or fair weatlui.r, success. moaigy, or failure. It is not so min+ whaiV toAla or I ,,,.nrnns. It is Nvhere ere! value of keeping farm records, one man cry department pay --the horse depart- we going to get elf five or ten years\ said, \It seems to me that these pro- ment, cows, hogs, men and fields; and ! i s ms .? fessora and agricultural colleges are they must pay t heir full a mount to R. A. BLANCHARD, 4 . asking altogether too much of us farm- get , the returns on the insestineid of county ere; it is enough to tell us how to our farm ma nufaetory, the same the faros, without trying to make its keep city, enterprise. Vill guesswork bring CHAS. KUHN WRITES books and accounts.\ that about ? Apply that to the busi- In a letter to the Journal, Chas. Kuhn How long would a merchant in town ness man and he says it spells failure. ,now located at 11eyser, Mout., says in be able, to run the place if it was The ineome of the farm illid the nit part - etough for him to do to try and buy :store may not lw the sa me, lint the \Von drol't need to change my ant Principle . is the same. Yet taw nu -n ft ''iii Florida 10 I A . Ctibll rg, Ind - said, \It is too much to ask a ma a to but keep ou sending in Journal have not keep books; his him& are full farm- Montana. 1 cut 224 acres of wheat tr. exhaust , the ing.\ There are some records that an ay from home. in II 1-2 days, at for this work. have shown that Many a man has his *I an aro.. and I ha 320 acres 1.. „ ioldition to the 11/1111111 . 01 f1111118 on h8 1111S on I till \f fanning. it a dri ll \'• a ' \ MP \' rmla 'howl. the Sain11 - V cii il bill now before smaller plaee would h ai •,_. pr o diu• c d as great a prof it .t it Ii nerhaps less expense. WE OFFER YOU A POLICY of flee insurance at a very reasonable cost. Better have us issue you one this very day. You are as likely as any one else to have a fire and your turn may come tonight. The pitcher that goes often to-the well is sure to be broken. If you keep on putting off the fire insurance question you are apt to be \broke\ too. Plenty have. FRF,SEMAN & MOODY. nets. In other words it .1u -du.; from $50 to *75 dollars to maintain one cow the average in \ 1 init.-sot Hence ml,. - cow itIll,L 1.11.1111•••• lia ntount t.. lie wort ii t keeping. lb... about it L. that old family tow on a eon( inurnis s -kit with A ou or is she really paying her board Th, sin oin• be worked out for the work horses. Have you more or less than is profit - able to your neeid , \! How many must the hired Illa 11 IISY to get the greatest economical pits? With the prh•c of beef arid pork Above S code, is it mak- ing more money to SCII Wheal 11114 grains front thi• farm to he ie.1101- .a 75 cent a bushel Or I's iii 114:114.1* prices caused by this great war iii Europe ? These may seem trilling iletr.ik. W.• never bothered with them before. and we would rather content tairseive- Wit ii \just farming,\ yet it is these detail , hieli iletermin.• I he lilt i ins t.' siweess of ii lamer, tIenerally 1 hose is 110 ran - not find the five or ten minutes each day to find out ii hat I heir farm is alit ing lilt Una t ely spend !Hairs of remorse and regret, and some t bought ohne- over sonworie elsc's saw. , Farming is a blIsinea.s and needs care- ful business methods. This is the fign Of arefillliZalintl. The other 1111-•1110.- , a , lutist' found that nol and apply differ - 15 f e 35 lit a w ls to tin.