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Income Tax Declines

wv yHILE it appears doubtful that gov
w ernment reports will ever get
abreast of the calendar Figures for
the federal revenue of 1921 are just now
being given out) they do teach their lessons
when they finally come. The income for
that year was seven billion seven hundred
and twenty-five million dollars less than for
1920.
The smaller portion OF the decline was In
personal income taxes. In other returns and
payments there was heavy falling off. No
sooner were the excess taxes INSTITUTED than
the number of incomes above the million
mark began rapidly to decrease. OF these
two hundred and six were reported in 1916,
seventy in 1920, and now only twenty
America so many fat incomes have incurred
the fate of the Pharaohs kline Secretary
Mellon probably is right in arguing that the
government would reap more literally Of
large fortunes by reducing its tax rate on
them; certainly, the incentive to conceal
ments and evasions would thus be lessened
Tax-exempt securities, of which there are
now some fifty-four billions of dollars, cut
considerable figure, and tend to depress the
market for private mortgages. This leads,
the New York Times observes to a scarcity
of private funds for enterprise: "Our build
ing crisis is due In part to the fact that
private money put into construction must re-
ceive nearly twenty per cent return if it is
to do as well as by purchasing tax-exempts' -
Along this line railroads also have found
difficulties. The best tax system has been
defined as that which "gets the most feath-
ers with the fewest squawks" Though
feathers now be wanting, there is certainly
no lack Of squawks.
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The In1n1orta7s

FT1HE earthly possessions left by the late
Charles Stenmetz are said to consist
of a 1912 model automobile and fifteen
hundred dollars in life insurance. He prob.
ably could have had millions, certainly hun
dreds of thousands, had he so desired He
was content with food and raimeLt and op-
portunity to work for great ideas and great
ideals.
Such is the spirit of true science, such the
urge of all who follow truth Whose are the
tonabs that the world visits today, and the
names it cherishes? Not those of the hoard
ers of vast fortunes, but of the givers OF
kindness, beauty. courage, wisdom, and
heroism TO humankind.
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er, with his -by-dsy experiences, with his
dominant character trends.
There are, that is to say, psychological as
well as physical factors in every dream.
Sometimes-more often than not--the psy-
Geological factors are more significant than
the demonstrating stimuli. Careful study Of
these, it may truly be said, helps men to
know themselves better than they otherwise
would.
And of late years appreciation OF this
truth has led to the establishing of a gem
uine science Of dream Interpretation. Still in
it's infancy it has already made numerous
findings of practical value.
Copyright, 1929 {ses-55ssssSsSS vi
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Genuine Aid for Agriculture

TT is highly significant that Senator Ar
thur Capper, in discussing government aid
for the farmer, lays most emphasis on
the extension of cooperative marketing
Time was. and not many years ago, when
politicians insisted that the problems of ag-
riculture could be solved by legislation. II
the grain or the cotton market was depress-
ed; If harvests were so lean as to threaten
the larder, or so abundant as to sweep
prices down; if the trouble was war in Eu-
rope or drought at home, the one remedy
proposed as all-sufficing was law-new law.
Moreover, it would happen not infrequently
that he who proposed the most far-fetched
and fanciful measures would win loudest ap-
plause on the hustings. if not the largest
majority at the polls. To such reformers
economics was indeed, as Carlyle called it,
the dismal science" aud politics proper
tionally merry.
Farmers have learned better; and so, con-
sequently, have solons. One Of Senator
Capper's clear headedness would never, we
take it, have supposed that fiat agriculture
would be any more of a success than would
fiat currency. But he now strikes pre-
vailing note when he admits that legislation
cannot alter economic laws. The only genu-
Inc aid that government can render farm
Ing interests is to see that artificial or ar
bitrary barriers to their advancement are re-
moved and that principles of science and of
sound business have a fair field in which to
work themselves out for the common good.
To promise more is to be deceitful self
deceived.
HE believes" runs a summary OF Sena-
tor Capper's views, that Congress may de-
velop some agency that will supply great
sr service In marketing than Is now being
given. Possibly this will be a revival of
the United States grain corporation, or an
extension of the work of the bureau of mar
kets, or it may even mean the building OF
an entirely new federal marketing agency.
In any event. he insists that there shall be
q more aggressive effort put forth by the
government in finding buyers both at home
and abroad" Touching this last suggestion
we submit that the most substantial service
the Senator could render would be to per
suade his Republican brethren in Congress
to remove or scale down those tariff OBJ
structions which operate, indirectly if not di-
rectly, to deprive the American grower OF
his foreign selling-fie1d and at the same
time to increase the prices of what he has
to buy.
Georgia farmers have demonstra ted
through their cooperative marketing asso-
Citations that in economics, not in politics
lies their hope of progress; and that lesson
itself is worth millions of dollars to them
and to the commonw eaIth.
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bur we want to correct them QUICKLY
Address,
LITTLE MISS FIXIT,
Care Tri-Weekly Journal,
Atlanta, Georgia.
A BIBLE THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY

A BIBLE. IHOUOIII TON WITT
And /, John, SAP the holy city, new
Jerusalem, coming down from God out OF
heapen, prepared as bride adorned for
her husband. And | heard great polce
out of heaven saying, Behold, the taber-
nacle of God is with men, and He viii
dwsu Nth them, and they shall be His
people, and God Himself shall be Nth
them. and be their God. And God shall
wipe away all tears from their eyes; and
there shall be no more death, neither sor-
ron, nor crying, neither shall there be
any more pain; for the former things are
passed characterization Fl PA.
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HER MONEY
BY CAROLYN .BEECHER

What has gone befOre.--AIthea Gross
by, an old maid, dying in lovelessness
and loneliness, leaves her fortune to her
niece and namesake, on condition that
the girl marry before she is 35. Althea
, falls in love with young DR.. Peter Graz
ham and they marry, but Althea does
not tell him about the strange condition
in the will. He hears two gossips disZ
cussing it, and though he loves his bride,
he believes their word that she married
him to get possession OF the $50, 900
bequest. Naturally, his manner toward
her becomes cooler. She observes this
and becomes reserved alsO.,-Now GO
on with the story.
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TIM greatest religious building earth,
in my opinion, is the Altar of Heaven,
in the city of Pekin, China.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-08-24

At present there is company en-
gagged in washing gravel near Alder
gulch, not far from Virginia City,
Deep canals are dug close to the
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gravel beds, huge, raft-like equip
ment floated into the canals and the
gravel is washed from the side of the
hills. Since gold nuggets are heavier
than common rock, the gold is left
behind. But no one knows how
much gold is being attracted in this
way, only that the cost of operation
is considerable and that since the
company has been carrying on this
work for several years, it must be
more than a paying proposition. One
pioneer of that section tells the story
of how he acquired wealth in this
way. He succeeded in working his
claim to a $4,000 advantage and
probably would have continued to
prosper had not the vein of ore he
was mining given out. His ore as
sayed at over $4,000 to the ton but
the vein was nothing more than
small, wedge-like formation in the
rock.
The Earliest Cities
With the first settlers in this new
territory, such as trappers and min
ers, and after the many government
Indian trading posts were established
emigrants began arriving with the
express purpose of establishing farms
homes and business. Federal posts
which dotted the country in a short
time encouraged settlement and the
once great distances between trading
centers and towns gradually dimin-
ished. Among the earliest cities
were Virginia City, first known as
East Bannack, Alder Gulch, Helena,
Fort Benton and Bozeman. Butte
was also one of the earlier communi-
ties founded, but it was several years
after the mining camps dotted the
gulches and mountain bases of what
is now Silver Bow county, before
there was any intense interest taken
in civic government. In 1867, a
miners comment is noted: Eyes, |
they have laid out Butte at last" said
a doubling Thomas in moan of de-
spondency, "and if it had any friends |
now that it is laid out, they would
bury it, Butte now is the largest |
city in the state and Silver Bow
county boasts the highest valuation, |
although it is the smallest in Mon |
lana.
Fort Benton grew as trading post |
and because of its favorable position |
1T the head of navigation of the Mis-
souri, river. For several years col
)nists who came to Montana pre-
erred this route to the long, tedious |
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YOUNGSTOWN WAS GREAT FALLS RIVAL BEFORE PARIS
GIBSON FOUNDED CITY ON BANKS OF THE MISSOURI

| fall of 1887, and connected with the
Montana Central railway The fol-
lowing year the new railroad was
completed to the Pacific coast.
The natural assets of the territory
contiguous to Great Falls were taken
under consideration to a great extent
at the time of its founding. Among
these is the available water power at
the Great Falls of the Missouri riv-
er, the Rainbow falls, Black Eagle
falls and Golfer falls. There are in
estimable acres of coal in the Belt
and Sand Coulee territories and 4, 900
acres of iron ore in the Little Belt
mountains The farm lands extending
in all directions make a veritable
land Of promise to the home seeker.
Wheat grown north of Great Falls is
of the hard variety which is world
famous and it always commands a
high and ready market.
The cattle and sheep industry has
been one of the greatest in the state
for several years. The vast ranges
over which once grazed cattle and
sheep by the tens of thousands are
now broken up with fences bounding
grain fields and homesteads. The
highways now cut unbroken channels
through these great pasture lands,
but still stock raising continues as
one of the most profitable assets in
the state. One coming industry in
Northern Montana is the raising of
hogs. Accomplished scientifically,
farmers acknowledge that this BUSH
ness has been woefully neglected in
the past.
Oil and natural gas prospects
promise a bright future for Great
Falls. Oil refining looms as COM
ing industry. The refinery, zinc
plant and wire mill of the Anaconda
Copper Mining company add in
creased wealth to the city and pro-
vide employment to fathers of hun
lreds of families. Meat packing,
printing and the railroads
are also industries which comprise a
for greater Great Falls.
But these are only a few of the es-
.ablished industries which have al
ready made Great Falls such an at
.ractiye city for investments.
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SO PRODUCERS
SINCE JULY 7

