Unanimous Support for Main Street Paving Plan and District Petition
At a mass meeting in Butte city council chamber residents approved paving Main Street to the city limits. A seven member committee was appointed to gather signatures for a improvement district extending from Park and Main to Front, with taxed support from benefited property owners. Some lower South Main residents opposed an under rail crossing, noting the line’s limited use, while agreeing on paving to secure the highway.
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Main Street
Butte
South End
Harrison Avenue
James H. Rowe
Park and Main
John Lindquist
Council “Chamber
Arate
Mes H. Rowe
Alder
South Main Street
B.A
Milwaukee
M. P. “Alexander
Platinum Street
Hailstorms of golf ball size hit Colorado town
Col May 29 reports describe a severe hailstorm in Greeley causing extensive damage with an official estimate of 250 000 dollars. The storm produced a two mile wide path of hail and rain, shattered windows, damaged crops, and flooded basements. Areas affected stretched from Severance to Twin Bridges, reaching Kersey and the Greeley Loveland dry land region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greeley
Fee
Severance
Twin Bridges
Kersey
Greetey-Loveland Dry Land
Butte Prepares Memorial Day Tribute To Fallen Heroes
Butte plans a solemn Memorial Day with veterans from Civil War Spanish American and World War I eras leading ceremonies. The parade from the courthouse will pass through main streets, with services at graves and flowers laid at the battleship Maine memorial in the courthouse rotunda. Thousands of friends and relatives will gather at cemeteries to honor departed comrades and loved ones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Maine
Iis
Prest halted by damage to plane in hail storm
Associated Press reports aviator May Prest attempting to fly from Buffalo to Siberia could not continue his flight in Cheyenne Wyoming today due to wing damage caused by a hail storm yesterday. Prest had arrived Saturday from Omaha.
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Associated Press
Cheyenne
Wye
May Prest
Buffalo
Siberia
Prest
Omaha
Tariff Fight Reverses Brick Duty Change in Senate
The Senate finance committee majority reversed its brick duty plan after clashes with the Republican agricultural tariff bloc. It proposed no duty on building brick unless a country taxed US bricks, then equal duties would apply. Cyanide and magnesite duties sparked party splits, with cyanide restored to the free list by 46 to 1, and magnesite rising to 10 per ton over the House rate.
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Republican Agricultural Tariff Bloc
Associated Press
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Tn Leu
United States
Samuel Untermyer
Lockwood
New York
Senate
Broussird
Louisiana
Ashhurst
Arizona
Jones
New Mexico
Pittman
Nevada
Roth
Court Orders Road Combine Be Dissolved
The highest tribunal rules that the Central Pacific and Southern Pacific railroad firms remain competitive and must sever control, dissolving the road combine arrangement. The decision marks a decisive shift in railroad governance and market balance.
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Court Orders Road Combine
Central Pacific
Southern Pacific
Case on Central Pacific split forces access to San Francisco Bay
The US Supreme Court ordered dissolution of ownership and control of the Central Pacific by the Southern Pacific, ruling two lines were competitive. It directed a decree severing control while protecting mortgage liens, and urged apportioned or jointly used access to San Francisco Bay and major terminals to ensure fair competition.
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San Francisco Bay
Washington
Central Pacific Railway
Southern Pacific Company
Supreme Court
Reynolds
Brandeis
McKenna
Leane
Union ‘Trust Company of
New York
Justice Day
Sacramento
Portland
Ore
United States
United Statesistrict Court of
Utah
Union Trust Company of
Southern Pacifi
Southern Pacific
Central Pacific
Ogden
Southern’ Pacific
Galveston
New Orleans
Convict Witnesses Escape From Deer Lodge Prison
Kenneth Dean and Albert Skeill, convicts at Deer Lodge state prison, escaped last Thursday. They have not been recaptured. Dean, serving a forgery term from Great Falls, and Skeill, a Yellowstone county prisoner serving for grand larceny, were among witnesses called to testify in the Conley trial.
