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Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-02-10

Lays Down Definite Policy.
Laying down the definite policy that
expenses must be cut before there is
talk of lower taxes, Mr.. Good insisted
that appropriations for the year be-
ginning next July should be kept within
three and half billion dollars.
Mr.. Goods plea for economy was
made in presenting the first deficiency
bin for the year, carrying a total Of
SOS, 100000. Democratic members
declared there would be other defici-
ency sums, and Representative Byrnes,
Democrat, South Carolina, declared
direct appropriations this year had al
ready passed the five billion dollar
mark. This sum could best be under
stood, he added, by the fact that in
order to meet 1t, the government must
levy an average tax Of $50 on every
man, woman and child.
Doubts Tariff Sufficient.
Mr.. Good said he doubted If tariff
law could raise more than $4O0, 900. 900
without disturbing international trade
relations.
Urging repeal Of the excess profits
tax, he said:
that have been brought in by the ex>
cess profits tax if we will cut down
There is where We
can pause sto effect saving. 1t will
be system Of economy and the financ-
ing of temporary loans. such as our
certificates of indebtedness, the War
Savings Stamps and the Victory loan.
1t ought to be done by borrowing
money rather than by taxing the
American people"
Mr.. Good was interrupted by Repre-
Oldfied. Democrat, Arkansas,
who said he feared the Republican
party would impose sales tax to take
the place of the one it wanted to
repeal
Raps Sales Tax Scheme.
'"The party that is so foolish to
place a sales tax on the backs and
bellies of the American people," Mr..
Good replied, would go down to a
humiliating defeat, because the people
would not stand for it.
Mr.. Good said tax of $6.4O gal
on should be imposed on withdrawal
# liquors from bonded warehouses.
liquors taken out for medicinal and
,sed for beverage purposes. BY lift |
ng the tax from $22O. he figured, the |
.reasury revenue would be increased |
rom 5O.OO0,O 900 to $1O0, 100000. He !
advocated a higher tax on passenger |
carrying automobiles. figuring on a
.evenue from this source of about I
ZOO, ,OOO, 600, half Of which should go,
le thought, to the roads being used |
llmost exclusively by such vehicles.
Representative Byrns, Tennessee,
.anking Democrat on the committee,
old the house il it followed the advice /
Il Chairman Good there would he no
loubt about reduction Of appropria-
ions. \
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-02-10
IIGHER TAX LOOMS, WARNING
No Cut in Wages or Steel Coming Declares Cary
Oh, You're Stung Ten
and Costs Rules Judge
in Hornets Nest Case

Raleigh, N. c., Feb. o.-Elmo
Gill and James Darling, Of this
city. have just been tried in city
court for engaging in a fight
that followed an argument over
the ownership of hornets nest.
Evidence brought out at the
hearing showed beyond a reason
able doubt that the nest was the
property Of Darling, which he
said he had walked miles
through the woods to find for
the purpose of making a tea
which he said he used for
cough.
You are discharged" said
Judge Harris to Darling.
Gill, apparently displeased
with the decision, asked:
How about me, judge2"
"Oh, you're stung," replied
the judge. "You must cough up
ten and costs"
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-02-10
Harding and Coolidge
Election Is Formally
Declared by SOlOns

Washington, Feb. 9.-The election
Of Warren G. Harding as president,
and Of Calvin Coolidge as vice pres
ident of the United States was for
mally declared Wednesday at joint
session Of the senate and house.
With dull solemnity and without
ripple of demonstration such as
marked the elections" of President
Wilson, the two bodies canvassed
the votes cast by the electors chos-
en- at the elections last November 9.
The formal vote as declared Tailed
with the informal results known to
the public on the day after cleo
ton with 404 votes for Mr.. Harding
and Mr.. Coolidge, to 127 for James
N. Cox and Franklin d. Roosevelt,
the Democratic standard bearers.
Vice President Marshall presided
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-02-10
DISEASED ALIENS
ADM |T7ED,CLA|M
y. S. Surgeon General
Tells of Laxness- at
Ellis Isle.

