State Supreme Court Bars Sheridan County Relief Plan
In Helena on May 4 the state supreme court ruled against N L Nelson and Sheridan county in a case over a $400 000 relief plan for farmers. The court found sufficient election notice but held that county commissioners cannot delegate authority to purchase supplies to others, granting the injunction sought.
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Helena
State Supreme Court
Board of County Commissioners
Sheridan County
Supreme Court
N. L. Nelson
Sheridan Board
Acreage tax plan to raise funds for irrigation near Kalispell
On May 4 in Kalispell a meeting at Alvin Slack's home in La Salle district discussed a plan to raise 1200 dollars via a 0-cent acreage tax. Fourteen committee members from Moon, Helena Flats, Evergreen, La Salle and Valentine districts aim to fund irrigation across 7500 acres between the Great Northern line and Kalispell River areas. If the drive fails by mid May the plan will be abandoned.
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Kalispell
Alvin Slack
la Salle
Tall Moon
Helena Flats
Evergreen
Valentine
Great Northern
Flathead
Whitefish
Failing to Appear Forfeits Big Bail in Sugar Theft Case
Harry Graves, charged with stealing 178 sacks of sugar from a railroad car in Billings, failed to appear for a court hearing and forfeited a 422,900 bond. The sugar, valued at about 334,900, belonged to a wholesale grocery house. Graves, a former railroad switchman, allegedly backed the car onto a siding and had two draymen unload the sugar. He was arrested in February.
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Billings
Harry Graves
Graves
Legion Week Proclaimed in Montana May 17 to 22
Governor Stewart issued a proclamation declaring May 17 to 22 as American Legion Week in Montana. National and state Legion groups will conduct enrollment drives to register World War I veterans in the American Legion.
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Helena
S&s. W
Kalispell Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Elections
Gus Holm of the national parks highway commission attended a chamber dinner and visited Flathead Lake with W. H. Griffin and K. M. Child. Maj. M. D. Baldwin received a Chinese pheasant eye from the Oregon game commission. Whitefish city council changes: J. J. Cremans becomes mayor, Txert Weller and Ray Van Slyke elected aldermen, replacing Fred McClench and P. G. Gutensohn.
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Kalispell
Gus Holm
National Parks Highway Commission
Chamber of Commerce
W. H. Griffin
K. M. Child Raustrip
Flathead Lake
Maj
M. D. Baldwin
State Fish and Game Commission
Oregon State Game Commission
Whitefish
Fred &. McClench
P. G. Gutensohn
J. J. Cremans
Txert Weller
Turst
Ray van Slyke
Dillon News Briefs Highlight Local Appointments and Examinations
James Melton appointed supervisor of Beaverhead road district to fill John Banks’s vacancy and will assume farm duties immediately, moving to the ranch within a week. Elizabeth Sutherland to supervise Wise River schools for several days. Funeral held for Mrs Lavina Thomas at Mrs Laura Striet’s home. Light road drag improves main streets. conditions remain poor this spring. Eighth grade exams set for 27 and 28 of the month, teachers’ exams June 3-5 per the schools superintendent. County commissioners and other items noted.
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Lavina Thomas
Laura Striet
Superintendent of Schools
Joint session planned with Silver Bow on bridge work and county issues
The two boards have been in session for two days and will travel to Butte for a joint session with Silver Bow commissioners. They will discuss bridge work and other jointly governed business. Dry land farming this spring shows improved conditions with heavy seedings and potential bumper yields if summer remains fair.
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Butte
Silver Bow
Deer Lodge City Council Reorganized After Elections
Deer Lodge May 5 The city council reorganized with three new members Frank McAvoy Peter Griffin and Charles Risch elected April 1. Reappointed officials include City clerk I S Eldred city marshal Joseph Larsen city engineer George S Kearney city attorney W E Keeley fire apparatus custodian Thomas Coates fire marshal Oscar Jensen and cemetery sexton Harry Hertz. Committees were named Auditing and finance Streets and alleys Light and water Fire and police Cemetery.
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Oscar Jensen
Harry Hertz
Nick
McLain
Griffin
Zandt
Baskier
McAvoy
Risch
Hanneman
Measles Decrease Report Shows Montana Relief
Helena May 4 Measles declined in Montana from 199 to 128 cases with Great Falls seeing the greatest improvement. The weekly morbidity report notes spread toward rural districts while smallpox remains rare with 11 cases in Musselshell county and typhoid shows five cases for the week, three in Helena all imported.
