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The Gallatin Valley — Beautiful, Productive and Prosperous The Bozeman Courier Printed Oldest County Newspaper Since 1871 THE BOZEMAN COURIER MARCH 29, 1922. . NUMBER 17. VOLUME 52. SIX IN RACE FOR SCHOOL TRUSTEES Voters in District Number Seven Have Plenty Material From Which to Choose. : j j Election Saturday interest in Election Develops as Tim« for Voting Draws Close at Hand. Interest in the election of school -trustees for District No. 7 has de veloped considerably during the past few days. There have been six placed in nomination by petition, as candidates tor election. Two places -ar t to be filled on the board. The candidates are well known in the district, and the race will be a keen one for all. Saturday last the names of Mrs. W. H. Lovelace and W. S. Irwin were filed, and Monday petitions were filed for George P. Finch and Fred Brown, an 1 for Mrs. Mabel McLeod and J. H. Aakjer. Little campaigning is being done, except by friends of the various candidates, who are urging all to turn out and vote. The work of administering business affail's of District No. 7 is of import ance to the people of Bozeman, and with the present discussion of school matters taking -prominent place, a heavy vote is predicted. The Tax payers' Association planned upon holding a meeting this week to con sider the. various candidates, with a view of selecting their preference. This was not done, due to spring con dit ions of the roads, so there will not be the concerted action by the Asso elation which was expected. The polls will be open from 2 o clock until 6 o'clock on the after -ÂeçTi of Saturday, April 1, at th e Em erson school building. A feature of the election will be th e serving of John Fabrick, E, J. Parkins and J. M. ! Wylie as judges without cost to the district. These men have donated their services that the election may be held with as little expense as pos sible. MORE HOUSES HERE FOR CITY TO GROW L, W. Truitt Gives Optimistic View of Real Estate Out look for Bozeman Future. Members of the Rotary Club de cided at the meeting Monday to hold one evening luncheon each month. This is to give all members an oppor tunity to discuss affairs of the club without a limited time preventing full consideration of the matters. The fourth Tuesday of each month has been set aside for the evening meet The attendance at th e meeting Tuesday was large, with four pests; present. These were William Smith, cf Lewistown; Howard Post, of Oak land. who bolds a membership at Kan sas City, Mo.; Mr. Mason, testing gineer for the State Highway Com mission. and Mr. Thornton, the con tractor who built seven and a half miles of road in West Gallatin last year. An invitation was extended to Rev. B. J. Osborn to speak to the Rotary Club next Tuesday. He will give the en emb an outline of the National Guard organization and the work that may be accomplished through training in 11. ^ President Lovelace appointed nominating committee of three, con sisting of J. R, Chambers, Henry luamill and Chet Sweet, U> place be fore the members ten a or more names as candidates for election as direct ors of the club for the coming year, he election will be held in April. L. W. Truitt was speaker for Tues day. giving a classification talk upon real estateribusiness in Bozeman. His talk was both instructive and inter esting. Among other things which Mr. Truitt impressed upon the ber? was the necessity for houses in Bozeman. Homes, he said, are the foundation upon which a city is builded, and with more houses in this city for renting purposes the growth would be very noticeable. Pointing out that the real estate business 1« in a healthy condition, Mr. Truitt stated the values in the city have not and are not now inflated. There are opportunities of securing good resident lots for anywhere from $360 to $600, which is not a high price. Comparing values in Boze mem more man with those in other cities in the state, brought attention to the f0teiljmik#4«r Page Tea.) STUB CREW BLAMED AS CAUSING WRECK Investigation Held by Official of Railroad Show Orders Were , Not Obeyed. The findings of the investigating committee into the cause of the wreck at Walsh's siding when train number 220 met Number I of the Northern Pacific in a head on collission on Mar. 17th. lay the blame upon the train crew of the stub. Two persons were killed and several others injured in the wreck. Division Superintendent, G. S. Jac obus, W. E. Weeks and Vincent Wil helm conducted the investigation which was completed last Saturday. The hearing brought out the fact that Engineer N. A. Nielson, and his fire man Don Caldwell, had not complied with orders received to pass number one at Walsh siding, and that Con ductor A. H. Stephens was at fault for not stopping the ttrain when it was apparent that the engine crew were disregarding the orders. Don Caldwell