The Bozeman courier., November 07, 1923, Image 1

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BOZEMAN, MONTANA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1923
NUMBER 47
Mrs. Nelson W. "Bud" Story Killed In Automobile Accident
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EDMUND DUKE DEADS CITY TICKET
AND !S ELECTED MAYOR OF BOZEMAN
ONLY ONE OF THE THREE CANDIDATES "BOOSTED" BY
GOOD GOVERNMENT CLUB WINS OUT:
HOLST AND LOVELACE LOSE
Women Prove Big Factor
Mayor-Elect Burke Thanks Voters of Bozeman for Their Generous
Support and Promises to Give the City a Clean, Just, Impartial
and Progressive Administration—Regrets That Opposition Saw
Fit to Show Their Partisan Teeth.
Mayor-Elect's Statement
"You can say for me," said
Mayor-Elect Edmund Burke, who
headed the city ticket yesterday
in the city commissioner election,
and who left for Butte before the
vote was officially tallied, "that I
first of all wish to thank the vot
er's of the city of Bozeman for their
generous support of my candidacy,
and for the confidence in my ability
and expressed desire to fairly and
impartially serve my constituency
that their generous vote implied.
"It is my honest belief, as it is
do doubt the honest belief of my
fellow commissioners-elect ,that the
c >mmission-manager form of city
g vcrmnent an he so administered
that the greatest good to the great
est number of people will accrue,
and that, at the lowest possible
cost to the taxpaying public. This
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it will be my constant endeavor to
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"The only thing I deplore in the
election is that certain misguided
individuals saw fit to inject into
the supposedly non-partisan cam
paign a jet of venom that had for
its plain purpose the besmirching
of spotless reputations with the
tarry brush of class hatred, re
ligious bigotry, intolerance and in
tensely partisan aspersions.
On behalf of myself and fellow
commissioners-elect, I have no hesi
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tancy in stating that the affairs of
t'ne city government, while not to
be conducted with the idea or in
tention of pleasing everyone, will
surely be conducted with the idea
of giving every one a square deal,
and a fair and impartial adminis
tration of the city's affairs.
On that basis, and on the
strength of that pledge, we ask,
and expect, the hearty co-opera
tion of every right-thinking citi
zen of Bozeman.
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WOMEN WILL TAKE
ECONOMICS COURSE!
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SMITH-HUGHES NIGHT COURSE
OPENS AT EMERSON SCHOOL
NEXT MONDAY EVENING
Is Third Year
Women of Both Bozeman and the
Rural Districts Are Urged to At
tend Classes in Clothing Construc
tion and Scientific Preparation and
Serving of Food.
The third season for the holding of
the Smith-Hughes evening classes for
women in home economics, including
clothing construction and food pre
paration, opens next Monday night at
the Emerson school, the course being
in charge of Miss Medra Hall, who is
peculiarly fitted for the teaching of
these important and most interesting
subjects.
The Smith-Hughes act, which was
passed by congress in 1917, provides
certain government funds to be
matched by state or local money, for
the conducting of vocational training
classes in Home Economics, Trades,
Industries and Agricultural pursuits.
A larger proportion than usual of the
home economics appropriation is be
¥ ing used each year for the conduct
of these evening classes for women
from both the home and from business
life.
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tricts, as well as from the city proper,
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In an election that was unmarked
by acrimony or any visible signs of Î
ill-feeling such as had been presaged
because of the attacks, involving
charges of class hatred, religious big
otry and Klu Klux Klan endorsement!
that had been publicly hurled at three !
of the candidates, Edmund Burke and
E. G. B. "Nig" Hill were newly elec
ted to two of the offices of city com
! missioner, and E. J. Pgrkin, candidate
I of the Good Government club, was j
! re-elected to the other.
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: Mr. Burke, who was high man, with j
1906 votes, leading his nearest com- j
j petitor, E. J. Parkin, by 36 votes, and
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j Hill, by 90 votes, will be the mayor of ;
j Bozeman and president of the board,
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E. J. Parkin was second highest
with , 870 votcs ' while E - G - B -1
; Hill was third, with 816 votes. These
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three men constitute the new board
of city commissioners, and will take
office on January 1, 1924.
