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The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-02-20
HONESTY THE ONLY POLICY

The nation has been shocked by the sensational disclosures
and allegations that have been made in connection with leasing
public oil lands.
Government operation of properties in question would not
have prevented a similar situation from developing if government
employees were inclined to sell oil produced by the government in
same manner as it is alleged they leased lands belonging to the
government.
Questionable operating policies under government ownership
of industries would cost the taxpayers ten times or a hundred
times as much as would Fashionable action of officials under a leas-
ing system of public lands.
1t is a most regrettable fact that the present situation should
have arisen at a time when the development of natural resources
on government land by private industry is so necessary and means
so much to the west.
Regardless of the outcome of the present cases, it is to be
hoped that the principle involved in the leasing policy of the gov
eminent, which it took so many years to formulate and which
eventually opened up vast resources for development, will not
be lost sight of as a result of this unfortunate circumstance. Hon
esty in public office depends upon the moral stamina of men, just
as it does in private business.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-02-20

the dwindling of our raw
material, and our dependence on for
eign countries for pulpwood, pulp and
paper-these facts constitute at once
a problem and an opportunity.
Serious as is the problem that con-
fronts your industry, it has a decided
ly promising side. In it's raw ma
terial problem the paper industry is,
in spite of present difficulties, pecul-
iarly fortunate. In the first place,
unlike coal CT iron or oil or copper,
wood grows from the soil. In the
second place, the paper industry Ear
use small, quickly grown and therefore
relatively cheap timber. Indeed, it
will ultimately come to rely chiefly
on thinning and waste, the mere by
products of intensive timber growing
and utilization. Once we fully aban-
don the old psychology of timber min
ing; Once we the doctrine
Of an ever-fiercer competition for an
merchandising raw material; once
we pin our faith to the never-ending
productivity of the soil, the paper in
dustry can meet its needs and it's OPP
portunity."
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-02-20

in its celluloid form has b..
orally known that it is I.,H g
sary to dwell upon It's q-..
ing the first five months fon'
premier at the Astor T5s.,
York City it was Shown 81. q
largest legitimate thea-ers ~, 2
ted States. 1t al5.5o 's
at the Aston by rur..rg .
six months to cara.-v cr,-.,
Lon Clancy hesa
of 1901 players 81 mol.
brilliant artists as Patsy Pr.t ,
Ernest Terrence. , aadon HIM
Marshal, Nigel de HruHer AMI ,
fred BrysOn. TAe ajority
seventy-five prino ar
known on the rag a, tb.r
the screen. The P ton :, !,
form has been end I,ed bv =.
of all denominati. r.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-02-20
At The RiaItO

Why did Mrs. Wallace Reid leave
her house of mourning for the glare
of the studio spotlight?
Why has she broken the usual rule
of widows retirement, to re-enter
moving pictures?
The answer is this: Because she,
of all women, has had brought most
forcibly to her the need of a moral
awakening-another great reforma-
tion-a twentieth century crusade
against a foe many times stronger
than the Infidel of old.
She has made a supreme effort TO
collect the broken threads of her life
and piece them into one fabric-tO
carry on a noble work. To see her
in her present aspect of crusader, n
would say she was a Gibraltar of stoi-
cism. Yet it is sheer grit and determ-
nation that is keeping her sorrow
benumbed faculties together.
Her devotion as a wife and mother
her talent as an actress, her convict
ions as a reformer-all these innate
forces she has combined in building
up the greatest achievement of hcr
career. In Human Wreckage," the
great picture sermon which she Ia
completed with the aid of such promin-
ent people as William ]. Burns, Mayor
Cryer of Los Angeles, DR.. R. B. Won
Kleinsmid, President of the Univer-
sity of Southern California, and Benja-
min Bledsoe, United States Judge of
the Twelfth Federal District, she has
projected on the screen her concep-
ton of the problem which confronts
the world.
Human Wreckage' is not the story
of a weakling. 1t is the story of a
man, big both in nature and stature
a man bitterly opposed to the illegal
I traffic in narcotics; a leader, in fact
! the ranks of those who strive I.
-'ipe this evil from the face OF tho
earth. His downfall coming throu1l
overwork, as it does in so many case.
Of similar nature, he fights the sans
tight that others have fought be:or,
him-for health aud recovery. i /.
to these silent fighters, who, in soil
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-02-20
RIALTO THEATER GETS THE
HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE
DAME FOR THREE NIGHTS

