Montana Crop Report Sees Favorable Yields Statewide
Weather bureau director reports beneficial conditions for crops across Montana. Rainfall mostly adequate with Carbon county as an exception. hay and fruit crops expected to exceed averages while alfalfa first cut tidings vary by locale.
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Standard
Helena
Glass
Weather Bureau Today
Carbon County
Carbon
Broadwater
Winston
Beaverhead
Dillon
Cascade
Great Falls
St. Peter's
Chateau—Havre
St. Paul's
Kalispell
Jefferson
Whitehall
Missoula
Timothy
Teton—Dupuyer
Glasgow
Poplar
Yellowstone
Billings
Sheepmen Reject Plains Summer Range Plan
June 17 dispatch reports no new progress in the clash between sheep and cattle interests. Sheep have left the summer range already crowded by cattle and horsemen. Railway land leasing faces slim odds as valuable land is owned or leased. Any sheepman risks loss and danger to life, with or without a railroad lease.
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Standard
Plains
Standard Gauge Work to Begin on Great Falls Line
Contracts awarded for standardizing the Great Falls & Canada railway from Great Falls to the boundary with 800 workers to be employed. Montana firms win major changes at Teton Pondera and Conrad with bridges planned including a 1000 foot Teton span. Completion targeted by September 15 with Canadian Pacific trains to run into Great Falls soon after.
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Great Falls
Great Falls & Canada
Boundary Line
Siems & Shield
Great Northern
Montana
Winters
Parsons & Boomer
Butte
Teton
Twohy Bros
Anaconda
Pondera Change
B. G. Coughran
Sauk Center
Minn
Conrad
W. J. Mulligan
Stems & Shields
Boundary
Canadian Pacific
Prairie
Marins
Siems
St. Paul
Tragic Suicide of Sheep Herder at Sunnyside Ranch
Lawrence Urstrum, a T. C. Power herder in Four Mile coulee near Sunnyside, was found hanging from a ridge pole of his tent four miles from Sunnyside. Coroner Sweeney ruled death by his own hand after a coroner's jury verdict, noting the man had been missing for days and the flock suffered from neglect as dogs starved.
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Standard
Great Falls
Lawrence Urstrum
T. C
Sunnyside
Urstrum
Sweeney
Berthheld
Four Mile Coulee
Ray Welton
H. H. Jelson
Flowcree
San Diego
Cal
Governors respond to Butte mining congress invitation
Governor Toole continues receiving replies from state governors. Minnesota's Van Sant plans to name delegates despite a state campaign. Missouri's Dockery has appointed many delegates but cannot attend due to public business.
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Helena
Toole
van Sant
Minnesota
Dockery
Missouri
Tam
Butte
Miles City Case Dismissed for Insufficient Evidence
In Custer County district court Judge Loud directed the jury to acquit the county in a suit against Weinbers Bros. and Epstein of Butte for selling goods without proper license. Epstein contended goods were state manufactured and exempt. The ruling ends Miles City’s city case against the firm, previously tried in Justice Gibson’s court and appealed.
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Miles City
Custer
Weinbers Bros. & Epstein
Butte
Loud
Joseph Epstein
Kilner arrives as dispute over city land transfer unfolds
S E Kilner of New York trustee for Parmlee Billings estate and Minnesota Montana Land Co official is in Billings amid a fight over whether the county had right to transfer city lands. The city won a judgment in San Francisco appeals court over a special tax for drainage ditches, and now lands are deeded to the city. The land company disputes county title and past enjoinment.
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Billings
S. E. Kilner
New York
Parmlee
Land Company
United States Court of Appeals
San Francisco
Governor Considers Commutation for Bald Butte Miner Wedlake
Governor Toole receives a petition for commutation of George Wedlake who pleaded guilty to stealing ore from the Bald Butte mine about a year ago. Wedlake, aged 60, was sentenced to 18 months and would serve until August unless action is taken.
