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THE BOZEMAN COURIER, WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1921.
VOL. 51.
NUMBER 22.
CLEANUP WEEK NEXT
BOZEMAN PROBLEM
Committees Now Organized To Work
Next Week In Thoroughly
Cleaning All Parts of City
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Stop! Look! Listen! Next week.
May 8 to 14, will be Clean Up week
in Bozeman, made so by proclamation
of His Honor the Mayor and by the
will and intent of the citizens. That
eek all rubbish, old cans, ashes and
other accumulations of the winter
must needs be carted out of the city
limits and the households and house
yards of Bozeman put in the charac
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teristicly neat attitude that marks
Bozeman as the city of homes. This
is the fourth annual observation of
Clean Up week and consequently the
work should be better and more
thorough than on other years.
At a special meeting of the cham
ber of commerce held last evening
the selection of leaders for the 14
districts in the city was made and
special committees were appointed.
All of these committees will report
to Dr, Floyd Jump city health officer.
Teamsters of the city who desire
work hauling away rubbish will regis
ter with the city engineer,
Thorpe and can be secured from his
office.
The days of the week are all desi
gnated for a special purpose and are
as follows: Sunday, church coopera
tions; Monday, fire prevention; Tues
day, front yard day; Wednesday, dan
delion and flower bed day; Thursay.
paint day; Friday, back yard day;
Saturday, vacant lot day.
L. S.
The Boy Scouts, the school child
ren and everyone in the city is being
enlisted in the campaign and it is
hoped to make it both far-reaching
and thorough.
The following are the list of com
Executive Committee—E. J. Parkin,
L. S- Thorpe, Frank Gray, R. P.
Smith, I. W. Truitt, Floyd Jump.
Schools— R. J. Cunningham, J. A.
VV oodard.
Boy Scouts—Frank Gray.
Clergy— R. P. Smith.
Publicity—Don Anderson,
Griffin.
Inspection—Dr. Floyd Jump, James
Smith, Boy ScoH
Hauling— L. S. Thorpe, City Engi
neer.
H. P.
ts.
District Committees:
1. —Police Force.
2. —George Chavey.
James Pratt, Mrs. Ed. Earhart.
Miss Linfield.
E. Herrett, Mrs. Walter
o.
4.—J. J. White,
F.
5,
Lehrkind.
6.—Paul Davies. Mrs. W. E. Gib
son.
(Continued on Page Ten.)
SUGGESTIONS OF*
CITY ATTORNEY
Retiring City Officer Outlines Work
Needed and Tells what Should
Be Done.
At the last meeting of the old city
council held Monday evening, the re
port of Walter Aitken, retiring city
attorney, was read to the council by
Clerk Spieth. Mr. Aitken made a
number of recommendations and
briefly summed up the legal situa
tion ÿt the city. He pointed out some
of the major tasks that confront his
successor, taking them up in order.
The first thing Mr. Aitken spoke of
was the temporary character of the
arrangements made to meet the city
^Ef.lds which fell due on January 1,
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1921. Other arrangements will have
to be made in this connection the
city attorney must needs work as the
financial adviser of the city. Mr.
Aitken also touched on the issuance
of funding bonds by the city.
Another matter where the city can
save some money, or rather get mon
due it is in the sewer connections
and the assessments due on the main
trunk sewer that was put in by bond
issue- The abutting property own
ers were neyer assessed the regular
district sewer assessment and this,
ey
coupled with the back connection costs,
* would bring in from $23,000 to $27,
000 to the city treasury.
Mr. Aitken also called attention to
keeping alive the present paving dis
tricts that were created last fall and
for which contracts were not let be
cause of prevailing high prices.
In the colletcion of city taxes he
~JS5mitted a written opinion to Treas
urer Kyle.
He called attention to the danger
ous condition of the bridges over Sour
Dough creek on South Church avenue
and characterized this as a matter
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MAYOR'S APPOINTEES
FOR CITY OFFICES
Fire chief: W. G. Alexander.
Firemen: W, O- Matthews,
Ernest Robertson, Will Satterfield.
City clerk: C. A. Spieth.
