Ravalli County Fair Preparations Seen With Strong Entries
Hamilton October 3 authorities in charge report record entries for Ravalli county fair prizes and exhibits. Agriculture promises maturity and size surpassing Helena displays with improved fruits. New attractions include jumping automobile balloon ascension and baby contest as Corvallis band plays daily plus auto and horse races. Missoula day Wednesday features 60 autos in a parade led by their band. Stevensville Thursday and Darby Friday showcase the valley regions.
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Hamilton
Ravalli County Fair
Helena
White Elk
Corvallis
Missoula
Stevensville
Darby
Boulder Hot Springs Manager Wins Sweepstake Prizes
James M. Reynolds, manager of Boulder Hot Springs, returned from Billings with all sweepstake prizes from racing entries. Local residents include Mrs. Dudley Halford visiting Great Falls, Mrs. Curtis Denbow staying with the ill Mrs. William Flood, and others arriving or departing for studies, travel, and visits.
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Boulder
James M. Reynolds
Boulder Hot Springs
Billings
Dudley Halford
Great Falls
G. A. Madsen
Yvette Halford
Curtis Denbow
Basin
William Flood
William Merrill
Newport
D.S. Merrill
Libbie Patterson
Cordovia
Alaska
Eva Owens
Patterson
W. L. Beardsley
Butte
Burlington cuts freight rates for small shipper hops
Billings reports that a tariff supplement will reduce freight charges on many commodities shipped in less than carload lots from St. Louis Chicago and Omaha to Billings and other Montana Burlington Road points. The change takes effect October 25 following requests from the Billings Commercial Club traffic department.
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Billings
St. Louis
Chicago
Omaha
Burlington Road
Montana
Billings Commercial Club
City health dept takes over Billings baby clinic
The Billings health department assumes operation of the baby clinic started by the Billings Woman's club. New city nurse Miss Mary Rust will arrive Monday from Boise to direct the clinic, supervise tuberculosis patient care, and focus on children under school age.
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Billings
City Health Department
Billings Woman's Club
Mary Rust
New City
Boise
Livestock Sale At Twin Bridges Draws Ranchers
At the Twin Bridges sale on October 3, local ranchers bought thoroughbred Herefords shipped from the Gallatin valley. Buyers included B. B. Paige of Ruby Frank Stone of Alder Davis and Lewis of Sheridan and James M. Bateman of Twin Bridges. The sale aims to improve herds and boost ranch profits.
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Twin Bridges
B. Paige
Ruby
Frank Stone
Alder
Davis & Lewis
Sheridan
James M. Bateman
Gallatin Valley
Libby News Libby County Budgets And Lodge Visit
Prof J S Pitts chairs Salvation Army advisory board reports Lincoln county budget quota 1600 with Libby share 500. A 75 member Masonic and Eastern Star delegation attended Troy installation and charter grants amid lavish hospitality. Tributes note death of 14 year old George Behnke in Walla Walla from bone disease ospolimus after three day illness and Mrs Mattie Mellum 32 dies at Open Air sanitarium Portland from tuberculosis after influenza.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Libby
J. S. Pitts
Salvation Army County Advisory Board
John G. Brown
Lincoln County
Masonic and
Eastern Star Orders
Troy
George Behnke
Emil Behnke
Walla Walla
Wash
Spokane
Mattie Mellum
Portland
Leslie
Great Falls
Whitehall Social Roundup Sees Birthdays Travels and Moves
Whitehall notes the Sans Souci club complimenting Mrs E Huston and Mr Justus with a birthday dinner and 500 games. A B Schmidt from Miles City visits relatives. Ben Orr returns from a coast trip. New matron Towner injured. St Theresa’s Aid met at Mrs Gilbert’s. Miss Jean Franks heads east for months. Mark Orr turns eight with a lunch and Yellowstone theater. Earl Wilsons move back to Whitehall into Jeffries house. Keeler hosts E W Keeler and D P Sutton. John Urick departs for Pittsburg for four months.
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Whitehall
Sam V. Justus
Yellowstone Theater
Earl Wilson
Jeffries House
E. W. Keeler
D. P. Sutton
Butte
John Urick
Pittsburg
Melrose News Highlights Local Travel and Death
Melrose notes include Mrs. Hugh Gardiner shopping in Butte and Mrs. Helen Jones with her son visiting from Dillon. Mrs. Jim Kinney plans an extended stay in the East. Howard MacDonald and family return from Dillon with baby Winifred. William Moore, 92, dies at home, survived by his wife and son Frank, marking an old Melrose Glendale presence.
