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DiLhOefer Is
Critically III

ST. LOUIS. JAN a3-william Dill
hoefer. catcher Of the St Louis Ma
tional league Cardinals is In a serious
condition at ST. Johns hospital here
as a result of an attack of typhoid
fever.
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SANTA BARBARA. Jan. so.-Sonn
and Hutchinson defeated HUT
and Joe Martin. brother professionals
in an 1s-hole golf game, three TO two.
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BATTlERS IN FINE CONDITION At
END OF TRAINING FOR RING CARD
Promise of Record Attendance Held Out as Result
Of Interest in Perkins-Keeer and Youngest.
Clair Fight Tomorrow Night

Brisk workouts Sunday, afternoon ended the training ses-
sfons of all of the principals who will take part in the Ameri-
can Legion athletic carnival to be held at the Iris theater to-
morrow night. The windup of the training grind saw many
gathered at the Casper Athletic club to get a line on the
, 1922-01-30

Jewelry n watch repairing by ex.
pert workmen. All work
Casper Jewelry Mfg. Co. o..S Bldg.
a-5tt
, 1922-01-30
Del Monte Team
Wins Polo Match

DEL MONTE. Jan. ao.-Del Monte
Midwest team defeated the Mateo-San-
tn Barbara polo team 0 to 6 in open
ing Of American polo season.
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there doesn't seem to be anything
ooihg o Benny Kauff In the way Of
reinstatement in the big show.
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mateiy $4,000 in wager on their
team. depending on star college play.
ers from Notro Dame for victory.
This money. he said. he understood
was lost when Tayiorville won the
game after Simpson had secured the
Illinois players for tho local team.
He declared he knew positively OF
one $4,000 bet on the game.
, 1922-01-30
BUSTED GRID PLAYERS SAY They RECEIVED NO MONEY
N0TRE DAME PLAYERS INVOLVED IN ILLINOIS CHARGES.

URBANA. H.. Jan. so.-The nine
Illinois football players who partici-
pated in tho Tayiorvine- carlinville
semi-professional game November 81
for which they were barred from var
sity athletics. today maintained that
they a received no money for their
services. Reports from Taylorville
said they had been hired when Car
hnville was reported to have hired
Notro Dame players and to have
wagered a large sum OF money on
their team.
None OF the players would discuss
he game. but all are being question
ed individually by George Hun. direo-
tor Of athletics. Director Hun was
reported to have said he had heard
that $4,000 was wagered on the
game
Coach Robert zuppke said hs knew
nothing about the betting end OF tho
charges. and was not at all positive
that the players had been paid for
playing. He will continue the inves.
tigation. he said.
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TAYLoRvILLE. H. Jan. 5o.-By
The Associated PressHCharges that
the nine Illinois football players who
were barred from varsity athletics by
the university athletic council ycster.
day for participating in n se~ai-pro.
fessional football game here Novem.
Der 27 were hired and tina a arge
amount of money was bit on the game
were partially verified today by Dick
Simpson. manager OF the Taylorville
team.
Protesting that he did not want
to get any college players in bad
Simpson today asserted he had hired
the Illinois players when he learned
that C~arlinville. the opposing team.
was loaded with college stars who
cost s2,T0O."
Simpson said he had been told that
C%arlinviilc hackers had bald approx
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sabscrIbe for The rrIbune.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1922-12-20
EARTHQUAKE SHOCK
SHAKES UP MONTANA
Slight TremOr Felt in Northwestern
Part of State. No Damage
Is Reported.

BUTTE, Dec. 19.-That Butte was
visited by a genuine, though slight
earthquake last night is the firm be-
lief Of many people, some of whom
have experienced the sensation in
more or less violent form. That it was
not a prely local disturbance such as
might have been caused by a heavy
blast in some of the mine workings
underlying the city is proved by the
fact that the tremor was felt as dis
tinctly in widely separated sections of
Butte.
One family on the west side noticed
it distinctly. One member of the
group had been in a place that wa:
visited by a more severe earthquake
some years ago, and the oscillatine
motion was too familiar to allow oi
any mistake. This was in the part Of
the west side which is situated wei
up on the side of the hill.
Continued on Page Twelve.)
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1922-12-20
NEW BOOK WRITTEN BY
REV. ROBERT p. SMITH
Religious Optimism" Just Off the
Press, Treats of Careless
Criticism of Church.

