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Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-30
Campaign Launched
in Helena to Stop
Violations of Laws

Helena, Dec. 29.-(By The Associat-
ed Press.(--A campaign of law en-
forcement in Helena is announced by
John G. Van Hook. commissioner of
public protection and safety. Mr.. Van
Hooks attention has been called. he
says. 10 gambling, bootlegging and other
violations. lie intends to attempt en-
forcement of the ordinances. Mr.. Van
Hook makes the following statement:
There are frequent reports of gam
bling, b~ootlegging and prostitution
made to me. If such reports are true
the laws of the state and the city of
Helena are being violated, and if they
are, someone is to blame. In the regu-
lar discharge of my official duties. I
have visited some of the places where
one or more of these laws are reported
to have been violated. and | have noti-
fled the proprietors that it was my
purpose to enforce the law.
Officers who refuse or neglect TO
perform any of the duties imposed upon
them by any of the provisions of these
acts are punishable by fine and i'm
prisonment. and removal from office. -"
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-30
OPEN COURT FIGHT
To TEST DECREE IN
SCHOOL FUND CASE
Writ of Mandate Issued on Be.
half of District Schools
Hit by Rankin.

Bozeman, Dec. 29.-lBy The Asso-
ciated Press. "A writ of mandate was
issued by Judge Ben 3. Law Friday,
returnable January Is. in the Gallatin
county district court, as the first step
in the district high school fund Ease
that involves the continued operation
of 20S district high schools in Montana.
This is the test case agreed upon
following the opinion of Attorney Gen
eral Rankin given in the Whitehall
school case. Every high school in
Montana is vitality interested in the
outcome. Under the attorney generals
decision, practically all the state funds
apportioned for high school purposes
and all the county funds for high school
purposes go to the county high schools
except the apportionment for pupils
actually residents of the high school
district.
The action in this county was brought
by Attorney Hubert Bath in behalf of
the Manhattan, Belgrade, Three Forks.
Salesville and Willow Creek district
high schools.
change the law and permit the funds
to be apportioned as in the past has
been drawn up for presentation to the
legislature when it c%onvenes next week.
Representative Buell. has been given
charge of the bill and he will have the
assistance of the two democratic mem
bers from Gallatin county. Represen-
tatives Carlson and Buttelman, in an
effort to get the bill through by unani-
nous consent without delay.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-30
Poultry Men Change
Name of Association
and Elect Officers
necial TO The Tribune.

SppClaI 10 Inc tribute.
Stanford, Dec. 29.-fhe Judith
Basin County Poultry association was
reorganized and renamed the judith
Basin Poultry and Rabbit association
at the annual meeting held after the
close of the second days show here,
Thursday.
The meeting was attended by 30
prominent poultry and rabbit breed
ers of the basin and state. The terri
tory now covered by the organization
includes both Judith Basin and Fer
gus counties.
1t was voted to hold the annual
show at Stanford next winter, and
plans are already under way TO in
crease the present exhibition, which is
conceded 10 be the largest ever held in
the northwest.
c. ]. Dave, prominent rabbit breed
er of Helena. announced the probabil-
itv OF the state show of the Rabbit
Breeders association holding exhibi-
ton at Stanford in connection with
the Judith Basin show next winter.
Officers elected for 1923 for the
basin association were: Thomas
Nicholson of HobSon, president: y. b.
Nottorff of L.ewistown, vice-president;
+. A. Grace of Stanford. secretary:
Raymond E. II. Bison of Stanford,
treasurer.
The board of directors are B. Ase-
man. Charles Baker, Sidney Stevens,
ali of Stanford. c. A. Mcdonald of
Lewistown, o. 4. White of Hobson and
Mrs. c. Ii. Deatch of Geyser.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-30

