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BOZEMAN VISITORS
This week Bozeman is entertaining about 900
high school boys from every part of the state.
There are more boys here this year than attended
any of the previous vocational conferences, which
indicates that the interest in these annual gath
has grown to wonderful proportions. Great
onngs ^
credit is due Prof. M. J. Abbey and the college
faculty for the manner in which the boys are
being taken care of while they are in the city.
To bring so many high school boys into a city
the size of Bozeman, house them, feed them, as
well as providing entertainment for them is a
problem requiring more than ordinary labor.
Every available bed in the city has been mus
tered into service, and there are nearly one hun
dred of the boys occupying the gymnasium of the
Y. M, C. A., sleeping on cots made down upon
the floor.
' Together with the boys' conference is being held
the Annual Farmers' Week, wherein the farmers
of the state meet in daily session in conjunction
with the members of the faculty of the college,
and many noted educators of the country. These
devoted to discussion of the many
sessions are
problems important to the farmer, including crop
marketing, livestock breeding and marketing and
many other subjects. The women are not for
gotten in these sessions for there are meetings
arranged for the discussion of home economics,
with able instructors to lecture upon the best
methods of handling the problems of the home.
Bozeman business men. bankers, doctors, law
yers, in fact, all who are interested in the college
and the success of the farmer, ought to make it
a point to attend these sessions. The annual
Farmers' Week is not an exclusive session for
farmers oply. It is for the purpose of deriving
mutual benefit by exchanging ideas and exper
iences. The business man can profit by attending
these meetings just as much — and possibly more|it*js
—than anyone else. He will be able to get a j
clearer prospectus of the farmer's viewpoint, and
be the better endabled to work in harmony with
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the farmer for mutual benefit.
Great good comes to Bozeman from the An
nual Farmers' Week session held at the Montana
State college. Not only are the discussion of
farming problems beneficial, but the impression
made by the city upon the visitor can be of great
value. This is also true in an even greater sense,
with reference to the high school boys. Each
of these boys is a prospective student of the
college. They are at the point when they will
be selecting the higher institute for completing
their education. A favorable impression of Boze
man will bring many of these boys back here
later. With the increased facilities at the col
lege in equipment provided in the new buildings,
it is desirable that Bozeman do its share to make
the bovs want to return here
THE LEGISLATURE.
The merry battle is on at Helena now that the
legislature is fairly under way. There was a
most peaceful opening of the session with an
apparent control of both houses*by the Dixon
forces. There seems to be no change in the
situation of the house, although it is still too
early to predict how that branch of the law
makers will function. With a fairly good margin
for a republican majority, legislation of value to
the state ought to be easy to accomplish.
It is amusing to read the comments of opposi
tion papers regarding those members of the house
who are showing a disposition to support the
tax measures suggested by Governor Dixon. The
men who are in the house, elected for the position
they took before the election on taxation matters,
are already branded by the opposition as rubber
stamps. The Democratic members, who have been
herded into caucus and instructed by Senator
Elect B. K. Wheeler and Judge Jackson, as, to
Just vhat they shall do, and what ourse they
mu?! **~vsuc
independent thinkers.
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re pictured as the really
Je > > organization of
lobbyists, now at Helena in the interests of the
big corporations, to cajole, frightc* or befuddle
some of those who are now working with the
majority in the house, to change their position,
and oppose the tx measures, then, it is to be
presumed, these will become brilliant free think
ers, independent of bosstem. TJfctfl that happens
they will be rubber stamps, and from every indi
cation apparent at this time, there is a most
intense effort being made to cause Some of these
members of the house to desert the cause that
is for the best interest of Montana.
In the senate there has been one skirmism
wherein the line was closely drawn, when the
committee on committees' report came in for ap
proval. On a roll call vote to segregate the com
mittee on taxation from the rest of the report,
the motion lost by two votes with two absent.
Here it is shown that the forces opposed to the
tax measures proposed by Governor Dixon have a
narrow margin in their favor, unless some change
develops later. Senator Herren of Custer county,
who had been supposed to favor the Dixon pro
gram, is reported to have deserted the cause and
gone over to the opposition. The senate, evidently,
Will be the battle ground where tax measures
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will be killed, With the opposition having a clear
majority of four votes.
