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THE BOZEMAN COURIER JUNE 21, 1922.
VOLUME 52.
NUMBER 28.
ATTACK FORD PLAN
FOR MUSCLE SHOALS
Members House Military Com
mittee File Signed Protest
A gainst Proposed Purchase
and Lease
Ford öfter"
Re; resentalîive Kearns said Rep
ntative Parker and Frothingham
1 the report, although they pre
viouslv had indorsed another minority
opinion. H e expected two other com-1
Imitteemen would sign later hp said,
making a total of "eight Republican
signatures on the report *
'Tlie only thing that is kept befol-e
and sell
iv t-o the farmer, only
r himself a profit of 8 per centj
i nduction. No one has e \ er
; H them cheaply or what!
he would employ. The bold
• i made and Congress and the
■■nust take the statement as
- .r.tc truth
Cheap Fertilizer
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Doubt Statement That Fertilizer Will
Bo Made To Sell Cheaper
Than at Present
\\ ASHING! ON, June 20. Henry
Ford's offer to purchase and lease
the government's power and nitrate
projects at Muscle Shoals, Ala., was
attacked today in a report to the
ho : by Representative Kearns, Re
pu.' can, Ohio, and signed by Repre
es Morin, Pennsylvania; Par-,
1. . Few Jersey; Cfcowthq(r, New
Y^ -, Frothingham, Massachusetts,'
ar u F.ansley, Pennsylvania, all Re- ■
pub'...an members of the house mili
tary committee. The report declared
dissatisfaction with opinions already
presented to the House by other
members of the committee, and an
ed that the signers were deter
mined to tell "the people" the "real
iY- . about Muscle Shoals and the so
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the public," the report continues,
is to make fertilizer
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or be forever con
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agandists,"
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• properties for which Mr. Ford
offers the government $5,000,000. the
already have cost the
eminent $85.487,900. It declares
amount offered "seems wholly
it is remembered
on Id immediately dis
gas plant to the Ala
vver Company for $2,500,000"
: thereby obtain 'the Waco
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inadequate when
that Mr- Ford e
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quarry,
rd'r te plants No. 1 and No. 2, with
all their innumerable railroad engines
cud freight cars, steam shovels, con- !
cu/to mixers and other surplus prop
erty that could be readily sold for
s-' -era! additional millions."
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J Ij, EVANS WILL HE
CANDIDATE THIS FALL
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rrivu .,t has been made fcv
! ! ■ ;■ F vans, formally represenat
;• ' • fir*l district in congress, 1
V . tv v. Y ' a candidate for nomin
ation on the Democratic ticket for
; • ui . Mr. Evans is the second
t -'tY c nomination on the Demo
< a'Y ticket for congressman, as
s me time ago Byron Cooney of Butté ,
I his candidacy.
■Yr. Evans served as congressman
f'.Mi the first district of Montana un- ,
t -iefeated two years ago for the
immhiation. by the non paikisan can-i
< Mate, who lost to Mr. W. J. Me
( nrmick, candidate on the Republi- ;
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Railway Unions Warned Strike
Disasterous to Their Interests
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Chairman Hooper of the Board Informs Union Officials Results
Will Be Unfortunate For Membership... Executives
Declare Strike Will be Ordered If Voted
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CHICAGO, June 20.—A formal re-,
ply to the communication of leaders I
of ten railway unions who informed ;
the United
States railroad labor
board that a railroad strike will be
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authorized if the present referendum
favors a suspension of work, is being
prepared by the board, it was learned j
today, The reply to the union chiefs
will not be forwarded for several |
days, however, it was said
Meanwhile ,union headquarters
were speeding up the strike vote in
an effort to have it completed and
tabulated by next Saturday when tbe
committee of 90, representing the
rail unions, meets here to canvass the
returns.
