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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-06-27
CITY WINS FIGHT FOR SOFT DRINK
LICENSES
Supreme Court Upholds Mayor in
War on Soft Drink" Es-
adjustments
Chicago Daily News)

Mayor Dever's long fight against Chi
cago's beer distribution system received
the open aid OF the state supreme court
today. Action in the case of Patrick
Murphy, formerly at lis North Wells
street, sustained the mayors right to
control soft drink parlors by licensing.
The court decision upheld the judgment
of the Chicago courts against Murphy,
who was fined $500 for selling soft
drinks without license. The ruling
definitely forestalls the beer deluge which
was forecast in January when Judge
Francis Borelli gave an unofficial opinion
that licensing is illegal
The mayors right &c grant and revoke
licenses was the chief point of dispute
last fall when hundreds of disguised sa-
looms were closed by the police
Held Proof Necessary
In the scores of cases that got into the
courts, the soft drink" enthusiasts ar
gued that the city had no right to pad
lock their doors unless it could be proved
before a jury that there had been def
mite violation of the law.
Mayor Dever replied that he exercised
an arbitrary right to license and the same
right to revoke licenses.
A few of the more daring cafe owners
undertook then to prove that the licens-
ing ordinance itself was illegal-as a
double taxation and . usurpation of con-
stitutional rights by the city and the po-
lice. In test of this argument several of
the padlocked soft drink parlors were re-
opened without licenses.
City Lost at First
The city suffered several reverses in
suits that grew out Of this latest maneli-
yer. Judge Barasa and Judge Walker
dismissed several proceedings on the
ground that the licensing ordinance was
clearly invalid.
Judge Francis Borell had prepared a
lengthy decision setting forth the points
in which the beverage dealers were JUS
tilted in selling their wares without a
permit from the city. But his ruling
never became matter of record. He
was baked by the city prosecutor, who
nonsuited the case.
Murphys case was appealed to the
supreme court last March.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-06-27

and I have been told there are some mar
ried men who when they stay out late at
night now feel just trifle safer by reason
OF that fact"
Bond Forfeitures Reduced
Bond forfeitures, he said have de-
creased about Is per cent, being $685.
600 last year For this he gave credit to
the late Christian F. Wiehe in charge of
that department, whom he described as
secretary of one of the largest lumber
companies in the world"
In the Illinois Supreme Coudt last year
ne said Cook county had sixty-three
cases, against thirty-eight from all other
Illinois counties, Cook getting forty-eight
convictions against twenty-four for the
balance of the state.
Il have found it necessary to take on
the duties of policeman and raid 523
disorderly places" he said 1--WE have
convicted APO of the proprietors and
closed sos of the houses. That is the
first time in Cook county that the states
attorneys office ever closed a solitary
place under the abatement and injunction
act"
Shows Crime Cut Down
In 1920 personal property taxes due
the county were collected to the extent
of $3o0,000; last year the amount was
$786,000 On December |, 1920, there
were Alb prisoners awaiting trial and last
December POS. In 1920 there were 5,490
places burglarized in Chicago and last
year 3,017. In 1920 there were 2708
holdups last year, 1,403 Larcenes
dropped 70 per cent from 1920. Auto
thefts in 1920 were 5000 and last year
2,63l.
Il don't know how long it is going to
take to break up this beer-runnng COM
bination," he continued, 'but I am going
to put every ounce OF energy in me to
that end; and, with the support of the de-
cent element of this community and the
help of Divine Providence, that arrogant
crowd of criminals who have grown rich
will be made to respect the law when we
get through"
Mr.. Grove said he wanted to see wo-
men permitted to serve on criminal
juries.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-05-14
About Potatoes

