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ê \ù n 'V Fierce Battle Over Highway Commission Measure In the House FIGHT FOR LIFE OF SENATE INTRODUCED MEASURE BY PETERSON, RESULTED IN BILL BEING REFERRED TO HOUSE COMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS. ATTEMPT TO FORCE ACTION ON MEAS URE BY MAURY NOT SUC Battle broke out anew over the state highway commission in the Montana house Tuesday afternoon when Representative Cady of Lincoln county attempt ed to kill Senator Peterson's measure which curtails the com mission. After Representative Davis of Wibaux had moved that the Peterson bill be taken from general orders and referred to the committee on highways, Cady motioned to table the meas ure. His motion failed of pas sage, 38 to 56. By a vote of 51 to 43 the motion of Davis was carried and the bill now is in the hands of the highways com mittee. Consideration of the Peterson bill brought forth plen ty of hot argument on the floor of the house. Maury of Silver Bow declared there was no rea son for referring the bill to the| highways committee and said that the move was merely an effort to leave the highway com mission as it is now constituted. Cady asserted that the highways committe had lost the bill through the dynamiting of Maury and had h.vor, forced to place it on general or ders before any member of the com mittee had time to read it. Scharni know of Powell, began a lengthy talk to the effect that if the house killed the Peterson hill the senate would retaliate by killing important house a. su res now being considered in the I'TV'er branch of the assembly. Speak or (Yumbaker immediately ruled) Scharnikow out of order for discus sing senate proceedings and a few. minutes later he ruled Tawney of Ravalli out of order for attempting to talk along the same lines, Bernard of Flathead, chairman of the house highways committee, declar ed that it had been tentatively agreed if the three bills of the house high ways committee passed the house that the upper body would kill the Peterson bill. members wore now going back on their promises by attempting to keep the Peterson bill alive. Consideration of highway bills threatened Tuesday to develop a hot fight between the house and the sen ate. In the meantime enactment of important legislation including action on appropriation measures and consti tutional amendment bills would be held un. The Peterson highway bill was said Tuesday afternoon to have slight chances for passage in the He charged that certain house lower body said that the highway commission would probably be left exactly as it Is now or constituted as provided in three house bills passed in the lower body Monday night. Charges were made in the house Tuesday afternoon that supporters of the highway commission were devot ing their time now to working up a (Continued on Page Ten.) Kn , : j ™rt PU f ' 0 'r.u^ the t y wlU be ^ Ll JI.1Ï *7 of T a . »"■T'r.se îï.t Wh*Ä. 6 ,ndlcst, 3 ns , are £ S .t SS î n . S an . d e î tCT ' ^ thad l cl fp at e« bus V rl?™ 1 al rlva | un ^f them trams . them away after the dose of the "SSr hotels in Bozeman indicate a lively interest neing taken by dealers throughout the state in the comjng convention- With practically 100 reservations already received by the hotels, it is safe pre<iict that this number will be morei than doubled, so it is confidently ex pected there will not be less than 40^ V r 500 delegates in the city during the three days. This is one of the im portant meetings of the association, fer there are many subjects of vital interest to the members to b e con sidered here with a final action to be taken governing the future policies of dealers. The program provides for business sessions to occupy the attention of the delegates during the forenoon. They will be registered upon their arrival, given identification badges and direct ed to the convention hall. In th e aft emoon there will be a mixture of ( Continued on Page Ten.) MANY DEALERS WILL ATTEND CONVENTION implement and Hardware Dealers As sociation Meet Here Next Week Many Reservations Made. Some changes have been made in the program for the Montana Implement and Hardware convention to be held next Monday, Tuesday and Wednes day, February 26, 27 and 28. The <hanges ar-- in the way of additions to the puoushed program, and have been arranged by Secretary A. C. Tal mage, who is exciting every effort to make the coming se. sion one of the ^nost satisfactory gatherings for the thç members since the association was formed, Mr. Talmage has been able to con nect with some entertainment feat ures for the three days which had not been signed up when the program was issued. These added attractions win Dealers* Associatioa in Bozema « I Courier r BOZEMAN, MONTANA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1923 VOLUME LIII. NUMBER 11. I PICTURE THAT NEEDS NO LABEL 1 j i m P. ¥ V jffj m jfd mmm ftft; u - t mm £f|p v - -. '■ ' ■ >• & m & Pï ••• • , ♦ m m v: •> m ,v i 8 « ai Æv .ft A* x-' : % m i • ><• % » iîfc ■V ,Sv* . > . r-R ft« 1 -s - V &: Æ m > V il ME ■-T. ai vil ■:4m m : * m ■ • > ■am 'V 1 / m ¥ m m ,■ '■> > ; w y > ■; 'xa mmm m ■ i ? x; m ■ . mfM ••Xv/X é:\ $ ■ m ■ Ï V P ■ vvj ■ ; 0 - : iiiiilÜBfeiMi»» m \ % mm •vr Ï » -.!