The Bozeman courier., March 30, 1921, Image 1

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THE BOZEMAN COURIER, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1921
VOL. 51.
NUMBER 17.
NEW TICKET FILED
FOR CITY ELECTION
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Parkin Heads Full City Ticket Run
ning in Opposition to Present
City Officers
Yesterday, shortly after the noon
hour, M. R. Wilson, J. C. McCarthy
and J. H. Reed appeared in the offices
of the city clerk and filed the nomi
nating petitions of a new set of candi
dates for city offices at the Monday
election. The following are the new
candidates for municipal offices:
Mayor—E. J. Parkin.
Treasurer—J. S. Taylor.
Police Magistrate—E. A. Franks.
Alderman, 1st. ward—W. E. Rider.
Alderman, 2nd Avard—Frank M.
Gray.
Alderman, 3rd. ward— G. L. Martin.
Alderman, 4th. ward—J. E. Huff.
There are all sorts of rumors cur
rent on the streets as to the reasons
for the filing of this second ticket
in the city election. Foremost of
these is the statement accredited to
many Avho interested themseWcs in
circulating the petitions that the neAv
ticket is opposed to the city manager
form of government. This statement
is denied by some of those on the
ticket, including Mr. Parkin himself,
who signed a petition to have the
matter of the city manager put up for
vote and Avho says that he is not op
posed to the change. Interviewed by
the Courier Mr. Parkin said. "Any
statement that I am opposed to the
city manager form or that I will work
against it in the event of my election
is not correct. I signed the petition
to put it before the people of Boze
man, for them to vote on the question,
and I will not work against it "
Anothcr interesting phase that has
been introduced into the question is
the rumor current that this new tic
ket is opposed to the extra jnill tax
on the library. Mr. Parkin also de
nied this and said that so far as he
knew the matter had not been men
tioned.
There are still others who claim
that the new ticket has been fostered
by the contractors of the city Avho,
disatisfied because the present coun
cil is not contracting any paving, de
sire a change of administration. Still
further rumors are to the fact that
these opposing Sunday closing latvs
are back of the ticket.
One of those avp.o took a prominent
part in the getting the ticket to
gether stated as its object that there
were people in Bozeman who were
not satisfied with the present city
administration and desired a change.
In the advent of the city manager
election failing to carry there would
be no chance for two years and so
this new ticket was nominated.
Such are some of the statements
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IN BOXING EVENT
Billings Man Wins Main Bout. Scot
ty MacDonald Bests Bollin and
Amos Wins Also
Ed Englehart of Billings, fighting
at 135 pounds, was the Avinner OA r er
Vic Gracio of Spokane in the main
event of the first boxing bout staged
: n Bozeman under the neAV law by the
Gallatin club. The entire fight pro
gram was fully up to the expecta
tions of the fans, even though the
attendance was not what the quality
of the exhibition merited. In the
semi-Avindup Kid Amos of Casper had
the best of Eddie Hathway of Cyen
enne in an eight round go- Scotty
MacDonald of Bozeman was a clean
cut winner in the second preliminary
and Billy Brown likewise captured
the first event on the card.
The main event gave the spectators
15 rounds of good, fast boxing with
Englehart having the shade over his
opponent all the way through. Engle
hart's right hand style of defense
proved a mystery to the Greek all the
way through the contest and his heady
work and evident ability to take
punishment won him a host of friends
in Bozeman. Gracio has a damaging
left which he kept almost continual
ly in Englehart's face, but his blows
lacked the steam to cany real punish
ment. Gracio showed some extremely
clever footwork .all through the bout
and was at adept at ducking vicious
swings, but he lacked the headwork
and steady punching of the Billings
man. Both boxers were willing mix
ers at all times, there was no stallitig
and the crowd was well pleased with
the clever exhibition.
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LOCAL SPORTSMEN TO
MEET WITH CARPENTER
The Bozeman Anglers' club will
hold a meeting Wednesday evening
at eight o'clock in the rooms of the
chamber of commerce for the purpose
of listening to M. S. Carpenter, sec
retary of the State Sportmen's as
sociation. Mr- Carpenter is now put
ting in all his time with the state as
sociation and the purpose of his visit
here is to explain both the activities
of the asociation and also discuss the
new game laws that resulted from
the recent legislature.
There are some marked changes in
the game laws on which the sports
men of the valley, both fishermen
and hunters, will do well to post them,
selves and it is Mr. Carpenter's pur
pose to answer all questions pertain
ing to these new laws as well as to
outline the policies that will be pur
sued by the state association during
the coming year. While the meeting
is held under the auspicies of the
Bozeman Anglers' club, everyone in
terested in wild life in Montana is
cordially invited to be present.
