Spring Backward Across Montana Crops and Frosts Report
Helena May 12. The Montana crop report shows unusually backward spring with seeding incomplete and slow growth due to cold, cloudiness, and light precipitation. Frost damaged winter wheat near Ada and in Gallatin county while spring wheat remained undamaged as it emerges.
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Helena
Montrose W. Hayes
Carbon
Park
Gallatin
Madison
Main Range
Meagher
Fergus
Chouteau County
Ada
Knowlton
Custer County
Sexton
Gallatin County
Hayes
Yellowstone
Billings
Columbie
Wuntley
Farming Report Shows Frost with No Crop Damage
Gallatin Bozeman area reports cool stormy conditions and slow farming but fruit trees and crops appear undamaged. Gexton notes late spring and extreme cold, fall wheat damaged, hundreds of acres devalued, farmers plowing up to resow spring grain, grasses stunted, water scarce.
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Beaverhead
Johnson
Bridger
Dean
Timothy
Nifalfa
Red Lodge
Gallatin
Bozeman
Gexton
School Board Squabble Over Teacher Krueger Dismissal
County Superintendent May 6 dispatched Flanagan to Harlem to resolve a dispute between the Havre area board of trustees and former teacher T. G. Krueger who was dismissed without stated cause. Krueger appealed to W. W. Welch who notes current law allows boards to hire and dismiss but does not require stated cause.
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Standard
Havre
Flanagan
Harlem
T. G. Krueger
Krueger
W. W. Welch
Welch
Woman Chooses Flight Over Prison Leaving Town
Great Falls May 12 Ruth Livingston wife of Joseph Livingston was arrested for vagrancy after repeated city trouble. Ordered to leave town twice before, she again faced magistrate Howlins and chose to depart on the morning train to Fort Benton rather than pay a $25 fine or serve 50 days.
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Standard
Great Falls
Ruth Livingston
Howlins
Fort Benton
Britain Gains Territory After Sokoto and Kano Campaigns
In London the Colonial Secretary reported that British operations in Sokoto and Kano added 100000 square miles to Northern Nigeria. Details describe the Sokoto capture on March 19 by Colonel Moreland’s column, a two and a half hour engagement with 500 British troops against about 6000 Fulani fighters.
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London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Sokoto
Kano
Nigeria
Moreland
Karuka
Sohotoles
Endr
Ludgard
Nurse Victoria Vincent Dies After Poison Attempt in Great Falls
Helena May 12 Miss Victoria Vincent formerly matron of the Florence Crittenton home here died after taking poison in Great Falls. She had left Helena for Canada then returned, seeking a nursing post to care for Miss Day. Friends say she suffered from headaches and may have erred in a remedy or dose rather than acting with intent.
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Standard
Helena
Victoria Vincent
Great Falls
Florence Crittenton
Canada
Miss Vincent
Miss Day
Carey land board members travel to Billings for irrigation project
Secretary of State George M. Hayes State Engineer John W Wade and State Examiner Wm M Hudnall on the Carey land board journey to Billings to discuss continuing work begun by the arid land commission. They aim at irrigating a tract near Billings but the project status remains unsettled under the new board.
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Helena
George M. Hayes
John W. Wade
MM. Hudnall
Carey Land Board
Eighth Legislative Assembly
Billings
Arid Land Commission
Conscience Fund Grows With Anonymous Kansas Gift
A $3 conscience fund contribution to Jefferson County arrives in an envelope addressed to the road supervisor in Hicks. Postmarked Hutchinson Kansas the bills were wrapped in a paper marked Road Tax and bear no sender. The donor is unknown likely a former resident seeking to make an anonymous payment after leaving the tax unpaid.
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Standard
Boulder
Jefferson County
Hicks
Hutchinson
Kan
Kansas
Two men charged with murder held in Livingston jail
John Racoon and John Stanfield, accused by the coroner’s jury of killing Frank Shiplock in Aldridge last Friday night, were brought to Livingston and jailed. Witness Anton Krumtarchvyntk also held. The incident occurred in John Johnscovitch’s saloon after a drunken dispute with Shiplock dying the next day from a congested brain.
