Highways of Beaverhead Superior to IOARO Roads
Dillon July 14 Tourists entering Montana report Beaverhead county roads are in better condition than in Idaho and southern states. Dry soil has paused new construction but two road crews near Monida and in Grasshopper area continue smoothing rough spots and replacing bridges and culverts.
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Montana
Glacier Park
Beaverhead County
Idaho
Heaverhead
Beaverhead
Monida
Grasshopper
Big Hole
Theogram
Helena Commercial Club Elects Leaders and Plans Actions
Helena July 14 The Commercial Club directors elect Ralph Kaufman as vice president and naming Charles Brazier as chairman. They seek railroad officials to reopen the Great Northern station, allocate 100 dollars to the Helena baseball team, and authorize a dinner for traveling men. In other notes a canal irrigation project is announced, several companies file incorporation papers, and a major paving project on Lawrence Hauser avenue is proposed with a 150000 dollar budget.
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Helena
Commercial Club Today
Ralph 0. Kaufman
Frank M. Smith
Charles R. Brazier
Great Northern
Rufus Lewis Sentenced to Life in Prison
Helena July 14 Rufus Lewis aged 70 was convicted by a district court jury of first degree murder for shooting his divorced wife Sarah Lewis in the back with a shotgun at Craig in August 1918 at Z T Brewers home He was sentenced by Judge R Lee Ward to life at hard labor in the state prison.
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Helena
Rufus Lewis
District Court
Sarah Lewis
R. Lee Ward
Lewis
Craig
Z. T. Brewer
Dr Hitchcock asks state physicians to cooperate
Helena July 14 Physicians of Montana are urged to resume use of the state bacteriological laboratory as Dr E D Hitchcock announces he has assumed charge. He says he has been chosen as state bacteriologist and requests cooperation of every physician to make the lab a useful and usable part of state health work, upholding the standard of his predecessor Dr Arthur H McCray.
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Helena
Montana
E. D. Iitchcock
Hitchcock
Arthur H. McCray
Hay supply from Idaho to Helena boosts local feed needs
Helena reports 1000 tons of hay shipped from Boise to fairgrounds in Lewis and Clark County. State agricultural officials discuss government aid and marketing steps as Dairymen urge agents to buy hay, aiming for lower costs and better storage. comments attributed to W He Plane and Mr Pilm.
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Helena
Boise
Idaho
Lewis
W. He
Tony
Pilm
MF. Fiunr
Making Trip to Aid Disabled Soldiers
Helena on July 14 Dr H Mr Bracken director for division Now 10 of the department of public health with headquarters in St Paul will be in Helena Tuesday to give free medical treatment to discharged soldiers sailors marines and hospital nurses and to assist in making out claims upon the bureau of War Risk Insurance He is making a trip through the state.
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Helena
Austrian rancher Markovich is jailed in Dillon
Martin Markovich an Austrian rancher near Dillon was sentenced to three days in county jail and fined 150 dollars for meddling with a water headgate. He hid near the headgate to watch the water measure and then raised it to release extra water. This marks the third or fourth offense in three weeks, with earlier violators receiving stiff fines.
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Dillon
Dillon Baseball Club
Sheridan
Madison
Caverhead
M. Best
Dubois
W. E. Brierly
Dutt
Joseph C. Smith
Mra, Kert
Hollis Potter
Thomas
Chicago
Dansie
Meeks
Yellowstone Park
Klein Waxst
Kent
Beaverhead Mest
Elkhorn Springs
Twin Bridges News mining case findings submitted
In Twin Bridges on July 14 the findings in the federal case against Frank C. Lavigne of Helena were submitted to federal authorities after a three day hearing before Commissioner Hull. Mrs. Toveyana Saits left for Spokane to visit her son Roy. twins added to Tovey's family. Mrs. Stark and Genevieve visiting Mrs. Mueller in Melrose with relatives in Whitehall. visitors from Oakland, California.
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Spokane
Tovey
Roy
Joseph Stark
Genevieve
Mueller
Melrose
Whitehall
Oakland
Cal
Speeding Fine In Helena Police Court
Helena July 19 Deer Lodge resident Blelenberg was fined $4 for speeding within city limits.
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Helena
Cmuge Blelenberg
Deer Lodge
Special Train To Garry Mento Harvest Fields
Falls, July 14. A special train will carry 250 dry land farmers from Great Falls Montana to Sidney seeking work after crop losses. They will work at least 30 days at 50 cents an hour or more, under H G Gould county agent in Sidney and recruited by the federal employment service.
