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Another Fire.

Another fire visited this town Thurs
day night of last week, destroying the
old warehouse formerly occupied by
The atthews-HoRard Company, but
for the past year occupied by the State
Roads Commission, and owned by the
estate OF the late Adrian Posey. and
the building adjoining, owned by the
town and used as fire engine house.
The fire originated about ten-thirty
O'Clock and alarm was at once sounded
The employees OF the State Roads
Commission succeeded in getting all
OF the trucks out except one. There
was wind blowing al the time and the
fire burned rapidly. A shifting OF the
wind, however, together with heroic
work by the townsmen present, saved
more destruction OF property. Help
was summoned from Washington
which was Immediately responded to
but the ravages the fire had been
checked by the time the fire engines ar
rived. The cause of the fire is un-
known. but ii is Thought likely TO have
been caught from a chimney in the
warehouse which was occupied by
some OF the employees up TO short
time before the fire broke out.
This is the third fire to occur in this
immediate vicinity in the last year and
unless some decided action is taken by
the people TO procure some kind
of fire protection, greater destruction
h fire will be our lot, and it is to be
hoped that this fire will awaken the
people to action and that they will
take more interest in procuring some
sound protection than was apparent at
the recent meeting held in the interest
of fire protection.
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Catarrhal Deafness

of the mucous lining of the Eustaehian
Tube When this tube is inhamed you
have a rumbling sound or Imperfect
Hearing. Unless the Inflammation can
be reduced. your hearing may be de-
etroyed forever.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE will
do what we claim for it-rid your system
Of Catarrh or Deafness caused by
Catarrh.
Sold by all druggists for over 40 Years
F. ]. Cheney & Co.. Toledo. Ohio.
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LOCAL BREvIrEs.

Drive up TO the TEAACo pump.
Lent here. the ladies are looking
forward to Easter bonnets,
q. prov Rovling of his town. is
xnendiny some time in Florida.
NJ eawara I waripp 81 Leonard.
town listed Ia plata Tuesday.
The present crime wave indicates
nlenty Of work for the next Grand
Jury,
va,as IA hns.
sness visit 10 Baltimore during the
week
Kun II win IEAAOo gasoiins'
MIR. Austin Simms, OF IA, 5 seetlon.
enloyed> motor TRIP 10 warrington
SUNDAY last.
Mr. Vivian Dent. of Tompkinsville.
paid business visit to the county
seat Monday last.
says.it ui,b TEXACO motor oil.
Former Sherlu, =, huooipn ~.
sos ,s rs ~ jsetins,an during Inc week.
"f - ""-
Use TEAACO VIM Ek-hUN gas
Oiine--a0 added price.
Mr.. John Robertson. OF Washing
ton, spent sunday with MS parents,
Mr.. aud Mrs. }. d. Robertson, IN TINS
town
"a, tho TEXACO habit and keep
dawn .be nn.keep.
"a. chiolsn Feed and Old Honest
80 ny ass,. , ~. Tohaceo Rad Mixtnres
$3.50 - -t,.l- ~ Robert Y Norris
- p DO Nj
si,,ns and Marbnry Hawkins, OF this
county. attended the dance at aurrats-
vile SATURDAY. night last.
90
Roads are l'npassao,s - n,s t,ile.
hence "0ld Do5bin, the oid relianiei
has come to the rescue again,
AZ Eranl TuYuep and daughter,
.f;ss virainia retuIned 70 their home
n Raltimore SUNDAY last from q visit
20 MI. ana MRS heeu naNes' "
comico'
A Deputy Collector OF Internal Rev
enue will visit La Plata Feb; 18th and
26th. to assist taxpayers in fling in
come tax returns Tor he calendar
o.;a,on =.
Mr.. ALBERT l,o,naA, PsoP.,s''e 20 ~ ~
Hotel st. Mary 5, Leon arusosn, gase
his annual supper lussual efen -
last, which was allenueu W Au'AioeA y
Charles countians'
Mr.. y. ~ =. GRAY, % nan! sA.b; y
advertises nne la'la ." sai e. ~ s,.,s
issue. lie oHers sPieuuiu oppo. .s.,,,
nifty - some energesie young 'hs'a WIZ
wants 10 own soou iari'
wae glad IN learn that Mr.. P.
Reed wis, fresiosn' u lle SousilG.u
MarYlana nanH, VINO 9 III, s onus y us
medical treatment ~ Daisi i,i,s, at1'
returned 10 MS nouns inuou III 'o'e1'
n,;s ;ssrs wa npblish the adver-
,;s an sa'9 Of f. e. e. a G. Merriam Co pub.
i,shers of Webster's New International
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Durham Parish-Episcopal, Christ
Church, Ironsides. Morning service
and Church School every Sunday at
10 80 u. m.
st. James Chapel Grayton, Even
ing Prayer every sunday at 30 p. NJ.
Rev. Il. b. Stevenson. B. A; B. D.,
Rector.
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La Plata Charge, NJ. E. Church
South, Rev. II. Q. Burr, Pastor
La Plata, End Sunday, IL a. m; 4th
Sunday, 5 20 p. IN.
pisgah. LIST and 3rd Sundays, II a. m.
Dentsville, End and 4th Sundays, J
Bethel, 2nd Sunday, $50 p. m; 4th
Sunday, IL a. m
shiloh, LIST Sunday, 3 p. m; 3rd
Sunday, 7.3O p. m.
ChicamuxeH, LIST Sunday, $50 p. M
3rd Sunday, 3p. m.
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Church of the Nazarene, ,Chicamuxen
Circuit. Sunday services, as follows:
Chicamuxen, LIST and Bird Sundays at
IL a. m.
Ironsides, End and 4th Sundays at
10 a. m.
Pisgah, 3p. m.
Indian Head, 100 p. m.
HATTIE H. GOODRICH,
Dactor
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For Rent.

