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The Bozeman courier., 1926-09-10
paul PRYISM"

Rampant Paul Pryism' is what the Lansing
(Mieh.) State Journal terms the ever-increasing
activity of federal departments, bureaus and
committees in connection with business affairs
of private citizens. In recent editorial it said:
"Since about year ago there have been more
than 300 Investigations conducted by federal de-
partments, bureaus and committees into different
branches and phases of business. There are to-
day $4,000 federal agents, officials and clerks
lifting the lid from the affairs of private busi-
ness The Paul Prys collect $5OOOO,OOO a year
from the public treasury at Washington ri
Thirty different branches of the government
are engaged in investigating private business and
there is no sizable business in the country that
has not been Investigated by the federal govern
ment at least once.
"Not all of this governmental 'snooping' is hos
tile but there is, no doubt, great deal which
could be dispensed with without serious public
loss. The taxpayers are thoroughly convinced
that too often congressional and departmental
Investigations and governmental surveys are poll
tical fishing expeditions or are inspired by i'm
portunity of job-hunting politicians or campaign
needs of the moment
"Only the governmental investigation or survey
that promises to benefit the nation as a whole
is justified. There have been Investigations pro-
ductive of such public benefits, but there have
been many others with less worthy motives be-
hind them. This Paul Pry picnic is not only dis
sipating the public's money but it threatens to
ALLEVIATE public approval from the good as well
as the bad forms of federal shopping"
The Bozeman courier., 1926-09-10
By National Press Service

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Republican
senatorial and congressional candi-
dates will win this fall, and the Re-
publican party will continue its con-
troll of the government, but it is not
enough to win by a narrow margin;
it is important that the victory be
clear and decisive, the lead should be
as near to the seven million which
President Coolidge achieved in 1924
as is possible. Such a victory which
can only be had by an organized par
ticipatiOn by all of the people, will
not only hearten those who have so
far carried. our country to its present
state, but will dismay and discourage
the Democrats who for their own pet
ty political profit would destroy the
good times structure which the Re-
publicans have erected. All that is
asked Of the voters is that they reg
lister and vote.
The Bozeman courier., 1926-09-10
THE UBIQUITOUS BENITo
From Nae Helena Indenendent

FEOm Inc hSlena independent
The Y. M. c. A. boys voted that Henry Ford
and Benito Mussolini are the two greatest men
extant
That apparently appealed to Henry, for there's
no record of move on his part to eclipse Benito.
But the Roman emperor is not of a mind to share
the throne with anyone.
Already acknowledging himself the worlds
greatest statesman, general admiral, editor, ETC..
etc., MussOlini is going to be the worlds greatest
business man. He's organized special ministry
OF corporations in his cabinet, and has taken the
job himself Whether, after having settled
Italy's business problems, he will offer his serv
ices to the rest of the world he hasn't announced
He probably will
In starting out on his new job, Mussolini has
one thing to recommend him. He'athe head Of
the only country in the world that agreed to nav
It's war debt to anOther country then, on the
strength of the promise turned around and bor
rOwed $lOO,OOOO0O ard made the first payment Of
S5,OOO,OOO on the war debt out of the proceeds
of the loan. That's what Italy did with the
United States.
II Mussolini can carry on at that rate, Ford
should withdraw and tell the Y. NJ C. A. to cast
its vote unanimously for the Big Bambino.
The Bozeman courier., 1926-09-10

WASHINGTON, D. C.-There may
be grounds for debate for and against
the immigration law which bars the
lOw-priced labor of Europe from
America. But there can be no debate
on the question that it is time def.
mite steps were taken to control. if
not restrict, the flood of peon Mex
lean immigration into this country.
Between seventy and eighty thousand
Mexican poems are entering the
United States annually. They enter
with work permits and agreements
and obligations to return to Mexico
at certain and stated periods. AS an
actual fact, the great mass of these
people simply hide away and remain
here indefinitely.
The fact that these men can be Sc
cured at wage, in some cases, not
more than One-fOurth of what our.
native wOrkmen require, wakes them
particularly a subject for exploita-
ton by the industrial concerns. There
are certain forms Of low. agricultural
labor for which native workmen can
not be secured, and where these men
fill a need, while the immediate re-
mOval of +his labor might bring dis
aster to innocent people, it cannot be
ignored however, that after a short
stay in this agricultural area these
same men work into the industrial
field where the competition with our
own workmen becomes actual and
serious. Congress will do well at the
next session to give immediate con
sideratiOn to the curtailment of this
flood and to the regulation of this
type of immigration.
The Bozeman courier., 1926-09-10
REGISTER NOW!

