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FOR SALE
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room house; water in house, also
electric lights. Six miles from Boze
man on public highway and {near
railroad. This is a real bargain at
$ 2100 ; $1,100 down.
Other bargains that we can talk
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MONEY TO LOAN
O.J.SEARS & CO.
H. I. JACOBS, Manager
Phone 127-W.
«Over Courier Printing Office)
NEW LOGAN SCHOOL
BULBING FINISHED!
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The
opened last Monday, September 18,
with the grades in the old building,
and the high school classes in the
Bevier apartment
street. The new
house on Vine
building will be
ready for occupancy about October 1,
and then Logan will have a school
that is equalled by few towns of its
size.
The building
is two stories and
basement for heating plant, and is of
brick construction.
There are four class rooms, a large
assembly hall, and the principal's
room, besides the auditorium or com
munty hall, which is provided with a
fine stage and dressing rooms on
either side, and a motion picture
booth in the rear.
The building is fully modern, hav
ing hot and cold water, shower baths
and drinking fountains.
The Upper Madison, Lower Madi
son and Cottonwood districts are
combining with the Logan school, and
arrangements have been made for the
transportation of all pupils. Hot
lunches will be provided for the pupils
from out of town, and a rest room for
the smaller children.
The teachers are R. J. Johnston,
principal; Miss Hilda K. Benson, of
Butte, and Miss Hope Monser, of Gil
bert, Minn.
For the motion pictures, a regular
machine—a Power—has been pur*
chased. Thirty-five five and seven
reel features, and sixteen two-reel
comedies have been booked, and at
least one show a week will be given,
commencing Friday, October 6
SUNDAY SCHOOL RALLY
AT M. E. CHURCH.
The Methodist Episcopal church
opened its year's wörk with more
than usual interest last Sunday.
Large congregations were present at
both the morning and evening serv
ice. Next Sunday, the 24th, will be
observed as Sunday School Rally Day
Every pupil is urged to be in his or
her class. Parents are requested to
co-operate in this rally, and so far as
possible encourage the movement
with their presence. The Sunday
school meets at 9:45 a. m. At the
morning service at 11 o'clock Rev.
Smith will speak on "A Message for
the New Church Year." At the
evening service at 8 o'clock he will
speak on "Lessons from the Lives of
the Three Greatest Men of History.
The Epworth League will meet at 7
p, m. Excellent music Will feature
all services.
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FINANCIAL AND BUSINESS SURVEY
The payment of interest this year
or next on the inter-government
debts which resulted from the co
operative efforts of the allied and
associated powers during and after
the world war, would entail such a
burden upon the debtors that about
xwo-thirds of their expected reven
nuçs would be absorbed by the total
charges for carrying their debts, ac
cording to a compilation in the cur
rent Guaranty Survey, published by
the Guaranty Trust Company of New
^ or k
By an arrangement between the
creditor and debtor governments, the
Survey continues, interest on these
debts was suspended for a period
which expires this autumn, in order
to give the debtors an opportunity
to readjust their finances from a war
*® » P"" basis before assuming the
burden of paying this interest These
adjustments are not yet completed m
'countries.
Of the three pnneipal ai .es, Great
Britain, France and Italy Great
Fntam is the only one which 1ms yet
succeed m baUncmg expenditures
and revenues. Both Prance and Italy
are still planning for expenditures
for the ordinary cost of running their
govemments in excess of their reve
nues, and in addition have extensive
programs for capital development and
reconstruction in order to restore the
producing power of their peoples.
They thus face so grave a financial
situation, until they have successfully
readjusted their budgets to a peace
iime basis, that the immediate re
sumption of suspended interest pay
ments on their "political debts," as
the French characterize these debts,
to other governments seems to be pre
eluded.
