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The Sanders County Independent-Ledger (Thompson Falls, Mont.), 22 Aug. 1918, located at <http://montananewspapers.org/lccn/sn86075282/1918-08-22/ed-1/seq-6/>, image provided by MONTANA NEWSPAPERS, Montana Historical Society, Helena, Montana.
SANDERS 00IIIITT INDEPENDENT -LEDGER FIRE FINDERS AID THONGS ARE HUMWOONG ON FOREST RANGERS CHOcAGO STOCKYARDS . t CLEVER INVENTION ADOPTED BY UNCLE SAM TO LOCATE PRECISE DANGER SPOT Lookout, High on Mountain, With the Aid of Unique Instrument, Can Spot the Place Where Flames Are at a Distance of Many Miles; Fire Fighting Kits. High up at the lookout stations on the highept peaks in the Montana Rockies the forest rangers during the summer and fall months are on con- stant watch for forest fires. This has been an especially bad summer for forest fires and the losses in the Bitter Root and some other sections of the state have been very heavy. To an untrained watcher, the sight of a column of amoke rising some- where in the distance, perhaps 60 miles away, would give little idea of where the fire had started, and it would take him a long time to locate the blaze and get word to the pro- per supervisor so that firefighters may be sent out. But the trained forest ranger knows how to locate the fire accurately and quickly. For determining the exact loca- tion of the fire, a unique instrument, something like an engineer's transit, called a fire finder, is used. It is the invention of William B. Osborne, Jr., forest examiner. A perfectly level cedar base board, a lower plate of soft gray steel, an upper place of steel which revolves about the lower plate—this much Is easy—but from there on the parts are a little more complex. But, to locate the fire, the ranger simply squints through a tiny hole and brings the pointer on the other side to bear on the smoke. He then knows the fire lies somewhere on the line of the steel ribbon running across the map which is drawn on the lower steel plate. The exact distance on the line is estimated by a compari- son of the topographic features along the line of sight with those shown on the map. Another method consists in putting a strip of celluloid around the edge of the map, and after sighting the fire, releasing a spring which sup- ports a pencil whichalrops and runs along, platting the contour of the land in that vicinity. This method, determines the actual name of water shed or mountain side on which the fire is located, and may be used at ' night. The Osborne fire finder is used in! forest service offices throughout the entire United States. Preparations for ghting forest fires have been made at the fire of- fice, and emergency kits, food ra- tions, implement's for fighting fires' and other fire fighters' necessities are being sent out to the various su- pervisors for use when the occasion arises. Camping kits made up in different sizes, to save the firemen time and trouble, have been worked out by the forest service; the ma- terials are purchased by the forest office, and the completed kits sent out over the district. The kits are as compact and as light in weight as possible. In the two-man kit, which weighs only four and one -quarter pounds, is contained three quart pails, one fry- ing pan, two cups, knives, forks and spoons. - The six -man kiCcontaina four pails of varying sizes, three frying Pans, three plates, six cups, six knives, \These are busy days around the stock yards at Chicago,\ writes C. 0. Robinson, of Clay, Robinson & Co., In a letter to a Montana stock grow- er. \The Beason is early, the cattle shipments are heavy and the prices are wonderful. Records are being broken almost daily in one line or another. We have never had a year like it in the 42 year. our firm has been in business. I wonder if we ever will see another such season. \Every morning when I go down to the yards and see the tremendous activity that reflects the fact that our country is in a great war, I wish more of my Montana friends were here to see the sight. It would in- terest any stockgrower. \We have hundreds of stockmen in Montana who have been shipping to us for years and year's. It is in- teresting to talk old times ever with them and recollect some of the mar- kettions of the old days. They wer° ly different days, too. This is the millenium, al- most, for never were there better market conditions than there are this summer and will continue to be this fall. It will help