Dairy cattle show set for Montana state fair in September
Helena Aug 19 Keen competition is promised in the dairy cattle division at the Montana state fair Sept 13-18. Jerseys and Holsteins lead the rivalry as these breeds gain favor with dairy men statewide. The show is a key event for building pure bred stock with exhibitors from Stevensville and Bitterroot promising strong entries. State Dairy Commissioner Luhr and Director Arnett oversee displays and livestock judging, with out of state entries including Ayrshires from Washington State College.
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Helena
Montana
Stevensville
W. . Bohart
William Luhr
N. Arnett
Stategricultural College of Washington
Inett
Big Timber Socials and Local News Highlights
Big Timber reports Mrs Joseph Swindlehurst and children visiting the Burnetts at their Dry Creek ranch. A Boulder River trip accident left Mrs W R Stokes injured and Mrs C Graff unhurt after assistance arrived. Fred Severance hospitalizes with high blood pressure, improving. T A Veblen to Australia for six months, wife and children go to Minnesota. Harvey Coit family back from White Sulphur Springs trip. Pat Bryan announces birth of baby boy Aug 16. Mrs Sam Solberg recovering from recent Chico Hot Springs operation. Col G F Inghram from Helena visits after Elks convention, enjoys Boulder River fishing.
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BIG Timber
Rs. Joseph Swindlehurst
Livingston
C. P. Burnett
Ton Dry Creek
Boulder River
W. R. Stokes
Chico Hot Springs
Col
G. F. Inghram
Helena
Billings
Colonel Inghram
Tom Baker
City
Petersons seek divorce and arrest of Great Falls murder suspect
Mrs. Eva M. Peterson sues Emil Peterson for divorce on failure to provide grounds filed in Lewistown and seeks restoration of her maiden name Eva M. Fremberg. A man known as Gus, a half breed, is jailed on suspicion in the Great Falls police officer murder case. developments expected. Republican candidates Higgins and Dixon visited Lewistown with Col. J. N. Pickering also on an inspection trip amid golf events, as J. R. Weese and Larry Kennedy due to play final for the Woodard cup.
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Lewistown
Eva M. Peterson
Emil Peterson
Miles City
Peterson
Eva M. Fremberg
Gus
Great Falls
Ronald Higgins
J. M. Dixon
Missoula
J. N. Pickering
United States Army
Spokane
J. R. Weese
Esterday
Larry Kennedy
Red Lodge Chamber Backs Irrigation Bill in State Election
The Red Lodge chamber of commerce voted to support the irrigation development measure in the November general election. It will aid in fundraising and publicity for the campaign after S. C. Kimball of Billings explained the bill. If approved, Red Lodge Rosebud irrigation, created by the court last week, would receive early assistance, with bonds guaranteed and sold at par.
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Red Lodge
Red Lodge Chamber of Commerce
S. C. Kimball
Billings
Red Lodge- Rosebud
Stocking of Carbon County streams begins
Red Lodge Aug 19 The Red Lodge chamber of commerce prepares to stock Carbon county streams with brook trout receiving 40 000 fish from the state hatchery at Livingston placed in the west fork of Rock creek A further 40 000 fish are expected from the federal Bozeman hatchery to be released across county streams by Carbon county forest rangers The drought of last summer wiped out most fish and restocking will take years and many fish to restore viable populations.
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Red Lodge
Methodist Conference Opens 115 Sessions in Lewistown
The North Montana Methodist conference opened in Lewistown with a large attendance. Bishop Charles Wesley Burns, presiding in his first conference, delivered a favorable opening address. Speakers included Dr. J. W. Walters of Spokane, Dr. E. R. Fulkerson of New York, and Dr. David Forsyth.
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Lewistown
North
Lewistown Roy Syndicate Plans September Drill Near Roy
Lewistown Roy Syndicate has placed a drilling operation on its holdings near Roy and will spud around September first. Geologists see a clearly defined dome and believe the Mosby anticline extends from Musselshell river to Roy. Trustees include B. P. Radigan J Marshall P J Osweiler A M Pitts and W E Stanley with R C Wyland as a Casper banker and vice president of Cow Gulch company involved in Wyoming and Winnett fields.
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Lewistown
Lewistown-Roy Syndicate
Roy
Mosby
Musselshell River
B. P. Radigan
Co. J. Marshall
P. J. Osweiler
A. M. Pitts
Denver
W. E. Stanley
Casper
Harvest Hand Kills Pool Hall Owner Near Rapelje
Ellin Johns, a harvest hand, shot and killed pool hall owner John Dolver this afternoon at Rapelje near Billings. The incident occurred in a local pool hall, prompting police investigation and inquiries into the motive and circumstances surrounding the fatal shooting.
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Harvest Hand
Billings
Ellin Johns
Rapelje
Here
John Dolver
Five Red Lodge Teachers Resign Abruptly
Five Red Lodge teachers resigned this week leaving the board four weeks before school opens on September 6. The district had hired enough staff for all grades earlier, but remaining vacancies threaten classes. Carbon County still needs 30 teachers and no contingency plans exist if hires cannot be made before September.
