Butte Chamber of Commerce rejects 90 percent bid on city bonds
Directors urge rejecting W J Layton & Co bid to buy 600000 municipal bonds at 90 percent. Taxpayers canvassed show no support for the offer, arguing bonds are secure tax exempt investments and should fetch par or a premium. Resolution warns selling at a sacrifice sets a bad precedent and questions legality of the transaction. Signed by A T Morgan Herman Blank and Arthur Perham.
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Toledo
Butte
Butte Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
A.T. Morgan
Herman Blank
Arthur Perham
W. J. Layton & Co
Ohio
Hearing on Park Land Sales Set for February
Montana landholders face a February hearing as the Senate Reclamation Committee, led by Senator Walsh, plans to address irrigation development districts and the potential designation of adjacent acres for national park use.
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Montana
Aria
Senate Reclamation Rmmitteg
Walsh
National” Park
Measure Would Create Post Of State Marshal
Helena January reports the Dillavoy measure to create a state marshal office appointed by the governor with deputies to aid sheriffs in enforcing laws. The marshal may investigate moral conditions, arrest, seize property, and issue salaries from a new enforcement fund. governor removal power exists. The bill sets marshal salary at 34000 annually.
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Helena
Jan
Dillavoy
Yellowstone
Eal
Mie
Ostrich Skin Shoes Debut Planned for Easter in Boston
Ostrich shoes claimed to outwear leather and cost less will appear in Boston after the first shipment of ostrich skins arrived from South Africa. Manufacturing will start immediately and the footwear will be offered to both women and men as an Easter novelty.
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Boston
South Africa
Butte School Children Seek Five Cent Car Fare
Helena January 21. Butte city Council asks for a five cent cash fare for school children on street cars. Petition is received by the Montana public utility commission or board and seeks rate reduction for student transport.
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Butte
Helena
Montana
Ford seeks large loan for expansion and working capital
New York bankers say Ford Motor Company is negotiating a loan of 50 to 75 million dollars. Proceeds would refinance maturing obligations and fund working capital. A syndicate of banks in New York Boston Chicago and other centers would handle the financing. In Detroit officials would not confirm the loan talks. Henry Ford has sent representatives East, with plans for improvements to the Detroit Toledo & Ironton railroad.
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Ford
Motor Company Affairs Today
Boston
Chicago
Detroit
Ford ‘Motor ‘Company
Henry Ford
East
Detroit, Toledo & Ironton
Oil Industry Gains Steam in Montana Legislature
Helena Jan 21 The legislature tackles oil resource development on state lands and a state department of agriculture while considering irrigation bonds and wage raises. A tidewater project appeal seeks congress aid to move Montana products closer to markets. The bill outlines equal treatment for state oil resources with private and federal lands and sets permit rules. Page 6 column 2 continues.
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Helena
Scofield House
Court of Industrial Relations
Congress
St. Lawrence
Tses
County Education Spending Reaches Notable Levels
The biennial state education report shows Standard High County spends about 100 yearly per child, with Silver How ranking high in outlay. It notes statewide shortages of qualified teachers, claiming Deer Lodge Ravalli and Silver Bow had no rural teachers last year.
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IM County
Deer Lodge
Ravalli
Silver Bow
Butte Eyes Experimental Mines Station Plan
A 1914 bill leads to a proposal for an experimental mines station in Butte. The chamber sends a telegram to Senator Walsh seeking support, with two stations yet to be established as part of the arrangement.
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Walsh
Moscow
Idaho
Spokane
New York
Butte Urged as Location for Mining Experimental Station
A telegram from the Butte Chamber of Commerce urged Senator Walsh to restore 25000 for a Butte mining experimental station. President C H Clapp of the Butte School of Mines offered space and co operation. Despite war interruptions, eight stations exist and Butte is favored for a top county station with potential nationwide benefit.
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School of Mines
C. H. Clapp
School of Mines In
Butte
School of Mmines
Missouri bill aims to cut funeral costs in legislature
Jefferson City Missouri January 21 A bill to reduce by law the cost of funerals was introduced in the Missouri legislature today Coffin manufacturers profits would be limited to 15 percent and undertakers profits to 10 to 25 percent
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Detectives raid Chinese resort and rail firm death case
Detectives raided a Chinese resort club on Mercury Street as the county district attorney reported the death by suicide of W. M. Cole, counsel for the railroad company. An annual convention adopted a resolution favoring restoration of capital punishment. Premier Brian attended.
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W. M. Cole
Raitroad Company
Pennsylvania
Asao
Ireland Denies Soviet Rule Threats in Irish Independence Hearing
Miss Louie Bennett, secretary of the Irish Women Workers' union, testifies before the American commission on conditions in Ireland. She says Irish workers seek better wages and independence from Britain, rejects claims of Soviet government aims, and notes brutality against women by forces in Ireland. Townsend and Bennett read letters from workers in nonsectarian groups showing Catholic and Protestant cooperation, with reports of raided convents and custody detentions near Dublin.
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Washington
Ireland
Louie Bennett
Irish Women’ Workers’ Union
Miss Bennett
Great Britain
Rat Treland
Hennett
Amelic Teague
Dublin
Message to Irish From De Valera
A terse note from Eamon de Valera urges the Irish to remain steadfast amid a difficult moment. The message hints at resisting pressure and keeping resolve as events unfold, with emphasis on unity and resilience.
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DE Valera
Modern Jazz Dancing in India Sparks Controversy
Dr Henry Beets of Grand Rapids, secretary of missions for the Christian Reformed Church, spoke before the Friends of the Ine Man session about modern jazz and dancing as a cultural force in India, noting alarm and debate over Western influences.
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Philadelphia
Gan
Henry Beets
Grand Rapids
Mich
Christian Reformed Church
Friends of the
Provisions of Agricultural Department Livestock Board Functioning
The article reports that the Livestock Board under the Agricultural Department is functioning satisfactorily and will not be included in the duties of the proposed new organization.
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Agricultural Department
Montana livestock measure shapes state agriculture plan
Helena January hearings on a proposed act to create a state agriculture department led by a livestock commission and a stallion registration board moving to merge operations within the department. The act would maintain the commission for two years, appoint a capable supervisor, and place a single secretary over fair operations, bee industry, and terminal elevator matters.
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Helena
Senate
House
Board of Livestock Commissioners
Livestock Commission
Horeman
Fous
Agricultural Department
Women Abanion Ple Ws Proceed By Tran
Des Moines tone hints at further coverage as lanes start from here. Names like Shre and Cram appear amid scattered fragments of a local proceeding involving Mrs Smith and electFenn.
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Des Moines
Incendiary Fire Damages Crescent Dairy Near Butte
A likely arson attack partially destroyed three outer dairy buildings near Crescent Dairy, about three miles south of Butte. Tenants found hay and cattle losses. deputy reports gasoline traces and a two gallon milk can with fuel near a shed. Damages exceed $2,000. dairy barn valued around $13,000. Local sheriff’s deputies investigated the incendiary blaze.
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Butte
Fe Stress of
Los Angeles
Stney Ratliss
Neta
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