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The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-03-11
POULTRY GROWERS
SELECT DIRECTORS

Mrs. C. E. Vogel of BOzeman, John
Cloninger of Gallatin Gateway, and
Paul Woodland Of Willow Greek were
elected, to serve one year, as direc-
tors of the Gallatin Poultry Grow
ers' association at a meeting of that
organization at the courthouse Fri
day. About Is members were pres
ent.
Others who make up the board of
directors are N. L. TOwne, George
HOell, and Mrs. Elmer Border, BOze-
man, and Carl Peterson, Three Forks.
Mr.. Towne is president of the assOci-
alton and Walter L. Mecklenburg is
secretary.
Announcement Of a standing re-
ward of $40 for information leading
to the arrest and cOnvitiOn of any
person or persons stealing poultry
was made.
Besides routine business, problems
which confront poultry dealers were
discussed at the meeting. The speak.
ers were DR.. Howard WEIGH, whC
talked on poultry diseases; GeOrg'
Ford, Matching and breeding; Mrs
M. E. Holmes, Belgrade; Mrs. C
Sine, BOzeman, and Mrs. William
McDeed, Logan, turkey raising; Wa
ter M%ecklenburg, cooperative buying
Of baby chicks, general selection o
poultry products, and the exchang,
system; R. E. BOdley, importance o
accredited flOcks.
Members brought picnic lunche
and enjoyed them before the bushes
session. The meeting was declares
by many to have been the most en-
thusiastic and interesting ever he'll
in Gallatin county. :iN
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-03-11
BOBCATS HUMBLE
Utah RED SHIRTS
Now Battling Colorado College
At Colorado Springs For
Conference Title

. After twice defeating, in games
Friday and Saturday evenings on
the local floor, the "Red Devils of
Utah University, the BObcat quint
of Montana State college, champion
of the western division of the Rocky
Mountain conference, left Monday
for Colorado Springs, there to play
three games, on Thursday, Friday
and Saturday nights, with Colorado
college for the conference champion
ship.
In their first game with the Red
Shirts here the Bobcats romped
through the first half, piling up a
lead Of 20 points, and relaxed in the
second, permitting the Utes to mar
row the gap, the final score being AZ
to 80. Personal fouls were numer-
Gus. In the second contest Romney's
wonder team" humbled its rival in
more decisive manner, the score be-
ing 30 to 80. Brilliant passing, SEN
satiOnal basket shooting and clever
guarding on the part of the Bobcats
featured this struggle, which gave
them a lead of one game over the
Utahs, 1926 champions, and the
championship of the western division,
In the eastern division Colorado
college vas an easy winner, but the
Bobcats have no doubt as to the re-
suit of the three games that win de-
eide the conference title, notwith-
standing the fact that their antago-
nists have been beaten but once in
three years on their home floor.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-03-11
POLICE, SHERIFFS
MEET JUNE 1918
Will Attend Sessions of North
west Association in Seattle
--latest Plans

SEATTLE Especial to COurier)-
Realizing the necessity for law n
fOrcement heads and component parts
keeping up with the newest modes in
crime, and then going a step beyond,
leading authorities on crime proven
ton in the United States and Can
ada will meet in Nelson, B. c., June
1918 inclusive. This year, the sixth
annual session of the Northwest AS
ISOLATION of Sheriffs and Police, the
convention will attract not only police
heads, sheriffs, county, state and fed
eral officials from the United States
and Canada, but the cOnstables Of
Canada, a minor but highly impOr-
tant body in the Dominion.
In going the up-to-the-m1nute GRIM
inal n better, Luke S. May, of Sc
attic, president of the association,
has announced that the convention
this year will cement relations with
the National Crime commission and
undoubtedly take steps to promul-
gate the formation of n~on-salaried
state crime commissions. Through
the personnel of these commissions,
it is hoped to collect and keep up-tO-
date, minute valuable data on crime,
its prevention and ways of increas-
ing the efficiency, speed and curbing
power of the law. Sitting in conven.
ton sessions there will also be one
or more members of the Hearst
Crime commission.
The Northwest association wa;
launched six years ago for the mu.
tual benefit of law enforcement of,
ficials in general, to bring them un.
der a central head and give them {
larger, more effective means of com.
batting crime. Through the press al
Continued on page Sixteen)
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-03-11
LESS DEPENDENCE
ON wheat Alone
That Is One Main Planks In
Farm Development Program
For This Section