to make up for some of the lean years that I can re- call. In High Gear \Our force at the Chicago head- quarters is going at top speed these days. Constantly in touch by tele- phone and telegraph with our ten other branch houses, we have to keep at our finger tips the market condi- tions at each place. This enables us to inform our customers, who wire us by hundreds every week, which mar- ket will realize them the most money. It also gives us a chance to advise them whether it is best to sell local- ly or forward stock on which they have received bids. \In Chicago we handle our cattle in three different departments as follows: The native steers are sold in one division—cows and heifers in another, and range cattle in the southwestern part of the yards where they can feed and rest without being disturbed. We have a special sales- man for each grade of cattle, and they are all experts. When it comes to handling range cattle, it takes a practical man with wide experience and knowledge, as on account of the long distances this class of cattle are driven and shipped they often arrive at market in a very gaunt condition and unless a salesman is an expert he is very apt to overlook a bunch of range cattle and not give them ci edit for being as good as they really are. The First Shipment \Our original firm, J. M. Robinson & Co., began handling range cattle in 1876, in fact, this was the first year I ever saw a shipment of range steers. That year we sold a train of Wyom- ing grass cattle for I. R. Alter of Fairfield, Iowa, they were shipped from Rawlins, Wyo. These cattle were bought by the late G. F. Swift, who was buying his o:vn cattle at that time. They were native raised cattle, good weight, but rathen coarse. They sold at $5.10 per cwt. The next train we sold was a a oip_ ment of double -wintered Texas cattle that were shipped by Major DIM who at that time was known as the cat- tle king of Colorado, his cattle ran1,-I hag No. 2 over miles oi! country just east of Denver. \Frank G. Bloom of Trinidad, Col- orado, began shipping to my father, also in 1876. and he has been a constant customer of ours ever since, in fact for a period of 42 years. Dur- ing that time, it is safe to Bay, we have handled at least 250,000 cattle in which he was interested. Just now Mr. Bloom sod Capt. B. C. Moss - man are shipping a great many of their double -wintered steers and cows from their ranch in South Da- kota. Mr. Bloom was on the market today and we had the pleasure of handling a train of cattle for him. We broke all price records for south- ern double -wintered rangers, 44 head of their steers weighing 1,161 lbs. sold at 16c, 225 head of the second cut weighing 11,180 lbs. sold at $15.25 and 19 head of the best cows weigh- ing 975 lbs. sold at $11.25, with 46 head of the second cut, which were badly scratched and bruised, weigh- ing 982 lbs. at $10.25. The writer remarked to Mr. Bloom that we were very sorry his cattle were not here last week, stating that they would have sold ov r $1.00 per cwt. high- er at that time, and he answered in his good natured way, that he could afford to raise cattle at the price and that he thought he would have money enough to get home on. His 269 steers grossed $182.44 per head. Record Drove \We hold the distinction of selling the largest• drove of range cattle that was ever sold for one owner. We sold for the Matador Land & Cattle Co., John McBain, manager, Trini- dad. Colo., 1,401 head of their double wintered Matador steers and heifers two years ago to James Brown of Armour & Co. at 8 cents per pound for the steers. Three hundred were spayed heifers. The second largest drove of range cattle that was ever sold on the Chicago market was our sale of something over 1,200 head for the Western Ranches Limited at $4.15 per hundred, in the 80's. These cattle were yarded in block 17, just west of the Exchange building. At that time the block contained noth- ing bat large pens. These cattle were sold to Edward F. Swift, who at that time was head buyer for Swift & Co. \In the early nineties we sold for the Bloom Cattle Co. 1,232 steers shipped from Malta, Montana, John Survant was ranch manager at that time. 'We also hold the distinction of selling the smallest shipment of stock that was ever shipped to the yards, one of our customers shipping us a calf recently. No shipment is too large or too small for us.