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The Bozeman courier., 1927-12-30
New Ford OtOners Must Pay
Just Double For 1928 Licenses

Owners of new Ford cars in the
coming year win be required to dig
up just twice what they paid for IL
censiRg the old model, according to a
letter sent out by the state registrar
of motor vehicles at Deer Lodge.
It used to cost $3.50 for q tag for
Elizabeth; in 1928 her successor win
wear a SIS license plate. This is all
due to the increased power Of the ma
chine which brings the new model into
classier company than the old enjoy
ed. Technically speaking, the new
Ford has an sac rating Of 24.03,
which figure means Something to per-
sons familiar with engines and So
called horsepower but not much to the
ordinary layman. Anyway it brings
the Miss Ford who recently made her
debut into the SIS class, which ism
SO good
Interest in the new Ford as an up
to-the-minute product continues. bul
viii be diverted somewhat Sunday
January when the Chevrolet VIII
place on exhibition it's new line 81
ears The new Chevrolet is touted as
the last word in its class and en-
bodies many improvements ia desigI
arid construction which are calculate.
! to appeal to tie discriminating buyer
The Bozeman courier., 1927-12-30
MRS. P. r. CLARK,
MONTANA PIONEER,
DIES AT SEATTLE

The death of Mrs. P. R. Clark, who
was a pioneer resident of Montana,
took place last Friday afternoon at
Seattle at the home Of her daughter,
Mrs. A. H. Cox.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clark were widely
known in the state in early days, the
former owning and operating a stage
line between Helena and BOzemani
Bannack and other places. During
the Nez Perce war in 1877, he drove
General Nelson A. Miles from Hell
ena to Bozeman in one of his busses
in eight hours, distance of 11O
miles.
Mrs. Clark was 80 years of age
and was born at La Porte, Indiana
In 1864 she accompanied her parents
Judge and Mrs. Miles w. Brown, tc
Virginia City. The next year she be-
came a resident of Helena and later
lived at Radersburg, where she mar
ried Mr.. Clark, who was member
at that time of the firm Of Huntley
and Clark, stOckgrOweTs.
The Bozeman courier., 1927-12-30
Big Wool Clip Is
Sold at 81 Cents

Prediction that the early arrival Of
eastern buyers meant higher prices
was borne out Monday by the an-
nouncement at Helena that the Dia-
mond Bar clip Of 1900 fleeces had
been sold at 81 cents a pound, 3-4c
above the highest price paid to in
dividual sheep raisers IN northern
Montana for the 1927 season.
Last year the Diamond Bar clip
sold at 351z cents a pound.
It has been rumOred at Great Falls
that Boston wool houses have offered
48 cents for the Snyder clip at Bill
lings but the offer was declined A
number Of northern and central Mon
tana sheepmen have been offered the
same price as last year, or from IS
to 351s cents.
In Idaho. Utah and Colorado, where
the wool grades somewhat below the
Montana crop in quality, the top con
tract price 80 TAR is said to be IS
cents.
The Bozeman courier., 1927-12-30
M'GOUGH BOBCAT
COACH NEXT YEAR
OFT Rcmney, On Leave Absence,
Will Take Advanced Work
On Coaching in East

John F. McGough, Whitehall at
torney who has been assisting this
year, will become coach of the Bobcats
of Montana State college next season
when Coach OFT Romney goes on leave
of absence to attend coaching schools
in the East. The appointment of MIR.
McGough was announced last Sat
urday by Chancellor Brannon of the
Greater University of Montana.
Mr.. McGough has been associated
with athletics since 1910, serving as
either coach or director, and at one
time was coach for Gallatin County
high school. He was graduated, with
a degree of A. B., from Colgate uni
versity in 1910; attended summer ses
sions at the University Of California
for four years, was at Montana State
college in 1914-15, and received hi
LIB. at Gonzaga in 1917.
The Bozeman courier., 1927-12-30
FAMOUS OLD GOLD
CAMP is MEMORY

LEWISTOWN - Kendall, one of
Central Montana's most famous gold
camps, was finally blOtted out as a
precinct and now ceases to exist even
for voting purposes, the county COM
missioners striking it from the map.
The old camp itself and that part of
the precinct lying north of it are add
ed to the Hilger precinct, while all
lying south of the old camp is added
to Warm Spring precinct.
Kendall has had an existence of
we'll over a quarter of a century.
The Bozeman courier., 1927-12-30
NOTARIES PUBLIC
TO REAP HARVEST

