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Evening star., 1924-01-12

memory of Anne MoEnerney; James
G. Simpson, Mrs. Alice NJ. Miley, H
H. Donovan. Frank J. Krupp. ]. A.
Began. Mr.. and Mrs. w. ]. Madigan.
Mrs. Gertrude A. Geary, in memory
of Daniel j. Geary; Thomas H. Dooley
and wife. IT. z. Larkin, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Langstream. Miss Ida Schubert,
Miss A. f. Kennedy. Miss NJ. Ken
nelly, Katherine A. Mccarthy, Martin,
Agnes and Winifred Mcnamara,
Charles W. Peck, j.: L. Hanion.
Francis I. Cahill, in memory of par
ents; Jeremiah O'Connell, jr.; Mrs.
Hannah Hart, Mr.. and Mrs. S. A.
Beard. William, ST., Michael, James
and William, jr.; Mr. and Mrs. ]. Wise
Byrnes, A. D. Brown, Paul T. Duffy,
elizabeth H. Wilson, Frank A.
Dougherty.
Evening star., 1924-01-12
RED CROSS ELECTS.

The executive committee Of the Dis
trict Red Cross last night elected
Maj. Gen. George Barnett, former
commandant OF the Marine Corps.
chairman of the District OF Columbia
Chapter. He succeeds DR.. Ralph H.
Jenkins, resigned
Red Cross members here believe that
the selection of Gen Barnett will add
impetus to the Red Cross work in the
District and will do much to put over
the postponed annual roll call of the
chapter. which begins Monday and
continues for a week. The drive will
be for $4,000, which, it Is stated, is
needed to keep the chapter activities
at top efficiency for 1924.
Evening star., 1924-01-12
Sacristast,s Strike
SiIences Chimes
Famous in Bavaria

By the Associated Press.
12.-St. Ulrich's Church clock
marks time no longer, and it's his
toric chimes no more sound the
hours for this old city. Mesner,
the sacristan, has struck. He was
paid only 100000 paper marks
from April to September for his
services.
As he had to climb 163 steps
daily to keep the clock wound up,
he said his wages fell far short of
buying the shoe soles he wore out
on the rough old stone steps to
the belfry. So he quit after fifty
years of service to search for more
profitable employment.
Evening star., 1924-01-12
BELL TO VISIT SUBURB.
To Study Manor Park for Street
Improvements.

Engineer Commissioner Bell, on
Monday afternoon, will inspect Manor
Park at the request of the citizens
association of that community, to
consider a program of street and
other improvements. He will be ac-
Icompanisd by assistants in the en-
gineer office of the District and by
L. H. Pullman, president of the Manor
Park Citizens Association; N J
Maher, F. p. Bobbs and c. H. Mar
shall of the associations committee
on streets, parks, highways. lights
and sewers
The association desires additional
lights, sewers, alley and other i'm
provements. In response to resolu-
tionS OF the association, the Washing
ton city post office has rerouted the
mail SO as to give Manor Park earlier
mail delivery service.
Evening star., 1924-01-12
WOMAN, HIT BY CAR,
DIES Al CASUALTY
Train Crew to Be Quizzed at
Inquest at District
MorRue.

!, Martha Robinson, coIored, twenty
three, 1861 48th place northeast, who
was injured by q freight car on the
Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis
electric line near her home Tuesday
morning, died at Casualty Hospital at
5:45 o'clock this morning.
Coroner Nevitt learned from the po-
lice the circumstances under which
the accident happened. He arranged
to conduct an inquest at the morgue,
when members of the train crew will
appear as witnesses.
Robert L Morris, Ave. sos Sd street
northwest. while playing in the street
near his home Yesterday afternoon.
was knocked down by the automobile
OF Joseph Lommer, Rockville, Nd,
and severely injured about the head.
He was given first aid by DR.. G. B.
Tribe and taken to Episcopal Eye,
Ear and Throat Hospital.
Evening star., 1924-01-12
MILLER AGAIN ASkSIVY
FOR new TRIAL
Bethesda Coal Merchant Seeks to-
Upset $4,000 Verdict Award.
ed Decker.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, January. II
Charles F. Miller, Bethesda, coal
merchant yesterday afternoon ap-
piled TO the court for a rehearing OF
his motion for new trial In the
suit filed against him by Elmer q.
Decker for 100000 damages for the
birth Of a baby to his daughter, Miss
jeanette Frances Decker, sixteen
years old.
The jury had made an award OF
$4,000, which subsequently was re-
duced to $4,000 by Judge Worthington
in his opinion refusing a new trial
to Miller If Decker accepted the re-
duced amount of damages, which he
did.
Evening star., 1924-01-12
ANATOLE FRANCE I'LL

