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The Bozeman courier., 1927-10-07
CIVIC CHAMBERS
Detail BENEFITS
OF new HOTELS

Chambers Of commerce in smaller
cities of the Pacific coast that have
acquired community hotels within the
last five years are unanimous in de-
Caring that the projects have brought
additional tourist and commercial
travel and benefited the cities in
many other ways. In answer to ques-
tions as to the effects of the new
hotel on the city, the following replies
were received:
Dividends Increase
Olympia, Wash; population $4,000;
Olympian hotel, $50 rooms.
The Olympia Chamber OF Com
merce says:
'In reply to your questions relative
to the Olympian hotel, please consider
the following:
"First, this hotel certainly has
brought an increase in tourist and
commercial travel to Olympia.
Second, it added to the hotel busi-
ness in Olympia.
"No town can go wrong in building
a community hotel. The Olympian
hotel paid dividends to its stock
holders the first year and has in
creased this dividend at the end of
each year. 1t has been in operation
almost four years. In addition to
direct dividends, we cannot estimate
the benefits from indirect sources
Asset to City
Astoria, Ore; population $4,000;
Hotel Astoria, IT'S rooms.
The Astoria Chamber of Commerce
writes:
\ ''The erection of the new Hotel AS
tOria about a year ago increased to
4 a remarkable extent tourist and COM
mercial travel. 1t brought additional
hotel business to Astoria. 1t is an
= asset to the city and the business
n men are deriving benefits therefrOm.
e Addition Necessary
i Eureka, Calf; population 2O,OOOi
o Eureka Inn, 105 rooms.
! From the Eureka Chamber of Com
Z merce:
70 "First, the building of our modern
IS up-to-date hotel brought an increase
p of tourist and commercial travel tt
re our city.
n Second, the building of this hOte
t. has been a means of increasing hote
as business in Eureka. Many peOpl
te come to Eureka who would not com
otherwise.
b. Third, the new hotel has been o
n much benefit to the city.
lg "We might add that the Eurek
h. Inn has become inadequate and
r. large addition, which was starte
about six months ago, will be opene
VS. next month"
N, Great Attraction
lg Longview, Wash; population 1900
lie Hotel Monticello, 200 rooms.
i'll Says the Longview Chamber Q
ch Commerce:
n "This city has been built in the las
er three years. The first large buiiC
he ing to be erected in the city was tn
he new hotel.
'e- "Unquestionably the Hotel Mont
cello has been a great attraction fo
tourists and has stimulated consider
Continued on Page Sixteen
The Bozeman courier., 1927-10-07
OCT. 9 TO l5 FIRE
PREVENTION WEEK

The week of October 9 to Is, in
elusive, has been designated by pro-
clamatiOn as Fire Prevention week.
The document, prepared by Acting
Governor w. S. Mccormack, was is
sued in cooperation with the state
auditor and the fire marshal's office.
1t says:
asking for the cooperation of the
citizens of our state, 1, w. S. Nc
Cormack, acting governor of the state
of Montana, do hereby designate and
proclaim the period from October 9
to October Is as Fire Prevention
Week. And I earnestly ask every
citizen of this state to take an ac-
tive part in making this week of prac-
tical value to that end. / urge that
the proper city departments, CO.
operate with the chamber of COM
merce and other civic organizations,
snail arrange interesting and educa-
tiOnal exercises that will impress the
Importance of the occasion upon the
public mind. The home dwellers and
business people alike are asked to
take active part in the observance; F;
to remove rubbish and inflammable
uidIeLldlS lIOm LHelf MONIES anu
places of business; to guard in every
way against the ordianry and every
day hazards that cause fires; and to
imprOve the physical condition of
their premises in such a way as to
reduce fire risks to the minimum.
"The churches are asked by means
of sermons and addresses to help
spread the doctrine of carefulness,
the public press by editorial mention
to give its active support; and the
schools to hold exercises and adopt
instruction in fire prevention, so that
the future citizens may be prepared
to combat the increasing causes ot
fire.
"Only by arousing the public tt
our distressing situation and getting
all the people to cooperate in matters
of carefulness and fire prevention car
the desired correction of this evil bC
accomplished"
The Bozeman courier., 1927-10-07
LARGE WOOL CLIP

The amount of wool shorn in the
United States in 1927 is 1900, 900
pounds greater than in 1926. Produc-
tiOn will total 272,OOO,OOO pounds and
represents the largest clip since 1911.
This increase is due to the larger
number of sheep shorn, which is gen
eral throughout the country. All of
the important sheep states except
Montana show an increase over last
year.
The Bozeman courier., 1927-10-07
REAL COOPERATION.