written the very platforms ano
pledges of political parties, and be
cause of substantial contributions
to campaign chests they have AFRO.
gated to themselves the right to
dictate the governmental policies
! Of the administration elected to Of
flee, regardless of party"
In all, the mayor indicted Presi-
dent Harding, Secretary OF State
Hughes, the Ku Klux Klan, Secre-
tary of the Treasury Mellon, the
Standard Oil company, the new tar
if law, pre-war British propa-
ganda," numerous wealth lords"
the American Sugar Refining COM
pany, and the Berwind- White Coal
! company, a Pennsylvania concern
which furnishes coal to New York
City transit lines.
An independent newspaper, the
New York Globe, maintains that
much of this amazing farrago, of
course, is simply not SO; but the
painful fact remains that there is
a modicum of truth in it." But the
Buffalo Express (Ind. Rep.) de-
clares that the mayors outpour-
ings are merely "the demagogic
cant that has been delivered from
soap-boxes since 1914" THE poll
teal rec of Mayors Hylan and
Thompson have been built up on
just such wild and incoherent mis-
representation and deliberate false
hood" ayers the independent New
Haven Journal-Courier. But, adj
vises this paper, "let this precious
pair of ship-scuttlers talk their
heads off and flatter to the skies
the heroes of their imagination"
The real purpose of Mayor Hylan,
reports the Manchester Union (Ind.
Rep.), besides booming Hearst for
the White House, els to put for
ward Messrs. Hylan and Thompson
for the United States senate"
AS to the feasibility of the may
or's plan, it would be impossible"
thinks the republican New York
Tribune, "for Mayor Hylan to
unite into a political unit even
those cities in which Mr.. Hearst
publishes his manifold newspapers"
Last fall, we are reminded by the
democratic New York World, Mr..
Hylan went to Syracuse to nomi-
nate Mr.. Hearst for governor on
the democratic ticket" but ex-Gov-
ernor Smith won the nomination
and was elected by a huge major
ity. "The mayor had all the pat
ronage of New York, and all the
money he had need Of" adds the
republican Syracuse Post-Standard,
yet see what Al Smith did to
him"
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-30
Drop Weather Bureau
Maintained at Poison

Helena. Dec. 29.-(By The Associat-
ed Press. THE cooperative weather
bureau station at Poison has been dis
continued and the equipment moved 10
Pleasant Valley. il is announced by
William r. Lathrop, director of the
bureau at Helena. +. y. Browne was
the cooperative observer Mt Poison,
A.. d. Stillman is the new observer AT
Pleasant Valley.
The reason for the diseontinuance of
the office at Poison is that the stations
at Poison and Dayton, being only IL
miles apart, were too close TO warrant
the continuance of both and il being
deemed better to discontinue the one
ut Poison than ut Dayton. said Mr..
Lathrop.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-30
Heavy Mist Causes
Crash of Freights;
Cars Are Damaged
10 The Tribune.

~lecldl 10 Ihe iiiboht.
Glasgow, Dec. 29.-Heavy fog was
responsible for a rear-end collision be
tween two west bound freight trains at
yandalia. about 3 o'clock Sunday after
noon. The first train had stopped,
preparing to pull into a siding. when
the second train struck it, completely
demofishing The caboose and damaging
three oil cars and nine refrigerator
cars.
The engine of the second train left
the track and turned on its side. The
engineer jumped before the collision.
the fireman remained in the tender and
crawled out uuhurt after the accident.
An east bound freight. which had the
right of way. nearly collided with the
engine of the first train, The flag
mans signal was observed late. due
to the heavy fog. and it looked like a
head-on collision vas unavoidable. AT
ter putting on the air the engineer and
fireman jumped. The train came to a
stop, Il space of four feet only re-
naming between the pilots of the two
engines.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-30
Coyotes Stay Deer
After Buck Masters
Another in Combat
Special to The Tribune.

Kalispell, Dec. 29.-The mute evil
dence of a mortal combat between two
Whitehall bucks was found in the woods
near the Peter Rau ranch in Lost
Prairie by c. It. Hagie a few days ago.
The deer had evidently locked horns
in a fight. which resulted in the death
of one of the animals. The survivor
had then dragged the dead body of his
antagonist for days. and the coyotes
had stripped the flesh to the neck.
With the head and neck c~linging to his
a~ntlers. the victor of the fight had
evidently fought off the attacks Of the
coyotes for n long time, for the hair
had all worn off the head and neck
of the dead buck, where it had rubbed
against his body.
Starvation apparently finished the
champion. The body. still warm, was
found lying on a trail by Mr.. Ifagie, and
d pack of about n half dozen coyotes
had just been rewarded for their long
vigil.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-30
FORGIVING OUR DEBTORS.

