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New Britain herald., 1927-09-30
DEMOCRATS DRIVE
 ON CONTROL RULE
Convention Majority May Name Candidate for President
BY GEORGE H. MANNING

(washinstou Bureau of the N. B. HeFald)
 Washington. D. c, Sept Sc.-The nnforgotten nightmare Of the Madi- son Square Garden convention in 1924, combined with the campaign of the Al Smith forces, is contribut- ing to an apparently increasing sen timent among democrats for the abolition Of the two-thirds rule in the national convention.
 A straw vote now being taken shows that about 66 per cent Of the members Of the democratic national committee who have replied to the question favor the abolition Of the two-thirds rule in the national con- yention.
 A straw vote now being taken shows that about G6 per cent Of the members of the democratic national committee who have replied 10 the question favor the abolition Of the two-thrds rule, and 5s per cent favor the abolition of the unit rule requiring each state delegation to vote as the majority Of the dcleCa- ton dictates.
 Rollins Randolph Of Georgia, who led his states delegation for Will liam C. McAdoo on all ,he tedious ballots taken in 1921, is organizing the movement against the two-thirds rule, which makes two-thirds of the votes cast necessary to effect a nomination.
 Stubborn Minority in saddle
 The wearisome succession of flu tile balloting at the 1924 convention with it's disastrous results to the democratic party, showed up the dis advantage of the two-thirds rule. whereby stubborn minority can block the nomination of a man fav- ored by the majority. But there will b. disadvantages of 9 majority rule, under the present system of appor- tioning delegates to the democratic convention. For the states which never go democratic have as pro- portionally great representation in the convention as have the unfail- ingly democratic states.
 Thus a few states with large 
 wield a power over the convention not warranted by their ability to re- turn democratic votes at the presi- dential election. For example, Penn sylvania. which never goes demo- cratic, will have in the convention a delegation larger than the combined delegations Of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida and South Carolina, all Of which are always democratic.
 This Is because. the democratic national convention is made up Of two delegates for each senator and representative in congress. regard less of the party affiliations of the senators, and six delegates each for Alaska, the District of Columbia Hawaii Porto Rico, the Philippine Islands, and the Panama Canal Zone none of which participates in tho election. This is total of 1.05< votes in each convention.
 Republicans Control in Own Way
 The republicans have found way out of domination by states which have no ability to return votes for a republican candidate for prcsi- dent. The republican national con yention now penalizes congressional districts which have few republican votes, and rewards states which show republican majority in presi- dential elections.
 The republican national conven-
New Britain herald., 1927-09-30
Godfather of Styles
 Decorated by France

Paris, Sept. 30 (P-Paris' styles are less expensive than they used tc he-not more expensive says Charles c. Kurzman, known as the Ameri- can godfather of French fashion, In Paris and New York. He was recent ly made a Knight of the Legion of Honor by President Doumergue In recognition of services to the fash ion industry.
 "Before the war a French model dress cost many hundreds Of dol lars. Now it only costs a few-may- be one or two" he said,
New Britain herald., 1927-09-30

cratic convention as the new alloca- ton of delegate does in the repubh- can convention. since 1t places the responsibility of naming the nominee on those who will support him at the polls"
 At any rate, apparently the pre- sent campaign of the Smith con- tingent seems to be directed toward the abolition Of the two-thirds rule Copyright, 1927, General Press
 Association.)
New Britain herald., 1927-09-30
Texan Has Project for
 Raising of kangaroOs

Sherwood, Texas, Sept, so P>- Natives of Iron county are to have an opportunity to study the kan garoo hop at first hand.
 Pink Rutlcrge, county judge and world traycer, has ordered three kangaroos from Queensland, Aus tralia, and will run them on his ranch near here when they arrive.
 Kangaroo leather being very OK pensive Rutledge believes there would be profit in breeding the ami mals. He believes the Australian kangaroo will readily adapt itself to conditions in Texas.
 RItn HERALD CLASSIFIED Ans
New Britain herald., 1927-09-30
SCHOOL ON SLED

Mariposa, Cal, Sept. 30 (UP)- A rural schoolhouse, perched on sled runners, was built recently in the heart of a logging camp in the
New Britain herald., 1927-09-30
Slerras near here.

