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The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-02-19
WILL CELEBRATE
SEMI-CENTENNIAL
FORESTRY In j. S.

MISSOULA-Led by Charles La
throp Pack, president of the Amer
lean Tree association of Washington,
D. c., plans are under way for a
nationwide cOmmemOratiOn Of the
semi-centennial OF the first step in
American forestry by the United
States government.
While General Clusters last stand
in 1876, on the lonely prairies of the
Little Big Horn of Montana, nearly
marks the end of Indian warfare,
that date also marks the beginning
of the forestry movement in the
United States, when DR.. Franklin B.
HOugh was appointed a special agent
for the government to inquire into
forest conditions of the country.
Since that time the great Amer
lean forests have dwindled to half
their former size. Population and in
dustries have increased. Demands
for timber and trees r universal
and come even from the vicinity OF
that bleak and famous battle-ground
Thanks to the impetus Of the move
ment of so years ago, state and gov
eminent are jointly striving to meet
that demand, with shelter belts anC
tree plantations that temper the
winds and landscapes of the hardy
homesteaders of the prairies.
Pointing to the lessons of the past
and with hope for the future, MI
Pack has prepared and publishes
THE Forestry Primer a littl'
pamphlet available to teachers espec
tally, which is couched in such simpI
language that school children ca
grasp its meaning. Containing 8
small pages, it presents in IA simpl
lessons the great forestry problem 0
the United States. 'This Forestr
Primer, Mr.. Pack says, Gains nc
only to mark a date, but to direc
the public opinion of tomorrow to tn
great Importance of that conversion
Of our cOuntry's economic safety
forests"
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-02-19
PREVENTION
WEEK DESIGNATED
FEBRUARY 2l-27
Marks Formal Opening of Cam
paign to Prevent Losses in
1926 Grain Crops

The week of February 21-27 has
been designated as Smut Prevention
week in Montana and ether north
western states in the campaign to
prevent smut losses in wheat, oats
and barley. Farmers and other groups
and organizations are cooperating
with the Montana Extension Service
in the effort 10 have all seed o. the
above grains properly treated before
planting so that losses from smut may
be held down TO the minimum. Last
year the four principal spring wheat
states suffered d loss of approximate
ly 100000 due to the ravages Of
smut. Montana suffered less than the
DakOtas but terminal market inspec-
tons showed that in several counties
of the state smut damage amounted
to more than Is per cent.
The smut prevention campaign in
the northwest is being directed by
the Northwest Grain Smut Prevention
committee. A. J. Ogaard, extension
agronomist, is MOntana's member of
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The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-02-19
YOUTH
Hailed AS STATE
CORN CHAMPION

Arthur Dotter, All corn club men,
Der of Rosebud county, is the new
corn growing champion Of Montana.
The club boy earned his title by de-
feating all c~cntenders in the open
classes and winning the grand cham
pionship at the recent State Corn
show at Miles City with a 10-ear eX-
hibit of white cap yellow dent. He
also won the cup offered by the
Northern Pacific land department for
the best 1O-ear exhibit Of corn grown
on dry land.
This is the second time that a All
club member has won a grand cham
piOnship in state corn exhibits. Two
years ago Herbert Zwisler of Park
City won the title Of "Corn King by
placing at the top in the open class
at the State fair at Helena.
The State Corn show this year
proved to be a revelation Of the eff
cheney and skill cf corn club boys.
While Arthur DOtter was the out
standing winner, two other boys from
his county, Roy and Orville Byerly Of
IngOmar, each won sweepstakes prizes
in the open class. The former won
first place and sweepstakes in the
white dent class and the latter, first
and sweepstakes on white flint and
first in the bushel flint class. The
Byerly brothers were also c~onspicu-
Gus winners in the club division of
last falls international Grain and
Hay show.
At the State Corn show 80 club
members exhibited in the open classes
and won % per cent Of the prize mon
ey offered. Approximately One-sixth
Of the total corn exhibits at the show
were made by club members. Club
members exhibiting in the open class.
es won eight first places, two seconds
three thirds, four fOurths and three
fifths. There were 81 exhibitors il
the club classes, representing Rose.
bud, FallOn, Saltwater, Richland, Vel
lowstone, Custer and Roosevelt coun,
ties.
The state corn Judging contest wa
won by the All club team from Gus
ter county, with teams Representing
Rosebud, Saltwater and RichlanC
placing in the order named. Chalmel
/ Wiseman Of the Custer county team
won the Montana Seed Growers as
sOciation gold medal for being tn
highest scoring individual in the con
test.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-02-19
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Betty Washington
Home National
& y Memorial q
OGV7@O9D