Fifty new producers within five
weeks for total of 1OS CONNER
cial wells is the record of the Kew
in-Sunburst field, and the develop
ment thus summarized has proved
stimulus to activities there. Four
of the so came in last week. AL
though the price of crude remains
at only 20 cents, operations are
continuing at a normal rate and
apparently the industry will not
only maintain its normal stride,
but gradually show increased ac-
tivity.
The California company has COM
pleted camp on the oil field high
way and landscape artist has
made of it beauty spot. The Ohio
camp also is making improvements
and the camp is one of the busy
spots i'm the field. Thousands of
dollars worth of casing and pipe
have been unIoaded and stacked
behind the little cottages there and
rumors that the big companies are
laying off men and curtailing OPP
OTdtdOuS are WttilOuG IpuUudtiOUs
The Mid-Northern and Mutual
camps show considerable activity
and not only are these companies
pumping producing wells, but are
drilling and spudding in at new
locations. The Mutual company's
gas plant, which will be used to
pump the wells on the HeImerich
lease, is about completed and with
in a few weeks six wells will be
pumped with this equipment. The
Western Petroleum Exploration
company and Homestake ExpIora-
ton company both are working
large crews and show no signs of
decreasing their forces.
Many independent operators are
at work in the field and every day
new outfits are to be seen at work
on location. u. O. Stevenson of
the Sunburst interests stated Sat-
urday that the pipe line put in by
Ohio and his company will be able
to furnish water to any operator
IN the field. He saw no reason
why development work in this field
should shut down during the win
ter.
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"HE OLD TRAIL-BLAZERS OF
Montana are becoming fewer

"HE OLD TRAIL-BLAZERS OF
! Montana are becoming fewer
L each year and it will not be
long before only historical accounts
of these great, fearless men will re-
call to our memories the deeds which
they so nobly accomplished. 1t will
not be long before it will be impossi-
BILE for small group of them to as
semble to talk over the stirring days
and exchange tales of the time when
the Indian was the principal man in
the country and when it took real
nerve to venture out in the wilder
ness in an endeavor to carve out,
with master strokes, the foundation
steps for a future civilization. Still
it took hardened characters like these
to Constitute state"
When the coasts of America were
settled, when the Puritans and the
Pilgrims ventured from their ances-
trail homes in England and Holland
either to escape bondage or in quest
of adventure, they sailed to the very
doorstep of their future homes. When
Argonauts of another period migrat-
ed to California they skirted the
coasts of two continents. In sim
lldI way luduy VI thC dnto ~
Oregon and Washington founded
their new homes.
But the hardy frontiersmen who
fought their ways through the wilder
ness to reach Montana, were obliged
to make their homes 1000 miles
from any sea in any direction. There
were hostile Indians on the plains
who were determined that the white
men should not steal their lands, |
drive away or exterminate their wild
animals and disorganize their gov
ernments.
Pioneers Risked Lives
There was the long journey across
the scorching plains in none but COW
cred wagons, usually drawn by slow |
moving oxen. Surely such dangers |
as these are unprecedented in the his
tory of the settling of new country. /
1t seemed more like a forbidden
land" beaconing disaster and failure
to whomever would attempt such a
trail Not even on the mighty Mis-
souri, could the pioneers advance in
safety, for never were they out of
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| first store in Montana being built
there as trading post by F. L..
Worden on the site now bounded by
Main street on the Higgins avenue.
The sign over this old log cabin read,
Hell Gate-Worden & Co., 1850"
There are few of those even init
mately acquainted with the earliest
history of Great Falls who know that
there was a small beginning of a
town at the other end of the present
Great Northern railroad bridge be-
| fore the present city was founded
| The original plans were conceived by
John Largent who was one of the
earliest pioneers of the Sun River
valley and the town of that name.
The name of Johnstown, called that,
presumably, because it was Johns
town. He had plated area for city
there but the future city was more
ideally located on the present site,
thus deferring further building.
Just above the site of the present
Great Northern railroad bridge there
was ford over which teams bound
from Fort Benton to Helena, Virginia
City and White Sulphur Springs were
driven.
John Largent was a pioneer mer-
chant and inn keeper of the town of
Sun River and he maintained a gem
eral merchandise store and hotel for
the convenience of travellers. The
official records of this phase of the
story of Great Falls and Cascade
county are rather vague. 1t is also
thought he kept horses there to ex-
oI,a Il
over these trails When Mr.. Largent
gave up this venture he settled in the
town of Sun River.
Senator Gibson Pounds City
Great Falls was founded on the |
bright vision and remarkable fore
sight of one individual-the late
Senator Paris Gibson, father of
Great Falls" He first saw the Great |
Falls of the Missouri river in 1882
while he was grazing band of sheep
and he came here year later to in
vestigate the resources of the coun-
try. True enough he had valuable
and timely assistance, but his ideas
were the foundation of Great Falls
It was through his extraordinary ge-
MUS as an executive and his indefati-
gable efforts and patience that re-
suited in the establishment of this
,ity. In 1888, he was living in a
,ent on the bank of the Missouri
liver busily engaged in his inspiring
work of plating the site for the flu
ure city.
He enlisted the assistance of Jas.
+. Hill, president of the st. Paul,
Minneapolis and Manitoba railway,
alter the Great Northen railway. The
lite for the town was surveyed in
883 and Paris Gibson worked for
ONE time after that securing titles
o lands to be included in the town
lite. The railway was completed to
treat Falls in the early part of the
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Montana COMING BACK