Religious Optimism" is the title of
a new book just off the press, from
the pen of Rev. R. P Smith, of Boze-
man. The work is dedicated by Rev.
Smith to two brothers, also in the
ministry, Rev. Edward Smith and Rev.
Attree Smith. The book is divided
into twenty chapters, each treating of
a different aspect of the religious sit
uation of today in it's relationship to
the past, and most optimistic view
of the future.
The work of Rev. Smith treats Of
the many carelss criticisms Of the
church, and is intended to counteract
the inference that the church is wan
ing, losing members, and not so well
attended as in former days. It is
also an answer to the more thought
full writer's of former days who are
pessimistic in regard to the future
growth and success of the Christian
religion and the permanency of oul
modern religion.
The book is optimistic from cover t.
cover and supports it's optimism will
facts. 1t observes and discusses tn
contention of excessive juvenile de
linquency, divorce evils and crime
It finds ground for real optimism no
only for the condition of the churcl
at the present time, but in its futur
advancement. 1t demonstrates ther
is no cause for pessimism and give
large numbers of statistics to supper
the claim.
i Rev. Smith is the author of tw
other books, one "The Spiritual Valu
of Work." brought out in 1914, an
j.. the other, "The More Excellent Way,
issued in 1916.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1922-12-20
BOZEMAN BUSINESS SECTION SWEPTBY
FIRE CAUSING QUARTER MILLION Loss
MOST DISASTROUS FIRE EVER EXPERIENCED BY CITY
CAUSED THE DEATH OF ERNEST ROBERTSON. AND
DESTROYED ENTIRE STOCK OF THREE BUSINESS
HOUSES TOTAL LOSS, NEARLY $25OOOO.
Robertson Suffocated By Smoke
While Working in Basement of Club Cafe in Effort to Stop
Flames Reaching Adjoining Building, He Is Overcome
and Found Dead by Rescuers.

be in the amount of $4,000, and the
Gallatin Drug Company's stock and
fixtures damaged with water and
smoke to about $4,000.
In addition to these mercantile
establishments there were a large
number of tenants in the upper stories
of the buildings, whose loss of fix
lures and supplies was almost COM
plete. The Bozeman Chamber of
Commerce lost large amount in fix
lures and in trophies, musical instru-
ments and furniture. DR.. Nyman
DR.. J. E. Elliott, the Gallatin Land
and Investment Company, and Walter
Aitken losses included professional
equipment, books and fixtures. Mrs
G. L. Hogan, owner of the Story
building, suffered a loss of approx
mately $4,000, and John Fechter fig
ured his loss on the building occupied
by the Club Cafe at $4,000. Tues
day morning Mr.. Fred Henderson, o.
Butte, arrived in the city to mak'
adjustments of the losses for the in
sured. This will take several days
as it will be necessary to submit in
voices of losses and salvages by thos
insured before any adjustment can b
made.
Interviewed after the fire, Mr.. A
A. Braten stated it to be his intention
to again establish himself in busi
ness as soon as the salesrooms can b
put in condition and new stock sc
cured. Conaty & Hines, Of the Spe
4 cialty Shoe Store, also plan upo
4 opening up again just as soon as tn
stock arrives and the building can b
cleared of the wreckage and removal
Continued on Page Twelve.)
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1922-12-20
HONOR PAID TO ERNEST
ROBERTSON AT FUNERAL
Fire Department and Orders to Which
He Belonged Pay Last Trib-
ute to Memory.

Funeral services were held at the
st. James Episcopal church last Sun
day for Ernest Robertson, who lost
his life at the fire on Friday, Rev.
B. ]. Osborn officiating. Members of
the Bozeman Fire Department, Amer
lean Legion, Knights of Pythias, and
the Fraternal Order Of Eagles, and OF
the Pythian Sisters, attended in a
body. All city officials were also in
attendance to pay last tribute to the
memory of the man who gave his life
while in the line of duty. The at
tendance filled the church to it's ca
pacity.
There were many beautiful floral
offerings banked about the coffin al
the church, sent by relatives anC
friends of the young man, in express
sion of their love and respect for him
The coffin was also draped with az
American flag, all honor being giveI
the departed. Mrs. D. D. Smith SANG
Zone Sweetly Solemn Thought" &C
companied on the pipe organ by Mis-
Rosalia Lehrkind.
In the funeral procession, an escor
of the Fraternal Order of Eagles an
Knights of Pythias was followed b,
Fire Chief Alexander and the fire de
partment with equipment draped i
mourning. Members of the depart
ment marched with the procession t
the end Of Main street, as did tn
other organizations. At the cemeter
, the Knights of Pythias conducte
their beautiful burial service. Th
E pall-bearers We're William Rider, {
! the Bozeman Fire Department; Wi
liam Bawden, of the American L.
Continued on Page Twelve.)
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1922-12-20

