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Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-06-22

town, and her education has been OBJ
tanned at Coburn Classical Institute
in Waterville. She is planning to
enter Colby College this Fall.
Mr.. Goodwin Is the son Of Mrs. r.
M. Goodwin of Goodwin's Mills, and
received his education at Biddeford
High School. He Is employed at the
Wyandotte Mills in Waterville.
Both young people are very popu-
lar in the town and in Waterville,
and they have the heartiest of good
wishes for long, happy, and pros
porous welded life.
They have gone on a weeks camp
ing trip and after their return will be
at home to their friends at the home
Of the brides mother.
Boys and Girls Club Picnic
Ten members of the Fort Halifax
Boys and Girls Club met at the Fort
School House on Friday morning at
ten o'clock, where they were taken in
the automobiles Of Harry Norton and
Theodore Thompson to the latter's
home where they enjoyed a picnic.
They held business meeting on
the lawn, and then went to the
Thompson pasture where they en-
joyed a basket lunch. When they re-
turned to the house they were serv-
ed with ice cream and cake by Mrs.
Thompson. Games were enjoyed and
the party voted a very good time in
deed.
Miss Rossie Reynolds. Arthur Le-
Clair. Sanford Reynolds and Guy
Roundy were visitors Sunday at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. r. L. johnson
at their cottage at Windemere.
Unity.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-06-22
|WATERVILLE LOCAL NEWS
OFFICE LAT MAIN ST. TELEPHONE wATERvnLE 500

Miss Elsa Bates of Portland was a
caller in this city Saturday.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-03-18
STATE N. v. A. TO
MEET in BOZEMAN

Gallatin camp No. 5245, Modern
Woodmen of America, at the regular
meeting held last night, began pre-
iiminary arrangements for the enter
tainment of delegates to the state
camp Ct the order, to be held in
B0zeman May 6.
NJ. T. Getchell, camp clerk, was
named general committee chairman
and the members of the various COM
mittees will be announced later. The
degree team is beginning special prac-
tice work tonight, as it is planned to
initiate a class at the convention.
Besides the routine and degree
work, banquet for the visiting dele,
gates and members of the Modern
WoOdmen and Royal Neighbors ana
their families win be an important
feature.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-03-18
TOURIST TRAVEL in MONTANA WORTH
100000 IN 1924, IS Estimate

Helena.-Six million dollars is esti-
mated as the value to Montana of au-
tomobile tourist travel in 1924 based
on summary of reports from COM
mereial clubs of the state received in
the office of the Division of Publicity.
1t IS estimated that l25,OOO tourist
cars crossed Montana last year bound
for the parks and points on the west
coast, or to eastern states. The heav.
lest travel was eastward. Main criti-
cisms from tourists were the condi-
ton OF the roads and lack Of uniform
marking or direction. All tourists
seemed to be strongly impressed with
the good camping facilities, variety
OF scenery, and fair treatment received
from business men and people Of the
state wherever they stopped. The size
Of Montana, variety and extent Of ita
agriculture and agricultural progress
ana good crops were reported 10 be &
surprise to most tourists who has
not expected to find the state dsg
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-03-18

oped on such an extended scale.
An average Of S1s people per car
gave a total estimate of 4,375,0OO
tourists who enjoyed Montana's scenic
attractions and one or both Of the Ma
ticnal parks in 1924. Practically all
of the cars made AZ least five over
night stops s. crossing the state, and
spent approximately $500 per car
at each stop.
Commerc;sJ club secretaries suggest
greater advertising especially Of seen
ic attractions eff the q - highways,
more personal tion 10 tourists,
ilniform marking system Of roads, and
ulCEe careful attention to giving di-
reetions, as immediate steps in build
ing up the tourist service Of the state
The secretaries claim that five million
Tourists well satisfied with the cour-
tecAs attention and treatment received
Fsna Montana people and erfhusee
the beauties cf Montana scenery
furnish one as the best advertising
aa tate can secure;
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-03-18
Will DISTRIBUTE
CAPTURED CANNON

