University of Montana hires staff to streamline finances and dorms
Helena May 16 John H Tanner and Miss Cora Colburn have been secured by Chancellor Elliott to improve state educational institutions. Tanner, an expert accountant, will devise a uniform financial accounting system for all institutions. Colburn will lead dormitory reforms to cut costs and boost efficiency at the university.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
John H. Tanner
Tha ‘Mise
Cora Colburn
Elliott
University of Montana
Tanner
Wisconsin Board of Public Examiners
University of la Salle
Misa Colburn
University of Chicago
White Sulphur News Highlights Local Travel and Visits
White Sulphur Springs May 16. C Sayre leaves for Lewistown to engage in buss. G W Zug visits town from his Calkins ranch. Mrs Vestal of Bonita and Mrs Houghan with her mother depart for Fort Benton. Mire Glenn D Anderson visits sister in Toston. William Schaffarsack returns from Helena on business. Harold Mayn returns from trips to Boulder Anaconda and Dillon. May 22 a program with Prof Currier and Miss Hartman is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Sulphur Springs
JA. Lovelace
Toston
Ben Briscoe
William Schaffarsack
Helena
Harold Mayn
Boulder
Anaconda
Dillon
A. H. Currier
June Hartman
Madeline Phillips
W. L. Powers
Hiram Chivers
Gallatin County
D. FE. Gray
Blackfordaho
Gene Franshamn
Roy Fowler
Marguerite Kirk
May Erwin Ha
Bozeman
Berkeley
Cal
University of California
First Baptist Church
Horace Tilden
Stutzman
Goshen
Ind
Gallatin Valley
Norris
Hans Biering
Taylor's Pork Cattle Company
Western
Butter scouring contest ends with creamery scores
In Bozeman on May 16 the butter scouring contest concluded at the col woure with Casie and Forsyth creameries tied at 94.75 percent. The average of 18 creameries was 93 percent, butter moisture 126 percent, salt 2 percent. Named creameries include Carbon County 91.75, Cascade 94.75, Forsyth 94.75, Wibaux 93, Great Falls Polar airhewell 93, Clyde Park 98.75, Yark County Livingston 92.60, Belt 92.5, Milk River Hamilton Co-operative 98.50. The Rev Charles W Th new pastor spoke to the Y M C A on An Old Fashioned Mother. The college glee club performed and a recital by School of Music students is set for May 17 in the auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bozeman
Colwoure
Casie
Forsyth
Carbon County Creamery Com
Cascade Creamery
Orayth
Wibaux
Polar Airhewell Company
Great Falls
Clyde Park
Yark County
Livingston
Belt
Milk’ River Company
Hamilton
College Glee Club
Notice to Deer Lodge County Fair stockholders meeting
Stockholders of Deer Lodge County Fair Association in Anaconda Mont are summoned by the board to discuss selling all assets and especially the real estate. The meeting will be at the Montana hotel Anaconda on Saturday June 17 1916 at 8 p.m. to decide disposal of the corporation property. Members may attend personally or by proxy. Witness dated May 8 1916. Secretary I. Emerson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deer Lodge
Wits
Montana Hotel
Main Street
Anaconda
Teer Lodge County
Mont
Syrth
A. D
Aaid
Emerson
Deer Lodge County
Will Probate Hearing For George Parrott Estate Set May 27
In Deer Lodge District Court a hearing on the will of George Parrott deceased is scheduled for May 27 1916 at 10 oclock a.m. in the court room of the Deer Lodge courthouse. Ada A Hutson applies for letters testamentary and interested parties may appear to contest the will. Dated May 12 1916. M L Udermott Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third Judicial District