City engineer: L. S. Thorpe.
City attorney: H. A. Bolinger.
City health officer: Dr. Floyd
Jump.
Chief of police: James Smith.
Policemen: Charles P. Gray, J.
N. Pratt.
Jailor and janitor: Ed. Franks.
Street commissioner:Albert Mel
ton.
Utility foreman: Bert Lay.
Stenographer: Miss Kathryn
Gray.
Park commission: A. J. Busch,
Paul J. Davies, C. A. Spieth.
Cemetery board: Miss Elizabeth
Bogert, F. W. Bull.
Library board: Mrs. Walter
►Cooper, Miss Elizabeth Bogert.
Board of health: D. B. Swingle,
Dr. Floyd Jump, H. F. West.
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IS ONE JUST PAST
\pril Takes Record for Wind In En
tire History of Gallatin
Valley.
The big wind storm of two weeks
xgo, while the heaviest that the coun
y has ever known since records were
copt at the college, was by no means
he only windy day in the month of
Vpril and the records show the wind
;ept up a velocity of 12.4 miles an
On the day of the big storm
he average velocity was 31.3 miles
n hour.
:our.
When one considers that the aver
age wind velocity of the Gallatin is
»etween seven and eight miles an
lour, the strength and number of
reezes experienced in April becomes
lore apparent. Indeed there are
hose who believe that the country
as turned about and Bozeman and
Jvingston have switched places on
he map.
(Continued on Page Five)
"ÎRE LOSSES ARE
SMALL FOR YEAR
"cpr.rt of Chief Alexander Shows 29
Fires With Per Capita Loss
of $4.74.
Fire Chief W. G. Alexander pre
sented his annual report to the retir
ing' city council Monday evening and
in it \yere contained some interest
ing statistics. It was Chief Alexand
er's thirty-second annual report as
fire chief of Bozeman.
The report showed that during the
past year the department answered
to 30 alarms, only one of which was
a false one. The duration of the fires
totalled 18 hours and 45 minutes. Of
the fires 22 were extinguished by
chemicals from the chief's car, five by
water and three by water and the
chemical engine.
The damage done to the buildings
was $l,116-3& and to their contents
$28,260.00, a total loss of $29,376.38.
Of this there was $2,018.38 insurance
on the buildings and $24,910 00 in
surance on the contents, a total of
$36,928.38.
The value of the buildings on fire
amounted to $183,740 and of the con
tents, $1,082,815., a total of $1,226,
•55b. Insurance amounted to $1,035,
600 on the contents and $84,950 on
the buildings.
The per capita fire loss for Boze
man amounted to $4.75.
The expenses of the department
amounted to, salaries, $6,231.68;
maintenance, $980.63, a total of $7,
212.31.
In concluding his report the chief
made two recommendations, first
that the two-platoon system be in
stalled on the department to give two
shifts instead of the 24 hour shift
as at present, and second, the pur
chase of 500 feet of new fire hose.
GALLATIN PIONEER
DIES IN CALIFORNIA
Alf Johnson, a pioneer of Gallatin
county, died at his home in Elsinor'h,
California on April 25, according to
word reaching Bozeman. Mr. John
son came to the valley in 1864 and
settled in the Pass Creek country,
where he owned some 800 acres. He
lived on his home ranch for more
than 50 years before removing to
California some four years ago.
CHANCELLOR ELLIOTT OUTLINES
FUTURE COURSE OF THE COLLEGE
Efforts to Be Made to Raise Quality of Student Body—Actual
Building Will Be Started Soon and $1,000,000 Will Be
Spent Here in Next Year and a Half
In a speech before the Bozeman
Rotary club Tuesday noon Chancellor
E. C. Elliott olT the University of
Montana outlined the future course
at the educational institutions of the
state in regard to students, a course
that will mark a radical departure
from that pursued in the past. The
keynote to the chancellor's entire
talk was the fact that in the future
only the best students will be retained
at the different educational institu
tions and that quality of the students
rather than the number will be the
governing factor.
