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Rfnt * m «torfc»l Library f HISTORICAL SOCIETT OF MONTANA, HELENA. ■ •: | k t * ,c. *SS= VOLUME 32. NUMBEK S2. BELT, MONTANA, JANUARY 21, 1926. 22.00 PER YEAÊ IN ADVANOL STUDY OF PUBLIC SCHOOL COSTS == ■ ; >~rt Montana haa ion* bald a high rank place in the topmost division of for par capita «oat ef puWir school education. In many years this lad all others in the amount ex per individual student enrolled 1919 and 1925 the total cost of com in Use schools Between the years ■urn school education has never been lower than $10,300,000 and it has been as high aa 116,200.000. Now with coete again mounting, we hear the statement, made the meeting of coon ty superintendents at Heien» text week, that new and tremeodous sums are to he available for public eduea tion in Montana in 1926. A million dollars Is to be realised from the com mon school interest and income fand and about half a million from the in heritance tax payments of the W. A dark estate. So we may expact that on the basil of tentative figures giv en out by the state superintendent, .Misa May Tromper, Montana's public schools will have the benefit of at Jteaat $12,000,000 for 1929. Then are about 116,500 children in the school» this year. That would make a per capita expenditure of $102.50 a figure' high enough to put such wealthy and prosperous states as New York, Mas sachusetta, Illinois and lows in the background. Montana's expenditures in the cause of common school education long have been the wonder and marvel of statin tictons. The question frequently has been raised whether or not these tre mendous funds have been wisely and judiciously administered in behalf of the children. There has been no par simony or niggardliness when the wei fare o i Montana'» children was at stake. The people have been mon than generous with their funds. Those in charge of the educational work hold, the most sacred trust of all and ths, administer the greatest fund that t|bs people are called upon to .anlaaL j It will be interesting to note that Montana, with her comparatively small population, has more schools than any other inter-mountain or Ps-jr «rifle coast State except California ana] half that at ths Centennial state Of Idaho, Wyoming and Utah combin- ji Calf omis with more than six times Montana's population has less than , twice as many schools. Montana has ■ore schools than Colorado, although her population is little better than schools than Ore gon, hut has only three-fifths as many paople aa Oregon. Montana has al most as many schools aa the States has Montana's investment in public school property la greater that that Of 18 other states 'and the District of Colombia. Her per capita invest ment in such property, par pupil en relied, $221, is greater that that of any state in the «don, save Nevada -which shows a per capita of $226, but Montana's total school property, $29, 475.418, is more than eight times ■at- Nevada. These are the federal -vision that in many counties of Mon -tana taxes are so high as to approach tile point of confiscation, H is * grave «(uestion whether school authorities can be justified in plunging the public into higher and more reckless public school expenditure. Everyone in the state is interested in education Montana children. No child should be or will be denied such advantages. J But carrying education to the child has in many instances been brought to an absurdity. The governor point that governtuent's figures for 1922, the liist^ available for purposes of general With testimony of Governor Erick son and other men of wisdom and ed out in his inaugural address a year ago that there are hundreds of case» fai Montana where the complete rural school organization ha* been carried out with an enrollment of two, four or six children. Certainly that is logV carried to absurdity. The school an thorities know, and the, governor has brought it to general attention that children so located as to make the organization of a school prohibitive |y expensive, may to be transported daily to other districts at very slight comparitive cote i The people of Montana view their public school* with a sentimental af feet ion that has brought lavish unstinting support for education. But they will regard with sober inquiry If not with oterigM suspicion, any effort t<> ptga Lft i * «late in a position , ++♦♦♦♦+!