The senate committee on revenue and taxation
of nine members, is composed of six who are
openly opposed to the tax program of Governor
Dixon, two are favorable to the program, and
one supposed to be neutral. An amusing feature
about the committee named, is the attempt of
the anti-Dixon »newspapers to make it appear that
the men are all farmers. Some of them are,
but the most of them are agriculturists, rather
than farmers, their business interests consisting
of real estate, law, banking and such occupations.
Their farming experiences have been those of the
city man who farms as a side issue.
One noticeable thing about the Eighteenth leg
islature is the large number of farmers in both
branches. There is, in fact, a majority of farmers
over all other lines of business represented. It
should be a significant point with the members,
giving them the courage to work for legislation
they know will be beneficial to the state in general,
and against such as will be harmful to them. It
is an opportunity for the farmer to show his
ability as a law maker. If the members of the
legislature enact the legislation asked for by Gov
ernor Dixon, they will be doing themselves and
the state of Montana a real service. Should they
permit themselves to be led astray by the crafty
lobbyist who can picture almost anything to suit
his argument, then they will have something to
regret in future.
..Montana, as a state, has for years been living
up to a standard equal to other states of ten times
its population. It has adopted extravagant meth
ods of business, created many commissions and
boards, during the few years of its prosperity, and
now necessary to economize. Governor Dixon
has urged economy ever since he has been in
office. His recommendations for changes in the
tax methods of the state are necessary if the
property owner is to be saved from confiscatory
taxation It is up to the present legislature to
pro\ 1C1G tne necessary laws to make those inter
jests, now escaping their fair share of taxation,
meet their responsibility to the state. The mem
ers 0 ^ e Eighteenth legislature should realize
this responsibility they owe the state and provide
the needed laws.
If fbû T» 1 . r ~
ch enter the Ruhr region of ^ er
man y, »nd take over the metal and other fi^nda
mental industries there, in order to secure the
payment of German reparations money, the world
nia\ lace another critical juncture, and again
it may not. While the English government is
strenuously opposed to such a step by France,
the English people are not at all likely to favor
a British policy that might even lead to war. The
English are sick of war.
ENTERING THE RUHR.
The Germans are not prepared to resist, and
the rest of Europe either supports the French,!
notably Italy and Belgium, or is in the same
apathetic state, so far as war is concerned. This
country will not do anything in the premises.
In fact, it appears probable the world will look
on and refrain from any sort of action, leaving
the matter to France and Germany to settle.
While in many publications voices are raised,
protesting against the invasion of the Ruhr
France, while many others declare that such
move eventually will react to do France
harm than good, still there is plenty of justifica
tion for such an act.
In the latest Literary Digest it is pointed out
that, while the damage done French territory
the German soldiers aggregates 104,000,000 gold
marks, and the French have spent 44,000,000 gold
marks restoring the devastated regions, the Ger
mans to date have paid in reparations but 4,000,
000 gold marks.
It seems certain that the Germans will attack
France again if Jjiey ever grow strong enough,
and that they,have dishonestly demoralized their
'*'"1 expressly for the purpose of evad
ing payment of indemnities is heyond question.
The rough judgment of the world will he that the
French have a complete right to pursue the course
hey purpose, and whether or not that course
wise only the future can tell.—Montana Record
Herald.
more
FUNERAL OP J. W. YERGEY.
(Continued from page One)
Friday evening and during the
night Mr. Yergey had been feeling
somewhat worse than usual, and on
Saturday started to go to his office
down town as u/ual. He was feeling
decided to rest
uncomfortable and
a while before leaving. Alter a short
rest he again started
house, when he fell to the floor un
conscious. Mrs. Yengey Immediate
ly called a physician, her daughter,
Mrs. Carl Spieth, and Mrs. H S.
Buell, who came at once to the house.
to leave the
Mr. Yergey came to Montana about
20 y ears a?o from Iowa, and during
™ost of that time has been interested
in the real estae and insurance busi
jnesc in Bozeman, his son, Alfred Yer
gey, being associated with him in the
business- He was prominently iden
tified for many years in the civic ac
tivities of the city, and always took
a keen interest in Bozeman's devel
opment
Every effort was used by the physi
cian to revive Mr, Yergey, but he
passed away without regaining con
sciousness.