Organized effort to control weeds,
more satisfactory crop rotation sys-
tens, improvement in farming prac-
tees to maintain soil fertility and
the development of new crops or
combinations of crops to make farm
ers less dependent upon wheat, were
among the main planks in the agri-
cultural development program arrived
at, at the economic conference held
at BOzeman, February 1924.
More than 100 farmers and bust
ness men of the counties of Lewis
and Clark, Broadwater, Jefferson,
Silver Bow, Madison, Beaverhead,
Gallatin, Park and Meagher were
present to take part in the effort to
draft q plan for bringing the agricul-
tural resources of the intermountain
valleys and bench lands of southwest
ern Montana into their fullest use.
N. L. TOwne of Bozeman was chair
man of the conference.
1t was the general sentiment of
the conference that this district of
the state should produce more live
stock. At present, according to the
findings of the livestock committee,
there is a surplus Of feeds which
might well be used to increase the
production Of poultry, dairy cows,
beef cattle, hogs and sheep. The
land utilization committee recon-
: mended that some attention might
well be diverted from wheat to such
feed crops as barley and oats with q
consequent increase in livestock.
Wheat farming, it was brought
out, probably would remain impor-
tant in southeastern Montana where
high attitudes and short growing sea.
! sons eliminate many other cash crops
which can be grown to advantage il
other parts of the state. Under the
conditions it was advised that al
farmers must make every effort tt
cut production costs by the use of la
Dor saving implements and methods
otherwise farmers of the district viii
be unable to compete with more ia
vorably located regions, particular,
6 if wheat prices drop below one dolla,
per bushel.
1t was agreed that there is oppor
tunity to increase acreage devoted t.
commercial vegetable production il
= the district and that some increas
in potatoes, both for seed and fo
! table use, is possible.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-03-11
1900 COPIES OF
COURIER MAILED
Milwaukee Sends Them to Points
In East, Middle West
and South

To points in the East, Middle West
and South have gone most Of the
1900 copies of the front page of The
BOzeman Courier of February IL
purchased a fortnight ago by the
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul.
Attached to each copy was a cir
cular, bearing a picture Of the Mil
waukee's rustic entrance arch in the
West Gallatin canyon, reading:
"Here is a tear sheet of the first
page of the February II issue Of
The Bozeman (Montana) Courier.
You will note that there is very lit.
tie on this first page that does not
refer to the Gallatin Gateway. A
picture of our new Gallatin Gateway
Inn is also shown and this will give
you a vivid idea of the fine appear
ance our Gallatin Gateway terminal
is to make.
"You will also note that the post
office department at Washington, D.
C., has announced that the name Of
the town of Salesville has been
changed to Gallatin Gateway. When
you have read all of the items on
this tear sheet carefully, you will be
a greater Gallatin Gateway enthusi-
asst than ever.
"Our plans for the coming Yellow
stone Park season, through Gallatin
Gateway, r progressing magnifi-
Gently. There have been no bitches
or disappOintments Of any nature
whatsoever in the preliminary ar
rangements and we are looking for
ward to a season that will shatter all
previous records for a newcomer
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-03-11
WHY MILWAUKEE
OPPOSES MERGER
President Byram, Guest Of
BOzeman Kiwanis, Delivers
Interesting Address

Plans for the development Of the
Gall&tin Gateway to Yellowstone Ma
tiOnal park, details Of the new Gal
latin Way hotel, something of the re-
organization now in progress, of the
Milwaukee system, and a strong pro-
test against the proposed merger Of
the Northern Pacific and the Great
Northern constituted the main points
of an address by H. E. Byram, pres
ident of the receivers of the Chicago,
Milwaukee and st. Paul railway,
who was a guest last Friday evening
of the BOzeman Kiwanis club at a
dinner at the BOzeman grill. Many
business and professional men of the
city were present. ..
The Milwaukee's opposition to the
merger, Mr.. Byram said, is based up
on five major reasons:
Five Major Reasons
1. That the merger would result
in establishing a dominating trans
~portatiOn group in the northwest
which would create and permanently
establish unequal and unbalanced
competition, and is therefore def
nitely opposed to the public interest.
2. That it would preclude or pre-
vent future necessary notifications.
8. That the economies promised
by the advocates of the "Hil line''
merger could be realized in equal or
greater easur by other possible
notifications.
4. That the proposed merger is
opposed in spirit and in fact to the
interstate commerce commissions
tentative plans for grouping Amer
lean railroads.
5. While called a plan of unfit
cation, it is in all essential aspects an
Continued on Page Thirteen)
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-03-11
have done Much
FOR farm LIFE
Five Million Club Boys and Girls
In u. S. Entitled to Praise
For Achievements ..

