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The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-02-25
GALLATIN GATEWAY
FEATURED AT BUTTE
SHOW

"Gallatin Gateway was feather
ed this week at the Butte Auto
show, according to Frank Stone,
cashier Of the SalesVille State
bank, who returned from the me
tropOIis Wednesday.
AT the entrance to the show,
where everyone entering or leav-
ing the building must pass through
it, was erected a replica Of the
Milwaukee's rustic arch in the
West GaIIatin canyon. The ex-
hfbit attracted much attention and
aroused considerable interest in
the Galatin Gateway to the park
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-02-25
OTTO FUELLENAN STABBED and KILLED
BY FRED BURKGART At BELGRADE MONDAY
BUSINESS RIVALRY CAUSE OF TROUBLE SLAVE
CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER
STORY OF TRAGEDY

Otto P. Fueleman, proprietor Of the Pioneer Meat market at
Belgrade, was stabbed in the heart and almost instantly killed
by Fred Burkgart, owner of a rival establishment, during an
alteration that occurred on the main street of the valley town
about 10 o'clock Monday morning.
The trouble between the two men grew out Of business rivalry
At the coroner's inquest, held in BOzeman Wednesday morning
at 10 o'clock, evidence indicating that Burkgart was the aggressOr
was presented, and the jury in it's verdict declared that Erred
.Burkgart was the aggressor in the affray and should be Grimm
ally charged with the death of said Otto P. Fueleman."
Burkgart is in the county Jail. Thursday afternoon leave to
file an information charging him with murder in the first degree
was granted by Judge B. B. Law, and later the document was
presented to the clerk of the court by Assistant County Attorney
Eugene F. Bunker. Trial of the case, it is said, probably will be
had late next month.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-02-25

The body Of the slain man is at
the West undertaking parlors. Fun
eral services will be held this morn
ing at 10 o'clock from the Holy Ros-
airy Catholic church, the Rev. Father
A. D. Lothian officiating. Burial
will be in the Catholic cemetery.
First news of the Staying was re-
ceived in BOzeman Monday morning
a few minutes after it occurred.
Sheriff F. G. Slaughter left immedi-
ately for the scene, made a hasty in
vestigation, took Burkgart into Gus
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-02-25
SCORES ATTEND
ANNUAL REUNION
PIONEER SOCIETY
Affair Brilliant and Successful
Banquet, Program and
Dancing Features


The th~irty-fOurth annual reunion
Of the Pioneers Society of Gallatin
County and of the Sons and Daugh-
ters of Pioneers, held at the Elks'
home in BOzeman on WashingtOn's
birthday, was attended by a large
number of men and women who came
to Montana in 1864 or before, and by
their children and grandchildren, the
affair being a success from the social
gathering during the noon hour,
through the banquet, the afternoon
program, old time dancing and the
grand ball in the evening.
The hour between IL o'clock. noon
and one o'clock was spent in the
parlors Of the Elks' home, where the
secretaries of the two organizations
collected the annual dues, and the
members received the coveted badges,
yellow for the pioneers and blue for
the sons and daughters. Mrs. w. ].
Beall, who is nearly 80 years old, had
charge of the badges for the pioneers
as she has had for many years, and
she was cordially greeted by old time
friends. Mrs. Ray Holloway, one Uf
the junior pioneers, assisted Mrs,
Beall. Mrs. A. j. Hunter, who is
nearly 90 years of age, was the Oldest
pioneer present. She came in 1864
Mo~w AkAouI DomOvoA
An excellent banquet was served
by Mrs. Gilkerson in the dining room
of the Elks' home at one o'clock, 15C
men,, women and children, including
pioneers, sons and daughters of pio-
neers and their families, being seated
as Mrs.B. B. Law at the piano play
ed "Out Where the West Begins" and
other appropriate selections. The ia.
bles were decorated with bouquets Of
daffOdils and pussy willows. Mrs
Emery Finley and Mrs. R. M. Esgal
of the banquet committee; Mrs. W. L
Mcdonnell of the executive committee
of the Pioneers Society, and Mrs. S
C. Crockett of the executive commit
tee of the Society of Sons and Daugh
tiers of Pioneers, assisted in serving
at the pioneers tables.
Afternoon Program
After the banquet all went to tn
hall on the third floor of the Elks
home, where they were joined by
number of guests, men and wOme
eligible to the state societies of pic
neers and sons and daughters, and a
interesting program was given, a
arranged by Mrs. Fred Axtell, Mrs
Ray Purdy and w. H. Ref, Mrs. AK
tell, a past president Of the Pioneer
Society, presiding.
The program opened with an al
tistic drill by 16 members Of tn
Housekeepers' club, under the direC
ton of Mrs. W. F. Cowan, with Mr.:
E. P. Ballantyne at the piano. The
were generously applauded, espec
ally as they formed with various fig
ures the initials of Pioneers SOciet.
Choice selections were given b
Donald Kintz of the college musicj
department on the violin, accompal
led by Mrs. Ema Devine on the p
Continued on Page Four)
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-02-25
over 100 ATTEND
FARM ECONOMIC"
CONFERENCE HERE
Reports of Committees Will Be
Embodied In BuIletin-List
of Delegates

