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The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-05-13
GOAL NOW $1,000
FOR FLOOD RELIEF

With 1872, or 1882 more than its
quota, contributed up to Thursday for
the relief of Mississippi valley flood
sufferers, L. E. Hathaway, in charge
of the campaign being waged by Gal
latin chapter Of the American Red
Cross, has announced that solicitation
will be continued until $1,000 has
been obtained. This goal has been
set with the idea that, if reached, it
will make unnecessary any further
calls upon residents of Bozeman and
Gallatin county for this purpose.
Only $208 remains to be collected,
and with most of the county outside
OF Bozeman yet to be heard from, Mr..
Hathaway believes the $1,000 mark
will be attained by Saturday night.
As soon as all local organizations, as
well as towns and villages, have re-
ported, the record Of the chapters
drive viii be summarized and sent to
William NJ. Baxter, Jr., at st. Louis.
The names of those who have con-
trlbuted to the flood relief fund since
last Thursday morning follow:
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-05-13
Big FLOWER SHOW
PLANNED FOR FAIR

The earlier dates for the Inter-
Mountain fair, August 3O-31 and
September 1-2, will make it possible
to have big floral department. In
tact the management of the fair is
planning to make the flower show
one OF its most attractive features.
An advance copy of the premium list
OF the floral department has been
published and will be sent to anyone
on request. More than 5000 in cash
premiums are offered on flowers, as
we'll as large number of very at
tractlve special prizes. Seed houses
and nurseries from Portland, Oregon.
TO Philadelphia are offering special
prizes consisting of cash and mer-
chandise.
The premium list includes practi-
cally all the snowy flowers that are
In bloom at that time of the year.
Inc publication is virtually a guide
to any flower grower in purchasing
seeds and planning for the flower
beds. Sweet peas, being the favorite
IN this section of the state. are civ
en- first place on the list. First. sec
ond and third prizes will be awarded
on the following colors: White, pink.
lavender, purple, blue, scarlet, ma
room, and salmon. Sweepstake prizes
will be awarded on bouquets Of 100
blossoms and collections consisting of
SIX coloors and not less than rs of
each color.
Liberal prizes are offered on 16s of
the most popular ANIMALS and IL of
the perennials that will be in bloom
at that season. Collections and ar
tistic bouquets will also be an i'm
portant feature as we'll as ferns and
houseplants.
Since the season has been late in
this section there is no better time to
plant flowers than now. Many of the
Woman's clubs and organizations are
giving programs on the culture of
flowers. For further information ap-
ply to Don Langohr, superintendent
OF the department, or to Walter L.
Mecklenburg, manager Of the fair,
Bozeman, Montana.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-05-13
GALLATIN HI Wins
THEATER CONTEST
Judges Decision Unanimous
Miss De Frate and S. Cooper
Add to HOnOrs

Distinguished honor was brought to
Gallatin County High school Wednes-
day when its representatives won
first place in the first "Little Thea
ter" contest ever conducted in Mon
tana, at the state interscholastic meet
at the university at Missoula. The
decision of the judges was unani-
nous.
Not only that, but Stanton Cooper
and Elizabeth De Frate, leading mem
bers of the cast of "The Valiant" I"
Gallatin County High schools contest
offering, won further honors for their
institution when they were awarded
the boys and the girls medal, respec-
lively, for the best actor and actress
of the tournament.
'The Valiant" a one-act play, was
presented at Missoula by Miss Eliza
beth De Frate, Stanton Cooper, Aus
tin De F'rate, Merle Young, Fred Ben
nion, Jr., and Arthur Harshbarger,
under the direction of Miss Dina Rees
Evans, head Of the English depart
ment.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-05-13
HARRY Ships TO
BE POLICE Chief

To succeed J. F. Metheny, resigned,
Harry Ships, member of the force,
will on June l become chief of the
Bozeman police department, says an
announcement by Fred NJ. Brown,
city manager.
The appointment of Mr.. Ships was
made by Mr.. Brown, with whom as
city manager that power resides, but
his action had, he asserts, the approx
al OF the city commissioners.
Mr.. Metheny, who has held the Of
flee of police chief for more than six
years, resigned recently with the
avowed intention of taking a vaca-
tion, something he had not enjoyed
for more than four and half years.
Mr.. Ships has been a member of
the force for several years.
As police chief Mr.. Metheny has
served Bozeman faithfully and well,
and his resignation was accepted with
regret.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-05-13
$4,000 BUSHELS
OF WINTER wheat
That Is Forecast for 1927 Crop
We'll Over Last Year and
10-year Average

