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The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-12-24

state nave now elCh-
er entered upon con-
structiOn work, have
officially annOunc-
ed, or are cOntem-
pla g develop
ments and extern
siOns which, when
completed, will re-
present OUTLAWS run
ming we'll into the
millions of dollars.
Some of these will
comprise X t e n =
sions that h a v e
been planned or sur
veyed for a number
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-12-24

NINETEEN and twenty-six and
N nineteen and twenty-seven are
to go down as two more "red-
letter" years in the railway annals of
Montana. The three great transcOn-
.tinental trunk railway lines whose
''steel rails" traverse the Treasure
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-12-24

Every rscn in the land is interested
daily and constantly in the railroads
and the transportation of persons and
property OUer Them"
Judge Thomas M. Cooley.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-12-24
Montana's First Railroad

Story of the Steel Rails
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-12-24
(By DAN R. CONWAY

IN THREE PARTs-PART ONE
The Coconino sun., 1926-01-01
LOWER FREIGHT RATES
ON LUMBER ORDERED

Rates on lumber from Los Angeles,
San Pedro and neighboring points to
Arizona, New Mexico and western
Texas must be reduced by March 10
next by amounts ranging up to 20 per
cent, the Interstate Commerce com
mission ruled.
The commission held the Los An
geles territory is now at a disadvan-
tage as compared with other preduc-
ing points within reach of the zone
described. The new rates from Los
Angeles territory to Yuma will be 81
cents per hundred pounds; to Gila sc
cents, to Maricopa and Phoenix. and
Tucson II cents and to Ell Paso 81
cents. Other points viii take proper
tionate rates.
At the same time the commission
dismissed a complaint by lumber
manufacturers at San Pedro which
asked reductions in lumber rates to
Oregon and California points. The
complaint said that manufacturers in
Oregon and California were given un-
duly low rates to Sacramento and
other points in central and northern
California while the San Pedro pro-
ducers were obliged to pay a higher
figure. The commission ruled that
the present rates were reasonable.
The Coconino sun., 1926-01-01
GEN. BUTLER PROMISES TO
START WAR OF HIS OWN

Gen. Smedley D. Butler, dismissed
by Mayor Kendrick of Philadelphia,
as head Of the Philadelphia police,
says that publication of his diary
would "raise ruction" He kept it
during the two years he was director
of public safety and recorded, among
other things, conversations with the
mayor and other city officials.
The general said that a broadside
in which he alleged the mayor was
protector of big violators~ Of The
prohibition law, was only prelimin-
ary blast.
I'm going to keep right on with
the attack until get ready to stop,
he added. sAnd | won't stop until
prove myself"
General Butler let it be known that
he would endeavor to recall his letter
of resignation from the marine corps
which was submitted Monday in order
to remain in Philadelphia. He plans
to visit Washington early next week
for q. conference with Maj. Gen. John
4. Lcjeune, commardant Of the corps
who has indicated that he is al2xious
to have the general remain in the
service.
The Coconino sun., 1926-01-01
EDITOR VANDERBILT HANDS
PHOENJX CHRISTMAS PRIZE

Cornelius Vanderbilt .Jr., owner Of
newspapers in Los Angeles, San Fran
cisco and Miami, Fla. spent Christ
mas eve in Phoenix. The 8young pub
Usher will leave for San Diego, Calf,
for an important business conference
The present trip of the worlds
richest reporter in his fourteenth
across the country this year, five OF
which were made by automobile.
In addition to his newspapers Mr.
Vanderbilt has numerous other in
terests. He IS the owner Of 100000
acres Of land in Florida, is extensive
ly interested in the. advertising busi-
ness and has wide financial connec-
tions. Mr. Vanderbilt also is asso-
ciated with William Stout, manufae-
turer Of Stout airplanes, exclusively
built by the Ford company.
Mr.. Vanderbilt said that if it were
not for his extensive interests in
Florida and California he would
choose to live in Arizona ut is the
greatest potential state IN the union,
he said.
The Coconino sun., 1926-01-01
MILLER GIVES BAD CHECK
FOR REAL GOOD CLOTHES

