Assessment bill hangs over signing delay eyed by Western senators
The article notes President has until midnight January to sign or veto a bill extending six months the deadline for $100 work on mining claims. Senator Ashurst warns a late sign would harm Western mine owners facing claim jumpers. Other Western senators pressed Tumulty for action during the day.
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Arizona
Achurst
Ashurst
Smoot
Utah
Rent
Idaho
Pittman
Nevada
Tumulty
Mound Builders Ghosts Stalking In Greensburg Yard
In Greensburg Pennsylvania locals report the mound in South Huntington township seems haunted by eight foot apparitions thought to be mound builders. High constable Dave Kelly has set bear traps around the mound to catch visiting phantoms amid rumors of whiskey runners using the site to hide loot.
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Greensburg
Huntington Township
Dave Kelly
Gratztown
Dave
Hisong
Cy Brown
Sue Smith
Bue
Scab Outbreaks Reported In Two Cattle Herds
Great Falls reports say two herds in Cascade County contracted scab due to winter stringency. B C Fisher of the Dairy and Animal Industry notes the infections among 2,000 cattle in the last several months. Separate items mention Enor J Tait resigning federal enforcement post and a deputy sheriff swap, plus a child desertion case tied to Corvallis.
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Great Falls
B. C. Fisher
Cascade
Ehner
Gitier
Thin
Was
Great Northern Service
Wi Fe
Beco
Cascade Fail
Hundred Barrels Hit by Alberta Block Coal Co
The Alberta Block Coal company struck a 100 barrel well last night in Devils Basin near the Van Duren discovery. Officials report the baler failed to lower oil but believe the 100 barrel estimate will rise as production grows. Excitement sweeps the city with many cars heading to the field and plans for multiple wells.
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Alberta Block Coal Company
van Duren
Devils Basin
Christmas Spirit Pervades Darby in Holiday Observance
Darby reports a joyful Christmas scene with ideal weather and sleighing. Sunday children staged a cantata The Christmas Spirit at the schoolhouse and a community tree fed candy and oranges to 300 children. Many homes hosted holiday dinners as townspeople aided those in need and a Christmas service with holy communion was held at the Episcopal church with gifts of altar cloths from the rector.
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Darby
Episcopal Church
Whitehouse
Hamilton Church
Timber Cruisers Covering Ground at Darby
Forest Ranger Hyde Shockley spends the holiday with family in Darby. On detail with four crew members, he has been working since early December on a government timber project. The timber area covers twenty five square miles.
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Darby
Shockley
Timber sales prep near Alien Tanger station area
Notes from the Bitter Root region report crews estimating sections near the Alien Tanger station on the West Fork for future timber sales. A.C. M. cruisers finished east fork estimates and now survey east of Hamilton in Sleeping Child district amid local Christmas travel notes and social visits. Darby high school routed Florence Carlton 40 to 3, with next game set at Stevensville.
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Bitter Root
A.C. M. Group of Cruisers
Hamilton
Sleeping Chita
Corvallis
8Erlee
Blanche’ Tipton
Golden Eliy
Bete Grady
Stark
Nalianye Scheled
Gabe Hermon
Bunday
Tred "Turdivells
Piorence Bunday
Blesmothers Biese
Darby High
Florence-Carlton
Darby
Stevensville
Bert Kerlee
James Kerlee
Merbert Hayward
Margery Laird
Elton Bright
Wallace
Idaho
Wedding Party for Miss Florey in Drummond
Miss Katherine Florey, daughter of Mr and Mrs Florey of Maxville, was honored with a wedding party at their Drummond home. Guests and decorations featured evergreens and red trimming. Local attendees included W J Abbott, Wiegton, S Norrie, CM Muchmore, and others. ministers attended, with plans noted for future travels to Missoula.
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W. J. Abbott Wiegton
Norrie
Fris
Muchmore
Funds of Fergus County Are Nearly Two Million
Mike Gosch, county treasurer, reports November totals for all funds in Fergus County, including county, trust and agency, at about 1.5 million. Delinquent taxes will run roughly 14 percent of totals and 26 percent of taxpayers. The district school fund holds the largest sum at 334,722 dollars. references to Judith Basin remnant appear. Other notes include a wedding in Billings and a Rohrbacker family tragedy in Lewistown with funeral arrangements in Bellingham. A school bond election passed by about 10 to 1 for 250,000 to build a new school next year. Judge Briscoe ruled in W. F. Scott vs. Bridget Logan case in favor of the defendant after long fealty and improvements dispute. A. J. Leonard, geologist, returns from the Clear Creek area.
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Lewistown
Mike Gosch
Judith Basin
Rohrbacker
Harry Rohrbacker
California
Bellingham
Wash
George Rohrbacker
Sam
Alf Rohrbacker
Jack Briscoe
W. F. Scott
Bridget Logan
A. J. Leonard
Clear Creek Struc
Miles City Judge Welch to retire after 12 years in office
Judge W P Welch, justice of the peace for Miles City township since 1911, will retire at year end. Since taking office he has performed 22 marriages and presided over about 2,700 criminal and civil cases. He will be succeeded by W J Dunnigan, manager of the Custer company.
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Miles City
W. P. Welch
Justice of the Peace
Miles City Township
Welch
W. J. Dunnigan
Custer Commissionmpany
Tabor Funeral Held in Hamilton
Hamilton Dec 23 18 Body of James W Tabor who died in Spokane arrived here yesterday for burial. Tabor 85 years old moved to the valley in 1900 and devoted many years as a farmer and raised a family of four. James W Moore and E E Moore ton and brother te can Moore from Anaconda returned home after Christmas visit. Missoula visitors and Northern Pacific official Ostern traffic interest cited.
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Hamilton
James
W. Tabor
Spokane
Bec
Surial
Mr" Tabor
Fumn
Sue Son
William
Missoula
Temple
Meent
Ck. Hartley
A. Mitchell
Tamirs
J. W. Gilmore
Ren
Fred Leavitt
Hulbert Sent Back to Pen After Liquor Find
Glenn Hulbert was sent to the state penitentiary after whiskey was found in his baggage at the Salvation Army home. He will serve the remainder of a five to ten year burglary term dating from 1917. Hulbert’s arrest followed the discovery of the liquor.
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Billings
Salvation Army
Glenn Hulbert
State Penitentiary
One Pound Baby Born Christmas Night in Pruitt Family
A one pound baby born Christmas night to Mr and Mrs W B Pruitt of this city shows strong health. The infant is kept wrapped in cotton and nurtured with regular care.
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Cas
W. B. Pruitt
Belgians Change Mind On Gilan Property Rights
Paris dispatch reports that Belgium’s cabinet tentatively decided to renounce its right under the Versailles treaty to confiscate Gilan property in Belgium. The decision was stated in a Temps dispatch from Brussels dated December 29.
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Paris
Belgium
Brussel
Three Brave Billings Girls Endure 50 Mile Ride
In Billings Montana three young girls trained by the local YWCA undertook a 50 mile buggy journey in below zero weather to deliver a horse. They traveled from Sunday morning to a ranch overnight and returned by train, bundle in furs as they faced severe cold.
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Billings
Alice Locke
W. C.A
Lelia Moore
Doris Fogler
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