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Standard
Livingston
John Racoon
John Stanfield
Frank Shiplock
Aldridge
Frank Beller
Anton Krumtarchvyntk
John Johnscovitch
Salt Trust Magnate Faces First Sherman Act Conviction
In San Francisco the Federal Salt company led by D F Skinner pleaded guilty to maintaining a monopoly under the Sherman act. Judge de Haven set the sentence for Thursday with a maximum $5,000 fine. It marks the first conviction under the Sherman law enacted in 1992.
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San Francisco
Library Site Deal Is Completed In Livingston
Livingston May 12 The adjourned city council session closed after noting the Carnegie library site deal is completed and deeds recorded. The property at Third and Calendar Streets measures 75 by 150 feet and will be reported to Mr Carnegie with progress updates and further consultation.
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Standard
Livingston
Carnegie Library
Carnegie
From Driver to Capitalist Havre May 12
A F Murphy formerly of Helena and later of Nome and the Klondike where he gained a large fortune was in Havre on his return from Europe. He will go to Seattle about June 1 and then proceed to Alaska. He met his old foreman Sam Herron who will also go to Alaska where Captain Healy is building a railroad to Valdez. Six years ago Murphy drove a transfer wagon in Helena and today is said to be worth about half a million dollars.
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The
Standard
Havre
A. FE
Ruling Imposes $2 Head Tax on All Immigrants
El Paso May 12. A ruling by the commissioner general of immigration requires all aliens and immigrants entering the United States to pay a $2 head tax. The tax applies to those traveling daily between Juarez Mexico and El Paso and affects many cross border workers including the German consul at Juarez who makes multiple trips each day.
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el Paso
Tex
Commissioner General of Immigration
United States
Juarez
Mexico
Fl Paso
Daughter of Admiral Evans Weds at Tokio
The wedding of Miss Virginia Evans and H. T. Sewall occurred at Trinity Cathedral Tsukiji Tokyo last Wednesday. Distinguished guests included Baron Komar Sir Laude McDonald N Wilson United States chargé d affaires Baron Sannomiva Lieutenant Commander Marsh and the Sewall family. Mrs Sewall is Admiral Evans daughter.
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Tokio
Victoria
B. C
Virginia
Evans
H. T. Sewall
Trinity Cathedral
Tsukiji
Baron Komar
Sirlaude McDonald
N. Wilson
United States
Baron Sannomiva
Marsh
Sewall
Admiral Evans
Death of George Kinney in Park City
Billings reports the death of ranchman George Kinney near Park City from scarlet fever. Several cases have appeared in the Valley area and Kinney had married only two months earlier, his wife being the sister of Mrs Gebhardt. This is the first fatal scarlet fever case reported. the funeral is set for tomorrow.
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The
Standard
Billings
Park City
George Kinney
Kinney
Gebhardt
Billings Public Schools Plan June Entertainment Series
Planning Entertainments in Billings to raise about $500 for purchasing fine pictures and frames for school rooms. Events spread June 1 2 and 3 with each night featuring different age groups and an exhibition of student work and many pictures from last year.
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Standard
Billings
Billings Public Schools
Public Administrator Lattimer Pleads Not Guilty in Embezzlement Case
Kalispell Montana May 12 in district court Herman Lattimer public administrator pleaded not guilty to embezzlement. In the afternoon he resigned and the court named G F Stannard as special administrator for eight estates since county commissioners do not meet until June.
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Standard
Kalispell
Mont
District Court
Herman Lattimer
G. F. Stannard
Lattimer
Great Falls Printers Lead July Donation Drive
Great Falls printers top list with a cash donation for the Fourth of July celebration. A special meeting of the Great Falls Typographical Union raised 25 dollars on the committee’s recommendation led by Jim Perkins, Ernest Southwick and Charles Crago.
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Standard
Great Falls
Threat Falls Typographical Union
Jim Perkins
Ernest Southwick
Charles Crago
Death of Florence Cowell in Great Falls
Florence Cowell aged 2 years 7 months daughter of Mr and Mrs Clarence P Cowell of 1213 Sixth Avenue North died at Columbus hospital this morning from heart failure due to complications of diseases.