Henry Miller, who IS said to have
signed the name Of Benson to two
checks totaling SITS, came back from
l9lagstaffk Thursday and into the
county Jail.
He was arrested by Deputy Sheriff
Bill Poulson yesterday on warralli
charging issuing of bad checks, the
charge having been signed by D. H.
Biles.
According to the officers, Miller,
who is II and from Kansas City, was
working as an orderly at the post
when the desire to become dressed up
seized him. lie ordered SITS worth Of
clothes at Biles' and gave two checks,
one on a Kansas CITY bank and the
other on Flagstaff bank. Bles held
the clothing until he could find out
about the checks. and his examina-
ton confirmed his worst fears
neither piece Of paper was good. He
turned the case over to the officers
who waited until Miller got back from
his trip to Flagstaff, and nabbed him.
Prescott Journal Miner.
Give The Sun your Job Printing.
The Coconino sun., 1926-01-01
YOUNG RANCHER SHOT
TO DEATH AT HOLBR00K

Lynn Baldwin, % years of age, a
rancher, was shot and instantly killed
at Holbrook Sunday afternoon at 4
o'clock in the lobby Of the Old Trails
hotel.
James Donohoe, stock raiser of
Adamana, who is alleged 20 have shot
Baldwin, was removed to the hospital
short time later suffering from a
wound in the hip. Witnesses told of
ficers that after the shooting Donohoe
attempted to return his pistol to his
hip pocket and wounded himself.
Baldwin had recently returned to
Holbrook from Adamana in company
with the former wife of Donohoe and
another woman, it is said. Donohoe
and his wife were divorced about two
months ago.
No charges have been filed in con-
nection with the affair pending the
outcome of Donohoe's accidental
shooting.
The Coconino sun., 1926-01-01
NORTH AND SOUTH ROAD
AT LEES FERRY is BADLY
NEEDED SAYS PARK SUPT.

Judged by the number of requests
for information received, the Lees
Ferry road, connecting the north and
south rims Of the Grand Canyon, is
the most needed road development in
the southwest today" This state
ment was made by j. r. Eakin, su-
perintendent Of Grand Canyon ma
tiona park.
According to Mr. Eakin, this will
not only be a connecting link between
the two canyon rims, but will be the
only direct north and south artery of
travel for 250 miles in either direc-
tion. During the summer season, an
average of 10 people per day ask for
information regarding the Lees Ferry
route at the park office If nearby
towns arc taken into consideration as
sources of information, no doubt
scores of inquiries are made daily
relative to this road. Due to its bad
condition, tourists are advised not to
make the trip over the present road,
and if still intent on reaching their
destination, are forced to drive 400
miles out Of the direct line. In most
cases the trip is given up altogether.
There has been recently completed
direct Yosemite to Yellowstone
highway, leading from California to
Wyoming. The only route that can
offer serious competition to a road be-
tween these two great national parks,
is q Grand Canyon to Yellowstone
highway This direct connection the
Lees Ferry road will accomplish. Such
q highway will include on its route.
the Yellowstone, Grand Canyon and
Zion national parks, other famous
scenic features of southern Utah; the
Painted desert and other features of
Arizona scenery in addition to the
Grand Canyon. Every western state
will benefit from the added stimulus
given tourist travel by the constrnc-
ton Of this project. States especially
benefited will be Arizona and Utah.
The rational park service is the
only government agency actively pro-
noting tourist travel IN the United
States, and its officials are keen1y in
terested in. road developments which
will make the national parks easily
sacces ssibIe. to the people. They are
Convinced that the Lees Ferry high
way will fill { long felt want from
every standpoint.
The Coconino sun., 1926-01-01

