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The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-06-13
COMMISSIONERS
Add one PRECINCT
Split Precinct Into Two Parts to
Facilitate Vote Counting
at Election

In response. to a popular demand
that has been felt for some time,
the county commissioners have added
one more voting precinct to Gallatin
county by dividing the third precinct,
known as West Bozeman, into two pre-
sincts. One block is also cut from the
old South Bozeman precinct and added
to what will be known as Central
Bozeman precinct.
For several years there has been
a demand for this action, for Precinct
8 has grown beyond all bounds and it
is a two day task to count the votes.
This means that returns from this
district are almost as slow as those
from some of the outlying precincts
like Yellowstone. Furthermore there
were formerly enough votes in West
Bozeman to control the county, indeed
no candidate could hope to win in
anything like close election unless
he had his half of Precinct number 3.
The boundary lines separating the
two precincts viii be Fourth avenues
and, instead Of Wilson avenue being
the east boundary of the new precinct,
the extension is made to Tracy, cut
ting one block off of the South Boze-
man precinct. In order to retain the
present voting places, a jog will be
made in the boundary line from
Fourth to Third avenue along Bah
cock, so the Gallatin county high
school block will be included in the
West Bozeman precinct. This is done
for the purpose of making the high
school voting place.
Otherwise there will be no changes
in the precincts Of the city, and the
new one will be known as Bozeman
Central and have the number 5. The
boundaries are: Main street being the
east and west dividing line; North
Bozeman and West Bozeman will re-
main the same without changes; South
Bozeman viii be all that part of the
city south Of Main street lying west
Of Fourth avenue, with the exception
Of the jog referred to. Bozeman Cen
tral will be all of that district south
of Main between Fourth and Tracy;
and East Bozeman will be all that part
Of the city south of Main from Tracy
east. The voting place for the new
precinct will be the Emerson school.
All other voting places are unchanged.
In order to give the new precinct 3
number, the number of the Baker pre-
cinct. %, which has been consolidak-
ed with the Maudlow precinct, has
been given 70 the Gordon precinct. In
turn, Gordon's number, 5, has beer
transferred to the new Bozenan Cen
trail.
Another incident in connection with
the new arrangement is that hereafter
there win be no political divisions in
the city designated by wards. Pre-
cincts viii be the proper way TO refer
to them. This Is TO simplify natter
as, under the presenE form Of cits
/ (Continuad OF page Twelve)
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-06-13
RURAL COMMENCEMENT
TO BE HELD NEXT WEEK
Eighth Grade Graduates of Country
School to Hold Exercises in
Manhattan

On Thursday afternoon, June IA,
at the community building in Man
haitian, for the first time in the his
tory of Gallatin county, the rural
schools will stage a regular COM
mencement, with commencement ad-
dress, presentation of diplomas and
all the other ceremonies which go to
mark this eventful date in the high
er educational institutions. Senator
W. E. Harmon, of Gallatin county,
will deliver the address, and Miss Lu-
cile Quaw county superintendent of
schools, will present the diplomas
to the rs graduates from Gallatin's
rural schools.
This commencement will consist of
more than the ceremonies, for at
noon, before the exercises begin, there
will be big picnic dinner in the city
park. Those attending the picnic will
bring their own lunches, but coffee
and lemonade will be furnished by
the committee in charge. The fine
swimming pool in the community
building will be open from IL to IL
and all rural school graduates who
desire a dip before dinner will be ac
commodated. Bathing suits will bt
furnished at the building.
The exercises proper will start a
1:SO, with the singing of patrioti'
and familiar songs. Following th'
exercises there will be a free exhibi
tion of the Middle Greek, West Gal
latin and Roundup films, as well as I
good comedy. This entertainment I
furnished through the courtesy of tn
people of Manhattan. Later in tn
afternoon the Kiwanis baseball team
of Bozeman is scheduled to play Man
haitian. All rural school graduate
will be admitted free.
Continued on page Twelve)
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-06-13
OWSLEY WELL LIKED
BY BOHEMIAN PEOPLE
Commander of American Legion
Mixes Well With Local Crowd
and Makes Real Hit

