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Imperial Valley press., 1927-01-10

J. c. Cochrane, Merlin Oregon,
has Duroc SOW that produced $i65
worth of pigs within year.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-01-10

Bcal and Riches, Turner, Oregon,
have Il Jersey COW that gave 7l0.ol
pounds ot butterfat III 361 days.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-01-10

There will be greatly increased
acreage of flax around Salem, Ore
gon, in 1927.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-01-10

Money to Loan cu Automobiles.
Sterling Securities Co. Inc, Fred R.
Cross. Mgr. eco Main ST. adv
Imperial Valley press., 1927-01-10
Fashion Notes
From New York

One of the interesting evening
novelties is the tightly draped eve
ming turban which harmonizes with
the gown and wrap. Entire gold
lame ensembles including gown, hat
and wrap are being worn. Contrast
is added by means of the fur used
on the wrap.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-01-10

A type of evening gown most
suitable for young girls was spon-
sored by Miss Marion Tallev at the
Metropolitan Opera recently. This
gown was made of peach colored
taffeta with slender bodice, full
gathered, scalloped-edged skirt that
was short in front and dipped at
the rear and the usual girlish round
cd neckline outlined by deep ecru
lace which extended over the shoul-
ders.
Hats will continue 10 be small
for Spring and early Summer ac-
cording to returning millinery buy
org. Shapes will not deviate from
the well-beaten path of winter.
Almost every gown of dinner or
evening type has its glittering buck
le or pin. Among the new pins are
fob brooches which are brooches
with pendant attachments. These
are worn on the shoulder, at the
waist or at the front of the bodice.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-04-29
FARMERS BUSY
ALL over STATE
Soil Drying Rapidly Seeding
Being DOne-MOisture Re-
serves Best in 10 Years

Weather conditions at the opening
OF this week showed a general ten
dency to dry soils rapidly so that
tleld operations on Montana farms
are IN full swing in all counties, ac-
cordlng to a crop report issued at
Helena by the state and federal de-
parments Of agriculture.
AS a result of the favorable wealth.
er change, seeding is expected to pro-
ceed rapidly. Summer fallOw land is
SAID to be ready for seeding OF
spring wheat. Moisture reserves are
reported as the best in 10 years. IN
the great grain growing sections, IN
cluding Fergus county, nearly III
inches Of precipitation has fallen
since September.
Ranges are greening slowly but
with abundant moisture and sunshine
rapid growth is expected IN the fieNI
lew weeks. Losses suffered Dy
sheepmen as a result Of the cold spell
are not generally serious. Where
the ewes had been fed and were IN
shape, the lambs look sturdy and the
losses were small; many percentages
running well over 100 are reported
The bulk Of the calf crop is yet e
come. About the normal number q
pigs have been farrowed.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-04-29
CHIEF METHENY
TO resign SOON
Action Dictated By Desire To
Take Much-needed Rest-Has
Served Nearly 61z Years

J. F. Metheny, for more than six
years chief of the Bozeman police de-
partment, will submit his resignation
to F. M. Brown, city manager, within
a few days.
Mr.. Metheny's desire to relinquish
his office is based solely upon the
fact that he wishes to take a much
needed rest. At the city hall regret
was expressed over Mr.. Metheny's
decision to quit. No action looking
to the naming Of his successor will
be taken until the resignation for
mally is presented and accepted.
Mr.. Metheny's resignation will be-
come effective June 1, on which date
he will have completed six years and
five months Of service as chief. For
nearly four and one-half years, he has
not missed day on duty.
His future plans at this time are
rather indefinite. 81 shall take a
good, long rest" he said. "Mrs. Me-
theny's health is rot good, and we in
: tend to spend much Of our time this
summer vacatiOning. I have served
almost six and a half years as chief,
and / guess that's enough for any
man."
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-04-29
WINTER wheat
in GOOD SHAPE
Not Hurt By Cold - Has Best
Root Development In Past
Three Years