The three women boarders had pre-
viously agreed with their landlad5 to
say the word morning when they
should come down to breakfast, as
many times as they had been kissed
the night before.
The good-looking lady came down.
She said, Good morning"
The beautiful one was a little late.
She said: This is a pretty morning,
but not as pretty as yesterday morn
ing was, and yesterday morning was
not as pretty q morning as tomorrow
morning will beSif it doesn't rain to-
morrow morning"
The poor old maid, looking ugly and
glum, came in, sat down and snapped
"Howdy, dern it,"
Young Lady Visiting a ship: q
suppose you have been in the navy 50
long you are accustomed to sea legs?''
/ Sailor with a single-track mind) {:
Lady, | wasn't even lookin'"
The Coconino sun., 1926-01-01
ARIZONA STOCKMEN GIVEN
VALUABLE XMAS PRESENT

Washington. of grazing
fees on national forests in the south
west will not be extended beyond that
region, Chief Forester w. B. Greeley
declared.
Waiver was taken, said a statement
by Secretary of Agriculture Jardine,
because of serious drought in the
southwestern range country in recent
years, but Colonel Greeley said that
in forests where drought conditions
had not prevailed no action will be
taken. The secretary's statement
says
"All the grazing fees on these ma
tional forests were waived during 1925
in compliance with resolution passed
by the last congress. While the
drought in the southwest has been
broken and forage conditions are now
greatly improved, the livestock indus
try of the region is still suffering the
effects of a series Of dry years which
greatly augmented the losses caused
by economic depression. Some time
must elapse before the southwestern
sheep and cattle producers can re-
cover fully from the effects of the
drought and | believe that the eH-
tension of further relief to grazing
peTmitees on the national forests is
therefore fully warranted. The sit
uation has been closely studied by the
chief Of the forest service and his as
sociates and a further waiver of the
grazing fees has been recommended
by them.
'"The waiver applies to all national
j ..sAy Il
Powell forests, mainly in the state Of
Utah, and to the Lincoln, ella, Datil
and grazing district No. Of the Man
zano national forest in New Mexico.
Stockmen using these areas will be
required to make second payments
due under their permits for seasons
beginning on or after April 1, 1926.
Waivers Of these fees will benefit
the southwestern stockmen to the ex-
tent Of approximately $220,000, ac-
cording to the statement.
'The4 local counties share with the
federal government in the loss of this
revenue" said the statement, "sinee
one-fourth of all the receipts from the
national forests are turned over to
che county road and school funds.
There Is a marked improvement in
southwestern range and market con
ditions ana while the industry has a
hard road to travel before it will be
back upon a normal footing, the bet
+erments during the last six months
have been very encouraging.
''rhe department Of agriculture
desires to give every reasonable form
Of aid to the southwestern livestock
producers in overcoming the adverse
effects of the prolonged drought
which they have experienced. 1t is
my belief that by the latter portion
Of 1926 conditions will be sufficiently
better to justify the resumption Of
normal payments for grazing plivi-
leges in the national forests and the
normal income which the counties and
the federal government receive from
this source"
The waiver covers the first quarter
of the year, including most Of the u
months grazing permits issued dur
ing 1925. In addition, first payments
customalily due under grazing per
mits issued on or before April l are
included.
The Coconino sun., 1926-01-01
ONE GOOD TURN DESERVES
ANOTHER, SAY THE ANTS

Vice President Charles G. Dawes
broke into a broad grin when asked
about a telegram from the No-Tobac-
co league at Indianapolis requesting
him to make a New Years resolution
mot to use tobacco yourself"
General Dawes, whose underslung
pipe became famous during his cam
paign last year, addressed the senate
pages in Washington last Wednesday
and advised them not to smoke,
swear, chew or become chip flask"
boys. AS result; the No-Tobaeco
league wired the vice-president in eff
feet to abolish the upside pipe.
The presidential grin was ex-
pansive- but not responsive.
The Coconino sun., 1926-01-01
NEW CORPORATION WILL OPER-
ATE HOTEL AND RESORT CHAIN

