The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 15, 1930, Page 2

| i i COUNTY 40 PER CENT $100}000 High Schoo! Heads Vast Building Program Last Few Years FARMERS ARE DIVERSIFYING Wakeman Livestock Exchange, Flour Mill and Cream- ery Outstanding Mott, N. D., Sept. 13—The city of Mott, which was designated as “The Spot” by its early promoters, con- tinues to grow and function as the marketing, business and administra- tive center for one of the richest counties in southwestern North Da- kota. It is the county seat of Het- tinger county and its present popu- lation of 1,036 represents a gain of 300 people in 10 years. Mott has all the big city improve- ments and conveniences excepting natural gas, and this also will be pro- vided if the railroad commission will grant the citizens of this and other towns along the Milwaukee railway westward, a certificate of necessity and convenience for piping gas from the Montana fields. Franchises for such a pipe line already have been given the Little Beaver Pipe Line company by the towns of Hettinger, Bowman, Reeder, and Mott. That Mott has all the modern con- veniences, as well as many natural advantages not enjoyed by large cities is generally recognized here. Mrs. F. G. Orr, wife of the local pub- lisher and assistant editor of the Mott Pioneer Press, stated the case briefly in these words: “What big city can be named that has such an abundant supply of excellent water as Mott, or the unfailing supply of cheap fuel, dug from our own hills; or the pull- together spirit that we have here.” Mott and its agricultural environs hhave an appearance of newness. Many of the large brick structures in town were built in the last two years, in- cluding the $100,00 high school build- ing, which was completed last year. Many new homes have been built or Pee the colitse Of erection go nearby farms. Two years a waterworks and a scwerage system “Another factor that Segeng Spey the appearance of newness or seven: miles of new grade, built as ali for No, 8 highway near Mott. grade will be abandoned as a of No. 8, but will be completed ® county road, and No. 8 will be ited. west of the city, which prob- will mean another big job of growth of Mott and surround- communities is reflected through stoffice, which recently was second class. Last year the were close to $9,000, repre- Hegel te equipment. The teach- been enlarged and the HH E : eeithy Hue é I leat aie rieriern at ieg t i Be toge seleill Eset best advantage. For this purpose he purchased 72 acres south of the Milwaukee right of way at Mott, and started with aj small hog shed, which was outgrown the first year. The plant now con- sists of three big barns joined to- gether and symmetrically construct- ed, seven separate feeding yards with water running through the tanks and troughs from a flowing well. There are 55 heres in Cossack alfalfa on the 72-acre plot. Wakeman buys and feeds an average of 5,000 bushels of wheat, barley, rye and corn each year. The grain is stored in the barn loft ‘and conveyed by gravity to the feed mill, which is placed above a screw conveyor that automatically carries the ground feed to the self-feeders. Many ingenious devices for saving have been provided and all of the work, including a great deal of tion, a ee ene There is a 12-room semi-basement bungalow on the Wakeman place. Estimated on the basis of its small acreage and large improvements, as well as the annual cash turnover, it is probably safe to say that this is the most valuable farm in western North Dakota. No estimate has been made of its value per acre, but $500 Probably would be a conservative figure. Wakeman said: “If more farmers would diversify, they would be better off. The farmers who nave credit me the banks mp the ones who are milking cows and raising pigs.” Mott has other industries that Graw trade from an extensive area. The Mott flour mill of 300 barrels capacity has an up-to-date plant and is proving a valuable asset to both the rural and urban homes. ©. H. Helmbrecht is the butter is from 800 to 900 pounds a week. In June and July close to 80,- 000 pounds of butter were made, and if the present rate of increase con- tinues, there will be a half million Pounds of butter manufactured next Season. Mott has given the creamery 100 per cent . Another local industry is the Puri- tan Ice Cream factory, owned and Operated by Gorseth brothers. bought the factory two years ago and last spring installed new and bet- ter machinery. The production has iti i u : THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1930 ©1980 BY NEA SERVICE, INC. ed up into carlots and sald to the | been from 150 to 200 and the line of customers large silos on the place. The herd consists of high grade Holsteins and the cream check last winter averaged around $500 a month. A flock of 150 sheep is kept, and because of early lambing the past few years, Skartvedts were able to clip as high as four pounds per head from the spring lambs. This is a record hard . Mary Kline, whose farm is within three miles of Mott, has one of the really outstanding herds of Jersey cattle in the state. The Klines started with Jerseys several years ago and are said to have had the first accredited herd of tuberculin-tested dairy cattle in North Dakota. Every animal in the herd isa registered Decade's Growth Other Hettinger county farm op-| bushels erators who are doing business suc- ee ig cessfully on a large scale are Emanuel Barth, H. Mutchelknaus, Fred Luithle, Krank Rokusek, Frank Kelsch, and F. ‘When beef type cattle are under discussion here the I. E. Bratcher herd is usually the first to be men- Bratcher bought well known Edmunds Hereford sire and foundation stock, which has gained a There are many big and small farm operators in the Mott territory who do not have to worry to any éxtent over the slump in grain and stock prices this year. Practically