Belt Valley times. [volume], August 14, 1924, Page Page Two, Image 2

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OPPOKEKT OF KLAN
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MX-GOYSRNOR WALTON VICTOR
IOUS IN RACE FOR SENATOR
IAL NOMINATION
POLITICIANS Ull CONCERNED
lMHeatlens Are Klux Issue Will Wipe
Out Party Lines Entirely in
* Election Campaign
Oklahoma City.—All doubt that foe
November senatorial election ln Okla
homa would be a straight-out fight be-1
tween foe Kn Klux Klan and Its op-1
T"" t* ,be w "i;
Z" £Lho' OwJ' ÔS'ZalMim
at J C. Walton Democrat, bitter on
^atVi klinTnd W B pî
pouent or tne kisd, end w. u. i me,
wealthy oil man and a klan endorsee.
Unofficial return* cave Walton's
Unofficial return, gave Walton a
Political observers are chiefly con-1.
cerned with the question whether
party lines will remain Intact In the
•enatorial race, many going so far aa
to express the belief that the klan and
■ntl-klan fight virtually will wipe out
party delineations
Walton is a bitter opponent of the
Kn Klux Klan and severely attacked
that organisation ln hts «mpalgn
lead over B. B. Howard, congressman
from the First district at 10,000.
Pine's lead over Eugene Lorton, Tulsa
publisher, assures him foe Republican
nomination.
speeches. Howard and Wrightaman
were known to have been Iddoraed by
foe klan.
With more thgn a two to one lead
over his nearest opponent, W. B. Pine
of Okmulgee, won the Republican sen
atorial nomination. Z
Pine had 4 he Indorsement of the Kn
Klux Klan, while bis opponent, Lorton,
opposed that organisation.
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* Milwaukee, Wls. — Wlscon- *
* sip's most serious storm In *
* years,, .which occurred l«st *
* Tuesday and Wednesday, took *
* a ,n «nd *
a. ! n W !? n ^
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I I™?- tr "ceable to tha j i
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* railroads between Milwaukee ^
* and Green Bay- are washed *
branfoe. hst been dlscontln- *
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Water* In rivers and streams *
* from Milwaukee to Oskosh, *
* flooded lands, destroying brldg- *
* es and crops.
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Blame Cigarettes and I. W. w.'s
Pasadena, Cal.—"Tailor-made" clg
«rets and members of the Industrial
Workers of foe World were targets for
attack as causes of foe forest fire sit
uation In California «t the California
Association of Fire Chiefs which con
vened here laat week.
A resolution urging that the nse of
the rendy-made clgarets be prohibited
in all state forest preserves, on the
ground that they smoulder long q/tei
being cast aside, was adopted. The
L W. W. theory of forest blazes was
advanced by Samuel Short, Oakland
fire chief, who pointed out that mem
bers of the organization had threat
ened trouble when California passed ,
its syndicalism law.
Air Mall Chtsf Quits
Balt Luke City.—Following the plac
ing of responsibility for the death ol 1
Air Mall Pilot William F. Blanchfteld.
who was killed In a crash at Reno
August 1. upon him, Clären Nelson,
superintendent of the western division
of the air mall service, resigned upon
foe request of Carl F. Egge, genaral )
superintendent.
Beyond saying "the responsibility of j
lu
«lot Blancbfleld's death was placed
upon me and I was requested to re
sign," Mr. Nelson made no statement.
Hut Causes Deaths
New York.—-As the result of the In
tense heat wave which prevailed In
foe east foe past week, three deaths
and hundreds of prostrations occurred
here, three persons succumbed to the
beat at Baltimore, two at Pittsburgh,
and one at Richmond, Va.
Capper Easy Winner
Kansas City, Kans.- Refurns of fo»
Kansas primary show Senator Arthur
Capper. Republican, snd Governor
Jonathan M. Davis, Democrat, easily
led their fields and piled up leads of
«MK» fo 90,000.