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The
Standard
Great Palls
Florence
Cowell
Clarence P. Cowell
Sixth Avenue North
Columbus Hospital
Pacific Coast Congregational Congress Sees Large Attendance
Seattle May 12 Hundreds were turned away from all three Congress sessions as Rev C H Daniels of Boston and Rev Dr G Campbell Morgan addressed the gathering. Morning and afternoon papers discussed foreign missions.
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Seattle
Pacific Coast Congregational Congress
C. H. Daniels
Boston
G. Campbell Morgan
Icemen Strike Halts Work at Great Falls Palis
May 12 report from Great Falls notes icemen walked out and no fee was delivered. Owners advertised for replacement workers and demand shorter hours. Overtime pay complaints cited as key grievance.
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Standard
Great Falls
Timber Camp Fatality Near Tacoma
A man named Harris was killed instantly when a stump fragment struck him during blasting at the Northwestern Improvement Company camp, 28 miles from Tacoma along the Tacoma Eastern line, his neck broken.
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Tacoma
Wash
Harris
Northwestern Improvement Company
Tacoma Eastern Railroad
Rich Ore Found in Grant County Quartz Rock Fall
Potts brings in an 80 pound gold quartz rock weighing about $3,000 in gold. Found in the John Dey river Grant county the rock appears to be quartz broken from a ledge washed down from the mountains.
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Baker City
Ore
Potts
John Dey
Grant County
Havre Clergymen Seek Fence for West Havre Cemetery
Havre clergymen circulate a petition to the city council asking survey and fencing of the cemetery located about two miles west of Havre. The town has acquired title to the land.
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The
Standard
Havre
Land Purchase Near Havre Reported
Havre on May 12 reports L. K. Devin bought a large tract of land south of Havre from Thomas McDevitt in a transaction noted as a special disposal.
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Havre
L. K. Devin
Thomas McDevitt
Rural Free Delivery Halt Announced Until July 1
Postmaster General Payne states no new rural free delivery routes will be established until the next fiscal year begins July 1 due to ongoing post office investigations. projected deficit of twenty thousand dollars by year end drives the pause.
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Washington
Payne
Post Office
Miss Julia Harris Chosen to Christen Tacoma Cruiser
Mayor Campbell of Tacoma announces selection of Miss Julia Naoma Harris of Tacoma to christen the protected cruiser Tacoma now building at Union Ironworks San Francisco. Launch date not yet fixed.
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Washington
Mayor Campbell
Tacoma
Wash
Navy Department
Julia Naoma Harris
Union Ironworks
San Francisco
Russia Grants Freedom of Travel in Manchuria
The Russian chargé d affaires M Plancon announced Manchuria is open to foreign travel with passports no longer required. About 500 Russian troops left Newchwang around the evacuation date and the same number returned, using the Tiao forts as temporary stops on their southward move to the peninsula. The U S consul at Newchwang has arrived to confer with Minister Conger.
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Peking
M. Plancon
Manchuria
Newchwang
Tiao
United States
Conger
Abductor Walters Arrested in Kalispell
Kalispell May 12. Acting on a letter from Spokane prosecutor Horace Kimball police arrested Jacquin Walters for abducting a 1 year old girl named Dollie Parker. Walters, 24, had been in the city several days playing piano in a Main Street saloon. The girl, who used the surname Walters, is in sheriff custody at the jail. Walters will be sent to Spokane authorities. the girl awaits a chance to speak with Walters.
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The
Standard
Kalispell
Horace Kimball
Spokane
Jacquin Walters
Fred Scott
Main Street
Dollie Parker
Dollie Walters
Walters
Pleasant Hibernian session in Great Falls
The Ancient Order of Hibernians held a lengthy evening at Conrad hall with several hundred members and guests. Speakers included J P Resan Judge Tattan J J Kinney McAnelly James Greely and J J McAllister. The event featured storytelling songs jig dancing and light refreshments as Cascade county Division No 1 grows toward 400 members by year end.
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Standard
Great Falls
Order of Hibernians
Conrad Hall
Order
J. P. Resan
Tattan
J. J. Kinney
Attorney McAnelly
James Greely
J. J. McAllis
Two Miners Injured in Separate Rock Falls at Rocky Fork
Special Dispatch to the Standard from Red Lodge May 12 reports two Rocky Fork Coal company workers injured by large rock falls in different mine sections. Jacob Heikkila suffered broken leg and facial injuries after ceiling rock loosened in fourth east entry. John Fendrick sustained chest, face, and right ankle injuries in fifth east entry. Both expected to recover.
