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The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-08-19
VIEW OF A BANKS

WASHINGTON, D. C.-The Wall
Street money devil is still a very real
figure in the minds of the people of
the agricultural West. They are still
inclined to view with alarm the adj
vances of the McFadden bill which al
lows the establishment Of branch
banks, as something which in the end
is likely to wipe out the local neigh
borhood bank with which they are ia
miliar and substitute merely a cash
ier's window of the big bank in Min
neapolis, St. Louis, Chicago or New
York. They are timorous over the
possibility of being obliged to solicit
their loans from w~hite-collared young
representatives OF the big city banks
who will be deaf to their appeals and
who will fail to aid them sympathetic
cally as the local bank officers (their
own neighbors) now do.
In this connection. it is interesting
to record the conclusions of a small
western city banker whose family has
owned the one real banking institu-
ton which the community has had for
two generations. This man, while
approaching that the branch of the
big city bank If located in his COM
munity, is apt to wipe him out, vet
says that he does not know but that
it will be well for his patrons. As
he frankly confessed that while his
institution of itself has resources
sufficient to meet the needs of the
territory when things are going well
agriculturally, in every emergency he
IS obliged to appeal to Minneapolis
or Chicago for aid and to tell a story
from the ground up.
Unfortunately, he says, at the anne
time ne is making his pleading visit,
a half dozen other bankers from the
adjoining territory are also asking
aid and the big bankers accordingly
sensing something wrong. either cur
tail the possible loans or refuse them
entirely. With branch banks he adj
mits the big fellows will be obliged
to follow agricultural conditions at
first hand, and thus with a really bet
ter understanding, because their w
money is being directly put in ieo-
pardy they will be more liberal in
their loans.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-08-19
WOMEN'S ORGANIZATION GETS
DATA ON HOME equipment
Makes Exhaustive Survey of Nearg
100000 Urban and 10000
Farm Residences.

Washington.-A home-maker's man
ual to which the American housewife
and her business partner. the Ameri-
can husband, can turn for unbiased in
formation on the question of home
equipment fundamentals and how to
acquire them, is being prepared by
the General Federation OF Women's
Clubs and will be ready for distribu-
ton In the early fall.
The survey Of nearly S,0OO,OOO ur.
ban and 10000 farm homes to ascer-
tain accurate information on their
equipment, which the General FEEDER
alton recently completed, yielded the
fact that two-thirds Of the farm
homes and Is per cent of the urban
homes Of America are without even
the sanitary essential OF running wa
ter at the kitchen sink. FoIlOw-up
campaigns calculated to raise the
standard of home equipment are be-
ing inaugurated in a dozen states
The handbook is a feature of this
work.
The handbook in no sense replaces
the commercial catalogue, as it fur
nishes only non-competitive informal
ton on technical, economic and MAN.
ming problems relative to the ac-
QUESTION of household essentials The
book begins with the simplest work.
ing units and leads up progressively
and with a thought to avoiding mn.
economic requirements until comnlato
lighting, heating. cooking. sapitarv
and lahor-saving plants have been dis.
cussed.
In the matter of running water rho
kitchen drain or sink is first discnvsoa
then the water source. pump or po,I.
next the windmill, motor or eng,na.
the piping of the house and tba r,,0'
ming of water to the kitchen Sinh ga
lastly in turn, the flush toilet +ha
bathtub, the wash bowl, the annd~r
tub and the water heater. In eaoh .Sos
suggestions are made prepares sor
the next advance without reDlaeemaS
Va OAASAAoA C4NARACUts an fSno -
costs, high, low and average. i
on each necessary piece Of
ment. S9uip
The heating problem Is alm,,
treated. Dustless, odOrless unsss
heat the whole house uniforms .na1
from the basement or the mai.
are encouraged on account 8 nSo
sanitary advantages and thaIs 1nen
v~enience. SOn-
One chapter is devoted to
and modern equipment. The 49,
Of the campaign is toward ma .uency
gas or electricity from use %
plants and stations or e
units. The simplest worklhg nome
tions Tor home plants ara ustaiia.
and the subject is develo crlDeo
and including the ''tying-n6e up 60
home with commercial sa tns
use OF electric current for. Ane
en- home ~labor-saving dew sF-dri
cussed and demonstrated y aAs'
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-08-19
PRESIDENTS IDEA OF DUTY.

