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The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-04-18

The dates for the Bozeman Roundup
this year will be August 2, and A.
This is according to the official an
nouncement of Secretary Harry Hea-
ley of the Roundup association. 1t
was decided to have but three days
of the Roundup this year, but this
does not mean that the big show is
to be cut down in any way. in fact it
will be bigger than ever before.
Johnny Mullins, for the past two
years the accomplished arena direc-
tor for the show, will again be IN
charge and will spend two months in
Bozeman arranging all the details OF
the big show. Mr.. Mullins is now in
Ell Paso, Texas, directing the round
lup there and will leave for Bozemar
to be here by June 1. Mullins knows
his business, is popular with the diff
ferent contestants and his presence IN
/ sures a fast exhibition.
kEr. Mullins viii bring several ca
loads of stock with him, including ;
car of Mexican steers for bulldog
Cinr. The local steers are not fas
enough and generally too heavy 70
this work. whereas the quick, ligh
i Mexican critters provide all the ex
element Shnk one cosld ask. Som
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-04-18
Commencement
At HIGH school
Gallatin Boys and Girls Plan Festivi-
ties to Mark End of School
Year.

Friday evening, June l, is the cate
set for the graduation exercises at
Gallatin County high school, with the
largest class receiving diplomas that
ever passed from the institution.
The exercises will be held in the En-
erson auditorium.
OFT Romney, physical director at
Montana State College, has been Sc
cured to deliver the commencement
address, while Rev. H. G. Klemme
will deliver the baccalaureate sermon.
This will be held in the Presbyterian
church May 27.
Several changes have been made
in the formalities connected with the
graduation activities of the class of
'23 at Gallatin High this year, nota-
bly, among which is the giving of a
banquet by the juniors in honor OF
the seniors, instead of holding a for
NAL prom. 1t has been found that IN
past years many of the seniors re-
mained away from this formal affair
and it was felt that the banquet
would get more of them together
Dancing will follow the banquet fol
those who wish it.
The members of the class have also
| decided to wear gray caps and gowns
| for commencement exercises. This
feature is distinctively new, and one
that is looked upon with much favor
"Come Out of the Kitchen" Aug
ust E. Thomas's we'll known comedy
has been chosen by the graduating
class for their class play, to be pre-
sented during commencement week
The cast, business staff and stag,
crew have been selected and work il
progressing rapidly on the production
The cast for the production is a
follows:
| Amanda, Olivia's black nanny
Gwendolyn Davis, Esther Morse.
Burton Crane, from the north
Claire Robinson.
Thomas Lefferts, statistical poet
| Ridgeley Morrison.
Solon Tucker, Cranes attorney an
Continued on Page Ten.)
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-04-18
Bozeman Roundup VIII be Held on
August 2, 3 and 4 is Announcement
Roundup in History Is Promise of Association Mullins viii
Again Direct and There Is Talk of Livestock Show
in Connection

good bucking horses will also be i'm
ported by Mullins, as the local as
sociation is in need of many new
buckers to make the show a success
this year.
There is some talk about the Round
up association putting on local live
stock show in connection with the
Roundup Just what win come of this
is nard to say. There has been a well
defined movement among the stock
men of the valley to revive the old
GaIlatin County Fair, and it may be
that Mr. Ringling had in mind a step
to a combination of the two events.
Provided there were suitable prizes
offered there would be a good turn
out Of purebred livestock for the
show, as many Of the herds in the
valley are already planning on going
TO the Billings and Helena fairs this
fall, and while the Roundup would not
find local stock in prime condition,
still it is probable that there would
be a creditable showing.
The announcement that there migh2
/ be livestock show in connection with
the Roundup has created deal Cd
talk mznamg the stocAznen ,and opiniow
{CansSnned en Page Ten.)
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-04-18
Sn1ooth9 T Talking SWindLer Works
GalLatin Teachers for Big Sum
Fake Subscription Agent Rural Teachers in go
Different Schools of County. Is Caught at Har
IOwOn and Brought Back.

