Famous auto builder Andrew Fisher visits Butte
Andrew Fisher founder of Fisher Body, now GM subsidiary, tours the Pacific coast and the West as his party travels through Seattle Butte and Milwaukee. He notes Oakland plant and says Detroit population growth from 250000 to 1750000 shows factory prosperity. He eyes sites but prefers existing plants and Seattle prospects remain uncertain.
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Andrew Fisher
General Motors
Mr. Fisher
Milwaukee
Pacific Coast
Oakland
Detroit
Montana
Wayne County
Ohio
Seattle
Fisher
Butte
Idaho
Rockies
Broughton Heads to Salt Lake City on Electric Light Claim
Walkerville resident James I. Broughton, long time Walkerville treasurer and early band member, leaves for Salt Lake City after asserting he introduced electric light to a private Montana home. He cites No. 11 B Street as Montana's first electrically wired house while recounting his family, business beginnings, and state’s early electrification.
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Walkerville
Silver Bow County
Montana
Walker- Ville
Union Pacific
Salt Lake City
James I. Broughton
Alice Band
Pioneer
Broughton
Yorkshire
United States
Joseph
George
Butte
East Park Street
Walkerville Methodist Church
Caprice
Criger and Criger
Kentucky
Lillian Wilkinson
Jennie Walser
Denver
Mary Ann Wariner
Florida
Canada
Florence Brule
Chile
Marcus Daly
Alice
Billy Hall
Moulton
Lexington
Joe Viol
B. Street
Butte Visitors and Guests Stay at Local Hotels
A list of visitors and guests staying at Butte hotels includes Charles Bardon from Anaconda at the Leggat, Mrs. L. D. Glenn from Harlowton also at the Leggat, J. F. Erwin from Dillon at the Leggat, Carl E. Swanson from Anaconda at the Leggat, and many others. The Dillon track team visited Leggat after Missoula, while James Furgle from Wallace and Hugh Wakefield from Ennis checked in elsewhere. Numerous registrations from Lima, Dillon, Ennis, Warm Springs, Belt, and Three Forks populate hotel ledgers as newspapers record local hospitality.
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Orton Bros.Advo
Charles Bardon
Anaconda
Leggat
L. D. Glenn
Harlowton
J. F. Erwin
Dillon
Butte
Carl E. Swanson
P. O
Adv
Missoula
James Furgle
Wallace
Acoma
Hugh ©. Wakefield
Ennis
G. Lynn
W. J. Doyle
Thornton
Warm Springs
Charles F. Meine
Henry Lundberg
L. L. McGuire
Lima
Burned Car Seen Between Butte and Deer Lodge
Mayor Frank Conley reports a burned automobile found on the road between Butte and Deer Lodge. The vehicle is registered to Pat McGinley of 2123 Edwards Street. Police also log a collision involving a car registered to G Asid of 1813 Wilson Street hitting a parked car owned by Laboe at Alabama and Broadway.
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Frank Conley
Deer Lodge
Butte
Pat McGinley
Edwards Street
G. Asid
Wilson Street
Laboe
Alabama
Broadway
F O E Chief Westerman to Visit Butte Lodge During Tour
Butte Eagles prepare for a large public class initiation named the Mothers day class to honor Lou V. Westerman national president of the F O E who arrives from Seattle on Wednesday with G W Ross. Helena drill team will lead initiation rites with a delegation of about 20 from ore districts and surrounding towns. Westerman heads one of the world s largest fraternal orders with about 600000 members and has served in Seattle aerie No 1 and the grand aerie since 1913.
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Butte
Westerman
Eagle Lodges
Helena
Butte Eagles
Seattle Aerie No. 1
Washington State
Council 10 Holds Initial Meeting With New Members
The first regular meeting of the city council will be held Wednesday evening in the city hall. New aldermen Don McAllister and John J. Haggerty join the council which organized last Monday. On the agenda are committee appointments by Mayor Beadle and a bid decision for 146 traffic signs for parking, school zones, and stop streets.
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Don McAllister
John J. Haggerty
Beadle
War on beetles to start shortly in Big Hole basin
J C Kircher of the U S F S says the $100000 mountain pine beetle eradication campaign in the Big Hole basin will begin within two weeks this summer. Twelve camps for 400 workers are nearly ready, with start after snow clears and workers notified by the local forest service office.