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Kenmore, the home Of Col. Fielding
Lewis and his wife, Elizabeth Betty
Washington, the only sister of George
Washington, has been converted into
a national memorial by the Fredericks-
burg chapter of the Kenmore assOci-
SS;on. The house is in Fredericks-
burg, Va, and is the only Washington
home that is not in the care of a pa
triOtic society.
Washington himself spent many
days at Kenmore and received there
many guests who are now national fig
ures. 1t also was at Kenmore that he
met Martha Parke Custis, who vas
later to be Martha Washington.
The house is a beautiful Colonial
s mansiOn, said 10 be the finest type OF
architecture of that period, and Wash
ingtOn had a large share in the de-
signing of it, making the plans for
many Of its exterior decorations whicS
were executed for him by HessiaS
artists, war prisoners whom IS IS,
signed to the task.
Funds Raised by D. A. p.
The leaders in the movement for It's
preservation plan to make it a national
patriotic shrine, a lesser Mount Yer
non. Some time ago it was threat
ened with destruction, but the mem
bers Of the Fredericksburg chapter OF
the Daughters of the American RevO.
luton raised the funds for it's preser
walton.
The house is Of solid brick cOnstruc
ton. Colonel Lewis, when he built it
was a man of wealth and taste, anC
made it one Of the most notable resi-
dences of the Colonies.
Imposing as it's exterior is, it's chic
glory is within. It's decorations art
Kenmore, Home of Betty Washington
unusually elaborate. On the ceiling
and on the walls are e~ncrusted beau
dful frescOes. The material is stucct
and has remained fresh as If shape,
the day before yesterday IN spite o
the nearly two hundred years the,
have been In existence.
Although built in 1853, when Col
Onel Lewis and Betty Washington
were married, Kenmore was not com
pleted until long afterward. Like ev
cry beloved home, new additions an
axings were added as the years wen
by and brought new necessities.
Beautiful Grounds.
Thus more than twenty years aftg
CONTINUED on page Sixteen)
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-02-19
IA
Washington
RernarAEableAI
Foresight 9R

"A AA AA
WashingtOn's services fully entitled
him to be called first in war, first in
peace, and first in the hearts of his
cOuntrymen," but these distinctions,
due to his part in the Revolution and
as President of the newly formed re-
public, have OvershadOwed a phase Of
his life that deserves careful consider
alton. Few persons are aware of q"
service he rendered in developing the
internal commerce of the country, and
Of his foresight in the problem of Sc
curing union among the states, Henry
Lehman writes, in the Philadelphia
Record.
At the end Of the Revolution, the
common danger that had been so
patent in holding the several states in
united action was removed, and the
contemporary history indicates a
rather dangerous disposition On the
part Of some Of the portions Of the
country to ego it alOne"-a procedure
that would have led to an easy recon
quest by Great Britain. The most
powerful influence in the course of
nations is the economic one. The sew
eral states composing the original
thirteen did not have entirely con
cOrdant interests and, naturally, obey.
ing their impulses. showed an I'M
willingness TO surrender local advan-
tages for the general good. Perhaps
as striking an instance of the opera
ton Of this law. will be found in the
attitude of the people Of the area now
included in the state Of Vermont. The
treaty Of peace with Great Britain
which acknowledged the independence
Of the United States, enumerated eacl
state as sovereign and granted alsC
the territory west Of New Hampshire
Many of the residents Of this area
however, regarded their best Interest,"
to be with Canada, because the Quite
to the, sea was through the waters tina
led to the st. Lawrence river. Rail
roads were unthOught of at that time
Among the leaders of the party tina
declared against entering the Unite
OLalSS was EJudu AllSu' uS AdMOu
patriot, and his two brothers. Activ
resistance to inclusion OF the stat
was threatened, but it came to naugf
and the "Greep Mountain state wa
duly admitted as the fourteenth stat
Problem Faced Young Nation.
During the Revolution many effOr
were. made to bring about a clos
CONTINUED on page Sixteen)
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-02-19
'tFOremost Citizen
ofM the Ages''