Alvin M. Owsley of Texas, national
commander of the American Legion
is a man who does not believe in doing
the expected thing. When he came
in to Bozeman Thursday morning for
a brief stop he did not, as expected,
stand on the back of the train and
deliver a set speech to the crowd who
came down to the depot to see and
hear him. Instead he was off the
train as soon as it came to a stop,
reached out his hand to the nearest
group of men awaiting him, told them
his name was Owsley and started in
to mix with the crowd. Ee SPOKE a
few words regarding the national or
ganization, but spent most of his time
shaking hands with the people of the
crowd.
Commander Owsley said the ma
tional organization was in excellent
financial condition and was growing
to commanding position in the coun-
try, making it the great force in stab
ilizing business.
When ne was questioned concerning
the attitude of the national Organiza
tion towards George Wilson, recently
installed as the head of the Oklahoma
State college and an avowed enemy
to the legion he said.
GAS a national organization, w
have nothing to do with that incident
It is purely a local affair and it is VI
to the legion in that state to handl
it. We shall not interfere, and evel
if it should be brought to the nationa
body, we would not consider it, w
have so many important matters of
national character to handle that W
do not concern ourselves with sue
things"
Which shows that, if the allege
Continued on page Twelve)
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-06-13
COMP ANY c LEAVES
june "a FOR CAMP
Local Company of 163rd Infantry,
Montana National Guard, Entrains
For Two Weeks at Camp Lewis.
May Police Fight on Return.

Captain George v. Finley, Of Com
pany C. 163rd infantry, Montana Ma
tional Guard, received orders yester-
day to entrain his men this afternoon
preparatory to leaving early tomor-
row morning for Camp Lewis, Wash,
where the company will spend two
weeks at the summer camp.
Orders have been issued for the
men to meet at the armory this art
ernoon at 100 o'clock fully equipped
to entrain in the special train that
will carry them to Camp Lewis. They
will leave at o'clock in the morning
and should reach Camp Lewis Friday
afternoon. After two weeks spent at
the camp they will return home, al
though there is now some talk of
their being brought back by way of
Shelby, where they may be detailed
for police duty during the big Demp-
sey-Gibbons fight.
The company will consist Of three
officers and 55 men, total Of al
most double the number that went to
Camp Lewis last summer. Renewed
interest in the company and its af-
fairs gives hope that next year there
may be two companies of the local
guard to make the trip.
The company is in very good shape
to make the trip this year and al Of
its officers are men experinced fr
overseas fighting. Captain George
v. Finley saw Is months service In
France, part of the time at the front
He is capable officer and well liked
by his men, as witness the growth OF
the company under his administration
First Lieutenant Vernon Zacher j:
one of Montana's war heroes and has
as good a record as any man whS
fought in the world war. Going IL
France as sergeant, he was given hi
commission as a result Of his worl
in the officers training school II
France, and was promoted to frs
| lieutenant in the front line trenches
Far rs raIIant work in capturing |
/ German machine gan ness. he wa
fComtinued on page Twelve)
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-06-13

AT STATE COLLEGE
Eighty-Three Young Men and Women
Receive Degrees at Local Institution
g This Morning. Chancellor BrannOn
Gives Commencement Address.

A fair day, the warm June sun
shining as we think the sun only
shines in Montana; green grass and
trees and flowers everywhere; the be-
ginning of summer - commencement
day at the State college.
All morning the stir of the COM
mencement permeated Bozeman even
to the downtown business district.
Seniors in their caps and gowns,
proud parents, interested younger
brothers and sisters, sweethearts and
friends of the graduates all wended
their way to the campus, where for
the first time in the history of the
local institution all the ceremonies
of the finish of the college year were
held on the campus itself. Dignitaries
from other towns, the governor of the
state, the chancellor, the president of
the school of mines and other promin-
ent men from every part of the state
came to Bozeman to do honor to the
83 young men and women who were
granted their degrees today.
The commencement exercises, held
in the new gymnasium at the college
started at 10:30. Eighty-two mem
bers of the class of 1928 received
their bachelors degrees this morning
and one man received his advanced de-
gree in electrical engineering.
Chancellor NJ. A. Brannon of tn,
greater University of Montana is sch
eduled to give the commencement ad
dress to the class.
Eleven members of this class vii
graduate "with honors". They are
Charles Raymond Mountjoy, Franklin
. Houston Smith, Fergus G. Mitchell
, Edwin Paul Orcutt, Earl M. Bucking
: ham, Richard R. Thomas, Edward E
t Poulson, Roma Caroline Elmer, Grac
Dorothy Burgess, Dorothy Dean an
( Alice Catherine Moody.
t The program for the commence
2 ment exercises follows:
Order of Exercises
{ Professional
r March Triumphale ...-....---.-- -KempinsL
a Orchestra
Rev. E. R. Curry
e Venitienne Barcarolle le..-.......-.-....---.....
/ ..-----.------------..---.B Benjamin Cedar
Orchestra
e Installation of Melvin A. Brannon
e Chancellor of the University of Nor
tana by
Continued on page Twelve)
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-06-13
SUCCESSFUL PICNIC
BY FARM BUREAU
Executive Committee Hold Enjoyable
Affair at Abercrombie Farm
Near Central Park

