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- -,-1 il. .) Y u fl • ■ A i i' ■ ■— BOZEMAN, MONTANA. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 2. 1924 ViAK — fn i »jwij »weri .1 MS TO VOTE ON METAL MINES TAX LAW iT^T I I 5 • I % / 4 I ft r i rO 0!'[I III Dt 1 l\iili i t pi a mi f ! \> « S Si *■ \ SU VI ION . - \l l N1 TIES iiOi'S i*L'K \ i. K' A h V' i * i >|0P **■ * eport i iwarn^ i x { »«ni mi A tee of ! Bureau - 1 1 ! ■r .-h" v • i .irm i ! Much impnnement in n th;- Farms. f ! ff >0W THAT VOi K* and con-1 il y conceded • rganizations, . . is the one that wonderful ; able to ac . a short time I ' . -.1 ■ t n > ; ; i 1 oi a«.« ;i i/Cd i .1 t* v s;innar organiza ,, i : y •• :.er country. •ly pravide.s i Mi: i rs may > -■ make . •r> '.n<i rural essen' Xa-.ional bureaus) ! market • • le relation 1: ucatn * j IS? is. On ( ten ' rS£l UUV-- commit V s i Uti T once mailers of coun Fach state, in i.a- ers. and finally, the American Farm bureau Fédéra TIG! * i; gislativc. transpor-j r;> ' •. etc., looks interest in a na sane, and ■v gaff of officials, ■wich its- many departments, such a ful' \y pr. anizati' :i. It seau #jer the • armors way. % 1 »roadminded Leadership. conservative, Continued Rage 7). on Continued Rage 7). on NEW ii i ) A\ uL -4 * a sptcia of the Board meet btect rs of the ( ce held Tuesd niber of Com ay evening, L. E. nwa - v w as unanimously elected H ■mur** • t 1 Air. Harader. Re s filled » Ha' °G away is >-ow manager I r q , -, L. „ namoer vive :n vv ha: », the Past lb a half years. Led Lodge ho l>. r,,, r t., .n n assistant secre Fommerc? ■ m ■? ami spent k* intelligence dtales army. i weil recom . 1 onsiderable Mr. Hatha '.s mo man. OVD »ftv ; % •m '-'ther will He has *-s not later ~—- - is unir ? 1 1 him h. ri Uliti •uav *100,000 Dimples .. L 1 ■z Sx, gafty. I % PC POCAtTr Lisent he°/ t St Loui ** wb <> P 24 National n Wn ftgain in iS h fer Ä Beaut V Show, amipLs in 5ure< j fo» IK to v>J0. - KEEPING A GOOD MAN DOWN 7 TÎÔHT^Î, 0OVÇ, TIOHTE«; 6 C&5 / f 4^ s n A ■ ! \ 9 cS 4» - ^ K 'aCr r V €f VN O 1 B fl m f ■ In y â V: .ot. —' dL y* t Kz m \\ :.vN ■M j • I j I > - ? •î / 7|îA'" . r r V li.' r 192. V Busmt 55 ?» \ Vj y o°. ft \ V rr 95 * Wt - — — : y/ / M Z'.W/ V-' „ , j \* /feiiv ' V// Wfo,, W. * < : ■ > A / ft A * :<v y/^ a m 3 .V \ \ ..A Jy % é. ///u Vi y wi y ■/ ^ÜhHÜJé; ' <■ y S' A £ V i \ tylJh Awr&aUftt, '>V/: COKkJ»^ i v u 1 POPULAR LOCAL ELECTRICIAN; FRLD RAMSEY DIED SUDDENLY IN BUTTE I ! SUCCUMBED IN BUTTE TO ACUTE EYE TROUBLE Fred M. Ramsey, aged 47 years, popular local electrician, employed years as field trouble man for the Montana Power * pany, died suddenly Saturday night in Butte, where he had gone three 1 weeks before to secure surgical re- ; lief from an acute form of eye j trouble thought to have been the result of ' ! for several com-;ed result of an accidental high voltage j electric shock he sustained at the 1 j power transformer station on Eleven-! th avenue, south, last Nov. 17. : According to the death report of • the attending physician in the min ling city, the immediate cause of ; ! death was coronary sclerosis, tht | * contributing cause being due to the i Mrs. Ram-1 sey was not with her husband when been called electric shock sustained. he passed away, having to IF zero an to look after their child-j at end to some business mat. ren a She was preparing to return n iny morning when 1 she received a telegram Saturday af tornoon telling her that Mr. Ram ! sev's condition had taken a turn for ; the worse and that he had been re oved from the home of their old| ters. to Butt t ■r.ily m friends, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Harper to a hospital. Several hours later she received a telegram conveying the sad news of his death. The remains w'ere brought to Boze man Monday afternoon, accompanied a brother-in-law', John Esgar, and Mrs. W. C. Harper, of Butte, and was met at the train here by rela ; tives, friends and a number of fel low' employees