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The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-09-09
SHIPMENTS
SHOW GAIN ON G. n.

Regardless Of the fact that fleeces
this year have averaged two pounds
lighter than a year ago and that esti-
mates January 1 by the state depart
ment of agriculture showed less sheep
in Montana than in 1926, the amount
of wool shipped over the lines of the
Great Northern railway to date totals
nearly a alf million pounds more than
were transported last year, according to
figures compiled in the office of j. f.
Pewters, assistant general freight and
passenger agent, with headquarters in
Helena.
Although the figures have not yet been
given out, it is said the Northern Pacific
has carried more wool this year thar
last. The Milwaukee, it is reported, will
show a slight decrease, but lot enough
to account for the discrepancy in the
estimate as to the number of sheep in
the state and the actual production OF
wool.
The amount of wool shipped over the
Great Northern lines has shown increases
h past two years. For this season the
total stands at $780, 93 pounds; fol
1926, ~7,S89,250, and for 1925, 5,915,49T
pounds.
The heeces averaged two pounds pei
sheep less than in 1926, due to the fire.
quent and abundant rains all season
which removed the dirt and placed or
the market clean wool Of excellent quail.
ity. The records thus show an increase
in the number of sheep in the territory
served by the Great Northern. Farmers
are going in for livestock, many Of thosC
who made wheat raising their principa
occupation having put on small bandi
Of sheep and in some instances cattle.
Sheep are bringing good prices thi
year and the shipments this fall will b
heavy. Many cars were ordered as IA,
back as June for shipping stock in Octo,
Der.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-09-09
Milwaukee Railway
Offers Chicago Trip
To 4-H Club Youths

Announcement has been made that
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul rail-
road for the third successive year will
award to three outstanding All club
boys and girls Of every county in the
state in which it operates a free trip
to the National Boys and Girls club
congress in Chicago.
The trip will be made at the time Of
the international Livestock exposition
and Hay and Grain show. To be eligible
club members must be outstanding in
their work for the year, and must have
completed their project work with perfect
records. No delegate Of any previous year
will be entitled to selection again. The
delegates who will make the trip will be
chosen when the record books Of the sea-
sons work are turned into the extension
Offices.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-09-09

Mrs. Nancy Simmons, for So years a
resident of RaValli county, passed her
68th birthday recently at the home OF
her son, Lee Simmons. Mrs. Simmons
has a vivid recollection of her depar-
ture in May of 1864 from her home in
Kansas to make the long, dangerous
trip across the plains by oven train
az for Oregon. In the party were
her parents, Mr.. n Mrs. Elijah Chat
fin, and their three small children; her
uncles, Anthony and Milton Chaf1n,
n Others.
She remembers Of the train being at
tackled by Indians and Of the children
being hidden in feather beds to protect
them from flying arrows; OF coming up to
the spot where the Larabee train had
been attacked, some Of the members
murdered and a woman and child stolen.
She can remember the delight she and
other children had in picking up the
scattered supplies OF a photograph gall
lery, strewn about the ground by the
raiders, and Of the ground covered with
feathers where the Indians had ripped
open the feather beds.
She will never forget, she said, how the
wagon turned over in the Big Hole river,
on a cold day in November and Of how
she was carried out by a kindly man who
helped rescue the family from the icy
water. Later, the men built big fires to
dry the wet bedding before continuing
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cember the train reached the heart OF
the valley and the men hastily con-
structed shelters to protect their fami-
lies from the bitter cold. On December
20, her brother, Alex Chafin, was born,
the first white child born in that part Of
the state.
The men OF the party were determined
TO continue to Oregon, and the following
spring the Chafhns packed up n drove
westward. Failing to find anything that
suited them as well as the Bitter Root,
they returned to settle there and Elijah
Chat1n homesteaded a place a mile north
OF the present site of Corvallis, where
Mrs. was married in 1879 to
Gilbert Simmons.
He died when the youngest Of their
eight children was nine months old and
the mother was left to care for the ranch
and the large family. Her recollection is
clear Of h dangers and hardships Of the
pioneer times and Of the pleasant asso-
Citations with kind neighbors, who helped
her through the days Of her early widow
hood. And there are many residents
throughout the country who enjoyed the
hospitality and good cooking at The Sim
mons home, which was always open to
visitors in the way that the pioneer
homes always used to be. Mrs. Simmons
now owns a home in Corvallis, where she
spends a part Of the time. She visits
occasionally her daughters in Occur d
Alene City, or spends the time with her
son, Lee Simmons, at his home near
Corvallis.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-09-09
wins TrestIe Contract

