Fire Fighters Contain Big Creek Blaze and Extend Crews
MISSOULA July 16 Fire fighters on the Big Creek fire in the Lolo forest kept the blaze from threatening white pine timber. Fourteen more men were sent to the fire as a trail crew broke through an enclosing line without injuries. Other fires in the region show varied progress with limited spread despite high winds. some areas lack control while efforts continue on lines near valuable timber.
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Big Creek
Associated Press
Missoula
Lolo Forest
Workman
Pinkham Creek
Kootenai Forest
Bear Creek
Nez Perce
Smith Creek
Pend @'Oreille forest
Spokane
Eastport
Fly Creek
St. Joe Forest
Simmons Creek
Driver Sets 696 Mile Spokane Round Trip Record
Ralph Fournier of Howard Pierce Inc drove from Butte to Spokane and back in 22 hours 7 minutes solo in a Model 10 C Franklin. He left Butte at 1.57 p m Tuesday and arrived at 12.04 p m Wednesday, averaging just over 31 mph along the Yellowstone trail. He completed the feat at the Western Union office, noting fatigue but satisfaction with the record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Fournier
Howard Pierce, Inc
Butte
Spokane
Western Union
Peters
Fournier
Yellowstone Trail
Cleveland vaccinates 10000 in anti smallpox measure
Cleveland Health Commissioner Rockwood lifts a district quarantine after 10000 residents are vaccinated to halt two walking smallpox cases. A police guard of 75 controlled roped traffic as 600 in one apartment and 800 high school pupils received vaccines.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Woodland
Central Avenues
Harry JL. Rockwood
Tuesaday
Needic
Rockwood
Wheeler declines to support Davis for president
Senator Wheeler of Montana announces he will not back John W. Davis. He will back the Democratic ticket in Montana and seek Senator Walsh’s re election, and he bets his vote may go to La Follette though he rejects any vice presidential offer.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wheeler
Montana
John W. Davis
Senate
Daugherty
Walsh
Senator la Follette
la Fallette
All Grains Soar to Year’s Record Prices in Chicago
Wheat corn and oats jumped to new highs amid crop failure reports from Canada. Hog prices at the stock yards also hit a season top as brokers signaled massive daily volume in wheat trading, with yesterday’s total around 69,138,000 bushels.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Canada
Davis First Presidential Campaign Appearance Draws Local Cheers
John W. Davis, Democratic nominee, addressed about 590 neighbors at a Matinecock neighborhood house in Locust Valley. He presented a sentiment of free will and shared that his nomination was only a rumor, humorously noting he would soon be officially apprised and denying knowledge of any vote for him until then.
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Associated Press
Ust Valley
N. Y
John W. Davis
Locust Valley
Matinecock
Davis
Delaware
Producer Control Is Aimed By The Associated Press
Chicago July 16 millard r myers representing several illinois cooperatives said the plan to merge five large grain concerns to give producers ownership cannot be stated in detail. the plan envisions $26 million in stock with preferred shares and a two thirds producer board. initial capital comes from merging companies with a trusteeship of 76 to 100 farmers to ensure control while producers buy stock.
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Representative of
Illinois Cooperatives
Associatet Press
Chicago
Millard R. Myers
Illinois
Tlinois Co-Operative
Aoe Se
H. Ballard
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Grain Merger Committee
American Bureau Federation
Batlard
Myers
Cooking Demonstration Draws Big Audience in Butte
The Standard's cooking school attracts many housewives and daughters. Mrs. Hunt reports July 15 attendance at 227 and the next day 406 as crowds grow. Demonstrations include using the Hughes Hotpoint electric range and baking an angel food cake.
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Standard Cooking School
Alma Hunt
Chamber of Commerce
Army Officer Samuel H. McLeary Killed in Robbery Claim
Maj. Samuel H. McLeary, missing army officer, was killed by Mortimer H. King and an unidentified companion near Canton. King's sworn confession says the motive was robbery and the body was hidden in brush about ten miles from Cheraw, South Carolina.