♦♦♦+♦♦♦+♦ ♦ BOUQUET FROM STANFORD ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ TSe Bolt high school decisively do feated the local high at the high school gym last Hmraday evening by a sears of St to 7. The locals were out*played in every deportment and only in the third quarter did they show any signs of be tug alive. Belt had the ball in their possession at least seventy-five per cent of the time and made "monkeys" of Stan ford's beautiful new red suits by their shifty floor work and accurate baa ket shooting. Belt's midget forwards were the classiest pair seen in action Th* î ),[*• Book of the Py thie». ' tatoment for the next week or ten days runs from exposing the inside working« of mediums and mind ers to the Tod Browning production "The Mystic" to three pretty, well dressed girls in the Mi mi Milli Vaude ville show. In between the picture lovers will be token back to France (Judith Basin County Press) ——_______ here in soifie time. High Class Filais Booked at Pythian shows a fine lineup of attractions, of; various kinds. The form of enter in the days of the French revolution in the picture "Scaramouche" feat uring Ramon Navarro, Lewis Stone and AHce Terry It is a hig produc tion in €VBry 8enae of a* mrd| evet , hl lengt4li ^ „*[* For thi» reJLSO n there will be only one show each night start«* at. 7:46. In the Theatre ad on the back page, all par tucotors of these shows is given. But wait, can you Imagine two slightly dissatisfied married couples, who fond* and decide to trade wives „ peak to w ut rei agreement of all Î sit-tionT^Exchange of are so Wives." BOVS AND GIRLS TEAMS FLAT SATURDAY The High School girl's team will play basketball with thé Centerville team on Saturday night at the Audi torium. This is their first game thi«. season. Remember the date Satur day evening Jan. 28rd at g o'clock. There will be a preliminary game by boy's teams. On Saturday night the Freshman boys' team will meet the High wood team at High wood. This will be a game worth seeing as among the Belt ayera wUI the long and short of it t Joe Cossack and Mot Leiand. players will be Adam Gosoaek, Andy Harcfaartek, ths famous Tommy Dolto ' and Eddy Florek who gives promise of growing to man's sise some day. The boys wre going over in a Cher, but decided that a Big Six Studebaker would give more room for some of the boys legs while the smaller boys could just be used to fill in. flutte, Jan. 16.—The largest and most power f ul electric hoists in the mining regions of the west are to | be installed by the Anaconda company,part on Butte hill aa soon as such equip ment can be assembled by the manu facturera. They will be capable of hoisting ore from a depth of 5.000 feet, which is nearly 1500 feet beyond the present deepest operations of the for,Anaconda company. The announce ment made yesterday by Vice Presi dent J. R. Bobbins of the Anaconda company will set at rest for many years to come all thought and dis cuss ion of the limit of Butte's Hfe as ..BUTR MINES TO HAVE NEW ELECTRIC HOISTS SOON the world's greatest mining camp. In stallation of such powerful and expen give machinery is designed to take care not only of present needs but of the requirement* for many years to come. Mr. Bobbins announcement waa received in many quarters in the city last evening with expressions of gratification and pleasure as the moct significant indication for the future prosperity of Butte that has been given this community hi years. The three new hoiste are to be of 2.150 horsepower each and each will he capable of koistii* 1,500 tons of (Con. on last page) • and_known where the public school costs are out a j| proportion with those of othe commonwealth* (Fro « The Anaconda Standard ; LOSING FUST MME BELT TUBES THIRD PLACE IN CD, TOURNAMENT ♦ in the third fin* Cassade eeanty ishad is as fallows: captured third place in the tourna I ment being outpointed by Centerville The locals are not feeling in any way discouraged because this was only a practice tournament and al though they were defeated by Geo terville yet the margin of defeat waa 180 «mall that they are in no way out classed by either of the teams winn I tog the first places. A little lockj and the Centerville-Belt game would have been a Belt victory. At one time a f ou l throw converted into a read-',*,^ have ended the game In Belt's favor. So there is no doub| but Belt will give a good cou „t 0 f itself at the district tourney A )i tt le rest will put the team into! good physical condition. The weak spots in guarding developed in the Centerville game can be corrected and when