Fifty thousand ballots east by shop
crafts employes have been "almost
silodty for the strike," according tc
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KELLOGG AND PREUS IN
LEAD AT PRIMARIES
Candidates Indorsed by the State
Convention Running Ahead. Demo
cats Nominate Mrs. Olson
gT. PAUL, June 20.— Additional
returns today from Monday's' pri
mary election in Minnesota strength
ensens the lead established at the out
set by Senator Frank B. Kellogg,
Governor J. A. 0. Preus and other
candidates endorsed by the Repub
lican state convention.
marked advantage and for some time
she held a lead, only to lose it as the
Ramsey county (St. Paul) vote be
gan to come in. Then her lead was
diminished until it reached a faint
where first she and then Meighan
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It is the first time in the history
of the state—local politicians say it
is th e first time in the history of
the country—that a woman has
i R0U £ ht the nomination of a major po
litical P art y ' and in Mrs - 01sen ' s case
she bad tb e endorsement of the Dem
1 ociatic convention.
Born in Minnesota 36 years ago,
Mrs. Olsen lived on a farm • in the
I southern part of the state until she
i married Peter Olsen. They have one
child, Mary, 14 years old, who has
taken an active interest in her moth
er ' s entry into politics. -
charg--driven
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Mrs. Annie Dickey Olsen, Demo
cratic state convention choice for the
U. S. Senatorial nomination, crept
into the lead again as new returns
came ux.
When the 804 out of the 33,438 pre
c j nc ^ s j n bbe state had reported on
the Democratic senatorial contest at
noon today> Mrs. Olsen had a 900
yote lead oyer Thomas J. Meighan,
her nearest opponent, the count
standing 0 lsen 9,411; Meighan, 8,583!
Morris, 4,885.
First reports gave Mrs. Olsen a
would take first place.
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State Agricultural. Advisory Board
Discuss Flans of Work With
College Faculty
The state advisory board of agri
culture appointed by Governor Jo
seph M. Dixon the first of the year
meet with the faculty of the Mon
tana State College, Director Cooley
and staff, of the extension ' depart
ment, and Dean F. B. Linfield and
staff, of the experimental station of
the college, last Thursday and Fri
day. Tho meeting proved to bo one
v. Yh a great amount of work
filled
and brought about some good results,
approved the plans outlined by the
committee appointed at the first
meeting, and elected its officers.
The committee elected Harry B.
Mitchell, of Great Falls, as chairman; I
A. H. Stafford, vice chairman, and i
^ baides B. Greenfield, secretary. The
wcrk outlined will be handled by
three sub-committees composing the
mcm bership, who will work with the
various departments. One sub-com
mittee will devote attention to farm
Bfe and country living, and decided
to appoint seven women from vari
ous parts of the state to co operate
with them. Another sub-committee
study farm productions, while
the third will devote its time to con
sidering farm management and eco
noniics.
A great deal of the time of the
committee was devoted to discussion
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would Authorize a
John Scott, secretary of the railway
employes' department of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor.
Disaster for the striking railway
unions and unfortunate
results for
their membership was predicted bo
follow the walkout, on which a strike
vote is now being taken by nine rail
road organisations, in a letter from
Ben W. Hooper, cnatrman of the
railroad labor board ,to the union.
leaders toSay,
Answering a letter from the union
chiefs bo the board, which declared
the execütives
strike if the employee demanded it,
Chafrman Hooper made the eategori
cal reply «0 the "fierce assaults" on
the board for which, h® declared there
was no ground,
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FLOODS IN TEXAS DESTROY THE CROPS
AND LEAVE MANY THOUSANDS HOMEESS
When the Rio Grand Reaches A Crest of 45 Feet and Spreads
Out Over The Lowlands, Livestock and Growing
Crops Are Lost
International Bridge Threatened
Government Offices are Flooded. Wreckage and Debris is Piled High
Against Bridge
LAREDO, Texas, June 20—Hun
dreds of Mexicans were rendered
destitute, scores of houses in low
lands washed away, the Laredo light
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Rio Grande reached a crest of 45
feet here today and spread out over
low-lying sections of Laredo and
Neuvo Laredo. Offices of govern
ment departments were flooded and
only part 0 f the balustrade of the
new international bridge connecting
Laredo and Neuvo Laredo was visi
b i e a bov e th e water. *
Waters sweeping between the two !
Laredos at unprecedented swiftness
and at the highest stage ever record
ed here carried along wrecked
houses, small bridges, other debris,
carcasses of animals and even two
human bodies, watchers reported. A
mass of wreckage piling against the
; international bridge is threatening
that structure. Rumors that another
rise is coming down the stream
caused increased anxiety here.