To a Tenant with force and team
a good farm located near Dentsville,
Md. Address
MAE r. THOMPSON,
1911 Poplar Grove St,
Baltimore, Nd.
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WANTED.

SALESMAN CALLING ON HARD
ware, Furniture and General Stores
to sell Building Supplies, Paints. Oils.
koohrs, Shingles, Linoleum Rugs and
Floortex, Havoline Automobile Oils
and Greases. on liberal commission
basis. H. KIRK & SONS. ATFX-
ANDRIA, VIRGINIA.
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For Sale.

Farm near Berry, contain ing 80
acres of land. more or less.
The above property Is imprC ed BY
a COURTROOM dwelling and ne ,sssars
outouidings, all IN fair state CT repair.
Ihis farm has 4S fruit trees on il.
For further particulars. apply TO
CHARLES W. MARSHALL,
-'-u. Berry, Nd
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For Sale.

Farm near Port Tabacco. or between
Fort Tobacco and Pisgah, containing
~ acres OF land, more or less.
Inc above mentioned property is in
proved by a six-room dwelling and ali
necessary outbaildings, all 10 good
condition. For further particulars.
apply to
MRS ELIZA SMITH,
Wilt Port Tobacco, Md.
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Wanted Immediately

Experienced, practical saw-mill
Fair salary, good house, ideal
roundings. ARMY
BENNETT GRAIN,
Mt. Victoria.
Charles Co., Maryland.
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rerms for Tran.Ient Advertising
RELIGIOUS NOTICES.


Port Iobacco FaTIsH.
The Rev. VIM. Hirst Heigham, D. D.,
rector. Telephone La Plata IS.
Services Tor First Sunday, Feb. q
7.45 a. m. La Plata, Christ Church,
Holy Communion.
1000 a. M, La Plata. Christ Church,
Church School.
100 a. m, La Plata, Christ Church,
I.itany. Holy Communion and Sermon.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-02-05
SHERIFF'S LIBEL
SUIT DISMISSED
Defendants Demurrer to Com
plant Observation-Disclosures
of Law Reiterated

Holding that publication of an
article not libelOus per Sc, but so
only by innuendO, is not a basis for
an action to cOv damages unless
the complaint alleges that the plain
tiff has been especially damaged and
points out specifically how and why,
Judge H. J. Miller of Livingston, sit
ting in district court here last Thurs
day fer Judge B. B. Law sustained the
demurrer of the defendant in the libel
case of Sheriff James Smith against
the BOzeman Daily Chronicle.
Judge Miller held that the Chron-
icle's article, upon which the suit was
based, simply purported to report the
testimony of witnesses in a case on
trial, and if their testimony was IN
true it was no fault of the defendants
The complaint, he pointed out, alleged
that the Chronicles story was, by
innuendO, a charge that the sheriff
was in collision with b%ootleggers anC
a crime ring within the county. But
the words, he said, might be just as
susceptible of an innocent as of al
improper and libelous meaning, ant
therefore the plaintiffs complaint
being incomplete, did not state
cause of action.
The complaint was filed by counse
for Sheriff Smith last June and wa
based upon Chronicles report of tn
trial in the district court here las
May of Berl Henderson on a charg
of grand ~larceney. At the hearing
last Thursday neither Sheriff Smit
nor his counsel, a Billings attOrne
who defended Henderson, was present
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-02-05
MARKET WEEK
In Twin CITIES
FEBRUARY S-l2