The unsuccessful candidates were
L. W. Watson, who ran fourth, with
747 votes; John H. Holst, who ran
fifth, with 697 votes, and W. H. Love
lace, who ran last, with 683 votes.
Vote Was Light
Considering the nature of the elec
tion and the open and implied attacks
made against three of the candidates,
the vote was extremely light, only
slightly more than fifty per cent of
the registered vote in the city going
to the polls, the total vote being about
! 1,700, of which more than fifty
cent were women voters.
The largest proportionate vote cast
was in the Third ward, where 550
electors expressed their preference,
and of which number nearly two- j
thirds were women. This ward show- j
ed up strong for Parkin, who ran 73 i
votes ahead of his nearest running
mate, J. H. Holst, and 78 votes ahead
of his nearest competitor, Edmund
Burke. It was in this ward that Wat
son's lead was reduced and that put
him back into fourth place.
The votes will be officially and pub
licly canvassed by City Clerk Carl
Spieth tomorrow, Thursday, after
noon, and the results published.
Votes By Precincts
The vote by precencts, as turned in !
to the city clerk by the judges of elec
tion, was as follows:
Frist Precenct—Hill, 186; Burke,
164; Watson, 144; Parkin, 100; Holst,
79; and Lovelace, 62.
Second Precinct—Burke, 229; Wat
son, 205; Hill, 199; Parkin, 176; Holst,
130; and Lovelace, 126.
Third Precenct—Parkin, 335; Holst,
282; Burke, 277; Lovelace, 270; Hill,
222, and Watson, 212.
Fourth Precinct
Parkins, 239;
Burke, 236; Hill, 209; Holst, 206;
Lovelace, 205, and Watson, 186.
Judges and Clerks
The judges and clerks of the elec
Hon, who served faithfully and effici
ently throughout the long day and who
worked at top speed, after the closing
°f the polls at 6 o'clock, to get the
tally to the city clerk, were:
First Ward—Judges, Ida. B. Shel
ton, Della Lehrkind and F. W. Web
ster; clerks, Sylvia Smith and Blanche
Wilkin.
Second Ward—Judges, W. T. Bran
denburg, E. J. Jones and C. B. Gray;
clerks, Anna Poetter and Floyd H.
Gant.
Third Ward—Judges, Margaret C.
Alderson, Mrs. Samuel Gibson and
Mrs. A. J. Walrath; clerks, Margaret
P. Powers and Edith E. Pease.
Fourth Ward—Judges, M. Langohr,
Mrs. Mary Cunningham and N. P.
Evans; clerks, Myrtle Hollier and
Stella Hollier.
All city taxes, heretofore payable
to the city treasurer, are nom due
and payable to the county treasurer
in the courthouse.
LINF1ELD SAYS STATE'S SUCCESS MUST
COME FROM EVOLUTION — NOT REVOLUTION
Dean F. B. Finfielcl, of the agricul
tural department of Montana State
college and director o fthe Montana
experiment station, who was the guest
of honor and principal speaker at the
regular noonday luncheon and meet
ing of the Bozeman Kiwanis club
Monday, gave voice to a number of
pertinent facts in connection with any
attempt that may be made to keep
Montana at the forefront of agricul
tural and livestock states.
That success can crown our efforts
only through a slow but steady pro
cess of evolution and not revolution,
was one of the telling points in Dean
Linfield's talk.
Expressing implicit faith in the po
tential possibilities of Montana in all
the various branches of agriculture,
he said that the problems are too large
and complex to be worked out in a
day, or a month, or a year, but that a
long period of time and contsant work
and ceaseless efforts would have to
he expended in the attempt at self
betterment before the desired results
could be attained.
