Great Falls Tribune from Great Falls, Montana • Page 5

Crepe rubber rugs are now on the Sir Joshua Reynolds remained bachelor alt his life: Wkere Railroad Dollar Goes Ha vre Citizens Learn. KKSK1 Construction Resumed at Industrial School KEEN COMPETITION couni LaFollette's Forces Hope for $25,000 From Montanans Phone 6578. 516 Central Avenue. IIH BUSIES BLOgWECK ME HI SOU SPEAKS BEFORE 1 Gardeninfj Supplants i Raising on Flowerree Ranch Special to The Simnig, 9. The first cattle shipment from this point was loaded out of the local yards Thursday ami consisted of tyo cars of.

-fat steers from the Flowerree: ranges. Serial other cars from op-river shipping points were also sent east the same day. Tha HELD IU COURII mm LI Special, to The Tribune. Miles City Sept. 9.

Satisfactory progress- is being made in connection with the construction of new buildings and other improvements at the State industrial school, located near this cky, according to J. C. general contractor, who has the work in charge. Mr. Boespflug says that after a delay occasioned by the non -arrival of brown lime to be used in the ntortar.

bricklaying was started on the kitchen Tuesday. The work is expected to be rushed to rapid completion on the structure. The foundation for the industrial building' is now complete and" the work of laying the floor slabs aIso started i loadingef the Flowerree stuff was done Judges Claim All Entries De- served' a vPrize digger Event Next Year. County to Consider Purchase of Building on Long Term Contract. From 1916 to 1923, G.

N. Golden Rip3 Bananss, 4 lbsfor. v. -38c Cucumbers, good size, each, 5c; dozen 50c Solid Ripe Tomatcos, S-lb. basket -35c Transcendent Crabapples, 10 lbs.

for. 75c Rolled Shoulder Hams; per lb Rex, Sapphire or Cascade Flour $2il0 Swan's Down Cake Fiour, large pkg. 38c Tuxedo Tobacco, 1-lb. tin. -85c Dy Superintendent uoii oi rne.

Dig ranch and Bert' Strong, ranch foreman. The Flowerree outfit, for over a quarter of a century loaded out train-loads of cattle sheep and horses annually. According to Mr. Goff. the livestock is nqw virtually all little semblance) of the old days can be seen at shipping time, -r Manager Goff is proud of the extensive gardening now being done on the big ranch which he oversees.

Almost evervthinz in the line of garden Horace, the Iatin poet and satirist, was born in southern Italy. Official Says. Special to The Tribune. Havre. 0.

With the-aid a chart which represented all the dollars collected by all the railroads in the T'nited States for the yenr 1923. M. I. Countrymen, rice-president aifd chief counsel of the Great Northern railway, proved to the satisfaction of the 200 tnen who. gathered, to hear his address to a joint meeting: of the Welfare, Kin-finis and Rotary clubs Monday evening.

"What becomes of the railroad dollar." lie compared the year 1916 with the year 1924 in the amount of money collected from all sources, the Increase stuff is gown in a model wqy, including Special to The Tribune." Hardin, Sept. 9. It is' expected that the voters, of Big Horn county will have an opportunity to decide at the next election the proposition of buying the Lee block in. this city to be used as a courthouse. The building was occu pied by the county for offices for some time prior to last W.

E. Warren, who last 'November took possession of the Lee blocks has offered to turn over the property to the county' on a contract by which the latter would secure the building at a low cost on easy terms! -The contract provides that the county shall pay Mr. Warreni the sum of $375 a month for a period of lO years, at the end of which time the building becomes' the property of the county. The $375 includes principal and interest. in cost of labor, supplies, taxes and (Tribune's Helena Bureau)' -Helena, Sept.