SlefraS near here.
 The novel structure, standing at an altitude of 6,666 feet and considered one of the loftiest schools in Cali fornla, can be moved about from place 10 place with ease.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1927-07-28
LOCAL MEN VISIT
KEVIN-SUNBURST
OIL TERRITORY

G. A. Jeffery and John w. Chapman
returned Thursday from Shelby and
a two day inspection trip to the Kelvin
Sunburst oil fields. They left for the
northern part of the state on Sunday,
July II, and motored as far as Great
Falls, taking the train from there to
Shelby. Despite the detours they stat
ed that roads were good, especially
the Y-G-B line, and reported that
crops, particularly grasses and the
range, were very good. From Great
Falls they returned to Red Lodge by
way of Lewistown and Judith Basin
and found that crops We're excellent
along the route and roads were also
in good condition. They were accom-
panied on the trip by Mrs. Chapman.
Mr.. Jeffery and Mr.. Chapman both
have interests in the Kevin oil field,
and stated that new oil wells were
being brought in almost every day,
but the big companies We're expend-
ing their interests to the development
of gas to supply the city of Great
Falls, which requires about one hun
dred million feet of it.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1927-07-28
ROAD SURVEY ON
TOP OF PLATEAU

Harry Smith, packer for the Red
Lodge-Cooke City road surveying
crew, was in Red Lodge last eve
ming for a load of supplies and re-
turned to the camp early this morn
ing. Mr.. Smith stated that the crew
has completed the location survey to a
point directly south of Slide Rock
Trail and were ready to descend down
the other side to Little Rocky.
At the present time the surveyors
camp is located ON a lake near Chain
Lake Creek and according to Mr.
Smith a fly camp will be established
the first of next week on Long Greek
and the permanent camp will be mov-
ed about August l to Beartooth Lake
where it will probably be located from
three to four weeks.
When Mr.. Smith was asked about
the rumor being spread around re-
garding Mr.. Mitchell, the chief en-
gineer, being struck by lightning, he
stated that there was no truth to the
statement and the crew were we'll and
happy
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1927-07-28
Y. 2. OFFICIALS
VISIT RED LODGE
DURING THE WEEK

Mr.. Howard Elliott, chairman of tn,
board of directors Of the Northern
Pacific Railway company and presi.
dent of the Northwestern Improve
ment company, was visitor in Red
Lodge yesterday while on an inspec-
tion tour of the properties Of his rail
way and mining companies. He ar
rived here after completing inspec-
tions on the Pacific coast and the
Northwestern Improvement company
mines in Washington.
Mr.. Fred Brastrop, superintendent
of the Montana division of the
Northern Pacific, with headquarters
at Livingston, and Mr.. J. E. Squirting,
freight and passenger agent located
at Billings, accompanied Mr.. Elliott.
They arrived in a special train and
departed for Coalstrip, thence to St..
Paul
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1927-07-28
TROUPE COMPANY
PLEASES FOLKS

The Trousdale- Sweet Stock company
closed very successful week in Red
Lodge Sunday evening choosing as
their closing play "Other Peoples
Business" which scored many laughs
and worthy applause. The company
takes pride in keeping their repertoire
just a little above expectations, their
motto being "better shows, bigger
houses"
1t seems no effort for the cast in
general to put themselves over and no
stress can be laid to any one person
ality of the personnel as the out
standing star, plays having been
chosen which bring to the fore the
ability of each individual artist in the
varied character portrayals. "Why
Wives Worry" pleased large audi
ence on Friday evening, the manage
ment considering this characteriza-
tion of the casts best efforts. Song
parodies and snappy bits of conversa-
ton between acts bring forth spon-
taneous chuckles.
Boyd Trousdale returned from New
York the latter part of the week
bringing with him additional plays for
their fall presentation and the COM
pany will show again during the win
ter months at the West theatre in
Billings. After showing in Bridger
the week commencing the 25th they
will show in Powell, Wyoming, and
will continue their tent shows during
August, reopening in Billings the first
week in September.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1927-07-28
J. S. HALEY LOSES
APPEAL TO SUPREME
COURT OF MONTANA