State of
Montana
Deer Lodge
George Parrott
Provin
George Par- Pott
Ada A. Hutson
M. L. Mdermott
Great Northern seeks city line approval for extension
Lewistown May 16 reports engineer George D. Rady asked the city council to grant permission for Great Northern to build its line east to city limits confirming plans to extend to Grass Range this summer. Work resumes at the tunnel east of town. Palmer was granted a divorce from Emma for desertion in 1906. Prohibition meetings drew modest attendance amid campaign interest. Carnegie library board members named include Mrs. Bert D Autreman Mrs. Charles McClare and Alderman Harry Vestrem. City Engineer Andy Birkland appointed consulting engineer of Denton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewistown
George D. Rady
Great Northern
Tanne
Palmer
Emma Palmer
Heatland
Aienough
W. A. Hedges
Stevenson
W. C. Thushand
E. Porter
Harlow
E. B. Coulter
Moore
W. D. Symmesby
Carnegie Paibrary Board
Bert D'Autreman
Charles McClare
Harry Vestrem
Andy Birkland
Denton
Kalispell Court Actions and Local News Digest
The Kalispell area reports final naturalization papers issued by Judge Thompson Sohn Pickett for Anna Hanson Ernest Lake F B Dore Ole Gallus and Cardamone Diego. Separately Erickson files info against Tusan Alexander and I J Murphy over a gambling game on Oct 20 1915. Brown arrested in Spokane for forgery after warrants in Kalispell. Walter Jordan and Ernie O'Brien were Brown’s victims amid Swan Lake area. A foreclosure suit over a $20000 mortgage against the Cramer ranch Lakeside. F G Ellis and daughter arrive from Des Moines for Mrs Ellis operation. she will return home in a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalispell
Thompson Sohn Pickett
Polson
Anna Hanson
Ernest Lake
F. B. Dore
Ole Gallus
Cardamone Diego
Fielding
Erickson
Tusan Alexander
I. J. Murphy
Frank M. Ford
Brown
Issuin
Spokane
State Penitentiary
Walter Jordan
Ernie O'Brien
Big Fork
Swanlake
Dennis E. Dawson
W. M. Cramer
Anna Cramer
Cramer
Lakeside
F. G. Ellis
Des Moines
Hamilton Baseball Opens May 30 In Bitter Root League
Mr and Mrs R A O Hara and Miss Roberta O Hara returned from Missoula by auto. Mrs O Hara and her daughter remained in Missoula while Mr O Hara went to Helena for supreme court matters. Hammond returns from Missoula where Bitter Root Valley league was organized listing Hamilton Missoula Homer and Northern Pas Line of Missoula as entrants. Directors Hamilton Dean Stanley Howe Stevensville Turner Missoula Mendels from Pacific and Doc Weiss of Bonner named. Opening game at Hamilton set for May 30 with schedule pending.
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Hamilton
R.A. O'Hara
Roberta O'Hara
Miss South
O'Hara
Missoula
Homer
Northern Pas Line
George T
Rensville
Tubreck
Bonner
W. G. Furgeson
Dean
Stanley
Howe
Stevensville
Turner Missoula
Mendels
Pacific
Doc Weiss
Bishop for Helena
Henna May 16 telegram from Dr Leovard at Saratoga Springs says the Methodist general conference has decided the Montana bishop will reside in Helena for the next four years and have jurisdiction over adjacent states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Henna
C. Leovard
Saratoga Springs
Montana
Ajacent
Holens
Mrs Weir Injured in Fall Before Baccalaureate Sermon
Sunday the baccalaureate sermon was marked by an accident as Mrs Weir fell on a cement sidewalk and broke her hip. She is suffering intensely and at her advanced age recovery will be slow.