all of them have practiced diversification. Mehrer Big Operator One of the big operators is John Mehrer, who came with his family from South Dakgta in 1908—ahead of the railroad. MM barns on the place to house the full- blood Holstein and Shorthorn cattle fully modernized, including electric lights and water system. said to own 13 quarters of land, but part of the land is rented to others. One of Mehrer’s sons is a student at the state agricultural college; another is in business at Mott, and has three large at present 62 of these valuable pork- ers on his feed lots. An interesting personality among the big farm operators in this sec- tion is Mike Swindler, who owns 26 quarter sections of land, had’ 4,000 E . Swindler believes he and neighbors are sitting on top structure, and has started for oil at his own expense. is putting down a second miles northeast of Mott, afte: Goning the first hole at 700 feet. ma & Hie & 2 i Ey § i Be Be reise] BR isht tue Beinn Baty wel; ut a raises from 160 to 240 § y tH ral E [ to help pay running expenses. The S. O. Skartvedt Mott is one of the places tha’ They|men and agricultural student lan farmed, most of- the tilled ac: ing planted to corn. There : § 783 : Z Gives Up Title, Weds Mechanic ze ; 4] aece e 8 e27k bbedeie F s g RL ines Bs e 8 4 Be HEEy WHEAT PRODUCTION ABOVE EXPECTATION BUT BIG CORN SLUMP Poor Fields That Are Being Harvested Make” Bad Showing for Flax The federal statistician’s office at Grand Forks indicates that the North Dakota grain crop has taken an up- ward turn in the estimated produc- tion of all spring wheat, oats and barley over the August forecast, while corn, flax, potatoes and ‘wild hav have suffered a delcine. What, oats and barley yields have turned out better than: expected in all the districts of the state, but notably so'in the Red river valley. a Spring wheat production for Ni Dakota will be 95,416,000 bushels, as against 121,691,000 bushels for a five- year average. The August figures in- dicate a yield of 85,678,000 bushels or estimated production. While the es- timated productjon is far below the five-year average, the yields are much’ better than earlier reports ind!cated. Many farmers indicated in their com- ments that the good yields were due to the late rains in June, which sup plied nearly enough moisture to ma- ture the crop. Many splendid yields have been reported, some as high 40 bushels per acre, The corn indicates @ further decline in tion and yield. During the mont August the weather conditions very unfavorable to pollenization and the setting of the kernels. The con- dition of the crop September’ 1 is 54 as compared with 67 for August, 50 per cent a year ago and 77 for the five-year average. Much of tue corn was cut for fodder and silage when the grower felt that chances to ma- ture grain crop had vanished. Flax Condition Drops The oats crop came through the season’s ravages better than a year pared with 33,768,000 a year ago and @ five-year average production of 58,510,000 bushels. This places the crop at 60 per cent of the five-year average. The reduetion in production cannot all be laid at the door of crop failure as the acreage in oats was re- duced 15 per cent below the five-year planted acreage. The acreage planted to barley in the state is 31 per cent below the average for the five-year period yet the estimated production is only 3 per cent below the five-year average. The estimated Rast gi is 39,232,000 bushels for the five-year av- erage and 36,210,000 a year ago. The condition of the flax crop September. Late flax is probably the cause of this as the late crop has failed to develop and mature in a sat- isfactory manner.* Reports indicate that a great many fields which would under more normal conditions be abandoned, are being harvested even though the yield promises to be very small. This condition, no doubt, has ,jentered into the reports from the growers, hence thelowcondition figure. From the indications it appears that there will be a corresponding decrease in the production as the estimated production now is indicated to be 10,- 453,000 bushels as compared with five-year average of 10,307,000 bush- els for the state. This is an increase in the production of 1.5 per cent, but the acreage increase is estimated to} . be 57 per cent over the five-year average. i i é FiBES letale PRUE tion of 10,518,000 bushels bushels nb Re! H 88 with 359,796,000 for 1929 and 392.605,000 bushels for the fivé-year period. 'George Bartlett Hurt In Automobile Crash): fott’s the Spot; Grows Rapidly as Marketi ADPSGROWTHIN (LOFoURway By Wiliam “GRAT OF HETTINGER Center for Rich Area | . Notables Traveling On N. P. This Week St. Paul, Sept. 15.—Passengers who epidemiologist North Dakota State Health Scarlet fever was listed by Dr. Allen proper |Was experimental. Subsequently 11 General Federation of Women’s clul General Charles E. Summerall party will travel from Seattle to Spo~ th|kane on Tuesday, from Spokane to Missoula on Wednesday, from Mis- soula to Bismarck on Thursday, and t from Bismarck to Minneapolis on Fri- dro) from 56 for August to 47 for | day. Seta tae Mrs, John Sippel; presidesit of the General Federation of Women’s will arrive at Minneapolis, day, from Bismarck, N. D. 160 Crates of Foxes Shipped by Express St. Paul, Sept. 15—The Northern Pacific in the last week handled in by @ Seattle breeder to Sweden. In the shipment were 220 black foxes, eight silver foxes, and 21 mink. shipments of these animals fee = i @t one period of life may lose. their immunity later. We know that the newborn children and children dur- ; 5 i by immunization. Treatment Is Simple “Most children can be immunized against diphtheria by receiving three injections of toxin-antitoxin admin- istered at intervals of one week. The injections cause no pain, are harm- eq | therla. 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