- acre without pus- rain after the iirst of .1 s. old ‘ ,11 , lit-, los. !well I in - illys .1 11 Ynal • sine,' 1907. I lull going tnt buile .1 1111111 near (Ii,' 1111 , 1 1111kr t ROBERT S. FORD, PIONEER, DEAL Lica( Van- I /, I. I Robert s. Ford a pioneer banker and for 50 years resident of Montana, rIled today, age. vi-:tr. Ile .seu . ...d as a repri•sentathe in Ho territorial legislature front Choutervi and Meagher countien, being a menthe! for three ti•rnis. Ile was formerly out of he largest eat I bonen in Montana and founded the Great Falls Nationa hank, of which he was president mLi, titan 95 sear- agti. Ile was a ilemocrati. leader in this sect ion and us di.h.gat t. the tint iona I -'ttunuttirnpi in 190S. Tu*1 ..141 , 1, Lee M. ;Ind Slink:A, siii it,' 111111 Itririal us ill be made Satiirda ,, , UNSURVEYED LANDS IN MONTANA The Slave!. itt -I :eriemill of the I - nit ed Stales La riot Ipt-m' at 1Vashiligton, Ii C., ad. Ise. 11, : 'It not beenuse of lack of fonl.. that the 'musess in Montana are being. made. as Iii'- a ppropriat s l• Ins I eagle , . tor t 'iis ...irk ha.. not yet been esti:in--list They say liii polies of the department is tip make the cor- VI II it'll ri T . i;i'reat ion lar sii -It ey , by bona fide resuilt•nt a of the arious tote - 11 , 101n.. and solo li been numerous enough both political parties herein mentioned available appropriations that the viohitien of the law by any I erindidate or eleet or lie prompt ly re- ported, *in 11111I I he eandidate or elec- tor so violating the lam may be pun - 1 .. 111.• hydrae contains it large a ppropria !ander fie corrupt practices act., ft w this work, but 1 he dips rlttnint the Ismaili fur the violativii of, which ad' only proceed to make the eurvess La obese sot oul.--Ade. - Bien application for them by the bona Dated this 1st day of October, 1014. The realdents (if the different lown• THE REPUBLICAN\ COUNTY CEN- f thrills. Therefore, the thing to do is THAI, i n i o liaise these residents of the various Py If ult . \ .. I I •. t.stillip‘s jut NIontana located in un- Dv II. R. STEVENS, Siieretaty. airsey ed territory uslio, will be bele:- Bed by the surveys, make appielation o the local of (lit, or direct to the &- ailment her., and the department will Is ahead and make the surveys. The rtilcials here say they can See no rea- on for making the surveys in Montana .r luny othi.r state just for the sake of :nowing that the lands ha ve been slur - It is of the greatest importance that the people throughout the istat nailer - land tlw importance of starting these upplicatioris for surveys ta the eivrii• fy,a, passible date. THE DI -;Ml WIZ STU' I tOCN - IN CEN 4 TRAL COMMITTEE. MARSHALL., By Chairman. good price. Peter Van sold 15 steers at $7.75 the hundred, and there were ehipments from the Nullinger, Render - hider, Skelton, Franklin, Patterson, Idol. key and Vincellette herds, all of which brought prices as good or better than the average of'the market, a thing that suggests the quality must have ben rather high on the average. -Great Falls Tribune. OWNERSHIP OF CASCADE COUNTY HOMES The United States Census depart• merit at Washington has just issued a bulletin dealing with the ownership of CASCADE COUNTY RANCHERS SELL Cascade county homes. The. important LARGE AMOUNT OF STOCK ON 'facts contained in the bulletin relntive THE CHICAGO MARKET to this county are as follows: Cascade county was us ell represented There are 5,588 homes in Cascade at the Chicago veldt market last week county. and the prices obtained by the men Farm Homes making the shipment were generally Of this number 1,430 are farm homes, very satisfactory. Arthur R. Johnson anti 7S1 of the farm homes are owned of Spion Eno tended the signal honor of by their occupante and nee free of mort- a-world'e recur(' fur rnitge..atcara i gaged intganbranact• Tile mortgitgtd cording to the Market reports. There farm homer; number 179. Renters oc.