Delinquent Tax Sale Postponed Amid Legal Debate
A tax sale in Livingston was delayed after an error in the advertisement dates. The county treasurer published delinquent taxes for three weeks, but the first notice dated Dec 29 required a sale between Jan 1 and Jan 26. Officials dispute legality of postponement and whether a later sale is valid. The state commerce office seeks Livingston site inspections for a hatchery project amid legislative concerns.
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Livingston
Deer Lodge Notes Attend Meetings and Visits
Deer Lodge residents attend a Woman's club event in Hutte and welcome a new minister at Presbyterian hall. Local visitors include Tarenzo Jacobson, Ed Johnson of Race Track, and Emmett Manley. Several townsfolk travel to California or Butte, with Knights of Pythias initiations and a busy week of social and civic activity.
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Deer Lodge
J. D. Larabie
Hutte
Ben Albee
FH. Albee
Taren2o Jacobson
Lucile Nick
Misa
Thelma Rule
Ausxonla
Ed Johnson
Ribot Valston
Philipsburg
New York
J. Manley
Helmville
Hortel Deer Lodge
Bonner Mercantile Company
Milwaukee
Price
California
Be We Trask
Peter Johnson
George Johnson
Knights of Pythias
J.C. Jensen
L. M. Spence
Dolores “Harris
Harris
Presbyterian Hall
H. Williams
Frank Travenner
Unis
Lnake
Bielenberg
Butte
Calle Fort
Silo Newland
Lee Kelley
Claudnberg
McCredie
State War Council
Emmett Manley
W. A. Kimmerly
Avon
James Nelson
Jens
Robert Harris
Railroads in Montana back Wapco bill
Three transcontinental railroad men in Montana pledged support for Director General McAdoo's freight movement plan to end the milk route system and ease wartime transportation. The Montana representatives voiced hearty accord with his program and planned straightforward steps to implement it locally. Box Mrs. J Petrie was tried for grand larceny in connection with the theft of Frank Scaart's automobile from circus grounds July 1. The trial ended without a verdict as Petrie remained in state prison after a prior conviction in November.
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Billings
Ays Tems
Montana
McAgol
Petrie
Hutte
Frank Scaart
Thil City
Cone Junction
Seed grain sufficiency reported for Beaverhead farmers
Dillon January 17 Beaverhead farmers maintain ample seed grain after a week of review by Theodore Nelson and C L Worth. The survey shows most farmers saved enough seed from their own crop or secured it from neighbors, reducing the need to import seed from outside the county despite a disastrous previous year.
Dillon News Local items mix growth plans and legal cases
Furnishings for the new holding are installed and open for business within two weeks. Deputy Game Warden Carney and Deputy Sheriff Mooney return with Jon Mardeh charged with hunting without a license. Mardeh fined 325. Longest marriage license denial record noted. Mrs Roe heads to California. Dwight Harrison visits. A basketball game set between Shelly Idaho and Beaverhead high schools. Local restaurateurs pledge meat and wheat conservation. one pledge violation noted due to miscommunication.
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Dillon
Ue Rapid
L. W. Potter
Hutte
Summers
Butte
Beaverhead
Jack Carney
Dan “Mooney
Grasshopper
Jon Mardeh
Mardeh
Kennison
Fred Rife
William Roe
California
Dwight Harrison
Bix Hole Basin
Tiane Rite
Lewis
Hagar
Resturant
Int
Unusual Suit Over Damages From Wolf Creek Flood
Lewistown news reports a suit where the town of Denton sues Milwaukee for $20,000 claiming flood damage to streets and undermined sidewalks last March when Wolf creek backed up water into the town.
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Lewistown
Denton
Milwaukee
Wolf Creek
Tles
Ihe
de Kalb
G. H
Fergus County
Isin
Winifred
First Degree Murder Charged In Mexican Suspect Case
An informant in the district court charges Jim Cuellac, a Mexican, with first degree murder for the slaying of Patrolman Knox Nelson after a disturbance in a saloon on December 1. Cuellac was forced to flee the old restricted district. police later recovered. A lynch mob attempted to storm the county jail but was repelled. Several suspects, mainly Mexicans, were rounded up amid tensions in the city.