Following lengthy negotiations be-
tween Carl Laemmle, president Of
Universal Pictures corporation and
Manager A NJ. Russell, of the RialtO
theater. contracts were signed last
week for the early presentation here
of 1.-THE Hunchback of NOtre Dame"
Booking of this wonder picture is one
of the most important announcements
in local theatrical circls in many
weeks. The production will be shown
here at the Rialto next Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday, February q
to 90.
The fame of the Victor Hugo classic
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-02-20
PAPER SHORTAGES
FACE PUBLISHERS
SECRETARY WALLACE ISSUES
WARNING TO CONSERVE
TIMBER RESOURCES

The pulp and paper industry of the
United States is facing the most seri-
problem in it's history, in the opin-
ion of Secretary of Agriculture Wal
lace. Secretary Wallace's warning
was delivered at a meeting just held
in Washington by a committee rep
~rcsenting pulp and paper manufactur-
ing industry. Secretary Wallace spoke
in part as follows:
"The department of agriculture's
primary interest is in the raw ma
terials that grow from the soil. It's
traditional interest is, of course, in
the production of food, but in the past
quarter of a century it has paid an
ever increasing attention to the pro-
duction of wood. 1t recognizes refor-
estation as one of our great agri-
cultural problems.
"The struggle fOg raw materials is
perhaps the most striking economic
facts of our generation. Coal and
iron, rubber and oil, food and wood
these and many other basic commodi-
ties play an enormous part in shap-
ing industries and nations. As the
rich reserves of natural resources
have been depleted, the competition
for the remaining supplies has become
ever keener.
"The worlds timber supply and u
own timber supply are no exception.
The vast industrial growth of the
past IS years has drawn enormously
on the accumulated forests of CEN
uries, and this quick drain has caught
the world wholly unprepared to intel
ligently handle the problem of forest
reneway. In our own country we
have been easily deceived by the vast
visible supplies of wood and by the
comfortable thought that anyway VIC
can make up any deficit by imports
We have tolerated a most costly abuse
of our forests.
Perhaps the pulp and paper in.
dustry is the first that has beer
brought face to face with the uncom,
promising truth. 1t can no longer
leave to chance the supplying of it,
raw material. It can not easily fol
low, as the sawmill can follow, tn,
refreshing fringe of virgin forest. 1
4 can not extract pulpwood from denud
ed and abandoned forests. 1t can no
rely on any known or probable sub
%stitute for the bulk of our paper. /
: can not depend Indefinitely on import
: from foreign forests that are like
wise ~dwindling under neglect an,
4, fierce competition. The supplying o
pulpwood has become one of the out
: standing problems of the industry.
Nov let US remember that the pa
| per industry is only one of the man,
keen competitors for our diminishin,
supply of wood. We have less tia
one-third of our original timber stan,
. left. Fort timber below saw timbe
size the drain on our forests exceed
{ by about three times renewal throug
p growth. In saw timber the DARN ey
ceeds the re: Il by 5 IL times. Thi
means not only hesvily overdrawin
our supply, but it means an eve
y sharper competition for the smalle
timber on which we must rely afte
: our old-growth forests are gone.
These outstanding facts - th
enormous growth of our paper cor
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-02-20

Tying a mans hands to keep him from gambling, or prevent
ing the many from enjoying those things of life which the few
abuse, is not kindness. The use Of legal preventives merely re-
tards the spiritual, or comic, growth of the race by removing,
through outward force, those human temptations which should be
overcome only by inward grace.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-02-20

tary places, wage war against the IN
seen Beast that Mrs. Reid pays tribute
in Human Wreckage."
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-02-20