DENVER, Colo, Dec. 18-Every
peace officer in Colorado tonight is
combing the highways leading from
Denver in search of the masked ban
dts who shortly after 1O:40 o'clock
this morning shot and killed Charles
Linton, guard of the Denver branch
of the Kansas City Federal Reserve
bank, stole 100000 and escaped
after staging a gun fight with armed
guards on duty at the United States
mint. The money was being trans
ferred from the United States mint
to a delivery truck of the reserve
hank standing at the curb and was
in so packages containing S4O VVo
each. All the money was In bills OF
s5 denomination.
Police expect to be aided in their
search for the bandits by the fact
that one-apparently the leader
was shot sesSs1sly, If not mortally
BY a government guard on duty at the
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1922-12-20

Ernest Robertson dead, dying in the
performance of his duty while fight
ing the fire; Chief Alexander and
Jack Kane overcome with smoke, and
smoke-begrimed walls, broken win
dows, scraps of burned fixtures and
stock-all that remain of three of
Bozeman's largest business establish
ments-two other concerns with their
stocks of goods greatly damaged
from smoke and water, are the re-
suits of the most destructive fire to
occur in the city for many years.
Many professional pen, and several
business concerns who occupied Of
fices on the upper floors of the three
buildings destroyed by the fire of
Friday morning suffered large fin
ancial damages. The total loss has
been estimates at close to 5000, 900,
with insurance covering about 80 per
cent.
Those who suffered losses are A.
A. Braten, stock and fixtures prac-
tically entirely burned, consisting Of
women's ready to wear, and one of the
largest of its kind in Montana. The
loss to Mr.. Braten is close to 100000
with insurance covering about IS pei
cent; Conaty & Hines, owners of the
Speciality Shoe Shop, practically I
complete loss amounting to $4,000
with go per cent insurance; the Clul
Cafe, owned by Mcintyre & Sebey
had but recently remodeled the build
ing in which they were established
new fixtures had been installed, al
being destroyed, amounting to los
of about $4,000; the Hub Clothing
Store, owned by Howard Bros, dam
age by water and smoke estimated t
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1922-12-20
POLISH PRESIDENT
Slain BY FANATIC
First President of Poland Shot While
Visiting Art Exhibit. Dies
Almost Immediately.

WARSAW, Dec. 16.-Gabriel Mar
utowicz, first president of Poland, was
assassinated today while visiting an
art exhibition.
The assassination occurred exactly
at noon. The president was shot,
dying a few moments later.
M. Narutowicz was killed by an
artist named Niewadomski, who fired
three shots. Every shot took effect
President Narutowicz had just con-
cluded an address formally opening
the picture exhibition when Niewa-
domski stepped up to the platform
in the line of people shaking the pres
ident's hand and fired three shots from
his revolver at the executive at close
range.
The president dropped, fatally
wounded, while the crowd of horrifeC
spectators, after the first instant oi
Continued on page Seven
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1922-12-20
OFFICERS ELECTED
BY The KIWANIANS
II. o. Wilson Elected President for
the Year. Reports Received
From Committees.

Election of officers for the ensu-
ing year was held by the Kfwanis
club at the Monday MONDAY lunch
con. Those elected are, r.. o. Wilson,
president; Fred Williams, Byrle ].
Osborn, E. w. Harland, H. S. Buell.,
Don Langohr, William Currier, and
Howard Welch, directors. Others Of
ficers of the club are to be selected
at the first meeting of the new di-
rectors.
c. C. Jameson submitted his annual
report as Treasurer of the club, show
ing receipts of $2,475.44, with expen-
ditures of 81, ,440. 80, leaving a balance
on hand of $26.14. He also reported
the total cost of the Kiwanis cabin
built in Bogert's grove to have beer
81, ,104.70. A report suDsssitted by FREQ
Williams, who was in charge of the
ticket sales for the club minstrel show
gave the receipts on hand between
$500 and $500, with some memberI
yet TO account for their sales. Tbs
show cost the club about $3.50, leav
ing about the same amount realizes
to be used toward paying for th'
cabin.
The club showed 9 healthy condi
ton, with IL members having beel
received, and Ave members droppe'
for non-attendance. Four member
withdrew owing to leaving the city
leaving the membership at So for th
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1922-12-20
PROGRAM ARRANGED
FOR farmers WEEK
Many Organizations Will Hold Ses-
siOns at Montana State Col
lege During Conference.

