Scouts Plan 10 Day Pathfinding Hike Through Beaverhead Jefferson Valleys
Butte Boy Scouts launch a 10 day pathfinding hike starting July 14 covering 150 miles along the Beaverhead and Jefferson valleys. Scouts travel light with truck or trek cart support, averaging about 5 miles per day, and follow historic Lewis and Clark routes past Beaverhead Rock. The journey includes camps near historic sites with stage robberies and vigilante history noted, then shifts to a 10 day summer camp in the Highlands and a three week Yellowstone park hike, seen as the season’s crowning event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte Boy Scouts
Beaverhead
Jefferson
Bix Yale River
Beaverhead River
Ewin Bridges
Little Pipestone
Pipestone Springs
Thompson Park
Beaverhead Rock
Highlands
Yellowstone Park
Victory Medals To Marine Corps Announced
Announcement from the major general commandant states victory medals will be issued not later than October 1. Marines entitled to battle clasps, citations, and navy insignia will be listed and sent to posts and recruiting stations as soon as available, with those only entitled to the medal and ribbon issued on discharge certificates. A preliminary order for 75,000 medals has been placed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine “Corps
Butte
Marine ‘Corps
Army
War Department
Navy
Navy Department
Marine Corps
War
Navy Departments
Former Montana man killed in Seattle interurban crash
Edward J. Baker formerly of Deer Lodge Montana was crushed between two electric interurban cars on July 3 at Occidental avenue and Yesler Way Seattle. He was a conductor for the interurban line and left Deer Lodge seven years ago. Survivors include his widow and two children Bea tice and Genevieve who have lived with Mrs E W Softley in Butte. Interment was at Seattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Occidental Avenue
Yesler Way
Seattle
Edward J. Baker
Deer Lodge
Mont
E.W. Soffley
Butte
Baker
Baker & Conway
Ako
Issoula
Beatice
Genevieve
Softley
Federal Avenue
Tacoma
Edge
Thks
Sutte's Leo Benz Not In Police Court Case
The man named as Leo Benz in a police court vagrancy charge was not the former boxer Leo Benz, now a shift boss at the Anaconda mine. He asserts he is the only person of that name in town, was at work at the time, and has long lived here with a family and trusted friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Benz
Anaconda
Rutte
Many Government Positions Vacant Examinations Announced
The Butte civil service commission announces exams to form eligible lists for numerous vacancies across federal posts. Positions include scientist farmer at Fort Keogh, automobile electrician at Camp Lewis, senior instructors and instructors in the war department, draftsman, health staff and public health roles, metallurgical chemist, assistant metallurgical chemist, preparator, statistician, patent office assistants, clerks with stenography, physical laboratory helper, fisheries scientific assistant, typist, educational material constructor, gas inspector, mechanical engineer in experimental work, and senior architect. Dates span July to November with varied salaries and continuous appointment possibilities.
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Butte Civil Serve Commission
Scientift Farmer
Fort Keogh
Mont
Automobile
Camp Lewis
Wash
War Department
Seattle
Division of Mechanical Technology
Patent Office
Bureau of Fisheries
Montana Voters to Decide Bond and Tax Initiatives
Helena reports that Initiative Nos. 18 and 19, shaping state school funding, will appear on the November ballot. About 17,000 signatures show strong support, with Silver Bow and Missoula counties leading the drive. If approved, No. 18 funds a yearly tax for four state institutions and No. 19 authorizes up to 5 million dollars in bonds for buildings and facilities across the same system.
