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something approximating an acquaint-
anCe?
1t is not merely matter of always
taking the car to the official service
quarters for the particular make. In
many large establishments the owner
may he AS unknown to the persons
who work on his car as he would 10
if taking the machine to n different
repair shop every time he wanted
work done. Service stations that spe-
clalize on one particular make Of car
do understand the car. but il requires
more than excellent mechanical train
ing to put that shop in a position 70
solve all of it's customers problems.
Managers Study Patrons.
To perfect the service facilities Of
the shop that specializes. il has been
found necessary in several instances
for station managers to study Gus
toners habits and behavior at the
wheel. a manager who understa nds
his customer can pass along to n mo
chanic certain instructions that apply
only to the particular job. If the
mocha mic is in doubt about anything
he consults the manager and proceeds
according to instructions.
A notable example of the extreme
case Of an owner who took his car to
Il shop to have it tuned up" A me
chanic unfamiliar with the needs and
habits of the particular owner took a
ride in the machine and found that Il
would not operate smoothly in high
gear at anything under Is miles an
hour. AS result he spent several
hours adjusting the braker points. the
rarburetOr and the timing. For nine
drivers ont of ten this would have
been perfect job of tuning. but the
mechanic did not know his customer.
An hour after the car left the shop
It was back again. the owner inCensed
at the terrible condition of the en-.
CINE" 1t seems that his hobby was
speed, and it also played an important
role in his business. He had no need
for car that could run slowly in
high gear. only for one that would
run at top speed smoothly. All Of
the mocha MICS efforts had been in
vain.
How Faults Are Found.
The manager of "A service station on.
gagged in adjusting one of the many
shock a bSOrbing devices was unable
to satisfy a customer until he had
taken a few rides with him and found
out what sort of ride the customer
Continued on Ninth PaGeJ
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100000 AUTOS STOLEN
EVERY YEAR. is ESTIMATE
100000 Value at Basis of
1915 Each-Four of Five Re-
turned. However.

Automobile thefts yearly total ESQ.
600 cars. valued at S21S.000. 900. &C.
cordinG TO statistics compiled by the
Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.
Increased motor vehicle registra
ton is finding its parallel in increa sed
ear thefts. the survey indicates. The
estimated value of theft loss was ar
rived at by appraising the stolen cars
at an average price Of 1915. which is
the basis applied by the Department
of Justice in administering the ma,
tional motor vehicle act
1t is estimated that four out of five
cars stolen were recovered. which re
.duces the dead loss of automobile own
ers TO about $4,000. 900 il accessories
robes. spare tires and other equipment
are not included
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-15
New York May Scrap Tracks.

Public hearings on proposals that
the city acquie street surface rail
ways which are found to be obstruc-
tions to traffic have been started be-
fore the Board of Estimate Of New
York City. If an equitable arrange
ment can be made, the tracks viii
be removed and bus lines substituted
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-15
SERVICINC AUTO OWNER
AS WELL AS CAR ADVISED
Repairs That Take No Account of Men
tally of Driver Often Disappoint
Customer and Mechanic.
BY FREDERICK {. RUSSELL.

Motorists who experience difficulty obtaining tho right kind
of for their find the trouble lies their failure
to mechanics who understand them well their
That this plausible explanation OF the present difficulty
BY with medical
that the successful physician the who knows his pa
ent well as he knows the patients ament. In motodou
however, few mechanics understand the human their
This believed to be due to much drifting from
shop to another The hears of particularly skt
mechanic who always hits the nail the head and gives him
shot at trouble the first opportunity The does
appreciate that the particular mechanics reputation earned
entirely through his understanding automobiles but largely
through understanding the peculartes OF the Of those
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-15
HICH-SPEED ARTERIES
PREDICTED FOR FUTURE
European Groups Plan Special Roads
to Provide Rapid Transportation
Between Cities
BY WILLIAM ULLMAN,

