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The Bozeman courier., 1927-12-23
Outlook Bright for Happy
and Prosperous NeU Year
In Great Treasure State
CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES TOTALLING So 900, 900
PLANNED BY FEDERAL, STATE GOVERNMENTS
AND PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS

A happy and prosperous New Year
is the outlook for the Treasure state
in 1928, judged by a preview of con-
struction and building activities al
ready planned for the comin~ year,
says the state publicity division.
Total expenditures amounting to
approximately $35,0O0,0OO have been
announced by state and federal gov
ernments and by public service cor
poratiOns.
Federal aid road funds matched by
state money in the proportion of 56.04
to 1895 will total $3,O00,O00 to be
spent on Montana highways in 1923
on 80 projects which will include ap-
proximately 200 miles of road. In
Guiding county, city, national park and
forest service highways, total road
expenditures for 1923 will be about
81, 100000.
Federal Projects
Reclamation projects will account
for more than $2,O0O,0O0 of federal
moneys to be spent in the state. The
Gibson dam on the Sun River prof.
ect, which is being built at cost of
81 100000, will be completed. Drain
age work on the lower Yellowstone
project in Richland county will cost
100000 and will complete a ten-yea1
drainage program involving an ex-
pense of $2,500,000. Bids will be
opened later for other work on the
project to be completed during 1928
Money spent on new construction anC
drainage work is in addition to the
regular maintenance expenditure
The Bozeman courier., 1927-12-23
SWORN AFFIDAVIT
MUST ACCOMPANY
LICENSE REQUEST

Am affidavit, sworn to before a
notary, showing that the applicant
for registration of a motor vehicle
has paid his personal taxes on the
machine for 1927, must be filed with
Austin Middleton, state registrar,
before the license will be issued.
Applicants have been in doubt as
to the procedure for they have re-
lied upon the filing Of certified lists
by county treasurers with the regis
trar FROM which the latter was sup
posed to obtain his information as
to whether the tax had been paid. Not
long ago the deputy registrar at Deer
Lodge wrote to the assessor of Cas-
cade county suggesting that tax re-
ceipt accompany the application but
car owners objected fearing that the
receipt might be lost in the mails.
The registrars office replying,
said the tax receipt was only required
in certain cases and advised waiting
until the blank applications. were re-
ceived. These began arriving a few
days ago accompanied BY the blank
affidavit requiring sworn answers to
the questions as to make Of car, mo-
tor number, whether applicant was
the owner Of the ear March z, 1927
and if so whether the 1927 property
tax had been paid and if not whether
the taxes sare lien upon real estate.
The Bozeman courier., 1927-12-23
DAIRY
PRODUCTS IN 1927
WORTH SI1,OOO,OOO

Montana's 1927 dairy production is
valued at about $11, 100000, an in
crease of 10 per cent as compared
with 1926, according to the dairy
division of the state department of
agriculture. The report indicates that
there were 70 creameries, 13 cheese
factories, and 223 cream stations
operating during the year.
The 1927 production of butter is
given at 16,73O,OOO pounds, a gain of
100000 pounds over 1926 when pro-
duction was 16,23O,OOO pounds. Ice
cream production this year was 600,-
600 gallons, compared with $4,000
gallons in 1926, a decrease of $4,000
gallons. Cheese also shows a decrease
the 1927 production being 1901, ,305
pounds, as against 1,810,683 pounds
in 1925.
The Bozeman courier., 1927-12-23

1928 permits which have been held up,
viii be issued after conference be-
tween Mr.. Nickerson, head of the per-
NIT department, and the physician.
Where we have evidence Of con-
tinued violation Of the permit regula-
tions we proceed on the assumption
that the physician does not deserve q
renewed permit.
Many physicians have already call7
ed at the office and conferred regard-
ing 1928 permits. A permit is given
by the prohibition bureau and allows
a doctor to write 100 liquor prescTip-
tions everv 80 days"
Several drug stores are on the list
Of those whose liquor licenses for
1928 may not be issued.
Special investigators are employed
bv the prohibition bureau to inspect
the liquor stocks 81 drug stores and
check the supply allowed against the
amount called for in prescIl lptloNs.
The Bozeman courier., 1927-12-23

