Miners' Picnic Plans Include Huge Prizes and Contests
The Butte Miners' union unveils a sprawling thirty-fifth annual picnic program for August 16 with record prizes for rock drilling and a long list of athletic events. Entries close August 15, and teams from the Northwest are expected. Prizes range from 590 to 5 dollars across diverse contests including baseball, football, running events, pole vault, and dancing competitions, with many merchandise and donation incentives from local businesses.
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Butte Miners’ Union
Northwest
Ed Rose
Wein
Hub Clothing Company
Stromberg &Mullins
Palace Clothing Store
Orton Brothers
Evans Book Store
Carl Davis
Leys Jewelry Store
Walter Sewell
G. Spillum
J. Whitehead
Butte Electric Grinding Works
Dan Calder
Rosenstein
Butte Saddlery
Buttte ‘Miners’ Union
I. Simons
Evans & Congdon
Hill's Grocery
Towle-Winterhalter
Mayer's
Riddell Paint Company
Dorsh & Greenfield
Chynoweth & Caddy
Franzman Paint Company
Gents
Flowers Grow in Butte at Ironside Garden
Flowers flourish at the home of Dr. and Mrs. F. A. Ironside on Argyle street in the Grand avenue addition. Neighbors praise the garden for extraordinary variety and color with sweet peas and variegated poppies inspiring admiration and comparisons to hothouses.
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Butte
F. A. Ironside
Argyle Street
Grand Avenue
Dr. Ironside
Ironside
Fall colonist fares in effect next month
The Northern Pacific will implement fall colonist rates from Sept. 25 to Oct. 10. A Duluth to Springdale and Missoula route and all main line Montana branches including the Bitter Root will be $25. From Missoula to Denton Idaho local rates plus colonist rate bring total not to exceed $30.
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Northern Pacific
Duluth
Springdale
Missoula
Montana
Denton
Idaho
Boucher's 26th Semiannual Clean-up Sale
Today at Boucher's, 37 39 West Park Street, a fifty percent discount on men 500 underwear. The sale marks the store anniversary as part of its semiannual event.
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Boucher
West Park Street
Bozeman Plans Expanded Sweet Pea Carnival Parade
Bozeman prepares for the eighth annual sweet pea carnival set for Aug 27 and 28 with bigger crowds and more floats from Bozeman and outside towns. The parade includes a moving picture film segment, a queen’s reception with entrants from Three Forks Belgrade Manhattan Logan and Salesville, and a ten section layout featuring a new historical unit.
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Bozeman
B. T. Stanton
Chamber of Commerce
Montana
Three Forks
Belgrade
Manhattan
Logan
Salesville
Professor Alfred Atkinson Returns to Montana Agronomy Chair
Bozeman reports Prof Alfred Atkinson accepts reappointment as professor of agronomy at Montana Agricultural College after resigning last May. He will resume duties likely September 1, a return welcomed for his strength in the department and the difficulty of finding a replacement.
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Bozeman
Alfred Atkinson
Montana Agricultural College
Atkinson
Eighth Annual Institute Of Catholic Educators Opened
The eighth annual Catholic Educational association institute opened in Helena for a three day meeting with representation from Helena Butte Anaconda Deer Lodge East Helena and Missoula. Leaders include Mer Day Mer De Siere Rev Father P S Delon Father John M Rady Miss B M Phelan and Miss Lucy Herrick guiding a drive to standardize Catholic school teaching across the diocese.
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P. S. Delon
Missoula
John M. Rady
Harlowton
B. M. Phelan
St. Paul
Lucy Herrick
Dillon
Gardiner to St Louis canoe trip planned by B F Marsh
Livingston reports B F Marsh aims to become first from Gardiner to St Louis by canoe. An expert canoeman, he has long experience with frail barks and his plan is deemed likely to succeed. Also noted: funeral for Mrs. T G Reese in Long Beach Cal. Vincent Benton 12 drowns at Shields river near Merrill Henry ranch. Martin Rostum, East Side school janitor, took his life amid ill health.
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Congregational Church
E. W. Cross
Vincent Benton
Shields
Merrill Henry Ranch
Wilsall
Vincent
Fred Vincent
Martin Rostum
East Side
Tragedy Inference: Man, Facing Ill Health, Ends Life
A year of brooding over failing health led a man to shoot himself in a morning act of what authorities deem temporary insanity. He woke at 6:30 and told his wife he felt better, but by 9 a.m. he was unreponsive. His wife alerted their son Sigmund, an assistant cashier at National Park Bank, and Dr. R D Alton confirmed suicide.
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Sigmund
National Park Bank
R. D. Alton
Methods Meet in Bozeman This Month
Bozeman Aug. 5. The Montana conference of the Methodist Episcopal church including the Butte and Yellowstone districts will meet in Bozeman Aug. 20 25. About 100 active men and women from the southern half of the state will attend. Bishop Naphtali Lubecock will preside and leaders from New York and Philadelphia will join, with noted pupil orators expected.
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Bozeman
Montana
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Butte
Yellowstone
Methodist Church
Naphtali Lubccock
New York
Philadelphia
Reward Offered for Recovery of John E. Evans Body
A $50 reward was posted in Bozeman for the recovery of John E. Evans of Three Forks, a Milwaukee road signal man. Evans drowned Sunday afternoon in the Madison river while guiding Boy Scouts he helped organize and teaching swimming, leaving a stunned Three Forks community after a recent marriage.
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Bozeman
John E. Evans
Three Forks
Milwaukee Road
Evans
Madison River
Boy Scouts
Sweet Pea Carnival Calendar in Bozeman Nears Release
Bozeman on August 5 announces a monthly calendar advertising the sweet pea carnival to be issued by the Northern Pacific. The bouquet design was created by Hazel Coffey, a student in the agricultural college art department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bozeman
Northern Pacific
Hazel Coffey
Agricultural College
Opinion Declares Auto Registration Not a Tax
Helena August 5 Attorney General Kelly issued a ruling stating that owners and chauffeurs need not obtain licenses. He grounds this in the act not being a revenue measure and says only one registration is needed, valid for all time, with registration for dealers and owners and chauffeurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Kelly
State Highway Commission
Alderson
War Secretary Garri son to visit Helena Fort Harrison tour
Lindley M. Garri son secretary of war will arrive in Helena on August 12 at 1 49 a m and depart at 11 45 p m He will be hosted by the commercial club and inspect Fort Harrison during the stay
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Lindley M. Garrison
Commercial Club
Fort Harrison
Winter named official reporter for railroad and public service
Helena on Aug 5 reports A W Winter of the city appointed official reporter of the railroad and public service commission. Winter has co operated here with Robert F Rose who has been named foreign trade adviser to the state department in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
A. W. Winter
Railroad and Public Service Commission
Winter
Robert F. Rose
Department of State
Washington
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Stein-Bloch
L-System
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W.b.corset Sale
Miners’ Committee
Bers
W. F
C. F. Kelley
Eagle Loan Office
I. X. EF
Montana Jewelry Company
City Drug Store
Allen
Mose Linz
Gents’ Hornpipe
Broadway Shoe Company
Ellis Paint Company
Schatzlein Paint Company
Mark Schilling
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