TINY and malice have stood rebuksd
in the presence Of bis towering fern.
There i no language sf literature aRd
culture which does not beast among is
adornmsnrs noble eulogies Of the work and
eharacaerOf w shingon. Although, ashisroy
eedeOns les periods, il is but q irde time sin0
he passed from the stage Of life, he has been
claimed, wherever men Struggle and aspire,
Is the possession Of ell humanity, the 6rse
citizen Of al the ages.
$50 he must Be a strangely bold and self
confident euloqist who would attempt % add
ANYTHING 70 the total ofafection, admiration
and reverence which has been reared as the
cruz memorial Of Washington. Il IS impos
sible for rs 70 add Co or taks from the esi-
mate which has been Fixed blythe R~enerarions
of the world"-From an address By Preli-
dent Coolidge a. celebration marking the
rsotha nniversaryof EBAY George " ahng-
ton took command Of the Conansntd amy.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-02-19
NAVY NEEDS MEN;
RECRUITING TO Be
BEGUN AT Once

The United States navy department.
has announced that $4,000 trained
navy men will receive their honorable
discharges this summer as their four
year enlistments expire. Congress
Bional appropriations for 1926-1927
are to be made Immediately available
in order that recruits may be trained
1T once to fill the expected vacancies.
There being only $4,000 men in the
navy, active training is to be inaug-
arated as men are accepted in order
that fleet efficiency may not be i'm
paired when more than cne-thlrd Of
the navy's trained men are returned
20 civil occupations.
Want New Men
ACCOMPLISHMENTS from the 10000 are
expected to be heavy, according to
naval officials who state that the
navy has been securing so per cent OF
its discharged men. 1t was point
ed out however, that new men will be
enlisted without regard to ~re-enllst-
nents, as the fleet wCuld be tied up
did not re-enlistments occur as pre-
dicted.
The navy department has cautioned
ali of it's stations that in spite OF its
need, the strict reference require
ments and parents written consent
must be secured, because men taken
IN must be Of the material which can
be developed as specialists in a short
time. In addition to a hundred selec-
tions for training at the United States
naval academy, regular quotas will 60
&C. the service schools OF fleet details.
The navy department plans on having
about 5000 men in it's service schools
during the coming year.
Begin Immediately
According to orders received at the
navy recruiting station, Salt Lake
City, that station will begin active re-
cruiting at once to secure as many
young men from Montana, Idaho
Utah and Wyoming as can quality.
1t is the desire of the navy that ev'
cry community have equal O~pportunIl
to send it's young men to the flee
schools. To this. end, the navy re
cruiting office is arranging to sem
navy representatives to the localIJ!
when possible applicants r know
by name. The navy men ta be sen
out viii conduct preliminary exam
nations and viii send successful can
didates to Salt Lake City.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-02-19
IMPROVEMENT IN
CONDITION STATES
RANGES, LIVESTOCK
General Feed Situation Betters
as Mild Weather Continues;
Outlook Favorable