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Standard
Helena
Governor Toole
George Wedlake
Wedlake
Bald Butte
Wedlake J
Great Falls Welcomes Woodcraft Delegates For Biennial
Visitors from 29 circles in Montana arrive for the biennial Woodmen of the World and Woodmen camp event in Great Falls. Delegates from Butte Helena Anaconda converge. a trolley ride to smelters and Black Eagle park, then a reception and ball at Luther's hall. About 180 attendees expected at Thursday morning session.
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Great Falls
Woodcraft
Montana
Butte
Helena
Anaconda
Woodmen of the World
Mp. m
Elks’ Hall
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Black Eagle Park
Jury Awards $6000 to Mrs Rheims in Bonita Railroad Case
In Helena a U S court jury awarded Mrs Margaret Rheims and her children $6000 against the Northern Pacific Railroad for the Bonita wreck that killed the family’s breadwinner. The suit sought $30000, arguing negligence in orders and in operator conduct. The verdict follows lengthy testimony and mirrors a prior related case’s outcome.
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Standard
Helena
United States
Margaret Rheims
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Bonita
William Mix
Rose Kupparin Returned After Runaway Incident
Rose Kupparin, 16, is in custody after fleeing with Pearle Kale. Shelby Junction officers arrested her at a hotel. Kale was found at a dance hall and not charged. Sheriff Benner returned her to Great Falls, where she is jailed awaiting a hearing for incorrigibility before Justice Safford.
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Standard
Great Falls
H. F. Benner
Rose Kupparin
Pearle Kale
Shelby Junction
Benner
Safford
Fire destroys O F Rogers home at Oldtown near Miles City
A ten room frame house owned by O F Rogers in Oldtown two miles east of Miles City burned to the ground last night. Only stove wreckage and foundation walls remained. The well curb 20 feet away also burned out. Rebuilding would cost about 3000 dollars, with 1500 dollars of insurance.
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Miles City
O. F. Rogers
Oldtown
Police Commissioners Hold Long Session
The Billings police advisory board met to straighten out misunderstandings between the police department and the police court. The board, composed of Aldermen Benninghoff White and Thorson, gave no statements for publication after the session.
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Billings
Police Advisory Board of
City Council
Police Commissioners
Police Department
Police Court
Board of Police Commissioners
Benninghoff, White and
Thorson
Meet After Twenty Years
Miss Mary Fraser arrived from Dundin New Zealand for a year long visit with her brother J L Fraser in Columbus. The siblings had been separated for twenty years.
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Columbus
Mary Fraser
Dundin
N. Z
J.L. Fraser
Young Boy Seriously Injured After Horse Ride
In Helena on a Sunday accident a four year old son of Mr and Mrs R H McGinn on Fifth avenue was placed on a horse and fell off breaking his leg. The incident occurred Sunday and authorities reported no further injuries.
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Standard
Helena
R. H. McGinn
Fifth Avenue
Kittie Griscom Granted Divorce from L Griscom
Helena reports Kittie Griscom was granted a divorce from L Griscom on June 17. Desertion and non support listed as the grounds.
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The
Standard
Helena
Kittie Griscom
L. Griscom
Rain Revival Lifts Yellowstone and Carbon Ranches
The June rains boosted confidence on Yellowstone and Carbon county ranches. Unlike prior showers, these rains are not followed by strong winds, and the range has benefited significantly.
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Columbus
Yellowstone
Carbon
Accused of Horse Stealing Swager Arrested in Cascade
Cascade ranchman Jan Swager, previously awarded $50 in a defamation suit over cattle theft accusations, was arrested for stealing four horses from H. H. Nelson. Nelson identified the horses at a grading camp after contractor Mulligan claimed purchase from Swager. Swager faces preliminary hearing. bail set at $700.
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Stanbeard
Great Falls
Jan Swager
Cascade
J. B. Taylor
Taylor
Swager
Hogan
Ray
George H. Stanton
H. H. Nelson
Riverdale
Nelson
Emerson
W. J. Mulligan
Overloaded Scaffold Collapse Injures Workers
In Red Lodge the Alderson building collapse sent Jack Exwye to the ground with serious injuries and several broken ribs. Another workman was hurt as a brick laden scaffold gave way under load. Contractor W T Perham of Butte blames overloading for the accident.
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Alderson
Jack Exwye
W. T. Perham
Butte
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