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Associated Press
Asheville
N. C
Samuel H. McLeary
Mortimer H. King
Canton
Cheraw
8. C
King
Fugitive Cashier Shot Dead After Payroll Vanishes
Clyde N. Fisher cashier at Gann Quealy Coal in Springs Wyoming was shot by mine foreman J Walker while fleeing with payroll. Fisher died later in hospital. A cache of the payroll and supplies was found near the scene along with food water and blankets.
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Associated Press
Springs
Wyo
Clyde N. Fisher
Gann Quealy Coal Company
J. Walker
Fisher
Walker
Montana Bankers Convene In Bozeman For 21st Session
Delegates from across Montana gather in Bozeman for the twenty first annual Montana State Bankers association convention. About 150 financiers and their wives are expected to attend the three day event with a public session at Montana State college gymnasium Friday at 10 am. Dr H W Mumford of the University of Illinois will discuss cattle business and quality for farmers and stock raisers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Bozeman
Montana State Bankers’ Association
Montana State College
H. W. Mumford
College of Agriculture
University of Illinois
MacDonald Welcomes U S Ambassadors At Dawes Talks
London July 16. Prime Minister MacDonald formally welcomed American representatives Kellogg and Logan to the inter allied conference on the Dawes report. Delegates from ten nations praised U.S. input which is seen as aiding a workable reparations plan acceptable to Allies and Germany.
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Frank B. Kellogg
United States
London
Mr. Kellogg
Associated Prose
America
Dawes
Ramsay MacDonald
Foreign Office
McDonald
Kellogg
Col
James A. Logan Jr
Germany
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Italy
Japan
Portugal
Greece
Romania
Serbia
MacDonald
Chicago murderers planned to abduct their own fathers
Nathan Leopold Jr. and Richard Loeb planned to abduct their fathers for ransom as part of the kidnap and murder case of Robert Franks. The plan was rejected after flaws appeared. Loeb’s father was ill and Leopold’s father’s death would hinder ransom from the family.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Nathan Leopold Jr
Richard Loch
Franks Will O
Loeb
Leopold
Mex. Leopold
London airmen prepare for Atlantic dash after Europe test
Six American aviators arriving at Croydon after a 244 flight hours from Seattle plan engine installs at Brough for their final leg toward Kirkwall in the Orkneys. They left Paris this morning and landed at Juats in three hours and four minutes amid cheering crowds.
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London
Seattle
Croydon
Atlantic
Ireland
Greenland
Lebourget
Paris
English Channel
British
Juat
Brough
Kirkwall
Orkneys
Arnold
New York Auto Tourists Plan Yellowstone Trail Trip
A large party from the Automobile Club of New York will travel the Yellowstone trail to California stopping at Yellowstone Park. The tour began in New York with about 100 cars and has moved through Chicago and St Paul and Minneapolis. They will visit Yellowstone Park on July 30 31 and August 1 and Spokane on August 10. Major Bernard McMahan organized the Shrine tour last year. Secretary Venable of the Butte Chamber of Commerce invited a stop in Butte. The group contemplates Glacier Park trip via Great Falls or Missoula.
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Automobile Club of New York
Yellowstone Trail
California
Yellowstone Park
W. R. Venable
Butte Chamber of Commerce
Butte
Bernard
Spokane
Glacier Park
Great Wals
Missoula
Harrison Avenue paving approved by city council
The city council approved opening Placer street over the Butte, Anaconda and Pacific tracks and paving Harrison avenue from Grand to Harvard. It announced plans to create Improvement District 322 for Placer Street and 323 for Harrison Avenue and storm sewers, with Aug. 6 hearing for protests.
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Placer Street
Butte, Anaconda and Pacific
Harrison Avenue
Grand Avenue
Harvard Avenue
Woods
Eighth Ward
R. E. Williams
Seventh Ward
Milwaukee Railway Station
Excelsior Avenue
Granite Alley
Kesha Street
Judiciary Committee
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Robert M. la Follette
Columa
Europe
Angel Food
Wig
ARMY
U.S
Britain
Iceland
Tokio
A. Stuart MacLaren
Yotorofu Island
Paramashiru Island
Kurites
Broughton Bay
Shimushiru Island
Kurile
Yotorofu
Paramashiru
L. G. Broome
MacLaren
New York
Harrison
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