More than 40 Montana physicians
have been invited to appear at the
prohibition headquarters in Helena
December q to January z to submit
reasons why their permits to pre-
scribe liquor during 1928 should be
renewed, according to E. E. Collins,
attorney for the nineteenth enforce
ment district.
No permits have been revoked, it
was explained by Mr. Collins All
permits expire December 81, he said,
and many have already been renewed.
In cases where investigators have
reported violation Of the prescription
law or Of permit regulations the re-
newing cf the permit has been held
up pending a conference with the
physician.
doctors have not been summoned
10 HeleEa but have been invited tC
appear to talk things over, said Mr.
Collins. "It is probable some Of tbs
The Bozeman courier., 1927-12-23
Double Road Money For Montana
Favored By States Civic Bodies

To show that they approve the
movement to induce congress to dOu-
bic the annual appropriation for the
construction of trunk highways with
in national forests, commercial clubs
and chambers of commerce through
out Montana are passing resolutions
and forwarding them to this states
congressional delegation at Washing
ton.
1t is pointed out that one third of
the land area within Montana is re-
served by the government for Indian
reservations and national forests and
is non-taxable, providing no revenue
for roads. Under the present law
MOntana's share of the total annual
appropriation for roads within the
national forests is $350,OO0. This
sum is inadequate and makes it al
most impossible to connect up the
state highways by forest roads and
complete them within a reasonable
time. Thirteen public land states 10
Gated in the west are similarly situ-
ated.
Copies of the following resolution
are going forward from all civic or
ganizations of the type named, to
Senators Walsh and Wheeler and
Congressman Ieavitt and Evans in
Washington:
'Be it resolved that we join with
other organizations Of the state Of
Montana and with organizations oi
other public land states in request
ing the United States congress to IN
crease the present annual appropria
tion Of $4,5OO,0O0 for the construction
of standard highways in national for
ests to the sum Of $4,000, ,O00,"
It is understood that Senator
Walsh and Wheeler and Congressman
Evans and Leavitt favor an increase.
appropriation but desire to secure tn
sentiment Of the citizens and business
men Of the state. The forest reserv
roads are to be built in conformit.
with the plans prescribed by the g
s. bureau Of public roads,
The Bozeman courier., 1927-12-23
CAR THIEVES TO
REFORM SCHOOL

James Phillips, IL, and Kenneth
Rudolph, 18 years of age, who pleaded
guilty to charges of grand larceny in
connection with the theft of auto
mobiles, were last week sentenced to
the state industrial school at Miles
City, there to remain until they are
81.
Phillips stole a car belonging to j.
H. Monforton and drove 1t to his old
home in Ohio. Later, on his return
trip to Bozeman, Phillips got into
trouble at Fargo and confessed the
auto theft. He was brought here and
confined in the county, Jail.
Rudolph admitted stealing a car be-
longing to John Chapman, rancher
Of near BOzeman. He was arrested In
this city by the police while prepar-
ing to leave for Washington. He also
entered a plea of guilty.
The Bozeman courier., 1927-12-23
Wool Buyers Offering 36 Cents,
Growers Advised to 't.Sit Steady"

