The Bozeman courier., February 27, 1924, Page PAGE TEN, Image 10

About The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954

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THIRTY-THREE YEARS AGO.
From files of the Avant Courier,
March 5. 1891
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jlpich came in like a lion.
It is Hon. W. W. Dixon now instead ,
af Thomas H. Carter.
Craries Callaghan represented the
roe Forks people at the opening.
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.. 1 rs. Mounts personally superin- ;
the lodging department at the ;
Ur'*s
LeCIede.
Contractor and Builder McKenzie is j
engagea in erecting a number of build-,
ings at Manhattan.
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or Pease, of this city .returned |
from a few days visit to the tempo-1
rary capital on Friday last.
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The genial countenance of Colonel 1
Malone, and the presence of his ex
cellent wife, were noticeable at the
opening.! Of the new hotel.)
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John Williams and Ferd Dell are
in a^endam-e upon the quarterly
meeting of the board of county com
missioners.
W. H. Tracy & Co. are making ar- j
rangements to put in a stock of groc
cries in connection with their pres-1
int business.
We are pleased to learn that Dr.
G. V» 7 . Goodman, who was stricken
down again last week with severe
illness, is now hopefully convalescing.
V. A. Cockrill, J. H. Gallop and
< harks Anceney were among the nu
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fuerous people who attended the open - !
ing of the new hotel from the valley.
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On Wednesday G. R. Safelv & Co.
.r-ened their new store in the Storv !
with a new stock of furniture !
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block,
md undertaking goods.
Three Forks is fast becoming a
mining center. The Jefferson bar, ;
near there has proved to be an ex-}
cel lent placer.
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W.D. Rumsey, of Helena, has near
ly completed a map of Gallatin coun
ty for the board of county commis
It is six by twelve feet.
sionrrs.
The rotary snow plaw made a trip
over the Butte and Bozeman short
line on Saturday ami opened the road
to Norris, which had been closed sev
eral days.
Mr. Geo. W. Wakefield started for ;
Monday
St, Paul on the 11:20 train
night last. He goes on business con
nected with the National Park trans
portation.
SAGE TEA KEEPS
YOUR HAIR DARK
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Gray hair, however handsome, de
notes advancing age. V, c all know the
advantages of a youthful appearance.
Your hair is your charm. It makes or
raars the face. \\ hen it fades, turns
gray and looks streaked, just a few
applications of Sage Tea ai.# Sulphur
enhances its appearance a hundred-fold.
Dun't stay gray! Look young!
Either prepare the recipe at home or
get from any drug store a battle of
"Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Com
pound," which is merely the old-time
recipe improved by the addition of oth
er ingredients. Thousands of folks
recommend this rcady-to-uSfc prepara
tion, became it darkens the hair beau
tifully, besides, no one can possibly tell,
as it darkens so naturally and evenly.
You moisten a sponge or soft brush
with it, drawing this through the hair,
taking one small strand at a time. By
morning the gray hair disappears; af
j When Mixed With Sulphur It
j Brings Back Its Beautiful
Lustre At Once
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laturalador it tecomej
«hick, glossy and lustrous, and you ap
pear years younger.
AW, WHAT'S THE USE
By L. F. Van Zelm
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A. K. Yerkes has sold a half inter-,
est in the Chronicle to Chas. S. Fell,
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Mr. Fell is to be congratu
jlated on his purchase.
Col. O. F. Chisholm, who was taken
suddenly ill on Monday night, has
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iciently recovered to venture out
and attend somewhat to urgent busi
ness affairs.
formerly of the Argus
$3,000.
Drs. Chambliss and Gragg were the
successful bidders for furnishing the
medical attendance for the sick poor
of the county for the ensuing year,
their bid being $350.
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F. L. Benepe and E. J. Owenhouse
are figuring to consolidate their busi
Arrangements are not perfec
ted but in all probability they will he
sometime this month.
ness.
If Gallatin county's prosperity can
he safely estimated by this winter's
snowfall it will be the wealthiest and
most prosperous county in the state
on or before next New Year's day.
^ e ^ ena on ^ rida> night and spent the
Dvo following days in Bozeman and
Timberline, looking after his exten
sive business interest in the south
eastern portion of Gallatin county.
Senator Hoffman came over from
and highly respected resident of this!
valley, left for his former home in
Indiana on Tuesday night. He goes
George Border, an old-time farmer
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on business and expects to be absent i
only a few' weeks.
t * me f° r holding the annual;^
cit >' election is fast approaching and,
yet we hear of no nominating comren-1
tions having been called by either 0 f ;
the great political parties. What is
the matter with the city central com- !