A winter wheat crop of S,916,000
bushels is forecast for Montana COM
pared with 6,272,000 bushels harvest
ed in 1926 and an average state pro-
duction for the last 10 years of T.
100000, according to the joint May
estimate of the Montana state de-
partment of agriculture, labor and in
dustry and the United tSates division
Of crop estimates.
The final outcome of the crop will
vary above or below this estimate ac-
cording as how later growing condi-
tlons vary above or below the aver
age experience of the past 25 years
in Montana on which the present es-
innate IS based, according to Jay G..
Diamond, agricultural statistician.
t.cwever. the present outlook is rated
very favorable with rainfall of May
to date combined with favorable
April moisture and an excellent win
ter storage of moisture.
Winter acreage losses were less
than average, the report finding a loss
Of II per cent in the seeded acreage
of $4,000 acres leaving SGT, 900 acres
for harvest. The condition of the
crop remaining for harvest on May
l averaged 50 per cent of a normal,
which on the average experience of
the past p years between May l and
harvest indicates an acre yield of
about 1871 bushels. Last year aban-
donment averaged about 20 per cent
and the 10 year average abandonment
Tor Montana has been 1877 per cent.
Acreage losses were high in some
eastern and northern areas of the
state but as a rule losses above the
state average occurred in unimpor-
tant producing areas. In the Gala
tin valley and Judith Basin areas
abandonment ran below the state av-
erage.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-05-13
CEMETERY BOARD
PURCHASES POWER
MOWER OF .McCAY

Purchase of a Chadbourn-C Caldwell
power lawn mower, one of the latest
and most efficient machines of its
kind on the market, was made We'd
nesday afternoon by the cemetery
board from H. B. McCay.
The mower is power driven, and
can be adjusted to cut swath from
25 to so inches in width. The pur-
chase followed a demonstration dur
ing one hour of which, it is said, as
much ground was covered as two men
with hand mowers could trim in ha.f
a day.
Not the least interesting phase of
the demonstration was operation of
the machine on the sharp incline lead
ing down to Sour Dough creek. There
the ground slopes so precipitately
that a rope was used to aid in handl-
ing the mower, but the work done,
however, was entirely satisfactory.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-05-13
BETTER ADDRESS
SPEEDS Up MAIL
Postmaster Fransham Points
Out Importance of Giving
Box or Street Numbers

A campaign to educate the public
to the necessity of addressing mail so
as to insure its reaching destination
without confusion or DELAY has been
begun by Postmaster w. J. Fransham
of the local postoffice.
"One of the most important things
IN addressing MAIL" Mr.. Fransham
said yesterday, "is to give the box
number, the street and number, or
the rural route number. If we could
persuade everyone, individuals as
well as business houses, to do this a
substantial improvement in the de-
livery OF letters and packages would
automatically ensue." =
At present only about 30 or 40 per
cent of the mail coming to or leav-
ing the Bozeman postoffice hears
complete address, Mr.. Fransham said.
The remaining go or 20 per cent is
so addressed that often great diff
Guilty is encountered in getting it to
the persons for whom it is intended.
I'm this territory we have MANY
residents of similar name, in some in
stances the initials also being identi-
cal. A letter or package addressed
to one of these and bearing no box.
street or rural route number often
goes to several persons before the
correct addressee is located.
Il should like to stress this mat
ter, because it IS something that viii
directly benefit the public. Every
letter and every package should bear
complete address, no matter how
prominent or well known the addresse
may be. Attention to this detail will
delivery"
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-05-13
PENNSYLVANIA HAS
SAME KIND WEATHER
AS GALLATIN VALLEY

That the Gallatin is no worse
Off than other sections of the
country in the matter of unfavOr-
able weather is indicated by a
communication received by The
Courier from Andrew BrintOn,
now located at New Cumberland.
Penna.
We have been having a cold
and backward spring." Mr.. Brin-
ton. writes, "and so much rain
that the farmers cannot get their
crops in
MIR. BrintOn adds that he is
thinking of returning to BOze-
man again because il seems
more like home; old PENNSYLVANIA
doesn't seem home to me anv
more"
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-05-13
TOURIST TRAVEL
MAY SET RECORD

