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The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-11-26

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Arthur
Brisbane, New York editor, coined
the aptest phrase of all in describing
President Coolidge's tax rebate, when
ne spoke of it as cutting taxes a year
old. Even the professional politicians
Of the country, whose vocabularies of
praise are hardly sufficient. to eulo-
gize their own activities, were obliged
to express their admiration of what
the president had done.
At the exact moment when the
Democrats, under the leadership Of
Senator Simmons and others, were
preparing to tie up congress in all
sorts Of knots, by demanding priority
rights w tax rate reduction, citing
the present treasury surplus as their
excuse, the president stepped in and
while reaffirming his belief that there
was q serious element Of danger in
attempting to cut taxes predicated on
prosperous years, taxes which il re-
duced might prove woefully made
quate in the event Of lean years, sug-
gested d rebate to thQ M vers 80
be paid out Of surplus which was
worrying Mr.. Simmons.
Any Democratic filibuster now
must operate to deprive the people
Of the rebate which the president
seeks to give them. The Democrats
accordingly appreciate the fine tight
corner into which the president has
showed shem. The presidents orig
inal thought was. Of course, 10 have
this rebate made operative BY legisla-
ton to be enacted By December 10,
which, Of course, IS wholly possible
liz the Democrats win abandon their
partisan spirit for the time being.
The alternative proposition which Mr..
Mellon has proposed namely, that the
rebate b figured IS a. advance pay
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-11-26
By NatiOnaI Press service

Washington, D. C.-President Cool
idge reached a wise decision in going
into the Middle West to dedicate the
Peace monument on .Armistice day at
Kansas City. The gossip is general
in Washington that he is particularly
anxious to see the country farther
west and also southwest, and it would
not be surprising if he made such a
journey at the first opportunity. The
reconvening of congress, Of course,
inevitably holds him in Washington
now, but it has beer limited that at
the latest he will make the trip in
the early spring. trip which is
likely to be supplemented by his de-
cision to spend his summer vacation
in the far western country. He is
not at all insensible of the natural
desire of the people to see him and
hear him in person, and he has ex-
pressed his distress at times that the
routine in Washington denied him the
opportunity to make trips which he
felt are properly a part of the OBJ
legations of his office.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-11-26

election, he advised his party associ-
ates that the time had arrived when
the Republican party must get rid
of the high hat and the frOck coat.
1t must get rid of this fetish of fam
lily worship, and become a little more
human, a little more sympathetic.
While he was speaking only to his
associates in his home state, his mes
sage is we'll worth the attention of
the Republicans of the country at
large. There are times when it would
seem as if the ambition and desire
for we'll being became almost an OBJ
session and as a result, to tell the
truth, the Republican party meetings
have taken on the character of Sun
day school gatherings. The parsy
needs all the ideals of righteousness
which it has, because these ideals
have been the fundamentals on which
its growth has been based. But it also
is time that the party became a little
more human, a little more hOspitable.
particularly to present-day emf
grants, who were unable to engage
passage on the earlier colonial ships.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-11-26
DO YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING NOW

With Thanksgiving behind us, we turn our at
tention to the joyous season of Christmas, now
only four weeks W.
Four weeks is a brief period. And preparations
for Christmas require considerable time, espec-
tally when one has only spare moments to devote
to them. All this makes it excusable for us to
suggest and urge that Christmas shopping be
done NOW.
There are a number of reasons why early
Christmas buying is desirable. Besides avoiding
the inevitable rush incident to the last few days
before the holiday, with its attendant discomfort
and inconvenience for both patrons and store
employees, early buyers have better and more COM
plete stock of goods from which to make selec-
tions.
Nothing is ever gained by procrastination, and
sometimes losses result. Belated Christmas shop
pers worry and hurry, are unable to obtain certain
articles they want, and on Christmas eve, in des-
~peration, take whatever they can get, whether
appropriate or not. For them some of the JOY
has been taken out of Christmas, as possibly it
has for some of those whom they wish to remem-
Der with gifts.
The merchants of Bozeman and of the Gallatin
valley now have their Christmas stocks on hand,
and in a day or so they will be on display in all
their ~splendor. Foresighted shoppers will take
advantage of the wonderful opportunities offered,
and do their buying before December Is. Thus
they will avoid worry, hurry, and disappointment
Do your Cchristmas shopping NOW.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-11-26
THE NEW AGRICULTURE
From the Dearborn Independent

