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ISIKESS AND iBO-ESSION al h directory sales auction - 1 K nds of 001 »S f.sr 1 v ant sehold d I Sell See ( r lo'J BOH AKT F. 1 Fenian-Ave. 41« > noer. ;TE0PaTHS 0> ""1 i .RIFKITH ? DR'N an,) thic Physicians )B> Osteoiia Office î 2-W 1'hent Dr. Griffith ne Res. 676; Bank Bldg. Dean h N J . DAWES thic rhvsician DU- V - ' and Obstetrician School of i Graduate American Osteopathy, Kirksviue, Mo. Block F7 West Main St. : : Win Phone 371 optometrists neglect vour eyes Most Precious Gift to Man." -SEE SI ESS A. E. Siess, Optometrist [ specialty Boot Shop Entrance j I 3.7 Bast Main St N'T Id's I LESLIE E. GAGE Optometrist i f Eyes Exami»e4—Glasses Fitted Manfff. Optician repaired and broken lenses replaced the same day. Basses Phone 425 ■ E. Main VETERINARIANS Gallatin Veterinary Hospital Bozeman, Montana 0. L. DEVORE ■orner Black and Lamme Streets I Phone 235 J » «/ ATCHMAKERS - JEWELERS I F. W. HANCOCK I WATCH, CLOCK AND I JEWELRY REPAIRING ■ Ckb called for ami delivered. I ROECHEU'S DRUG STORE attorneys at law F F. BUNKER -at-!,; nnmen-ial H Notary Public a Building r ai, Montana. 1W Be ^1 C ^AL AND MOOD I Aii CUEF -K AND ROUNDUP COAL Lump, Nut and E , ^ood for Kindling i, L ^HHRKIXD—PHONE 414 '" lc e and Yards II g g 304 So. Black H f Railway time-card. southern PAC1P1C. I Lsing Vest. Coast Ltd. n ' p ' p J 7-local... "Local L 41 : «rries points • i-X 3; 17 A. M. rp *s.3:1,5 P. M. 2:>0 A. M. 3:15 P. M. I ' run via Butte; l assengf rs fron» - ,|!p d to s^op No. °P at Manhattan L-X 4 ÎI9 and > ! payui't to Sri !l( N Ü . • w Bei ^ade P^nnts to lot off passengers of Billings. Going FNst. °i ! t Ltd.. ...2:29 P- M. 1:02 A. M. y Ltd. 1:15 A. M. P r >. 0 North r Ain; ic '^Lsk. Valle Local ir % 4 I Express «. 220 X 10:56 A. M. passengers scheduled lo stop. o. o I % ' nrrif-s an ^ tr > points paying irr 2 > '1KNARD th \ins— . 6:30 A. M. . 9:45 A. M. . 4:00 P. M. . 7.45 P. M. w- fto W r P, i ^fnan... Zef »ian.. 7 *»nan. Bo CREAMERIES If Î) WE PAY HIGHEST MARKET PRICE FOR BOTH Sweet and Sour CREA M » Bozeman Creamery Co., Frank R. Pike, Mgr. S. Willson-Ave, O'» >60 Phone 143 ; PURITY BUTTER IS BETTER I iIT SCORES 90 OR HIGHER WE PAY HIGHEST PRICE FOR EGGS AND CREAM Gallatin Milk & Produce Co. 14 No. Willson-av. Phone 66 ) -J — V SHOE REPAIR SHOPS ! r— -■ \ : AUTO TOPS REPAIRED When you need your Auto Tops Repaired or New Tops pul on, just; drive to— I MORTON'S SHOE SHOP 30 S. Willson (Central Ave. Our Prices are Always Reasonable I —^ TRANSFER & STORAGE j j j H. HARDESTY & SON Transfer & Storage Crating and packing of household goods. Country moving a specialty. Use the Yellow Trucks 318E. Main. Phone 564 W. T. HOGG Transfer and Storage Baggage, Piano, Safe and All Kind« of Heavy Hauling. Special atten tion given to the moving of house hold goods. We also unload cars of coal. 25 N. Tracy-Ave. Phone 34 ; PAINTING & DECORATING --( PROTECT THE SURFACE AND YOU SAVE ALL For house and sign painting, pa-; per-hanging, decorating, paints, (oils, varnish, wall-paper, glass, etc. SEE L .W. WATSON :209 West Main St. Phone 224-R FUNERAL DIRECTORS i(î 1 ! 11. F. WE5T -^ — I EM »ALMER AND FUNERAL DIRECTOR Lady Assistant (MODERN PARLOR AND AUTO ! EQUIPMENT Ambulance Service Phone 797-B2 125 W. Main-St. I E. W. Harland Erabalmer and Funeral Director Lady Attendant i BETTER SERVICE Phone 564 318 E. Main. MILWAUKEE TIME-CARD Leaves Bozeman for Three Forks— No. 116 (Via Belgrade Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays only). 4 -rive Bozeman— No. 115 i Does not go via Belgrade on return trip from Three Forks). 8:30 A. M. 3:30 P. M. GALLATIN VALLEY ELECTRIC We«tlimm>!—Departs. .6:30 A M. ... 4:00 P. M. No. 32—Daily. No. 34—Daily.. East hound—Arrive. _8:05 A. M. .....6:00 P. M. No. 81—Daily. No. 33—Daily_ SATURDAY ONLY. Ar Menard.— Lv. Menard. Ar. Menard- Lv. Menard. . 8:00 A/M; . 8:00 A. M. . 