The Northern Pacific railway. has
ing its forecast for a heavy sum-
mer's tourist business on signs which
are regarded as accurate, is complet-
ing arrangements for the opening of
the travel season.
Not IN years have the travel bar
ometers indicated such a travel trend
as IS now in prospect. There are fac
tors which are recognized as positive
by officials of the railroad in St,
Paul, including these:
Arrangements already have been
made by hundreds of parties which
are to travel to the Pacific North
west IN the late spring and summer.
Inquiries which have come to the
passenger department from prospec-
tive tourists far outnumber those of
other years.
Travel bureaus in the Northwest
and North Pacific country report that
their tourist aid divisions are rushed
TO capacity even thus early.
Attractive summer excursion rates
are being offered by the railroads.
stimulating the travel to the "Scenic
West"
Yellowstone National mark. eela-
brating its fifty-fifth year as host
to coIfntless thousands of sightseeing
tourists, is in readiness for another
busy season. Not only the railroad
representatives but the park officials
are IN accord in a belief that 1927
VIII mark one Of the busiest years in
the parks existence.
To accommodate the expected heavy
travel to Yellowstone, the Northern
Pacific will operate q solid through
train between Chicago and the park.
serving both the new entrance through
Bozeman and the Gallatin canyon and
the well known Gardiner gateway.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-05-13
MONTANA TO HAVE
100000 ACRES IN
CROP THIS SEASON

Approximately so per cent of
the 1927 Montana crop acreage
has been seeded, according to the
report for the week ending MAY
z issued by the state division of
publicity. Land devoted to the
various crops in Montana this
year will probably approach a
total of 100000 acres, the larg-
est in the history of the state
Last year 7,110,0OO acres were
In crops. Of the total crop acre
age, approximately 5000. 900
acres will be devoted to grain.
and about 100000 acres to
spring and winter wheat. 1T is
expected that spring wheat acre
age will be about the same as
last year and the winter wheat
acreage greatly increased.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-05-13
ABBOTT is DELEGATE
TO HOLSTEIN-FREISIAN
CONVENTION JUNE 2

, Z: A. Abbott of White Sulnhur
Springs, president of the Montana
Holstein-Freisian association bas
9een CHOSEN as delegate to national
Holsteln-Freisian organizations con-
vs!entlon, y! which will be held at Spring
Iieid' Mass, June 2. There were two
9ener nominees. Last year DR.. Joseph
Pledialue OF BOzeman was state asso-
ing. ''0il0i hieeC-
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-05-13
DEXTER MOSER IS
justice OF PEACE

To succeed Lloyd NJ. johnson, re-
signed, Dexter E. Moser was Wednes-
day appointed by the board of county
commissioners as justice of the peace
for Township No. /.
Mr.. Moser assumed his new duties
at once. His offices are in those Of
the Pioneer Construction company,
2O3 Commercial National bank build
ing.
Mr.. johnson will enter the active
practice Of law, step he has had in
mind for some time. He will retain
his present office in the Commercial
National bank building.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-05-13
EXCURSION RATES TO
U. S. w. v. CONVENTION

The Northern Pacific has announced
rate of one fare for the round trip
on the Identification certificate plan
TO the United Spanish War Veterans
national encampment at Detroit,
Michigan, August 28-31. This rate
applies from all points on the North
ern Pacific. Dates of sale will be
August 1871 according to starting
point, with final return limit October
6.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-05-13

The condition of the road to Living
ston and points east is reported by
travellers as fair" Due to recent
wet weather, there are many rough
spots, but at no point is any partic-
ular difficulty encountered.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-05-13

A daughter was born at the Dea-
coness hospital May to Mr.. and Mrs.
Horatio Henke.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-08-30
ROBBER GETS
Cash AT DONNA
Especial 70 The Heraldl

DONNA. Aug. 3O.-A daring day
light robber. who walked into the
Ewing Hardware store here at 10
o'clock Tuesday morning and es-
capped with an undetermined amount
Of cash and checks is being sought
throughout Hidalgo county.
The man walked into the store
while all Of the persons at the
store were out for a few minutes.
and escaped out the rear door. He
got a good start because the theft
was not noticed for some minutes.
Ewing came into the store about
10 o'clock after he had been out on
the street for q few minutes, and
noticed a man going out the rear
door Of the building. He paid no at
tention 70 il at the time.
Later when the bookkeeper re-
turned he noticed that the cash reg
lister had been rified. He reported IL
TO Ewing, and the police were i'm
mediately notified, as well as coun-
~ officers.
A man who had been noticed BY
officers getting On a bus and going
to another city was being sought
later in the day In connection with
the robbery.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-08-30
CONTRACTED
ON new HIGH
SCHOOL HERE
San Antonio Firm Is
Given Job on Bid of
S220,30O; Work to.
Start Soon