was one of the men killed in the wreck. Stephens and Nielson have been discharged by the Northern Pacific. These two men were among the oldest employees of the railroad company, and were con sidered most careful and capable men. Nielson had been an employee for 39 years and Stephens for 32 years. » g ** 888888888888888 XX XX MIDDLE CREEK PARK. XX XX XX XX President Harding has X* XX signed the measure Just XX XX passed by the Senate provid- XX „ — ** change lands it has in other XX XX parts of the state for land XX XX owned by the Northern Pacific XX XX within the district which com- XX XX prises . the recreational park. XX XX The scenic beauties of the XX XX ing means whereby the Mid- XX XX die Creek recreational park XX XX may be established. The bill XX was passed by the House last XX XX fall. It provides that the for- XX XX estry . department may *ex- XX XX Middle Creek canyon are un- XX XX surpassed in grandure in the XX XX United States, and some who XX XX have visited there give it pref- XX XX erence over any in the world. XX XX With the creation of the re- XX XX creational^ park, many citizens XX XX of Bozeman plan upon estab- XX XX lishing summer homes there. XX xx XX 888888888888888 FIRES IN BELFAST . CAUSE NEW TERROR Bombs Thrown Into Crowds Watching Firemen Attempt to Save Burning Factory, j BELFAST, March 28.—Several fires broke out in different parts of th e city early this morning. A bomb was thrown into a crowd watching the burning of a factory in Unity street and three persons were severe ly wounded. Among the buildings burned were a store, a flour mill, and a shop, all of which were in the central area. The factory was situated in Unity street, which is inhabited by large numbers of each faction. Each cused the other of starting the fire, and it was in the midst of this hub bub that the bomb was thrown. faction ac * BUN CHAN A, land, March 28 posted about town ordering all Or angemen to leave by this evening—a measure of reprisal for the recent MacMahon murders in Belfast. Irish provisional government troops have taken over Hie police barracks here County Donegal,, Ire .—Notices have been which were evacuated by the Royal Irish constabulary. An unsuccessful attempt was made last night to bum Masonic hall. The windows were smashed and petrol was sprinkled about the premises. In i " !' March 28.— In renwnae to the not.ee po.tod ntar the tow n h»l| y^terday threatening repraaU for CatholwaWted m Ireland, a group of Protestante met today and reformed their abhcusrenc« of «Il mtstégm <m CathiRite. The Protestants also expressed re gret that any section of their fellow townsmen with whom they had al ways lived on good terms should have had any doubt adeeming their trf tfat «te« Münk 5oTH MUST PUfcLTb-QETWEg To CRACK THE HU T; Acvwt the, \uAoxtvt. « / & rwy. W ' y/> i \\ i/yJi \ emc u \ 'tit Æ SA / # It & ,|i I,or c*v*r*s* «r rhè WrXwnùL'J .. O" Bozeman Chamber Cracks The Nut Membership Campaign Now Un cess—Teams Signing Up Way Meeting With Great Suc y New Active Members. £ The campaign workers who are con ducting the membership campaign for the Chamber of Commerce met in the grain room of the chamber last Mon day evening to organize and plan for the campaign. Cards bearing the names of the various business con cerns and individuals were distribut ed among the workers, and teams were organized as follows: No. 1—Nelson Story, Jr. No. 2—A. G. Berthot, W, S. Da vidson. No. 3—Alfred Atkinson, Allan Cameron. No. 4—L. W. Truitt, D. H. Budd. No. 5— L. K. Pence, J. P. Fabrick. ' No. 6— E. J. Hines, H. F. West. No. 7—J. R. Chambers, C. S. Ken yon. No. 8— F. O. Wilton, C. W. Sweet. No. 9—John Gary. M. F. Getchell. No. 10— S. C. Moore, E. J, Poetter. No. 11— M. J. O'Connell, Henry Lehrkind. PLANS FOR GENERAL WALKOUT COMPLETE WITH MINERS EXPECTING LONG BATHE Wage Scale Committee to Meet Operator^ for Final Negotiations in Effort to Avert Strike. t ' ( Last Effort To Prevent Strike Miners Will Show Operators Underpay Labor and Overcharge Consumer, and Profit Wages NEW' YORK, March 29.—Labor members of the anthracite wage scale subcommittee returned from Cleve land today to renew negotiations with the operators in an effort to avert the strike called for April 1. Both operators and mine»- ex pressed a desire to end the general •discussions which marked the open mg days of the conference last week and to confine future sessions to con sidération of the nineteen demands of the workers. Demanding a 20 per cent increase in wages, the miners say they propose to demonstrate that wages in the mines failed to keep pace with wages in other industries during the war; that th e total increase has been only 66 per cent since 1916; that the mine operator is making an excessive 'profif by underpaying his labor and ovorc arging the consumer; and that the mines could continue to show a reasonable profit to the operator after granting