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Helena
State School of Mines
Secretary of States
Mate of
Montana
Silver Bow
Missoula
School of Mines
State University
United States
Red
Friends of Education
Univerty of Montana
Butte
State College
SETA CHAPTER PICNIC AT THOMPSON PARK
The Beta chapter of Westminster guild held a Saturday afternoon picnic at Thompson Park inviting guild members families. Lunch was prepared by members with coffee over an open campfire by K A Hill. Guests and members sang and shared stories beside the fire. Notable attendees included Mr and Mrs Wesley Strange Mr and Mrs K A Hill and others from the guild and visiting guests from Saginaw Helena and Plains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Westminster Guild
Lisle Henderson
Groeneveldt
Bruce Millikin
Milo Roberts
von Derhelt
George Rudowig
J. A. Smith
Robert. Hena
J.C. Phillips
L. J. ‘Quisiey
Donald” McMillan
Byrne
C. C. Pratt
H. A. Tash
Robert Gordon
Guild
George Scollens
Saginaw, Mich
Knowles
Helena
Louise Marks
Plains, Mont
Butte Engineers Meet Tomorrow in Judge Jackson's Courtroom
Engineers of Butte invited to attend a session in Judge Jackson's courtroom Tuesday evening. Talks include Chief Engineer Brown of Redwood Manufacturing on the stave pipe line installation of the Butte Water Company. Meeting aims to boost summer interest in the local engineering association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Engineers of
Butte
American Association of Engineers
Crowded Streets Delay Peanut Roll Wager Payment
Martin Cullerton did not pay his wager to Joe Manwaring yesterday as he rolled a peanut from Main to Montana on Granite Street. The crowd was sparse, so the payment was postponed awaiting a larger turnout. If crowds gather today at noon, the wager will be settled. otherwise it will be postponed again.
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Martin Cullerton
Joe Manwaring
Granite Street
Main
Montana
Manwaring
Cullerton
Hoon
Lost children wander to Butte Emergency Hospital
Regular visitors, hundreds yearly, these wanderers reflect Butte’s cosmopolitan mix. Police bring many after detentions. at the hospital matron cares for them until guardians claim them. Stories of a six year old Slav named Mike and other wanderers reveal vivid imaginations and the city’s humane response.
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Butte Y Emergency Hospital
Butte
Rome
Butte Catholic Churches Schedule and Events Overview
Clergy announce weekly mass times for St John and St Joseph parishes, with special intentions and holy communion for the children of Mary and the sodalities. Reports cover Holy Name society meetings, parish picnics at Lake Avoca, a July 29 event, and a monster Catholic field day planned for August. Memorials note the funeral of Michael Farrell in Arizona and the ordination of Rev Patrick McVeigh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cine Mign
Hugh Robertson
Father Joyce
Father Patrick McVeigh
ST. John's
Ailes” McNulty
Lawrence Philip Edwards
Angie Vermty
Mary 'Martin
Ana | Sermary
Sodality
Lake Avoca
Rome
Saguers
Thompson Park
Holy Name Society
The
Children of Mary
Thomas Ashe
Friends of Irish Freedom
Pele
Michael Farrell
Arizona
S Mary’s
ST. Joseph’s
the Sodality
Holy Communion
Annie
Bonner
Our Lady of Per Fay
Mary Shean
John Shean
Michael ‘Manly
Fouer Cherese
de Hisa Mares Aurims
Charles McDonald
Catherine Crusatt
Jee Abbott
Froik Hamilton
St. Francis
Purgatorial Society
Mary
St. Aloysius
House Committee Visits Oregon From Across the Nation
A group from the House Appropriations Committee arrived in Portland after touring Central Oregon and planned to depart for Eastern Washington. Members include chairman James W. Good of Iowa and colleagues William R. Wood Snr Louis Shreve Joseph W. Crampton Milton Bren John M. Evans John J. Hagan and James A. Galvan, representing several states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
House Appropriations Committee
Oregon
Washington
House
Ames W. Good
Iowa
William R. Wood
Snr
Louis Shreve
Pennsylvania
Joseph W. Crampton
Michigan
Milton W. Bren
Tennessee
John M. Evans
Montana
John J. Hagan
New Jersey
James A. Galvan
Massachusetts
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Luteys
Ms . Montana
Ied
Refrigerator Express
Rialto Theater
LOWE
Riddell
F. A. Ironside
North Main Street
Jefferson Valleys
Sutte
Alaska
Ellison- White
Ellison
White Music
Lyceum
Chautauquas Groer
Calgary
Auckland
Zealand
Butte Cab and Transfer Co
SETA
Martin
Mike
Arizona Street
Bexne
Butte Catholic Churches
Vantuch
Irs
Mar
Stoy
St, Lawrence's
Patrick Meveigm
Sacred Heart Church
Prie
Sacred Heart Parish
House Committee
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