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The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-01-28
By National Press Service


WASHINGTON, D. C.-The great
minds in the senate, Is Republicans
voting with the Democrats, have vot-
ed that Frank L. Smith of Dwight,
Illinois, named by Governor Lem
Small of Illinois as a successor to
Senator Mckinley, deceased, is not
entitled to take the oath of office.
By so voting the senate has estab-
lished a precedent which inevitably
will plague it for years to come.
Whether Col. Frank Smith did or
did not spend large sums of money
acquired in curious ways for his cleo
ton is a matter properly subject to
inquiry, but the fact remains that in
this case the senate has denied a seat
not to the Frank L. Smith elected in
November but to the Frank L. Smith
appointed by the governor. The ac-
ton Of the senate accordingly in
passing on the right of a governor to
name a successor for a deceased or
retired member can easily be manip-
ulated in times to come so that a
party by trickery in the matter of a
tie in the senate could deprive a man
of a seat and an opposition party
Of a vote.
There are legally two Smiths: The
Smith who in November was elected
senator from Illinois for six years
beginning March A, 1927, by a ma
jority of approximately $4,000, and
the Smith who in December was ap-
pointed by Governor Small of Illinois
as senator ad interim.
AS to the right of the Smith cleo
ted in November to sit it is gen
. orally accepted the senate has a right
/ to examine and cross examine him
but there is no argument Of corrup.
{ ton or violation of the law with re
D gard to the same Smith who is nov
before the bar as an ~appointee o.
Governor Small. It is agreed anC
accepted that the governor wai
s wholly within his rights in naming
successor.
What has happened is that the sen
ate, with the Democrats, upholders O
state rights, leading the hue and cry
decided that the Smith legally an
properly appointed by the governor O
Illinois must go through the fire ties
because they believe that the SmitI
elected by the people in November i
. not entitled to the seat.
The Democrats in the Smith con
test r in the position Of a man VIII
IS having got the bear by the tail, an
anxious to let go, was unable {
figure out how ne could do it, sus
cessfully. In substantiation Of thil
one has only to remind the reade
that the principal Of states right
1t has long been a fundamental {
Southern Democratic belief. It wa
r the states rights issue which gave I
Civil War. Yet in this case tE
= whirligig Of fate has created q sit.
ation where Democratic senators al
h foremost in a fight to contest Il
right Of the governor Of a sovereip
state to name a successor for a d.
ceased senator.
p It is wholly possible they may So
-eed in barring Smith, but apa
from their departure from the fund
he nentals Of their political belief. q
&c ruth is Southern elections are n
81 any too pure and sweet. Even
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-01-28
ADVERTISING MUST PAY

Wrigley spends sS,5OO,0OO a year to tell the
public his is the gum to chew.
The electric light and power industry spends
more than 100000 flashing the klowatt hourly
message.
Campbells are coming across with S1,5OO,OOO
to say they sell s~ucculent soup.
Electric railway companies ring up about
s2,5OO,0OO for advertising trolley rides.
COlgates assert, to the tune Of $1,850,0OO, that
that won't craze.
Gas companies talk more than 100000 worth
through advertising channels.
Does advertising pay?
The answer is to be found in Americas business
commercial and industrial trend-Ad-Script.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-01-28
4 Z CAPITAL

these political Galahads of the South
roll their eyes in despair over North
ern election i~ndiscretions they cannot
escape a feeling of uneasiness over
their own affairs. There is probably
no Democratic senator elected south
of the Mason and Dixon line whose
right to sit in the senate cannot be
questioned on the grounds that on
election day a full and free oppOr-
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-01-28
by AaIzan EgeneR Read
White Magic

stand-patter; and machines pull for
ward a world that it's politicians hold
back.
A needle point upon a hard rubber
plate, plus Edison, and you have the
sublime music of a Viennese orchestra
thrilling the soul Of a Wyoming cow
boy.
A voice in Boston and an ear in
Chicago, plus Marconi, and you have
the possibility that some day the en-
tire world may listen to a single
message-if it has a man great
enough to deliver it.
Darius Green, that is to say Imag-
inatiOn, plus a gasoline engine, means
the conquest of the air.
Magic is not black, it is white. II
is not the enemy of the race, as oul
ignorant ancestors supposed wheI
they imprisoned Roger Bacon; it is
the friend of man.
: Witches existed, in Salem and else
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-01-28