Under most conditions it is best
to cut potato seed into two ounce
Pieces. Smaller pieces may give
good results if not planted too early
or too deeply. On nOn-irrigated land
it may be desirable to plant slightly
larger pieces. Each piece should con-
tain at least one eye and it is well
to cut the potatoes lengthwise to in
sure including some of the numerous
eyes at the end. The seed should not
be cut until planting time, as seed
deteriorates rapidly after cutting.
Planting time varies but it is well
not to plant earlier than two weeks
before the last killing frost in the
spring. If potatoes are to be cultivat
ed with horse drawn implements the
rows should be spaced at least three
and a half feet apart for light soils
and four feet for heavy soils. For
the small garden patch the rows ma.
be set two feet apart. The hills oi
irrigated potatoes shold be II to Il
inches apart in the rows and nOn-ir-
rigated, 10 to 20 inches apart. Irri-
gated potatoes should be covered w
to three inches deep and later ridged
Non-irrigated potatoes should bC
planted in burrows five or six incEe:
deep and covered with three inche.
Of soil.
Irrigated potatoes should be give.
deep cultivation and a little more sol
should be thrown on the ridge at Fac
cultivation. When the first water !
applied the ridge should be eight o
ten inches high. Non-irrigated pota
tees should be given frequent shallow
cultivation. 1t may be necessary t.
slightly ridge the soil late in the sea
son to prevent potatoes from bein;
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-05-14
WEEKLY GARDEN HINTS
From
Montana State College
F. S. Cooley, Director
Weeds Are Garden Enemies
" Il Il . :: :: - .. Il y ::

WCCuS are OdfucH 1efnI
The month of May is the critical
time fifth most home gardens. Then
it is that the garden shows it's first
signs of promise and then it is that
innumerable obstacles spring up to
destroy the efforts of the gardener
AS the garden thrives, weeds and in
sects thrive also.
There is no easy way to get rid of
weeds. The time is not yet when we
can place something on the ground
which will kill the undesirable plants
and allow the desirable ones to grow,
and until that time arrives the cradle
alton of weeds in the garden is going
to depend very largely upon the old
standby, the hoe. The best advice re-
garding the weed problem is 10 start
hoeing early in the season and repeat
frequently. When weeds are allowed
to get a good start they are harder TO
remove and in the mean time they
have robbed the soil of considerable
plant food and moisture which other
wise would have been available for the
plants. When the hoeing job is done
it is necessary to go through the
garden and remOve the weeds, that
have escaped the hoe, by hand. This
may be even more distasteful than
hoeing but it is equally as necessary,
The weeds in the plant rows are the
ones in closest competition with the
plants and therefore the ones most
necessary to remOve.
Certain of the insects are especially
destructive during the early part o.
the season when plants are young an,
food for the hungry pests is scarce
Their righteousness makes them es
pecially destructive to plants but ais,
makes them an easy victim to man
poisons. Those insects that eat tn
leaves and stems of plants may b
killed by mixing one pound Of pOwd
cred ~arsenate of lead with thre
pounds of powdered air-slacked linn
placing this in a sack made of tw
thicknesses of c~heesecloth and dustin
powder mixture on the plants. PlaT
r lice and other insects that suck tn
e juices of the plants without eatin
the tissue may be sprayed with sOa
o or nicotine sprays.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-05-14
By L. F. Van Zelm
G Western Newspaper Unioa

exposed but ordinarily the soil should
remain level.
In irrigating potatoes the vines
should be kept growing vigorously IN
til the potatoes are formed. Allowing
the soil to get too dry after the pO-
tatoes have set and then ~irrigating
cause kn3bby potatoes. It is better
to irrigate in burrows than to sprinkle
with a nozzle. Late irrigation retards
ripening and produces potatoes OF
noor cooking qualities.
Some of the best early varieties are
Early Six Weeks, Irish CObbler, and
Early Triumph. Russet Burbank,
Green Mountain and Rural New York
er are good late potatoes. Russet
Burbank does not do well under non
irrigated conditions and Green Noun
tain is one of the best for such con-
ditions.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-05-14
Shelter Belt Trees

Land upon which the shelter belt
is to be planted must be summer fall
lowed thoroughly the year previous
ly," according to observations record
ed in Bulletin Sc Of the Montana
State college experiment. station,
which is a study 81 dry farming con-
ditions in the north central part of
the state. Shelter belt land must be
thoroughly subdued before trees are
set out says the bulletin, and adds:
NO grass must be left on the lani
because regrassing with native 81
among the trees will absorb moisture
before it gets to the tree rD-ts AMI
thus cause the trees to die. Nothing
kills the shelter belt more quickly
than the taking of moisture by weeds
and grass before the trees get |
chance at it. The fallOw strips, usual
" laid out on the north and west OF
the farmstead, must be deeply =! W
ed and we'll summer fallowed and ken
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-05-14

