Montana Poultry Show Ranks Among The Best
Bozeman January reports from the state poultry show in Great Falls praise Montana birds for overall high quality. W T Thompson notes Mrs. Thompson’s White Orpingtons winning the silver Montana Farmer cup for the second time and pullets setting January egg records in Pullman Washington, with a family line excelling in exhibitions and egg production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bozeman
Great Falls
W. T. Thompson
Montana
Thompson
Anaconda
Pullan
Wash
Pullman
Silver Bow Leads in Marriage and Divorce
Helena Jan 31 Butte and Silver Bow county lead Montana in marriages and divorces for 1919. State figures show 6501 marriages and 1728 divorces statewide with a 26 percent divorce rate. Butte issued 1054 marriages and 390 divorces in 1919, with women driving most filings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Butte
Silver Bow
Montana
State Capitol
W. J. Swindlehurst
Labor and Industry
Mrs Jack Smith of Boulder Dies
Mrs Jack Smith of Boulder dies after two years of illness. Born in Ireland 70 years ago, she came to the United States as a child and lived in Alder Gulch before settling in Boulder. Survived by five children, one brother Don Smith of Boulder, and two daughters Nan Stewart and Rose Maguire. Funeral Monday. Granddaughter Mrs Ben Hundley and Mrs George Abbott expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boulder
Jack Smith
Ben A. Hundley
Wolf Creek
George Abbott
Fergus County
Petition for Grant County from Yellowstone Stillwater Musselshell
Petitions were presented to Yellowstone county commissioners seeking the formation of a new county named Grant from parts of Yellowstone Stillwater and Musselshell. The proposed county would cover about 1100 square miles with a petition wearing scheduled for February 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings
Yellowstone County
Grant
Yellowstone
Stillwater
Musselshell
Prominent Druggist Testifies About Anuric Tablets
Redondo Beach, Calif. prominent druggist C. D. KNW X says he has never sold an article that gives universal satisfaction. He notes Anuric treats vine acid and rheumatism and has earned public confidence, though he wishes to introduce it world wide. He emphasizes satisfactory results reported by customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redondo Beach
Calif
Dr. Pierce
Anuric
Beneft
C. D. Knw
Neighbor Testimonials for Dr Pierce Remedies
Tuolumne California resident WM H Bosch reports back trouble from kidney disease improved after four packages of Dr Pierce's Anurie Tablets. He praises the medicine for uric acid relief and also uses Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for biliousness, calling them immediate relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuolumne
Calif
Dr. Pierce
Damores Declared Insane by Jury in Bozeman Trial
Bozeman January 31 Fred Damores who shot and killed his son Paul was tried for insanity in district court before a twelve man jury and found insane. Testimony from Dr A Eckhart state hospital and local physicians supported the verdict. Damores will be committed to the asylum with possible remand to Gallatin County sheriff for murder if he recovers. He had previous state asylum confinement about five years ago. Jury discharged after this last calendar case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bozeman
Fred Damores
Paul
A. Eckhart
State Hospital
Elgar
Damdres
Gallatin County
Doctors Held in Hill County Criminal Operation Case
Dr C K Foss of Havre and Thurman Audrick of Great Falls are held on $1000 bonds in Hill County district court to face charges of performing a criminal operation on Laura Thorlacuies. A child born to the woman died Wednesday and an inquest was held Thursday. the woman died late last night after the action was instituted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
C. KE. Foss
Havre
Thurman Audrick
Great Northern
District Court
Hill County
Laura Thorlacuies
Thorlacuies
Trail committees named at Billings
Committees of the Eastern Montana section of the Yellowstone Trail association were appointed for the coming year at the annual meeting in Billings. Members cover Finance, Resolutions and general subjects, Marketing, Information bureaus, Road improvement, Delinquent assessments, Legislation, and Publicity with representatives from Billings Miles City Forsyth Reed Point Hysham Terry Plevna Baker and other towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings
Montana
Yellowstone Trail Association