What is the future. far speed concenedand that
after ALL primary aCtoo bus truck and gen
ea auomove transportation between large cities where high
way congestion is becoming and aggravated?
he question be answered. indirectly by the following
quotation from consular received from Berlin by the
United States Department of Commerce. 1t pointed
here movement in Germany for the construction Of
peedWay running directly from large another
served tor hghpeed As these roads
limited class Of drivers they be built with public money
This scheme embrace all Europe already society has
been Incorporated in Italy to undertake this work
ebratcns already have taken place regarding the Ham
burg lano route which planned go Hanover 1hungia
South Germany and Switzerland Later lines the Rr district
Berlin and Czechosovakia also planned
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or he even can blow the horn more.
Either of these is preferable to driv-
ing with the headlights burning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-15

Nineteen cities of more than l00..
0on population had fewer motor
fatalities il 1879 than in 1924.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-08-27
ROOM o ECONOMY

WASHINGTON, D. C.-The prob
able increase Of f~ifty-five millions in
governmental expenses for the new
fiscal year will undoubtedly operate
among the sober thinking members
Of congress to give new life to the
bill which has been for some time
before that body, for the general
overhauling, reorganization and alb
clifton of needless governmental bu-
reaus, commissions, boards and agen-
cies. This measure first came up in
1921, and it is certain to be one Of
the administrations principal econ
Omy measures next winter, and ought
70 be enacted without further DELAY.
The total Of government employees
has been cut from the high mark Of
656,OOO to 246,OOO and It viii stand
q further reduction. Happily, IN all
these undertakings tia president is
not in the habit Of putting his hands
to the pillow only to turn It from the
furrOW.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-08-27
by HARLAN NgeAe Read
Were They Justified?

A story that has aroused stormy
debate for a long time is this:
Many years ago a young man en-
plOyed in q bank dashed across the
street about 10 o'clock in the morn
ing and entered the law office Of an
old friend of his family. Incoher-
emily he disclosed to the attorney
the fact that he had been embezzling
the banks funds to the extent of
$5O,OOOi that he had lost it all in
speculations by means Of which he
had hoped to be able to replace it
and make more; and that the bank
examiner was in town and would, no
doubt, discover his ~defalcations that
afternoon.
Have you still access to the banks
cash?" asked the lawyer.
eyes"
'Then go get $4,000 more and
bring it to me Immediately
The young man did as instructed.
Then the lawyer took him to the Of
flee Of the president of the bank.
"Mr. President" said the lawyer.
"this young man has Just come to
my office and has confessed the en-
%bezzlement Of 100000 from your
bank. He is of an old and respected
family, as you know. The examiner.
he tells me, will discover the loss
some time this afternoon, unless Won
can help me devise some way to avert
this disaster"
The president Of the bank was
stupefied with amazement and wild
with indignation, but after a short.
violent conference, he agreed to let
the boy go unpublished if the amount
lost could be refunded by his friends.
AT the last moment Of grace the law
yer reported that he could get to-
gether $4,000 and no more. The
banker, anxious to recover what he
could for his stockholders, consented
to a compromise and the young en-
bezzler got off scott free.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-08-27

WASHINGTON, d. C-Chairman
William d. Butlsr Of the Republican
National committee, who for some
time has been a shining mark against
which the Democratic nationalin-
trigue was being directed, has sur
mounted his difficulties and his re-
election in NOvember IS now conceded.
Metropolitan newspapers who have
had men ia the Massachusetts field
making 8 survey have reported back
that 8 victory FOR David I. Walsh.
the Democratic candidate. was pos
sible only through his securing some
g5 5000 Republican votes and holding
his Democratic strength intact The
Washington "Post" and other neus-
papers find that David % making but
httie headWay amlng the Nerubi-
cans. and IS having serious breaks on
bis Democratic lire. Tails fact IS 81
national importance, because rs a
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-08-27
THE HOME OWNERS

