Dedication crowd seen for Montana Livestock pavilion
A telegram from the South St Paul Livestock Exchange reports a larger than expected crowd will travel by special train to Great Falls for the April 19 dedication of the Montana Livestock pavilion. Delegations of 60 to 70 Hook Em Cow members and 40 delegates will join from Minnesota, with Twin Cities sending additional attendees.
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Great Falls
South Paul Livestock Exchange
Montana Livestock Pavilion
Billings
Mona Stock Growers’ Association
South St. Paul Liveock Exchange
Twin Cities
Park Hotel
Billings Reports Measles Epidemic
Helena, April 6. The weekly health report shows an measles epidemic in Billings with 46 of 78 statewide cases. Chateau trails with 12 cases as officials note outbreaks cycle every four years and urge strict quarantine enforcement.
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Helena
Billings
Chateau
Railroader Seeks 8000 Acre Alberta Land Deal
Great Falls April 6 Grant Smith railroad contractor is in town to conclude a purchase of the 8000 acre Alberta land tract of the Conrad Circle Cattle company of Montana. The land near Queenstown has been leased for years since the Conrad company sold its cattle and the deal is said to involve 290000 dollars.
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Great Falls
Alberta
Conrad Circle Cattle Company of
Montana
Grant Smith
Queenstown
Conrad Company
Dillon News reports court actions and city events
In Dillon on April 6 the Interstate Lumber versus Lima Mercantile civil suit occupied Court 15 before Judge Clark. The county commissioners adjourned after two days of routine business. The fair and roundup dates were set after Helena state fair dates, with plans for a large Northwest exhibition. Religious census work by college students began citywide. Dillon’s city election yielded four aldermen Louis Anderson George Dart Perry Bowers and Frank Swartz all backing paving and lighting expansions. An evening fundraiser at Montana State Normal College will present two plays Miss Civilization and A Box of Monkeys staged by female students to aid Red Cross. J Hicks of Clifton Applegate oversees paving equipment move to Anaconda for highway work.
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Dillon
Interstate Lumber Company
Lima Mercantile Company
City of
Lima
Clark
Board of County Commissioners
Helena
Helena. It Is the Plan of the Fair Board
Louis Anderson
George Dart
Perry Bowers
Frank Swartz
Montana State Normal College
Red Cross
Civilization
Miss Phillips
J. Hicks
Clifton- Applegate Company
Anaconda
Deer Lodge County
Butte-Anaconda
High Court Dismisses Wheatland Bond Injunction Case
The Montana Supreme Court in Helena today dismissed the injunction request in Freidericks vs Perkins from Wheatland County. The action sought to halt Wheatland bonds intended to buy seed grain for farmers, to test bond validity. The court ruled the complaint wholly without merit.
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Helena
State Supreme Court
Freidericks
Perkins
Wheatland County
Opposition to statewide school bonds over Northern Montana site
In Great Falls April 5 opposition rises to a 5 million dollar school bond measure. Havre citizens and Chancellor B C Elliott dispute the Northern Montana Agricultural and Manual Training school at old Fort Assinniboine, arguing legal flaws and noninclusion in the university system.
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Great Falls
Montana
Old Fort Assinniboine
Havre
B. C. Elliott
Assinniboine
University of Montana
Bb. C. Abbott
C. P. Milne
Minneapolis
Abbott
Spokane
Fort Benton
Seattle
Cornelis
Missouri River
New Orleans
Benton
District Court
Blaine County
Paradise Valley Irrigation District
Paradise Valley Water Users’ Association
Milwaukee station robbery thwarted and other Missoula items
In Missoula on April 6 a bold theft at Milwaukee station failed as the ticket agent returned unexpectedly. two suspects fled. Mrs. Mabel Johnson obtained a divorce from Martin A. Johnson over cruelty and infidelity, with one son since the filing. A new American-LaFrance fire engine arrived, awaiting Elmira expert to commission. Charles H. Roberts became local chamber of commerce secretary, replacing D. D. Richards. Leo Barnaby is returned to Deer Lodge for the remainder of a 7.5 year highway robbery term after parole violation. A petition seeks a 75 square mile herd district in the county northwestern area, from Crow Creek reservoir to D'Aste.
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Missoula
Milwaukee
Mabel Johnson
Martin A. Johnson
Elmira
N. Y
Charles H. Roberts
Chamber of Commerce
California
San Luis Obispo
D. D. Richards
Leo Barnaby
Dixon
Deer Lodge
Board of County Commissioners
Crow Creek Reservoir
D'Aste
Bids Sought for Helena East Helena to Jefferson Line Project
Helena Montana April 6 The state highway commission will receive bids on three units of the Helena East Helena to Jefferson county line federal aid highway project No 77 on April 19. Bids open April 26 on federal aid project No 105 extending from Carter bridge in Park county four miles south of Livingston along the Yellowstone trail for 6.7 miles.
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Helena
State Highway Commission
Helena-East
Helena-to-Jefferson County
Carter Bridge
Park County
Livingston
Suit Filed Against Northern Pacific for 20000 Dollars
George Dryer sues the Northern Pacific Railway in district court for twenty thousand dollars claiming a derailment incident near Garrison on May 30 1919 left him permanently disabled after three weeks in hospital. Attorneys Fred R. Angevine and Hall and Pope of Missoula represent the plaintiff.