Amendments to the motor license
law, made by the last legislature, are
causing some confusion this year and
some additional expense to the owner.
The latter will have to pay from so
cents to $1.0O to notary for attest
ing the application for a license show
ing that the 1927 taxes on the car
have been paid. AS there are approx
imately 100000 motor vehicles in the
state, substantial sum-somewhere
between $4,000 and $1OO, ,OOO-wiIl
be paid for verifications unless the
nOtaries waive their fees,
1t is contended by many persons
that the state law does not specify
that the owner must supply the reg
istrar with an affidavit, but merely
provides that an application blank
must be filled out by the owner who
must state that the 1927 property tax
has been paid. However, the law
states that the application for a IL
cense must be accompanied by 3
verified" affidavit from the owner
showing he has paid the tax. Verifi-
cation means acknowledging a docu-
ment under oath, at least that is the
construction placed upon the law BY
the state registrar. who must have
consulted a lawyer.
The registrar is being bombardeI
with questions about the amended
law, particularly the "verification'
clause. The farmer or man living II
an isolated section where a notary
can not be reached, is put up agains
making a special trip to even star
getting his license.
All thes extra trimmings provide'
by the state legislature cost money t.
Operate the registrars department
Also it cuts into auto fees paid bacl
to the counties for road Durp0ses, les
| the cost Of administration. The mex
Legislature probably viii be requires
/ to untangle the snarl for the amend
ed law is said to be subject to yariou
constructions.
The Bozeman courier., 1927-12-30
EX-GOV. RICHARDS
DIES in BERKELEY
End Comes After Christmas
Reunion With FamiIy-Had
COlOrful Career

Two hours after he had Joined his
family in a Christmas reunion at
which he recalled Christmas DAYS of
pioneers in Montana, John E. Rick
ards, SO years of age, former COVER
nor of this state, died at his home in
Berkeley, Calf, Monday. Death was
due to heart attack.
Governor Richards was porn and
reared in Delaware City, Del. At the
age of 19 he jOurneyed to Philadel-
phia and accepted employment as a
clerk, but his ambitions turned to the
great Northwest and in 1870 he
reached Pueblo, Colo, where he en-
gagged in clerking and bookkeeping
until 1878. He then went to San
Francisco, and in 1882 he came to
Butte to make his home. In 1889 he
was chosen as a member of the con-
stitutional convention, and his rare
! qualities and executive ability so i'm
pressed the people that in the follow.
| ing year he was elected lieutenant.
governor, and in 1893 elevated to the
chair of chief executive of the state
Governor Richards was married, il
| 1876, to Miss Lizzie M. Wilson, a ma.
tive Of Newark, Del, and a descend
ant of one Of the old colonial fam
lilies. She died in San Francisco il
1881, and three years later Mr.. Rick
ards married Mrs. Eliza A. Boucher
a daughter of Thomas B. Ellis o.
Pembroke, Ohio.
Mr.. Richards was an active mem
Der of the Methodist Episcopa
church, and was affiliated with sew
eral leading fraternal organizations.
The Bozeman courier., 1927-12-30
SKETCH OF new
Hotel DISPLAYED
Building Will Be Seven Stories,
With 76 ROOms-WOrk to
Be Begun Soon

Artists sketches, prepared by
Architect Fred +. Wilson, Of the
building and lobby of BOzeman's new
community hotel were placed on ex-
hibition in the windows of the Mon
tana Power company offices last Sat
urdey and attracted considerable at
tention.
The building is to De seven stories
in height, with frontage Of 1Ol feet
on Main street. and 100 feet on Wilson
avenue. 1t will be of steel cOnstruc-
tion and straight lines will character
ize the architecture throughout. There
will be rs rooms, all outside with
every other one being furnished with
a bath.
The main floor will have an added
height to enable the setting IN OF
mezzanine floor and a balcony that
will overlook the large dining hall.
The main entrance to the building will
be on Main street and is to be the
most elaborate of the outside decora-
tions. On either side will be shops
two on the east and two on the west
Immediately within the main en-
trance will be the spacious lobby, the
offices. check rooms, sample rooms
elevator to the mezzanine floor anC
other stories, and entrances to the
dining rooms and coffee shop. There
is a large dining room and smallel
one, both connected so they can o.
thrown into one large room for th'
accommodation of gatherings tina
might tax the capacity Of. one.
The balcony overlooks the iarg
Continued on Page Twelve)
The Bozeman courier., 1927-12-30
Death Takes Two
Valley Residents

