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Newspaper

Anaconda Standard

Location

Anaconda, Montana, United States of America

Date

May 28, 1919

Page

2

Multiple Montana Corporations Form In Helena May 27

Helena May 27. Helena men are incorporators of the Overland Butte company filing articles of incorporation with Secretary of State C. T. Stewart. The firm will engage in general automobile business with principal office in Butte and starts with 100000 dollars capital. Incorprators are R. N. Hitch cock M. L. Goodkind and O. W. Mc Connell all of Helena.

Helena Overland Butte Company C. T. Stewart Montana Butte R. N. Hitchcock M. L. Goodkind O. W. McConnell J. P. Dunn Anaconda Deer Lodge Sapphire Company of Charles T. Stewart J. Bruce Kremer L. P. Sanders Alf Cc. Kremer Harlem Water Users’ Association Harlem T. M. Everett M. W. Williams N. Josephine Williams J. M. Everett E. Kennedy Improved Spark Plug Company of Fairview Leon 8. Bates P. E. Ludtke R. J. Cowles Midwest Manufacturing Company of Billings H. K. Shaw E. W. Olson Lawrence A. C. Weaver Woodmen Cemetery Association of

Mobilizing Big Forge Forest Fire Fighters

Missoula May 27 Preparations for placing an army of 600 firefighters in district No 1 on June 1 are about completed at headquarters. The force has been selected and mobilizing for the campaign. Fire patrol and protection crews will enter forests two weeks to a month earlier than in past years. An additional 150 men will join July 1 bringing total fighting force to 750. Another 750 will be available for protection duty drawn from trail and improvement crews. Leaving workers will serve as lookouts smoke chasers patrolmen and rangers assistants in districts.

Missoula

Mrs Hilton Believed to Have Drowned Self

Billings May 27 in a supposed fit of temporary derangement Mrs F E F Hilton wife of an engineer at the Russell Miller flour mills is believed to have drowned herself in the Yellowstone river behind the sugar factory The finding of a hat identified the woman as the missing wife authorities said

Billings F. EF. Hilton Russell Miller Flour Mills

River search widens for missing crew member on Yellowstone

Observation teams continue to search all river points for the missing crew member. The universal belief is that she was drowned in the Yellowstone, while down river posts are ordered to remain vigilant for the body.

Yellowstone

Pleads Guilty on Bad Check Charge in Roundup

R B Wood arrested at Sumatra and returned to Roundup on charges of passing bad checks drawn on the First National Bank of Ismay. He pleaded guilty before Justice McVay, fined $50 and sentenced to 80 days in jail, with possible suspension if the fine is paid and checks honored.

R. B. Wood Sumatra Hopkins First National Bank of Ismay Justice McVay

Rev P N Nesby to Lead Zion Lutheran Lewistown

In Lewistown May 27 the Rev P N Nesby formerly of Watrous Saskatchewan arrives in early July to lead Zion Lutheran church and oversee northern field. A local committee met at the Elks club to aid veterans toward vocational training, planning to consult the government's vocational commission. Benchland nears completion of a handsome church with foundation finished, and Windham prepares a big Wild West show on June 21.

Lewistown P. N. Nesby Watrous Saskatchewan Canada Zion Lutheran Church The Elks Elks’ Club Vocational Commission L L. C. Clark Red Cross Vocational Aid Department Andrew Birkland George J. Wiedeman J. A. Gillaly Alvin Martin E. G. Ivins Benchland

Montana Girl's Romance Ends in Bigamy Sentence

Pretty Marion Peters, 22, daughter of a Helena banker, faces returning to Montana after her husband of 22 days was sentenced to the state reformatory at St. Cloud for bigamy. The romance began on a train from Spokane to St. Paul, culminated in Spokane and Miles City, and unraveled when the first wife and five children appeared in court.

The Standard St. Paul Minn Marion Peters Helena Mont Montana St. Cloud Marion Spokane Great Falls J. F. Kesterman Miles City Kesterman St. Francis

Pershing Confers DSC on Great Falls Private

General Pershing awarded the distinguished service cross to Private Frank D. Miller of the medical detachment Twenty-eighth Infantry nephew of Mrs. Mary Miller of Great Falls Montana for extraordinary heroism at Exermont France October 1 to 12 1918. With his detachment reduced to three men he displayed conspicuous courage aiding evacuation of the wounded under heavy shell and machine gun fire and bringing medical supplies back to the forward station. His conduct inspired his comrades as the sergeant in charge was killed and the commanding officer absent.