The treasurer of Carbon county
was merely the custodian of the funds
of the Red Lodge Rosebud Irrigation
company and had no authority to cas1
warrants drawn to J. S. Haley, says
the Montana supreme court in affirm
ing the judgments of the district
court for Carbon county holding for
the respondent.
Haley entered into contract with
the Red Lodge-Rosebud Irrigation
company, for construction of its ir-
rlgation system and specified that an
amount equal to his bid should be de-
posted with the county treasurer to
meet payments as they came due.
This was done. After various drafts
had brought the fund to S27,430. 80.
estimates for about $4,000 were ap-
proved, warrants drawn and delivered
to Haley. These warrants the treas
urer refused to pay, asserting that
payment had been stopped. Still
another warrant, for about $4,000, was
delivered to Haley shortly afterward
and it, too, was refused payment.
Haley contended that the irrigation
district boards minutes show there
was no action to stop payment of
the warrants and argued that the
treasurer acted solely on request of
the secretary and attorney for the
board. A memoranda appearing in
the minute book, following the min
utes approving the estimates, recites
that the board reconvened and rati-
fled the action Of It's members in
stopping payment on the warrants.
This, Haley claims, is not the record
OF any proceedings. In support of
this position, he declared that, 80 DAYS
before the trial, the secretary of the
board, a member of the board of di-
rectors, had never seen the memoran-
tum. The court held with the direc-
5ors and Haley appealed.
Sterling Wood of Billings and John
!. Skinner of this city were attorneys
sor the Irrigation district and G. W.
Pearson of Billings represented Mr..
Haley
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1927-07-28
NEW BULLETIN
DESCRIBES LATE
FARM PROGRAM

Not cut and dried formula but a
general plan along lines that have
proved safe and practical is the agri-
cultural program developed at the
agricultural economic conferences
held in the state last winter and con-
tained in Bulletin "a just issued by
the Montana Extension service. The
bulletin contains the general recon-
mendations as drawn up and approved
at the economic conferences which
make up the state program as we'll as
a supplement with a more detailed
program for each of the six districts
into which the state was divided for
the purposes of the conference.
More than 1,200 farmers, stock
men, fruit growers and business men
took part in the district economic con-
ferences which resulted in this pro
gram of agricultural development
Committees of from 10 to 20 mem
bers were appointed previous to the
conferences to study and report on
each of the important lines of agri-
culture in the state. The reports as
contained in the bulletin are along
commodity lines and cover the sub
jects of land utilization, grains and
forage crops, /. livestock, dairying,
poultry and horticulture. The names
of the members of the commodity
committees at each Of the conferences
are listed with the district reports.
Copies of the state program with
the desired district supplement may
be obtained from the Montana Exten-
sion service, Bozeman, or from coun-
ty extension agents. Members of the
district commodity committees and
those who took part in the economic
conferences are being supplied with
copies of the bulletin.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1927-07-28
MAYOR RETURNS
FROM VACATION

DR.. and Mrs. G. L. Koehn and Mrs.
Mayme Anderson returned Monday
evening from a delightful vacation
spent in the southern and western
part of the country. They left Red
Lodge by car about six weeks ago and
motored through Wyoming, Colorado,
New Mexico, Arizona, California,
Oregon, Washington and Idaho.
While in California DR.. Koehn took
up special workers summer course
at the Leland Stanford University
clinic and hospital at San Francisco.
While in Portland on Friday, July %,
DR.. Koehn was the guest at dinner
rendered in his honor by members of
Sanitary Train 316 of the Ninety
first Division. About 40 members of
the old company were present at the
reunion at the Benson hotel.
Dir. Koehn stated that Montana's
crops and general business conditions
were better than conditions in the
states he visited, and that he was
glad to return to Red Lodge.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1927-07-28
MONTANA'S CASH
BALANCE JUNE 80
WAS S3.5O1. .013.3S

Montana's cash balance June 80
1927, was $3,5O1, ,813.38, according tc
the quarterly report of w. E. Har-
mon, state treasurer. This is a
slight decrease as compared with the
cash balance for the previous quar-
ter, which reached $3,847, ,669.45.
Warrants for investment in the Of
flee of the state treasurer totaled
$280,000 checks for deposit $780,
361.81. warrants for interest $119,-
900 and cash in cash items $6,148.85.
General fund receipts fro the quar-
ter were 81, 1,413,S96.94. Disbursements
for the three months period, S3,905,-
875.55.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1927-07-28
COOKE CITY SHELTER
TO START OPERATION