Once again attention of Gallatin county citizens
is directed to the fact that registration for the
general election November will close at D. m
Friday, September II.
After all the arguments, oral and written, that
have been presented from time to time, it would
seem needless to reiterate the reasons why every
eligible person should register and cast his or
her ballot at every election.
Nevertheless, a great many people do not seem
to have been impressed, and often neglect this
most important duty and responsibility of citi-
zenship. To their apathy and carelessness most
of the ills of government from which we now
suffer may be traced
No obligation of American citizenship is more
binding or more important than that which per-
tains to registration and voting. Ours is a rep
resentative government-in other words, govern
ment by the consent of the governed. If the
people fail to record their wishes through the
ballot, they open the way for misgovernment and
all of its attendant evils.
Most Gallatin county residents who are quail
fled to vote are already registered Many, how.
ever, are not. To the latter we address these
words, urging them, irrespective of party affiI
alton, to. see to it at once that their names are
placed upon the books, so they may cast theil
ballots November 2. After September II il
will be too late.
The Bozeman courier., 1926-09-10
WOULD BENEFIT GALLATIN

How the adoption on November by Montana
voters of Initiative No. 81, the Good Roads
measure, would affect Gallatin county is shown
in statement issued by the Montana Automobile
association, which is conducting an educational
campaign in its favor.
Gallatin county has 81 miles of federal highway.
OF which 10 miles are in the national forest, SO
miles have been completed, and "a miles remain
to be built.
through the provisions of Initiative Measure
No. 81, these "a miles would be constructed by
the state within the next 10 years with revenue
derived from the proposed one-cent increase in
the present gasoline tax and from federal aid
appropriations due Montana The highway would
be maintained as fast as built
The value of the work done by the state in
Gallatin county would be approximately $500 600.
it is estimated This would include roads. bridges.
and maintenance. The county could lose nothing
but its share in the equal division of revenue from
the present gas tax, which last year amounted
to $5,O84.
In other words, by the adoption of the Good
Roads measure Galatin county in 1O years would
be gamer by approximately $3.50, 900. Not only
The Bozeman courier., 1926-09-10
WASHINGTON. D. C.--There is

WASHINGTON, D. C.--There is
only one real danger facing the Re-
publican congressional candidates,
and that is the indifference Of the
voters. The fear is their satisfaction
over business conditions, their dis
position to feel that the situation
which now exists now will continue
indefinitely, and that therefore, there
is no need ito become active or alarm
ed may make for absentees at polls.
Lean years always make for inter-
est in political campaigns, there is
something about hard times which
reaches into the household and
arouses the interest of the father and
the mother as voters and takes them
to the polls. Wkh prosperous, or
reasonably good times, there is an
inclination, however, to reason out
that what is now, always will be and
that nothing needs be done.
The Bozeman courier., 1926-09-10

The Democrats are -confining dheir =
activities to two typewriters and one
office girl. But even the Democratic
of victory which they
were broadcasting earlier in the sum-
mer have been materially modified.
They had hoped to profit from Brook
hart in Iowa, and that thought has
vanished. They were really nourish-
ing a thought that they might create
some backfire against Senator Good
ing Of Idaho, but he has been tri-
umphantly renOminated. Their Ok
lahOma brush fire has died out, and
Harreld's chances for a return to his
Republican seat in the senate are ex-
ceedingly good. Out of Wisconsin,
the story has begun to spread that
Senator LenrOot in his contest with
Governor Blaine, LaFOllette candi-
date, has passed the stage of holding
his own, and that there is more than
fair possibility that he will be re-
turned to the senate. On the Pacific
coast the situations are most encOur-
aging; Missouri which for many GER
erations has always voted Democratic
on off years, is going to break the
rule this year, and the reelection Of
Senator Williams and the defeat Of
the Democratic nominee, Congress-
man Hawes, is being confidently pre-
dicted.
The Bozeman courier., 1926-09-10
by Harlan MgeDe Read
HOlU Important Is
Man?