PARIS, January IL. - Anatole
France. the eminent writer, is seri-
ously ILL. after an attack of the grip.
He has been brought to Paris from
his country place near Tours and
taken to a clinic. He is in his
eightieth year.
Evening star., 1924-01-12

to invest money in schoolhouses,
water works. lighting plants. state
railway plants, good roads, colleges,
sewerage systems and health-serving
Institutions than it was in theaters,
office buildings. motion picture
houses. ball parks, distilleries, brew
cries. chewing gum and cosmetic fac
tories and the like.
Senator Couzens argued that to re-
duce the surtax would result in a de-
luge of dividends out of industry to
private individuals and added that
the mere transfer of ownership from
one person to the other. through the
sale of stocks and other investments,
| the country's business" On the other
hand, he said. the distribution of cash
dividends would result in taking out
of many Industries large amounts of
| capital which they now hold in their
treasury.
LAS a personal experience in this
matter" Senator Couzens wrote, Il
desire to point out that during the ten
j has collected income taxes, 1 have
! paid into the federal Treasury sS,-
223,679, nearly all of which has been
surtax. In 1920. based on 1919 in
total of s7.229,161, to the federal
Treasury.
Denies Effect on Industry.
This resulted entirely from a
transfer of ownership OF certain
property I had and in no way had
i any effect whatever upon the indus
try of the country. Had the pres
ent law been in force I would have
| saved nearly s2,Oo0,e0e, and If your
proposal of a maximum of 25 per
cent in surtax had been the law /
would have saved nearly s4,0o0.000:
/ so 1 do not see where the country
| gains by creating these enormous
| savings for those well able to pay.
Senator CouZens contended that
| such men as the late William
| Rockefeller. who are quite familiar,
| as you point out. with the possibil-
| tiles of the best industrial stocks
| yet who invest largely in tax-exempt
| securities, do so very often, not from
| any desire or concern to escape
| taxes, but rather from a desire to
. escape business responsibilities and
J risks and to insure the further in
come of their families
/ This is my own experience" he
T, added, .'as l have largely invested
my capital in state, county and mu-
| nicipal bonds, on which i really pre-
| paid the taxes by taking greatly
| reduced return from what i would
+, have secured had I taken invest
p, ments in new industries with the
| possibility of securing returns such
| as are made by original investors in
/ motor stocks, bank stocks and other
| more or less hazardous undertak-
! ings"
Hits Propasanda' on Tax.
-
Evening star., 1924-01-12
COUNTRY CLUB BURNED.

WILMINGTON. Del, January 12.-
The large clubhouse and the squash
house OF the Wilmington Country
Club were destroyed by fire today,
The loss Is estimated at $4,000.
Evening star., 1924-01-12
Hits propaganda on Tax.

Attacking the propaganda favoring
the Mellon plan, which he says would
save Secretary Mellon himself about
900 in federal taxes, Represent
|ative Peter Tague, democrat, of Mass
Iachusetts. a member of the ways and
means committee, declares in a for
NAL statement today that Congress
will not be deceived by the urge of
big business, but is considering the
problem of tax reduction with a.
Evening star., 1924-01-12

1t is estimated that Britains losses
through income tax evasion amount
to something like 500, 600, 900 a year.
Evening star., 1924-01-12
C0UZENS CHALLENGES
MELLON TO DEBATE ON
PROPOSED TAX CUT

CONTINUED from First Page)
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-06-18

compared with %, $685. 900 bushels for
last year. and with l4,672,OOO bushels.
the average crop for the past FIVE
years. Much of the oats acreage has
been seeded late, and termination has
been spotted, mainly in the western
half of the state. The increase IN
acreage is in line with Investigation
trends. and is general over the state.
with the exception of a few localities
where hOppers have been particularly
injurious to previous crops of oats.
Barley
THE 1924 barley acreage is 1920
acres, which IS a Is per cent increase
over that of 1928. The average acre
age fer the 5-year period u919-23)
was $1,000. The production forecast
is ~2,312,0OO bushels, based upOn i
condition of Sc on June i. This IS
slightly less than the crop Of last
year, but is 735 coo bushels mare thar
the average crop from 1919 to 1923
Barley is being grown over an in
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-06-18
PAGE THREE

