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The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-10-29

fall wheat from which he received
4,610 bushels, an average of over 50
bushels to the acre, and 16 acres Of
oats which gave a yield of 1850
bushels, an average of sixty-five and
%twC-thirds bushels to the acre.
2. S. Morgan had 800 acres in fall
wheat, yielding 1881 bushels, aver
age per acre over "a bushels.
W. Morgan threshed 5,945 bushels
Of fall wheat from 113 acres, average
52h bushels to the acre. In oats he
had 1892 bushels from 20 acres, 741a
bushels yer acre.
Mr.. Gallop threshed $500 bushels
: of fall wheat from 1O6 acres, an aver
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-10-29
The Fate Of
2S
Is Linked With
DIXON

age of over 81 bushels to the acre;
one field of &c acres threshed $500
bushels, an average of 20 bushels.
He had 51a acres in oats which
threshed out 495 bushels, and II acres
of barley from which the yield was
466 bushels.
In the five farms 833 acres were
cultivated to grain and the amount
threshed was 1929 bushels, an aver
age of 5718 bushels per acre. Not
an acre Of the ground was irrigated
and NEST of it is high bench land. II
such a record for Gallatin valley does
rot speak volumes for its intrinsic
worth, facts are Of no avail.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-10-29

sation in the court room one day last
week. He stepped into the con while
court was in session, and in a clear,
strong voice hallo'd out, Here's your
popcorn now, smoking hot" Of
course everyone in the court room had
to laugh, including his honor and the
officers of the court. One attorney
was so amused that he purchased a
bag of corr and paid the boy 25 cents
for it.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-10-29

Joseph LaBrie, who formerly re-
sided in Bozeman, visited his numer-
Gus friends in the city this week. He
is now located on Basin creek IN
Meagher county, where he has a sheep
ranch which he is giving his person
al attention.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-10-29

Ira Dodge arrived from Madison
basin on Thursday with the remain
der Of his band of elk, consisting OF
a tw~o-year-old bull and a pair OF
calves. They are as fine as can be
seen in a domesticated condition any
where, and will be placed on eXhl-
bition as soon as they are rested a
little from their journey.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-10-29
The Crops of Five Farms.

The Crops of Five Farms.
From J. H. Gallup we obtain the
amount of grain raised on his own
farm and that of four of his neigh
bors.
AccoIa Brothers had in It's acres
of fall wheat from which the yield
was 1880 bushels, an average of
nearly 81 bushels to the acre.
w. P. Knowlton had sc acres IN
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-10-29

Captain brennan and his team Oh
shooters from Troop B, consisting OF
Lieut. Keown, Sergeant Benham, Pr
Yates Cain, Whitney and Bartholo-
NEW. returned home Sunday evening"
having acquitted themselves with high
bonors. Sergeant Benham is the
proud possessor of the s1S5 gold
ticker. having defeated his opponents
bv a score of s27 as against sO4'
| Creedmore target.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-10-29

and offered a reward for its return
through the columns of The Courier
Going to his ranch a few days after
ward, he was surprised to find n
animal in the lane, waiting for the
gates to be opened. So much for Ju-
dicious advertising.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-10-29

J. N. Brown says that when a per-
son loses an animal it is only nee
essary to advertise in The Courier 20
recover it. He lost a horse recently
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-10-29

Many persons have recently looked
with wonder upon the ~23-pOund head
of cabbage in our window which was
raised by M. H. Allen. The same
farmer this week brought one to ).
J. McCay which tipped the scales
at just 81 pounds, and Mr.. Allen
may yet find some larger mes among
his excellent crop raised this year.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-10-29
TALK FOR
VOTE FOR
INITIATIVE
No. rs
N TAX BILL
DIXON EXTRAVAGANZA
BUBBLE BURSTS