6:00 P. M. _ 6:00 P. M. liHinai'B ■ • ■>t til|ia tMt iailS a I î • I 5 "i '4 - * - -, Warnt Ad$U *se- • ; ~ 10c Per Line, First Insertion; 5c Per Line, Sub quent Insertions. Minimum Charge, 25c. All Want Ad* Payable in Advance. No Book Accounts. I WANTED TO RENT—Small mod • ern house and garage on South side, close in, by middle aged couple, ; children. Address D. D., Box 548, Bozeman, Mont _17tfo no \ WANTED—To hear from owner of good ranch for sale. State cash price, full particulars. D. F. Bush, Minne apolis, Minn. — io 4-t 6 PER CENT TRUST FUND LOANS upon acceptable security, any kind. Long terms. Easy payments* Write Security National Finance Co., 519 North Main, Santa Ana, California. 2 27 Itp SEVEN PER CENT INVESTMENT— 1'or sale, a very desirable residence property in Livingston. Now rented and earning better than 7 per cent. For particulars, address G. D. Rich ard, Box 548, Bozeman, Mont. lOtf _ I WANTED—Men or women to take orders for genuine guaranteed hosiery for men, women and children. Elim inates darning. Salary $75 a week full time, $1.50 an hour spare time, Cottons, heathers, silks. International Stocking Mills, Norristown, Pa. , j t: :: » :: « n :i u u « j :: % * ♦ ♦ • « »,♦ CHURCH NOTICES » :: :: H •• ♦♦ •# ♦♦ ♦♦ • • »♦ « n u n :: tt :: « ST. JAMES CHURCH. Corner of Tracy and Olive, Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity. 9:45 a. m.— Church school and Bible class. 11:00 a. m.--Morning prayer. Wednesday, 7:30 p m.—Choir re hearsal. E. J. BELL, Lay Header. F. W. M'KAY, Senior Warden. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. Rev F. R. Curry, Minister. Okve and Grand Avenue. 9:45 a. m.—Bible school for all 11:00 a. na—Public worship. 6:30 p. m.— B. Y. P. U. meeting. 7:30 p. m—Public worship. 7:30 p. m—Wednesday mid-week ages. service. A people's church with a warm wel-1 I come for all. FIRST METHODIST CHURCH. Dr. R P. Smth, Pastor. Olive and Willson Avenue, 9:45 a. m.—Sunday school. 11:00 a. m.—Morning worship ano sermon. 6:30 p. m—Evening song an 3 practice service. 7:30 p. m.—Wednesday mid-week prayer service. . I ENGLISH LUTHERAN CHURCH O. K. Davidson, Pastor. Corner of Grand and Olive. Sunday school at 9:45. Service 11:00 a. m. Mid-week service on Wednesday, 7:30 p. m. PAYNE MEMORIAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH. A. L- Chapman, Pastor; residence, 112 South Grand Avenue. Corner Grand Avenue and Babcock street. Sunday iervices— Bible Study—10:00 a, m CK MoetTU"rm U *' " Evening Worship—7:30. Prayer Meeting—Wednesday even j mg, 7:30. FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST. 16 West Olive street • Sunday Services—11:00 a- m. Sunday school at 9:45 a. m. Wednesday evening testimonial ! meeting at 8 o'clock Reading room in the Golden Rule I block, open daily except Sunday, from ! 1:30 to 5:00 p, m. LATTER DAY S AINTS, REORGAN - IZED. Sunday school. Preaching service % 7:30 j 10:00 a. m. ll:0o a . in. Wedno. <lay, service. m—Prayer P. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. IL G. Klemme, Pastor. Sunday school—9:45. Regular morning service at 11:00 o'clock. Evening service at 7:30. MORTON MEMORIAL METHODIST CHURCH Mil)on F. Hill, Pastor Corner Church and Lamme. Sunday school at 9:45 a. m - Morning preaching service at ll:OU o'clock. Epworth League at 5:30 p. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock at th« church. TFF- SALVATION ARMY Capt. F. P. Stevens and Lieut H. W. Smith efficers-in-cbarge. Res., Gal Hall, 304 E. Main St. m latin hotel. Phone 306-W. Regular Sunday Services: 11:00 a. m. Holiness meeting. 2.3# p. m. Sunday School. Furniture Repairing and Chair Recaning Some good bargains in refinished Furniture W. E. RIDER 229 East Main ' p. m. Young People'« Legion 8:00 p. m. Salvation meeting ' Meetings Nightly at 8 o'clock except; Monday and Wednesday. Everybody Welcome. aiii • ;i 6:30 ; i i I BOZEMAN SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH Ernest Wethern, Elder. 