The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-08-12

dedicated themselves on the altar OF
service, or this community would
never have lasted to this day.
The settlement that marked the be-
ginnings Of this thriving city could
rot have survived a week but for the
spirit Of helpfulness to others shat
actuated those who founded it. Even
this determination on the part
of u pioneers it was difficult to
keep the small hamlet from disap-
pearing from the face Of the wilder-
ness. Had this been lacking, nothing
could have saved it. Everybody
helped everybody else at seeding time,
at harvest time and at threshing time.
There were logging bees, and raising
bees, and shingling bees. Vixen a
neighbOr fell sick there was always
some warm hearted woman from the
next -crOss-road to come in and nurse
him to health again. The men got
together and built the church for the
old folks to c~Ongregate in, on Sun
days and likewise they built the little
old school house on the hill where
their boys and girls were trained in
the rudiments of American citizen
ship.
The heart. of this great big country
of ours pulses in every one Of our
little towns.
City Is a Melting Pot.
Our big cities are the melting pot,
and the problem of absorbing into
the body polite the foreign elements
coming to our shores often bring on
throes in our national life that the
nothing short Of political, economical
and industrial Indigestion. Frequent
ly there are elements which cannot
be absorbed, and then they must be
expelled; deportation, such as we have
had recently, was the only means Of
relief.
None of these upheavals find their
way to the smaller towns and cities.
Here the development Of American
ideals and American institutions pro-
ceeds along the lines laid down by
Washington and Jefferson and Lin
coin.
Aided in Raising Funds.
If there was danger that we might
depart from this path, as a result Of
the easy prosperity that came to- all
the nation from the Unprecedented
development preceding the war, the
necessities of wartime cooperation
brought US back to it. The individual.
again submerged in the community
His selfish demands had to give way
before the needs Of others. Red eros:
funds had to be raised, Liberty LOar
quotas needed and the rulings Of the
federal food administration compile,
with. Often it was hard for the in
dividual to do what was asked Of him
but there was the community's quot;
to meet-so nothing remained but t,
combine and bring the communit!
"Over the top"
Lack Of space forbids going inft
greater detail, but these brief refer
ences win suffice to bring the poin
home to readers Of this newspape
who are now brushing these lesson.
aside and patronizing others thar
hometown business e
The Bozeman merchants have bee.
trained to community leadership
Them money IS invested here an.
they are vitality interested in tn
communiy's present and future.
is their home, consequently they wi
make every sacrifice for its continue
progress.
Where Credit rs Due
To stop working for the c8nmNzit
now is TO let the splendid edifiee ths
has been built up crumble and 60.
lapse. II means forgetting the bi
lesson that has been taught 81 "a
war. Spend your money 81 tie con
munily ia which yoa earn 80
help Yourself 81 he'rias y5ur hon
city. buy FROM yoar IoesI ne
Next time We win iaE Is son abo'
tnat ts means Coz goH