A new corporation plans operation
of a chain of high class hotels and
camp grounds for tc%rist motorists,
similar in plan to the Harvey system
for railroad travellers, according to the
incorporation Tuesday of the West
Coast Transport and Service corpora
tion. Articles of Incorporation Of this
company, capitalized at $1,0G0,000,
was filed with the Arizona state in
corporation commission.
1t is planned to build q $4,000 tour
list resort in the vicinity of Phoenix,
the first step in the formation of the
system which viii provide other pTin-
cipal communities of Arizona and
other western states high class accom-
modations about 80 miles apart along
the main highways, with service and
prices standardized.
The Coconino sun., 1926-01-01
ALL-STAR ELEVEN OF
ARIZONA SELECTED

An all-star football team from the
Arizona informal Junior College con-
ference was selected by w. A. Ridge,
we'll known football official. Mr..
Ridge has seen the most of the play
ers in action as he has officiated in
many games this year.
The all-state team was selected by
Mr.. Ridge with the aid of coaches and
other officials and the same requisites
for players was made as in the all
state high school team selected by him
yesterday. craftsmanship, offense
and defense are the three things upon
which the selections were based.
The first and second aIl-state teams
follow
First Team
Wells, re, PIC; Milda, le, Indians;
Simpkins, 1t, Tempe; Allen, 1t, Tempe;
Mccormick, rg, NAP; Freestone, lg.
Tempe; Ellsworth, c, Tempe; H. Pom
roy, OBJ, Tempe; Miguel rhb Indians;
=. Pomroy, lib, Tempe; Rushing, fb;
NAT.
Second Team
Sorenson, re, Tempe; Isaacson, le,
NAT; Turner, TT, PIC; Linville, It,
PIC; Mullen, re-, Tempe; Homer, c,
Indians; Stevens, oh, NAT; Goddard,
RIB, Tempe; Poe, lib, NAT; Thomas,
fb, Indians.
NAT-Northern Arizona Teachers;
Tempe State Teachers; PIC
Phoenix Junior College; Indian
Phoenix Indian school.
The Coconino sun., 1926-01-01
STATE lacks AUTHORITY
IN FERRY DEATH

The state of Arizona, or its corpora
ton commission, is without power to
act in reference to the placing of re-
sponsibility for the death of Mrs. A.
L. Borcherding Of Tonopah, New,
who was drowned in the Colorado
river when an automobile in which
she was riding with her husband over
rode the bumpers on q Parker ferry
boat and was lost in the stream.
The husband filed complaint with
Governor Hunt, who passed the ques-
ton over to the corporation commits
sion, the latter though with jurisdic-
ton over highway traffic, reported
back that the Colorado is a navigable
stream and hence all boats upon it are
subject to license only by the war de-
partment of the national government.
The Coconino sun., 1926-01-01
SUCH IS FAME-BUD
FISHER SUED FOR LOVE

Harry C. ('Bud'D Fisher, cartoon
ist, who recently married Countess
Aedita de Beaumont of Paris, today
characterized as "1idiculous" the
charge of Miss Ida Lucille Shields,
who is suing him for $250,000 for
breach Of promise.
81 hardly know the girl" he said
at his Riverside drive apartment. 81
shall deny everything in court"
Miss Shields said she met Fisher at
Saratoga where he was racing his
thoroughbreds. He Immediately made
love to her, she alleged.
The Coconino sun., 1926-01-01
PLUGS POOL HALL MAN
WITH SHOT FROM RIFLE

