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The Lamar register., 1922-07-26
CAN STATE TAXES BE REDUCED?
Prominent Democratic Candidate for
Governor Says He Can't See
How 1t Can be Done.

Denver, July 24.-"No matter what
is done, small relief from state tax
alton can be expected. Most OF the
money now raised by mill levy tax
for state purposes is spent for educa-
tion and better highways, and no pol
itical party can take the stand that
education should be less general or
that road building should cease in Col
orado."
This statement was made by William
Weiser of Grand Junction, candidate
for the Democratic nomination for gov
ernor, in a speech before the Young
Mems Democratic league in Denver
last week In contrast with number
of other Democrats who are attempt
ing to stir political sentiment Mr..
Weiser spoke frankly.
In compilation recently made by
Charles A. Lemmers of Colorado
Springs, state budget and efficiency
commissioner, it was shown that of the
total sum raised by direct tax for stat,
purposes, 43.3 per cent goes for edu-
cational institutions and 22-9 per cent
for highways, total of CO. per cent.
The remainder-less than one-third OF
the totals spent for all the other
activities of the state government, m
Guiding salaries of officials, mainten-
ance of state hospitals and other non
educational institutions, upkeep OF
state property, and for law enforce
ment.
The fraction of the one-third of the
general revenue which has been spent
for law enforcement in the last few
months has insured the people of the
state against the breakdown in gov
ernment which took place under Demo-
cratic regime, when scores of lives
were lost and millions of dollars
worth of property were destroyed.
When the voter hears an irrespons-
ible or thoughtless politician raise the
cry. of "tax reduction" in coming cam
paign he should keep the words of Mr..
Weiser, an opponent of the present
state administration, in mind. This
question should be put: where shall
the reduction start ?" The youth OF
the state must be educated; the peo-
pie must be given better highways;
state officials must be paid; and the
state is entitled to be assured Of the
enforcement of law and order.
This is a Republican year!
The Lamar register., 1922-07-26
New Elevator Being Built in Big Bend

Work was started Monday morning
on new grain elevator in Big Bend.
The contract is being handled by the
Mcdowell Contractors of Denver and
work will be pushed forward as much
as possible in order to have the new
elevator in shape to handle this seas
on's wheat crop. The new elevator
is being built by Chas. Maxwell, man
ager of the Lamar Milling and Elevat-
or Co., who also has interests in sew
eral other elevators in the valley. The
structure will be similar to the one
erected at Cheraw recently and about
the same as the one in May Valley.
1t is to be a cylinder type and of con-
crete construction.-Wiley Journal.
The Lamar register., 1922-07-26
Obtaining Publicity.

The files of The Register contain
the fact that the first funeral held IN
Lamar was on July 23, 1886. Who
ever the deceased was must have died
a natural death as no mention OF the
name is given. In those days man
might hope if he died with his boots
on to get half dozen lines in the
local column of the papers. but to get
real publicity he had to either open
a saloon or sell a Main street lot.
The Lamar register., 1922-07-26
Last Mondays Storms Thorough Work

One who has never investigated the
extent of the damage done by the
storm can imagine how completely the
crops were clipped off and beaten in
to the ground. Only by a close in
vestigation can one find the straw or
stubble after it was razed by the
storm. The wheat was not only cut
of closer to the ground than a ma
chine could have cut it, but the wheat
kernels were threshed out and then
beaten into the soil-the soil leaving
the rounded holes where the hail
stones hit and beat into the ground.
Not only were the corn stalks cut off
close to the ground but the stalks were
mashed flat like a roller had passed
over them, or shredded into strips.
The alfalfa just ready for a second
cutting was reaped level with the
ground and then pounded into the
ground so that nothing is left to be
seen or to rake up. The storm surely
did thorough job of it. Through the
courtesy of Frank w. Smith the editor
visited the devastated regions near
town last Monday. He did not realize
that so much damage was done so
near town till he saw how Cannon's
barn had been cut in two at the loft
floor and the top part lifted to the
ground, and how great trees had been
uprooted and the shingles on buildings
pulverized. Mr.. Smith who lost his
house by fire Last spring and now all
his crops except fifteen acres Of wheat
which had been cut has surely had his
share of bad luck-Holly Chieftain.
The Lamar register., 1922-07-26
Managers of Wiley Elevator Changed

w. G. Slater, for the past three
years manager of the Wiley elevator
has been transferred this week to the
elevator at Dodge City and Harlan
Maxwell placed in charge of the ele-
vator here. The Slater residence was
purchased by Mr.. Maxwell but owing
to the fact that houses are n scarce
article in Dodge City the Slater family
will not leave Wiley for the present.
Mr.. Slater left Monday morning for
his new employment.-Wiley Journal.
The Lamar register., 1922-07-26