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Red Lodge
Rocky Fork Coal Company
Jacob Heikkila
Fourth East
John Fendrick
Fifth East
Kalispell chooses new Kalispell high school site
The county high school board selects block 9 of Kalispell townsite as the new school location within city limits near water and sewer lines. The site is closer to most students, despite some property owners' disappointment. grounds will be staked now and construction begun to have the building ready after Christmas.
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Wakepell
County High School Board
Kalispell
McDonnell 17 Arrested for Stamp Theft in Great Falls
R W McDonnell a 17 year old stamp clerk at the Great Falls post office was arrested on a theft charge after Postoffice Inspector Beattie reported he had been stealing stamps and small sums since March totaling about one dollar. He was released from reform school months ago and will likely be returned there. sent from the city on incorrigibility charges.
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The
Standard
Great Falls
R. W. McDonnell
Postoffic
Inspector Beattie
Reform School
Republicans Open State Convention To Black Voters
Birmingham May 12 The state Republican executive committee adopted resolutions allowing negroes to participate in the next state convention if they can vote under the Alabama constitution, reversing the prior convention’s exclusion.
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Birmingham
Ala
State Republican Executive Committee
Alabama
Cardinals Named as Likely Consistory Invitees
The pontiff plans to elevate Mer. Nocella secretary of the college of cardinals, Mgr. Cavicchioni secretary of the congregation of the council, Mer. Taliana the papal nuncio at Vienna, Mer. Aguti the nuncio at Lisbon, Mer. Katscehthaler archbishop of Salzburg, and Mer. Fischer archbishop of Cologne. The consistory is expected June 15 or June 29.
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College of Cardinals
Mgr. Cavicchioni
Congregation of the Council
Mer. Taliana
Vienna
Mer. Aguti
Lisbon
Mer
Katscehthaler
Salzburg
Mer. Fischer
Cologne
Forest fires threaten towns as rain hoped for in Cambria area
Johnstown Pennsylvania May 12 forest fires rage for a week. Exhausted lumbermen and mountainers press on without rest while fire companies from Altoona and Johnstown fight blazes in Dunlo Wintondale and Twin Rocks. Laurel Hill Westmoreland sees homes burned and peril to life near Conemaugh powder plant Seward.
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Johnstown
Cambria
Somerset
Westmoreland
Altoona
Dunlo
Wintondale
Twin Rocks
Laurel Hill
Westmoreland County
Conemaugh
Seward
Fires Threaten Tyrone Suburbs After Mountain Inferno
Report from Tyrone says fierce fires blaze in mountains north of Cresson with Tyrone firemen summoned to protect suburbs at risk. Local authorities monitor the situation as flames threaten homes.
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Cresson
Tyrone
Forest Fires Rampage Through South Mountain Area
Strong fires sweep from Foxville to Buena Vista on South Mountain near Hagerstown Maryland destroying hundreds of acres of timber and forcing residents into valley towns for safety.
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Hagerstown
South Mountain
Foxville
Buena Vista
Great Panic in Tangier as Hostile Tribes Surround Town
May 12 Tangier reports inhabitants surrounded by hostile tribes firing gardens and plantations, causing widespread panic. British naval dispatches note heavy firing at Tetuan, fires, and cut communication. 200 Spaniards seek refuge in the Spanish consulate while Renown evacuates remaining British subjects.
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Tangier
Morocco
Teluan
Gibraltar
Midas
Renown
Tetuan
Teachers Chosen at White Sulphur Springs School
White Sulphur Springs May 12 at a school board meeting four teachers were elected for the White Sulphur Springs school Miss Clara M McNaughton Karting Iowa Miss Laura E Johnson Harlan Iowa Miss Stella Baker Booneville Mo and Miss Effie Tipton White Sulphur Springs Tipton and Baker are well known locally having attended the public school while McNaughton and Johnson come highly recommended J W Lenning was unanimously re elected principal of the schools at a previous meeting Salaries were set Principal 125 a month teachers 75 a month
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Standard
White Sulphur Springs
Clara M. Mc.Naughton
Karting
Iowa
Laura E. Johnson
Harlan
Stella Baker
Booneville
Effie Tipton
Tipton
Miss Baker
Protest Entered Against Patents Near Troy Montana
A protest filed in the Kalispell land office by Bartholomew Downey of Troy challenges the selection of lots 11 and 12 and the west half of the southeast quarter of section 39 township 31 north range 33 west tied to the Homestake No 2 Placer Mining claim. The Northern Pacific objected to prior classification as mineral land and the road won. The mining company now protests patent issuance claiming valuable placer ground based on work done.