> : i « - w s. / : ; v -> 9* m 7? I m ■if-' ■ : 7 r o <0 kr ' Under A recent test of high-echool children revealed that many were unfamiliar with the feature# of a present-day great American etateeman, but It would be hard to believe that any child in the country w~uld fall to recognise this picture ef George Washington. I GALLATIN PIONEERS HOLD ANNUAL MEET Old-Timers of Gallatin. With Their Families Will Observe Thirteenth Year of Organization. ^ Th e Pioneers' Society of Gallatin County and the Sons and Daughters of Pioneers, together with grandsons and granddaughters of pioneers, will hold the thirteenth annual reunion and dinner next Thursday at the Elks' Home. The Pioneers have always held their reunion on Washington's birthday, February 22- Members or the organizations have expresses their intention of being present, in dicating there will be a big crowd at the meeting. Members of the two organizations will meet in the social room of the Elks' Home, where they will register and receive thir badges. Tickets for the banquet to be served in the even ing will also b available to members here % The banquet will be served at the Kramer Cafe on the ground floor of the Elks' Home. The pioneers and their sons and daughters will be eli gible to attend the banquet, as will their families. After the banquet the members will adjourn to the dance hall, where an enjoyable program has been arranged for the afternoon. One of the prin cipal features of the entertainment will be music of the good old-fash ioned kind, furnished by two of Galls-. ti „. s oldest pione€rs À. W. Orton at the piano, and Marsh Nelson with the '»Olin. These men will do the play inn for old-fashioned dancing, in w (,ich the members will indulge for their own pleasure. ,c °" ti ™ ed « Pa « a Ten.) a ^°' e * Entertamment of Living Pic tu res Show Women Prominent in Advancement of Country. The women of the Welfare Coun cil of the Holy Rosary parish will pre 1 sent a Pageant of History next Fri day evening at the Knights of Coluro bus hall. There will be reproductions living pictures of women prominent in the development of American his tory in costumes of the times in which they lived. The pictures ca rry through the early history before Col umbus, and continues on down to the present day. The pageant is something of a nov i e lty. in that ü is a continuous pict 1 (Continued on Page PhreJ PAGEANT OF HISTORY GIVEN NEXT FRIDAY Germans Aim For Negotiations As A Result Or Passive Resistance MEETING OF CENTRE PARTY MEMBERS TOLD BY FORMER CHANCELLOR WIRT MUST WATCH FOR MOMENT WHEN NEGOTIATIONS MILL BE POSSIBLE—PROTEST EXPUL SION GERMANS FROM OCCUPIED TERRITORY. BERLIN, Feb. 20.—Former Chancellor Wirth has told a meet ing of Centre party members at Ulm that the resistance in the Ruhr is aimed at bringing about negotiations, the Vossische Zeitunk says. The government, he added, must be watchful so as not to miss the moment when negotiations wlil be possible. The German government has sent a note to the French, Brit ish and Belgian governments and the Rhineland commission at Coblenz vigorously protesting against the expulsion of German officials from the occupied territories. The note also protests against what is described as the brutal manner in which the ex pulsions have been carried out. - Members of Cobcat Team, With the Coach«. Entertained by Club at Noonday Luncheon. LONDON, Feb, 20. — the Ruhr printed here today assert that the German cabinet ministers continue to visit the occupied region in defiance of the recent order pro hibiting their presence. It is asserted that Herr Severing, minister of the interior and Herr Groener, minister of transportation, were recent visit Thé Times learn that the Belgians ors. BASKETBALL SQUAD I KIWANIANS GUESTS Members of the Bobcat basketball squad, with Coach "Doc" Jones and Physical Director Ott Romney, were guests at the noonday luncheon of the Kiwanis Club Monday. The team was entertained with the usual hearty wel come ext ended the athletic represent atives of the Montana State College! by the Kiwaniahs and made to feel that th e organization is boosting for' them all the time. After the luncheon, Geo. D. Peaces spoke of the great growth enjoyed by th$ college during itr existence here and the development of athletics, He complimented the teauv for the fine showing made during the season, expressing the belief that the Bobcat