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se - larly anxious that everyone in- • terested in the production of good seed should keep these dates in mind and plan to be present. Sales Agent L. T. Winslow will he present at all of these meetings to dis- cuss the marketing of alfalfa. HARDIN GRtIN MARKET was three times chosen peesi- dent of the state asso ietion of county commissioners. in ai- • dition to farming on a const•ler- able scale, he was for mans years identified with the banking in- terests of the county, being at one time president of three of the county's banks. . The past two years he has operated the War -Bow fruit farm, one mile east of Hardin, and has been a large shipper of strawberres Ile has had a wide experience in agriculture and stockraising and will bring to the oftlee he has been chosen to fill abundant ability and a thorough under- standing of the farmer's needs. MEETINGS TO BE HELD TO DISCUSS BETTER SEED Meetings are being planned in three communities for A. J. Ogaard, secretary of the Mon- tana State Seed Growers asso- ciation and also State Agrono- mist. Mr. Ogaard will discuss what constitutes good seed and the requirements for certification of alfalfa seed. This past year the Grimm alfalfa seed that was certified brought 10 cents a pound more on the market than seed that was not certified. The subject of variety tests 1 More Than 6,000 Readers Every Week. 0 0. ' I THE HAP. IN TRIBUNE-HERALII CONTINUING THE HARDIN TRIBUNE AND TIIE HARDIN HER %Lb I'OLUMIE XVIII, NO. 10 A. IL BOWMAN NAND AGRICULTURE HEAD The state senate last Satur- day afternoon confirmed the ap- • pointment by Gov. J. E. Erickson of Dr. H. A. Bolton of Helena ts,s superintendent of the state hospitot for the insane; I. M. Brandjord of Ronan as register of state lands, and A. H. Bowman of Hardin as commissioner of agriculture. The appointment of Mr. Bow- man is particularly pleasing to • the people of Big Horn county, where he has been identified with agrinetlture since shnrtly after the opening of the Crow Indian reservation in 1097, and has been one of its most enter - prising citizens. He was chair- man of the first board of C9131- rnissioners of this county. serv- ing one two-year and one three -I The proceeds from this con- 1 \ 1 ,',o• 32 77.48 48.45 9 month 7 month year term in this capaeity and 'eert and recital are to be used N o e... 14 71.90 8 month No. 17K 74.29 9 month _ No. 29 0- ••.0•••,•••••...0.1.•••••••.•• - Health and Home Seekers Headed for Montana Montana will s0011 Nvitnet;s the greatest immigration movement to agricultural sections within her borders that ,has been experieefed since the world V:.r. Inquiries to the numher of 42,000 concerning farming opportunities in the Pacific Northwest have been receivedelry- • the Northern Pacific, Great Northern and Burlington railroads as a re- sult of the million dollar joint advertising campaign put on by them during the past year. In ly.half of Montana a great deal of publicity was given during December, \Mon- tana Menth,\ Nvilen the farm journal advertising empha- sized . the slogan, \Nothing's the matter with Montana.\ A number . of Big Horn cettrity citizens have infot ne the Tribune -Herald that they have received letters from friends and relatives in the esntral states, stating that with the coming of spring they would be 'out to look over the state and partieul his county and the Big Horn, valley.' Homeseekers' t . ets are now bang offered at reduced rates by the ra roads and in the nexe two months we will probably see come the - ,cli any new feces. in our midst. Let us wet - o this great land of opportunity, heafthful .nd undeveloped resources. DEATH SUMMON 4 FATHER VIOLATORS LIQUOR C. D. Calhoun left Tuesday evening for Spokane in response to a message announcing the LAW CONVICTED death the. day before of his The entirt time of tile co.irt father, Ed Calhoun, aged 82, was - takeri up to -day (Friday) following a stroke of paralysis- in the trial of the-, ease of the a couple of weeks ago. NIre Statv vs. George A. (Casey) Wig- e Calhoun. had visited king, John Mahoney and James several times, th most recent i Suther•land, charged jointly with o, visit being a year ar o w in vie - retain of the - Tiquor Taw. The tyr • be pleasantly remembered by (te state Was represented by Couniy number here. lie is survived hy A re t n to d r a n n e ts y T b . y I1. 0 B u t i t nn rk e ez and m t a he ( id d o e x - . his wife and four sons. The funeral was to be., held ht The state's attorney showed the Imite yesterday. . iseizure of two bottles of moon- • • eshine, • by the sheriff, iind'er pRriGt _...' - wittnesses for the state. AM PREDICTS iseareh warrant, in the basement . 