Montana Farming Corp Sets World Record For Plowing Acreage
In Great Falls on June 24 the Montana Farming corporation plowed and seeded 620 acres of flax in one day on the Fort Peck reservation unit, breaking its own prior record of 382 acres. Seventeen tractors worked. eighteen started, all finished except one. The four mile test ran from 3 AM to 9 PM with meals taken on the go, earning bonuses up to 25 for some workers and 10 cents per mile for engineers.
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Great Falls
Montana Farming Corporation
Crow Agency
Fort Peck Reservation
Death Sudden in Flathead Resident from Iowa
Kalispell June 24 Maniey Willing Pierce recently from Iowa died suddenly on returning to his Big Fork home after a Flathead Lake fishing trip. Coroner J B Waggener ruled heart failure. Body brought to Kalispell and will be shipped to Grinnell Iowa for burial.
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Kalispell
Maniey Willing Pierce
Iowa
Big Fork
Flathead Lake
J. B. Waggener
Grinnell
Flathead Valley
Pistol Shots Open Door for Bandits at Vaughn Hotel
Great Falls dispatch June 24 reports two masked men armed with pistols forced proprietor Jack Mayfield to surrender $900 in cash and silverware after firing a shot through the hotel door. He was made to walk along the railroad track for about a eighth of a mile before release. Mayfield delayed reporting the robbery by ten hours. no arrests have been made.
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Great Falls
Jack Mayfield
Vaughn
Mayfield
Belt harness proves fatal in Eureka accident
In Eureka Montana an electrician C E Davis of Hanover was killed while working for the local telephone company when a safety belt he wore to protect him failed. Davis toppled with a pole that broke, the belt trapping him and causing severe injuries. He died in a local hospital after the incident. His body was taken to Parsons Kansas for burial with his wife and children.
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Eureka
C. E. Davis
Hanover
Mont
Davis
Parsons
Kan
Man Held for Yakima Charge After Montana Arrest
Great Falls June 24. M. Carney was arrested in Butte on a $100 worthless check charge. He claims he cashed the checks while intoxicated and paid them off to dispose of the case, only to learn officers from Yakima Wash are to arrive with a new charge awaiting him.
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Great Falls
Butte
Carney
Yakima
Wash
Senator Williams Takes Acting Governor Duties in Helena
Helena June 4 Senator Charles H Williams president of the senate arrived to assume acting governor duties during the absence of Gov S V Stewart and Lieut Gov W W Mc Dowell who have gone to the Democratic convention in San Francisco and will return later.
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Helena
Charles H. Williams
Senate
V. Stewart
W. W. McDowell
San Francisco
Indictments Filed in Helena Federal Court
Special Dispatch reports indictments by a Helena grand jury in United States district court. Defendants from Butte Havre and Superior face counts for theft from mail anti narcotics violations prohibition and revenue laws and railroad thefts. Bacon pled guilty. judge fined $225 and six months jail suspended if restitution is made.
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The
Standard
Helena
United States District Court
Charles R. Garlow
Albert Sattley
Great Northern
Havre
Butte
United States
William Burke
Vinko Babich
Ohio Street
Chong Chung
Quong Hung Fat
Patrick Harrington
Maurice McGrath
Ottawa Street
Mike Mufich
Galena Street
Mike and
Mary Murry
Anaconda Read
Louie Quon
Mon Sen
Gilbert Trudell
Treasury
James Wright
James Rice
North Main Street
M. P. Bacon
Milwaukee
Superior
Mont
United States Railroad Administration
Bacon
George M. Bourquin
Local Dillon News Highlights June Events and Marriages
A Dillon training school shade trees project continues as old oaks are removed due to age and winter damage. Miss Lydia Pease and Leroy Gilbert wed quietly at her brother Harlow Pease's home. Red Cross worker Mrs. Gilbert is active in Beaverhead County. Legion band concerts are planned at depot park and Dillmont park, with a dance to follow for band benefits. Edna Skalitzky underwent appendectomy at Curtis Hospital. Summer colony business brings visitors from Elkhorn Springs. Contractor Olsen heads a crew to build a new plunge for July Fourth readiness. A NorMal College residence hall dance opens a string of summer parties for students.
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Dillon
Lydia Pease
Leroy M. Gilbert
Harlow Pease
South Pacific Street
Dillmont Park
St. James’ Guild
Helen Galt
Edna Skalitzky
Curtis Hospital
H. A. McMillan
Frank Felt
Chris Snyder
Elkhorn Springs
Olsen
Normal College
Candidates Listed for June Balloting in Wile and Welena
June 24 report lists candidates Washington J. McCormick of Missoula Republican for congress Earl J. Johnson of Butte Democrat for railway commissioner Charles A. Taylor of Billings Republican and incumbent for district judge.
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Welena
Washington J. McCormick
Missoula
Congress
Earl J. Johnson
Butte
Charles A. Taylor
Billings
Key City Oil and Rock Creek Power Incorporations Announced
Helena June 24 Incorporations list two companies The Key City Oil Company of Billings with Charles F Reilley John F French and E L Coleman 100000 dollars and The Rock Creek Power Company of Missoula with John Shaughnessy Vincent Shaughnessy and F M Webster 500000 dollars approved by state authorities.
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Helena
Key City Oil Company
Billings
Charles F. Reilley
John F. French
E. L. Coleman
Rock Creek Power Company
Missoula
John Shaughnessy
Vincent Shaughnessy
IF. C. Webster
Immigrant Influx Shapes U S Growth 1820 to 1910
From 1820 to 1910 nearly 28 million immigrants arrived in the United States, reflecting a massive shift in population and labor that transformed cities, industry, and communities across the country.
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United States
Pardon Granted by Acting Governor for Billings Youths
Helena June 24 Acting Governor C H Williams granted pardons to Christian Yegen Jr of Billings Lyman Ross and Albert Palmer after pleas of guilty to burglary and four months confinement at Deer Lodge The three youths were sent to reform school at Miles City and the pardon citations note their youth and potential for rehabilitation.
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Helena
C. H. Williams
Christian Yegen Jr
Billings
Deer Lodge
Lyman Ross
Albert Palmer
Miles City
Williams
Ross
Palmer
Yegen
State wool crop without buyers in West
Helena June 24 Senator C H Williams acting governor and major Montana woolgrower said no wool had been bought in the West since March 500000 pounds were contracted in Utah at 71 cents a pound He said growers face pressure to sell to East buyers at low prices Chicago meeting led to arrangements with federal reserve banks to allow West producers to ship clips to eastern warehouses and obtain advances to repay home loans if forced to sell locally without sacrificing their product to the trust.
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Helena
C. H. Williams
Deer Lodge
West
Utah
Williams
East
Chicago
Federal Reserve Banks
Chestnut Valley irrigation district created near Cascade
A district court decree formalizes the Chestnut Valley irrigation district to irrigate 22 sections near Cascade. Water will be drawn from the Missouri river. Three commissioners are named by the court.
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Great Falls
Chestnut Valley
Cascade
Missouri River
Deer Lodge Notes Collate Local Events and Departures
June 24 Deer Lodge updates include J P Ryder and daughter Nellie leaving for Oklahoma, visits by Mrs Hugh Bowling and Hilga, and Mrs Joseph Smith in town. S I Winscott resigns after 18 months at Silver State for Standard. Electric railroading party from South America to visit Milwaukee line. Courthouse excavation advances. building to measure 80 by 110 feet. Various travel and funeral notices and minor incidents thread through the day.
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Deer Lodge
J. P. Ryder
Nellie
John Robinson
Oklahoma
Hugh Bowling
Hilga
Joseph Smith
Butte
S. I. Winscott
Silver State
Winscott
Guy Bellows
Milwaukee Railway
South America
R. M. Renshaw
W.W. H. Cole
North Coast Limited
Spokane
Portland
Los Angeles
W. N. Weber
Missoula
Henry Valston
Billings
KE. T. Eaton
Louie Hendrickson
Drummond
William Coleman
Don Larabie
Hall
Albert Tinklepaugh
Howell Davis
Abe Echols
Avon
T. J. K. Williamson
Blossburg
Kalispell Delegates and Visitors Return from Purchases
Judge J. E. Erickson and James Conlon left Kalispell for San Francisco as national convention delegates. Miss Margaret Bien arrived from Deer Lodge to visit relatives. Mayor Robert Pauline, Bert Freer, John Lewis, and Mark Herron returned from Deer Lodge with three Nash Quads recently purchased by the city.
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J. E. Erickson
James Conlon
Kalispell
San Francisco
Margaret Bien
Deer Lodge
Robert Pauline
Bert Freer
John Lewis
Mark Herron
Anaconda Nods NODES Leave On Jaunt Over State
Captain Lodell and the Anode aggregation depart for Greybull Wyo to face Greybull on June 26, 2 and 8. They also play Billings June 30 July 1 and Roundup July 4 6 and 6. Fearl Tucker misses Greybull and Billings but plans to join Roundup games. The traveling party includes Beaudette Marko Domitrovich Curley KR Domitrovich Wallace Lodell Welty Hogan Callan M Domitrovich Lutrell Keltus Dye and Secretary Heinie Sterk. The club remains aggressive though not as strong as last season.
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Lodell
Greybull
Wyo
Billings
Fearl Tucker
Beaudette
Marko Domitrovich
Curley
Reception tendered president Stranaghan at Baptist church
Mrs. Mary Stranaghan, Havre state president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, was guest of honor at a church reception. She spoke on the group's past achievements and future aims, including child welfare and prohibition enforcement. Mrs. Layton praised as a leading speaker and urged turnout for fall elections.
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Mary Stranaghan
Havre
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Baptist
A A. Layton
McCormick seeks Republican nomination for First district
Helena June 24 Washington J. McCormick of Missoula filed with the secretary of state his declaration of intention to seek the Republican nomination for congress for the First district.
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Helena
Washington J. McCormick
Missoula
Secretary of
Jag Bose claims plants have nerves and can be slowed death
London reports Sir Jagadir Chunder Bose, a scientist, says twenty years of experiments show plants have nervous systems like animals and that he has learned to retard the death march from 24 hours to a fortnight. He suggests nerve strengthening in plants could enable resisted pain and faster impulses, noting similar frog results. He imagines will could influence destiny in the physical world.
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London
Sir Jagadir Chunder Bose
Sir Jagadir
Army aviator steals orange tree for cross-town move
Louis Bojorquez an army aviator dug up a novel orange tree at Puma Arizona loaded it aboard his airplane and within an hour replanted it at Calexico California fifty miles away reflecting a daring unusual relocation by a military pilot.
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Louis Bojorquez
Puma
Ariz
Calexico
Cal
Anagonda Butcher Is Patient At Hospital
Barry Falk was injured while moving heavy machinery at the slaughterhouse yesterday afternoon. He fell after likely jumping to avoid a kicking horse, was unconscious and taken to St. Ann's hospital. Physicians expect a full recovery within a week.
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Anagonda Butcher
Barry Falk
Slaughter House
St. Ann's Hospital
Mr. Falk
Colored drug peddler fined and deported
A. C. Aubert, colored, was arrested by Officer Beausoliel for peddling drugs. He was fined 50 dollars and sentenced to six months in county jail by Police Magistrate Daniels, then suspended on the condition he leave the city. He departed on the 6:30 train last evening for Salt Lake City.
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A. C. Aubert
Beausoliel
Daniels
Salt Lake City
Aubert
Police officer traps narcotics deal in cabin sting
Officer Beausoliel visited a cabin late Thursday and found a morphine user in the act of injecting. The addict admitted sourcing the drug and offered to fetch more. Beausoliel marked a $1 bill, waited for a sale to Aubert, and then arrested the user.
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Beausoliel
Aubert
German universities report record postwar attendance
German universities report near record enrollment after the war with political science and economics courses drawing large crowds. Berlin lists 12,964 students, Bonn 6,560, Leipzig 5,800, Hamburg 1,500, Munich showing a decline. Students hostile to Kurt Eisner and the bolshevist coup attend at a rate of 16,000, exceeding any university.
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Berlin
Bonn
Leipsic
Hamburg
Munich
Kurt Eisner
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United States Mail
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Ovando
Bitter Root
Ula Big Red Rach
Dillon News
Theresa
Kalispell News
Anaconda News
Stranaghan
Stewart Edward White
Dakotas
Pollard Comedy
Chester
Ken
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