Ed Clark Sentenced to Long Term in the Pen
Great Falls May 16 Ed Clark a former Butte resident linked to prior holdup cases was sentenced by Judge H J Ewing to 12 to 14 years in the penitentiary after conviction on charges tied to a June robbery. His accomplice already serving a term testified against him and Clark’s wife fainted on hearing the sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
Ed Clark
Butte
Siiver
Clark
Ewing
James Hill
Mavericks
TL. N. Walker
Alberta
Josephine Enoex
Nina Green
Yoana
Dillon News Highlights Local Events and Court Preparations
Dillon May 16. Attorney W C Gilbert returns for extended business visit to Italian and Denver by Engineer W E Chapman leaves for Spencer Idaho. Fuller travel to collect poll taxes while another returns from the southern county. Macanally jailed briefly for opposing officers at Elk Saloon. Judge Smith drafts district court calendar. Madison and McIntosh of Reno Nevada depart for Bannack on mining business. Local officials Lose and Francis attend county business. Attorney General and Mrs Poindexter visit. Dillon military band to perform outdoors if weather holds. Chinook play by normal college seniors set for Friday in auditorium. proceeds fund publication. Play features real men and previews later graduation accents. Range lambing hit by week-long storm. fear heavy losses. Methodist church lecture by Willan A Lawrence on Europe’s titanic struggle draws large audience fresh from trenches. Prices for grains and livestock figures listed. Contempt note: Helena telegrams to railroad commission cited for lumber rate conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
W. C. Gilbert
Denver
W. E. Chapman
Spencer
Idaho
Ness
E. N
J. C. Fuller
Mr. Fuller
y“Macanally
Martin
Retallic
Elk
Joseph Smith
Charles Madison
A. McIntosh
Reno
Nev
Bannack, Bohere
Big Hole
C. W. Francis
Elt
Mra
J.B. Poindexter
Dillon Military Band
Normal College
Col Tegeuditorium
Society Colony
Sara~nga
Methodist
Willan A. Lawrence
Europe
Lawrence
Contempt Motion At Commission Meeting
While the commission was still under advisement, EB Hall urged contempt action against sender P L Howe of St Paul a Great Northern director and Eureka Lumber holder. The vote split with Morley and McCormick against and the chairman in favor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EB. Hall
P.L. Howe
St. Paul
Great Northern Railway Company
Eureka Lumber Company
Morley and McCormick
Harlowton News Tracks and Debaters and Local Moves
Harlowton May 16 report members of the track and debating teams returned home. Clinton Tintsman, ex Milwaukee lineman, will manage a Hil Greth Neb telephone exchange with his family within 10 days. Kalberg and Anton Overgaard on a flying trip to Butte. Rauch visited Conductor Harry Thompson then went to American Fork for summer location. Nick Miles came for a short visit with local railroad men. Helena May 16 state board of veterinary examiners holds exams for licenses with nine applicants including MT Gunn from Butte and others from eastern and northern Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlowton
Clinton Tintsman
Milwaukee
Hil. Greth
Neb
Kalberg
Anton Overgaard
Butte Fe 3
Rauch
Harry Thompson
American Fork
Nick Miles
Helena
State Board of Veterinary Examiners
Montana
Butte
M.T. Gunn
Memorial collections to aid war sufferers 100,000 goal
May 28 memorial collections in churches nationwide are to raise funds for destitute and starving people in Europe and Asia. The effort by the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America aims to mobilize Christian churches for reconstruction and reconciliation after the war, not to launch a broad new aid campaign.