The Twin City Market Week will
open Feb. 8 and continue until Feb.
Is, according to the official program,
a copy of which has been received by
The Courier. Every merchant in the
Northwest is extended a cordial in
vitation to attend the event and enjoy
the hospitality that the wholesalers
and manufacturers Of Minneapolis
will provide.
The entertainment program is es-
pecially attractive. Monday will be
Market Week night at the Twin City
Auto show; on Tuesday evening there
will be a theater party at the Shu-
bert, Minneapolis; Wednesday brings
a carnival and cabaret-buffet sup
per, stunts, vaudeville and dancing
at the st. Paul Union station, and on
Thursday and Friday there will be
special features at the Auto show in
both cities.
Railroads have granted a rate Of
che and one-half fares for the round
trip from all points in Montana, NORTH
and South Dakota, and Minnesota tt
the Twin Cities. The return date lin.
it is February Is.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-02-05
HOOVER CLAIMS
CREDIT FOR DROP
in RUBBER Price

Washington, D. C.-ActiCn initial
ed by the department of commerce
has resulted in a decrease of Al cents
a pound in the price of rubber, Secre-
tary Hoover declared in a statement
issued here. The statement follows:
"NO amount CT discussion can OBJ
scure that fact that the spO+ price
of rubber was $1.O9 per pound three
months ago. Rubber was $1.05 en-
December 10 when I asked for the
cooperation of the manufactures and
consumers in a drive against the ex-
horh:tant price CT rubber by cOnser-
vaticn and the providing of indepen-
dent American supplies. W. have
had shat cooperation. The spot price
mas dropped Al cents a pound, to 6S
cents.
"Our imports of rubber for 1925
were 860,0O0,OO0 pounds. If we im-
port the same quantity for 1926 and
had continued to pay the price de-
n'anded last December for rubber, our
rubber bill for 1926 would have been
$35O,OOO,OOO more than it will be at
the present level Of prices.
eve undertook this action because
the monopoly had put the price to
600 per cent Of the cost of prOduc-
ton and to 300 per cent over the
price that it's own committee of pro.
ducers had announced as a fair anC
profitable one.
"Of equal importance to demon.
strating that the American consumes
has an ability Of resistance to an!
of these nine governmentally created
monopolies in raw materials, our in
dustries have realized and undertak
en- the serious job of providing rubbe
supplies free of foreign control.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-02-05
fewer MONTANA
firms BANKRUPT;
LIABILITIES LESS

HeIena-The number Of commercial
failures in Montana in 1925 was 40
per cent less than in 1923 and liabili-
ties decreased Sl,247,55O. InsOlven-
cies in commercial lines in the state
we're fewer in 1925 than in 1924, and
liabilities were % per cent less.
The foregoing is a synopsis Of a
report compiled by w. E. Pierce, OF
R. G. Dun and company for the di-
vision Of publicity, department Of ag-
riculture, labor and industry, Hell
ena.
In 1928 there were ZIG commercial
failures in Montana with liabilities OF
S2,82S,393. In 1924 a total Of 166
failures with liabilities Of &2,015,-
O33 was reported. In 1925 there
were 164 failures with liabilities Of
S1,58O,S34.
Moreover, liabilities decreased more
than so per cent in the last six months
of 1925 over the preceding siz
months. In the first half Of 1925 in
~solvencies numbered 80 and liabili-
ties were S1~,142,S1O; during the las.
six months failures numbered Is anC
liabilities were reduced t. S4S8,524
i'm December, 1924 there were 2.
merchants who went to the wall witt
liabilities Of $848.416; in December
1925, only as, who left debts Of $53,
: dS8.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-02-05
MONTANA COLLEGE
HERD IS PROMINENT
in DAIRY RECORDS
Worlds Production Record Set
By Late Grace KOningen,
H~Olstein, Unsurpassed

While Montana can scarcely be list
cd with the leding dairy producing
states Of the nation from the stand
point Of total production production
records of the State college HOlstein
herd do give Montana a prominent
place among the college herds of the
country.
In a summary Of the performance
of Holstein COWS owned by state eel
leges by H. P. Davis of the Univer-
sity of Nebraska, the record Of the
ate Grace Koningen, still stands at
The top of the list. This famous
cow owned by Montana State college
established a new worlds record OF
production for 10-year-old cows and
her production of 32,294.4 pounds Of
milk and 1,C51.89 pounds OF butter
fat has never been equalled by a col
lege-owned cow of any breed.
In his summary Mr.. Davis divides
the college-owned Holstein COWS into
seven classes; junior and senior di-
visions for two, three and four year
old COWS and five-year-olds or over,
In the last mentioned class, Grace
KOningen stands at the head of the
list. In the junior four-year-cld
class, Montana is second with a rec
ord of 21,97O.8 pounds of milk anc
878.8 pounds of butter fat made by
College Elvira. In the senior three
year-old class Montana is in 21st
place and in 18th place in the junior
three-year-Old class. In the senior
and junior divisions of the twO-year
old class Montana holds 18th anC
18th places respectively. In the av
erage production of leading COWS Il
each of the seven classes, Montana /
fourth.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-02-05
BOHEMIAN LIVELY
CITY, SAYS Stone
More Optimism and Activity
Here Than in Many Other
Towns of State

