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The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-11-19
WEATHER IN 1926
RATED unusual"
In Many Instances Broke An
State RecOrds-ShOwed
Widest Variations

HELENA-'The weather Of the
1925 crop season was. unusual in
many respects and IN many instances
broke all state records for temper
ature and rainfall variations" ac-
cording to the biennial report of A.
H. Bowman, commissioner Of the de-
partment of agriculture, labor and III
dustry. SIN no recent year has there
been such a variation between the
various sections Of the state, or such
a range in crop yields"
The report indicates that January
and February Of 1926 were the warm
est Of these months in weather bu-
reau records for the state. Both
months were below normal in precip-
itation. March mean temperature
was exceeded only six months in these
records. Heavy winds on March %
to 26 did considerable damage 70
winter wheat by soil blowing.
April, like March, was above nor
NAL in temperature and the average
precipitation was the lightest on rec
ord
May temperature continued to av-
erage well above normal and precip-
itation was decidedly below normal,
The first ten days of June wit
messed a continuation Of the drouth,
but from the ninth to the twenty
third, a period of wet weather set in.
To central and western Montana
these rains came in time largely to
save the crops, but in the eastern
third of the state, especially that area
south Of the Missouri river, they were
too late to prevent widespread dam
age.
July marked the ninth consecutive
month of mean temperature above
normal, while precipitation fell below
normal. Drouth damage in east
central Montana and the extreme
northwestern part Of the state be-
came apparent.
August averaged slightly below
normal in mean temperature and was
above normal in precipitation. Late
grain improved with this weather ex.
cept in areas where previous injury
was permanent.
September fell wen below norma
In temperature and averaged vel
above in precipitation. On Septem
Der "a and Is an unusually cold spell
intervC ned which froze and seriously
injured a large percentage of lat
corn, together with the apple and 20
, tatO crop and garden truck. Damag,
, to grain crops was light.
!. In spite of the many unfavOrabl
, aspects of. the season, the state thi
: year has produced a wheat crop we
|, above that of last, while prOductio
: Of oats, barley and hay exceed bot
= last year and average. The appl
crop viii measur considerably abov
\ the short crop of 1925. also great
reduced by freeze damage. Flax an
hay win fall moderately below tn
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E. o. Cash baled hay at the Wells
ranch a couple of days last week.
Earl and Bill Pierce spent two days
hunting at Chimney Rock last week.
The road from this vicinity to
BOzeman is reported to be in a very
bad condition as a result Of the recent
storms.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Sorensen and
daughter of Whitehall spent Sunday
with Mrs. S~orensen's mother, Mrs. A.
Sorensen, at her home here.
S. Jensen, Barney Sorensen and
Len Verwolf made a business trip up
the Yellowstone last Tuesday. They
also spent a few hours fishing on the
river.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Nicholson and
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Nicholson of
near Livingston were visitors at the
Werner home Wednesday evening
and enjoyed the radio program.
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Word was received in Belgrade re-
Gently Of the marriage of Miss Lii
liam Christensen, a school teacher
here last year, to Ardin A. Kelton at
Bloomer, Wisconsin.
The play given by students of the
Belgrade high school Friday eve
ming was well given and received a
good attendance. The two girls sell
ected by the school for the Girls
/ Vocational congress in Bozeman this
week, are Misses Neva Craver and
Willea Miller, both seniors.
Rev. R. w. Orr returned Monday
afternoon from a trip over the east
ern part of Montana in connection
with his work as chairman of the
committee on Presbyterian program
and field activities. He was accom-
panied by Rev. Harshaw, Of Mime
apolis.
Miss Florence Penwell, delegate
from the local WOman's club to the
County Federation of Women's clubs;
Mrs. Roy Hubbard, Mrs. R. L. TOwne,
and Mrs. Jean Penwell were those
going from here to the meeting in
Manhattan Saturday. Miss Blanche
Ferney, president, was not able to be
there.
The Belgrade Woman's club viii
meet Friday afternoon with Mrs. C.
w. Coon, giving a Thanksgiving pro-
gram, with roll call answered by
!, Thanksgiving verses from the Bible.
Miss Florence will have charge of the
remainder of the program, which viii
be hand craft, the making of place
cards.