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NVI
New York
Federal Council
Churches of Christ In
America
Europe
Asia
Sweden weighs reply to Aland fortification interpellation
May 16 dispatch from Seden notes the government is preparing its reply to parliament on Russia fortifying the Aland islands off Sweden. The statement likely next week will reflect concern over Russian buildup and Swedish war participation propaganda. London reports Brigadier General Marchand was not killed as earlier claimed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senden
Russia
Aland Islands
Sweden
Gulf of Bothnia
Baltic Sea
Ies Tion
London
Exchange Telegraph Company
Paris
Marchand
Fashoda
Sttion
Hughes Leads Roosevelt in Vermont Primary
Justice Hughes led Theodore Roosevelt by about two to one in the Republican presidential primaries, with incomplete returns from Caledonia County and eight cities and towns reporting in Montpelier Vermont on May 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hughes
Roosevelt
Montpelier
Justice Hughes
Supreme Court
Theodore Roosevelt
Caledonia County
Mahon Harding to Succeed Air Arthur as Viceroy
May 17 dispatch says Haron Hardinge former vic ar toon wi succeed air Arthur Nic Nunder secretary of the foreign of fee retires on account of health Lord Hardinge would thus be prepared for the post. Also note Panama canal authorities taking precautions after rumors of dynamite attempts on canal locks. San Ramon searched. crew Americans. cargo dye woods. Paris report: Sarah Bernhardt, amid recent marriage history, acknowledged by decree that Damala died in 1888.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahon Harding
Ondon
Tok
Haron Hardinge
Toon Wi
Air Arthur
Nic Nunder
Foreign Offee
Lord Hardinge
India
Panama
San Francisco
Mazatlan
Mexico
New York
Paris
Sarah Bernhardt
Jacus Damala
Poincare
Damala
Dundee Beats Wells In Light Bout Decision
Boston May 16 Johnny Dundee of New York was awarded the decision in a ten round bout with Matt Wells of England. The fighters weighed in light. French scientists report a new source of vegetable ivory from a palm fruit abundant in the Sudan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Decisio
Boston
Johnny Dundee
New York
Matt Wells
England
Sudan
May Get Irish Post Chief Secretaryship Mentioned
Winston Churchill is prominently mentioned as a candidate for the Chief Secretaryship for Ireland, the post vacant after Augustine Birrell's resignation. The report notes the political maneuvering surrounding the appointment and the implications for Irish policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston Churchill
Ireland
Augustine Birrell
Esther Cleveland Plans Alphabetical Instruction Work
Miss Esther Cleveland daughter of the late President studies at the Pennsylvania Institute for the Instruction of the Blind in Philadelphia to prepare herself to teach soldiers who have lost their sight in the European war. She expects to leave for France and work in the American Hospital at Neuilly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Cleveland
Pennsylvania Institute For the Instruction of the Blind
Philadelphia
France
Neuilly
Firemen Overcome by Poison Gas and Smoke in Spokane Blaze
Fifty firefighters led by Chief Weeks and Assistant Chief Joyce faced dense gas and smoke at a Post street Riverside fire. Dozens were overcome, with several revived, and hospital reports tonight suggested most would recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
All
Weeks
William Joyce
Buital Ated
Post Street
Riverside Ai Hue
Ou" Tome
Emersen Y Hospital
Sid al
Ogden match ends in decision after long wrestling bout
Ogden Utah May 18 Jack Harbert of local middle weight wins decision over Elmer Taylor of Texas after a foul call following a lengthy relueling match that lasted over an hour claiming championship honors.
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Beiupson
Ogden
Utah
Jack Harbertsone
Elmer
Taylor
Texas
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Calkins
Bozeman News
John A. Collins
Wifce
Les R. Gallins
Ribit Uthin
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Nue
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Lewistown News
Hamilton News
Dillon News
Minneapolis
Misa Ielle
Montana Railroad Commission
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State
Toot
McCall
Massachusetts
Baratoza Opring
Manker
Athens
Methodist General Conference
Atanker
ON Chu
Rchill
Silver Bow National Bank
Federal Reserve Main
Kent
West Park Street
John Macginniss
D. J, Fitzgerald
Loy
Daly Bank and Trust A
Cneral Banking Business
Charles J. Relly
Joan D. Rya Relly Ies
Bigaigent Ce Swiknonnie
First National Bank of
United States Depository
Fg Dutton Res Pe Sth
Inenson. ‘Cashise Asa
Miners Savings Bank and Trust Company
Tal
W. A Clark
W.a.clark & Brother Bankers
UBR
J. Johnston
Penta ‘Riwisia
Arma
Inter
J. Ross Clark
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
ABC
Western Montana National Bank
B.A
P.ry
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