BOeZman has more of the appear
inc of a live city than some cOmmun-
ities east On the line of the Northern
Pacific, in the opinion of E. E. Stone,
district manager here for the Noun
tain States Telephone and Telegraph
company, who returned last week
from a trip which tOok him 80 the
eastern end Of the, state.
"There are more people on the
streets here, and the air of depres-
sion SO marked in some places is alb
sent. People hustle about cheerfully
they are busy and c%Ontented. Bust
ness here may be setting no new
records, but it's good and undoubtedly
is going to be better"
Glendive, Mr.. Stone said, is wide
awake and going ahead all the time.
He Noted the same bustling optimism
there that he remarked in Bozeman.
In some other eastern and south CEN
trail Montana cities, however, the af-
ter-holiday lethargy appears to be
still in evidence.
There's some difference in the
weather over there, too" said Mr.
Stcne. after basking in the midday
sun in Bozeman, 1 nearly frOze wher
l got into eastern Montana and fOunC
the thermometer sticking around the
zero mark. The ever-present win;
made it more disagreeable. Some
times I fear we don't appreciate wha.
a wonderful region OUT Gallatin val
ley is until we go somewhere els'
and are able to make comparisons.
Mr.. Stone assumed charge Of thu
telephone company's interests herr
January 1, succeeding Ralph ]. Con
rad, who resigned to engage IN bust
ness I'M Helena. He was formerl!
manager at Glendive.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-02-05
GOVERNMENT life
INSURANCE rights
TO EXPIRE JULY z
Attention of All Ex-Service Men
Is Directed to That Fact
Write Helena Office

The director of the United States
Veterans bureau directs attention Of
all ex-service men to the fact that
enc Of the most valuable of their
rights acquired by reason of their
service-viz: the opportunity to carry
government insurance, will expire on
July 2, 1926, if not exercised.
The opportunity to carry a $4,000
government lite insurance policy IS
limited to ex-service men, and with
the government handling the admin
@istrative casts, it permits ex~-service
men to obtain insurance at the mini
mum premium cost for absolute pro-
lection.
The proof Of the value of this in
surance is shown when it is realized
that some $4,000 policies, (term and
government lite) are now in force,
and the total insurance now in force
is S2,865, O28, 729. There are several
forms Of government insurance poll
cies, including ordinary life policy,
twenty-payment life, thirty-payment
life, twenty-year endowment, thirty
year endowment, and endowment at
age of 81.
In order that every ex-service mar
will have full knowledge # his rights
relative to government insurance, the
regional manager of the Helena reg
ional office, United States Veterans
bureau, c. T. Busha, Jr., urges that
he make inquiry Immediately, as Z
special service will be set up for thai
purpose.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-02-05
SMUT PREVENTION
CAMPAIGN AROUSES
GENERAL INTEREST
Cooperation Pledged in Every
Section of Four North
western Commonwealth

Interest in the grain smut proven
ti0n campaign, which is being carried
out by The COLLEGES of agriculture Of
Minnesota, Montana aud North and
South Dakt "a, is steadily increasing,
according to eports from the North
west Gain Smut Prevention commit
tee, which is backing the efforts OF
the colleges and others.
Letters are being received by the
committee at its offices in the Mime
apolis Civic and Commerce associa-
ticn daily expressing interest in the
campaign and asking for full infor-
nation concerning the manner n
which it is to be carried out.
Will Save Millions.
Already letters have beer received
from practically every section Of the
four states relative to this program
and the committee predicts that the
result of its campaign will mean a
saving. of millions Of dollars to North
west farmers through better quality
Of grain next fall.
A poster and pamphlet is being
prepared by the committee for distrl-
button throughout the Northwest and
this literature will be sent out within
the next week or ten days.
L. w. BerkhOltz, manager of the
Hazleton Elevator company of Halle.
ton, N. D., wrote the committee las
week asking for information in regard
to the smut prevention campaign
stating that 80 per cent Cf the gralT
in his section of North Dakota was
S.,ytty last year.
Appreciation Voiced.
Edward Tunby of Houghton, writes
81 surely appreciate your campaign
against smut and will be glad to dis
1. butte the posters when they arr
available"
1--WE are very much encouraged owe,
the results of the efforts we have
made to date" said R. P. Wood
worth, chairman of the Ncrthwes
Grain Smut Prevention committee
with the efforts which the college
and all the ether agencies co-operat
ing with us are putting forth, we be
lieve we will be able to eliminate l
large part in 1926 the losses throug
smut damage which occurred /
1925"
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-02-05
FORESTERS Begin fight To SAVE
White Pine FROM BLISTER RUST

