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The Bozeman courier., 1927-12-02

Observation-Disclosures still at work
on 10 federal highway projects.
The Bozeman courier., 1927-12-02

Havre-Plans under way for
100000 water system and $4,000
sewer extension.
Evening star., 1927-11-06
BUSINESS HIGH BANK
OFFICIALS SELECTED
Anna Owen Chosen President of
Students Saving Society.
Junior Show Presented.

The Business High School Bank has
elected the following officers for the
sns,Iing year: Anna Owen. president:
JulIenne Ibarrs. vice president. Mary
SchIay. cashier; Melvin Payne, head
honkkeeper; Israel SHERMAN, teller;
Apostino Scala. auditor; Edwin
Moves. assistant hookkeeper: Myrtle
pier. assistant hook keeper: Mllard
Rc~en. runner: Ruth AIpher. secre-
.arv. and Mrs. Kate Outwater, faculty
adviser.
Al an assembly Thursday the junior
show was presented. The program
included music by Jazz orchestra Of
Girls. led by Mary Mcqueen; xylo-
nbone solo. by Henry Goldsiein; a Sc
lection by the p. II. S. Orchestra. a
one.act comedy. Twenty Minutes
With John" and an original sketch,
1T Happened in June" by Nellie
Orion.
The Girls Senior Glee Club is plan
ming Thanksgiving assembly. The
Landing Of the Pilgrims" On Wednes.
davs the BOYS Giee Club meets for
practice on a vaudeville show which
they hope 10 present in the near flu
ture
Every Friday morning the Girls
and Boys Glee Club meet under the
direction Of Dr. r.. \. &. Barnes and
y ork on a cantata. The Man Without
Country" which will he presented
later in the year.
THURSDAY the Girls Auxiliary
treated The cadets 10 cocoa and dough
nuts after drill,
Evening star., 1927-11-06

Boys and girls at Jefferson Junior
Hifh School. are trading roles in new
High School are trading roles in new
for ninth grade pupils, designed to
lessen the burden on future handy
men.about- t-the-house' and TO make
future hungry husbands of golfing
wives neutrality-suspicious..
The boys are being taught how to
prepare simple meals and how to Sc
lect wisely nourishing foods from
restaurant menus, as we'll as the art
Of being host in their own homes,
while the girls are taking to the
schools woodworking and paint
shops to learn how to make simple
repairs to furniture. ways and means
of driving nails and screws without
danger to life and limb and countless
other tasks which husbands generally
are called upon to perform.
In the wood shop girls are taught
to know and to use the simpler tools
required in making minor repairs
around the house. Lessons in the
recognition of the various kinds OF
wood used in the making of furni'
ture, oak, gum, walnut and mahogany,
are given. and the difference between
solid wood and veneered wood Is ex-
Evening star., 1927-11-06
LANGLEY JUNIORS JOIN
IN HALLOWEEN PROGRAM
School Pupils Participate in Exer-
cises, With Dramatic Touches
Added.

A Halloween party was held at
Langley Junior High School Monday
afternoon, when the student coun.
Gil arranged an interesting pro-
gram including a Halloween song by
the Glee Clubs, with dramatic touches
added by the witches and ghosts Jes.
sic Nafey. a.ucy Mcdowell. Anna
Pence. Harriet Holbrook. Eliza beth
Cole. Janet Logan. Gertrude Holt.
Rose Galipo. Paul Rurkitt and Ethel
Egdal took the character roles.
Ruby BOYLE told ghost story, "Dey
Amt No Ghosts" Wilbur Hall. Law.
son Hustled and William Wycof won
first. second and third prizes, respec.
lively. in an apple -bobbing contest,
while Eleanor Owings and Margaret
Rowley were declared winners in the
apple biting contest. In grand march
before the judges, John Stakes mas
queraded so cleverly as a girl that he
was awarded the grand prize and also
the prize for the best boys costume.
The boys soccer team is maintain.
ing the record it set last year. So far
they haven't lost a single game, al.
though they tied with Macfardand
90.
Evening star., 1927-11-06
Y. NJ. c. A. CLASSES
CLOSE OLD BREACH
Law School Seniors and Juniors
Give Reception to Freshmen
to Offset Tradition.

