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THE BOZEM AN COURIER
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Published Every Wednesday Afternoon at
43 West Main Street, Bozeman, Montana
IN THE FAMOUS GALLATIN VALLEY"
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THE REPUBLICAN-COURIER COMPANY
Phene 80
Official Paper of Gallatin County
Established 1871
THE FURROW DRILL
In a recent issue of the Montana Farmer, Clyde
McKee, agronomist at Montana State college, has
a lengthy article upon the use of the furrow drill
in planting winter grain, in which he says:
"The results of preliminary investigation con
ducted by the Agronomy Department at Bozeman
do not justify the use of a furrow drill on the
heavy irrigated soils of the Gallatin valley. How
ever, on the bench lands of that valley where the
soils are lighter and inclined to blow, it is believed
that there is a place for the furrow drill. The
same general recommendation will no doubt hold
true in the winter wheat sections of southern
Montana, east of the divide.
This implement was introduced by the Moccasin
experiment station and has been quite generally
used in the Judith basin, where it has reduced
winter-kiljing and increased production.
Experiments at the Moccasin station extending
over a period of four years showed that 88.8 per
cent of the wheat sown with the furrow drill sur
vived while only 62.3 percent of that sown with
the ordinary drill came through the winter alive.
During the same period wheat sown with the
furrow drill showed an average yield 27.7 percent
higher than that sown with the ordinary drill.
Montana Experiment station Bulletin No. 175
deals with the furrow drill and may be had by
applying to the experiment station at Bozeman.
Farmers living upon non-irrigated land in the
' .allatin valley might do well to obtain this bul
letin and try out the furrow drill upon their land
this fall. Its might materially reduce winter-<
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killing in the valley and increase the average,
yield.
If it will do either of these things it will in-1
crease the amount of wheat Gallatin valley farm-j
ers have to sell and is well worth trying out. j i
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SOUNDS REASONABLE
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The Potter plan of increasing and distributing j J
freight revenues for the northwestern railroads'
sounds very reasonable. Whether it is workable
or not remains to be seen, as, quite naturally, its
adoption is opposed by the roads which will be
least benefited by it.
The railroads are asking for a straight increase
of 11 percent throughout the western group,
while Mr. Potter's plan contemplates a raise of
but five percent, the proceeds to be segregated,
pooled and distributed among the carriers now
earning less than 5 3-4 percent in proportion to
then deficit percentage.
The transportation act permits railroads to earn
a net maximum return of 5 3-4 percent. This is
not a guarantee in any sense of the word, and
many of them have not made that large a profit.
The roads in the northwest have suffered as
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has every other industry from the adverse con
ditions prvailing since the war. The Milwaukee is
a notable example and is now under a receiver
ship as a result. The Potter plan is designed for
the express purpose of securing adequate relief
for this road at the least additional expense to
its shippers.
In a circular sent out to the press in behalf of
his plan, Mr. Potter points out the fact that if
increases are granted to bring the earnings of
all roads up to near the 5 3-4 percent allowed by
law, or even to wipe out present operating deficits,
20 percent, 30 percent, 40 percent, or perhaps
more, would be required by some carriers to
serve their needs.
He says : "In order to obtain the fund necessary
to meet the need of such carriers, it should not be
necessary to burden the shippers with paying a
vast amount to go to carriers which are not en
titled to it. To adopt such a course would be to
violate the spirit of the transportation act and
work gross injustice. A horizontal increase, to be
enjoyed by all carriers, it therefore seems ap
parent, would accord neither with justice, the
spirit of transportation act nor sound econ
omics.
"There is a method to get additional income for
carriers that need it and not for others. It can
be put into effect promptly without cumbersome
proceedings. Let there be an increase of less than
11 percent—say, to illustrate, only 5 percent—
throughout ihe Western group. Segregate and
pool the proceeds of that increase. Give no por
tion of the proceeds of the increase to carriers
enjoying a return in excess of 5 3-4 percent,
Divide the entire proceeds among carriers earn
ing less than 5 3-^ percent. As the 5 percent in
crease should be made because of the condition
of needy carriei*. divide the amount to be re
covered from that increase among the carriers in
proportion to their several needs, as reflected by
their several deficits below a fair return.
It is probable that some sort of a rate increase
will be granted, and the plan proposed by Mr.
Potter seems to provide additional revenue for
the roads which need it most with the least ad
ditional burden upon those who will pay it—the
farmers and shippers of the northwest.