V/ASH1NGJON, June 20. Advices
from Mexico to th e state department
[ this afternoon said the government
offices at the international bridge at
Laredo were abandoned, that
persons in Neuvo Laredo had been!
from their homes, and that
business bouses, including two Amer
^ St ° reS ' ^ fl °° ded '
Troops were guai'ding the flooded
area and train schedules across the
river had been annulled. The con-;
sulate building in Neuvo Laredo was
still 15 feet above when the message
was sent.
- BROWNSVILLE, Texas, June 20.
i Bodies of several flood victims have
been seen floating down the Rio!
OFFICERS ELECTED
BY Y. M. C. A. BOARD
First Meeting Held by New Board
Monday Night. New Features
Announced
The election of officers of the new
board of directors of the Y- M. C. A.
was held Monday evening in the di
rectors' room at the Association
building.
Those elected to serve as officers'
of th e board and the Association for
the ensuing year are: S. C. Moore,
president; F. O. Wilton, vice prest
dent; W. H. Reif, treasurer; Charles
M. Fisher, recording secretary.,
In addition to the election of the
above officers, the chairmen of the
active committees wei'e appointed
For the physical department com
mittee, R. P. Bailey was appointed
chairman; boys' committee, E. J.
Parkin, chairman; religious commit
tee, Earl S. Marshall, chairman; ed
ucational committee, R, W- Beck,
chafrman;, social committee, H. M.
Jennison, chairman; membership com
mittee, W. H. Reiff, chairman; fin
ance committee, F. O. Wilton, chair
man; buildings and grounds, Chas.
M. Fisher, chairman; publicity com
mittee, J. P. Fabrick, chairman; nom
inating committee, R- M. Esgar,
chairman; visiting committee, G. L.
Martin, chairman; woman's commit
tee, Mrs. L, D- Conkling, chairman.
These committees will begin imme
diately to plan the work of their de
partments and wül recommend to the
finance committee later a budget
which they consider necessary for the
promotion the work planned by
the committees.'
Following tbe appointment of the
committees, Secretary J. H. Williams
read a report of the activities and
finances of the Association.
The financial interests of the Asso
ciation were carefully considered by
the new board. ,A hopeful outlook
for the future waa expressed by »11
tbe directors. In considering the
program and budget for another year
the board is considering giving a
greater possible service on a mm
enable expenditure.
A new feature of Association aebl
hrttie» was initiated by the board &i|
> when it was deddnll
on Fags Taa.)
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G^nde at Mier, Mexico, 130 miles
w^t of Matamoras and opposite
Roma, Texas, according bo telegraph
ic advices received at Matamoras late
T& ANTONIO, June 20.—Twenty
on thousand acres of Rio Grande val
onè thousand acres of Rio Grande
vaUey with crops valued at $2,500,
00«, were flooded in Hidalgo county
by a fresh rise in the lower stretches
of the Rio Grande as a result of the
flopd waters which came down late
yesterday afternoon from the San
Juan river in Mexico, while the cloud
burst flood of the upper river is near-1
ing its Crest at Laredo, 150 miles «P|t
stream, summarized th e border flood
situation early this morning,
Meanwhile the fate of 18,000 in
habitants of Piedras Negras, Mex,,
across the river from Eagle Pass, iso
lated since railway bridges were
swept out at midnight, is causing
grave concern. Nothing has been
heal'd from Piedras Negras since Sun
day night and the Mexican city has
| been without watex and light since
that time. The city is known to be
surrounded by water and the food
supply is thought to b e short.
1,500;-about
WHEAT HEADED OUT.
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Fine samples of Marquis and Kan
red wheat were brought to the city
j today .from the Sears & Dawes ranch
j two miles north of Bozeman. The
wheat is fully 18-inches high and is
1 beajjbd out in fine shape. The stand
on the 40 acres is all heavy, with in
dications of a heavy yield. The field
• from which the wheat came is on
; the bench and the wheat grown with
out irrigation.