both an increase in wages and a reduction of pricrifc * Î The operators indicated that they would make known the *«ree*stage of wage £iuts they advocate in counter p „ >p:)Mlï . opera tor. 8 *y Hurt the limrk et {<„ «al has nfferod bec.uH «f tha puWfc'a inability to p«* ®« vailinv Se m m AaSbg 'apèa Ms pràœ&M»- bo coi* erstors, President Frank Fasrfeg-ltm of the BHacd» miim «adtest« ihn mom mg. wired .preMdant« of épm&om* ixtetkjm d ternis M » &£ tmA jkri lit StP T* 1 -» - -■'T'fpk'J* tePRw'»* '**•» No. 12— H. W. Lovelace. C. C Jameson. No. 13— W. D. Bell, A. E. Westlake. No. 14—R. A. Schuyler, John Hines. The following executive committee was appointed to have charge of the campaign and to direct the workers: A. G. Berthot, chairman; W. S. Da vidson, C. W. Sweet, D. H. Budd, Nel son Story, Jr., H. H. Howard, L. W. Truitt. Most of the workers started out at 9 o'clock Tuesday morning, and up to date have met with very gratifying results. Among the business con cerns. most of them signed up for their usual quota. Some who have been paying rather excessive sub scriptions were slightly reduced. Others whose subscriptions were not so large were increased. Many new members have already been added to the membership roll. With very few exceptions, the committees have been received pleasantly, and have met with very hearty response. Can be Made at Asked. INDIANAPOLIS, March 27.—With p i an6 complete for the nation wide coa i strike> unioD leaders here today awaited • developments in their pro gram f or a complete tieup of the country's coal industry through their 10 o'clock Wednesday morning in Chi cago. When asked if this conference might result in a separate wage scale for Illinois miners, Mr. Farrington said "Not at this time» I believe " Call to 200,000 non-union miners to join the half million union workers in the suspension of work next Friday at midnight. - £ The nature of the activities among the non-union workers had been left to the discretion of the dtetrict lead ers, but wühin each field 4t was derstood the union already had many organizers who had been enrolled some time ago as non-union employee. While 'developments in the New fork anthracite conference this week ware expected to riftrify the stand of the operators, union men here held un out no hope that the walkout in the anthracite districts would be averted. On the contrary, they expected the negotiations would continue some time after Aprü L and that the hard fWjl he tied up pending coa ; the Far t fee- soft" coal fiekl», no aetUe- ma&i waé iadHÎfht for any field .&U though both nmhwcet states «ad Rh- noi# union .official* were to bold wage negotiations with operator®, Only -y riteag« of tbs nmm*» v«ri!* Ï GALLATIN HIGH IS AT MUSIC CONTEST Representatives Go To Big Timber for State Contest in Special Coach. Gallatin's representatives state music contest, numbering in all 65 people, left Wednesday afternoon, March 29, on No. 2 for Big Timber, where the contest will be held on in the Thursday and Friday. A special car for Gallatin studenta will be attached to avoid confusion and disorder. - Mi»s Dampiere left on Tuesday in order to complete some of the details with Mr. Marshoff, of the Big Timber high school. The other instructors of the music department, Mrs. Dickson, Mrs- Currier and Mr. Fechter, will act as chaperones, as will also Mr. - , T«, j j ..j j and Mrs, Woodard a d Mi s Chad wick. The music department is paying the railway fares of all its represent atives and three chaperones from the proceeds of the different musical com edies it has given. From this fund it has also made and donated seven banners to be given as prizes in the contest. Tliiese banners, together with various trophies won by the high school, will be used to decorate a window for Gallatin in one of the Big Timber stores. ** xxxxxxixstxxxxxsxxxntxxxxxxx xx BOZEMAN MEN HONORED. XX XX ^ g XX Two Bozeman men were XX XX elect to office in the state or- IX XX ganization of Disabled Amer- XX XX ican Veterans of the World XX XX War, at the convention held XX XX at Great Falls. John Mahan XX XX was elected state commander XX XX and Herbert L. Lange was XX XX elected adjutant. Other men XX XX elected were A1 Griffith, of XX XX Great Falla, vice commander; XX XX C: li Shèridan. of Helena. XX XX treasurer; Ira M. Watson, of XX XX Butte, sergeant-at-arms; G- XX XX E. Masters, of Missoula, his- XX XX torian. James R. Van Horn XX XX was elected chaplain. There was a large attend- XX XX A XX anee at thé convention and a IX XX great deal of work done for IX XX the benefit of the disabled XX XX soldiers. Plans for caring for IX XX those needing assistance were XX XX perfected. The next state XX XX meeting will be held at Mis- XX XX soula in 1923. XX . snaonxxxxsxoxxxxaanxx n » MIDDLE CREEK HAS ALPS OUTCLASSED Kiwanis Club Hears Story of Wonder Land Within Short Distance From Bozeman. George D. Pease