The annual outdoor meeting and
picnic of the County Farm Bureau ex-
ecutive committee, held at the J. D.
Abercrombie ranch, Saturday, was de-
clared to be more than a success.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Abercrombie and
their family maintained their repta-
tion as hosts and entertainers. Ev-
erything that was needed for the
pleasure and comfort of the children
and grown-ups as well as refresh
ments, was in readiness for the guests
when they arrived.
Immediately following one of those
dinners which have always made farm
picnics famous, the executive COM
mittee was called to order by Presi-
dent Mikkelson. The chairmen of the
different communities also took part
in the meeting.
Arrangements were completed for
the two-day pure-bred livestock tour
which will be held in the county Aug
ust 7 and 8. If satisfactory with the
owners of the following livestock
ranches will be included in the tour:
Lester Thompson, Herefords; C.. E.
Axten, Shorthorns j. D. Abercrom-
bic, Holstein; Montana State College,
Jerseys; w. o. Bohart, Brown Swiss;
VIM. Niven, Poland-China; Joe Ell
ings, Hampshire; Harvey Griffin,
Duroc Jersey pigs and Hampshire
sheep; Manhattan Company, Oxfords;
c. E. Slime, Rambouilletts, and Roy
Martin, Shropshires. Most of the
afternoon of the second day was
spent at the college looking over the
high class dairy and beef cattle, sheep
and hogs. All stockmen present
pledged their support of the tour.
A discussion of Gallatin Day plans
was followed by pledge of 80 gal
Ions of sweet cream by the commit
tees represented at the meeting. The
organization pledged its support and
assistance towards the spirit of this
big gathering and event.
Communications from local dealers
as well as outside jobbers of binder
twiTe were read and considered.
After a careful examination of prices
quoted by local dealers, they were
considered reasonable and no action
will be taken by the farm bureau to-
ward purchasing twine for its mem
bers this season.
The offer of 'Uncle Sam Hampton
to put out special farm bureau is
sue of his paper was discussed, an6
Chris Mikkelson, w. L. Stockton anC
R. L. Franks were selected as com
nnittee to give the offer considera
ton. If plans are perfected the farm
bureau will get a liberal share o.
any profit from the issue, and the
paper will be sent TO every farmer
in the county. If the committee seei
fit to accept the offer the issue vii
probably appear about July 4.
Support was given and arrange
Continued on page Twsaye)
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-06-13
BISHOP BURNS GIVES
BACCALAUREATE SERMON
Tells State College Seniors to Serve
Humanity Rather Then
Self

Emphasizing the fact chat the i'm
portant thing in life is to give real
service to the rest Of humanity, Bis
hop Charles Wesley Burns of the
Methodist Episcopal church Of Helena,
gave the baccalaureate address to the
graduating class of the Montana
State college at the Presbyterian
church.
"More world changes have occurred
in the last fifty months than in any
previous hundred years since Noah
entered the ark" said Bishop Burns
Thirty crowns have fallen from Eu-
ropean heads, thirty nations are fer
menting in the leaven on the New Day.
The map of Europe has been remade-
The mood and temper of America have
changed. New forms of thought and
practice have possessed society, edu-
cation, industry and religion. Sur
modern situation is very much like
that Of Alice in Wonderland, to whom
the fairy said significantly: "In fairy
land we must run fast to keep up
with where we are.
He stated that many persons look
on the present state Of affairs with q
pessimistic eye, feeling that there il
no solution Of the tangle that civil
ization Is fast getting into.
within two generations. at the
present rate" he said, 1--WE will be
back again close to paganism. But
! there Is ore fmckor khMt rnmnv 0f kkaaN
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-06-13
MURDER IS
DISCLOSED BY Wife
seth Orrin Danner Held on First De-
gree Charge Result of Disclosure
by Wife Who Claims He Murdered
Mr.. and Mrs. John SprOuse in 1920.