CITY ELECTION TO
BE HEED NEXT WEEK
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Election of City Officers
Find Old Mayor and Council Unit
ed in Stand for Manager Form
of Government
The annual city election at which
will bo chosen a mayor, a city treasur
er, police magistrate and an alderman
from each of the four wards of the
w iN be held next Monday, April
4. At this election the question of
voting another mill for library pur
? cses will elso be decided All elec
:™' s resuhn * m the city of Bozeman
, ley aie registered but on the li
bra 7 ma * ter onl y ^^bfied electors
' nvnm / Clt * Property will be eligible
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The regular polling places used in
previous city elections will be used
again Monday, the first ward voting
in the Bozeman hotel annex, the sec
ond at the court house, the third at
the Kenyon-Noble Lumber company
offices and the fourth at the city hall.
The names of the judges and clerks
of the election have already been pub
lished.
Owning to the fact that the present
city officials, including the mayor and
members of the city council, arc sup
porting the city manager form of
government, the mayor, city treasurer
and four retiring aldermen have con
sented to run for re-election. These
men alloAvcd their names to again be
used Avith the understanding that the
men boosting them for the positions
were to Avork for the city manager
form and Avith the belief that, oAving
to their experience, they Avould be of
more use to the city than ne\y men
during what they expect to be but a
short tenure of office.
The following are the present in
cumbents who are up for re-election:
Mayor—C. W. Sweet.
Treasurer—Frank Kyle.
Alderman, 1st. ward—Paul J. Dav
ies
Alderman, 2nd. ward—A. E. West
lake.
Alderman, 3rd. -ward—Amos Hall.
Alderman, 4th. ward—Fred F. Will
Judge George W. Ellis has decided
he will not run for police magistrate
and it is probable that E. A. Franks,
recently appointed justice of the peace
for this township will be the only
candidate for the position. Mr.
Franks' papers having been
yesterday.
This ticket is distinctly one that
stands for the city manager form
and seeks re-election on that basis
Arrangements for filing the nomin
filed
ating petitions of these men were
made at a conference of the heads of
the two political parties in Bozeman.
(Continued on Page Five)
LOGAN MAN KILLED
ON RAILROAD TRACK
E. J. Thornburg, well known ranch
er of the lower Madison, was struck
and instantly killed by the engine of
the Helena stub art Logan Friday af
ternoon at 1:35. Mr. Thornburg re
cently returned from California and
on fSriday was coming up to Boze
man. Hurrying across the tracks to
catch the Bozeman vtrain , he was
struck by the engine of the stub. The
body was brought to Bozeman and
taken to the undertaking parlors of
Harland and Caven.
Coroner Harley Trent held the in
quest at Logan, the jury finding the
death purely accidental,
brought out at the inquest that Mr.
Thornburg was intending to take
train No. 2 to Bozeman and was crosa
(Continued on Page Ten.)
It was
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READ THE ROLL CALLS" SAYS GOVERNOR IN
DISCUSSING SPECIAL SESSION IN HELENA
Governor Dixon Reviews Accomplishments of special Session and
Tells People of State to Read the Roll Calls and Find Out
How the Different Legislators Voted on All Impor
tant Questions
In a signed interview given out
Wednesday by Governor Joseph M.
Dixon, reviewing the work of the
special session of legislature, the hope
is expressed by the executive that
every taxpayer in the state will take
the time to read the roll calls "and
see in what way the individual legis
lator carried out his delegated author
years hence that are sympathetic to
their interests."
Governor Dixon asserts that the
work of the special session saved to
the people of the state many times
over the expenses of the 17 days' ses
senate are returned to Helena two
ity from the people whom he tem
porarily repréfeented,
"The next thing one the program
is for them to see that a house and
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sion, and says the elimination of the
"joker" in the oil pipe line bills has
saved the entire oil development from
being at the mercy of the larger con
cerns and that this alone justified the
cost of the session 50 times over.
Among other measures reviewed by
the governor are the pipe line law,
amendment of the prohibition act to
conform with the Volstead act, distri
bution of oil royalties, acceptance by
state or federal aid for roads, the tax
commission, the oil tax bills and ad
ditional appropriations for the tuber
culosis sanitarium.
In reply to the question, "What has
the special session accomplished
Governor Dixon said:
"Notwithstanding the united efforts
of some of the big daily newspapers
the special session has saved to the
people of the state hiany times over
the of the 17 days' session.