'mittees? j
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The recent decision of the first as-;
sistant secretary of the interior that j
"stone that is useful only for build
mg purposes does not render land
subject to appropriation under the
mining laws or exempt it from pre
emption entry" is of more than or
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Yankee Jim" was in the city sev
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dinary interest to residents of this ;
portion of Montana.
eral days of the past week,
gentleman remarked that he was in
b * s fifty-sixth year, and yet felt as
young as when he was twenty-five.
We hone he mav live lone and visit
Bozeman frequently. ("Yankee Jim"
died last year at the home of his
brother in California, at the age of
88 years.)
j Mr. Thomas D. Tice, a prominent
! farmer and stockman of the lower
J Madison, visited the county capital
on Saturday last. He reports the
heaviest snow'-fall on the lower Madi
son and vicinity of Three Forks that
has been witnessed for many years,
and predicts a splendid season for
grain, grass and vegetables through
out Gallatin county during the com
summer
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] Paul McCormick has the contract
j f or government freighting from Blak
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fifty miles of Fort Custer. This is
to provide for the possible spring out
j
ceived a letter from a friend in Utah
ely to Fort Custer. A condition was
also included in the contract provid
ing for ali freighting that might have
to be done for military purposes from
within a radius of one hundred and
break of the Indians, or for the sum
mer maneuvers of the troops which
are generally sent out on practice
marches in summer.
Mr. Prichard, of Reece creek, re
i a few days ag0, in which the writer
! conveys the remarkable information
j that a certain portion of the 4 'rritory
[was recently visited by a shower of
salt and that the ground wr fairly
covered to a depth of one inch with
t e pure saline substance when the
shower subsided It fails to
purify the moral atmosphere of that
polygamous commonwealth, they may
reasonably look for a shower of salt
pet re at an early day.
permanent public
I highway between Bozeman and Man- j
hattan, to run parallel with the Nor- i
them Pacific railroad, also, the build- j
| ing of a first-class wagon bridge
across the West Gallatin immediately
below the railroad bridge at Cream
ery. If the important interests of the
county and the earnest desires oi a
majority of its taxpayers are fairly
consu te , t e petition will receive a
A petition is being circulated and
signed praying the board j
commissioners to establish ;
| extensively
j of county
and maintain a
favorable and prompt consideration
at the hands of the board.
The nickle-in-the-slot musical pho
nograph furnished considerable fun
and amusement for the unitiated and
curious at the opening of the new'
hotel. The bar and billiard privileges
have been retained by Messrs. Wake
field and Callahan, the lessees of the
hotel, and the gross receipts there
from at the opening amounted to a
snug sum. The temporary foot-bridge
erected across Main street from the
parlor veranda to the reception room
of the city hall editorium, and w'hich
served a good purpose during the
night of the opening, was taken down
Tuesday. D. A. McCaw was among
the visitors from Livingston at the
opening.
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Died, at Bozeman, Montana, Mar i.
L ^91, of pneumonia, O. R. Hill. Mr.
^*11 was born at Duncanon, Penn.,
! June 7 » 1873 » and was lhus but e 'gh
teen Soars, eight months and twenty- 1
five day-« old at the time of his death.'
He leaves a father, E. G. B. Hill, who !
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01 three yeras pas ha^ b **en
engineer on the Northern Pacific, and
mother and sister who make their ,
bome on Church street. The young!
gentleman worked in an architect's
°^ lce * n Helena for some rime after j
coming to Montana ,and since remov- ;
ed to Bozeman, where he was employ- j
ed in the office of Ramsey & Perkins.
an
AI1 who knew him regarded him as
exceptionally bright and worthy and
his untimely death is sincerely le
(jetted. <E. G. B. "Nig" Hill, the
a * ber referred to, is a member of the
present board of city commissioners.)
If Bozeman wants the agricultural
college she should have it, says the
Butte Miner, for her location, sur
roundings and tributary agricultural
wealth stamp her as the proper lo- ;
cation.
The agricultural college
woul(i b * a Atting ornament for Mon
tana's productive and fertile garden,
We can but notice that at the closing
hours of the Helena legislative ses- -
sion there are opposing influences at
work and a disposition to "monkey
n
for the capital !
or any other important state insti
tution. It appears that bills passed
the senate on Tuesday, locating the ;
Agricultural college at Bozeman and
the State University at Missoula, but
the significent head lines to the pro
ceedings, as published in the Helena
Herald, shows that there is a big
colored individual in the wood pile.
