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The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-06-27
GRAVEL ROADS ARE
POPULAR IN COUNTY
Rock Crusher and Dump Wagons Be-
longing to County Are in
Steady Demand

The single rock-crusher of Gallatin
county is being kept busy these days
and if the weather permits, will have
a record of many miles of gravel road
to its credit before cold weather sus-
pends its operations this fall. Indeed
so insistent have been the calls for
the crusher that the commissioners
are entertaining the idea of purchas-
ing another for use in the county, if
more people want gravel roads.
The crusher is being operated on
what are known as volutary road i'm
provement districts. The county fur
nishes the crusher, men to fill it, and
also grade the roads before the gravel
is put on, and distribute the gravel
itself after it is dumped on the road,
The farmers in the embraced district
furnish the gravel pit and put the
gravel on the road by means of dump
wagons furnished by the county.
Thus the expense of the road is
shared by the county and the farmers
in the particular district, and salts
factory road is obtained at no great
cost to either. This form of road
making is becoming popular in the
county and predictions are freely
made that in another year or two the
extent of roads thus made will be
very much greater than at present.
The county rock-crusheF did the
work for the Sour Dough road last
fall and this spring, the first ex-
tensive bit of gravel road built on this
cooperative plan in the county.
Right now the crusher is working
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The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-06-27

Plans for GaIlatin Day, the big gen
eral holiday of the entire Gallatin
valley, are fast assuming definite
shape, and if early interest in the af
fair can be taken as a gauge, the Gal
latin Day of 1923, July %, will be
the best attended of any such celebra-
ton ever held in the valley. Not
only do all the towns of the Gallatin
expect to be well represented, but
rural districts from the Maudlow
country to the Gallatin basin are
planning to come bodily to the picnic
and celebration.
One of the most interesting pro-
grams ever offered local audience
will be the big event Of the day. j.
w. Coverdale, secretary of the Amer
lean Farm Bureau federation, will be
the principal speaker. Mr.. Coverdale
is a real "dirt" farmer from Iowa,
who through his close association
with the federation for the past few
years knows the economic needs of
the farmer as well as any man in
America The federation has received
universal praise from the farmers and
business men alike for it's conserva-
tive stand on the great farm prob
lens of the country, and in shaping
this policy Mr.. Coverdale has played
no small part. The problems of pro
duction are local in every farming
state, while the question of farm
markets is one that evokes kindred in
terest from all the farmers of the ma
ton. 1t is on the question of farm
markets and farm legislation that tn,
federation has been working.
For the second speaker, the Ameri
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-06-27
ADVENTISTS WILL
REOPEN ACADEMY
Mt. Ellis Academy Will Start Again
AS Result of Recent Adventist
Meeting

Following a decision arrived at by
the Seventh Day Adventists, the
Mount Ellis academy will reopen this
fall, and the expectation is that
larger number of pupils will enroll.
The school has been closed during the
past year, due to financial stringen-
cy in Montana, but the conference has
decided to aid the school all it can,
and in addition to this will spend
quite a sum on improvements to the
present buildings.
The conference and camp meeting
held at the academy during the past
ten days closed Sunday evening, fol-
lowing one of the most successful
gatherings Of it's kind ever held by
the Adventists in the northwest. Over
200 people were in attendance DUR
ing the meetings, some of them COM
ing from long distance to attend.
Local attendance was somewhat cur
tailed by adverse weather conditions,
but at that the meeting was most sue
cessful.
Among the prominent AdventlstS
who attended the meeting were Elder
R. D. Quinn, of Washington, D. C. He
began his ministry in Montana over
rs years ago, being at one time pres
ident of the Montana conference. He
is now one Of the leaders in the gen.
eral conference, whose jurisdiction ex-
tends throughout the world.
Among the results of the meeting
was the baptism of 21A people, mostly
all adults. A generous offering fol
foreign missions was also given. This
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The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-06-27
RINGLING AND WORK
DISSOLVE PARTNERSHIP