''There are two sapphire mines in the state,
Q ne j s j n Granite county, operated by the Ameri
can Q em m ining syndicate of St. Louis and one
j n j U( jith Basin county, operated by the New
Mine Sapphire) syndicate of London, England,
The former is a placer mine, producing indus
trial sto nes. The latter is mqre on the order of
a q Uar t z mine, and produces the famous Yogo
g ems . The American Gem Mining syndicate pro
Editorial Comment
OUR JEWEL MINES
(Helena Record-Herald)
Although it is not generally known, Montana
has two counties in which mining is carried on
for more or less precious gems, and while the
industries are not very large they are of consid
erable importance, as indicated by the report
made by the state board equalization upon their
production during the year 1924, which is de
scribed in a news item as follows:
uces stones valued at $22,799.05 during the pe
nod, while the London company's production was
valued at $69,823.91.
Most Montanans are more or less familiar with
the Montana Sapphires, much used by jewelers
n rings, stickpins and oilier articles of jewelry.
The state of Montana is so large that its natural
products form a great variety of useful materials,
and the development of these sources of wealth is
us ^ in the initial stage,
SUCH IS THE PRESS
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(Springfield Advance-Press)
When your car gets stuck in the mud and the
rear wheels merely spin around and your friends
advise you to call for help get a bunch of news
papers, slip them under the rear wheels, turn on
the juice and see the car come out of the mire,
Newspapers are great uplifters. When your busi
ness gets into a rut, the newspaper will help you
out if you will use the advertising columns. Great
is the power of the press.
ECONOMY AND THE WEST
(Cut Bank Pioneer Press)
The other day we heard a speech in Cut Bank
on economy and it didn't seem to please anyone.
The speaker preached frugality here in the west.
For a western man to talk that sort of gospel
a little beyond lay comprehension.
The east is getting most of our money and
keeping it in the east. Besides doing this, it is
pressing the government to lay off on expendi
tures in the public land states. Why should a
western man like that sort of thing?
It must be pretty nearly time for the Prince
of Wales to return home for the purpose of plan
ning another trip—Pittsburg Gazette-Times.
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Our would-be radicate have found the country
at lai^strangelycontented, and are greatly die
The state economy program is equal sterile
and fraudulent. It was conceived as an issue to
chase a man out of office and now it is being
freely invoked in spells because it seems popular.
But a few are sensing the fraud, as more than a
few are sensing that another sort of economy
gospel that means the cutting off of western
development because the cast, which has com
pleted its public works to a great extent, is op
posed to it, is hurting us and will hurt us more if
it continues Ions*
We don't know who contributed the $280,000
that wiped out the Democratic national commit
tee's debt, but we fancy that three fourths of the
money was contributed by men whom Mr. Bryan
has roundly denounced.—Houston Post-Dispatch.
So little has been heard lately of Tut-ankh^amen
one would almost imagine he were defeated last
November.—Detroit News.
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Copyright 1925—H. LmU Haynes ft Staff. Los Angele»
HOW WOULD YOU DO IT?
If you wanted to hasten the fatal
leap that each of us must
make into the unknown, how would
you go about it?
I have a record of 152 people who
committed suicide last year, and here
is how they answered that question;
67 shot themselves, 57 preferred pois
on, 52 resorted to asphyxiation, 24
stabbed themselves, 11 chose strangu
lation, seven jumped from high places,
four crushed themselves and one
sought a watery grave.
One would think that in the above
category any prospective self-de
«tructionist could find a method that
would suit. Not so* with Martha Mar
tinez, a beautiful, 18-year-old Mexican
girl, however, who has just martyred
herself to somè cause by soaking her
clothing in gasoline and then setting
it afire.
It is said by some that only those
with deranged minds commit suicide.
Facts would indicate, however, that
the majority of suicides are at least
mentally capable of analyzing the ad
vantages of various methods. It is
the result of careful thought, net
chance, that bullets, poison and gas
maintain their popularity.
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WOMEN WILL HEED THIS
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This may not be the best argument
against smoking by women, but it will
have a more repressing effect than
talk about immorality, lack of dig
nity, unhealthfulness or the evil in
fluence on the coming generation.