'under the Mahoney barber shop, H EAT YIELD and three previous q - iles Prospects are . excellent foi 'l The 'defendants denied t P PER CAPITA SCHOOL COST OF LOCAL DISTRICT Low onnial report , of the of echooIs _for Big Run county.; .rintendent of public the Tribune -Herald is enabled instruction, just off the . pre - aa: eaa contains some very intereSt'ag token from the report, showing figures as to the cost of con- the relative per capita per day another bumper wle!at crop in; sa l es ne e th e p ossesF i on o f any Montana this year, Thomas D. of the liquor offered ie evidence Campbell, owner of the world's by the state, except a linitle con - largest wheat farm, told Butte ' taming a small quantity of fl Ii - friends yesterday during a brief uor, which it was claimed, Wee visit iii the Mining city *bile left e t( * ether • with- '44-1Y11\ 411 \ carded garments by a pahron cc en route from Los Angeles --to the barbershop bath room in WaShington, 1). C. to look af', •t• the basement. The ease went business interests, says S u Anaconda Standard. Mr. Campbell, who is return- to urv the jury at 5:30 this afternoon. Just as the Tribune -Herald !s ing from a 10 weeks'press this n , e e v i e r ri t git with a e California, will visit h s i tsaimil_i going t o returned• of verdict finding the thoee de- mense ranch in the vicinity fendants guilty as charged and Hardin, Mont., today, to make fixing their punishment as fol- lows: Wilkins, $200 and 00 da 's in -Ail; Sutherland, .6100. and 60 days; Mahoney, $000 and 00 days. Edwin Bullis and HMayerman Miller The jury term of the district I ducting the schools of the state. CO of conducting the schools Vocal Quartette, \In Time\ O f the the winter in remarkable condi- court. opened Monday morning Annabelle Johnson. Jesse Wolf, I Through the courtesy of Miss of the various districts o l and give n with Judge 0. F. Goddard pee - Trombone o- a Irene Buzzetti, Dorothy Kelley INellie V. Brown, superintendent county: bumper yield, he said. Trombone solo, Patriot Polka, a large acreage of spring wheat epor s rom e ranc are 25,000 acres, sowed to winter wheat last fall, have come th ii • Disreteeers HAVING ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ONIX aiding and M. E. Hawkins, coati Edward Sullivan I Percentage Plowing on a section of land reporter; G. H. Miller. flees, Clarinet solo, Serenade Dist. Capita Per Yr. Length Term Capita Per Day Attendance Harry Huffman No. 1 $72.31 8 month .487 92.1 towards paying the expenses of the nine contestants from -liar - din to Butte and return, and everyone should show his or her interest in the schools by purchasing a ticket at the small admission charge of 25 cents. • , Sant I. Smith and Anna M. Heller, .two popular young peo- ple of the Halfway neighbor- hood, about 14 miles south of Hardin, surprised their many friends by slipping off quietly to Billings, where Tuesday morn- ing they were married by Wil- liam E., Downs, justice of the peace. The groom is engaged in farming and is an industrious young man, while the bride is the eldest daughter of George Heller, president of the Halfway Farmers' Union, and a student of the Hardin high school. Their many friends extend con- gratulations. & - TO SHOW BUTTE BIG HORN COUNTY EGGS Charles E. Potter, state club leader, together with Miss Mar- tha Eder, county . club agent, is spending today at, Crow Agency i meeting with the various gov- ernment farmers of the Crow reservation and discussing with for seed corn will also De, dis-44 4 . e . e , le emie geeeenmesta , TussTS. - • - 'fhTs Thuntar 17 1 plans for iirganiiiiig - Flsygr - crub adapted -to the growing of good work on the reservation. To. - HARDIN, BIG HOILN COUNTY, MONTANA, FRIDAY, N1A1CH 0, 1925. I _ - E 1 .0 / 4d VtitSe ift the Tribune -Herald and get results. VOLUME V, NO. 35. WOOL GROWERS ORGANIZE The Big 'Horn County Wool- growers association was o r- ganized at a meeting held in the ibasement of the Gay block Wed- nesday afternoon. U Fe Corwin of Hardin was ehosea president. and Walter Hammer cf Hardin was chosen secretery. A • com- mittee for the purpose of _pur- chasing wool sacks, salt and other supplies. comprising Matt H. Tschirgi, Ben B. Heiken and Ed Schroeder, all of Wyole, was named. The next meeting will be held at Hardin on Monday, April 6. MUSIC RECITAL AND BAND CONCERT, MAR. 13 An interscholastic music re- cital and band concert vill be given at the high school audi- torium in Hardin, Friday eve- rting, March 13, under the di- rection of Prof. W. J. Denman, head of the music department lof the Hardin ,schools. The entertainment will open with a thirty -minute concert by the Hardin School Boys' Band. followed with a music recital by the Hardin high school con- testants in the state music meet to be held at Butte, March 19, 20 and 21. The program, whi . tt the ban e will be reriered at Butte follows -a -- Pen o solo, \Andante Rondo ' Capriceiouso\ Burdette Scitiire Piano duet. Overture, William Toll 93.8 .526 93 .344 91.9 .635 89.9 . .