More than a hundred farmers,
stOckmen and business men of the
seven counties of southwestern Mon
.tana gathered in BOzeman Wednesday
and Thursday of this week to draw up
a program of agricultural develop
ment for the district. The economic
conference just closed was the third
meeting of it's kind to be held in the
state, similar conferences having been
held at Miles City and Billings last
week.. N. L. TOwne of BOzeman was
chairman of the local meeting.
The effort of the men and women
attending the meeting was summed
up in the words of M. L. Wilson, ag-
ricultural economist for the Montana
Experiment station, who addressed
the opening general assembly of the
conference "to adjust production and
production methods Of southwestern
Montana to the existing conditions.
leaving the less adapted crops to
those areas where they can be most
conveniently produced"
Committees representing livestock,
grains and forage, poultry, potatoes
and canning crops, beekeeping and
land utilization, with men from each
of the counties in the district repre-
scented on each committee, studied
their problems in the light of south
western Montana conditions and pre-
scented reports to the general assem-
bly,. These reports will be incor-
pOrated in a bulletin to be issued soon
and will form the basis for the agri-
cultural development program for
the district.
Following are the men and women
, registered at the opening session of
the conference:
A. J. Faust, Dillon, A. j. Gradea,
ClasOil; o. o. Hansel, East Helena;
w. F. Kienzle, Clasoil; Mic Aakjer,
+ Bozeman; j. R. Liddy, East Helena;
4 J. E. Moore, BOzeman; L. M. Cory,
East Helena; H. J. Rodenberg, Man
Il haitian; N. l. Towne, Bozeman; T.
n B. Holker, Manhattan; C. H. Buitel-
lhoff, Manhattan; w. L. Stockton.
a, Charleston; Charles Lindsey, Butte
T. H.. Herrin, Helena; Mrs. Vida P
3 Gatteschi, Bozeman; Mrs. M. R. Har-
II ris, Bozeman; Walter H. Little, Boze-
d man; F. j. Froebe, Helena; Lewis
l. Penwell, Helena; L. G. DeVore, Hell
ena; G.. E. Sine, BOzeman; Dwight
Smith, Bozeman; A. S. Ecton, Boze.
~ man; T. F. Stevenson, Bozeman; H
e E. Stevens, Bozeman; T. A. Norton
Is Bozeman; Wilbert J. Harrer, Boze-
man; F. C. Sumner, Clyde Park; Les
70 ter Thompson, Bozeman; w. E. West
lake, Manhattan; J. C. Jackson, Har
rison; Chris Mikkleson, Manhattan
R. G. Baxter, BOzeman; Harry TIE
Selle, Manhattan; S. F. Lawrence
ne Manhattan; ]. R. Scott, Helena; Franz
IN o. Peterson, Helena; H. E. TOwner
I'll Bozeman; George Stimson, Belgrade
Oh Colt Suneson, MissOula; ]. R. Cot
I'd ton, BOzeman; C. E. LESLEY; c. H
H. Peterson, Three Forks; Henry ia
cobson, Bohemian; Mrs. Cora Cram
rt Helena; Mrs. Elmer Border, BOze
sy man; B. A. Scollard, Belgrade; Mrs
D. o. Lagee, Helena; H. P. Griffin
belgrade; George B. Franks, Card
- well; A. C. Akey, BOzeman; Home
Phillips, Helena; George Christie
East Helena; Conrad J. VOllmer, Eas
Helena.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-02-25