creased area for feed. the biggest in
rea being noted in the northwest
ern and western counties, and in other
irrigated sections. Most of the acre
age has been seeded late, and pro
gresS to June was SLOW, but develop
ment should be rapid now.
Rye
PIE showed a condition of SO on
June !, from which a crop % 1.761,-
600 bushels Is forecasted. The Ell
mated production last year was p
10000 bushes. and for 1922 was
2,26o,00O bushels. Rye improved a
little during May, because in the main
rye sections there was sufficient
moisture to stimulate growth. The
cool weather did not injure this
hardy crop. 1t is now grown IN Mon
tana almost exclusively for feed.
Condition Comparisons Of Montana
Crops for June I
| First figure for 1924. second for
Continued on page Four
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-06-18

A total wheat crop of 48,802,OOO
bushels ~fOrecasted from condition OF
spring and winter wheats On June L.
a two per cent reduction in the acre
age of spring wheat from last year,
substantially increases in the acre
ages Of barley, oats and tame hays
and a larger total acreage in crops
than last year, are shown in the June
r o report issued last Friday by
George A. Scott, of the Montana
Crop reporting service. The increased
total crop acreage this year is &C
counted for by a smaller reduction OF
spring wheat acreage than anticlpat-
ed earlier, by light abandonment OF
winter wheat acreage this spring,
considerable breaking Of new grOuni
for flax. the greatly increased acre
ages devoted to corn, hay, and other
| feed crops. while all reliable sources
of information show that Montana
farmers are handling larger crop
! acreages. The forecasts of production
of wheat, oats, barley, and rye are bas'
ed upon their condition on June l.
but copious rains since, have vastly
improved crop prospects. Acreage
estimates and first forecasts for tame
hav. corn, flax, potatoes, and beans
are not made until July /.
Winter Wheat
A production of 12,724,OOO bushels
Of winter wheat is forecasted from 4
condition of 80 on June l, compared
with last years crop of 12,546,OOU
bushels. and the 1923 five year av.
erage of 9,516,OOO bushels. The con
dition dropped two points during May
due to injury from dry weather IN al
the western and north central cOun
ties. Winter wheat prospects ar
generally very good, as stands ar
heavy.
Spring Wheat
Montana farmers have seeded z
1871 900 acres of spring wheat, who
is only $4,000 acres less than las
wear. The average acreage for IN
swear period 1923 has been abo
3O87.OOO acres. From a condition c
ss per cent of normal on June l,
production of 36,12S,OOO bushels
f~orecasted. The production of sprln
wheat was estimated to be 37,94O,OO
bushels in 1923, 41,O4O,OOO bushels ]
1922. and 3O,99O,OOO bushels, the !
wear average - 1923. Althoug
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-06-18

owner Of the Courier versus John
Robertson, city marshal, taken before
district court last week, Judge
A'm'tiong reade-ed a decision on the
~.ne"c-AEs yesterday, sustaining the
pia'htnf in the case and deciding that
potion OF the ordinance referring to
stocK t~respassing upon the premises
y another" to be null and void
L'ce y Luce appeared for the pain
u, ana City Attorney lines for the
defendant.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-06-18

On Saturday, morning last, while
the brick masons were at work on the
front of the Kruger block, eight
courses Of brick. comprising the
greater portion of the projecting cor
nice, fell with a crash, striking with
great force upon the head and should
ers, a tender of the masons, named
Julius OFT, crushing him to the ground
and 50 severely injuring him that he
died at 1890 o'clock, altho' every pos
sible effort was put forth by the phv-
~sicians, contractors and others to save
the unfortunate mans life. It was
learned that Messrs. Kermode and
Davis were dissatisfied with that par
ticular plan Of the work, as we'll as
with the materials they were requir-
ed to use, and had so expressed them
selves to Mr.. Kruger before the &C
cident occurred. After the accident
they threw up the job and other mo
chanics have been engaged TO finish
it. There is no question but all suc'1
accidents might be averted by tn
!, possession Of fair mechanical skill an
the exercise Of ordinary precautions
and there is no good reason why par
: ties who are directly responsible fo1
such occurrences should not be mad
to bear at least a fair share of tn
consequences of their inexcusab!
/ c~arelessness or criminal negligence.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-06-18