U. Lack of funds in the national treasury of the L.a-Follette-Wheelerindependent party has made necessary the financing of the campaign in each state through donations expected to be privided by -the admirers of the candidate for the presidency. In Montana, as in other states, an ef--fortHsto be made to raise funds? -by the sale of paper designated, 'Progressive Emancipation of which blanks bearing" the face -value of $25,000 have been receiv- ed by F. H. Inman.

who is in charge of the state' headquarters, These are issued in denominations of $1, $5, $10, $25, $30 $190 and $1,000, to fit the degree of generosity of each donor. FARMERS VALUE TREES HIGHLY Lowest Estimate Placed on Shelter-belts in Teton County by Owners' Is $500; Many Set 1,000. Special to the Tribune. Choteau. Sept.

S. Each year the county agent places with the farmers of. Teton county through the co-operation of the Mandan experiment station, five lhelterbelt8 consisting of poplars. ash.V terraganas, Russian olive and choke cherry, says R. W.

Clarkson, county agent. The value '-of these trees to any farmer in making a home is greater than the money 4 A few questions were recently sent out to those in the county who have these shelterbelts on their farms and several answers- have been received. It is interesting to note that the least value on the shellerbelt by the farmers as it af-fecis the re-sale value of the farm is $500.00.. "Can you, by any other means, make farm worth $500 more and yet get from the enterprise more satisfaction than from planting these shelterbelts?" asks County Agent Clarkson." The average value placed. by these farmers was $750 on the" re-sale and many of them reached the $1,000 mark.

Some of those who placed- the value at $1,000 or better were such farmers as Alvin C. -Hull of Collins. John Shields of Dutton and J. Reid Jones of lVndroy. "Kecently the statement was made by Mr.

Shields that he would rather lose his grain crop than the group of When the county occupied the build Ii WE DELIVER. PHONE 5901 ing as a it paid W. O. Lee. men owner, an annual rental of strawberries and raspberries, wnicn thrive well on the fertile river bottoms under the For the last two weeks Mr.

Goff has had ripe' tomatoes as large as a man's fist, which could not be beat in any climate, he says. Prairie Corn Crop in Excellent Shape Special to The Tribune. Terry, tept. 9. Reports being received in Terry from different sections of Prairie county indicate that the corn crop, which was late owins to the backward season, promises to be a splendid one, and the fear of frost injury has nearly passed.

The largest, crop of corn ever raised in Prairie- county was promised this year, but "recently, owing to the exceptionally cold summer, fears were expressed that it would hot mature in time to escape the. frosts of early September. Now, however, it is found that the corn has passed the milk stage and is beginning to harden, so the only chance for frost injury is a sever freeze. There is little likelihood ot such an occurrence farmers Believe. Finest Home Pastry Retailed at Wholesale Price 21c or a month.

There are several store, rooms and offices in the building, from which the county can derive revenue if it owns, the building. Attorney General Foot has ruled that entering into this contract will not be increasing the bonded indebtedness of the county. "The county "already own an equity in' the property by virtue of Fancy Home Grown Cabbage, pound Post Toasties, 3 for Tall Carnation Milk, 10 for Sun Kist Seeded Raisins, an on a depository bond, which is subject to Mr. Warren's bond. sundry expenses.

He told of the increased indebtedness which the railroads are unable to pay. the meager dividends paid out to stockholders eacti yjar and bitterly scored the politicians, who are endeavoring: to, lower and freight rates. i Countryman was not in favor of government ownership and said the purpose of government was to govern and not to run business. lie said the tnore naterialistie grovernuent is. the worse it.

is for the people, especially in the coming generations. 1923 a Banner Year At the start of hi speech lie told offthe large increase in the year over previous ones both in the nmount of money collected and in the amount of business transacted. He said the railroads in the 1'nited States did the largest business in 1923 iu the history of railroading. Countryman said the books and business of the Tailroads were as open as state and federal government and that the roads had nothing to do with the increase in freight and passenger rates Which were entirely in the hands of the interstate commerce commission. He said the difference between himself and some politicians was that he could prove his figures while they could not.

The railroads in the United States collected in the year 1923 from all re-t(i OOO OOO nn increase of 25c $1.00 25c 2 pkgs. Woolworth's Store Sells Wildroot The Woolworth 5 and 10 Store has just received new stock of Wildroot Hair Tonic and Wildroot liquid shampoos as advertised in national magazines. Special to The Tribune. Conrad, Sept. "9.