Ringling & Work who for the
past several years have been engaged
in a partnership business running
sheep and doing other ranching and
farming operations, have decided to
dissolve partnership and separate
their interests. The dissolution is
the result of friendly agreement be-
tween the two to separate their hold
ings and each go it alone. The two
men have been operating under the
names Of Ringing & Work and Ring
ling Ranches.
For his share of the holdings Mr..
Work takes the Southern Montana
Livestock company, a corporation
with extensive holdings of decided
land and leases in Gallatin and Mad
ison counties, stocked with several
thousand head Of sheep. At a meet
ing of the directors of this company
held last week Mr.. Work was elected
president to succeed Mr.. Ringing, and
will also act as general manager. Mr.
Work expects TO devote all his time
to the affairs Of this company in tbs
future
For his share Of the partnership
dissolution, Mr. Ringling takes lane
holdings and stock in Meagher coun
! tys as well as some oil interests ans
other property.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-06-27
DANNER SOLD CAR
OWNED BY SPROUSE
County Attorney Finds Important Bit
Of Testimony on Eastern
Trip

One of the most important links
connecting S. D. Danner with the
murder of Mr.. and Mrs. John Sprouse
near Central Park on November ID,
1920 was unearthed by County At
torney Peterson on his trip to South
Dakota, from which he returned last
week. Peterson found out the num-
Der of the car that Sprouse travelled in
and they corresponded with the num-
Der found on the car which Danner
sold after he got to Three Forks. This
definitely links Danner with Sprouse's
property after the date on which the
latter and his wife disappeared.
The county attorney found a num-
Der of relatives of John Sprouse in
and around Britton, Timber Lake and
other parts of the state. Sprouse's
mother and two brothers, Marvin and
Frank, operate a farm in Marshall
county. 1t seems that Sprouse lived
near Britton, S. D., until 1917 when
he went to Washington. There he ran
a garage and was married to Florence
Sprouse in 1919. Shortly after their
marriage Mr.. and Mrs. Sprouse re-
turned to North Dakota to visit their
relatives and stayed there until the
fall Of 1920. Then the Sprouses plan
ned to journey west again from Brit.
ton, S. D. The Sprouses took Mrs
Charles Sprouse, mother Of Johr
Sprouse, with them from Britton Il
her home in Marshall County and ther
returned to Mobridge, saying that the,
were to meet some people at Mobrodg'
who were to journey west with them
Nothing further was ever heard O
Mr.. and Mrs. John Sprouse after the,
left the formers mother at her home
From Mobridge the story is takel
up by Mrs. Iva Danner in her state
ment to the county attorney.
The information regarding Florenc
Sprouse was meager, and aside fror
the knowledge that she had been mar
ried before and had a daughter ther
was nothing learned from the rels
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The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-06-27
GRASSHOPPERS
KILLED BY POISON
County Agent Leader Taylor Tells of
Successful Fight Waged Against
HOppers in Many Parts of State.
Poison Is Ready.

Montana farmers whose crops are
being damaged by grasshoppers
should not jump to the conclusion that
their seasons work is lost, according
to J. c. Taylor, state county agent
leader, who has made a survey OF
n~rthern Montana where the insect
pest is the most serious.
81 heard of a number of cases in
northern Montana" Taylor said,
"where grasshoppers had eaten fields
of stubbled-in grain almost to the
ground Notwithstanding this, the
owners got busy and spread poison
in strips two and three rods apart,
and also poisoned around the out
side. This poisoning reduced the
grasshoppers to such an extent that
they could do no further damage.
Cool, moist weather continued and the
grain came up again. These farmers
have as good prospects for a crop as
they had earlier, although harvesting
will be little later"
The application at intervals of six
pounds Of poison mash to the acre by
the strip method will ordinarily con-
trol the pests, Taylor says.
If favorable weather, cool and
moist, continues this month, farmers
whose crops have been damaged un-
less the ground is bare and dry, still
have a good chance of getting a crop,
if they adopt energetic control meth
Ods without delay" said Taylor. He
pointed out that the hOppers are
Matching from 10 days to two weeks
earlier than last season and that pois-
Oning is 100 per cent more effective
while the hoppers are still on the
Matching grounds than after they
have begun to fly. For these reas-
ons it is imperative that control worE
be gotten under way at once, ht
stated
The effectiveness of the amylace
tate that is used as lure in the pois
on mash was seen by Taylor at
northern Montana mixing plant wher
the mash was being prepared. Al
abandoned homesteader's shack wa
being used. Through the doorways
windows and cracks in the walls an
floors, he declared, grasshopper
crawled by the thousands, determines
to reach the source of the scent diff
fused by the acetate.
While in some parts of Gallatil
county the grasshoppers are bad, the
Continued on Page Seven.)
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-06-27
HIGHWAY SECRETARY
ON VISIT TO BOZEMAN