Mrs. Theodore Sanders and children
/ of Ennis, arrived in Belgrade Friday
r and visited at the home of her sister
:, Mrs. J. R. Robinson, and family
Saturday evening Mrs. Robinson en-
d ~tertained at a dinner for her sister
r her husband, and E. L. Heidel, eac.
having a birthday anniversary tn
last of the week.
e To say that Mrs. Walter Cline
It was surprised Monday evening, whe
# a number of her friends and relative
dropped in on her to help her cel5
brate her birthday anniversary, is {
ID put it mildly. All gathered at til
Lehman home across the street, an
came over in a body, bringing II
ID freshments. Cards were played {;
re four tables, Mrs. Ray Angel winnin
is high score.
About 80 relatives and friends fro
J., Belgrade and Bozeman gathered
l. the ranch home of Mr.. and MI
lg Clarkson Spain near Springhill Mo,
day evening, carrying with the
to many good things to eat, and su
Us prised the newly married couple wi
tn a house warming. Among those pre-
ent were Mr.. and Mrs. R. B. Lo
d. dell, parents of Mrs. Spain; Mr.. al
ne Mrs. Charles Bell, Misses Louis
RS. Alta and Gladys Spain, all fro
BOzeman; Nh. and Mrs. Roy Hu
or bard, Nh. and Mrs. S. C. Allen, N
an and Mrs. Jean Penwell, Misses Ell
to and Ella Hall, and Florence Penwe
from Belgrade.
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The dance given at the Fredericks
han Friday drew a large crowd.
The play given at the high school
auditorium Friday night was well at
tended.
Ernest Hankinson returned Sunday
mOrning from Potosi, where he had
been employed for two weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. F1aherty and
family were Sunday guests at the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Price Of Three
Forks.
Miss Tamsy Thompson spent the
week end at the home Of her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Thompson
at Milligan canyon.
William Decker of Belgrade spent
several days Of last week in Willow
Greek visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Burton
Thompson.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. A. Dreweicke mo-
4Ored to BOzeman Saturday and spent
&he day attending to business mat
tiers.
Messrs. Marshal and Ernest Han
kinson motored to Bozeman Monday
and spent several hours attending to
business matters.
Miss Mary Hopkins was taken
Wednesday to LewistOwn, where she
underwent an operation for append
eitis. She is getting along nicely.
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Ira Eukes was a Helena business
visitor Monday.
Rev. w. H. Mitchell of Townsend,
held services at the Episcopal church
Sunday evening.
The Presbyterian Aid society serv.
ed its annual chicken pie dinner at
the church parlors Thursday evening.
George Bryan and Don Orr, stu
dents at Intermountain Union college
in Helena, drove home to spend the
week end.
Raymond D~iefenderfer spent the
week end at home from Missoula,
returning to the university Monday
afternoon.
Mrs. ]. w. Sponsler and son and
daughter of Roman, visited with her
parents, MI. and Mrs. George Ping,
last week.
Miss Florence PenweIl entertained
the Afternoon Bridge club at he1
home at PenweltOn, Wednesday AFT
ternoon.
Rev. Wayne Dalton went to Butte
the last of the week to hear a Baptist
speaker, Rev. Brougher, president Of
the Northern Baptist convention.
MI. and Mrs. H. S. Hecox wert
business callers in town Monday, ant
+ visited at the C. H. Hecox home il
+. the afternoon.
; Mrs. R. L. Towne has been selects
by the Woman's club to have charg
Of the sale of Christmas seals thi
, year, in and about Belgrade.
: H. G. Prescott of Noonan, N. D
has secured a position al the Be
grade store, and is expected to brin
= his family here to reside.
i Little Margaret Kerr returned I
her home in Bozeman a few day
ago, after spending several days wit
MI. and Mrs. George Stimson.
Miss Jennie Mccullough is spent
ing some time visiting at the hon
of her nephew and wife, Mr.. and Mr.
Forrest Wise, near Three Forks.
Donald Moore, who was home fl
a week or two, recovering from 8
attack Of scarlet fever, returned
Y MissOula Sunday to resume hi
/. studies at the State university.
d Among Belgrade hunters for e
IT and deer during the last few days
le the season were Mr.. and Mrs. w.
T Barnard, Mr.. and Mrs. J.. A. BessetH
y Hugh Biggs, Joe Pavey, A. L Olse
II Bob Hespen, and Laurence Dean.
