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The Moore Independent (Moore, Mont.), 08 Dec. 1921, located at <http://montananewspapers.org/lccn/sn85053320/1921-12-08/ed-1/seq-1/>, image provided by MONTANA NEWSPAPERS, Montana Historical Society, Helena, Montana.
` 1. 1. ,t ,› A The Volume SeVen Moore i i1tsrtcal Spelly M. 131 414tered as second-class matter January Independent 12, 1916, at the post office at Moore, Montana, under the Act of March 3, 1879\ 32 in S Moore, Fergus County, Montana, December 8. 1921 MICKIE, THE PRINTER'S DEVIL oo)41* You Go eALum' IAN OLE HOW& Towm A \‘A‘erc SToebrrom AI)41' SO Suau.) 114 LAST eemsuS RAD A PoPuLtbrnom '1449% \MOORE IN OTHER DAYS\ Taken from the files of the Inland/ Empire fifteen years ago this week. William Gardon closed a deal last week for the purchase of the G. M. Stafford harness shop at Moore, He will continue the basineas along the same lines and in addition wit. do repaixiaag of boots and shoes. '‘ i . droaght-stricken areas. Total Moore is to have another neIW'• collections up to November 15 business firm. R. A. Harlow%pd amounted to $286,000, according M. S. Gunn of Helena, and C. to returns reported by represen- \V. Thurston have ineorporated tatives of the United States De - the Harlow -Thurston compai v, I partment Sf Agriculture, who t fr , with a capital stock of f $200 ., are handliag the work at the The business of the ,Comi ' T. .). temporary field office established will be a general one, dealingt in or the'apurpose at Grand Forks, farm lands and town property., North Dakota. ., ranching, livestock, merchatylis— ra About 14,t)00 farmers received tug, operating water supply,' for Goverrnent aid in the form of irrigation and power purposes, dealing in securities. The com- pany will take over the Elston and Norris ranches which will be cessive had crop years financial . Seed Grain Loans, and Grasshop- was one of the best and largest devoted principally to hay aficr conditions among the farmer n per Control, ever held in the state. Over 800 grain. ,li the stricken dregions have •pa In above and other projects -men and women enrolled for the very serious; many of them iad County Agent took an active week. d credit i d their t h A'xauseer cre an w - pat t. On Exchange work County A- land. They will lease their ranch una. ta hle to purchase seed for op Demonstration: Realizing - . here. ... _4 -planting crops this year. The the need of pure seed, the Crops / ! FeciJi*al Government came to committee thru cooperatien se - B tra to Mr. and MN. Christ- : their .; let with a credit of cured a number of farmers to ophe.rson, a bouncing girl. They $ 2, 000 ,0 to be applied by the grow registered seed. About NS Departnfent of 15(X) bushels are now available for distribution in the county. More attention w es al:o (it \ I,1«1 to production of corn as a fedder crop and substitute for fallow. Livestock Irr pros ereeet: Mere high quality pure bred stock was purchased by our breeders than ever before. The first liveastock demonatrat in teur ever conduct ed in Central Montana was one of the features. On a three day trip eighteen pure bred livestock farms were visited. 1500 discs of free blackleg var- eine were distributed to snick - H. B. Lapham and family iet Moore, Wednesday, for Mary - reside on the Sxeetland ranch. Unfted - Agriculture. [Ten years ag,) this week .1 Within 20 days after the pass - The big subscription centes.t,' age of t4ise aat the department for the Ilean/. m 1 Empire starts tf liii perlected an organization with a ill lip. Fifteen eoit and began olnake loans to the ants have already entered. ..a farm& rs. return the farmers Work on the remodeling of the gay° proAissOrta notes on the old Denton building on Fergie.; cmthe to be grewA frvi the seed A Ne . 'nu' haa been started. The n:iyable November 1. P . Early in building is now exiled b y j o h r ,.1 ictobex repayments began corn saeron and the north half will He:. in, z'ad the wark of callect- be fitted up and u.aal by him as , irig the loans has g.Ine stesa.dily an up-to-date barber slain while forward since, in spite of the the other part will be rented for fact that the farmers are in but little better positien now than ahoy were last year. The crop' , men. Mrs. Adanes, a he has been housekeeper ler F. A. Bacon . - have been (silly fair this year, ' Farm Economies: Two Farm • with partial failures in many Account Book Schools; were held his ranch, made a complairitt, against r. B ic in allegin e -13 place , 4, and as a result the bor- to assist farmers in keeping Mg , , he hail ct m nitted assault and rewers are in financial straits • simple farm account system. , • a vim One Farm Loan Association battery. He was arraigned ams • e r was organized and much in form - From reports received at the _ ation sent out relative 11§ other Dlstrict Farestera office, Port- farm credit problems. land, Oregon, a total of 100 fo Marketing: The County Farm rest \ Bureau has taken the leading other purposes. attE3tAilits PAYING OFF SEED LOANS In the face of another unfavor- able crop year farmers of the Northwest are gradually repay- ing the Government the loans for seed advanced them early this year as an emergency measure made necessary by three years of total or partial crop failure in - a j W Charka ament tisemoator Sligit\e tillata Number 4 ANNUAL REPORT OF COUNTY AGENT CARL PETERSON The County Extension Work- ers are required each year to submit by the first of December a complete report of their activi- ties during the year past, which report contains also a general summary of the activities of the Farm Bureau of the county. Space does not permit a detailed report in these columns, but a general outline and summary is given. The activities of the County Farm Bureau for the past year centered around the following projects: Marketing, Boys and Girls Clubs, Field and Forage Crops, i icluding demonstrations on how est to control soil blow- ing and ieeds on summer fallow loans from the $2,000,000 made land, Livestock Improvement, available t y Coneress for their Rodent Control, and two special relief. As a result of three suc- emergency projects, Federal is now out on bail until his heat - ii g A Liens is in th Kew hotel under the care of Dr. Dav- id. Frank Isaacson and Gee. W i l- son are in t he city jaion misde- meanor charges the coin p1 at n t I hese reports are from only 13 which has successfully handled of t he 22 national forests but in- it.:ging that the each drew nearly a million buhels of its Idicate, iorest officers say, that a checks when they had no funds ! far greater percentage of forest members wheat. in the bank. They were brot be- . Plans for livestock, poultry and fore Judge Detrick and g i ven fires are caused each year by SIX months in the county jail and cigarettes and cigar stabs and ' matches than is generally suppos ites of the house of fined $100. Inc mm tires in Oregon and Washington during 1921 were due to smokers. ill f one were brought before the, cammemorate his 48 birthday. judge and gave bonds for their appearance later. Young Allie Bacon was arrest- ed this afternoon on a warrant C I vgitiehi n with p !tit larceny. A. Scott has rented the new Schuyler Heald residence. A pleasant surprise was given Uri: Barrett last. Sunday, by the .1. R. Pyles, John Clark and Wm. Mel 10 nell families to suitably The water mains were given their first teat today and proved to loi in very good order. . B inn to Mr. and Mrs. Cornell', a son. Elm the nine year old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Bowen, who reside two miles southeast of this city, died early Tuesday morning after an illness of about six weeks. part in developing the Montana Wheat Growers' Association, dairy products marketing are be- ing considered. B iys' and Girls' Clubs: This is one of the m ist imp irtant proj- ects carried out, by the County Extension Service and Farm Bureau. From an educational standpoint this is one of the hest movements ever inaugurated in gent also assisted with Exten- sion Schools in Wheatland and Jadith Basin Counties. Emergency: County Agent as- sisted 123 farmers in Fergus and Judith fiasin Coimties to _secure $13,546 of federal seed loans with which to plant spring crops. Fairs and Shows: The Farm Bureau thru its Fair committee took an active part in manage- ment. of Centra.I Montana Fair, secaring many needed improve- ments, increasing the premiums effered and secured as a result increased entries and attendance Count y Agent assisted at. iunty, state and other shows in the state, either .as a judge, aoperintendent of department, or in charge of exhibits. Soil Democrat rations: Sell blow- ing b ena re2 ot the chief prob- lems o maection with the pro- d iation itf winter wheat on sum- merfallew, three tillage imple- trent demonstrations were held, attended by 280 farmers. Thes . e demonstrations were conducted ueder actual field conditions en - ;Oiling farmers to determine the relative merits of various types el surface tillage implement-. irrow drill demonstrations were also conducted which prov- ed successful in preventing soil blowing.. Miscellaneous: Under this head may be grouped general office and routine work. 354 visits were made by agent. 1875 office calls were made on agent. A grand total of 75 meetings were held in the county, \attended by 5858 people. 1833 personal letters were written, 83 circular letters with a 'total of 5569 copies of the county. 610 boys and girls ' aame mailed. 