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The Bozeman courier., 1921-10-19
SOPHS PULL FROSH
THROUGH FROG POND
Annual Stunts in Class Fights ERded
Saturday With The Freshies
Taking Dip

Saturday ended the annual class
fights between the Sophomore and
Freshmen class at the Montana State
College. The afternoon found mem
bers of the two classes ON the foot
ball field for the final contests, con-
sisting of the sack rush, flag rush,
and the frog-pond pull. There were
more than 200 people from out of
town out to see the fun, although
the weather was threatening rain.
The first event consisted of rs
men each from the soph and frosh
classes lined up on each side of the
football field. In the center were 81
sacks filled with dirt, and to win,
one of the teams was required to
get more sacks on it's side than the
other, within Is minutes. At the
gun there was a rush and the follow
ing Is minutes saw the most rapid
fire action witnessed on the grounds
in many years. At the call of time
the count was taken, showing the
Freshies to have won, with Is sacks
safely slowed away on their side
Then came the flag-pole event
with the two class flags at the tor
Of a 15-foOt pole in the center cf tn.
field. At the signal the two team!
raced for the pole, coming togethel
like a couple of steam engines. Ther'
was few seconds of struggling a
the bottom of the pole, and then |
small Freshie was seen to mount tn
backs of his teammates and jum]
to the pole. Several Sophs tried t.
pull him down, but he was too MIN
bic for them, going up like a sailor
He reached the top, took down tn
Soph flag, waved it about in tri
The Bozeman courier., 1921-10-19
A DOMESTIC PROBLEM

The question of free tolls for American coast
wise vessels passing through the Panama Canal
is purely domestic in character No provision of
the Hay-Pauncefoote treaty could conceivaby af
feet it. The pledge of that treaty to give equal
treatment to the shipping of all nations has
nothing to do with the treatment given American
coastwise shipping, because under our laws and
practices, as old as the republic, only American
ships may engage in our coastwise trade. If a.
land owner at his own expense builds road con-
Meeting two of his farms, under franchise to
let it be used by travellers on terms of equality,
it certainly would not prevent him from running
his own wagons over his own road without charg-
ing himself toll in order that people who had
contributed nothing to the development of the
enterprise might not be put to purely imagin-
ary competitive disadvantage.
The opposition of transcontinental railroad
lines to the free use of the canal by coastwise
shipping is selfish in the extreme. Freight rates
have been boosted to such prohibitive figures
that the excessive cost of transportation is con-
tributing heavily to the existing industrial and
agricultural depression. Competition in trans
portation rates has been destroyed by federal
statutes professedly enacted in the interests OF
the shipper These laws, with disastrous period
of government control have brought in their train
the usual effects of non-competitive transporta-
tion,-poorer service and higher rates The only
iprospect of competition in freight rates between
the two coasts is that furnished by water car
riage That competition should be fostered and
not discouraged by the federal government.
The federal government has wisely spent
billions of dollars on the improvement of rivers
and harbors in order to foster American shipping
It wisely voted many millions of acres of land tC
transcontinental railway lines in order to increase
the transportation facilities of the nation The
Panama canal was built for the purpose of bring
ling the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of the United
Estates nearer together The Republican party
has promised the elimination of canal tolls in Am
erican coastwise vessels. The Democratic party
) made the same promise and repudiated it; the
example is not one which commends itself to Re
publican emulation.
The point is made that this is not the op
Fortune time for passing the canal tolls repea
Eact on the eve of an armament conference, th'
success of which may be endangered by any
governmental decision that may create interna
tional i'll will. There may be some force in this
the mere suggestion is enough to cause hesitation
The element of time in this matter is not vital
but of the ultimate fulfillment of pledge which
has been deliberately made by both polltlca
parties there should be no question.
The Bozeman courier., 1921-10-19
umph. and that ended The battle.