Adjutant- General ErasCus Williams
was here from Helena on official busi-
ness the first of the week. He reports
that sufficient money was appropri-
ated at the recent legislative session
upon which to maintain the Montana
regiment at its present strength.
The colonel stated that the appro-
.priations for transportation upon cap
tured war equipment allotted to this
state by the war department viii
make this material available for dis
tribution to the .cities and towns of
Montana some time in the near future
and that as soon as a revised list is
secured applications may be made to
him through American Legion posts
for it.
This stuff includes cannon, machine
guns, rifles and other equipment cap
tured from the Germans and is dis
tributed for use as war memorials,
The state pays the freight from the
government depot to Helena, and the
town securing the relics must pay
transportation from Helena upon
them.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-03-18

probably thinking it was a chemical,
and showed considerable excitement
thus indicating to those present that
he was ready to respond to the alarm.
Becomes Torch Boy
The chief managed to become con-
nected with the Little Falls fire de-
partment in the capacity of torch
boy at the age of ii, and served as
such unil he was old enough to be-
come a full fledged member. The
record there was that he was the
fastest man on the department both
in getting to fires and in securing
the most and best looking ladies as
his partners at all social functions OF
the department He was never known
to take less than three fair damsels
to the annual ball and never escorted
home less than six. / had the pleas
ure of visiting the chiefs old home
town some years ago and heard a
good deal of the various escapades of
the youngster who later became our
hOnOred chief. They like to talk of
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-03-18
TORCH boy To FIRE CHIEF IS STORY OF
ALEXANDER'S LIFE AS TOLD BY MOSER
Secretary of Volunteer Fire Department Bre
Sketch of HOnOred Guests Activities Banquet in Honor
of Veteran Fire Fighter Saturday Night

the ambitionus tow headed youth who
used to upset the quiet and dignity
Of the town back in those early days.
Chief Alexander took notion to
come west and grow up with the
country while still a young man, and
he finally arrived at the small town
of Bozeman about 1879. He was not
long in getting acquainted and get
ting started at his trade, which was
THAT Of carpenter and builder He
built many houses and ether build.
ings in the town of Bozemall and sur
rounding country, and acquired that
knowledge which was to be so valu-
able to him in later years when he
served the city as its fire chief and
building inspector. and he was instru-
mental in having all the building
laws and ordinances introduced and
passed which have been in force for
number of years.
joins ROzeman Department
I He became a member of the Boze-
mFn fire department on February 4,
1885. and served as a volenteer fire
msn, then served as assistant fore
man of a hose company, and was lat.
er elected assistant chief under cur
first chief, A. P. Clark. Chief Clark
died in 1889 and Alexander was elect
ed to succeed him in May, 1889.
The Montana State Firemen's asso-
citation was organized about this time,
Chief Alexander being one of the or
ganizers and was its first vice presi-
dent. He was always a booster for
the organization and always took a
prominent part in its deliberations,
He also served as president of the as
sociation and. held many other Of
Ifices.
His ability to run, developed in
Little Falls, served him in good stead
both at the firemen's tournaments,
where he was the champion foot racer
} Continued on Page Six)
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-03-18
SEED PEA HOUSE is
ASSURED FOR
MANHATTAN
Company Formed and Contracts
Will Be Signed for 800 or 400
Acres-Cannery Planned Next
Season

Incorporation papers have been
filed in Helena for the Montana
Seed and Canning company, and
the incOrpOratOrs of the new con-
Germ have already held their first
meeting, says the Manhattan
American. Lewis Penwell of
Helena was elected president,
Peder M. Hage of st. Paul vice
president. w. r. Schuelke of St.
Paul arrived in Manhattan the
latter part Of last week and will
be in charge Of the new concern.
We are informed that the new COM
pany was formed fer the sole purpose
of taking over the aid malt house at
Manhattan and remodel it to conform
with the requirements of a canning
and seed pea house. We have also
been informed that the new company
is capitalized for $15O,OOO, has suffi-
cient seed peas, and will contract with
the farmers in the Manhattan district
Fif possible to grow 800 or 400 acres
Of peas this year for seed.
Mr.. Hage we are told is connected
with several large canning companies
in Minnesota and Wisconsin, and one
of the objects of his association with
the new enterprise is to insure the diff
ferent canning plants that he is inter
ested in the matter of securing g
sufficient quantity Of good seed. The
growing Of the seed in this district
this year will also insure the Man
haitian plants-that the new company
plans to start operation in 1925
with it's seed peas. Members of the
new concern estimate that 100000
bushels of peas will be grown in the
Manhattan district in 1926 to supply
the proposed cannery.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-03-18
Exhibitors and Visitors Unite in
Declaring Show One Of Best
Ever Staged, in Spite of Linz
tied Size.
Dealers Express Qualification at
Number Of Sales Made and
Prospects Won