w. D. Fisher, of Sheridan, Wyo.,
secretary of Custer Battlefield high
way, stopped off in Bozeman Tuesday
while enroute to the Glacier park by
way of the Geysers 10 Glaciers high
way. Mr.. Fisher had Just complet-
ed tour of the Yellowstone park.
Mr.. Fisher and his association are
cooperating with the Geysers to Gla-
ciars highway hssotiation to COM
plete first-class road from Omaha,
Nebraska, on the famous Lincoln
highway, DO the two. parks, and he
predicts that this will be one of the
main arteries leading to Montana
within the next few years The Gus
ter Battlefield highway starts at
Omaha and leads to Billings. 1t runs
through Grow Agency, Wyoming and
passes within mile of the famous
Custer battlefield, which can be plain
ly seen from the highway itself. The
route is named in honor Of and dedi
Gated to General George A. Custer
who met his death along it's route il
June, 1875
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-06-27
Gallatin Day To Be Best Ever
Interesting Program Promised

can Legion will secure one Of the best
known men in the state to talk on
Americanism. As yet the name of
this speaker has not been announced,
but it will be one well known in Mon
tana, and a real talk is promised and
assured.
The program for the day will start
off with baseball game on the col
lege diamond between two well known
rural teams of the county. This will
start at 10 O'Clock and probably last
until noon. At noon the big picnic
dinner will be eaten on the campus.
The plan this year is for everyone to
bring the more substantial parts of
the meal, but ice cream, coffee, water
melon and plenty of lemonade will be
furnished free.
The speaking of the afternoon will
take place from 1870 until 8 o'clock
following which there will be an in
teresting military drill, in which Com
pany c, the Bozeman company that
is now making such an enviable rec
ord at Camp Lewis, will take part.
Following the drill, there will prob
ably be another ball game between
two of the crack teams of the Boze-
man city league.
While the above includes the pub
lished program, it does not begin to
take in all the attractions of the day
The meeting of old friends from diff
ferent parts of the valley, the max
ing of new acquaintances, the ex-
change of ideas, the getting together
of the farmers and the business mer
on footing of equality and good fel
lowship, is one of the chief attraction:
: and greatest benefits of Gallatin Day
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-06-27
SENATOR KELLY
dies SUNDAY
Old Time Resident of BOzeman and
Former Sweet Grass
Senator Dead

After an illness of a months dura-
ton, Senator J. n. Kelly, long a well
known resident of Bozeman, died
peacefully at his home on South Tracy
avenue early Sunday morning. Sen
ator Kelly's end came through no
particular disease, but a general
weakening of his body. He was clear
" conscious until the last and died
surrounded by his family.
Funeral services will be held this
wednesday, afternoon at the West
chapel. Rev. E. R. Curry will off
ciate and the burial will be under the
auspices of the local lodge of Elks,
of which Mr.. Kelly has for years
been a member.
Mr.. Kelly was born at Stevens
Point, Wis, March 21, 1874. As a
youth he was pilot on lumber crafts
on the Wisconsin river. In early
manhood he moved to Minnesota,
where he enlisted in the First Min
nesota infantry. While stationed IN
Washington during the latter part Of
the Civil War, he saw President Lin
coin and took part in the last review
Of the Union army For many years
he was engaged in farming at Owa-
Gonna, Minnesota, after he returned
from the war, and while there he
built the first silo in Minnesota, a
fact that is of much interest now,
when silos are so generally used by
the farmers of Minnesota and other
states.
He was married June IL, 1875, and
his wife survives. In 1885 they came
to Montana and settled near Hunters
Hot Springs, where he acquired a
large ranch and engaged extensively
in stock-raising. While there he IN
stalled the first steam creamery m
Montana on his ranch. While resid-
ing on his farm, he served two years
as representative in the lower house,
ard for years as state senator from
i Sweetgrass county. He was foH
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The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-06-27