Washington, Feb. 9-Ffsres were
laid beforet the house immigration com.
mittee today By, the public health scr.
vice to show that Of 1O,OO2 immixranta
who arrived at Ellis Island In the last
six months Of 1920 and who. the health
service certified a. unable 70 earn q
living because Of disease or physlcal
defects, 900 were admitted ~ immi-
grafton officials. The figures as pre.
sented also showed that out Of 112
persons certified az having mental
defects, 50 were admitted and that out
of $50 persons classed as having
loathsome or contagious diseases. 167
were allowed to land
Surgeon General Cumming, who is-
sued the figures, said such admission
had a bad effect" on the morale Of
the public health service.
The committee. obviously impressed
by the surgeon generals testimony
sent telegraphic request to DR.. J.
w. Keer, public health official at
Ellis Island, to appear.
Reports from Rupert Blue, former
surgeon general, now in Europe, DIR,
Cumming said. lead him to believe
every precaution" was necessary to
prevent typhus from getting into the
United States.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-02-10
BOY SUICIDES
BENEATH TRAIN

Woodland, Calf, Feb. 9.-Johr
Henry Hawk, 13 year old motherless
boy of Zamora, nine miles north of
here, was sent home from school We'd
nesday morning for using profanity
and Wednesday afternoon put his neck
on a rail before a railroad train and
was decapitated.
John was one of four children Of
William Hawk, Southern Pacific track
walker, who said tonight he had told
John two months ago that he would be
sent to reform school if again sent
away from school,
l.. J. Didian, merchant of Zamora,
said he saw the lad climb through q
fence along the right of way at noon
Wednesday The trampled grass indi-
Gated that the boy had lain alongside
the track Of some time.
According to William Shields, enri-
neer of the train which passed through
Zamora at 2:25 p. M, the boy hid be-
mind whistling post until the engine
Game within a car length Of him when
he ran out to the track and laid his
head upon h rail. The train proceeded
half mile before it could be stopped.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-02-10
Wells on Miller
Tract Expected in
Thursday Morning
Special to The Tribune.

Special to 'rhe Tribune.
Lewistown, Jan. 9.-Latest reports
from Winnett Wednesday concerning
the Unit Petroleum and the Hover
Schwartz wells. which are located On
the Joe Miller tract, 10 and 11-13-o9,
are that the Unit Petroleum well will
be drilled into the pay sands late
Wednesday night or Thursday and that
everything is in readiness for bringing
in the Hover Schwartz we'll Thursday
These wells touched pay sands Sunday
night, when the holes began to fill
with oil and much baling was neces-
sary while the castings were being set
for the final strike.
Both the Unit Petroleum and the
Hover Schwartz are owned by Mon
tana men, the former being Miles
City company. the latter Lewistown
syndicate.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-02-10
LUCKY STRIKE
IN OIL SANDS
Flow Encountered at
1885 Feet; Adjoins
Unit Pete.
Special to The Daily Tribune.

Lewistown, Feb. 9.-The third well
to touch petroleum sands on the Miller
tract, near WIinnett, is the Lucky
Strike, located about Midway between
the Unit Petroleum and the Hover
DSchwartz on section 11-15-29. The
Lucky Strike, owned by Miles City in
terests, drilled to the oil sands at (
D. M. Wednesday and like its predeces-
sors on that tract, the hole immedi-
ately filled with oil. Drilling was sus-
pended and work started to drive the
casing into the sands preparatory to
piercing the pool. 1t is expected this
work will be completed and the well
brought in by next Saturday.
The Lucky Strike taped oil at a
depth of 1896 feet, 100 feet nearer
the surface than either the Unit Pc
troleum or the Hover Schwartz and
indications are that the Lucky Strike
will be larger producer than either
of the other two which will be COM
pleted Thursday.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-02-10

over Wednesdays canvass and gave
an effectual warning over any dem
onstration for an occasion which,
Mr.. Marshall said, was solemn and
important" and should be carried
through in silence.
By a coincident, Senator Lodge Of
Massachusetts, Republican floor
leader, who acted as teller, an
nounced the first votes from Ala
bama, for Messrs Cox and Roosevelt,
while Senator Underwood, for Ala
bama, Democratic teller, announced
the first returns for Nessrs Hard
ing and Coolidge-from Arizona, in
the alphabetical canvass Of the elec-
tors votes.
A large gallery audience, com
posed mostly of women, watched the
proceedings which were completed in
record time Of about half an hour.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-02-10
Workers Defended

