The Bozeman courier., August 27, 1926, SECOND SECTION, Image 9

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

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BOZEMAN, MONTANA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1926
SECOND SECTION
56TH YEAR
FARMERS MUST
PAY OLD RATES
I. C. C. Suspends Six-cent Re
duction 120 Days Pending
Hearing on Proteste
Farmers of Montana., North Da
kota and Minnesota, will be com
pelled to pay regular domestic
freight rates on shipments to east
ern markets this fall, according to
word received by the Montana rail
road commission from the interstate
commerce commission, says an item
in a recent issue of the Helena Inde
pendent.
The reduction of six cents on ship
ments of grain from the northwest,
as proposed by the Minneapolis ami
St. Louis railway, was withheld for
120 days when a hearing will be held.
"Tho Soo line offered the same "re
duced rate on northwest grain ship
ped by way of Minneapolis," said
E. G. Toomey, attorney for the Mon- j
tana railroad commission, "and the
action of the Interstate commerce
applies to that line as 1
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Protests were entered by the com- j
peting railroads east of Minneapolis,.
and it is interesting to note," said
Mr. Toomey, "that protests came also
from Pacific coast millers. Although c
Pacific coast millers seemed to he in 0
sympathy with Montana farmers in
1923, when the Great Northern,
Northern Pacific and Milwaukee rail
ways proposed to cancel the export
rate on shipment of grain from Mon -1
tana to the coast, which rate is seven
tent« lower than the domestic rate,
they now join hands with eastern rail
ways in protesting a rate which
TT'-'-Td be bénéficiai to all the north
commission
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FUNERAL SERVICES
EOS HRS. SWARTZ
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Afu. u briet illness, Mrs. M aty
Parr Swrrtz. widow of Dr. J. W. j
Swan/, died last Iiul v ini/ong at
the b me of her daughter, Mrs. Ray
Doem, :'.14 Black avenue.
Funeral services, at which the Rev,
H. F. Smith officiated, were held at
Dca 4 *' Occurred Last Fri^rvy at
I me of Daughter, Mrs.
W. Kay Deem
the West chapel at 3 o'clock Sunday
afternoon. Burial was in the Boze
man cemetery. The pallbearers were
J. A. Stafford, Justin M. Sm"h, Wal
ter Aitken, M. H. Crowley, Raymond
V/. Beck, and Joseph M?Rcync i\r,.
Mrs. Schwartz was boia at George
town. Pcnna.. July 5, 1860, the daugh
ter o: Captain ami Mrs. Andrew Parr.
After the death of her husband she
came to Montana, and for five years
had made her home with her daugh
ter, Mrs. Deem. She is also survived
by three sisters, Mrs. R. A. R.- d of
Oakland, Cal.; Mrs. Harry i cters of
Beaver, Penna., and Mrs. M. B. Lay
ton of Pittsburgh, Pcnna.
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NARROW ESCAPE
AT RAIL CROSSING
J. H. Dawes Asserts Engineer
Did Not Sound Warning—
Tragedy Barely Averted
Narrow escape from death at a
railroad crossing just west of Park
City was the experience Friday of
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Dawes, according
to their report upon arriving here
that afternoon. Failure of an engi
neer to whistle for the crossing was,
Hr. Dawes declares, the cause.
Mr. and Mrs. Dawes, driving a new
car, 1-eft Billings ahead of the stub.
Aware of this fact, they were partic
ularly careful at crossings. At Park
City they were still ahead of the
train. Just west of that place, they
came to a crossing approached by a
stiff grade. This they climbed, lis
tening for train signals, but heard
none.
Just as they were about to cross
the track, Mrs. Dawes shouted to her
husband to stop. He applied the
emergency brake, bringing the car to
a halt within four or five feet of
the tracks. At the same instant a
train, traveling at 40 miles an hour,
glided by. ,
My new car runs very quietly",
said Mr. Dawes, "and I could not
have helped hearing the whistle.