Deputy sheriffs and city policemen
were searching Prescott for j. j..
Thompson, who, according to the Of
ficers, stepped to the front of the
Green Front pool hall about 11:l5,
aimed a rifle through the glass win
dow and shot Walter Warden through
the shoulder.
Warden, rushed by friends to the
Mercy hospital, was put to bed after
his wounds were dressed, and while
no autroritive statement was forth
coming from his physician, it was re-
ported that wound, high III the shoui-
der, was not serious.
1t was described by the sheriff's
office as the culnfination Of a day Of
wrangling and actual blows between
Warden and Thompson-thi Christ
mas eve. near-tragedy. Warden is said
to have severely beaten Thompson
earlier in the evening.
Thompson is said to have gone to
his room, got the rifle and returned
TO Montezuma street which was al
most deserted. it is said the he
trained the gun on Warden who was
standing with two others in front OF
the bar in the pool hall, a fourth man
being behind the mahogany. The shot
rang out all over the downtown sec
ton, ard unlike the report Of a muf-
fler which is often taken for pistol
shot which it resembles, this noise
seemed unmistakable.
Varden's wound was said to have
been quite large, due probably to the
mushrooming Of the bullet as it pene-
trated the glass.
A man named White, who was said
to have been caught trying to take a
car belonging to Thompson, was held
in Jail.
The Coconino sun., 1926-01-01
ARIZONA PIONEER, 1O9
YEARS, DIES AT GLOBE

"A 109-year-old western pioneer,
Henry Minis, was buried at Globe
Sunday, carrying to his grave the
sears Of Indians scalping knives.
Minis died in Globe December "a.
No religious, or other services were
rendered at the burial. A small group
of western pioneers were the silent
witnesses of the rites.
The Coconino sun., 1926-01-01

Gust think, Aunt Josie, my hus-
band got Hamburg and Java on the
radio last night
"Now. my child, don't think I'll ever
believe that they can deliver groceries
OIL that fool contraption."
The Coconino sun., 1926-01-01
CROSS WORD PUZZLE NO. 81

HON SOLVE CROSSWORD PUZZLE
In puzzI ewiI spell
In Is fndi
the .and
WI the black
n the kspaces words usedar
stechnfc
Iete Ormsa are n in the
The Coconino sun., 1926-01-01

Rhnny Jim Giddings says he hain't
got over bein' dizzy yet after readin'
OF all them circular letters he got just
afore Christmas.
The Coconino sun., 1926-01-01

"Why not Z" asked Hen Warnock.
They used rope" said Billy.
The Coconino sun., 1926-01-01

try from Russia, we asked Prof. Chet
Deaver what it is and he explained
that it is a perissodactyl upulate.
Davy Joy was about to buy a
! phonograph when the clerk remarked
that he supposed that particular kind
| of phonograph was the best repro
tducer made, and Davy backed out on
! buying it because he didn't want no
drove of little monographs runnin
| 'roun' the house
G. B. Wilson says he has proof that
| lthe~Scotch are not as close as reputed.
He knew one once that inherited $25
and within seven years he had blown
| in every bit Of it.
| Which reminds us of John Chis-
holm at hotel in Phoenix There
was 10 soap iii his room He rang
for the chambermaid and told her:
Ye MIGHT bring me a wee bittie O.
sape." She didn't understand He
told her again. Dom it, lassie, can
We no understand plain Scotch" he
exclaimed. She left the room and in
| q few minutes returned with a bottle
and two glasses
Jack Fuss says next to art his
greatest hobby is music, but art has
first call with him. He never visits
i strange city without first thing
looking up to see if they have an ar
terry there he can visit.
Up in the northeast part Of. town
tstation DAMN has been doing lot
| of broadcasting late Of nights recent
| ~. If the old toncat keeps it up
long enough and the neighbors keep
on resenting it we'll have enough coal
and wood in our yard to last al win
ter.
Feller that works down town ex-
| planning why he was so sleepy said it
was because the blind was up the
night before. Asked why he didn't
pull it down he said he couldn't reach
across the street.
Asked Rev. H. F. Softley where
Noah kept the bees he took on the
ark, and he said he reckoned it was
in the archives.
Il was in Kellers the other day
having sundae when fellow walk
ed in and ordered a chocolate soda.
Now how did | know he was
sailor?" asked George Myers.
"How?" asked Grover Jones.
Because he had a sailor suit on,
says George.
Poetic justice is something that
doesn't exactly come in my court cur
riculum," says Judge j. E. Jones, "but
| I suppose a good exemplificat;on Of it
would be woman who sharpens a
pencil on her husbands razor and then
has her husband shave the back Of
her neck"
Dowagiac, Mich, News: James
McGillicuddy's Rolls Royce was~stolen
understanding in front of the county
poorhouse, where he was visiting his
aged parents"
At a recent civil service examina-
tion held by Postmaster Dick Corner
! for clerk-carrier one of the questions
was how far Is it from the earth to
the moon, and two Of the applicants
refused to go any further with the
examination because they, didn't want
that route.
! It was the morning after the dates.
Solution Of Puzzle No. 80
The Coconino sun., 1926-01-01