What will happen when we are able
to see thousands of miles, to girdle
the world with sound, to cross the
ocean in a day, to master the earth
from the air?
Probably the same things that hap
pen now. Some men will be selfish,
some generous. Some will sacrifice
their lives for the race, others will
steal government oil reserves. Some
will see in the new inventions of
genius the opportunity to fill their
private purses, others will behold Wis
ions of the new morning. But always
and to everybody, nature will con-
tinue to offer her hidden secrets, her
constantly increasing opportunities to
rob her of her mysteries in order that
she may give the hint of greater mys-
teries beyond.
When man has solved the problem
Of seeing and talking around the
world in a flash, when he can trans
port himself and his merchandise at
speeds in comparison to which all
present rates Of speed are ridiculous
ly slow, when the air and the water
are as thoroughly subdued to his
hand, as the land is today, nature
will silently reveal to him that all
that has gone before is but trifle in
comparison to the greater things to
come.
Progress is infinite.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-01-28

Speaking of color schemes-they are now trying to
enforce blue laws in Orange, N. j., while a majority Of
the population is determined to paint the town red.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-01-28

1t is said that the government will add benzine to all
grain alcohol. That should make some of the boys start
quicker on cold mornings.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-01-28

tunity to vote was not accorded to the
citizens within their state lines.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-01-28

Trenton, N. j., recently celebrated the sesqui-centennia
of the battle Of Trenton. There was no deficit.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-01-28

Another wave Of reform seems to be sweeping the
country. Some folk think young men should 60 to college
to study and not to play foOtbaIl-Des Moines Register.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-01-28

Judging by the expenses, some primary elections must
be run on the "~cost-plus' plan.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-01-28

where, only in the minds Of those who
feared them; and mankind is more
free today than ever before in his
tory because we are Kidding our
selves Of the idea that nature is our
enemy. We are performing miracles
because we believe in them.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-12-30

year. Thus, each Of the first three
quarters might consist of 81 days, or
three months of 80, 80 and 81 days
The extra day, the 365th, would be
added to the fourth quarter which
might then consist of three months of
80, 81 and 81 days with 80 in leap
years.
Such leveling up of the quarters,
would, it is declared, be of real adj
vantage from the point of view of
quarterly statistics, stock exchange
transactions, banking accounts, and
meteorological averages. Furthermore
calculations for finding the day of the
week on which any given date falls
would be considerably simplifed.
Thus, II January / fell on a Sunday.
February l would be Tuesday and
March / Thursday and so on. This
group interferes less with tradition
than any other The issue raised,
which are considerably less than
those Of the other two groups of sus
gested reform, are sufficient to war
rant a change.
The second and third main groups
not only possess all the advantages
of the first group In equalizing the
divisions of the year, but in addition.
that of establishing a perpetual cal
endar and completely rectifying the
existing calendar. The result is OBJ
tanned by making the extra day of the
year-the 365th-a blank day, namely
placing 1t outside the week, as for in
stance, between December 81 and
January L The introduction of the
blank day. however. breaks the per-
petuity Of the cycle of weeks, and
raises certain religious difficulties.
mainly in Jewish circles.
Under the second plan, the year
would be divided into four equal quar-
tiers of 81 days, each quarter consist
ing of three months of So 80, 81 days
(as with the first three quarters of
the first group). Then the extra day
of the year would be counted as out
side the week 1t might be called New
Years day and precede January /.
In this way all the quarters and half
years would be equal Each month
could contain the same number of
working days On the other hand. the
months are not equal, and could not
be made to contain a complete num-
Der of weeks Dates would not fall
on the same day of the week in each
month. while the comparison of future
dates or statistics with past dates is
less complicated than in the 13-month
group, but more complicated than In
the first group.
The third group is the one which
advocates the most radical reform
Typical of this group is the proposal
sponsored by George Eastman, the
Rochester On. - manufacturer, and
supported by a large group of busi-
ness men In this country. BY this
plan the year would be divided into
- months, the extra month being In
serted between June and July. Each
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-12-30

