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The Washington times., 1924-08-30
Continue the Widening Of
Washington Streets
By BILL PRICE.

The District Commissioners to hold hearings to ascertain
public sentiment toward the widening Of streets in
District in line with the work being done Thirteenth
street, in the business center.
Three of the propositions for widening in the congested
traffic Of the city, the other two outside Of that
On general principles would that from stand
point of the community whole the widening of
be done in the business benefits should all the
greater because the accessible stores and offices
the public the greater the volume Of business and the
satisfactory the outcome and the relations
AS to the widening Of streets in portions of the District
now bothered with traffic congestion there is for argu
men to the advantages The cost of this work falls upon
property owners already heavily burdened with various
special assessments and regular taxes The best they
expect from the widening Of their streets prospective
aracveness the wened streets may have for residence
other purposes
The entire community WILL of course be beneficiary in
the satisfaction furnished to auto and other transportation
Because the whole people benefit than those who own
property these streets the improvement should be the
expense Of the District, which is the public.
The automobile has be family necessity It gives
next to home. That foreshadows still larger number Of
automobiles in this city with increasing traffic dangers
Every street that possibly be wdened should put
through that process unless the burdens to be borne by
property thereon greater than the benefits that
will be obtained by these property and the general
public Every street laid out in growing sections of the
District should be made wide conditions will permit
thereby taking into consideration the future of these
streets in auto traffic.
The Commissioners able to convince Congress- that
the widening Of streets will be Of such value the whole
people that the expense should be borne by the District and
not by property horoughares that too
narrow.
The Washington times., 1924-08-30
DR.. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
The Snnn Of Life
BY DIR. FRANK CRANE.
The Span of Life
INHE span of life at best is very brief.
Az most Il includes hI1t seuar4u or .

HHyHE span of life at best is very brief. #A
At most it includes but seventy or eighty year, Of
activity; the psalmist said, ''The days Of
threescore years and ten yet by Of strength they
he fourscore years vet is it labor and sorrow"
It is characteristic of that they live as though they
were eternal They plan institutions though they would
exist and lend themselves hcttousy span q
life which they artificialy create.
Yet after all the difference between the most aged and
the infant who newborn is not great About all that
can be done here set house in order there be
ANYTHING for which set it in order and there be no
future fe the most Of will be disappointed.
The other day Mr. Alvey August Adee died at the age o.
eQhty-three, the oldest American diplomat
And yet those who approach this feel more and more
the rapdity with which time eapses In youth time seems
to be eternal and the motto Of youth is that tomorrow VIII
be as this day and much more abundant"
But as we increase in age and feel the slipping from
us there is borne in upon us sense OF the tray ana I'M
certainty Of our days
We are made to feel and the brevity OF life
The continuity Of the human depends very largely
nnon custom and the hold Of tradition to como
hack to France for instance after being away for hundred
years. he would not find the same people at all YET Iney
would be Frenchmen !.
Everyone has felt time other, how strange
is that of all the people he about him. IN one hundred
wears not one will continue yet the earth will be as tu
3,
It is the human that goes from year to year and
not the individual fe One by we drop out, yet the
continues Z,
eresed While she careless of the single instance, she
only careful of the type What happens to the single ou
we do not know, but there persistent belief In It's con-
nuance in another life But what happens to the race We
do know Barring unoward accidents it will on forever
In our thinking identify ourselves with the age oL
Jesus and Of Julius Caesar forgetting that the people OF
that time have long disappeared and that the present
is group.
But the disappearance of the individuals has been SO
gradual and there been such tapping over OF one
generation the next that retain our q
the integrity Of humanity
McCufe Ne"bpepe' oSHu'S@'"'
The Washington times., 1924-08-30
A Little Politics
Everything Going Nicely.

John w. Davis repeats that honesty the chief issue in this
campaign He tells the reporters he will discuss anything
else to speak Of Most distinctly he will NOT discuss his work
as lawyer for j. Ppont Morgan the big telephone company
or in fact of his legal work That settles that point
you want to ask Mr. Davis anything about his clients you
wait until after Election Day
he has dropped all Of them during the campaign.
Republicans announced that La Toilette losing his votes
at the rate Of 10 cent every two weeks That's practical
calculating for it would leave him with votes at all on
Election Day
be that La Follette followers emphasize too much
his union labor backing and sufficiently the fact that he
represents large element in favor definite changes in no
way connected with union labor
However the Republicans exaggerate their good fortune
La Folette's vote will surprise them.
Old politicians in New York State believe that La Toilette
Will second among the three Presidential candidates
The Washington times., 1924-08-30