Mr. Yergey was married to Miss
Mary Mayhew in 1870, who with five
children survive him. The children
the Mrs. S. H. Nutting, of Omaha,
Neb.; Alfred Yergey, of Bozeman;
Maurice Yergey, of Omaha, Neb.;
Stanley Yergey, of San Diego, Calif;
Mrs Carl Spieth, of Bozeman. One
brother also survives,' George B. Yer
gey, of Washington, D. C. There are
nine grand-children and two great
grandchildren.
The unexpected death of Mr. Yer
gey came a; a great shock to his fam
ily, and the citizens of Bozeman who
hav e known him as a man of fine
character and high business integrity
extend condolence in their loss- The
} duets, and F. T. Griffin sang a solo
accompanied on the organ by Mrs. E
O. Holm.
high esteem in which Mr. Yergey was
held was demonstrated by the great
number of floral tribute/ which cov
ered his coffin. Representatives from
many organizations of the city to
which he belonged attended in a body
to pay their last respects to the de
parted and accompany the remains
to their last resting place.
At the church, Mrs.. Claude Stef
i fins and Mrs. W. N. Purdy sang
DR. WARREN.
(Continued from page One)
Prom that time until December, 1921,
a gradual decrease in prices has main
the down to
The high points in wholesale prices
reached before the world war were
Ï 05 1 a^?i 104 respectively 1 , Slowest
being reached in 1901,' when they
stood at 80- During these years the
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averape war considerably larger than
1900 - The bi * dro P from Ma > T >
J 92 . 2 ' was due J?** 1 * fact "f* fric !^
had gone so high during the world
war it was inevitable they must come
down a corresponding amount,
drop was a greater drop in prices than
resulted after the Civil War, Dr.
141 per cent. Since then there has
been a slow raise in prices, until in
November of 1922 the values stood at
159.
This
Warren stated.
Prices are now going up, Dr. War
ren stated, and will continue to do so
for some time. Just how T long the
tide will carry prices up it one of the
uncertain things that make life inter
esting trying to figure out. Prices'
have risen 18 points since last Jan
1 uary, and there is no way of telling
how much more they will raise ai
( thou ^ h Dr - Warren believe? they will
no ^ e ° p^ods^of advances and drops
5n prices varied
in such a manner
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THE UNIVERSAL CAR
JTit Ford Motor Co. is manufacturing the best and most refined car that it has ever
produced in the history of the company, at the lowest price.
In the last year it has made 52 decided improvements.
Our stock is the lowest we have had on hand at this time for five years
and the production of the company is being entirely consumed as fast
as produced, which means a very acute shortage in the spring. By plac
ing your order now, it wifi insure delivery in the spring.
LET US SHOW YOU THE NEW CAR AND EXPLAIN OUR TERMS.
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during the time shown by the chart
that there is no way to determine
just how long a time will pass during
the cycle. It may lait for 28 mont» ,
or a change may
months. Present indications seem to
point to a continued raise for sev
eral months to come.
Many other valuable points in reia
tion to stability of valuer, money ba
sis and financial questions were dis
cussed by Dr- Warren, the members
keeping him answering questions for
nearly half an hour.
come in seven
.
Merriman and E. O, Baird, of Butte;
Professor Peterson, of Miles City; E.
F. Benson and Dr. Dean, of Living
ston, and President Clapp of the Uni
_ T _ . ... M
T. U., inviting a speaker to repre
sent the Rotary Club at a meeting
next Sunday celebrating the third an
niversary of the enactment of the
Eighteenth Amendment was read.
The meeting will be held at the Pres
byterian church, at which speakers
will represent all the various civic
organizations of the city. No other
business was considered.
There was nearly a 100 per cent
attendance at the lunch Tuesday, and
a large number of visitors were pres
ent. The^-visitors were John Sher
wood, of Havre; John T. Cain III,
of Logan, Utah; Dr. George F- War
ren, of Cornell; J. D- H^ig, of Butte;
Pat Camey, of Waterloo, Mont.; E.
A Wynan,, of Livingston;I DrS E
Davis, of Dillon; frank L. Cummings,
of Lewistown; A. G. Crain, president
of the University of Wyoming; Dr
H. C- Gardner, of Anaconda; W. H.
versity of Montana.
A communication from the W -C.
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.