From the Dearborn Independent
Profit-rather than price-is this to be the
new slogan of agriculture?
]. W. Coverdale, for several years executive
secretary of the American Farm Bureau feder-
alton and today an outstanding man in Middle
West agriculture, is a proponent of this idea.
Another is Arthur Huntington, of Cedar Rapids,
Iowa. Today, Coverdale's ideas of efficiency are
exemplified in the crusade he is carrying on to-
ward the elimination of needless duplication in
elevators in the small towns of Iowa. Huntington
has preached and written the gospel of indus
trialization and Identification of the farm.
"'Dollar corn is no longer the slogan" Cover
dale points out. 'The producer is now thinking
Of corn that can be sold for more than the cost
Of production. He now sees that he must not only
get a large return per acre, but a higher return
per worker. That he must have efficient pro-
duction equipment, and learn to use it efficiently
Average results are not his aim; il he is to
succeed, his practices must be the best in the
industry.
"n the past, practically the only thing con-
sidered rs a barometer Of agricultural conditions
has been price A high price has been accepted
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-11-26

as prosperity; and a low price as calamity"
Mr.. Coverdale, however, defines the correct
price of a product as that price which will move
the entire crop into consumption without a short
age or carry-over; and provide a profit for the
producer.
The first step in cooperative merchandising is
the practice of self-restraint on the part of those
who would cooperate, claims Coverdale, who also
points out that the farmer cannot have both
public aid and all his personal liberties at one and
the same time. Neither can producers who want
to cooperate with others do so unless they are
willing to forego their personal liberties for the
sake of the cooperation.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-11-26

WASHINTON, D. C.-This is the
slack season for political correspond
ents Of Washington, and as a result
trivialities become important and i'm
pressive in the minds of the newspa-
permen. Because of this very sdearth
Of news, certain of the eastern pa
pers, during the past week, and no
doubt some of the western papers,
have joined in by carrying on a very
intense discussion with themselves
as to who is to be the presidents
spokesman on Capitol hill this win
ter. After a considerable amount of
typographical hemming and having,
they solemnly affirm that that honor
will fall upon Senator Curtis.
The articles and the debate were
humorous to say the least. Senator
Curtis has, by reason of his commit
tee chairmanships, been the spokes-
man of the president, and has occu-
pied that position during the session
Of congress which closed this sum-
mer and will re-assume duties and re-
sponsibilities in December. Indeed.
it is whispered that the president was
the most surprised man in the world
having this thought firmly in mind
when he read this apparent discus.
sion as to making a selection. But OF
the whole perhaps, it is just as vel
to reaffirm the relationship which ex,
lists between Senator Curtis and tn,
chief executive.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-11-26
AN UNPARALLELED GROWTH

The electric light has just passed its forty
seventh birthday. Think of it! Forty seven years
ago there were no electric lights. Thomas Ed
isOn's first lamps were not much like those of
today.
For many years the electric light was enjoyed
by but a few it was too expensive for the masses.
Today it is the cheapest kind of light. It's cost
is so insignificant that it is hardly considered in
the family budget.
From nothing to more than $500, 600, 900
invested is the record of less than half a century
of electric development. Single plants are now
being built in the East, Middle West and on the
Pacific Coast which develop hundreds of thousands
of horsepower. To shut off electric lights today
would jeOpardize health and destroy commercial
activity in the nation.
MIR. Edison, at 81, has taken part in the growth
of an industry from its beginning as probably no
other man has ever been privileged to do.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-11-26

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Albert Of
finger, who is the only Republican
elected on the New York state ticket,
gathered a few of his party associ-
ates around him the other day, and
compressed a very considerable
amount Of common sense into a brief
statement. Discussing the Republican
debacle in New York at the recent
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-11-26
\ . e GAPLTAL


ment IN the taxes due next March,
is not perhaps quite as spectacular
as q Christmas present would have
been, but no doubt will be equally &C
ceptable.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-11-26