Workers Defended
1T seems to me-" he continued
"that any manufacturer of steel who
contemplates reducing selling prices
below the basis fixed by the industrial
board in March, 1919, must have in
mind the intention of reducing wage
rates accordingly, thereby charging
the difference to the working people.
If so, the manufacturer is wrong and
unfair, unless, of course, the present
selling prices are higher than they
ought to be, which would be unfair
to the consumers. or wage rates are
higher than they should be-"
In answer to charges by Comptroller
of the Currency Williams that steel
prices are too high, Judge Gary said
these products had twice been reduced
since the end Of the war and that his
corporation continued to maintain its
quotations Of March, 1919, although
wages and freight rates have ascended
since.
Optimistic About Business
He was optimistic regarding the gen.
eral outlook for business, but asserted
that existing governmental taxes and
the failure Of the government to pay
what it owes the railroads are the
principal factors retarding the return
to more satisfactory conditions.
'The present taxes are too big" he
said. ''They absorb too large part
of incomes. materially interfere with
desired extensions and improvements
and hamper business generally.
millions upon millions Of dollars
are due the railroads, and their fail
ure to receive the money delays pur-
chases, and even prevents them max
ing payments on contracts which, in
turn, embarrass others and prevents
a return to expected better conditions"
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-02-10
SWEEPING CUT IN GOVERNMENT
EXPENDITURES IS DEMANDED BY
CHAIRMAN Of APPROPRIATIONS
Vast Sums Expended and Growing Appeal for
More Hurled at Congressman; Outlay for Next
Fiscal Year Limited to S., SOC, 600, 900 or $50
for Every Man, Woman and Child; Levy on
Passenger Automobiles Is Recommended.

Washington Feb 9-Warnng the house that the mount
ing wave Of high taxation would not recede without sweeping
reduction in expenditures Chairman Good Of the
appropriations committee declared Wednesday the time had
come to call halt Figures almost too big for comprehension
hurled the heads Of members Mr. Good told
vast expended and the growing appeals There
was shout Of approval when he insisted appropriation bills
must be passed before the change Of administrations so trainers
of tariff law know the of cloth out Of which
they must patch the nations coat.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-02-10
PRICES DROP TWICE
DESPITE RAIL RATES
BOOST, JUDGE SAYS
Manufacturers, Who Sell Below March, 1919
Basis Intend to Charge Difference to Work
ers, Ayers u. S. Steel Corp. Chief.

New York. Feb 9Exstng prices and scales Of the
United States Steel corporation to continue declared Ebert
H. Gray chairman the board with
Wednesday, Some independent companies he under
made efforts to sell their products below
tations ay declared the United States Steel corporation
has intention at this time of doing The subject of
added
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-02-10
NEGRO TO HANG DESPITE
SHERIFF'S FORGETFULNESS

New Orleans, Feb. 9.-An opinion
handed down Wednesday BY Attorney
General Coco, declared that Lonnie
Eaton, the negro whose execution of
February 4, the date set, was forgot
ten by the sheriff of Ouachita parish,
may legally be hanged.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-02-10
Walsh Wants $25, 600
for Mine Experiment
Station at Butte

Washington. Feb. 9.-Senator z. j.
Walsh secured adoption Of amendment
to the sundry civil service bill Wedues-
day. providing $25, coo for mining ex-
pertinent station at Butte He thinks
it will be kept IN conference.
The Bozeman courier., 1921-02-02
LOCAL BUSINESS MEN
WANT DEVELOPMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION
Petition Circulated and Presented to
Chamber of Commerce Intended TO
Better Roads and Hauling COndi-
tiOns. Educational Program.