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Eat Falls
Montana
Great Falls
Sidney
H. G. Gould
Federal Employment Service
Offers of pasturage for Montana stock
Helena July 14. The following offers of pasturage to assist Montana cattle and sheep during the drought have been received by the state live stock commission. Names and locations include H W Hall Langford SD 1000 cattle W S Stex Kinkaid ND 2000 sheep and 200 cattle Medford Wisconsin 640 acres for sheep L L Urquhart Stillwater Minnesota 30000 acres near Markeville Minnesota David Tozer company Stillwater Minnesota Sinclair Hogan Belden Minnesota Red Clover Des Moines Iowa Buhler McGrath Minnesota CW Frown Lacher Moose Lake Minnesota Moose Lake Commercial club Moose Lake Jorge Rt Slocim land com St Paul BF Martin Hartsford North Dakota J Anderson Chamberlain SD and George W Smith Sioux City stockyards Sioux City Iowa. Town can furnish information on large tracts.
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Montana
State Livestock Commission
H. W. Hall
Langford
Stex Kinkaid
Messina
X. D
Stillwater
Minn
Sinclair & Hogan
Belden
Red Clover Company
Des Moines
BO. Buhler
McGrath
Frown
Lacher
Moose Lake
Sioux City
Town
Mrs Carter Organizes Republican Women Tour
Helena reports Mrs Thomas H Carter widow of a former unit leader will organize Republican women in the state. She will visit Wyoming Washington Minnesota and Alaska during her tour and serve on the national Republican executive committee.
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Thomas H. Es
Unit 1
National Republican ‘Executive Committee
Barter Wil
Wyoming
Washington
Minnesota
Alaska
Montana call in Spokane district prompts cattle feed plan
A Spokane Stockmen's Club committee reported tonight that Montana conditions may force bringing cattle, horses, and sheep into the state for feed. The group, including Grant Copeland and Walter Richards, said farmers, bankers, and stockyards men stand ready to cooperate. Feasible pea straw storage will be used to feed the livestock arriving from Montana.
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Sto Men's Club
Spokane
Grant Copeland
Stockmen's Club
Walter, Richards
Spokane Union
Stockyar 4
Allama
Will Urge Wilson to Visit Montana
Democratic National Committee chairman Homer Cummings urged President Wilson to visit Montana during his swing around the state. Cummings delivered a stirring address at a theater tonight and drew a crowd from Montana as critics charged war expenditures.
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Wilson
Montana
Homer
Cummings
Democratic National Committee
Snelde
Jo Ruse “Ieremer
George
Bass
Chicago
Heat
Fire Ravages Lehigh Coal Camp Destroying The Liberty Theater
Lewistown July 14 A severe fire struck Lehigh coal mining camp destroying the Liberty Theater on the west side of the county with about 20000 dollars in losses and 8500 dollars insured The Union Billiard Hall also suffered damage about 25000 dollars with 12000 dollars insured The origin of the blaze is not known.
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Lewistown
Lehigh
Liberty Theater
Union Billiard Hall
Lamont Wins One Third Interest in Grass Range Farm
Judge Bicce signs decree awarding Harry Lamont a one third share of a 240 acre Grass Range tract held by Ole O Winger. Lamont’s claim stems from an infancy death of his mother after a prior sale by the administrator 21 years ago amid irregularities. Minnich shoots self after leaving letter and will for his niece in Oskaloosa. Salvation Army campaign cards raise between 300 and 400 dollars. totals delayed due to canvassers still gathering.
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Bicce
Harry Lamont
Grass Range
Ole O. Winger
Lamont
Winger
Eamont
Robert Minniel
Himsel
Eward Frigstad
Oskaloosa
Minnich
Salvation Army
Plan to Aid Cattle Growers Sparks Federal Loans
Washington July 14 The government plans to provide financial aid to cattle producers to boost beet production. Senator Kendrick Wyoming after a meeting with the War Finance Corporation and the Federal Reserve Board said the corporation will issue a statement confirming it can make loans on proper security to corporations and individuals to increase beef exports. Governor Harding said he would utilize banks in western cattle districts to assist stockmen in temporary need of funds.
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Kendrick
Wyoming
War Finance Corporation
Federal Reserve Board
Goon
Harding
Making an Effort to Track Auto Delinquents
Helena July 14 Appeals to county commissioners and the automobile club to help report many motorists dodging automobile license fees. Charles W. Stewart secretary of state seeks a special agent in every town in Montana. Letters arrive daily from people who have paid the fee complaining neighbors are not enforcing the law. Stewart says officers are not watching tags closely and owners are taking advantage. the department plans more inspectors across the state.