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ROTARY CLUB TOLD
NEEDS OF THE HOY
Attorney Miller of Livingston Tells
What Club Can Accomplish Work
ing For Boys Good
A full attendance of members in
town of the Rotary Club was present
at tho noonday meeting-held Tuesday
at th e Bozeman Hotel, the only ab-
sent ones being out of town- Earl
Marshall presided as chairman and
conducted the meeting in a business
Conversa, who was a former student
and graduated from Montana State
College; Mr. Bridgman, of CSyde
Park, and Attorney H. J- Miller, of
Livingston- Mr. Miller was called
urpon for a short talk, and delivered
very fine address upon the week be
mg don* throughout the United
States by Botaasr dsk for beys.
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like manner.
A report of the committee appoint
ed to furnish cars for the service of
visiting delegates to the Woman's
Club convention was made by Dr.
Whitehead, in which he stated the
club had furnished 27 automobiles for
the trip up Bridger canyon and for
drives about the city.
L. K. Pence reported the prelimin
ary work of securing construction of
the Seventh Avenue road had been
practically completed. Steps have
been taken by the city commissioners
for securing the extra ground on the
fight of way and a plan has been out
lined fdr . securing the necessary
funds. Bids have been called for to
construct this (roadwork, and it is
expected the work will be completed
within the next 60 days. The com
mittee plan for raising the funds
necessary to pay for the work in
cludes an assessment upon all auto
owners within the city, ^he assess
ment to be levied upon the same basis
as the state license tax. Such money
as is needed above the the amount
this will raise will be secured
through donations made by those not
owning autos in the city.
A letter was read from O. W. Bei
den, Rotary governor for Montana,
expressing thanks for the congratu
lations sent him last week. He stat
ed a desire to meet with the local
club soon on an officiai visit
Guests at the meeting were Mr.
RETAIL MERCHANTS TO
HOLD BIG CONVENTION
Will Devote Considerable Time To
The Discussion of Necessity for
Good Advertising
Many of the business men of Boze
man are preparing to attend the
State convention of the Montana Re
tail Merchants association to be held
at Boulder Hot Springs next week.
The session will be one of exceptional
interest due to the extensive program
arranged by the committee in charge.
Mr. Frank 0. Wilton, manager of the
Willson Company, who is president
of the Bozeman Merchants exchange
will leave next Sundav for Boulder
to sent the l ocal association,
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Dakotas Association, nati
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into practice in hi ^ own store P the
things he preachea> has been engaged
tQ adresg the Montana R eta il Mer
chantg Association at Boulder
cj pr i n g S j une 20-27-28
has j ug ' t spent a " y ' b winter
season j n i ecture tours.
F , . M ,
j N ti na , Advertisers the hfo min
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bebifr campaigns ami the^n^tlr!
j Mr Mann has bee ; invited to appeav
before them is proof that bis
saj , e ^ g wor th hearing
Later he will appear in Spokane
at the Inland Empire Merchants *
vent i on f ov tbe second time;
com p S his own convention, which for
tunately terminates in time for him
to address the Montana meeting,
Mr. Mann frankly states that
; meal advertising deserves the credit
| for his development of an annual
1 business of $150,000 in his branch
store in Cando, N. D., a town of
1,000 population, and $500,
000 in his main store at Devils Lake,
with 5,000 population.
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WILLSON RESIGNED
AS COMMISSIONER
Forced to Retire From All Active
Business by Poor Condition
Of Health
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A poor condition of health has
made it necessary-for Fred F. Wil
Ison to resign as a member of the i
board of City Commissioner's. Mr.,
Willson made the announcment of
his intention to resign at the regular j
weekly meeting of the commissioners
held last Thursday. He informed his
follow members of the board that he
had received orders from his physi
cian to the effect that he must re
frain from all work or business de
tails for the coming year if he de
sires to recover his former healthy
condition.
"Much as I regret to do so, I shall
be compelled to relinquish my posi
tion upon the board of City Commis
sioners," Mr. Willson stated. "I plan
to spend the next year in the mount
ains of the West Gallatin in order
that I may get back to good physical
condition. All business and work of
every kind will be dropped and I
shall not be able to continue on the
board." Mr. Willson stated he had
wished to remain on the board until
the commission form of government
had been thoroughly tried out in
Bozeman, but could not do so under
the present conditions.
Mayor Amos Hall and commis
sioner J. E. Parkins expressed their
regret in it being necessary that Mr.
