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der their jurisdiction. There has been
an earnest effort on the part of the
companies to achieve the goodwill
of the public by means of better ser
vice, voluntary rate reductions and
the sale of securities to customers
In the last two years, probably more
than rs per cent of the new capital
invested in public utilities has been
obtained through "custOmer-owner-
ship" campaigns. Some Of the larg-
est power companies in the country
have recently adopted lower rate
schedules with the expectation that
the reductions will be followed by
larger consumption and correspond
ingly lower costs. The emphasis
placed on the development of public
relations by the members of the in
dustry is illustrated by the practice
of awarding prizes to the companies
that have been most successful in Gull
tivating the goodwill of their pat
rons.
On the basis of recent experience,
it appears safe to say that very few
industries, either in this country or
abroad, have prospects of growth to
compare with those Of electric power
production. Not only is the indus
trial use of central-station power in
creasing very swiftly. but the cleo
%trification of homes is apparently
still in its early stages. Probably as
many as six million farms in the
5 United States alone are without cleo
t trio current. Although it will be many
= years before the extension Of ia
s cilities to all the outlying districts
S becomes economically possible, the
f movement is already under way, and
t the outlook for ultimate success be-
: comes more definite with each inn
prOvement in the technique of prodWc-
n ton and distribution. Progress Will
c be fastened by the more complete
! utilization of water power and by the
l. economies inherent in the inter-cau.
nection of existing lines.
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problem of keeping the younger peO-
pie in the pursuits of agriculture has
arisen, still during all of this time
there has never been a period when
there was not ample personnel avail
able to carry on agriculture and ami
NAL husbandry. No doubt such a
a case of each generation distribue-
ing itself into the walks Of life to
which each individual is best fitted
A great deal has been said Of the
trend of population from the farms
to the city but we hear very little Of
The movement of population from the
city to the farms and, no doubt, there
is such a movement constantly under
way. The. selection of an occupation
by members of families in agriculture
is much the same as that of families
in the metropolitan districts and, of
course, in these selections each indi-
vidual is more or less of a law unto
himself. That is, the son of the
farmer may choose a position In a
bank in a city, Of the son Of a bank
er in a city may choose agriculture as
his work.
The more general agricultural edu-
cation now available in the schools
and colleges has brought about a bet
ter balance to this situation and Cow
ley may again be quoted in this o
nection as stating that he could wish
that one college in each university
were dedicated TO agriculture as well
as those to medicine. engineering,
law, etc. This has cOme about to a
large extent, and through proper
training has raised the standard of
living in rural communities to an ex-
tent which Is more attractive than
the average cosmopolitan surround
ings. Due to this the tendency Of
the younger people is to remain with
agriculture and in a great many in
stances CITY bred people are turning
TO it and livestock husbandry as a
profession.
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LEGALS
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Willard M. Axtell, de-
ceased.
Notice is hereby given by the I'M
d~ersigned, administrator with the VIII
Annexed of the Estate of Willard M.
Axtell, deceased to the creditors and
all persons having claims against the
said deceased, to exhibit them with
the necessary vouchers, within four
months after the first publication of
this notice, to the said administrator
with the Will annexed at the Law
Office of Geo. D. Pease in Bozeman,
Montana the same being the place for
the transaction of business in said
estate in. the County of Gallatin.
WILLIAM H. AXTELL,
Administrator with the Will An
nexed of Willard M. Axtell, deceased.
Dated at Bozeman, Montana July %,
1927.
First publication July 20, 1927
(Last publication August 10, 1927
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ONE FIRST THRESHERS
BROUGHT TO TERRITORY
BY IN go

