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• •1 elD r .• THE HARDIN TRIBUNE. VOL. II. NO. 34. HARDIN, MONTANA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, Igoe. $2.00 PER YEAR. OUTSIDE OPINIONS OF TREASURE STATE Senators Flint, Chamberlain and Pap'. ter Talk Favorably bout Montana The senatorial party which have been making a tour of the government irrigation projects, reached Billings on the 17th, and while there were banqueted at the Northern hotel by the Cham- ber of Commerce. After the banquet a number of short addresses were given by various members of the party. Among others who spoke were Senator Chamberlain of Oregon, Senator Flint of California and Senator Paynter of Kentucky, who expressed themselves as follows: Senator Flint said: \I think the act known as the 'Reclama- tion act should be changed, or amended, 'An act for the benefit of Montana and Wyoming— prin- cipally Montana.' I am forced to make this remark after what I have seen in these two states, for certainly wonders have been worked in the redernption of the s4rni-arid sections. I want to say that I am very glad that I came on his trip, that I have seen the Huntley project, which I desire to state.' is one of the best in the United 'States. Won- ders have been worked. The soil of this section is as fertile as that in any section of the union, and the results you are attaining here are most marvelous.\ Senator Chamberlain said: \I am glad indeed to have had the opportunity of visiting this . state, and of going over, the irrigation project. Great re- sults are being attained on the government project in this sec- tion of the country. You should be proud of the work done and being done. I can only say that I am astonished, for while I ex- pected much, the development has more than surprised me.\ Senator .Paynter of Kentucky, in addressing those present com- pared the valley of the Yellow- stone with the valley of the Ohio. \Your valley is 400 miles long, he said. \It is only a few years ago that Indians roamed the Ohio. The Ohio valley is not as wide or as long as is this, nor is it as fertile, nor has it as many acres of fertile soil. You have railroad facilities beyond those we poesess, for while we have dense population, the land supporting millions, we have not proportionately, the same trans- portation facilities. I have heard of your state, your people and your city, and I am glad to visit you. This is a city to be proud of, for your achievements are little short of marvelous. The wisdom of the reclamation service has been amply verified by our visit, and I want to say that I shall see more of your state, and that I shall pay more attention to this subject. Indeed gentlemen, of the two and , one- half week's trip we are making, I note that two weeks of it will be devoted to Montana, so the state has gained much in that respect. Verily, Senator Carter has opened both ends of govern- ment interest and activity in this state, and the results have more than justified the expenditure of money on these various projects where irrigation is practiced.\ Census Shows Large Increase According to estimates of R. L Polk & Co.,based on the num- ber of individuals whose names begin with \A and this method has never failed to get a result within 100 of the actual count, Billings has a population of 15,- 160; a gain of over 2,500 during the past two years, and fully in keeping with the estimate made by C. X. Thompson of the com- pany when the work of taking the census was first begun. The company will, however, be able to announce the exact number within a week. Billings is, ac- cording to Mr. Thompson, the fifth city in the state. Butte is of course thc largest city in the state, having a population of 75,520; Helena comes next with 24,246 and the estimated popula- tions of other cities are: Kalis- pell, 10,000; Livington, 8,500; Miles City, 7,890; Boseman, 7,500. According to Mr. Thompson every section of the state has grown. at an astonishing rate during the past two years and the prospects are that the eastern part of the state will about double the population during the next five years. The greatest growth by counties has been in Yellowstone county, which is largely accounted for by the way in which Laura), Broadview, Huntley and Hardin have pros- pered, and by number of new settlers who •have made their homes in the Lake Basin country and on the ceded portion of the reservation. Carbon county has shown the second. largest per- centage of growth and other counties of the eastern part of the state have made more pro- gress than those of the western. The taking of the official United States cencus will begin some time ,next month but the population of the various cities and counties will not be determined for months to come. DURUM COMPARED WITH TURKY RED Professor Olin Gives an Estimate of Value Together With Advice to Growers. No. 11 of the Dry Farming Congress Bulletin has just been received at the headquarters of the congress in the Orpheum block. This is a particularly in- teresting number of this valuable publication containing an illus- trated article on \Pulverizing the Soil to Prevent Evaporation,\ the illustrations showing how the Campbell system of soil cul- ture Is applied and its effect up- on the soil. An instructive arti- cle by Prof. W. H. Olin, vice president of the Dry Farming congress, gives his estimate of the value of Kubanka durum wheat. Professor Olin says: \I find it to be the most drouth resistant wheat which I have tested at the Colorado experi- mental station, I believe it to be the most desirable spring wheat for the farmer on the non -irriga- ted lands. \I am indorsing this wheat for Colorado conditions where winter wheat has not proven satisfactory I frankly believe that Turkey Red winter wheat should be grown on the non -irrigated lands wherever it is successful, since it has a market at every station, a Colorado miller pays from 3 to 4 cents per 100 premium for this wheat because of its high milling quality. \When durum wheat comes out from under the millers' ban, as I yet believe it will, then I say, 'Grow durum wheat on the non-irrgated lands over the semi- arid west, and lots of it.' \To the farmer who