umph, and that ended the battle.
Then the feature Of the afternoon
contest came in the time-honored
event, the frog-pond pull. There
were 25 F'reshies, strong and husky,
pitted against an equal number Of
Sophs, on an inch Manila rope
stretched across the pond. At the
signal the tug of war was begun,
and after a short space Of time 1t
was seen that the Froshies were
slowly being drawn toward the
water. A few more good hard
heaves, and into the muddy hole tum-
bled the class of 1925, and the ira
dition of Montana State College was
upheld. For it is written, that every
Froshie team must go through the
frog-pond on this last day of the
class fights.
The two classes have had some real
exciting clases during the past two
weeks, and among bosh there are
many shaved heads. It was a rather
unfortunate thing for the Sophs thai
the Frosh were so large a number
this year, for it put them to harC
figuring to keep up their traditiOna
rights of razzing the youngsters
Two or three occasions upon tn,
streets, the Soph classmen were tn
victims of a superior number of tn
babies of the school. However, tn
. finish of the contests seems to shoE
, there were more of the Froshies go
, their hair cut than did those of th
older class.
The Bozeman courier., 1921-10-19
SUGAR BOWL BANKS

There are many who will not invest their
savings in Government securities and who can
not bring themselves to trust their money to the
care of savings banks.
Their days would be filled with anxiety and
thew would worry so at night that they could /
scarcely get any sleep, and what little they did /
get would be filled with dreams of financial pir-
ates descending upon their funds, or of trusted I
bank employees fleeing to Canada or South Am
erica with their precious possessions hidden in
potato sacks
Recently man lost his straw hat, and with
it SIS which he had hidden under the sweatband
He has now probably lost all faith in straw hat
as substitute for a savings bank Had this
mans SIS been invested in registered Govern
ment securities he would not have lost his savings
Recently the newspapers told of man in
Greenwich, Conn.,, who gave boy pair OF shoes
to take out to be polished. He received back the
shoes, shining like mirror, but the $4,000 ne
had hidden in their toes were gone, and the boy
can not remember who shined the shoes.
Manv women have habit of hiding money
under the parlor rug, or under a mattress, which
is the first place burglar searches when he en-
ters home.
And there nave Deen numerous eases VI La m
ers who would not trust bank concealing their
money in old stoves and thinking how smart they
were until the day when their wives decided to
put up some extra tomato catsup and started
fires in the old stoves.
Some men who fear banks and BURGERS carry
all their savings on their persons. Then perhaps
d bandit comes along.
+ But the great majority of the people are wise
and invest their money in, Government savings
81 securities or open accounts in savings banks AS
z a result savings bank deposits show great in
r crease year by year. The people who do this ge'
something far safer than sugar bowls, hat bands
stoves, parlor rugs, and inside pockets, and they
get interest for the use Of their money.
The Bozeman courier., 1921-10-19
BOWLING SEASON OPENS.

Bowling has opened up for the win
ter, with several leagues formed.
The City League rolled their first
game Tuesday night at the Arcade
and the w. o. w. team took the Elks.
into camp.
The high single game score was
made by Charles Vandenhook, with
1913, and Guy Henderson made the
top score for the three games. He
had total Of 544. The bowling for
the first games of the season was
very good, the teams working to-
gether fine. Hard luck sat on the
game for Bill Myers, who showed
low scores due to fouls. There will
be another league game Thursday
night.
The Bozeman courier., 1921-10-19
AN APPRECIATION.

Miss Edith Ackerman, together
with the officials and nurses at the
Deaconess Hospital, wish to extend
their appreciation and thanks to tie
many friends of the hospital who so
generously helped to make the har-
vest home a success. The donations
received at the church and at the
hospital will be a great help in the
maintenance Of the institution during
the winter.
The Bozeman courier., 1921-10-19
FAMOUS SHORTHORN PUR-
-. CHASED.