George R. McCain
Hunter’s Hot Springs
H. Andrews
Miles City
W. H. Donovan
W. A. Clark
Forsyth
Otis Davis
Rosebud
Peter Pender
D. A. Blanchard
Reed Point
John Truscott
Cecil L. Wright
M. M. Merritt
Hysham
D. C. Bradley
Terry
W. G. Ferguson
H. J. Coleman
W. M. Lakin
George KR. Wilson
Fallon
C. J. Dousman
Baker
Austin North
Newt Gilland
Booth
W. H. Newcome
Joe Roche
Boulder Social and Local News Roundup
Miss Clara Hundley hosted a dinner for Mary Kelly Lilah Hatford Jennie Carlson and Elsie Wallin as the W C T U ladies of the Methodist church hosted a student social with games and a luncheon of sandwiches cake and coffee. Several residents visited Boulder visitors Mrs Peter Corollo of Roundup and Rev W G Forbes of Bozeman preached at the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boulder
Clara Hundley
Mary Kelly
Lilah Hatford
Jennie Carlson
Elsie Wallin
Peter Corollo
Eh. H. Beardsley
Billings
James S. Plaherty
Jefferson County Abstract Company
Bozeman
Department of the Interior
Washington, D. C
Mary K. Diven
Seattle
Wash
Bremerton
Co. O. Wise
Utah
J. K. Wild
Minnesota divorcee remarriage sparks Billings ceremony
Henry Schultz and Miss Mary A. McDonald wed in Billings yesterday, violating Minnesota law that bars remarriage within one year of a divorce decree. The couple traveled from Minneapolis for the ceremony conducted by H. W. Nelson, justice of the peace. They returned to Minneapolis to establish their home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings
Jan
Minnesota
Henry Schultz
Mary A. McDonald
Minneapolis
H. W. Nelson
Schultz
National guard recruitment underway in Billings
Billings on January 31 reports Capt. J L Tucker of Helena will recruit a company of national guards at once in Billings. Tucker arrives from Bozeman where he already formed a 100 man company and acts as representative of Adjutant General Phil Greenan as federal disbursing officer and quartermaster for Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings
National Guards
J. L. Tucker
Helena
Montana
Tucker
Bozeman
Adjt
Phil Greenan
Child Killed in Collision With Mail Truck
In Helena on July 81 Shirley Woods a five year old boy was killed when he collided with a mail truck while coasting. The accident occurred early today and authorities are investigating the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Shirley Woods
Manhattan Commercial Club Boosts For City
Manhattan Jan. 31 The initial monthly meeting for 1920 of the Manhattan Commercial club was held in the town hall. Reports of committees recited progress on camping grounds for tourists, safer road work at Devil's Elbow, Nixon gulch road improvements, hard surfacing past No. 1 ranch, premiums for the high school fair, equipment for the playground, and a stand pipe for ranchers to access city water. Officers nearly all re-elected. FE. M. Wright president. H. M. Richardson and J. N. Labott vice presidents. George K. Clarke treasurer. M. B. Pay secretary. executive committee listed. New members elected. meeting described as a genuine old-fashioned get-together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
Manhattan Commercial Club
Town Hall
Devil's Elbow Corner
Nixon Gulch
Charles Meece
FE. M. Wright
H. M. Richardson
J. N. Labott
George K. Clarke
M. B. Pay
G. M. Lewis
F. R. Jaket
Martin Jacoby
H. J. Thomas
George Verwolf
Deer Lodge
Walter Holt
C. J. Kading
Garrison
Glen Holt
Odd Fellows Hall
Canton
Anaconda
Butte
William Coleman
Cottonwood Lodge
No. 2
Bae Ee
Charles Gnose
Anacconda
Gem
Jerome PP. Wyckoff
Nose
Keer Lodge
Dan Howe
Deer Lodge Farms
St. Joseph's Hospital
M. T. Nolen
C. A. Fox
Helena
Boosters’ Association
Powell County High School
Charles Schurch
Beth Burks
Medith Jeffers
Burton Rivers
Charlies Keim
Welkin
W. J. Higgins
Potomac
Clinton
Phelen
J. P. Phelen
Phelener
Milwaukee Railway Company
Millbank
S DC
Montana
J. Cummings
Thomas Cummings
Will Cummings
Alice Cummings
Missoula
Milea Blunt
Warren Kelley
Champion Mining
Butte-Jardine Company
Charles J1. Adams
Grazing Department
Forestry Service
Adams
Spokane
J. M. Scanland
Warm Springs
Peter Madson
H. PP. Mollenberg
Numbiers
District Court
Henry Heinzeman
John Kerruish
Frank Conley
Oil discovery praised by Lewistown judge in Roundup tour
Judge H Leonard De Kalb, after touring Roundup and inspecting the Devil's Bask and Van Dusen well, declares the oil discovery highly important and likely to extend far beyond current estimates. The page also reports a $4,000 promissory note case in Judge Roy Ayers' court, a Montana death, a $15,000 verdict for Martin Gillespie against Great Northern, and a Rapid City man’s wife desertion arrest with an accomplice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewistown
H. Leonard de Kalb
van Dusen
D. FE
Miles City
Terence McDonnell
Roy Ayers
James McDonnell
McDonnell
E. E. McDonnell
Butte
Mary A. Hamilton
Montana
Hamilton
Hilger
Roberts
Andrew Fergus
Tom Hamilton
Guggenheims
Peru
Emmett Hamilton
Mary Dillon
San Diego
Staveley Hamilton
Moline
Ill
Virginia City
Helena
James Fergus
Martin Gillespie
Great Northern Company
Great Northern
Gillespie
Buffalo
Judith Gap
Mesna
Rapid City
A. Paulson
Paulson
South Dakota
Potato Prices Rising In Billings Shortage Noted
Potatoes are expected to advance steadily in Billings as local commission houses cite a shipping car shortage and a much smaller 1919 crop versus 1918. Cold regional weather has prompted farmers to hold crops to prevent freezing in transit, deepening the shortage.
Pictures at Auction Disposes of Mohawk Club Fixtures
District Judge Charles A. Taylor orders auction of seized fixtures from the Mohawk club raid of January 14 in Billings. The liquor taken is held as evidence against John Ross James Coleman and Norman McLeod who face bootlegging charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings
Charles A. Taylor
John Ross
James Coleman
Norman McLeod
Alien Payroll Report Shocks Kendall Properties
Helena Jan 31 The alien report of Barnes King Development Co for Kendall properties shows 25 aliens on the payroll at Kendall with 13 having first papers filed. State accident board received the report stating the company employs foreign workers and indicates immigration status details for several workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Barnes-King Development Company
Kendall
State Accident Board
Impersonated Revenue Collector Arrested in Helena
Helena January 31 Police arrest T. H. Bloom at Alhambra Springs on charges of posing as a revenue collector to Ole Swanson owner of a local business Swanson paid him 8 80 and received a receipt signed F Wilson Bloom was arraigned before U S Commissioner Brass and is held on 1000 bond Federal officials will investigate the case
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
T. H. Bloom
Alhambra Springs
Ole Swanson
Bloom
Swanson
F. Wilson
United States
Brass
New County Question Scheduled for Feb
Great Falls Montana January 31 Hearings on petitions for a special election to create the county of Daniels will be held by Sheridan county commissioners with protests and inclusion or exclusion petitions in review. Petitions signed by about 90 percent of district taxpayers show little opposition. If created the county would shed 25 townships from Sheridan and 12 from Valley, with an assessed value of 12 million dollars. Scobey stands as the lone active candidate for county seat. Scobey has adopted the city manager form, Roy W. Stewart becomes city manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
Daniels
Sheridan County
Valley County
Scobey
Roy WN. Stewart
Richland County
Second Trial Set For Murder Case of George Riggs
Billings Jan 31 George Riggs will be tried again for murder in the February term of the district court. Found guilty of slaying his wife in 1918 and sentenced to hang, a supreme court granted a new trial. Trial date to be announced. The case involves the March 22 1918 fire at the Riggs ranch near Huntley and the death of Mrs. Riggs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings
George Riggs
Riggs
Supreme Court
Huntley
Board Seeks Interpreter for Foreign Language Letters
Helena January 31 The state industrial board seeks a reader fluent in several foreign languages to translate a backlog of letters from Russia Austria Bulgaria and Greece. Chairman Spriggs said replies to letters as old as three and a half years are now arriving and translation is needed to move the matters forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
State Industrial Board
Spriggs
Russia
Austria
Bulgaria
Greece
Corporations Formed in Helena Today
Articles of incorporation filed include Lambert Co-operative Livestock Shipping of Lambert with 26000 capital by R Cummings A W Erickson C H Sanders M P Johnson and Carl O Jones Gauthier Oil Company of Roundup capital 1000000 by FE Gau thier C H Tyler O C Leach J A Liggett and B H Denton Smead Simons Building Company of Missoula capital 300000 by W H Smead A R Jacobs and others Atkins Oil Company of Roundup capital 150000 by A P and S J Atkins and T E Fox