L. v. Lockwood Of Glasgow has been
awarded the contract by the Montana
state highway commission for the con-
structton Of timber pile trestles on the
Miles ~Ctty-Jordan road in Custer county.
His bid was s6,45O.6O.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-09-09

Walter Brown and John Gingras Of
Havre were in Shelby and Sweetgrass
recently, and Mr.. Brown purchased 1000
yearltng ewes from the Sweetgrass Sheep
company, for October delivery.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-09-09

Work on the new Junior high school
at Whitefish is progressing rapidly. The
floors are being laid and it is expected
the building will be ready for OCCUPANCY
the opening date Of the school term.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-09-09
EIk Band ON Tnnr

The Eiks band of Lewistown made an
extended auto tour recent SUNDAY.
giving concerts, at Denton, another
at Stanford and the third at Hobson.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-09-09
Range Conditions uooa

Range conditions in Rosebud county
are better than they have been in q
number Of years, according to reports Of
farmers and stockmen. Cattle, sheep and
lambs are all in excellent condition and
are looking forward to q prosperous year.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-09-09
streams Are stncked

Sportsmen recently planted 10000 fish
in Big Sage and Breed creeks. Big Sage
creek viii be opened next year sfter q
period Of two years during which no
fishing 1t it was permitted.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-09-09
Angler Found Dead

Walter Lee Warren, well known In
Butte, was found dead along the county
highway in Madison county. Death was
found due to heart disease. he had
been OF a fishing trip.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-09-09
PIONEER
HERE 63 YEARS
MRS. NANCY SIMMONS OF CORVALLIS
RECALLS INCIDENTS OF TRIP
ACROSS THE PLAINS

Her Parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Elijah Chafln,
Made Trip to Oregon But Returned to
Bitter ROO Valley, Which They Liked
Better Than Coast
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-09-09
GUNNERS READY
FOR WATERFOWL
HONK OF WILD GOOSE AND MALLARD
DUCKS ALREADY BEING HEARD
IN MONTANA

Opens Half Hour Before Sunrise
On Sept. 16 and SpOrtsmen, Cut Off
This Year From Shooting Upland
Game Birds, AnxiOusly Awaiting the
Hnrnr
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-09-09
New Manager Named

The ]. G. Penny company has placed
w. B. Condran Of Huron, N. Oak, In
the Choteau store as manager to succeed
j. G. Pulliam, who died recently. Mr..
Condran win make his home at the F.
w. Curtis residence.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-09-09
REFUND $4,000
GASOLINE TAX
EXPENDITURES OF SSs9,565 SHOWN
FOR FUEL IN TRACTORS AND
OTHER FARM MACHINERY

Montana Hay and Grain Exhibits Have
Lead Those of All Other States and
Canadian Provinces at International
Shows Since Chicago Exposition, 1893
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-09-09

FARO DEALERS
SEVERAL OLD TINE MONTANA GAM
BLERS HAVE FOUND EMPLOYMENT
IN WINDY CITY RECENT YEARS

Since Games Of Chance Have Been Of
ficialIy Banned In This State Knights
of Green Cloth Have Found Pickings
Exceedingly Slim in Home Pasture
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-09-09

FairVleW schools open September ID
with George M. Warner, formerly OF Giid-
ford, as superintendent.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-09-23
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GOOD OF IMMIGRATION LAW