Major E. d. Householder, formerly
of the Lamar postoffice force and for
several years before the war captain
of the Lamar national guard company.
has been visiting his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. K. Householder, this week.
Major Householder is now located In
Arizona
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-16
GOVERNMENT RESTS
INJUNCTION CASE:
COURT ADJOURNED
Hearing on Rail Restraining
Order to BE Resumed
Next Week.

Chicago, Sept. 15.-The government
completed it's case in Attorney Gen
eral Daugherty's suit for a temporary
injunction against the rail strikers
shortly before o'clock Friday after
noon.
Judge James III. Wilkerson adjourned
court until Monday, when attorneys for
B. Nj. Jewell and John Scott, the strike
leaders, will take up the defense.
The prosecution rested after pre-
senting more than 600 affidavits re-
counting violence suffered by non
union men during the strike. No other
evidence was offered Blackburn Ester
line, solicitor general reserved the
right TO reopen the case Monday to
present any evidence which may be
gathered over the weekend.
With its case completed, the govern
ment is relying on the weight of the
widespread violence to prove its case,
as nothing was offered to connect the
union leaders directly with the alleged
conspiracy to destroy interstate traffic
by assaultings and intimidating men
who took the places of the strikers.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-16
Present Jurists
Lead in Election
In Washington

Seattle, Sept. 15.-Re- election of
Justices Mark A Fullerton, Kenneth
Macintosh and Emmett n. Parker, of
the supreme court, was apparently as
sured with the tabulation Friday night
of returns from 2.O59 precincts out of
2.446 in Tuesdays primary election.
Justice Emmett n. Parker was main
tanning safe lead over Superior Court
Judge Bruce Blake. of Spokane, and
Justices Macintosh and Fullerton
were leading the judicial ticket.
Fullerton, S4,369; Macintosh, 93,-
GAL; Lane, 5,119; Blake, 1914.
Justice G. r. Harvey, incumbent,
was defeated by former Superior Court
Judge William III. Pemberton, of What
com county. The votes from the 2,059
precincts gave Hovey 55,644; Pember-
ton 1861.
Additional struggling returns in the
republican contest for nomination for
United States senator did not alter the
positions of any candidates With
2.255 precincts reported the vote stood
Miles Poindexter, incumbent. 80,442;
George B. Lamping, 53,S47; Austin e.
Griffiths. 23,404; Mrs. Frances C. Ak
tell, 2,274: George II. Stevenson, g.
434; Lee little, 2,629.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-16
SOV|ETS WILL AID
TURKISH THEY MOVE
ON CONSTANT
BOlsheviki Troops Prepared
for Action i'm Asia Minor
Trouble.

Riga, Letyia, Sept. 15.-(By The
Associated Press.) The Russian
revolutionary military council, pre-
sided over by Leon Trotzky, is re-
ported to have decided to prepare i'm
mediately for action all the forces in
the Caucasian republics and Moscow
forces stationed in other parts of the
Caucasus, and the soviet Black sea
fleet n
1t is reported that one corps of
soviet forces already is stationed on
the Angora frontier, ready to march
to the assistance of Mustapha Kemal
Pasha in case the Turkish nationalist
leader advances Oh Constantinople.
An extraordinary conference of the
revolutionary military council, pre-
sided over by Leon Trotzky, has been
held in Moscow. The resolutions
passed at the session are being kept
secret, for the benefit of persons
who claim to have knowledge of them
assert that it was decided to take
steps outlined above.
From other sources it was reported
that the Russo -Angora treaty binds
the Moscow government to cooperate
with Mustapha kemal in the capture
of the Dardanelles. Russia to receive
as compensation complete freedom of
action in the Black sea.
General Sergius Kameneff, COM
mander in chief of the bolshevik
armies, is said to have departed for
the Caucasus.
The Moscow government officially
announced the calling to the colors
of hitherto exempted citizens, born
in 1901.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-16
Murder and Outrage Against
Women Laid to Turks; Fleet
Ordered to Block kemalists
Destruction of Smyrna Leaves Thousands Dead
and 10000 Homeless; Allied Powers Think
Situation Is Serious.