+ Mrs. Frank Brooking and daug
e. ter, Frances, Of Cardwell, spent sc
< eral days with Mrs. William FL
e. stephens last week. Sunday til
re were dinner guests Of Mr.. and M
q Roy Hubbard.
One evening last week, E. Al St
fel was host to the Evening Fl
or Hundred club. c. R. Grogan W
us high for the gentlemen, and M
all Florence PenweIl for ladies. De
ay cious refreshments were served.
- Rev. Z. L. Jones, in the absence
lIv Rev. Orr, held services morning a
a evening at the Presbyterian chul
nd Sunday. Rev. Jones is from Billin
Of He Illustrated his talk in the event
with s~tereopticon pictures.
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Mrs. Alice Phenix mOtored to Man
haitian Friday.
Joe Malin of the valley was in LO-
gan Monday morning.
J. w. McLees is spending a few
days with friends in Manhattan.
The show at the Logan school
building Friday evening was well at
tended.
Several Logan folk motOred to
Manhattan and attended the ARMS
tice dance Thursday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Mcdonnell Of
the valley were shoppers in Logan
Thursday.
Nike and Will Crowley of BOzeman
we're attending to matters OF business
IN Logan and vicinity Friday.
Mrs. Wallace Burrell, Mrs. Charles
Ellison and Miss Ethel Ellison mo-
&ored to Three Forks Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Olsen and daughter
of Manhattan were business visitors
in Logan Friday afternoon.
Miss Harriet Tice spent the week
end at the home of Mrs. Earl Hinote
IN BOzeman.
DIN Durham and Henry Mcdowell
motored to Maudlow Saturday to
spend a couple Of days on business.
T. H. Tice and G. w. Lewis of Man
haitian spent Sunday at the Ray
Whitmore ranch on Cherry Greek.
WI. McLees and D. F. McLees of
the Madison valley were business Wis
5t0rs in Bozeman Saturday.
Tom Ross, Bill Mccormick, anC
Henry Holland left Friday for a few
days hunting in the Horse Shoe hills
Mrs. Susan Nicholas of Livingston
Ks visiting at the home of Mrs. Mat
tie Thompson this week.
]. A. Muir, Courtney Muir, an
Henry Morrison attended to bushes
matters in Bozeman Saturday.
Oscar Sabo returned Thursda
from several days visit with hi
Brother, Francis Sabo, in Minnea
polls.
Mrs. w. D. Kelso drove to Loga
from her ranch home and visited FIR
day afternoon at the home Of Mr.
John Powers.
Earl Rice, who had been a que:
of his s;s,or, MIS-. George Burrell, fC
a week departed Saturday for h
home in Forsyth.
Mrs. Alice Phenix, accompanied
Miss Esther Ferguson and MI
Headly, drove to BOZeman Saturds
morning.
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The phrase Neither rhyme nor rea-
SON" has a very interesting historic
origin.
A pOmpous and pedantic author took
bis ponderous book to Sir Thomas
More, author Of utopia" and asked
his opinion OF It. The chancellor Of
'BluR King Hal" is one Of the most
attractive characters In our history, so
gentle and sweet-tempered was he, and
he let this pedantic upstart down gen
dy by suggesting to him that he might
with advantage turn his book into
rhyme.
It is related that the author went
away highly pleased. and, on complet-
ing his task, returned to Sir Thomas
for a final verdict. @Aye, aye" said
the witty satirist that's better. IRIS
rhyme at least now. and before It was
neither rhyme nor reason"
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Mrs. c. D. Geordge was a visitor
at the Woosley home Friday.
Orville De Fields made a business
trip to Livingston Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Al Meyers motored to
Wilsall Friday evening.
Several from this vicinity attended
the basket social at the River school.
Carl Robinson was a Wilsall bust
ness visitor Friday, taking in a ship
ment Of hogs.
L. L. Cooper and family were Liv-
ingston business visitors during the
week.
L. w. Wellman of Portland, Ore,
has been visiting his brothers, Glenn
and Fred Wellman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Woosley spent
Sunday visiting with Mr.. and Mrs
C. P. Hargis.
]. B. Catlett of Lewistown was &
recent business visitor at the Ray
Isbell home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eber Sheridan anf
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. D'Ewart were
dinner guests Sunday at the home o.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Cowan.