Winter wheat in spite of the cold
weather which prevailed recently is in
first class condition, according to J.
G.. Diamond, federal crop statistician
who returned Wednesday from a field
tour of the winter wheat belt of CEN
tral Montana.
"The wheat has the best root de-
velOpment I have seen at this date
in the last three years." says Mr..
Diamond. "TOp growth is short but
with the present condition of the
plant and soil it should make a re-
markable response with the first
warm weather, and should stool
heavily.
The effect of the cold weather has
apparently been very slight. In the
GGlatin, fields were amply protec-
ted by a light snow cover. In the
Judith basin, the only effect Observ-
ed was a slight discOlOration of the
tip Of the leaf. On the other hand
winter wheat, due to the cold wealth
er has been roofing down and any
loss of top growth has been more
than compensated by the best root
growth that the crop has shown at
this date in recent years"
Mr.. Diamond believes that the
warm weather now prevailing in the
state will make a big improvement il
the appearance of the crop.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-04-29
NOTED EXPLORER
LECTURES MAY 5

The thrilling, epoch-making story
of the voyage of the Amundsen-Ells-
worth dirigible from Rome, Italy, by
way of the North Pole to Teller,
Alaska, will be told by Captain Rom
aid Amundsen, planner and leader Of
that expedition, in a lecture to be
given at the Strand theater IN Liv-
ingston the evening of May 5.
The Norge expedition cost was, IN
round figures, $75O,000. It's history
is a colorful narrative that our-ro-
mances the extravagant imaginings
of a Jules Verne; and no one is bet
ter equipped or qualified to recount
it than he who lived through it from
start to finish. Captain Amundsen,
discoverer of the South Pole and also
Of the Ice Pole, the latter the geo.
graphic center Of the North Polar ice
pack, and the hero Of many other dar-
ing exploits, at 81 years OF age IS
known as "the worlds greatest ex-
plOrer.'
Captain Amundsen will illustrate
his lecture with moving pictures aad
ssereoptican views. His appearance
at Livingston is his third and last in
the state
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-04-29
Y. WARNER dies
RESULT ACCIDENT
Fatally Hurt When Steam Shovel
Crashes Through Bridge
In Wyoming

Fatally injured Monday afternoon
near Ten Sleep, WyO., when a steam
shovel wkich he was Transporting
across a river crashed through a
bridge, Vern Grant, son Of Mrs. ]. C.
Warner Of Bozeman and an emplOye
of the Pioneer Construction company,
died in a hospital at WOrland, WyO.,
Wednesday at 4:3O p. m.
Mrs. Warner, who was with her
son when the end came, will bring
the body 70 BOzeman, arriving on N,
P. train No. Al Friday morning
Funeral arrangements viii be made
later.
Mr.. Grant went down with the
steam shovel when the bridge gave
way, and was struck on the head by
a piece Of the machinery. His neck
was broken and he suffered Othel
grave hurts, according to reports re-
ceived here. Mrs. Warner left fol
Worland Immediately upon being nOti
fled Of the accident. The dead mar
was well known here, having made
his home much Of the time with hi;
mother.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-04-29
FIELD WORK BEGUN
IN WESTERN AREA
OF THE GALLATIN

Field work in the Manhattan,
Three Forks, Willow Creek and
Charleston districts is now general,
with some blowing of sod in other
sections, according to R. E. Bod
ley, county agent. Much seeding
has been done in the lower, dry
land areas. As a demonstration
in farming by machinery, the
Adams Realty company of Three
Forks is in the lead with six.
sractors, tandem discs, and grain
drills. The seeding of $500
acres of spring wheat has been
finished, and blowing for summer
fallOw already begun. All dry
land sections report results in
winter wheat superior where the
furrOw drill was used last fall.
Every section of the county is
entering the growing season with
an abundance of soil moisture
available.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-04-29
IMPORTANT DATA
ON REGISTRATION
County Clerk Harris Makes
Analysis of Figures for the
Election Year of 1926

Some most interesting figures on
registration in Gallatin county have
been compiled by ]. III. Harris, county
clerk and recorder, who takes the
election year of 1925 as basis for
his study. So far as known, Mr..
Harris is the first county clerk in
Montana to assemble such data for
his county and give it to the public.
Out of a total registration of 7,171
in 1926, Mr.. Harris figures show,
those of American birth numbered
$3.50 while only 791 were natives of
foreign lands. The percentage of
American-bOrn registered electors
was 88.9, as compared with Ill for
those of foreign birth.
Males outnumbered females 1,O21,
according to Mr.. Harris data, there
being 4,096 male registrants as
against 3,O75 females. The percent
age Of males in the registration was
81; Of females, 43 per cent.
With a total registration of TIL,
Gallatin county polled 5,464 votes,
which indicates that 1,7O7 qualified
electors failed, for one reason OF
another, to exercise the right of
franchise.
Of the 791 registered electors of
foreign birth, 908 reside in BOzeman,
Mr.. Harris study shows. They are
distributed in the various precincts
as follows: No. 1, 85; No. 2, 81;
No. 3, so; No. 4, 4S, and No. 5, 6S.
When opportunity offers, Mr.. Har-
riS intends making a similar analvsis
Of the vote cast at the election OF
last November and the results should
hold much Of interest.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-04-29
STATEWIDE CLINIC
FOR KIDDIES soon