A petition signed by large num-
ber Of business men Of the city has
recently been presented to the board
of directors of the chamber of COM
merce, asking consideration to the
development of transportation facili-
ties for BOzeman. A hearing will
be had by the chamber in the very
near future, which all of the petit
toner's will be invite@ to attend. At
this meeting an edeavor will be made
to work out a concrete practical plan
OF procedure, with the assistance of
those present, along with the cham
Der may proceed.
A public hearing will be had a little
later for the purpose OF discussing
plans leading to the development OF
the dairy industry. 1t is the idea of
the program committee that the de-
/ velopment of the dairy industry VIII
require a number of years, and that
in the outset the work of the cham
Der VIII be largely along educationa'
lines, for the purpose Of interesting
more people in the dairy in dustry
and providing ways and means fol
their making it a success.
The Bozeman courier., 1921-02-02
HOYT ARRESTED
FOR RUNNING Still
Illicit Whiskey Still Discovered in
Same Block of Home of
Under-sheriff
TRIES SUICIDE
When the Goods are Discovered He
Tries to Take Life by Swallow
ing Poison

Last Wednesday afternoon while
members Of the sheriff's force were
at his home trying to find where he
had cashed an illicit whisky still,
Fred Hoyt swallowed half the con-
tents of a vial of yellow oxide of
mercury in an evident attempt to
commit suicide. DR.. c. S. Smith was
summoned and applied emetics and
since the powder was not the instantly
fatal kind, it only made Hoyt a very
sick man. a charge Of conducting
a still and disposing of the products
were made against him Thursday BY
County Attorney l.. +. Bunker.
1t was in some measure a case of
the sins Of the transgressor finding
him cut. White Hoyt had been under
suspicion for some time, there was no
definite proof that he was making on
disposing OF the prohibited stuff. On
Tuesday night a man who had the
idea that his wife was getting liquor
from somewhere and somebody, went
to Hoyt and accused him Of furnish
ing her with it. Hoyt denied it. The
man called him a liar, and Hoyt re-
sentsd the epthet and started to do
up the man. The result was that he
is wearing a black eye in addition to
his other troubles.
News Of this affair reached the
shcriff's office and Undersheriff
Morgan started out to investigate it,
and also to verify suspicious that
Hoyt had been bootlegging. In the
barn back Of HOyt's home, 2O9 South
Black, the undersheriff discovered a
galvanized tub ful Of mash made from
cracked corn, cne bottle Of pure al
cohol, and four other bottles full or
lpartly full Of moonshine whisky. The
bottles Were seized and taken to the
sheriff's office. toyt, who claimed
he had bought the staff for his own
use, was not molested at that time.
County Attorney Bunker and the
entire sheriffs force, Deputies WI
liam and Slaughter and Stock Inspec-
ter Richardson, went with Undersher-
IF MORGAN to the Hoyt place with the
= intention Of making a search for the
still they had reason to believe was
there or thereabouts. Hoyt made nc
resistance to the search. Every place
where the apparatus could have been
concealed was looked into without re-
suit, Hoyt smilingly leading the way
4 and opening doors for the officers
t when they expressed a desire to
4 search any port of the house or other
= bsildings.
] 1t was about to be abandoned as a
= Continued On Page Ten)
The Bozeman courier., 1921-02-02

Irwin D. Wright, national bank eX-
aminer, formally took charge of the
First National Bank OF Three Forks
last Thursday. At special meeting
of the board of directors resolutions
were adopted to temporarily close the
institution pending a reorganization,
which will probably be effected in
short time. According to reliable
information the bank is in a per-
fectly solvent condition and viii pay
dollar for dollar to its depositers.
Under the national banking laws,
however, it had become necessary for
the bank to call in large number of
loans in the cases of people who would
have suffered heavy losses had they
been compelled to meet these calls
Collateral held as security has
shrunken in value as far as present
market values are concerned and as
a measure Of precaution and protec-
tion to the depositors of the bank,
the action today was deemed advis-
able.
Senator Abbot, president OF the
bank, and Cashier Crouch stated that
a full statement was being prepar-
ed for the depositors and customers
and would be given out in a few days
The Bozeman courier., 1921-02-02
CHAMBER COMMERCE
OUTLINES WORK
Bozeman Organization has Extensive
Plans for Carrying on Number
! u of Projects in 1921
WORK ON ROADS
VIII Try to get West Gallatin Road
Completed as Soon as
Possible