The quota provision of the immi-
grafton act is the only thing that
saves American girls from being re-
duced to the level of draught animals.
This estimate of the immigration
law is made in a statement on con-
ditions in Smyrna, Asia Minor, by a
field worker of the immigration study
commission.
"Studies here (Asia Minor) con-
vince social workers that all that
saves the American standard of liv-
ing is the quota provision" the state
ment says.
"Ehe population of America other
wise would be doubled, possibly near
ly tripled, in a space of time limited
by the carrying capacity of ships.
instead of the wage Garner riding to
his work in an automobile we would
have the spectacle of American girls
reduced to a condition where they
would be cheap enough to be used as
draught animals, as are young Turk
ish girls in mountain valleys behind
Asia Minor ports.
Americans, particularly American
labor, must be alert. Their sympa-
thies, under a skilled propaganda of
sob stuff stories, should not interfere
with their sober judgment. The or
ganized hyphenates who are paying
for this propaganda care more for
their relatives overseas than they do
Americas future"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-09-23
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ACCIDENTS IN INDUSTRY

When the American Engineering
Council attacked the accident rate in
American industry it tackled a good
job. Trade unions have for years
and years sought to check accident
rates. They were first to arouse the
public conscience. They were first
also to point out to employers that
even their own intelligent selfishness
ought to lead them to install safety
devices and follow safe practices.
Accidents, as the engineering re-
port points out, causes enormous eco
nomic losses. The money loss is
great, but it is and must be second
to the loss in human life and the loss
of human happiness brought about
through the suffering that follows
accidents.
Not all accidents can be prevented,
but most industrial accidents are pre-
ventable. Industry has done much.
1t will never have done enough until
it has done everything humanity pos
sible.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-09-23

must result from mechanical and
other efficiency" Mr.. Barron writes.
1T is difficult to imagine what
might happen to this country if the
enormous development due to the
motor car had not taken care of the
surplus labor, especially in the last
six years.
From the example of the rail-
roads alone, it can be seen that eff
cheney does displace labor and for a
long time. If our present prosperity
and our general consumptive power
are to continue at the high levels now
maintained, employment on a wide
scale must be devised. Our motor in
dustry will do well if it merely holds
its own, and Mr.. Ford is yet to be
heard from
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-09-23
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A REAL PARAMOUNT ISSUE!

Panama's burst of color before the
assembly of the League of Nations,
challenging a Panama United States
treaty and asking that Panama's
claim be heard before the World
Court is, of course, no more than a
grand gesture by little nation. But
it has its deep significance. 1t is
only gesture because the United
States tells Europe to keep hands off,
and Europe will obey. But the cpl
sode is another chapter in the book
of dislike and distrust of the United
States that is being written through
out the republics to the south. Where
The United States could have the
warmest friends, she is creating con-
tinuous resentment. Our whole Latin
American policy could we'll be and
ought to be paramount issue in the
coming political campaign.
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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-09-23
TRY TERRORISM
To Bring Striking Coal
Miners to Knees

Washington. - The terrorization
campaign of anti-union coal compa-
nies in western and central Pennsyl-
vania was considered by the A. F. of
L. executive council at its quarterly
session.
Philip Murray, vice presirent, and
Thomas Kennedy, secretary-treasurer
of the United Mine Workers, explain
ed this situation to the council. More
than $4,000 workers have been on
strike since April /. They are op-
posed by contract-breaking coal own
ers who would reduce wages.
The miners representative told the
executive council that evictions are
general and thot thousands of coal
md iron police terrorize the strikers
and their families. These police, while
leputized by the state and county
authorities, are paid by steel and coal
corporations.
President Green voiced organized
abor'S sentiments when he declared
that "it is the purpose of the A. F.
Of L. to consider ways and means by
which we can assist the United Mine
Workers in protecting the homes and
he constitutional and economic rights
its members.
Because of the attitude of the
political powers which control the
situation in Pennsylvania the execu-
tive council will consider the formula
tion of plans by which it can arouse
the workers of Pennsylvania to use
their political power in behalf of
their. friends and in opposition to
their enemies"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-09-23