The country schools offered a fer
tile field for the work of this man,
owing to their isolated positions.
Had it not been that one of the teach
ers mentioned to the county superin-
tendent that a solicitor stating that
he had her Endorsement had visited
the school, there is no telling when
the man would have been caught.
The method worked by Sprague
was to take a substantial down pay
ment on the magazine and allow the
teachers to send the balance to 6
responsible agency on the coast.
The sheriff's office was notified
on Saturday to look out for the man
1t was found that he left Three Fork!
for Harlowton on the Milwaukee Fri
day evening, after telling acquaint
ances in Three Forks that he was 90
ing to Bozeman by motor bus. Th
authorities at Harlowton were mott
fled and apprehended the man.
His wife and child were with mn
at Harlowtoa and are still there in
nearly destitute condition. Spragu
is alleged TO have left them in countr
hotels while he was working the Ca
latin schools, and TO have "steppe
out" in Bozeman Of an evening wit
other women
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-04-18

A man styling himself w. A.
Sprague is in the county Jail charged
with being a fake magazine solicitor
and with raising checks given him by
different teachers in Gallatin county.
Sprague was taken into custody In
Harlowton Monday night and brought
back here yesterday.
Sprague has been working the
county for the past two weeks, going
to over so of the county schools In a
Ford roadster and soliciting the
teachers for magazine subscriptions.
He has represented himself as poor
college student working his way
through school, and this allegation,
together with a clever tongue, has
brought him checks and cash to the
amount of $3.50 to $500. Two raised
checks have been accredited tC
Sprague, one from Miss Theresa Wal
hack, of the Vincent school, made out
fer 81 and raised to $11, and one from
Miss Rose Breslin, Of the LaMott'
school, raised from 50 to $13. A
third check, drawn by Sprague on I
Missoula bank and given the SAGA
jawea hotel in payment for bil
there, has been returned msrke'
insufficient funds"
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-04-18

WASHINGTON, April 16.-The
grain futures trading act was de-
clared valid and constitutional today
by the supreme court.
1t was the second Rne the court
had passed on the validity of grain
future trading law, previous stat
ute based on the taxing power Of the
federal government having been held
unconstitutional. The law upheld to-
day was based on the right to control
interstate commerce.
Chief Justice Taft, in delivering the
opinion, said the decision in the for
mer grain futures case was an argu-
ment in favor of the constitutionallty
of the present law, because in the lat
ter Congress met the objections which
the court had pointed out as having
rendered it invalid.
1t is impossible, the court said, tt
distinguish between transactions II
cash grain and in grain to arriv'
from stock shipments which the cour
had hel4 to be Interstate commerce
The grain exchange, the court said
was merely the gateway through
which the grain flowed in its cours'
from the west to the east and t
Europe.
Sales on the Chicago board of trad
are as necessary to the continuity o
this flow of grain, the court held, a
are stockyard sales in the movemen
of cattle. 1t was added that the evi
dence showed that future tradin
does have an effect on the cash pric
of grain.
The fact that corners in grain hav
been brought about by dealings in fl
lures evidenced, the decision said, tn
! relations between future dealings an
cash grain.
The Chicago board of trade, tt
court concluded, is engaged in bus
ness which makes it subject to n;
tional regulation.
| Justices McReynolds and Suthe-
land dissented.
! CHICAGO, April 16.-When al
vised that the constitutionality of tt
grain futures act had been uphel
by the supreme court of the Unite
States, President John ]. Stream I
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-04-18
REGISTRATION NOT
To BE limited
No Restrictions on Number of Fresh
men at College Next Year, Ac-
cOrding to President.

