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Great Falls tribune., 1922-01-23
JOINT SCHOOL LAW
IS HELD INVALID
BY JUDGE VON T0BE[
Statute Making Two Dristricts
When New County Lines Split
One, Knocked Out.
Special to The Tribune.

Hobson, Jan 22.-Judge Rudolph
Won TObel handed down an important
decision at Stanford last week in the
case of the Moore school district
against Emily McLaury Myers, as coun
ty superintendent Of schools of Judith
Basin county. The decision upholds
Mrs. Myers in annexing certain terri
tory to the Hobson school district on
petition of the residents of the terri
trict law passed by the last legisla-
ture is unconstitutional. This law pro-
vides that if any school district was
cut in two by new county line, the
county superintendent of the new coun-
ty must declare the two portions each
separate school district The old
law provided that it was optional
whether joint district was thus Gre
ated or not.
John J. Jewell, Hobson attorney
and clerk of the Hobson school board,
rendered an opinion that the new law
was unconstitutional, and advised Mrs.
Myers not to be governed by it.
She Acts on Advice
She accepted his opinion, as to have
followed the law would have allowed
the Moore district, in Fergus county.
to take in territory 10 miles from
Moore and only 11a miles from Hobson
The residents Of the affected territory
which has an assessed valuation OF
100000 demanded to be put in the
Hobson district, as the levy there is
the lowest in Judith Basin county, viz
8 mills, whereas the Moore district has
levy of II mills. It was also more
convenient to send their children te
the Hobson school, and the indebted
ness of the Hobson district is very
light as against heavy debt in Moore
It is predicted by those In touch
with the situation that as a result Of
Judge von Tobel's decision, additional
territory will seek entry into the Hob
son district on account of the low tax.
alton.
Expect Another Reduction
The trustees Of the Hobson schoo
| predict that the levy next year car
probbaly be lowered again, especial,
| il additional territory keeps coming
| in. Last year the levy was II mills
but was reduced to 8 this year aftel
| the Lindsey district and other outside
| territory, including that covered b.
Judge Won Tobers decision, petitionee
| In
Great Falls tribune., 1922-01-23
|MOntanans|
| Ought to Know !
ToDAYs QUESTIONS

1.--What Protestant sect was first
to send a missionary into Montana
and where was its headquarters es-
tablished?
2.--When did Lewis and Clark first
see the Rocky mountains 1nd where
were they at the time!
3---Who is the present ad1utant
general of the state OF Montana and
for what heroic service III the world
war has be been cited By the United
States government!
4.-For whom was Fergus county
named, and when was it created!
These questions will be answered In
tomorrow's Great Falls Tribune, when
a new set Of questions will DO askeo
Yesterdays Questions Answered
1,-Some time in the early part Of.
the nineteenth century. a band Ut ~
Iroouois Indians left Catholic mis-
sion near Sault st. Louis on the st.
Lawrence river, Canada. crossed the
Mississippi valley and wandered into
the friendly protection Of the Bltter
Root valley where they decided t..
settle and spread their newly acquired
gospel. They worked for long time
to convert the Flathcnds to the neces-
sty of having the black 'ohes, or
Jesuit missionaries, among them. IN
the spring of 1881, two Hiathead
braves aud two Nez Perces, who Ead
been adopted By the Flatheads. made
the arduous trip to, st. Louis Mo-, TO
bring back the Jesuit missionaries
There were neither funds nor priests
available in st. Louis at that time for
Missionary work, SO the Indians we're
disappointed in their quest. lr 1870
another expedition was sent out by
tho Flatheads. This was uns.i ..-s!"l
In 1897 the third expedition was sent
and in 1880 the fourth one was s'nt
which secured the definite assurances
of priest being sent to item soon
In March. 1910, Father Peter ]. de
Smet left st. Louis, arriving in the
Bitter Root valley June 30, 1910;
o.-Lewis and Clark discovered the
mouth of the Milk river where 1t emp
ties into the Missouri river III What i
now southern Valley county, May 5
1905. They gave the river It's present
name because s'the water has a pc
culiar whiteness, such az might be pro-
duced by tablespoonful of milk IN
dish of tea o
3.-John l.. Slattery OF Glasgow
Valley county, is the present United
! States district attorney for Montana
! He is "a years Of age and was born II
Tlemington. N. J. When he was II
years Of age he left New JERSEY, tt
i've with his uncle, United States Sen
ator w. e. Purcell, at Wahpeton, n
.. He prepared for college in the Ret
River Valley university, and was latel
graduated from LAFAYETTE cole college I.
Easton, Pa. and studied for year i,
| The New York Law school, New iorl
city. He was admitted to the practice
of law in North Dakota in 1903. H'
moved to Helena in 1904, and a fev
months later moved to Glasgow. ID
twice has been county attorney II
Glasgow county. as well as state sen
| ator from this district. He is a re
/! publican.
IA school Of law was established
as y department Of the state univers
ity at Missoula in 1911. Prior to tha
time there had been no similar insti
tuition in the state. The school Q, oecu
pies quarters in the library buiidn
and has professional library o
| 1900 volumes.
Great Falls tribune., 1922-01-23