Food Price« Seer
Washington.—'The retail cost of
food to 14 of 19 cities In which «ur
vey* have Just been completed by foeH
labor depsrimom increased from 1 tc
9 per cent to
MSt'i bureau
mæmmé that *'9 par cent tocresw- was
mtm to »»ton and Indians poll*. 2
per cost to IWto*. Milwaukee, Port
©PS.: Providence, R. I.; i per
to »»nntoghsm. I leaver. New Ha
®od Scranton,
,A> Five cities «bowed decreases of
lèse ifeu® m foaa ê per east
month. The depart
* labor statistics an
C08NM0 WHEAT Will
EXCEED 1923 YIELDS
Ftr«MMt of Da périmant of Agriculture
IndlcatN 1924 Will Bo
Bumptr Crop Yoor
not crop report of the department of
[ agriculture, prospect« for the country's
barveet of com this year Increased
81,000.000 bushels during July while
the prospective production of wheat
Increased 70,000,000 bushels during the
Washington.—According to the Aug
month.
The corn crop this year was forecast
I at 2,576,000,000 bushels and the com
J blned winter and spring wheat crops
placed at 814,000.000 bushels. Last
year 3,046,000,000 bushels of corn and
Iasr® B " h "* "*
Tl» prrtlmln .17 .»«mat. of winter
*h«»t production was announced as
bushels while the spring
th _, -~ n
wbeat forecast places that crop at I
225,000,000 bnshels, compared with
foreo>gtJj of wjOOOfiOO of wInter
wheat and 197,000,000 of spring wheat
month nco I
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Tt)p production yorccuBts, orwhI on j
"ESBIB^hels'^barieV
1*4.000.000 ry *' (
M . t raat< ! ) _ ?°* h
, whea bushels ; white pota
î' u ," he '•fair
ZZ * 00 000 . bUfibeI * : tobacco - 1 * aK ' ww '*
000 pounds ... .
L-^ÎV iJSS' *_L115*'
^900,000 bushels ; hay. (tame) 89JJOO,
000 J 8 ! 0 ? 0 baahe, " :
200 0 0 bnabel,; peanut *'
ülfîSÎÎf *^*' ' !
pounds ; grain sorghums.
112 . 000,000 bushels.
The condition of the crop« on Aug
ust 1 was announced as follows:
Spring wheat 79.7 per cent of a nor-1
mal ; corn, 70.7 ; eats, 88.2 ; barley,
80.70; buckwheat, 87.7 ; white potatoes, I
85.46 ; sweet potatoes, 70.2 ; tobacco,
71.7 ; flax seed, 86.4 ; rice, 83.4 ; hay, |
84.4; pasture, 84.0.
Recession In Business World
Washington.— Continued reaesslon In
almost every business field, with agri
cultural producers, favored by rising
prices, constituting an outstanding ex
ception to the trend, was shown In the I
federal reserve board's monthly review
of business conditions. Jnst mode pub
He- The countries of Europe nt the
me ti|Be were experiencing a cum- I
merclal revival of sizeable extent I
Steel, textile, antorooblle and bob
'«-rous tnetal Industrie, of the United
StatM e " te, *«d Ju, 7 with decreased em
£7^11 Inîmin ^
and dl8trIhatIn|f channel8 0 f
the retail and wholesale trades, alike
dropped off. Accompanying declines
were noted In wholesale price levels
and In the volume of commercial loons
extended by banks.
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Boy U. 8 . Champion *
Glacier Park. Mont.—Lone *
* Star, bow and arrow boy of the *
* Glacier Park Indian tribe, Is *
* one of the moat accurals arch- *
* era of bis nation, according to *
* reports made to the Indian de- *
* partment. He uses a bow of *
* sarvis wood with which the late *
* Chief Three Bears shot big *
* game In the Rocky mountains *
* 50 year« ago.