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Big Hole
J. C. Kircher
Washington, D. C
Kircher
Butte
Forest Service
Rocky Mountain
National Forest Week
Preparations for Butte Business College Spring Social
The Business College Dancing club plans a regular monthly dance at Rosemont hall on Friday May 25 followed by a June promenade at Columbia Gardens ending the season. Students and staff engage in exams classes and a National Music Week program with performances led by Mme Leipheimer.
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Business College
Rosemont Hall
Columbia Gardens
Helen Sheehan
Madeline Bertoglio
Missoula
Evelyn Askman
Miriam Finn
Beulah Gagnon
Margaret Ralph
William Horgan
Claudia Bergman
Agnes Crangle
Robert Humphreys
Humphreys
D. E. Rossiter
Virginia Jones
Marjorie Egan
Mary Harrington
Geraldine Riley
Esther Brennan
Josephine Malerick
Florence Townsend
Aili Elphison
Mary Simpkins
Maddie Salmonson
Vera Edwards
Ruth Blomgren
Boris Newland
Herbert Wurst
Mary Devine
Phemia McPhail
Mary Mihelich
Anna R. Gergurich
Pete Miller
Alma Mayer
Ethel McIntyre
Yakima
Wash
McIntyre
Catherine A. Mihelich
Adolph Strah
Edwin Sundberg
Remington Typewriter Company
Thelma Christiansen
Helen Edquest
Aileen Weingartner
Harriet Simpkins
Gladys Ott
Mme
Marie Leipheimer
Mme. Leipheimer
Fischer
Harris
Gleason
Gertrude Downey
Lois Huggins
Boe to Speak at Anaconda Norwegian Independence Observance
Hans C. Boe, a notable figure in Butte for Norse causes, will address Norwegian American residents of Anaconda on the 114th anniversary of Norway's independence. The May 17 gathering at the Norwegian Lutheran church recalls 1904 efforts by Boe and partners to organize Norway day celebrations in Anaconda.
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Hans C. Boe
Butte
Anaconda
Boe
H. J. Beartown
Andrew Strommen
Norway
Aid Society
Butte and Anaconda Embalmers Licensed
Sam R. White Jr. of Butte and Hayes B. Lavis of Anaconda are among nine candidates who passed the state examination for embalmers licenses in Butte. White and Lavis recently completed a course in embalming at a Chicago school. Other licensed names include John E. Young Stockett W G O Connor Great Falls W R Nichols Sheridan Wyo J Glenn Allen Tuttle Idaho Dewey F Gates Harlington Joseph A Wier Miles City Elmer C Schultz Milwaukee Wis.
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Sam R. White Jr
Butte
Hayes B. Lavis
Anaconda
White
Lavis
Chicago
Montana
John E. Young
Stockett
W. G. O’connor
Great Falls
W. R. Nichols
Sheridan
Wyo
J. Glenn Allen
Tuttle
Idaho
Dewey F. Gates
Harlowton
Joseph A. Wier
Miles City
Elmer C. Schultz
Milwaukee
Seein' Airplanes New Effect From 100 Mush
Sheriffs in Butte were called to arrest a man acting queerly after he claimed Seein airplanes. He warned officers to wait for the planes to land as he stared upward from inside a building following a drunken episode.
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Sherpe
Butte
Building dynamited on East Galena Street
A dynamite blast at 4:15 yesterday morning wrecked a small rear building on East Galena Street. Detectives Powell and White arrested John Sager of Walnut Street on a health ordinance charge, though he was not linked to the blast.
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East
Galena Street
Joe Powell
Frank White
John Sager
Walnut Street
Sager
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Three Forks
Anna M. Sohn
Belt
First National Bank of
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W. A. Clark & Bro.bankers
Clark and
J. Boss Clare
K. Heslet
J. Barker
Batte
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Lou V. Westerman
City
Council
Washington Forest
Butte Business College
Karl Dane
Geo
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Solly Ward
Harrington Sisters IN “A Garden OF Song
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Mother
Rialto
Shearer
Paris
Business
Norma Shearer
Charles Lavell
East Side
Ansonia
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Butte, Montana
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