A representative crowd of business
and professional men of Bozeman went
on record Monday afternoon at a
meeting held in the chamber of COM
merce rooms as favoring the continu-
alton of the Roundup as an annual
amusement feature of Bozeman and
pledged their hearty cooperation to
make the 1923 show g success. As
further evidence of their desire to do
all they could TO make the venture a
financial success, they agreed to raise
$3.50 to defray the expenses of the
band and pay for the decorating Of
the streets and windows of the city.
Not to be Outdone, the members of
the band agreed to work during the
Roundup for half price.
The meeting was called to ascer-
tain the real sentiments of Bozeman
regarding the Roundup. Rumors of
different sorts, including those that
the Roundup was to be moved else
where in the state, had been current
and the meeting was asked for by Mr..
Ringing to get the real sentiment
of BOzeman's business men and peO-
; pie. Harry Healey, acting for Mr..
!; Ringling, intimated that the Roundup
; would be held here just as long as
!, BOzeman people wanted it, but if the
, town did not desire it, it would be
, taken elsewhere.
! After a full expression of the views
; of the men present, Lieutenant Gov
: ernor Story's motion that the cham
, Der of commerce solicit the sum Of
$3.50 to defray the expenses of the
band and the decorations from the
people of BOzeman, met with unanim-
Gus approval.
Mr.. Healey said the attendance at
: the Roundup last year was 10,325 paid
admissions, which was the smallest
crowd in the three years of the show
He was of the opinion that the Shelby
: attraction for the Fourth of July
n might have the effect of decreasing
the attendance at the Roundup again
this year, and further stated that Mr.
Ringing expected to lose money, but
!. that he wanted to cut down the ex
penses as much as possible, as vel
as having the assurance that the peo
pie of BOzeman were with him in the
: enterprise.
1t was further stated the admission
charges would be lowered this year
!. and the plan is to charge $1.50 for the
II grand stand, 81 for bleachers and 81
:. Continued on Page Seven.)
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-06-27
GALLATTN CROPS
LOOKING FINE.

AS a result of the almost
continual rain for the past ten
days the crops in ali parts of
the valley are looking better
than at any like time for sew
eral years. Everywhere in the
Gallatin there is moisture in
abundance, and the rains of
the past week have been so
timed that there has been al
most no run-off from the
: fields.
June promises to set a rec
: ord in rainfall if the balance
: of the month proves to be any
: thing like the past ten days.
: One government scale for
: measuring rainfall in the
Z northern part of the valley
3 shows ATS inches Of rainfall
2 since the present rains start
2 ed, and while the government
. weather record at the college
= does not show as heavy a pre-
z cipitation, there has been rain
!: enough for everyone. What
;; is needed now is sunshine
!: rather than more rain.
= Frost last week did more or
!: less damage in some sections,
= although this was chiefly con-
= fined to vegetable gardens.
= Along the East Gallatin, how
= ever, quite a few Of the alfalfa
(" fields were hurt by the frost
" and some anxiety is still be-
(" ing felt over the winter wheat
= that was just in the blossom
:: at the time tht frost came. It
{" is hardly thought that any ap-
= preciable damage was done to
q the grain.
q
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The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-06-27
Y. NJ. C. A. CLOSES
FUTURE Indefinite
With no Relief in Sight Board of Dir
ectOrs Closed Doors of Institution
Saturday Night.