George sNegray got new cigar
lighter for Christmas but says he
can't afford to use it none until the
price Of gasoline goes down.
The Coconino sun., 1926-01-01

Ralph Davis had taken two hours
showing woman different linoleum
rugs. IF we haven't just the thing
you are looking for" he said, 1--WE
can get some more from the factory
Il guess you'd better" she said. u
want a neater pattern than any of
these and something quite small
Just little square for my birdcage
Hal Sykes says the hardest boiled
guy he ever knew was drivin' his car
an run down feller an yelled at
him:
'Hey, Rube, while you're under
there jes take d look an see if my
brakerods is all right, will yer!"
Bucko Sisk took a couple out to
see the scenery last week and one Of
them lamented the fact that, consid-
efing the view was so superb he had
not brought his glasses.
"Oh, that's all hight, /" said the other
The Coconino sun., 1926-01-01

Davy Joy was about to buy a
monograph when the clerk remarked
that he supposed that particular kind
of phonograph was the best repro
ducer made, and Davy backed out on
buying it because he didn't want no
drove of little monographs runnin'
'roun' the house.
The Coconino sun., 1926-01-01

Carter Joy says he s'poses they call
that Michigan town Battle Creek
cause they start so many breakfast
feuds up thar.
The Coconino sun., 1926-01-01

Young woman asked Harry Rich
wine what she could grease her table
castors with so they wouldn't squeak,
and he told her to go to the drug
store and get castor oil.
The Coconino sun., 1926-01-01
Horizontal.

HoFiZonl0l.
Ito sum up
4-Internal organs
S-Growth on trees 9-Delicate
1I-Not many
12-Before Cpoetic)
13-Fo rap gently
15-Sun god denomination
I7-Railroad (abbr.)
19-Senior (abbr.) 20--To hate
22-The figure bounded by two radii
and the included arc of a circle
25-That is (abbr.)
26-Note of scale
27-That which may be eaten
3I-Imitation satin
33-Conjunction position
35-Part of ito be" 36--Like
37-Crowd 39-Proper
40-Donkey 41-Roman@ emperor
1910 lease
European country
47-Same as l3 horizontal
solution will appear in next Issue.
The Coconino sun., 1926-01-01

On the old days here they never
hung man with wooden leg" re-
marked Billy SwitZer, reminiscently.
The Coconino sun., 1926-01-01

Noticing a news item that titan
otherlid had just arrived in this coun-
try from Russia, we asked Prof. Chet
Deaver what it is and he explained
that it is a perissodactyl upulate.
The Coconino sun., 1926-01-01

Rev. E. L. Freeland rightly be-
Iieves he's some weather prophet
Last spring when he left Phoenix to
come here to take charge of the
Episcopal church he was gIoomily
warned against the drefful winters
here. He told the gloorns that he'd
arranged for nice weather here this
winter. And he's sure getting it.
The Coconino sun., 1926-01-01

feiler. ''1'd just as lief drink out O
the bottle"
The Coconino sun., 1926-01-01

G. B. Wilson says he has proof that
the Scotch are not as close as reputed.
He knew one once that inherited S25
and within seven years he had blown
in every bit Of it.