• a ere iel ent I id THE CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT ber se lee or the Chien guP oupy 157 farm homes in this eminty. aiarlset hs the Cane/tile shiple•rs The follou mg are paragraphs taken ind Urban Homes 1.11.• lllll 1101141% the MON It (Illi of a total of 5,5s9 homes in the rom the ...erupt practice , act -f Cie sold -Jock for ii doren iron( comply. 1.155 are urban homes. dectien In ws of t la. slate of Montana : h i - -retes t . There Sri' ',fill() urban hone. °Wiwi Treating, Mricing Gifts, Etc. Robert Johnson of Spion hop lied 30j in the. county. Of this number 293 are \Section 201. Any person or candidate head en the market that brought nn mortgaged, and 1,557 of the urban who shall pit her by himself or bv any 0 ,,,A ragc of *s..25 per hundred pounds. owned 140mes are free of inceimbrance. 'ti l er person, eifher b e for e or after an .1. O'lha ra of (les. ser sold 45 head There an. 2,021 rented urban homes 1(.0 ion., 1c 5' hilr si ft It persan or can• Monti oof us hid ] brought very clo.se to in the countv. .lidate is seeking a nomination or elee- th e *Is a hiiiidred mark. Hon, tlinsily i ireet ly give or pro Perri- Bra sers sold 53 steers al 1,1.7.111) inn T s i et te qi c ri! en d Ati a/ s a eprifUrTaPIrl:itnal; o s were u ‘ nYn a e b r ie ' \I\ • 11\. . 1 4 \ • \ \ liv \1 1 \ 1 1 \ ll, lie Imisinsi polio In, 011 le A11.11- 111% Thii. I ship of a small percentage of both the !sons,- uni gil ing or p r ,,, e h in „. any inc.0 , red of at member of touts at a rural end urban homes in this counts - . it mlm,iik. 1.1 of e•rlaiiiitiptil nor 101 liquors, 1 . 10111'S on In liar..., to or for A nA- person for a.. Intriske of ma- with intent or hope v Cascade County Farmers ) Exchange influence that per•Ami or any outlier kJ r upb ea son to gise or retrain from 111 UNDERWEAR! UNDERWEAR! UNDERWEAR! Which do you prefer, pneumonia or underwear There is no use trying to put off wearing heavy un- derclothing. They should be put on, and that \at once.\ The cold, frosty days are here. Days that bring with them much discomfort to those who are unprepared in the matter of warm underclothing. Never have we shown a better and more com- plete assortment of underwear than at present. Keep Jack Frost from taking you in his chilly em- brace by wearing the proper sort of underwear. COUGHIAN BROS. & CO. so?,' at • li - t 11. 111 fol candidate 'Sr point. a 1 part y ket . or Ulna sin 4' 1 f000re t 1,rt/.1•• • r r an ae 11.11111 OP 1.11 lo per l or ativ oothoo'r person has no?, s rot or refrained fo oons soling tor ans. 111101111a I 1. Or the ill\ 11iilal.•A or ally ica I part on gi runt inn or merkiire lit•fore tine peo- ple. or beino about to sote or refrain from sob ing at such election shall be fnuilty of treat ing. Evens- elector who H ceept s or takes any , 11C11 Meal_ mutt ert a inment . provision, clothing, li• gums., ei:irs or tobacco shall also be •Joilly if Ii cat ing; nn.I aecept am, -hall he V1111111.1 1.P 1'113 Iii sole and 1 roojeo 1 ing his s mutt' on a ntitin 1 1. - Pentit ies 'S. el ion hoever s i4/13 te , ins polvkitoil of I }lig art. the putti'Mmen I for Sn hielt nel spweif iest Ily pro. idled Its . 