Radio Broadcast - 1924, January - 84 Pages, 8.2 ... - VacuumTubeEra

THE HOUSE THAT RADIO MADEA view of the Dixon ranch at Stevensville, Montana, taken Thanksgiving Day, 1922. In the spring of 1922,the house was radio-less. Now it contains broadcasting station KFSR and amateur stations 7lT and yACPWhat Radio Means at a RockyMountain RanchA Story of the Remarkable Change that TwelveMonths Brought in a Remote Home in MontanaBy ASHLEY C.DIXONout in western Montana, underthe shadow of the mighty BitterRoot Mountains, lies aFARlittle valleysome ten miles wide near its centerand about seventy-five miles long.Similar in many respects to dozens of otherranching valleys of the great northwest, itmight well be the scene of any of the presentdaystories which have such an appeal to theEastern reader: stories of cattle, of irrigation,or of the " Winning of the West."Such spots are always described as smilingwith the goodness of nature. The air is warmand dry. The sun always shines, and the hardshipsof city life are unknown.In part this is true. But there is anotherside to the changing seasons which mark thecycle of the sun's passage to the winter solstice.The summer iscomparatively short. Autumncomes early in September, and following closeupon the light frosts comes the Rocky Mountainwinter. Then nature shows her otherside, and for months the fields and ranchhouses lie under a mantle of snow. The softmusic of the summer breeze is replaced by theroar of the northeast wind bearing its burdenof fine stinging snow. Roads drift feet deepin hard-packed ice particles. Cattle band togetherfor mutual warmth and protection,seeking the shelter of the cotton-wood clumpon the creek bottom.To the Bitter Root Valley came an Eastern