It is announced that a special train,
which win leave Bozeman at 6 o'clock
Saturday morning, win be a to
Twin Bridges to accommodate those
who desire to attend the Southern
district basketball tournament.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-02-25
GALATIANS farm
PRODUCTS INl926
WORTH S6,2OS,92O
Gain of Nearly 100000 Over
1925 - States Gross Farm
Income About S13O,OOO,OOO

o.
Crops produced in Gallatin county
in 1926 were valued at ~$4,743,620s
compared with $4,732,675 in 1925
while value of livestock and livestock
products sold in 1926 was $1,465, 900,
compared with $1,1s5 300 in 1925, ac-
cOrding to estimates Of ]. G.. Dia+
mOnd, agricultural statistician for the
United States bureau of agricultural
economics, cooperating with the Mon
tana state department of agriculture.
The total value of Gallatin cOunty's
crops and livestock for 1926 was &c.
2O8,92O, a gain of $29O,945 over 1925,
when the like total was $5,917,975, ac-
cording to Mr.. Diamonds estimates.
Total value of all crops produced in
Montana in 1926 was $1O8,006,000
compared with $11O, 1929, 900 for 1925,
a slightly larger production in 1926
being offset by generally lower prices.
The relatively large increase in live
stock income in 1926, the totals being
ST., AGO, 900 for 1925 and SIS, $4,000
for 1925, will bring the total gross
farm income for Montana in 1926 to
! S129, $4,000 compared with $123,OS2,-
600 and will set a new income record
for the state, the preceding high
point having been $124,474,OOO.
Wheat still leads as the states
largest individual income source con-
tributing to Montana farms in 1926
a total of about $41, 900, 1000, although
beef cattle decreased wheat's lead thi:
year when they increased their con
tribution to $4,000, 900 compared will
$27,OOO,OOO in 1925. Sheep and lambs
and wool, third largest contributors
drought in $22,0O 900 in 1926 com
pared with SIG, OOO, 900 in 1925; dairy
products increased to $10,O00,OOO o.
a little more than a million dol
lars over 1926. With livestock item
taking three places out Of thu
first four, the fifth income sourcr
returns to crops with hay in
come placed at $5,6OO,OOO, while pOul
try claims sixth place in 1926 will
$4,2O0,000; hogs, seventh place witt
$4,1O0,0OO, eighth place returning II
crops where sugar beets claim $1,000,
: 900. Seed and canning peas, with al
income Of $1,6OO,OOO, take ninth plac
and top oats, flaxseed, potatoes
beans, barley, alfalfa seed, corn, ap
pies and rye in order named.
Production estimates of principa
2 crops in Gallatin county for 1926
, with 1925 estimates in parenthese'
= show:
, Spring wheat, 100000 bushel:
(825,OOO bushels.)
Winter wheat, $4,000 bushels
: (336,OOO bushels).
> Oats, $4,000 bushels (494,OO
bushels).
: Barley, $4,000 bushels (8O6,OO
: bushels.
Rye, $4,000 bushels( 10000 busE
els).
: Potatoes, $4,000 bushels (115,OO
> bushels).
: Tame hay, 96,4OO tons (96,OO
= tons).
Wild hay, 1000 tons Q,OOO tons),
Seed peas, $4,000 bushels (264,OC
bushels).
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-02-25

tOdy and brought him to the county
Jail. Prompt action by the sheriff in
this respect was necessitated by the
intensity of feeling that prevailed in
Belgrade, for Fuelleman was well
known and popular and hints Of
lynching for his slayer were heard
on every side. No trouble, however,
developed.
Soon after his arrest Burkgart
made a statement to County Attorney
Seth F. Bohart, the nature of which
CONTINUED on page Eight
The Coconino sun., 1927-06-17
COOLIDGE ON PACIFISM

Those pacifists and near pacifists of various
stripes and colors who have been getting consola-
tion from the fact that President Coolidge did
not agree with part of the naval program in
congress few months ago, and who hoped that
the day might come when they could quote from
him in their own support received d rude jolt
when they read in the presidents Memorial ad-
dress the remarks which he made concerning the
insidious doctrine of pacifsm. The remarks were
simple and to the point and they showed that the
presidentA realizes keenly the necessity for sane
preparedness. Some Of the paragraphs follow:
"ItsWould be idle to place wreath on the grave
of the dead and leave ungaranded the living. Our
devotion to the memory of those who served their
country in the pastis but a symbol of our devo-
ton to those who are serving their country at
present.
1--WE cannot escape the fact that there are evil
forces in the world, which all past experiences
warn us will break out from time to time and do
serious damage to lawful rights and the progress
of civilization unless we are prepared to meet
such situations with armed intervention We
could no more dispense with our military forces
than we could dispense with our police force.
Eve know that we have come into possession
of great wealth and high place in the world.
There is scarcely civilized nation which is not
our debtor We are sufficiently acquainted with
human nature to realize that we are oftimes the
object of envy
UNLESS we maintain sufficient forces to be
placed appoints of peril when they arise thereby
avoiding for the most part serious attack, there
would be grave danger that we should suffer from
violent outbreaks, so destroying our rights and
compromising our honor that war would become
inevitable"
There is certainly sound American doctrine
here. America wants trouble with no nation.
But we must realize that we are rich and that
other nations owe us money. To lie down supine
and defenseless would therefore be to enact the
role of the fatted calf whose fate has never been
regarded as particularly enviabe.
The Coconino sun., 1927-06-17
GOD HELP THE RICH-THE POOR CAN
TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES
"Uneeda me, Ineeda, too;
Ufeeda me, Ifeeda-You!, 7,