WASHINGTON, ID. Con- Janu-
airy %, 1920, when Calvin Coolidge.
ahen governor of Massachusetts was
being discussed for the presidency.
he issued a statement as to the OBJ
legations of public office and the
rights of the people to select their
xEfcials. 1t is worthy of reprinting
at this time. In that statement, he
said:
''The times require of men charged
E7th public responsibility, a single
NESS Of purpose. The curse of the
Present is the almost universal
grasping Of power in high places and
n low to the exclusion of the dis
charge of obligations. 1t is always
Bel for men to walk humbly.
4 have never said / would become
= candidate for president. / have
never accepted, unless by silence, eff
forts made by statesmen of more
than national reputation to present
my name to the convention. I have
made it plain l could not seek this
Bffiee.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-08-19
FIVE HOUSE

WASHINGTON, d. Give va
cancies exist in the 10th congress; all
In the house and each caused bv
death. They will be filled this year,
most, If not all, of them Nov. 8. Four
OF n members who died were Re-
publlcans, n was a Democrat.
A. E. B. Stephens of North Bend.
Hamilton county, Ohio, birthplace of
president Benjamin Harrison) for
some time in i'll health, died before
ms new term commenced. The second
Ohio is a heavy Republican district
and the only real contest. if there is
one, will be for the Republican nomi-
nation.
The vacancy in the First Colorado
was caused by the death of William
n. Vale. He was serving his fifth
term, as was Congressman Stephens.
The first Colorado consists of the city
and county of Denver and ranks as
a Republican district, and the party
leaders have no doubt that a Repub-
llcan will be elected. In the death of
Congressman Stephens and Vale. the
National Guard lost steadfast cham
pions.
W@AOSA W. AdSOS was serving MS
seventh term as the ongressman
from the Onondaga-C Cortland (Syra-
cuse) district of New York. His
death leaves a vacancy on the COM
mlttee on appropriations. The Re
publicans of the district expect to
elect their nominee in November by
the usual overwhelming plurality.
! The Third Oregon, where a va
cancy exists because of the death of
Maurice Edgar Crumpacker, went
Democratic on congress in 1922. Con
gresham Crumpacker was serving
his second term. Ladislas Lazaro was
serving his eighth term from the
Seventh Louisiana.
In all probability, three Republi.
cans will replace three of the Repub.
icans who died and a Democrat will
certainly win the Louisiana seat
Perhaps a slight question applies Il
the Third Oregon, but the Republi.
cans there (Multnomah county in.
GLIDING Portland city, have begun
early to stage a vigorous campaigr
and their prospects are u-nouestion.
ably much brighter than those of the
Democrats.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-08-19
By National Press Service

IRE DECLARATION ABOUT 1928
WASHINGTON, d. C.-There is
WO denying that the country at large
b not disposed to accept President
EBolidge's declaration about 1928 as
z finality. No attempt has been
c a8e to question in any way the sim
E, -Ity of the statement but there IS
/ eneral disposition to argue that
n ay be persuaded to recant and
ace another nomination.
The issue has passed beyond his
swn eesonal desires. The demand is
basec u@on the growing feeling that
the c.. ,ry as a whole needs him,
md his ,est statement from Rapid
City t.. his country is too great
70 be e. eaaent on any one man sim
guLa1ly N ugh has increased the de-
sire To- SIS denomination instead of
essering re demand. AS to the final
Sutcome it is impossible for even the
wisest to predict, but those who know
the presidenr maintain that once hav-
ing said the word a change in his at
1itude is not likely to come except as
an answer to an impressive demon
Etration of the country's actual de-
sire for him.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-08-19
birth Of AMERICA"
MIDLAND FAIR Event
Night Fireworks Spectacle This Year
Will Surpass Previous
Evening Programs