lation and thereby settle the problem
of minorities in Anatolia.
Turks Still Masters
An Exchange telegraph dispatch from
Athens says:
THE Turkish population in Smyrna
continues to be master of the situation.
A number of Turkish officials accused
of having aided the Greeks, were exc
cuted in front of the government build
ings.
Refugees arriving in Athens from
Smyrna. recount terrible stories re-
garding the state of the city, ewing
to the ferocity of the Turks. lmme-
diately on their arrival the Kemalist
troops gave themselves over to mas
sacre and robbery. The quays were lit
tered with corpses. A Greek journal
list was shot dead after being dragged
through the streets tied to the back
of an automobile.
"An American passenger who reach
ed Piraeus from Smyrna says he saw
900 Armenians forced by the Turks to
embark on a lighter The Armenians
then were shot down from the shore,
the bodies left floating in the water.
According to other passengers. prom
inent members of the British colony in
Smyrna were similarly murdered.
If Mustapha Kemal Pasha should
attempt to move his victorious forces
against Constantinople, he will be OPP
posed by the British fleet.
The British cabinet, after a meeting
(Continucd on Page Twol
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-16

London, Sept. 15-(By the Associa-
ted Press THE destruction of the
great port of Smyrna by fire, accom-
panied by reports of horrible massacres
perpetrated by the Turkish nationalist
forces. the victims numbering between
1000 and 1000 persons. has still fur
ther complicated the already grave sit
uation in Asia Minor.
Up to the present, reports of these
massacres appear to depend largely
upon possible exaggerated statements
of terrified refugees, but it seems inn
possible to doubt, from information
reaching London, that number of
lives have been sacrificed, women out
ragged. and other atrocities committed.
The destruction of the greater part
of Smyrna left some 10000 Greeks
and Armenians homeless and destitute,
and some fourteen naturalized Ameri-
cans are missing.
If the British government has re-
ceived official reports of happenings
in Smyrna from its representatives
there. or from commanders of the
naval units in Turkish waters, none
of them has as yet been issued for pub
iication.
According to one report, the Turks
deliberately burned the city to hide
the evidences of their massacres and
pillaging, but what appears more prob
able from other reports was that the
Turks motive was to force the allies
to evacuate the entire Christian popu-
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-16
Rescuers Attack
Rock i'm Renewed
Work to Free Miners

Jackson, Cal, Sept. 15.-Solid rock
is easier to cut through than the mass
of twisted steel rails, timbers, rock
and debris that blocks the end of the
3,600-foot level of the Kennedy mine.
according to rescue crews endeavoring
to break through to the Argonaut
workings where Al men now have
been entombed for 10 days. As a re.
suit, they abandoned the task of
clearing the final 16 feet of the level
of this material and started boring a
raise through the stone.
They had about SO feet of rock to
cut through. Original plans were for
cutting through the rock for n feet
only. The crew on the 3,900foot level
has been cutting through rock for
several days.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-16
MCDOWELL CHOSEN
VICE CHAIRMAN Of
STATE DEMOCRATS
Former Lieutenant Governor
to Remain i'm Helena Dur
ing Campaign.
(Tribune's Helena BureaU)