I'm the blue sky is the suns
laboratory. His work there
II has only recently begun to
attract attention down here on
this bottom where we 1--we. IL
In the aeronauts and the noun
tain climbers that have made the
chemistry Of the atmosphere
subject of study. It would DO
better called chemical action OF
the solar rays, but its immediate
effects are to be seen in the com
position Of the atmosphere. The
s'mal de montague" (mountain
sickness), which may have been
the fundamental cause u the
tragic termination of the third at.
tempt to climb Mt. Everest last
June. is probably due to chemical
action Of the sunbeams charging
the upper air with substances
poisonous to the human organ
ism.
Then, too, at great elevations,
where the air is rare, reign the
death dealing ultraviolet rays
whose powers of destruction are
40 reduced at the earth's surface
that they can be employed Dy the
physician for healing certain
diseases, but on high they are
unrestrained In their deadllness'
1t is usually thought that the
chief cause Of NAL de montague
is the relative lack OF oxygen at
great heights, and this is why
oxygen is artifically added to
the air breathed by those who
make lofty ascensions. The VIC
Tins of the Everest climb were
specially furnished with oxygen
before starting from their last
camp about $500 feet below the
summit vet they persisted,
though there may have teen
other causes of the disaster he
slider the effects Of NAL de mon
tagne.
But. at any rate, 1t seems to
ha demonstrated that there are
poisons In the upper atmosphere
OF very high mountain peaks
which are manufactured by the
chemical action Of the sun upon
substances contained in the air
there. Doctor Angel, an Italian
chemist, has studied at the sum-
NIT of Monte Rosa the decom-
position of an extremely unstable
compound of nitrogen, oxygen
and hydrogen, called "nitrosyl,"
which, according to certain prop.
critics which it shows, is sus-
pected of being as deadly as
prussic acid. The products OF its
decomposition are nitrogen oxide
and ammonium nitrate. The lat.
ter has been found to alter the
composition of the blood, which
may induce serious maladies.
It has also been found by others
that exposure to the ultraviolet
rays is capable, in certain circum.
stances Of producing an organic
compound containing nitrogen.
BY the union Of formaldehyde and
nitrosyl a very unstable ale ohol
is formed, of an intense sky.blue
color. This alcohol decomposes
spontaneously, and one OF its
products Is methyl alcohol, which
is a violent poison for man,
though benign for plants, which
transform 1t into sugar and
starch.
The fact Is that the atmosphere
il still imperfectly known to
science. II II primarily In the
hope OF extending knowledge OF
its upper layers that Professor
Goddard invented his moon
rocket" for the apparatus. with.
out soing thousandth part Of
the distance to the moon. might
The Washington times., 1924-08-30
GARRETT P. SERVISS TELLS OF
ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY
Poisons Created by Solar Rays Have Been De-
tected on High Mountain Peaks.

bring us down very instructive
samples of air at elevations o.
many miles.
1t is also within the power Of
aviators, as III. VignersoE has
said, to add largely to our knoWi.
edge Of the state Of the high
air by carrying on their record
breaking flights vessels in which
samples of air could be captured
at various levels and brought
back for laboratory examination.
Aviators seem to be affected
less by NAL de montague than
mountain climbers. 1t would be
interesting to know whether this
is due to any perceptible differ
ence in the composition Of ths
air in open space and that close
to, or In contact with, the sum
mits Of mountains. Hitherto the
results of the action Of the ultra
violet rays have not been studied
amid the surroundings of an avn
ator who is far from all contact
with thu surface OF the earth
and its irregularities,
The Washington times., 1924-08-30
Library System
for Salvador

THE President of Salvador has
i created as part of the ma
tional library, a free reference and
circulating library to be known
as the Library Of Popular Gull
ture, with main reading rooms IN
each one of the departmental capt.
tails and branches in each town
Each reading room Is to contain
three sections, one for works not Il
be exchanged nor taken from the
library, one for books in circulaI
ton, and one for books to be cir
culated only among schools. The
chief subjects are morals, civic
education, practical science. agri.
culture, and industry. The librar.
ians will give, weekly lectures on
agriculture and Industrial subjects
The Washington times., 1924-08-30
Rich But Stingy
Pay Up, Uncle Sam.