The British government has set
aside £25,000,000 for a half year's in
terest on the debt to the United
States government in the budget for
the current fiscal year. The total
interest charges thus amount to
about 36,8 per cent of the expected
revenues. If Great Britain had to
meet a full year's interest on this
debt during the present fiscal year
the total debt charge would amount
to approximately 40 per cent of her
expected revenue. While this is a
heavy relative burden, it is not so ex
cessive as to preclude the possibility
of its being carried without threaten
PROBLEMS FOR 01
ATTENUATED ARMY
To get some idea of the decimation
of the United States army caused by
The appropriation bill for the fiscal
year 1923, it is only necessary to
state that the enlisted strength of
the army was, on the score of econ
omy, cut from 280,000, as provided
for in the national defense act of
'.920, to 125,000, as at present author
ed- This is 102,000 below the num
ber provided for the national defense
act of 1916.
Congress having spoken, the army
moved steadily to its task- The mis
sions of the army, assigned by the de
fense act of 1920, were (1) to train
and develop the national guard and
the organized reserves, the two
great branches of citizen soldiery;
(2) to maintain the necessary schools
for the training of officers and en
listed men of the three component
parts of the army, regulars, guards
and reserves; (3) to maintain the ad
ministrative overhead for the three
party army; (4) to provide peace
time garrisons for our continental
ooast defenses; (5) to provide peace
and war garrisons for our over-seas
possessions; (6) to maintain a well
trained force for emergency pur
poses and to serve as a model and
demonstrating force for the two bod
ies of citizen soldiery. How to sue
ceed in these missions with a force
eniisted men
he many du
per cent of that pro
vided in the act assigning them was,
of course, the great problem which
the war department had to meet.
The first thing to do was to de
termine how this reduced army, which
represents one soldier for each 8,800
citizens, could be distributed among
the several arins of the service. The
distribution arrived at is as follows:
Infantry 46,423, cavalry 9,871, field
artiller 17,173, coast artillery 12,026,
air service 8,500, engineers 5,020, sig
nal corps 2,184, quartermaster corps
8 ; 000, finance department 393, ord
nance department 2,307, chemical
warfare service 445, medical depart
ment 6,850, D. E. M. L. 5,704, unal
lotted 104. The force held responsi
ble for ihe maintenance of law and
order in out overseas possessions
numbers 28^T7, apportioned as fol
lows: Philippine Islands 4,512, Ha
waii 13,736, Panama 8,856, Porto
Rico 1,174. This leaves for use in
the United States 96,723
tor the performance of t
ties assigned under the national de
fense act.
"In the distribution of troops in the
United States," says the war depart
ment, "the greatest reduction neces
sarily had to be made in our coast
defenses and in the mobile force. By
the mobile force is meant that force
used for emergency purposes, for the
protection of cur southern border, as
p model and demonstrating force for
the citizen soldiers, and as a basis
for expansion in the event of an at
tack by another nation or group of
nation*. It Was impossible to reduce
to any considerable extent the num
ing the financial stability of the
country. Moreover, if at the same
time the British government should
leceive interest in full from the
Preach and Italian governments on
their debts toit, these amounts would
completely offset its interest pay
ments to the United States govern
ment.
In the ease of Prance, however, it
ig quite different. If France were to
meet interest charges on her debts to
Great Britain and the United States,
requiring about 2,900,000,000 francs,
a i average current rates of ex
change, in addition to estimated
charges on her other debts in the
present fiscal year, total debt charges
WO uld require over 16,000,000,000
francs, and absorb approximately 70
cen t of her expected revenue.
Tbe biml on Ital would not be
^ M relatively. If Italy
sbould both Great
Britain and the United States on her
.. mical debtg .. durin the current
£ , scal the addition would raise
fc estimated debt char?es to
9 , 600 ,000,000 U re, or in excess of 60
cent ex ^ ted revenues ,
.
R 1S n0 ^ difficult, therefore, to un
Verstand why to France the execution
°f treaty and the collection
reparations appears vital at any
cos ^> w bile to England reparations
are n °t 80 essential and the collection
°f the fall amount specified in the
London agreement of May, 1921,
through the occupation of more Ger
man territory and the continued loss
°f potential trade, would appear more
tcstly than might be warranted by
* be probable net results in cash.
