Montana Senate Slashes House Bills in Hard Day of Action
In Helena on February 24 the Montana Senate, after a busy fiftieth day, killed several House bills and sent others to passage. Ten of fourteen House measures on general file were approved, four were slain, including HB 231 and HB 118. Senate actions also saw SB 289 saved via a minority report on range horses. The chamber passed bills authorizing travel expenses for state entomologist, threshermen liens, delinquent taxes, primary date adjustments, and more.
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Helena
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Senator Page
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Holt
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Twentieth Assembly
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State Board of Examiners
McCormack
Bobcats Edge Freshmen in Debate Victory
In Bozeman on February 24 the State College freshmen defeated the State University freshmen on the negative side of empowering Congress to override Supreme Court decisions. Judge H. S. Davis of Big Timber presided. Also noted, the South American transcontinental railroad via La Paz, Bolivia, is nearing completion.
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Associated Press
Bozeman
State Colone
State University
Supreme Court
H. 8. Davis
Big Timber
la Paz
Bolivia
Caplis Collapses in House Chamber
Helena February 24 Standard Staff Correspondent John J Caplis Silver Bow county representative collapsed just outside the house chamber after speaking on the Walker consolidation bill He was rushed to a hospital for an operation to treat a hernia He refused to quit the debate and reportedly shouted aye as he was carried away Doctors said his condition was serious but not necessarily dangerous as he fights to back Senator Walker's compromise bill.
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Standard
Helena
F.b
John J. Caplis
Fom
Silver Bow County
Silver Bow
Caplis
Walker
House
Montana House Bills Add Agricultural Extension Funding
Helena Feb 24. Additional appropriation measures were introduced in the house by the committee on appropriations. Bills provide maintenance funds for the agricultural extension service and outline amounts for the industrial accident board coal mine inspection and various agricultural stations including Bozeman Huntley Judith Basin Northern Montana and Fort Keogh. Amounts for 1926-27 mirror 1925-26 figures with several salaries and operating expenses listed.
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Helena
Committee On Appropriations
Agricultural Extension Service
Industrial Accident Board
General Fund
Agricultural Experiment Station
Bozeman
Horticultural
Huntley
Eac
Judith Basin
House Busy With Senate Bills in Helena
In Helena on February 24 the House passed the Walker senate bill amending the Walker-Roscow act to make certain offices elective. Third-reading approvals covered senate bills 6 20 29 36 45 62 56 and 84, with several provisions on tax classification corporate dissolution conservatism of wells school reports insurance fund investments and nomination filing deadlines. Committee of the whole recommended concurrence on bills 39 93 99 101 and related measures and on two joint resolutions opening the Great Lakes waterway and celebrating Washingtons birth bicentennial.
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Standard
Helena
Walker Senate
House
Senate
Duncan
Stewart
Luehold
Scofield
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence
George Washington
McCone
Adams
State Board of Examiners
Preventative for Colds and Flu Promoted by KE Grove
Public notice advertises Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets as a safe and proven remedy for colds grip or influenza with a 30 cent price and KE W Grove signature on the box. It frames the product as a preventative and mentions the box bears the signature.
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KE. W. Grove
Primary election date is changed in Montana
The Montana house and senate advanced changes shifting the primary to early August, about three weeks earlier than current. A bill included a $2,500 appropriation to move war equipment trophies to Helena, to be distributed via American Legion posts, with shipment costs borne by the cities receiving trophies. The session also considered fiscal agencies, a Northern Montana Agricultural College study, erasing penalties on delinquent taxes, and a liquor run car seizure reform bill.
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Associated Prasa State
Helena
Montana
House
Senate
Appropriations
Adjutant General
American Legion
Board of Examiners
Fort Assinibeing
Montana Agricultural College
Fort
Attorney General's Office
County City Act Passed by House
With its final passage in the house the Walker bill moves to the governor after being approved by voters on the sheriff treasurer assessor and the commissioners election. The speaker notes he has done everything possible to provide relief for Butte and Silver Bow county.