Helena, Sept. 15-Judge j. E. Erick-
son, chairman of the democratic state
central committee, Friday announced
the appointment of former Lieutenant
Governor w. w. Mcdowell of Butte
to be active vice chairman for the cen
tral committee. Mr.. Mcdowell will ar
rive in the capital city on next Tuesday
and will remain here during the entire
campaign, according to the announce
ment of Chairman Erickson.
David Marks of Helena was ap-
poined secretary of the central com
mittee and will have charge of the
offices at democratic headquarters. w.
T. Hull of Helena was appointed trea-
surer.
Dan J. Hefron, of Missoula, Mrs.
Mary G. Mitchell of Great Falls,
George A. .Iudson Of Great Falls and
Mrs. S. NJ. Souders were made vice
chairmen by the state chairman IN Fri
days appointments.
]. Burke Clements of Helena who
has been secretary of the Montana
democratic club will be a yice-chair-
man and publicity director for the
state committee.
The executive committee is compos-
ed of the following: Senator L. j.
Walsh, former Governor S. V. Ste
wart. former Governor K. l.. Norris,
w. VI. Bole, Charles Thurston, j Il.
Dobell David Hilger, Tom Stout, Tom
Arthur, w B. George, Miles Romey,
c. f. Carlson, f. j. McCabe, J. +.
O'Connor, Hugh r. Wells, f. Pat Kelly,
James X. Lang, Mrs. $. V. Stewart,
Mrs. Edwin L. Norris, Miss Margaret
Mclaughlin. Mrs. Fl. l.. Sherlock, Mrs.
]. F. Kilduff. Mrs. Thos. McDonough,
Mrs Una B. Herrick, Mrs. V. ID. Dusen-
berry, Mrs. ID. G. Browne, Mrs. w. B.
Rhoades, Mrs. James Conlon, Mrs. F.
+. Razzell, Mrs. S. NJ. Souders, Mrs.
II. K. Wells, Mrs. g. NJ Gilmore and
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-16
CHRISTIAN HEALING
|ND0RSED BY LOWER
EPISCOPAL OFFICERS
Curing by Divine Faith Is
Practised, Deputies Are
Informed.

Portland Ore, Sept. 15.-The prin-
ciple of Christian healing was indorsed
by the house of deputies of the Pro
testant Episcopal church in the United
States in general convention here Fri
day.
Resolutions adopted at the Lambeth
conference in 1920, which recommended
that churches take up Christian healing
and that clergymen make a study OF
il, were reaffirmed and the deputies
adopted another resolution providing
that Joint commission of six bishops,
six presbyters and six laymen, three
of whom are to be physicians, shall
make a further study of healing and
report at the next triennial convention.
Rev. Franklin C. Sherman, of Akron.
Ohio. speaking for resolutions he had
presented, said:
IT am well aware that there is great
danger of fanaticism and of making
claims that cannot be substantiated, but
wish to make the statement that the
principle of healing is vital part of
the teachings of Christ"
Rev. III. 2. Almon Abbott of Balti-
more, Md, made the declaration that
he had exercised healing in his parish
for the last three years and that 1T had
caused a spiritual uplift. "More than
5 200 persons have asked for treat
ment," he said. "and 80 per cent have
reported benefit. We have affidavits
showing this Only one of the 5,20O
has expressed disappointment"
Deputies Request Appropriation.
The house of bishops, by vote. OF
Al to 43, defeated a motion BY Bishop
Cameron Mann. of south Florida, to
lay on the. table the report of the
commission of deaconesses in which
the recommendation was made for the
recognition of deaconesses as a district
order in the church and to provide for
their ordination.
The house of deputies voted to ere
ouest' instead of direct" the presid-
ing biship and council to appropriate
S24. 900 for the present year for the
commission on faith and order, which
for IL years, has been working for
church unity, having already spent
s1GO. 900 in the cause. Rev. DIR. e. NJ
Stires, of New York declared that
if the convention ordered an appropria-
ton of $4,000 for this years work
Continued on Page ,Two)
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-16
AMENDMENT TO CONSTITUTION
CURBING POWER OF SUPREME
COURT Is SOUGHT BY A. F. OF L.

Atlantic City, n. j., Sept. 15.-The
executive council of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, In annual session
here, Friday announced that it had
drawn proposed amendment to the
constitution of the United States, aim
ing to put into the hands of congress
powers which have been usurped by
the supreme court, an arbitrary, auto
cratic bureaucracy of five men,"
The proposed amendment was franz
ed at this time as a direct result of
Attorney General Daugherty's court
action against the rail shop crafts, ac-
cording to the labor chiefs. For years
however, President Samuel GOmpers
had advocated such legislation, and,
according to the labor leaders, grasped
the present opportunity to insert it
in labors program as opportune for
the gaining of public support generally
Under the terms of the contemplated
amendment as drawn by the federation
council, "the United States supreme
court will have the power to review an
act of congress and to declare such an
act unconstitutional. But in the event
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-16
TAXb0ARD DFALLSDOWN.
ON DUTIES while COV.'
DIXON PLAYS POLITICS
EQUALIZATION Body Has Failed to Meet as Requir-
ed by Law, Has Done Nothing Definite To-
ward Disposal of Great Questions Before 1t,
Has but Short Time to Finish Work, Charge.