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Jay
Jim Cuellac
Knox Nelton
Siloon
Nelson
Nelso
Duell
Montara Avenue
Pat Bakke
Kehnelder
Cue
Uindesirabien
Settlers to Montana Seen Returning to Farm Life
Charles D. Green of agriculture reports rising Montana settlement interest as drouth eased. He notes inquiries from Missouri, Iowa and Illinois tenant farmers seeking to secure farms amid high land values, with many planning to move after last spring’s weather impacts.
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Charles D. Greenstoner
Agriculture
Montana
Helena
Moner Greenfield
Missouri
Iowa
Ilinois
Habeas Corpus Sifts Olson Bail After Chinook Arrest
Helena Herman Olson, jailed in Blaine county on a conspiracy charge tied to the Hydrine county postmaster murder, seeks release via federal habeas corpus. Judge Bourquin orders U S Marshal Asbridge and Blaine County Sheriff Buckley to appear in Helena to show cause why Olson should not be freed. Olson argues no threats were made and bail of 15000 set by Commissioner Leonard is excessive.
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Helena
Herman Olson
Chinook
United States
Ja: Krause
Hydrine County
Bourquin
Joseph Asbridge
James Buckley
Blaine County
Olson
Chincook
Jacob Krause
Leonard
Bt Chinook
Rail line hikes business phone rates in Roundup
The state railway commission granted Mountain States Telephone permission to raise business telephone charges from $2 to $4 monthly due to Roundup’s growing population. A petition signed by 88 percent of affected users supported the higher rate with no objections filed. Miners of Klein local No. 15 spoke patriotically as Red Cross delegates visited. The group voted to assess members $1 per month for three months, totaling about $400 monthly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Rail~way Commission
Mountain States Telephone Company
Servier
Klein Local
No. 15
United Mine Workers
Indies
Klein Branch
The
Red Cross
Pigott
Josephson
Brandmine of Montana Victim of Pneumonia
Washington January 17 General Pershing today reported the death of Private Rudolph Brandmill from pneumonia. Mrs A W Marshall Calumet Montana was notified of the loss.
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Brandmine
Montana
PNES
Monta
Washington
Pershing
Prix Vate
Rudolph Brandmill
Ister
A.W Marshall
Calumet Mont
Income Tax Blank Forms Arrive For Local Filing
Blank forms for individual income tax returns up to $3,000 were received this morning at the office of W C Whaley collector of internal revenue for this district. The forms do not include corporate returns. Forms for incomes over $4,000 are expected to be sent from Washington about January 20.
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W. C. Whaley
Internal Revenue
Washington
Local draft boards lack authority to draft married men abroad
Helena Jan 17 Local draft boards have no power to draft men of draft age to go abroad to fight for other powers. A telegram to Adjutant General Greenan from Martial Gromser directs that districts review classifications in marriage cases since May 1 1917 to ensure uniformity of appeal agents and decisions.
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Helena
Greenan
Orem
Martial
Appeal to Patriotism for War Food Saving
Montana readers urged to cut consumption and conserve food as European crops fail and submarines disrupt supply. Prof Alfred Atkinson, federal food administrator for Montana, warned Americans must reduce intake by at least 40 percent to keep Allies fed and the war effort strong.
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Bozeman
Alfred Atkineson
Montana
Washington
Europe
Atkinson Tiven
America
Diphtheria Epidemic Hits Helena Schools
Helena report states an epidemic of diphtheria in the city with 12 cases. Miss Margaret Manning, a third grade teacher at D Hryant school on Boulder avenue, placed in quarantine along with six pupils. Additional cases and scarlet fever quarantines noted. physician counts vary among doctors.
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Helena
Margaret Manning
Hryant School
Boulder Avenue
White
Ini
Food pledge posters promote fair prices in Montana stores
In Bozeman and across Montana during the first week of the retailers pledge campaign 417 merchants supported the government pledge. The Montana administration urges customers to look for signed pledge posters in stores and warns that violations will lead to removal of the poster.