2473 circulars and enrolled, 400 of these cempleting helletina were distributed 1204 projects and the club exhibits telephone calls were answered. from this county were among the IL], articles written for press of features at both Central Montana the county and 72 for Farm Bur - and State Fairs. , o;r1 News. County Agent travel - Rodent Control: This prejec: l ee 10,137 miles by auto ;led 2088 included the followup work in hy railroad during the twelve control of goahers and prairie l menth period just ended. The Ole Home Town Meets Its Waterloo ..1EST lolow OLE HoME 'TOWN AIM\ NEVER GOING :la BE AS B1GE NEWS ABOUT THE SCHOOL API-EV ybk..)61-4P.er -41044 NATIONAL -WORKER BEI E dogs. 8,000 pounds of county, The boys' and girls' teams Miss Lida M. Herrick, Nation- state and federal bait were dis_ journeyed to Judith Gap Friday at Lecturer for the \V. C. T. ft, d met the Gap quintets. The tributed to farmers in the county an was a visitor in 1\loore from an estimated saving of $40,000 games were fast and hotly con- & tested thruout. The results were Tuesday noon until Wednesy in crops is a resalt of this pro- noon ard we venture to say ti ; t 10 to 9 in favor of our girls team jecy. never has Moore r«Tived note d an 19 to 18 in favor of our boys. Insect Control: Grasshoppers real inspiration for the moral ue- became a menace in a few locali- The boys' and girls' basket lift of the whole town than was lies of the county the past year. ball teams go to Stanford Dec- given it by Miss Herrick's fine County Agent was authorized by ember 17th to play their teams. uplifting talks. The student body state and county officials to assist We hope our teams are as sue - of the school, both boys and farm . t.s in c mtroling the pest cessful as they were in their girls, receiNo d a rneio-age of wherever it was deemed advis- first games of the season, moral uprightness : r d social able. About 4S OM pounds of One or two decisions were pro - purity that we feel sure was poisoned bait was prepared and tested by the Gap. Every play - deeply instilled and will bear distributed on approximately , er on our teams enjoyed the trip good fruit. Her telk to the 5600 acres of grain land, saving land highly commended the fine appreximately $27,000 of crops, treatment accorded us by the besides considerable saving in the 'Gap players and fans. purchase of supplies. Mrs, Morrow visited high Extension Schools: The annual school Tuesday morning. Farmer's week held in coopera- We once more ask the parents tion with the County High school to vuiit our school as often as possible. It is your duty as a parent to visit the school and get in touch with the work your boys and girls are doing. You are welcome to visit our classes at any time but to ins - ure your doing some visiting we are going wilt to inaugurate a plan whereby set their aim at a higher, loftier ideal be now and then certain days are cause of her help sot aside as - Parent's Day\ iii and presence among us. n certain classes. Next Wednes- day will he observed as \Parents The menthly meeting of the Day in English 1 class from 9:45 American Legion Auxiliary will to 10:30. Arrange to set aside meet on Tuesday, Decernher 13, that m irning for visiting school. at 7:30 p. n it the home ef Dr. Gracia Fogle and Basil Brown and Mre .1 R S uteri. The B\. enrolledin high school this week_ gion boys are also invited arrti A big picture show will be giv- urged to to' it It In full number. en at the school house Friday Alice B. Hensley, President. night, December 30th. An extra - musical program. lea;ons for one week: Ervin Miss Herrick, a - national W. C. Weinheimer, Paul Pelliam, Har- i'. U. warker, visited our school l u ll Lice, Wufter ('lark, Myrtle Tuesday and Wednesday and nit's, \far .on Barreson, Harold g tve ,00teral interesting and in- i Nipp, Lyal David, MArcelIa spirational talks to our boys and Wherley, Itmehart Neap, Thomas Birch, Seibert I lottenstein, Mar - The following children in theiguerite !slcGletireng, .loan Math- :;ecend grade have had perfect : CA'S, Frank Dusek. I) iris Deer. mothers at the Harris home was enlightening and * brought hen e a mother's part in character building that was as illuminatir g as an yt h in g could possi by be. Miss Herrick was riot satisfied with her work as an organize r and inspirer for W. C. T. U. work but the public at large will feel sure that her work among our boys and girls was more was expected or heped for that the young people •••• gm! wow _••••2••••••••.......••••••••..—em.... than and of Moore • Give Useful Gifts A Few Suggestions FLAS111,1(;IITS Aluminum Ware Pocket Knives Electric Hat -irons — ) y x vv .. . 7 A; 17 1 i; ; i i ' ,,, \' p f . 1 7 4 '; i 7 1. • I ; TO( )1.S Auto Accessetries Caryl ri4 Sets Safety Razors MOORE HARDWARE & IMPLEMENT CO.