Washington General Pershing Frank D. Miller Twenty-eighth Infantry Mary Miller Great Falls Mont Exermont France Miller

Big Hole News Recaps Ranch Sale and Valley Happenings

In Wisdom May 27 notes J A Louk sold his 600 acre ranch to Theodore Woodward of Divide at 25 an acre. Various visitors arrive from Anaconda and Butte. The community plans a June 5 quilting bee and a June 6 soldier reception and dance. Beef drives, local business visits, and a push for linotype equipment mark continued town activity.

Wisdom J. A. Louk Theodore Woodward Divide Edward Anaconda Messrs. Stewart and Fletcher The Basin Mercantile Company A. W. McKeown Hamilton Joe Courcey Big Hole Meadows H. D. Simmons Charles Quist Rexall Drug Store C. I. Fuller Big Hole Jackson Red Cross Odd Fellows Wisdom Community Armitage Hall Big Hole Basin William Montgomery St. Joseph George Woodworth W. McKeown Joe Arbor Benning South Main W. E. Brink Butte BE. N. Jones Gladys Spokane Mr. Jones A. D. Shields Arthur Keas Harry Hopkins Emil Schwartz Enoch Cox

Weekend Socials and Local Happenings In Jackson Area

The report notes various community activities including ranchers installing electric light plants, family visits to Butte and Whitehall, guests from Jackson staying with the Woodworth family in Wisdom, and fishing trips by Frank Hazelbaker and Frank Jr. Jackson and Polaris played a Sunday baseball game on the Jackson diamond with Jackson winning 11 to 2.

John Jackson Charles Pruitt William Knudsen Arthur Hopkins Butte George Woodworth Jackson Polaris Jackson Diamond J. P. Lossi

Big Timber Woman's Glad Hostess 10 Teachers

Big Timber May 27 Sunday May 25 marked a red letter day as the Woman's club hosted a picnic for the high and city school faculty and the high school board with their families at the Loasby home on the Boulder river. Twenty eight cars conveyed guests for a sumptuous meal under the trees and 20 children joined in games and songs led by Mrs. L. R. Peck. The president Mrs. George Loasby received a throne seat and forget-me-nots as the day closed with hymns and college songs.

Big Timber Woman's Club Board of Trustees George Loasby Boulder River L. R. Peck Big Timber Woman's Club

Bee Line Road meeting dates set for Livingston

The Yellow Stone Glacier Bee Line Park to Park Highway association fixed August 14 and 15 for its annual meeting in Livingston. Wade H. George of Great Falls serves as president and R S Skinner as secretary as preliminary arrangements proceed.

Livingston Chamber of Commerce Wade H. George R.S. Skinner Great Falls Association

Boche Will Ask for Plebiscite on Lands

Continued from Page 1 the article notes Boche will seek a plebiscite on lands and questions the allied reply to the German note on economic terms. It also objects to the coal loss imposed by the treaty, arguing a misunderstanding of Germany’s agricultural needs.

Boche Germany

Details of Rocque reply to Spa peace talks

Paris May 27 A Berlin dispatch outlines German counter proposals to the Spa conference peace treaty. Germany offers to abandon Sarre territorial claims for economic control, transfer its fleet to an international trust, pledge shipbuilding, seek credits, and internationalize cable lines while preserving some German participation. It notes eastern territories risk uprisings if annexed to Poland.

Roche Paris Berlin Spa Sarre Germany France League of Nations Europe Upper Silesia West Prussia Danzig Poland

Plant quarantine talks at Riverside conference in May

Riverside California May 27. R A Cooley of Bozeman Montana spoke on alfalfa weevil at the interstate plant quarantine conference during horticultural week. M L Dean of Olympia Washington and Charles A Park of Salem Oregon spoke on an interstate quarantine on potatoes.

Riverside Cal R. A. Cooley Bozeman Mont M. L. Dean Olympia Wash Charles A. Park Salem Ore

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