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N. P. GRANTS LOW
RATE TO GALLATIN
FAIR SEPT. 22-24
For the Fourth Annual Gallatin
County fair at Bozeman Septem
ber 22, 23, and 24, the Northern
Pacific Railway company
granted a special rate of a fare
and one-half for the round trip
from all stations on its main line
and branches from Big Timber to
Helena and Butte, inclusive.
Tickets will be sold daily Sep
tember 21 to 24, inclusive,
return limit will be September 25.
has
Final
REP WANS TO
MEET AT HELENA
Will Gather September 11 to
Frame Platform and Choose
Officers for Fall Campaign
A Republican state convention will
held at Helena September 11, ac
cording to a call issued by W. E.
j>o W ii n 0 f Billings, state chairman,
The meeting, the call sets forth,
be for the purpose of framing a
pa ^ y platform and the election of a
bairman, a secretary, and members
£ ^ executive committee,
Candidates for congress, state of
£| ces> state assembly and state
senators whose terms of office ex
beyond the first Monday of next
January, and members of the state
cen tral committee are eligible to par
ticipate in the deliberations of the
convention,
MULLEN PASS ROAD
OPENED TO TRAFFIC
HELENA.—Tourist traffic, partic
ularly coming from the west, is now
being diverted to the new Mullen Pass
road, according to W. G. Ferguson,
secretary of the Helena Commercial
club.
While the work has not been com
pleted, some finishing yet to be done
and the road widened at certain points
the mountain highway is in good con
dition, and it is expected that travel
through Helena will increase as a
0 f eliminating the Priest pass
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The proposed Blue Cloud-Ten Mile
cu t_ 0 ff j s yet available, the tr*f
fic going via Birdseye and Austin, it
wag stalled.
1 congressional candidates in the First
! district was: Evans, 13,724; Cooney,
9,857. Evans is known as a "dry",
EVANS 13,724 TO
COONEY'S 0,857
Congressman John M. Evans' ma
jority in the recent Democratic pri
mary, say advices from Helena, was
3,867 votes by official count.
The vote for the (two Democratic
while the Butte editor always has
been an enthusiastic "wet".
On the basis of the congressional
! vote, 16,814 Republican and 23,551
I Democratic votes were cast in the
First district. In the Second district
the congressional vote was 43,916
Republican and 8,862 Democratic.
Bitter Root—(Macintosh Red apples
, being contracted at $2.60 a box.
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General view of the landing field at Maywood, near Chicago, just after the commercial airplanes taking part
the annual reliability tour-arrived* The tour started at Detroit and the route included parta of Michigan, Illinois,
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UTILITY HAS RIGHT
TO A FAIR RETURN
ON INVESTMENTS
HELENA.—A public utility has
a right to a fair return upon its
investment and that right does not
depend upon its fnstomers' pros-
perity, the Montana public service
commission ruled in denying the
application of a customer of the
Flathead Valley Electric company
at Ronan for a reduction in rates.
- The commission
Charles C. Beach of Ronan, who
uses electric power in his meat
market and who pleaded that he
could not afford to pay the present
rate, had failed to prove that rate
unreasonable. His complaint was
dismissed.
found that
CHARGE IS FILED
AGAINST SHERIFF
Complaint Accuses Him of "As
sault Under Cover of Author-'
.ity" Upon C. Shears
Sheriff James Smith is charged
with assault under cover of authority
upon Charles Shears, according to an
information filed in distiict court
Saturday by A. E. Peterson, county
attorney.
The case against Sheriff Smith is
an outgrowth of a wrangle that oc
curred at the fair grounds on the eve
ning of August 5. Shears complained
to the county attorney that while he
wias attending to the parking of
cars, Sheriff Smith drove up and de
manded to know what he was doing.
Shears informed him, whereupon, it
is charged, Smith not only ordered
him from (the grounds, but struck
him. -
Shears thereupon left the grounds.
