Stockyards Plant In Operation Soon Assured For Butte
The Butte chamber of commerce announced a complete modern stockyards will open to meet current stock industry needs and future growth. L Wills of the chamber said Charles J Kelly of Metals Bank and Trust leads a group of prominent local businessmen forming an organization to manage stockyard operations and promote Butte as a livestock market hub.
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Chamber of Commerce
Butte
Butte A
L. Wills
Charles J. Kelly
The
Metals Bank and Trust Company
Mr. Kelly
Kelly
City Employes Granted Raise 610 Per Month
One hundred twenty five city workers including police and fire members received a 15 dollar monthly wage increase at last night’s city council meeting. The move adds about 25000 yearly to city expenses while a luxury tax proposal to raise 100000 yearly was defeated 13 to 1. Mayor Stodden warned a veto would follow if debt reduction not pursued.
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Callow
Stodden
Soviet Tag Day Scheme Defeated by Milwaukee Council
Milwaukee Aug 4 by a strict party vote 17 to 14 the common council defeated a permit for a tag day to aid soviet Russia Socialists backed the proposal which had been adopted two weeks earlier Reconsideration on Monday led to its killing today in Milwaukee authorities voting along party lines.
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Milwaukee
Russia
First woman begins duties as assistant attorney general
Miss Annette Adams of San Francisco was inducted into the office of assistant attorney general of the United States at the Department of Justice. She is the first woman to hold the position and started her duties today in Washington on August 4.
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Washington
Annette Adams
San Francisco
United States
Department of Justice
Helena Rotary to Host State Convention This Month
Helena Rotary announced a state convention to be held in Helena on August 21 and 22. The meeting was reportedly suggested by the Butte club.
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Helena
Helena Rotary
Butte Club
Fire Ravages Carp Village in Ontario
A large fire swept through the village of Carp in Carleton county 29 miles west of Ottawa threatening to destroy the village of 300 residents. Local crews battled the blaze as firefighters fought flames through the night. No injuries were reported.
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Ottawa
Ontario
Carp
Carleton County
Here
Fires Rage Across Kootenai Forest Amid Wider Wildfire Spreads
A dispatch from Missoula reports the largest U S forest service fire in District 1 burning in the Kootenai forest along the Canadian line threatening a spruce timber stand. Fifty firefighters are on scene with 25 more deployed. Across the region fires also challenge Kaniksu Pend d Oreille Flathead and other forests amid dry conditions and strong winds.
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Missoula
United States Forest Service
Kootenai Forest
Canada
Montana
Kaniksu Forest
Washington
Idaho
Lamb Creek
Slate Creek
Pend d’Oreille
Ern
Perkins Lake
Trout Creek
Flathead Forest
Mission Ridge
Woodward
Soup Creek
St. Joe
Clearwater
Selway
Butte Fire Department May Quit If Warrants Unpaid
The Butte fire department May quit within a week if salary warrants are not cashed. Chief Martin reports many men have begun seeking other jobs as most cannot cash warrants, with about half of the 60 officers and men having served over a decade. If funds cannot be advanced, four city stations may close.
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Butte Fire Department
Martin
Bankers and
Chamber of Commerce
Butte
Department
Caledonia Street
Harrison Avenue
Roosevelt West for Republicans campaign plan
New York Aug 4 Col Theodore Roosevelt will campaign for the national Republican ticket from the latter part of the month until election day. He will travel through practically every state west of the Mississippi River, the Republican national headquarters announced today.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Mississippi River
Congressman Mondell Falls From Haystack Rescue
Sheridan, Wyoming August 4 Congressmen Mondell Republican floor leader is being treated for a broken rib after a fall at his Newcastle home two days earlier. He had climbed a haystack to rescue his son when he slipped and toppled to the ground, later delivering an address at the American Legion state convention.
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Sheridan
Wyo
Frank W. Mondell
Newcastle
American Legion
Mondell
Guam Whistling Ban Halts Whistling Governor Change
Naval Governor Gilmer who fined whistling on Guam is relieved and Captain Wettengel named as new governor. Secretary Daniels says the whistling order did not influence the transfer, noting the move is administrative and unrelated to the ban.