Mans most amusing conceit is the
theory that he is the highest of ere
ated beings. He places himself next
to God (if he believe in one) and
fondly imagines himself the Creators
noblest work. If he does not believe
in God his effrontry is even greater.
He knows no superior at all.
Upon what evidence may one who
does not know assume for himself
position Of so great Importance? The
mind of potato bug may not conceive
of any power greater than itself. Is
that a proof that no such higher
power exists?
Man knows no living creature su-
perior to him in intelligence. Does
that prove that there is none? Ger
tainly those who look to Scripture
for their authority may find there
references to such beings. If you
have the curiosity to look you will
find them mentioned in the sixth
chapter of Genesis and elsewhere.
Those who do not find their author
ity for thinking in the Bible, may
Judge for themselves whether it is
probable that man is the highest
accomplishment of the power that
created billion worlds and started
this little one revolving near the in
side of that doughnut-shaped vapor
of worlds that we call the Milky way
1t is comfortable, and gratifying
to vanity, to suppose ours the only
world, and man is master of it-but
is it true? Who knows?
Man at best may be only a minor
factor in the universe. He has nc
authority beyond the little speck Of
dust on which he lives. There are
parts of the universe that he cannot
even see with the strongest tele-
I scopes. Does he imagine that in all
the vast space within and without his
range of vision, there can be nc
The Bozeman courier., 1926-09-10

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Let us look
at the facts frankly. It is not merely
by luck or accident that while six
million unemployed are roaming
through Europe, the American work
man is finding daily employment. It
is not merely luck or accident that
while European monies have a daily
fluctuating value, so that distress
stalks everywhere, here in America
we are able to show a continuance
Of the American standard of living
and of the American wage scale. It
is not mere luck and accident which
gives us the American spirit as
whole in contrast to the multipolitical
divisions in Europe Back of this
American progress stands the Repub-
hcan administration and the charac-
ter Of the president and the conf.
dencc which the people have in him.
The Bozeman courier., 1926-09-10

creature who knows more and has
mightier powers than he? And that
there may not be another creature
more exalted than that one? Is it
not possible that there are
Thousand such beings who look down
upon man as he looks down upon a
worm or an ant? And is it not pos
sible that there are other intelli-
gences equally as high above these
creatures as they Sre above man, and
man above the potato bug? We do
not know.
The Bozeman courier., 1926-09-10
BUT THEY LIKE TT

Il can't bear to have my children
kissed by strangers"
Neither can I, but it can't be
helped. They are all over Is."-
MegendOrfer Blaetter, Munich.
The Bozeman courier., 1926-09-10
REPUBLICAN TICKET

REPUBLICAN TICKET
General Election Tuesday, November 2
Representative in Congress, First District:
RONALD HIGGINS
Associate Justices of Supreme Court:
WILLIAM L. HOLLOWAY
ALBERT j. GALEN
Railroad and Public Service Commissioner:
LEE DENNIS
State House of Representatives:
GEORGE DARLINTON
ROBERT ]. DUNN
HARLOE P WHITE
County Commissioner (six-year term):
HENRY ALTENBRAND, JR.
Sheriff:
]. P. DONALDSON
County Clerk and Recorder:
J. H. HARRIS
County Treasurer:
w. H. SALES
County Attorney:
SETH F. BOHART
Superintendent of Schools:
MARY E. ROSENBERG
County Surveyor
S. D. WALDORF
Public Administrator:
J. LEW GRACEY
Coroner:
H. F. WEST
The Bozeman courier., 1926-09-10

WASHINGTON, D, C.-The Re-
publican senatorial and congressional
offices are now functioning in Chi
The Bozeman courier., 1926-09-10

For the idea of the first great phil
osopher in history about this inter
esting delusiOn of man, read Job.
You will find there, along toward the
end of the book, the theory that Job
was punished with boils, poverty, and
other afflictions for his impertinence
in claiming that he understood all
about the purposes of the Creator
and that his three friends were pun
ished in the story for precisely the
same offenses. Not one of the four
Of them knew blooming thing about
it; and, according to the Bible, if
you are fundamentalist, or accord
ing to commop sense if you are not,
they wouldn't know anything more
about it if they were living today.
To me the idea that there are in
numberable creatures above man in
the scale Of life is very gratifying.
/ would dislike very much to believe
that being that engages in war, and
wears Oxford bags, and commits
murder, and permits graft, and drinks
bootleg whiskey, and chews tobacco,
and has to use Lsterine, is the su-
preme and crowning effort of the
hand that set the Pleiades in motion,
and of the voice that whispers to
the sun at dawn.-COpyright 1926, by
H. Z. Read, st. Louis, Mo.
The Bozeman courier., 1926-09-10

cagO, New York and Washington.
Putnam patriot., 1926-09-17
REAM LOSES SUIT
Can Not Recover Sl0.2S4 Paid Government Under Income
 Tax