Piling of the charge against Sheriff
Smith was delayed until Saturday,
the reason therefor not being dis
closed. Assault under cover of au
thority, if proved, is a serious of
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fense and the penalty is correspond
ingly severe.
C her informations filed Saturday
chaige Adolph and May Ping and W.
C. Clark with possessing and selling
illicit liquor and with maintaining
nuisances. The cases originated in
raids made here by state prohibition
officers during Roundup week, when
seven arrests were
NATIONAL BANK
WANTS TAX CUT
HELENA.—National banks operat
ing in Montana are demanding the
same tax exemption that is allowed
state banks. Last year the state su
preme count affirmed a decision un
der which state banks in reporting
for taxation purposes may deduct
from the amount of their capital
stock the amount they have invested
I in liberty bonds. In many instances
.this means/ the entire amount of
■ capital stock.
The decision applied only to state
banks but an action has been filed in
Yellowstone county by the Midland
National bank of Billings, demanding
the same exemption. Taxes also have
been paid under protest by national
banks of Helena and Missoula with
the purpose, the state tax, commis
sion advised, of taking the question
to the supreme count.
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MONTANA WOOL MARKETING PUN
PLACES STATE UP AMONG LEADERS
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EXPENDITURES IN
CAMPAIGN SMALL
Bulk of Total Spent by Congres
sional Candidates in
Second District
HELENA.—Primary campaign ex
penses of most state and congres
sional candidates were small, accord
ing to reports filed with Charles T.
Stewart, secretary of sta/te.
In the First congressional district,
John M. Evans, Democrat, spent
$668.60; John McLaughlin, Repub
lican, $550.00; Ronald Higgins, Re
publican, $111.25, and the others only
about $350.00 all told. In the Second,
A. A. Franzke and the Franzke-For
Congress club spent $2,902.88; Con
gressman Scott Leavitt and his clubs,
$1,770.68, and John Oliver $422.65.
All are Republicans.
Lee Dennis, successful candidate
for railroad commissioner, xeported
spending $549.93, while Sam Ross
spent $389.12 and W. B. McLaughlin,
$363.61.
Among candidates for associate
justice^- W. L. Holloway spent $573.
14; A. J. Galen, $560,96; F. L. Lieper,
$748.47, and W. E. Carroll, $194.50.
M. S. C. GRADUATE
COACHES WINNING
C. M. T. C. TEAM
Lieutenant Victor R. Thayer, Inf.
Res., a graduate of Montana State
college, class of 1925, coachcl the
winning team in athk les at Camp
Mea ^ e> Maryland
in
, Ç. M. T. C., this
summer, according to word received
here. Lieut. Thayer's platoon and
company made a clean sweep of the
field events, capturing the track and
field meet, the 100-man relay, and the
tug-of-war. His company, L.* also
ranked first in military efficiency
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Only Public Bee Market in World
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Tlie only public bee market in the world is held annually in the little
village of Veanendaal, Holland. From ail sections of the country the bee
formers arrive, carrying their hives with their thousands upon thousands
of bees.
Enables Growers to Realize Best
Price on Millions of
Pounds
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That Montana is one of the na
tion's leading states in the crderly
marketing of wool is shown by sta
tistics compiled for 1926. According
to these figures, 465 wool growers
delivered to the Montana Wool Co
operative Marketing association 4,
500,000 pounds of wool for direct sale
to the mills by its sales agency, the
National Wool Exchange, 53 Fargo
street, Boston, says the Montana
Record-Herald.
One-Fifth in State
These 465 wool growers in Mon
tana compose cne-fifth of the wool
growers of the state and their wool
comprises more than one-fifth of the
wool of the state, as the Montana
wool clip for 1926 is estimated by
federal statisticians at 23,100,000
pounds; making Montana the third
state in the United States in wool
production. Texas and Wyoming ex
ceed Montana by about one million
pounds each.
The Montana Wool Co-operative
Marketing association advanced to
these 465 at 6
i th e big grower will take care of him
growers per
cent interest.
