Resurrection Day revives Montana Senate bills on economy
In Helena on February 19 the Montana Senate revived several finance and efficiency measures. Bills 128 182 and 169 were restored or championed for hearings and printing, tackling motor registrations state employee travel auditing and school inspector roles. Other measures shifted through committees raising county commissioner pay and adjusting educational oversight amid boundary disputes.
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Board of Examiners
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Blackboard &. B. 129
House Defeats Readjustment Plan for Montana Judiciary
Helena Feb 19 The Montana House defeated House Bill 97 seeking to cut costs by eliminating one district judge in the eighth district and redrawing lines to attach Chouteau to Cascade. Debate centered on judge performance in Cascade, with speakers arguing congestion and calls for court reforms. The measure failed 42 to 32, while other actions included approving Silver Bow poor fund warrants and advancing multiple county and state bills.
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Prohibition
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Helena
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Mavalli County
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Dairy pioneer Lewis W. Belveal dies at 66 in Butte
Lewis W. Belveal founder of the Miners Dairy in Butte near 35 years ago died at his home 1312 Farrell street aged 66. A Montana resident since 1881 he worked at Dillon and in the Boston and Montana smelters before starting the dairy then later moved to groceries and meat business. Survived by widow son Guy three brothers and a sister. Member of Mount Moriah lodge and Butte camp W O W. body at home.
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Butte
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Bubbart, Mont
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Willard Belveal
Missouri
M. Snyder
Kansas
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Butte Camp No
Thomas Keegan Dies After 40 Years in Montana
Thomas Keegan a native of Doora County Cavan Ireland and longtime Montana resident died Wednesday night at the home of Mrs. W W Newman 606 South Wyoming street He was 53 and had worked in the smelter mined in Butte and most recently served the city He was a member of Homestead No 264 Brotherhood of American Yeomen Harmony lodge No 465 Fraternal Brotherhood The funeral will be Saturday at 9 am from Mrs Newmans home to St Josephs church for requiem high mass Interment in St Patrick cemetery Sugar production note appears garbled in source
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Butte
Keegan
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Brotherhood of American Yeomen
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St. Joseph’s Church
St. Patrick's Cemetery
Walker’s Talk Kills This Bill in Montana Senate
Helena report on Seconcld’s bill 106 to bar voting by those unable to read or write. Senator Tom Walker denounced the measure as damnable and unconstitutional, warning it would disfranchise educated pioneers and Indian voters. The committee vote failed on a standing vote 22 to 26, killing the bill.
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Defeat Not To End Democratic Party Message From Shaver
Washington Feb 19 The Democratic Party frames defeat as not fatal to its future. Chairman Shaver assures supporters the party cannot be killed or seriously harmed by loss and will be needed again for national service. He urges unity beyond faction and faithful support for enduring ideals and policies.
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Washington
Shaver
Democratic National Committee
Big Profit in Scotch Says Manitoba Liquor Commission
Manitoba's liquor commission reports a profit exceeding 30 percent on Scotch whiskey in the last fiscal year. In the 12 months the commission received 8,639,169 for liquor shipped here for 2,270,122.
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Manitoba's Liquor Commission
Senator Cowan's vote breaks tie killing pari mutuel bill
Helena report notes Senator Cowan shifted from yes to no in the senate, breaking a 23 to 25 tie and killing the local option pari mutuel bill. Absent supporters and a likely motion for reconsideration cited. roll call lists show 23 ayes and 25 noes with seven absentees. Other actions include Senate joint resolution 8 on reallocating funds and several bills passing on bonds, heirship, tax sale defects, and fish and game reporting requirements.
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Sugar beet growers back price push with association
Two hundred Fort Collins beet growers at a meeting endorsed the Mountain States Beet Growers' association in rejecting the 1925 contract from Great Western Sugar. The session, led by association president Fred Cummings, also considered asking President Coolidge to lower tariff on imported sugar if no agreement is reached.