the team takes the floor at the district meet there should be an ex cellent chance of success. The Belt team is perhaps the light est in the district Because ef this handicap they must make up to speed end skill what they lack in height and weight. *• They should be In prime physical condition, not trained too fine. Flenty of sleep and an hour of intense prac tice each day should pot them on « when they wMI be a worthy match any of them. Too long practice and too continuous will make them stole and dead on their feet when the need for activity and strength is greatest. There is no one in the city but who wishes the team the greatest success and rejoices in a victory. The Centerville game was a heart breaker. Belt won a 7-point lead be fore the Twin-cities team got going, h After this it was whip-saw back ana forth until Probst was knocked out and a «though continued in the game never sufficiently recovered to be of any value to the team. Motil led the Centerville basks teer* to a fast 22 to 20 victory over the scrappy team from Belt in s hard Centerville Greet Patts Third place. .Cascade Fort Shaw .Stearns The High School basketball team Fourth pl a ce . Fifth place Sixth place on Friday night and not moating Great Falls who reached the finals through the defeat of Simms and For» Shaw. for Vocational Conference There is every indication that an other attendance record will be made at the annual young men's vocational conference, which is to be held this year on February 1 to 4 nt the State College in Bozeman. Lgst year the attondance of high school boys reach ed 1,178, making H ths largest con ference of its kind to the United ( States. It is expected the attendance will exceed 1,200 this veer. More than 450 young men will take j in the stock judging; contest, the largest contest of its kind in country. Six of the larger high schools will send basketball teams to provide a series of throe or fou» games for evening entertainment. Gov, error and Mrs. J. E Erickson of Mon- j tana will be guests of honor at « con ference reception, the State College will stage their annual play for th* high school Boys, and the State Col-' lege Bobcats will play their big game of the season, against Brigham Young University of Utah. Rooms are provided free for all del* gates in Bozeman, In order to meet the demand for rooms, the Milwaukee raiload company v#ill send a string of the standard sleeping cars from Chi cage to Bozeman for free use of him* dreds of the conference boy* The Great Northern and Nothern Pacific railroads are sending stock judging teams from many schools along their lines. _ All railroad« offer reduced rates for this conference. Meals are provided in Bozeman at a fiat raU of 90 cents per day for the delegate» More than two score of nationally professional men will tell the boys about vocations open to young men of today. Among these speakers will be Governor Erickson of Mon tana;'Fred C. Parker, international fought axtn period game to open the ji night'« play. The game waa dm fast eat of tha tournament to date. It was anybody 1 ! game until the final gun, and It was Motil who put to tits deciding counter with a close shot with only 47 seconds to play. I quarter ended and in the second po Hod he and Snyder added enough U, put the consolidate school In the lead, 18 to 18. Centerville held the lead daring the third period and in the final quarter Le land and Nohl kept ringing to long heaves and the game «■'«led • tie, 20 to 20. Lelainl put ting In a pretty heave in the last minute of play. Belt misaed a chance for a tie in the extra period when Leiand missed both attempts from the free throw 11 »«. • *** from Ungel'« personal f°°l- Intend and Probet haaved long | «bots wild for most of the extra per to<1 until Motil dropped through a baa tot * nd Centerville played a strong defensive game until the gun. Motil ac^counted for 16 of the winners* i point*. Belt short-passed its way through Centerville open defense continu ■BF» but waa checked on short shots under 9* hoop. Leiand was the out «tending man on the floor, but missed *M»y »hört shots, including four gift tries. Nohl played a good game, but be couldn't match Motil. Snyder, play big bu fourth year on the Stocket» b»in, was ejected from the game for Pweonal fouls after giving a good account of himself. The speed of the «tome caused many fouls on each side, Qentorvitte having 10 to five for the u. Totals .... Leiand, Probst and Nohl ringing up ■ seven points before Centerville scored Motil dropped in two shorts before the Belt got off to an early lead with vallgy team. Lineups and scores; f.: Csatervflte FG. FT. MFG. .t Snyder, rf... Lingel, rf . Butch, rf _ _... Motil. e ..I. Novak, rg .. 