They read as follows: Reconsidéra- ;
tion will be moved tomorrow, so they
will not reach the house in time to
with the entire Agricultural college
business for the express purpose,
doubtless of injuring the prospects
of "The Gem City
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Forty-two per cent of the larm- •
ers feel {hat their financial difficul
ties are due to low prices of farm
products, the United States Depart
teen per cent attribute their condi
tion to high taxes; 11 per cent to
high costs for farm labor; 10 per,
cent to high freight rates;
pass.
FARMERS GIVE REASONS
l*i per
cent to high interest rates; 6 per
cent to reckless expenditures during;
, the boom period; and 4 per cent to
j too much credit.
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FEED PLENTIFUL AND ALL
STOCK DOING WELL
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Montana herds and flocks continue |
.; n condition much above normal, due
to tbe mild winter and to adequate
j* ee d supplies. St <*kn.en's
from ali crninties indicate that stock
are expected now to emerge from
the wi n ter j n excellent shape, and
with much legs than the no rmal
s hiinkaee and losses, according to the
nlont hly report on livestock issued by j
Geo. a. Scott, statistical! of the Mon
tana Co-operative Crop Reporting
Service. During January most of the
grass was under snow', and feeding
w'as generally necessary, but recent
milder weather and the disappearance
of most of the snow from winter pas
tures has allowed stock to again en
joy winter grazing, and has made lit
tie feeding necessary since January
25th. except in the higher
reports
Ranges
Condition 98, the same as a month |
ago, and one point higher than a year j
ago. No water shortage has been
reported recently. The usual hea.yi
snow' blanket is reported in the moun
tainous sections of the south central
northwest, and most of the southwest |
districts, while it is rather light in
the Celt Mountains on the eastern '
slope of the Rockies between Boulder
t
and the Sun River.
It is rather early
| to speculate on range conditions for
the coming
season.
Cattle
per
°* normal, compared to i07 on Jan.
1st' and to 100 a year ago. Shrink
age was lighter than usual over the
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state as a whole during January,
which largely accounts for the ini
proved condition figure. Repjrts o: j
diseases were confined to local ou 4 .- j
breaks of blackleg, which were sup. J
pressed by vaccination. Losses so
f ar have been very light,
per <*nt of normal, compared to 109;
last month and 100 a year ago. Flocks;
have been maintained in go-xl flesh j
by feeding where necessary. A good i
clip of excellent wool is experreiî in j
the spring, as well as a heavy droo j
of lambs. Losses from disease have
been almost negligible.
Feed Supplies
Sheep
Sheep and lambs are rated at 110
All reports indicate that there are
sufficient amounts of feed to cany
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stock to grass in satisfactory condi
tion. With the exception of the high-|
er regions, where stockmen are gener- ( *
ally prepared to feed straight throug'i
the winter months, only about one
month of feeding has been necessary.
There are only a very few localities
w'here a late spring would bring about
the exhaustion of the available feed
while many sections probably have i
more than apparently will be needed,
Stockmen now expect to get through
the winter with minimum losses and
expense, and to put their stock
jr rass j n soo d flesh or at least in
strong condition. The average prices
^ a y j n s tack over the state,
as shown by t he reports, are $8.73
f or tame hay, and $8.45 for wild
hay> but local supply and deman d
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The condition of ranees is verv 1 X
similar to that of a month ago with i )
but a seasonal decline noted in most ^
of the range country. The condition ;
on Feb. 1 averages 88 per cent of
normal compared with 91 last month
and 86 a year ago. Snow covers the
range in some of the northern states
cause much variation both ways from
these averages.
Conditions In Other Range States
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j but as feed has generally been plen
! tiful, little loss has occurred.
Further deterioration in range con
ditions is reported in California but
if the recent rains are succeeded by
warm weather a rapid improvement j
may he expected. Extremely co'd ;
weather and altemate freezing
thawing caused consideiab.e damage j
in Oklahoma both to the range and
to wheat pastures. Heavy snow ani
cold rains in the north and northwest
and I
and excessive moisture in the south
west have retarded the growth of!
For the rang"*
'Agitation in Texas.
states as a whole, however, the mois
lure supply is good and the outlook
for spring quite favorable,
Cattle have neatly maintained their!
condition of a month ago, averagin'*
90 a year ago.
decline of one point averaging 9»»
Compared with 97 in January, and 95
last year. With the exception of Cal
if.rnia where the shortage of green
grass is causing some loss of ewes*
and lambs, the condition of stock
throughout the range states has been
unusually healthful, and due to thf
mild winter losses f from severe
weather conditions have been light,
As both cattle and sheep are winter-1
ing well, this will tend to a favorable
prospect for both calf and lamb!*
crops.
The supply of hay and other feed
altitudes._
92 compared with 93 last month and
Sheep show the same
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