of the deceased in the Montana Power company. bv arrangements t o which are in charge ci Funeral Di rector H. F. West, will be held to^ morrow afternoon^ Thursday, at 2 »o'clock, from the West Funeral cha pel, the Rev. A. L. Chapman, pastor ! of the Payne Memorial Christian (Church, officiating. Interment wih The funeral. , the be in the Bozeman cemetery, R. A. Schuyler, pallbearers being: W. H. Reif, Harry Von Turffs, Roy R. Hathaway, Charles L. Spaulding The latter is and H. Dale Cline, wire chief in the Bozeman branch oi the Mountain States Tel. & Tel. Co., the others all being employees of Bozeman branch, Mr. Reif, cashier, Mr. Von Turffs. city foreman, ano Mr. Hathaway and Mr. Spaulding, city linemen. Deceased was a mem her of the Electrical Workers' Un ion. Mr. , the Montana Power company, Schulyer being the manager of the Mr. Ramsey, who had been in the employ of the Montana Power com-1 pany in this city for the past six (Continued on Page 7^. ROY HOÜGER, CONVICTED OF RURGLARY, GIVES GOOD ADVICE TO YOUTHS |Y8UNG BANK ROBBER SENTENCED TO PEN The latest court action to be re corded in the cases of the dozen or Montana and other northwestern states, charged with the commission of upwards of 25 bank robberies in Montana and neaiby states, was the conviction, several days ago, of Roy said to be the ot more bank burglars who were round up last fall in raids throughout the band which terrorized the coun try barks during the past 12, will be open next Wednesday, April 9. The entire house will be three reserved, and seats can be secure i only at the box office of the Eller, theatre on and after the above date. The house has been divided downstairs seats and the balcony years. Houger passed through Butte sev eia ^ ( ' a - vs a ^° 0Tl bis way to Um*. state Penitentiary at Deer Lodge. He faces a sentence of from thiee two sections, the H) yeais meted out to him on selling for $1.50 convicfcion a cb arge of having j seats for 75 cents. been complicated in the mhbery of | "The Prince of Tonight, is rated th e bank at Valier. Houger was i the custody of Sheriff Fastock into ln as one of the most tuneful and en ■. i ot trancing musical comedies produced in this country during thepastdecade.lt Pondera country. Go straight." is Houger's advice j will be remembered that the show, to all who are tempted from the path j n which there are GO people in the of righteousness. "Being crooked cast, had a successful run in this 44 J°° sn - P a Y» be added. He dec are? city the loss of a job and financial dis- Woodruff in the title role. The orig tress led him to turn towards robber- j inal production was under the per r Y f° r a Uxelihood. (Continued on Page 7). same years ago with Henry I sonal management of the great thc (Continued on Page 7). MRS. ALICE SMITH CALLED BY DEATH Mrs. Alice Webster Smith, aged 44 yeais, beloved wife of W. G. Smith of this city, passed aw'ay Tuesday morning at 3:45 o'clock, at ^ er home, 21 East Lamme street, af t0r ^ r j e f illness that began last an( j quickly developed intu p^umQuia funeral, in charge of Funeral 0j rector p ^ Harland, will be held , tomorrow morning, Thursday, at jq.gQ o'clock, the Rev. A. L. Chap-j j man, pastor of the Payne Memorial Christian church, officiating. Inter ment wil be in the Bozeman ceme tery. ; Alice B.Smith. is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Webster of Boze She was born in Henry coun ty, Mo., in 1880 and was married in August, 1895, to W. G. Smith, at her i home In Missouri. j wen t to Devil's Lake, North Dako ^ whero ^ey lived for 13 years. j Y rom they came to Montana j m |gi3 f spending a few months in the j u< jith Basin and then coming to man. In 1900 the coup since survived by hear hus Bozeman, where they have made their home, Deceased is i i band and by five children, Paul, ^il 1 (Continued on Page 7). I SALE OF SEATS OPENS NEXT WEDNESDAY FOR LOOTERS GREATEST OFFERING TICKET SAFE FOR PRINCE OF TONIGHT ira( i c , c Accoruing to announcements