Mission Range Power rate hearing set for Polson
Montana Public Service Commission Chairman Dan Boyle and Clerk A W Winters travel to Polson to hear Mission Range Power Company rate modification proposals for Polson Ronan and Pablo. The hearing starts at 10 a m Thursday amid uncertain train connections and possible snow drift delays.
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Helena
Dan Boyle
A. Ww. Winters
Montana _ public service commission
Polson
Mission Range Power Company
Poachers Pay Heavy Fines In Montana Year
In the year ending November 1919 poachers faced 260 arrests with 237 convictions. Fines totaled 7,877.30 dollars with three jail terms among the penalties and the state collected 1,595.80 dollars in the last six months.
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Hmelena
Montana
Sam V. Stewart
J. L. de Hart
Helena carpenter dies in ladder accident at residence
John Britesprecher, a 45 year old carpenter, was killed when a ladder slipped while he repaired a leaking roof at Dr Napoleon Salrails residence on Wilder Avenue. He was unmarried and had no local relatives. Shrine election coverage follows.
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Helena
John Britesprecher
Napoleon Salrail
Wilder Avenue
Algeria Patrol Officers Re-Elected for Portland Ceremonial
In the Consistory Shrine election at Roscoe C. Hugenin re elected captain and Charles H. McKinney first lieutenant. Other officers include Roy Sieger second lieutenant ey bt Nash quartermaster Z P Melhorn commissary sergeant W H Dickinson treasurer George W Padbury Jr adjutant Guy Billings second lieutenant drum corps William Lorey assistant quarter master drum corps equipment Melhorn Dryburgh and Dickinson join board of strategy. Algeria patrol with Helena Billings Livingston Great Falls Havre bands and 30 piece drum corps plans 150 men for Portland ceremonial June 22 1920.
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Algeria
Roscoe C. Hugenin
Charles H. McKinney
Roy Sieger
Ey Bt Nash
Z. P. Melhorn
W. H. Dickinson
George W. Padbury Jr
Guy Billings
William Lorey
Melhorn
William Dryburgh
William Dickinson
Helena
Billings
Livingston
Great Falls
Havre
Portland
Ore
Break in prolonged cold peaks with rising Dillon temperatures
After the longest recorded cold snap in Dillon the temperature rebound alters the coal supply. In court Day vs Pearson ends with a verdict for the defendant. Opal Neihart undergoes tonsil surgery. Clarence Robertson and Mary Golda Buey obtain a Dillon marriage license. Oil stock demand spikes as prices rise signaling potential drilling revival. George Melton’s car burns in Wyoming with insurance coverage on part.
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Dillon
Pearson
Opal Neihart
Twin Bringes
Clarence Robertson
Mary Golda Buey
George Melton
Wyoming
Fire narrowly misses Standard store in Lewistown blaze
The Lewistown Standard furniture store manager Mr Wright avoided disaster as a big fire destroyed the finish and block, while Mrs Charles Browns shop suffered stock loss. James Hoover from Kendall county pleaded guilty to forging M H Deaton’s name and was sentenced to one to two years. Randall Vrooman, from France, announced engagement to Helen Wouise Stanley daughter of Charles H Stanley of the Sharon Inn Long Beach.
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Lewistown
Standard Furniture
Mr. Wright
Butte
Charles Brown
James Hoover
Kendall
M. H. Deaton
Jack Briscoe
Randall Vrooman
France
John M. Vrooman
Helen Wouise§ Stanley
Charles H. Stanley
Long Beach
Montana
Polson Coyotes Triumph In Local Basketball Showdowns
Polson community notes two basketball wins as the Polson Coyotes beat Kalispell Y M C A 49 to 24 and defeated Kalispell All Stars 38 to 37 on consecutive road games. The Polson Presbyterian pastor installation was postponed due to travel issues for visiting ministers from Kalispell.
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Polson Coyotes
Kalispell All Stars
Melrose News Roundup Keeps Local Happenings
Oliver Pierron and family move to Melrose after a year in Dillon. EK Flaherty visits Feely for the weekend. Ruth Ruth MacCauley and brothers stay with grandmother Anna Nixholm for winter. A historic 41 degrees below zero reading shocks town as schools stay open. Christmas program planned with tree lighting and candy for students. Helen Lindlief weekend in Divide.
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Melrose
Oliver
Pierron
Maxine
Elva
June
Dillon
EK. Flaherty
Feely
Ruth MacCauley
Clarence
Homer MacCauley
Anna Nixholm
Helen Lindlief
Divide
Zemstvo Congress to Be Evoked Soon in Russia
Prime Minister Pepelayev announced that the congress of zemstvos and municipalities would be evoked soon, likely within a fortnight, in IRKUTSK. The Russian Telegraphic Agency reported the expected action as part of government plans.
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Irkutsk
Russian Telegraphic Agency
Pepelayev
Zemstvos
State mail coach to move Drummond to Helmville route
The United States mall state will shift Drummond to Helmville and Ovando once 41 and No 4 arrive, with service daily except Sunday.
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United States
Drummond
Helmville
Ovando
No. 4
Rev Dr Van Orsdel Nearing Death After Strokes
Great Falls Montana December 16 The Rev Dr W W Van Orsdel pioneer Methodist minister and seven year superintendent of Milk River district Montana conference has been a patient at Deaconess hospital for weeks and is very near death after a second stroke today following a prior paralysis in September His friends fear his death could come within hours
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Great Falls
W. W. van Orsdel
Milk River
Montana
Deaconess
Virginia City Faces Severe Fuel Shortage Amid Blizzard
Virginia City reports no coal and little wood with locals converting old log cabins to firewood. The blizzard trapped travelers like Charlie Curtis walking to Twin Bridges and left cattle losses for John Cauterman’s Lyon to Ruby valley drive.
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Virginia City
L. A. Metzel
Varney
Alder
D. V. Erwin
Dillon
John S. Allen
Portland
Ore
J. M. Turk
Henry Miller
United States Land Office
Clarence A. Hershaw
Hugh McLean
Miller
Edith Chester
Walter W. Payne
Glacier National Park
Oro Y Plaza
BRPF
Hereford cattle purchase eyed. schools idle over fuel lack
J. I. Miles travels to Farnham Nebraska to buy Hereford cattle for his Livingston ranch. Public schools will not reopen before Dec 29 due to fuel shortages, while local mail carrier Clyde Kirby recovers from a dog bite. multiple residents face travel, health, and legal notices as Christmas approaches.
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Livingston
J. I. Miles
Farnham
Neb
Clyde E. Kirby
P. W. Nelson
H. L. Galbrath
C. M. Lyons
Wilsall
R. F. Ragland
la Jolla
Cal
T. Ragland
Ragland
Washington
C. T. Sacket
Baltimore
Mr. Racket
Mary Bateman
Spokane
Portland
Seattle
Nick
London
Harry A. Wentz
Rise J. Pitman
Ed Davis
John Wells
Oregon
Ladies’ Auxiliary
The
American Legion
Emmet Riordan
Bozeman
Alien workers in Montana coal mines report
In Montana eight of nine mines employ about 2712 workers with 1328 aliens. Of these, 562 have first naturalization papers and 766 have none. Average annual pay cited is 2130 dollars.
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Helena
Montana
State Capitol
Fond du Lac county approves $4.6 million good roads bond
Fond du Lac Wisconsin voters approve a bond issue totaling 4 6 million dollars for county good roads by a margin of 947 in the December 16 election.
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Fond DU Lac, Wis
Fond du Lac County
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