Mere than 1000 people needed
the adm>nit1 to Meet me at
the BCzCH,an auto show" last
week, attendance for the three
days exceeding the most sanguine
expectations of the committee in
charge. .,
Classy exhibits in all lines shown
proved so attractive that many people
came back for the second and third
time to view again the many differ
ent models, makes and styles of cars
on display and to visit the booths
where accessories, tires and other
lines were shown.
Good Entertainment
The management provided splendid
entertainment for the sightseers, or
chestras furnishing music on Thurs
day and Friday evening. Saturday
night a 1O-Tiece band and the chorus
from stubborn Cinderella" the Loot
!ers' musical comedy, enlivened the oc-
lcasion.
More than $4,000 worth of automO-
biles alone were shown, ranging in
price from the Lincoln to the Ford,
lboth shown by L. X. Pence. A classy
display on Overlands and the Chevro-
let booths featuring the popular closed
models came next. On the other side
of the building, Chas. r. Poor with
his Jewett line, FcerschIer's garage
at Belgrade with the Nash and Odds
mobile, Deem and johnson with the
Franklin and Studebaker and the
BOzeman Auto company with the Cad
lilac, Buick and Dodge.
Two lines of booths down the CEN
ter were occupied by the Montana
Power company, the Gallatin Valley
Milling company, the Auto Electric
company, Schlechten studio, D. H..
Budd company, and various insurance
men and tire and oil companies, the
Story Motor Supply company had an
elaborate display of camping equip
, |
in the front of the show room.
! Flowers and potted plants donated
by Bozeman greenhouses and furni-
=. ture provided by local dealers fur
nished attractive settings for the au-
tomObile display booths and added
much to the attractiveness of the
show.
Many people who had attended
; shows in larger cities this season de-
clared that they had nothing upon
i, lBozeman except the amount of space
covered and the number of different
exhibits on the floor.
= Comprehensive Showing
The Bozeman show, while limited
:. in extent, afforded those who visited
it a comprehensive idea of the vari-
Gus classes of cars which are on the
market this year, and the new closed
models, which are so much in demand
this year, were there in the coupe,
the coach and the sedan of many
7 kinds.
The open models were not neglected
either, and dealers report many sales
made right on the floor.
: The show was packed on Saturday
= night and each exhibit was visited by
$ hundreds of people anxious to see the
latest thing in the automobile line.
n H. L. Casey, L. A. Copeland and l.
a E. Hathaway. the chamber of com
nerce committee which put over the
= show are well pleased with its re-
= suits, and plans are already beins
: made for a more extensive show next
n spring.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-03-18
MISDEMEANOR CHARGE
FILED AGAINST TELLER

An information charging Matt j.
Zeller with a misdemeanor on two
counts, one for possession cf intoxi-
eating liquor and the other for selling
it, have been filed with the clerk Of
the district court.
James. Dunn, charged with the same
offense, entered a plea Of not guilty
when arraignea satardey.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-03-18
notes
NOT DISTURBED

The notes in Attorney Baths safe
about which a bitter and complicated
legal battle has been raging for sew
eral weeks will remain in possession
Of the attorney until further orders
Of the court, according to an opinion
handed down By Judge o. f. Ged-
dard Of Billings, sitting in district
court here Monday
The hearing YVES had upon q motion
Tor a permanent stay OF exception
following seizure Of Baths safe con-
tanning Che notes by the sheriff,
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-03-18
ONE firm REPORTS
9 SALES AT SHOW

Bob Yetsinga, manager Of the Boze-
man Auto company, reports the sale
Of nine cars by his firm at the Boze-
man auto show, including the big
Cadillac special sedan, Buick sedan,
and one open and five closed Dodges.
Mr.. Yetsinga speaks IN very enthu-
siastic terms Of the show and the
manner in which II was staged.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-03-18
meet ME- At BOZEMAN AUTO SHOW"
PROVES Lure TO THOUSANDS; none
DISAPPOINTED At What They SAW
LOCAL LAND OFFICE
HIT BY EXECUTIVE
ORDER JUST SIGNED