That the wool buyers from the east
who have come to Montana two or
three weeks in advance of the time
they usually appear, mean to bid ae-
lively for the 1928 clip, is Indicated
by reports Of offers already made in
northern Montana of 36 cents a
pound, about 3 cents above what was
believed to be the figure generally
agreed upon as the maximum this
early. The Montana WoOlgrowers'
association received word of the Of
fers at Helena Saturday, but is ad-
vising its members to sit steady and
await developments.
The association believes that be-
cause Of a world wide shortage, wool
is likely to reach the highest price
known in many years. Many Of the
members viii store the clip. Those
who may need cash to carry them
through for q time viii be able to Sc
cure money at a rate Of interest much
lower than the legal rate. The asso-
citation has arranged for $1,000,000 at
the intermediate Credit bank. avail
able to members the coming year.
The Bozeman courier., 1927-12-23
GIVEN FOUR YEARS,
Then PAROLED IN
CARE OF father
Mildred Mcmillan, Alias Tandy,
Is Grateful for Mercy of Court
Promises To Be Good

Mildred Mcmillan, alias Elsie
Tandy, the young woman arrested last
week on a charge of forgery for
passing a check for $25, signed with
the name of Stuart Mcmillan, on the
Marshall furniture store, entered a
plea Of guilty when arraigned before
Judge B. B. Law in district court
last Friday afternoon and on Monday
was sentenced to serve from four to
eight years in the state penitentiary
at Deer Lodge.
Immediately after passing sentence
the court, upon good cause being
Shown, parOled the defendant in care
Of her father, W. w. COrbett of Fair
view, Mont, under agreement that
she will remain with her parents for
four years. The young woman ac-
cepted the mercy of the court with
evidences of gratitude and left at
once for her home.
According to her father, she left
home when Is years of age, and later
married Stuart Mcmillan. Since
coming to BOzeman she had posed as
the wife of Joe Tandy, cook in locaI
restaurant. She was first arrested
when she passed a check, signed with
the name of Mrs. NJ. A. Griffin of the
Michigan block, on the BOzeman
pharmacy. Later an information was
filed in the Marshall store case. SOor
after her incarceration in the county
Jail, Mrs. Mcmillan attempted to take
her own life by slashing her wrist
with a piece of metal taken from hel
Continued on Page Twelve)
The Bozeman courier., 1927-12-23
REDUCED FARES

The Northern Pacific railway am
nouncs a special rate of fare and
one-half on the certificate plan to
the Montana Education meeting at
Helena. December %, 1927, to Janu-
ary IA, 1928. The rate viii apply
from all points in Montana. Certifi-
Gates showing tickets purchased on
the going trip, December % to 81,
will be honored at half-fare returning
if presented not later than January
1S, subject to minimum attendance
of 100.
The Bozeman courier., 1927-12-23

made annually by the federal gov
ernment on irrigation projects.
Senator Walsh has a bill in the
senate that calls for the expenditure
of $750,000 for post office buildings
in Helena, Missoula, Glasgow and
Havre. A federal grain laboratory
will be established at Miles City for
which buildings will be erected next
spring.
Public Service Benefits
In addition to expenditures by
state and federal governments, sew
eral million dollars will be spent by
public service corporations during
1928. Transportation companies will
spend approximately $10.000,00O. The
Great Northern, in addition to the
$2,000,000 Saco-Turner branch in the
eastern part of the state, will spend
$500,000 in tunnel and track improve
ments in northwestern Montana. The
Northern Pacific during 1928 will
spend S5,OO0,OOO, a large part Of
which will go to Montana lines. A
water sOftening plant at Glendive is 9
| part of the program. 1t is expected
that the Chicago, Milwaukee and st
Paul will continue electrificatiOn O1
the road from Harlowton to the coast
The Mountain States Telephone anC
Telegraph company viii build two
new lines III Montana, cost Of which
has not been definitely determined al
yet.
The Montana-DakOta Power com
pany viii build pipe lines to eonve!
fCOntinued on Page Twelvel
The Bozeman courier., 1927-12-23
MONDAY, DEC. 26,
TO BE HOLIDAY