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People will have to take the time
and trouble to learn to do things in
the right way, or at least in a better
way, and a constant effort will have
to be made at all times to overcome the
handicaps of inexperience, lack of capi
tal and the inadaptability of the work
ers before the economic disturbances
that have reac ted against the state's
.progressive growth can be either modi
fied or done away with.
Dean Linfield made special refer
ence to the wheat crop in the state,
which is the largest ever before har
vested. He said the quality and yield
of oats, corn and other farm crops
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Charles L. Fransham
Dies In Railroad Wreck
J ' Fransham, formerly of this city,
^ or some time past employed by
^ rei?on Short Line as machinist
foreman at the O. S. L. shops at the
According to a telegram received
early this morning by Postmaster Wil
liam J. Fransham, at his home, 124
North Tracy avenue, his son, Charles
Shoshone division point, about 75 miles
west of Pocatello, Idaho, was instant
ly killed late Tuesday night in a rail
road wreck.
No details were given in the tele
gram, which was sent by Mrs. Fran
GEO. DOUGLAS PEASE
DIES EAST FRIDAY
George Douglas Pease, aged 35
years, 10 months and 14 days, son of
Mrs. Mary E. Pease, of Bozeman, died
last Friday afternoon at 4:50 o'clock,
at the home of his sister, Mrs. Larry
White, 439 Grand avenue, north, after
a short illness of several months from
a heavy cold, which finally developed
into pneumonia. He was unmarried
and was engaged in farming in the
Bridger canyon.
The funeral was held Monday after
noon at 2 o'clock from the H. F. West
Funeral chapel, the Rev. R. P. Smith,
pastor of the Methodist church, offici
ating. Interment was in the Bozeman
cemetery, where services were con
ducted by the Woodman of the World.
Mr. Pease was born at Eau Claire,
Wis., Dec. 20, 1887, removing with
his parents to Bozeman while still a
small lad. • He was reared and re
ceived his education in the Bozeman
city schools and was graduated from
the Gallatin County High School,
since which time he has engaged in
farming.
He is survived by his mother, Mrs.
Mary E. Pease; one brother, Levi Jay
Pease, and two sisters, Mrs. Mary
White, and Mrs. Fred Ham, all of
Bozeman.
On Armistice day, Nov. 11, of this
year, "Forget - Me - Nuts" will be
sold on the streets by patriotic
young ladies, the funds to go toward
the Disabled -American Veterans of
the WorM War.
was exceptionally good this year, and
that every indication points to a gen
eral improvement in the livestock in
dustry.
He spoke a truism when he said
that a large part of the taxes of which
the people commonly complain are
levied "because you want them,
also said that fully 94 per cent of
th^e taxes raised in Gallatin county are
spent right here within the county
borders, and that every cent of the
taxes assessed for college purposes
was also spent right here, and, he
added, "considerably more.
He
Another telling point he made was
that in order to compete with the
large wheat raising sections of the
world, the poorer lands will untimate
ly have to be devoted to that branch
of agriculture, while the more valu
able land will have to be given over ;
to dairying, hog and poultry raising |
and other intensified and diversified '
fafin ci'ops and products.
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H. G, Klemme reported that his i
plan for a "Faith in Montana Week,
was being taken up by the Montana !
Press Association, and would be fully
worked out at the state convention,
which will be held in Lewistown, Nov
ember 1^17.
Dr. J. E. Daniels spoke on the neces
sity of giving better attention to the
rehabilitation of men disabled in the
World war, and to the task of get
ting them lucrative positions in which
they would be apt to stay put.
Bill Westlake, a student at the Gal
latin "Hi" made a nice talk, and urged
Kwwmians to patronize the program
and dance to be given at the high
school Saturday night.
sham, wife of the rail victim. Mrs.
Fransham, his mother, was not in the
city at the time, but an effort is being
made to reach her and advise her of
her son's untimely death.
Postmaster Fransham was driven
by his son, W. Eugene Fransham, in
their car this morning to Butte, where
connection with the Oregon Short
Line's afternoon train out of that city
will be made s othat he will be en
abled to reach the scene of the acci
dent late this evening.