HELENA-Improvement in condi-
ton oT NJ ana ranges ana livestock
compared w both last month and
q year ago, is noted in a summary
IF reports fro representative stock
men prepared -cr the division OF pub
lefty, by J. G.. Diamond, federal ag-
r~icultural statist!cian, Cooperating
with the Montana department. Of ag-
IicUltUre.
Ranges, cattle and sheep al sho"
Improvement as a rosu!; Ga avorabie
anuaIy weather md teeu SUPPLIES are
generally expected to t2Aa ere Of
tie balance OF winter nec~3. Details
follow:
Figures Show Gains
Condition of ranges on February 1,
averaged 95 per cent of a normal
compared with SO per cent a month
ago and 90 per cent a year ago. Jan
Uary mild weather permitted a good
utilization of range and pasture feed.
A moderate decline in c nditions 6rOm
recent high averages in the western
third Of the state was more thar off
SEk Dy dl AlllpA ONCu O0SAOOh Al NNS
eastern twO-thirds of the state. Range
condition reports as made by stock
men take into consideration prOspec-
tive spring outlook as influenced by
such factors as soil moisture, damage
IF preceding season, etc. Moisture
.onditioas are reported to be very ia
-a~ab'e.
Condition Of cattle averaged 100
.er cent Of normal against 100 or
normal last month and 98 per cent a
year ago. This average reflects a
Generally favorable feed situation anC
ess than usual shrink as a result OF
January Opcr weather.
Condition Of sheep averaged 1Ol
per cent of a normal compared will
lO2 last month and 102 per cent
year age. The winter to date, eXcep.
the early fall when heavy snowfall
interfered with grazing, has bee
very favorable for sheep. The gen
oral health OF both sheep and cattl
is reported excellent.
Feed Situation
The feed situation improved geneI
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The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-02-19
mRm mRH

The Wakefield National Memorial
association, founded in 1923 in Wash
ingtOn for restoring the old washing
ton homestead" to it's original state,
already has acquired 20 acres Of this
lOng-neglected site.
The plan of the association has been
TO restore and replace the Wakefield
home in Westmoreland county to the
state it was on February %, 1892.
when Washington was born.
The name. Wakefield" which has
so long been yelled in ~Obscurity. the
association points out. is destined TO
bring TO the nation a e meaning
when as a shrine it will be ittingly
emphasized as the birthplace Of the
first President. During congressional
hearings held for consideration OF
plans and authorization of adequate
appropriations for the bicentennial
celebration OF the birth Of Washing
ton It was suggested that the Observ-
ance Should 'begin at the beginning
Wakefield.
His Boyhood Home.
There at Wakefield, where much OF
the beautiful romance Of Washington's
bOyhOOd was lived, is a spot where all
Americans may do homage.
Referring to the visit of the Coolidge
Presidential party to Wakefield, DR..
Charles Moore, chairman Of the ma
tiOnal commission Of fine arts and a
trustee Of the Wakefield association,
wrote:
During his brief visit the Presl-
dent must have been depressed with
conditions prevailing at a place so his
tOric and at the same time so beautI-
full In itself. When he came to de-
part the ebbing tide made 1t impOs-
sible for a small boat to approach the
shore; and the government wharf had
long ago been so broken by the ice
that it survives only as a melancholy
and unsightly wreck. Therefore, the
party was compelled to drive eight or
ten miles to Colonial beach to board
the MayfOwer, the Presidents yacht.
This was the best OF an object lesson"
concluded Doctor Moore.
Granite Shaft on Spot.
Going down the country road sOme
forty miles below Fredericksburg and
a half a dozen miles below the little
settlement Of Oak Grove, one notes at
the left a small tablet inscribed, '"This
is Wakefield Turning in, n ira
verses for a mile or two a road which
was built through the combined efforts
Of the state Of Virginia and the gov
eminent, and comes out into a little
clearing AMONG the pines and cedars.
In the center Of the knoll rises the
granite shaft erected by the govern
ment.
The Potomac at Wakefield is some
eight miles wide, and on the ~clearest
days the trees on the Maryland shore
appear only as a blue haze. No house
Isl In sight from the monument site
although as a mstsss OF fact several
historic residences are not far away
Wakefield lies practically between
POpe's creek and Bridges creek.
Scene Of Romance.
W~ashingtOn's first romance Occurre,
there. too. Betsy Fauntleroy. q "Low
land Beauty" who lived at Naylor
Hold, fifteen miles from Wakefield
won his youthful affections Proof @
this Is seen IN e letter written 5.
Washington to Betsy's father. IL ra;
az Follows.
Confined on Paso sixtsan)
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-02-19