" many others were killed but nos
located, as no time is spent looking
for dead animals that may trave!
some distance after taking a poison
bait. Stray days and cats permitted
70 ramble at large were also found
killed. This reduced the liability o.
their carrying infection from one
ranch to another. Intensive work
within the infected area resulted IN
getting owners to confne Their dogs.
The man attending to this phase Of
the work does not leave the area. The
men on coyote work do not enter the
infected area, though the plans in
clude a final cleanup of coyotes and
bobcats within the lines after several
infested ranches have been disinfect-
ed. Practically every coyote in the
locality will have been destroyed when
the work is completed.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-05-14
COYOTE CAMPAIGN PART OF
F-OOT-AND-MOUTH QUARANTINE

When a close quarantine was est B.
I'shed against foOt-and-mouth dis So
among livestock in Contra Costa nd
Alemeda counties, Calf, an inte- i've
poison cOmpaign was almost ioma-
date.y lnaugurated against co, tes
n bobcats by representatives o. n.
biological survey, cooperating 9TH
the California State board of agr IL
ture. Coyotes and bobcats in cor i'd
cradle numbers, it was found. were in
the immediate vicinity of the infected
areas IN Contra Costa county. Most
CT the emergency effort, therefore.
was concentrated in this COUNTY "a
prevent the spread of infection bv
means of these animals. The hest
hunters were Immediately moved from
various points, and a line of poison
was placed around the entire east
SIDE OF the exterior boundary of the
infected area and at a safe distance
from 1t. Men were stationed at inter.
walls along this line placing poison
bats, which made it practically i'm.
possible for coyotes to drift either
rom or to the infected area without
picking mp some Of the poison Jaits
Still another poison line was es. blish
ed some miles east extending Il a..
directions from Brentwood.
Many dead coyotes and bobcat.
were found on both lines. Undoubted.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-05-14
Weekly News Letter
From State College
F. S. COOLEY,
Director Extension Service
Better Kitchen Contests

The better kitchen contests being
held among farm women of Yellow
stone and Richland counties under the
direction of the home economics de-
partment of the Montana State col
lege extension service are on the home
stretch and 143 contestants are put
ting the finishing touches to their re-
modelled kitchens. With enthusiasm
running high and with the care ana
thOrOughness with which the work is
being done, Miss Jessie Marion and
Mrs. Inez Foster Bell, home demon
stratiOn agents for the two counties,
anticipate close races for first place.
Yellowstone county has 60 farm
women enrolled in the contest and
Richland has 83. The contest closes
in the former county in May, and in
the latter in June. The premium Of
fered for first place in Richland coun-
ty is a Sellers kitchen cabinet and j n
Yellowstone a Hoosier cabinet is be-
ing offered. More than $500 in prizes
are being offered by business men and
others interested in the contests. The
contest is to be judged upon the basis
of the wisest changes made in max
ing the kitchen more desirable with
the most efficient expenditure of time
and money.
The changes being made constitute
Encouragement Of kitchen equipment.
installation of sinks and drains, pro-
viding more light for the kitchen, adj
ditiOn of labor saving devices, etc
At preliminary meetings held under
the direction of Miss Gertrude Hoff.
man, home economics specialist oil
the Montana State college extension
service, suggestions were made tt
how the changes may be made, hOm,
made devices were exhibited and tn,
different methods of taking the drudg
cry out of the kitchen, illustrated.
Prizes in the Yellowstone contes
will be awarded after the scoring O
the last kitchen at a special luncheo
given by tie Billings Commercial clu
to which all contestants will be il
vited. Awards will be made in Rich
land county at a special picnic dir
ner on the last day of the annu;
Mothers Camp meeting in June.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-05-14