Bulletin No. l of the Montana Taxpayers Asso-
citation, an association manifeStly unfrienoly 10 ne
Dixon administration. at page 3, shows that inc
general fund OVeTdraft on March 1, 1871, at coW-
mencement OF the Dixon administration was
s2y2s1 10000
At the opening OF the nth session., Montana as
sembly. after Dixon took office, he forclbly caneo
attention to the deplorable condition OF the state
finances. pointed out that appropriations IN excess
of estimated income was contrary TO the consttu-
ton and urged stern economies in state govern
ment. Eight boards and commissions were soon
after abolished at his suggestion.
In the first month Of Gov. DIXons tenancy, sen;
senate Bill No. 283, authorizing the state to DOT
row on treasury certificates the sum OF S2.OUO'OOV;VO
TO paw outstanding claims and overdratt. as the
Overdraft at that time exceeded $2,2OO.OOO' ana oe-
ficiencv claims exceeded $500, 900. This amount was
not considered sufficient and in the eXtraordlnary
to borrow So 900. 900. This is Chapter Is. session
laws 1921. Money was borrowed on treasury ceTu-,
ficates in the amount Of f2S4. 10000, which reduced
the 0verdraft on June 80. 1921 by the same amount
but had 10 be paid out of 1921 taxes.
At the close of the 18th assembly. Gov. DIXON
made a percentage cut Of $500, 900 from the appro-
priations to balance the estimated income. alter re,
ducing the budgets Of the various departments anu
institutions. The Supreme Court, in a DIVIDED opm-
ion, declared that the governor had no authority 10
sion was called early in 1924 and after spending
nearly two weeks in investigation and deuDeraIlOh,
the estimate OF Gov. Dixon was sustained When the
assembly fixed the sum substantially as II had oeen
fixed in the veto. -
ments to the general fund Of the state.
THE METALS MINES TAX IS Il lSSUE-ALL
OTHERS ARE FAKE ISSUES. TALK N VOIE
FOR NUMBER %.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-10-29

H. A. Gruver has been spending
considerable time recently in repair
ing the fire engine, and now has 1t
in good working order, a very salts
factory test having been made with
it this week. The former engineer
Robt. Winters, has resigned and the
engine is now in charge of Emil keI-
terer, who seems to work it very sue
cessfully.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-10-29

A small boy who sells popcorn
about the city created quite a sen-
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-10-29
WHAT THE RECORDS SHOW

-.a Che records Of the State Board Of Equal
z., W the Elm Orlu Mining company, a w. A.
,... oncrty.
- this mine produced 104.167 tons of ore.
.t ~ \. Clark Smelter CHARGED $40 SOS. 76
~ fon. or about 1852 per ton, and the mine
t.I Net proceeds"
. ua his mine produced 226. SIS tons Of ore
and 50. A. Clark smelter charged 50. 269, 487.3c
f- roe -tan. or about $lO.O1 per ton, and the mine
ftI srH5 y Net proceeds"
tr '.' this mine produced 2S4, 701 tons of ore
ami ~ a Clark S!lelteT charged 81, 00S, 673. so
Tor r.'. ct.on. or about 1884 per ton and the mine
r.E >.t proceeds
f. melting charges in 1923. the only wear since
'ss .5t this mine has had any Met proceeds" to
tax been $3.50 per ton instead Of $1OO per
tom .tuS property would have paid on an additional
r.r ..eIs Of $723.55703.
A. .- ave n gross production tax that can be
... r.f.j by tax officials, rather than a NET
m tax under which a mine only pays on
u..- 'a Ulcers determine and as Mr.. Hartman
"b corporation which has within itself all
the knowledge as to the transaction of it's business
will nos c~obably find much net"
WHAT COMES IN-WHAT GOES OUT
s.-eS have been compiled, row upon row. 10
i. # muco money has been received into the
-..r.' I'.d in the past four years. Records of
III. -.-. treasurer show that in 1924, 81, 1876. $40 was
received into the general fund from counties and
tr'."-. collection of all forms Of license taxes.
500" Was returned from special license taxes,
.sas "n state lands, etc, in many cases more than
> counties paid in.
The toms Of $4,000 for salaries Of district
judges and $4,000 as part salaries of county attor-
no which The state paid to counties is not in
cili.i ia the above.
The state treasury acts as a sort of CLEARING
house, collecting the money and returning the
greater portion to the counties. Keep this in mind
when discussing where the money goes.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-10-29
What Does the Metals -
Wines Tax Mean to You :
VOICES FROM OUT OF
THE PAST