Twenty eight local land offices
were abolished in an executive cr-
der signed yesterday by President
Coolidge, according to press dis
patches from Washington
The order becomes effective
April 80 and affects seven offices
in Montana, including the one at
BOZeman. But two land offices
ill be left in this state, those at
Great Falls and Billings.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-03-18

of day at Little
Falls, N. Y, and a
few minutes after
his birth someone in
the streets yelled,
Fire" and it has
been told by per-
sons who were pres
ent at the time, that
the future chief f
raised up and, grab
bed for his bottle,
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-03-18
GALLATN COUNTY
FAIR To Be Held
HERE THIS SEASON
Representatives OF Il Organiza-
tiOns Meet With Fair Beard
and Pledge Support to Move
For Show This Fall
Representative Attends Fair
Managers Meet at Billings
Today

Committees representing the
3Ozeman chamber Cf commerce,
the Gallatin county farm bureau
and 10 other organizations in the
city and county met with the
county fair board and the county
commissioners at the court house
yesterday afternoon, pledged the
support of their respective Or
CARNATIONS to a county fair this
fall and asked the board to revive
the institution. At an executive
session following the meeting the
board decided to accede to the re-
quest.
This decision follows a lot Of quiet
work on the part of the chamber of
commerce, which has been sounding
out the sentiment of the public upon
the advisability of holding the fair
this year. At a small booth at the
auto show, more than 800 persons vol
unfairly and without solicitation OF
any kind signed a register as favor-
ing county fair this fall.
The chamber sought an expression
Of opinion from the other organiza
tions in the city and county upon the
fair and the meeting yesterday fol
lowed.
Have the Goods
County Agent R. E. Bodley declared
tGat Galiatin county is most fOrtu
nately situated as regards the exhib
It's to be shown at a fair of this kind
Not only are our farmers anC
stockmen prepared to show the fines
products Of their kind found anywheru
= TIE state, but we have the agricul
t.Iral and livestock departments o
Montana State college to draw upO
for purely educational displays" h
declared.
Chairman George Darlinton of tn
county commissioners stated tha
there is between $4,000 and $3.50
available in the county fair fund fc
the purpose.
Attend Billings Meet
B. T. Moore, secretary of the stat
fair, was present, stopping here er
route to the meeting of fair execu
tives at Billings today, and he wi
represent the Gallatin county fai
board at the meeting, reporting t
the board at a meeting to be held her
= Friday.
Tentative dates have been set q
September 1926, but this will be al
ranged definitely at the Billings Sc:
son today.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-03-18
FRIENDS FROM FAR
And NEAR GATHER
in HONOR TO Chief
City and State Officials Guests
of Local Department at Ban
quet in Honor Of w. G. Alex
ander.
Old-Timers in Reminiscent MOOD
Tell of Fire Fighting in
Pioneer Days

". Alexander, BOZeman'S veteran
fire chief, met at the BOzeman
hotel Saturday evening and were
banqueted by the volunteer fire
department in honor to the re-
tiring fire fighter.
Many were the tributes paid 10 the
veteran, intelspersed with reminis-
cences of eariy-day fire fighting in
Boezman.
Primitive Alarm System
1t was recalled how IN the early
days the fire alarm was given by the
chief dOnning his helmet and walking
up and down Main street firing his
gun.
Then the volunteer firemen would
hasten to their rendezvous, seize the
trusty leathern buckets with which
they were equipped and HE them to
the scene of the cOnflagration.
And it was brought out that the
law now made famous by Mr.. Vol
stead was bitter enemy of volunteer
fire fighting organizations, cramp-
ling their style and in most cases put
ting them entirely out of business.
Many Tributes
Mayor Edmund Burke presided and
he, with Justin Smith, George D.
Pease, H. H. Howard, Nelson Story
Jr., and others, paid high tribute to
the lifetime of service which Chief
Alexander has rendered to this city.
=. State Fire Marshal w. G. Brooks
Chief V. H. Steele of Billings, State
Auditor George P. Porter and other
visitors also contributed verbal bou,
quets.
/ But the real'kick' came when tht
. mayor turned the meeting ever Il
Harry Altenbrand, with instructions
, to throw in the clutch and let e
ramble. He did.
} A Handsome Gift
RI AT the conclusion of the talkfest
Mr.. Altenbrand presented the chic
with fine fishing outfit, including
a huge 'bobber," with the admonitiol
: to make good at angling as he hat
: in fighting fires.
Among the visitors from out O
r itown were F. A. Henderson and
, Merriam, representing the Board o
2 Fire Underwriters of the Pacific, an,
George L. Lapp, chief Of the Ana
conda. Copper Mining company's fir
department at Butte.
Started in Young
w. G. Alexander has been fighting
fires for so years, starting in as
tOrch-boy in his home city of Littl
Falls, N. Y.
He became connected with the BOze
I man department in 1884 and has serv
ed as chief since 1889. He is a char
ter member of the Montana Stat
Firemen's association, was its frs
n vice president and afterward serve
r as presiding officer of the crganiza
= tion.
: He has seen the science of fire
e fighting and fire prevention develope
n and has been instrumental in secur-
ing for Bozeman the lowest insuranC
3 rates enjoyed by any city in the stat
n He retired from active serviC
= March l, and has been awarded pei
o sicn by the Firemen's Relief associi
: ton.
o Saw Many Changes
It is far cry from the electr
e fire alarm system and motorize
=. equipment of which this city is just
n proud back to the old days of Il
d ladder wagon and bucket brigad
# But Chief Alexander has not on
seen this transition-he has been
part of it, and has kept in touch vii
every development of the science
his profession.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-03-18