* Lon© Star Is ft full-blood *
* Blftckfoot and evidently Inherit- *
* ed the bow and arrow strain *
* from hla buffalb-hunting ances- *
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He can klh more rabbits with *
* his metal-pointed arrows than « *
* great many efty boys could bag *
* with an open bore 12 -gauga *
* shotgun—for tnoney or marbles. *
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lean government that robbery was the
Rosalie Evans, the British subject who
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Robbery Motive for Crime
Mexico City.—The belief of the Mex
prlnclpal motive for the killing nt Mrs.
was shot to death from ambush near
Texmelucan August 2, was reiterated
| In a foreign office bulletin relative to
the case Just Issued. Officials pre
viously had expressed their disbelief
I that the crime was the result of foe
agrarian agitation which aimed at
forcing Mrs. Evans to consent to the
division of her hacienda the legal pro
ceedlngs in which had become an In
j cldent between the Mexican and Brit
ish governments, although this possi
bility Is conceded.
The foreign office bulletin echoes
| the expressions of President Obregon
In calling attention to foe energy
which the federal and «täte author!
ties are poshing the inquiry Into the
case and endeavoring to run down foe
assassins. ■
Undeeldad When to Start
Washington.—Senator La Follette
aud his advisers are stttt undecided a r
to when they should begin active cam
pslgntog.
Indications, however, are
that little will be done for a month at
least, and that the time, meanwhile,
will be devoted mainly ta routing
tanisation work.
Advisability of Senator La Follette
making hla Initial campaign speech on
Labor day in some industrial center is
being considered, It aras said today,
but some of hl« friends have advised
%m to wait mi)
TREASURE STATE
FARM SUCCESS
j
David Stewart of Crane,
county, is credited over The state aa
being one of the outstanding corn men
of Montana.
var]e4 , rorn that of a good many corn
m( , Q |n ÜMt be baa ^ at the Job a
gnmt dea , |-, n(fer . Mr gtewart start
^ Dakota white flint at
crane In 1901 and since that time bas
{ grown corn each year and has never
bad a failure. He reports that he has
Mr, Stewart's auecest
I never had yields of lest than 60 bosh
«•» per acre and that his average yield
I daring that time has been between «0
! und 70 bushels ___ , .
Mr - Stewart Is what might be called
» wtmt l.^nnwn a.the *t~Jrtitn«n
"vP" 11 *®, wn,te *f Uow *
he* practices!« cultural methods and
In seed selection. Every year he has
BAiected hla seed corn keentnc
n " d •electee " la 8660 corn * keeping
only the best type of e.« from the
k nd of p,ant be h **
his own seed. As a consequence, Mr.
Stewart has bred up perhaps the typl
• ui-ua»* winMintr . > «« t. ^
ko,a wh,te fl,Dt ,n the
Mr 8tewflrt hu uken » $*•«* deaI
of Interest In corn shows and has
either taken or sent exhibit* of his
rorn t0 the connt:r corn shows. state
and state corn shows and has al
way8 won the laurels on his corn. He
has the distinction of having won
sweepstakes In the 10 ears of white
fllnt cla88 at the Btate corn a j, ow at
Miles City for the last five years
straight and In addition to this bis com
hns a i way8 mode a similar showing at
other fairs.
Mr. Stewart has gone Into the seed
production business and in co-opera
ji on with the Montana Seed Growers'
association, Is patting on the market
several hundred bushels of certified
seed corn each year. He always has
more calls for 'seed than he can fur
nish at good prices and ha* a wide
market. Each year he sends seed Corn
to a good many neighboring states and
last year he sent a shipment Of seed
corn to Russia for experimental puh
poses.
Me. Stewart does not believe In con
fining his efforts to corn alone. Ha,
always markets the com crop that he
doe« not save for seed, with hogs and
In addition grows a few potato« each
year, a good garden and milks a few
««•"■ He has made good and be
«'«dits his success to diversification
«"d sticking with the job.
Tb " **** «««« Indwtry '•
Turkey Railing Industry
creasing in importance rapidly in Mon-»
tana. Montana, compared to other'
states, has but little blackhead among
turkeys and the partial freedom from
this disease, together with ideal range
conditions over much of the state, are
combining to make Montana one of the
Important turkey raising states of the
Union,
At this time of the year the worst
worry 1 . past, since the moat difficult
time for the young poults Is during the
first few weeks of life. Once they are
on the range the problem is compara
tively easy. Daring the summer the
turkeys should receive only a small
amount of grain, depending upon range
feed largely. Night feeding Is done
largely to Induce the turkeys to come
In to roost. *
Many turkeys are killed each year by
skunks, coyotes and dogs. Most of the
damage comes at night so turkeys
should roost Inside o' fenced or pro
tected yard. A small bell on the necks,
of several old birds often cuts down,
loss from.coyotes.