"In the first place, the passage of
the inheritance tax law, emasculated
as it was by the majority vote in the
senate, which substituted the New
York schedule as to collateral heirs
but reduced the tax on direct inherit
ances to a straight one per cent on
all estates, whether $10,000 or $10,
CLUB MEMBERS HAVE
MADE GOOD IN WORK
Boys and Girls make Good Showing ,
in^Vnnual Summary of Accomp- 1
lishmcnt * i
Boys and girls club Avork, under the
direction of the county club leader,
was originally designed to spur the
ambitions of rural children, stimulate |
them to keep better livestock and fol- |
low scientific methods in its manage
ment and to promote thrift among
them. The work started here in Gal
iatin some time ago under Ernest
Border and after Mr. Border resign
ed, Ross Johnson kept the good work
going. There has been in increasing
interest shown by the youngsters and
-he club fair, held last fall, was by
the m0St successful ever
held m the county. The work for this
year Avdl be started in the near future.
m fact the beginnings have been made
already and from the report of Mr
Johnson, more children will take part
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the club work drop out. It is inter
esting to note the amount of livestock
anti other valuables these yougsters
have accumulated.
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suivey of the achievements of
club members throughout Gallatin
county has just been completed by
L. Ross Johnson, county club leader,
and the results obtained have been
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summarized as shown below. These
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records .show that the club members
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are boys and girls who are really do
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mg things, and that they are ambiti
mm, 80 per cent of them stating that
they expect to attend college.
Summarv
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No. of blanks mailed out, 165; No.
replies received, 74; No. of boys, 46;
No. of girls, 28; Average age, 14;
Total liberty bonds owned, $800; No.
reporting, 11; Total thrift stamps,
$1,576.50; No. reporting, 45; Total
money in bank, $1,467.54; No report
ing, 35.
32 head of horses, valued at $1,776.
00, 19 members reporting.
22 head of dairy cattle, valued at
$1,112.00, 17 members reporting
12 head beef cattle, valued at $500
00, 10 members reporting.
8 sheep, valued at $50.00, 6 mem
bers reporting.
21 hogs, valued at $110.00. 7 mem
bers reporting.
130 head of poultry, valued at $167.
00, 11 members reporting.
Miscellaneous,' 23 head, valued at
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000,000, will still bring into the state
treasury every year, mostly from for
eign decedents who hold stock in the
four great lines of railroad running
through the state of Montana, the
Montana Power company and the
Anaconda Copper Mining company,
probably $250,000 a year, or six times
the cost of the special session.
If the majority in the senate had
not insisted in writing in to the house
bill ninety odd amendments, proposed
by an eminent Butte attorney, the rev
enue from the inheritance tax law
would probably have been doubled.
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"Another thing, the fortunate dis
covery of the joker in the bill passed
at the regular session, making pipe
lines common carriers, which I vetoed,
and the enactment at the special ses
sion of a real common canner law
for oil pipe-lines has saved the entire
oil development of the state from be
ing left at the mercy of the subsidiary
companies of the Standard Oil.
' That one thing justified and paid
the cost of the special session 50 times
over. 1
"The law passed at the special ses
sion, making the Montana prohibition
laws concurrent with the federal Vol
stead act will do more to suppress
bootlegging in Montana than all the
laws heretofore placed on the statute
books of this state
"The new appropriation for the tu
berculosis sanitarium will enable the
authorities there to do much better
work in helping rid Montana of the
threatening white plague.
"The fact that the special session
corrected the grievous mistake that
was made in the bill passed at the
regular session, which I Avas compelled
to veto on account of the .most inequit
able disposition of the money that
will be paid to the state next July by
the «federal government as our share
of oil royalties on public lands will
bring many thousands of dollars of
(Continued on Page Four.)
BOZEMAN LANDMARK
DESTROYED BY FIRE
jjig Blaze Last Night Wipes Out
That Once Was Important Stop
ping Place
One of the most spectacular night
fires that has occurred in Bozeman in
SO me time took place Wednesday
morning about 1:45 when the old Fer-
eus0 n hitch barn on the corner of
ßi ac k and Mendenhall streets burned
the ground. There are no indica-
tions of how the fire started and it
was not discovered until the building
an( j t he 100 tons of hay stored therein
were a u a fj re> a chance passer saw
the fi ames bursting through the roof
and turaed in the alarm<
j- ve department responded
quickly, but arrived too late to put out
the fire> s0 con f ine d its attentions to
^ the surrounding property,
Fortunately a sU g ht wind was blow
. from the east and this drove the
ks into the vacant lot that faced
^e old barn. The hardest fight the
firemen had was to save the Gommer
^ h °tel building, which is situated
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a . ev> e( j so , u 0 m ondpnhall
Chinese laundry across Mendenhall
strcet ? ls » «»«ht fire a number ol
times but these temporary blazes
Were q U i c kly suppressed. The library,
gituated east of the b was at no
dme j dan „ er
There we ^ stored in the barn some
inn . ~ „
100 tons of hay, a rord car and a
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number of old wagon and buggies.