The traditional breach between up
per classes and ''frosh" has been
closed at the District of Columbia
College of the Young Mems Christian
Association.
The largest gathering in the history
Of the Law School was held last Thurs.
day evening when the senior and jun.
lor clas gave A reception to the
freshman law class. John l.. Fowler,
president of the senior class, presided
The speakers for the evening were
o. j. Tall, president of the junior
class; f. G. Adams, president of the
freshman class; DIR. j. A. Bell, direc.
tor of education: Charles V. Inlay,
DEAN. Ralph S. Scott. assistant dean,
and the following instructors: Charles
e. Wainwright. Judge Fenton W.
Booth, Percival H. Marshall and viii.
liam A. Read.
This being the first meeting of it's
kind in the history Of the school,
great stress was laid upon closer
friendships among the members of
the various classes through the So
cial activities to be held throughout
the remainder of the year.
The members of the faculty ex.
pressed an earnest desire to help the
individual students Of the freshman
class in overcoming their difficulties
in the study of law by meeting them
after class hours or In their respective
law Offices.
Plans have been made for regular
meetings of the individual classes
throughout the year and at the close
Of the courses an annual banquet for
the entire Law School and its alumni.
The spirit manifested by the Law
School this year has never been ex.
celled, due primarily to the record
of the preceding classes in the bar
examinations. This past year 80 per
cent Of the schools candidates were
successful In passing the bar. ----,..-.
Evening star., 1927-11-06
Boys and Girls at Jefferson Junior High
Trade Roles and Try Opposite Studies

planned. At the end of the course the
girls discuss the cost of furniture and
how to select it. They are taught
also how to put washers on spigots.
In the paint shop the girls are made
familiar with the methods used IN
finishing the interior of a house, In.
Guiding the walls and inside trim.
They study the meaning of calciming
and how it is applied. The refinish-
ing of old furniture is taught. from
the preparation of the article for the
painting 10 the staining, shellacking
vanishing and enameling. They
learn, too, how to remove stains and
white spots from furniture and the
dull appearance of vanished wood.
They are taught how to restore color
to old mahogany and how TO deal with
scratches, dents and mars. The
bleaching of ink spots, and rust stains
is a part of the course, as we'll as the
knowledge that all materials used in
the removing of stains. spots and
other defects are of the simplest
variety and within the means of
every homemaker. This information
is kept by the pupils in note books.
which are preserved for the days of
housewife trials.
Evening star., 1927-11-06
SHAW HONOR GROUP
AIDS SCHOOL SPIRIT
Society Organized to Promote Ac.
tivities Meeting with
Marked Success.

The Honor Society, organized re.
Gently under the direction Of Miss
Irene Miller al the Shaw Junior High
School, already is functioning to ad.
vantage in fostering better scholar
shin. self control and school pride
The society is composed of ninth
grade pupils whose scholarship aver
ages have been good or above dur
ing the entire period OF their attend
ance at this school Another requi.
site. met by the members il regula r
attendance and courteous department,
SeIf-respect, honesty and service. The
charter members are: Jessie Holloman.
president; Evelyn Brown. Rosaiind
Butcher. secretary; Sylvia Cha Sc,
Geneva Diggs. Margaret Cant. vice
president; Betty johnson, George
Lawrence. Helm Lee. Spurgeon
Moore, Helen Rustin and Geneva
Walker.
The pupils Of the society had entire
charge of the program rendered at
both senior and junior honor assem-.
blies, al which time the section teach
erS read the names Of honor roll
students.
Tho following pupils made" the sd,
VihorY honor roll. 4-B--MarGaret Cant,
Betty johnson and Robert Rousch; "a
-Erma Adams, Evelyn Brown.
Itosaiind Butcher. Sylvia Chase. Lu.
Gle Ciump, Jessie Holloman. George
Lawrence. Helen Lee and Spurgeon
Moss: 8B-Josephine Farrar; 8A-
Fiizabeth Carter. Thelma Casey.
Rama Gibson, Marceine Jackson,
Nora Singleton. Cynthia Slaughter
and Lorenza Vest; 7B-Hazel Eel.
ton and Rosa Massey; 7A--Ger-
'rude Aston, Ivor Brown. George
Burke. Loretta Butler. Joseph Doug
lass. James Fowles. Sylvia Hampton,
Naomi Harris. Marjorie 1Iolloman
Helen Reynolds. Gertrude Robb. Bar
bala Robinson and Myrtice Robinson
Evening star., 1927-11-06
CAPITAL HAS MOST
SALAR|ED WOMEN
Their Average Wage Also
Higher Than in 95 Per Cent
OF Cities, Southern Says.