In reviewing All club work over
the 1O-year period, 1914-1924, follow
ing the passage of the Smith-Lever
act, it is clear that the 100000 farm
boys and girls who have been en-
gagged in All club work during this
time have made a genuine and sub
stantial contribution to the improve
ment of American farm life.
These boys and girls have not only
enrolled for many different kinds of
farm and home activities but a very
large percentage of them have COM
pleted all phases of the projects I'M
dertaken, and have accordingly re-
ceived efficient training for later
life, been fitted to act as leaders to
other boys and girls, and to take
their places as progressive rural cit
liens.
The enrolment of girls has been
somewhat larger than that of boys
In 1924, about So per cent of the to.
tai number of club members, OF
about 30O,5OO, were girls. They were
interested in such projects as cloth.
ing construction, food preservation
and preparation, home management
gardening, poultry, dairy and home
Improvement work, both inside anC
outside. Nearly 100000 boys wert
enrolled in one or more club p~rojectl
In 1924. This represented a consid
cradle growth of membership ovel
the previous year. The demonstra
ton projects undertaken were iimitet
only by the problems of the farm it
self. Corn, potatoes, cotton, ant
other crops, poultry, pigs, dairy an,
beef cattle and other livestock, wer,
the types of club work chosen by tn
greatest number of boys.
The money value of the club pro
duction Of these boys and girls ha
been more than its cost, leaving
liberal margin for the club member
labor. Nevertheless, the educations
influence Of the work in establishin.
better farm and home practices is re
garded as its main value.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-03-11
VERIFIED;
X.-RAY SHOWS HE
SWALLOWED RING

SALIVA, Kansas-An X-ray
picture is responsible for the can
ceiling of a 5000 reward.
Joe HUtchins posted that
amount for the recovery of a dia-
mOnd ring which disappeared af-
ter he placed it in a glass on the
pantry shelf.
Then he recalled using the glass
for his evening snack of crackers
and milk. An X-ray photo of his
stomach verified his memory.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-03-11
SHEEP AND CATTLE
WAR IN PROSPECT

Hearing on the changing Of cattle
grazing permits to sheep permits on
national forests in the Green River
valley, north Of Kemmerer, Wyo.,
has given rise to a tense situation in
that district, press dispatches say.
The district has always been a cat
tie range, but recently 10000 sheep
were imported by former cattlemen
who now want to Craze them on the
forest. The Isaak Walton league is.
seeking to have the permits denied
on the ground Of stream pollution.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-03-11
R GAS TAX N

First payment of the ~three-cent
gasoline sales tax initiated last No
vember was made last week by a
South Dakota concern, the Puritan
Oil company, whose check for $72.36
represented tank wagon sales with
in Montana on which tax was col
lected. The ~three-cent gas tax went
into effect January 1.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-03-11
VISITORS FROM R

Mr.. and Mrs. James Dawes of Nor
ris were BOzeman visitors a few days
last week. They spent Friday eve
ming with Mrs. E. F. Kidd, a friend
Of long standing, at her home on
West BabcOck. Nh. Dawes, although
busy with business affairs, found
time to visit The Courier office and
extend greetings to the staff.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-03-11
A. N. MELVIN DIES

A. n. Melvin, former Sedan rancher
and known to many Gallatin county
folk, died February % in Portland,
Ore. He was about 20 years Of age.
His wife and a daughter survive
him.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-03-11

Fergus county produced 8,S44,OOO
bushels wheat last year; Teton, g.
O52,OOO, and Sheridan S,O40,OC0 bush
els.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-03-11

Helena-State lets four important
highway contracts here March 8.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-03-11

Missoula-New st. Xavier's Cath
Olic parish school to cost $4,000.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-03-11

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Evening star., 1927-05-21
OLD AMERICAN CLOCKS
TAKE ON NEW INTEREST
Revival of Early Furniture Turns
Spotlight of Attention on
Veteran Timepieces.