The above touching little poem on an Italian
grocery store reminds us of the splendld poltical
endeavors of our secretary OF state, MI. James
II. Kerby. -.
Mr. Ke,hv is one of our most progressive clti-
zens .As poor but thrifty politician he accepted
the constitutional provisions OF the state ana the
office of secretary thereto at pltltu stlpend OF
S3 500 per year, which constitution he mace oatll
to protect and defend. While other poor boys
might have given up in despair at beng hanol-
capped by such a meager salary, and, knowing
the constitution provided that it could not be
lepitimately augmented during his term OF offlce,
he was not down-hearted and melancholy at the
dark future before him. Not him! lie invented
the automobile license tax law to protect the peo-
ple including political pedestrians, which law al
vorced the state constitution, giving him an all
mony of $4,000 additional per year, making
total of S5 500 per year. We are certain that Sec
retary Kerby has not quit Inventlng more pro-
gressive financial ideas. There are still great pos
sibilties with radio control and aviation wherein
his duties could be made available at so much pei
avail
Even if the governor did refuse the despicable
offer of the legislature and vetoed the highway
bill, Secretary Kerby has many others avenues IN
which to exercise his great talent OF personal pro-
motion.
The Ladies of the Ancient Order of Button Hole
Workers have been called in to resolve against
the nefarious action of the eighth legislature,
wherein they have been despolled OF their rights
The 'Blue Book" which In Arizona ranks along
continued by Secretary Kerby owing to lack OF
funds. Of course previous legislatures have never
appropriated funds to print the lndellple heradage
of our political peers. 1t done through Secre-
tary Kerby's great desire to be helpful with sur.
plus funds. But this year Sec. Kerby did not
feel able to stand the expense with surplusage OF
funds the legislature so niggardly doled out to
him.
Secretary Kerby has further generously do
nateds the information with state stamps t2 all
county boards of supervisors that they are plumb
outa luck since the oil companies intimate they
have quit the gasoline tax law, because the funds
thus received are not going to his office for his
use in buying more license tax plates
1t seems that last year Sec. Kerby only col
lected 100000 or more from the automobile
trade in the state, of which amount he generously
turned $4,000 into the state treasury.
Evidently from reports galloping around over
the state, there are many people who do not even
appreciate the fact that he turned this S. GOO
over to the state treasury. Next year if 100000
is taken in by the secretary of state from auto
licenses, we have every reason to believe that at
least there would be sufficient funds left to pur-
chase license plates for autos for the following
years.
The Coconino sun., 1927-06-17
REMARKS OF THE GANG

by the discrimination or had previous
.ly heard of it. There is danger, too,
that widespread grievance would be
given expression at elections in
Leeded bond issues.
Reasonable citizens, of course, will
not take quite the same view of the
Importation of teachers that they do
of the patronage of mail order houses.
They will recognize the benefit from
the injection at times of new edu-
cational blood and the desirability now
and then, of the employment of a
trained teacher with peculiar quail
fications. But they will insist that
Arizona trained teachers Of equal and
proper qualifications shall be given
preference in employment.
The reason for bringing in teachers
are twofold. One is the tendency to
yield to the enchantment of distance
to the disparagement of our own i'm
mediate surroundings. The other is
the tendency of employing powers to
do something for friends and acquain-
tances they have known elsewhere.
The Coconino sun., 1927-06-17