Statistics on the activities of building and loan
associations in the United States are always in
teresting because they form an index to the pros
perity and progress of the people in moderate
circumstances.
According to H. F. Celarius of Cincinnati,
secretary of the national association of these or
CARNATIONS, 100000 American homes were bought
or built last year on mortgage loans secured from
building and loan associations. There was a 80
per cent increase in residential building in the
country during the same year. There are more
than $4,000 of these associations in America, and
their assets amounted to more than $5,5OO,OOO,-
600. Ten million Americans hold stock in these
organizations, and the increase in assets in 1925
aggregated $743, $1,000 or 1876 per cent, while
the growth in membership was 1,332,645.
A situation of this kind is Indicative of the
prosperity of the workers of the United States.
AS long as the number of home owners increases
so rapidly, there is little danger of bOlshevism in
America. The American worker is rapidly be-
coming a capitalist, and he is going to be slow
to risk his assets and his opportunities for better
ment on a promise of a Utopia which he knows
has never been possible in a world of human short
comings.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-08-27
ANOTHER ANGLE

WASHINGTON, D. C.-There are
six million unemployed in Europe.
Another million at least might be
added of those who are only partially
employed. Unemployment today is
the great political issue in Europe.
and in the effort to correct that stu
alton, all economic laws and rules
r being ignored. Europe today is
frantically manufacturing goods with
the first and primary purpose of
procuring employment for its work
men. In the sale of these goods. price
becomes a mere incident. European
statesmen figure that as between
doles for unemployment and assum-
ing losses by sustaining the manu-
facturers so that they can sell their
goods abroad at any cost, there is
little difference. In fact, they prefer
the latter to the former.
Democrats, accordingly, in deciding
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-08-27
OUR WORLD TRADE

Interesting figures are found in a survey of
the world trade of the United States for the last
fiscal year. These figures show that the balance
of trade is slowly turning against us. France.
Italy, Great Britain, Russia, and Europe as a
whole purchased less goods of us than in the
previous year. On the other hand, the value of
goods bought by the United States in the coun-
tries named and in Europe as a whole greatly
increased over the previous year.
To give exact figures, Europe purchased $685.
O5S,142 less goods from us in the fiscal wear
1925-26 than in the fiscal year 1924-25. while we
bought from Europe goods valued at s1O4,3 76. 1855
more than in the previous year. It must be
understood that the fiscal year ends on June 80.
The figures for the month of June show that this
decrease OF exports and increase of imports from
Europe is continuing. If it keeps up during the
present fiscal year, of course, the balance of trade
will be against us.
The situation is quite different from what it
was two or three years ago. Then the balance Of
trade was greatly in favor of America. Gold
was pouring in and the free traders and inter
nationalist were declaring that unless we took
away our sO-called tariff barrier, and for gave
the European debts to the United States. the
time was fast approaching when we would have
all the money and all the goods, Europe would
be ruined, and Uncle Sam would follow suit.
The thing has not worked out exactly that
way. The tariff still stands, and is not so much
OF a barrier as was anticipated. The European
debts were not cancelled, and now there is no
considerable sentiment in the United States that
they be cancelled. And yet our balance of trade
is steadily slipping. This should convince us
that the situation in most European countries is
not so desperate as it has been pictured. If
Europe is buying less of us and sending us more.
1t must mean that she is more and more supplying
her own markets and at the a time increasing
her sales to the United States.
With imports mounting, the advocates of lower
tariff IN this country are going. to have a harder
time proving their case. A few months ago It
was predicted that the opposition party would
base its campaign on the repeal Of the protective
tariff. But we do not hear so much about that
as formerly. 1t is becoming a general belief that
tariff reduction will not be a very popular sub
Ject in America this year. Even the farmers
are not taking to it" as was predicted. The
thinking farmer knows that he benefits from the
tariff both directly and indirectly, and will not
espOuse any plan that will adversely affect his
pOcketboOk. The Democrats may have to drum
up another issue.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-08-27
AN OLD RECIPE
TO DARKEN HAIR
Sage Tea and Sulphur Turns
Gray, Faded Hair Dark
and Glossy