A statewide clinic Of school chill
dren in Montana viii be conducted
during May or early June under the
auspices of the department of public
health, according to the state division
Of publicity. The roundup Of chill
dren viii be carried on through the
local Parent-T Teacher circles that are
affiliated with the state and national
congress.
The idea Of the roundup according
to Or. w. F. CogsweI, secretary Of
the state department Of health, is to
see that every child 10 enter school in
the fall for the first time enters in
the best possible physical condition.
Tollow-up work viii be carried on by
health workers through visits to the
homes and parents are urged to have
any defects found at the clinic cor
rected during the summer months. Al
second diagnostic clinic viii be held
after the schools open in September
on October and the percentage Of im-
pr0vement determined.
The department also announces
that May day win be celebrated ia
the state as Child Health day Att
ten ion VIII hus be directed to the
healsn needs oil children.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-04-29
MERCHANTS Hold
ANNUAL MEETING
Re-eIect Officers-Lively Debate
Over Proposal to Regulate
Parking On Main

Officers for the coming year were
chosen, reports heard, matters of
community importance discussed and
an excellent dinner enjoyed by the
81 members and guests who gathered
at the BOzeman grill last Thursday
evening for the annual meeting and
banquet of the Retail Merchants Ex-
change of Gallatin County.
The following-named officers were
reelected: c. S. Kenyon, president;
c. w. Jackson, vice president, and c.
M. Fisher, secretary-treasurer. AS
directors =. A. Stiefel, Belgrade, Alex
Shadoan, Gallatin Gateway. and Earl
Marshall and A. c. ROecher, BOzeman,
were selected and they, with the Of
ficers, will constitute the executive
committee of the organization.
The Parking Problem
One of the most important mat
ters brought up was brOached by F.
o. Wilton Of The Wilson company,
who, after declaring that some regT-
| latiOn of parking automobiles on
Main street appeared to be necessary,
! offered a motion authorizing the
president to appoint a committee of
! five to confer with the citv commits
siOners in an endeavor to solve the
problem. The motion, after some dis
cussiOn, was passed and a committee,
consisting of Mr.. Wilton, G. NJ. Fish
er, R. M. Esgar, J. R. Chambers and
A. G. Roecher,- was named. L. E.
Hathaway, manager Of the Chamber
of Commerce, gave assurance that
that body would be glad to appoint {
committee to assist. A joint meeting
Of the two committees will be held
soon a which efforts will be made tt
decide upon proper recommendation
to be made to the city commissioners
if that course is deemed necessary.
Mr.. Wilton prefaced his motion by
pointing out that traffic conditions il
the business section Of the city, es
pecially on Saturdays, have becom
| such that farmers and tourists VIII
may desire to transact business Ofte
find it impossible to find parkint
spaces within several blocks Of tn
stores they may desire to patronizt
4 He cOntended that this was not Onl
4 an inconvenience but a serious hand
2 Continued on Page Twelve)
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-04-29
EARLY SETTLER
OF VALLEY DIES

Mrs. Mary Dawes, widow of B. M.
Dawes and a Gallatin valley pioneer
of 1865, died recently at the home Of
her daughter, Mrs. Laura GOulder, IN
Portland, Ore, it has been learned
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dawes came up the
Missouri river, in company with the
Stone family, in 1866 and settled on
the West Gallatin near the present
town of Central Park. Mr.. Dawes
died about 25 years ago at Virginia
City, where the family was living at
the time.
Besides her daughter in Portland,
Mrs. Dawes is survived by another
daughter, Miss Hattie Dawes of AL
berta, Can; by two sons, Lee Dawes
of San Diego, Calf, and Albert
Dawes of Alberta, Canada, and by
six grandchildren.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-04-29