AS result of the most sensational
murder ever disclosed to a Gallatin
county official, Seth Orrin Danner, an
employe in local garage, is being
held at the county Jail, charged with
the murder of a man and woman on
November Ia, 1920. at a point on the
Yellowstone trail near Central Park.
banner is accused by no less person
than his wife, whose disclosure to
Deputy Sheriff Pierce Elmore. of
Three Forks, led to his arrest and
the discovery of the bodies in a shall
low grave.The finding of these bodies
IN measure substantiates Mrs. Dam
ner's story, although Danner him.
self stoutly disclaims mis- innocence
of the crime.
Acting on the information given
by Deputy Elmore in Three Forks,
Sheriff Jim Smith, accompanied by
Mrs. Danner, Deputies Elmore and
Howell and Coroner Harland, went
to the scene of the alleged double
murder and, digging at the place
pointed out by the women, exhumed
the skeletons of two bodies.
On Friday, in the chambers of the
district court, Mrs. Seth Orrin DAN
ner told County Attorney E. A. Peter
son the story of one of the most cold
blOoded murders in Montana's his
tory. The story was embodied in a
sworn affidavit and is substantially
as follows:
| Seth Orrin Danner, his wife, Iva
Danner, and three children, two be-
longing to the couple and the third
belonging to Danner by a former
marriage, started from Kansas IN
1919 and came to Dillon, Montana.
Unable to find work in Dillon, the
party went to South Dakota, where
Danner got work in the harvest fields.
Near Mobridge, South Dakota, the
Daniers fell in with Mr.. and Mrs
John Sprouse, who were also follow
ing the harvest fields. The two fam
lies decided to travel together and
did so the men fishing more or less
and the parties camping by the way
! side.
}, Deciding to come to Montana again
the two families started and reached
n Gallatin county November IA, 1920
!, They made camp near Central Park
: some 400 yards south of the bridge
e crossing the West Gallatin river. Each
i family had a car Of it's own, as wei
i as a separate tent. The tents of the
two families were pitched side by
n side.
t On the afternoon of November ii
t the two men left the camp together
y to get some fish for the evening
S meal Some time later Danner re.
turned alone and casually asked il
$ Sprouse had come home yet. Later
e when Sprouse had not put in an ap-
pearance, Danner, apparently for
getting his previous question, told
Mrs. Sprouse that her husband was
: up the river and would be back be-
: fore long.
Mrs. Sprouse kept asking about heI
husband, and Danner finally walked
Continued on Page y
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-06-13
DEDICATE The new
COLLEGE Building
Engineering Building at State College
Dedicated to Memory of w. MilnOr
Roberts, Pioneer Railway Engineer
of State.

Alumni day at the State college
was largely given over to the cere-
mony of dedicating the new engineer
ing building at the college, the build
ing which, according TO Governor
Dixon, the state has invested more
money in than any other educational
building in Montana. The building
was dedicated to the memory of W.
Minor Roberts, chief engineer of the
Northen Pacific, and the man who
laid out the route of that railroad
through the state. Assisting in the
ceremonies were Minor Roberts,
youngest son of the great engineer;
Charles Donnelly, president of the
Northern Pacific; Governor Joseph
NJ. Dixon. Chancellor M. A. Brannon,
Dean E. B. Norris and President AL
fred Atkinson of the college. Dean
Norris presided.
Speaking of his father, Minor
Roberts, dean of the school of engi-
neering at the University of Wash
ington, said in part:
Nv. Minor Roberts was a true
eariyday American of mixed blood"
said Minor Roberts, dean of the
School of Mines of the University of
Washington, in his address at the de-
dication exercises of the new engin-
eering building, speaking on the topic
Nv. Minor Roberts, the Man and the
Engineer"
Roberts is the youngest son of the
great engineer, in whose memory the
engineering building was dedicated
He told how in early childhood, in
Philadelphia, his father had shown an
aptitude for problems of an engineer
ing nature and at the age of Is years
he first did the actual work of civil
engineer.
"He was educated at the Franklin
institute Roberts said of his father
''and later in the Joseph Roberts Math-
ematics school. John Haviland, an ar
chitect was largely responsible for his
final training.
"At the age of 81 and % he was il
actual charge Of engineering opera
S-~AA' ~ SANW up Will tilc IdltEOdt
engineering of the country and rod,
on the first passenger car that raj
on rails. Later in life he was con
sulting engineer for many differen
railroads, usually two or three differ
ent ones at the same time.
"In 1853 W. Minor Roberts wen
TO Brazil, where ne built the frs
mountain railroad of the world, owe
the Organ range of mountains.
When he returned to the Unite,
States he was made member of
commission of engineers which in
spected mouths of the great rivers O
the world for the purpose of passin
on and suggesting improvements il
the jetties of the mouth of the Mis-
sissippi.
He was associate engineer at tn
building of the Eads bridge acros
the Mississippi river at st. Louis i
1868 and 1859.
His crOwning work, however, a
far as Montana is concerned at least
Continued on page Twelve)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-05-25
WATERv|LLE COMPANY Gets JOB
REBUILDING COLBY DORM|T0RY
TO Be MO DERN STRUCTURE