Under a Billings date line, the fol-
lowing article appeared in last Fri
days issue of the Record-Herald:.
"At the ranch of 7. Wiley King
near Myers is an interesting relic
OF territorial days-a tread-power
threshing machine which was shipped
to Montana by steamboat in 1880, ac-
cording to Mrs. Minnie E. Wikeen,
who describes the machine in an ar
ticle received by Judge JAMES K.
GOss.
"The thresher bears the name Lit
tie Giant No. q, and was manufac-
tured by Heebner and Sons at Ions
dale, Penna. 1t was unlOaded at
Miles City and signed over to its
first owner, w. B. S. Higgins OF
| Peace Bottom. Mr.. Higgins and John
C. Guy, an early sheriff of Custer
county, drove to Miles City for the
machine and another of the same
make that Mr.. Guy had purchased,
and hauled them home in time to
start threshing in the fall of 1880.
Meadow and Westbrook, who
owned a ranch at COulson, had
brought a threshing rig into the
country a year or two before, and
the first threshing at Peace Bottom
was done on the Guy ranch in 1872
The Courier would be glad to heal
from anyone who has knowledge OF
threshing rig brought into Montana
earlier than the ones mentioned IL
J the Record-Herald article.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-08-12

An examination of the trend of
electric power production in the last
few years reveals the influence of a
number of factors, the most striking
of which is a rapid and remarkably
rate of increase in the use of
electricity for dometsic and indus
trial purposes, states the current is
sue of the Guaranty Survey, pub
lished by the Guaranty Trust Com
pany of New York.
The average daily output Of cleo
trio power in 1926 amounted to nearly
201,000, 900 kilowatt hours, the Sur
vey continues. This is liz per cent
larger than the daily output in the
preceding year, is nearly double the
rate of 1919 and is almost seven
times as large as the output in 1912.
The year-to-year growth has been I'M
interrupted during the last Is years
except in 1921, a year of extreme de-
preston. The amount of power gen.
| Grated during the first four months
of this year was about 9 per cent
larger than during the corresponding
period in 1926.
The progress of public utility op.
GRAFTON has not been confined to ar
increase in the volume of output
The quality of service rendered hal
been vastly improved, while rate:
have been progressively reduced
Electricity is one of the few things
that are cheaper today than befor,
the wal. In some cases lower rate
have resulted from more stringen
regulation, but by far the most i'm
portant factor in rate reduction ha
been the decline in operating cost
due in part to increased volume O
output and in part to more efficier
methods of production and distribU
ton.
Revolutionary changes have bee
accomplished in the matter Of publ
relations, with a resulting modific;
tion in the attitude of public regul;
tory bodies toward the companies u
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Department Of the Interior, u. s.
Land Office at Billings. Mont, July
%, 1927.
NOTICE is hereby given that En-
ma L. Rinker, formerly Emma L. An
drews, Of Clyde Park, Mont, who, on
October "a, 1917, made Homestead
Entry No. 025968, formerly Bozeman
No. O14070. for NhSEHNEHSEA,
SIMULTANEOUSLY, NWHNEASEA.
ShSEHSWA-
.NEA, N~hSkSWHNEA, NhSWA-
.NEA, NhNEHSEANWA, NEN-
NWASEHNWA and part of Lot 8,
Section 10, Township / North, Range
Ia East, Prin. Mer. Mont, has filed
notice of intention to make Three
Year Proof, to establish claim to the
land above described, before Arnold
Huppert, u. S. Commissioner, Living.
ston, Mont, on the 9Th day Of Sep
TENDER, 1927.
Claimant names as witnesses:
James Curdy, Leonard Hinson
Richard Halline, James w. Packard
all Of Clyde Park, Mont.
II. b DRUM Register.
First publication Aug. 5, 1927
LAST publication Sept. 2, 1927
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DURUM wheat
CROP INCREASE
HURTS MARKET

The market situation for durum
wheat this season appears slightly
less favorable than last year, accord
ing to the United States department
Of agriculture. Production of durum
wheat during the current season is
forecast at 10000, GOO bushels, which
is about 31,000, 900 buhels above the
1925 crop and 100000 bushels
larger than the f%ive-year average,
1922-1926.
Definite statistics of the amount Of
durum wheat required for domestic
use are not available. Production dur
ing recent years, however, has ex-
ceeded exports, as indicated by United
States and Canadian inspections Of
United States durum wheat, by from
3 1000, 000, 900 to 100000 bushels.
Taking these statistics as a rough
approximation Of domestic disappear
ance some 50. 100000 bushels from
the current crop may be available fol
the world markets compared with less
than 100000 bushels shipped out
last year. The actual exports for the
coming season will depend upon the
effective demand and to some extent
on prevailing prices.
Inspections for export from last
years short crop were proportionate'
" larger than usual. This was caus.
ed in part by the short crops las
wear in North Africa and some reduc,
ton in the crop in southern Italy
winch resulted IN an active demand
for United States durum Throughout
the season and forced durum prices
TO unusual premiums compared with
other spring wheats.
Foreign competition for the UniteC
States in durum world markets dur
ing the current season will be great
er than last year.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-08-12