- 113.22 9 month •89 93.9 -. DISTRICTS HAVING HIGH SCHOOL Yrs.'Accredited Hi Dist. Capita Per Yr. Length. Term School Work Capita Per Day month No. 1711 9 month 2 yr. .809 - •6 yr. .638 No. 1G $107.69 No. 27 101.17 90.99 9 9 2 9 month 3 yr. .711 •2 years at Crow Agency and 4 yealA at Hardin. It is estimated that the coste96.0%, while Treasure county of high school, per pupil, islhad the lowest, 89.7 per cent. about 45% higher than the cost The per cent of attendance of o f elementary education per Big Horn county was 93 °per pupil, cent. he has been able to buy up the state developed that after miss - In comparing the per capita It will be observed that of Morgan and Sabin interests and ing the animal, information came cost of the different counties of the three districts of Big Horn is now sole owner of the Camp - the state, as published in the county maintaining high schools to Arndt that it was in the pes- bell Farming corporation. report of the state superinten- - Community N o. 16, Hordin session of Armour. With otticera The Campbell farm, which last he went to Armour's place, idea - dent, we find that of the 65 No. 17 -II and Lodge Grass No. year yielded 600,000 bushels of counties of the state, only t4 27-Ilardinevith a four-year high wheat; 80,000 bushels of flax; tilled the steer, which Armour had a lower cost per capita than Big Horn county. Toole county had the highest annual per capita c o s t for elementary schools, $106.14, while Lake county had the lowest, $51.11. The per capita cost for Big Horn county was $65.36 per child in the elementary schools. The highest levy in the state was 68 mills, in Sheri/W - 1 county; the lowest levy was 10 mills in each of the counties of Silver Bow, Powell, Meagher and ,Deer Lodge. The highest levy in Big Horn county was 18 1 / 2 mills and the lowest was 10 mills. • Only nine of the 55 counties in the st.ate had lower levies than Big -Horn counte': seed corn but' itis necessary to determine what varieties should be grown in order to insure a mature crop tinder average . con- : ii' morrow, Mr. Potter will score Big horn county's e g g grading and candling team, Rob- ert Roush and Tony Ferguson, ditions. who are competing with the There will be a meeting at I other teams of the tate, the Wolf school Monday afternoon winner of the highest score to at 2:30, March 16th. That same receive a free trip to the state *teAhere will be a meeting at the Maschetah sehool at 7:30. There will be only one meeting for the Big horn valley and this will be at the Nine Milo hall, egg show at Butte next week where they will give demon- strations to visitors at the show. Miss Eder will have a Big Horn county booth at the egg Tuesday afternoon, March 17, at show in which exhibits o f 2:30. Mr. Ogaard is particu- graded eggs, weighing 26 ounces to the dozen, will be exhibited, the eggs being donated in two dozen lots by various farmers of the county, one dozen of each lot to be exhibited in the booth and the other to be used for d e monstratton purposes. N o rash prizes are being given to exhibitors, hut 11 'to be awarded to the best county (Friday, March 6, 192.5. booth. t The purpose of the egg Dark Northern Spring 1.55 show is to demonstrate to the Northern Spring 1.46 people of Butte, the prineiratl Dr rk Bard Winter 1.44 egg consuming center of Mini - : • school course, has the lowest addiSon to . other grains, is annual per capita cost, 890.99 ; nearly six miles square and is Lodge Grass, with a three-year tilled entirely by machinery. No claimed he had purchased from a stranger for $20, but promptly offered to return it to Arndt... The testimony of the defense course, is next with $ 101 • 17 e horses are used. on the ranch, differed but slightly from that while the per capita cost at tractors and the fleet of trucks Community, with only two years of high school, is $107.69, me m used I n operating the faem eeeding Ilardin by $16.70. The (Continued on Last Pa•_ -,e) '-'- I' per capita per day cost is: Hardin, 63.8 cents; Lodge Grass, BIG HORN COUNTY GETS 71.1 cents; Community, 80.9 cents. 'When it is considered that Hardin. had nine anti one- County Treasurer R. P. Rn , = , .. half months school „and t h e ,has received a draft for$13,112.41. other two districts but nine being Big Horn - county's share months each, and that the liar- of the revenue from stafe lends, din district maintained ' two and this sum has been anent. - high schools -four years at bar- . tioned among the various sehool slightly more than $10 higher; • • but the gasoline bill for the 90 of the state. The jury brought highest per cent of attendance, in a verdict of not guilty. The case of the state y.F. itoy Covington, charged with the burglary of a granary belonging to a Crow Indian named Pup, was the second case tried. County Attorney Burke prose- cuted and Attorneys Guinn and Maddox appeared for the de- fense. After the state had pre- sented its case, the court., on motion of counsel for defense, dismissed the action, there heing nothing more, in the coert's in and two years at Crow 'distrints of the county by minty opinion, than a strong s loss_pleion illaeefefaHaeriarMittaarpasetatt • eliateataglse7 : 1ktiseate ea is se e a F\ s ial t - efee- F ar ; - • is unusually low. 