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Fort Collins
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Mountain States Beet Growers’ Association
Great Western Sugar Company
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Coo'idee
Former Montana convict identified as escapee in Seattle
James H. Buchanan, 28, arrested in Seattle, identified from circulars issued in Jackson, Michigan, as an escaped convict from a 15 year burglary sentence. He reportedly has prior sentences in Texas and Montana on similar charges.
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Associated Press
Seattle
James H. Buchanan
Jackson
Mich
Highway tax fight dominates House debate and amendments
The Montana House continued a highway tax discussion focused on a weight based levy for trucks and motor buses. A proposed exemption for shipments to primary markets prompted constitutional cautions and committee referral. Debates on distribution of gas tax receipts followed with multiple amendments: 50 percent to counties or general fund options, and a 29 60 11 split proposal for general funds highway funds and counties with mileage prorating, as lawmakers planned to resume discussion tomorrow.
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Nevada may discard lethal executions proposal
A Nevada bill proposes substituting shooting for lethal injections in executions. Until a lethal gas method is authorized, condemned inmates can choose hanging or a firing squad. Warden D. S. Dickerson argues lethal gas is atrocious and that shooting or hanging is more humane, with shooting being the least objectionable.
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Australia to stem flood of immigrants
The Australian federal government announced discussions with shipping firms foreign consuls and others to curb the influx of aliens. It noted rising difficulty in finding employment for foreigners now landing in Australia.
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Australia
Associated Preas
Melbourne
Australa
Taxation reform calls for retirement of estate taxes
The document argues that estate taxes are destructive to capital and value, lowering market prices and stifling work. It urges simpler, productive tax rates, reduction of federal involvement, and gradual withdrawal from estate taxation as war-era excess ends. It notes state revenue would suffer and proposes gradual retirement with declining government expenses.
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National Tax Association
French wives paint and Paris prompts polite men
A female reporter in Paris asks random Frenchmen if wives use makeup and whether husbands approve. Answers show courtesy and discretion, with men deflecting the question or praising beauty. The piece concludes paint suits those who feel no need of it, leaving the moral about vanity to the reader.
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Monsieur
Atlantic
Play 18 Withdrawn by Brady Over Obscene Play
District Attorney Banton announced William A. Brady would withdraw from the stage next Saturday night the play A Good Bad Woman amid criticism that it is obscene and demoralizing.
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Associated Press
New York
Banton
William A. Brady
Dressmakers Protest Society Women Invasion Of Trade
Professional dressmakers in England protest a flood of cheaper garments from society women who work at home using friends as displays instead of paid mannequins, undercutting established tailors.
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Russia
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Prison Hearings Open After Bomb Dropped
The record shows a heated prison hearing with Rev S S H Sperry testifying in the afternoon. The 74 year old Methodist minister admitted acting as messenger for love letters between a married woman and a former inmate and a prisoner named Fred Cauley, for which he was discharged. He denied introducing illegal literature, saying only religious publications were brought in.
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Fred Cauley
William D Shepherd recall on marriage attempt for typhoid death
Foster father William D Shepherd testified that a marriage license could not be obtained without both parties present at the bureau as Isabelle Pope, McClintock's fiancée, described at the coroner inquest. McClintock, the "millionaire orphan," died in December from typhoid fever. Pope said Shepherd discussed obtaining a license to wed during his illness to help him recover.
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Chicago
William D. Shepherd
William Nelson McClintock
Isabelle Pope
McClintock
Miss Pope
Coronr
U S and Britain Unite for Peace Efforts Across Europe
A speaker urges continued U S and British collaboration to aid global peace without new commitments. He says Americans can help settlements in Europe and beyond with objective oversight free from vested biases, hoping for unofficial or semi official American involvement in pending questions.
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United States of America
America
Woman Credits Lydia E Pinkham Remedy For Relief
A Knoxville woman recalls years of distress before using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports weight gain of 22 pounds and ongoing good health since taking the remedy and urges others to try it for female illnesses.
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E. Depot St
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Tenn
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