Six Butte men to attend labor conference in Washington
Six Tutte men named to represent miners and metal trades of Butte depart today to ride the Milwaukee to Washington for a Friday conference with Secretary of Labor Wilson. Presenting the copper mining industry concerns will be George Tucker John McMullen Patrick Deloughry James F O'Brien J F Buckley and John P Mahoney.
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Tutte
Hutte
Washington
Milwaukee
Wilson
Seceretary
Vicious
George Tucker
John McMullen
Patrick Deloughry
James F. O'Brien
3. F. Buckley
John P. Mahoney
Notable Visitors At The Finlen In Butte Notes
A string of guests arrived in Butte and stayed at the Finlen hotel including George McDonald of Helena J A McKennon of Townsend Mrs Mary Carragan of Chinook and R A O’Hara of Harrison Others visiting were J C Jernberg John H Roe Mrs F A Jones C K Schneider Mr and Mrs Anderson of Great Falls Mr and Mrs R N Wilson of Glendive J M Kendrick and William Coulter of Missoula and more regional travelers with several staying overnight at the Thornton and Finlen hotels.
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George McDonald
Helena
Pinle
J. A. McKennon
Townsend
Finlen
Mary Carragan
Chinook
J. C. Jernberg
John H. Roe
F.A. Jones
Thornton
C.K. Schneider
Anderson
Great Falls
Fin
R. N. Wilson
Glendive
Bess I. Hughes
J. Gannon
Janet Brown
Missoula
R. A. O'Hara
Harrison
Eeney
Hall
J. M. Kendrick
William Coulter
Red Cross Plans Relief Mission to Poland
Washington reports Henry P. Davison announced from Paris that an American Red Cross relief mission to Poland will depart immediately. Dr Walter Bailey of Boston Maj F S Fronczak health commissioner of Ruastio N Y and Polish American representative will head the mission which will operate independently of allied relief efforts. Milk for babies and the sick will be supplied and immediate aid to destitute cases provided.
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Washington
Henry P. Davison
American Red Cross War Council
Na Tonal
Paris
Red Cross
Poland
Walter G."bailey
Boston
Fronczak
Ruastio
N. Y
America
The
Associated Nations
Soldiers Attend Matthews Funeral in Walkerville
AML returned soldiers in uniform will attend the funeral of William Matthews this morning. They will be carried on street cars from Walkerville at no charge, with a special car at Park and Montana for transport to and from the service. The funeral is at 10 select this morning at the parents home, Mr and Mrs Edward Matthews, 101 Dunn Avenue, Walkerville, then to St. Lawrence's Church for high mass. Interment follows in the family plot of the Catholic cemetery. Matthews recently returned home from Camp Lewis when he fell ill.
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AML
William Matthews
Walkerville
Park
Montana
Edward Matthews
Dunn Avenue
St. Lawrence's Church
Williams Matthews
Camp Lewis
Bolshevik stance seen hostile to peace plan
Paris dispatch reports that Bolshevik government hostility to the peace conference invitation is likely. Officials fear a formal Bolshevik reply may come and hint that the princes islands meeting could be abandoned. Powers hesitate to marshal a joint Russian expedition. the US opposes such action more than others. The conference aims to draft league of nations terms rapidly, though timing may hinder full plan details before Washington return.
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Associated Press
Paris
M. ‘Tehitcherin
Russa
Holsheviks
Jorcan
Stephen Pichon
Supreme Council
Princes Islands
Russia
United States
League of Nations
Washington
Montana Equity Society Buys a Water Frontage
Astoria Oregon January 26 A committee for the Montana union American Society of Equity has negotiated for weeks to obtain the water frontage from the west end of the railroad drawbridge along Youngs Bay up the Lewis and Clark River. The port of Astoria will dredge a deep channel to the property, which is believed to host a large grain elevator and flour mill complex.
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Astoria
Ore
Montana Union
American Society of Equity
Young's Bay
Roach's trapping nets over $1100 on Prime Hook farm
On his farm near Prime Hook Neck Delaware Harry B Roach traps muskrats and earns enough to pay for the farm with money to spare for cultivation. He gets 1 85 for black hides 88 cents for red ones and 15 cents per meat animal totaling more than 1100 dollars.
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Prime Hook Neck
Del
Harry B. Roach
General Willson Dies in Bozeman at 79
Gen Lester S. Willson longtime Bozeman business leader and Civil War brigadier general dies at home on Central Avenue South aged nearly 80. Survived by wife nearly 50 years, son Fred F. Willson, grandson Lester Willson, brother George H. Willson and many Montana friends. Funeral at home Tuesday, burial Bozeman cemetery. Willson enlisted 1861, rose to brigadier general, served in key Civil War battles, later active in Montana pioneer societies and veterans groups.
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Bozeman
Lester & Willson
Central Avenue South
Fred F. Willson
Lester Willson
George H. Willeson
Montana
New York
Bozeman Cemetery
Lester
Willson
Sixtieth
New York Infantry
Bozere
Sine
Bozeman Lode
William English Post
G.A. R
Society of Montana Pioneers
Gallatin County
Leader of racing: Major August Belmont champion of the turf
Major August Belmont, head of the Jockey Club, is noted as a premier racing and breeding enthusiast with transatlantic influence. He argues the race course test is crucial for improving the U S horse product, based on observations from England and France after his recent return from service abroad.
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Chere
America
August Bemont
Jockey Club
England
France
New System Promises to Double Profits Says Senator Booth
Senator Edward Booth of Fallon county touts a Harvard style method to double profits by subtraction and division, claiming 100 percent could appear as 50 percent. He urges a thorough probe into gasoline pricing and freight rates, asserting Montana dealers earn 4 to 8 percent per gallon while other states cap at 2 percent. He proposes setting gas prices by adding Wyoming rate and freight, plus 2 cents profit, to lower Montana prices by 5 or 6 cents. He cautions against flat blame on refiners and distributors, citing freight rate peculiarities from California and Wyoming effects on Montana consumers.
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Edward Booth
Fallon County
Harvard
Atkinson
Booth
Washington
Twa
Montana
Wyoming
California
Hoath
Pekinese Act Tops Broadway Vaudeville Show at Pantages
Five top vaudeville offerings headline the Broadway theater bill. The Imperial Pekinese troupe performs juggling, illusions, contortion, and water spinning, highlighted by Chester Spencer and Dolly Wilson. The act is praised as a standout amid week’s entertainment with other strong numbers and a circus serial continuation.
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Broadway
West
Chester Spencer
Dolly Wilson
Nitrogen fertilizer made from low fuel peat
Peat with insufficient heating value is repurposed for fertilizer production. Nitrogen fertilizer manufacture uses the peat as a raw material, reflecting a shift from heating use to industrial chemical output.
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Royal Northwest Mounted Police
Hank Mann
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Montana Equity Society
Appers
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