Turkeys do not fatten well during'
hot weather and fattening ahonld not
begin until about the first of October^
when foe Weather begins to get cooler.
New Director for Extension Work ]
J. O. Taylor, for the past three years
connty agent leader for the Montana
State College extension service, has
been appointed assistant director In
Immediate change of extension work
and has taken over foe work formerly
handled by F. «, Gooley. - President
Atkinson of the State College Is offi
.
cially director of extension, but Mr.
Taylor will handle Immediate details
of tho work.
The new man at foe head of the
state's big agricultural extension ser
vice Is well known In Montana, s son
of a prominent farmer and stockmaa
of northern Montana. Re graduated
from Montana State College In the ag.
^cultural course In 1912.
county agent at large In eastern Mon
tana one year and county agent In
Custer for two years. In 1917 he went
to Boseman aa assistant leader of
connty agents and In 1921 was made
leader. Mr. Taylor Is known to farm
ers and business men In all parts of
the state.
He was
Farming la governed by custom as Is
any other business. Town merchants
are often alow to change their stylo«
and methods of business, ao It Is not
to be wondered that formers
sometimes «low ln cbsngln« their meth
ods to suit new soll, weither or ere*,
omlc conditions But in forming ■« ta
other business, the nan who can adapt
himself moat quickly to changed
Is foe HW» who reaps th*
»re
profits.
Farmers who are getting ready
county and State fair exhibits would
terete» £rtrire*fre
"Gathering snd Preparing Show Grafos
ft
SsiüiAitfell
TUAWte 9TATB TALE»
TCKfCLT TOLD
Blind Man Loot in Hills.—'Sunshine"
Ricketts, wall known to Livingston
people, blind and suffering from hun
.._.
ger. thirst and exposure, was found
by a party of searchers Saturday night,
Aug. 2, In a network of limestone cliffs
neur the summit of Lookout «noun ta In
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story told by County Auditor Tom
Young, who was s member of the
a few miles above foe entrance to the
Yellowstone valley. According to foe
searching party, he received a tele
phone call in the afternoon Informing
him that a tourist was in distress on
i Ü _ . .
sheriff Cook, went out to Investigate
They could not find foe tourist, but,
Inquired from two boys the where
«bouts of the needy one and were
told that since the morning of August
1 somepne had been apparently shout
ing for aid and the sound had come
from the cliff, high up on Lookout
mountain across the river. Quickly
returning to town, the two men gath
ered a searching party, and returning
to the canyon, climbed the cliffs,
where they found near the summit the
almost exhausted Mr. RfcketU. who
said he had been on the mountain top
for two days without food or water,
being unable, because of his blindness,
to tell where he was.
the park road and be, with Under
Enforce Prohibition.
In sentencing
Gus Berg to six months In the Lewis
and Clark connty Jail at Helena, and
to pay a $250 fine for violation of tho
prohibition act. Judge George M. Bonn
quin of the federal court said : 'There
Is much talk to foe effect that prohl
,
bltlon la not being enforced. But it la
being enforced and will be more and
more strongly enforced. The fact that
liquor still is sold unlawfully Is no
more argument against the fact of
good results of enforcement than It is
to say that our laws against murder
and robbery are useless because mur
ders and robberies still are committed.
laws against murder. Still we have a
few murders. The prohibition law has
been In force but a short time. And
because there still is Illegal liquor let
no one make the mistake of believing
that the law Is not having Its effect or
that the bootlegging and moonshlnlng
business Is a good or safe business ''
"For thousands of years we bave had
Jury Holds Ranchor.— Au autopsy
performed on the body of "Wyoming
BUI" LeClalre, found murdered July
28. after a stampede at Evaro. showed
that death was practically Instantané
ous, and that when Charles Collins,
«elf-coafesçed slayer of the Indian dow*
boy, shot him, he was in a higher po
dtlon than foe dead man. The bullet
severed the spinal cord completely.
