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W. W. Casper, Managing Editor
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THE BOZEMAN COURIER
Established 1871
Official Paper of Gallatin Connty—Phone 80
Published Every Friday Morning at 43 West Main Street, Bozeman, Montana
-"IN THE FAMOUS GALLATIN VALLEY*
By
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der the Act of March 3, 1879.
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A UNIQUE TRIBUTE
An eloquent and at the same time a unique
tribute is paid to Abraham Lincoln, the Great
Emancipator, by Dr. Hubert Work, secretary of
the interior, in an unusual article entitled :
coin ; An Agent of The Divine Plan," in the Feb
ruary number of the National Republic.
Perhaps Mr. Work drew his inspiration from
the beautiful Lincoln Memorial which is within
plain view of his office window in Washington.
In conclusion, Mr. Work says of the great war
president :
It may be that we are purposely limited in
vision so that we may measure only that which
is human. Our minds wander if we attempt to
discover the border line of the spirit as they do
when we ourselves approach it. Otherwise we
might attribute to Abraham Lincoln a divinity
designed as an instrument to meet human needs.
Or it may be we are yet so near to him that we
cannot see him, or because the manner of his
death, although it broke the heart of a nation,
was less tragic than a crucifixion. I do not know.
But he did implant beliefs in immortality in the
human heart as no other man save the lowly
Nazarine.
Perhaps it was Lincoln's likeness to our human
equation, and because of its limitations, that we
cannot understand his spiritual relations. That
belief which asserts the divinity of Christ to be
one of degree only and that the spirit of God is
within us is not without its appeal, and the life
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of the Great Emancipator would support it.
The silent figure of a president of the United
States, obscured from public gaze by the draperies
of a pulpit, seeking courage and inspiration from
the prayers of the church when the crisis of a
civil war pended, was not far removed from the
Master in the garden of Gethsemane.
Two thousand years from now, when human
traits attributed to Abraham Lincoln and regarded
as frailties have been forgotten, then the world
may see him also as an agent of the Divine plan.
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Gene Tunney has signed to fight for a million dollars,
which is more money than we got for winning the World
War.
NOT A SPENDTHRIFT NATION
In 1926, American savings banks gained nearly
3,000,000 depositors and $1,562,140,000 in de
posits. There are now 46,762,000 depositors, with
$24,696,192,000 in deposits.
New England has the largest percentage of
depositors, with the highest per capita deposits
—nearly $500 to the person. In contrast, New
Mexico has but $19 to the inhabitant, and Texas
only $31.
Some of this apparent difference in savings is
merely a difference in investment habits, and does
not represent actual conditions of prosperity. But
everywhere the saving habit grows; the vast
volume of funds shows that the country is amaz
ingly prosperous and that it has formed the saving
habit and found it good.
year ; 28 per cent asserted it was about the sapie,
and only 16 per cent noted a condition not so good
as in 1926. The best farm»markets were reported
Remember the good old days when the only persons
on the baseball field ever accused of being crooked
the umpires?
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BACK TO THE FARM
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In spite of many gloomy predictions about the
farmer, made in some instances by professional
politicial reformers, there is an apparent trend
towards return to the farm on the part of country
folk who were drawn to the cities during the de
pression in the farming industry.
This information comes to us from the National
Association of Real Estate Boards which recently
completed its fourth annual survey of larm
market conditions in the United States. The
results of the survey are based on reports of 127
communities in the United States and Canada.
The reports show, among other things, that prices
of farm lands, although exhibiting a tendency to
advance, are fairly stable at a level below that of
1920 but above that of 1914. It is stated thdt
there is a greater optimism among farmers than
was evidenced at this time last year, with a cor
responding increase in credit facilities.
Of the 127 communities which replied, accord
ing to the farm report, 56 per cent declared the
farm real estate market more active than last
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in the North Central and Central Eastern sections
of the country, and the Mountain and Pacific
states.
The report adds that the most important reason
given by purchasers for buying farms was the
acquiring of a home and the carrying on of a
farming business, while the second declared
reason was the expectation that farm land values
are due to increase and that the purchase of such
lands now is a good investment.
All kinds of opinions have been expressed as
to how the farmer is getting along and whether
his condition is improving or otherwise. This
report on the sale of farm lands should furnish
pretty good evidence. If the buying of farm
lands is on the upgrade, as the report indicates,
there is basis for assuming that the farmer's con
dition, generally, is improving. Nothing succeeds
like success, and people won't return from the
cities to the farms unless they believe that in
rural communities they have a better chance.
