Census enumeration delayed in Butte and Silver Bow
The 1920 decennial census in Butte and Silver Bow county is delayed as enumerators await district definitions. James W. Faulds reports a minor postponement and says the start may occur Monday. Enumerators, divided into districts including Butte and Walkerville, lacked detailed instructions on their assigned areas, likely pushing completion past January 18.
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Butte
Silver Bow County
James W. Faulds
Standard
Federal Building
Walkerville
Fields
City Pound Records 125 Dogs Die in December Freeze
Butte reports 125 dogs killed or perished during December cold wave. Many were forced to hunt for food after owners abandoned them. Automobiles killed several. nine horses were impounded and released. one mule was redeemed. twelve dogs were euthanized by the pound master.
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Butte
Harrison Avenue
Celebrated New Year With Weird Firearms In Butte Court
In Butte police court youths William Mann John three charged with discharging firearms within city limits during a New Year celebration. They presented pistols including a 72 caliber three inch pistol called Big Bertha by court attaches. Two other guns were 32 caliber and considered useless for service. The trio showed blank cartridges in revolvers and were dismissed.
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New
William Mann
John
Butte
Helena
Big Bertha
Fails To Appear On W AG Charge In South Main Disturbance
Charged by Mary Jane with creating a disturbance on South Main Street in Sho dar block, Brown failed to appear in Butts police court yesterday and forfeited bonds of 30 dollars. Mrs. Mary McCauley, complainant in a similar vagrancy case against her husband Maul ey, was granted dismissal. Rose Dale Anna Bartalla and Josie Green were fined ten dollars each.
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Mary Jane
South Main Street
May" Brown
Butts
Mary ‘McCauley
Mauley
Rose Dale
Anna Bartalla
Josie Green
County Officials Meet in Helena on Property Assessment Plan
County assessor Peter J. Kelly and County Commissioner Byron Cooney will represent Silver Row county at a Helena meeting today to decide a new property assessment system for 1920. Officials from across the state attend to resolve a dispute between assessors and the state board of equalization over the method.
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Peter J. Kelly
Byron Cooney
Silver Row
Helena
Star
City Treasurer Charged Over $50,000 Funds Shortage
Charles B. Kistler, city treasurer for six years, is under arrest on charges of stealing about $50,000 from city funds. The shortage surfaced when he handed over the office to his successor, William F. Bowen, after confessing.
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Charles B
Kistler
William FP Bowen
Police start wholesale drive on snow cleanup in Butte
Police in Butte yesterday launched a city wide crackdown arresting 83 on warrants for property owners lacking cleaned ice and snow from December. Warrant notices were served and owners summoned to appear in police court today, with a list of names across West Quartz Granite and Broadway streets reflecting breadth of action and city officials' intent to enforce sidewalk maintenance.
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Butte Polic Department
Stodden
Butte
Walter Morrison
Claude Nyland
Plain Clothes Squad
Broadway
Westhi
M. W. Ramsay
West Arte Street
C.” Hayes
West Quartz
Dan Sullivan
West Quartz Street
J.M. Gleason
West Quartz ‘Street; “Thomas Lahit, West Quartz Street: Jack Newins
Quartz Street
Ray Murray
Mr. Kirby
G. M. Weilsley
Granite Street
E. Hogan
West
E. A. M Pherson
Sis Shilling
Charles’ Rainey
John Portus
H. Levinsky
West Granite Street
A. W. Grynan
D. Anderson
J. J. Davis
West Broadway
J. McGivern
St. Hollingsworth
Charles E. Rennison
J. P. Hartt
Mr. Hawke
Wilson & Smith
W. E. Ralph
Carl
Tracey
William Malthen
West Granite Kelvn
West Granite Davis
George Koltz
J.T. Mondioch
H. Little
Steamer Willpole Grounded Off Monomoy Point
The steamer Willpole ran aground on the eastern shoal near Monomoy point in Chatham Mass, early today, held fast by an ebb tide. The cutter Acushnet went to assist, aiding in refloating efforts. A Bagdad railway project advances with 14 miles of track laid daily.
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Chatham
Mass
Willpole
Monomoy Point
Acushnet
Bagwad
London
Basra
Bagdad
Amatic
Turkey
Federal office assigning income tax collectors to Montana zones
David Marks leads a plan to assign income tax collectors to Montana districts as the Helena mail rush nears. Butte zone will be overseen by four chief and deputy collectors with aides, while TL M Dengler serves as division chief. J A Simon and C F Pool rotate duties, Pool moving from Livingston to Butte, Simon reassigned to Lewistown, as population metrics justify staffing.
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David Marks
District of
Montana
Helena
Butte
TL. M. Dengler
CH. Moore
J. A. Simon
C.F. Pool
Silver Bow
Deer Lodge
Madison
Jefferson
Beaverhead
E. Pool
Livingston
Pool
John A Simon
Lewistown
Pioneer Montana woman Violet Wampler dies in California home
Mrs. Violet Josephine Wampler a Montana pioneer wife of Reece B Wampler long prominent mine operator of Butte and Pony districts died at her Pottersville California home after a sudden pneumonia attack. She left Montana in 1905 with her husband and daughter Nina Morris for Europe then California. She was daughter of the late Harrison Jordan a Jefferson valley settler and legislator. survived by sister a Christian church mission secretary and brother Jasper C Jordan.
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Violet
Josephine Wampler
Montana
Reece B. Wampler
Butte and
Wampler
Nina Morris
Goldfield
New
California
Harrison Jordan
Jefferson Valley
Mission
Christian ‘Churches of
Jasper C. Jordan
Mayor Demands Honest Money for City Coffers
Mayor W T Stodden on police court revenue losses blames wartime restrictions on warrants for gamblers and prostitutes and says only honest money should come to the city treasury. He declines further comment, leaving judgment to the people in the probe’s final verdict.
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W.T. Stodden
Raent
Mate Ter
Marine Corps opens schools for illiterate recruits
The United States marine corps has established educational instruction for applicants who cannot read or write. The program, located at Mare Island for the western district and Paris Island for the eastern, aims to educate those who are physically qualified but educationally deficient. Only American-born men are eligible.
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United States Marine Corps
Marine Corps
Butte
Curran
Joo
Mare Island
Paris Island
Star Panages and Thea Show At The Convalescent Enter
After a twelve month stay in France with the United States forces Marconi discusses his adventures. The program features the Marconi Brothers famed for Columbia phonograph records and a clever cast including the Bragman Meiress, a comic duo, Martha Hamilton in Oh You Women, and two picture features completing the bill.
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France
United States
Val
Bragman Meiress
Martha Hamilton
Vocational Man To Return After Soldier Interviews
Cato, federal vocational steer, left for Helena after interviewing a score of disabled ex soldiers in Butte. He will return next week as the civilian relief department of the Croce will investigate cases reported during the officer's absence. Visa notes place King of Sweden in Mexico soon for a tour according to telegraphic views received last night.
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Cato
Helena
Butte
Civilian Relief Department
Sweden
Mexico
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