A full program Of conventions will
be held in Bozeman from January
End to 18th. Among these are the
Extension Workers, January 2-6; Mon
tana Dairyman's Association, January
5-6; The Boys Vocational Congress,
January 8 IL; Home Economics
Teachers, January 6; Montana Farm
Bureau Association, January 80; Mon
tana Breeders Association; January
10; Montana Seed Growers Associ-
alton, January 9-12; Montana Farm
Management Association, January II;
Montana Potato Improvement Associ-
alton, January 10-11; Poland China
Swine Breeders Association, January
IL; Bee Keepers to be announced;
Gailatin Sheep Breeders Association
January II; Horse Breeders Associ
alton, January 8.
Many special speakers have beer
obtained to appear at the conventions
including, DR.. Caroline Hedger, o.
Chicago; Miss Mary Sweeney, execu
tive secretary of American HONS
Economies Association, Baltimore
Maryland; DR.. G. F. Warren, Head o
the department Of Farm Management
Cornell University; Curtis L. Moshel
Federal Reserve Bank, st. Paul, Minr
G.. g. Jewett, Manager of the North
west Wheat growers Association.
i A printed program will be put GU
by the college with the meetings an
hours they are TO take place. Their
win be the usual changes and sui
stitutions and these win be announca
| by the daily press. on hullsein ho@rss
and In various meetings.
Il Transportation for the visitors 4
| and from the college will bs fnrmIshs
i Continued on. Page Twelwa-)
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1922-12-20
Bandit Gang Shoot Federal Guard
and Get Away With Big Cash Loot
Lean From Automobile of Federal Mint Denver AS
Currency Is Being Placed in Wagon by Messengers
for Reserve Bank.

mint, as he turned to fire final vol
ley at the guards as the bandit car
sped away from the scene of the
hold-up. A speeding automobile car
rying seven men, two wearing masks,
and one dropping over the edge of
the machine, bleeding profusely, was
reported to the police as having beer
Eeen speeding northward out Of the
city shortly after the robbery. Po-
lice riot cars have been dispatched
in pursuit of the car.
Denver police declared that the
robbery was the largest and unques
tionably the most sensational dayligh
hold-up ever staged in Colorado.
The disregard Of the bandits fo1
human life marks the robbery, &C
cordiny to the police, as one Of th'
boldest in police annals. With sawed
off shotguns, two Of the bandits bonn
barded the front door Of the mint .
they lesped from their automobile
| Continued on Page Twelve.)
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1922-12-20
SANDERS Store At
MANHATTAN BURNED
Fire Practically Wipes Out Big Mer-
camille Establishment Early
Tuesday Morning.

Tuesday mornlngthe big department
store of Sanders Mercantile Company
at Manhattan was almost completely
destroyed by fire The fire was first
observed by Frank Richards, who was
on his way to the depot to take train
No 42 to Bozeman, and he at once
turned in the alarm The Manhattan
fire department was on the scene of
the fire Immediately and did great
work Volunteers also assisted in
fighting the blaze until it was extin-
guished
Just how the fire started is not
known, but when discovered it had
burned a considerable of the rear OF
the building 1t is supposed the fire
started near some packing near the
stairway where Christmas goods had
been unpacked during Monday. The
dense smoke made it difficult work t.
fight the flames, and before these
could be subdued the interior of the
building had been destroyed.
The fire did not reach the base
ment, where a large amount of mer
chandiSe was stored, and there will b'
saving of some of the stock on the
ground floor. Just what the amoun
of the loss will be cannot be ascer
tanned until an invoice is made of The
stock saved. MIR. Sanders stated h
could not estimate the loss until tn,
adjuster arrived.
The store building is owned by Sen
ator D. F. Mains, who purchased j
and the stock of merchandise abou
one year ago. Later he sold the mer
chandise stock to the Sanders com
pany, which has been operating il
The stock carried was large, and it
believed the loss will run into quit
large sum. Mr.. Sanders will re
open the store as soon as the loss ha
been adjusted.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1922-12-20
ROTARY CLUB TOLD
FIREPRECAUTIONS
Instructions Given by Fred Hender-
son for Saving Property When
Threatened by Fire.