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The insurance on the building had
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been allowed to relapse, but fortu
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P"*® 1 * ?°!" e tw " w f eks ago the bu,! ?
mg and ,ts contents were insured
again. The insurance probably covers
half of the loss.
The Ferguson bam is one of the
old landmarks of Bozeman, it being a
prominent stopping place in the early
days when freighting teams were a
common sight on the streets of ßoze
man. At a still later date it was large
ly used by farmers who were hauling
wheat to Bozeman- The property
still belongs to Mr, Ferguson,
LOWE-STEPHENSON WEDDING
- William U. Lowe and Miss Ella
May Stephenson of eBlgrade were
married yesterday afternoon in Boze
man by Rev. E. R. Curry of the Bap
tist church, the wedding taking place
at Mr. Curry's residence- The young
couple left for a wedding trip to
eastern points on the afternoon train,
after which they will return to make
their home in Belgrade.
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SCHOOL ELECTION
TRUSTEES NOMINATED
The annual election for the trustees
of the Bozeman schools, District No.
7, will be held this coming Saturday.
There are two trustees to be chosen
this year and for the positions A. 0.
Berthot. present head of the
board, and Mrs. A. J. Walrath 1 ■
been nominted. Mr. Berthot's term is
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up but he has consented to run again.
Mrs. Walrath has been nominated to
succeed Mr. H. A. Bolinger, who has
been a trustee for the past three
years, but has declined to
run again
GALLATIN FARMER
DIES MONDAY IN BUTTE
Word has been received in Bozeman
of the death of Prosper Lapine, for
mer Avell known farmer in the Camp
Creek and Salesville country. Mr.
Lapine died Monday evening at the
age of 79. A niece of Mr. Lapine,
Mrs. J. Walker of Salesville, will
bring the body to Bozeman and fu
neral arrangements will be announced
later.
ONE DIG CREAMERY
ODJECT OF MEETING
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thiP J"*"" 10n , Bozeman s
nnpvaf iir camor,es in *° ol j° large co
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in 61 *l iee ^ in « held
* f , U |*. a . e J Poon m tne rooms
,aM er ot commerce. Some
Dairymen of Valley Meet to Discuss
Local Creamery Situation.
Other Meeting to Be Held
in Court Room Saturday
An
Tiff 1 - 1 ' Vtre P ies . en t representing the
am * phases of the
y n us ry in the valley. Dr. Jos.
Piedaiue Presided over the meeting
and ,t was decided that a comprehen
sive survey of the dairy conditions of
ie coun rj tributary to Bozeman
should be made during the current
iweek and reported back at a meeting
o e e d his coming Saturday after
noon at two o clock m the courthouse.
t 18 commi ee, which consists of
«*. * a J?/' • P J edal A ue ' T. S.
^impson, . E. estlake, A. G. Ber
. o an G. L. Martin, has, Avith the
coopeia ion of County Agent Boodley,
sc ec.et a man in each schoi dis
lie o take a census of the milch
coavs and to learn from the farmers
their attitude toward dairying. With
this information at hand, the meeting
aturday hopes to be able to take
some definite steps toward the amalg
amation of the creameries.
There ate at present three crecin
cries in Bozeman, tAvo privately MA»
ed and the other oAvned by a corjwr
ation of eight farmers. The idea be
hind the movement is to unite these
three business institutions and make
one strong creamery that will have
sufficient financial backing to put in
a cold storage plant and handle the
valley output of cream in a business
like manner. The creameries -are
willing to combine if suitable finan
cial arrangements are made, but as
yet any steps taken in this direction
are purely tentative
It was pointed out after the meeting
that steps should be taken to encour
age the use of local dairy products.
Certain outside creameries were said
to be shipping butter into Bozeman,
selling it to groceries at a cent a
pound less than local wholesale prices
and the claim was made that the
retail price on this butter was the
same as for v the local product. It
was stated that the consumers should
be informed of this fact and urged to
call for local butter only when order
ing from the grocers.
The meeting Saturday will be call
ed at two o'clock in the court room
and all farmers aad others interested
in the dairy business are cordially
invited to be present.