A small boy when asked to des-
xrIbe that we'll known painting of the
revolutionary period-THE SPIRIT
DF '76-aptly replied, "a man with
3 drum, a man with a fife and a man
@1h a headache" Just what des-
EIption he would have given to q
representation of the Spirit of '27 is
speculative, but in all probability the
Izn with the headache would be re-
AIMED.
In these days of rapid-fire living,
y Is an excellent plan to occasionally
sRke renewed inspiration from a re-
Szyal of those thrilling scenes of pat
eiotism during the formative period
n America.
A recent spectacular and lifelike
reproduction of those times is now
2eEng presented by the Hit Fireworks
Company, of Seattle, who have Gre
sted a sensational realization of these
cgnes in their feasure of 1927-THE
BIRTH OF AMERICA.
The Birth of America is to be pre-
Ssnted as a feature of the evenings
entertainment program of the Twelfth
Annual Midland Empire fair at Bill
dngs Sept. Is, IA, Is, 10 where huge
hkenesses of historic American cpl
sooes will appear, done in flames of
many colors.
In addition to these three evenings
II pyrotechnic display the big fair
mis- year will exceed all previous
years in it's $4,000 amusement pro-
gram which includes a monster rodeo
~Tth champion title cowboys and many
Of The outlaw horses exhibited at the
various frontier celebrations this year.
The Workman exposition shows
krOaght to Billings in 80 railroad cars
wm occupy the midway joy zone
furnishing entertainment for thous-
2nds of fair visitors with their 20
wOnder shows and their hosts of rid
ing devices.
The visitor to the 1927 Midland En-.
piTe fair is urged to put off buying
Sher 1928 car until after visiting the
$4,000 auto show in the main expo
siion building where the 1928 mode.
Eztomobile will be presented in a mag.
ldeent display.
=. M. Bresnahan, manager of The
zig fair states that every county il
fhe state of Montana and northern
wyoming has been sent an Invitation
to visit what is easily . Montana'i
greatest live stock and agriculture
ExpOsition.
The American Legion will put OF
= feature boxing match the last day
uE the fair. There will be a $75,00t
rummercial show. A wild animal show
ERd an Indian village. The Bell lout
zpeaker will be again utilized so tina
every announcement and the musi
ran be readily heard in all parts o
the grand stand and bleachers.
The season ticket is only S1.50 TO
Ehe entire four days and nights. Gram
stand seats are only so cents and n
neuts. The people of this ~vicinit,
axe urged to send in their orders q
za8n as possible now for reservation
Err The days on which they intenI
visiting the fair.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-08-19

Governors was organized with the
names Of prominent local citizens,
among them two eminent judges. No
sooner was the organization Of the
board complete than the promoters,
armed with the endorsement OF these
outstanding men, went forth to e
a great harvest by selling member
ships. They got the membership
the building Of the garages remained
an idle dream.
When the members Of the Board OF
Governors were later interviewed as
to how they came to consent to the
use Of their names they slated that they
thought the additional storage facili.
ties were needed in the downtown
district and they signed up without
looking into the proposition carefully.
Imagine their chagrin when told that
a reading OF the bylaws Of the or.
g~anization showed that the Board of
Governors had no powers but had
been used merely as scenery In order
to sell memberships in a fake PROPOSE
tiong
Because these prominent citizens
we're careless with their names and
failed to read and to investigate the
enterprise, hundreds Of business men
bought memberships only TO lose their
money. Signing without reading Is
about the most dangerous act 81
financial ~carelessnesa that can Be
! committed.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-08-19

contract by yourself where all is quiet
and you are free from the personal in
fuence Of the persuasive promoter, for
TO sign without the calmest considerar
ton may spell your Waterloo fnan-
cially.
Unless dealing with q responsible
firm or individual. never sign on the
dotted line. II In the least doubt,
don't sign. Never sign on verbal as
that you are fully protected.
Terms stated orally but not incor.
uorated in q contract are not binding.
Glowing promises, wild ex~aggerations
and gross misstatements OF facts are
seldom reduced to writing or made in
the presence OF your witnesses. Year
failure to read and to understand .
contract before signing is not q legal
axcuge. When you sign a contract
vou proclaim that you agree with fits
terms and will abide BY and endeavoz
to carry them out.
Don,t sign Just because some high
nressage salesm0n tells go@ that yoa
are a p0onder, or that you sl10s0 good
sudoment. or that you haze a lot Of
sense. sign only sOhen yon arc fallg
corvtnced that goAr interests are fallg
protected.
pror,lnene Men Used IS Scenery
i number OF slick promoters re
nantlv organized In : certain city an
aautomoblse club with the assurance
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-08-19
MORE FARM CONFERENCES