Inasmuch as Christmas day falls on
Sunday, next Monday will be observed
as holiday in business, professional
and financial circles Of the city. All
stores, banks, and other establish
ments will be closed. At the post
office, according to Postmaster Fran
sham, there will be no deliveries by
carrier on either Sunday or Monday,
but mail may be obtained at central
office at designated hours.
Sunday, Christmas day., the post
office will be open from 8 a. NJ. un-
til II noon. On Monday, the hours
will be from 8 a. m. until noon Pat
rons Of delivery routes will find their
mail awaiting them at the windows
at either end of the lobby.
The Bozeman courier., 1927-12-23
MRS. H. HOWARD,
GALLATIN PIONEER,
TAKEN BY Death
Daughter Of Late G. L. Anceney,
Sr.-Funeral Services Held
Thursday Morning

Aline Anceney Howard, sc years Of
age, wife of H. H. Howard and a
daughter of the late Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Anceney, Sr., died at 6 o'clock
Tuesday morning at her home on
Tracy avenue south. Mrs. Howard
had been i'll for many months.
Funeral services were held at $3.50
o'clock Thursday morning at the Holy
Rosary Catholic church, the Rev.
Father J. J. O'Kennedy officiating at
requiem mass. The body was taken
to Manhattan and laid to rest in the
Meadow View cemetery, where the
parents of Mrs. Howard are buried.
The pallbearers were H. B. McCay,
T. B. Story, Roy E. Martin, Justin
M. Smith, c. w. Sweet and Tel
Menard.
Mrs. Howard was born July 81,
1861, in Kansas City, Mo. With her
parents she came to Montana in 1864,
locating at Alder Gulch, but in a short
time removing to the Gallatin valley
and settling on ranch near what is
now Manhattan After graduating
from st. Vincent's academy at Helena
and the Morgan Park seminary near
Chicago, she went to New York and
took a course in kindergarten train
ing. Upon returning to Bozeman she
conducted, with Mrs. Mary L. DOane,
such an institution. In August, 1901,
she was married to Harry H. Howard
now manager of the Bozeman ChrOn-
icle. With the exception of the time
she spent in outside schools, Mrs
HOward's entire life had been spent
in Gallatin county. She was a mem.
Der of the Pioneers Society of Gal
Continued on page Twelve)
The Bozeman courier., 1927-12-23
MASONIC bodies
ELECT OFFICERS

During the last week or 10 days
several of the city's Masonic bodies
elected officers for the coming year,
and one, BOzeman lodge No. 18, A. F.
and A. NJ. last Thursday evening held
its installation ceremony.
For the Royal Arch body Dale
Cline was chosen high priest, Hollis
Elliott, king; o. B. Van Horn, scribe,
and o. A. Lynn, secretary-treasurer.
Later appointments were announced
as follows: C. B. Swim, C. H.; Hugh
Stallings, P. S.; Charles Bell, R. c.;
Dewey Street, M. of "; George H.
Russell, NJ. of Second "; Emmett
Moore, M. of Third ", and w. H..
EversOn, sentinel.
In the Blue lodge, No. Is, the cleo
ton resulted as follows: E. ]. Bell,
w. M; A. D. Granthan1, S. W.; T. M.
Perrin, J., W.; D. E. MOser, treasurer;
L. c. Bergen, secretary. The ap-
pOintiVe offices were then filled by
the new master, Mr.. Bell, by naming
H. A. StaIlings, S. D.; L. NJ. Johnson,
]. D.; w. L. Mecklenburg, S. S.; w.
w. Casper, j. S., and L. E. Gage,
tyler. The installation was conduc-
ted by Past Master B. H. Alexander,
with Past Master c. S. Kenyon acting
as marshal.
Lily of the Valley chapter No. 4,
Order of the Eastern Star, chose the
following officers: Mrs. Alice Klein
schmidt, W. NJ; Lawrence Bergen, w.
p; Mrs. Dexter Moser, A. M; r. H.
Elliott, secretary; Miss Potter,
/ f1rcass1raY.. Mrs Zana Dean oondI1p-
tress, and Mrs. Clara Donaldson. as
sociate conductress. The appointive
officers will be announced later.
The Bozeman courier., 1927-12-23