What is believed to have been the most beautiful display of flowers ever shown in northern Montana was exhibited at the Conrad flower show held here last' Friday. There were 90 entries at the show; and five lawns and yards in Competition. According tq fhe judges, each and every bouquet on exhibit deserved a prized The arrangement of the display showed -onderful taste, the judges said, and the condition of the flowers was excellent. In the sweetpeas class there were 36 entries. Awards were made, the following entries: Sweetpeas (36 entries) First, Mrs.

N. E. Fjosse second. Mrs. Lew Norley third, Mrs.

George Hirshberg. Asters (1 entry Firstr Mrs. H. D. Harrison.

Dahlias (6 entries) First, Mrs. J. E. Ritchey; second, Mrs. Dave Craig; third, Mrs.

Sandbergv Nasturtiums (4 entries)--First, Mrs. J. A Goodrich: second. Mrs. Earl Minkler; third.

Mrs. IL Turner. Marigolds (5 entries )-First Mrs. J. A.

Goodrich; second. Mrs. lluzzell; third, Mrs. R. R.

Corry. Larkspur (6 entries) First, Mrs. C). Abraham; second. Betty third, Mrs.

F. O. Wilson. Goldenglow (4 entries) rirst, Mrs. Arthur Bates; Mrs.

R. It. Corry; third, Ij. DuBois. Gladiolus 2 entries) First, Mrs.

L. DuBois second, Mrs. Blaine Ferguson. Mixed bouquet (15 entries) First, Mrs. Lew Norley; second.

Mrs. Ii. R. Corry; third, Mrs. Salpiglossis (2 entries) First.

Mrs J. A. Goodrich; second, Mrs. II. W.

Power. Cosmos (4" enfries) Mrs. H. W. Power; second, Sirs.

Duvan; third, Mrs. N. E. Fjosse. 1'ansics (5 rFirst, Mrs.

Tegen; Abraham; third. Mrs. Earl Best lawn -and yard. (5 entries) First, Miss Rochester; second, J. F.

Kumpf; third, Earl Minkler. The flowers of the show were left in the city hall during the teachers reception in the evening, which was well attended. This was a get-together meeting, the object of which was to become acquainted the new teachers in this district. A larger flower show is being planned for next year. Foot Picks Choate as His Assistant T(ribune's Helena Bureau) Helena.

Sept. 9 Attorney I. W. Choate of Helena, who was aiv assistant to former Attorney General S. C.

Ford and later, as Montana code commissioner, codified the statutes into the revised codes of 1921, has been -appointed by Attorney General I A. Foot as assistant attorney general to serve during the remainder of Mr. Foot's term as successor to Wellington D. Rankin. Mr Choate will fill the vacancy created by the advancement of Mr.

Foot from the office of assistant attorney general to that of attorney general. He took over the duties of the office Macaroni Spaghetti gg Noodles All Good All Ways Richland Sets Plans to Make Fair Record MEAT DEPARTMENT Loin Pork Chops, 30 4 lbs. for Fresh Chopped Hamburger, 15 lb. 4 lbs. for Fresh Bulk Pork Sausage, 20 k3 lbs.

for Best Cuts Beef Shoulder Roasts, 12 Ytip and 4 1 Choice Beef Rib Boil, 10; -6 lbs. for SILANeUIS $1.00 50c 50c 50c $R51 000000 over the year 1916. But trees that he has around his place. It Special Fresh Cut, Home Grown $1.50 doz. delivered Flower Phone 6007 Liberty Theater Building in the rear 1923 the railroads paid out for labor, supplies, taxes and other expenses.

Of the dollar collected 4.S7 cents goes to the paying of labor and this is not too large an amount. Countryman naid. as the increased living conditions made it impossible for the laboring man to live on less salary than he is getting at the present. He said that he and the makes the farmers-want to stay in Teton county and makes his place a real home." Mr. Clarkson still has three applications for shelterbelts to be distributed this fall and says he would be glad to look over the.

farm of anyone who might be -interested to see if it would be adapted to these Special to the Tribune. Sidney, Sept. 9. Preparations are being made for the holding of the annual Richland county fall fair here September 16-17-18. From plans almost completed this is to be the biggest fair yet' held in the county.