Investigations show that the story of Joshua and the
walls of Jericho seems to be true, thus ~crediting Joshua
with the invention of the saxophone-Detroit News.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-11-26

The United States has 10 times more telephones in pro-
portion to '~popuatioa han. any oeher country on the
globe
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-11-26

A minority party has one advantage-it builds up a
great reputation for virtue-LOs Angeles Times.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-11-26

The various states spent $s4s, 1851 O1 on road and bridge
construction in 1926.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-11-26

Speaking Of the presidency, Mr.. McAdOO says: "There
is no office I want less" But is there any he wants more?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-07-03
The District in the Role Of the
Hound Dog

Stop kicking nv hound dog around favorite expression
with the late Champ Clark might wei be taken by states
the District This city is undoubtedly the hound dog in Con-
grs witness Of the recent happenings in that body
The vitality important traffic bill has been hanging by
thread because of minor objections statesmen The
leaders urged by many members permit by that
body retirement legislation stand pat upon the injustice
they have decided commit The wishes Of the majority Of
the House smothered.
Senator Cole Bleae of South Carolina objects to the Senate
voting upon the important creating Public
Utilities Commission for the District The parliamentary rules
Of both bodies Of Congress such that lone man. ung
the Words 81 object stop the passage Of bill
favored by practically the entire membership Of either body
it is not legislation by majority. The majority has
chance to decide what wants There democracy in it,
Senator King Of Utah. for example has single handed killed
the important House bill to establish the Bureau Of Foreign
and Domestic Commerce permanent bureau in the Depart
ment Of Commerce.
In hour in the Senate Thursday THIRTY BILLS
killed by the objection route.
Senator Beae who has been in the Senate just four months
says Washington is the worst governed city in the world
He absolutely right he refers to being governed and
he right he that it msgoverned because the
people of this city do govern it themselves under the
friendly guidance and control Of Congress tgef
Senator Blease probably sincere in the belief that in
killing the Public Utilities bill he is serving the people Of this
city but he is not serving them He is serving the utilities
corporations He may not know that simply because he has
here This particular bill had the approval Of virtually every
civic organization in the District certainly the approval Of
general public which is DESTROYS that its interests in utilities
matters should be protected.
The South Carolina will doubtless turn out to be
genuine friend Of Washington and Of people, He the
kind Of who sympaizes with the wishes Of the plain
the responsibility Of killing valuable piece Of legislation
The II object system of killing bills In Congress ought
claim the attention of Mr. Bease and others who should
ieve in majority of any body ruling The time will
when MIR. Blease will pet Of his own
slaughtered through the objection route and then he will
kick up rumpus.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-07-03
DR.. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
RY %. FRANK GRAM
The Dark Side Of DiUOrce

NNHAUNCEY NJ. DEPEW, interviewed on his ninety-sec
ond birthday asked what he considered to be
the most beautiful word in the English language.
His was: .sHome.
About the time President Coolidge, addressing
large body Of people, expressed the belief that the only
for the crime and many other problems Of the
present time lies in the home-in better homes.
Leading all the nation concurred with both
statements.
But, while they were concurrng, Mrs. Amy Steinhart
Braden gave the other side of the picture Mrs Braden
Secretary of the California State Department Of Public
Welfare and recently she made appeal for homes to take
in dvorce-orphaned children.
In this appeal she said
sThe presentday breaking up of homes leaving more
children without parental than there are chldless
families willing to adopt them.
She points out there in this one State about
300 ttboardng homes for children which have been
given licenses.
These are full and there several hundred children on
the waiting list appeal to private homes to take them
in is being made
The dark side of divorce the lives OF the children
who are robbed Of the normal privileges OF home lie
Divorce proceedings generally IN the limellght
II not here but the shadows that lie beyond that the
main tragedy Of the breaking up OF homes takes place
This main tragedy itself with the helpless chill
dren left in abnormal conditions not with the couples VINO
separate .
Divorce orphaned children, farmed out in groups IN
stbomes run on commercial basis and shut out from
knoedpe of what real home is like, form everWlden-
ING blot on our present-day civilization
e 49, Copyright The Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-07-03
By ELSIE ROBINSON