Mr. Steward head Of the organization of Government en-
poyes complain justly against the miserable pay that the rich
est nation gives to those that do its work.
The richest of nations should be unwilling put its en-
ployeS on close to starvation basis.
Government statistics show that the of living is SOL
higher than in 1918 Government workers get only Is
per cent more than they did before the including their
bonus of $40 month
The Government doesn't pay married enough sup.
port their families District Of Columbia workers cannot vote
and therefore cannot impress the lawmakers But ought
not to prevent Justice.
The Washington times., 1924-08-30
$4,000 a-Begging
It's a Prosperous Land.

You realize that this prosperous country with good
wages quite plentiful when you read that York city lacks
applicants for $4,000 life job golf supervisor The CITY
public golf and wants somebody charge
of them
Only eight presented themselves they didn seem
particular the job It's civil service Job and YOU have
to pass examination
Just what the examiners could appropriately candidate
hard to imagine How to keep weeds out Of the green's
haps The usual questions about geography history etc.
would to make little difference golf supervisor who
needs only to know about bunkers, Sand pits etc.
Think of $4,000 FOR LIFE out in the open. It seems
good Job.
The Washington times., 1924-08-30
Sap and Salt

Circumspect women get few IN
vitations to dinner.
why bother about precedents
when a thing needs to be done7
Contented people make dull.
reading in fiction or history.
Your conscience is worthless
If it doesn't bother you until the
next day.
A committee of one will do
three times more work than a
committee Of three.
Love generated through per.
fume Is a poor grade of goods.
Worimen who don't have to
be watched are soon chosen to
watch over others.
1t Is hard to look up at a short
man, and just as hard to look
down on a tall one.
Whether the stockings be cot
ton. wood or silk. what's inside
OF them remains the same.
Hez Heck says: More people
kin run an auto than kin run a
lawu.nlower." R
tcODyrisat. Is2a. Premier Syndicate. Ihs.
The Washington times., 1924-08-30

feet-the wrinkled neck and stfening waistthe mind
sometimes with envy the chdess who stay young2
And then when all is passed. when all this effort fruits at
Joy that roots in pain
THE DEATH BEAM KILLS! r-'.t.t
Shrives and burns that eager youth into backened crisp
Sears through that young flesh for which mother
wrought in hell
Dries up blood and the bones great flash
that fills the air and fields with cooked and sinking carbon
WONDER HOW MUCH LONGER WOMEN WILL
STAND FOR THAT2
For every of those black, twisted heaps
babe. It matters not whether they from Europe or
America from red black brown yellow blood-each
thing was once baby served and loved bought with an
agony of prayers and tears.
Part of each mother lies there that field.
Some mother made each shrveled pawn with which men
play the beastly game of t,..t
And only mothers know what every pawn has cost.
I WONDER HOW MUCH LONGER THEY WILL STAND
FOR IT. sl<
Featur Syndcat InoI ,ast
The Washington times., 1924-08-30
Our Patient Bodies
How They Do Come Back.

John D. Rockefeller years Of extreme
has finally conquered the digestive troubles that once CON
quered him, and can eat what he pleases
The human body long suffering and patient has wonderful
powers of regeneration.
Given half chance it will come back" at almost any are
Luigi Ccrnaro his digestion ruined by of all sorts
and given die in the fOre changed lived wisely wrote
MS book at ninety four and lived past hundred Others
can DO the same as Mr. Rockefeller has proved.
The Washington times., 1924-08-30
LISTEN, WORLD! 9:s=s,ss By ELSIE ROBINSON

"NEY RE perfecting "The Death Beam.
Its inventor claims that it will be much
Il more powerful than "The Death Ray"
advocated by the English scientist Matthews,
1t will utterly destroy all life within wide
radius, it is claimed. -
THEY'RE HOLDING A CONFERENCE
OVER 1T IN WASHINGTON.
l wonder how much longer women are
going to stand for such conferences in
Washington or anywhere else.
| wonder how much longer women are
going to allow the living fruit of their bodies
to be disposed of by scientists and soldiers
sitting around tables in quiet rooms, mounting
words pleasantly while women scream upon
the rack of the birth bed
Do those men, looking at curious new in
The Washington times., 1924-08-30

the blood and sweat and gasping, piteOus
WHAT DO THEY KNOW OF THAT,
THOSE COMFORTABLE, FAT MEN WHO
SIT AND SMOKE AND TALK ABOUT A
RADIUS WITHIN WHICH DEATH BEAMS
KILT
But that is only the beginning.
What of the hours and days of ceaselesS,
patient toilH
The nights Of insufficient sleep, year after
yearf
The sacrifice of personal ambition and CON-
fort-the curbing of one s clamoring per-
sonality that childhood may be served9
The dreams and heartaches-the long times
of wondering if it really paysi
Tho or;nw hair ond ckin-%ha fla%taniuO
The Washington times., 1924-08-30