4 resurgence of talk about can
4 > collation. of American debt
is going On in Europe. France,
Belgium, Italy and even Great Bri-
tain is talking about the duty and
advantage Of the United States
cancelling their debt to US. The
London Star regrets that the Amer
lean press should throw cold water
on the proposition of loaning a big
sum Of money to Germany to pay
~reparations with. 1t says:
1--WE are sorry, because if ever
there was a Ease in which the old
economic fallacy of circulating
money had something to be said
for it, this is one. America, choked
| with British gold, lends it to Ger
many to pay France, to relieve
England Of the necessity for remit
ting the French war debts and to
enable England to pay interest
on her debt to America. Compile
ton of the circuit would fire the
spark of renewed vitality and COM
mercial confidence, and enable
America to sell to Europe those
great accumulations of her products
which have been held in chancery
by the very fact that America has
all our money"
The French official attitude to-
ward reparations is cited by the
Paris newspapers by a quotation
from a speech of Premier Poin-
care in the chamber Of deputies,
which reads as follows:
France does not desire, she has
never desired, and she will not de-
sire in the future any more than
today any expeditions of a mill
tary character. Furthermore, she
does not desire to inflict on Ger
many any chastisement or any pun
tive sanction. She desires only to
be paid in the fullest measur in
which it can be done, and to make
sure that payment shall be made
she believes it necessary to seize
the riches of Germany there where
they are to be found"
Salience is given to this para
graph by the Paris press, it appears,
because Of rumors that President
Harding was meditating a new con-
ference at which revision Of the
treaty of Versailles would be con-
sidered, and the semi-official Paris
Temps observes on this point:
1.-THE more one respects the in
t~enticns of the American govern
ment. the more n fegrets that
irresponsible informers should in
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-30
HIGH COURT CLEARS
APPEAL DOCKET Of
sos CASES IN YEAR
Majority of Actions Are Dis.
posed of by Written Opin-
ions; 81 Are Dismissed.
(Tribune's Helena Bureau.

Helena, Dec. 29.-Three hundred
and six cases were disposed OF by INT
Montana supreme court during the
year 1922. according to the annual re
port of J. T. Carroll, clerk of the
court, given out by him Friday. During
the previous year the court had dis
posed of 293 cases. OF the 3Ot cases
handled during the year just ending
234 were disposed of by writer
opinions, 81 by dismissals and five
otherwise.
OF the cases in which opinions were
delivered. 80 per rem were affirmed
45 per cent reversed, and 5 per Gent
modified. On January 1, 1922, the
court was % months behind in its
work, and on January /. 1923, will be
only II months behind. As the court
never can reach up closer than three
months, due to time that must be
given procedure in cases after they
reach the high tribunal. that court
really will be only il months behind
when the new year is started. AT the
present rate of increase by July l,
1923. the court will be about seven
months behind, according to the calcu-
~lations of Mr.. Carroll.
Record in 1922
On January /. 1922, there were 255
eases pending and undecided, to which,
during the year. there were added 254
cases filed, making a total Of 500
cases. of which 306 have been dis
posed of, leaving 203 cases pending and
undetermined when the court convenes
with the beginning of the new year,
% cases fewer pending and undeter-
mined at the beginning of 1922. In
1922. there were 254 eases placed on
the docket while for 1921 the number
of cases docketed vas 215. Il gain of
eases docketed in 1922 of Al.
OF the opinions delivered in the year
just fading. the greatest number were
by Associate Justice William T.. Hol-
Ioway. who wrote ;3. Associate Justice
A. J. Galen was next with 80. Associ-
ate Justice Charles Fl. Cooper wrote
20. During the portion of the year
that he served on the supreme bench.
Associate Justice George W. Farr
wrote 10. The late Chief Justice Theo-
dore Brantiy wrote nine, the late Asso-
ciate Justice Frank B. Reynolds three,
and the present Chief Justice Lew l..
Galloway, who was i'll the greater part
of the time when first appointed. two,
q total of 1873 opinions written by the
chief and associate justices.
The Commission
That the district judges who have
served as members of the supreme
court commissions during the year
have helped speed up the work of the
court i'll disposing of cases is shown
in the fact that various judges who
have served as commissioners have
written 95 opinions, of which Is were
written by Judge Roy f. Ayers. II by
Judge Carl d. Borton, 10 by Judge
c. f. Conner. 10 by Judge A. 2. Stark,
10 by Judge A. j. Horsky. six by
Judge Theodore Lentz. nine by Judge
Frank L. Leiper. eight by Judge W.
l.. Ford. eight by Judge c. w. Pome-
roy. six by Judge j. ]. Lynch. two by
Judge II. II. Ewing. and one by Judges
Leiper, Borton and Ford,
The supreme court will convene for
the next term on January :, with ~
cases set for argument.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-30
LEWlSTOWN MAN MARRlES
PuYALLUP, WASHINGTON, GIRL