Fitting across the desk to enliven
an afternoon comes neatly printed
copy of some correspondence be-
tween Mr. Ralph NJ Easley and Mr..
Ivy L. Lee.
Mr.. Easley is secretary of the Ma
tional Civic Federation Mr.. Lee is
publicity man par excellence for
Standard Oil, Pennsylvania railroad
and various other corporations which
10 not like unions.
This correspondence bears dates
5efore and after Mr.. Ivy Lees re-
cent trip to Russia.
Mr.. Easley is an implacable foe of
the soviets and all their works and
tricks. Mr.. Lee is not in that cate
rory. So, when these men write let
ters to each other there is likely to
be fire in them-or humor.
Mr.. Easley undertook, before the
big boat ride, to show that Mr.. Lee
would depart pro-soviet and return
he same way. He did a caustic Job,
rging Mr.. Lee to tell Mr.. Stain and
Mr.. Bukharin that the Red compaign
in the United States had been a joke
for results and in general to stop
kidding themselves.
The best bet of all was the sugges-
ton to Mr.. Lee that he needn't go to
Russia at all, but that instead he con-
ult the so-called Russian informa-
ton bureau, run by Mr.. Boris E.
Skirvsky in Washington, D. c., who
is the agent of the soviets in the
American capital.
Of course Mr.. Lee couldn't see that
at all, and he went on his ride.
When he came back he presented
pro-soviet proposition to the United
States Chamber of Commerce, which
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-09-23
the chamber, as Mr.. Easley says,
"incontinently squelched."

the chamber, as Mr.. Easley says,
"incontinently squelched."
But all this will not deter Mr.. Ivy
Lee. What Mr.. Easley calls Ivy's
supreme self-complacency" protects
him against rebuffs and leaves him
unscathed by reflections.
Ivy L. Lee is remembered wher-
ever labor men know their history
His first grand splurge into the
arena of fixers for big business was
when he smoothed the troubled wat
ers for young John d. Rockefeller,
when that rising youth was q wit
ness before the old United States
commission on industrial relations.
His work in that instance was smooth
but, alas, so obvious that every OBJ
server knew what was going on.
Ivy Lee is the best example of
what modern business men call pub
lie relations counsel. The job of such
men is to present business men and
employers in favorable light before
the public-to pin wings on them.
The better the wings the higher the
price. Ivy gets top price or he does
Mt play.
Just why Mr.. Ivy Lee, high priced
corporation publicity man, is trying
to "sell" the soviets to American
business is not quite clear. Of course
Ivy Lee seeks to have t appear that
it is matter of real conviction-and
maybe it is.
But Ivy Lee works for the Rookie
fellers, for the Morgans and for the
Pennsylvania railroad; also for coal
companies now and then, including
coal companies which are now refus-
ing to deal with the United Mine
Workers.
Is it proper to infer that these
great interests want America to enter
'nto official relations with the So
lets? If so, we ought to have the
acts, openly, so they could be met.
If Ivy l.. Lee is playing lone
hand that ought to be made known,
TOO. But, however it may be, Mr..
Ralph Easley keeps sticking pins into
Uncle Ivy's hide in what must be a
manner most embarrassing to Mr..
Ivy Lee and the edification of the
rest of us.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-09-23
GAS AGAIN

Like bombshell in our midst came
the news on Tuesday of this week
that another attempt is to be made to
hand the city's gas business over to
a foreign concern.
When city council, last April, pass
ed an ordinance, which was approved
by Mayor Harry Koehler, contracting
with the Columbia Gas Supply Co.
to furnish the city gas for period
of ten years, the people naturally
thought this momentous question was
settled for that period of time, at
least, and gave a sigh of relief that
it was so Not so, however. 1t
seems it isn't to be- 1t was like
thunderbolt out of a clear sky that
the announcement came Tuesday, to
most people, though rumors had been
trickling about for several weeks of
the coming event, that a petition was
filed on that day with the city audi
tor and is to be circulated for sign
ers. submitting the question to the
voters at the November election of
leasing the gas mains to the Colum-
bia Company.
The news was received with gasps
of amazement by the gas users gen
orally. They haven't yet, at this
writing, seemed to fully recover from
the shock and surprise enough to
grasp the full meaning and impor-
tance of the movement; significant,
however, is the fact that within few
hours of the time when the news
papers circulated the news, the North
End Improvement Association, at a
meeting voted to oppose the PROPOSE
ton, and judging from the few ex-
pressions heard here and there, in
dications are that there is going to
be strong protest against the
proposition.
The Press at this time isn't ready
to express itself on the proposition
1t viii first learn the sentiment pre-
vailing on the part of the people gen.
orally and then it will likely, more
than likely, have much more to say
on the subject in the weeks to come
The Press is with the majority of the
people in whatever they want
always.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-09-23
HOUSING BILL SIGNED