About 5000 cooperative livestock
shipping associations and other local
associations shipping livestock are
doing business in the United States.
In 1926 they handled approximately
$400,00O,000 worth of livestock for
members.
The Bozeman courier., 1927-10-07

Forsyth-Sugar beets promise bet
ter crop than last year.
The Bozeman courier., 1927-10-07

Lewistown-State poultry show will
be held here in January.
The Bozeman courier., 1927-10-07

Wheatland county wool clip is well
above 1926 yield.
The Bozeman courier., 1927-10-07

Molt-Lake Basin farmers putting
up record crop of hay.
The Bozeman courier., 1927-10-07

Oil test wells to be drilled in Win
ston district this fall.
The Bozeman courier., 1927-10-07

Miles City-Work begun to bring
Cabin Greek gas line here.
The Bozeman courier., 1927-10-07

Elkhorn Hot Springs in Beaverhead
county to become "dude ranch"
Evening star., 1927-03-10
London Lid -Tappers.

According to London dispatches
snuff is coming again into favor after
long period of almost complete un-
popularity The fine gentleman OF 1927,
1t Is stated, is to punctuate his witt
cisims and fiowery phrases by tapping
gracefully on the lid of his enameled
or beieweied snuffbox and, as he in
hales his pinch, is to make the flowing
gestures of the eighteenth century
beau.
Snuff occupies a niche In the litera-
ture of long ago comparable to that
enjoyed by tea in a good deal of
modern writing. To read about snun-
taking gallants and bellies has some
what of a flavor: to see in pictures or
ou the stage their graceful attitudes
as they lift the powder to the nostril
is entertaining. The part Of the little
ceremony which includes the final re-
sounding sneeze, watering eyes and
discolored upper lip is, however. not
nearly so intriguing. Furthermore.
ones ancestors knew little and cared
less about the germ theory. and it
would seem to a modern unversed in
the precise technique of SNUFF using as
if the pocket handkerchief were as
essential. in a protective way, to
those in any close gathering who
were not just then enjoying the re-
sounding sneeze as to the sneeEer.
Much can be said, and is said,
against the use of tobacco in any
form. The pipe lover deprecates
nouncement of Premier Baldwin of
Great Britain. himself a briar devotee,
against "that messy habit" Cigarette
lovers often deplore the clogged and
reeking pipe, and so on around In
circle. It was not so many years ago
that perfectly good American beaux,
moving in the best society of certain
sections, at least, punctuated their
delicate illusions and their fascinat'
ing anecdotes by making bull's-eyes
on ornate and ubiquitous cuspidors.
The fact that tobacco chewing and
snuff taking have so decreased in a
century is a pretty good indication
that they were habits generally con-
sidered unworthy of preservation. At
intervals word comes from foreign
style centers that the male sex is
about to go back into knee breeches
for formal wear. 1t has not happened
yet. OF course. it may, but it is the
opinion of the best minds that knee
breeches will come back only about
the time when cricket in England
and base ball in America become
highly unpopular.
Evening star., 1927-03-10
Letter on KensingtOn
Crossing Disputed
To the Editor of The Star;