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Helena
Montana
Great Falls
State Board of Health
Musselshell
Local officials and residents gather in Lima on weekend notes
O C Gosman, newly appointed sheriff of Beaverhead county, visits Lima where he holds ranching interests. Sylvan Cheeney arrives in Dillon. Mrs. Charles Warren and the Murray family visit Mrs. Phil Gleim. Ed Gleed retrieves his auto in Dillon. Warren Abercrombie and Sylvan Heeney also in Dillon. The Safety First movement of the L and L will meet on the 6th. public attendance urged.
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Lima
O. C. Gosman
Beaverhead County
Sylvan Cheeney
Dillon
Charles Warren
W.W. H. Murray
Mackey
Idaho
Phil Gleim
Ed Gleed
Warren Abercrombie
Sylvan @heeney
Woman's club to hold final meeting of year in Deer Lodge
Deer Lodge May 4 The Woman's club meets May 5 to install officers led by president Mrs. R D Larabie who is away in the East. R T Larabie left for New York for a brief visit with his wife. An auxiliary of the American Legion is organized in the city with Mrs H J Toomey elected temporary chairman. Court adjourned until May 10. Judge George B Winston returned to Ansconda. Dr J M Scanland visited Tuesday.
New Pacific League to Start Schedule
Tacoma scene as Victoria opens at Tacoma Seattle visits Vancouver and Yakima hosts Spokane The new Pacific International Baseball league class B begins a four month schedule Wednesday afternoon Louis H Burnett Tacoma league president reports optimism for opening day Governor Hart attends Tacoma ceremonies Vancouver hopeful for a new season record Spokane plans elaborate show including four bands aeroplane stunts catcher Fisher to catch a ball dropped from a plane
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Tacoma
Wash
Victoria
Seattle
Vancouver
Yakima
Spokane
Pacific International Baseball League
Aafternoon
Louis H. Burnett
Hart
Bob Brown
Fisher
Eight Round Boxing Inaugurated In Philadelphia
Special Dispatch to the Standard reports two limit bouts at the Auditorium A. A. in Philadelphia. Frankie Farmer of Elizabeth New Jersey and Tommy Cleary of Philadelphia boxed 24 minutes to a draw. George Ward of Kansas City and Kid Patillio of Philadelphia also fought to a draw.
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Philadelphia
Auditorium A. A
Frankie Farmer
Elizabeth
N. J
Tommy Cleary
George Ward
Kansas City
Kid Patillio
Travers Knocked Out in Windup at Aurora Show
Chicago featherweight Jimmy Travers wasKOed in the eighth round by Marty Henderson of Joliet in the Aurora boxing program. In the semi windup Jack Coyne of New York stopped Al Tuttle of Chicago in seven rounds with Referee Purdy stopping the bout. Peru plans malaria campaign urging patient treatment, protection of residents, germ destruction, and draining low-lying lands.
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Standard
Aurora
Jimmy Travers
Chicago
Marty Henderson
Joliet
Jack Coyne
New York
al Tuttle
Purdy
Tuttle
Coyne
Fergus complete returns in presidential primary tally
Fergus Lewistown May 4 complete totals show Republican president votes Harding 48 Hoover 337 Johnson 853 Lowden 278 Wood 224. Electors Farnsworth 1070 Kemmis 1200 McLeod 1274 Power 1240 Richards 858. Delegates Adams 716 others in ABC group similar. W J Johnson leads Lewistown with 631. Democratic electors Cisel 631 Hurd 633 Kennedy 691 Toole 648. Vice president Stewart 6138. Delegates Ayers Fergus 616 Lane Fergus 463 Walsh 408 Barth 288 Bole 253 Hathaway 277 Stewart 154.
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Lewistown
Fergus County
Harding
Hoover
Johnson
Lowden
Wood
Farnsworth
Kemmis
McLeod
Power
Richards
Adams
W. J. Johnson
Cisel
Hurd
Kennedy
Toole
S. W. Stewart
Ayers
Mergus
Lane
Fergus
Walsh
Barth
Bole
Hathaway
Stewart
Trages of War Are Passing in France
In Paris spring reveals a marked shift from wartime to peacetime life as civilians reclaim attire and routines. American soldiers remain visible, while French uniforms thin and rural life resumes with youths tilting fields and men returning to labor and business.