Under no circumstances will the
standard of work at this institution
be lowered by the decrease in appro-
priations for this institution Presi-
der Atkinson stated recently when
questioned regarding the policies that
would be adopted by the State Col
| lege, due to a lowering OF appropria-
tions.
There will be no limit placed upon
the number of students who will be
allowed to enter this fall. However,
in the fail of 1924, those who have
scholarship records in the upper two
Thirds Of their class will be allowed
| to enter this institution without eX-
/ animation as at present. Those in
! the lower IN third of their class will
/ be required to pass an examination
! in English and one other subject they
may select from an approved list"
In addition to thi, proposed plan
of changing the requirements for en-
trance, the institution will be re-
quired to cut in four departments in
Or6er to continue the standard of
work now being done. There will be
no summer school. the music depart
ment will be removed from the insti-
tuition as college activity, the teach
ing staff will be reduced, and capital
investments will be eliminated.
President Atkinson stated that the
institution would not maintain the
music department in the future, but
that the music faculty would not be
removed. "They will receive their
salaries directly from the fees, and
thus the whole matter will be ham
died outside of the regular college ac-
tivities."
I No new equipment will be pur-
chased. At present the equipment on
hand is considered of sufficient
amount and quality to care for all
4 present needs of the institution.
= Last year the entire budget for
= Montana State College amounted to
: 1872 900, while for the coming fiscal
! year the budget will be S650,000
n Coupled with this decrease of S82, 700
- there will be an additional expense OF
: $12 900 a year to operate the new
e buildings on the campus.
e At present it costs $4,000 a yeal
= to give an agricultural student col
t. lege training, $400.99 a year for /;
y science stGdent. $361.02 for an engi
l. neering student, $354.53 for hom'
IS economics student, and $295.62 a yea
rt for a secretarial or art student.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-04-18
HALL TALKS ON
GOLD MINE DAYS
Tells Rotary Club of Early Life in
Virginia City When Old Camp
Was Worlds Wonder.

One Of the most interesting meet
ings of the month at the Bozeman
Rotary Club was held Tuesday at the
weekly luncheon, when Mayor Amos
Hall told of the early days in Vir-
ginia City when that old mining camp
was at the peak of its glory. Mr..
Halls talk was illustrated with pho
tographs, nuggets and samples of ore
and gold dust.
Mr.. Halls father was one OF the
first bankers in Montana, and the
mayor describes the banking business
of that day, the weighing Of the dust
on scales that measured out nearly
100000, 900 worth of gold in the
course of many years. Mr.. Hall
showed a photograph of these scales,
which are still preserved in Virginia
City.
Mr.. Hall told Of the methods used
by the miners, their carelessness with
the gold, of the 700 Cinnamon that
were employed in Alder Gulch wnes-
he was a boy, and many other inter
esting features Of life in that early
| day camp.
Coach Romney, of the college, invit
ed the Rotarians and the Kiwani'
Club members, with their wives, tt
visit the new gymnasium some even
ing in the near future, when a mum
Der of stunts will be pulled off 70
their benefit and they will be &C
corded the use of the entire building
including the plunge.
Plans were laid for the evenln
meeting of the Rotary Club mex
week, with the annual election Of Of
ficers. AS the meeting comes dur
ing the Fathers and Sons Weel
every Rotarian is asked to bring hi
/ son, or not having any. some boy b
tween 10 and 16 years old
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-04-18
DIR. WELLS WILL
LEAVE COLLEGE
Popular Chemistry Professor Re-
signs to Go West.

DIR. Lansing Wells of the chemistry
faculty of the state college has re-
signed his position on the faculty and
will probably accept a position on the
coast at the end of the present school
year. In losing DIR. Wells the college
parts with one of the most brilliant
of the younger members of the fac
ulty.
DIR. Wells has been in Bozen an two
years and. with his mother, has made
many friends here. He is graduate
of the University of Montana, and
took his advanced degrees in the east,
receiving his doctors degree from the
University of Illinois. He has made
a wonderful record in teaching organic
and physiological chemistry at the To-
cal institution and his loss will be
keenly felt by the students as well
as by many of his fellow faculty mem
bers.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-04-18
FARM LABOR MAY
OFFER PROBLEM
Much Talk of Scarcity of Farm Help.
Trouble Lies in Other Industries
Outbidding Farmer.