415 So. Black Ave. Sabbath School—10 A. M., Saturday. Church Service—11:15 A. M. Satur i day. n | ; Wednesday evening. Bible Study—8 P. M. Saturday mng. eve Weekly Prayer Meeting—8 P. M. § ^ ft g q O ! Ô LEGALS g D NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION I Department of the Interior, U. S. 1 Land Office at Bozeman, Montana., NOTICE is hereby given that Jesse R. Green, devisee of Edward Haverly,, deceased, of Clarkston, Montana, w T ho. on June 21, 1919, made Homestead ( i"l r SWH, 0 sit?An f °M L0 T0^ship n 3 North, Range 3 East, Prin. Mer. Mon tana, has filed notice of intention to make Three-year Proof, to establish claim to the land above described, be forr Register and Receiver of V. S. Land Office, in their office, at Boze man, Montana, on the 8th day of May, *924. Claimant names as witnesses: Harry Morris, August Rohla, J. W. Booher, all of Clarkston, Montana and Charles Burrill of Logan, Montana, Non-coal land. GEO. C. DAVENPORT, Register ( First publication April 2, 1924). (Last publication April 30, 1924). SHERIFF'S SALE Albert Krueger, plaintiff, versus Ezra T. Smart, Sarah H. Smart, Henry Topel, surviving partner of the late firm of H. Topel & Bro., C. A. W hippie, 'receiver of Montana Gram Growers, a (corporation, C. N. Wood, assignee, i To he sold at Sheriff's sale on Satur-. day, the 3rd day of May, A. D., 1924 at 2:00 o'clock p. m. at the front door of the Court House, in the City of, Bozeman, County of Gallatin, all the , right, title and interest of the defend- ! ant in and to, the following dt sc i ibed P, The rt Nonh : Half (NÜ) of Section Thirty-two (32) in Township Two (2) South of Range Six (6) East, M. P. M,, together with all the tenements, hereditaments and appurtenances, wa ter rights and water ditches to the same belonging. All the above land being in the County of Gallatin. Dated this 8th day of April, A. D., 1 1924. J, L. Staats, defendants. ; JAMES SMITH, Sheriff. By ORVILLE JONES, Under Sheriff, April 9, 4-t _ ' p Court of the Ninth NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE Judicial District of the State of Mon and for the County of Gal tana, in ■ latin. Western Loan and Building Com ! panv, a corporation, Plaintiff, vs. C. A. Moore and Mary F. Moore, Defendants j To be sold at Sheriff's Sale on Wed nesduy, the 14 th day of May A. D., ! 1924, at 2:00 o'clock P. M., at the i front door of the Court House in the ■ City of Bozeman, in the County of | Gallatin, State of Montana, the fol lowing described property, viz: L ot three (3) in Block sixteen (16) I of Buttelman's Addition to the Town; j of Three Forks, Montana, together with all of the tenements, heredita ments and appurtenances thereunto, belonging, or in any wise appertain j w mg. Dated at Bozeman, Montana, this 12 day of April, 1924. JAMES SMITH, SJieriff Bv Orville Jones, Under Sheriff George Y. Patten, Attorney for Plaintiff, Bozeman, Montana. (First publication April 16, 1924) (Last publication May 7, 1924) In the Justice Court Township No One, County of Gallatin, State of Montana, before E. A. Franks, • Justice of the Peace ALIAS SUMMONS C. N. Wood, Assignee, Plaintiff H. D. Kremer, Defendant. The State of Montana sends greet ings to H. D. Kremer, the above nS You a^r hereb\J*summoned to appear. at my n ffi ce , in Township No. One, County of Gallatin. State of Montana, on Saturday the Seventeenth da> of May, 1924 «t Two «'clwlt P- 'O a " answer the complaint now on me in action to recover of you the sum and vs an of One Hundred Eighty-two 50-100 ($182.50) Dollars, including interest and reasonable attorney fees, e e balance due on a promissory note êxJut^d and delivered by you Ellis-Branclley & Co., Incorporate,i and assigned* to plaintiff on the List; day of March, 1915, for the sum pi I *'i; 7 S 0 °f' ten^pe'^cenJper^nnuht Vrom I date until paid. That there- Jvaa paid ion said note February 17th, 191<, the j sum of $96.50, leaving the balance due first above mentioned including in terest as aforesaid with reasonable I attorney fees as provided in said note. All of which facts will more fully appear by reference to the complaint on file in said cause, reference to said complaint being hereby made, and the same being a part of this Summons. And 5 ou are Hereby Notified that, y° u fail to appear and answer, as above required, judgment will be taken against you according to the complaint. To the Sheriff or any Constable of! said County, Greeting: Make legal S€rvice and due return hereof. Given u , nd * r this 10lh da >' of A P ril ' ! E. A. FRANKS, Justice of the Peace ! ( First publication April 16, 