Dick Rock, of Henry's lake, who
vas n the city recently. explcdes thu
l'ea' so frequently Published IF ate,
to the effect hat the buffa.9 Of the
plains and bison Of the mountains
have all been killed Off. Dick killed
one large buffalo in Idaho last fall.
The Courier has always ma ntained
that there were bison yet in tn Ma
tional park and Mr.. Rock, who is
among the best posted hunters in TIE
west, confirms our belief by stating
emphatically that he knows of ore
band which has not been out of the
park for several years.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-06-18

From Prof. Harmon's yearly report
to the county superintendent of
schools, the following items of inter-
est are taken: Whole number of pupils
,nrolled for the year 1890, 527; aver
age number belonging, 373; percent
age Of attendance 95.2; number OF
times tardy, 1876. The greater per
cent of hardness comes from the east
side school. This is largely due to
the fact that there is no bell on the
east side, and the west side bell can.
not be heard by the residents Of the
east side.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-06-18

Although not wholly unexpected,
the death of Francis Harper, which
occurred at his home in this city
Wednesday night of this week, will
be sincerely regretted by numerous
old-time friends who knew him so
we'll and esteemed him so highly for
his many excellent qualities of head
and heart, during the earlier years OF
our local history. He was born in
st. Lawrence county, New York, ir
1889 consequently h ewas but 50 years
of age at the time of his death.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-06-18

1t is not safe to leave your washing
upon the clothes line after dark now
adays. Two lines within one block of
Main street were relieved of their
contents on Monday night. 1t is prob
able that some of the numerous
tramps who have been visiting the
city lately are in a business of this
kind. It is not unlikely, however,
that there may be persons living
within our midst capable of doing
such tricks, as such cases have been
known before.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-06-18

Some of the pipe for the new water
mains has been shipped from Pen
~usylvania, and Supt. Whipple says
that as soon as it arrives all the
available men possible will be en-
D,oyed, and work pushed rapidly to
completion.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-06-18

S. A. Bostwick and G. w. D. Pease,
Nho have been attending school at
Madison, Wis, returned home yester'
day. They were accompanied by Mrs.
A. D. Chappell and family, of Eau
Claire Wis, who will visit during the
summer with her brother, J. A. Pease
= - "
Thomas Kirk came down from Gal
: latin basin on Monday and returned
ON Thursday, taking with him two
men whom he will put to work for the
! summer to develop his mining proper
tv in that locality. Tom says there
will be several men at work IN the
camp soon.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-06-18

Charles l. Anceney came up from
Manhattan yesterday, where he has
jus. finished loading four trains-63
cars Of cattle for the Weare Cattle
company. The last Gov was shipped
N Thursday, the destination being
Miles City.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-06-18

J. VI. Lindiey has leased his bric6
yard in the eastern part of the city
to a gentleman from Philipsburg, who
is now preparing to begin the manu-
fatture of brick to supply the steadily
increasing demand.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-06-18

l. u Care has ordered machinery
tIont ne east and as soon as it ar
;EeS VII. start 2 brickyard northeast
If tie depot, where Mr.. Carey says
he las found a body Of excellent clay
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-06-18

The safe ordered by Pease & Stef-
inns, to De placed in their new store
in the Kruger block, will weigh 3 Ia
tons, which will be 10y lar the largest
in the city.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-06-18

Sar,uel CIT, farmer, still leads
in the S75 witch contest, with ll8
votes, lis ne..c@t competitor beng
W. H. Tracy, Merchant, with 81 votes
J. H. Baker, banker, is now seventh
with Q votes, and w. G. Alexander
carpenter, is eighth with 8.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-06-18
4S,S52,OOO BUSHELS Will Be WHEAT
CROP IN MONTANA, SAYS LATE REPORT

Montana's Increased Total Crop Acreage This Year is Accounted
For By a Smaller Reduction in Spring Wheat Acreage Than
Was Anticipated Earlier; By Light Abandonment of Winter
Wheat Acreage This Spring, and Considerable Breaking OF
New Ground for Flax, Corn, and Hay
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-06-18

Preparations are rapidly being
made for the commencement of work
on the Odd Fellows new hall, the
contract having been let for the brick
and stone work to Kermode & Davis
in the sum of S3,445.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-06-18