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Helna
Kenneth Dean
Albert Skeill
Deer Lodge
State Board of Prison Commissioners
Dean
Great Falls
Skeill
Yellowstone County
Conley
River collision sinks Welsh Prince with seven dead
Marine experts say swift Columbia River current caused the Welsh Prince and Towana crash near Altoona Washington. The Welsh Prince sank within minutes. seven crew members were killed or missing as workers cut away wreckage to recover bodies from the tangled steel and lumber laden holds.
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Associated Press
Portland
Ore
Columbia River
Altoona
Wash
Japan
Colorado mine to reopen June 1 with 400 workers
Fred miners will resume at the Davis Daly Colorado mine on June 1 under efficiency manager Br Evans. Horses and mules have been lowered to levels and operations will restart with near prior staff. The mine, which stayed active longer than others, shut down November 20 and ore is treated at the Pittsburgh smelter.
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Fred
Colorado
Davis-Daly Company
Br Evans
Davis-Daly
Pittsmont
Two abductees chained in Nebraska shack ordeal ends
In Omaha area a man named Gus Grimes identified as Fred Brown fled after abducting two women 21 and 20 and a man, H E Boyd, who escaped and alerted sheriffs. The three were held in a cave beneath a shack for about 36 hours until Boyd freed himself. Grimes fled in Boyd's car, later found three miles from Lincoln. Both women and Boyd were unharmed.
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Rec
Omaha
Neb
Gus Grimes
H. E. Boyd
Nebrsing
Grimes
Fred Brown
Cave
Jean Jenkins
Katherine McMaman
Boyd
Sherff
Lincoln
Brakeman Admits Murder of Armour in Stanwood Woods
Everett May 29 Don ald E Stevenson a railway brakeman confessed to police that he killed Seattle salesman A A Armour whose body was found in a Stanwood area woods. Police say Stevenson claimed the death followed a fight over whether to rob a farmer nearby to obtain funds to buy moonshine.
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Everett
Wash
Donald E. Stevenson
A. A. Armour
Seattle
Stanwood
Stevenson
Armour
Wicinity
Senate panel backs house style soldiers bonus plan with bank loan
The senate finance committee voted 9 to 6 for the house like bonus bill with a bank loan provision. Debate ponders land reclamation, tariff displacement, and a Smoot life-insurance alternative, while President Harding showed no clear stance.
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Smoot
Associated Press
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Williams
Mississippi
Senate
McCumber Ans
Ous
Convicted Kamiah Bank Official Sentenced to Prison
Nez Perce Idaho May George Waterman president of the defunct Kamiah State Bank was taken to the Idaho state penitentiary to commence his sentence of 18 months to three years after being found guilty of falsifying bank statements to cover excess loans. The prison guard handcuffed Waterman before beginning the trip.
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Nez Perce
Idaho
George Waterman
Kamiah State Bank
Idaho State Penitentiary
Waterman
Wat
Foreign born is breaker day law speaker asserts
At a Woman’s Christian Temperance Union meeting in the chamber of commerce rooms, E B Howell said most law violators are foreign born and that moonshiners are not Americans by birth or adoption. He urged Americans to enforce the national prohibition act fully and to ensure aliens also obey it. Benjamin Owen gave the keynote on the statue of the alien and its impact.
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E. B
Woman Christian Temperance Union
Chamber of Commerce
Howell
Scout
Benjamin Owen
Wool Clip Sale Signals Montana Agriculture Rebound
M M Mahurin of the Meagher County Republican reports a 280000 pound wool clip sold at 41 cents per pound by Dick Ringling. He notes improving conditions around White Sulphur Springs, good crop outlook, and rising business as roads and rail access boost tourist traffic through the region.
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Mahurin
White Sulphur Springs
Dick Ringling
M. M. Mahurin
Meagher County Republican
White Springs
Butte
Ringling
White Sulphur
Montana
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COP
Alleaw
SAO. A
Preuss
Nathan Vd. Mille
Wilmette
Chicago
Nathan J. Miller
Henry J. Allen
Kansas
JA. C. Prous
Minnesota
Exmoor Golf Club
EES Siesta Paiaaty
Almour
McCumber
McCumb
Harding
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