\ forks and dessert spoons, three dish - ups, a butcher knife, patIng knife, can opener, carborundufit, alarm clock, container, four chains and hooks (for suspending vessels over the fire), two hand towels and dish towels. The kit weigha seventeen pounds. For large fire fighting parties the forest- service supplies a fifty -man kit, weighing 193 pounds, and con- taining almost everything found in a modern kitchen. The standard food ration contains enough food to last one man three for our (ice catalog a thousand building .„,ses , - - ,,sec „„,ae bargains • 2 7 :LW•stlaKe A .qeettle Sash, Doors, Millwork, Roofing, Bargain Hardware, Paints. —neyon all building materials. bend you, • I building list for Boyd's low estimate or write gl i al t edentA. 11134ri f iCA':-. YOU MAY BE ALL RIGHT NOW What will you do when the slump comes, when the big war is won by American warriors and capital? The Best Qualified Help Will Get the Choice Places—The sur- vival of the fittest will win. Are you fit for the real test in com- mercial work. This school offers superior courses. Write today for information regarding our fall term and superior courses. BEST IN THE WEST RICE & MAY, Proprietors, days, an(r knowing how long he ex- pects to be in the timber a man takes as many rations along as he will re- quire. The ration includes bacon, corned beef, baked beans and cheese. WILL CURTAIL NUMBER OF DAILY NEWSPAPERS , Supplementing a ruling of the fed- eral war industries board to the ef- fect that no new newspapers or pub- lications requiring print paper in their production should be started during the present war with the im- perial German government, the Mon- tana council of defense passed an order a few days ago prohibiting the establishment of new publications en- tered as second class matter or the conversion of weekly papers into daily papers during the present world struggle. Word was received by members of the council from the war industries board but a few minutes before their meeting to consider matters pertain- ing to the agricultural welfare of the state. The suggestion of the war in- dustries board through the pulp and paper section was at once considered andorthe state council issued the or- der immediately, instructing all civil officials to follow up the order to forbid and prohibit the establish- ment of new newspapers or the in- crease in consumption of news print by weekly papers which aspire to be- come dailies during the present con- flict. Violation of the order carries a fine of $1,000 or one year in jail, or botta T 1 I 1 1=1 An Institution Under Catholic Auspices for Higher Education of Young Me71 _ Mount St. Charles College Capitol Hill, Helena, Montana 11 r - .— .—. COURSES Philosophical, Classical, Scientific. High School Course of Four Year.. College Course of Four Years, Pre-Law and pre -Medical Courses. LOCATION Unsurpassed for Convenience, Health- fulness and Beauty. PROFESSORS OF DISTINFTION High School Department Affiliated with the Mon- Lana State University EQUIPMENT Modern Athletic Field with Amphi- theater, Lagoon, Enclosed Hand Ball Alleys, Tennis Courts. NEW GYMNASIUM Largest and Best Equipped of its kind in the state. STUDENTS Resident and Non -Resident. II fl - For Catalogue and Full Particulars Apply to Registrar , _ Mount St. Charles College, Helena, Montana _ L i i II II I 11 r .............„ HAVE AMERICANS TURNED THE TIDE? GERMANY SAID TO BE SCARED 4, 0 7 iirrE OVER LATE WHOLE- SALE REVERSES Austria May Blow Up at Any Mo- ment; Bombing Raids Frighten the Rhine Cities; U -Boat Fails to Stop Transport Of Hundreds of Thou- sands of Rustles. Germany is scared white. She's scared, first of all, over the turn of things on the west front; over the thousands of Americans re- gularly outfighting her; over the hundreds of thtusands of Americans waiting to get into the line; over the millions of other Americans \on the way.