Mr.. Bunker of Augusta and President
Roberts met in the college Office and
opened the bids for the contract.
Last evening President Roberts
said that the actual work OF tearing
down the remaining walls and start
ing the new building would start as
soon as the contractor should get ms
men on the. job,which would be be-
fore the end Of the present week. The
Colby head said that the members OF
the unfortunate fraternity wanted TO
get into the building at the earliest
possible moment next fal and that all
efforts would be spent on finishing
the new structure at that time.
The original building was con-
structed in 1914 as one of the original
college dormitories on the campus.
At the time of the tragic fire on the
morning of December 4, 1922. the
building was occupied by the Colby
chapters of the Lambda Chi Alpha
and Delta Epsilon fir; .ternities. with a
brick fire wall between the two
houses. The fire completely Quilted
the northern end Of the hall occupied
by the former fraternity with the
subsequent loss of five lies. The
Delta Epsilon side was slightly
burned on the top floor but was re-
paired and ready for occupancy
shortly after the close Of the Christ
mas vacation but the walls Of the
northern half have been standing
bleak and dark. The west wall which
faced College avenue collapsed sew
eral weeks ago and since that time. a
fence has been constructed about the
entire building to prevent any injury
Ill case any of the greatly weakened
walls fall further.
The plans which were originally
sketched by Walter D. Berry. an
alumnus of the fraternity in the
class of 1921 and now connected
with one of the local construction
companies. were taken to the archi-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-05-25

tests by the building committee of
the fraternity and with the addi-
lions and corrections approved by
the college building committee. were
finished off.
The plans call for one Of the most
modern buildings on the campus
both in the way Of dormitory and
a fraternity house. The cellar is to
be excavated to the depth Of five
feet to allow the finishing Off Of two
rooms. one to be the dining room
of the fraternity with its complete
kitchen and kitchen arrangements
and the other to be a lounging and
smoking room. The first floor Is to
be devoted largely to an open re-
ccption hall, with the main toilet in
one corner. The second, third and
fourth floors are to contain the
study rooms for the students. There
are to be five to each floor. The
top floor is devoted to the large
sleeping room or ram pasture"
The greatest feature Of safety in
the new structure will be the en-
closed stairs. According to the new
plans, the stairs will be constructed
in a fire proof brick wall in the
south east corner of the building
From each landing there will be ar
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-05-25
President Arthur ]. Roberts Of Col

President Arthur J. Roberts Of Col
by college announced last evening
that the contract for the reconsurtc-
ton of the ruined dormitory building
formerly occupied by the Lambda
Chi Alpha fraternity at Colby college
had been let to the Cyr Construction
company Of Waterville. The contract
was awarded to the Waterville con-
struction company as the lowest of
several bids received by the commit
tee on grounds and buildings at the
college including several out town
companies.
The plans We're completed by the
firm Of Bunker and Savage, architects
in Augusta in accordance with pre-
liminary plans brought forward by
the building committees of the col
lcge and the Lambda Chi Alpha fra
ternity. The bids were received at
the college up until Monday right and
Yesterday the two members of the
Colby college building committee,
Herbert E. Wadsworth of Winthrop
and Norman l.. Bassett of Augusta,