Qplllijs, In bis statement of the shoot- j
fag. told of a row about an automobile, j
which had passed hands for a consider
ation of $20. He asserted that he and
.
"Wyoming Bill were standing on op
poslte sides of the car. Thomas N.
Marlowe has been retained as counsel
tor Collins, a Flathead rancher, follow- (
ing the inquest at which he was held
responsible for the death of the Indian
sfampede performer.
1 W,, I Build Gyronaslum^S. M. Boode
has been awarded the contract for the
construction of the new community
gymnasium at Klein nt a cost of ap
proxlmately $5.500. The building will
be 00 by 72 feet and will be of tllej
with hardwood flooring. Work on the
building la to be started at once, and
It Is hoped to have It ready for use
about October 1. Practically all the
money for the building has been raised
by popular subscription.
Meet After 40 Years.—A brother and
•later met face to face for the first
time after a lapse of 40 years when
Mrs. Annie Stalnaker of Etkhnrt. Iowa,
and Gus Oottschnlk met In Bridger re
cently. Mrs. Stalnaker with her daugh
1 er, Minerva. ar/H son. Carl, and a 1
yoang lady friend are making an ex
tended auto trip, and the young people
wHl probably go on to the park while
their mother remains for a more ex- (
tended visit with her brother.
Hurt In Auto Accident—A fishing
trip ended disastrously Aug. 2, for
Grover Embry, an engineer of the Mil- I
wankee railroad, and a companion,'C.
D. Kennedy. Their car struck a
stretch of sand on the road passing [
Kopre station, a few miles north of
Deer Lodge. Embry, who was driving
was pinned under the car. When re»
cued It was found that his left clavicle
and several ribs had been fractured.
He was taken to a hospital. Kennedy
escaped unhurt.
Mountain Goat*.—A flock of
mountain goats was the Interesting
sight witnessed by Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Andeolt, John Richley and Miss Mary
Andrews, who chose Lost creek can
yon for their outing. About one mile
fois aide of foe falls as they were ad
miring foe beauties of the canyon they
saw the flock clambering up the rocks.
The buck and foe nanny were followed
by three little ones, only 100 yards
from the observers. The animals, they
wefflB no particular hurry to get
away but turned and looked back at
foe stranger things In the vale below
them, then resumed their climb aao
vanished ever the moontaintop.
Car Turns Turtle
Striking sand on Beck hill, one mile
north o 1 Deer Lodge. August 8 , the
automobile to which Mr. and Mrs. J, B.
Hntr>ea« of Spokane were riding from
to Butta turned over errerai
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ÜÜÎL « Dm Wp to reported t*
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The Carteravllia Area Win »tart
Financing Program For
— Project Shortly
, The maps on the surrey made by M.
j Steers of the Csr.crsvllle Irrigation
I district will be completed and filed
with the district within a few days at
which time the financing program for
the district will be resumed, according
, U> Information received at Forsyth
hum Attorney O'Rourke of Helena.
He further said. It Is expected that
the proceedings or authorisation of
tte refund bonds will be had In August,
ü
Upon his return from the east, At
i torne J O'Rourke will be Joined by
j Hu<h T carter here and will then
compete ^ work | ncl dent to
proceedings. Hie work Is progressing
Tery Mtisfact0I7 and wlth the
tlntM *j operation of landowner, and
creditors the financing should be com
pleted early In September,
The Grow Cfeek IrrigatioD dl8triet
ta whlch he „ also , ntere8tedt he
con
tends, when constructed will reclaim
75,000 acres In Madison, Jefferson and
Broadwater counties, using the head
waters of the Missouri river.
In 1923, the government granted per
mlts to use a vast natural reservoir
basin on the Big Horn river for the
purpose of storing water for these
lands. This la the only large reservoir
site on foe head waters of the Mis
f or
sourl available for agricultural uses,
all other sites now being appropriated
power purposes.