A physician says that the lipsticks the girls use at
tract microbes. Especially the kind with wide pants
and patent leather hair.
KEEPING TAB ON TAXES
Enterprising, experimentally-inclined officials
would rather advocate some new taxes than ac
complish retrenchment.
New taxes mean more jobs and more power in
the hands of officials, who now levy upon every
thing from birth to death, marriage, and registra
tion of cats and dogs.
A private secretary is needed to take care of
the average business man's tax problems, to say
nothing of a financial agent to provide money.
Experts are employed by many firms whose
business it is to say when this tax, or that tax,
shall be paid, and how much.
The man who has nothing, of course, is not
troubled with these little details, but he pays
his share of the taxes just the same. He should
not forget that when he votes on tax-increasing
bills.
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Congressman Upshaw says that by ignoring the Vol
stead act New York ha« seceded from the Union. Maybe
that's why a lot of New Yorkers thought they were voting
for A1 Smith for president last November.
HOME GROWN THIEVES
From the Helena Independent
At least a considerable percentage of the chil
dren who prove dishonest when they come in con
tact with life get their early training in that dir
ection in their homes, asserts Dr. Thomas V.
Moore, psychiatrist of Washington, D. C. To sup
port his claim Dr. Moore recently gave the Amer
ican Association for the Advancement of Science
a summary of some of the ways in which home
influences may develop dishonesty in children.
Parents who believe that this assertion cannot
possibly refer to them might do well to consider
the list of parental shortcomings which follows:
The parent who, perhaps from a false idea
of economy, never gives a child any spending
money.
The parent who talks openly before the
children of unpaid debts.
The parent who continually talks before the
children of the good things of this life and
holds up money, place, position, station, pleas
ures as the only objects of human ambition.
The parent who has no religion and gives
. the children no moral principles.
The parent who perhaps through poverty,
sends the child to steal coal from a neighbor
ing car on a sidetrack.
The parent who sends the little boy or girl
to steal money from a drunken father's
pockets.
The parent who steals himself and brings
home the product of stealing.
The parent who does not became the
panion and guide of the child as the child
grows to maturity.
Probably no parents are guilty of all of these
errors in training of our children, as listed by
Dr. Moore. But how many parents can go over
the list and feel entirely certain that they are in
no way guilty of any one of these shortcomings?
, Those who can deserve classification as first class
parents, whether one agrees with Dr. Moore on
every detail of his list and the probable results
or not.
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Lincoln-Douglas
Debate Greatest
in Our History
Lincoln first attracted national at
tention in the Llncoln-Douglas debate
In 1858.
Concerning this debate a
writer who heard it says : "Both with
reference to the ability of the speak
ers and Its influence upon opinion and
events, it was unquestionably the most
important in American history; that
the speeches of Lincoln, published, cir
culated and read throughout the free
states, did more than any other agency
in creating public opinion which pre
pared the way for the overthrow of
slavery." It was In speeches in that
debate that Lincoln made frequent use
of the declaration that "a house di
vided against itself shall not stand,
a declaration that is both scriptural
and self-evident In the application
made by Lincoln : "I believe this gov
eminent cannot endure permanently
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half slave and half free.
€xpect the house to fan, but i do
expect It will cease to be divided.
It will become all one thing or the
Either the opponents of slav
ery will arrest the further spread of
it and place It where the public mind
shall rest In the belief that it is in
the course of ultimate extinction, of
its advocates will push it forward un
til it becomes alike lawful in all the
states, old as well as new, north as
well as south." The position of Doug
las
of indifference. In his speeches he
severely criticized the declaration of
Lincoln and his application of a
"house divided against itself,
las advocated with all his power the
doctrine of "popular sovereignty"—a
proposition which, as quaintly put by
Lincoln, meant that "If one man
chooses to enslave another no third
man has a right to object."
Both Giants in Intellect.
At the time of this memorable dis
cussion both Lincoln and Douglas
were in the full maturity of their
powers, says a writer In the Indianap
olis News, Douglas being at the age
of forty-five years and Lincoln four
years his senior. Douglas had long
been recognized as an able and popu
lar speaker. In congress and In the
United States senate he had been ac
customed to meet the ablest debaters
of the state and nation. His friends
insisted that never, either in conflict
with a single opponent, or when re
polling the assaults of a whole party
I had he ever been discomfited, ttih
manner was bold, vigorous and ag
gresslve. He was ready and fluent
in language, elegant in diction, fertile
in resources and especially familiar
with political history. Lincoln was
at that time a trained speaker, having
contended successfully at the bar, in
the legislature and in the congress,
and before the people with the ablest
men of the West—including Douglas,
with whom he always rather sought
than avoided a discussion.