Two deaths marked holiday week,
both Of which occurred on Tuesday
and claimed residents Of the Gallatin
valley.
Mark Joseph Sullivan, a farmer Of
the Belgrade district, died Tuesday
evening Of heart disease. The body
was brought to the Cassidy funeral
parlors, and services were held there
yesterday afternoon at 2 O'Clock.
The Rev. Wayne Dalton, pastor Of
the Baptist church at Belgrade, Of
ficiated. Burial was in the Bozeman
cemetery.
Mr.. Sullivan was born October "a
1867, in Illinois. He had lived near
Belgrade for two years. Besides his
wife he is survived by 3 stepdaugh-
ter. Miss Jessie Ray Of Belgrade.
Elmer McKim0n. son Of Mr. and
Mrs Dougal McKimOn Of Three
Forks, died Tuesday at the Three
Forks hospital Tho BODY is at the
Dckken CctcAell frreral home. Ser
vices win Be hello at the Dokken-
Getchell chapel at 2;30 b. M today
(Friday). the Rev r. W. Shaw. pas.
tor Of the First BaDtist church. Off
ciating Burial wil be in the boze.
man cemetery
The Bozeman courier., 1927-12-30
STATE INCOME TAX
COLLECTIONS SHOW
GAIN OF $193,4TS

Income tax collections for 1927 In
Montana show an increase of $780,
478.48 over the previous year, accord
ing to Charles A. Rasmussen, collec-
tor of Internal revenue with head
quarters at Helena
'sThese figures are based on the
same rates as last year." said Mr.
Rasmussen, "and reflect a good,
healthy. steady business growth"
The collections for 1926 totaled $2,-
196. .687. .O9. while those for 1927 ag-
gregate 1890, 1857. The difference
S193, ATS. .48, represents an increase fol
the whole period Of 8. 8 per cent.
The Bozeman courier., 1927-12-30
TO INVESTIGATE ASYLUM

A committee of three medical men
has been appointed by Governor j. E.
Erickson to investigate the state hos
pital for the insane at Warm Springs,
$50 that the people may have full
knowledge of the conduct of affairs
at that institution. They are DIR.
George B. Jennings of MissOula, pre-
sident of the Montana Medical associ-
alton; DR.. B. L. Pampel of Livingston
president of the state board of health
and DIR. S. A. Cooney of Helena, pre-
sident of the Montana Association OF
Railway Surgeons.
The Bozeman courier., 1927-12-30
OVER S1,5OO,OOO
FROM GAS TAX

Montana's state highway fund was
enriched $1,000, ,756.76 from the three
cent tax on gasoline between Febru-
ary and December Is, according to
figures made public by the state
board of equalization.
The tax for the first Is days of
this month totaled $99, 1856 which
is thought will be doubled by January
1. Collections for November were
$2O9,765, but cold weather, which ma
terially affects the operation of mo-
tor vehicles on the highways, will &C
count for a decrease this month.
The Bozeman courier., 1927-12-30
SOMETHING NEW
IN DRUNKS' ALIBIS
SPRUNG IN BUTTE

BUTTE-Perhaps a million or
more alibis, clever and otherwise,
have been sprung by drunks In
police court but Henry Weibrenner,
labOrer, offered one the other day
that struck a new note.
why did you get drunk" asked
Police Magistrate Murphy.
'Well," said Henry, Il was put
tin a sole on my shoe and swallow
ed a tack, so / had to get drunk to
either get it up or dissolve it."
Ten dollars" eOuntered the
Judge, between chuckles.
The Bozeman courier., 1927-12-30
NUGGETS FOUND IN
TURKEYS GIZZARD
START STAMPEDE

RED LODGE-A turkeys giz-
zard has started a gold hunt in
this little mountain community.
Eight bright placer nuggets, con-
tanning 80 grams of gold valued at
SO, were taken from the gizzard
of a Christmas turkey. Now re-
tired prOspectOrs are panning the
ground over which the fowl rOamed
and fed, the Paul w. Cartwright
ranch two miles north of here.
The Bozeman courier., 1927-12-30
INFANT DIES

The infant daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs
Edwin Puck died last Thursday at the
{ Deacon SIS hospital. Funeral services
were held Friday morning at Al
o'clock at che Dokken-Getcnell chapel.
the Rev w. Friend Day. rector of
St. James church, 0fficiassag. Burial
was IN the Bozenan cemetery.
The Bozeman courier., 1927-12-30
STATE AUTO CLUB
IN ANNUAL SESSION,
HELENA, JANUARY 19

The annual meeting of the Montana
Automobile association will be held at
Helena January 19, according to Sec
retary A. ]. Breitenstein. Officers
and managers will be elected.
Sam D. Goza is president. The
board of managers is composed of c.
B. Power, Sid J. Coffee of MissOula,
A. w. Miles of Livingston and Lewis
Penwell.
The 13 directors are elected by mail
ballots Ie-l nable December 80.
The Bozeman courier., 1927-12-30

Press dispatches Thursday morning
reported BObcat victory over Den
yer university, at Denver, by a score
of 81 to "a. Thompson and Ward
starred for the Bobcats.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-09-30
A ROTTEN SYSTEM

mere Is considerable debate in Washington inc,
now DIS 70 whether special session of C,o,o..o-.
Is 70 De called next month to give attan+ion =,
Urgent matters-some of which should bA d;snosod
u oelOre the regular session in December-an,oro
unehi' party struggle over the seating If voro o4
pennsylvania and Smith of Illinois
- Inc TACT that the new Congress-eectod ,o.+
-'o'enioer-even after thirteen months b;ds -
De turner delayed before it can pet down -
Aiiess-lS one feature of our Congressional svs-
'', III winch most certainly needs correction
."e 'iing we should do is to amend the cons+;
'u'ion and provide that the Congressman and sor
o'Ois VINO are elected in November shall tako of
lloe On Vne flrst of the following January That
piaotce IS universal in the parliaments If otbo,.
countries II 1t had been in force in this co,,n+rn
'iiere would be no question of having 70 coll -
extra session of Congress to take care Of tbo MI
.issippl HOOD victims Congress would hove 49,.
:" 81 session IN April when the flood came
1hls Constitutional Amendment -
senator Norris, must pass both bonsoa 80 "
giess' ana then be ratified by threefou, 90 ~.
states There is open opposition - Az 'iie
ure' winch IN the last three Congresses boa
tne Senate-the last time bv vote 80 81 p@1SSeu
II would have passed the house if Il con1d - z
oeen brought to a vote but if hoe 49, nave
the floor mas oeen Kept off
Let's have the Norris amendment nassed oou,..
at the next session of Congress- and sent early
iieatlon by the forty-eght State iS'l-
Will do away with '1ame ducks shot : Il
! ana otner evils of the legislative Jams
60. siioi' session which is inflicted upon rs av
b... years IL Will remove one of the great
barriers to the expression of the nonnlor -,n sieas
Washington. popular VIII at
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-09-30

thing it touches. There is no such thing anymore
as honesty or fair play in major sporting events.
1t is notorious that organized baseball is simply a
form of organized graft and that professional
manipulators of gambling pools control that game.
As to the DempseyTunney bout there is anoth-
er factor that must be considered and that is the
military aspects of the affair The American fas-
cists were heavy supporters of Tunney, the ex-
marine, who has been used as a recruiting decoy
since the farce year ago in Philadelphia when
his opponent was doped before he entered the
ring The war mongers were among the heavy
hackers of Tunney in this fight and they saw to it
that their hero got the decision whether he de-
served it or not.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-09-30

ed 245 hours of operation during the
month. But southern spindles aver
aged 326 hours compared with an av-
erage of 164 hours per spindle in New
England.
There are now about as many cot
ton spindles in the cotton growing
states as in all other states of the
union, the figures being for the south
18,206,928 and for all other states
1S,349,098. But in the south the 49,
206,928 produced 5,973, 455, 525 spin
dle-hours in August or nearly double
the 3,045, 1862, 597 produced by the 49,
349,098 spindles in all other states.
Massachusetts with 1O,394,5O4 cot
ton spindles in her mills produced 1,
695,996,977 spindle-hours during the
month But the Carolinas with H.
6O2, 292 produced 3,943, 602,2 spindle
hours of operation. The average OPP
Grafton per spindle in Massachusetts
was 1853 hours, for North Carolina
$40 hours and South Carolina 364
hours.
The employment reports of the U.
=. department OF labor also reflect
the shift of industrial activity to the
South Atlantic states. Since 1923
the department has reported employ
ment changes by major divisions of
the country Tracing the changes in
these divisions from July to July of
each year it appears that in the south
Atlantic states alone are there more
factory workers than in July, 1923.
Factory employment for the coun-
try as whole in July, 1927, was Ill
per cent under July, 1923. There
were 1913 per cent fewer factory
workers in New England, 14.9 per
cent fewer in the middle Atlantic, Sc
per cent fewer in the east north cen
trail, Sc fewer in the west north cen
trail, 1913 per cent fewer in the east
south central, 1874 per cent fewer in
the west south central, 9.5 per cent
fewer in the mountain division, 12
per cent fewer in the Pacific states.
But in the south Atlantic there were
Al per cent more factory workers in
July, 1927, than in the same month
of 1923.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-09-30
Value of Organization Is
Proved by Federal Employees