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-01
By wEsrBROOK PEGLER

RYAN NORTON, the objects being called African, the the ~ ciple that needn't Borr South Africa;
 Among the that Mir Norton suffered of being sdelnes big hearing "How white the South African is" They the swarthy Battling Siki wearing
 starched cuff his left ankle, breechcoh And they the South African fair complexoned, distinctly Nordic the venional flannel. of the best manered game there is Mir Norton insists that he Brion and respecalegiance sentiment and Bton But unfortunately for him. hi that alternate player South African Davis consequently remain South African for the of his M tennis concerned And tennis his cpal occupation.
 The Davis and the Olympic competitions peculiar ma named Ehrmanraut al Fshman, less than a named McCooey, if he competition member Irish whole libraries of data concerning his of birth family alter the fact that a Mick. If Battling Sihi himself q member of the Iceland he would become irretrievable Eslimo. the Olympc Corkonians and Galwegans into Mus Frenchmen Pruans and Japanese a the official typewriters
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-01
Babe Ruth Down With
 Influenza
Bambino Contracts Annual Case, But Doctor Says No
 Danger Is Felt

HOT SPRINGS, Ark, Feb. 29.-For the second consecutive season, Babe Ruth has begun with a. case of "flu."
 Ruth, who was sent to his bed and set back. considerably in his training here last spring, is flat on his shoulder blades again in a local hotel, and his physician, Dr. W. T. Wooton, says: Its the flu"
 Ruth himself insists that 1t Is only Ia terrible cold" but is deferring to the doctors commands that he stay in bed and take no chances. The Babes con- dition Is not serious and Dr. Wooton expressed no alarm.
 The attack came so suddenly that 1t was some time before Waffle Schang and the other members of the Yankees a sick man. He entered the hotel and asked Henry Jones, the manager, to get his room ready at once, as he felt i'll and wanted to turn in. The Babe held his hand on his chest as though he was having pains, and when he got into the elevator he leaned heavily on a bell boy who was helping him. For the next three hours, pr. Wooton was at the bedside. He said that the Babes strong physique would give him a better chance to fight off the development of l the disease.
 Easy for Attack
 Ruth's predilection to "flu" is be- lieved to be due to his size. He takes violent exercise and, being a big man, perspires freely. Thursday night, after his daily workout, ne took a ride in an open automobile and is believed to have been chilled.
 The Babe has had a long record of hard luck in matters of health. He has had several painful injuries and infect- ed bruises which have laid him up from time to time, and last year both he and his wife were in hospitals in New York, simultaneously for opera
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-01
FAST CONTESTS
 M CAGE LOOP

Handley Memorial maintained their lead in the Sunday school basketball league Friday night by defeating the First Methodist five by the score of 23 to 15. The St. Johns five upset ahe dope by winning from the Fifth Avenue Preds by two-point margin, the score being IS to 16.
 The stars of the Handley Memorial. First Methodist clash were Barcliffe at forward and Shepherd at guard, for Handley. Barcliffe was too good on his shots for the First Methodist to stand a very good chance. Barcliffe's total score YVES 15. Thompson also did good work at guard for Handley.
 Rawls and Cook at forwards for the First Methodist were about on a par in the game they put up. Darby did well as a guard for the Methodist.
 Irwin Smith and McHenry were the leading scorers for the St, Johns Quin- tet. These boys rang up six points each.
 Hoke was the most valuable man the Preds had, but Godby and McGregory did some good work for this team.
 The North Highlands forfeited their game to the Southside Baptist,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-01

sent him down for the count of four.
 It was apparent that Boorde took little pleasure in his work Friday night and went about his job with the pre- else manner of an aged-in-the-wood human bookkeeping machine running up a string of figures. His less ex- perienced opponent, however, say thrones in rings and pursued his task with vigorous will. There was no yell ing when the bout was announced a draw and the decision apparently fitted the crowd, or else the fans were toe much adrift to know who won the war.
 Preliminary Strike
 The preliminary boys boxing union called a strike, evidently, and two boxers failed to appear for bouts. while four others went through Ystrikinsiy strikeless encounters. Kid Rich and Petey Sarron did a brotherly love skit in four acts. while Battling Mack, champion lightweight of Muscle Shoals, still retains his title since the referee in the hand shaking encounter he had with Red Wilson, in six spasns.
 However, the preliminaries were re- deemed by a wrestling bout and a box ing exhibition. Harrington, brother to Dummy" gave Tom Lacey as much, and possibly a little more, than he was looking for in eight rounds. The bout was a draw, as neither man could throw the other. but Burlington got several near-falls.
 Pat and Prior Plumlee, "paper weights" gave an excellent boxing ex- hibition in three rounds. The bout was about even on points.
 Kid Lott won a wrestling match from Kid Adams.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-01
SOUTHERN JUMPS
 MEET APRIL A