practical or not. Permission was
asked to hold the debate in the school
house and the minutes of the school
board meeting ran as follows: You
are welcome to use the school room to
debate all proper questions, but
such questions as railroads and tele-
graphs are impossibilities and rank
lnfidelity. There lis nothing in the
Word of God about them. Ii God had
designated that His intelligent crea-
lures should travel at the frightful
speed Of Is miles an hour by steam,
He would have fortold it through His
holy prophets. 1t is a device of
Satan to lead immortal souls down to
hell"
We know doctor back in Michigan,
a progressive doctor, the first to put
screens on the door of his hospital and
the first to use anesthesia for opera
tions. But when it was proposed to
build railroad line through the town
in which he lived, he with other towns
men, fought the idea. Too many
people would go to Detroit, was his
belief. The doctor and his friends
won their fight. The railroad went
through a neighboring village which
became a city while the doctors town
is still town.
What our forefathers termed "a
device of Satan to lead immortal
souls down to HE'LL" has proved to be
the greatest factor for welding this
nation of 48 states into solid union.
The mania for speed, when toned
down to practical business, has given
the nation reliable and safe trans
portation.
Unlike the Michigan doctor, citizens
of Tucson saw the advantage of trans
portation when they built the first
municipal air fields in the United
States. The great majority of people
are still timid about air travel. This
very timidness has enhanced the
glory of those making transatlantic
flights. Our forefathers were timid
about riding at the rate of Is miles
an hour a century ago.
If the nation as a whole had con-
tinued to think as the school board of
Lancaster, Ohio, thought in 1928,
Tucson would still be dusty adobe
town of the desert shut off from the
outer world by miles of desert.
The Coconino sun., 1927-06-17
A MUTTERED COMPLAINT
ATTAINS VOLUME AGAINST
IMPORTATION OF TEACHERS
Z (Arizona Republican,

DR.. Grady Gammage, head of the
Northern Arizona Teachers college,
on Monday gave voice to a grievance
of which we had heard much but
which until DR.. Gammage spoke had
| not, we believe, been made publicly
articulate-the tendency in Arizona,
especially in the towns, to pass over
the graduates from our teachers COL
| leges in favor of teachers from other
and distant states.
We have heard complaints of this
discrimination against Arizona nor
NAL graduates for some years, but
since the making up of the rosters Of
teachers in many of the schools for
/ next year these complaints have been
/ louder and more numerous than ever.
OF very large number of normal
school graduates this year but very
small percentage will find employ
ment in Arizona schools. Before COM
/ ing to the main question involved in
this matter we may state our position,
which we believe to be that of all who
have a sincere and intelligent interest
in the schools.
/ In no case would we favor the en-
ployment of inferior teachers, whether
| Arizona trained or exotic. We would
| have the best teachers. Il Arizona
| has failed to produce them, we would
bring them from wherever they may
! be found.
The question then is, is Arizona
capable of training competent teach
ers? We have two teachers colleges
which we understand rank with the
| best in the country. Their courses of
training include teaching in model
schools under highly competent in
structors. In these schools methods
which have been approved by the fore
most educators are employed.
! If then the schools fail to turn out
1 good teachers, something must be
wrong with the raw material and we
are in hopeless case. But we do not
believe those who import teachers Will
claim that there is.any defect OF our
raw material, and certainly no Arl-
zonan will admit that.
If policy of discrimination against
Arizona trained teachers should OBJ
tain, several repercusslons would
result. Citizens Of Arizona would
cease making sacrifices to give their
daughters four years of training IN
our teachers colleges, TO go out a1ter-
ward to look for places as clerks IN
shops or in domestic service. There
would be a falling off in the attend
ance of our teachers colleges. The
reasons for the generous support the
people have given them year after
year would be greatly reduced.
That would be the worst. The
sentiment against the Importation OF
teachers would become intense until
| it might become unreasoning and as
sumo the proportions of revolt IN our
| legislatures against all school ad-
ministration and, generally, against
our entire educational system. Al
ready there has been grumbling
against the provisions made for the
grammar and high schools Of the
| state, as being too lavish.
| AS to the Unemployment OF Arl-
zona trained teachers increases year
by year this sentiment against what
appears to them and their friends and
neighbors as foreign educational IN
/ vasion, must spread and intensity
until the circle of it will come to en-
brace others who are not affected
The Coconino sun., 1927-06-17
CUTTING DOCTOR BILLS
miami Bulletin)

Countless thousands who are still
paying hospital bills which compare
favorably in size to the sum of all the
European war debts will no doubt
cheer DIR. Jabez North Jackson of
Kansas, City, Mo, who declares that
a crying need of the day is a middle
class hospital with middle class prices.
The average citizen with pain in
his innards now must choose between
charity wards and the first class in
stitutions whose prices look like the
Memorial day rates at exclusive sum-
mer resorts. Being his own personal
innards, this average citizen is loath
to have them tampered with too freely
in the charity wards. Being his own
purse, he is also reticent about hav-
ing it tampered with too freely in the
private hospitals.
The answer to the problem lies, as
DR.. Jaskson says it does, in the en-
dowed hospital, where the average
man can get his treatment and still be
able to name the day when he will be
out of debt.