Special to The Tribune.
Lewistown. Dec. 29.-The
ment was received here Wednesday
morning Of the marriage at puyallup.
Washington. of Charles II. Fowler, of
this city. and Miss Mary Eta Kent of
Puyallup.
Mr.. Fowler has been a member of
the Lewistown volunteer fire depart
ment and a prominent young business
man Of Lewistown for some years.
He is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Donald
Fowler.
The bride is the daughter of the
superintendent of the Puyallup schools,
Mr.. Fowler has decided to make his
future home at Ravalli, where he has
purchased Il stock ranch.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-30
Large Estate Goes
to Children; Value
Realty at $4,000
Special to The Tribune.

Speciai TO The Tribune.
Iewistown, Dec. 29.-The will OF
the late Robert $. Hamilton was filed
for probate Thursday. 1t disposes OF
a very large estate accumulated by the
noted pioneer stockman and merchant,
the realty alone standing on the as
sessment book at close to 100000
Aside from a bequest of 5000 to a
sister. the whole estate goes to
Thomas VI. Hamilton, r. Stavely Ham
ilton, sons, and Mrs. Mary Agnes Dill
Ion. a daughter.
The will of. the late Selma J. Stone.
a former resident of the Moore section.
who died at Dillon recently, has been
filed for probate. Under it the farm
at Moore goes to a daughter, Ethel
Chilland Bonner. of Dillon. who is
named as executrix, while a fund of
$4,000 Is to be devoted to the educa-
ton Of a granddaughter, Lena Ward
Beding. Provision is made for the
purchase of a home for another
daughter. Rose Snider. of Ashland.
Ore. The residue of the estate is to
be divided equally between the two
daughters
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-30
Hold Mentrum Funeral
in Missoula Saturday

Helena. Dec. 29.-{By The Associ-
ated Press.1-Th funeral of Robert s.
Mentrum, state fire marshal, who died
here on Sunday last, will be held on
Saturday afternoon at $50 o'clock in
the Masonic temple at Missou1a, under
auspices of the Masons and the Elks.
The funeral party will leave Helena
with the body on Friday evening for
Missoula.
Darcy Mentrum of Los Angeles, only
son of the deceased, will arrive in
Helena from the south over the North
ern Pacific railroad tomorrow evening.
". 4. Mentrum of Spokane, Wash.
a brother of the deceased. will join the
funeral party at Missoula.
Mrs. Sadie Bell. Il sister of the de-
ceased. of Montana City, is with the
family here.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-30

woke it's name when their intention
is to serve only particular inter-
ests. Also we would express the
earnest hope that there will be no
question of a general conference
at which the United States govern
ment will sit to discuss with the
allies the problem of reparations.
"The United States has not rati-
fled the treaty of Versailles, and
it was against that treaty that the
present president vas elected to
office. The United States signed
a separate peace treaty with Ger
many. The United States does
not wish to abandon its claims on
the allies. VIZ are not ~criticizing
such a policy, we are simply stat
ing it. But we would state at the
same time that the present govern
ment of the United States a not
change that policy without dis
avowing itself and without expos
ing itself to great internal EN-
barrassment.
IF this government would par
ticipate in a conference on repa-
rations, it could not. The allies
would demand Of it that it sign the
political clauses of the treaty of
Versailles, ratify the Franco
American compact, and abandon its
wal debts. If they should address
to it these demands, which are the
only logical sequence of its par
ticipation in a ~reparations confer
ence, it would be obliged to refuse.
And then what role would the
American delegates be reduced to
playing? Being no longer in a stu
alton to bring to the conference
any new policy, they could only
support the schemes Of private
bankers and private interests. OPP
por7ents Of the administration would
then be quick to bring accusation
that it was getting into foreign en-
tanglements and sacrificing the
general for particular interests"
This semi-official organ of the
French government goes on to say
that a general conference could
only serve to complicate the prob
lens which are insolvable at pres
cnt, and at the same time to pre-
vent the solution of those which
can now be settled" Therefore it
issues the warning that
The United States government
must not at the present time in
tervene in the. reparations debate.
IF American bankers or others
wish to furnish Germany with a
part Of the capital which she needs
to pay repara.ions they have only
to get into touch with the German
government, which will submit their
proposals to the allies"
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-30
Court Loses Dignity
When Rum Cork Flies
Special to The Tribune.