Sultan's Brace, a famous shorthorn
bull, that as a yearIing was junior
yearling champion at the InteTna-
tional, has been purchased by Mon
tana State College animal husband1y
department. The bull, now five years
old, has a wonderful record and is
the sire of some stock that is max.
ing unusual show records in the
northwest.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1921-08-04
ENVIRONMENTS r''
EFFECTS AND RESULTS

AS civilization advances, greater
emphasis comes to be placed on the
environment of plants and animals,
as well as on the human race. For
reasons that we all admit, plants,
animals and humans will develop
traits and characteristics according
to the environment by which they
are surrounded. and influenced.
Burbank said: II have taken the
common daisy and trained it and
cultivated it by proper selection and
environment until it has been in
creased in size, beauty and pro
ductiveness nearly four hundred
fold; surround the child with the
proper or improper environment to
bring out certain qualities-be they
for good or for evil, the results will
surely come.
Therefore, when children grow to
man and womanhood in communi-
ties Of idlers, drunkards, gamblers
and such like for generations past,
is it any wonder that they feel hurt,
grieved, insnlted when someone tries
to tell and teach them different by
pointing out their follies
They feel, and no doubt are ac-
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1921-08-04
to rule tho world.

~ ~s-- -- - 49, 80 - 49,
The above mentioned chunks of
mud in human form have been able
to greatly hamper the Pilgrims be-
| lief IF freedom and mans duty to
! N,n,, halt thartr to the Pilgrims
planting of well-rooted environ
ment init a fertile soil, they have
not been able to smother it.
Whenever the manipulation and
schemer would feel safe and secure
he would see those Pilgrim notions
crop out in some other corner.
A few years ago it was the wage
earners that receiver their bumps
and blows, and now it is the queer
notions of the farmer in general,
but the Wheat Growers, especially,
that gets the stencil of their per-
fume.
Oliver Wendell Holmes was once
asked when to begin to train a child
he answered, "begin with, it's
grandparents"
From that we may readily see
why it was the grandchildren Of the
Pilgrims thought that Taxation
without representation" was tyran-
nys. The modified freedom-lovine
environment of the Pilgrims so in
fluenced their grandchildren that
| they declared themselves free and to
certain extent ridded themselves
of such taxation.
But that peculiar bunch of clay
moulded by the egotistical environ
ment that makes schemers, manipu-
lators, gamblers and the like, was
here too, and being environed as
they were from. childhood on with
selfshness, greed and lust for power,
They sincerely believed it to be their
duty and right to tax but not give
representation. When they saw that
they were losing control Of the sit
uation, they would concede, first
this, then that, but always scheme
i to hold on to the main thing until
they were forced to let go-par
italy.
Now is it any wonder when we, as
actual Wheat Growers, were refused
representation or consideration on
the 'sCommittee Of Of which
the ~. s. Grain Growers, Inc, , hal
been the outcome That We feel posi-
live TIE Grain Phi Is Tie fsfrh ms
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1921-08-04
of Liberal
Deposits Protected by the Bank Depositors G
Law of the State of Kansas

nipulator?" sss,,ssssS !. Va s,.,,sss
Simmer it down to a fine point;
does it not appear to you that it is
a trick to make believe but not re-
lieve? When they refuse to let
bona-fide Wheat Growers be repre-
sented, but take on bankers, CAPT
talists and what not; shall we not
call it taxation without represen-
tation?" If not, why not ?
We all know how White-faced
or Angus male put on given free
range on the open prairie for any
length of time, will try and succeed
in having things his own way. They
will go so far as to believe them
selves as owners and dictators of all
the prairies. Well, it can all be laid
to the influence of their environ
ment.
Environment has wonderful eff
feet and consequent results: We
may also notice that among certain
folks in certain western COW towns,
that were such in the past.
rs But, Brother Wheat Grower, let
us not accuse and condemn them,
but rather call out with Stephen,
'Lord, forgive them for they know
not what they do" X
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1921-08-04

no doubt, were sincere that it was
not for them to work and produce
anything of intrinsic value, but il
was their privilege and duty to hu.
mainly to scheme and manipulate
to live off the producers back Be
that producer farmer and his
family or only wage earning
man and woman. 1t was a class Of
people that thought it disgrace to
really EARN anything; they pre-
ferred the word MAKE, and not
ask the question, "HOWY"
That class Of people came and
stayed, modified their own environ
ment in such a way SO as to increase
their number. Not only has it in
creased their number, but the envi-
ronment surrounding them has, no
doubt, lied them to believe it to be
their God-given right to so manipu-
late things in such a way that they
need not EARN anything but MAKE
fat living just the same.
We feel that the schealer and ma
nipulator in the Grain Pit and its
paraphernalia belong to the above
class, and we feel sure also that they
just as sincerely and honestly be-
lieve it to be their God-given right
and duty to govern the grain and
food markets as Kaiser Bill ever be-
lieved it to be his special privilege
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1921-08-04