1 , la sr. shall oel eons lel ion lw punished is imprisonment in flue coon Is jail for not ini•re I halt inw yesii. or lil• .1 fill.- 1.1 111.1 re Ibis tn t5,i.4i4t,r.r It hot Is -op It hit and imprisonment The aloos o• paragraph- are quote:4 foot ' the benefit of ea nol ioial awl s ooters. It u.ill be !Well by the pare gran Wei quid that the -.tor or voter. as well as the candidate. is guilt y if he aecepts ..ov 1111 111111,1 in Tiara ;i ph t went y 191i. above ; both man - S and elni•lors are therefore halite ollr. ler lii , pros i-ion-o of the yowl mot art joys AO soot \tot Shoos e. I r C celipp'v rernono to e- of booth the republiean and dein., .1 1 it . Ion ve taken stand that ml,, lass , 11..III.1 till , erS1'11 tiler P111.0. .11S s i.1131i.11- , of I he ' , Pirtle PS11(.11111 111' • . 1(41,1 are! I he part ie.( s (oolat lug the 11.1111islo . 41; feir I hail r,.ssoii eareesi to tie euhli -lied the also , 1 t i• II , Of the Itnun. a nil ask all elei • 1•1 t,, their part in ' lass . anol it lot earnest ly : Iro o' by the vent il commit lees of Dein %Vt. or .%ge P.enuirks Otu 'sir High gra buill eel. For breeding purrei , i. Poland 1_111118 boars !slay ferrous. 1 nolo , I.. . e s. It Yr. Good cow, nepc milking I.. lo/nr: 8Yr. I l'irs111;: 1113 re tient he, supprnsesi to be E. F. Lynette, in foul to Aueoe.t. Cascade. 1 Internal lanai I feed grinder 8 -inch burr, in good eon - n but little used. :M. Sr rs tank pump. I Duroc-Jersey boar 2 Duro, Jersey Boa rs 20 fiilts 1 Team geldings I 1 hifia•-.1. linar 2 him rAev boars 1 eolli.• male pops It. I. Reo-Jer , *,n krro 1 ell hew:. 1 .1 1, 3/. , y bell calf I l'. to..1 t hina tuna! hit t,nu - -.i, - r\ - r lona ri 1 .1.•rse. bull 1 Pi - n. - •1 NI r,, 2R00 ; I Yr. 15 Mo. 4 Mo. Wants to trade, pure bred. .1. A. Olsen, Fr For -sale 1, Ft. Shaw. W. II broke and gentle. ‘, . 1 \i11u .-r pe . digree, good Sam C. King, 1,„1 19 Wks, one for one Phiotut of like breeding and Spring Creek. lei Wks. Pure lured, from good work- ing -tork-*10.90 each. I• M. roll blood. .1.•lin Willie nison, Ha ynef ord. Lin lbs. Pore blood Ha rry Arm d ring, Anninoztooto. Registered pig. of la -4 C. A. Poek. March and Nlay ferrous-. Simms. •Yr. Full blood, not regie• Maurice Callan, I ere& Monarch. Ilarir; 8 Yr. Registered v.111 cell or Chas. tidia excitation. Ereat Falls. WANTED About I I It. nipshire breeiling ewes, Boy or trade. E. F. Lyinan, Ca 5e:01e. I hi • , 1 , 114inti , list Y rebiinhest by the inoint .1grienllitrii-t in onicr in lining lb.-. - '. Are in 11 , /..i of hogs, n • a ros. A...1 awl Ilic general itt nvu on the farm in eloser toonelt st it h othere who hasp 111,41\ thing , for disposal ; to offer a meiliiiiii e pig.. a ii.1 help I he farmer, of cio.eade Cellists% In no soo as is Me lontolislier is -Tonsil& for 11 . 0 lqt Volt r neighbor \.\1 II.1 ill his run liwreased eircu- mean , more eflienowy. This i free to si un, The .Igierulturist tnakes oe nii it. If ynot like the idea, talk it op; it is all experiment in this collets. N. At pribli.:itien is Nov. lst. us if you bus,' .4.1.1 the above .1. ou. awl lio sale , . The alno.• list will mit appear 111 sulAcquient issues un- I. A li-I Ili, -up, agA Send nor vow- 1110 all ha\ n'iii la - glinl MIT fa 1111 ital. Inn. 1A - I 1 .• Boost.