Washington boasts the largest per-
centage of woman wageearners Of
any city in the United States, l.. p.
Southern. president of the Southern
Brothers Steward Business University,
told the 5l2 students OF the school yes
terday.
The average salary OF the Washing
ton business educated woman is also
higher than 95 per cent of the Nation
cities" he said.
There has been a great increase In
the number Of business educated
women who are commanding RESPONSE
Bile positions in Washington. There
are approximately 20 women in Wash
ingtOn who have n personally earned
income of more than $4,000. and at
least 100 whose business earnings will
approach that sum.
The percentage of women holding
prominent Government positions is iI,.
creaSing each year, and a large num-
ber of them started at the bottom of
their respective departments, with
nothing but a good education as a
background. The attendance at Wash
ington business schools has increa sag
tremendously in the past six month.
Mr.. Southern told his students that
there are $50 women practicing law
in the District of Columbia. probably,
he contended. the largest number of
woman lawyers per capita of any city
in the country. Most of these, he said,
laid the foundation for The profess
sional career by doing secretarial or
stenographiC work often attending
simultaneously both law and business
schools.
The school president commended
the ambition of Washington stenog.
raphers TO attain heights in the
business or professional world. Thirty
per cent of his students. he said. are
employed in full time positions dur
ing the day while they attend night
classes.
Evening star., 1927-11-06
LATIN CLUB ELECTS
STUDENT OFFICERS
Mckinley Group to Hold Meetings
Each Wednesday-Arts Body
Sets Program.

At the first meeting of the year OF
the Latin Club of the Mckinley Tech.
nical High School. Archie Harris and
Catherine Mcmillan were chosen con-
suls in the election of officers. Nav
Stallings was named secretary, and
Yvonne Johannes was selected treas
urer Meetings of the club are held
each Wednesday during the school
year under the faculty guidance of
Miss Edith Godsey.
An extra meeting of the Pals and
Palettes, the art club. was held last
Wednesday to take the place of a
meeting that had been postponed on
account of foot ball game. Among
the exhibits of new work by the men,
bers were some attractive pieces of
woodcarviug.
In the recent poster contest held by
the Travellers Aid Society. Frank Nc
Kinney of Tech received the third
prize of SO for his entry. OF the six
honorable mentions awarded. five
were bestowed on the following Tech
students: Miss Jane Mckenzie. Miss
Miriam Moss. Miss Mary GULL. Miss
Virginia Sabotka and Hugh p. Collins.
Evening star., 1927-11-06
Capital Girl Honored.

Esther Long. zoos Otis place re-
Gently was selected as member of
the Girls Glee Club of Juniata Col
lege, Huntingdon. Pa. Miss Long Is
a sophomore at Juniata, having
Bridgewater College at
Va, two years ago.
Miss Long was graduated in 1925
from Spring City High School,,
Spring City. Pa, where she took an
active part in dramatics and other
high school activities.
Evening star., 1927-11-06
OPENS 1O-EVENT COURSE.

The first offering in the George.
town Ten.Event Course, to be held in
the chapel of Georgetown Presby-
terrain Church, P street near Thirty
first street, tomorrow evening at s
o'clock, will be "Th- Romance Of the
Harp" with katherine Riggs, harpist,
and Florence Howard. soprano. This
is the courses third season. Alma
Oakes of Vecre, Holland, will give an
illustrated lecture on tC,stoms and
Costumes Of Iceland on Monday,
November 26.
Evening star., 1927-11-06
Assigned to Duty in Canal Zone.

Lieut. Col Joseph Q. Mauborcne.
Signal Corps. has been relieved from
duty in the Office of the chief signal
officer and at headquarters, District
Of Washington. Munitions Building,
and ordered TO the Panama Canal
1ena for duty. effective January 81.
Evening star., 1927-11-06
HAVE EXPOSITION BOOTH.
Lewis School to Take Part in Hotel
Exhibition.

For the eighth consecutive season
the Lewis Hotel Training School will
maintain a booth at the National
Hotel Exposition TO be held at the
Grand Central Palace in New York,
November Il TO ~. Students of the
resident school and those taking the
home study courses in hotel manage
ment are urged to attend the display
of up-to-date equipment food products
and service.
Leaders in the hotel industry from
all parts of the country will exchange
ideas at lunchoons and business
sessions.
Evening star., 1927-11-06
Ordered Before Retiring Board.