Mrs. Ruth Maurer, president of the
Ameriçan Cosmeticians' society, ad
vises "Cigarets may not affect
woman's morals but they'll kill her
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beauty. I've no personal objection to
smoking, but it has been proved that
the woman who smokes soon finds j
sloping lines at the corners of her ;
mouth— downward curves that will I
make deep lines and ruin a happy ex- |
pression in old age." §
Women who sit for hours in beauty 5
chairs fighting facial blemishes and
starve themselves ir^ an effort to keep
their waistlines down, and most of
then? do, will heed this kind c«f ad
vice.
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WILL MAKE SHEEP REJOICE.
An Englishman has invented a nia
chine to induce sleep. This would-be
sleeper, on going to bçd, places the
sleep-machine on a nearby table.
Pressing intermittently on a swith,
which he holds in his hand as hé lies
in bed, causes rays of twelve differ
ent colors to flash from the machine
in a prearranged sequence. It is the
effect of these flashing colors on the
retina of the eye that produces sleep.
That is a novel contrivance and one
that will perform g humane service.
It will permit to indulge in undis
turbed rest the millions and millions
of sheep that would otherwise have to
remain up all night and jump fences
that insomnia victims could count
so
them.
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LETT THE SUNSHINE IN. |
Dr. Leonard Hill, of Louden, ad
vises *11 women and girls to wear
te-shirtwaist«, short skirts and
.silk hosiery. Re asserts that such at
th-e will make them healthier and
more beautiful.
Sunshine does the trick, he declares.
Flimsy material permits easy pene
tration of the ultra-violet ray and it
is a true health-beam.
Mother Eve, cavorting »around In
the world's first garden, with so few
garments to shield her from the rays
of the Edenian sun, must have be
come perfectly stunning. And a stroll
down Broadway, or a trip* to the
beach, would convince any who be
lieve in the efficacy of the sun that
American women will soon rival
Venus in their beauty.
HIGH QUALITY GASOLINE AND LUBRICATING OILS
CUT THE COST OF MOTORING
J. L. KETTERER
201 W. Main St.
Free Crank Case Sendee, Battery Water and Air
FIRST AID ACCESSORIES
Let the Engineer
Do the Driving
This is a special message to motorists t
—on your next week-end trip why not
travel by train and get away from, the
strain of driving your car through the
congested country highways»
—enjoy a real rest and relaxation by
letting our engineers do the driving for
you on your next outing.
"Travel By Train and Relieve the Strain 99
Ask the agpnt about th* low round
trip week-end fares.
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Farms—PARTNERS—Banks
The successful,farm is as closely allied with a bank
as with the stock or seed it proposes to increase to a profit
To keep wheels turning, we %houW work together
whether it be savings, checking, loans or investments.
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Earth tremors lasting for several
seconds at Edwardsville, Ill., shook
houses, knocked dishes from the
shelves and broke windows. It is
sow asserted that the disturbance was
not caused by an earthquke. however,,
but by a nearby explosion of dyna
mite.
That is a good alibi, and I speak
as an expert on earthquake alibis.
Here in Lps Angeles we have one that
equally good, however. When the
pet sugar bowl drops to the floor and
the chandelier gets the fool notion
that it is a shimmy dancer, we say:
"Well, the navy is having target prac
tice again."
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SHOULD CURE HIM.
Harold Holliway is an announcer
at radio station KFRC. He is also an
automobile driver. Recently he drove
36 miles an hour through a 10-mile
av. bon*** tunnel. He was fined five
Jol'fe and, in addition, ordered to
aaiww* »•.ea the radio for five
nights .:■/ number killed and injured
in Sfn Fwmv i»--- automobiles.
If .-îoii: way is Lev I; ? s penalty will
do no good. v If he i r > m thought
less, and that is proo?» v y . obse,
it will be effective.
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FIERY. ITCHY SKIN -
QUICKLY SOOTHED
BY THIS SULPHUR ■
Mentho-Sulphur, a pleasant créa«,
will soothe and h *al skin that is irri
tated or broken out with eczema; that
is covered with ugly rash or pimples,
or is rough or dry. Nothing subdues
fiery skin eruptions so quickly says a
noted skin specialist.
The moment this sulphur preparation
is applied the itching stops and after
two or three applications, the eczema
fe gone and the skin is delightfully clear
and smooth. Sulphur is so precious as
a skin renv Jy beer use it destroys the
parasites that can«e the burning, itch
ing or disfigurement. Mentho-Sulphur
always h«*iî' eczema right up.
A >mad i *r of Rowles Mentho-Sul
phur may be had at any good dnag
store.