This district when constructed will
be the largest In the state, and pro
posed works will cost $6,500,000. Ef
fort8 have 5 ^ made the , a8t
I f oor yeara to secure federal legisla
t , on permitting a regulating weir to be
| ^„t^eted across the Yellowstone
lake In the Yellowstone National parte,
the effect of which would not only be
to prevent losses by flood In the Yel
lowstone valley but reclaim many thou
sands of acres. As yet congress has
not passed necessary legislation. When
, 8 done the Wflterg of the
Yellowstone can be conserved ln th«
8anie manner as farmers In the Crow
district are now doing,
GORDON CAMPBELL SUIT
GOES TO DISTRICT COURT
Charging a conspiracy which he
I claims would tie up operations on ex
tensive drilling operations In the
Kevin field and force him to sell prop
erty valued at more than $1,000,000,
Gordon Campbell, oil operator, has
filed suit In the district court at Shel
by against S. S. Ford and H. O. Gloss
er of Great Falla and the Continental
©11 Supply company asking an Injuno
j tlon to restrain the defendant! from
j seizing property on which a chattel
mortgage Is held. Judge John J.
. Greene granted a temporary Injunc
tlon, pending the hearing on the action
to show cause why a permanent order
should not be granted, set for Septem
( ber 18.
out that on Aug.
28.1923, Campbell gave a chattel mort
| gage to Mr. Ford as security for a
loan of $25,000, on which $10,000 has
been paid. The security is represented
| by casings sunk In four wells being
drilled and the complaint continues
with the charge that Sheriff H. B.
Benjamin has been Instructed to pull
the casings since extension on the
$15.000 balance expired on July 24.
Tn onr suit asking an Injunction
we charge that the action taken by Mr.
Ford Is not made In good faith, but
merely to harass and oppress Gordon
Campbell,*' S. C. Ford of Helena, rep
resenting the oil operator, said In
Great Falls recently. "If the threat to
pul! the casings is carried out. Camp
bell would be forced to sell his prop
erty nt a great loss.
"We also charge a conspiracy be
tween Mr. Ford and Mr. Olpsser and
the Continental company which has
Its motive a plan to force Campbell
to dispose of his holdings,
pated Friday afternoon, August 1, la
the track and field meet which marked
the close of the playground program
for the summer at Red Lodge. The
a*
Field Meet Draws 150
No fewer than 150 children partiel
prizes were awarded at the
j tourist park in the evening after the
children, some accompanied by their
parents, bad enjoyed a picnic lunch,
wetkm »Rh Injuries she said ab« had
WJIllam Bohan and Kauko Kent tied
for high score tn the events for hoys
eight to 10 years old. Helen Lnmley
excelled among the glrla 7 to 9 and
Ingrie Jervl among those 10 to 12.
Among foe glrla 12 to 15, Alice Lnmley
and Frances Saclcb divided honors.
Dick Scott and George Thompson alike
distinguished themselves.
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Woman Loam Damage Suit
Mrs. Rachel Lltchon of Butte lost
her $18.000 suit against foe Northern
Pacific Railway company for damages
alleged to have been due her tn con
sustained while a passenger on one of
foe company's trains.
AGED ODD FELLOW SHOT
WltUam Mutkey, an aged tomate of
h**d» of Georgs QarHsh. another he
~ to of the home, was bearing
foe Odd Fellow* home to foe Helena
valley, who. it to charged to foe Justice
court of George Major, was shot in foe
Mia in the
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w*Q
to 8L John's hospital to spite of hto
80 years The bullet was found by X
nj. entMM I» tte teH eoilmr tom*
Onrush, aged 7$, to to fo* county )at!
ritargsd With ««Malt wtth Mud to
te
State Capital
NEWS
SAVING TO SHIPPERS
FROM MONTANA POINTS
A MENDMENT of the preaeot trans
continental freight tarier to allow
straight or mixed carload shipments of
batter, eggs, cheese and dressed poul
try from Montana points ta eastern
markets to be stopped at direct Inter
mediate points to finish loading at a
charge of $<L30 a car for each stop,
was announced by the state board of
railroad commissioners. An*. 4, to be
come effective September L
The new system will have foe effect
of eliminating foe payment of local
rates from the point of origination to
foe point where the cars are filled,
which will arise in a saving of from
»50 to $75 a car, the board announced.