COMMITTEES NAMED
FORGIRLS'CONGRESS
According to an announcement
made this week at the college, com
mittees have been appointed and
speakers have been selected for the
Ninth Annual, Vocational congress for
high school girls, which will be held
at Montana State college, November
22, 23 and 24.
Mi's. PeteT Olesen of Minnesota,
will be the principal speaker. Mrs.
Olesen who is better known as Anna
Dickie Olesen, was a candidate for
United States senator from Minnes
ota last year. Although she was de
feated, she is considered one of the
most eloquent speakers on the poli
tical 'rostrum, having achieved the re
putation of being "one of the world's
fastest speakers.
Miss Emily Butterfield, an archit
ect of Detroit, Michigan, will speak
on a number of other subjects than
architecture.
Club women of Montana to address
the congress will include Min. C. D.
Wiggenhorn of Billings, second vice
president of the Montana Federation
of Women's clubs; Mrs. Frederick
Laist and Mrs. Charles Lemmon of
Anaconda.
Two college deans have been espe
cially invited to attend, j They! are
Dean Stedman of the State univer
sity, Missoula, and Dean Van Cott
of the University of Utah.
Committees of college girls have
been appointed to take charge of the
various features of the congress. Miss
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BOZEMAN MATRON ALMOST INSTANTLY
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CAR SKIDS OFF ROAD AT CURVE NEAR POCATELLO
AS LIEUTENENT GOVERNOR APPLIES BRAKES:
VICTIMS THROWN CLEAR OF WRECKAGE
Neither Sustain Fractures
Although Severely and Painfully Injured, Husband Crawls to Road
and Summons Aid From Passing Autoists, After Which He
Lapses Into Unconsciousness and Is Taken to Pocatello Hospital
Where X-Ray Pictures and Diagnosis Reveal No Broken Bones
Or Internal Injuries. He Will Recover. Remains of Mrs. Story
Arrive Here Yesterday.
husband.
governor of Montana, is still confined
to the General hospital in Pocatello,
Mrs. Nelson W. Story, Jr., lies dead
at her home, 722 South Willson ave
nue, in this city, awaiting completion
of funeral arrangements, and her
Story, lieutenant
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Idaho, suffering from injuries sus
tained in an automobile accident last
I riday afternoon at one o'clock near
McCammon, Idaho, when the Cadillac
roadster, driven by Mr. Story and in
which his wife was a passenger,
skidded off the road at a sharp curve
and rolled over twice down a ten-foot
embankment as the result of the lock
ing of the wheels when the driver ap
plied the brakes to make the turn.
According to garage men who were
on the road and witnessed the acci
dent, the car was traveling at a fair
rate of speed. Mr, and Mrs. Story
were returning to their home in Boze
man from Los Angeles, Calif., where
they had been visiting Mr. Story's
brother, Walter Story, and family, of
that city. They left here in their car
early last month, expecting to return
before heavy snows blocked the road.
Club and other social functions
were awaiting Mrs. Story's return,
while Mr, Story planned to reach here
in time to vote in Tuesday's city com
piissioner election, and has made ar
rangements with a party of friends
to join him in a big game hunt in the
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the middle of the week.
How Accident Occurred
The accident occurred about three
miles east of McCammon, which is a
small town about 20 miles southeast
of Pocatello, on the Oregon Short Line
railroad. The Storys ate luncheon at
McCammon and left there shortly be
fore one o'clock. At the place where
the car left the road, there is a double
S" curve, the road crossing two rail
road tracks, the conditions being some
what akin to those on the Rocky
canyon road where Carl Miller went
over the embankment some weeks ago.
The lieutenant governor negotiated
the first curve and had crossed the
track and was gaining speed when the
second curve loomed ahead, the mo
mentum of the heavy car being so
great that it veered off the road when
the brakes froze the wheels.
Justin M. Smith, who viewed the
scene of the accident, said the road
near the point was so perfect that a
speed of from forty to fifty miles an
hour could be safely attained.