Almost everyone knows that Sac
Tea and Sulphur, properly compound
ed, brings back the natural color and
lustre to the hair when faded, streaksd
or gray. Years ago the only way to
get this mixture was to make e AZ
home, which is mussy and troublesome.
Nowadays we simply ask at any drug
store for "Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur
Compound" You will get a large bot
dc a this old-time recipe improved BY.
tie addition of other ingredients, At.
very little cost. Everybody uses this.
preparation now, because no one can.
possibly tell that you darkened your
hair, as it does it so naturally and even
y. You dam2en a sponge or soft brush
with 1t and draw this through your hair.
taking one small strand at a time: By.
morning the gray hair disappears, and
after another application or two. vour
mar becomes beautifully dark, thick and,
glossy and you look years Younger,
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-08-27
By National Press Service
A HOPELESS TASK

WASHINGTON, D. C-Democratic
national leaders who have had their
hands full for some years, attempt
ing to drive in a single hitch the
wet Democrats of the North and the
dry Democrats Of the South, have
a new trouble on their hands. Ever
since Senator Caraway, before sail
ing for Europe, issued his pronuncia-
mentO against AL. Smith, the idol of
the New York Democracy, as an i'm
possible presidential candidate, a
a topic which the solid Democrats in
Alabama, Mississippi and other states
have since been developing over night,
the Democratic national leaders are
fearsOme that the attempt to run the
North and the South in a harmonious
hitch becomes almost hopeless.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-08-27

that this IS the time to. revise the,
tariff, would do well to give a Sec
ond thought to the matter. The tar
if today is not for the protection Of
industry; it is for the protection Of
the wage Of the American. workman.
and the preservation Of the American
standard Of living. The Republican
party today stands, not only for a
living wage, but for a saving wage,
one which will enable the workman,
not only to meet the demands Of his
family, but to safeguard his family
against misfortune or disaster which.
may come to the bread Garner.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-08-27
BUSINESS FAILURES
DECREASED IN 1925

Failures as reported by Bradstreet's
for The full calendar year 1925 total.
1883, with liabilities aggregating.
$479, GIL 54 and assets Of $262,O93,-
314.
There is here shown a decrease Of
4.3 per cent in number from the cal
endar year 1924, with a decrease Of
81 per cent in liabilities from the.
same year. The number Of failures
was the smallest of any year since
and including 1921, but more than.
double the total for 1920. Liabilities
were likewise lighter than any year.
since 1920, but were 1875 per cent
in excess Of the first "year Of de-
flatiOn.' Failures have fallen behind
1924 in every month since last Feb
ruary. There yer more failures than
in 1924 in New England and the cen
tral=western states, but fewer in the
middle states, the northwest. the
south and the far south. Liabilities
were lighter in every group in 1925
than in 1924, with an especially
marked decline in the northwestern
group, which in 1924 saw bank fail
ures at their peak.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-08-27
THE RETURN ON THE INVESTMENT.
From the HeIena Independent.

From the Helena Independent.
1t costs 1928 to raise a child to the age of 10.
That's what the department Of labor estimates.
anyway.
But the department gives no figures on the re-
turn on the investment. The return is naturally
impossible to get, because the mutual affection
between dad and mother and the boys and girls.
in a happy home, and their happiness, can't be
figured in dollars and cents. It is safe to saw.
however, that no dad and no mother who have
spent their allotted S7,28s to raise a child would
trade the experience for anything less than a good
big sum-say about seven triIion dollars. more
or less.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-08-27
WE WEATHER THE GALE