Montana farmers are growing larger
acreages of feed crops each year, AMI
more fax this year, they are APP
parently not reducing the wheat acre
age proportionately, but are putting
in larger acreages per farm. The
spring wheat acreage has evidently
increased over last year in several
counties and many localities mainly
IN the western part of the north cen
trail district. in Flathead and Fergus
counties, and in some other localities
where the winter wheat acreage was
reduced. Winter wheat was seeded
at the expense of some spring wheat
in eastern counties. but the total area
thus involved is not large. Seeding
of spring wheat has been very late
this year, extending into June in many
sections. but field work was scarcely
interrupted during the dry May.
Early sown fields generally showed
good stands on June 1. but germina-
ton was spotted in many of the west
ern and north central counties be-
cause Of dry soil. However, recent
heavy rains insure rapid termination
and growth. The cold spring has not
been regarded as ur~favOrable to
spring wheat.
Duran Varieties
About three per cent of the total
spring wheat acreage this year is OF
durum varieties, or about $4,000
acres. The acreage last year was
139 900 and in 1922 was 279,O00. IN
satisfactory prices for durum account
for the small acreage.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-06-18
Oats

The area seeded to oats this year
in Montana is estimated at 72O,OO0
acres. or seven per cent increase yer
last year. The average acreage foT
the 1923 (5-year) period was 49,
900 acres. The condition rating OF
So on June 1 forecasts a probable
production of 2O,743,OoO bushels
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-06-18

these noble animals in the mountains,
and 1t is hoped that they will be
protected.
A dOmesticated Indian put in his
appearance upon the streets on Sat
urday last with a basket of trinkets,
bead work, etc. He was promptly
called upon by our city treasurer t.
pay peddlers' license, but refused oil
the ground that being an American
indian, he vas exempt. He produced
a well written pedigree rom his
pocket, but Mr.. Dcdson did not con
.lder him any better than a whit
man and therefore compelled him =
gay his license.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-06-18

The a'tertising columns Ct the
courier deserves much more than
q inc notice this week. They CON
ain nearly thirty new advertisements
Look them over.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-06-18
Duran Varieties
All Wheat

The combined spring and winter
wheat area in Montana is 3,498,OOO
acres, or $4,000 less than for 1923
June l conditions indicated a probable
production of 4S852,OoO bushels OF
wheat. compared to the estimated
production last year Of , $4,000
bushels, and the swear average
1919-23-of 4O,5O6,OOO bushels.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-06-18

After each shower of rain the wat
or continues to leak through the roof
Of The city TALL and damage the walls.
It would saem that this matter could
be cas.ly remedied, at least during
he summer season, but it is all right
the city council desires it so.
Cy. Mounts was presented with the
kin Of. a bald American eagle last
voak by Dick Rock, of Henry's lake.
II has been sent to a taxidermist at
LIVINGSTON, and Cy hopes to have
him perched on the LaClede on the
Fourth of July.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-06-18

Mr.. Michner, who was down from
the Gallatin basin last week, says
there was p band of elk in the bot
tom near his homo only a few days
before he left. 1t is gratifying to
learn that there are still many OF
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-06-18

Surveyor Thorpe and Cliff Waite
returned from Bracket creek Wednes-
dav night after some needed supplies
in the grub line. Cliff says they
have had nothing but potatoes, salt
and dried peaches for several days
They had some bacon but a skunk
stole into the tent and carried it on
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-06-18

Miss Ollie Lundwall, Miss Bertha
MAYNARD and Miss Miner, who have
been employed to teach in the Boze-
man public schools during the ensu-
ing year, have gone to Helena to take
normal methods in primary work pre-
~raratory to entering upon their duties
at the beginning of next term.
The Pleasantville press., 1924-02-23
SCHEDULE OF MAILS.

Mails arrive at the Pleasantville post
office from Philadelphia and all distant
points at $50, 7.20 and 1915 a. M, l
2.40 and p. m.
Mails arrive from Atlantic City at
7.20 a. M, 1 and p. m.
Mails arrive from Mays Landing at
l and z p. m.
Mails arrive from Linwood and Som.
ers Point at 7.20 a. m.
Mails arrive from Ocean City at ]
and D. m.
Mails close for Philadelphia and all
distant points at 6.15 and S.45 a. M,
12.15. 3.45, 4.30 and $40 p. m.
Mails close for Atlantic City at $3.50
a. m., 1915, 210 and 6.20 p. m.
Mails close for Mays Landing at
1915 and 4.30 D. m.
Mails close for Northfield, Linwood
and Somers Point at 12.15 p. m.
Mails close for Ocean City at 6.15 a.
m. and 2.10 p. m.
The only mail dispatched Sunday
closes at AIS p. m. and is for Atlantic
City, Philadelphia, and all distant
points.
Sunday the Office is closed all day.