1924,) . I (Last publication May 7, 1924) | —-' PEOPLE TO HAVE OPPORTUNITY 1 TO CHANGE PRESENT UNFAIR TAX LAW > - ( (Continued from Page 5) I state * hav <? long since repealed the un * a * r provision except Nevada and Idaho. Under the present Arizona tax law. mines are assessed at four times .. the i I tbe va * ue of net proceeds, plus one ! eighth of the total value of j gross proceeds. copper mines on the full cash value, the same as "Michigan taxes its 11 other forms of wealth. "New Mexico on the full net value .1 Of t V ore, with no deduction fo » i milling, smelting, transportation re- j pairs or depreciation of smelters or i selling expense. "In Montana all these deductions are made from the value of the ore. Same for A,,—No More No Less " Tne on « express purpose of the bill which it is now proposed to ini tiate by petition and submit to the : vnt * r * ftf Montana in November is! r -°t to increase taxation, but to equal- ' ize the burden between agriculture, j business and mining so that eacn _. „ n , fo,m uf pr, ' perty sha11 bear ,ts ' ame proportion—no more and no less. "During the last tw'o legislative j sessions attempts were made to bring : tax burden on all forms of wealth in Montana. Until that time coal about an equal distribution of the ! mines and oil wells were only taxed I upon 'net proceeds,' plus surface im The coal mines of Mon tana during the year 1920 produced of wealth, whicn, turned into the state treasury about i provements. about $9,000,000 under the 'net proceeds' provisio i j *' () 0 *°r that legislature did pass a license tax foi the coal mines of five cents per ton, * hlth last year y ielded to the state year. In 1921, the treasury $163,165, and to that extent did lift that much burden of taxa- j ^j on f lom the farms, homes and other tie. a license tax of 2 per cent was , levied on the oil production of th; state ' The first year ' s pppl-a «<>" business interests of the state. In 1923, after a long fought bat 44 the 2 per cent gross license tax on j oil yielded $60,119 in revenue to th - state. and to that extent lifts j burden from the farms, livestock J and other business interests of Mon - \ At the legislative session, a metal j mines license tax bill of 1 per cent ( passed the house, but was de j the pressure brought to bear Ly the ! great mining corporations. It is now proposed to enact the ■ tana. . * cross feated in the state srrr:te through ! tt 1 per cent gross licrnse tn rji nipt alliferous mine production by direct vote of the people themselves. Ba^- j ed on the 1923 production, an add: tional revenue cf about $500,000 win public child of school age, wherever , w jn rece } V e direct benefit , . - i , | the enactment of the law. j tional $250,000 each year \m! 1 2° to the support of the public school , j aJJ(1 to that extent will lift the bur Last year be raised. Under the terms of the bill, ore direct to the half of this will go stato treasury, the other half to the schools. In this w'ay, every loer - from * An add. <!« of school taxation. | about 200 nubhc schools in ■ -f a |Ie<l to open their doors on account Montana I of lack of revenue to pay the teach ers. Will Not Discourage Delevopment "Under the provisions of the P ro " posed law, all mines with a yearly j gross production of less than tondred thousand dollars a« exempt. No hardships can be worked on prospector or small mine owner, as ^ j s on jy vclmn production reaches $500,009 annually that the 1 per cent tax is levied. Hew Present System Works one : the ^ f ew weeks ago smaller mines ot Butte-the Davis Dal"— was tauen over by the Aaa ' oomla Mining company. The P unh *, asç nrice was $3,000,000. -Tie total assessed value of _ , . th e Davis-Da!y for iw... as ; ..1135,660 No 'net proceeds' shown for tha^ of the one ye» r - to!-The amount of taxe» pa.d that year on t.ns mine was - <net proceeds' shown for that j ' I "The »»»eased value for 1922 .. taxt . ä paid for 1922 i ( rtavic Dalv re j "In 1023, the A.avis-Dal> re i .78 161,930 2,265 was ard net proceeds "Total mine and net proceeds _ . ' In bank,np ' the would haVC been turned as "net proceeds* for assessment . A total for improvements 237,/» o tax paid . If last year three million dollars had been invested in farm lands, the tax would have been In stocks of merchandise ... 