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Deer Lodge
George Dryer
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Dryer
Northern Pacific
Garrison
Fred R. Angevine
Hall & Pope
Missoula
Milwaukee shop worker burned by torch and alcohol blaze
F L Anderson a New York City native working in Milwaukee's electrical department was badly burned at the shops when a lit torch and a bottle of alcohol overheated and ignited as lights were off due to a blown fuse. He was rushed to the hospital and is recovering.
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Deer Lodge
F. L. Anderson
New York City
Milwaukee
Anderson
Conference Favors Rotation of Crops in Northwest
Director F B Linfield of the Montana experiment station said a Regina conference of agricultural experts agreed that systematic crop rotation and summer fallowing with summer filled crops best address Northwest conditions. A three year rotation favors corn oats or small grain with sweet clover for hay and sweet clover cited as a top drought resistant hay crop.
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Bozeman
F. B. Linfield
Montana
Plans To Coordinate Health Work In Montana
A Helena meeting of state health agency heads discussed preventing overlapping work and coordinating public health efforts across Montana. Participants included Harry Call of Great Falls, H. C. Cunningham of Helena, May Trumper, and Dr. W. F. Cogswell.
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Helena
Montana
Harry Call
Great Falls
Red Cross
H. C. Cunningham
Anti- Tuberculosis Society
May Trumper
Public Instruction
W. F. Cogswell
State Board of Health
Democrats to Convene State Central Committee in Helena
Helena April 6 Committeemen of the democratic state central committee are notified by Chairman Hugh Wells of Miles City that a meeting will be held in Helena Thursday April 15. It is expected every member will attend as a number of important offers will be discussed.
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Helena
Democratic State Central Committee
Hugh Wells
Miles City
Local Residents and Visitors Reported in Deer Lodge
DEER LODGE April 6 I. Eldred sold property north of Martin Gleason's home on Main Street to Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Elliott of Race Track. W. E. Keeley returned from Anaconda. Mrs. Olive Slaughner of Gold Creek visited. F. C. Goodman from Westinghouse Pittsburg arrived for an extended stay. H. W. Anderson transferred from Milwaukee to Tacoma. Frank Conley visited Butte. Miss Mary Ryan arrived from Butte for Easter at the Pythian Sisters ball. Arthur Copeland of the state college extension service met farmers at the high school. Dr. K. E. Sweet of Helmville was in Nevada valley on business and will stay in the north end of the county.
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Deer Lodge
I. &. Eldred
W. T. Elliott
Martin Gleason
Main Street
W. E. Keeley
Anaconda
Olive Slaughner
Gold Creek
F. C. Goodman
Westinghouse Company
Pittsburg
EK. A. Sweet
Helmville
Nevada
Sweet
Big Timber elects three trustees with record vote
The Big Timber school election produced 319 votes the largest for the city as O A Fallang John G Ellingson and F R Hickman were elected for three two and one year terms respectively. Miss Rose Powell of Portland Ore died April 2 in an automobile accident. A jury exonerated driver Mrs Minnie Hartung. Funeral services were held for Frank Casey Jones in Big Timber.
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BIG Timber
O. A. Fallang
John G. Ellingson
F. R. Hickman
Rose Powell
Portland Ore
Miss Powell
Minnie Hartung
Harvey Bliss
Bliss
Minerva Powell
Portland
Congregational Church
Frank
Casey) Jones
Billings
Boulder Valley
Frank Jones
Kentucky
Mountain View
T. G. Shipton
Missoula
Spokane
West Side
Rufus L. Hanie
Pocatello
Idaho
Boulder Ranch
Stuart Nicholson
Upper
Boulder
J. T. Bradshaw
Grey Cliff
St. Mark’s
William Dutton
California
Montana Notes From Long Beach And Local Events
The report mentions C T Busha spending winter at Long Beach and visiting his daughter Lenore at Chico hot springs. Eighteen Knights of Pythias members and wives attended a social session in Livingston. Mr and Mrs C T Voges hosted a silver wedding anniversary dinner at their new six mile west of the city house with guests including Dr and Mrs Claiborn and others. The house has its own electric plant. The Woman’s club hosted the General club with a sewing demonstration by Mrs Georgia Roosevelt from the Montana State Agricultural College extension.
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Long Beach
C. T. Busha
Lenore
Chico Hot Springs
Miss Busha
E. R. Patterson
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Livingston
C. T. Voges
D. Claiborn
Louis
B. R. Patterson
Jean
Frank Webber
Jessie E. Evans
Lucy
Ella Hale
C .N Skillman
Woman's Club
General Club
Georgia Roosevelt
Extension Bureau
Bozeman
MISTAKE TO TELL LIES TO CHILDREN SAYS PASTOR
In Columbus Rev Irving Maurer of the First Congregational church argues that it is a mistake to lie to children. He says Santa Claus can be told truthfully and that truth about sex Bible religion and science should be taught early to avoid distortion in adolescence.
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Columbus
Ohio
Santa Claus
Irving Maurer
First Congregational Church
Dr. Maurer
Early Irish Education and National System 1831
The national system of education was introduced in Ireland in 1831 replacing the Society for the Education of the Poor. Beforehand churches ran non pay schools or charitable societies operated with government grants.
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Ireland
Society For the Education of the
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Hamilton
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High Court
Northern Montana News
BIG Timber News
Alaska
Australia
State OF
New York
Haley Fiske
Frederick H. Ecker
Ompany
America
Daly Bank and Trust Building
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