Montana to share in new highway contract awards
Montana's state highway commission will open bids for about 56 miles of road work and three bridges on June 22 in Helena. Projects cover Bearmouth Deer Lodge, Dillon-Butte, Helena Townsend, Rocky Canyon, Grass Range Roundup, Forsyth Miles City, and Great Falls East sections, plus two steel one beam bridges on the Forsyth Miles City route and a 25 foot steel bridge on the Yellowstone Trail between Huntley and Worden.
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Helena
Montana
State Highway Commission
Senate
State Capitol
Helena-Townsend
Jefferson
Broadwater
Bearmouth- Deer Lodge
Granite
Powell
Dillon-Butte
Beaverhead
Madison
Silver Bow
Lewis and Clark and
Rocky Canyon
Gallatin County
Grass Range
Fergus County
Forsyth- Miles City
Rosebud
Custer
Custer Coulee
Yellowstone Trail
Huntley
Worden
Yellowstone County
Spanish Dictator Jilts Fiancee Over Exchange Spying
Madrid June 8 The premier and dictator Primo de Rivera ends his engagement after his fiancée Senorita Mercedes Castellanos was seen on the stock exchange buying securities with Count Cimera and the Duke of Almódovar. The note states the conduct was incomprehensible. A wedding planned for September would have made her a marquesa.
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Associated
Presa
Madrid
Spain
Primo de Rivera
Stock Exchange
Alphonso
Senorita Mercedes Castellanos
Senor de Rivera
Marquis de
Estella
Miguel Primo de Rivera Y Urbaneja
Southern Cross finishes arduous Pacific crossing to Brisbane
The Southern Cross completed a 1 726 mile Fiji to Australia flight amid heavy rain and gale driven seas. Captain Charles Kinsford Smith and Charles Ulm led the crew with navigator Harry Lyon and radio operator James Warner. They landed at Eagle Farm, Brisbane, to widespread celebrations after delayed arrival.
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Fiji
Pacific
Australia
America
Charles Kinsford-Smith
Charles Ulm
Sons of
Harry W. Lyon
James Warner
Sons
Southern Cross
California
Hawaii
Sydney
Oakland
Eagle Farm
Ballina
Brisbane
Delinquent Tax List Shows Smallest In Years Figures
Treasurer McCarthy announced the delinquent tax list will reduce the original amount by at least 10,000, leaving 21,000 or less for the year. Last year’s personal taxes totaled 61,274.35 with about 4,500 delinquent in November. May taxes paid 128,856.83, reducing outstanding warrants to about 300,000. warrants issued up to a year ago will be redeemed.
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McCarthy
County Finances Show Healthier Balance Despite Lower Tax Take
Treasurer’s report notes May 31 balances of 603 753 50 versus 550 765 86 a year earlier. May 1928 receipts 293 113 79, expenditures 98 212 90 leaving a county balance of 603 753 50. School district ends May 1 1928 in red 27 938 60 with month receipts 260 796 21 and payments 144 706 28 leaving 88 151 33.
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Brett
Birdwomen Grounded by Weather Delays in Transatlantic Hop
Weather and mechanical issues delay Mable Bell's planned non stop flight from Roosevelt Field. Rain and fog hampered refueling and takeoff while a leak in a fuel tank was repaired. The Columbia was moved to Roosevelt Field and will be loaded with more gasoline for the next attempt.
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Wilmer Stultz
Lou Gordon
Friendship
Halifax
Atlantic
Associated Press
Curtiss Field
N. Y
Charles A. Levine
Henry B. Clarke
Roosevelt Field
Mable Bell
Europe
Old Orchard
Maine
Levine
Columbia
Miss Bell
Clarke
Butte Boy Scouts Launch Eight Thousand Campaign Drive
The Butte executive council announces a fundraising drive to raise eight thousand dollars to fund a summer camp for Silver Bow area and to hire a trained executive from the National Scout executive committee. Local leaders include Dr. John A. Donovan and Andrew J. Davis with a large roster of solicitors to gather funds.