New York.-Acting Mayor Mckee
signed the Walker housing bill, de-
spite protests by real estate owners.
The bill is designed to help the elm
ination of slums by permitting the city
to lease for housing purposes land con-
demned in connection with street wild
ening projects. The bill will be sub
mitted to the referendum.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-09-23
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THE COAL STRIKE

The union coal miners in the soft
coal fields of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio
and Pennsylvania have been on strike
since last April. Winter is coming
and there are no signs of an early
settlement. Attempts have been
made to bring about a conference in
the hope of a peaceful agreement.
The mine workers have agreed to
such conference but the operators
have arrogantly refused. The oper-
ators are determined to reduce wages
in these districts to the starvation
levels that exist in the mines of Ken
lucky and West Virginia They have
imported strike breakers and are ask
ing the governors of these states for
armed troops to protect them. So far
the governors have refused to send
troops. If some governor should lose
his head and send the soldiers into
the coal fields, this may develop into
one of the bitterest labor disputes the
aation has ever seen.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-09-23
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THE MACHINE AND LABOR


Observers in the business world are
studying the results of increased
efficiency and automatic machinery
from the standpoint of labor. 1t is
pointed out that labor displacement
is taking place in every field of activ-
ity. Last year the railroads increas-
ed output 25 to 40 per cent with IL
per cent less labor, as compared with
1920.
In discussing this question in La
Dor Day speech, Secretary of Labor
Davis said that considerable unem-
ployment" has resulted.
while we should continue to think
Of our wonderful machines. we must
also think of our wonderful American
workers." he said. "If we do not.
we may have discomfort on our hands.
This amazing industrial organiza-
tion we have built up in our country
must not be allowed to get in its own
way"
The subject is also discussed by C.
W. Barron, editor of Barron's Week
ly, a recognized financial authority.
published in New York city.
1T will be an important problem
of the future to consider what is to
take up the slack in labor which
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-09-23
TRANSFERS WIN STRIKE

New York. = Several thousand
teamsters raised wages $5 week
after a short strike. The first break
was made by the United States
Trucking Corporation, the largest
unit affected by the walkout. The
employers were surprised at the large
number of non-unionists who lined
up with the strikers.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-09-23
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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-09-23
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WHAT is A SOCIAL WAGE?


President Green's elaboration of the
Atlantic City declaration by the A.
F. of L. for social wage" is another
reminder of organized labor's flexible
policy in meeting new conditions.
Wage standards as whole can not
be rigidly defined. They are not sub
iect to cast iron details. They can
My be explained in general terms.
Thus the social wage" can be de-
fined:
Trade unionists are alert to their
i creased productivity.
If they fail to insist on a larger
portion of this greater output, their
living standards will automatically
be lowered as living standards of
other groups go up because of in
creased wealth through greater pro-
duction.
A "scoial wage" lessons the gap be-
tween the workers and other groups.
A continuing higher wage is also
necessary to maintain high con-
sumptive power. If the ability to
buy back commodities that are thrown
on the market in increasing numbers
is checked, the industrial machine
slackens and society as whole is
A social wage" has another as
pect. It is another name for wage
that recognizes the workers right to
a cultural life-for asperations for a
family life and for citizenship that
were less general years ago.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-09-23

Issued Weekly at 3zs Market Street
Telephone 1895 hamilton Ohio
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-09-23

Now Illinois opens the fight again,
calling on Ohio and California to join,
which they will.
Even if this new campaign doesn't
bring victory, victory in the end is
sure. Such injustice can not live for
ever.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1927-09-23
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AFTER YELLOW DOG AGAIN

Ar Elk ELLOW DOG AGAIN
The yellow dog contract is doomed.
The fight will go on until victory
crowns labor's efforts. Illinois, Ohio
and California, in triple campaign,
nearly won out before their legisla-
lures in the last sessions.