were sure to win the state cramplon - r. Daniels, E- J. Parkin and Ifo brrt D. Bath also s^ok# of the pride token bv Bozeman in the basketball (Continued on Page Five-) Dispatches have occupied the railway stations at Halsterhausen and Herbvest. Scant hope for British intervention at this time in the dispute between France and Germany is to be gleaned from Premier Bonar Law's speech in the house of commons last evening. The premier concluded the debate on the joint liberal amendment to the (Continued on Page Ten.) ADVISE ROTARIANS UPON ATTENDANCE Alfred Atkinson Talks to Members of Club—Attendance Will Keep Up Interest in Work. Prsideut Alfred Atkinson, of the educatioral committee of the Rotary Club, gave the members a very inter esting talk at the noonday luncheon on Tuesday, on the subject of attend an ce. He emphasized that attendance at meetings was a factor in a member keeping up his interest in the work of the ciub and retained the view points of the Rotary spirit. Discusaing the growth of the club during the past few years, its remark able development throughout the woridj he called attention to the mem bership and attendance record- In 1919 th membership of the Rotary Club was 45,000, and attendance rec ords were 43 per cent. In 1922 the membership had reached 81,000, and attendance records showed an increase to 80 per cent. This, Professor At kinson pointed oat, was a d e ei db m (Continued ea P&ge Ten-) BOBCATS CLEAN UP BRUINS IN BOTH GAMES AND TAKE LEAD FOR STATE CHAMPIONSHIP REGAIN CHAMPIONSHIP HONORS FROM THE BRUINS IN TWO FAST AND FURIOUS GAMES PLAYED AT MIS SOULA—VICTORY AFTER TWO YEARS OF LOSING FILLS HEARTS WITH JOY—GAMES WITH MINES THIS WEEK. I f ! Bozeman's Bobcats, otherwise known as the Montana State col lege basketball team, are today the heroes of the entire populace. They have met the enemy, the Missoula Bruins, on their own floor, for a second time, eaten of bear meat that tasted scLgood Friday evening that they needs must have a second feast of the wild flesh on Saturday night. So to make a perfect day or rather two perfect days in the history of Bobcat accomplishments they arrived home absolute masters of their ancient foes, champions of the state, in the minds of* the Bozeman fans, with but two more games to be played to make the claim undisputed. When the news came over the wire last Saturday evening stat ing that the Bobcats had trimmed the Bruins a second time for a score of 25 to 19 demonstrations of joy. not only by the students at home, but by the fans who are so loyally supporting the team, i knew no bounds. There was unrestrained celebration of the vic tories won by Coach "Doc" Jones' fast-working combination of j basket shooters. The winning back, after two years of supremacy I held by the University Bruins, over the state college Bobcats, was j intensely enjoyed by the supporters of the team and the fact that the bruins are now eliminated from championship possibili ties added to the joy. r Y ,. r . , inriI . . Ml il ÜIUUI km I . W. b. A. AIKl LAilL nirr nip oiipppoo KAl.r nlll \| II I r\V 11/lUL lilll UUUULUli - MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN CAME TO CLOSE SATURDAY WITH BIG RACE FURNISHING CLOSE FINISH. Show More Speed in Securing Mem bers Than the men. Receive Board's Appreciation. - - Saturday night over 70 of those who have been participating in the airplane race for memberships to the Y. M. C. A. of Bozeman sat down to a fine banquet in the dining room, ... . j , __j . ® , ir r, that had been prepared by the W. C. T* U. It was the last of the special dinners furnished by the Y. M> C. A. to those who had devoted the week the arduous task of increasing the ! V \ Women Lead Race list of members of the "Y-," reeult ing in a roll of 396 members real ized, valued at $3,691, including the contributions, with about half of this sum paid in caih, The final report of all workers called for, by the offiical timer, Frank O. Wilton, after the dinner, was most pleasing to the directors of the Y. M. C. A., demonstrating to them that the people of Bozeman are still interested: in the institution and desire to see it remain a going concern in the city. I Offiical Starter Charles Fisher was extremely well pleased with the re-j suits, complimenting those who had | been out soliciting memberships for their good work The airplane race was most exert- 1 ing during the week, and proved a real incentive in membership work.: Mrs. C. O. Glisson and Mrs. C. L. An- : ceney, each in command of a plane with five crews each, were going at a ; i speed that far outstripped any of the! planes handled by the men. They brought their planes to the city after the great trip over the prescribed race course, landing almost simulta ueously in Bozeman on Saturday. The wonderful activity of the women of the city