Several irrigation district agricul-
tural economic conferences and a
number of county conferences for
drawing up agricultural development
programs will be held in the coming
fall and winter, advises J.. C. TavloT.
director of tne Montana Extension
service. Local conferences Of this
kind for local areas were recommend
ed at the district agricultural con-
terences held last winter. Agricul-
tural economic conferences already
have been held for the irrigated sec
tons Of southeastern Montana, the
Flathead and Lower Yellowstone
projects and for Fergus county. Bull
ietlns containing the development
programs resulting from these con
ferences are now in course of prem
aration.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-08-19

81 have taken no position from
which | need to withdraw. / do not
wish to embarrass anyone. / have a
great desire to walk humbly and dis
charge my obligations. The people
are entitled to know that their office
is to be administered not for my bene-
fit, but for their benefit, and that I
am not placing myself in any posi-
tion where any other object could be
inferred. There must be no imputa-
ton, however unfounded, that I per-
NIT this office to be used for manip-
ulative purposes"
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-08-19
Find Aztec Mirror
In Mexico Ruins

Mexico City.-How the Aztecs
and Maya Indians Of prehis-
toric Mexico "got their faces on
straight is explained by DR..
Poriirio Aguirre of the depart
ment of archaeology of the Mex
lean National museum, who re-
Gently returned from the state
Of Michoacan with a seven-inch
hand mirror which he found IN
der many feet of earth.
. The mirror is a round disk Of
pyrite. The surface, which was
once highly polished, is now
rough and broken.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-08-19

mistress of the home. It may force great
economies in household management or
amount to actual privation. It may mean
that the children will have to go to work be-
fore they complete their education. The
loss of the family's accumulations may even
result in physical breakdown on the part of
the wife through worry over the loss of saw
ings which she helped to accumulate at the
sacrifice of home comforts, but was not con-
suited when it came to investing them. The
making OF investments by men who are
heads of families and inexperienced in
finance should not be undertaken without
consulting her. But even if both agree the
venture should be talked over with the local
banker or information about it obtained.
from the National Better Business Bureau in
New York, which serves without cost and
purely in the public interest. If this is done
Id quite likely many regrets and heartaches
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-08-19

that 1t would DON erect a number
of downtown garages where busy
business men could park their cars.
As an inducement for business men
to take out memberships, charges to
them for storage were to be nominal,
much less than a like service could
be obtained elsewhere. A Board of
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-08-19

Observation-Disclosures State Corn and
District Seed Show viii be held here
December 14-16.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-08-19
beware OF The DEADLY DOTTED Line
BY w. r. MoREHousE

Public Relations Commission, American Bankers Association
the family's savings account at the bank
w where it is safe, and losing it through speculation is a
serious matter. It may bring great hardship. especially to the
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-08-19

. lot Of troubIe and quite likely many regrets and heartaches
will be avoided.
There is one point in the activities of the inexnerienced
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-08-19

all q red-light stop signal to cause him
10 pause and investigate and that is
just before he reaches the decision to
"sign IN the dotted line" Before you
part with your savings in the bank by
signing a contract placed before you
by sharp promoters. stop, examine
and investigate! It will pay to read
the contract several times. even read.
ing it aloud, all the while weighing
every term. It will pay to be on guard
against the deadly fine print usually
incorporated in most contracts.-so
small that 1t strains your eyes and
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-08-19

causes you to skim over
It specifically. Do not
sign blindfoided. It will
pay well to lake plenty
Of time to study the
Evening star., 1927-05-06
Would Help People.