Contract was awarded by the
Brownsville Independent district
school board Of trustees Tuesday
morning to Walsh & Burney, San
Antonio contractors, for the con-
struction Of the new high school
and junior college building here.
The contract was let on a low bid
Of s220.300. and was awarded just
before noon. after hours of tabula-
tion and consideration OF the bids.
More than a dozen bids were open
ed at the meeting Tuesday, and they
ranged from $4,000 down to the
low bid.
As soon as the contractors fur
nish bond, construction work II ex-
pected to be started on the building,
which will probably be within two
weeks, il was explained.
The Putegnat Hardware company
of Brownsville bid low on the
plumbing and wiring, at 3l,754.2T,
and was awarded the contract for
this work.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-08-30
Hidalg0 County 10
Pass SFlyOYdinance
Especial to The Herald)

EDINBURG, Aug. 80. - Hidalgo
county in all probability will pass
an ordinance similar to that passed
by Cameron county Monday to gov
ern the citrus fruit fly quarantine
situation. IL was horught out at a
meeting Of the commissioners court
Tuesday morning, with approxi-
mately a hundred interested grow
ers present.
No definite action was taken as a
quorum Of the commissioners was
not present The court put off action
until the next regular meeting,
which will be held Sept. IL. County
Judge "A. w. Cameron, and Com
missioners George Brooks and Mar
win Evans were not present at the
meeting Tuesday.
Reports were turned in az the
meeting by the county committee in
vestigating the situation, and J. w.
Kirkpatrick, Hidalgo county agent,
expressed the belied that an or
dInance similar to that adopted Mon
oday by Cameron county should be
rut in force in Hidalgo county.
Those present were all in favor OF
adopting such resolutions. and X is
expected that the court will carry
out the quarantine at its meeting
September L.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-08-30
REDFERN HUNT
ISCONTINUED
Rurnors of Sighting
Plane Revive
Hope

RIO JANEIRo, Aug. 30.-tFl-
Every effort In being made by the
Brazilian to locate Paul Redfern,
the American aviator, who started
from Brunswick. Ga, last Thursday
on a nonstop flight 20 Brazil and
of whom no definite word has been
heard since.
The efforts have been doubled
since the rumor was received that
he had been seen at o'clock Sat
urday afternoon plowing through
the mist above the north rim OF the
South American continent at the
mouth of the Orinoco river.
BRUNSWICK, Ga, Aug 30.-tPl-
"A solitary fragment Of news-the re-
port that an unidentified plane had
been sighted over the Delta OF the
Orinoco river in Venezuela-renew-
ed hope In two continents today that
Paul Redfern. missing Georgia avi-
ator. may be found alive somewhere
in South America. AdviceS yester-
day from Caracas. Venezuela, stat
ing that n mailman Saturday after
noon saw a plane plying southwark
nc mn unnamed point along the ORR
noco. caused widespread speculation
that the craft may have been Red
ferns Port Of Brunswick Flight
officials have expressed the belief
that III the plane sighted as Red
ferns, the airman probably had
been blown off his course or else he
had followed the short line to seek
"a landing place when his gasoline
supply was exhausted. If his plane
had been running continuously since
he hoped off from here Thursday
noon. bis fuel would have been rum
ming very low at that time
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-08-30
World Fliers At
Belgrade Today

BELGRADE, JuEo-SIavia, Aug. 90.
-tPl-The round the world mono
plane Pride OF Detroit, piloted Nv
Williams Brock. and Edward r.
Schlee- landed here at 1908 o'clock
this afternoon from Munich, Ger
many.
MUNICH, Germany, Aug. 30.-CP)
Favored by ideal flying conditions
the American airmen. William :.
Brock and Edward r. Schlee, took
off in their monoplane. the Pride of
Detroit. at 6:35 o'clock this morn
ing for Constantinople, a continu-
ance Of their flight around the
world. They expected 70 reach their
destination. 1900 kiIometers (about
1000 miles, from Munich. in twelve
hours. Thus they would land at
Constantinople around seven o'clock
tonight. The plane carried about go
gallons OF benzine
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-08-30
SUSPECT Held
WITHOUTBOND
Valley Men Testify
In Murder Hear
ing at Sinton
CBy the Associated Press)