The pleOnastic rhetorical tornado, which for
several days had been brewing in the Belgrade
Journal office, swept down upon us with last
weeks issue of that publication.
So violent was the blast that we were almost
tempted to exclaim, as did Casca in julius Caesar:
L have seen tempests, when the scolding winds
Have rivd the knotty oaks, and I have seen
The ambitious ocean swell and rage and
foam"
The Journal required a three-deck, double
column heading and three columns of space to
denOunce The Courier and it's editor; to r~eiterate
its judgment, formed before the first performance
had been given, that the Bozeman Roundup was
a fake" and a "holdup"; to take a slap Cwbv.
nobody knOws) at a sheep company, and to dis
cuss various other things that have long since
passed into the limbo where the woodbine
twineth and the whangdoOdIe mourneth."
Then having alternately spat fire and apolog-
lzed' the Journal dragged in the poor cowboy"
who hailed, probably, from Passiac or the Bronx
and had just piled off a westbound RATHER, to add
the supreme pathetic touch that should WIRING
from the hearts of it's readers the sympathy that
1t could not hope to get by Knocking" the Round
up and The Courier.
There are only a few points in the childish
TRADE that call for comment.
The first is that the editor of the journal
severely criticized by BOzeman and valley folk
who resented his unjustifiable advance 'Tnock''
OF the Roundup, tried to make a personal issue of
The COurier's stand. But he knows there was
nothing personal in it. The Courier has as much
right as the Journal to discuss a public matter
and any confirmed wielder of the hammer must
expect to be called once in a while. Nor is The
Courier interested in the financial angle. If the
journal were to close its doors tomorrow, the
Courier would not profit by one cent. So that's
that.
Uncle Sam" says we gave him the hardest
knock" IN his newspaper experience. We deny
that. He knocked" himself in his issue of Aug
-ust B. He should know how hard that knock
was, for his was the hand that launched the
boomerang. Judging from the loudness of his
means, it must have been a lusty WALTON.
Furthermore, he gives Harvey Griffin credit
for being the only editor of The Courier who
treated him with journalistic courtesy" That's
fne-Hafvey is highly deserving Of the commit
ment-Only Mr.. Griffin left The Courier before
Uncle Sam" took over the Journal in 1928. And
BY the way, we'd like to know what is consideres
journalistic courtesy" Past issues Of the
Journal don't disclose much Of it.
AS for the accusation that The Courier "a INV
ing to create III win between BOzeman and Bel
grade"-thsts simply silly.
The Courier took the stand it did in the Roundup
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-08-27

matter because it felt that the Journals knock
was not only s%piteful, but undeserved. Whether
that stand is appreciated may easily be ascer-
tanned.
Now that we've weathered the gale, and the
Journal declares it's Through" we can turn to
something more constructive.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-08-27

well understood that because of che
relationship between Senator Butler
and the president, and because the
election IS to be in Massachusetts.
Buffers defeat would hurt Coolidge.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-08-27

One-fifth Of state wool clip, 4,5OO,-
600 pounds, is sold by 465 growers
under cooperative storage and mar
keting plan.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-08-27

Ma Ferguson has now gotten into the frame Of mind
where she thinks she has only begun to fight.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-08-27

Perhaps, as Paul Whitman says, Jazz Is q suspension
bridge to better things. Meanwhile. the susDsr.e IS
something aWful-Boston Globe.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-08-27

The easiest way for a farmer to get rich is to find a
nice oil well on his land.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-08-27

Women don't wear so much jewelry as they used to
how about everything else?
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-08-27

What is your opinion Of the con-
duct Of the lawyer and Of the banker
in this case? Is a lawyer justified
in practically becoming the accom-
plice Of his client? Is he any more
to be excused because he is an old
friend Of the boys parents than if
he were not? Is he indicated be-
cause he hoped, by getting the young
man out of his first scrape, to influ-
ence him to go straight thereafter?
Would his act have the effect Of in
ducing the embezzler to go straight
afterwards?
AS a matter of fact this boy did
go straight afterwards. That has
nothing to do with the problem faced
by the lawyer and the banker, for all
they could S as a basis for their
decision was their opinion at the
time as to the possible effect of their
act upon the young man. Suppose
he had been as crooked afterwards
as befOre-would that have any bear
ing on the case?
Remember there is no question as
to the illegality of the acts of the
lawyer and the banker. The question
is as to the morality Of these acts.
Were they less moral because they
were illegal? Shuld laws always
be Obeyed?
Should any person use illegal
means to assist any other person at
any time to escape from the eonse-
quences Of violating the laws?
Should parents stand behind their
children who have violated the laws ?
And if parents should, why not
others?
If there. are cases in which offend
ers should be aided in escaping from
penalties, what line of distinction
would you draw between those en-
titled and those not entitled to It?
What do you think - Copyright
1926 by H. E. Read, st. Louis, Mo.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-04

A process of making coarse cloth
from stringbeans has been patented
at Budapest, Hungary.