results on the common class of PEG.
pie, insofar as it shaped them into
the submissive, can't be helped, dom
disturb attitude.
x But. it also has its effects and re-
suits with a freedom-loving class
of people. Man has discovered that
although environment cannot be
made over, it can be so modified
within limits so as to make life
easier, richer and more worth the
living in a material way. But in
this country more than any other,
the changes and notifications have
been going on in a social way also.
We may ask when was such an
environment planted. on this soil?
We will answer when the Pilgrims
made their landing on the Rock.
They were moulded by an environ
ment that led them to believe in
liberty of worship, which finally
paved the way for liberty of gov
eminent.
They, according to history, were
moulded in an environment that led
them to believe that che that did not
work should not eat" But along
with them came also the other
bunch that was shaped by the in
fiuence of an environment Of diff
ferent notifications
They had been led to believe, and
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1921-08-04
.tuaIly sincere in their belief that

tually sincere in their belief that it
is their privileges and God-given
right to go on in the future as they
have in the past; therefore, resent
ing every effort and influence put
in their way to have them change
their ways.
But don't think for minute that
the influence of environment effect
only the lower classes, if there are
such. The fact of the matter is, we
are all made of the same clay, and
all are subject to the moulding done
by environment surrounding us.
When we stop to think for how
many generations, yes, centuries, a
certain class Of men and women
have been surrounded by an envi-
ronment Of privilege, is it any won
der that they come to believe--and
no doubt many of them honestly
themselves to be of better mud?
While the only difference is in the
moulding. The shaping and mould
ing of environment put men into
high places and also kicked them
off again, until some ruled and held
sway for so long that they honestly
believed it to be their God-given
privilege and duty to rule. The
moulding influence Of environment
also had its effects and consequent
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1921-08-04
DULY SENTENCED

j. D. Messer, the Tyrone manu-
facturer of liquid enthusiasm and
joy water, plead guilty yesterday
morning before Judge FRITZ on
two charges, that of manufacturing
and selling ilIicitIy manufactured IL
quor. The Judge very promptly
fined him 5000 in each case and
embellished the situation with a jail
sentence Of three months for each
offense. Guymon Tribune.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1921-08-04
The New Buick Four

The new Four-Cylinder BUICK, here announced,
is a thoroughbred pedigreed car well worthy
of its name. sl1s
Down to the very last detail this model possesses
every quality of enduring serviceabiity, complete
comfort and distinctive appearance that have always
characterized Buick automobiles.
The advent of this new Four makes the Buick 1922
line complete. 1t offers purchasers of car Of this
size all the quality and service that 60 to makeup
the name Buick"
The engine, of course, is Of the time-tested Buick
Valve-in-Head type. The year-after-ycar concentra
tion OF Bucks engineering skill and experience in
building Valve-in-Head motors assures the highest
standard of performance obtainable today.
Every other unit is of quality equal to the power
plant. The whole assembly constitutes perfectly
balanced chassswhch is oftypca Buick construction
The equipment of Cord Tires is merely evidence of
the quality which characterizcs the entire car.
Two open and two closed body types mounted on
the Buick 6nh chassis comprise the new series
Even the casual inspection of the details of design
and workmanship will reveal that full measure Of quail
itywhich motorStshavel dtoassocatewith Buick
Obviously high grade automobile genuine Buick
production-thc prices listed below make this great
Four greater. A value such as this is possible
only because of the combination Of Buick engineer
ing skill devoted to the one ideal Of quality Buick
production facilities developed over nearly quarter
Of century, and Bucks nationwide distribution
and service organization.
The Buick Motor Company is proud of the Buick
Four. 1t has the faith of long experience in this
newest addition to its line 1t places upon it unre-
ervedly the Buick guarantee carried by every Buick
automobile produced. That its confidence is well
placed is manifested not only by the keen interest
ment, but also the advance orders placed BY distr-
butors, dealers, and the general public.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1921-08-04
A Great Car,
Prices Make 1t An
Ere,, Greater Vdlne