Q. What are the spots that appear
on bean pods and how can / prevent
them?
A. No doubt your beans have been
troubled with what is known as pod
spots' or anthracnOse. 1t is a fungus
disease that lives over winter in the
seed. When the disease Is first motto
ed avoid picking beans 90 wa!kinZ
through the vines when wet IS this
tends to spread the trouble. There IS
no seed treatment known to prevent
the disease. 1t is advisable to plant
| seed known to be free from the dis
| ease and to rotate the crop. There
are several varieties that are resist
/ ant, such as Wells Red Kidney, West
} ern Red Kidney, White Imperial, and
Nova Scotia Marrow, all of which be
long to the dry shell-bean type.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-05-14
Corn Planting Time is Here

Corn planting time usually extends
from May 5 to May 20. All danger
from frost is not past at this time
but the adapted strains of corn viii
stand a little frost and it is better to
take a little risk than to delay too
long. Corn may be drilled in rows
but it is better to plant in the check
row so that the field may be cultivated
both ways. When planted two or
three kernels to the hill, and hills AZ
inches apart, five quarts of corn vii
plant an acre.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-05-14
Questions and Answers


@. What is the outlook for potatoes
in the United States for the coming
year?
A. Answers to such questions must
necessarily be general because of IN
forseen conditions that may arise. The
best indication of the potato OutlOOk
for 1924 is contained in the "Agricui-
tural Outlook for 1924" compiled by
the United States department of agri-
culture. This report states: "A de-
crease of two per cent in the acreage
for 1924 compared with 1923 will &C.
cur if present intentions to plant are
carried out. The acreage in 1923 was
II per cent below the planting 0t
1922. The reduction is heaviest IN
the important producing sections, the
decrease being five per cent IN the
east north central states; 10 per cent
in the west north central group and
seven per cent in the far western
states. Intended increases of four per
cent in the important north Atlantic
states, nine per cent in the south At
lantic states and II per cent in the
south central states are reported. In
tended decreases ranging from eight
to 20 per cent are reported from New
Jersey. Michigan, Wisconsin, Minne'
sofa, North Dakota, South Dakota
Colorado, Idaho and Washington
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-05-14
Best Teaching Available to Farmers

Best Teaching Available TO Farmers
The same sound practices and teach
ings behind the worlds record made
by the Montana State college owned
COW, Grace Koningen, and behind the
building IN { the great HOlstern
herd at the COLLEGE are available to
the farmers of Montana through the
Montana State college extension serv-
ice. These practices were developed
BY the Montana experiment station,
are being taught to the agricultural
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-05-14

absolutely free from weeds the year
previous to tree planting. 1t is we'll
during the summer fallow year 10
plant some rows of drilled coin on the
north and west side of the summer
fallOwed layout, so drifting SHOWS of
the winter will be caught to make i
big snow bank on the land that is to
be planted to trees the next spring"
On the matter Of care for shelter
belt trees the bulletin says: do not
prune the trees. Let nature do the
pruning. The small branches near
the ground protect the trees, catch
snow and prevent the loss of moist
ure. A pruned tree is a spoiled shelf
or tree. Remember that there is a
difference between the shelter belt
tree and the shade tree of the east.
Absolutely do not prune the shelter
belt tree"
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-05-14

You a make a homely girl pretty
sore by saying that she has a kind
heart.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-05-14

students at Montana State college and
are passed on to the farmers through
the county agents AMI extension
specialists.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-05-14
How Cow Testing Association Works

How Cow Testing Association Works
Through the work of the Bitter
Root valley cow testing association it
was found that out of the 343 COWS
belonging to the members, there were
100 that produced over 300 pounds of
butter fat and Is hat produced Over
400 pounds of butter fat. Fifty low
producing cows were culled out and
replaced by others showing promise
of better production and five grade
sires were replaced by p%urebreds.
Thus, through the accurate records
obtained in the cow testing association
is the work of dairy COW improve
ment carried on. In the Bitter Root
association contracts between MEM
bers were made for a period of a
year. At the expiration of the first
year IS per cent of the members re-
signed and the % per ent who drop
ped out were quickly replaced by
others who were eager to join.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-05-14
List of Beef Bulls For Sale in Sta