Again it might appear that the
farmer is up against a stacked
deck" A farm labor shortage is
predicted, and in some respects it
seems to be here now. 1t is not so
much that there aren't plenty of men
in the country capable or and ordin-
arily willing to do ranch work, but
other industries are bidding too high
on wages. The farmer knows his linn
it; the other fellows limit is higher,
his hours shorter and consequently
the auctioneer cries "sold.''
Some road contractors could appar-
emily foresee higher wage scale
coming and secured their contracts, on
that basis. They expect to pay a
higher wage for men than the farm
ers can afford to pay; the farmer
loses the men and helps pay the bill
in taxes. Railroads likewise are out.
bidding the farmers for labor; tC
meet this heavy labor charge freight
rates remain high and again the
! farmer loses the labor and pays the
big end of the bill.
Hardly a week passes that an an
/ nounced wage increase does not come
out in the papers. But farmers can
increase the pay Of their labor; the.
don't have any way to charge up tn
increased cost.
No one can blame labor for goml
where it can get the most money
When practically all of the labor get
piled up in the big centers it is evi
dent that many of them viii realiz
that in spite of high wages in the il
dustries they could really save nor
ON the farm, but that win be too lat
for this years crop. How Is th
! problem going 70 be met? III
4 dsAmexican farmer is not going 20 Qui
! (Conkinued CO Page Ten
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-04-18
FATHER AND SON WEEK TO
BE OBSERVED.

Fathers and Sons Week,
which starts Sunday, will be OBJ
served in Bozeman by a num-
Der of the different oragniza-
tions, including the 7. NJ c. A.
and the different churches. A
committee from each church in
terested in the movement is
working on a plan to further a
better acquaintanceship between
fathers and sons, and it is the
idea to have a banquet for the
fathers and sons at a number
Of the churches.
On Tuesday night the Rotary
Club will hold its monthly eve
ing meeting and it is the plan
for each Rotarian to bring his
own son or some other lad in
case ne is without a boy of his
own.
1t is planned to set aside one
day of the week as "home day."
and every father will be re-
quested to stay at home that
evening and devote the time to
his family.
Saturday will be recreation
day at the Y. M. c. A. and in
the evening tournament will
be held, where every boy will
have an opportunity to display
his athletic skill to his father.
1t is planned to have special
sermons concerning the move
ment on Sunday, April %, at the
different churches of the city.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-04-18
ID. A. r. WILL MARK OLD
TIME TRAIL.

The Mount Hyalite chapter
of the Daughters of me Ameri-
can Revolution will mark the
old Lewis and Clark trail with
a suitable tablet and will also
plant a number of shrubs and
trees in Beall park, according
to plans laid at the monthly
meeting held Saturday after
noon at the home of Mrs. M. P.
Davidson.
The county commissioners
have agreed to place a suitable
boulder on the old Lewis and
Clark trail at the brow of the
cemetery hill, and on this boul-
der the D. A. R. will place a
bronze tablet telling of the his
toric spot.
A committee was appointed
to see about planting a number
of trees and shrubs in Beall
park.
This meeting was the last for
Mrs. w. F. Schoppe, who will
leave May l for her new home
in Maine. Mrs. Schoppe was
one of the charter members of
the club, has always been act
i've in its welfare. and the meet
ing Saturday was in the nature
of a farewell to her. Two
beautiful views of Mount Hyal-
ite were presented Mrs. Schoppe
by the organization. and in re-
turn she gave the local chapter
a spoon used by her great
great-grandmother during the
Revolutionary war.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-04-18
GRAIN FUTURES TRADING ACT Held
Valid BY THE i. S. SUPREME COURT
Court Declares Cash Price Exchange Practices and
UphOIds Entire Act With but Two Justices Dissenting.
COOperatOrs Now Get Seats on Boards of Trade.