Chancellor Elliott started his talk
by first stating that the outlook at
the college was both the most promis
ing and the most discouraging that
it has ever been in the history of the
Taking first on the promis
school.
ing situation, he told of the work to
be started in the way of new buildings
and other improvements and then
took up the discouraging factors.
in Montana as
The great
"The whole educational problam,
said the chancellor,
well as other states is discouraging.
There has been a great influx of col
lege students since 1911, indeed there
are several thousands more than dou
ble the number of students attend
ing state institutions now than there
were then. Other states are also fac
ing the problem of too many students.
The question arises, "Is it pi-ofitabie
for the state to educate on whole
sale lines: Is this influx of students
in the right direction?'
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ing in the serious purposes of life,
The problem of how to weed
these students, how to raise the stan
weakness is the fact that too many
students are going to college who
have no business there; who are lack
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AMERICAN LEGION PLANS
ANOTHER BOXING SHOW
At a meeting of the executive com
mittee of the American Legion, held
Thursday, preliminary plans were
laid for another boxing exhibition to
be held probably on May 18, at which
there will be some 28 rounds of fast
boxing. The first two matches held
in Bozeman by the Legion have not
been a financial success and the os
ganization faces a deficit of over $1,
000 as the result. In the next pro
gx'am the same high quality of pro
gram will be maintained but the
match will be bettor advertised and
an effort made to get a full house to
witness the "exhibition.
Several other matters came up be
fore the executive meeting. One of
these was the small attendance at
the Legion meetings, which makes it
necessary for a few to carry the en
tire burden of the organization. It
was decided to hold a series of pro
grams and entertainments in connec
tion with the meetings in an effoi't to
secure a better attendance.
The boxing match, which will be
held in the Ellen theatre on Wednes
day evening, May 18, will be of par
ticular interest because of the - several
(Continued on Page Ten.)
HENRY FERGUSON
CALLED BY DEATH
Well Known Game Warden Victim of
Heart Disease
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Enoch Henry Fergu'son, for many
years deputy game warden and depu
ty sheriff of Gallatin county, died
at his home on East Olive street Fri
day noon from heart trouble which
appeared after Mr. Ferguson had
been ill with severe rheumatism for
four years or more. Mr. Ferguson's
death came ,as a surprise to the com
munity for Ke was not confined to
his home until Sunday and his seri
ous condition was not realized until
Thursday before his death.
Mr. Ferguson was bom in Spring
City, Tennessee on November 19,
1864 and lived at that place during
his boyhood. He mairie to Montana in
1889, locating on a farm not far from
Bozeman. On November 10, 1898 he
was married in Bozeman to Miss
Mary Y. Patterson and a few years
later they moved from the ranch •
Bozeman, where they have since made
their home. For 12 years Mr. Fer
to
guson served as deputy game warden
and under William Evans as sheriff
he acted as deputy for two years.
In these capacities he was known
as a capable official and made many
friends throughout the valley and in
neighboring counties For a time he
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dard of the student body, is the dis
couraging feature of higher educa
tion today.
The increase in the number of
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students attending the college," con
tinued the chancellor "will not be in
proportion during the next few years.
Our efforts will be bent to working
for the betterment in the quality of
the students. Education today lacks
concentration, too many students
to school without definite ideas.
come
Our object during the coming years
will be to improve the 'breed' of stu
dents attending the higher educa
tional institutions.
Chancellor Elliott stated that the
building program at the college would
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forward at the earliest possible
moment consistent with sound econ
omy and judgment- He said that,
press reports to the contrary, there
was no disposition on the part of
state officials to delay the work, but
that in the light of recent hard times
in Montana, times which as yet wa
c lo not know are entirely of the past,
those in authority did not deem it
wise to burden the state with too
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great financial strain just now.
said that excavation would start be
fore the 'zenith' of the summer for
the engineering building and shops
and that they would surely be com
pleted and ready for use by the fall
of 1922. The chancellor stated it
was possible that the shops might be
completed by the fall of 1921, but
that this was taking a most optimis
tic view of the situation. The other
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buildings, he said, would be started
as soon as possible and that within
the next 18 months something like
$1,000,000 would be Spent in Boze
(Continued on Page Ten.)
