Montana Growth Mirrors State Fair Expansion, 1900–1919
Secretary Horace S. Ensign finds Montana agricultural and livestock growth from 1900 to 1919 closely tracks the expansion of the state fair from its 1908 inception. The report shows rises in staple values and livestock worth, with wheat, potatoes, beef cattle, horses, and dairy cattle driving overall gains and the fair promoting agricultural advancement statewide.
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Montana
Horace S. Ensign
Ensign
Northwest
United States
United States Department of Agriculture
Okdc
Open mufflers headline nets brief court ruling
Louis Pene a Brown's Gulch dairyman was dismissed by Judge Grimes for running with an open muffler. He claimed the muffler broken when purchased and said he fixed it. The judge warned a $10 fine on reoffense and commented on widespread muffler violations in town.
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Louis Pene
Brown's Gulch
Grimes
Pene
Golubin
Butte Ford Employees Share in $7 Million Bonus
Butte workers at the Ford Motor company will receive part of a $7,000,000 bonus now being distributed. About 75,000 employees share in the payout. Anyone employed before last Oct. 1 and still on the payroll is eligible for an extra check.
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Butte
Ford Motor Company
Contagious Diseases in Butte Report
The health office reports eight new measles cases, two scarlet fever, one smallpox, and eight whooping cough in the past week. Eighteen cases were released, net gain one for the period. There are 52 cases under quarantine: measles 14, scarlet fever 2, smallpox 1, whooping cough 35.
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Butte
Health Office
City Emergency Hospital Reports Weekly caseload
The city emergency hospital treated 22 cases in the past week per the matron’s report. Surgical cases numbered 9, medical cases 3, detention cases 5, and hospital cases 6.
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City Emergency Hospital
John Callow Files Candidacy for Fifth Ward Seat
John Callow a Republican alderman from the fifth ward filed notice of his intention to run as a candidate on the Republican ticket to succeed Nimoais as a member of the city council.
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John Callow
Fifth Ward
Nimoais
City Counc
New Record Set for Seal Sale in Butte
In the fight against tuberculosis in Butte a seal sale raised 5021.94 in the recent drive reporting a new high for Christmas seal sales. J L Carroll chair reports the final tally and lists the executive committee including John L Carroll Louis Dreibelbis T J Ellis and several others.
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Butte
J. L. Carroll
John L. Carroll
Louis Dreibelbis
T. J. Ellis
P. H. McCarthy
T. Prime
Margaret Rozsa
Nellall
F. Waddell
Naff Lloyd
Josuph E. Fabian
Ove Simonson
Sam Anderson
W. Penttock
Roy Grigg
Prate Il. Hughes
Howar Erce An Clapp
French Cinematograph Show Depicts Moon Mars Landscapes
A French film presents lunar and Martian landscapes along with imagined canals. The footage evokes space scenery and interplanetary channels, blending documentary style with speculative vistas.
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Moon
Mars
Russos Fined for Vagrancy After Card Game Row
Nick Russos was fined 199 dollars by the police judge for vagrancy after a dispute in his 659 South Arizona street gaming room. Complainant Joe Kohl testified he lost two rounds paying four dollars for drinks with two witnesses prior. A fight and arrest followed, with references to prior vagrancy cases and a separate case about knock out drops.
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Nick Russos
Joe Kohl
Russos
South
Arizona Street
Kohl
Hussos
Smiley
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Butte Ford
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