Prices
1924 Two Passenger Roadster S 93S
22-3S Five Passenger Touring 97s
22-36 Three Passenger Coupe 1475
22-37 Five Passenger Sedan - 1850
An Prioes F. o. B. Flint, Miehisaa
Cord Trs Standard Equipment on all Meleb
SttU, for Specification ~nd D.livsy Daie,
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1921-08-04
n Thoroughbred
-Four, Completing
the Famed Buick
Line

The Buick Talye-
in-Head Engine
II Power PLANT
That Has Proved
Hset-
The Republican journal., 1921-11-03
Agents Wanted

We want lady or gentleman agent to
handle city trada in Belfast and other va
cant cities. This is wonderful oppor-
tunity as you will be eretailing the genuine
j. R. Watkins Products, including Wat.
kins' Cocoanut Oil Shampoo, Garda Face
Powder, Fruit Drinks and over 1877 other
products. Write today for free sample
and particulars. The j. r. Watkins Co.,
Dept SO, New York, N Y. Avail
The Republican journal., 1921-11-03
An Opinion Worth Noting.

James Speyer, the banker, who has re-
turned to New York after three months
spent in Europe, said: Europe is still in
very unsettled political and economic
condition There are four little wars be-
ing carried on now, with a prospect of
one or two more. A large part of Russia
remains cut off. Many are beginning to
realize the dangers of political and eco
nomic strife due to the creation of SO many
small Heterogeneous states, which were
supposed to be able peacefully to govern
themselves. We ought to be very grate-
full, indeed, that we are not members of
the so-called league of nations, and the
spectacle that Europe presents ought to
strengthen our resolve not to be drawn
into this complicated political cauldron
and not to assume any guarantees what
soever or protecting or maintaining any
foreign boundaries. In Great Britain and
other countries the policy that France is
pursuing toward Germany is not consid-
cred a wise one. 1t is not calculated to
ally animosities or to help restore normal
conditions in Germany and economic
equilibrium in Europe. To this might be
added nothing has been done to correct
the Versailles treaty which ignored the
economic inter-dependence of large Sec
tions so essential to the welfare of their
peoples"
The Republican journal., 1921-11-03
The Farm That
Wouldn't t Sell
By H. LOUIS RAYBOLD.

VI A'|A' os mcclure newspaper Syndicate
"Then it is understood, Miss AN
drews, that you will keep an eve on
the place and show it to prospective
buyers. l might add that in addition
to your fee as caretaker Mr.. Gerrish
will allow you nominal commission
If the farm is disposed of through
your efforts" Lawyer John Pang-
burn buttoned his fur coat snugly
about him and turned away.
A touch on his arm arrested him.
ITS rather a pity, isn't it," Margaret
Andrews questioned him, "for the last
of the Gerrishes to let the property
60 out Of the family2"
Eyes, young lady," admitted Pang-
burn, "it is, undoubtedly. But, lord,
these young chaps nowadays-what's
a few acres and bunch of cows COM
pared to the subway rush and the
bright white lights? Henry seems to
think he can set Wall street on fire
with the proceeds from the sale of the
farm. However, good-day, Miss An
drews." Abruptly he checked his COM
ments on what was undoubtedly his
clients own business.
Left alone, Margaret watched her
recent visitors car grow smaller and
smaller along the ribbon of road that
threaded the Woodbridge hills. But
her thoughts were elsewhere-with
old Henry Gerrish, who a few days
before had gone to join his fathers
on the hill; with young Henry Ger
rish, whom she had never seen until
the day of the funeral, and then only
at a distance as he stood mutfled in
his coat, head bent, beside his fathers
grave.
For Henry had gone out to an uncle
ranching it in the West some months
before Margaret's arrival in Wood
bridge and had not come home until
summoned by the death of his father
There had followed idle speculation in
the neighborhood as to Henry's inten-