A peculiar feature of the accident
was that both occupants were thrown
completely clear of the car, which was
found to be almost a complete wreck
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at the bottom of the embankment.
Mrs. Story was lying on the side of
the embankment. She never regain
ed consciousness and, although medi
cal aid arrived on the scene within
fifteen minutes, she had breathed her
last within twenty minutes after the
accident. The remains were removed
to the Hahn Undertaking establish
ment in Pocatello, where they were
prepared for burial and from where
they were shipped later to Bozeman,
reaching here yesterday morning at
10:50 o'clock, accompanied by Nelson
Story, III, son of the deceased and by
T. Byron Story, brother of the lieuten
ant governor, Attorney Justin M.
Smith, and Harry Altenbrand, all of
whom departed on last Saturday morn
ing's train for Pocatello following the
receipt of telephone and telegraphic
messages recounting the bare story
of the accident, and by Dr. ami Mrs.
Hogan of Los Angeles and others.
The remains were taken direct from
the Drain to the family residence,
where they are being viewed by rela
tives and friends pending the com
pletion of fuamü arrangements, which
will be in charge of Funeral Director
H. F. West,
Funeral arrangements were com
pleted this morning. Funeral serv
ices will be held tomorrow afternoon,
Thursday, at 1:30 o'clock, at the Story
family residence, 722 South Willson
avenue, the Right Rev. William F.
Faber, of Helena, Episcopal bishop
fo rthe diocese of Montana, reading
the Episcopal burial service and
preaching the funeral sermon. Inter
ment will be in the Bozeman ceme
tery, the pallbearers, both active and
honorary, to be selected from the most
intimate friends of the deceased in
the community.
Daughter Arrived Sunday
Miss Mayo Story, only daughter of
the lieutenant governor and his wife,
who is attending the Wisconsin uni
versity at Madison, is at the family
home in this city, having been met
Sunday morning at Billings by Mrs.
W. R. Flew and daughter, Maurine.
Walter Story, of Los Angeles, Calif.,
the other brother of the injured man,
and Dr. Harry Mayo, of Salt Lake
City, Utah, brother of Mrs. Story, are
still in Pocatello and will remain with
the lieutenant governor until he is
able to accompany them to Bozeman,
which it is expected will be within
ten days or two weeks.
Shock Caused Death
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That shock was the cause of Mrs.
Story's death and of Mr. Story's con
dition was seen in the result of the
X-ray pictures taken of both, and the
several thorough examinations made.
Mrs. Story was found not to have suf
fered any internal injuries and there
were no fractures or serious concus
sions. The X-ray also revealed no frac
tures in Mr. Story's diagnosis, and
there were no evidences of internal
injuries, although there were slight
abrasions on the head and hip. If
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JURY STILL SITTING
IN DISTRICT COURT
CHAUNCEY ENOUS ENTERS PLEA
IN COURT TODAY ON CHARGE
OF WHEAT STEALING
Flivver Case
Jack Brown Flatly Contradicts Wife's
Testimony to the Effect That Her
Husband Had Lost the Large Sum
of $1,500 in Gambling in Anderson's
Place in Three Forks.
Charged with the theft, on or ub
and between, October 13 and Ij. of
quantity of wheat, estimated to be
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and valued ut 1
about 325 bushels,
$300, Chauncey Enous, Gallatin coun
ty rancher who was prominently con
nected with the Fourth of July show
■n Bozeman this year, was arraigned
last Friday in the district court be
fore Judge Ben B. Law, and the time
for his preliminary hearing set for
this afternoon.
Enous was charged with having
stolen the grain from William De
Hoag and C. V. Scollard. He haa
been incarcerated in the county jail
sending today's hearing.
Harold Spoonemore, arrested about
30 days ago at Three Forks by De
puty Sheriff Piere» Elmore and City
Marshall Ed. Kaiser, on a charge of
having passed a number
worthless
checks on Dr. Young, Shorty âithouse
«ml another resident of Three Fork«,
wm idm brought befsri; imdm Law
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