yesterday by Director : Tonight, j of ; the Montana State college which wJl be presented at the EUen Theatre in George Davenport the public ticket sale ct reserved seats for "The Prince rf the third annual offering The Looters" dramatic club of >» this city for two nights only, next iJOHN MARTEL DIED AFTER OPERATION John Martel, aged 48 years, a well known Bozeman carpenter residing on Tenth avenue, passed away Tues day morning at 6:15 o'clock, at the Deaconess hospital, where he had been a patient under special care for the past five months. The condition j of his health was such that he wms ! unable to rally from the shock of an i operation performed Saturday in an . effort to prolong his life, The funeral, in charge of Under taker E. W. Harland. will be held tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 o'clock from the Harland Funeral chapeL the Rev. A. L. Chapman, pastor of the Payne Memorial Christian church, ofîiciating. Interment will be in the Bozeman cemetery', the pallbearers having been selected from the mem bership of the Bozeman Carpenters' Union, of which deceased bad been an honored member for a number of The date of the funeral was to await the arrival of have years, set so as \ brother from Kalispell. Deceased survived ►y | children, all under age, who J. been splendidly taken care of by housekeeper ever since the untimely death of their mother, Mr». Martel, this city March 13, 1923. seven who died in A1GN1$ LAUNCHED TO INITIATE iU/II! PRESENT REPUBLICAN STATE ADMINISTRATION 1S GIVING THE PEOPLE OF MONTANA CHANCE TO VOTE ON TAX EQUALIZATION Schools Will Benefit The Proposed Rax Equalization Law, Petitions in Favor of W hich Are Now Bein? Circulated So That the People of Montana ■ I* e . AW® to Vote on the Measure in the General Elec tion Fills November, Places Mining on The Same Tax Basis W ith Farming and Other Industries. "the light to tax me»ai mines equitable gross production oasis, upon manufacturers, railroads and other taxed, and tor which the people of for a good many years, is to be initiated for submis this November. Student of political economy [been a unit in denouncing the present industry on a "net proceeds" basis, to be carried sion to the corporation and industry is com-, polled to pay on a gross, or cash valuation basis; and it is. and has been for a number of years, the opinion of the common peo pie of the state that the copper ownership, control or subsidiza tion of the daily, and to some ex •tent, the weeklv press of the^ 1 state, will automatically cease as I isoon as the mines pay their just 1 • and equitable portion of taxes j needed in the conduct of the pub lie business of the state govern-1 ment, and corruption of legisla j taies and kindred evils will also; become a thing of the past if j i the new law, as initiated by the ! | people, passes in the coming elec tion and is put on the Statute I j books next January ■ j ! I Should Get Popular Support , ,, . . Inal the measure will receive the . . „ , . \ popular support ot all the so-caliea ' , . . , common people, those wno work vvitr , , , . , , their nands as well as with their., , , , , heads, is forcibly indicated by the numerous- offers of assistance which have been pouring into the office of the committees in charge of placing the measure upon the ballot for the decision of the citizens in Novem ber. ; Petitions for tlu? signature of vot ers in Bozeman and Gallatin county who are in favor of the tax equali j zation measure, can be *een and sign, i cd in the office of the Bozeman Cour- 1 ier at any time. Those interested [ will also be. able to secure, at th Courier office, free copies of the phamplet, "Shall a Dual System of Taxation in Montana Be Longer Tol- ■ erated." as soon as the supply of ■ this interesting brochure is secured fiom the committee headquarters in Helena. ■ » ■ ( i ' i ■ I The bill, as it will be submitted to the* people, is declared not to in- ; crease taxation, but to equalize the , burden