sensible, reliable girl like his
mother had been-that's what
Franklin wanted. And that's
what he thought he had found
when he met Irene.
No nonsense about Irene. Liked
to sew and cook--crazy about chill.
dren-great hand at nursing-just
wild to have a home. Nice little
dancer, but didn't care to Jazz.
Willing to help a fellow save. In
short, the Perfect Woman.
Such was Franklin's opinion Of
Irene until yesterday. And then
They were discussing the we'd
ding. To Franklln's Joy, Irene
wanted a quiet affair. No fuss
just step around to the minister's
after they got the license-Every-
thing was coming Franklin's way.
And now I suppose we'd better
take the measurements for the
wedding ring" said he, with that
slightly added grin peculiar to
prospective grooms.
And THEN 1t happened.
Ring" Irene laughed in her
quiet way. Goodness, Franklin
Jones, do you think I'm going to
wear one of those silly, sentimen'
tai old things?"
"Wha-a-t!' The astonished
Franklin gargled wildly for ex.
preston. "Silly - old.fashioned -
"Why. Franklin, what on earth
is the matter with you? You act
so funny. Don't you know no one
wears wedding rings any more?
That is-not the really modern
girls"
Modern girls?" yelled Franklin,
enraged by that loathsome term.
For Pete's sake, when did you
become a modern "trip"
"Well, you, needn't be so rude
about it." shifted the usually gen.
tie Irene. ''Just because I don't
smoke and drink and dance the
Charleston. you needn't think /
was born in the. Ark. I guess I
can be progressive without being
vulgar. And If you think I'm go
ing around wearing any such an.
tiquated SYMBOL Of slavery as a
wedding ring, you've got another
guess coming, Franklin Jones'"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-07-03
TATTOOING
WOMEN
r. i a.range bow der and

RI Is strange how ideas and
ideals differin different parts
OF the world. To us q woman
whose face was tatooed all over
with weird and mystic signs
would be nothing less than
freak. But In the solomon
Islands, q group OF seven large
islands in the West Pacific Ocean,
a woman has not reached the age
of eligibility for marriage until
she has undergone the ordeal OF
tatooing.
The ceremony is rather q
strange one. The tatooer IL q
sort Of sorcerer, called a tindalo.
Before the operation he engages
a company of musicians. At sum
set the concert commences and
lasts well through the night. The
poor girl for whom all this Is
intended must stay awake and
listen to the music and II she
shows signs of doing off her
friends awaken her. At sunrise
the ordeal begins. The instru-
ment used is a bamboo knife,
for bamboo is a very hard wood
and can be made very sharp.
With this knife the tindalo
makes a complicated but rather
artistic network all over the girls
face and chest. Needless to say,
1t is a very painful process, bat
the victim suffers it without a
sound. These people are taught
to endure all manner of physical
ordeals without murmur.
After she has been tattooed she
is eligible for marriage, and from
that time on she is carefully
guarded by her parents. Her tat
tooing has been subscribed to by
her friends and her parents
friends, and these friends must
be repaid for their interest in
her. So every proposal for her
hand in marriage must be accom-.
panied by q substantial pecuniary
offer. OF course. the higher her
rank the more her parents and
friends demand. Sometimes
chiefs daughter remains unmar-
ried until after her fathers death.
Then she may be bought for a
''song" by a middle-aged widower
or by an impecunious sutton who
may have waited for years for
her.
When a maid of the Solomon
Islands has become betrothed and
the payment has been made in
full to her family and those who
helped pay for the tattooing, she
leaves her own home and goes to
live with her betrothed's mother
until the marriage. After she
has stayed at her mother-in-law's
the prescribed length of time her
own parents give an immense
feast to which those who sub
scribed toward the tattooing are
invited.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-07-03
The Glorious Fourth
Enjoy It and Think About It.