We hear a great deal about the
tendency of the younger generation
to leave the farms and ranches for
the cities and metropolitan centers.
This is a serious question and n
worthy of thought, but it would seem
that in practically every era the same
problem has confronted agriculture
and animal husbandry. In the writ
ings of Abraham Cowley, early in
the seventeenth century, it is point
ed out that the trend of the young
people was from the rural districts
to the cities and this situation seems
to have continued down through the
400 years following Cowboys time.
Cowley was a great believer in ag-
riculture and animal husbandry as
the basis of all things and as he so
aptly put it: "The innocence of this
life is the thing for which I COM
mend it; and if husbandmen preserve
not that, they are much to blame, for
no class is so free from temptations
of iniquity."
In looking back to the time of the
Cowley writings it is observed that
while during each generation the
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ability and the practicability. of that
executive of the greatest corporation
in the world is able to conduct his
business with a facility and convent
ence that he would have enjoyed in
either Washington or New York.
There is no denying that the peO-
pie of the East have sincerely enter
tanned the idea that a s%ojOurn in the
western country, while furnishing all
the comforts of civilization, yet en-
tailed certain handicaps-that it was
a place to play, but not to work, and
that a visit involved a loss of time
and facility Of communication which
worked to disadvantage to the trav-
eller. President Coolidge, for his
part, has shown that for all the 1900
miles between the Black Hills and
Washington, the ordinary convent
ences have made it possible for him
to conduct the supervision Of the
flood activities, the direction of the
Geneva disarmament conference, the
negotiations relative to tax reduction,
and in short, all the executive busi-
ness with as much facility as if he
were at all times established at his
desk in the white house in Washing
ton.
The president by his visit has not
only dissipated the myth Of distance,
but he has made plain to the busi-
ness people Of the East that the
western trip which they have all been
promising themselves need no longer
be postponed to the time when they
can afford to cut away from busi-
ness-because whether their journey
takes them to the Black Hills or be-
yond, they win find ready and wait
ing for them not only the convent
ences which win allow them to carry
on business as usual, but g change Of
scene which win inspire them with q
new business vig0r.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department of the Interior United
States Land Office Billings Montana,
July 20, 1927.
Notice is hereby given that on July
9, 1927 M. H. Link of Gardiner, Mon
tana, filed in this office his formal
application to exchange the Sh Sec.
Is, NEANEH and that part Of the
SEHNEH not embraced in M. S. 43,
Sec. "a, T. 9 S., R. 8 E. M, P. NJ,
for timber of the value of $41O0 Co be
cut from a part of Sections Is, %,
%, 26 and 81, T. IA S., r. A E., P. M.
The purpose of this notice is to give
any person OF persons claiming the
timber selected or having bona fide
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stone park. They spent. a few days
visiting friends In Springhlll and
Belgrade before going On to Glacier
park. en- route to their home in Cash
more, Wash.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Walton and
family, accompanied by Mrs. Henry
Walton and baby and Walton Meter,
motored to the Shields valley Satur-
dav where the visited Saturday
night and Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Earl Meter and Mr.. and Mrs. Her
bert Walton. Walton Meter and
Mrs. Henry Walton remained at their
respective homes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard of Los An
geles, Calf. who own the place
known as the Carlson place nea the
! schoolhouse, have been in the vicin-
itv for some time looking after their
business interests. They have made
some improvements on the place and
have rented it to Claud Maher for a
period of five years. Mrs. Howard
returned to California recently to be
with her aged mother.
Mrs. Lester Grouse and her aunt,
Mrs. Lillian Street of Bozeman en-
tertained at the Grouse home Satur-
day afternoon in honor of Miss Grace
Street, who is soon to be a bride.
The event was a miscellaneous
shower, and the bride-tO-be received
many beautiful and useful gifts as
we'll as good wishes. At the close of
the afternoon most delicious refresh
ments were served by the hostess.
An enjoyable picnic was held last
Wednesday when the Presbyterian
churches of Manhattan and Springhill
joined in spreading their suppers be-
meath the trees iii Ryen's grove. Dur
ing the afternoon a baseball game
was played by the men in which
Springhill was the winner. There
was also a tug-of-war for the ladies
in which the Manhattan ladies show
ed their superior strength. and there
were various other contests which
furnished amusement for the crowd.
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Northentt. You are hereby summoned
to answer the complaint in this action,
which is filed in the office of the
Clerk of this Court, a copy of which
is herewith served upon you, and to
file your answer and serve a copy
thereof upon the plaintiffs attorney
within twenty days after the service
of this summons, exclusive of the day
of service.
The said action is brought by Plain
tiff, Nina Northcutt to procure and
obtain a decree Of divorce from the
defendant Roger @. Northcutt and for
the dissolution. of the bonds of matri-
mony existing between. the Plaintiff
and the said Defendant, on the grounds
of willful neglect, in that said Defen-
dant for more than n year last past,
has failed, neglected and refused to
! provide for the Plaintiff the common
-necessaries of life, having the ability
! so to do, and also by reason Of his
idleness and dissipation.
All of which will more fully appear
from the verified complaint on file in
| said action, reference to which is here
by made, the same being made a part
of this summons.
And in Ease of your failure to APP
pear or answer, judgment will be
taken against you by default, for the
relief demanded in the complaint.
ATTEST: My hand and the Seal of
said District Court, this 9th day Of
July A. D. 1927.
Court Seal) FRED LAY, Clerk
By James VIM. Moore; Deputy Clerk.
J. L. Stats, Attorney for Plaintiff.
First publication Aug. 5, 1927
(Last publication Aug. 26, 1920
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objections to this application an OPP
~portunity to file their protests with
the register of the U. S. Land Office,
Billings, Montana, within 80 days
from the first publication of this
notice.
H. B. DRUM, Register.
First publication July 20, 1920
(Last publication August 10, 1920
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-08-12
ALIAS SUMMONS