These computations also suggest
the enormity of the task with which
our debt funding commission is faced
Nevertheless, pressure from this
ccmmission may, it is to be hoped,
tccellerate thé efforts to balance
budgets by those countries which
have not yet completed necessary
financial readjustments- At the
same time it obvious that there
are very grave difficulties to be
faced by these governments in any
approximately thorough budgetary
reforms, such as would permit, if at
all possible under the added handi
cap of depreciated exchanges, the
payment of interest and amortiza
tion on the inter-government debts.
i ber of men allotted to the overhead
of the three-part army, to the school
system, and on special duty with the
' national guard, organized (reserves,
and R. O. T- C.
under the national defense act was to
consist of 107,000 men, must operate
with 43,000, a substitute being found
for the divisional organization in the
reinforced brigade, and th e training
centers abandoned.
If public opinion with* respect to
the whittling down of the army was
reflected in the
which slashed it 55 per cent, the pub- 7 Â
lie will at least be glad to know that S
the war department has made the 5
loaves and fishes perform miracles in S
the way of distribution. Certainly é
the times warrant no further reduc- 5
tion in our military forces, unless we ç
wish to blow "taps" over the remains ) J
of the establishment. in
This force which,
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frequent manifestations
for the ancient landmarks of Ameri
can government, President Harding
demonstrates his wisdom as a states
man and justifies the confidence re
posed in him by the people. He has
never once lost sight of the fact that
he is a servant of the people—not
their master—and that the constitu
tion measures his powers as it also
appropriation act,
HARDING JUSTIFIES
PUBLIC CONFIDENCE
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.—In his
of respect
his responsibility. The return
to government by daw instead of gov
ernment by individual ipso facto is
the most promising as well as the
most pelasing feature of our effort
to return to normalcy. The Ameri
can people have the initiative, the en
terprise and the resourcefulness to
continue our marvelous development
as a nation unless their efforts are
hampered by governmental repression
or discouraged by a socialistic policy
which relieves the individual of re
sponsibility end robs him of oppor
tunity. The Harding administration
wisely instituted the policy of less
government in business.
Because public discussion has most
frequently directed attention to
George Wahington's advice on avoid
ance of foreign entanglements, many
people overlook other and even more
important features of the famous
farewell address. Before speaking of
foreijgn relations* Washington p(re
seated two subjects which, he oppat
ently considered more " vital to the
perpetuity of Americafa liberty. He
first emphasized the importance of
preserving that national unity which
constitutes us one people and then
wanted against the dangers of usur
pation of power. The text of this
portion of his address is well worth
quoting in full:
"It is important, likewise, that the
habits of thinking in a free country
should inspire caution in those in
trusted with its administration to
confi&e themselves within their re
apectrre constitutional
avoiding, in the exercise of the pow
ers of one department, ho encroach
iS
spheres,
upon* another- The spirit of «ncraoch
ment tends to consolidate the powers
of all of the departments in one, and
thus to create, whatever the form of
government, a treal despotism. A
just estimate of that k>ve of power
and proneness to abuse it which pre
dominates in the human heart, is suf
ficient to satisfy us of the truth of
this position. The necessity of re
ciprocal checks in the exercise of
political power, by dividing and dis
tributing it into different deposit
ories, and constituting each the
guardian of the public weal, against
invasions by the others, has been
evinced by experiment, ancient and
modém; some of them in our coun
try and under our own eyes. To pre
serve them must be as necessary as to
institute them. If, in the opinion of
the people, the distribution or mod
ification of the constitutional powers
be, in any particular, wrong, let it
be corrected by an amendment in the
way which the constitution desig
nates. But let there be no change
by usurpation; for though this, in
one instance, may be the instrument
of good, it is the customary weapon
by which free governments are de
stroyed. The precedent must always
greatly overbalance in permanent
evil and partial or transient benefit
which the use can at any time yield."
we have reduced
dollars per person in
America, on an average, and are pay
iug a generous sum each year - to our
ex-service men. Our national in
come now exceeds our national ex
penses three hundred million dollars,
It would have been easy for Presi
dent Harding, in the strike disturb
ances, to overstep his constitutional
authority and usurp the power of the
states in preserving peace and pro
tectng life and property. That pow
er, once assumed and conceded, would
mean the devitalizing of state and
municipal governments, and the
weakening of the sense of responsi
bility of the people for the kind of
government they have at the hands
of their chosen state and municipal
officials. No act of President Hard
ing means more for good government
in America than his refusal to change
the federal constitution by usurpa
tion.