III. minutes of the Constitutions COnven-
$3.50 the leaders and fighters for a gross
.~..-a- lax we're three strong men from the
%suuties: Judge c.. +. Loud, Custer; T.
T.. MS. Cascade and Charles S. Hartman,
g,.q.0 They denounced the net proceeds
H.. 81. had to give way before superior num-
to~- r the mining counties.
81. -. e 473 of the Constitutional Debates.
Mr. hartman states:
II am opposed to the amendment 49,
.r opposed to the word Net = A
coronation which has within itself and
s1onJ its officers all the knowledge as to
re transaction of its business will not
probably find much Net to pay taxes
iron. 8 +"
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-10-29
WHAT TAX HAS

vital wv MEANT 70 SCHOOLS
The fight 20 adopt the iron tonnage tax in Mn
nesota was historic. 1t was defeated in several ses-
.ions Of the legislature. Prairie county legislators
and newspapers favored it; the big city papers
fought it and predicted that II Il passed the great
steel company would abandon Minnesota.
Finally it passed. What happened?
Nothing. The steel company is expanding ana is
now satisfied with the tax.
What has it yielded TO the schools OF Minnesota!
Here are the figures from State Auditor Ray
Chase of Minnesota for 1923, on an 8 per cent ton
mage tax:
9avanue S., o5s, e5f.e
school 1857, 1o5.6t
GIniversjtv 591, 776.34
WHAT 1T WILL MEAN TO o OF TATE
II ia expected to produce 100000 annually In
taxes and half of this will go TO the common school
fund This is we'll based. since the Anaconda Cop
Der Mining Co. last year produced more than
1872. 900. 900.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-10-29

! "a. 'n' editor of the Hay
q The WI S the sugar beet
!. Plant, y this season. He
Ids Of b rom which he raised
, aay sD gIs Us. He was in the
80 DOM oslered to trade the
VI sugar.
Arizona state miner., 1924-12-13
Wornen's Clubs Can Do
Much for City Beauty

Suppose every club woman in Amer
lea would solemnly resolve to initiate
and sponsor a movement in her own
community which, if steadfastly car
ried out, would in time be productive
of greater beauty in her city or town
and arouse an interest in growing
things in small spaces and under diff
cult cOnditiOns-would not the result
be worth the effort put into it?
Many clubs have spasmodically at
tempted just such things and the re-
suits have been splendid. But if
every clubwoman were to do this and
every member of every club put 100
per cent effort into it, the result would
mean the improvement of every ham,
let, village or town in the country.
To be more concrete, suppose your
first effort were directed against the
ugly, neglected back yard and that
you were not satisfied until there were
no. more Of these old-fashioned eye
sores left. This idea has taken hold
in many places but it still requires
mulation.-Exchange
Arizona state miner., 1924-12-13
Work for Architects

In America we have never stopped
growing long enough to diagnose the
fundamental ailments Of modern urban
growth. Until we, individually and
as community, undertake this exam
ination, the field for community plan
ming will be limited, and the architect
will continue to design, in subservi
ence to the forces outside his work
which are daily determining his milieu.
Once our American communities are
ready to alter, not simply their super
fetal physical characteristics, but
some of their fundamental habits and
traditions, then community planning
will be possible. 1t is our belief that
it will be to the supreme advantage
of the architect to hasten this day.
Arizona state miner., 1924-12-13
Glider Used 400 Years
Ago by Bosnian Builder

Belgrade.-The first successful gil
der flight was performed at Foca,
Bosnia, in 1549, according to a doc
ument discovered here.
The pilot was Haf1s Effendi, prom
inent Bosnian architect, who built the
Aladjamosque at Foca. AS feature
of the delivery day of the mosque to
the clergy, Hafis announced that he
would fly from the top of the church
to the ground.
A large crowd gathered at the
mosque. Hafis climbed the highest
minaret, fastened two wooden wings
to his arms, and repeated the Icarus
stunt under the cheers Of the populace.
From a height of 100 feet, the archi-
tect glided safely across the Cehotina
river and landed on the meadows.
Arizona state miner., 1924-12-13
Call Asbestos
missing Link y

| manner in which the glassy-green nat
ural asbestos occurs in rock.
Bends, Stretches and Resists Heat.
I'm the whole amazing range of
crystals of various substances with the
perfect pyram1ding, sectoring and cut
ting found In nature, no crystals are
probably more remarkable than asbes-
tos. Imagine smOkestack 1000 feet
high. This approximates the proper
tfons of an asbestos fiber crystal. Now
if the smokestack will bend like
willow in the wind and stretch like
stiff spring; If it can resist terrific
heat, and be impervious to practically
all acids, oxygen and moisture, it can
do what the marvellous asbestos crys-
tai does. If one takes a block of as
bestos and rubs the crystal bundles
lengthwise a fluff of white fiber will
spring up as if by magic. These fibers
can be carded, spun and woven into
cloth with almost the same facility as
raw cotton or WOOL
Roman mobiles and even Charlie
magne liked a few parlor tricks with
their demi-tasse. To set the mouths
Of their guests agape they noncha-
lantly threw table cloths into charcoal
burners. But visitors who dashed for
the exits must have come back to
wonder, for the cloths did not burn;
they were asbestos. Modern use of as
bestos dates from the development Of
Italian mines in the beautiful Alpine
valleys Of Susa, approached from
France through the Mont Gents tun-
mel, and the Aosta valley. One of It's
important applications, packing for
engines, still creates one of the prin-
cipal Demands.
"At Thetford Mines pit operation is
the general practice, although there
are a few galleries. Any rock with
veins running per cent asbestos is
worth working.
Brake Bands Major Use.
Rock with fine veins goes to the
crushers to be reduced to small bits.
Rock with rich veins is cracked open
by hand and the virgin asbestos sent
to a big room where girls WELD ham,
mers to break the asbestos into pill
able fbrous mass. No mechanical
means has been discovered to make
this high-grade asbestos which is used
for brake bands, the largest present
demand for asbestos, cloth, best pack
ing, and insulation.
'The crushed serpentine rock and
asbestos goes to series of screens
surmounted by suction tubes. The
Arizona state miner., 1924-12-13
Mineral JustiGes Nickname
of Men Who Blast
1t Out of Rock.

shingtOn.-Mining the missing
link between rocks and plants is the
job French Canadian town Of 10000
does for waiting world.
Asbestos justifies in many ways the
nickname given it by the men who
blast 1t out Of natures rock vaults" F"
says a bulletin of the National Geo
graphic society FROM its headquarters
at Washington, D. c., for it is a phys
ical paradox even if it cannot bridge
the gap separating the boulder and
the sapling.
Asbestos can be woven like cotton !;
in the natural state it looks like spun
glass in bundles, it is as smooth as
silk to touch. Like the volatile heroes
of Chinese myths, it is now a roof
changes to theater curtain or coat, be-
comes paper, or imprisons live steam
to hard labor, prevents thousands Of
automobile crashes every day, and
may hide itself in the rustic of a silk
dress.
"Thetford Mines, rs miles directly
south of Quebec, is Graded in a valley
whose ridges are outriders of Yer
monts presiding glory, the Green
mountains. Travellers on the main
highway south from Quebec to the
United States easily recognize Thet-
ford Mines, or it's little sister town Of
Black Lake, because a pail of white
asbestos dust hangs over both. This
cloud Obscures the great dumps of
rock refuse, veritable foothills Or pla-
teaus themselves, and the cleaning
towers Of the typically large French
Canadian churches. Travellers may
have difficulty understanding Thet-
fords people, though, save for the
English mine managers, they are as
French as Gascons.
Asbestos is one Of the few ron
metallic minerals Of great use to man.
kind; it's partners are coal and sui
phur Although it is frequent in the
serpentine rock from Gaspe to the
Carolinas and elsewhere, the deposits
near Thetford Mines supply more than
80 per cent Of the worlds asbestos
needs.
"Stand two books on end and pile
q handful Of matches between them
with the matches at right angles to
the walls supplied by the books. There
you have an approximation of the
Arizona state miner., 1924-12-13
Parrot Speaks Greek

Sacramento.-While employees of
the state board Of control were gath
ering for work the other day a pref
ty parrot flew into the board room
through an open window 1t perched
itself on the back Of a chair and
steadfastly refused to answer any
question, even when solicited with a
cracker Finally George Kelaydis, a
Greek restaurant owner, appeared at
the capitol to claim the bird, and in
cidentally revealed that the bird does
not understand the English language;
it speaks Greek only.
Arizona state miner., 1924-12-13
Consider Reconstruction

Contrast the picturesque and con-
venient homes that are being built to-
day with the unattractive, ill-designed
houses erected by the thousand be-
tween 1870 and 1910. The men and
women of 1924 have no sympathy for
the "goOd taste" of 1874. No one wants
to live in au out-of-date house of the
latter period. Yet these ugly old
houses are almost always solidly con-
structed, representing honest work
manship from cellar to garrett To pull
them down and rebuild from the
ground up would mean an enormous
economic waste, total loss to the
country Of the millions of dollars Of
investment that they represent. In
many cases the expenditure of a COM
paratively few dollars and little ex-
pert attention can convert such a resi-
dence into place of real beauty and
add enormously to it's financial value
Arizona state miner., 1924-12-13
Ma and Pa Required
for Happy Honeymoon

elphia.-Robert Macarthur of
Boston, civil engineer, wanted a thee
and me honeymoon, but his pretty
bride wanted company.
Il wouldn't go gallivanting around
the country with a strange man for
anything in the world, Robert MacAr-
thur" she told him. eff you don't ask
ma and pa, I won't CO."
"But, Mildred" he demurred, 'I
want you all myself. 1 don't want
anyone else around"
Mildred tossed her pretty head.
MY mother loves me-" she said,
''and pets me and makes me happy.
And SO does pa. l wouldn't give them
up for any old lonesome honeymoon.
/ won't go without my ma"
And so Robert rendered his invita-
tion. Mrs. Dolbeare accepted on the
spot, both for herself and Mr.. Dol
beare.
After a three weeks trip they all re-
turned, the other day, to the home Of
Mildred's parents in suburb Of Bos-
ton.
Up the walk strobe Robert, arm in
arm, with his father-in-law, and in
back of them came Mildred, hand in
hand, with ma.
did you have good timer" they
were asked
"Great," said Mildred.
"Are you going to live here with
your mother and father?"
"They are" said ma.
"Is a chaperoned honeymoon a sue
cess?'
"It u.s." said pa.
Arizona state miner., 1924-12-13
COr11n11niM
building = =
MaM2GN 2 2ZMAz I
National Highways Not
Complete Without Trees

The mileage of publicly constructed
highways in the United States each
year has reached almost fabulous fig
ures, and keeps on increasing. Every
progressive state is aiding county and
town authorities to build still more.
No one wants to halt the rapidity Of
rOad-making in this country. It might
be we'll, though, if we emulated some
OF the older countries and began a
systematic bordering of these high
ways with rows Of trees. Thousands
Of miles of new roads are built every
year in districts entirely denuded of
tree growth. If road-making and tree
planting went hand in hand it would
encourage intensive tree culture
throughout the nation.
France began systematic tree plant
ing along it's national roads in the
reign of Francis l, more than 300
years ago. Today France has a ma
tional register of trees planted on the
main state highways. This register
has been kept since the year 1899.
A recent census shows 2,950238
trees now shading the French national
roads. The government recognizes
tree-planting as an inseparable factor
of road-building. When a contract Is
let for new state road the specifica-
tions include the trees to be set out
The contractor is responsible for his
trees for two years after he sets them
out. If they die he has to replace
them. With typical French thorough
ness, the contractors bill is not paid
in full until the two years have
elapsed.-Detroit Free Press
Arizona state miner., 1924-12-13
Tin Cans Help Beautify

The driveway and walks of San An
tonic, Texas, are literally lined with
tin cans, but not so that one may no
tice, for the cans are embodied In
the electric light posts, says Popular
Science Monthly. Park Commissioner
Ray Lambert originated this ingenious
method of utilizing the city's waste
tin can output by using the cans for
reinforcing the ornamental concrete
electric light posts.
Arizona state miner., 1924-12-13

tubes pneumatically remove the fibers
and grade them. Poorer grades of as
bestos are used for paper, roofing, as
bestos paint, and for weighting silk.
They provide pipe coverings to con-
serve heat, soles and spats on shoes
for men working on hot floors, and
supply guards to protect glass-blow-
ers. The United States last year i'm
ported nearly 100000 worth of raw
asbestos"
Arizona state miner., 1924-12-13

An expedition to British Honduras
has brought back a pair of strange ami
alligators, have the armor Of turtles,
and can spring six feet. It sounds
as though the perfect pedestrian has
been discovered at last.
Arizona state miner., 1924-12-13
Staggering Figures

Every single starch molecule cob
tains 1000 atoms Of carbon, 1000
atoms of hydrogen, and 1000 atoms
of oxygen. Each green leaf contains
billions Of whole starch molecules.
Arizona state miner., 1924-12-13

A fellow no more than asks what
has become of the old-fashioned torch
light procession than he picks up the
paper and reads of one.
Arizona state miner., 1924-12-13

Dempsey and Sergt. Samuel Wood
fill have been photographed to-
gether at Atlantic City. more in
teresting picture would have been one
of the same pair shoulder to shoul-
der in the ArgOnne
Arizona state miner., 1924-12-13

A French town has gone into the
business of municipal undertaking, and
a funeral costs only So. 1t probably
could not use our life is worth liv-
ing" slogan.
Arizona state miner., 1924-12-13

A fashion note says that fur is not
worn for the purpose Of keeping warm,
but that's why the animals that used
to own the fur wore it.
Arizona state miner., 1924-12-13

Today's girl doesn't think her hat Il
on straight unless it is tilted to al
angle of 40 degrees.
Arizona state miner., 1924-12-13

China has recognized Russia, bu
it Is a question how long China viii
be able to recognize herself
Arizona state miner., 1924-12-13

1t is not cold enough for women tC
take off their summer furs and &C
back to low necks.
Arizona state miner., 1924-12-13

Pity the poor husband of the future
whose wife may grow peevish if be
fails to buy her a dirigible!
Arizona state miner., 1924-12-13

The first step in the direction of dis
armament has been the gradual elm
ination Of wrist watches.
Arizona state miner., 1924-12-13

A few more curling iron scars on
girls necks and faces and they will
look like Heidelburg duelists.
Arizona state miner., 1924-12-13

Lord Carnarvon popularized King
Tut-Ankh-Amen, but the crossword
puzzle has made Ra, the Egyptian god
of the sun, familiar to millions of
newspaper readers.