month would have 2S days, the first
Of the month always being Sunday.
The extra 365th day would be known
as Year day and would be inserted
between December 2S and January /;
in leap years the 366th day would be
inserted between June IS and July L
Some of the advantages claimed are
that clock and watch dials could
record day and date, that the four
weeks would quarter each month. har-
monizing weekly and monthly re-
ceipts and disbursements, that pay
days would recur on the same month
~ date, that periods of earning and
spending would all be equal or exact
multiples, that holidays and perma-
nent monthly dates would always oc-
cur on the same days, that all months
would be comparable without adjust
ments, that all holidays could be
placed on Monday, and that there
would be a faster turnover of money
with Is months instead of L.
While business would find many Of
these points advanta geous, it has been
pointed out that the 13-month year
would present certain objections, due
to the fact that Ii Is not Invisible by
two, four and six. So the quarters Of
the year, although they are equal,
would not correspond in months or
contain a whole number of months.
Advocates of the plan reply that quar-
terly and semi-annual transactions
could be worked out on a basis of
Is or 20 weeks and that many large
firms in this country already are u.s.
ing Is 2S-day periods in their &C
counting systems. One objection to
this plan. and it is one which prob
ably will be hardest to overcome, Is
that the 13-month year would upset
customs thousands of years old
There is one particular reason why
1923 may see definite step takeE
toward reforming the calendar. IL
the committee can present to the
League of Nations satisfactory plan
which ii can recommend to the world
for adoption, ii should be done by
December, 1929, since that is the last
date when changes may be made for
1888 by the Greenwich and United
States naval observatories. Calcula-
tons for the astronomical, tide and
other tables are made about six years
in advance by the British, American,
French, German and Spanish govern
ments, and scientists already have be-
gun their calculations for 1888.
The year 1888 is particularly i'm
portant one for those whose reforma-
ton of the calendar calls for begin
ming the year on Sunday, since the
first available Sunday on New Years
day comes in 1888, after which none
is available until 1889. Therefore. IL
the League of Nations committee can
decide a plan which the league will
adopt before December, 1929. the SIM
plified calendar can go into effect
most easily in 1888 and the coming
year probably win see some strenuous
efforts made to bring that about.
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Some one had told the woman that
he was backward boy. But as she
watched him playing in the sunny
nursery and listened to him chatting
he seemed to her quite normal-the
usual child of four and one-half years.
1t was only later when she accom-
panied him across the hall into his
mothers room that he made a queer
remark.
His mothers room was a spacious
one done in old blue, and as they en-
tered it, his tall, bronze-haired mother
was standing before full-length
mirror trying on a chiffon negligee In
cid gold
The baby boy looked at the lovely
vision in the fulllength mirror. ooh,
DEAR" he sighed 1.-TWO mothers
Ones enough."-New York Sun.
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Ascribed to Jefferson

1t is supposed that "belittle" was
coined by Thomas Jefferson. AT least
he gave the word currency. During
his Presidency an English magazine
writing of the faults of American
writers, said: president jefferson
talks of belittIing the productions of
nature Here. of course, the word
means to make smaller. Usually the
term is now used TO signify speaking
of a person or thing In a deprecatory
or contemptuous way.-Pathfnder
Magazine.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-12-30
STORY FROM THE START

Defying all efforts TO capture
him. after q long series of muir
ders and robberies. a super
crook known only as The Bat"
has brought about q veritable
reign OF terror. The chief OF po-
lice assigns his best operative,
Anderson, 10 get On the trail OF
The Bat With her niece Dale
Ogden, Hiss Cornelia Van Goroer
is living in the country home OF
the late Courtleigh Fleming, who
until his recent death had been
president of the Union bank,
wrecked because OF the theft OF
q large sum of currency. Miss
Van Gorder receives q note
warning her TO yacate the place
at once on pain of death Dale
returns from the city, where she
had been TO hire a gardener.
The gardener arrives, giving his
name as Brooks. He admits he is
not q gardener. but needs work
Miss Cornelia tells Doctor Wells
Of the threatening note. They
are interrupted by the smashing
of a window in the house They
find another warning note The
detective, Anderson, arrives, Is
told Of the situation, and an
nounces he will stay on watch
that night Miss Van Gorder
tells Anderson she has an idea
Courtleigh Fleming robbed his
own bank and concealed the
money in the house
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question Of a new calendar. For cen
turies ''caleDdaring" has been subject
to many changes and man has not yet
obtained a satisfactory result. When
the Gregorian calendar, now in use,
was adopted, il was designed to con-
form to conditions of that period in
history. But conditions have so
changed that it is not best adapted TO
modern needs. Business, especially,
complains that it is put out of step by
the calendars Irregularities and busi-
ness is demanding q more standard
tied system.
The resolution to do something def
mite about this matter dates from 1924
when the League of Nations appointed
a committee of inquiry to go into the
matter of reforming the calendar
and making recommendation for its
change. This committee sent ques-
tionnaires to Sc countries, which are
members of the league. and to reli-
gious and business authorities through
out the world. Replies to the ques-
tionnaires have been received from 81
governments, 26 International organiZa-
tons, Is railroad administrations, the
educational authorities of % countries
and from a host of individuals.
The need of a reform, as pointed
out by the committee, is that the
Gregorian calendar has the defects
of inequality of its months, quarters
and half years and its lack of ixity.
The result is confusion in economic
relations, statistics, accounts and COM
mercial transport figures. All calcu-
lations of salaries. interest, insurance.
pensions, leases and rents which are
fixed on monthly, quarterly or half
yearly basis are inaccurate and do not
correspond with one-twelfth, one-quar-
ter or one-half of the year.
In order to make daily calculations
In current accounts with comparative
certainty and speed, banks have to
make constant use of special tables.
Moreover, the unequal length of the
ronths has led financial concerns in
most European countries to calculate
deposit and current accounts on the
basis of a year of II months Of 50
days, or $50 days. whereas in the
discounting of bills the year is still
reekoned at its exact number of days.
Owing to the fact that the pres
ent calendar is not fixed. but changes
from year to year, its exact reproduc-
ton takes place only once every %
years Hence the dates of periodical
events can never be fixed with pre-
cision. And, perhaps the greatest
drawback from a statistical and COM
mercial point of view, no genuine sta
tistical comparison between one year
and another is possible, while the
various subdivisions of the year IT.
self are similarly incapable of COM
parison.
As the year consists of 81 weeks,
or 364 days plus one extra day 1.-TWO
in leap year,, the question confront
ing all schemes of reform is what to
do with the extra day-the 365th.
The suggested reforms fall into
three main groups. The first group
tries to simplify the reform as much
as possible and to cause the least pos
sible disturbance to existing habits
and customs. This they do by equal
izing three Of the four quarters Of the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-12-30
Front and Back

