Butte School Officials Predict Attendance Near 9500
Officials report June 1919 attendance fell from 9694 to 7182, with projections showing this year’s average near last year’s. Renovations proceed two weeks, janitors and painters busy, and the new administration building on Montana Street to house offices now in the high school. Emerson is the largest grade school serving mainly the flat district children, with 24 other schools registering students as openings remain.
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Broadway
Dry year fails to reduce land prices persists in Montana
Farmers face drought and financial strain yet land values hold steady says Matt W. Anderson editor of the Montana Stockman and Farmer who visited Butte yesterday. The figures suggest farm values remain unchanged despite harsh conditions affecting producers and landowners.
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Matt W. Anderson
Montana Stockman and
Farmer
Butte
Farmers hold faith in future despite hard times
Mr. Anderson notes many farmers face financial strain yet maintain firm faith in better days. They plan to stay on their farms and endure until conditions improve, underscoring resilience and dedication within rural communities.
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Anderson
Old Resident of Butte Passes On
Mrs. John Sievers longtime Butte resident died at her home 1515 Harrison Avenue after a lingering illness at age 54. Survived by husband two daughters Mrs A J Roberts and Mrs Fred Baker and two sons John and Charles Sievers, all of Butte. Funeral Saturday at St Joseph's Church requiem high mass. Member of Federated Union and the L B A. Well known in a wide circle of friends.
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John Sievers
Butte
Harrison Avenue
Bennison Scores in Latest Release High Pockets
A Western life drama stars Louis Bennison as a United States deputy who uncovers a murder scene in High Pockets at the Ansonia theater. Katherine MacDonald co stars, with a plot of thrills and a strong love thread. Also features Mischa Gluschkin, and lists court office visitors from Butte and Anaconda.
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Ansonia Theater
William Patterson White
Adventure
Katherine MacDonald
Louis
Bennison
United States
Bud Blythe
Miss MacDonald
Mischa Gluschkin
Butte and Silver Bow to Reappraise County Property
After a year of agitation the reappraisement of all taxable property in Butte and Silver Bow County will proceed next year, raising valuations from about 37 to 54 million dollars. A county meeting Aug 28 will appoint three appraisers from the city county and school districts to oversee the six month project. Officers say taxation remains the county’s main revenue source and the reform aims to correct undervalued and overvalued properties.
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Silver Bo
J.M. Fabian
Pablan
Friendly game leads to arrests for card play in saloon
Officer Gerry Grimes arrested Maloney Joan Doe Martin William McGravy after finding them playing blackjack and ten and a half for drinks in Bonners saloon on North Main Street. The officer claimed $2.65 in evidence spread on the table. John Doe ran a barber shop in a fenced area of the room. Judie Grimes assessed each man ten dollars.
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Doe
Judie Grimes
Osterholm Loses Bid to Rejoin Police Force
Judge Eawin M. Lamb ruled yesterday that Victor Osterholm a former Hutte police officer lost his writ of mandate and all related claims against Mayor W Tom Stodden. Osterholm sought $2100 and reinstatement after being laid off during the Maloney administration. France Honors Strasbourg With Legion of Honor Award Paris August 21 President Poincare presented the cross of the legion of honor to Strasbourg the capital of Alsace.
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District Court
Victor Osterholm
Hutte
W.tom Stodden
Osterholm
Maloney
Lamb
France
Strasbourg
Paris
Legion of Honor
Alsace
Poincare
Butte visit notes Mackiniss in town on annual tour
John MacGinniss, longtime Silver Bow National Bank chairman and former Butte mayor, spends summers in Montana at his residence. He has entered the fertilizer business, acquiring peat lands across the river from New York to drain and use for agriculture. The peat’s humus and potash are sold to fertilizer mixers, with peat lands cleared for market gardening yielding high celery and onion crops at about 800 dollars per acre.
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John MacGinniss
Rot
Silver Bow National Bank
Butte
New York City
the Butte
Montana
MacGinniss
New Jersey
SPEAKS ON DUTIES OF CITIZENSHIP AT COLUMBIA GARDENS
T J Davis addressed 990 Columbia Gardens children today on the duties of American citizenship. His talk used simple words for all ages and drew keen interest from the young audience. The report notes the Eagles guarantee a good time at Ross.
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T. J. Davis
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