Washington - (FP)-Never @
a more eloquent testimonial to a'
value of organization been wnta
than that recorded by the Natl fs'
Grafton of Federal Employees. li'
record of this unions achievemeiA
since it was founded in 1917, reads
Borland bill, increasing Worni.
hours from 7 to 8, without increI
IN compensation, appealed to pre'la'l
who vetoed it.
There salary bonuses, Of increaas
amount, successfully obtained rear eau
ing S240 a year. Under reclassi'S
ton bill, added to basic salary y
Approximately s11,OOO,OOO y.
tional for those employed IN sel'"
OF the federal government. l.,
Retirement law passed, aftolass
maximum annuity of $50 a NOM s..-.
Previously employees had been ui1
ped with no provision at ALL I'm
retirement law further alhenus 4
provide for increase in annulV an
$1,000 and lowering of age for .,.,.
ployes engaged in hazardous O'''''
lions. ,,aa
Hearings in last congress lOi - =
minimum wage bill providing :"
6-day week. .,sss
Bill providing rs per cent l lTors
in amount of compensation '''
injured employees passed.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-09-30
New Credit Boss

Inc countrys unprotesting accent
ance OF the dictatorship of great
wealth has barely been more cIearIJ
demonstrated than in the recent FEEDER.
al reserve crisis. The trend of events
raises the question whether the pro
test of Chicago bankers was not in
reality move to lead the public off
on false scent leaving the bankers
TO carry through certain changes
without the formality of congression-
al action. o''i0ii
Secretary Of the Treasury Mellon
OF the inner circle of the MORGAN
rockefeller financial oligarchv. IS re-
ported as wanting S. Parker Gilbert
70 become the governor of the fed
RAJ reserve board. Is there a protest?
Apparently not. What does it mean ?
Gilbert has been well puffed as
agent general for raparation nav
ments under the Dawes plan. AT the
order of the Morgan hierchv he tool
over that work from Owen Yonno.
who became chairman of the General
Electric. Gilbert is the man of steI-
lar magnitude whom tire country bas
been taught to expect as it's credit
6commissar. 1t is even suggested that
ne would accept the position at great
personal sacrifice in view of the fact
Inat ne could make many times tbe
$4,000 salary. wy
ms setup has interesting implica-
lions. First, Mellon is recognized as
practically debating who shall be an
pointed economic head of the country
a scant week ago he was reported as
practically debating the republican
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-09-30
THE BIG SHOW AT CHICAGO

When millions of dollars are involved in bettno
on the outcome of a gladitorial contest in tbe
Prize ring trivial incident like Knockout If
the scheduled winner is not permitted to interfara
with the outcome
mere was time, before prizefighting become
big business" that when one of the fiob+ors
was down for the count of ten he was declared los
er Last Thursday night week ago this old rule
was reversed and the knocked-out man emeroed
from the fight a winner
Inc decision In the Dempsey-Tunney show at
lineage was beyond the shadow of q doubt or
ranged Tor by the gamblers and promoters before
1e oOi'enueIs entered the ring The only wav
"pSey could possibly have regained the belt
~ nave slaughtered Tunney-and even then
@etee Woulo nave probably declared it foul
Olow and have given the dead man the decision
VI course It must not be for moment inferred
tnat dempsey In this fight was not willing the
hight should go it did, for did he not linper
out Oh his corner for several seconds, before the
referee started to count two seconds to the count
instead of one, to give Tunney chance 70 oat On
MS feet and then did not Dempsey chase the
champion about without an effort to hit him dur
ing the remainder of the round?
The public should not lose sieht IF tho foot
tnat there are several phases to prize fight: prn
cPally there is honor and gate receipts
dempsey has been championship laurels are
wlthered leaves to him. What does he want
Money. What is the interest of the promoters
Inc one who wins the belt? Mol What then ?
Gate receipts.
Who is the best drawing fighter? Dempsey of
course. II Dempsey had won who would have
fought Dempsey in the next two or three wears
that would have secured house? No one Tim
ney was never sold to the public as fighter. un-
I'll now Tunney wins in a dispute as ARRANGED
mere VIII be another big battle shortly as the
promoters have planned-another big gate and
Ine hight will go as the bets are-if the money Is
Q TO on Tunney Dempsey will win and Tunnev
and Dempsey and Tex Richard and all of tba in
slders will have their money bet on Dempsey
dempsey can fight another fight and retire mil
lionaire MI
The next fight is now being arranged.
Let 1t be remembered we are not partisan 70
either of the fighters. We simply recall the events
IN connection with the performance in order to
remind our readers that capitalism polutes evarv-