of providing revenues for the i state government among mining, ag- j riculture, business and the various other industries of the. Treasure state j Based upon the production for 1921. the measure will raise approximate- ' ly $500,000 from natural resources of Montana which now' escape taxa- « tion entirely or nay but a small por tion in comparison with other indus j tries. Proceeds of the metals mines taxi will be divided equally between the public schools and the state treasury. Difect benefit of the law will be re ceived by every child of school age in the state and other taxes for school purposes will be reduced to the ex tent of a quarter million dclDrs, : f the figures on 192 Rs production hold good as a basis for estimate. Encourages Development The bill, w'hich appears in full in the phamplets above referred to, w'ih in no way work a hardship upon the. prospector and small The tax is graduated and it is only after production of $500,000 annually is reached that the 1 |>er cent tax mine owner. becomes operativ* and collectible, Under the bills provisions, all mines with a gross production of less than $100,000 annually are exempt from th e tax. Mines whose groas produ? | tion exceeds $100,000 and does noA exceed $250.000 are to be taxed one 1 fourth of 1 per cent of the value of j the production; mines whose gross product value exceeds $250,000 and does not exceed $400,000 will pay cme-half of 1 per cent; mines whose production yields more than $400,00A annually and doe* not exceed $500 - in Montana upon the fair and upon which farmers, merchants, large and small industries are the stale have been clamoring in the Treasure state have system of taxing the mining while every other person, to the people in a measure voters in the general election . ,s believed that with the law in ° I)crati,m tht 8t . ate wiu never aïrain ],t co - fr Jl *' a w,th t: e situation that prevai,wi last * vear wher ' about 2 ?° ? ybo«ls we re compelled to remain c5oseti because theie was not suffic ieîit re I c ' nu | available to pay the j ! of tht ; bi s minin ^ r companies of Mon lana m tbeir efforts to secure legis I lation thal wouId com Pd these tom 1 panics to pay a just share of the COO wi 1 pay three fourth of 1 per tent, production value half a lars will pay the full amount i iovid ed b\ the bill, 1 per cent. Wiil Prevent School ( losing and mine« exceed in y in gross million dol ! tea- hers. Repeated frustrated at the hands , taxcs ' advo, aU ' s of ,ht ' «* ro ! w8 « d cense tax on gross production finally , , ru - abondoned hope of bringing about an Ul t w „, equitable distribution of the tax bur . . , . . , . i den through legislative methods ano ' ,, - *. A -. t i decided to carry their fight direct ; to the voters. Committee Is Formed Following the regular session of the assembly in li#23, those members I who had fought unsuccessfully for NOMINATIONS FIFED FOR SCHOOL BOARDS Nominations of candidates for membership on the board of school trustees of District Seven, have been filed with the clerk of the b ;ard, of which two are to be elected for the three-year term. J. W. Lilia yd. Mis. H. L. Holm, D. B. Swingle and Mrs. -J. R. Parker are to take the places of A. G. Berthot and Mrs. A -L Walrath, whose terms expire, and who are not candidates for re-election. Nominations have also been filed with the cleik, for a trustee to fill the unexpired term for one year, the nominees being E. W. Thompson and A. T, Rutledge, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Fred M. Brown, who is now city iv. Bozeman, nager oi ace Satur The election wiil take p day. April 5, at the Emerson school, the poils being 0 'tka —" .1 1 to tt r. open m. P Miss Roxie Stinson - % • * wk. \ MPÎ wm Hi * W&. WM. L V„, >. w m? 1 mÊ • : W i mÊ. y '■ 5 mi Jf Üi A [AUTOCAtTC R j c Former wife of the late Jess Smith, one of the I nesses in the Senate veatigation of Att'y-Gen. Daugherty administration oT the Dept, of Jus. tics. principal wit. Committee in-