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Lambert Co-operative Livestock Shipping Association of Lambert
R. Cummings
A. W. Erickson
C. H Sanders
M. P. Johnson
Carl O. Jones
Gauthier Oil Company
Roundup
FE. Gauthier
C. H. Tyler
O. C. Leach
J. A. Liggett
B. H
Funeral services for Grosvenor W. Barry in Montana
Grosvenor W. Barry a longstanding Montana resident with years in Park and Sweet Grass counties and the Dry Head country of Carbon County had funeral services held here on Thursday. He lived 25 years in the state and had a ranch in the Dry Head region for 18 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings
Grosvenor W. Barry
Montana
Billings Boy Scouts plan anniversary week events
Billings city marks Boy Scout anniversary week February 8 to 14 with three local troops. At a council meeting Don Moffett was elected president Merl Flashman as vice president W Demel named secretary and M Ferris titled scoutmaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings
Mary Whalen Pleads Guilty In Post Office Embezzlement Case
Miss Mary Whalen, a Red Lodge post office employee, pleaded guilty in federal court to embezzling government funds and to a shortage in her accounts totaling at least 664.22 dollars. Sentence was postponed until Monday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Mary Whalen
Red Lodge
Federal District Court
Lump Sum Settlement Granted for Mine Accident
Helena Jan 31 The state compensation board allowed a lump sum settlement of 1100 dollars to the employers of John Willoughby of Butte who lost his right eye in a Pennsylvania mine accident on November 12 1919 The action was announced today by the board and specifies the payout as a one time award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
State Compensation Board
John Willoughby
Butte
Pennsylvania
Martin funeral held at Bozeman
Bozeman mourns James FE. Martin with a large attendance as banks and stores close for the service at the family home. Rev. Robert M. Stevenson officiated. Honorary pallbearers include John F. Work and Nelson Story. active pallbearers listed. Burial in Bozeman cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bozeman
James FE. Martin
Robert M. Stevenson
Omaha
Neb
Presbyterian Church
W. A. Davis
Dave Reed
A. H. Currier
W. D. Bell
John F. Work
Nelson Story
Walter Cooper
Marsh Nelson
Amos Co. Hall
Perry Knowlton
W. E. Harman
H. M. Catron
Dpd. M. Anderson
Ernest Edsall
Fred B. Williams
Howard L. Green
J. FE. Mardis
Jos. K. Baker
John L. Ketterer
Bozeman Cemetery
Belgrade News roundup notes from Jan. 31
The Belgrade News items report the funeral of Leslie Alvin Decker two year old son of Mr and Mrs William Decker following a scalding accident. Notices cover travels visits marriages including Florence Dunbar and David Swarner in Bozeman, and many local social calls. Several residents travel to or from Salt Lake City Idaho Illinois Michigan and Helena with health and family updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgrade
Leslie Alvin Decker
William Decker
A. L. Chapman
The
Christian Church of
Frank B
Michigan
Brownell
John Powell
Cardwell
William Richardson
del Davis
California
Frank
Laura Ferny
Bozeman
Juanita
Bud Davis
Dillon
T. N. Symmonds
Fred Bessette
Roland
Judith Gap
Rank Davis
Frank Thompson
Madison
Oscar Lofstrand
Shepherd
Misses Hall
Lester Gilmer
Three Forks
Dr. Shepherd
Presbyterian Church
Livingston
Helena
Henry Bauman
Hans Knutson
Knutson
Dykman
A. F. Hartzell
A. L. Hamler
Billings
IL. P. Diefenderfer
Masonic Lodge Grants Final Degree in Regular Session
The Masonic lodge held a regular meeting Monday evening and conferred the final degree on Lester Crouse of Springhill. Community notices report anniversaries, visits, and local speakers from Bozeman at upcoming events. Roy Hubbard to attend Koester school in Chicago for advertising and window trimming training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Masonic Lodge
Lester Crouse
Springhill
E. L. Heidel
Heidel
Fielder Huffine
Tennessee
Belgrade Commercial Club
B.wall
Krist
J. A. Harader
A. G. Berthot
Mr. Griffin
Bozeman
Roy Hubbard
Koester
Chicago
Will of Adams Father of Three Forks Filed
John Quincy Adams known as the Father of Three Forks died in Chicago last month and his will filed for probate in Bozeman Montana. The estate spans Gallatin Musselshell Mineral and Rosebud counties with local administration. It is divided into three parts for the wife the son and trustees for the wife including household possessions art and paintings. The value is believed to run into the millions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bozeman