Service to Little Fellow
The remark is -often made that
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self and will not co-operate with the
small grower in the marketing of his
wool, and it is also said that the
small grower is the only wcol grow
er needing a marketing organiza
tion." says Murray E. Stebbins, sec
retary of the Montana Wool Co-op
erative Marketing association. "The
.records of the association show that-i
! the individual advances made by the
association range all the way from
as low as $20 up to $50,000.
Illustrating the co-operation
large and small the
among growers
tonnage handled by the association
shows substantially one-third thereof
from growers producing less than a
carload; one-third by growers pro
ducing from 25,000 to 75,000 pounds
each, and one-third by growers pro
ducing from 75,000 ,to 250,000 pounds
each. In numbers the small growers
of the first class constitute 90 per
cent of the total of growers thus co
operating.
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Designing of First American
Flag Will Be Presented in
Lines of Fire at Fair
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The designing, by Betsy Ross, of
the first American flag will be por
trayed in lines of fire at the Fourth
Annual Gallatin County fair, Septem
ber 22, 23, and 24.
To emphasize the 150th anniversary
of the signing of the Declaration of
Independence which the year 1920
marks, this historic incident will be
presented in fireworks. The realistic
picture will show Betsy Rcss, seat
ed in her rocking chair, weaving with
her nimble fingers the Stars and
Stripes which now float over every
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corner of the civilized world. This
one of the most popular fireworks
sky pictures" ever presented.
That the "Father of Our Country,"
George Washington, will be present
as a guiding spirit at the fjdr is
definitely assured by the manage
ment. The great American hero will
be delineated in a giant realistic pic
ture done in fire by engineers of the
Thearle-Duffield fireworks division
of the World Amusement Service as
sociation, the largest manufacturers
of fireworks in the world, who will
have charge of the exhibitions at the
fair grounds.
The picture of Washington will be
hut one of many similar patriotic
features which will form one of tho
spectacular demonstrations of
sky artistry and pyrotechny ever seen
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PARASITE PREYS
ON FEVER TICKS
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Entomologists Hope Thus to
Combat Deadly Spotted
Fever Menace
The w'ood tick, chief agent in the
1 spread of spotted fever in western
Montana and the cause of many yea:*
cf study by the world's greatest sci
entists, now must fight for its life
against the ixodiphagus caucurtei.
The new insect that carries the long
name is in fact only one twenty-fifth
of an inch in length and belongs to _
the family of bees, ants, wasps ah«'*
Ichneumon flies. It is parasitic on
the wood tick.
Prof. R. A. Cooley, head of the
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State College Entomology depart -
ment and state entomologist in Men
tana, brought a number of these tick
parasites from the east and, through
the Hamilton laboratory, will attempt
to introduce the parasite in nature m
western Montana. The tick parasite
attacks the ticks in their nympha
stage, which is fortunate as they
make better propess in this manner.
Prof. Cooley points out tiiat no ad
claims can be made for the
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( tick parasite, since much experiment -
! ing must be done to introduce it into
It is not known how well it
withstand our severe climate.
nature,
can
In France ticks are practically elim
in8ted in regions where this paiasite
is found,
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DISTRICT OFFICE
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H. W. and G. F. Stone Latest
Additions to Bozeman Busi
ness Circles
Harold W. and Glen F-. Stone,
brothers of E. E. Stone, district man
here for the Mountain States
ager
Telephone and Telegraph company,
|l arrived in Bozeman late last week to
|1 establish headquarters for & sales
it district of -the Maytag Intermountain
I company, distributor of . Maylag
I washing machines.
Harold W. Stone, who formerly was
HI with the same company at Ogden,
Utah, will be local district manager,
while Glen F. Stone will be store
manager. Tenfporary quarters have
been taken with C. H. Morrow at
214 East Main street, four salesmen
have been put in the field, and an
energetic sales campaign has been be
gun. Later permanent quarters will
be obtained.
The new (Maytag sales district, of
which W. H. Stone is in charge, in
cludes four
Sweet, grass, Park and Gallatin
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