Inclusion in the agenda of future
conferences ''the subject of improving
the material standards of life and
labor of the masses of the people of
the respective countries in it's rela-
ton to commerce.
Interchange of students and pro-
fessors between the American ma
tions.
Simplif1cation and, If possible, elimi-
nation of the requirement of obtaining
passports in going from one country
to another.
Elimination of restrictions now ex-
listing in inter-American commerce
with respect tt, agricultural products.
Cooperation between various Amer
lean chambers of commerce and an
exchange of their publications.
a luncheon was given in honor of
the groups attending the pan-Amer-
lean sessions today, at which Secre-
tary of Commerce Hoover was the alb
sent host. This afternoon the dele
gates planned to attend the all-America
aircraft display at Boiling Field ar:
ranged In connection with the con-
ference. Tonight there will be a din
ner in their honor at the Carlton
Evening star., 1927-05-06
REPORT ON FLOOD
CONTROL IS ASKED
War Department Calls on
Commission to Revise
Plans by October |.

The War Department yesterday
Commission at st. Louis to prepare
before October ! revised report or
the project for food control on tht
river and it's tributaries. providing foi
a reasonable factor of safety for any
probable flood
Maj. Gen. Edgar Jadwin. chief Oi
the Engineer Corps of the Army. told
the commission the request has this
approval Of the Secretary Of War and
is i'm line with the wishes of the Prest
dent.
Would Include Tributaries.
''The chief of Engineers requests
that the Mississippi River Commission
revise its plans, estimates of costs
and time of completion for the prof
ects for the Mississippi River and
its tributaries and outlets, to provide
with a reasonable factor of safety fot
any probable flood on the Mississippi
the letter said.
This revision should include foi
flood control purposes the tributariet
and outlets to the extent necessary to
insure against possible overflow and
damage by water from. or bach
water caused by the Mississippi. II
should also include a study of ang
notifications desirable in the plans fol
the low water navigation
and the stabilization of the Mississippi
between Cairo and the head of this
passes.
Asks Early Partial Reports.
''He desires to secure your report
revised as above by October l, 1927,
and if practicable. partial reports,
prior to that date. He also requests
at an early date a preliminary report
giving the river stages at critical
points, on which the flood control
project is to be based and a state,
ment Of the methods by which these
Stages have henn calculated "
Evening star., 1927-05-06
BAR ASSOCIATION WILL ELECT
FIRST WOMAN TO MEMBERSHIP
Miss Eta L. Taggart of
Georgetown Is Chosen for
Premier Honor.
Lawyer Is George Washing
ton University Graduate
in 1921 Class.

Miss Eta l.. Taggart, native of
Georgetown and a graduate in law at
George Washington University, this
afternoon becomes the first woman
member of the Bar Association of the
District of Columbia.
Her election is to take place at a
meeting of the board of directors of
the association in it's rooms in the
Courthouse at $50 o'clock.
Lawyer Three Years.
Miss Taggart was graduated from
George Washington University in 1921,
and had served as vice president of her
class for three years. She was admit
ted to the bar three years ago. Last
February she and a classmate, Miss
Fred Lee Woodson of New York, were
admitted to practice before the United
States Supreme Court
Miss Taggart is the daughter of the
late Hugh 7. Taggart, who for IA
years was special assistant to the At
torney General of the United States.
and for 25 years chairman Of the bar
examining commission.
Starts Progressive Body.
Recently she came into prominence
as an organizer of the Georgetown Pro
Evening star., 1927-05-06

Continued from First Page.)
been put through his PAGES at the con.
Vention, then will come the rub.
1t is possible, of course, that Mr..
Woollen might show great strength
in the convention. In that event, Mr..
Taggart and the Indiana delegates
will stick fast to him, just as they
did to Ralston, when 1t appeared that
he had good chance to be the COM
promise nominee for President. But if
Mr.. Woollen, after reasonable num-
Der of ballots, is clearly out of the
race, then the Indiana delegates viii
be given free rein. In 1924, after the
Rallston announcement that the Sena-
tor would not permit himself to be
nominated, the Indiana delegation
split, voting for Smith and 25 for
McAdoo. The delegates swung this way
and that until the final 103rd ballot,
when 25 of them were found voting
for John w. Davis and for Senator
Underwood of Alabama
Plan Removes Friction.
BY adopting the favorite son plan,
Mr.. Taggart and other Democratic
leaders in Indiana avoid pre-conven-
tion rows and provide for harmonious
selection of the Democratic delegation,
at the district conventions, later to be
ratified by the State convention. In
cidentally, under such conditions it
may be far easier for Mr.. Taggart to