Great Northern plans southern transcontinental line to Lewiston
Butte reports completion of a North Dakota to Richy Montana segment of a new Great Northern alternate line. The southern route aims to avoid winter blocks and floods, linking a North Dakota start to Lewistown then Helena. Completion depends on wartime steel demand. line promises year round traffic for freight and passengers.
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Butte
Great Northern
North Dakota
Richey
Dawson County
Mont 8
Lne
Lewistown
Montana
Helena
Great” Northern
Tts
Butts
St. Paul
Assignments Given to Fight Montana Men at Fort Wright
Of 24 recruits examined at Fort Wright in Spokane on Monday, half were from Montana. Montana men accepted include Verner Goddard, 20, stenographer from Billings in the medical department, and John T. McLaughlin, 22, stenographer from Billings in the same unit. The state of Washington is the union northwestern commonwealth none has fled its quota in the regular army.
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Fort Wright
Spokane
Montana
Washington
Unio
Northwestern
Commonwealth
Verner. Goddard
Billings
John T. McLaughlin
Medical Department
Comptroller Reports Revised to Limit Bank Condition Calls
The comptroller of the treasury informed Postmaster Goodwin that future reports of condition by national banks will not require detailed statements of vault losses. Banks will mainly report gold coin, silver and minor coins, clearing house certificates, and specie-based figures in periodical statements unless statistical needs arise.
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Comptroller of the Treasury
Goodwin
Prospecting Around the Wills of Butte
Prospecting around the wills of Butte shows a surge of activity with assayers tallying a spike in samples from June 15 to July 18, the busiest period in three years. When the walkout began, many miners returned to their claims or earned commissions to ore for private parties, though last week saw fewer samples and ongoing representation work by miners in large numbers.
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Putte
Dartmouth Hero’s Brother Honored In War Record
Deputy county attorney E. Pat Kelley reports a college friend Osborne, who starred on the Dartmouth team last year, was wounded and died after heroically driving wounded soldiers from the front to hospitals. He earned a French cross for bravery, presented to his brother Clinton H. Moore.
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E. Pat Kelley
Osborne
Dartmouth
Clinton H. Moore
James Lord Named To Compensation Board Subcommittee
James Lord president of the mining department of the American Federation of Labor has been named to a subcommittee dealing with the congressional committee on providing for families of men in military service and compensation for those in service. The move comes as discussions advance on a draft bill by Judge Julian W. Mack and associates to grant family allowances and compensation to service members.
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James Lord
Mining Department
American Federation of Labor
Congressional
Mr. Lord
Ontario
Butte
Samuel Gompers
Committee of Labor
Council of National Defense
Julian W. Mack and Associates
Council of National Defense to hear hill proposal
The labor group will submit the hill approved in principle at the next council meeting. Named to the 8 member committee on the matter are James Lord, Frederick L. Hottman, J. W. Sulll, and F. Sheneer Baldwin.
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Council of National Defense
James Lord
Frederick L. Hottman
J. W. Sulll
F. Sheneer Baldwin
Notice on Magazine Covers for Soldiers and Sailors
The article explains that magazines donated for active service members must bear a 1 cent postage due notice or they will not be forwarded. It cites postal regulations guaranteeing delivery to front lines and mentions A. S. Burleson, postmaster general. It also notes Carroll G. Colman’s commissioning as a regular army officer and a sister connection in the local community.
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Howe
A. S. Burleson
Uited States Service
Carroll G. Colman
Crulting
Colorado
Dr. Lautz
Butte
Martha Dolman
British Army Enlistments Expand to Spokane Recruit Station
Hudson, a 34 year old steamgater from Butte, has been accepted at the Spokane British army recruiting station. Recruiting drives continue for subjects of Great Britain and for Canadian regiments, with officers handling enlistments.
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Hudson
Butte
Pokane
Great Britain
Indians muster regiments to defend tribes in U S
Washington July 25 ten regiments of Indian cavalry are proposed to represent 189 tribes in a national force. Dr Joseph Kossuth Dixon of Philadelphia led the idea before the house military committee as head of Rodman Wanamaker North American Indian researches. Wes Remidji Minn July 25 thirty men and one woman, all said to be IWW, were corraled by 180 armed citizens and sent west after a fire destroyed the county’s second largest sawmill.
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Dian
Washington
Kahn
Joseph Kossuth Dixon
Philadelphia
Rodman Wanamaker
House Military Committee
Wes Remidji
Minn
Industrial Workers of the World
Divorces Granted Over Maiden Name Returns
Two divorces granted by Judge Dwyer reveal similar patterns. Each wife, with two children, was deserted by her husband yet won permission to resume her maiden name. Jeanne A. Boucharm, married in Missoula in 1908, and Hedwig Miller, married in New Brunswick in 1908, both kept custody and sought no alimony. Robert R. Cosper sues Flora M. Casper in Los Angeles for separation after 15 years of marriage and one child.
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Dwyer
Jeanne A. Boucharm
Louis V.boucharm
Alissoula
Chiledren
Boucharm
Great
Falis
Jeanne A. Perret
Hedwig Miller
Arthur C. Miller
Hedwig Blaz
New Brunswick
Canada
Albert
Robert R. Cosper
Flora MM
Casper
Los Angeles
Serted
Strike breakers sent to coast amid streetcar strike
Labor headquarters reported 200 men were dispatched from Chicago and Minneapolis to Seattle and Tacoma to serve as strike breakers in the streetcar strikes. Beatings and car service disruption followed in Seattle due to motorman and conductor shortages.
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Labor
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