To the Editor of The Star:
A letter. signed w. f. Allen, ap-
pearing in The Star of the 21st ultlmo,
commenting on the railroad crossing
in Kensington, quotes from a recent
letter from q high Baltimore ONO
Railroad official statements which
are incorrect and entirely misleading.
About a year and hal1 ago tne
Kensington town officials requested
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co.
to provide protection at night for this
crossing, suggesting the installation
of blinking red signal lights; the town
officials took this initiative, not the
railroad company.
After investigation, a high Baltl-
more & Ohio Railroad official stated
that the company would install the
lights for "a hours daily service, but
ONLY on condition of removal of the
daytime protection of gates and
watchman. This "high official frank
ly stated, personally to me, that the
company would not expend the cost OF
the signals unless they could save the
pay of the watchman. j..
On receipt of the formal proposal
from the railroad company the town
council carefully considered it and
consulted local civic organizations.
The consensus of opinion was that the
gates and watchman were very essen
tial to protect the crossing during the
daytime, and the railroad company
was SO advised, but they made no
concessions for protection of the
crossing at night and the town coun-
Gil is not empowered to compel action.
The blinking red signal lights were
thought by the town council to be
reasonable protection for the crossing
at night, but entirely inadequate day
time protection for crossing having
the pedestrian and vehicular traffic of
this one in Kensington.
I was then mayor of the town and
the facts are recorded in the councils
files and minutes. Within my knowl-
edge the municipal affairs of Kensing-
ton have been conducted in an intel
ligent manner and w. r. Aliens gen.
eral remarks are otherwise nullified
by his error in facts.
LOUIS I. VALENTINE.
Evening star., 1927-03-10
Careless AutOists
Neglecting Lights

To the Editor of The Star:
About two years ago a campaign
was inaugurated for the enforcement
of those traffic regulations that per-
tain to motor vehicles carrying the re-
quired lights, namely, two white lights
in front and red one in the rear. At
that time it looked as though the light
problem was about to be satisfac-
torily solved. But for some time past
constantly growing number of cars
has been observed operating either
with one headlight or perhaps none
light. These violations occur quite as
frequently in the heart Of the city as
they do on the highways leading out
of town.
The practice of using but one head
light is particularly dangerous. be-
cause it is almost impossible to deter
mine which side of TIE car the light
is on, when driving on a dark street.
Automobiles showing no taillight have
become so numerous that somewhere
during the course of an evening
driver invariably finds himself behind
a lightless vehicle.
Carelessness probably accounts for
most of these violations, but in driv-
ing the old maxim that an ounce of
prevention is worth a pound of cure
is especially applicable. When the
majority is striving to comply with
the law in every respect. 1t seems un-
Just that a needless minority should
be permitted to become an everin-
creasing menace to public safety.
CLARA HANDKERCHIEF.
Evening star., 1927-03-10
The Amaryllis Show.

Thousands of the people of Wash
ington will visit the Capitals big
Spring flower show, the amaryllis
exhibition given by the Department
of Agriculture In greenhouses south
of b street north between Thirteenth
and Fourteenth. The show was
opened to the public today and in
terest in Government flower shows has
become so extensive that crowds will
pass among the flowers from the
exhibition each day. This is the four
teenth annual exhibit of the Govern
ment-grown amaryllis.
Fourteen years ago the late Ed
ward NJ. Byrnes, superintendent Of
the departments greenhouses, opened
the first Of the amaryllis shows and
there was an encouraging turnout Of
people. They were curious to see the
flower whose name and form were
not known to many. The attendance
at the show has grown each year
and the attendance this year will
probably set a new record.
While the great majority of these
flowers are red. the department
botanists have developed varieties
showing every shade of red known
and they have propagated a white
amaryllis which shines strikingly
among its glowing relations.
The purpose of the show is in
structive. 1t turns the thoughts OF
Evening star., 1927-03-10

a great many persons to flowers and
leads a good many to think of plant
forms in general and tends to stimu-
late interest in natural history. The
amaryllis has also proved to be a
useful flower for the garden. 1t is
said that though the amaryllis. or
"the knights star lily," is native to
South America "the Government ex-
perts have developed strains that
thrive in a large section of the United
States"
The Department of Agriculture has
been generous and instructive in its
flower shows. It's annual chrysan-
themum show is perhaps the best
chrysanthemum show in the United
States and always draws tens of
thousands of spectators. The rose
gardens of the department are de-
veioping and there will no doubt
come the time when the Govern
ment's rose, carnation and dahlia
shows at Washington will be cele-
brated throughout the country and
viii be an inspiration to professional
and amateur florists and to millions
of persons not within those classifi-
cations.
Evening star., 1927-03-10
Doctors New Rule
Vital. But Prosaic