Missoula,-At a meeting held in
Spokane, January %, representatives
of the Forest service, the forest
schools Of Montana and Idaho, and
the office of b~lister-rust control ad-
opted recommendations for carrying
on the necessary forest investigative
work in ~blister-rust control. These
recommendations which were for
warded to the secretary Of the West
ern Blister-Rust conference, provide
for placing the in~vestigative work in
the hands Of the Northern Rocky
Mountain Forest Experiment station,
and for allotting $4,000 of the amount
appropriated Cor the office Of blister
rust control to the forest service ex-
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-02-05
TROUBLE LOOMING
FOR MOTORIST Who
LACKS '26 PLATES

Trouble, spelled with a capital
'T'', is in store for the mOtOrist who,
on or after March1, appears on BOze-
mans streets or Gallatin cOunty's
highways without displaying 1926 aU-
tOmObiIe license plates.
Solemn warnings to that effect
have been issued by both the city
Of BOzeman and the board of county
commissioners. Failure to obtain the
1925 license plates by March 1 will
mean that the auto Owner at fault
must either keep his machine in a
garage or run the risk of arrest and
the payment of a fine.
There's no bidding about this,
say the authorities.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-02-05
MONTANA Still
LEADS ON wheat
OF NO. | GRADE

Observation-Disclosures in 1925 still
ranked first in the United States In
the percentage of spring wheat grad
ing number one, according to figures
prepared for the division of publicity,
department of agriculture, by j. G..
Diamond, United States agricultural
statistican. Sixty-eight per cent Of
the states spring wheat crop in 1925
graded number one; North Eakota
ranked second, grading 49 per cent
Of it's wheat number one.
During the past five years Montana
has consistently led all other states
except Wyoming by a fairly wide
margin. Wyoming during this per-
jod tied with Montana in 1924.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-02-05
MAN HEADS
THE "LINFIELD CLUB"
AT A COLLEGE

A. 2. Schneider Of Baker was elect
ed president Of the recently organized
"Linfield Club" an organization Of
short course students at Montana
State college, established for the pur-
pose Of f~urthering the interests Of
short course agricultural students. B.
J. Vollmer Of East Helena was elected
vice president; E. L. Smith of Stew
ensville, secretary; J. r. Jones Of
Pendrcy, treasurer, and A. E. Berg
Of Pompey's Pillar, %sergeant-at arms.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-02-05

pertinent station for carrying on the
work.
Menaces Our Forests
Blister rust is already prevalent in
British Columbia, and it is predicted
that it is only a question of a few
years until it reaches the white pine
forests of Idaho and Montana. IN.
less controlled, these forests, which
contain the most valuable timber Of
the region, are doomed, for the dis.
ease spreads rapidly ard is very dead.
", especially to young trees. tn,
growing of new forests Of white pine
therefore, hinges on b~lister-rust con
troll.
Continued on Page sixtsen)
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-02-05
AUCTION SALES
FEBRUARY 1911

Two more auction sales, at which
livestock and other property will be
offered, are scheduled for next week.
The first will be held Wednesday
February 10, at the Ray Holloway
ranch n and One-half miles south
west of Bozeman. The sale will be-
gin at / p. m, and besides horses,
cattle, and hogs, there will be offered
machinery, harness, feed, and some
household goods. The owner is Peter
L. Clausen, and the sale will be
Continued on page Sixteenl
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-02-05
G. c. H. S. VICTORIOUS.

In a game played at the Y. M. G..
A. gymnasium Friday evening, the
Gallatin County High school basket
tossers defeated Columbus high, IS to
rs, thus taking revenge for their re-
cent loss at Columbus to the same
team. The game was fast and we'll
played, DeFrate, Nelson and Preston
doing very good work. For the Wis
itors, Davis scored 10 points.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-02-05
BELGRADE WINS.

Belgrade took the measure of the
Emerson basketball five, II to 5, in
a game at the Emerson gymnasium
Friday. evening. The game was fast
and interesting.