According to advices received from
Seattle, the home office of the Wes-
tern Smelling and Power Company,
their smelter at Cooke City will be
blown in about August |. The
smelter was completed and all
ready to start last year but on ac-
count of the low water in the Clarks
Fork River the electric power plant
OF the company was unable to gener-
ate sufficient power for the use of
running the smelter and the mines.
When this was discovered the COM
pany Immediately installed an auxil-
iary steam plant to meet this emer-
gency in the future, but by the time
they had completed the steam plant
it was so late that they decided to
wait until this year to start opera
tions. This should be good news to the
stockholders of the Western Smelt-
ing and Power company. The smelter
is in charge Of Mr.. w. B. Troughber.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1927-07-28
OPEN AIR DANCE
WILL BE STAGED
SATURDAY NIGHT

The first of series of pavement
dances will be held in Red Lodge Sat
urday night, is the announcement of a
committee composed of G. B. Foltz,
B. w. Holt, Harry Moore, Edgar
Allen and F. A. Williams.
The municipal orchestra of ten
pieces, under the direction Of Chas.
Mattila, will provide popular musical
numbers for the open air revelry
which will begin at 1880 and 500
o'clock and continue for two hours.
The dances are financed by special
fund contributed by the business and
professional men of Red Lodge, and
it is hoped that the open air dances
may be held every Saturday night
throughout the month of August. An
nouncement of the next pavement
dance has not yet been made. 1t has
not yet been fully decided which block
on Broadway will be cleared for the
entertainment. However, the COM
mittee will have one of the blocks
roped off, swept and flushed at six
o'clock Cornmeal will be spread on the
concrete to smooth it off.
Last summer the pavement dances
proved very popular, crowds taking
part in the dancing and many specta-
tors lined along the sidewalks.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1927-07-28
ADD SEVEN MILLS
TO LEGAL SCHOOL
LEVY IN RED LODGE

Notwithstanding the light vote
cast at the special school election held
at the Field school building from the
hours of two p. m. to six p. m., Mon
day, the question of increasing the
ten mill school levy to seventeen mills
for school district No. 1 was passed
by good majority.
For many years district No. 1,
which includes the Red Lodge schools,
has gone over the legal school levy of
ten mills without the vote of the peo-
pie. The total of seventeen mills for
1927 is the same as the levy for last
year in addition to requirements for
sinking and interest funds.
The school laws of Montana read
as follows in reference to special
school levies:
Whenever the board of trustees Of
any school district shall deem it
necessary to raise money by taxation
in excess of the ten mill levy, now al
lowed by the law for the purpose of
maintaining the schools of said dis
trict, or building, altering, repairing or
enlarging any school house or houses
of said district, furnishing additional
school facilities for said district, for
building and equipping heating and
other plants for said district or for
any other purpose necessary for the
proper operation and maintenance of
the schools in said district, it shall
submit the question of such addition
al levy to the legal voters Of said dis
trict who are taXpaying freeholders
therein, either at the regular annual
election held in said district or at a
special election called for that pur-
pose by the board Of trustees Of said
district"
The judges of election were R. J.
Fleming, E. B. Provinse and 0. j..
Simmons. The votes were canvassed
Tuesday night.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1927-07-28
YELLOWSTONE PARK
HIGHWAYS WILL Be
OF HIGH STANDARD