The revival Of early American furni.
ture has given new interest to the
clocks that were made in the early
days of our history.
Clocks are a comparatively modern
invention. They were not made for
general household use until 1900. All
the first clocks designed for shelves
or brackets were wound by pulling
down the ropes on which were hung
the weights that made the mechanism
so.
In these early days the local clock
maker used woods cut from the local
trees, such as maple, chestnut, white
pine, butternut and oak. Soon after
1920, when mahogany was first intro
duced in England, ii began TO be used
for clocks here, too.
New England was the center Of the
infant industry, which was not organ
lied until the eighteenth century was
we'll under way. Thomas Harland
contributed more to the organization
than any one other man. He settled
in Norwich, Conn.,, where he came
from England on the same ship on
which the Boston Tea Party was held.
HE made clocks for 20 years and
taught the trade to many apprentices
who afterward became famous.
One of these, Ely Terry, was a
greater craftsman than his master.
and the antique collector who un.
earths genuine Ely Terry today has
found prize TO ~noast of.
Evening star., 1927-05-21
EFFECTS OF LIGHTING
OF LAMPS IMPORTANT 7
Properly Chosen Fixtures Will Add
Comfort and Charm of Own
to Home.

Since the greatest number of
lighted hours is spent with the
portable lamp. attention in better
lighting cannot be confined to fixtures
alone.
While it is highly commendable to
make a selection with regard to ap'
pearance, lamps should have other
qualifications to recommend them,
Seldom does the woman when ch0os-
ing lamps have the remotest idea
how they will behave when lighted,
We do not have TO sacrifice beauty
to utility, because there are plenty of
lamps to be had which will fulfill
the requirements for both light and
decoration.
The table lamp with tall base
which carries a shade sufficiently
fiaring will spread light over a wider
area than does the short base with
upright straight side shade, which
confines the light to more limited
areas. The latter, of course, may be
used where just a touch Of light is de-
sired or to carry out a. color scheme
in the room, but will not be so useful
in fulfilling practical needs as the
former.
The colors of lamp shades should be
of even greater consideration to the
homemaker than any other colors in
her home decoration scheme, because
lighted colors comport themselves diff.
ferently from the way they do when
unlighted, and to use colors satisfac.
torily it Is important to understand
them. This fact should be known be.
fore Incorporating them into the home
color scheme.
Evening star., 1927-05-21

for decorative effects. The walls are
massive, showing deep reveals at all
openings. The exterior finish Is of a
rough character of stucco on brick or
stone, Overhanging portions of the
house. such as bays Of the character
which will be built on the right facade
OF this model home, are supported on
heavy iron brackets
Many Of the Italian country house
types in Italy are built on hillsides
and are surrounded by terraces and
walls for holding back the sloping
ground in much the same manner as
the demonstration home in Lyon Vii.
lage will surmount a hilltop. around
which will curve a private drive, with
retaining wall of rubble concrete
extending down to the Lee Highway,
many feet below.
In the Italian country-house type a
fireplace Of quaint design was often
placed in the living or assembling
room of the family. with a large
hearth raised above the foor. Quite
frequently these were used for the
cooking Of the family meals Such a
raised hearth will be used in the liv-
ing room CT the demonstration home.
Evening star., 1927-05-21
Care Should Be Exercised in Selection
of Places for Utilities of Dwelling

In planning your new home, make
sure to select. with care the positions
for the many permanent utilities
which add tremendously to the COM
fort of house il properly placed,
but which may be the source of much
dissatisfaction if not well arranged in
relation to each other.
Every home builder, of course,
recognizes the necessity of providing
wall space for beds, chests of drawers,
day beds, sofas and the large pieces
of furniture. But there are other and
smaller utilities in the home which
must be planned for with just as
much care.
For instance, there is the drain pipe
that is installed in the kitchen floor
to carry off the water from the ice
box. If the drain by chance is placed
close to the stove-and such instances
might be cited--the heat from the
stove would met the ice much faster
than If the ice box had been placed in
an opposite side Of the room.
Again, in the entrance halls to some
homes--or apartments-there may be
but one logical wall space for a con-
sole table and mirror. Yet houses
Evening star., 1927-05-21
Good Construction