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Bozeman
Gan
The
Food Administration
Washington
Montana
War in Europe and Russia Compete for Peace Terms
The Teutonic allies and Bolsheviks remain deadlocked over peace terms. Russia insists on evacuating occupied territory to allow inhabitants self-rule, while Germany and allies reject the plan. Bolsheviks order King Ferdinand of Romania arrested, to be sent to Petrograd. Fighting continues across Russia and Ukraine, with shelling on Odessa and mutinies in Kiel. In France and Belgium, Austrian attempts to recapture positions fail and two British destroyers are lost in a Scottish storm.
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Associated Press
Germany
Teutons
Rumania
Ferdinand
Romania
Horograd
Vicavin
St. Peter and St. Paul
Russia
Proper
Siberia
Odessa
Cty
Irkutsk
Orenburg
Siberi
France
Belgium
Austria
Scoteh
Six Men Killed on Battleship Michigan in Gale
Washington January 17 six sailors were killed and three injured aboard the U S S Michigan when a heavy gale brought a cage mast down. The dead include Oxben Capers Beleven Carl Frederick Marahews Clarence Eugene Book Frank John Prinz Ian Beil and John Engelito Chico. The injured are Edward Thomas McDonald Gordon Solomon Farmer Virgil V Biggers and two more seamen. This accident marks the first such catastrophe of its kind aboard the ship.
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Washington
Michigan
Oxben Capers Beleven
Carl Frederick Marahews
Clarence Eugene Book
Frank John Prinz
Ian
Beil
John Engelito Chico
Edward Thomas McDonald
Gordon” Solomon “Farmer
Virgil V. Biggers
St Paul cattle inquiry hears farmer swindled by decoy
Testimony at the federal inquiry into livestock conditions describes farmer losses at St Paul yards. Broker Melady, expelled from the South St Paul exchange for interfering, testified that cattle were sold at low prices while buyers swindled them. St Paul Union Stock Yards president McGivny defended fairness and noted weight estimates, while others argued for shipper protection and fair treatment. The inquiry team prepared to travel to Bronx City for continued hearings.
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St Paul
St. Paul
Melady
Federal Trade Con Mission
South St. Paul
Stock Exchange For
Exchange
Ission
Ham McGivny
St. Paul Union Stock Yards Company
Francia J. Henes
Commission
McGivny
Anthony Friedmann
Kelling
A. A. McKechnie
Stockyards Company
Stockards” Company
Trepresentatives Commission Federal Ft
Bronx City
Plenty of Grain on Farms It Only Needs to Be Moved
Chicago delegates at the National Council of Grain Exchanges say there is ample corn and wheat to meet U S and allied needs for 1918 but distribution rests on government action. They warn millions of bushels may waste if trains are not supplied in 60 days while confirming a larger next harvest and no US grain shortage appears likely. Officers elected include J H McMillan as president and William M Eckhardt as vice president with J Ralph Pickett as secretary.
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Chicago
United States
National Council of Grain Exchanges
Adaressea Tomant Py Julius H. Barnes
New York
Food Administration Brain Corporation
Food Administration
Kansas
Carricher
Kansas City
R. McDonald
Duluth
Minn
Board of Trad Red
Northwest
J. H. McMillan
Napolis
William M. Eckhardt
John W. Snyder
Baltimore
J. Ralph Pickett
Movement Aims to Restore Salaries in China Service
The unfriendly exchange rate in China has cut salaries of American diplomats and consular staff paid on a gold basis to half their former value. A movement seeks adjustment to provide relief.
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Hina
Erm Ployer
China
West Point alumni list of famed generals
General Pershing is described as a West Pointer, class of 1886, born in 1860. The text lists notable graduates including Custer, Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, John Joseph Johnston, Albert Johnston, P.G.T. Beauregard, McDowell, George Meade, James Longstreet, J.E.B. Stuart, William T. Sherman, Philip Sheridan, Ewell, Jubal Early, and Schofield and Thomas.