Washington, D. c., Jan. 18.-The
congress of the United States is now
struggling with the question Of further
reform legislation. This time it is, on
the face Of it, designed to hit at horse
racing, but as q matter of fact prob
ably would prevent newspapers from
printing sporting news of any kind and
give one government agency falrly
strong hold on the press Of the coun-
try.
Professional reform agencies are &C
lively behind the measure, trying TO
defend it from the attacks which have
come from every side. The bill now
is before sub committee Of the SEN
ate judiciary committee.
There has been expressed before the
committee not only fear Of the imme-
date effect Of the legislation, if it be-
comes law, but apprehension because
Of the general tendency of such legis-
lation. There has been freely ex-
pressed to the committee holding the
hearings the opinion that the measure
is merely a symptom Of the trend OF
legislation toward regulating every
thing in the country, paralyzing one
business after another by putting them
into governmental straightjackets.
Senator Stanley of Kentucky, one Of
| the strongest opponents of the bill, has
this to say about the measure:
when you have placed censorship
on the freedom of speech and the press
you have not merely invaded one con
| stitutional right; you have imperiled
them all. Destroy the freedom of the
press, and your hands are unshackled
to destroy the freedom of conscience,
immunity from arrest, or any other
outrage or act of tyranny against
which the people are not protected by
constitutional guarantees"
This, the senator thinks, is the
worst phase of the Legislative itch
| afflicting the country.
| 1t has been pointed out to the COM
mittee that passage of the bill, unless
| the president vetoes it. would impose
restrictions on the American press far
more severe than those imposed or
the papers Of autocratic Europe at its
worst.
Far Reaching Effects.
| Thu hill would nrovide that anyone
Great Falls tribune., 1922-01-23
Occasional Shows,
Cold Spells Earlier
in Week Predicted

Washington, Jan. 22.-Weatfer
predictions for the week beginning
Monday are:
Upper Mississippi and lower
Missouri valleys, northern Rocky
mountain and plateau regions:
ChangeabIe temperatures: much
colder first half; considerable
cloudiness wit hoccasionai SHOWS.
Southern Rocky mountain and
plateau region: Generally fair and
cold.
Great Falls tribune., 1922-01-23
HARLEM MINISTER WILL
VISIT OLD HOME IN ERIN

Special to The Tribune,
Harlem, Jan, q Rev. i, Fl. Il.
Moffct, who now has charge of the
Presbyterian church at both Harlem
and Chinook, is planning to visit his
old home in Ireland next spring. He
expects to leave here April !. Mr..
Moffet will visit his mother, whom he
has not seen in l. years.
Great Falls tribune., 1922-01-23