Among the Sedan business visitor:
in Wilsall during the week wert
Hurley Goodwin, Glenn Wellman, FREQ
Maddox, John Peacock, James Fath.
ers, o. ]. De Fields, Ed Kaiser anC
son, Lester WOosley, Glee RidnOur
w. P. Inabnit, Arthur Kurk, Mr.. anC
Mrs. Il L. Cooper, Elmer Kannegaard
Ray Reichman, and w. M. Daugh
erty.
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81 understand your daughter mar
ried q musician"
81 haven't a word to say about the
matter" replied Mr.. CumrOx. II don t
pretend to understand music and /
certainly don't understand my daugh-
ten. "-WashingtOn Star.
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chariot Of fire. Pointing to the halo
about the prophets head, Benny ex-
claimed: "See, mamma, he's carrying
an extra tire"
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WIIIING no WORK.

Farmer-"Would you like to buy a
jug Of cold cider?"
TOurist-"Well-er, is it ambitious
and willing to work."
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"Bob thinks he knows it ALL"
"Well, I guess he's right at that;
he's too stupid to learn any MORE
Boston Transcript.
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five-year average, while most Of the
minor crops win exceed this average.
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BALLOON, WE SUPPOSE.
Little Benny was looking at a pic
ture Of Elijah going to heaven in a
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-26
Mexican Church Awqits Orders from
the Vatican

The latest dispatches from Mexico picture the catholic prates
in defiant attitude but the boycott appears to have lost what
effectiveness may the catholic
the chief sufferers and have lost enthusiasm
which ruins them.
The catholic preas reached with President Gales
but when they discovered that they could claim victory after
The official statement that eff the the temples they
do subject the laws they breathing threats
of hell and damnatOn for all who oppose their eaconary demands
No resumption of religious services contemplated according
to the catholic spokesman 1t is interesting note that the vatican
actually directing the struggle of the church Mexico learn
from the following statement by Archbishop Jose del Rio
The catholics OeH to take transcendenly
important step the suspension Of religious services RE-
QUIRED THE NOTIFICATION OF THE POPE Noo no reso-
luton for the resumption of religious services CAN BE TAKEN
WITHOUT THE APPRECIATION or THE POPE ou
That the has quidated the crisis
release Of those arrested in connection with the
spraey the lack of support indicated
society the only who distributing
protest circulars. ctrs
probable that the church keep up struggle in
form until Ambassador Sheffield has had opportunity
open during the United
States. tS
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-26
failing British Miners Under E. P. A.

Details of the methods by British government try
ing to break the spirit of the striking miners are available IN IN
creasing the creduous believer IN Brit
fish democracy fail that the miners in life and death
struggle with British capitalism and its government
referred the emergency act comforting extra
ordinary police and Judges dprng the accused work
by jury making them liable to prison SEN
actions and uerance which without the b. A. would
violate no law.
Bankenhorn in England in article on the strike
in The Railroad Teegapher for August states f
starvation on top of this the concentrated
propaganda of the ot0nerS and nmidGtOn SOME OF
THIS HAS GONE LENGTHS I NEVER SAW IN OUR OWN
COALFIELDS.
1t operates P. A." emergency poseers act,
put during general strike and reneoed from month
month By the parliament Police order the Warock
shire UGgers into their houses as scabs go by miner toGs
stopped from clappg his hands dvey IN his door
,oay # you goOddGy to sc0bs paincohesmen rush
them saying, "What did he say tohGt did he sdy?"
But 3, p A. is not stiff enough Miners TGmWorh
found themselves charged intimidation chich failed then
"oeching 6esettng" the bench surprised
police produced lao of 1925 about matching and be-
setting They fined for "oaching and beSettng"
DR. Robert Dunstan, writing the August Communist Rere0
says
sag place trial By jury under this
act Summary jurisdiction giren the police Under
the regulations and in the majority Of the prisoners oe
brought before ordinary of magistrates In the
"Great Unpaid" EtheSe magistrates UOlntdrlyit
is an honorable" Officially been for
severity partially Oere the rights property have been
question: but IN the prosecutions under E. p A. INNUMER
ABLE WORKING CLASS DEFENDANTS hare "tred,"
insued fined and imprisoned by their class enemies in
1Chich 1U be long remembered By the
The Workers Weekly August IS tells a
woman SO years shouting "blackego a a scab.
Arrests in the coafeds taking character and
three months hard labor quite
accompanied by stiff fine, are the usual procedure.