In the District Court of the Ninth
Judicial District of the State of Mon
tana in and for the County of Gal
latin.
Nina Northcutt, Plaintiff, Versus
ROGER @. Northcutt, Defendant.
THE STATE OF MONTANA, To
the above named defendant Roger 0.
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Honorable Mention of a Former
ROzemauife-

We have received a copy of the
WEEKLY HERALD of Livermore,
Calf, containing an account of the
awarding of a diploma of honorable
mention by the board of lady man.
ager of the Worlds Columbian ex-
position to Benjamin P. Barker for
his skill as an inventor as shown in
the exhibit of Julius P. Smith with
which Mr.. Barker assisted, both in
the production and the perfection of
an exhibit which received an award
at the exposition. Mr.. Barker was
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-08-12
Frequent showers have interfered
more or less with haying, but crops
were never better.

Frequent showers have interfered
more or less with haying, but crops
were never better.
The National Guard Of Montana
will hold it's encampment at Fort Ell
lis from August 20 to 81. There will
be about 500 men in camp.
George D. Thomas has been named
by Governor Richards as n of the
delegates to represent Montana at
the Farmers National congress at
Parkersburg, w. Va, Oct. 3 to 6.
Mr.. Thomas is a good man for the
place and it is hoped that he will
attend.
Most of the winter wheat in the
valley has been harvested and that
on the foothills is nearly ready for
the sickle. At least an average crop
is assured. The crops Of spring
wheat, oats, and barley throughout
the county look exceedingly we'll and
viii yield a heavy harvest if they es-
cape early frosts. Generally, they arc
so far advanced that there would
seem but little danger from thai
source.
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THIRTY THREE YEARS AGO
Items of Interest From the Files of the Avant-COurier
Saturday, August IL, 1894
NNNNHNNNNHH HNHEHNN NHNNHN

for some time a resident of Bozeman
and his many friends here will be
pleased to hear of his gratifying sue
cess.
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-11-24
DOC ADRIFT IN.
RIVER SAVED