Under the present system shippers of
produce must pay the local rate be
tween points at which stops are made
to complete foe carload. Any nsmber
of stops may be made under foa
amended tariff.
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POLITICAL CANDIDATES
TO ATTEND FAIR
L ADIES and gentlemen who seek the
suffrage of the plain and fancy
voters of Montana, whether known as
politician or candidates, need have no
feeling of diffidence in approaching
the shining portals of foe Montana
State fair any day or any hoar and
there will be no prohibition of foe an
cient and accepted art of handshaking
or going through any of the other rites
of the candidate, says Secretary B. T.
Moore, who gives It out that they are
welcome to wander aa they witL As
this Is presidential, state, county and
township election year, those in quest
of votes will doubtless help consider
ably to swell the visiting throng.
TRADE EDUCATION MAN
ON WAY TO RED LODGE
C ARL E. WARNER, state superin
tendent of trade and industrial
education, stopped in Billings Aug. 6 ,
on his way to Bed Lodge, where he
will look over the field with foe view
of establishing coal mining courses
daring the winter. Mr. Warner's work
comes under the Smlth-Hughee act,
which sponsors agricultural courses In
high schools under certain conditions
met by the local authorities. It was
planned last winter to have a food
chemistry course for bakers of the city
at the Billings high school building,
Mr. Warner says, but the project was
not completed. It is possible that a
trade course will be gives here this
winter.
64,000 PASSENGER CARS
LICENSED TO JULY 81
OTORISTS seeking to procure
motor vehicle licenses at half
rates, which or 0 er became effective
August 1. must certify that the car or
truck was not used prior to that date,
the secretary of state announced fol
lowing the return to numerous appli
cants of requests for half-rate licensee
for vehicles operated during foe first
aeven months of foe year.
During the period from January 1, to
M
July 81, last, 64,000 passenger car li
censes were issued to Montana motor
car owners as compared to 50,800 for
the same period in 1923, according to
the records In the motor vehicle de
partment nt Helena. Truck owners
purchased 8,350 licenses during foe
first seven months of this year a* com
pared to 7,300 last year. More than
$800,000 will be collected from motor
vehicle licenses this year, according to
present Indications, as compared to
$730,000 collected last year, officials
estimate.
CONTESTS ON ALL BUT
t«REE STATE OFFICES
T entative lists of candidate«
seeking nominations for state of
fices and district Judgeships at the pri
mary election August 28. next, recent
ly mailed to county clerks, will be cer
tified soon, the secretary of state an
nounced. Aa the period for filing pe
tttons for the withdrawal of names
from the primary ballots expired July
SI, last, with no withdrawals filed, the
tentative lists wHl be unchanged by
the official certification.
Candidates for state office« «re
evenly divided between the two major
parties. 38 Democrats snd 38 Repub
licans seeking nominations In the First
congressional district and 88 -Demo
crats and 36 Republicans being
tered from the second congressional
district With the exception of can
didates for nominations for representa
tives to the national congress, candi
dates are the same for both congres
sional districts. Five Farmer-Lahor
candidates and one socialist candidate
brings the total seeking nomination»
for state offices to 88 . Fifty-four Re
publicans and 87 Democrats filed In
the 20 Judicial districts seeking foe
nominations for foe 80 district Jndge
ahlpe, making a total of 177 candidates
for nominations for state aad district
Judicial offices.
Cut Produce* H'-tfi Grad« Of!
Tests made of coal from foe Carpen
ter creek mine of the Roundup Coal
Mining company the past week with a
new type retort for the purpose at de
termining Its oil and gas matent, re
vealed the startling fact that fols coal
1 « richer to that respect than anv other
coal that ha» fous for bees tested by
fo« Bituminous By-Products
of Buffalo, N. T„
__ company
i a facturer* af (he
now retort.
tire, covering « period at aerere* days,
oot onty foowed a high ad sad gas
but brought out dm farther
remarkable fort that foe
OMfstog niter th« retorting p eeress is
completed to ahretutety pure
re
A' -
to that of