1 1 0 0 0 of .0 0 i S 0 0 ...0 0 0 . a Evsnko, ]g_... Totals .9 4 8 Belt FG. FT. MFG Leiand, rf. Prebet, If, NoW, e . Jewell, rg Simonis, lg ,...4 0 4 0 0 0 I . 8 1 .1 0 1 .....0 2 1 ......8 4 7 secretary of Kiwsnis Clubs; Dr, C. J. Gaddis of Chicago; George R. Hill, American Smelting and Refining Co New York; President J. Lee Coulter, ef North Dakota Agricultural college; President Alfred Atkinson of Mont ana State Collage; Chancellor M. A Brannon of the University of the Mon ( tens; George R. Warner of the Uni-J vanity of Denver; Warren H. Wilson |of New York; W. H. Morrill of the j United States Department- of Fores try, Washington, D. C., and many theothers well known throughout the country. _—,-wood METHODIST CHURCH NOTES 1 j Pray«r service this Thursday even- : ing at 7:30 o'clock. , Choir rehearsal Saturday evening j at 8 o'clock. Sunday morning worship at 11 o'clock. Sermon by the pastor. Sub ject, The Church and Modern Prob- j lems, Evening service at 7:30. Sunday school at 10 o'clock, Epworth League at 6:30 promptly Our second quarterly conference will be conducted on Saturday evening January 30th by our district super intendant. He will also conduct ser vices in the church Sunday morning. JMl 81. On February 4th Dr. Harry Can right who has been a missionary of the Methodist Episcopal Church In West Chifta for the past thirty-three yean, will deliver an interesting me* sage in our church. Admission will he free and the public is urged to remember the date and pian to attend a this meeting. A million Chinese have received medical service through his hospital. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ I ♦ INDUSTRIAL REVIEW ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ + + + ♦<•«♦> IwibY—hltlmlWVinawr • De mar* Company * trite«« heavy gas flow Y S>lf Point—Local capital will back telephone tall Han to Vida, 89 miles. Montana will receive $1,561,660 fed era! road aid daring 1926. on east aide of Kevin-Sun buret field. St, Ignatius—Bison range ranch is to ship 900 stats elk to Massachusetts. Missoula» Jan. 19—The largest yel low pine tree to be «sited in this part of the country, according to avail able records, was cut during the month by the Polley*s Lumber Co. u short distance awn of Bvaro, near Mis soula. It is reported by Ray N. Shan non, an officer of the company. The tree was 1,100 years old, he re ports, and was 160 feet in height The diameter on the stump was 98 inches and the tree scaled 10,700 board feet. This tree will cut-enough lumber to build three good sised five room houses, Mr. Shannon says. It was measured and scaled by the Indian forest scaler. T Demand being shown all over the state for good term and ranch lands. Billings—Great Wettern Sugar Co., in 20 years, has bought 2,890,866 tons of beets, paying growers $20,000,000. 80,000 acres of bests will be grown for 1929 season. Montana's Urges! Pins Tim Felted j Not only is this ths largest tree re corded in western Montana, but it also is the oldest, says R .H, Welder man, silvcnrist in charge of the Priest river ex service. î ment station of the forest t also establishes a record height, according to. Mr. Wafahnan who. has had many years experience for in Montana forests. heretofore reported measured about 120 feet, it is said. When this tree bags a its growth Hfl Egbert was king of England and nearly 100 years was to «lapse before King John was forced to sign the Magna Charts. This tree was a seed ling, when Lief Ericsson, in the year 1 1000. first set foot on tbs shuns ty of forth on his voyage to 1492, ths pine was large enough to cut for lumber. When the war of the Revolution was in progress, ths tree continued to add to its stators and whan Lincoln freed ths slaves It towered shove its neighbors. Montana was settled, Mis soula became a city end at tost the giant of the forest fell before the sew to is the in and axe of the lumberman to be made into boards to add dwellings to tee city. * + I honey aa a guest for several day*, J He came down with John Krebs to assist in hauling potatoes and while j here his jaws swelled up so he thought it beat to stay inside for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Giles of High were business visitors in the community recently. Joe