The Rev. w. Friend Day, rector of
st, James Episcopal church, has &C
cepted an. appointment as CRUSADER
to the Madison valley and will leave
Saturday morning for VIRGINIA City.
He will hold services at that place,
Sheridan, Twin Bridges and White
hall, beginning Sunday and ending
Friday Of next week. Services Sun
day at st. James church will be con-
Quoted by Frank B. Wisner, the morn
ing sermon being delivered by Prof,
J. H. Hoist.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-04-29
TOURIST TRADE
TOPIC OF TALK
Joint County Affairs Committee
Holds Interesting Session
at Belgrade

Plans for the preparation and dis
tribution of pamphlets describing
spots of scenic and historic interest
to tourists, and the proper marking
of such locations; better roads and
the marking of junction points, and
talks on selling our communities" to
visitors and tourists featured the
meeting of the Joint Committee on
County Affairs at Belgrade Tuesday
evening.
About go men from various parts
of the county were. present. Ralph
Robertson, president of the Orgoniza-
tion, gave an interesting address or
National Forest week.
The next meeting of the committee
will be held at Manhattan. A. j
Breitenstein, secretary of the Mon.
tana Automobile association, will be
the principal speaker.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-04-29
"OUTWARD bound"
AT ellen april 80
After Death-What? Il?

After Death,--What?
This has been most engrossing
subject to the thinking minds Of all
ages!
Sutton Vane takes a little srom this
and a little from that philosophy,
and presents a picture Of "life after
death" that is unique in being at once
extremely humorous in its simplicity
and genuinely moving and quickening
in its personal application.
The play is the story of what hap
pened to eight vastly different people
after death. The same thing happens
to each, in a way, and yet sheir minds
and lives are so different that what
makes heaven for one constitutes he'll
for another.
Outward Bound" is the play that
the MorOni Olsen players are brine
ing to the Ellen theater Saturday,
April 80.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-04-29
THREE FORKS-HELENA
BUS STARTS MAY Is

Bus service between Three Forks
and Helena, via Radersburg and
townsend, win be begun May ID by
the Midland Transportation company,
new " incorporated concern whose
capital stock is $4,000 and whose
principal stockholders are Norman p.
Poole Of Townsend and Harry La
mont and J. R. Wine Of Helena.
headquarters Of the line wlll be
81 helena, and according to reports
tne new 16-passenger White Dus
Wllch the concern has purchased VIII
teaye the Capital city at q. m,
making one round trip each day. As
sosiate Justice Albert J. Galen,
'"nose father, many years ago, drove
slx-horse Concord stage over toe
saiae route, has been invited to make
tne nrst trip.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-04-29
"CLEAN UP" WEEK
TO Begin SUNDAY
Mayor Ed Burke, In PrOcIama-
tiOn, Urges Citizens To.
Do Full Duty

The time has come for the annual
spring "clean up, when the entire
city will be put in holiday attire and
made ready for the inspection of the
many visitors expected during the
summer and fall
Mayor Edmund Burke has issued a
proclamation for ''Clean Up and Paint
Up" week, and has set the date for
the week beginning May 1. The pro-
clamatiOn reads:
WHEREAS, the Bozeman Chamber
of Commerce has lnaugurated and in
stituted the annual Clean Up and
Paint Up campaign for this city for
the purposes of beautifying and keep
ing clean the municipality, such cam
paign to begin on the first day of
May, 1927;
"AND WHEREAS, such movement
is in behalf Of civic betterment for
the increasing of real estate values
and in accordance with the public
spirited plan now on foot to attract
industries and larger population to
our midst;
"AND WHEREAS, it is true also
as to cities that cleanliness is akin to
godliness, or at least of paramount
Importance for the advancement of
such patriotic aims of the leaders of
our community;
'NOW, THEREFORE, I, Edmund
Burke, mayor of the City of Bozeman,
do hereby make proclamation that the
city corporate and each department
and division thereof, do here ratify
and endorse fully the Bozeman Cham
Der Of Commerce in its excellent civic
endeavOr known as the annual Clean
Up and Paint Up campaign for said
city, pledging to such movement the
full cooperation Of the street clean
ing department, the board of health
the sanitary commission, and all 9TH
er agencies of the city; and
81 hereby as mayor further call up.
on all good citizens to aid and support
with every means within their power
this campaign individually to clear
un and remove from their premises
all trash, rubbish and unsightly mat.
ter whatsoever and, insofar as sucl
citizens are able, to paint, wash, or il
other ways rejuvenate the buildings
, and structures on their premises anC
. to do all things proper and fitting Il
/ carry out this proclamation in spiri
7 | as well as IN letter; and
IL 81 further as mayor, realizing a,
J l do that this is not a legal obliga
/ tion, remind our residents that all tn,
p more should we nut ourselves in full
4 accord with the purposes of this en-
deavOr if we would have our gOOt
e city stand we'll before our neighbor
. and in the eyes Of visitors among US
= that city is not great merely be
e cause of its legal obligations, but fO
the good will Of the citizens in dis
charging the same and also in per
forming full-heartedly those thing
not specifically required by law, bu
which rebound to the beauty, welfar
and happiness of the people.
"IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hav
hereuntO affixed my hand and seal a
mayor Of the city of Bozeman on thi
23rd day of April, 1927.
(Signed) Edmund Burke,
Mayor"
Witnesses:
E Fred Brown, City Manager.
!, Il. E. Hathaway, Manager Chambe
\ of Commerce.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-04-29