The program committee of the
chamber of commerce is now outlin-
ing the program for the coming years
work for the chamber, and expect to
have it presented to the regular meet
ing Of the board of directors next
Wednesday evening, at which time it
will be revised and adopted.
The matter Of working for the
city manager form Of government has
already been placed upon the program
and adopted by the board. A ques-
tionaire was mailed to each member
of the chamber in December, ask
ing for an expression upon this par
ticular question, and the results Of
the questionable show a very large
majority voting Tor the chamber to
endorse the movement. The results
Of this questionnaire were made Of
ficial by the board Of directors at a
special meeting last week.
It is probable that the main project
on the major program for the cham
Der will consist Of the following
items:
Promoting and encouraging the de-
velopment Of the dairy industry in
the Gallatin valley.
Working for extended transorta-
ton facilities for Bozeman.
Developing an aviation landing
field.
Working for a new Northern Pa
cific depot
Working for the establishment of
cold STORAGE plant.
Furninsne municipal band concerts
Operating q tourist bureau.
Operating an employment bureau.
To continue working for the com
pletion Of the West Gallatin road.
To continue the establishment of a
Middle Creek recreation park.
The minor program of the cham
ber VIII probably consist Of coopera-
tim with the county commissioners,
working FOR city plan; cooperation
with The Roundup association; CO.
oeration with the agricultural col
le~e; cooperation with the public anC
high schools; fostering the committee
or county affairs; cooperation with
the farm bureau; entertainment OF
vlrltcr-, and undoubtedly many other
minor emergency matters.
As soon as the complete major pro.
gram lis adopted, it is the intention
cf the board of directors to furnisl
a copy to each member Of the cham
Der, after which special committees
VIII be appointed TO attend to thc
items upon the program, as they ap
pear for activity.
The Bozeman courier., 1921-02-02
HON. PAUL MCCORMICK
DIES IN BILLINGS

The death Of Hon. Paul Mccormick,
prominent Montana pioneer, which
occurred in Billings, Wednesday, jan
uary 26 was sincerely regretted by
his friends in this community, as
he first settled in the Gallatin valley
when he came to Montana in 1865,
his ranch being on Middle Greek. He
was an honorary member of the Pio-
neers' Society of Gallatin county be-
cause of his service in the Yellowstone
expedition against the Indions. Many
old timers in this vicinity will re-
member with pleasure the state meet
ing of pioneers in Billings when they
were royalty entertained at the Nc
Cormiclz home in the log cabin Mr..
Mccormick had built near his house
as a souvenir of pioneer days.
Paul Mccormick was born in Green
wood, New York, June IA, 1916 and
he received his education in the COM
mon schools there and at Alfred
Center academy. He came west in
1856, locating in the Gallatin valley,
and he engaged in farming and
freighting for about four years. In
1870, he accompanied Col. Baker and
his famous Yellowstone expedition
against the Piegan Indians, and five
years later, with Major F. D. Pease
and Zed H. Daniels, both now de-
ceased, he organized and fitted out
the expedition to the lower Yellow
stone, from Bozeman to the mouth Of
the Big Horn river with party of
28 men, making the trip from the
present location of Livingston in
mackinaw boats. They built Fort
Peas and for eight months endured
all sorts of hardships in resisting
the attacks of Sioux Indians until
they were finally relieved by United
Continued on Page Five)
The Bozeman courier., 1921-02-02
SONS AND DAUGHTERS
OF PIONEERS MEETING

The Sons and Daughters Of Pio-
neers of Gallatin county held their
annual business meeting Tuesday
evening and elected Mlora Reardon
president, Mrs. Leslie Gilmer, vice
president and Walter Davis again as
secretary-treasurer. These officers
with the following members chosen
for the executive committee of the
organization form the executive board
OF which the vice president, Mrs.
Gilmer, is chairman: Mrs. Charles B.
Cameron, Mrs. Perry Knowlton, Mrs.
c. E. Decker and Zade S. Morgan.
The executive board was instruct
ed cooperate with the executive board
of the Pioneers Society in making
plans for the annual reunion to be
held in Bozeman, February %.