NCCQUHL when fields were lof
fri - or fields were won,
HRll1 With breath Of popular APP
R plause or blame,
Nor famed d damPed, I'M
quenchably the same,
Too inward to be reached by flaws OF
idle fame.
Soldier and statesman, rarest u%nisoni
High-pOised example of great duties
done,
Simply as breathing a worlds honors
worn
AS life's~ Indifferent gifts to all men born;
Dumb for himself, unless it were to God,
But for his barefoot soldiers eloquent
Tramping the snow to coral where they
trOd,
Held by his awe in hollow-eyed content
Modest, yet firm as natures self un-
blamed,
Save by the men his nObler temper
shamed;
Never seduced through show of present
good
By other than unsetting lights to steer
New~trimmed in heaven, nor than his
steadfast mood,
More steadfast, far from rashness as
from fear;
Rigid, but with himself FIRST, grasping
still
In swerveless poise the ~wave-beat helm
of will;
Not honored then or now because he
wooed
The popular voice, but that he still with
stood.
Broad-minded, higher-souled. there is
but one
Who was all this and ours and all mems
Washington.
-LOwsI.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-16
GRAIN MARKET.

CHICAGO May 15.-Something of a
dry, weather scarce developed in the
wheat market today, and gave a lift
to prices in all the grain pits here.
Closing quotations on wheat were
strong, &c to 1kc net higher. with
corn nc to A up, oats at Nc to Nc
gain, and provisions showing sc to
15c advance.
Reports at hand appeared to indi-
cate plainly that a large part of the
spring wheat area had received no
rain relief, and that the crop outlook
northwest had become adverse in va
rious important sections. Higher tenn
peratures which are looked for were
expected to make the moisture short
age worse. Besides, severe injury
from high winds were reported as
having been suffered by wheat.
1t was asserted by some trade
leaders that the current prices in the
wheat market discounted a large crop
which had not yet been raised. How
ever, this might be, the immediate
market effect was to put a stop to
aggressive selling and to bring in a
volume Of buying sufficient to keer
prices tending upward throughout
the day. The action of the market
was also influenced more or less by
signs of better transatlantic demand
associated with the rise of sterling
exchange to above par. A big de-
crease of the domestic visible supply
total on Monday was forecast and
world shipments smaller than the
weekly quota needed.
Corn and oats were affected largely
by the action of wheat notwithstand-
ing that higher temperatures are ia
vorable for the new corn crop.
According to the government bu,
reau of agricultural economies the
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-16
LEGAL NOTICES

Plaintiff in Justice Court of No. 4
Precinct, in and for the County Of
Cochise in the State of Arizona, and
answer to the Complaint filed in said
Justice Court at Douglas, in said
County, within five days exclusive of
the day of service, after the service
upon you Of this Summons, If. served
within this Precinct; but If served
without this Precinct, but within the
county ten days; if served out of the
county fifteen days; in, all other cases,
twenty days.
A copy of the complaint is hereto
attached stating the cause of action
or judgment by default will be taken
against you.
Given under my hand at my office,
Douglas, Arizona, this 27th day of
March, 1925.
JOHN e. NEWBURY,
! Justice of the Peace of said Precinct.
First publication May IL, 1926.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-16

With the exception of cotton fu-
lures, which yielded 8 to 13 points
most of the principal commodity mar
kets pointed upward. Wheat ad-
vanced / to 1k cents bushel. Raw
sugar was unchanged but the futures
were slightly firmer. Coffee showed
net gains of to IA points.
Strength of Sterling Cables, which
sold as high as $4.86%, was counter
acted by the weakness of French
francs, which touched another new
low record at S.O2 cents. Italian lire
rallied nearly 20 points from yester-
days low level but the other contin-
entail rates showed narrow and irreg-
ular changes.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-16
BIG RETURNS
lNXENI
COST

weather throughout the corn belt is
generally favorable. Planting has
made good progress and has now
progressed to Ohio and Louisiana
Farm activities have reduced the
country movement, and receipts have
fallen off sharply at the principal
markets. The demand, however, also
of small volume.
Prices have held around the lowest
point of the season with feeders and
industries limited buyers. Prices con-
tinue favorable for feeding but nc
great Increase in demand appears
probable during the next few weeks.
Provisions reflected a material new
upturn in hog values, making the
average price Of hogs the highest
since last August.