Which one OF them has felt that first shaking fear when
INTO the placid current Of ordinary thought shoots the dread
anticipation of The Mlrcle. .s
"Maybc-Im going to-HAvE BABYl'
The heart leapng to the lips then falling back in terror
The thoughts scurryng like animals suddenly affrphted
words coming in slow, rusting whimper through dried
threats. e~
Going to have baby.
SlCKNESS-racking, waiting to pounce.
DIZZINESS.
HEAVINESS.
Which one OF those sitting in conference in Washing
ton has known months like that2
Months OF unrest rebellion growing fear Months when
the changing expanding mind suffers with the changing
body-when tenderness and patience born in limited
human soul with almost much pain as child will later on
be born. -
What do those know of the terror of preparedness
Tor brthf What do they know of the price which women
pay for sharing the creative vision Of the godsY
And then-he first great jagged pain binding agony
Kim
The Washington times., 1924-08-30

The dgent farmer plants trees of which he himself will
the fruit ys
Everything bears within itself an impulse to strive
after higher degree of divinity and that the great
law CT progress throughout all nature.
The Washington times., 1924-08-30
WORDS FROM THE LIPS OF WISE MEN

He who OverloOks fault invites the commission of
another
You must use your own judgment on yourself Great
the weight of conscience in deciding on your own virte
and vices; if that be taken away all Is lost 4
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-08-27
THE CASE OF SAM HAMPTON

Handshaking Sam has been smoked out. In the Belgrade
journal OF August Il he gives his views on the program of farm
State farm bureau, and every national farm organization with
actual farm membership in the United States supported. The
Courier is perfectly content with his reply. 1t shows where his
wOuld-be spokesman for the local and state farm organizations
actually stood even while he assured his farm organization associ-
ates in Montana how ardently he was for their program.
The editorial in the Belgrade Journal referred to is an accurate
cOmmends it to the attention of the farm leaders of this and other
counties.
Now that the primary election is over, and Sam Hampton is
counting his bruises, along with the other also-rans who had
listened to the flattering whispers of the nonresident owners of
the big copper mines of the state, the Courier feels free to analyse
HamptOn's recent candidacy and his public utterances.
HamptOn's campaign for governor, which no one but he took
seriously, was a direct drive against higher education in Montana,
and particularly the Montana State college situated at Bozeman
with which he was connected for a number of years.
= He was strong for eXempting the nonresident owners of the
big copper mines of this state from their prOpOrtOnate share of
the tax load. Both the papers he is connected with establish that
beyond question. His plea, copied from the Helena Independent,
the Butte Miner, the Anaconda Standard, the Muscular, the
Billings Gazette, and the Livingston Enterprise, papers owned
and subsidized by the Anaconda Copper Mining Company, was to
save the mines from the license tax by reducing state expenditures
to meet income, no matter where the income shrinks to.
If Hampton knows enough to run a paper, he knows that the
only departments of state government which under Governor
Dixon have showed an increase in costs over the previous admin
istratiOn are those included in the University of Montana. He
tax. due to a falling off of $3.50 600 900 in assessed valuation
would have closed the College at BOzeman, cut off the Extension
department, and stopped state support of the experiment stations
had it not been for the tax program of Governor Dixon which has
that this increased expense at the educational institutions was
due to the larger plants which resulted from the $5,OOO,O 900 bono
issue voted by the citizens OF Montana four years ago.
Hampton campagned for continued favOritism for the meta
mines OF Butte, and against the State college of Bozeman. H
can twist and squirm, but his written words condemn him.
Public confidence is gained by a display of principles ant
ideals. It is retained only by fidelity to them. six months Cptb a ap
Sam Hampton had friends; he closed his campaign shorn of mos
of them.
especially when he refers to himself, in what he called his "Pai
Political Ads" as farmer, philosopher, statesman"
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-08-27
MILL OFFERS
CASH FOR BEST WHEAT