We are the only country in the
world which has reduced its public
debt since the
duced ours three billion dollars. Be
sides doing this,
taxes eight
war. We have re
McCracken's Bargain Basement Specials
For Thursday, Friday and Saturday
FINE BOXED
Stationery
PALMOLIVE
GOOD WHITE
Soap
Soap
A splendid assortment of fine
boxed stationery of all de
scriptions. Papers are of fine
grades and they come in as
sorted shades, including buff,
pink, blue and white. Values
to 65c. Special in the Base
ment, Thursday, Friday and
Saturday at—.
White Borax Naptha
Laundry Soap in good
sized bars. An extra spe
cial selling of it Thurs
day, Friday and Satur
day at a bargain price.
Buy a supply at—
We always carry a big
supply of this popu
lar toilet soap, and inva
riably our price is lower
than elsewhere. Special
Thursday, Friday and
Saturday—
7c
4c
25c
WE ARE NOW SHOWING SOME SPLENDID VALUES IN WOMEN'S AND CHIL
DREN'S SHOES IN OUR BASEMENT DEPARTMENT. COME AND SEE THEM
Shoe Specials In The Basement
LOT TWO—
LOT THREE—
WOMEN'S SHOES
A good many pairs of odds
and ends are bunched here
to be sold out quickly. The
leathers are black and
brown kid and calf skins.
Both low walking and mili
tary heeled styles. Values
to $4.95. Spe
cially priced at !
LOT ONE—
GIRLS' SHOES
Nice assortment of misses'
and growing girls' shoes
will be found in this group
on display in the Basement.
They include sizes up to 6,
^nd values run to $3.95,
Specially
priced at..Ill
CHILDREN'S SHOES
This lot includes some very
good children's school and
play shoes in all sizes up to
12. You will find them in
the basement
specially priced
$3.00
$ 2.00
$2.50
Autumn Bedding Sales of Interest
YOUR WINTER'S BEDDING NEEDS SHOULD BE GIVEN YOUR ATTENTION NOW
A MATERIAL SAVING WILL BE EFFECTED BY PURCHASING YOUR WINTER'S
BEDDING NOW IN OUR BARGAIN BASEMENT THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY
\\ SPLENDID
COMFORTS AT
' Comforts of very good weight and filled
smooth, even filling and covered with ma
terial of very becoming patterns. Special
ly priced at TWO NINETY-*PIVE.
V 100 PER CENT WOOL
^ BLANKETS AT.
Beautiful pure wool blankets in plaids of
lavender, blue, grey, yellow and pink. FuB
<66x80-inch size. A genuine $12.00 blanket
at NINE SEVENTY-FIVE.
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' 66X80 WOOL NAP
^ BLANKETS AT
One of the prettiest blankets in the store
! is this fine, »oft, 66x80-inch, woolnap
Ä &t. It comes in assorted colored large
. Special at FOUR NINETY-FIVE.
$2.95
$2.69
66 X 76 COTTON
BLANKETS AT
Full-sized uniform cotton^ blankets hf ^l
brown or grey shades with striped bqr- '
ders, in contrasting colors. Special in oilf
Basement at TWO SIXTY-NINE PAIR.
66 X 76 PLAID
BLANKETS AT
Very pretty plaid blankets in a number of
;* colors on white grounds. We have priced
? them specially for Thursday, Friday and.
* Saturday, in the Basement at TWO SE V
f ENTY-FIVE PAIR.