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Red Lodge
Board of Education
Carbon County
Fergus County to Yield Largest Wheat Harvest, Says Banker
Lewistown August 19. M L Woodman prominent Fergus County banker reports after an auto tour through the county that this year will see the biggest wheat harvest in Fergus history. The assessment rests on observed yields and conditions across the region.
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Lewistown
M. L. Woodman
Fergus County
Requiem Mass Opens Day at Catholic Education Institute
Helena August 19. A requiem mass for deceased Catholic Educational association members was held at St Helena Cathedral marking the third day of the annual institute. Lectures were delivered by Rev T B Killila and Rev J H O Neill of Mount Charles College and Prof F J Mac Veigh of New York. Topics included English In High Schools and College Physics.
Census Statistics Park County Montana 1920 Population
Census figures received by mail from the department of commerce show Park county Montana has a population of 11 345 for 1920 an increase of 614 over 1910.
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Livingston
Department of Commerce
Park County
Montana
Whiskey runners grow bolder along Montana border
Prohibition officers warn of rising whiskey running across the Canadian border into Montana. Alfred Oftendal, assistant U.S. district attorney, targets illegal selling at several soft drink resorts in Butte. Runners enter near Sweetgrass and use Havre, Great Falls and Butte as routes. Reports say illicit liquor production and stills exist on reservations, including Flathead.
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Helena
Montana
Alfred Oftendal
United States
Butte
Sweetgrass
Havre
Great Falls
Blackfoot
Flathead Reservation
Suffrage Vote Bribery Claims Shadow State Debates
Testimony described alleged bribery plots during a suffrage vote as witnesses prepared to testify tomorrow. Judge Debow warned of lobbyists and outside influence at the state capitol while affidavits tied Representative Burn to pressure to vote for ratification. Representative Hanover denied money- or payoff-based motives, and Maj. Daugherty corroborated Hanover’s denial. The House adjourned at noon with suffrage not on the agenda.
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Debow
Burn
Burns
Senate
Joe Hanover
Shelby County
Murray
Roberts
Hanover
Offensive of Poles Continues Amid Disarmament Talks
A Berlin wireless dispatch citing a Minsk report says the Soviet plan advances the disarmament of the Polish army only if the Russians themselves are disarmed.
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Berlin
Minsk
Bolshevist Leader Arrives Secretly in Prosken Front Near Lyck
Leon Trotzky arrives secretly at Prosken on the East Prussian frontier about ten miles southeast of Lyck to discuss political and strategic questions with German staff officers, per a London Times dispatch from Danzig.
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London
Leon Trotzky
Prosken
East Prussian
Lyck
London Times
Danzig
Security police arm civilians sent to stop Polish march
From Katowitz in Upper Silesia a force of security police with armed civilians was dispatched to intercept a Polish shock force marching on the town, according to a late press dispatch from Berlin dated August 19.
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Berlin
Kattowitz
Upper Silesia
Rockefeller kin J D Rockefellers granddaughter on Berlin stage
Miss Cormick, granddaughter of John D Rockefeller, is engaged by the Vienna Burg theater in Berlin to play juvenile roles. She trained in Zurich and is a daughter of a Rockefeller daughter.
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Joan Dos
Berlin
John D. Rockefeller
Miss Cormick
Vienna
Burgtheater
Neu Berliner
Zurich
Forest fires driven by high winds spread in Idaho Montana
Heavy winds in Northern Idaho and Western Montana fueled multiple forest fires across Selway Kaniksu St Joe and Flathead forests. Otter creek Lookout butte Gentley and several creeks reported large, spreading blazes with crews forced back to safety as conditions remained critical.
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Missoula
Idaho
Montana
District Forest Service
Selway
Kaniksu
St. Joe
Flathead
Otter Creek
Selway Forest
Forest Service
Lookout Butte
Fitting Creek
Kaniska Forest
Trial of Ponzi Set for September Term
Boston August 19 Trial of Charles Ponzi on charges of mail fraud was set for the September term of the federal district court. Ponzi waived examination and was returned to jail in default of 25 000 bond. John G Dondero appeared with him as a joint defendant in related matters and later faced larceny charges.
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Boston
Charles Ponzi
Federal District Court
Federal Commission
Ponzi
John 8
Dondero
Securities Exchange Company
Allen
United States
Quakers Expand German Child Feeding Aid Amid Hunger
The American Friends service committee in Philadelphia will ship food to Germany ending the year to feed about 600000 children daily. New York sent 240 tons cocoa 317 tons lard and 14320 cases condensed milk plus cod liver oil for hospital use. Dried peas beans and 880 tons rice stored in Hamburg will be drawn as needed. Flour and sugar to be supplied by the German government. The program extends into a second year due to continued scarcity and poor harvest.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
American Friends’ Service Committee
Germany
New York
Hamburg
Friends
Sugar Price Forecast Predicts 18 Cent Per Pound
An authority on the sugar situation predicts prices will fall to about 18 to 20 cents per pound within a month from current retail levels of 20 to 25 cents. The decline follows a recent supply increase as prices rose to 30 cents. New beet sugar from the Pacific Coast will soon be available, with expectations of plentiful supply at reasonable winter prices.
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New York
Pacific Coast
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