These facts and others showing the warke methods of British
capitalism should be emphasized in all meetings held for collection
of British miners stir the
movement maximum activity support these
bearing whole brunt of the struggle the British working
against cuts and for the life of the labor movement
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normal life, unhindered by famine,
came back quickly and creatively
after the civil war. Yet even in the
slowly recovering Samara, were signs
of the new life.
"Red Army Street"
T DO not allude to the street signs
L nor to the red flags; tho it is true
that the street first passed thru was
labeled RED Army Street," and the
next one had changed its name of
Trinity Street" to an unpronounce-
able revolutionary hero of more mod
ern date than the Trinity. And all
thru the city hung red flags, draped
with black, for the sudden death of
Dzerzhinsky.
But these were surface signs. The
real signs were deeper. Half block
up from the dock l pass warehouse
labelled: Farm Implements. Govern
ment Warehouse No. 23." A little far
Their up a sausage shop, conspicu-
ously clean and spacious after the an
cient market booths along the water
front, bears the sign: "The Toiling
Collective of War Invalids, Sausage
Shop No. A.
On the next corner is a building oc-
cupying half a block: Labor Tenn
pie, Building Workers of Samara."
Anyone who knows how labor unions
were forbidden under the car does
not need to be told that here has been
revolution. Across the street a no.
tel bears the name of the Third Inter
national Hotel. Farther down comes
the "Club Hall, Tailors Union, an
other sign of labors omnipresence.
Here, as change, is a newly paint
ed factory, announcing that it has
been especially organized "for making
over weights and measures to the
metric system in conformance with
government standards" Around the
corner from it an enormous stone
building bears the name "Agricul
ural Bank: Samara Branch; so l
now this is the distributing center
or peasant credits from the nations
canty treasury. Not far away a
mailer building labelled "Sam-Kred-
oyus" is puzzled out easily to mean
iamara Credit Union, the smaller,
aore intimation cooperative which
lraws its funds from the Big Agri
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-26
8. How to Tell Soviet Town.
BY ANISE.


Especial to The Daily Worker)
CAMARA, July 22.-I had only an
- hour and a half in Samara while
the boat was loading. l rode across
town and back again in a street car
and talked with no one. Yet for all
that, l could have known, easily with
out mistake. that l was in a Soviet
city. | would have known it if | were
a traveller newly come from Mars,
II is unmistakable. Soviet cities, even
in outward signs, are different from
all others.
Samara is the city where five years
ago 1 lay in delirium with typhus,
while around me men and women
we're dropping dead in the streets
from starvation. The railroad station
to which went today looked strange
ly deserted. For l remember it when
ten thousand people were camped in
it's courtyard, sleeping, hungering, dy-
ing, trying to get away. And the trains
could not carry half of them.
Not Beautiful.
TT is not a beautiful city, Samara,
i A long time will pass before it will
be either beautiful or clean. True
from a distance along the river, the
church domes rise golden and pic
turesquely to heaven. Even the ug
licst, drabbest Russian village has its
church dome, lofty, overtowering the
low matched huts, remnant of the age
when the life and development of the
common man was nothing, but the
symbols of the czar-ruled church were
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been out of work for quite long
time prior to the present dispute.
Also another two million are unem-
ployed besides the miners because of
the lack of coal, therefore, their pow
er to contribute to the miners assist
ance is cut off and another million
are on short time as a consequence
of the lock out.
But great credit is due to many who
have regularly subscribed a steady
five per cent of their wages. OF course
we all hope that the delegation sent
by the general council of the T. u.
c. to the United States to collect
funds for the miners will meet with
good measure of success.
A T the end of August the annual
"A conference of the National Minor
ity Conference will be held, and here
there will be full and frank declar-
alton of the serious lack Of militancy
as shown by the behavior of the. gem
eral council at the time of the partial
general strike. 1t is fully admitted
by those who can sense the situation
that the leadership of the British
trade unions is deficient in clearness
of vision.
The pitiable exhibition of some
prominent trade union officials in ad-
wishing their members to accept con-
ditions of humiliating character i'm
posed by the bosses, and finding ex-
cuses for the bosses instead of stand
ing UP manfully against them and on
behalf of the men, has caused such
revulsion of feeling that it is now
settled thing that definite steps will
be taken to change the personnel Of
the leadership as soon as may be.