Attorney Hubert d. Bath wAo was
suddenly taken ill last Wednesday
while In livingston on business and
was brought TO the Deaconess h0spi-
tai here, had sufficiently improved
Monday TO be removed to has home.
For several days Mr.. Baths condi-
tien was serious He was advised TO
90 to Rochester, Minn.. foran exam
iration and left Tuesday witb his
father, Or. q. ~. Bath Of Reno, New.
for that city
The Bozeman courier., 1927-12-23
THREE FORKS MAN
TAKES BANKRUPTCY

John w, jenkins, railway con-
ductor whose residence is at Three
Forks, filed a voluntary petition IN
bankruptcy in the federal court. He
set the total debts he owes at ST.
31A58. His assets are nil. except for
S325 IN personal property that he
claims TO be exempt
Among the claims he lists as un-
secured are The followlne N M
kvalnes, claim for funeral outlay,
4S2523s claim for groceries. $500,
claim by Mrs Ihelma Craft house,
keeper fI1f promissoIy note
The Bozeman courier., 1927-12-23
DIES IN CALTFORNIA.

Mrs. Herman Moser, for many
years a resident Of this city, died
last Thursday morning in Long
Beach, Calf. Funeral rites were held
in that city Tuesday, and burial was
in the Sunnyside cemetery. Besides
her husband, Mrs. Moser is survived
by daughter, Mrs. ". j. Dickinson
Of Corpus Christie. Texas, and a step
SOM. Dexter E. Mcssr Of Bozeman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-18

PHONE OPENED HERE
President of United States Com.
merce Chamber Speaks to
Seattle and Portland.

The third transcontinental line OF
the American Telephone and Tele-
graph Co. was opened yesterday after
noon by John j. OLeary. president
of the United States Chamber of Com.
merce, speaking from Washington to
the presidents of the Seattle and Port
land chambers.
II have been thinking how fortunate
we are in the United States" Mr..
O'Leary said, "to have the genius to
invent methods of communication and
the common sense to take advantage
of them. If we were still dependent
on Lewis and Clark expeditions to
acquaint each other with the problems
and emergencies of our respective sec
tions we probably would he struggling,
as Europe Is today, with trade bar
riers and sectional hatred
Conversations from Washington to
the Pacific Northwest now go direct
via the new Northern route. In the
past they had been routed by Sa
Fra ncisco. From Bismarck to the
coast the line follows very closely the
route of the Lewis and Clark expedi-
ton.
The transcontinental lines now are
connected by other lines, running
north and south. so that telephone
map of the country would look like a
huge gridiron. With such a network
it will be difficult to isolate any one
section Of the country telephonically,
for traffic can be diverted around any
storm area.
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moters in the country had load OF
mules aboard ship on the way to Eu-
rope in 1914 few days after the dec
laration of war You can imagine how
this man worked night as we'll AS day
In getting the contract and in filing 1t.
Definition of Promoter.
Anybody who undertakes to organ.
lie or to assist In the orga nizatio Of
corporation or other association is
a promoter A promoter can hardly
be said to be an agent, because the
principal for whom he is working is
not in existence.
1T should he said here that the cost
of financing the promotion up TO the
point where the final proposition Is
presented to the capitalists should be
borne by the promoter himself If the
project fails to mature into a promoted
concern, the promoter will be out of
pocket: If the financing is successful.
he will reimburse himself from the
contributions of the participants to
whom interests in the business are
sold"
In the nature of things. the success
full promoter must be endowed with
high degree of venturesoneness and
enthusiasm. If he desires TO get the
financial cooperation of able men, he
must also have capacity TO investi-
gate situation, and support his
lunches with definite data.
The good promoter is not necessari-
" good executive or administrators
of A going concern. Operation of a
business requires a different kind of
temperament than promotion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-18
FOREIGN NEWS GIVES
WHEAT PRICES BOOST
Unexpected Upturns at Liverpool
and Buenos Aires Supply Bullish
Stimulus Today.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, January 1S.-Nheat adj
vanced early today. influenced by un-
expected upturrs at Liverpool ana
Buenos Aires. General improvement
of demand both in British and Eu'
ropean continental markets was re
ported. Opening 4 to * cents higher,
Chicago wheat prices scored material
further gains. Corn, oats and pro
visions were also firmer. corn starting
at 4 to u gain and continuing to
ascend.
In connection with reports today Of
widespread better demand In Europe
for wheat. 1t was pointed out that
stocks at Liverpool have been reduced
TO 100000 bushels. as against 2,12s.OO0
bushels r. year ago. Besides. there
was trade gossip that the Argentine
government might purchase million
tons of wheat to aid farmers.
Corn buying was encouraged on &C
count of higher prices for competitive
feedstuffs. notably cottonseed and
cottonseed meal The latter In the
last week has jumped to $37 ton
from $3.50
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THE BUSINESS OF GETTING
AHEAD.
What Makes a Good Promoter.