arguments relating thereto. no action
has ever been taken IN definitely Tx
ing the valuations.
Following the primary election of
more than two weeks ago two or three
meetings of the board have been held
but no action of Importance taken.
During the present week Governor
Dixon has been absent from the capitol
several days, having delivered poll
tical address at the Phillips county fair
at Dodson on Wednesday, returning. to
Helena Thursday noon, and leaving
Friday morning for Twin Bridges to
deliver a political address at the Madi-
son county far the same day.
He is expected to be in Helena Sat
urday, when the board of equalization
must be in session to clear the boards
of the great amount of work remain
ing undone. For Saturday the board
has scheduled for disposal the assess
ments of eight railroads, six electric
power companies, three telegraph com
panies. seven telephone companies, one
ditch company, seven ferry concerns
and one oil pipe line company, all
inter-counties properties.
Must Be Done Soon
This work must be completed Sat
ur0ay, as MI. 1augdn, LHe lhA cApci ~
and State Treasurer J. w. Walker are
expecting to leave Saturday night for
Minneapolis to attend the meetings of
the National Tax association. State
Auditor George z. Porter will not be
present at this meeting. he having been
in the east for more than a week at
tending a meeting of the State In
surance Commissioners association at
Boston, followed by an insurance con-
ference at st. Louis, from which he is
expected to return early next week.
IL the board can and does finish its
work on these inter-cOunties properties
Saturday, involving the fixing of as
sessments aggreagting about S2S0,O00
600, there still remains a great amount
of work to be performed by the as
sistants to the board in figuring and
distributing through the several coun-
ties their proportion Of the assess
ments after deducting the value of the
property within those counties subject
to local assessment only, then the dis
tribution of these assessment to the
several school districts of each county
and the submission of the lists to the
clerks of the several counties who
must spread them upon the tax books
in time to turn them over to the
treasurers of their counties on Oc-
tober 1, as required by statute.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-16
TARIFF BILL AGAIN
IN SENATE; FINAL
ACTION THIS WEEK
Five Democrats Vote for Final
Passage of Administra-
tiOn Bill.

Washington, Sept. 15.-The house,
by vote of 210 to 80, Friday adopted
the conference report on the admins
tration tariff bill. Ten minutes later,
the measure had been reported back to
the senate, where it was made the
unfinished business for Saturday. Final
legislative action before the end of
next week was looked for by repub-
lican leaders.
Three attempts were made in the
house to get the bill back into confer
ence for third time, but two were
blocked on points of order and the
third was defeated by direct vote,
1913 to 10S. The vote was on motion
by Representative Garner, democrat
Texas, to instruct the house managers
to insist on the original proposal of
the house for a duty of 1.61 cents q
pound on Cuban sugar, In place of the
1.76 cents a pound agreed upon ID
conference.
Five Democrats Favor II
On the roll call on final passage OF
the bill, Ia republicans voted in oppo-
sition and five democrats in support.
Thirty-four republicans and one So
cialist voted for the Garner motion for
TeuuCiltu III luc duNS OA SuSaAB oho
nine democrats voted against it.
Immediately after the amended con-
ference report was called up, Repre-
sentative Cooper, republican, Wisconl
sin, made a point of order that in
carrying out the expressed directions
of the house, to agree to the senate
amendments eliminating the dye en-
barge hncensing provision and the duty
on potash, the house conferees had
exceeded their authority by proposing
the duties on coal tar dyes and syn.
thetic chemicals. This point was over
ruled, Speaker Gillett holding that the
entire bill had been reopened TO change
when the house sent it back to con-
ference.
Exceeded Authority
Representative Garner then made q
point of order that the conferees had
exceeded thei rauthority by proposing
authority for the president to declare
American valuation in the case of all
imports where the senate, in voting ir
the flexible tariff amendment TO the
house bill. had limited such valuation
to coal tar dyes and other coal tar
products. This point of order was
overruled promptly and debate began