Col. Bailey X. Ashford. Army Medi-
cal Corps. at the Walter Reed General
Hospital, has been ordered before the
Army Retiring Board in session in
this city for examination. -.
Evening star., 1927-11-06
EDUCATIONAL.
Civil Service Examinations

Prepare now for the Junior and senior ste
biography and typewriting examinations file
clerk and promotion exams: also for book
keeping machius operator and Patent Office
School Sc cor. 18th and F NV. Fr cOS6
Imperial Valley press., 1927-07-20
VALDERAMA GETS
TRIMMING FROM
PATRICK DUNCAN

Tony Valderama, late champion
featherweight Of the L. s. Navy,
who has been showing the boys in
his class plenty of trouble in I'M
p.rial Valley rings, ran against a
snag at Brawley last night in the
person of one Pat Duncan from San
Diego. Patrico walked off with
the decision alter ~ round Of reai
battle. ~
rony showed his usual speed and
clevernees, but the san Diego bo.
was just as fast and just as clever.
He also packs waliop, about the
only thing Tony needs to make hlm
a topnotcn warrior.
bate Northern took 4 smackins
from Julian Arriola of San Diego,
III the semi final, the colored boy
losing the decision in SIX rounds,
The senior had Babe : number and
proceeded to prove that it was zero.
Battling tIrpo| forgot his eauh-
flower ear long eneugn III his flSht
with George Calhoun, to knock
George into dreamland, the kayo
coming after two minutes anu iou'
seconds of fighting in the fourth
round. and despite the frantic pleas
from Firpos fellow citizens OF
Brawley, to Mr.. Calhoun, for the
latter to knock the battier into the
Argentine. For some reason, or no
reason at all, Firpo has never been
popular with his feliow-townsmen.
Richard Randle, the hong, lean,
lanky boy from our own East Side
heard the blackbirds chirplng III
the second round ef his scrap with
johnny Romero. Richard went
very much shut eye as the result
Of a scientific lacing from Senior
Romero. But Richard is young
and long enough to take fe"
beatings without much damage 10
his system.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-07-20
THEATERS

"High Hat the name Of the
hilarious burlesque on the movies,
produced by Robert T. Kane for
First National release with Ben
Lyon, Mary Brian and Sam Hardy
featured, comes to the Airdome to-
night.
1t is an original story by James
Ashmore Creelman, who not only
made the adaptation and prepared
the continuity, but also directed the
picture incidentally, High Hat -
was Mr.. Creelman S first director
ial achievement, and according to
all accounts, most noteworthy
start in this field for the young
scenarist, who was largely respon-
sible for the foundation of the
Film Guild and who for two years
was associated with John Emerson
and Anita Loos as writer.
Charles Mcguire, veteran of sev-
eral Robert Kane productions, a
Imperial Valley press., 1927-07-20
LINDA BURRACE
RETAINS LAURELS
AT BEAUTY SHOW

Miss Linda Burrage, chosen las,
fall as Miss Imperial Valley
and more recently prize winner a,
the Venice Bathing Beauty contest
came back last night 20 defend her
title at the Los Angeles Express.
West Coast Theaters contest at the
Palace 1Airdome, and retained her
laurels.
A close runner-up to Miss Burrage
was Miss Hazel Vogel of Heber, the
judges being unable to decide on the
first ballot, which of the two girls
should be chosen to seek further
honors as "Miss Southern Califor.
mia" and Miss California" with
q chance to participate in the miss
America = contest at Atlantic City.
Miss Burrage and Miss Vogel
were called before the Judges q
second time, and after comparing
points, the former was declared the
winner and will appear at the San
Francisco contest as Miss Imperial
Valley Miss Vogel was awarded
diamond ring as second prize, donat.
ed by the Berger Jewelrv Company
The selection by the Judges ap-
peared to be popular with the large
audience which attended the con-
test.
Miss Henrietta Woody of this
city took third place with Miss
Imogene Morgan. also of Ell Cen
tro placing fourth. Miss Jewel
Alexander and Miss Beatrice Oaks.
both of Brawlev, were awarded
fifth and sixth place respectively.
Fred Nebel-Thau acted as master
of ceremonies and introduced the
various contestants, not overlook
ing Manager Herb Norris, of the
West Coast .Theaters, who was pre-
sented as the "Slim Princess.
Because of threatening weather.
leading them to believe that the
contest might be postponed. several
girls whose names were entered in
the contest, failed to show up.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-07-20

! automobile began acting up and he
| was delayed along the route. He
chugged his way into Brawley and
made an effort to fix the car. Be
ieving it in shape he started again
! hut as he speeded on toward Los
| Angeles the machine again began
to act up and AS he approached the
watch point OF Immigration cffic
ials at Kane Springs the motor
was sputtering.
Miasnikoss put on his best air
of indifference but he was out of
luck from the start for one of the
officials had one of those deep
lunches which play the biggest
part of the immigration patrol
catches.
His luggage was searched after
he had claimed that his name was
the same as that on the registration
certificate. And his luggage re.
vcaied much. There were photo.
graphs and other articles which
served TO identify him as George
Miasnikoss and after considerable
grilling he broke and confessed
his identity.
The officers found $4,000 in cash
soereted on his person i'll their
search. This gave much credenee
to the belief that the prisoner had
been free with his money in seek
ing to crash the American gate
way and that he carefully studied
the manner of approach is borne
out by the fact that he risked cap
ture by carrying the photographs
and other valuable papers with
him. SO confident was he that he
would slip by without n suspicion.
d have made it if it WASH t
for engine trouble he groaned as
the authorities locked him mp at
the county jail to await further
action in his case.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-07-20
Ask Me Another
U. s. DIPLOMATS & EMBASSIES