In America, there have been so
many pirates of promotion that we
have become Inclined to forget that
there can be legitimate promoters who
play useful part in the development
of abe country.
The promoter In the purveyor of
progress, the individual who trans
forms dreams into realities. His
activity Is necessarily fraught with
great risk. and his projects of neces-
sity are unsuited to widows and or
phans seeking safe outlet for their,
thrift funds.
The promoter Is dynamic influence.
transformer OF new ideas into work
ing organizations. The promoter weds.
the inventor to the administrator. He
visualizes new industrial patterns and
new economic alignments. He Is
energy, force. imagination. standing
out against routineers who lean to the
view that whatever Is Is right.
Creates New Demands.
The bona fide promoter sometimes
creates new demands which enable
people to live more comfortably, or to
transact business more efficiently, or
he ferrets out new ways of making
old products more cheaply, or he sug
gests combinations to eliminate waste
tul competition. The legitimate pro-
moter Ia initiated by numerous charla-
tans who use such ideas merely as
camouhage for stock jobbery.
In analyzing the economics of the
promoter, Charles w. Gerstenberg, in
his Financial Orga nization and Man
agement of Business, says:
promotion Is the first step in
finance Promotion may be defined as
the discovery of business opportunities
and the subsequent organization of
funds, property and managerial ability
into a business concern for purposes
of making profits therefrom.
THE promoter has been much ma
ligned. He is not prestidigitator. Ru-
fus Wailingford no more represents
the real type of promoter than Sher-
lock Holmes represents the true type
of detective. The true promoter may
have his moments of elegant ease, but
he knows what real work IL. We are
told that one Of the best.known pro-
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SALE OF "MAN IN IRON
MASK" ISLE OPPOSED

PARIS, January 1S.-Plans of the
French government to sell the Island
of ste. Marguerite, where the man
In the iron mask" was imprisoned for
10 years, have met with much antag-
onism.
The report that British capital was
planning TO turn the island into a
model Winter resort has brought prot
estations from every part of the Ri
viera. The district is already object
ing TO the numerous subdivisions
financed by foreign capital.
The Island of ste. Marguerite, which
Is about four miles in circumference,
Is situated at the mouth or Cannes
Bay. The man in the iron mask :"
made famous by Dumas, was incar-
cerated in the ste. Marguerit4 fort
ress in 1887. History still disputes
his identity In 1873 Marshal BaZaine.
who was accused of treason in sur
rendering Metz to the Prussians, was
an inmate of the prison. He sue
ceeded In escaping the following year.
1t Is reported that the French gov
eminent has been offered a large sum
for the island, but newspapers and
societies are fighting the proposed
deal.