Compensation Law Is Giving General Satisfaction In State
Helena June 3 In response to Governor Stewart request the state industrial accident board reports on workmen compensation operations through May 11 marking the end of 28 months Under the act 1 860 employers enrolled 47 986 employees in 1915 70 000 later Total compensation and medical fees 668 067 85 plus penalties about 110 000 total liability 1 075 067 Accidents reported 14 244 including 266 fatal 11 totally disabled 255 permanently partially disabled 13 692 temporarily totally disabled 5 receiving compensation 10 returned to work early and received medical care Fatalities by industry led quartz mines coal mines smelting construction lumber electrical power or miscellaneous Plan 1 60 employers self insured 2 708 employees and 581 890 86 paid out indicating accident cost under 1 percent Plan 2 1 119 employers 16 060 employees 149 153 5 paid out annual payroll 12 005 680 23 months 23 135 879 indicates cost under 1 percent Plan 3 state insurance 681 employers 9 215 employees 35 106 85 paid out with pending claims about 12 000 total
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Helena
Stewart
State Industrial Accident Board
Nmber
Tee
Ual
Tmameette
Bid for leasing Camas Hot Springs announced
The Department of the Interior invites bids for a twenty five year lease of Camas Hot Springs for hotel and bath house purposes. Bids due by 2 PM June 18 1917 at the Flathead Indian School Dixon Montana. Include $600 certified check and address to the Superintendent. Bids opened publicly with bidders present.
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Department of the Interior
Office of Indian Affairs
Camas Hot Springs
Flathead
Bond approval for Livingston county high school addition passes
Livingston voters approved a 68 000 bond for a new addition to the county high school, with about one third of registered voters participating and a majority of 441 in favor. The issue will be split by precincts and a prior 45 000 bond from last August was ruled illegal for polling hours. The addition is set for occupancy at fall term.
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Livingston
Ma County High School
We J Swindlehurst
Yesternday
Trades and Labor Council
Northern Pacific
Labor
S.C. Ford
Charles F. de Groat
Montana
Northern Pete
Methodist Church
G._R._ Edmonds
Lewistown
W. A. Allen
Lodge of Elke
EC. Iliott
Montana University
Park County High School
A. P. Starke
Frank Trowbridge
W. J. Riley
Trowbridge
Riley
Ust
Unser
Cornell
Rumor of Rankin Senate Bid Sparks Washington Talk
A Washington rumor suggests Representative Jeannette Rankin may seek a Senate seat next year. Officials contest the claim, noting it has not been printed or traced to a source and Rankin has not publicly denied, while others in Congress regularly pursue promotion from the House to the Senate.
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the Standard
Washington
Jeannette Rankin
Senate
Senaor
Tg. Walsh
Sis Fatakin
Hankin
House of Repre
Tseek
House
Lewistown Ends Early Closing Pact for Saturday Evenings
Lewistown business houses abandon the 6 p.m. Saturday closing agreement after three small firms violated it. Big houses will keep early hours unless others object. The Great Northern delays Winnett line due to steel scarcity, while Milwaukee has steel for a 26 mile extension from Grass Range Junction. Winnett area sees large land put under cultivation and a railroad prospect remains key. A. F. Comner sues E. Hamilton for over 11000, claiming illegal eviction and seizure of grain stock and hay from ranch property.
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Lewistown
Mo Walker
Bert d'Aulr
Ithern
Winnett
Milwaukee
Grass Range Junction
A. F. Cormner
E. Hamilton
Three Forks Pioneer Mrs Hood Laid to Rest
Mrs Minne Hood buried from the Methodist church in Three Forks after a shock to the community. She was daughter of Block family who came from Buffalo Minnesota when she was a child and married Otis Hood in December 1915. She played on the Three Forks high school girls basketball team and was active in sports. the Reese delivered an impressive sermon. Frank Veach of Newcastle Pennsylvania handled business matters and local visitors included Harry Gillingham and Thomas Young in Belgrade. Mrs Leon Ballantyne traveled to Manhattan then Willow Creek to visit her parents, while George Dunn and family journeyed from California for health reasons.