who participated in the race proved to be a big factor in the results, they having brought in the major portion of the memberships The ten* teams composed of women were sent out every day early and worked until a late hour, each mem ber of the team working at her best to bring in an additional member- No distance was too great for any one of them to cover if there was a possibili ty of adding another member to the Y." Miss Ruth McIntosh, chairman of the woman's department of the Y. M- C. A., is deserving of a great amount of praise for the manner in which she devoted time and energy to the success of the campaign. She rendered assistance to the command ers of the two battalions commanded (Continued oa Page Ten.) Damage suits aggregating nearly $100,000 have been instituted in Mon tana courts against the Great North ern, B. A Q. and the C., M- & St. P s railroads by Singling A Works fori failure to denver cars at designate'! stations on their, lines to receive sheep for shipment- Two suits were filed in the district court of Gallatin eoun ty on Saturday of last week. One h in the sum of $1,646, against the M. à St P^ and on© for $2,000 the ÇL, B. A Q- railroad, v In Billing« there waa a suit filed against the' (Continued oa Page FhmJ HEAVY DAMAGES ASKED RAILROADS IN SUIT Suits Filed in Gallatin and Yellow stone Counties Involving Nearly $100,000 in Claims. Both games were filled with thrills of sufficient number to satisfy those who attended. The state college team , rS n '';oThe th hono r rUi „" S, th e 0m winn 1 0 „ 0 R r The first panie on Frida y was fast and furi °us, clean and free from any showing of unsportsmanship. j Both teams played at top speed with ! the one idea to w r in. Before the 1 Bruins hardly were well under way the Bobcats had scored and maintained their lead throughout the entie game. At the end of the first half the score stood eight to three in the Bobcats' favor. During the second half Bag- ley and Hartwig lead their respective teams in shooting baskets, with the Bruins* right forward creating almost a panic for the opposition by his fin© work. Hartwig, Bobcat center was playing a stellar game, and his fast and sure shots were great factors in the winning of the game. When the final whistle blew the score stood 20 *° , . ., , ... , , . * u * urda y the skill and de termination of tue Bobcats, drilled | nto ^ em j oneg was g ti|l j n evidence. The boys went into the game filled with the determination-to again eat of bear meat, thereby elim inating them from state championship y v S " 1 V • f / possibilities while at the same time practically settling the title upon themselves. They had their hearts , on , victory, and this they accom pushed. Every moment, each point °* the second game was gained through hard and skillful team work. Hartwig s clever basket shooting of the night before marked him for the second game and he was so well cov (Continued on Page Ten.) «... .__ » _ __ , r---r».— W< ? LarK. Psmsn U,;. of G.mM.Dnr nK the . csson H rth In rea ng oirengin Mown. y ■ l*. GAEUTIN HIGH IN CHAMPIONSHIP FORM ! Gallatin High continued to show its basketball prowess in the game with Billings by taking th e visiting team camp by the score of 20 to 19 »n a . fought battle last Thursday night- The lead during the game was switched several times, and it _ was anyone's game up to the last whittle, H 16 one point by which the Gallatin boys won being a demonstration of tb® evenness of the speed and ability Hie two teams, Billings had a real hoopster in Pet ers, who started out for his team right at the start, and his wonderful playing came near to making a de feat for • the home boys, Taylor showed up fine for the Gallatin team, and the work of the guardc of both teams was something beyond the usual witnessed in previous games, The fast work of the Gallatin team brought them to the end of the first half leading by three points, the score standing 10 to 7. ■ > . r ï t During the second half the teams worked in speedy fashion, with bas kets alternating, ;o that it was diffi cult to know which was leading. The game was hotly contested to the last moment, and when the winal score was announced, Gallatin High was bolding the lead by one point. the Gallatin High again displayed its fine playing qual ities by taking the Sweetgrats Coun ty High team to a clear finish of 21 to 8. The game was a hotly contest ed affair throughout, the Big Timber team showing class and co-ordination «ich as had not beer, looked for. How aver, Coach Morse had his men well trained and they demonstrated their superior ability. The game was at times one-sided, with th* Gallatin boy» shooting bas kete from long distance. They also found It easy to break through the j Sweetgraa« guard for a clear, shot, The nwaKben Gallatin' 1 o» Page Ten.) Friday night i