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. "a
shivering hunting dog adrift in the
Delaware River on a piece OF flot-
sam was rescued by Traffic Police
man Blackburn and an unidentified
taxicab driver who coaxed the ami
NAL along until it guided its pre-
carious support to point near a
pier, when they reached down and
lifted 1t out nf the water.
The animal, large beagle hound,
bore no license or other identiftca-
ton plate except a plain leather col.
lar. Accordingly, the cab driver
claimed the dog as his own and
drove off with it in his machine.
According to Blackburn, the
hound was thin and cold and had
the appearance Of having spent at
least a night on the bit of drift
wood.
The patrolman first sighted the
floating dog near the end Of the
Ericsson Lines pier. He called the
cab driver and together they
shouted encouragement to the ami
NAL and waved to it, coaxing 1t to
swim nearer to the shore line.
The hound responded and soon
propelled the piece Of flotsam upon
which 1t rode toward a raft along.
side the pier. Then Blackburn and
the cab driver climbed down the
side of the dock and clinging to the
pilings managed to drag tie dog
onto the raft and then to the pier
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-11-24
URGES
POWER PLAN

A new angle had been injected in.
the Mississippi River flood control
problem today by Senator George
w. Norris R.) of Nebraska.
He declared that the Government
should establish hydro electric, power
plants on the river to help nay the
cost Of flood control.
Explaining his position, particu-
larry with reference to the .Tennes.
see River and Mucle Shoals; Senator.
Norris said: +uff,s. :
ITO my mind, 1t is perfectly fool
ish to have the Government use the
funds Of the public treasury for
the purpose of Improving navisa-
ton and securing flood control and
then deny to the Government any
incidental benefit that comes from
such development as a by.product
OF the main industry"
He declared that the power
trust" was constantly trying to block
plans to develop Governmental
hydroelectric power plants.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-11-24
PADDOCK ASKED
FOR HOUSE

Steps to paddock the home Of
Mary c. Adams of 1745 First ST.,
N. w, were begun yesterday in the
District Supreme Court by the
United States District Attorneys
office.
The padIocking Of the premises is
asked under the Kenyon "red-light"
law, the government charging that
the premises are being used for
improper purposes.
Numerous affidavits are alta ched
to the bill of complaint, filed by
Assistant District Attorney NJ.
Pearl Mccall and Charles 3. MUIR
ray. purporting to show the go
ing's on" in the house.
One of these Is signed by Amanda
Bishop, living at SO s St., N. W.,
who makes oath that couples go in
and out OF the place at almost all
times Of the night.
Viewed from the adjoining houses,
according to other affidavits in the
case filed, the show on the hack
porch at 1745 First ST., Is much
better than you could pay to see
at the theater Women, scantily
clad, trip the light fantastic, into
the wee small hours.
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OuSted Pastor Starts
New Church in RectOrv

WEST CHESTER, Pa, Nov. "a
The Rev. David George Dabback,
who was dismissed as acting rector
OF the Reformed Episcopal Church
Of the Sop Foundation, has started
church Of his own in the rectory
OF the church, from which the yes
try and Bishop Rudolph, OF the
synod. forced him to depart. What
is more, Mr.. Dabback has issued a
defy which in plain words means,
TRY to get us and of the rectory. .
Thirty-eight persons attended the
first services and they decided to
call their new church First Con-
gregational Church of West Chester p
They also outlined a platform, In
which they set forth their beliefs
in regard to Jesus.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-11-24

Read ''The Constant Flame" the
Best Winifred Van DuEer has ever
written. Start It Monday, November
g, in The Washington Times.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-11-24

Thanksgiving Days a busy one
for housewives, but perhaps this
Laddergram will help work up a
healthy appetite among the men.
folk. Exercise your mental agility
by climbing down a word-rung at
a time, changing only one letter in
every step you take. Avoid using
words you're secretly ashamed OF.
such as those from foreign dialects.
One way of doing it will appear
with tomorrow's Laddergram. Yes
terday's was solved as follows: l..
Phone; 2, ShOne: 3, ShOte: 4. Shots;
5, Scots; 6. SOOth: Z, Booth.
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