The agricultural exhibit is particularly receiving attention, due to the fact that locally the crops are the best ever grown. The set-of fair-buildings, new last fall, are beig reconditioned and fair officials are hectic in their campaign to make a success. Greater interest is being shown by exhibitors and the county generally is looking forward to the dates. First Yield Over 50 Bu. in Fergus Special to The Tribune.

Lewistown. Sept. 9. The first field of Fergus wheat to go over 50 bushels has just been reported, this being at Toney Wente's farm, near Grass Range, which showed 52 bushels, separator measure. Several other fields there have shown better than 40 bushels.

The elevator men say the wheat this year is of exceptionally fine quality. MM rest of the rauroaa oi r'e'" RANDALL. VROOMAN MARRIED Sympathy with-railroad labor ana were -v protecting them from their enemies Special to The Tribune. lie compared the amount of money paid Lewistown. Sept.

9. Randall roo- Chicago. Mercantile Co. "Cross the Bridge and Save" i BLACK EAGLE PHONE 6047 Hank and Made We Deliver Phones 5971-5972 518 Central 10y2 lbs. Sugar for.

$1.00 Large basket Black Prince Grapes 55c 8 cans Empson's String Beans. to the office rjnanngement. nt tne g-u-eral office and gave' the figure of as the amount paid last year by the Jreat Northern railroad to its officials. a Big Wage Increase The wage increases from 1916 to 1923 amounted to 114 per cent or a total of $1,609,000,000, which isan increase in hourlv wage from 27 cents in 1916 to cents in 1923, or nn increase of 127 per cent, he said. Countrvnian said that out of every dollar collected by the railroad 8.14 cents were paid out in fuel and locomotive supply costs.

He said the railroads used 31 per cent of the bituminous coal mined in the country and a large percentage of the crude oil. Materials and sundry expenses get 20.26 cents of the dollar and increased In cost 115 per cent from 1916 to. 1923. Other operation costs showed an increase of $114,000,000 or 70 per cent. 1 He said 75 cents out of every dollar paid out to labor or the products of labor but this was right for labor constituted the largest item in railroad operation.

i railroads pay 5.26 cents out of every dollar collected to some form Peaches, bushel Oranges, 3 E. A. TIERNEY BURIED Special to The Tribune. Lewistown. Sept.

0. The funeral of the late Eugene A. Tierney, well known Lewistown business man and ex-service man. was held Monday under the auspices -of the Elks and. the American Fergus County H.

S. to Open Next Monday $1.85 25c Legion. Mr. Tierney was long employed by the Barnes-King company at Kendall, and until his illness incapacitated hiin.J had been connected with the Montana! 7 cans Standard Corn. J.

10 lbs. Montana Lard. MEAT SPECIALS Leg and Loins Pork Roast, lb Live Spring Chicken, lb Boil Beef, per lb. man of Grass Range and Miss Martha Woodiof I.ewistown were married Sunday at the Presbyterian church, the Rev. Evert Top performing the ceremony.

The bride and groom we're attended by Walter Lehman and Fannie V. Apple. Mr. and Mrs. Vrooman left on the Milwaukee for a wedding trip.

The groom is a son of J. M. Vrooman. the pioneer editor, and Mrs. Vrooman.

He is assistant postmaster at Grass Range. Nearly all of his life' has been spent in this city. The bride has lived here for many years. NEW THEATER AT TERRY Special to The Tribune; Terry, Sept. 9.

Nick Tracas is remodeling a building here with the intention of opening a motion picture theater within two or three weeks. Since the Princess theater was destroyed by. fire several months ago, Terry has been furnished pictures on Saturday and Sunday nights by the American Legion in the Legion hall. FLESH STRIPPED OFF HAND Special to the Tribune. Hinsdale, Sept.