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France
Newton Parke
International News Service
Paris
Man In Blue
French Republic
Susmer
Gay Pasee
Rue Tilsit
Graves Registration Service
Coblenz
Army of Occupation
Red Cross
Ciro's
Maxim's
Cafe de Paris
Larue’s
St. Cyr Military Academy
Japanese man arrested in Laurel for passing worthless checks
H. M. Izui a Japanese national was arrested yesterday in Laurel by James Keown on police advice. He is charged with passing worthless checks totaling 300 dollars to Id Rose and with beating Mrs. Bradlee out of money. Captain O'Donnell learned Izui had left Butte and coordinated with outside points. A deputy will escort him back to Butte.
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H. M. Izui
Laurel
James Keown
Bute
Izui
Resurrection Cocktail Tops Paris Drinks Scene
Paris novelty drink named Resurrection blends two thirds lager with one third port wine. Bartender Bob Eagle notes three is the limit for safe consumption at Cla Ridge's, while medical experts caution hops and old port may exhilarate without harm.
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Parris
Paris
Bob Eagle
Claridge’s
Strike in France Nears End as Railmen Ordered Back
Paris May 4 official circles say the end of the strike is near. Railroad workers have been given until Thursday to return to duty.
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Paris
Sugar price surge prompts immediate federal probe
A Utah Idaho Sugar Co price hike to 13 to 28 percent a pound triggers a federal investigation. The firm based in Salt Lake City reported the increase amid a nationwide sugar shortage. District Attorney Evans received Palmer's directive to assess whether the wholesale beet sugar rise is warranted.
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Salt Lake City
United States
Isaac BR. Evans
Palmer
Washington
Utah-Idaho Sugar Company
Refugees Flood Theodosia As Red Cross Moves Base
In southern Russia Theodosia hosts hundreds of refugees and three Russian princesses along with barons and relief leaders who join the American Red Cross commission aboard the Sangamon. The crowded steamer carries Red Cross workers and refugees, none left for sleeping indoors, while five thousand more await transport from Novorossiisk to Constantinople.
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Theodosia
Russia
American Red Cross Commission
Novorossisk
Sangamon
United States Shipping Board
Novorosvlisk
Wealthy banker tricks wife to get divorce in Paris
In Paris, Mme George Saint-Bea pressed for annulment of a decree her husband, a wealthy banker, obtained four months earlier. He had suggested a hidden separation and urged her to remain in the same building, visiting infrequently. An old lawyer revealed the scheme, and the court annulled the original divorce, granting Mme Saint-Bea relief and ordering a new decree.
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Paris
Mme
George Saint-Bea
Saint-Bea
Mme. Saint-Bea
Saint- Rey
Union endorses the wage scale for future employer talks
The Silver Bow Trades and Labor assembly met last night and endorsed the wage scale of the teamsters' union. The decision aims to fix the time for presenting the proposal to employers.
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Silver Bow Trades and Labor Assembly
Tearmsters’ Union
First Logger Wag 8 1 W W Boot Whale Of A Fellow In Butte
The Pacific Northwest logging tale from the Industrial Harmonizer highlights Paul Bunyan myths and a Bloedel Donovan Lumber influence. The I W W general executive committee meets in Butte amid strike talk, Haywood expected, and claims of orchestrated spontaneity in labor actions.
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W.W. Boot
Butte
Louise Smiley Earns Bronze Carnegie Hero Medal
Miss Louise Smiley of Franklin Pennsylvania receives a bronze Carnegie hero medal for saving a girl from drowning at Squirrel Island Maine, reflecting exemplary courage and a life-saving act by a private citizen.
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Louise Smiley
Franklin, Pa
Squirrel Island
Maine
The Strikers Face Return as New Employees
Chicago managers announce that strikers must apply as new hires to regain position. Seniority rights will not be restored. Letters were sent to workers stating that any return before the railroad time limit ends will treat them as new employees.
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Hicago
Striki Mvitchmen
Chicago
Theso
Anl
Global Christian Population Estimates Raise Numbers
The estimate suggests 88 million Roman Catholics 121 million Eastern Christians and 167 million Protestants totaling 576 million people of Christian faith worldwide.
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Cole Motor CO
Studebaker Bldg
Helena, Mont
Butte Motors Company
West Park ST
Butte, Mont
Cote Motor Car Company
Indianapolis, U. S.A
Ftret
Pacific Northwest
Harmonizer
Bloedel- Donovan Lumber Company
Bloedel- Donovan Company
Peter Larson
British Columbia
Paul Bunyon
Vancouver Island
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William Dpd Haywood
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Watrike
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