Butte, Dee. 29,-During the hear
ing on the return in the case of the
state against Louis Beatty and others.
the court, attorneys and spectators
were startled Thursday when the
cork in one of the bottles which had
been introduced as evidence. forced
its way out of the bottle, with Il re
port like hat of a discharged revolver.
The cork hit the ceiling and then
dropped on the judges desk. The
report scared everyone in the court
room for n moment, but when the in
noeent cork dropped IN Judge Car
rolls desk, it was the immediate sig
nal for laughter, and the court Joined
in. The case was concluded late this
afternoon and the judge ordered the
liquor. which had been seized. de-
stroyed. and eonfiscation and sale of
the furniture and fixtures IL the bar
room of the defendants plaAe, known
as the White Front bar, Meaderville.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-30
Masonic Lodge Plan
Joint Installation of
Next Years Officers
Special to The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune.
Lewistown. Dec--29.-A joint install
lation Of officers Of the two Masonic
lodges viii occur Saturday night and
the occasion will be made by the pres
J. w. Seiden Of the Knights Templar,
who resides here.
Louis Nj. Searle is the new master
of No. 81. the pioneer lodge, 81 mas
tiers having preceded him in the chair,
II. i. Fitton is the master of the new
lodge, Friendship, No. 139.
The grand master will make the ad-
dress of the evening and the installa-
ton will be followed by Il banquet.
It will be one. of the largest gather
ings of Masons eyer held here.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-30
Cut This Quit Is Worth Money

Gut out this slip, enclose with DC and
mail TO Foley & Co. 2S35 Sheffield
Ave. Chicago, Ill. writing your name
and address clearly, You will receive
in return Il trial package containing
Foley's Honey and Tar compound for
coughs. colds and Group: Foley Kidney
Pills for pains in sides and back
rheumatism. backache. kidney and
bladder ailments: and Foley Cathartif
Tablets, a wholesome and thoroughly
cleansing cathartic for constipation,
biliousness, headaches. and sluggish
bowels.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-30
Reeder Was Graduate
of Lewistown School

Special to The Tribune.
Lewistown. Dec. D.-The tragic
death at Great Falls of Vivian Reed
err. of this city. on Thursday. when
he fell while engaged in working for
the electric light company, was a
great shock to this community Fri
this place, where he spent all of his
life until he went to Great Falls.
He was Il graduate of the Fergus
County High school. He was a grand
son of the late w. Fl. Watson, a
Fergus pioneer, and is survived by
his mother. Mrs. Louise Reeder. a
widow. and his twin sister. Miss
Louise Reeder. both of Lewistown.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-30
Negro Porter Nabbed
for Alleged Larceny
Of Passenger Roll
Special to The Tribune.

SppCIaI 10 Tie ITIUuHF "
Billings, Dec. 29.-Sam Cnnard, a
Pullman porter, will face Judge A. =.
Strong in district court here on a
charge of stealing S12O from a North
ern Pacific passenger. The passenger
was robbed September Is last, while
the train was in the railroad yard here
Cunard is alleged to have mailed
some none to himself at ST. Paul at
that time and the crime was charged
against him through Identification of a
500 bill as part of the money stolen.
Cunard has made no plea, but he told
court attaches informally that he is
innocent.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-30
4.6Oo OF SCHOOL AGE

Special to The Tribune.
Bozeman, Dee. 29.-The census re
Gently completed in Gallatin county
gives 1854 boys and 2.273 girls be-
tween the ages of 6 and p years. max
ing A total of 4,637. IN the list of
those under six years, there are 9to
boys and 1.061 girls, a total of 2.031.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-30
ACCIDENTS WILL HAPPEN

Knick: What was the matter with
Gray at the office this morning. ?"
Knack: 'TIe was ALMOST overcome
by an accidental discharge Of his duty
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-30
Cash Stolen
by Errand Boy, Claim

Special to The Tribune.
Butte. Dee. 29.-Edward Haywood
may not be the canes main in the
world. but he is trying hard to carr
the title.
Last August, he was given $40 by
Tilda Killan of Rocker and sen to
Butte to purchase food for her. The
womar- is widow and was unable to
leave her home so Haywood was to
act as her friend and purchase the
supplies. The lad never returned and
the none is also missing.
Complaint was flied against him on
Thursday charging petit larceny.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-30

1922. set a new record HS the export
OF sugar from the United States.