The bill would provide that anyone
Great Falls tribune., 1922-01-23

settled through the regular dlplo-
matte channels, but the Cleveland
Plaindealer ought to get a hint
from Judge Hughes to cease from
it's comments on the incident of
the turbulent Yankee squirrels, for
it is making the matter worse by
limiting that we breed better fight
ers in this country than John Bull
does, and we feel sure that the
London press will never stand for
that. The Cleveland newspaper
says:
"Londoners complain that Amer
ican gray squirrels imported to
cavort about their big parks are
making nuisances OF themselves.
It seems they have ugly disposi-
tions. not taking kindly to their
new habitat and are driving the
native red squirrels out. We have
no apology to offer for the squir-
rels' bad behavior, but it is just
possible that they have taken on
themselves the obligation Of repay
{ ing to the English the debt this
country owes on account OF the
English sparrow.
mo one would condone unseen
| ly conduct on the part Of these
transplanted Americans, even
though they are there against their
will and doubtless resent being sent
off to another continent. They
should act like gentlemanly and
ladylike squirrels and, involuntary
expatriates though they are, con.
duct themselves as loyal Britishers
"There is only one point in the
London protest that sounds suspici.
Gus. In this country the gray squir'
rel does not war on the smaller rec
squirrel with any success if he wars
on him at all. In fact, the red Is
rather more than match for ths
gray in sanguinary contests. Per
haps the red squirrels in Londor
have an exaggerated notion Of thu
invaders pugnacity, having heare
Of some of the exploits of Amer
! leans on the western battle front
Of course, if it comes to the stage
Of indemnities and reparations, ou'
grievances against the Englisl
sparrow will come in handy. H
is surely be1ligerent bird and con
ducts warfare in violation OF al
the recognized rules Of war. W.
have a devastated region that ex
tends all over the United States OF
his account. Countless thousand
of handsome robins nests, and tn
happy homes Of blue birds ant
other native birds have been sacke'
and destroyed to make an Englisl
sparrow holiday. Our gray squir
rels may be "Hooligans." but the.
are mild hammered gentlemen com
pared to these English sparrows
which some unknown enem,
brought over a few years ago AM
loosed on the country. They ar
worse than the yellow men Q
China and Japan that has cause
t the people Of the Pacific coast t
. tremb1e in their beds, and sWca
: great drops Of fear, lest they multi
) ply and take their truck farms iron
; them, by driving out the nativ
= truck farmers by doing more etfi
. cient work and more of it. Th
= English sparrow is not Threatening
J, the peaceful life Of our nativ
birds. He has already usurped tn
: place. His depredations are an ac
complished fact. The Londoner
< had better sing low about gra
t squirrels, for if we ever submit thi
: controversy to the League of Ma
5 tions they will get verdict tina
l they will dislike worse than tn
. verdict in the Alabama claims.
Great Falls tribune., 1922-01-23
MRS, HERON OF BELT
BREAKS ANKLE IN FALL

Special to The Tribune.
Belt, Jan. 22.-Mrs. Frank Heron
Of this place recently fell and broke
an ankle in two places. Mrs. Heron
was taken to the Deaconess hospital
in Great Falls.
The New York herald., 1922-06-04

twice by the necessity Of getting out
and making a change of tires.
Let the motorist give thanks in his
heart many times as he sweeps along
the gentle countryside to the art of the
tire builder which has made American
tires equal to the tasks put upon them
Here is one item of car equipment
which has improved so vastly in the
space of a few years as to constitute a
real achievement of genius. The inven-
tion of the pneumatic tire made the
motor car possible. and the Develop
ment of these tires to their present
standards of excellence have made mo-
toring the downright pleasure 1t is to-
day.
An innkeeper at Lake Placid recently
returned to his home from a motor trip
to Florida. He drove all the way down.
spent the winter motoring about the
State and then drove back to Lake
Placid When he got home he had in
his tires the same air he started with
not the slightest sign of tire trouble had
appeared throughout the entire trip.
Many a motorist will start out on a
long taunt this summer and come home
with the same sort of story about his
tires. Nevertheless, if he is wise he will
take before he starts on long trip a
few simple precautions to make sure
that his tour will not be spoiled at any
point by tire trouble
The New York herald., 1922-06-04

When you begin your journey see
that all the tires on the wheels are
strong and in condition. If any one of
them shows such signs of wear as to
indicate that ii may not finish the jour-
ney make change before you start. If
X any risks are to be taken with old tires
they should be taken on shorter 5aunts
"a bad tire may last out a short trip
when it won't stand up through long
one.
The tubes should receive special atten-
ton. If the plungers in the valves are
old put in some new ones. They cost
but few cents, and are well worth the
investment New plungers placed In
the valves onceg a year are one OF the
best investments a motorist can make.
With new valves there Is no danger or
air escapement and the slow leaks which
frequently cause so much trouble.
Take two good, stout spares with you.
With good tires on your wheels there Is
a strong probability that there will be
no need OF the spares. but at just the
moment when you least expect it you
are likely to pick up a nail or hit
piece OF, broken glass. One spare would
be enough under ordinary circumstances
IL you were running about town, but
when you are away from home on a long
trip two are your best insurance.
In the tool box should be found
cold patch kit for making quick repairs
of punctures, blow out patch to take
care Of carcass ruptures, roll OF tire
tape for tire or ignition trouble. tire
gauge for testing initiation and can of
soapstone The equipment will include
also. of course, the requisite tire tools
and pump in good working condition.
See that the rubber tubing and connec-
tions of the pump are In shape and that
the leather piston head is soft. If the
piston head has hardened 1t may be sof-
tened by liberal application Of vase
line. In the case of mechanical pump
attached to the engine, make sure that
the pump is we'll oiled, especially in the
cylinder, but avoid excess oil, as 1t may
find its way into the inner tube and
damage the rubber.
The New York herald., 1922-06-04
The Open Road.
By GEORGE GRAHAM.