Last Tuesday member of the Ro-
tary Club were given some valuable
information relative to fires and fire
insurance by Fred Henderson, Of
Butte, who was a guest of the club.
Mr.. Henderson is in Bozeman to make
adjustment of 10 ses incurred at the
fire last Friday
Speaking of what an individual
ought to do in the event of a fire in
his own establishment or when his
home or business is endangered by
fire, Mr.. Henderson stated the proper
thing TO do is to "use common sense"
He told the members of the various
opinions held by different people rel
ative to fires and fire insurance pol
icies. He also advised his hearers to
examine their policies and know their
contents.
zone of the chief troubles of the
average person" Mr.. Henderson stat
eu, ''is that they place insurance upon
their property and never examine
ther policies. The opinion seems to
exist that the insurance agent is sole
ly responsible for the policy being
right, for it covering the property in
sured, and that the agent must do the
thinking for the insured. The real
isituatiOn is Just the reverse. An in
surance agent will write your policy
. for you, and take your statement as
to the value of the property covered.
In the event of fire, it is then the duty
of the insured to first exercise every
possible effort to save as much of the
property as can be saved. The good
intentions of the insured are shown
by such efforts.
"Since coming to Bozeman it has
been called to my attention that many
believe there should be nothing
touched in case a fire breaks out
where property is insured" Mr.. Hen
n derson said. "This is the very oppo-
site to what should be done. Even
should a fire break out in an adjoin-
ing property, and the insured re-
S moves his goods from his place OF
t business and no fire reaches his es-
: tablishment, he will be paid by tho
n insurance companies for loss or dam
n age. If property is stolen, damaged
5 or destroyed while removing it from
s danger of fire, the insurance com
y panies will reimburse the insured fol
s such loss"
e Senator elect c. c. Conser, of Fal
) lon county, was also a guest Of th'
# Rotary Club on Tuesday. He was il
Bozeman attending the meeting of tn,
d state agricultural advisory board, o
lie which he is a member. In a brief tall
Is Senator Conser told the members o
,e his pleasure in meeting with them
e He told of the good work he had OBJ
If served being done throughout tn
If country through such organizations
II and complimented the club for its &C
tivities.
CONTINUED on Page Twelve.)
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1922-12-20
Supreme Court Upheld Oil Tax
Measure Enacted By Legislature
Providing of Per Cent License Tax
Gross Production of Crude Oil Is Constitutional Is
Opinion Handed Down Monday.

The law enacted by the last legis-
lative assembly imposing a per cent
license tax, on the gross value Of oil
produced by wen owners in Montana
is held constitutional, according to an
opinion delivered by the state supreme
court on Monday. The opinion was
by Associate Justice William L. Hol-
loway, and reverses the Judgment Of
the district court of Judge W. Fl.
Poorman in Lewis and Clark county,
from which the state had taken an
appeal.
This means the state is entitled to
collect the gross production oil tax
since the time the license law be-
came effective. Up 10 Septeinber I,
khis year. State Treasurer J. w.
Walker stated that tire state had col
lected from Ehia tax slesOz7. bat Aost
Of that tsx, hs added, was from oil
not produced Oh government Land.
CoznpanSea pwosluesng Oh ou goysgn-
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1922-12-20

ment lands ceased paying the tax
when the law became involved in the
courts. Had the law not been dis
turbed by legal process, State Treas
urer Walker estimated the state would
have by this time realized approx
mately $50, 900 from the source OF rev.
enue, which now must be paid under
the ruling Of the supreme court.
The tax will at least reach the
amount, Mr.. Walker continued, due
to the fact that most of the crude oil
in Montana is produced, about 90 per
cent, ne thinks, on government leases,
government reserves the oil and miz-
eral rights on those lands. The tax
derived from this source reverts TO
the states general fund.
The state had realized only q nom-
inal amount Of revenus Under thia new
tax law when the -NortheRm Oh
c0Enpauy instituted q suik IN ghe dis-
(Coufipned on Page TwelvA
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1922-12-20
OPPOSITION TO BUTLER
GOES ON SENATE FLOOR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18-The
nomination of Pierce Butler, of Min
resota, to be as associate justice of
the supreme court was ordered re-
ported to the Senate today by unan-
imous vote of the judiciary committee.
The committee acted after receiving
a report from subcommittee which
inquired into the opposition to the
nomination and recommended favor
able action.
Chairman Nelson reported that he
would make the report on the nomi.
nation at the first executive session
of the Senate and call it up at th'
first opportunity. Senators LaFol
lette of Wisconsin and Norris, Ne
braska, Republicans, have. indicated
they will fight confirmation.