contemp- lates growing this wheat,I would urge the following suggestions: \1. Get it into the ground as eerily in the spring as climatic conditions will permit CROW INDIANS LEASE PASTURE Income From Lands Nearly Three Times Greater Than Ever Before Commissioner of Indian Affairs Valentine has announced the fol- lowing awards on bids for pas- turing cattle and sheep on the Crow Indian reservation for the year beginning February 1, 1910, Pastures Nos. 1 and 2 were awarded to the Spear Bros Cat- tle company of Sheridan, Wyo., for the sum of $53,650 per an- num as compared with $18,501.27 received as rental this year. No. 4 was rented to C. M. Bair of Billings, Mont., for $33,- 750 annual rental. This pasture brought $7,000 last year. Pasture No. 6 was awarded to J. E. Edwards & Co., Forsyth, Mont., for the sum of $8,000 per annum as compared with $2,500 received last year. This is the first opening of bids by the In- dian office under Commissioner Valentine's plan of letting graz- ing lands on Indian reservations under seal bids. It resulted in obtaining almost three times the arndunt heretofore received by the Indians of the Crow reserva- tion. \2. Seed 10 per cent more to the acre than you did with Tur- key Red winter wheat, because the kernel is much larger. \3. Practice summer tillage upon the ground you expect to seed to durum w i heat so that you will conserve the moisture. \4. Do not expect more than 25 bushels to_ the acre as a crop yield. Under the most favo conditions the highest yield re- ported in Colorado is 48 bushels. The lowest yield which I have ever known in Colorado is 10 to 12 bushels.\ The Dry' Farming Congress Bulletin is the official newspaper of the congress and is issued semi-monthly. It is sent free to every member of the congress in good standing. Members, who have paid the annual fee of $1, also receive the Handbook of In- formation, which contains the proceedings of the last session of congress and the statistician's report. —Billings Gazette. My Creed [The following is taken from a card purcli.t-ed at Header's drug store—It sounds good tA) u-. \Do not keep the alabaster boxes of your love and tender- ness sealed up until your friends are dead. Fill their lives with sweetness.. Speak approving, cheering words while their ears can hear them, and while their hearts can be thrilled and made happier by thein; the kind things you mean to say when they „are gone, say before they go. The flowers you mean to send for their coffins, send to brighten and sweeten their homes before they leave them. \If my friends have alabaster boxes laid away, full of fragrant perfumes of sympathy and affec- tion, which they intended to break over my dead body, I would rather they would bring them out in my weary and troubled hours, and open them, that I may be refreshed and cheered by them while I need them. I would rather have a plain coffin without a flower, a funeral without an eulogy, than a life without the sweetness of love and sympathy. \Let us learn to annoint our friends beforehand for their burial. Post-mortem kindness does not cheer the troubled spirit. Flowers on the coffin cast no fra- grance backward over life's weary way.\ $8,000,000 Wool Clip Eight million dollars is the estimated yalue of the Montana wool clip this year, taking the average price as 20 cents and the total output at 40,000,000 pounds, which is the estimate of the wool buyers, the last of whom left for the east today, J. R. Patterson of Cavalry company, Boston. W. R. Sheldon, general agent of the Wisconsin Central in Mon- tana with headquarters here, re- turned last night from a three months trip to the wool shipp- IN points of the state, and he says that the wool buyers esti- mate the Montana clip at 40,000,- 000 pounds which will exceed the Wyoming clip by from a million to a million and a half pounds. . \ a few thousand pounds of this season's clip remains in Montana at present,\ said Mr. Sheldon today, \and this will all be shipped out by the end of the week. This season has been the most prosperous in many years for the Montana flockmaster, and they are all in fine condition to withstand a hard winter. \The Montana clip was un- usually large this year, in fact, probably the biggest ever pro- duced, and it was caused by the depression last year, when flock - mast* held their animals over rather than sell them at prevail- ing prices. From what I saw and heard, I believe that this season's clip will stand as the re- cord for this state; that owing to the settling of the range and the retirement of many sheep grow- ers from business, that next year there will be a great decrease in the total clip.\ —Republican Pie - MONTANA A RICH STATE Yellowstone County Ranks Fourth in • Land Value. The value of Montana's land area subject to taxation, exclusive of city and town lots, is $54,- 926,401, according to the reports of the various assessors of the state. Beaverhead county alone isiexcepted, that county not hav- ing submitted a report to the board of equalization on this sub- ject. Yellowstone county has fourth place in assessed value. Those exceeding this county are as follows: Flathead — Acres, 1 , 2 8 2 , 058 value, $5.298,385; average per acre, $4.15. Cascade—Acres, 1,006,014; val- ue, $4,922,008; average per acre, $4.90. Fergus — Acres, 1,223, 958:value, $4,573,796; average per acre, $3.95. Ye 4 llowstone — Acres, 922,106; 'va,lue, $4,190,966; average per acre, $4.20. Land in Carbone county is as- sessed higher than any other county in the state, assessed val- ue per acre being $8.05. Church Notice. Sunday School at 10 a. m. Divine worship at 11 a. in. Subject—The art of Specializing a Divine Duty, An An- cient Custom, a Modern Effort. Text Luke 10:42. Christian Endeavor society meets every Tuesday eve 7:30 and Ladies Aid every other Thursday at 2:30 p. m. Everybody invited. •ServiCes at Foster and Dunmore alternately every other Sunday at 3 p.m. It is safer on your way to eternity to submit your indifference and pride to the influence of Christ's truth than to submit this truth to the influence of your indigerence and pride.—Axel M. List your property with The Mitchell Real Estate Agency. G. H. 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