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Three Forks
Minne Hood
Reese
Frank Veach
Newcastle
Harry Gillingham
Thomas Young
Belgrade
Carl Henderson
Mobridge
Leon Ballantyne
Manhattan
Willow Creek
Cook
George Dunn
Rca. Pasley
Green Acres
McAllister
Virginia City
Isabella Kinkead
Alder
George Kink
Adobetown
F. M. Kerr
Buck
Mr. Steven
Mon! Company
M. M. Duncan Ofts
Clifford Jeffers
Bert Maynard
Jeffers
Madison River
Philip
Lor Beach
Cal
Duncan
Butte
Frank Robinson
Martha Comley
Ennis
Bozeman
Takratti
Iag
Y City
Lenore Florence Daems
Orlean
Orlando Levien
Alma Smith
Mary ‘Schneider
Robert Maloney
Harold Metzel
Percy Wil‘ams
Bessie Meyer
Ruby Higgins
Agnes Staudaher
Ruby
Gladys Vickers
Bessie Vickers
Rose Weinart
Thomas Brook
Ruby Creek
Madison Valvely
Eleanor Brook
Homer Williams
Earl Anderson
Easton
Jerry Lewis
James G. Walker
Weidrock
Edward Oscar Lemon
Josephine Glasser
Sheridan
Richard Peel
Matt Carey
William E. Mosher
Freemansburg
M. Elsie Tinsley
Whitehall
Mont
Pony
John Mondocca
Austria-Hungary
United States
Pat Moran
Callaway and
Beckett
District Court
Thomas Dwards
Waterloo
Hige
Moran
Laurin
Madison County
Edwards
Pat McCoy
Moore's Creek
Madigan Valley
Henrietta Row
Steve McDonald
Mary Butle
Cecile Trout
William Ward
Dewey Davies
Barton Gulch
Clyde Rann
Apokane
Field Artillery Division
United States Army
Ben Stutenburg
Walter, Morris
Madison Valley
Varney
Wiliam Kramer
John Schneider
Valentine Cicon
Charley, Emerson
Karl Burgstrom
Elizabeth Harriman
Powell
Virginia City News highlights local people and events
Virginia City reports list of residents visiting, trading, and traveling between June 1 and June 3. Includes appointments for gistry agents, citizenship grants, navy enlistment, school exams, mining interests, land filings, marriages, births, and local incidents. Mentions several towns and individuals from Alder, Varney, McAllister, Twin Bridges, and Pony.
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Virginia City
C. W. Hungerford
D. A. Noble
Morgan of
Varney
William Elliott
Great Britain
United States
Cardwell
Butte
Sam
A.J. Smith
Garrison
Charles Bausch
B. Biswell
Norris
Fred W. Kroger
George Newling
W. C. Scott
Philipsburg
Alkire
Pony
Bat
C. W. Bank
Green Acres Stanch Company
Iity
McAllister
Crater
Alder
Thomas Call
Henry W. Buford
Buford
William Wightman
Wightman
Ruth Buford
Tennessee
Io J.C. Barnett
Barnett
Mr. Barnett
Blanche Peel
Helena
Payton Barnett
Maley
Madison County
Robert T. Stalcup
Joseph
Robert H. Hill
John W. Carney
Dillon
Ruby Kohls
Patrick J. Doherty
Alice Wiles
Twin Bridges
Nellie Needham
Twin
Patents Granted 10 Citizens of Montana
Washington reports patents granted to Montana citizens through the office of R. G. Park Jr. include Homer L. Brisbin Townsend French David D. Getman Eugene Guillot Edward n Henry Thomas J. Sherman Joseph Wisniewski and more. Also notes local updates: injuries and recoveries, visitors, and military assignments in the Madison Valley and Alder region.
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Washington
Montana
R. G. Park Jr
Homer Ll. Brisbin
Townsend
David D. Getman
Minneapolis
Wool market and shearing outlook in Montana
In Central and Northern Montana buyers report limited remaining wool on contract, with about 1,000,000 pounds unspoken for. Wool fetched up to 64 cents recently. Shearing has begun in a small way and full scale operations are not expected before June 25.
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Montana
Conscription Era Marriage Licenses in Cascade County
Great Falls reports a rush for marriage licenses ahead of selective service. Of 17 issued, 16 went to men of conscriptive age, one 43 and another 19. The average age of the 15 entering army service is 24 years. Governor and Mrs Stewart to attend a banquet in Hotel Rainbow next Thursday as guest of honor for the district commercial travelers meeting.
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WIV
Great Falls
Cascade County
Stewart
Hotel Rainbow
United Commercial Travelers
Smeltermen Subscribe to Liberty Loan at Great Falls
Great Falls June 8 Twelve hundred and three of the 1993 employees at the Foston Montana smelter subscribed for Liberty loan bonds after a weeklong campaign. Subscriptions total $96,350 toward a $100,000 plant goal, averaging $48.84 per subscriber with 60 percent of workers taking part.
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Great Falls
Foston & Montana
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A. Je. Spricas
William Keating
Livingston News
Yellowstone
Miss Rankin
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