YEyHINK of the highways for what they and not
Il simply as winding ribbons between farm lands
or as merely graded surfaces of clay gravel asphalt
macadam and concrete
Let your imagination carry you further and the
highway in relation to the task it performs.
The highway is not simply road. 1t is not simply
a surface.
1t is assurance of the civizing influence Of better
communication between sections. 1t is silent but
persistent factor for the reduction of living COSTS 1t
is humble but powerful foe of ignorance since is
usually the route to education. 1t is the safeguard of
your food supply. 1t is the guaranty to the public
against the prostrating influences of industrial up
heaval and interruption to distribution therefrom 1t
is the open air theater of enjoyment for the family.
1t the connecting link between the home and the fac
tory the city and the farm 1t is real estate insurance
1t is the text book of nature to people, 1t is the
call to the open air. the physician who makes charge
for his services.
The New York herald., 1922-06-04
PRACTICAL PARAGRAPHS.
Wheel Inspection.

One OF the most frequent causes Of
excessive tire wear is faulty alignment
of the front wheels. which causes them
to scrape the tire along the road surface
at each revolution. Whenever excessive
tire wear develops the wheels should be
inspected for misalignment, and II the
car owner Is not familiar with the
method used In aligning he should have
the service station do the job. The
charge for algning the wheels varies.
but 50 is about the average and this
usually includes a complete inspection
and adjustment Of the steering mechan-
ism from the post forward. Front
wheels are always cambered and
gathered that Is. they toe in in front
making the distance from wheel to wheel
in front less than that in the rear. At
the same time the distance between tho
points of contact with the road Is less
than the distance between opposite
points. These distances vary with diff
ferent makes OF cars but usually the
gather equals per cent. OF the tire dia-
meter. Thus, with thirty-four inch tire
the wheel will be gathered about an
The New York herald., 1922-06-04

hundreds Of miles of almost unworked
desert and mountain trails across Ne
vada. where at Ely, in the eastern pars,
are about nineteen miles of pavement as
far as McGill. and then more hundreds
OF miles to Salt Lake City. where good
roads appear from Springville out of
Spanish Forks canyon up to Ogden.
And this is on the route of the LIN
coin Highway. probably the best all
around roadway from coast TO coast.
although in spring and autumn the Sante
Fe route is perhaps better on the
average under the tires. but the desert
suns are merciless in July and August
and part of June and September at
least.
The astonishing thing about the United
States is the ignorance OF people about
the actual conditions which confront the
tourist no matter in what direction he
goes away from home.
The average automobile tourist ac-
fully has no idea whatever Of the dis
tance he must traverse to go from one
place to another. no least notion OF what
he undertakes when he starts for Den
yer or Los Angeles or San Francisco.
Unfortunately, wonderlands of the
country are shaded by the efforts Of
some people to belittle what. for exam
pie, Utah or Idaho or New Mexico hava
to display. The war of automobile trails
bids fair to hide the genuine glories OF
the vast national domain.
The automobile speed record from
coast to coast Is approximately five
days. Judging from this enormously
difficult accomplishment tourists figure
on jaunt from New York to San Fran
cisco in twenty days or so. This tine
demands nearly 200 miles a day OF
travel. The fact of the matter is. any
one undertaking to drive from the At
lantic to the Pacific in thirty days has
thrown the scenery of the jo,Lhey away
for the questionable privilege of watch
ing the ruts and chucks.
1t takes a strong man to hold wheel
from New York to San Francisco in
thirty days steadily with 40 miles n
day average: II there are any delay s
for broken springs and other troubles
due to reckless driving over bad roads
day runs must be increased.
There is no way of avoiding the des-
erts. mountain ranges. poor roads or the
great open spaces. The Santa Fe route
follows the railroad closely. and the
houses or towns are seldom more than
twenty or thirty miles apart along tle
highway. A train must stop when stg-
naied by any one in the New Mexican.
must be carried by every tourist who
values his life. Every summer on the
desert trails ignorance leads many TO
deadly peril from thirst.
The transcontinental trails are. count
ing from the north to south, the Wonder
land, Yellowstone. Lincoln Highway.
Midland. National Old Trails and South
ern Highway. The Oregon Trail, from
Oregon down to Salt Lake City, Pixies
Peak. Ocean to Ocean and other trails
are found along the highways, and t
Ia probable that all the blazed trails IN
the country number hundreds.
When the automobile made touring
popular the Yellowstone Highway. from
Chicago to the National Park, was ex-
tended to Spokane. Across the vast
prairies. through the mountains. over
the deserts and through the vacant
spaces. splashes OF yellow paint on
The New York herald., 1922-06-04
some TIRE TIPS
FOR THE TOURIST
An Inspection of Your Equip
ment Beforehand Will
Save You Trouble.
BY e. s. UNDERHILL.