An examination to select eligibl IS
Tor appointment as park rangers for
duty in Mesa Verde, Rocky Mountain
National and Fellows one Natio1al
parks viii be held on June s. the u.
:. Civil service commission announces.
The point nearest to Bozemar At
which such examination win be held
Is Sheridan, Wyo. Tka positions ray
81 1880, less $3.50 for quarters, as an
nual salary. Details Of the exami-
nations may be Obtaiaed es the local
postoffice.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-04-29

Sousa's famous band, an organiza-
tion with rs members, viii make its
first appearance in Bozeman on Sep
tember %. The band will be under
the personal direction of John Philip
Sousa. 1t viii give two concerts at
the college gymnasium, one in the
afternoon and the other in the eve
ming.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-04-29

Superintendent W. o. WhitcOmb Of
the grain laboratory at Montana
State college expects to devote next
year to study at the University Of
Minnesota, specializing in cereal
chemistry. w. D. Hav, seed analyst,
will be in charge of the laboratory
during Mr.. Whitcomb's absence.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-25
Jack Howe Arrested
In Albuquerque On
Charge Of Forgery

ALBUQUERQUE, N. NJ, March 29
up = Jack A. Howe, wanted on a
charge of raising money orders and
cashing them at many times their
value, was arrested in albuquerque
Wednesday by Patrolman Ed Dona-
hue and is now being held for the
federal grand jury to meet in Albu-
querque on September s. Howe was
unable to make $1,000 bonds, so he
and his bride of a day, who was
Miss Johnnie Graham of albuquerque,
are separated by cruel iron bars.
Howe pleaded guilty when ar
raigned before United States Commits
sioner George Roddy on az complaint
filed by J. L. Cooper, United States
postal inspector.
Howe, according to the officer,
bought a $1.1O money order in Ell
Iaso, payable to a fictitious person
in Alamagordo, then went to Alama-
gordo, raised the money order to
$61.1O, made small purchase at a
store and received the remainder of
the amount in cash after endorsing
the order with the fictitious name.
He then went back to FL Paso, pur-
chased a money order for 81, payable
to a fictitious name in Deming, trav-
eled to Deming and repeated the per-
Torrance, this time raising the order
to $50 and renting a house instead
of buying merchandise. Next, Howe
went to Prescott, Arizona, and pur-
chased another 81 money order which
he cashed for $40 in Gallup, ~ NJ,
at the jenkins drug store.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-25
NoTICE ron pUnLTCATToN

Department of the Interior, u. S. Land
Office at Phoenix, Arizona, February
23, 1927.
NOTICE is hereby given that Ralph
G. Cowap. devisee of Martin w. Bost-
wick, deceased, of McNeal Arizona.
who, on April /, 1922, made original
stock raising homestead entry, No.
O53531, for all of Section 9, Township
FL s., Range 25 e., G. and s. r. Meri-
dian, has filed notice of intention to
make Three Year Proof, to establish
claim to the land above described, be-
fore Fl. c. Beumler, U. S. Commissioners,
at Douglas, Arizona, on the 31st day of
March, 1927.
Claimant names as witnesses: Will
liam J. Davis and William Cowan, OF.
McNeal, Arizona; William ]. Geers, OF
Gleeson. Arizona; Alfred G. Stevenson,
of Bisbee, Arizona.
HENRY A. MORGAN,
Register.
First publication February &c. 1927.