the Chicago board Of trade said:
at is needless to say that the Chi
cago board of trade will obey the law
which has been approved by the high
est tribunal in the land. We will
cheerfully conform in every particu-
lar to the law.
what effect some of it's provis
ions will have on the orderly market
ing of food commodities the future
alone can disclose. If the law fails
to be the panacea for agricultural ills
it will be through its own deficiencies
and not because of hindrance from
the grain exchange"
Federal control of the grain ex-
changes of the country was brought
into question for a second time in
the attack by the Chicago board Of
trade upon the grain futures acs.
After years of agitation for feder-
/ al supervision over exchange quota
/ tions in grain futures, based on the
/ theory that gambling through the
use of the quotations by irresponsi-
BILE "wire houses" should be sup
| pressed, congress enacted a grain fu-
4 law ~ WcO OPOAAoOAO ~ SAA~
farm bloc and its object was declared
to be the stabilization of prices fol
| the benefit of the producer by the
elimination of all speculative feat
ures. Federal control was based OF
the taxing power of the government
but the supreme court held the Law
unconstitutional and an attempt by
Congress to regulate something ovel
which it had no jurisdiction.
Congress promptly met the issue
by re-enacting all the principal regu
latory features of the law, but assert
ing jurisdiction under its power t.
!, regulate interstate commerce. Th'
Chicago board of trade, in its own be
: half and as representative Of the In
terests of the other grain exchange
of the country, Immediately attacks
the revised law, contending that tn
exchange transactions which it Eough
, to supervise and regulate could no
be made interstate commerce by al
arbitrary declaration of Congress.
n CONTINUED on Page Ten.)
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-04-18
BAND ORGANIZES
FOR THE SEASON.

An executive committee to have
charge of the affairs of Bozeman's
band was selected Saturday night at
a meeting of the organization. This
committee will consist of Manager
Harader, R. B. Bowden, ]. P. Jensen,
and R. P. Bailey.
This committee will select and or
der new band equipment to replace
that lost the past winter in the fire
that destroyed the Chamber of Com
merce rooms. Immediately after the
arrival of the new equipment, re-
hearsals will be started.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-04-18
COUNTY TRACK MEET TO BE ON
MAY 1919.

The annual county track meet be-
tween rural school teams from every
section of Gallatin county, the differ
ent high schools and the various city
schools will be held in Belgrade on
May 18 and 10, according to an an
nouncement following the meeting of
the executive committee and the
group leaders of the Rural Teachers
Association.
The first day of the meet will be
given over to the high schools, while
Continued on Page 5.)
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-04-18

Congressional seeds for spring
planting can be obtained at the Cham
Der of Commerce or from County
Agent Bodley at the court house.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-03-13
IVlCHMCE PkINESLA SMRT A zKAZU.
CTYkICET SEST ZABrTYCH MA 200
RANENYCH.
VLAKY UvfZLY v ZAvEJfCH v ZAPADNfCH STA.
TECH, SKODA Sc ODHADUJE MA TkI
MlLLlONY DOLLARU.

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SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-03-13
SENSACE We WASH.
INCrONE.
Ma eoxnamu x6kaznilCd holm.
k&f1 objevena jm6na pro-
minentnich lidf.

Washington, IL. bfezna. -
Rozsahle operace holinkafl v
narodnfm kapitole byly obje-
veny fadou najezdi podniknu-
tych v uplynulych 72 hodi-
mach.
Zabavenf a uvefejn9ni Sc
znamu jmen, mnohych z Mich
muzd a Zen vynikajicich v L.
fednfch, diplomatickych a vo-
jenskych kruzich. jez byly ma
lezeny v drzen{ osob zatce.
nych ma obvineni 2 holinkar-
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ingtone, jez slibuje vyvolati ne
jenom narodni, ale mezinaro-
dni zajem.
Ne seznan1u, jenz byl zaba.
ven 2 uvefejn4n We zdejSim
t'PoSt", 'bylo $50 jmen, vcetnl
peti admirald, ctyf generald,
tfin&cti kapitanh 2 valecneho
lod 'stva, dvaceN pEti plukovni.
ki, jednoho podplukovnfka