\ This information comes from an al- lied source, whose business it is to know conditions in the enemy coun- tries. She's frightened about Austria, slit doesn't know what moment Aus- tria may blow up. She knows what is known and conceded in official al- lied sources—that the Austrian eco- nomic situation is worse now than it has been since the opening of the war and the people are bolder. She's frightened about Russia. Al- lied warships and American troops up north have snuffed out her hope of getting her hands_on the hun- dreds of thousands of tons of Intil t7 tary stores at Archangel, there since the revolution; she can't take a step toward Petrograd or the northern railway lest these allied forces sweep south.; and for all she knows they may be going to swoop south with- out waiting for that menace; she can't spare men from the west front and armed intervention by Japan and the allies in Siberia is a fact. Bombing Raids Scare People She's scared over bombing raids the allies now make almost at will over her munition centers and forti- fied towns along the Rhine; she fears to think of the effect of these raids at home as the people grow more and more frightened. She is frightened over the flat fail- ure of the peace feelers she constant- ly sends out through scores of dif- ferent routes; she expected her con- tinued blows at the west front this summer would put the allied powers in a \receptive mood.\ She is frightened over the failure of the submarines; as against her boast that the U-boat would bar the American troops from Europe, the Yankees are coming over—thousands of them each week—and the I :saes through sinkings are less than any of the allies had dared hope. She is scared over her after -war prospects, being constantly warned in public by her own thinking men, that her position among nations after the war is hopeless without a thorough, sincere housecleaning. She is frightened over her dwind- ling man power and the possible fruits of the kaiser's extravagant promises in the spring of \victory this time.\ And Voss' Gazette in an inspired article says the German high command's new motto is now econ- omy in human life.\ The Gazette adds: \A new method of attack has been evolved, which consists in call- ing a halt, directly resistance is too stubborn ; and tryir g again else- where.\ Spirit Shelves \Brute Force\ In an \all -is -hell\ editorial con- fessing real anxiety over the Russian situation, the Hamburg Nachrichten pessimistically summarizes: \The danger grows from wytout and with- in.\ The Vossische Zeitung throws light on food conditions in Germany by these naive remarks: \The first two years of the war our troops in the field received extra food from their relations at home. Today all that is reversed, and food parcels from the front play an important part in nour- ishing the home population.\ Brute force—\might is right\— has always been the German motto, but fright does strange things to people. We find Captain Erich von Salzmann, German military critic, trying to cheeriup the people as fol- lows: \The position on the west front, the whole of it, can only be described as one of the greatest anxiety. We certainly do not underektimate the additional strength that the entente has derived from American contribu- tion in human material. But in the great game that is to be played out in the coming months spirit will op- pose brute force. This truth con- fronts us.\ Allied officers whose duty it is to cull.over the enemy press know Ger- many is scared. And the allies have other, even more certain, ways of finding out about conditions In Ger- many. All that can be said is that they know Germany is having a fine mental sweat. This doesn't mean they think the war's about over. Germany still has close to 40 fresh reserve divisions on Rupprecht's front with which to start a \big show\ in Flanders al- most any time she feels like it. And if Germany's offensive year is at an end, the war isn't won. But the German fright, which be- comes more and more evident every day, does show that whether the war is short or long, Premier Hughes of Australia knew what he was talking about the other day when he said: \The turning point in the war has come. It's our turn now.\ Recent German Loetwa. Since July 18, when the allied counter offensive started, the Ger- man casualties have been 350,000 men, while about 75,000 have been captured and are in the prison pens back of the allied lines. A shipment of 180,000 baseballs have been ordered for the American army. When the war is over prob- ably we will have an internationa baseball league. THE STATE Lewistown—The Fergus county Red Cross now boasts of a member- ship of 7,322. Lewistown—The state convention of the typographical union members will be held here in September. Roundup—City officials of this place have all been given a raise in salary. Billings—Local Elks have launch- ed a campaign to lift the debt on the local home of the lodge. Botte—The improved Order of Red Men held their annual state coo,- vention in this city last week. Havre—The Havre Natural Gas company