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Washington
W. W. Gilmer
Guam
John C. Wettengel
Daniels
I C C To Hold Hearings In Butte In Sept
The Interstate Commerce Commission will hold hearings at Butte on September 13 on the Hansen Packing Company complaint against the Northern Pacific Railway.
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The
Standard
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Butte
Hansen Packing Company
Northern Pacific Railway
Cannon Ball Baker Drives Coast to Coast in 6 Days
Cannon Ball Baker arrived in Los Angeles after driving from New York City in six days 17 hours 16 minutes passing his own record of seven days 11 hours 52 minutes. The 3,376 mile trek was conducted under the auspices of the United States Army recruiting service.
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Los Angeles
Cannon Ball” Baker
New York City
United States Army Recruiting Service
Helena Tourists Deceived By Helena Interests Charge Butte Bias
Butte business leaders and city officials met after Mayor Avery of Three Forks alleged Helena interests misrepresented road conditions to divert tourists from Butte. The conference produced assurances to end misrepresentation, a plan to fix a few road spots, and a commitment to monitor for discrimination as Helena signs shift tourist flow toward Butte.
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Avery
Three Forks
Helena
Butte
Butte Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
Paul Gow
Chamber
A. H. Heilbronner
Charles Austin
Stodden
Helena Commercial Club
Continental Divide
West Side
Lloyd George demands Bolshevik halt to Polish advance
The Herald reports Premier Lloyd George warned Bolshevik leaders during talks with M. Krassin and Kamaneff that Britain requires an immediate unconditional stop to the Russian advance into Poland even before any armistice. He warned that Britain would declare war if not complied. The British note to Russia is described as threatening.
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London
Herald
Lloyd George
M. Krassin
Moscow Soviet
Kamaneff
Poland
Great Britain
Russia
Bolshevists Aim to Cut Polish Sea Corridor in War Drive
Paris reports bolster Soviet advances threaten Warsaw and force Polish retreat from the Bug river line. French advisers say the main aim is to sever the Danzig to Warsaw sea corridor, cutting munitions routes and rail links, while Vilna evacuation by Soviet troops is agreed pending outcome.
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Bolshevists
Vistula
San
Vilna
Paris
Associated Press
Bug River
Warsaw
Bug
Poland
Marne
Danzig
Germany
Polish Troops Defeat Eighteenth Division Near Lomza
A Polish official dispatch reports southwest of Lomza Polish forces routed the Eighteenth division of the Bolshevist army, taking 500 prisoners and booty. Fighting continues between the Ngrow and Bug, with repulsed attacks in Soka and Brody districts as Bolshevists retreat toward Krzemienec. violent action on the Sareth river persists.
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Paris
Lomza
Narew
Ngrow
Bug
Soka
Lemberg
Brody
Krzemienec
Sareth
Bolshevists
Fire damages lumber yard near Pablo Missoula
A lumber yard owned by Edward Donlan and Ben Henderson near Pablo suffered a major fire that destroyed about 4.5 million feet of timber. Firefighters used dynamite to create trenches, and the blaze, starting at 12 45 pm, required hours to control with about half the loss insured.
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Missoula
Aus
Edward Donlan
Ben Henderson
Pablo
Donlin-Henderson Company
Podleys
Donlan- Whitsrews
Donlan and Henderson
Turner, Dennis, Lowrie Lumber Company
Kansas City
Repatiated Yankee In Deplorable Condition
InBorg Finland Aug 1 AP A 17 month stay in Soviet Russia left Corporal Arthur Prince of the 339th United States Infantry badly wounded and weakened. He arrived at the Finnish frontier with 30 refugees from Russia including two American correspondents and Mrs Emily Seaman of New York. Prince, home in Detroit, travels in tattered clothes with a broken leg and kidney illness, now in a Moscow refugee train group awaiting Soviet permission to depart. He will endure two weeks in quarantine before contacting the American consul in licking.
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Inborg
Finland
Associated Press
Russia
Archangel
Arthur Prince
339Th
United States Infantry
Prince
Detroit
Moscow
Vladivostok
Emeline Seaman
New York City
Samara
Siberia
Licking
Ulb
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Marie Trumbull
Katherine Jackson Leroy
Birmingham
Ala
Leroy
Trumbull
Roosevelt West
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Goast
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