diverse" means turned toward or
facing one. 1t is opposed to reverse.
The diverse Of coin or medal is the
side containing the principal device.
In other words. it Is the front of the
coin, the side meant to be seen. II
is common mistake to suppose that
diverse" In this connection means
the reverse or back side.-Exchange
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-12-30
Imperfect Rubber Goods

Many were the troubles that early
manufacturers of rubber goods expert
enced on account of the propensity of
rubber to expand and contract with
the heat. Daniel Webster. who was
Mr. Goodyear's counsel in his patent
litigation, humorously referred TO a
fine cloak of India rubber he once
owned, stating that in cold weather il
stood well by itself. and that he often
set 1t out on the porch surmounted
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-12-30
Being on Time

1t has been said that punctuality is
the politeness Of princes. Have You
thought of your failure to be punctual
as a discourtesy? You may excuse
yourself most talkatively, but the dis
courtesy is there You have imposed
upon others. You have been rankly
selfish in not considering their time
of value. You have kept men waiting.
That is pure selfishness. The writer
has heard men say that they waste
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-12-30
Her Triumph

Little Audrey had just completed
her first motion picture play.
The name of IT." she told her IA
Their, sis The Hours of He'll 1t is
about a young inventor who has stol-
en- from him device for silencing the
clatter of airplanes and at the same
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-12-30

time detect counterfeit money. There
is not in it a suggestive situation to
do with the title. 1t viii therefore
draw crowds to witness It"
And her papa exclaimed with de-
light at bis little daughters amazing
genius.-Kansas City Times.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-12-30

keep appointments. Courtesy has
fallen to low estate when we can't at
least be prompt.-Grove Patterson, in
Mobile Register.
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Maybe She's Right

When woman puts out a display
Of flowers, she has an air indicating
men do not care for them.-E. W.
Howe's Monthly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-12-30
Unruly Tongues

In the relationship between thought
and its utterance. why should the
tongue seem 50 eager to give away the
secrets Of the mind?-American Maya
zine. a.
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by his hat, many persons passing by
mistaking it for the Sage of Marsh
field himself
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-12-30
BY ELMO SCOTT WATSON
Drawing by Ray Walters.

5 THE New Year comes
round and the world faces
another $50 days of bust
ness and pleasure, there
comes UP again the ques-
ton of into what units
those 365 days are to be
divided so as to give the
most Of US the opportu-
nifty to employ them the
most proftably and pleas
antlY-in other words. the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-12-30
A Novel from the Play
By Mary Roberts Rinehart
and Avery Hopwood
wNU Service

THE Bat copyright. 1920. by Mary Roberts
Rinehart and Avery Hopwood
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he seemed entirely oblivious Of such
minor considerations as sleep. He
took out cigar.
"Oh, / may doze bit" he said. He
eyed her with a certain approval. She
was a darned pretty girl and she
looked intelligent ct suppose you
have a theory of your own about
these intrusions you've been having
here? Or apparently having
.I knew nothing about them until
tonight"
STILL" he persisted conversational
", you know about them now" But
when she remained silent, els Miss
Van Gorder usually-of a nervous
temperament? Imagine she sees
things, and all that?''
"I don't think So" Dale's voice
was strained. Where was Brooks !?
What had happened to him?
Anderson pulled on his cigar, pom
dering. Know the Flemings?" he
asked.
I've met Mr.. Richard Fleming
once or twice"
Something in her tone caused him
to glance at her. Nice fellow?"
Il don't know him at all well"
know the cashier Of the Union
bank?' he shot at her suddenly.
Nor She strove desperately to
make the denial convincing but she
could not hide the little tremor in her
voice
The detective unused.
Fellow Of good family, 1 under
stand" he said, cycling her. ~Very
popular. That's what's behind most
Of these bank embezzlements-meD
getting into society and spending more
than they make"
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