John Quincy Adams
Three Forks
Chicago
Gallatin
Musselshell
Mineral
Rosebud
Montana
Suit Seeks Recovery of Grazing Fees in Crow Reservation
In Helena on January 31, 1921, W. W. Patterson moves in federal court to recover 21691.99 from George B. Kirby of Montana and John Clay and Frank H. Connor of Illinois, Kirby’s sureties, for excess grazing charges on cattle kept on the Crow Indian reservation beyond the 1918 contract term at 36 cents per head per month. The suit also seeks payment on the securities bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
W. W. Patterson
George B. Kirby
Montana
John Clay
Frank H. Connor
Illinois
Kirby
Crow Indian Reservation
Libby to host four district basketball tournament
A H Baker Libby high school athletic director invites Eureka Kalispell and Polson teams to Libby for a 4 H tournament to decide district champions and determine which northwestern team advances to the state tournament in Bozeman. Other Libby items note a jailing of a man posing as Prank Woodward, cemetery land deeds, street improvement talks, a Libby wedding, a new sawmill at Troy likely, and local influenza cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Libby
Tun
A. H. Baker
Libby High School
Eureka
Kalispell
Polson
Jozeman
TD. Woodward
Spokane
Woodward
Frank Baney
H. A. Joughin
Mise Ethel de Rosia
Louis J. de Rosia
de Rosia
Thomas FE. O'Connor
J. F. Mathey
Lincoln County
Troy
L. F. Vinal
Kootenal
Vinal
Pr. J. H. Morrison
Neils Lumber Company
Spats Not Luxuries Fined Haberdasher in London Court
Magistrate Chapman in a Westminster court ruled that spats are not luxuries and fined a Knitsbridge haberdasher 250 dollars for selling a pair at 3.75 dollars. He overruled defense arguing only fastidious wearers buy white spats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
London
Chapman
Westminster
Masks of Other Days Mentioned in Historical Note
The article notes that ladies of quality wore masks to protect complexions or preserve modesty outdoors. It credits Nero’s wife with inventing the mask, and states common public use did not appear until the end of the sixteenth century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nero
Henley regatta date set for Philadelphia May 29
This year's Henley regatta will be rowed in Philadelphia on Saturday May 29. The date was decided at a meeting of the American Rowing Association board of stewards in New York. Representatives from Yale Harvard Princeton Pennsylvania Cornell Columbia and Annapolis attended the conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Philadelphia
American Rowing Association
Yale
Harvard
Princeton
Pennsylvania
Cornelis
Columbia
Annapolis
Montana university levy plan would fund education network
Helena January 31 Chancellor B C Elliott announced far reaching plans to finance Montana higher education. Proposals call for a 144 mill state tax for ten years to support the university system and related colleges, plus a $5 million state bond issue for new buildings and equipment. Of the bond, $3.75 million would go to university institutions and $1.25 million to specialized schools and facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
B. C. Elliott
University of Montana
State University At
Missoula
State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
Bozeman
State Normal College
Dillon
State School of Mines
Butte
State Board of Education
Boulder
Twin Bridges
Miles City
Girls’ Vocational School
Deer Lodge News Highlights Local Legal Case And Community Notes
The Deer Lodge city page reports Walter Holt winning a $326 verdict against C J Kading in a deforming injury suit after Glen Holt was struck by a car returning from Garrison. The Odd Fellows install in Canton rank with visiting dignitaries and local history remarks follow.
Isnt She Contrary Refusal to Ratify in New Jersey
The Great Falls Tribune notes New Jersey lawmakers refused to ratify the woman suffrage amendment and, urged by the governor, oppose ratification of the prohibition amendment. The piece questions the state’s stance and offers sparse context on the political conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Great Falls
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Swindlehurst
New County
Drummond
Helmville
Ovando
Damores
Boulder News
Lewistown News
Spud
Fubbs
Pioneer
BOY Scout
Martin
Belgrade News
Will OF Adams
Libby News
Henley Regatta
Elliott
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