So much of the enjoyment of long
motor tour depends upon the avoidance
Of tire troubles that a few minutes may
we'll be spared before the trip begins
for such small attention as the tires
require.
If car is equipped with a good set
of tires it is not only possible but quite
probable that the tourist can finish a
tour running into thousands of miles
without the slightest mishap to the tires.
How different from the old days. when
a journey of one hundred miles was
almost certain to be marred once or
The New York herald., 1922-06-04
eeAST TO COAST
IN FIFTY DAYS
Must Choose Season and Route
With Care-Roads Plain
ly Marked.

An automobile tourist can go from the
Atlantic to the Pacific coast without
using map and without consulting a
guide book. All that the driver has to
do Is to follow a blazed trail. Nothing
10 more significant of the automobile
than the roadways which have been
marked out across the country for maxi
ing 1t easy for travellers to go from
town to town, across State after State,
and into all the places of the country.
A thousand towns claim to be the
gateways into various regions, and
many places have regional features
which justify them In their pretensions.
a glance at any roadway map of the
United States reveals many curious and
influential features Thus. between the
Canadian and Mexican borders there
are only seven crossings feasible under
present conditions, from the Rockies to
the Sierras, a distance of about 1900
miles: and from the Missouri River to
the Pacific coast there are only nine or
ten practicable routes from the north to
the south. and of these hardly more than
five are connected with Canadian routes,
says the New York World.
These are main. marked and feasible
routes. Yet at times some of these high
ways are apt 10 De subject 10 delays
and difficulties which battle or greatly
deter the passerby. When the great
cloudburst assails the eastern slopes of
Colorado's Rockies tourists caught in
the canons in the mountains and out
on the prairies were subjected to expert
ences none Of them will forget.
Thousands of people have in mind
the transcontinental automobile trip
This is the premier automobile journey
OF the world. Not only is the journey
entirely feasible but It is coming to be
a regular jaunt of countless tourists
who have the time to spare. People OF
Iowa. Missouri. Kansas Nebraska and
Oklahoma are only IL or Is days
leisurely automobile run from the Paci-
ffc coast, but New York and Eastern
States are twice as far. and IL the
journey from coast to coast is reckon
ed in terms OF difficulties 1t is more
that three times as hard to go from,
say, Colorado Springs to Los Angeles
as from New York city to Colorado
Springs.
The conditions which a tourist used
to New England and Eastern State
roads confronts when he has crossed
the Mississippi are astonishing. The
work which States in the West have
put upon their roads is enormous when
one considers the population. There are
about five miles OF narrow paved road
way east from Reno. New, and then
The New York herald., 1922-06-04

for this is by heating the pistons one at
time in a bed of hot charcoal. which
completely covers them. The charcoal 10
brought to a red hot heat and is then al
lowed to cool. When the piston is res
moved 1t is found to be considerably
swelled sometimes as much as .004 OF
an inch. Pistons SO treated are not
as good as new ones, but considerable
expense is saved, and the clearance Is
returned pretty close to normal.
The New York herald., 1922-06-04

inch. However. the car owner who pro-
poses aligning his wheels should get the
exact figure from the manufacturer or
from the service station.
The New York herald., 1922-06-04
Refitting Old Pistons.

When an old set of pistons reaches
the stage where replacement is neces-
sary. it Is sometimes possible to avoid
this expense by having the worn set
EXPANDED or swelled. The process used