NATIONAL FRATERNITY
CONCLAVE TO BE HERE
The national home economics fra
ternity, Psi Upsilon Omicron, will
hold its national convention at Karst
latin canyon on June 18, 19 and 20,
according to announcement recently
m «*de by members mf the active chan
- Cx ' the college. The local chapter
has been after the honor Oj enler
Gaining the national convention for
several years and this year their ef
fpris were successful and the conven.
tion awarded to Bozeman. It is ex
peeked that there will be at least 50
Cold Spring ranch, in the West Gal
delegates attending the convention
from the different active and alumni
chapters.
It is the intention to combine a
trip through the Yellowstone Park
with the convention, although definite
plans for this have not yet been
worked out. This is the first time in
the history of Bozeman that a nation
al fraternity has ever hald a conven
tion here.
Harry Healey, who has been ill at
his home on South Grand for several
weeks, is now again attending to the
business of the Story-Work Sheep
company.
DISABLED VETS
ELECT OFFICERS
Reif Heads New Organization of Ex
service Men
Montana Post No. 1 of the Disabled
Veterans of the World War met Fri
day and completed its organization
by electing permanent officers. This
post was started several weeks ago
but the election of officers was post
poned until such time as a full local
membership was acquired.
Reif was elected president; Vernon
B. Zacher, first vice president; J.
w./ H.
Aitken, second vice president; H. L.
Lang, secretary; H. Smith* treasurer;
Francis Walker, sergeant at arms and
John Mahan, national committeeman.
President Reif and Johnnie Mahan
were elected to serve as delegates to
the national convention which -will be
held in Detroit June 27 to 30.
This organization has as its primär*
purpose the furthering of the inter
ests of the disabled veterans of the
war. It is working in complete har
mony and cooperation with the
American Legion, but it can look af
ter its own men in a more intimate
and personal manner than is possible
under the Legion auspices.
Bozeman has the first post of this
organization to be installed in Mon
tana and owing to the mimber of in
jured men here, taking Vocational
(Continued on Page Ten.)
STANDING COMMITTEES
OF NEW CITY COUNCIL
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Finance-Hall, Willson and Gray.
Sewer—Pratt, Swingle, Orton
and Howard
Public Order and Health—Swin
gle, Pratt, Orton and Howard.
Water—Howard, Hall, Orton and
Pratt.
Library—Swingle, Pratt and
Rider.
Buildings and Grounds—Rider,
Hall and Willson.
Streets—Willson, Swingle, Rider
and Gray.
Fire—Gi'ay, Hall, Howard and
Pratt.
License and
Hall, Gray and Rider.
Permit—Orton,
Printing—Pratt, Swingle and
Rider.
Cemetery—Howard, Orton and
Willson.
Alderman Hall was elected to
succeed himself as president of the
council. Alderman Orton was elect
ed vice president.
DAIRY COMMITTEE
TO HAVE EXPERT
International Harvester Man To Be
Here T 0 Boost Gallatin
Dairying
The dairy committee of the Boze
nan chamber of commerce have just
eceived word that an expert from
he extension staff of the Interna
tional Harvester company will be at
heir disposal for two weeks during
he coming summer. This dairy ex
pert, who as yet has not been nem
id, will come from Fargo, N. D.,
where the- company has the head
quarters of its staff for this section
if the country and will stage demon
trations and give lectures on dairy
ng in different parts- of the county
i Plans for the use of this expert
tave not been fully laid, but it is
bought that he will work in coopera
ion with County Agent Bodley and
mid a series of meetings in different
parts of the Gallatin. The man is
Available whenever the committee
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TRACK MEET WILL
BE ON SATURDAY
Bozeman Contestants Will Be Taken
To Belgrade Saturday Morning
By Rotarians.
The annual county track meet will
be held in Belgrade on Friday and
Saturday of this week and all pre
liminary arrangements have been
made to make this meet the most suc
cessful in the history of the county.
In the rural districts try-cuts have
been in progress for the past week
and the selections of contestants to
represent the different schools have
already been made. The list of these
has been turnd into the Belgrade
schools and is not available in Boze
man as yet.