Helena="The present road pro-
gram outlined by the Yellowstone
Park branch of the National Park
Service will probably reach a cost of
ten million dollars" says Superintend-
ent Horace M. Albright in a recent in
terview with the publicity division of
the department Of agriculture, labor
and industry. Mr.. Albright estimates
that four or five million dollars of
this amount will be spent within the
next five years and stated that at the
completion of the program every mile
of roadway in the park will be in a
class indicated by the United States
bureau of roads as "high standard
roads,"
There are at present about 800 miles
of roadway in the park, 165 of which
comprise what is known as the main
loop.
''In bringing the roads up to high
SpclldctlQ, NIL falDIlSuG odlu, IL lS
necessary to do three things; first, to
put in a more permanent drainage
system and install culverts and bridges
at necessary points. second, to surface
the roads with crushed rock, and
third, to provide for oiling of the main
travelled highways at regular inter
vals."
With steadily increasing number
of visitors to the park each year and
with the correspondingly increasing
amount Of trucking, park roadways
are becoming of paramount impor-
tance and it is the purpose of the park
service to see that they are kept in
condition throughout the tourist sea-
son and that they are made safe and
convenient for drivers.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1927-07-28
CERTIFIED SEED POTATO INSPECTORS We'll
PLEASED WITH POTATO CROP CONDITIONS
For First Time About Fifty Acres Certified Seed Potatoes
Being Raised in Carbon County This Year; Visit Fields
Near Red Lodge and in Carks Fork Valley

mic meeting. The visitors spent the re-
mainder of the day viewing fields in
the Clarks Fork valley and in the late
afternoon motored to Rockvale where
they were met by the county agent
of Billings who took the prospective
contractors to inspect fields in Yel-
lowstone county on Tuesday. Their
itinerary includes visits in the
western part of the state also. The
gentlemen found crops very satisfac-
tory in Carbon county and were we'll
pleased with the potato fields and the
enthusiastic certified seed potato
growers.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1927-07-28
WOMENS CLUBS
OF COUNTY WILL
MEET AT LUTHER

The Beartooth club of Luther has
invited the Carbon County Federation
of Womens clubs to meet with them
on Saturday, August 6. Mrs. J. w.
Reed of Bearcreek is in charge of the
program, which will appear in full
in the News next Thursday. The Lu-
ther conclave will be the last of the
quarterly meetings, and hereafter
three annual meetings will be held in
stead of four.
Miss Blanche E. Lee, state home
demonstration leader, will be one of
the principal speakers on the program.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1927-07-28

Prospective certified seed potato
buyers spent Monday in Carbon coun-
ty viewing certified seed potato fields
with the purpose of contracting for
the product at a later date. About
fifty acres of certified seed potatoes
are in cultivation in Carbon county
this year, which is the first year of
its growth in this county. The IL
spectors were Prof. Tiebout, of the
state agricultural college of louisiana
who is purchaser of certified seed
potatoes for the state of Louisiana;
Mr.. Newsom, traffic and passenger
agent for the Southern Railroad COM
pany, and F. M. Harrington, horticul-
turist at Montana State College. The
men were accompanied on their
inspection trip in Carbon county by
f. l. Peterson, Smith Hughes agricul-
tural instructor at Carbon county
high school, S. F. Sparr, L. G. Cart
wright and E. G. Russell.
The crop inspectors arrived in Red
Lodge Sunday and spent the night at
Camp Senia. On Monday morning they
visited the fields of S. F. Sparr and
[. N. Olson on Clearcreek and then
motored to Belfry. At noon they were
guests at bountiful picnic luncheon
held at the E. Simpson ranch near
Belfry. The dinner was prepared by
wives of certified seed potato growers
and included an abundance of fresh
vegetables of every variety. About
forty were in attendance at the pic
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1927-07-28

A fifteen hour course in "safety
first and first aid work" is being con-
Quoted in Red Lodge by the Bureau
of Mines, which operates in the
United States under the Department
of Commerce. A specially constructed
movable mine safety car arrived
IN Red Lodge Monday and will leave
here for Sheridan, Wyoming, Satur-
day where similar course will be
conducted. The schools are held
throughout the United States. The
primary work of the Bureau of Mines
is to investigate safety ard health
conditions in the mineral industries
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1927-07-28
GENERAL MANAGER
n. w. |. INSPECTS
COAL PROPERTY

G. G. Anderson, general manager of
the Northwestern Improvement COM
pany, arrived in Red Lodge Monday in
connection with his company's bust
ness. Mrs. Anderson accompanied him.
They left yesterday for Coalstrip and
thence to st. Paul.
Mr.. Anderson was very optimistic
as to the future of the companys
coal properties, not only here but in
other sections of the country.