eWatch and nrav" is a good motto,
but if you don't want to get licked
sc is often necessary to keep one eye
.opm while you'rs Rsaying.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-03-18
By d. E. MOser
Secretary Bozeman Volunteer Fire
no1Na1.fVp1oY,4

ONtlL VIIINtIts
l am going to give you just brief
outline of the history of our honOred
guest this evening, our beloved Chief
w. G. Alexander, who on March. 1st
cf this year retired as the active head
Of the Bozeman fire department.
Chief Alexander first saw the light
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-03-18

On March 23rd the Bobcat Band, Of
35 pieces, under the direction of Leu
Howard, will leave in their special
Pullman for six day trip around the
state. The first stop will be at Bic
Timber on Monday, night, next will
be Billings on Tuesday, then Forsyth,
Miles City, Roundup and HarlOwtOn
on each succeeding day.
The band this year is without a
doubt the best that "Lou" has turned
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-03-18

out in the last few years, and every
member is "rarin" to show the peo-
pie Of the state the kind of band we
have at NJ, S. C.
Some of the features of the band
this year will be saxaphone .quin-
tst, male quartet, baritone solo and
! a cornet duet. Besides these special
numbers the program will consist Of
some of the standard marches and
Oyertures.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1925-01-22
Child Labor Amendment
To Federal Constitution

did motives back of much of the eff
fort to accomplish the defeat of the
amendment can not be concealed.
Of that later. For the present | shall
review the objections in the main
urged against it on the assumption
that they are put forth in the utmost
good faith however their shallowness
may induce suspicion with reference
thereto. No doubt they have been ac-
cepted by many honest, well-meaning
people who are entitled to a respect
full consideration of the reasons which
have impelled them to that course.
A Communist Plot
One of the stock arguments is that,
as expressed in an editorial in the
Florida Times-Union, gravely repro
dueed in the Washington Post of De-
fber 70, 1924, that the whole move
meAt s communist plot, it hav-
ing been discovered that the pro
pDnents are closely allied with the
Russian Soviet" 1t can not have es-
capped the notice of the most casual
LCcNuCA CilNI ldICClly every plGCG VI
every proposed change of
policy, evoking the antagonism of
Big Business is denounced as social
istic, communistic, bolshevistic, in
spired if not directed from Moscow.
The farm relief legislation that oc-
,upied so much of the thought of
Congress in recent sessions, the pro-
1ision for the publication of the list /
# income-tax payers and the amounts I
,aid by them, the income tax itself,
he farm loan law, the proposal that I
he Government operate it's $780, I
100000 plant at Muscle Shoals, as
in the Norris bill and con-
itionally in the Underwood bill, in
orsed by the President of the United
'tates, these all, like the child labor
mendment, are not the product of
american craftsmanship or American
conomic thought, but have their orig
4, credulous public is told, in the
rains of the coterie of conspirators
rho rule and have nigh ruined Rus
ia.
Now, mark how plain a tale will
ut that down so far as the child
Continued on page 81 s
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1925-01-22
CLUB SUPPER WILL
Be RECORD BREAKER

One of the largest, most enthusi-
astic and representative community
gatherings ever held in Wolf Point is
the prediction made by the club Of
ficers and directors of the CONNER
cial club for February 3.
4ecretary Gordon, following in
structions of the directors, sent invi-
tations to numerous organizations of
the city to be represented at this
meeting and take a part in laying
out the community work for the year,
and states that he has received splen-
did response. Supper will be served
at 1880 and all intending to attend
the meeting should keep the day and
hour in mind Tuesday, February 8,
at the Sherman hotel.