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Feb. 2e.-southern association umpires will report to John D. Martin, president of the association, in Nashville on April IA for final in- struction and assignment on the eve of the opening of the 1924 season instead of at league headquarters here, as has been customary.
 Selection of Nashville as the report ing point for the field officials was made because of the fact that MT. Mar tin would be in that city on the day before the seasons opening to attend a celebration arranged by Nashville busi- ness men and will witness the opening days game at Nashville. He also will attend the initial game of .he season in Atlanta, April IT, and the formal opening of Shiller Park, the new home of the Crackers, and rated as one of the best equipped and most modern baseball parks in a minor league city.
 Two trophies will be awarded by the league executive for the largest open ing day attendance. Atlanta, New Or leans, Birmingham and Memphis will compete in one division, and Mobile Chattanooga, Nashville and Little Rock in another.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-01
BOORDE AND NELSON
 BOX lO-ROUND DRAW
Atlanta And Nashville Boys Stage Sluggng Exhibition On
 Athletic Clubs Program Friday Night-Lacey And ! ,: Darlington Wrestle To Draw

In a slashing 10-round affair Freddie Boorde of Atlanta and Phil Nelson of Nashville made the finish neck and neck at the Birmingham Athletic club Friday night. The boxers hit each other with everything except the water bottle during the bout, while Boorde knocked Nelsons manager down for the count with ring post. Ably sec onded by two drunk contortionists who gave an exhibition of shadow boxing that would be about a compromise be- tween a dancing victrola negro and a Dutch windmill. Nelson went into the fray swinging both arms. The bout was no dainty exhibition of boxing nor could 1t be accused of being scientific. but 1t was a give-and-take battle that sometimes brought derisive yells and sometimes cheers of enthusiasm. It seemed during the first two rounds that the mere slip of a boy, obviously much younger and apparently much trailer, from Nashville would not be able to withstand the smashing attack of his experienced Atlanta opponent. In fact Phil kissed the mat twice in the second round from mighty club like overland blows brought down across the base of his skull by Boorde After the second round, however. the Nashville kid went in for blood and got smeared considerably in his at- tempts and gave just returns with much gusto.
 Manager Takes Count
 It was in avoiding one of his ter rife rushes that Freddie went into the ropes with Phil on top of him
 This precipitated the entire ring and a ring post caught Nelson's manager above the ear terrific wallop that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-01
City School
 Cage Meet (; On Saturday,
Finals Of Tourney To Be Played Saturday Night In
 Phillips Gym

The third round, of the first annual elementary school basketball tourney will begin Saturday morning promptly at 9 .. m. The schedule for this round will be as follows:
 Juniors
 9:00--Kennedy vs. Laveview.
 10:12-Barker vs. Martin. 1:24-Cunningham vs. Barrett. 12:S6-Fairview vs. Gibson.
 Seniors
 9:1S-Ullman vs. Fairview.
 10:3O-Hemphill ys. Barker.
 11:42-Cunningham svs. Martin.
 12:54-Gate City vs. South Highlands. The semi-finals wills be played in the afternoon beginning at HAS o'clock The winner of the Kennedy dy-Lakeview game will meet the winner of the Bar ker-Martin contest in the opening game of the semLfinals. The team which wins the Cunningham-Barrett game will go up against the winner of the Fair view-Gibson at 8 D.. m. These two games are in the junior division.
 Semi Finals
 In the senior division the team which comes out of Ullman-Fairview battle victorious will take on the winning team of the Hemphill-Barker fight at z:O6. The winner in the Cunningham- Martin game meets the victor from. the Gate City-South Highlands affair at 3:18 o'clock. The finals will be played in the eve ming beginning with the junior game at p. m. and the senior game opening at 1:ZO o'clock. These two games, in con- nection with the Phtllips-Duval game will make a very attractive program.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-01
Auburn Nine
 Sends First
 Muster Call
Over Sixty Candidates Re- port For Work Thursday
 Afternoon For Plainsmen