9. Fingers on the right hand of John Marzyck. who conducts a blacksmith shop and planing mill here, were -stripped to the lone when the flesh was torn off by a planer he was operating the other day. LEWISTOWN MARRIAGE Special to The Tribnne. Iewistown, Sept.

9. Walter Traf fley and Amelia Maury Fergus were married here yesterday, the Rev. 1 Evert Top performing the ceremony. Roth bride and groom are graduates the county high school, DIES IN LEWISTOWN" Special to The Tribune. Lewistown, Sept.

-9. Mrs. Mary Brown, a well known resident of this city, and mother of Miss Nancy Reed, died' Monday, following a stroke of paralysis last Arrangements fo the funeral have not been completed. Phone 6047 Italian Prunes, 1-Jb. flat Lily Salmon, 3 cans io FREE DELIVERY Flour Mills company.

He saw constant active service while in France and the needs' of bia fatal illness were sown during that period. He died at the government hospital, St, Paul, on August S. i FERGUS COUNTY BALANCES Special to The Tribune. Lewisfown, Sept. 0.

The report of County Treasurer II. Fittoh for August shows balances in all county funds on Sept. 1 aggregating In all trust snd agency funds a balance of $423,158 is shown, giving a grand total 'of $1,528,461. The district school fund leads, as usual, with a balance of well over fI HM'll uuui i iimu rtrrv high. He spoke of how the late .1.

Hill. 15 years ago, said something would have to be done to cut the "amount of taxes and said if Mr. Hill were alive today he would have lots wore to say as the taxes have increased each year. Countryman told of the increased Special to The Tribune. Lewistown, Sept.9.

Principal Vernon Mays of the Fergus county high school Tuesday announced the corps of teachers f6r the coming year. The school will open next Mtonday, September 15. i'-- The teachers Emma K. Bates, mathematics; E. W.

Chattin. agriculture; Clinton B. Gardner, Spanish; Adelia Hall. English; Horace M. Lane, history; Hugh M.

Ijogan, history; Adelaide Marsh. home economics; Laurine Musser. English and journalism; Nancy, V. Pennoyer, commercial department; Ruth Piekell. Iatin; Linnie Piekell, mathematics; Jean T.

Price, librarian and English; Margaret Xnyder. English and. public speaking; Clyde J. Thompson, manual arts" and athletics. Ruth history and social sciences; Myrtle A.

Clifford," English; Frances Parker, home economics; Evelyn Ij. Ross, head of the English department: Merle Swan, English; JSditb Will, head of mathematics department; Mrs. Evangeline Wiseman-Rose, normal training; LaVern Roubinek, biology; Ernest C- Robinson, chemistry ami biology; G. W. Wrigley, band work; Clara Smith, piano and vocal music; Henrietta eviolin and piano, Jnd orchestra director; Zelda Attix, pliysical education; Vernon G.

Mays, principal. ri' Sauer Kraut, large cans, 2 Queen Olives, full I- 1 indebtedness tiie raiiroans are incurring each year and how the interest of debt growing. He said no railroad would ever be in a position to decrease its indebtedness while not permitted to have profit more than Phone 4613 Self Service 601 Centra HEAR ESHLEMAN 8 p. at Conservatory of Music. Central ave.

No collection. Adv. -the interstate commerce commis ate Fresh Sweet Milk, per quart. Table Beet Sugar, 100 Del Monte Seeded or Seedless Raisins, 4 1-lb. packages.

POLITICAL DANCES PLANNED Special to The Tribune. 4 Lewistown. Sept. 9. The LaFoilette supporters met Monday evening and decided to finance their campaign in Kerens conntv bv giving a scries of sion.

The balance for dividends and reserves were given at 3.07 cents out of each dollar. half of therods were able to pay dividends and that 25 or 30 raihoads in the countrv had a bnlanee in red the year .1923 in spite of the increased mount of money collected and the increased freight and passenger rates. President E. M. Allen of the Welfare rlub introduced Mr.