Six cash prizes amounting to $1S5
are offered to growers OF the best
hard spring milling wheat in Montana
shown at the Montana State fair Sep
tember 1927, by the Montana Flour
Mills company Of Lewistown. Records
Of the federal grain inspection offices
show that Montana produces more
spring wheat Of a superior milling
grade than any other state, 50 the
state fair management expects this
contest for the best bushel Of Mar
quis wheat, to bring out in competition,
the best spring wheat In the United
States, 1924 crop.
First prize is $50; second, $40; third,
$50; fourth. $25; fifth, $50; sixth, $40.
Exhibits must be received in Helena on
or before Sept. 10, In order that an
alysis Of the lots may be made, and
the winners announced during State
fair week.
In the 1923 spring wheat contest,
Neill Brothers Of Windham, Judith
Basin county, placed first; J. r. Jones
Of Pendroy, Teton county, second; T.
81. Tow Of Big Sandy, ChOuteau cOun-
", third; Walter Kraft Of Bozeman,
Gallatin county, fourth, and G. L Gus
tafson, Of Corvallis, RavalH county,
fifth.
This contest does not turn on exter-
nails of wheat, but Is settled by the
best milling qualities, on the following
basis All samples to be considered
must have test weight of 50 pounds
The percentage weightings follow
! purity, z; test weight, Is; grade, 10,
yield flour, 10; dry gluten, 2; quality
Of gluten, 6; protein, 4; color Of flour
8; per cent absorption, 3; loaf volume
20; color OF bread, 10; texture Of
bread, 10.
A committee Of Montana millers vii
act as Judges. Samples will he tested
at the State grain laboratory at Boze
man.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-08-27

ice which has guided the policies of
the big BOzeman merchandising es-
adjustment through its many years
OF activity in this community. A
coincidence in connection with the
anniversary sale of Jhis year is that of
one of the largest Wholesale concerns
in the United States, located in Chi
cago, the anniversary Of the founding
of which occurs almost simultaneous
" with that Of the Wilson company.
has offered to cooperate with the
local concern in providing unmatch-
able bargains for the event. One of
the prominent features Of the loca.
concern IS the service it provides its
patrons throror tha resident buyers
IN New YORK and Chicago. and
through the REGULAR seasonal visits
to the big eastern style centers o'
the heads Of the various departments
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-08-27
Many studenfs cnrninu

Registration by mail for the autunn
quarter at Montana State college at
Bozeman has been under way for some
time. There IS Indication of an IN
crease in enrolment this fan. with SUI
dents well distributed through The four
colleges OF engineering, agriculture.
sce'nce and household and Industrial
arts. Registration days will officials
come on September - and 24. with ;n-
structon in classes beginning IN CoD-
tember .. The total enronment for.
The school year Of 1924 was 1O97
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-08-27
REPORTS INDICATE THAT
GOV. JOSEPH Nj. DIXON
is AN EASY WINNER
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man, 755; Wellington D. Rankin, $40:
John W. Allison, 148; r. ". Kemp.
So.
U. S. Representative, First Di-e,ia.
John Mclaughlin, 4O8; H. c. Csl-
lOm, 313; John o. Davies, 252: Frank
Eliel, I78.
Associate Justice Supreme Court
Chas. H. Cooper, 45O; Miles j. Cav
anaugh, 382; Frank Arnold, 223.
Governor - Governor Joseph NJ.
Dixon, 1896; Lee Dennis, 428.
Lieutenant Governor-Nelson Story.
Jr., $50; w. S. Mccormack. 632; H.
G. Linebarger, 1873; N. S. G'asso. %.
Attorney General-Major L. A.
Foot, 598; E. D. Phelen, 382; Z. G.
Toomey, 239; 10y j. MOlumby, 1913.
Secretary of State-Chas. T. Ste
wart, 1913; o. H. Junod, 637.
State Treasurer-W. E. Harmon
1882; F. f. Williams, 40; F. s. Sell
1875.
State Auditor-Geo. P. Porter. 1855
Supt. Ct Public Instruction-Mag
Trumper, SAB; Elizabeth Ireland. 426
Jenny c. Robinson, 21O.
Railroad and Public Service Com
missioner-D. F. Mains, $40; Leonarc
c. Young, 258; W. L. Collins, $50
Fred Burnstead, 213; T. D. Olmstead
1877; F. J. Cassidy, 76; Dewitt c
Peck, "a.
Clerk Supreme Court-John War.
Crosby, 1926.
County Nominees,
Judge District COurt-Harry A
Bolinger, 773; NJ. R. Wilson, 737.
State Senator-H. S. Buell., 1911.
Three State Representatives,.
Parkin, 1887; Allen H. Sales, 1912; ,