Just returned from a trip east,
Paul Wedge, cashier of the First Ma
tional bank of Miles City states that
he is more firm than ever in his con-
vcton that Montana is coming back
to stable foundation faster than
many sections and that the farmer
and stockman is better off to stay
right here if he has his equipment
and will just diyirsify and take adj
vantage of supply and demand.
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a French half breed, commonly re-
ferred to as Benetsee, who came
here from the Red River country. He
may have been the first to see the
yellow metal but he is recorded in
history as never approaching the val
ue of the treasure, and he didn't at
tempt to preserve any of his find.
The first attempt to find gold in
Montana was made in the late SOS
in the Kootenai country, but this
met with no success and was given
up as hopeless. From the time of the
discovery on Benetsee creek in 1862,
miners flocked in from all parts of
the country, crazed with the desire
for gold. 1t took but little time for
the story of Montana's rich strikes
to be broadcasted verbally among
pioneers on other boundaries. The
Stuart brothers were on their way to
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and more dangerous overland trail.
There was also garrison of federal
militia established there. At Boze-
man, gold was the initial attraction.
Miners found first traces of wealth
there in 1864, and John Bozeman,
one of the earliest pioneers in the
state who met an untimely death not
long after his arrival, made famous
his new cutoff. Bozeman trail,
through the present site of this city.
Later developments established farm
ing in the fertile Gallatin valley and
the manufacture of asbestos became
important. There are also extensive
coal deposits there.
Virginia City, Bannack and Alder
Gulch were stimulated wholly on the
strength of gold. Missoula was
founded later as a trade center, the
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California Gold was also discovered
on bars in Salmon river where the
grains we're said to be as thick as
wheat on threshing floor, and about
the size and color of wheat.
During the same year, 1862, gold
was discovered at Big Hole and at
Wizards creek. The yellow dust was
then seen near Bannack and this
caused a virtual avalanche of pros
pectors to rush there, deserving Gold
creek. A party of miners started
from Bannack for the Yellowstone
country in 1863 but Indians drove
them back and caused them to camp
at Alder gulch, where the richest
gold deposits in the world have since
been uncovered.
1t is historical fact that gold has
been PANIED there as high in value
as $500 to the pan, and for several
years fabulous amounts were taken
out of these mines. This wealth was
discovered June 1, 1863, by Fair
weather, and it was surely then
that the initial fair weather for the
Treasure state began. 1t is conserv-
atively estimated that $100,000,00
worth of the yellow metal has been
mined out of Alder gulch alone. Of
course, this seems rather exaggerated
but, in few of the rich strikes in
Montana that old timers tell about,
it would not be hard to extract close
to million dollars worth of mineral
in a short time. But figures were
never kept to show the amount of
ore that was taken out of the ground
because each prospector tried to |
keep this a secret With such des- |
peradoes as Plummer and his organ
lied bands watching each move of a
miner and each development of the
treasure seekers, it was not only dan
gerous to their fortunes but also to
their lives to make their wealth
matter of common knowledge. Much |
of either the gold dust or nuggets
was not turned into the banks of
Montana but was taken out of the
state, and for this reason, the banks
have no way of accurately estimat-
ing the total amount of wealth the
many mines produced.
In that day, but few miners
thought of working their claims very
far below the surface. When no
more gold could be found in the dirt
and gravel top it was usually consid-
cred that it was time to move on to
another location. 1t was not until it
was found near Butte that after the
gold supply in one of the claims was
silver was found beneath
hat there was much interest taken
n deep mining. This developed into
he rich deposits of copper, later
ound embedded in the mountains
Butte.
Modernized Mining
At present there is a company en-
aged in washing gravel near Alder
,ulch, not far from Virginia City,
)eep canals are dug close to the