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General Pershing
West Point_ incluee
Custer
U.ant
Robert BE. Lee
John Joseph E. Johnston
Abert Johnston
P. GT
Beau Irvin McDowell
George B. Afedewan
James Longstreet
de. B. 'Stuart
William
T. Sherman
Philip Henry Sheridan
Richards. Ewell
Jubal A. Early
John M. Schofield
George H.thomas
Funeral for Edward Ryane to be held at home
The funeral of Edward Ryane beloved son of Mr and Mrs William Ryane will take place Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock at the family residence 1117 Hobson Avenue Interment in Holy Cross Cemetery A solemn private service will be held at Congregational Church where a mass will be celebrated at 10 30. Interment will follow at Holy Cross Cemetery.
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Edward
Mrr
William
Ryane
Terigay
Hobson
Holy Cross Cemetery
Eral
Nina M
Julia
Theo'Sell
Cemperville
Patrice Church
Dorothy Carter Death Services Listed in Notice
Dorothy Carter aged months and years, beloved wife of Mr and Mrs. Carter, services to be held Friday at Day Miki Parlors. Mr Zundel officiating. Remains will be shipped to Port Lund, Ore for interment at a later time.
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Edding
Dorothy
Ferot
Carter
Pat
Zundel
Portlund
Asihea
RW Towe
Tate Packa
William Hushand
East Summit Street
Oleh
Famile Aidence
Teatherwood Street
McQueen
Richards
Ten Teams Compete In Butte Curling Title Chase
Ten curling teams form lines for the Butte club championship with an elimination schedule. The 10 rinks, drawn from club members, will play each other to determine the season’s champion as spring thaw approaches. The finals are traditionally hotly contested amid rivalry.
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Butte
Stoke
A. S Richardson
J. W. Judd
Malcolm Gillis
A. Perham
A. le McMillan
EP. Mondloch
B. Moulthrop
McMiillan
Skin
W. Billings
F.E. Alexander
T. HL. Wilson
BK. Muteh
W. Mitchell
W. TL Massig
CW. Goodale
D. McMillan
Walter
Northwest Curling Association
Duluth
Mint
Portland Voted Into Northwestern League In 1918 Plan
Seattle Jan 17 The Northwestern League owners met to draft a schedule set salary limits for 1918 and decide on participation. Portland was voted into the league while Butte and Great Falls were not represented today though Montana delegates may arrive tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Northwestern Baseball League
Portland
Nntion
Coma
Butte
Great Falla
Montana
Lewis
Postponed basketball game cited due to Anaconda quarantine
Anaconda quarantine concerns prompted principal Utterback and Coach Shirey to cancel the Friday night game between high school teams. The decision followed guidance from the Anaconda board of health and parental notification, with a plan to reassess after health officials act.
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Rep
Shirey
Anaconda
Wack
Anaconda High School
Utterback
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Leezam
Joseph Brooks
Joe Brooks
de Hart
Stana Railroad
Wapco
Vers
Dillon News
Lewistown News
Pomage
Heron
Jan
Supreme Court
Ford
Younis
Chicaso, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Sta of Montana
Caleras, Campbell
Oriental Trading Company
Montana Meat Company
Young
Bray
Grant
William Menvey
Laden
Nchwab
McVey
Tlet
Heneritn
Dhe
Home” Orchard Company
Markham
Thriet
Cubliae
Yate
Ners FO
Hon Ledox
Roundup News
Nserveng
Hotatlens
Vas
Kiel
Mang
Orestines
St. Paul Yards
West Pointers
Speerers
MD. W. Havent
Yew
Sherwan & Reed
Fitzpatrick
Tittle
John Itapateik
Daniels & Rilboa
Puneral
Larry Dlugar
Missoula Nursery
D. Dallman
Utah
Uptown
Strares
Waaident A
Central
Peoria
Rniay Sa
Tland Livestock
Oregon
Ac Linder
Seattle Livestock
the Standard
Dan
Hoss
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