of this place is seeking a new well for the purpose of meeting the increasing local demand for gas. Augusta—Sometniug of a freak in a stool of winter wheat has been dis- played here. The stool, coming from one seed kernel, bore 118 st-Ike. Billings—Members of the Montana Bankers' association met here recent- ly in the fifteenth aanua! convention of the association. • Plentywood—Private Peter Slyn- stag of this place, recently sent to Camp Lewis, a consclentious objec- tor, has received a term of 20 years in prison. Forsyth — This town intends to build a big dyke to prevent the re- currence of the danger caused by spring floods such as occurred this spring. Plentywood—It is estimated that about 700 harvest hands will be re- quired to harvest the crops in Sheri- dan county. Merchants are going to help. Roundup--Webwortns in Mussel- shell county are destroying many gardens. They work much as army worms do and gardens rapidly dis- appear in the invaded districts. Roundup.—It is predicted that the wheat crop in Musselshell county will reach two million bushels. The first shipment of 1918 wheat is already moving to the eastern mills. Havre—Shoshonee tribesmen, ap- pearing at the depot here when Wm. G. McAdoo, secretary of the treasury and director general of the railroads, passed through this place on his way to Washington, D. C., with his wife. tendered both a notable reception. The Indians conferred upon Kra. McAdoo the name of Sacajawea, wall known in the early history of the west. Stevensville—Growers of purebred cattle in the Bitter Root valley- are having their herds tested for tuber- culosis as a preliminary to displaying them at the state fair. Plentywood—Because livestock at large have done considerable damage to the grain in this vicinity, officials are threatening to make the going hard for those who let their livestock roam. ,. Billings—Delegates from various coal miners' unions of the state at- tending the bi-ennial convention here have pledged their unswerving loy- alty . 10 the government in its prose- cutiCh of the war. -- Terry—It cost a local man $50 to fescue a range horse from a mire and hut it -on pasture. When the owner turned up and the finder refused to let the animal go without payment of the pasture bill, the former had him arrested and he was fined $60. Lewistown—A clerk in the local war office is the possessor of a frag- ment of a Hun airplane sent by an American soldier from France. The fragment bears a bit of canvas on which is painted several colors used in camouflage. Roundup—Wright Harvey [masa a case of pneumonia into his lungs from a gasoline tank when he used his lungs as a pump to start the gasoline flowing from one tank to another through a hose. Carbon monoxide poisoning caused the Ill- ness. Bozeman—The Gallatin Valley Gas company has placed securities with the city clerk guaranteeing the com- pletion within the next 18 months of a gas plant and mains in this city. The present franchise is a renewal of a permit granted in November, 1911. Oilman—Levi LaChapelle is 111,- 000 richer because of the fancy prices beef is commanding. Lad spring he bought a bunch of stock from a livestock broker and just a few weeks ago sold them back to the same man, who paid LaChapelle $70 a head more than he had received for them. EARN TELEGRAPH HARD WORK vs HEAD WORK What • contrast between the Pay of the HARDWORKER and that a the HEADWORKER. Four months makes the change at this school. Wake up, young men and young women, to the wonderful opportunities we offer; classes to accommodate you regardless the hours you work. Easy monthly pay- ments. We train con- scripted men ter the government ERZ& We have never failed to place a graduate be high salaried poeitioa. Butte College of Telegraphy, Butte, Montana , J p,. -- -„ - a *.1 ••• St5 a _ STERILIZED EVAPORATEI,111:1,,,„ n „q i ir I , vu \ S WEETENED CANDEN.I. I i f i:, hilt Is /. 111 0 1 , i1 ;!! Jr,/ ;t I 41 I I When You 1 4 . Have Extra Help .SA,,.‘:',i . 1401iiit Carnation makes everything you cook 64'M taste better. ' \ 4 What a boon in hurried, hot days is the • everready Carnation can on your pantry shelf! \Ft-oirt eonlentedcbtes is just clean, sweet milk, brought fresh every morn- ing to our fifteen plants and there evaporated to the consistency of cream and sterilized to preserve its wholesomeness. For tea and coffee use it undiluted, just as you would cream. 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