According to recent federal court decision. rendered by Judge John K. Hazel m the United States district court. New York, Robert C. Ream. son of the late Norman B. Ream, who for many years had 8 summer estate in Thompson. will not recover from the government Sl0,2s4 paid under protest as a tax on S50,uoU received from the estate of his father.
 he late Mr. Ream's Will provided that his sons. Robert '. and Norman B.. should receive as executors 'S50,- 000 each for commissions, percentage and allowances made by statute or otherwise Contending that the S50,- GOO was a bequest, Robert Ream calm ed exemption from paying his 1924 in- come tax on that amount.
 Later Mr. Ream paid the Sl9,2sa under protest to Frank k. Bowers, Collector of Internal Revenue, and brought suit against Mr. Bowers for recovery of the amount. In dlsmissing Mir. Reams suit Judge Hazel pointed out that the will distinctly provided that the S5O,0OO was to be paid to each of two executors for their services as such.
Putnam patriot., 1926-09-17
WAS PASTOR HERE
Rev. Geo. A. Gordon, D. D., Praises His Assistant, Rev.
 Boynton Merrill

h the current Issue uf the Con IgregationaIlst Is all lnstaiiment Of tne autobiography et Rev. George A.. ! Gordon D.D.. for over forty years minister at old south church, Boyl- sten street. Boston he autobiogra- nhy has been running for some tune, Che present Issue containing the eiev- enth chapter.
 h the last chapter Ar. Gordon praises the four assistant pastors of the church associated with him. The fourth and present pastor Is the Rev Bovnton Merrill, formerly pastor of the Second Congregational church Of Putnam. Mr. Gordon has the highest praise for Mr. Merrill and, after speaking of Mir. Merrilis three pre- deeessors, writes of Mir. Merrill as follows.
 The present associate minister
 (Mr. Merrilll 1 must not praise eN- eept to say that he seems to me essen tlal to the continuance of my ministry and the new lite of the church. So much 1 may be forgiven for saying, especially when l add that so much more ln the way of grateful asknowl- edgment might justly be said. never distribute words of recognition among four very different individuals without recalling an experience of Samuel Johnson, the friend of whom l have been writing. The occasion was some high social affair, one of excellence, whose character and triumph were due to group of able and delightful women. Mir. Johnson and his young friends called for a speech in response to q toast to the ladies from q gentle man who had been married four times, hoping to get some youthful merriment
 ut of this gentieman's $ embarrassment. They were mistaken. Mir. Jones was equal to the occasion, and, taking his own experience as guide, replied thus: 1 he first Mrs. Jones m her dis tinctive excellence was the most won derful woman he had ever seen; the second Mrs. Jones was totally unlike her predecessor, but in her own line of excellence she was unmatched, the third Mrs. Jones lwhom he always spoke of as the former Mrs. Jonesl was a complete contrast to the other two. but in her worth she was abso- utely unapproached; while the fourth and present Mrs. Jones united the truth, beauty and worth of three glorious women whom she had sue eeeded. l may not go as far as this Tn praise of my present beloved associate, the Reverend Boynton Merrill. l sim ply let the suggestion do it's perfect work
Putnam patriot., 1926-09-17
TRADE SCHOOL
Evening Glasses Provide Sup plementary Training For
 Men Employed