4:3.SS# 1 163M. - • t»i>oiïîê *. 52J9* Net Earnings A. C. M. Compaitf During the early part of If the great Anaconda Copper Mining - company decided to put out an iüsme of $100.000.000 bonds to buy addf tional mines in Chili from the genheim interests. On January I s *. 1923. the bond house of Wells-Dutr company, through its agencies, of fered these bonds to the invest bankers in a letter stating: "The net earnings of the Anacoa&a Copper Mining company for the Tf years ending December, 1921, ' fce fore deducting interest and deprecia but after amount of $26,090,408 per year. Tλ almost two and one-quarter time», annual interest charges on the m'irt funded debt. According to the report of the U. S. Interior depart ment, the value o - * ail min amounted t i And for lj23 "Lnder the ue for taxation of all metal mines for 1922 was only 970 • "The entire mining wealth of Montana for 1923 was only i aasasse< ' , why should on« class of property pay taxes on 'net proceeds' or m come and all other property on stv eral produced from the mines in Montana for 1922 $44.925 £ v' .. 56,65Gjft3i 'net proceeds' <lual system of taxation in Montana the assessed val . 5,185-» full cash value? It is true that mines pay tax»* 4« on improvements; so does the farm e r, merchant and banker. The mi are taxed on real estate at the prkw paid the government for the acrear** for the mining claims when patent«*.' which is $2.50 per acre for pLawar and $5.00 per acre for quartz claiffxr Other property owners an* taxed full cash valu.' 1 , regardless of prâre* paid the government. "Would it not be mst as fair fc* , . , "... . . _ have had a clause in the state <xm stitution giving land owners same consideration? s am a t the time he made final Trodt a ^d received his patent. "In that case* the owner of a 32PSr acre homestead would hr assess<adl for taxation, the $16 he paid JJncfc» "As iti is apparent to everyone ink under present conditions in Montan*,. it i s hardly possible to elect a lee islature in which one or the othor 0 f the two houses wi'l not be firmer controlled by the big mining inv ests, so as to defeat any just miiriws tHX i aw> an d most people forget thafc un der our constitution it takes a tvr« thirds majority in both houses to «v submit a constitutional amer^d ni ent to repeal the present un'wr en pruct eds ttk0 as to 'net alternative is: to initial» provision only other the bill providing for a license tax. 0 f | cent on .gm-s pnaluctio« w hich t j on> -The pe iple < f Minnesota, after 25^ finally •?» is permitted b> th rtroportion of the men t j n Montana on the W( . a]th owned by years of struggle, have ac ted a six cents per t< n gross re ( j lK -tion tax on its iron ore deposits than 99 *ier cent of 1!»^ More stock in these gitana mines «* owned and held by non-residents of 44 Montana. Why should not these exactlv the same rtc st - far residents pay ; of go' ct*w m in eral we, who* on our t * *** I th"'v Montana ri business investment«-. live here in pay homes an tf farms, livestock, barb ■ A tax of 1 per cent on gross re duction will neither hamper, crippfc legitimate minim* It will equaf • * #■ nor destroy any | interest in Montana, the present tax burden and coua pel our absent mineral landlords. 1* equal share of the cot* j ize assume an of government. Is it now the civic duty of -rarefc things to öä* citizen who kn »w c th «i the peliti»ii true, to not ©nlv that are being circul.'ited for the wor pose of initiating tr< metal mines I bill hut also to ta*o* the matter to to intellient at!-» t ; on 0 f his neighbor an l indoci to likewise subscribe bis name T * Copies of the pr,.posed : ill may s* 1 .... .seen and petitions ma a any at Courier office. per cent tax the time in ex~'air»ng and calbn^r » signed ati of my picture, ! Wife (examining t Henry-vnuVe only A h—Victo-y ! ■ fir 4 preof* Hubby—"Here vrv 4 • M Okl • a mtn\ — i out* button «jus ' 4 I your coat. 1 Hubby—"Whoopee- you've not' f I had the pfet That's why ! it. taken.