Wednesday afternoon the Gallatin
basketball team leaves for Helena to
play in the tournament there. The
men who are to make the trip arc
Mitchell, captain; Breeden, Wylie,
Cecil, Pace, Quinn and Anderson.
Those who have enteTed Gallatin
Francis Donald
Adance was given by the junior
this semester are:
son as a fre-hman, Patsey Harris as a
junior, Charles Swanson as a fresh
mn, Ellsworth Tygret as a sopho
more. Those who have left the t.chooi
are: Adena and Harold Kaiser Nels
Sund, Lily Redfield, Verne Blanken
ship, Palmore Clayton, Art Heageny
and senior boys for the vocational
congress boys. It was. estimated
about 500 boys attended.
Two orchestras and a big crowd
helped out the dance given by the up
per classmen.
Anna Campbell has returned from
Not
eastern Montana, where t he spent the
Christmas vacation on her father's
ranch.
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relieved millions of rheumatism suffer
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as good for sciatica, neuralgia, lum
bago, backache, sprains.
one case
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PRESIDENT'S VETO
PENSION CRITICISED
Great Disappointment to Many Aged
Veterans Who Are in Need of
Increase.
WASHINGTON, Jan. .9—President
Harding's recent veto of the Buruni
pension bill proposing among other
things, increases of Civil and Mexican
war veterans' pensions from $50 to
$72 a month, and of their widows
from $30 to $50, was deplored in an
address to the Senate today by Sen
ator Bursum, Republican, New Mex
ico, chairman of the Senate pensions
committee. Senator Bursum an
nounced he would not attempt to have
the bill passed over the veto because,
he said, it "would not change the re
suit in anv accomplishment.'''
The New Mexico Senator declared
the president had given the country
unwittingly an erroneous impression
0 f the bill and criticized provision?
which Senator Bursum said were not
i contained in it. The presidental veto,
j he declared, would "disappoint many
aged veterans and widows who are un
doubtedly in distress and in great
need of the increase which the bili
wouid have given them »
CMnot hel but feel that this is
J & harsh mistake> a cruel mistake,"
j sa i d Senator Bursum,
| « j am unab i e to make myself be
jjeve that a patriotic, appreciative,
kindly character like Mr. Harding, it
in possession of all the facts and dr
cumstances surrounding perhaps 75
P® r cen ^ °f ,* b ®., beneficiaries under
the proposed bill, would have given
expression to such a sweeping con
demnation of every item that the bill
stands for."
President Harding's alleged misrep
resentation of the bill, Senator Bm
èum said, was in. stating that it pro
posed pension increases for widows,
who had "cohabited" for two years
with a veteran before his death.
This is a L-erious charge and un
j fortunate," he declared, "if it were
true certainly Congress would merit
a severe censure for attempting to
encourage the loosening of the morals
of the country. No such provisions
as are quoted in the the message are
found in the bill. In view of the error
contained * * * it seems to me that
some one has been 'loose' outride of
Congress. In my opinion the presi
dent should correct this erroneous
impression given the public which has
been broadcast to the country on ac
count of the erroneous quotations
contained in the message."
Senator Bursum also challenged the
president's statement that the bill's
cost would be $108,000,000 additional
rolls for the next
The increased cost, he contended
would be only $72,608-0C, and consid
ering the death rate of the veterans,
he added, withoin two years, the total
additional cost would have vanished
"The prediction of a $50,000,000,000
outlay within the next 50 years," Sen
ator Bursum continued, ''would seem
shooting far from the mark of rea- .
son. Fifty-eight years have elapser
rince the Civil War ended. If the
veterans and widows of other wars
are required to wait 58 years before
obtaining similar rates of penEkm?
provided in the bill, there can be no
justification to expect a $50,000.000,
000 outlay unle/s we unfortunately
become involved in other wars which
are not now foreseen.
The financial considerations given
by the president, he said appeared to
be a "one-sided picture and an argu
ment by opposing counsel."
RECEITION FOR ARTIST.
W. R. Plew were
held at their
Mr. and Mrs.
host; at a reception
home for Mischa Elman, after the re
cital on Monday evening- Among
those in attendance to meet the fam
ous artist were members of the ex
ecutive committee of the Woman'*
Club and the artists' course commit
tee, who have charge of the program
of entertainment for the winter.