'Nellie V. Brown, • The Per motion of the county attorney. • • • eve f etipita • apportionment. is a fr.lc , - a- ehterge ofahareenee, previonsfy tion over $5.18. The Hardin dis-e filed, was dismissed, as the PV1- trict No. 17 -IT. gets nearly 1 \; 110- idence was practically the same. The case of the State vs. Fred Johnson, charged with a viola- tion of the prohibition law, was the next case tried, with County Attorney Burke prosecuting and Guinn la Maddox defending. James and Wallace Pease, wit- nesses for the stote, testified to the purchase of two bottlesof moonshine liquor from the de- fendant. The defendant's story was a denial of the evidence of the state's witnesses and a denial of ever having sold liquor la his place of business, a Lodge Gress restaurant. Mrs. Johnson denied any knowledge of the possession or sale of any liquor on the premises. After a short deliberation, the jury brought in a verdicV.of guilty and the court sentenced the defendant to 120 dart in the county jai/ and to pay a fine of $400. Big Sheep, a . Crow Indian, TOTAL $11,112.41 charged under a special - - - WOMAN'S CLUB GATHERING BITS OF to be put into spring wheat was begun a week ago with a small fleet of tractors in operation, Mr. Campbell reported. Despite a mild winter, eastern Montana has received an abundance tT Per Cent moisture and prospects are good Attend. for exceptional yields, according 93.1 93 . 6 to the wheat raiser. 91 ia new department know-n:ae the „lof real story -tellers. So many \Department of Local History, !and varied were these early -day which has to do with the his- 'reminiscenc,es that the afternoen tory of various local commum- • . 't l long enough. The ties of the state -the gathering afternoon program was as fol- up of the fascinating bits of laws: local history and tradition, un- thirds of this stim, vis,30.,.. LOCAL HISTORY FOR POSTERITY while Lodge next largest 27, re- ceivesgest por- tion. $1.560.01. Iron Springs The Montana Federation o f Hardin and Big Horn county, district V 11 .10. .) receives the small - Women's Clubs has establis:10(1 iand each could justify the claim l est portion, $36.28. County Superintendent Brown \Early Indian Tribes,\ C. H. Asbury written and unsung, that will oid Landmarks\' - A. soon be forgotten, as many of the Indian Pictures and Art1sHts. Bowman.. Ius. r (Shown on screen. Mrs. W. A. Russell) actors in these great dramaa How Hardin Came on the Mnp\ life are passing away and with them goes the original and only \Early Schools of Hardi C n ar a l n n d reliable- source of historical in- Development of Present Rankin formation. System\ Hardin's !fret Mrs. R. B. Peck wspaper\ ' To carry out this plan the \ -rtmtt I o nee r Sto - ries7 IV,..F1: -V NIr 1Taf i m arrg Club - ote'rit arls county library building 1 as t \Pioneer Work of Woman's Clubs , Tuesday afternoon, With Mrs. in Montana since 1390\ . Gar! Long as chairman, and • Mrs. W A. Russell Histhry pay In Our Public many of the first settlers were \ School's\ Rapt. R. R. Loran present and in a MO inter - ale° made the following divieion among the districts maintaining high schools, from the Melte on production tax of $112.27. Har- din No. 17 -II, $93.00; Lo•ige (anise No. 27, $1247; Community No. 16, 116.41. The apportionment of the revenue from state lands by dis- tricts, is as follows: 111st. 1, Decker Dist. 2, ri yor Dist. '3. Tron Fpri age 2 865.52 461.27 36.21 Dist. 11. IcArby . .... 202.13 14. Cominwilty„,,,,..,:.,- .841.97 Dist. 17K; 'Kirby ' - 166.43 Dist. 171-1, Hardin 11139.03 Dist. 27, Lodge Grass 1,660.01 Nat. 29, Wyola .--... 642.67 T. H. Burke, county attorney, and R. P. Gilmore, sheriff, pres- .ent in their respective etpacities. Of the 50 jurymen summoned, 36 reported for duty, oth,•rs either having been excused or escaped service. The first case tried was that of the State vs. 0. L. Armour, Mr. Campbell, whose opera- charged with grand larceny of a Eons in Eastern Montana, were, yearling steer from George for a time, by J P financed -- • - ' Arndt. County Attorney T. H. Morgan and Chas. Sabin of .the Burke appeared for the , state; Chase National bank, has raised and F. D. Tanner for the de - wheat with such success that fense The testimonyoh the '1 DRAFT FOR $13.112.49