Preparation for the annual evening sehooi work at the State Trade school Is being planned with a view to pro viding supplementary training for men empioyed m the various indus tries. Thus a cotton weaver may wlsh 10 take up loom hxlng or cotton spinner may De deslrous of taking up yarn calculations. Opera tors of machines Tn the industries nave an opportunity in the machin, snop to take up specialized training on questions dennitely related to their work. The complete outline of sub- jects offered m the various classes at present Is as follows:
 General cotton manufacturing Plain weaving, dobby ana box loom weaving. loom fXlng, cloth analysis and design, yarn calculations, card ing and spinning, doubling and draft ing, cost nnding.
 Drafting Mechanical and arehi- teetural, snop math., building estimat- ing, blue prlnt reading.
 Machlne sa0p pracuee-Dehnite ln- struetion in the operating Of ma chine units, such as milling machine, grinder, lathes, pianer, shaper, tool making ana bench work.
 Carpentry snop-Iraining will be given ln the Use of steel square and 1ls application to problems in car pentry work. Cabinet making, mill work.
 Electrical work-Elementary and principles oi D. C., princi- ples of A. c., battery worA, motor and generator operation, armature "1ne- 4us.
 aome economies aepartment- Dsr4slnaIln mthlners, cooking, Aouseu0l4 l..a4.at -sesaent as ln previous ]. y.4fs.
 Mea in Putaah. and near vicinity have Al g.4a. ila rmD aced the op- portunities wn4... .a.s. -iasses afford and to many the instruction received nas p.osed of detin, snetit m the way of advancement ehe industry iil when they aGe wOts..lg
 Those interested in these courses should enroll us early as possible sO that classes may be definitely orga- nized and school work satisfactory begun with as little delay and con fusion as possible. Classes in this work will open on October at 1.50 p. m.
Putnam patriot., 1926-09-17
GOLF MATCHES AT
 THE COUNTRY CLUB
Interest Centers In Ladies Match For Governors Cup
 and Club Championship
Mos, Successful seasOn In Clubs His.
 tory Draws 10 a Close

There was good list of entrants and some interesting events on the Inks of the Putnam Country club over the weekend In the class A sweepstakes scratch to eighteen haudi- cap, R. Gaunt won the low gross with an Sl and J D. Potter. Sr., and J. D. Potter. Jr.. were tied for the low net at n. While Gaunt had a net 70 by the rules of the match he was not eli- gibie for two prizes
 In the class B, handicaps i9 to 30, Iver Nelson turned tn the low gross, an SS, and :. F. Marland won the low net with a seventy.
 The result of the match was 8: follows:
Putnam patriot., 1926-09-17
SHORT CALENDAR SESSION
 Io fOsrroNED A MEEk

The short calendar session and as siEI .srut oI eases 0t the superior eou which Was u haXe been held today has been postponed week bN orc of Judge Alfred C Baldwin who a4= aeId lne ciyii session of court m Putnam following the adjournment of l4e criminal term now lH session presided over by ladse lahn R. Booth. rhe pestpoamoat is au account of criminal business. fhe naturalization session k beng held today as sehedul- ed.
Putnam patriot., 1926-09-17
POMONA GRANGE

4 meeting oI t4ulac14ag Pomona Grange .,o has been CT anRed bg State Master Ive- anu ! 5.ilJna ..iassc4 Barstow to b, held .ita Vol Den Grdu.e. .so. oI at Aoln T, Thurs day. vel ,. 4Ju.s4ta grange Will open at 0 for the eonferring of the l. th gree m full fo-m Dinner will b, gsa Dy Wolf Den Grange at lz sc It p. m. the officers of the l0nnees4eut state grange sld confer the sixth degree on all fifth degree members entitled to receive it. The officers of the Connecticut state grange and Quineiaug Pomona grange are cooperating at this special meeting to enable all patrons in this jurisdiction to receive the seventh de- gree at Portland at later meeting.
Putnam patriot., 1926-09-17
IN NEW PLAY

Miss Frances Starr will be seen in a new play, "The Shelf, this sea- son. It will open at the Morosco theatre, New ork, Monday, Sep tember 27. The play is by Dorrance Davis and, according to all accounts, it is one of the best plays tried on the road this spring. Miss Starr ls the vi Hascal Coffin the ar. -', son of George M. Coffin of New H1xen, who IS acting as receive cs the First National Bank of Putnam.
Putnam patriot., 1926-09-17

Psychological demobilization" of the Italian people has been ordered by Premier MuHsolini Newspapers are forbidden to print incendiary material tending to keep alive the "bellicose terminolegy and spirit"
Putnam patriot., 1926-09-17

The Sultan of Morocco was shocked al the exhibition of the Charleston he witnessed in Paris. He declared: "It is very curious. l don't understand how men can allow their wives and daughters to join in it."