For our nrst sketch OF frame con-
struction we are taking UP the most
important corner Of the house. namely,
the intersection Of the foundation
with the frame at the corner OF the
building.
The TWO sketches indicate the prop.
sr and improper ways Of taking care
Of the framing details which go TO
make up good construction and poor
construction. How the plate, which
is the wood member carried around
the top OF the foundation wall, usually
consisting OF a piece Of strong wood
about inches by 6 inches, should be
spliced at the intersection of the
pieces Is indicated. 1t is also pointed
out how the exterior sheathing on a
building should be laid on diagonallY
Evening star., 1927-05-21
AWNING HELD IMPORTANT
FACTOR IN DECORATION
Rapid Evolution in Design Adds to
Usefulness While Still Contrib
uting to Comfort,

At the mention Of awnings the aver
age housewife thinks first of their
comfort-how they enable her to keep
the windows open to a cooling circu.
lation of air without admitting the hot
sun rays, and how they enable her to
keep the blinds up without fear of
lnJur1ng decorations or furnishings
But they have another function now
which is becoming even more impor.
tant-that of exterior decoration.
/ This has been made possible by the
recent rapid evolution in awning de.
signs. The old awnings with combina-
tions of blue stripes with white or
brown stripes. with white woven in
equal widths to pattern as drab as
bedticking, have been replaced
"A few years ago the sunburst pat
terms, employing all manner of vivid
shades in differing widths painted in
oil, gave awnings more durable color
and a wider range of color effects.
And now there is an entirely new de-
sign With an all-oger scroll pattern
instead of stripes.
The particular appeal of this new
scroll design is an artistic harmony of
softer shades, which makes it adapt.
able to many types of homes where
stripes might clash and jar. When
appropriately placed, these awnings
are entirely free from the foreign
"stuck-on" appearance which has
often been noticed in installations of
the old-style awnings
Evening star., 1927-05-21
WORK is PROGRESSING RAPIDLY
ON LYON VILLAGE MODEL HOME
Cellar Walls Poured to Level of First Floor
and Several Joists Already Placed
In Star Dwelling.

Construction of the model home in
Lyon Village, Va, which is being
erected as a part of the better homes
demonstration, sponsored by The Star.
is going forward rapidly. Although
ground was broken only last week for
| this house, which is located on Lee
Highway about n mile west of Key
Bridge, the cellar walls have been
poured to the level of the first floor
joists and some OF the joists have been
put into position.
Special attention was given in this
phase of the building TO eliminate the
| possibility Of the settling of the house
and to assure a dry and dampproof
! basement, it Is pointed out by The
star model homes committee which Is
| In charge of the demonstration.
The concrete footings of the foun-
| dation were made feet wide and IL
| inches thick as a means of reducing
to a minimum any danger of the set.
| ting of the house when completed.
These footings are believed sufficiently
substantial to support the weight of
a much heavier building than is pro.
| JeCted as this model home.
| AS a precaution against dampness
| IN the basement, a tile drain was laid
! on level with the foOtings outside of
| the cellar wall and the drain was con.
/ nected with the sewer line so that
ground water will be carried awav he.
| fore there is sufficient pressure to
Iorce 1t through the foundation wall
The walls of the cellar are of poured
| concrete OF what is described as a
| ~ z72 . mixture, with pounds of in.
| tegral waterproofing added to each
sack or cement, thus insuring a wall
| lmperVlouS to moisture.
A further precaution against damn
ness rising from the ground to the
| upper walls will be taken by the MAC
ing or course of slate below the first
moor Joists, thus protecting all wood
work from possible decay. To insure
a monolithic mass for the foundation
the concrete was poured in a one-dav
run by using an unusually large force
OF men, In order that there might he
no seams or joints between one day's
work and that of the next.
The Lyon Village demonstration
home, which is being built bv the firm
OF Lyon Fitch. Inc. is of the Italian
country-house type of architecture
arthur M. Speiden of Speiden &
opelden, arcnltectS of the house
pointed out today in discussing the
features of the home. The smaller
type of Italian house generally is
spoken of as the country-hous type.
ne said, to differentiate it from the
large, palatial villa type of Italian
homes, which are elaborate in both
plan and exterior design, with exten.
stve, formal gardens.
The country-house type. such as is
pelng erected in Lyon Village, Mr..
Speiden said, is OF a simpler plan and
design with somewhat less orna nenta.
tion, being characterized bv plain wall
surfaces and the use of wrought iron