Spiller has had Albert Dam : roae assisting him with his truck j in marketing his wheat. j Otto Gulden, A, Fischer and Mr and Mn. V. L. Fischer were attend ing business in Great Falls Wednes day. j Evelyn Lander is spending somt time hi Great Falls. , R. E. Evans and John Lander arc working in Great Falls at the pres 'T* WALTHAM Mr. and Mrs. Sam Krebs wore vis iting relatives in this community sev eral days last week. B. B. Davidson has had Geo. Ms ent time. W. H. Jones and son drove to j Lewistown for the week end. Mrs. Keith spent the week end at her home near Fort Benton. There will be a card party at Wal tham school, January 23rd. -•' Thos. Colarchic of Raynesford was in Belt Sunday the .quest of friends and relatives, Miss Emma Spencer of Riceville^ visited Mr*. Frank Horan Saturday and Sunday. Mias Spencer returned a few month* ago from the East where she ha« been visiting for a year. She i* now teaching at Rice ville. %. 1 BN EXPERIMENT IN AUTOCRACY :* * Whatever may be the fate a i prasentatirs Danay'a proposal Congraaa shall empowur the dant, daring the next two yean, Ma axarcisa arbitrary authority in tiaag anising and consolidating the sane« "divisions, bureaus and eommisaiaan vice," it seems certain that the issue involved is to be presented m the form that wilt compel what nosy prove to be an erabarassing diseten ure of the sincerity, or lack of cerity of many members of both the House and Senate. Representative Davey who is a Democrat, estimates that an annual saving of |5O0,0UO>Mn would be possible by the combinat!— and consolidation of fedora] without lessening the efficiency ef the servies, of approximately ll federal appointees. Hie proposal, in so far as ft* features an concerned, is not a new one. There has long been a sanctioned by influential leaders, to find a way to bring about such a organisation of government Representative Madden of Illinois, a Republican leader to the lower f of Congress, is «men« item* commu ted to this policy. But the conviction persists that this administration, never be worked opt to detail hy Con gress itself. Ths heroic method now would absolve individual Masters representatives from the necessity at protecting the special interests of to* fluentla! constituents. To invest the President with this extraordinary power would be to elevate the satire plan above petty influences and partisan contentions. It is n«t be li eve d that Preside»} Coolldge would this «rest responsibility. ^It % know* that die «nd sought is QOawilhufclah half a billion dollars a year for aa indefinite number of yean he nf in every «my worthy of Ms ambition Quite naturally there is interposed tils doubt aa to the < •titQttonality of legislation which poses to invest this power to the Cktat the many lawyer* who arc ben, of Congress ere inclined, cling to what they regard as lishsd . u ve esd en said, they a to. At tee R ore anxiously awa Supreme Court's derision to a which the power of a President to terminate, the tenure of an appointee without consulting the Senate is being qusstioed. Fifteen years «go tbs statement wm made by Senator Aldrich, vrite was then counted among the infhssn ttol and powerful Republican Isadora, that if he were a business man was permitted to do so be could enu duct all tbs business of ths govansi niant for 1300,000,000 « year leas tenu ths cost at that time. This cost ban bean tremendously increased 80s tor Aldrich's day. The Chief •entire, while present regulations re main in force, is practically powerless in the matter. President Coolldge, ns Representative Davey points out, earnestly, consistently and property pleaded for economy in government.*' But his hands are tied by existing laws, regulations and red taps. It Is sbown that as a result more than 80, 1000 civilian employees have been add ed to the pay roll of the Government g ) nce president Coolldge took office a Jjttlw more than two years ago. __ + + + ^ ... j ..... + MONTANA INDUSTRIAL REVIEW Shelby—Three new producing uella «"'»hed, and three new ones started, in one week. 4* * <•❖•{• + *S'4- + + 'S , 'î-<- •{••}• + *♦♦ 21-28. »mm» Northern Montana sold 1600,300 worth of turkey* for l926 hrildMrik Montana bank* haws $20,009,088 ° n °" '"p* - r . A». Missoula— Northern rset ic aooa 100 mcn t0 'f*'**' * T ÎTT 3 GwriSTto H""!" _ - . h lidav turkur i ' p Big corn, bean and trôner al seed show to be held here January Billing! from here. ■ Farmington shipped 150 ear* of grain in 1926, against 116 in 1924. ms <: