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The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-01-30

IN THE wheat states Of the North
L west and especially in South Da-
kOta the financial situation is becom-
Ing so serious that government agen-
cies are moving TO the rescue. A
number Of banks have closed their
doors. Eugene Meyer, Jr., managing
director of the War Finance Corpora
ton, went to Minneapolis to confer
with Twin Cities bankers. and the
corporation prepared to open a branch
Immediately In Sioux Falls. Mr.. Never
said: Fundamentally, the economic
conditions in South Dakota warrant
absolute confidence in the future of
the state"
President Coolidge, in a special
! message TO congress. presented his
program for relief for the wheat farm
ers. His recommendations include:
Passage of pending legislation EN-
bOdying the sO-called Coulter plan for
a ~$5O,OOO,O0O fund for loans to assist
wheat farmers to diversity their activ-
tiles.
Extension Of the War Finance Cor
poration, which under present law car
make no loans after March 81, until
December 81.
Refunding OF the pressing past du,
Indebtedness of farmers in the terri
tories most severely affected through
cooperation Of creditors.
Restoration wherever helpful O.
impaired capital OF banking institu
tions In the distressed sections.
Creation by private capital Of (,
substantial financing corporation I,
assist In the plan of reorganization.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-01-30

Gen. LEE CHRISTMAS, n of
- the western continents most pic
turesque characters, died last week in
New Orleans of perniciOus anemia
An engineer on a fruit company's road
In Honduras. he was forced to take
part in a revolution there in 1897, and
liked IL so well that he became a SOL
der Of fortune and devoted his time
thereafter to the frequent u~pheavals
in Central America. De WAS wound
ed seven times and escaped assassins
a score of times.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-01-30

s1.356. women receiving an average
of s1.27O and men $3.50, according to
records of the placement bureau OF
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-01-30
news Review OF
Current EVENTS
Socialist Government Is In
stalled in Britain and Has
Strike to Settle.
PAGE FOUR
BY EDWARD w. PicKARD

TREAT BRITAIN is q ruled by
- the first Socialist government in
her history. Before the great war
such It condition would have been al
most ~untLinkable. Today the British
people contemplate It without fear, al
with complete equanimity. The
program of change went through swift
ly and smoothly. The Labor Darty's
resolution Of mo confidence" In the
Tory government was adopted Mon
day night by a vote of 32S to $50, the
Liberals iOcking with the LabOrites
on the division and being greeted with
loud cheers by the latter. In the gal
lery the prince OF Wales and the duke
OF York watched the proceedings with
intense interest. Next day Prime Min
lister Baldwin and his cabinet pre-
sented their designations to the king.
Ramsay Macdonald was summoned 10
buckingham palace and asked to form
a new ministry, and promptly accepted.
His cabinet, as announced and ap-
proved by the king, was about as had
been forecast, the only surprise being
the appointment of ViScOunt Chelms-
ford, a Tory peer and former viceroy
Of India, as first lord Of the admiral
ty. Macdonald, in addition to the
premiership, holds the post OF minister
for foreign affairs; Philip SnOwden Is
chancellor of the e%xchequer; Arthur
Henderson is home secretary; J.. II.
Thomas is secretary for the colonies:
Thomas Shaw is minister of labor;
ViScOunt Haldine IS lord chancellor;
Sydney Webb is president of the board
OF trade, and J. r. ClyneS Is lord of
the privy seal and deputy leader Of
the house Of commons. Two of Mac
DOnald's ministers who probably will
be made peers are Sir Sydney Olivier,
secretary for India, and Brig. Gen. c..
=. Thompson, secretary for air.
There was little or no adverse
criticism Of the new prime minister's
selections for government positions,
even the rabid Tory press commencing
them. The ministers got busy with
their jobs MT once, and parliament was
adjourned for a few weeks to permit
them to familiarlze themselves with
their duties. The first serious matter
that %confrOnts the Labor government
is the strike OF railway engineers and
tiremen. which began at midnight Sun
day. despite the efforts of the party
leaders 10 stop it. Within a few days
the strike had reduced the railway
efficiency of the United Kingdom 80
per cent and industry was gravely
affected. The trades union congress,
whose president is Margaret Bondheld
who also is undersecretary for labor
appointed an emergency committee tC
intervene when The moment is cOnSid.
cred 0pportune. FCOdStufrs for Lon
don anc The other large cities are be,
ing brought in by motor trucks. anC
many manufacturers organized fleets
of trucks to carry their employees
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-01-30

casus, either exiled by the Stallln-
Kr,es.n faction or i'll, or both. Some
believe he will make q fight for the
control Of the s%oviets, bur the general
opinion IS that his political strength is
gone.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-01-30

Graduates Of Ohio Wesleyan Uni
versity who began teaching this school
year are paid an average salary Of
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-01-30

NICOLAI LENIN. creator of the
~ Russian soviet government, died
On Monday after an illness that had
kept him from his official work for
many months. The Red followers OF
the premier mOurned him deeply,
passed by tens of thousands before
his body where II lay in state in the
House Of Unions in Moscow, and laid
him TO rest in the Kremlin. At this
writing Il is not known who will sue
coed the arch Communist who was
abandoning Communist principles in
his rule Of Russia because, as he blunt
~ admitted, they would not work.
Probably the new premier will he
Stallin. minister Of natiOnaliIieS, but
the place may go 10 I.n0viev or KAN
anev However. there is said TO he a
serious split in the ranks Of the boil
shev.S,s, one group wishing Ia con-
tinue the modified policies Of Lenln
and the other favOring a return Ia the
old plan of Communist propaganda
abroad and efforts TO bring about a
world revolution. II Is noted, too,
that the peasants are steadily moving
toward democracy as opposed IA
sOvietism. Leon TrOtzky, Lenin's con
frere in establishing the Communist
regime, is supposed to be In the eau.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-01-30

the university, which Sound +
-or III teachers n al
primary 10 college.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-01-30
Is Head of Good Horses

Yearling Stallion
Span Gray Geldings. ) & Yrs 0.
These are all good. big. draft
weighing up to 1900 pounds.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-10-22
OFFICE OF
COUNTY TREASURER
Silver Bow County, Montana.

Butte, Montana, October II, 1924.
Montana Mining Association,
Helena, Montana.
Gentlemen:
In response to your inquiry this will certify
that the taxes paid by the Davis-Daly Copper
Company for the year 1929 on It's mines, ma
chinery, net proceeds and other property in Silver
Bow County amounted to the sum Of $13,228.72.
This does not include its City taxes or State
License Tax.
This office did not certify to the Tax Com
mission or any one else that the entire taxes of the
Davis-Daly Copper Company on the net proceeds,
machinery, surface ground and everything for
that year was the sum of $2,549, or any other sum
less than $13.228.72.
Yours very truly,
(Signed:) H.. A. MCINTYRE,
County Treasurer.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-10-22

Dr.. c. NJ. Chambliss returned from
a two weeks visit at Big Timber on
Monday last. The doctor expresses
great surprise at the rapid growth of
the comparatively new town, as well
as with the friendly ~sociability ami
business enterprise of its citizens. He
says that the size of Big Timber IS
only exceeded BY the kindness ana
generosity OF its citizens, and thai
the place is destined to become che OF
the most important towns ir eastern
Montana.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-10-22

Gailatin valley is a world-beater or
small grain and hardy vegetables.
We ought to have a permanent expo
sition building in Bozeman, where
samples of Gallatin county products
could be properly exhibited for at
least four weeks during each fall OF
he year. 1t would be visited by
thousands Of enquirin2 citizens from
far and near, and would prove the
best paying advertisements that this
favored portion of Montana ever re-
ceived.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-10-22

Badgly Alphus, whose fertile :
well improved farm is about four
miles southeast CT Salesville, was in
the city last week. Having recently
threshed his grain, we obtained from
him the following as the result Of
his farming operations in that direc-
ton this year: Wheat, 55 acres, which
yielded 1880 bushels, an average of
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-10-22

James Gourley, who visited the
Castle mining district during the past
week, returned on Sunday, and ex-
presses the opinion that it is destined,
with railroad facilities, to become one
Of the most important lead and silver
producers in the Rocky mountains.
MIR. Gourley is an Old-time prospector
and q practical miner, and as such
his candid opinion is entitled to far
more than ordinary weight.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-10-22

he can give US a thousand pounds CT
potatoes that will exceed anything
that has been reported so far in Gal,
latin county. What J. P. says will
be substantiated by the fact that Mr.
Blakeley has been connected with the
cultivation of the Beauty of Hebron
and knows whereof he speaks.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-10-22

Peter LIE Bean, whose hay and stock
ranch is on the west side of Gallatin
river, nearly opposite Salesville, was
in the city Tuesday. He reports his
hay crop excellent this year and has
secured about 200 tons, all of good
quality. He also says that but little
Of the grain between Bozeman and
SaIesville appears to be threshed as
yet and thinks it will take at least
four weeks more time to complete the
Jhroshing in Gallatin valley.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-10-22

ocratic house of representatives, was
in the city on Wednesday. He says
that he has kept everybody off the
reservation. He has scarcely kept his
trust, but at the same time, in de-
spite of the squirrels and other OBJ
structionists, he has raised the finest
potatoes in the county. He says that
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-10-22

The Governors statement as to the 100000 value
of the Davis DAILY property is equally as erroneous as
his statement of the amount of taxes paid. The facts
are as follows:
The Davis DAILY Copper Company owned a number
of mining claims adjoining claims of the Anaconda
Copper Mining Company. Ore-bOdies at great depth
two thousand feet or deeper, had been developed in
the Davis-Daly ground, and it was claimed by the
Anaconda Company that these Ore-bOdies had their
tons. or apices, in the Anaconda Company's ground.
and were owned by the Anaconda Company.
Serious controversies arose. One suit to recover many
millions of dollars was instituted by the Anaconda
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-10-22

tents OF one sack of large potatoes,
"hite meated, thoroughly ripe. dry
ana mealy, and sound to the core.
me entire lot averaged over Il.
pounds each, ard after thoroughly
testing their qualify we h.pped the
remainder to a friend n Wisconsin,
just to show him TIE kioc 4 +rads we
laISe IN the semi-arid .~.-;on.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-10-22

Mrs. H. B. Miles, who has passed
tie summer with her sister, Mrs. A.
II. Hersey, in Bozeman, returned e
her home in Austin, Mimi, on Sun
day evening last. Mrs. Miles enters
upon daily newspaper work as one
Of the editorial staff Of the Austin
Register, in which field she has
SHOWN much original talent. She will
also pursue her studies upon the VIC
lin under the instruction of one of
the best teachers in Minnesota. Dur
ing her stay in Bozeman Mrs. Miles
made many warm personal friends
who sincerely wish she could have re-
NAMED here permanently.
Uncle VIM. Rea was quite sue
cessful in his market garden opera
ticns this season, his beets, carrots,
turnlps, cabbage and potatoes yield
ing enormously and all being of ex-
cellent quality. In a delivery Of veg
etables, this week, we were the recip
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-10-22

a span OF work HES, attached to
the front running as q a lumber
wagon, made thias- lively On Main
and intersectin~ -..e.-s on Monday
morning last. III. animals had be-
come thorcug' IS >xc;ted and ran al
almost a -brcal~eck speed around sew
oral blocks. Ihey Invested them
selves of the wagon wheels and tongue
against a plank fence, and then kept
on running with the doub!e-tree ard
whiftle-trces dangling behind and fire.
quent!y striking their legs. Not &-
til the rad become thoroughly ex-
hauS' cd and considerably bruised
weie he frightened animals finally
captured.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-10-22

Company against the Davis-Daly Company: counter.
claims were cis; made ,. the Davis DAILY Company; each
lions of dollars from its ore-bodies. The cost If Jo
v%elopment at great depths to prove these contentious
was tremendous.
The result Of the whole situation was a compromise
including the settlement of all controversies, the release
by each company of all claims against the otbeT and
the conveyance of the Davis-Daly properties to the
Anaconda Company, all in consideration of the paw
n1ent by the Anaconda Company of $3,O0O,OOO.
Nr. Dixon Jumps to the conclusion that the amount
paid, (S5,oOO,0OO), was entirely for the purchase of the
property.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-10-22

>. ?. Biakeley, a brother Of Chas.
+ Blake!ey, ex-speaker CT the Dem
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-10-22

shipments which were known to be
On the way from western ranges.
Observer P. F. Lyons, cf the wealth
or bureau, predicts that the approach
NC winter viii be a long one with
plenty of snow and severe cold; and
he claims that he does not make his
prediction from the habits of the bea-
Yer, the grounding, nor from guess
work, but by the reason CT analogy
In this instance the Lyons may be
better informed than the muskrats,
but We doubt it.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-10-22

over 81 bushels per acre. He had Al
acres In oats which threshed out
2,48O bushels, an average of 501s
bushels per acre. Barley, about IA
acres, yielded $50 bushels, an average
OF nearly so bushels per acre.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-10-22

The Montana Mining Association has in its possession TIE original certificates from the Coz
Treasurer of Silver Bow County Montana and the City Treasurer Of Butte Montana 81
ing Davis Daily tax payments as given above The certificates from County Treasurer Mel
and City Treasurer Riley read as follows:
Evening star., 1924-09-07

Bird, of the Illinois Central railroad
tells how in 1898, before any of you
reading this were born, he had an
exciting experience with runaway
cars. He was transferred to a south
ern division, where, for the first time,
he had to work with negro brak emen.
He found that they didn't take their
work seriously, and he had some
trouble with them when it came to
setting the brakes promptly.
There was so much slack on trains
in the old days that they often
broke apart, so Engineer Bird was
expecting his share of trouble. The
first accident occurred one day when
he was going down a steep grade. His
train parted and came together with
such force at the bottom that one
car of wheat was knocked clear of
the rail. Luckily, however. the car
rolled down an embankment. The
train was coupled up and proceeded
with one car less.
But most exciting of all, and what
might have been serious, was a race
he ran with his own train. "One
time l was going down the same hill
where I first had the accident" says
Mr.. Bird, when I felt the slack of
my train surge ahead. 1 knew that
the train had parted and looked
around to find where the break was
l discovered that it had taken place
just behind the engine. 1t was all
1 could do to keep ahead Of the rest
of that train. 1 whistled for the
brakes. but the brakenaen didn't
bring it to a standstill as quickly as
L expected. So 1 had to race my
train, trying to keep it from crash
ing into me. The race lasted just
about a mile before the train stopped
and the engine WAS
Evening star., 1924-09-07
Fashion World Adapting

regulations very wisely plans to change
her frock for dinner every evening
wisely avoiding anything that would be
low or striking enough to be conspicu-
Gus. A well-cut gray or white crepe de
chine frock is both appropriate and
serviceable for this purpose.
The sweater plays an important role
in the school and college girls outfit.
In the uniformed schools there is no
choice in the matter and In others Of
the non-uniformed sort there Is a reg
ulation sweater as part OF the gym
nasium or athletic outfit. Always 1t Is
q good plan to make haste slowly In
this matter Of buying sweaters for the
school and college girl--as each school
or college Is apt to have Its own pref
udices and fads in the matter Of this
accessory.
A T the present time there seems
= to be a decided prediction for
mems sweaters of the slip-on de-
scription. These are made with a
rather tight hip band-and are worn
by the young men, az you may have
observed, with quite a decided blouse
effect. which combined with decidedly
roomy knickerbockers gives the
boys you meet on college campus or
country club veranda a decidedly
blousy appearance generally. Already
many young girls have followed this
trick OF wearing their sweaters with
a decided blouse. though the desire to
maintain the narrow tubular silhou-
cite naturally prevents other girls
adopting this fad.
The slip-on woolen sweater is by
all means the prevailing choice.
Sometimes there is an opening part
way down the front provided with
buttons and buttonholes. but usually
the V-opening is only large enough
to permit the sweater to be easily
pulled on over the head. One very
smart sweater recently chosen by
young college girl was Of tan, with
sleeves in bright -colored stripes. 1t
Is worn with q simply tailored sport
Evening star., 1924-09-07

definite uniform, but on the other
hand the feeling in this school is that
girls deprived of all choice in the
matter of dress during school years
live in an artificial atmosphere. and
do not have normal opportunity to
develop taste and self control in this
matter of dress.
The separate skirt and blouse as
classroom costume have undoubtedly
the advantage of economy since one
skirt usually outwears more than one
blouse. Pleated skirts that will con-
tain their fullness and give the lamp
post lines dear to the heart of young
girls are shown in the shops in many
suitable materials. Navy blue is first
choice. with browns and the new
shutter green as close rivals. The
long pleated skirt affected around
college campuses and girls schools
last year was really an atrocity The
present right about face in the direc-
tion of quite short skirts ought to
have decidedly tonic effect on the
Evening star., 1924-09-07
Highest of Bridges.
THE highest bridge in the we

THE highest bridge in the world
L is said to be that spanning the IA
nous Royal Gorge in Colorado. It is
2.627 feet, half a mile, above the river
AS far as height goes, this little bridge,
only 230 feet long, is in a class by itself.
It's nearest competitor being the Zam-
besi bridge, in Africa, $50 feet in height
Just at the point where the Colorado
bridge stands the abysmal chasm Is only
50 feet wide at the bottom and 230 feet
at the top. The rugged opposite walls
rise almost vertically. Through this
narrow gorge the waters Of this stream
rush with resistless force and fury.
The bridge spans the river 2.6z7 feet
| above the water. 1t Is 230 feet long and
% feet wide. The material Is nat steel
and steel cables such as are utilized
in suspension bridge construction. The
curved girders that support the struc-
ture have secure lodgment at each end
in the granite sides Of the canyon. Suf-
ncient space is cut out Of the solid
| rock on each side to secure anchorages
that nothing short Of q violent earth
quake can loosen.
Curiously enough, the floor Of the
bridge is Of plate glass one and one-half
inches thick. set in strong steel frame
work. This is to afford visitors an op-
portunity of seeing objects. the stream.
walls Of the awful yawning chasm be-
low, without becoming dizzy. On each
side OF the bridge are high steel rail-
ings, so that there il no possible danger
of any one falling. Tho cost Of con-
struction was something in excess Of
| 81, ,000, 600.
The canyon proper is about seven
miles long and is shut in by continuous.
semi-perpendicular walls Of stone that
rise for many hundreds Of feet above
the roaring waters of the Arkansas
River. From the summit, where the
bridge stands. the view is one Of in
comparable grandeur and beauty, aided
by the clear, rarefied Colorado atmos-
phere The trip from Canyon City to
| the top of the gorge is made by railway
in about 25 minutes over an average
maximum per cent grade. The ascent
is 2.s00 feet. while the altitude at the
summit is about 1900 feet above
sea level.
A railway passes through the gorge
nearly a half mile vertically below the
| suspension bridge. AS the width is not
sufficient to admit track alongside
were Obliged to devise what Is known
| as 1.-The hanging bridge" supported by
rods depending from steel trusses an
chored in the rock walls on each side
of the stream. This hanging bridge"
which parallels the stream for 20 feet
in the narrowest part of the gorge, has
been regarded as one OF the greatest
triumphs of railway engineering. The
spanning Of this fearful chasm by a
bridge must be recorded as one of the
most difficult and dangerous projects
ever attempted by engineers. Several
years were spent in experimenting with
surveyors before the project was
deemed at all feasible, or it's accom-
plishment determined upon by the cor
poration controlling the work. Besides
the cost of constructing the bridge, the
company has spent more than a mil
prise
Evening star., 1924-09-07

Cousin Nat, who attends an Eastern
college, was spending part Of his va
cation with his young cousins, Elmer
from a circus and Leona was still
mystified by the tricks the magician
had performed.
There are no magic tricks Of any
kind" explained Nat. Every trick is
based upon some scientific law. A very
clever magician can fool the audience
by the way he presents his trick and
can talk a great deal about things other
than his stunt. thus diverting his audi
ence's attention, but there is nothing
supernational about stunts, especially of
the magic type.
"a trick which is very effective is
the following: Stack 10 checker men on
top of each other, making a tower.
With the back OF table knife strike
at the bottom piece and you can knock
it out without upsetting the pile. This
may seem extraordinary, but it only
proves that concentrated force at one
particular point may be effective at
thAt one point without affecting any
other point nearby or at q great dis
t2nce away.
Another trick which illustrates the
same principle is to tee up a golf ball.
then place another wet sand tee and
ball on top Of II. With quick stroke,
aimed correctly. the bottom ball can be
hit from under the. top one without
disturbing the top ball in the least.
and q drive Of several hundred yards
can be made -