AUBURN, Ala, Feb, 29.-tspecial)- The first muster Of the 1924 baseball squad was held Thursday afternoon, with sixty-odd ambitious candidates of- fering their services to Coach Harry Cole for the campaign ahead. Thurs day afternoon marked Coach Coles first day at the helm of the diamond activities in the Tiger camp. The ini- tial practice started with plenty of pep. and the first trip out was featured w1thfa noticeable hustling gait through Out the afternoon in making ready for the opening games.
 Full equipment. including bats. balls, protectors and the like, was transported to the playing field by Student Man aGer ::.Rtckie" Mellen, and the tryout men came ready for work. They got it. After a strenuous first day out full of pep-hitting, fly chasing. base run ming. with. a little sliding intermingled, the candidates were directed to try their endurance on a few trips around the field in a rather lively gait.
 Practice has been held up for sev- eral days on account of the indictment weather. which has abounded on the plains all this week, and the coaches will lose no time in utilizing every thOh1Cht WhiPpAuS tAc tcdNi In shape for the first game of the PA season. The first game booked for the seaSon is with Howard college, of March IA, on the campus, when the Tigers will meet the Bulldogs in a two-game series.
 old Players Back
 Among the more familiar names of players who were on last years squad or have had previous experience on the freshie outfit are: Catchers, Will Hams, Davis, Johnson and Gray; first base, Maury, Jordan and Mansfield; i; second base, Griffin, captain of the team of this season; pitchers, Knight, Sheridan, Hines, Crump, Weidenbach, Saunders and Whigham; third base, Argo, Turner, Ansiey; shortstop, c. Stewart, Anderson, Allen and Willing ham; outfield, Sitx, Harrison, Self, Phillips, Farley, c. Johnson, Reagan, Patrick, A. D. Turner, Fancher and Nelson. This list includes not only those of last years squad, but a num- Der of men that were listed with the scrub outfits that are trying their abil- ity to land regular bert this season.
 Only preliminary workouts were in dulged in, and no efforts were made by the coaches toward assigning any of the entrants te job. Numerous assignments and shifts are bound to come in making a team selection on &C., count of the unusual large number of vacancies that cannot be filled by those to whom they were intrusted last sea- son.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-01
ALL-STAR FIVE
 5. { A. A. PICKED

MACON, Ga, Feb. 2s-The Macon Daily Telegraph published selections of ali-A. I. A. A. basketball teams, base don playing In the association tournament which ended here, as fol-
 By Jimmy Kerr, sporting editor of The Macon Telegraph-Smith fMercer) and Coyington (Centre), forwards; Simmons (Mercer), center; Harmon (Mercer) and Ellison (Mercer), guards.
 By Rip" Manner, coach of the Wolf ford team-Wollet (Newberry) and Smith (MerceD, forwards; Simmoas (Mercer), center; Covington (Centre) and Daley (Miss.), guards.
 By Bill Redd, former ail-S. I. 4. A. center and now coach of the University of Chattanooga team-Covington Cen tre) and Violet (Newberry), forwards; Smith (Mercer), center; Harmon tMer- cer) and Cate Chattanooga, guards.
 By link Gillian, coach of the Mercer team. which won the championship last night-Berry (Miss. college) and Smith (Mercer), forwards; Simmons, center, and Harmon and Ellison, guards, all of Mercer.
 By Paul Warwick, sporting editor of The Atlanta Constitution-Wollet (New- berry, and Covington (Centre), for wards; Smith (Mercer), center; Har- mon (Mercer) and Cate (Chattanoogal. guards.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-01
COMBS MAY BE
 OUT OF GAME

LOUISVILLE, Ky, Feb. 29.-Earl Combs, brilliant outfielder, sold to the Yankees by the Louisville Colonels for reported equivalent of $600o0, may quit professional baseball, without ever having reported for duty, with his pur- chasers, 1t was revealed today. Combs contract Is as yet unsigned. Whether 1t ever is signed depends, according to word from Combs, at his home in Richmond, on use Of "kinder words" by the Yankees and the Colonels.
 Combs complaint, in brief, Is that when he came to the Louisville club of the American association he was prom ised part of the purchase price when he was sold to major league club. So Tar, he says, no such settlement has been made. The Yankees sent him a one-year contract, he added, calling for $3,600. When informed it was not what he had been led to expect, he received second contract, for one year at $5OOO, together with an expression of an opinion that he had been treated all right by the Colonels.
 combs sale, with that of his team mate. Wayland Dean, pitcher, to the Giants, marked the outstanding player transactions of the year.