What diplomatic representa-
i've recently resigned from pos
of first Importance to the American
State Department.
What envoy, particularly po?
ular with the government to which
he is accredited. termed promin
cnt aviator America 5 unofficial
ambassador
In what prominent diplom,
tic post has the American govern.
ment an especially pretentious EN-.
bassv building which was only re-
Gently opened1
What country did Benjamin
Franklin visit as one of this eoun-
try S earliest envoys'
5 To what country is tho EXPIRE
sident of Cornell University ac-
redited as ambassador.
What statesman, rejected by
the L. 5. Senate as Attorney Gen
rral, is former ambassador to
Japan
Who was L. S. Ambassador tn
Germany when this country declar-
ed war,
5 What American envoy is frc-
quently reported considering trans
ferring his embassy or legation to
another city due to danger of civil
war.
9 What envoy was named by
president Coolidge as head of the
three power naval disarmament
conference?
10 What American diplomatic re-
preventative, ambassador to Rus
sia during the World War. died
within the last year at his home in
the United States'
ANSWERS
l James X. Sheffield, ex-ambas.
sador to Mexico.
Myron T. Herrick, ambassad.
or to France.
5 London.
( France
) Germany; Ambassador Jacob
Schurman.
s Charles Beecher Warren.
James W. Gerard.
$ John V. MacMurray.
9 Hugh Gibson.
10 David r. Francis of st.
Louis.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-07-20
British Flight
Is Postponed
BY United Press Leased Wire

CALSHOT AIRDOME, South
hampton, Eng, July 20.-A poorly
functioning radio apparatus today
prevented Captain Frank T. Court.
ney, British commercial air pilot
from starting. his proposed flight to
New York.
The take off had been scheduled
for noon today but test flight at
a. m. disclosed defective radio
and the necessity of engine adjust
ments.
Il am unable to start TODAY, -
Courtney told the United Press.
- Perhaps l may go tomorrow.
The British flyer will take with
him two companions. Flight Lieu
tenant +. w. NJ. Downer will be re
lief pilot and r. +. Little will be
taken along as engineer.
Plans call for two stops to refucl,
the first at Valentia, Ireland. and
the second l900lmiles across the At
lantic near St. Johns, n. F.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-07-20
STUDENTS MAKE
TRIP TO STUDY
VALLEY CROPS

| A group of senior and graduate
students with their instructor FROM
the College of Agriculture, Univer
sity of California, arrived here to.
day to study fruit growing in In.
perial County. The students are
spending six weeks touring the
state and visiting all of the import
ant fruit districts in the Sacramento,
San Joaquin and Imperial Valleys,
Southern California and coastal re,
gions.
A prearrangcd schedule is fol
lowed day by dav including visits
to orchads, vineyards, truck crops,
nurseries, canneries, dry yards, de
hvdrators, packing houses, storage
plants, markets, etc. The objects OF
the course are to study the geogra.
phical distribution of fruit growing
in California, to observe methods Of
growing, handling and marketing
the various horticultural crops Gin
cluding berries, trees and vine
fruits, and vegetables) and to be.
come acquainted with fruit organ.
i2ations, their officials and MANY
individual growers. The schedule in
this county includes visits to the
ranches of the following fruit grow
ers; Francis Heiny, and Emil
Tamarack Ranch, Imperial and
Swami and Son, Ell Centre.
The students are travelling in
six automobiles and will cover about
$500 miles. Many of the students
are camping and are enjoying 4
vacation at the same time securing
a great deal of information that will
be valuable to them at some future
time.
Several countries and states are
represented in the party which in
cludes the following; NJ. \. Radie
Cairo, Egypt: j. W. Cline, San Jose,
Calf; G. G.. Hanna. Flovdada, g,
Texas: Leo Hilliard. Nisalia, Calf;
Percy NJ. Neitlcl, Cordclia, Calf;
j. s. Parsons. Hemet, Calf; y.
Sadek. Cairo, Egypt; Kenneth
Smoyer, Los Angeles, Calf; Reul Il.
Stickncy. Ukiah, Calf; II. Van
Elden. Pretoria. South Africa; l.
K. Van Graan, Bloemfontein. South