WAGES FIXED FOR
COUNTY ROAD WORK
At a meeting last Friday County
Commissioners More, Duncan and
Darlington carefully went over the
road situation in the county and fixed
the figures Which will be paid for
'work on the county roads during the
coming open season. The commis
sioners reached the conclusion that,
in view of the decline in all wages,
as well as the falling cost of living,
the scale maintained during the war
years could not be paid this year and
a cut was made that, in the minds of
the commissioners, is proportionate
-with the fall in wages for other lines
of endeavor. The figures were com
Ipared with those from other counties
in the state and found to be fully Up
to the average amount paid for simi
lar work in all parts of Montana. In
(Continued on Page 6.)
JU1D IS ELECTED
NEW COMMITTEMAN
Republicans Oust O. H. P. Shelley and
Put in Leader of Senate Pend
ing Court Action
returned home Monday. Mr. Orton
ison county was Thursday formally
elected republican national committee"
man for Montana, subject to the ac
tion pending against the state èentral
committee in the courts, by an al
most unanimous vote of the state
central committee at a meeting held
at 11 o'clock at the Placer hotel.
The only vote registered against
Senator Junod was that of George P.
Jackson of Deer Lodge county. Sen
ator Junod has been singally honored
of late, having been unanimously
elected
president pro tern of the
state senate this session. He is a
leading republican of the state, and
a successful and highly respected
businessman.
The nomination of Senator Junod
for national committeeman, which was
carried by the unanimous vote of the
meeting, excepting that of Mr. Jack
son, was made by Jerome G. Locke of
Livingston, in the following words;
"1 nominate Senator O. H. Junod
of Sheridan, Madison county, as re
publican national committeeman for
Montana, subject to the action now
pending in court and the limitations
placed upon us by that action."
The democratic enemies of the re
publican party will try to shoAv that
j j-hß committee was not harmonious
j n counsels. However, they will
no t bp successful. At the meeting
Monday, at which Senator Junod was
designated as the choice of the com
m ittc»e for national committeeman,
w i ien the vo te on going into executive
sess } ons ^yas taken only six men talk
ed and vo t e d against such actions.
These
were Dr. Monohan of Silver
Bow aml GeorKO p, Jack . on of D cer
Lodge . xhe first , ivcs at Butte and
the second at Anaconda. Then there
was Leo „ Faust of L5ncoln county .
The next
man who stood against
th e executive session was W. J. Bren
nan of F i athead county. Mr. Bren
nan lives in Flathead county and had
the proxy of George Stephens of
Choteau county. The fifth man was
another lobbyist for the three months
a t the legislative session, H. R. Cul
loin of Sanders county. The sixth and
j as t was Wellington D. Rankin, at
torney general. He had the proxy of
j ohn E> Edwards of Rosebud county,
1 ïhe one nota ble point about this
matter is that the other members of
the committee, obviously of the opin
ion that it Avould be wiser to keep
the affairs of the republican party to
themselves, rather than openly fur
nish propaganda for its democratic
enemies.
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DlILiLiLLiI üLivUltLÜ
r'AUDT IhT IIIMPTIAIKT
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District Court Restrains Republicans
from Ousting Him from Nation
al Committee
The republican state central com
mittee is restrained from meeting in
Helena on Monday to elect a succes
sor for O. H. P. Shelley as republican
national committeeman for Montana,
in a temporary injunction signed by
District Judge A. J. Hosky here Fri
set for hearing for April 5.
This action cam» after a complaint
with Mr. Shelley, Leo Faust of Libb]
and John Adami of Helena as plain,
tiffs had been presented by C. A.
Spaulding, democratic county chair
man of Lewis and Clark county, and
Attorney General Wellington D. Ran
kin. John G- Brown of the firm of
Stewart and .Brown who apeared
when informal complaints were pre
sented Thursday afternoon and Fri
day morning, telephoned that he
would be unable to appear again be
cause of private business.
The manuscript covers both for the
complaint and the injunction order,
bears the name of Stewart and Brown,
attorneys, printed on the bottom. The
notorial acknowledgement on the com
plaint is by A. H. Angstman, assist
and attorney general.
Constitutionality of the law, senate
bill 4, under which the committee is
directed under section two of chapter
one to meet and elect a national com
mitteeman, is atacked on / several
grounds. It is contended that the title
of the law is defective in not embrac
ing the subject matter of section two.
Joseph D. Scanlan, chairman of the
state committee, and all members of
the committee are cited as defendants.
The plaintiffs alleged that the meet"
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