Countryman as the principal speaker of the evening. The musical entertainment was furnished by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Orim mid Miss Thelma Holliday, who sang two solos. 11.

II. Edminster lead the men in the customary club songs and sang" a solo written by Robert lucke, the members joiningji tbe chorus. Cane Sugar, lOtt Sweet Corn or Peas, 0) dances in various There willi 2 cans .1 Sugar will be higher next week Pride's Raspberry or Strawberry (Q) TEMPLARS' ANNIVERSARY Special to The Tribune. Iewistown, Sept. 0.

Calvary coni-mandery. No. 14. Knightsr Templar. will celebrate the 15th anniversary, of.

the founding of the organization on Sept. 11, when an interesting program i. to be carried out. There will be addresses on the history of the organization with other -talks, and music. The knights will brinj their families, one of the purposes being to bring the templar families 'of Lewistown into closer relation.

be no endorsement of any candidates on county tickets, it Las been decided. TO LEAVE CONRAD Special to The Tribune. Conrad. Sept. 9.

George Hirshberg. a merchant in Conrad since 1904, has announced that he will discontinue his mercantile business here. He says that he has large interests in, linneapolis and California Aihich demand his attention. 5-" Jam, 5-lb. tin.

Fels Naptha Soap, inn tl ruICTnUM RCHfinLS i Knarint in TIia Trihnn. i 4 bars for. i Campbell's Soups, 5 Jello, 5 Lewistown. Sept. 9.

The city schools opened for the vear Monday with an of about 1.100, which is the same as a year ago. There be a considerable increase in students as the work on the farms eases up and families return to the city PRAIRIE G. P. 'ORGANIZES Special to The Tribune. Terry, Sept.

9. "Walter Nelson -was elected chairman of the Prairie county Tor the winter. 'I republican central "committee meeting I 1 1 I I. 1. Parowax, for canning, 2-lb.

packages for. Shinola, black or brown, 3 Optometrists and MANUFACTURING Opticians ffyoor eyes need attentloa, 'fit thtm cltntiflcally and eer. 1 rectly Ltatss sreantf and aramft strvlcs or bw work and rspair- Irs O. tlUSETII FnorrimnCR MlHEn UPH1 nere. inner rmincnuar t.

SMASHED U8 elected, secretary aiKl WaltJr Bur-Spe. ial to the Tribune. ton treasurer. E. H.

McDowell was Hinsdale. Sent. 9. Nels J. Kent, 1 Peterson De Luxe Plums, 3 Table Syrup, can threshing riir.

lost the end of the fore SPEAK AT MINNEOTA Special to the Tribune. Havre, Sept. 9. Tbe Rev. M.

Ridenour. representing the local Ki-wanis club, and W. G. Alfordof the Rotary club, made the principal addresses at the Minneota community meeting at tbe Minneota Saturday County Agent E. B.

Puncanv Raymond Mount joy. Smith-IIugbes agricultural instructor at the high school and Mrs. W. G. Alford also attended the meeting, JOINS MICHIGAN FIRM to The Tribune.

Iewistown, Sept. 0 Russell Love-land, who has been connected with tbe cement plant at Ilanover as Sunday for "Fenholt, whef he has been engaged by another cement company as its chemisL finger on his right hand one day last week while making an adjustment on the separator. REAPPOINTS UNDERSHERIFF Special -to The Tribune. Sept. 9.

T. W. Robinson, former undersheriff of Pondera county, has been reappointed to' that position by Sheriff Stocke, to succeed C. C. Davis, resigned.

Fancy Elberta Peaches, 1 II BARN DESTROYED Special to The Tribune. t.otHwlAn-n SIti ft a 1nria kaen crate, per Macaroni, Frank near Grovet With $3 order, es 5j)ackag CHICKEN SUPPER; 50c At Methodist t-hurch, 7 tonight. Corner Second ave. north 6th Jtwtlar Optleiao was uestroyeo Dy rire- wunuay atter-noon. All contents Insurance amounting to $2,500, considerably under the otal loss, watf carried..