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Holbrook
National Council
John A. Donovan
Butte
Andrew J. Davis
D. J. Charles
National Scout Executive Committee
J. W. Andrews
J. G. Ragsdale
Dr. A. S. Karsted
Steve Hogan
William Beery
Sam R. Parker
W. F. O’brien
Mose Linz
W. L. Beaty
F. J. McQueeney
Dave Currie
Wilbur Zundel
A. H. Heilbronner
Fred I. Root
Ward Thompson
Fred Emmett
W. E. Pierce
W. P. Coughlin
Paul Huddlo
Baby of eight months wins large Derby prize
An eight month old baby is named as the real owner of a 1 310 000 prize in the Calcutta Sweepstakes on the Derby. The ticket was issued to W H Webb but the infant appears to have bought several tickets for timber merchant Ibrahim Daweed Kazi and his family. The infant's number drew Felstead the winning horse.
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Associated Press
London
Calcutta
Daily Mail
Bombay
India
W. H. Webb
Webb
Ibrahim Daweed Kazi
Felstead
Quality Meats Price List Highlights Bargain Meats
Fancy steer beef and pork cuts listed with per pound prices along with veal mutton and poultry items. Includes sirloin steak prime rib roast corned beef pork loin leg shoulder pocket veal leg and crown roasts fresh dressed chickens smoked pork loin smoked beef tongue and pork sausage with prices noted for each item.
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Link
Airplane Gift to Kingsford Smith and Ulm After Pacific Flight
Charles Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm receive the Southern Cross and debt discharge from G. Allan Hancock of Los Angeles as a token of friendship for their Pacific flight. Hancock ordered a bill of sale and discharge sent to them via a Sydney bank, with no publicity. Canberra later reports a £5,000 grant to the pilots and a drought relief moratorium until Feb 28, 1926.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Pacific
Charles Kingsford-Smith
Charles Ulm
Southern Cross
G. Allan Hancock
California
Sportsman
Hancock
Sydney
Oakland
Oaxaca
Mazatlan
California Bank of Los Angeles
Commercial Banking Company of Sydney
Kingsford-Smith and Ulm
Kingsford- Smith
Mexico
Mexican
Canberra
Australia
Federal Government
Explorer Down on Little Fale Near Spitzbergen Island Group
Refugee explorers report from a little known Spitzbergen archipelago region 20 miles north of Cape Leigh Smith 200 miles south by east of the Italia search area. Maps show Brock and Foyn islands near the area with scarce game and little vegetation noted. The report follows earlier drafts and notes on Italian missions and Nobile's airship activity in the polar north.
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Rome
Cape Leigh Smith
King's Bay
Italia
North Pole
Spitzbergen
Brock
Foyn
Leigh Smith
Nationalist Forces Take Peking as Capital Falls
Pe king fell to nationalist armies at 10 o clock this morning with complete order. Shansi forces led the entry as Mukden interim garrison withdrew. News from the city was limited as cable and telegraph service were interrupted.
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Associated Press
Peking
Washington
Mukden
Smiths Daughter to Marry Today in Albany Cathedral
Miss Catherine A. Smith youngest daughter of Gov Alfred E Smith will wed Francis J Quillinan of Troy tomorrow morning in Albany Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Cardinal Hayes will officiate with the governor giving the bride. elaborate preparations described. Wealthy men of Czecho Slovakia taking to American suspenders.
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Ass Ated
Albany
N. Y
Catherine A. Smith
Alfred E. Smith
Francis J. Quillinan
Troy
Czecho-Slovakia
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Smith
Wein
Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes
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Explorer
Little
Nobile
King’s Bay
Iowa City
Iowa
Altoona
Charles C. Wylie
Department of Astronomy
University of Iowa
Wylie
General Nobile
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