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Helena
Automobile Clube
Charles Wee Stewart
Stewart
Montana
Automobil Partment Zenda
Fron
Court transfers cases to Great Falls court
Washington July 14. The federal court discussed the need for at least 25 million dollars this year to rehabilitate and educate wounded soldiers sailors and marines. The House appropriations committee was told by the federal board for vocational education.
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Washington
Federal Board For Vocational Education
Tanlac credited with transforming a Denver hotel worker
A testimonial from Stephen Hehneringe Baer at the Brown Palace hotel in Denver describes severe nervous trouble, weight loss, and digestive ills that improved after taking Tanlac. He reports weight gain to 145 pounds, better sleep, and restored energy, claiming Tanlac saved his health and that of his wife and children. Tanlac is advertised as sold by Fuller Drug in Anaconda and Newbro Drug in Butte.
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Stephen Hehneringe Baer
Brown Priace
Denver Col
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Tsimiy
Tansity
Tania
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toMie
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Tanlac
Anaconda
Fuller Drug Company
Butte
Newbro Drug Company
Home Loan Bill Expands Rural Home Ownership Access
A proposed Home Loan bill outlines capitalization of 100 dollars for farm town loans and up to 1,000 dollars for home purchase by applicants in town or country. Loans run from six to sixty years at three percent interest, with provisions favoring farmers and eligible urban residents. For West homesteaders, a five year five thousand dollar limit is set, usable after approval and securing a tent.
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Farm Town Board
Bion
Clut
Forest fire reports across Montana threaten multiple sites
July 14 dispatches describe several wildfires on state lands near Livingston Lincoln Kalto pells near Craig Missoula and Drum Butte areas. Crews work to contain flames as timber and brush burn with some structures and ranges at risk. Containment progress varies with weather conditions and ongoing suppression efforts.
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Lincoln
Craig
Neat
Missoula
Drum
Virginia Senator Urges Nations Covenant Support
Washington July 14 Senator Swanson of Virginia a Democrat and foreign relations committee member urged the United States to uphold the League of Nations covenant calling it the world's greatest document. He warned that rejection would plunge the nation back into brute force and barbarism and argued Americans must join the world effort to secure lasting peace.
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League of Nations
Swanson
Virginia
Dem Salie
Foreign Relatons
Senate
First Airship Flight Images Capture US British Link
Newspapers publish photographs from the R-34 airship voyage linking the United States to England. Images show President Wilson's rival in New York, a view from an American airship as the British dirigible neared London, and a Willard-Dempsey fight snapshot taken in Toledo on July 4.
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England
London
Putnam
Wilson
New York
Minsola
Toledo
America
Brotherhood Elects Ninth Vice President at Denver Meet
In Denver July 14 the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers elected its ninth vice president. Mr Hopkins will hold two additional offices as president created by the convention. Official notice said Tuesday is the convention's final day and the next meeting site will be decided tomorrow with candidates Houston Savannah Louisville and San Francisco. London reports Parliament members earn about 2000 a year and work roughly 24 hours weekly with low attendance late in the evenings.
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King
Syracuse
N.Y
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Houston
Texas
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Louisville
San Francisco
London
Mome Lond Wen
House of Commons
Daylight Saving to Be Permanent in United States
Washington July 14 The daylight saving plan to move clocks forward in March and back in October will be continued indefinitely. The House defeated the agricultural appropriation bill over President Wilsons veto by 4740 135 to PAR The repeal advocates were eight votes short of the two thirds needed. Urban representatives opposed the repeal while agricultural districts favored the original act. Senate action was not expected soon and the vetoed measure prevents further repeal efforts.
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Washington
Wilson
House
Marc
Senate
Failort
Noting No Basis for Fraud Charge in Seattle Shipbuilding
H Frick district manager Emergency Fleet Corp states no records in Seattle support any fraud accusation against shipbuilding interests here He acted promptly amid a probe and suspicions that an agent connected with the case may have been murdered
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Seattle
H. Frick
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Return of General Pei is expected soon
Washington officials indicate preparations underway for the early return of General Pei and his personal staff. Dispatches today suggest the timing remains tentative but likely in the near future.
Rank and File to Vote on the One Big Union Plan
In Seattle on July 14 unionists aligned with the State Federation of Labor urged rank and file voting on the one big union proposal. The federation executive council said the vote was the intent of the convention resolution and that arrangements for a ballot would be perfected. The outcome hinges on broad support or opposition to the reform.
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Wash
State Federation of Labor
Federation
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