was the speaker at the noonday meeting of the Ka wanis Club Monday, and told mem bers of the wonderful beauties of Middle Creek canyon. Mr. Pease has devoted a year of energy and a good deal of money in fostering the meas ure recently signed by President Harding making it possible to create a recreational park in Middle Creek. In speaking of the work of accom plishing this movement, credit was given by Mr. Pease to Forest Super visor Burr Clark, who he stated had put every effort behind it and fur nished material and data which wai most valuable. Senators Myers and Walsh and Congressman McCormick were praised for their activity in bringing about passage of the meas ure in Congress. Describing the scenic beauties of the Middle Creek, Mr. Pease stated he did not rely upon his own views so much as he did upon those of peo ple who had traveled over the whole world. The many beauties of this canyon, situated within 20 miles of Bozeman, surpass that of anything found in the Alps, be stated. Hun dreds of beautiful waterfalls, rugged rocky formations rearing thousands of feet into the air. little valleys of wooded parks, he stated, wher fe ideal summer homes may be built, are to be found. la im exploration trip taken with a rspres^stst i v e of on« of the biggest feafcate film ccmcems, up into the almost unknown pari of Middlo Creek canyon^ Mr, Pease stated th* name of Cs&hedml Falla ahouM be five« to *loaa Wtt drops m imt in a beau- «fcew into tribute«? of Mid iOemtiuued mx Page Ten.) PASSENGER FARES REMAIN THE SAME State Supreme Court Discussing Suit Filed Over Year Ago By Attorney General. Higher Authority Federal Decision in Cases Similar , Favor Ruling of the Interstate Commerce Commission. ' After more than a year of waiting the people of this state are now in formed that there is no relief from the present passenger rate. The in formation comes in a decision of the supreme court, and passenger fares in Montana will continue at 3.6 per mile. The supreme court yesterday .. P HP _ . ... ,, diimissed the suit of Attorney Gen w e ni n gton D. Rankin to compel the railroads to observe the state law limiting passenger fares to 3 cents per mile. \ The state's suit was finel in Jan uary. 1921, and a decision has been held up on account of similar suits pending in the United States supreme court. The federal tribunal last month decided similar cases from Wisconsin and New York in favor of the interstate commerce commission ruling that the interstate body had the power to fix fares despite any state staatutes to the contrary. The state court, in its order dismissing the case, declared: As sweeping and as revolutionary as these decisions may appear to those jealous of states' rights, the questions herein included must be ac cepted as finally determined. Our view as to the proper constructions of the federal constitution and stat utes become wholly unimportant ami there is nothing left to be done other than to bow to the paramount author ity asserted by the federal govern ment. Th« decision was written by Asso ciate Justice Albert J. Galen. *» Miss Mary Herrin and Miss Hazel Hansen were hostesses to a number of friends last Thursday evening. TAXPAYER'S LETTER ASKS FOR ECONOMY Advise Election of Trustees Who Will Consider Finances of County in School Matters. Due to the bad road conditions at the present time making travel un certain the Gallatin County Taxpay ers have decided not to Hold a meet ing at the present time. It was in tended to hold a meeting before the coming school election to consider candidates. To remind taxpayers of the coun ty of the necessity of turning out on Saturday to vote for school trus tees, the following letter has been addressed to the members by Secret ary J. M. Wylie, "lest we forget". Gentlemen:! In view of the high percentage of the taxpayers money which is paid In taxes going into the public school fund, it has been thought wise by the executive board of the Gallatin Coun ty Taxpayers Association, that a statement of the conditions as they exist at the present time be given to the several School Boards through out Gallatin County. The Govenor of Montana and the State Superintendent of Public In struction, make the statement that "we must raise more money for the support of schools in Montana." Miss Trum peris statement at Mis soula in the "two weeks county superintendents, shows that an increase in teachers salaries from 1914 to 1922 if 44%, while farm pro ducts and farm wage« decreased 66 2-3 during the period from 1919 to 1922. course for Dean Hamilton at the Missoula "two weeks" course, advocated main taining this high standard of salaries gained during the war period, reco mmendisg a labor board organization to attain this emi We do nut mk that s reduction of 44% m teach«** -salarie* be made, but w* 4o.- 'mk ttesl é vary material re duction iw "«hefted «Iftcer» m wbiefe the cktef of «apply