Such were the champions who en
gaged in that famous discussion be
fore the people of minois, with the
whole nation as spectators and audi
ence, the political questions then pend
ing—especially the vita! question re
lating to slavery. It was not c single
other,
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combat, but extended through a whole
campaign. The meetings were held
in the open air, for no hall was large
enough to accommodate the Immense
crowds that assembled at each place
to hear the discussion. The speeches
were published in all the principal
newspapers of the country and were
eagerly read by a majority of the
voters In the United States. The at
tention of the people was thus ar
rested and the whole nation was
aroused on this one vital question of
the day It had never been before.
Douglas secured the Immediate ob
ject of the contest in retaining his
seat In the United States senate; but
the vigorous logic, the honesty and
sincerity and the great intellectual
powers exhibited by Lincoln prepared
the way for his nomination and elec
tion to the Presidency two years later
—which was really the goal of Doug
las' ambition and the ultimate object
of the Lincoln-Douglas debate.
Douglas' Patriotism.
It Is a touching Incident and happily
illustrates the patriotism that inspired
both of these statesmen, widely as
they differed in political policy and
keen as had been their rivalry, Just
as soon as the life of the republic was
died a few months later—June 3, 1861
—and the cause of the Union and sup
port of the administration was de
prived of his great Influence.
In response to invitations Lincoln
menaced they joined hands to shield
and save the country they both loved.
When Abraham Lincoln walked out
to the east steps of the capitol to
deliver his inaugural address and take
the oath of office as President of the
United States—facing a great crowd
of people, among whom were many
who would gladly have taken his life
—the man who accompanied Mm and
who stood close by his side, the man
who was the first to take his hand
and pledge hiq unqualified support
in the great task Lincoln had assumed
j as President of a distracted country,
| was Senator Stephen A. Douglas. Un
fortunately' for the country, Douglas
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about ten «lays, marked by offlcic.i re
ceptions and great crowds of people
anxious to see and hear the man upon
whom the destinies of the country de
pended. Every word of the President
elect on this journey was carefully
scanned for some light by which to
read the troubled and uncertain fu
ture. Measuring his words wl;h un
usifal caution, he avoided
any an
nouncement of policy, but the coun
try was nevertheless able to read be
tween the lines that It had made no
mistake In the man to whom It had
confided the preservation of the gov
ernment.
Pathetic Leave Taking.
Nothing In the history of Lincoln is
more pathetic than the scene of his
departure from Springfield on the
morning of February 11, 1861, when
he bade farewell to his old friends
and neighbors. The scene is thus de
scribed by Lincoln's biographer:
"A throng of at least a thousand of
Lincoln's friends and neighbors had
gathered at the dingy little railroad
station at Springfield to bid him good
by. It was a cloudy, stormy morn
ing, which served to add gloom and
depression to their spirits. The leave
taking became a scene of subdued
anxiety, almost of solemnity. Mr.
Lincoln took a position in the waiting
room where his friends filed past him
often merely pressing his band In si
lent emotion. The half-finished cere
mony was broken by the ringing bell
and rushing train. The-crowd closed
about the railroad car Into which the
President-elect and bis party had en
tered. Then came the central inci
dent of the morning. Once more the
bell gave notice of starting, but the
conductor paused with his hand lifted
to the bell rope. Mr. Lincoln ap
peared on the platform of the car and
raised his hand to command attention.
The bystanders bared their heads to
the falling snowflakes and standing
thus his neighbors heard hla voice for
the last time in the city of his home."
May Hava Fereaeen Pate.
_ Lincoln's. farewell address to his
Springfield neighbors is expressed in
words so chaste and pathetic that it
reads as if he already felt the tragic ,
shadow of forecasting fate. "No one,"
he said, "can realize the sadness 1 feel
at this parting. I now leave, not know
ing when or whether ere^I may re
turn. 1 go to assume a task more dif
ficult than any thftt has devolved upon
any chief executive since Washington.
Without the assistance of that Divine
Being who ever attended him I cannot
succeed—with that assistance I can
not flail. Trusting in Him who can go
with me sad remain with you, and be
everywhere for good, let ns confident
ly hope that all will be welL To Hla
care I commend you, sa I hope In your
prayers you will commend me. I bid
you an affectionate farewell." And as
he waved his hand in farewell to the
old home, to which he was never to
return, the fervent response from *
many of his old friends; "God bless
anè keep you ; Qod protect you." They
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were "sorrowing most of all for the
words he spake," Impressed with s
feeling that they would
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