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Standard
Kalispell
Bartholomew Downey
Troy
Homestake No. 2 Placer Mining Company
Mineral Land Commission
Northern Pacific
Fire destroys Buffalo transfer sheds and grain cars
Buffalo May 12 A blaze wiped out the Lake Shore and Erie transfer sheds at Van Renessaler and Elk streets. The loss is estimated at 250000 dollars. A grain elevator and 40 cars were also destroyed.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Lake Shore & Erie
van Renessaler and
Elk Streets
Governor Dockery seeks French help in Wainwright arrest
St. Louis on May 12 Governor Dockery asked Secretary Hay to use his influence with the French government to have Ellis Wainwright arrested and returned to St. Louis to stand trial on bribery charges at the request of Circuit Attorney Folk.
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St. Louis
Dockery
Folk
State Hay
France
Ellis Wainwright
Strikes at Valparaiso Shut Down City Amid Riots
May 12 reports from Santiago indicate a major dock laborer strike in Valparaiso halts all business. Rioters destroyed streetcars and committed other excesses as several people were killed and the city remained in upheaval.
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Santiago
Chile
Valparaiso
Hungary sees peasants attack landowners in Budapest riots
Budapest reports a serious peasant demonstration in the Kreuz district with attacks on castles and houses of Hungarian land owners. Martial law was declared as similar disorders occur in other places.
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Budapest
Ra Ua
Kreuz
Pope to Appoint Cardinals at Next Consistory
Rome reports the pope has decided to appoint cardinals at the upcoming consistory. The article lists the following prelates expected to receive red hats.
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Rome
Wisconsin Ordered to Asiatic Station for Deployment
Washington May 12 The navy department issued orders directing the battleship Wisconsin to proceed to the Asiatic station after completing repairs at the Bremerton navy yard.
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Washington
Wisconsin
Asiatic Station
Navy Department
Bremerton Navy Yard
St Paul Architect Picked For Montana Club Building
Cass Gilbert of St Paul meets Helena Montana Club board to draft plans for a new Montana Club building. Gilbert aims to submit concepts in six to seven weeks with construction starting within days of approval and potential height up to six stories. The board includes Ek C Day Gov Joseph Toole ex Gov Hauser and others.
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Standard
Helena
Montans Club
Cass Gilbert
St. Paul
America
Gilbert
Union League Club
New York
Minnesota Club
Minnesota
Government Customs House
Secretary of War
Weat Point
Montana Capitol
First Building Commission
State House
Board of Governors
Mr. Gilbert
Ek. C. Day
Joseph K. Toole
T. Hauser
A. L. Smith
Norman B. Holter
T. B. Miller
A. Davidson
W. A. Chessman
M. A. Gunn
Doings in Dillon and Beaverhead
Special correspondence from Dillon reports Sheriff M P Jist returning with Shaben Ferris a Butte Assyrian held for illegal registration and facing a hearing before Justice Vermillion. The piece notes other Assyrian voters implicated and mentions a St Louis party led by J N Collins planning railroad or mining ventures in the county.
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Dillon
M. Dp.jist
Butte
Shaben Ferris
Vermillion
J. J. Denney
Shaben
Assyriar
J. N. Collins
St. Louis
William Matthews
W. J van Court
John Matthews
A. V. Woodman
Rockies
State Buys County Bonds in $55,000 Issue
May 12 Helena dispatch says Montana state completed purchase of the Whithead county bond issue totaling 55,000. Bonds issued about four years ago were initially sold to Conrad National Bank Kalispell then bought by a Chilean concern. the state bought them back for 55,0496 at face value with 4 percent interest.
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Helena
Wlathead County
Conrad National Bank of
Kalispell
Chileago
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