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Value Placed on Valiton Ranch
By Conley Cause of Hot Wrangle
Pencil Notations Made By Secretary of State Stewart When He
Was Inspecting Plant With Present Warden Potter
Read Into Records of Trial
ly purchased on an option fey i
Warden Oasdef In behalf of the
Tfc® ViOHon mich had not been tek«n|
mm by the state «hen Mr. Conleyl
went ml of office, and Attorney Gm-*
In the Conley case, Tuesday morn
ing, Attorney General Wellington D.
Rankin won a protracted legal debate
when he succeeded in having intro
duced as exhibits of evidence penciled
notes of Secretary tof State Charles
T. Stewart, made by the Utter dur
ing a visit to the state prison, re
garding an inventory of property
about the tim« there was a change in
wardens.
Secretary Stewart, a witness for
the defense, was testifying to mat
ters in cmmtâàxm with tbe Valiton
rasoch, which had been previously
testified had been leased and, ffaei«
formtiP
URGE COAL FIELD
CLOSE TO BOZEMAN
Kiwanis Club Members Boost
For Development of Big
Meadow Creek Coal Field.
High Quality Coal
Four Veins of Good Commercial Coal
Opened Up By the Develop
ing Company
The coal mines at Chestnut may
again become important factors in
coal production in Montana, if plans
the Kiwanis club mature. At the
noonday luncheon Monday held in the
Bozeman hotel, the members and vis
itors from tbe Rotary club and cham
ber of commerce listened to talks
given by Mr. William Gibson, man
ager of the Meadow Creek Coal Co.
and A. V. Corry a prominent mining
engineer of the state.
Howard Greene was chairman of the
meeting and in bringing to the at
tention of the members, the need of
a better coal supply, told of vast
quanities of coal now in the Chest
nut field awaiting development. Ho
explained that Mr. Gibson had secured
the backing of men with finances in
Duluth, who have been operating the
mines at Chestnut for the past year,
opening up throe veins of good qual
ity coal, producing about 50 tons per
day while devepoparent has been
going on. '
The advantages to Bozeman, if the
coal field at Chestnut can be brought
to full production, was outlined by
Mr. Greene, in which he called atten
tion to the large pay roll at Red
Lodge and Bear Creek. "The pay roll
at Red Lodge in normal times
amounts to about $225,000 per
month," Mr. Greene stated, "and at
Bear Creek it is even better when the
mines are in operation. If the report
upon the Meadow Creek mines prove
to bo correct there is no reason why
we cannot develop the mines and
bring to Bozeman an equally large
monthly income."
A brief outline of the work already
accomplished by the Meadow Creek
company was given by Mr. Gibson,
He told of the openings made in the
distiict and the tracing of the coal
veins in the mountain. "There ai'e
three veins located about two miles
from Chestnut on the main line of
the Northern Pacific" Mr. Gibson
stated, "all of a good quality of com
mercial coal. Four veins have been
located all of them traversing the pro
perty of the company for fully a
mile." *
The company has employed from
25 to 30 men at the mine for the past
year and has produced an average of
50 tons of commercial coal per day.
Only two of the veins have been de
veloped so far because these are locat
ed close to the raih'oad, making it
possible to advance more rapidly in
the work. In tunnel No. one on the
upper vein entry has been made 450
feet, and several rooms have been
opned, from the tunnel. The coal
vein is about 10 feet wide. The other
vein has also been opened to a good
depth showing a good grade of coal
running from three to seven feet
wide.
About 50,000 tons of coal is block
ed out that can be mined with the
present equipment, the only need be
ing more men, and it is the belief
that over a million tons of coal are
available when further development
has been made.
Mr. Corry gave some interesting
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notes to be used in making up hk .
port to the state If&fed <äf «mm
fCoattnaed m Pag* FeneA
eral Rankin when he reached cross
examination endeavored to establish
whether or not Mr. Conley had set
|80 an acire as the price the state
must pay to obtain possession of the
ranch, which contains BOG acres.
Secretary of State Stewart, it was
bnought out, accompanied M. W. Pot
ter, the present warden, to Deer
Lodge when the latter was inducted
into office as warden of the prison,
and A. £, MeFatridge, clerk of the
state board of examiner», was also
present. Mr- Conley, the
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