LARGE-SIZED
r * . . COMFORTS AT
L A big shipment of large comforts just
r packed. Filled with clean cotton and.
. ered with dark colored challie. A very
splendid value at TWO FORTY-FIVE. -■
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$2.77
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$ 4.95
$2.45
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FIRST ALLEGIANCE
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"There is a wide distinction be
tween the rights of industrial oper
atives and the corresponding rights
of government servants. The latter,
oi course, may organize for public
good and for their mutual benefit, but
no group of men and women any
: where at any time has a right to or
ganize against the government itself,
"I do not charge that any have,
but I do believe that there are those.
who can see rio difference between
the government as an employer and
a corporation. To them I sound a
warning that the people of the United
States in the last analysis will he
found intensely jealous of the rights
and powers of their government.
"They desire it to be supreme over}
all powers and conflicts within and
to be able to cope with any condition
which threatens the safety and wel
fare of the people.
"Suppose all office-holders, includ
ing Congress, and all workers for the
federal government organized and
used their organization for increas
ing their own salaries and for per
sonal gain—what would happen to
the country? This is said merely to
stress the distinction between public
service and private employment."
Postmaster General Work, address
ing the annual convention of the
United National Association of Post
office Clerks at Buffalo, said:
"I sometimes wonder if we always
distinguish between our government
and its administers. The people of
i *he United States constitute the gov
rsl
In view of the fact that
there is a
tremendous, amount of ( radical propa
ganda being carried on among gov
ernment : employes wnich
their membership in organizations
that are on record aghinst the integ
rity of the courts, thé upholding of
law and order and even defends the
calling of strikes agàinst the gov
ernment, the addressed of Postmas
ter General Work and First Assistant
Postmaster General Bartlett on Labor
Day are attracting considerable at
tention
First Assistant Postmaster General
Bartlett, 'addressing the National As
sociation of Postoffice Laborers at
Boston, said:
solicits
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in mind the fact that the public %b
ing served is paying in cash for sw»
ice. That those rendering the swr
,ce are bein " P aid in cash for
that th °se charged With supervisn*
this service and certifying it for
are responsible to the emjitj
> R " public and to the employed mii
viduals a bke."
eminent, •• Those who execute it
replaced or reappointed periodiafibp
by the initiative of a governing _
pie, so that postal people are rmOf
working directly for their neigUmfe.
each in his place, doing his
ment.
It is the people's minds, c
ively operating, that select those
shall administer then* i n i i iiihiIl
and those chosen would be denBefc
indeed to trust, if they failed to «Mr
vey through their executives the
sidération to those in the service of'
the government what an emptogeeff
people believe to be due them.
Loyalty to the interests of a
sonal employer or to an impersani
government is that part of
which is not a commercial commodBy.
It cannot be bought for money
without price. It cannot develop n>
those who never learned obediiaw»
which is first a paternal obligat«*,
later a community requirement,
e,wards an essential U goven u— t
cohesion and ultimately a benoSc
tion to him who gives it. It is ctoaa*
ly a responsibility of an execute»«
branch of the government applyag
the administration of statute law to
those subject to it, to keep constasiy
a
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RETAIL PRICES OF FOOD
* DECREASE IN YE.«L
According to the September report
of the Bureau of Labor Statist*»
upon retail prices of food, the ystr,
August 15, 1921, to August 15, USE,
witnessed a substantial decrease in.
the retail cost of food in 26 of &«
representative cities of the United
States. The city showing the small
est decrease was Dallas, Texas, -»ttift
4 per cent. Cities showing a
crease in-the retail cost of food dar
ing the past year of 10 per ceitt or
over were St- Louis, New York, Pwt^
land, Maine; Buffalo, Rochester, New
York; Philadelphia, Peoria, Ill.; De
troit, Chicago, Springfield, Ill.; 3t
Paul, Norfalk, Va.; Bridgcpart^
Conn.; Providence, R. I.J Milwaukee,
Indianapolis, Manchester, N. H., and
Kansas City.