We trust that all of readerthere are thousands OF
then-u enjoy the official Fourth tomorrow Sunday and
the day of celebration Monday, THOROUGHLY AND
PRUDENTLY.
There is difference between DEEP FEELING and FIRE
CRACKERS.
Abraham Lincoln making the Gettysburg speech did not
need anv fire crackers increase his earnest
the depth of his feeling
Those that signed the Declaration OF independence one
hundred and fifty years tomorrow signed that document
with the rome of British hangman close to their necks
Franklin said I'VE must hang together o. we snail hang
separately
They needed bursting bombs or pin wheels to make
them appreciate the earnestness OF the day
Enjoy the Fourth of July but give five minutes of thought
20 what the word INDEPENDENCE means. Independence
Day should make of think about being himself in
dependent An independent nation should be made up of
independents CITIZENS and they should be independent Of
many things, for instance
independent of POVERTY the fear of old age
independent SUPERSTITION, which deadens the minds
Independent BOOTLEG whiskey which destroys every
thing.
was the feeling of Independence that made the fathers
Of country from England and made Washington
fight through years of encouragement that would have broken
the heart Of any other
Independence that brought the frst Americans
across the ocean in little sailing boats to settle here and
struggle for foothold continent
independence of CHARACTER and of WILL Independence
Of ancient methods of thought Of ancient superstition,
duoes practically everything worth while The NEW IDEA Is
ENJOY THE FOURTH Help your children and your
friends enjoy it. And during the day ask yourself this
question:
Just how independent am II How much freedom have
in the past? And what doing to make myself
really INDEPENDENT NAN for all of the future?"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-07-03

had, even though his wife should
don 8 dozen wedding rings. For
the wedding ring has nothing
whatever to do with love. The
wedding ring is a relic. It is a
relic of q time when husbands
owned wives and wives bore the
token of that ownership in the
shape of a ring.
That doesn't mean that wives
and husbands didn't love each
other then, or that marriages
weren't a success in spite Of their
legal status. Hearts have always
been bigger than human pro-
grams. Many q wife with a ring
in her nose or on her hand had as
free and as buoyant heart as
the most petted little Missis Of
today.
And by the same token, many
a modern wife, without a ring on
her hand, can be as slavishly de-
voted and loyal as any hunk OF
human flesh who owed her life
Ito her masters within.
For the ring, or the lack OF a
ring, has nothing to do with it.
Franklin. It's what lies behind
that ring, or lack of "a ring, that
counts. If the spirit behind the
ring be loving and generous, there
is no need of a mental circlet on
the hand to prove the fact. And
il the spirit be selfish and petty.
a solid cable of diamonds won't
hide the fact.
So let her wear ring II she
wishes to wear it, or leave it off
IL she doesn't, Franklin. For it's
only a matter Of taste and since
It's HER hand that is to be deco
rated or left bare, it's HER taste
which should settle the question.
"But how're you going to know
they're married IL they DON'T
wear rings?" queries Franklin in
a last despairing yelp.
How're you going to know they
are married II they DO. dearie?
If they're THAT kind of ladies.
can't they take 'en off?
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the girls respond, also in chorus,
in a. high. drawing falsetto, The
songs. by the way. of both the
down from generation to genera
ton, and are seldom, Il ever.
altered.
After the choruses. the Young
men. each in his turn. sing ex-
tremely sentimental songs. only
this time calIing by name the girl
of his choice. Ills inanorata is
eulogized In the most flowery
language. She Is likened to
pearl. q ruby, d star. q flower.
As q rule. he Ii accented. but
once in q while he is rejected.
Her refusals are more or less
stereotyped. She says that she
is not like a day, dim with the
heat-haze. nor like a diamond that
has lost the foil below to set Il
Off. nor like a peacock's tail
dragged in the wet" This Is her
tactfuI way Of telling him that
he is the wrong man. For YOU
see, she has long made up her
mind about the lucky man and he
is. indeed. fool who cannot tell
by the come-hither look in her
eyes. that he is her chosen mate.