SINT0N, Tex, Aug. so, LPD-Henry
A. Duffer, charged BY complaint with
the murder Of John L. Sickles in
lonely roadside camp near Aransas
Pass on the highway to San An
tonic, was held without bond for the
action Of the San Patricio County
grand jury following an examining
trial before Justice Of the Peace A.
]. Custer. The grand jury convenes
September 10.
The state introduced five witness
es, whose testimony was designed
TO build up a chain Of circumstance
which would connect Duffer with
his disappearance from Falfurrias
on April rs, in an automobile with
Sickles, and his return TO the Valley
four or five days later in an auto
mobile.
Marion Bales, McAllen contractor,
testified that he had paid off both
Duffer and Sickles early in the
morning Of April 25, they having
been employed by him as carpen-
ters. William Cannon, Of the Me-
Allen police force, testified that he
saw the two men heading north in
Sickles' car at about III o'clock the
same day, and Constable Robert
Martin Of CcAllen testified to the
finding Of the car near McAllen
about May /. The motor number Of
the car, he said, Tailed with that on
a license receipt issued to Sickles in
Hidalgo County, April 2. 1927.
Bales testified that he saw Duff
fer returning alone 10 the Valley
about four or five days after he
paid the men off.
Duffer did not testify nor did Ne
have any witnesses or attorney.
The body of Sickles was found
April 27. and was held for identifi-
cation until May rs. when il was
buried. After buffers arrest in
Hunt County, August 10, he was
brought to Aransas Pass. The body
Of Siekles was exhumed August -.
and was identified BY W. h. Cooper
Of Jet, Oklahoma, nephew Of Sickies.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-08-30
AMBULANCE IS
FORCED BACK
AFTER HOP OFF
Soldiers Back Crushed
BY Falling Ice Box
Is In Critical Condi-
ton at Post Hospital

All the resources on modern sci
ence and transportation were lined
up against time and accident Tues
day afternoon in a desperate effort
to save the life of Private William
Fletcher, 27, Medical Corps, Fort
Brown, who is in a critical condition
az the Post hospital rs a result Of
injuries caused late Monday BY an
ice box which fell on him, crushing
his back. a5s-
Meanwhile an army airplane Is
speeding to Brownsville from Kelly
Field. San Antonio. bringing parts TO
repair the camshaft Of an airplane
ambulance which came Tuesday
morning from the Eighth Corps Area
Headquarters at Fort Sam Houston
to take the injured man to the hos
pital there for specialists attention.
The ambulance was forced TO re-
turn, with the injured man. TO Fort
Brown Tuesday when trouble devel-
oped in the engine. The plane had
travelled about a mile Serious en-
gine trouble, endangering the lives Of
Master Sergeant Mandell, Air Corps,
pilot OF the ambulance, and Captain
Horace +. Doust, Medical Corps, at
tendant, a. well as the injured man,
would have developed IL the plane
had remained in the air much long
er, il was stated.
Rushed to Hospital.
Private Fletcher was injured Mon
day when the ice box was being sent
from the hospital az Fort Brown 20
the carpenter shop for repairs, ac-
cordinE to q statement issued by
Captain Wharton @. Ingram, post
adjutant, Tuesday. Fletcher with
two other men were unloading the
box from a wagon when it fell. The
man was rushed to the post hospital
and attended by Major Martillus J..
Todd Jr., post urgeon, and Captain
Henry Z. Keely.
X-ray examinations revealed that
tie injuries consisted Of a crushed
pelvis and possible fracture Of sever
al vertebra. Captain Ingram tele-
phoned to the Corps Area headquar-
ters at Fort Sam Houston and re-
! ouested that an airplane ambulance
be sent at once, and he was inform
/ ed that q plane would be available
took off at $3.50 a. m. from San An
| LOnios anu AEElNeu dl Lhc 0AS 1A1Wh
/ drill field at $3.50 a. m
Repair Parts Awaited.
The injured man was taken by
motor ambulance 70 the drill field
and loaded promptly into the cabin
Of the plare, which meanwhile had
been refuelled. The pilot reported
that he had experienced some motor
trouble enroute but that il seemed TO
be cleared up.
The ship took off at 1910 a. M
but returned almost Immediately be-
cause Of motor trouble. "A camshait
was broken, investigation revealed,
requiring d complete new assembly,
Captain Ingram telephoned the COM
manding officer at Kelly Field and
was informed that q plane would
leave immediately with spare parts
and a mechanic. Only one ambulance
plane Is available at present, il was
/ stated.
The emergency plane with the
mechanic and parts was expected 70
arrive AZ Fort Brown early Tuesday
afternoon.