From the Toronto Daily star.
The death of Sir Luke FildeS fs
reminder that 1t is now more than
35 years since his great picture OF
THE Doctor" was painted--a picture
of such human appeal that III mas
been reproduced Il countless number
of times and Is familiar the world
over. 1t depicts the doctor as men
thought of him in the nineties, ana
perhaps as men usually think OF nlm
still--a grave bedside figure waiting
for the crisis to develop, while the
parents of the little patient stand by
in "a torment of anxiety. ThiS is, III
deed, 1.-The doctor"
But since the original picture was
painted there has been growing up
another conception Of the physician,
which, if IL could be put adequately
upon canvas, would rank as com
panion to the great work OF tlides.
1t is the conception of doctor as a
great preventive force in the hght
against disease, as well as a last-mln-
ute ally who appears as Blucher at
Waterloo, when without him all hope
is lost.
Yet It would be a difficult picture
to paint. There is nothing dramatic
--no sense of pathos-in the schooi
doctor sounding and examining a
child who apparently has nothing in
the world the matter with him, and
discovering some minor defect which
may develop seriously in later years
if not corrected now. There IS no
picture" in the officer of public
health who directs from his Office a
city-wide campaign to educate the
public in the prevention OF disease by
common precautions against Infection
and by taking advantage of fresh air
and sunlight. 1t would be difficult to
put on canvas the battle against ty-
phoid-infected water or tubercular
milk. Yet in this fight 'the doctor"
is just as real and just as important
as by the bedside of sick child. lie
is important, too, when he forestalls
future trouble by his attention to the
fevers and diseases common to child
hood--afflictions not so important IN
themselves as in their later conse-
quences If precautions are not taken
during convalescence.
But it could not be painted. While
preventive medicine and preventive
education constitute the great new
field and opportunity of the doctor
today, he will still be most effective,
in pictorial presentation, as the man
who waits beside a little one whose
crisis is at hand. The tragedy of 1t
is that the crisis and the illness which
led to it could often have been pre-
vented.
Evening star., 1927-03-10

to sun and eye must always be the
same whether the drop be high up or
near the ground. This, as you easily
can see, requires that the rainbow, az
viewed by an observer. must appear
circular.
Q. How large are bars Of gold
made?-J. b.
A. There is no standard size for
bars of gold. The smallest made by
the mints is the 5-ounco bar which
contains about 500 worth OF gold.
The largest made is about the size
OF building block, about 400 ounces.
@. In a train OF cars, on which
coupling win the strain be greatest?--
J. w. e.
A. It would be on the couplings
next to the engine.
Q. Did Jess Willard ever travel
with Wild West show?--E. T. c.
A. He travelled with Miller's 101
Ranch.
Q. How many homicides and sui
cides occur in this country in a single
| year?-C. T. 8.
A. The homicides and suicides in
United States cities of 100000 popu-
| lation or over numbered 3,20S and
4,23S. respectively. in 1925.
| Q. How did the custom of casting
| a shoe after a bride originate?--R. l..
A. This custom had its origin in
Israel, where the delivery of a shoe
was used as a testimony in trans
/ ferring a possession. The throwing
of a shoe on property was a symbol
| of new ownership. From these
ancient practices came the old Gus
toms in England and Scotland OF
| throwing an old shoe after a bride
on her departure for new home.
symbolizing that the parents gave up,
all right of dominion over their
| daughter.
| Q. What woman assumed to be the
Holy Ghost?-H. G..
A. Wilhelmina, a Bohemian prin-
cess who died in 1882, appeared in Mi
Ian and proclaimed herself the incar.
nation of the Holy Ghost.
Q. Who were the last victims of the
laws against witchcraft in England?
| IS. A. S.
A. The laws against witchcraft In
England were repealed in 1885. during
| the reign of George III, but the last
executions took place in 1716, when
Mrs. Hicks and her 9-year-old daugh-
ter were put to death.
Q. How do Arkansas diamonds
compare with other diamonds in hard
ness?-H. NJ. c.
A. The Arkansas diamond mine in
Pike County has produced several
thousand diamonds equal in color to
| the best produced in other parts of the
world and 1 per cent harder than the
| hardest from other parts OF the world.
Tile anstcers to questions printed
here each day are specimens picked
from the mass of inquiries handled bv
the great Information bureGB main
tanned by The Evening Star In Wash
| iROton, ID. O.. This UdIudble service
Is for the free use of the public. ASK
any question Of fact you DtGy tcdRt to
knoao and you tbsH get an immediate
reply. Write plainly, tHclose 2 cents
| in stamps for return postage and dd-
dress The Evening Star InformdttOR
Bureau, Frederic J.. HGSkin, directorI
Washington, ID. @.
Evening star., 1927-03-10
Good Conduct 80 Years
Admits to New Nobility
From the New Orleans Item.