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Butte
Silver Bow County
Walker amendments acceptable to consolidationists
Proponents of the Roscow Walker consolidation act say amendments adopted in Helena are acceptable. They believe a combined government for Butte and Silver Bow county will improve economy and remove opposition. Steps toward another consolidation election in Silver Bow County will follow once amendments are signed.
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Butte
Silver Bow County
Helena
Silver Row
Paris dressmakers facing tax in London movement
Paris fashion houses may be taxed as a British protest movement advances. The plan envisions new duties on Parisian garments as traders seek broader fiscal pressure in Britain.
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Paris
London
Original Map of Columbus Found in Paris Archive
A Paris discovery unveils a parchment planisphere misidentified for centuries as a sixteenth century Portuguese map. Charles de la Ronciere argues the item is Columbus’s own chart, drawn to persuade Ferdinand and Isabella during Granada’s siege in 1491 to fund Atlantic exploration.
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Konrad Kertschmer
Berlin
Charles de la Ronciere
de la Ronciere
Nationalbrary
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand and
Isabella
Santa Fe
Granada
Spain
Atlantic
America
de la Ronchere
Cape of Good Hope
Genoa
Cardinal Mendoza
Seville
Columbus
Aboo-Abdallah-Boabdil
de la Renc'ere
Ireland
Isle of the Seven Cities
North America
Nova Scotia
Canada
United States
Secretary Sanders Awarded Large Pay Increase
The House approved raising the president's secretary salary from 7500 to 10000 dollars a year, despite opposition from Representative Lenders of Indiana who will assume the post after March 4.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Repub- Mean
Indina
Gloria Swanson Shows Marked Health Improvement
Paris reports a notable improvement in Gloria Swanson at the clinic. Her temperature dropped to just above normal and her condition is described as markedly better after treatment.
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Associated Press
Paris
Gloria Swanson
First Cable Railway Opens in Oberwiesenthal Germany
In Oberwiesenthal Saxony the first passenger cable railway in Germany has opened. It runs two miles from the city to the summit of Fichte mountain at 3975 feet above sea level. The cars carry passengers for 23 cents each.
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Oberwiesenthal
Saxony
Germany
Fichte Mountain
Stage 9 Opens With Auto Show and Trades Display
Exhibitors prepare a central city venue for Stage 9 featuring a first floor of modern cars from economy to luxury and a second floor trades display with elaborate booths. Kiwanis plans nightly entertainment by the Anaconda Municipal Band and waives admission to attract residents and visitors. Elks and Rotarians will attend as special guests on designated evenings.
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Auto and Trades
Anaconda
Montana
Kiwanis Club
Kiwanians
the Elks
Rotarians
Recovery of Kaleff Seems to Be Assured
John Kaleff an electrician was wounded in the back by a .32 caliber bullet fired by his cousin Chris Martin in a South Arizona street store. Dr Jed Freund removed the bullet from back muscles more than ten inches from entry, noting a dent from a rib. Assault charges against Martin are pending Kaleff's recovery.
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John Kaleff
Chris Martin
Arizona
Jed Freund
Martin
Kaleff
Mexican envoy to U S presents self
Manuel Tellez the first accredited Mexican ambassador to the United States since relations resumed presented credentials to President Coolidge. He said the decade long Mexican struggle had borne beneficial and wholesome results.
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Associated
Washington
Coolidge
Manuel Tellez
Mexico
United States
74 Year-Old Senator Sterling to Wed Third Time
Washington Feb 24 The engagement of Senator Thomas Sterling of South Dakota and Mrs Mayme E McCaslin a clerk in the interior department was announced today. The marriage is planned shortly after adjournment of Congress This will be the third marriage of Senator Sterling who is 74 years old.
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Associated Press
Washington
Thomas Sterling
South Dakota
Mayme E. McCaslin
Interior Department
Congress
Sterling
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