Two teams, one of boys and one of
girls, will go from the Emerson
school of Bozeman. These teams will
be takçn to Belgrade in autos fur
nished by members of the Bozeman
Rotary club, who will take the young
sters down in the morning and go
after them in the evening.
A great deal of healthy interest in
the outcome of the contestst has been
worked up among the school children
of the county and there will be a
large attendance of both youngsters
and grown ups at the meet. A de
clamatory contest and a spelling con
test will be held in connection with
the track meet ,though naturally the
athletic events hold first place in the
estimation of the younger generation.
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a staff at the Montana State a
a college. The object of the a
a conference is a discussion of a
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PARKIN WOULD MAKE
BOZEMAN CLEAN CITY
New Mayor Condemns Bootlegging,
Gambilng and Immorality and
Promises Retrenchment.
"Bootlegging, gambling and im
morality must be wiped out of Boze
man.
of the short speech made by Mayor
E- J. Parkin upon his induction into
office Monday evening. Mayor Park
ing also emphasized that retrench
ment was needed in the matter of
city finances, named his list of ap
pointees and the standing committees
of the council and adjourned the spe
cial meeting of the council at which
he and Aldermen Rider and Gray as
sumed the duties of their new ofices.
The council meeting was called to
order by Retiring Mayor Sweet and
the routine business of the old coun
cil was gone through with. Annual
reports were read from the different
.city officers and bills were allowed
by the finance committee before the
new mayor and aldermen were seat
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These w'ere the keynote words
ed.
At the conclusion of the business
of the old council Mayor Sweet made
a short speech in which he thanked
the old council and the retiring city
employees for their cooperation and
their work for the city. He then in
troduced his successor and offered
him his cooperation in any line of en
deavor, "The
said Mr. Sweet, "certainly has all my
good wishes and you may know that
at all times I will do all in my pow
er to aid you in any project for the
good of Bozeman.
"I have no desire to make a regular
speech" said Mayor Parkin, "but I
will outline some of the polices that
I wish to have followed. The finance
problem is one of the big things con
fronting the city at the present time.
IW private business or the city that
is spending £10,000 in excess of the
amount taken in is facing a serious
difficulty. Private business, if con
fronted with such a problem, would
immediately set about to restrict ex
pense. I want to run the business of
the city as a private business. »Busi
ness in general is retrenching evehy
where and I believe that everyone
here will do their best to handle the
city's business as though it were their
own. Just how much retrenchment
is possible I do not know.
"I -do not believe in cutting wages
of labor," continued the now mayor,
"for I think the laborer should be
worthy of his hire, but I do think
we should get a dollor's worth of
iabor for every dollar we spend. It
(Continued on Page Ten)
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CITY ENGINEER
ANNUAL REPORT
L. S. Thorpe Sums Up Expenses and
Gives Suggestions for Work
That Is Needed.
The annual report of L. S. Thorpe,
city engineer, given at the council
meeting Monday night, showed that
the engineering department spent the
greatest part of the city revenues.
Mr. Thorpe also included in his re
port a list o? recommendations which
he asked the council to consider.
In the recommendations the first
matter called to the attention of the
council was the dangerous condition
of the bridges over Sour Dough creek.
The bridges in the alley back of the
Bozeman hotel, on South Church, East
Story and East Mendenhall
characterized as being particularly
dangerous. Mr. Thoipe said that the
bridges should be put in such condi
tion- as to preclude the possibility of
accident.
The next recommendation was that
Babcock street be opened from Boze
man to Rouse avenues, to facilitate
the traffic on this important street
of the city, and to overcome the dan
gerous comer at Babcock and Boze
man.
Mr. Thorpe brought out the fact
that the entrance to Bogert park
formerly used was now closed and
suggested that the city proceed to
make an entrance from Olive street
avenue sewer
was next taken up.and it was recom
mended that storm sewer for that
district be installed, as there was al
ways more or less trouble because of
present conditions, the sewer being
flooded from an adjoining ice pond.
A storm sewer system for the part
of the city lying south of Cleveland
was also recommended.
The wooden water mains, particul
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