From the New Orleans Item.
The Italian Heralds College estab-
fishes a new order of THE Nobility of
Good Conduct" All families able to
nroye good conduct among all their
members for a period of 80 years are
entitled to membership in the new no.
bility. The noble may register fam
iIy coat-of-arms This, however must
carry a helmet of FURNISHED steel in
stead of crown.
The idea of putting nobility on it's
good behavior is inspiring. We don't
hear much of the nobility, in this glori-
Gus land of democracy and toadyism,
except when the mobiles get to cutting
nm in some unSeemly way.
The new test Is not as simple as 1t
sounds. We should hate like anything
ourselves to have to make documen-
tary proof that every member of our
own family for 80 years past has CON
formed in every detail, in public and
private, to high standards of honor
and conduct" Perhaps this is the
Joker in the proposal. Our law pre-
sumes innocence because our FORE
fathers realized how hard 1t is to
prove It.
Substitution of a helmet of bur-
nished steel for the softer and more
ornamental crown evidently symbol
ICES the fact that being good Is
much sterner business than being
nobles In the hitherto accepted sense.
Evening star., 1927-03-10
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

@. What will destroy the alkali I'm
wood after removing paint from it,
+. A. S.
A The wood should be washed
thoroughly with warm water in order
to remove as much OF the alkalt as
possible. 1t should then be sponged
with a strong solution OF acetic acid
and then allowed to dry. Since acetic
acid is volatile. the excess over the
amount necessary to neutralize the
remaining alkali will evaporate. II
the wood has been badly stained by
the alkall. and II is desired to bleach
1t. we suggest the following pro-
cedure: Wash out as much of the
alkali as possible with warm water
and then sponge with a saturated So
luton of oxalic acid. After this has
dried, remove as much OF the oxalic
acid as possible by washing again
with warm water.
@. Who led the movement to sepa-
rate Panama from CoIombia?-P. NJ. F.
A. The movement for the inde-
pendence OF Panama or separation
from Colombia was conducted by what
was known as the Revolutionary
Junta," composed of wealthy Pana-
mans and resident Americans. They
authorized J. Gabriel Duque, owner
of the Panama Lottery, to visit Sec
retary of State Hay TO ascertain the
attitude of the United States.
O. Which is the fastest warship
afioat?-W. L. i.
A. Probably it is the British de-
stroyer Shakespeare, with speed of
| 1877 knots.
@. Why did New England people
settle on the western Reserve" and
why was it so called?-G. r. r.
a. The Western Reserve was for
merly that portion OF the Northwest
ern Territory reserved by Connecticut
when, in 1886, that State ceded to
| the United States other parts of the
| territory claimed under the charter
of 1862, which granted to Connecticut
| lands limited east and west by the
sea. This section Of land Is what
is now included in the northeastern
part Of Ohio. A large number or
colonists from Connecticut settled on
| this reserve.
@. How many treaty ports" are
there In China?-B. w. c.
A. China has 56 so-calied treaty
ports"
O. What is the name Of the sub
| stance SGCTeLe0 ny q HEN
ables it to slip through the water so
| easily?-E. S.
A. The Bureau of Fisheries says
that it is merely given the general
name ''mucus."
O. What is the greatest number of
watts on which radio stations are
operated, and the smallest NUMBER
| K. T.
A. Five thousand is the greatest.
There are numerous stations carrying
| 1000. The lowest number or watts IS
| 5. There are quite few stations OF
this power.
@. Why is the rainbow circular?-
A. J. III.
A. The rainbow Is caused by light
| from the sun passing into a drop OF
water, and out again after reflection
| from the far side. Since the drops
are spherical, hence are quite alike
no matter how turned, 1t follows that
the angle between the lines from drop