List of Beef Bulls For Sale in State
Farmers in the market for beef cat
tie breeding stock will be interested
in the list of beef bulls for sale in
Montana recently compiled by r. B.
Millin, livestock specialist for the
Montana State college extension serv-
ice. The list includes Herefords, Aber-
deem Angus, Red POlled Herefords,
Milking Shorthorns and Polled Short
horns. The list has been sent to coun-
ty agents and banks throughout the
state for the convenience of those in
terested. A copy may be had free by
writing to Mr.. Millin at Montana State
college extension service, Bozeman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-13

wheel. It was nothing but a section of tree trunk used as a roller be- tween poles strapped to a horse, but it proved to be great improvement over the ancestral sled. Thereafter the Hyksos, or Shepherd Kings, learned to use Aryan wheels, and when they in- vaded Egypt, they took the horse and wheeled sled with them. According to Josephus, the Hyksos were Semites, and there are some reasons for believ- ing they first broke the horse to har- ness. After the expulsion of the Hyksos conquerors from Egypt, the cul- tured Egyptians improved the wheeled sled into chariots. Then Assyrians, learning wheelcraft from the Egyp- tians, invented spoked wheels, where upon the Egyptians adopted the As syrian invention. Neither in Egypt nor Assyria, however, were wheeled ve- hicles used to transport burdens; they were used solely for charioteering pur- poses.'
 When the less cultured Aryans dis persed they carried their belongings on crude twO-wheeled carts.
 The first coach in England was con structed by Walter Rippon for the Earl of Rutland, in 1855. One year later he built another for Queen Mary. Coaches became so prevalent that final ly. in 1901, a bill was introduced in Parliament ito restrain the excessive use of coaches," for they were begin ming to interfere with the occupation of porters and watermen. This bill failed to pass, and in 1632 another was intro. duced, because the coaches were said to be breaking up the roads," Not until 119O were coaches built for hack ney purposes, though in 1754 the fly ing coach" was started between London and Birmingham, the advertised speed being eight miles an hour.
 In 1904, Obadiah Elliott patented a plan for hanging coach bodies from el- liptical springs.
 In 1920 Paris took to building the cabriolet de place, which was the an- cester of our "cab.''
 The hanson cab was patented by J.. A. Hanson, an English architect, in 1884.
 When the prototype of the omnibus first appeared on the streets of Paris, only privileged persons were permitted to ride. But the privilege was later extended to common people, and since then such coaches have been called "Omnibuses."
 The first London omnibus was start. ed in 1929 by Mr. Shilliber, but the General Omnibus company was not chartered until 1856.
 Descending from civilized to more primitive peoples of the present day, all the cast-off models may still be found in use. LOwly Indians, for ex- ample, use the two poles lashed to the sides of a horse. This practice they learned from the Pilgrims, from whom also they acquired horses. Wild horses once lived in this country, but became extinct before the arrival of the h. dians, and Indian ponies of this day are all descendants of imported stock.
 The evolution from the cart to the railway carriage, automobile and fly ing machine has occurred within the memory of living men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-13

to carry burdens until after horses had been broken to harness.
 It. was long step toward civilization when a low-down barbarian learned that by strapping poles of the kind pre- viously used as sled runners to the sides of a tanned horse, the horse could be made to drag his burdens from camp to camp. It marked the beginning of mans emancipation It9 from drudgery' vention of the wheel. At a time when pyramids, writing on papyrus and rais- ging rice on irrigated lands along the Nile, a rough and ready tribe of bar barians, called Aryans, invented the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-13

was two or three years old the mother moved hundreds of miles from the town in which she lived, taking the baby with her. Arriving at the new location, she prefixed Mrs to her name. Time went on until the little girl became six teen years of age. At that time the mother became interested in man and he in her. Following an ordi- nary courtship he proposed to her. Whereupon she replied: Il love you and am sure will make you a good wife. But before we go any farther there is one thing I want you to know-I am not a Mrs If you want me on those terms l will marry you He was one of those rather big. squareshooting sort of men. and he said: I love you just the same, and l want you to be my wife.
 And then the wife-to-be rose to the occasion. She said: As I said before l love you. l will do all in my power to make you good wife. But if, after our marriage, you ever twit me of it I'll kill you
 ''Fhey were married. and the last heard of them they were living happily"