At the meeting of the board of di-
rectors of the local Y. NJ. c.. A. it
was decided to Immediately close the
institution, and as a result all the ac-
tivitieS of the 'Y." were indefinitely
suspended Saturday. Lack of finan-
cial support and the refusal on the
part of the directors to run the build
ing at loss with no relief in sight
were the causes of the formal closing.
The dormitory will be kept open for
the time being.
The decision of the board came as
no surprise, as for some time past
it has been known that some drastic
step had to be taken. An open
meeting was held a week Or so ago,
where suggestions were asked, but as
no plan offering immediate relief for
the financial support of the institu-
ton was brought forth, it was deemed
the part of wisdom to close the in
stitution before it went further into
debt. The men responsible for the
running of the 'Y." as well as those
who in the past have been prominent
in its support, were at the end of their
resources, and so there was "a tenn
porary suspension of all activities Of
the Y. M. C. A"
For the time being the financial
affairs Of the institution have been
placed in the hands of its president,
J. H. Hoist. and Earl S. Marshall,
treasurer of the board.
There are some 20 rooms In the
dormitory, and of these % are rented
at the present time, bringing in rev.
enue of 1926 a month. AS this reve-
nue. is greatly needed by the institu-
ton, the dorniitory will be kept open
and Secretary Rhodes, who viii stay
until August /, to close up the books
: of the institution, will have charge.
While there have been a number OF
tentative plans suggested already foi
the reopening Of the institution, none
of these have assumed definite shape
at least not enough TO warrant the
directors keeping the 'Y." running
at loss. At one time the building
was completely paid for, but at the
| present there are membranes
amounting to $4,000 on the property
incurred through opening at a lOsi
in seasons past
It is possible that the building ma,
be reopened later in the year, bu
predictions are freely made that i
win not be operated as Z. M. c. A
as the need for such an institution
in the opinion Of a seeming majority
J is no longer felt in Bozeman. at leas
not enough to warrant the constan
deficit that has been the rule for th
! past few years.
In connection with the closing, th
following telegram was received froE
: B. c. Alexander, executive secretar
! Of the Rocky Mountain region Of til
Y. NJ. c. A. at Denver, and read q
the meeting to influence q delay Q
(Conkinned on Pags Seven-
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-06-27
BOzEMAN GIRL IS
ASSAULTED IN BUTTE
Local Girl Victim of Outrage in Cop
per City. Was on Way to be Mar
ried. Belgrade Man Implicated.

In one of the most cold-blooded and
deliberate outrages perpetrated in the
state for some time, Miss Mildred
McConville, of Bozeman, was assault
ed in the apartment of a girlhoOd
friend, Mrs. Henry Miller, of Butte,
by three men, one of whom was the
husband of Mrs. Miller. Miller was
arrested and is being held by the
Butte authorities; J. B. King, who is
said to be the man who committed the
assault, was arrested in Sand Point,
Idaho, and Arthur Sorrels, of Bel
grade, alleged DO be the third man i'm
plicated in the assault, was arrested
by Undersheriff Jones at his fathers
home north of Belgrade and taken to
Butte Friday by deputy from Silver
Bow county. Mrs Henry Miller, II
years of age and mother of a three
months-old baby, calmly told the
Butte authorities in detail how the
three men, two Of whom are married,
violated her girlhood chum while she
stood by without attempting to inter-
fere or offer her friend any assist
ance.
The attack took place, it is said, a
week ago Saturday, and for three
days afterward Miss McConville was
dangerously i'll at a Butte hospital
The Butte police did not learn of the
matter until Wednesday, as Miss Nc
Conville kept silence for fear that
her mother, who is III, might know Of
the case.
On the day in question, according
to the story told the Butte police by
Miss McConvile, she was returning
from a shopping trip and met the
three men and Mrs. Miller, whom shG
believed to be her friend and whom
she was visiting, in the latter's apart
ment- One of the men, who claimeS
to be- government official, charges
Miss McConville with immoral con
duct with stranger on the previou
evening. Her denial of the charg
led to a quarrel between the two
eliminating in an assault on Miss Nc
Conville by the three men. Mrs. Nil
ler, Miss McConville says, looked O
and made no attempt to help her.
The Bozeman girl had gone t
Butte to visit Mrs. Miller, and ez
, pected to go on to Missoula, wher
she was to be married During he
visit she stayed at the Miller apart
ment.
? When Arthur Sorrels, of Belgrad
was arrested he seemed to know whs
the officer wanted, and denied bein
: implicated in the affair, although /
is said to have admitted that he wa
e one of the party. Sorrels is still
a minor, but the defendant in divor'
: suit filed by his wife in the local di
e trict court a few days ago. Mr.
: Sorrels charges cruelty and failul
to support There is one snrall cal