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Melrose
Hugh Gardiner
Butte
Helen Jones
Dillon
Jim Kinney
East
Howard MacDonald
Winifred
William Moore
Bozeman hosts large Montana WCTU convention
Bozeman reports a large turnout for the thirty seventh annual Montana W C T U convention with a banquet for more than 200 attendees and a closing address by national speaker Mary Harris Armour of Macon Georgia. Delegates from numerous Montana towns plus one from San Diego gathered to support prohibition and enforce the Volstead Act.
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Bozeman
Montana
Mary Harris Armour
Macon
Butte
Anaconda
Helena
Great Falls
Livingston
Lewistown
Deer Lodge
Glendive
Kalispell
Libby
Fort Benton
Havre
Cascade
Harlowton
Conrad
Whitefish
Living Springs
Townsend
Sydney
Big Sandy
Chateau
Bynum
Perma
Ryegate
Egan
Eureka
Fairfield
Belgrade
Three Forks
San Diego
Cal
Hamilton News Highlights Local Visits and New Bank
Miss Florence Granke visits Kalamazoo relatives while Miss Bettie McCulloch returns to Dallas. Guests Doris Inez and Hazel Peterson enjoy a Missoula fair. A committee raises 121.50 for a soldier monument. Water works at Riverview cemetery near completion. Rufus Russell visits old friends. Indians trek through the valley en route south for deer. First National Bank relocates to Main and Second, with a modern, vaulted new facility praised for its western standards.
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Missoula Fair
Rufus Russell
Stevensville
Flathead
First National Bank
Main
Second Streets
Daly
Drummond News Highlights Local Movements and Events
James King returns from a Portland vacation and resumes work at the Northern Pacific depot. Mrs. W. T. Cotter visits Helmville, staying with Mrs. George Potts. Mrs. H. R. Munkres plans to move to Deer Lodge with her husband. Buck Cumming heads to Deer Lodge for a week of business. William Russell of Helmville attends the Drummond orchestra practice. Ladies' Aid held a successful food sale at Maccabee hall. George Petello of Helmville, foreman at Day and Hanson Co. ranch, arrived in town for business.
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William Russell
Helmville
Drummond Orchestra
Ladies' Aid Society
Maccabee Hall
George Petello
Day & Hanson Co
Sioux Chief to Carry Message to Omaha Opened Battlefield Route
Chief White Eagle, in full Sioux regalia, leaves the Custer battlefield on a 1100 mile ride to Omaha to report that the Custer battlefield highway is now open from Omaha to Glacier Park. Motion pictures were taken at the start and again on arrival in Omaha. His expenses are funded by Sheridan, Wyoming citizens.
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Billings
White Eagle
Custer Battlefield
Omaha
Glacier Park
Washington, D. C
Sheridan
Wyo
Rev Wiley Mountjoy Speaks. Plans Form Community Church
The Rev Wiley Mountjoy spoke at the Estlin theater in Twin Bridges on Sunday evening. Afterward a community church meeting was held to organize a new church group. Thrashing on dry farms began, with yields better than expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twin Bridges
Wiley Mountjoy
Estlin
Cemetery Mausoleum Construction Begins in Billings
Work started yesterday on a $10,000 mausoleum at the new municipal cemetery in Billings Montana. The Montan Mausoleum company will build a concrete bronze and marble structure measuring 125 by 50 feet. It will house crypts and a funeral chapel featuring a marble pulpit.
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Billings
Montana Mausoleum Company
Creamery planned for Twin Bridges likely soon
Twin Bridges Oct 3 The committee tasked to survey the field and solicit stock for a creamery has received authority and will begin an active stock sale. The Intermountain Cooperative association is the organizing body with members M. H. Lott J. E. Cook E. R. Cook H. F. Jackson and A. H. Perz on the preliminary committee. The prevailing view is that a cooperative creamery will start in the near future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twin Bridges
Intermountain Co-operative Association
M. H. Lott
J. E. Cook
E. R. Cook
H. F. Jackson
A. H. Perz
Social notes from Deer Lodge including dances and clubs
Miss Mary Kirkes visited Anaconda and attended a Friday dance at the Country club. Powell county high school football team returned from Anaconda after a loss and hosted a Milwaukee hall dance. Mrs Williams and Mrs Keeley hosted bridge parties. Miss Georgia Kelley entertained Humphrey Toomey before Annapolis departure. A hiking club formed by local youths and teachers plans regional outings. The Rev Balch began as Christian church pastor with services at 11 am and 7:30 pm. Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra to play at the prison theater on Oct 10 at 2:30 pm. Mr Sam Cole and Mr Virgil Harper plan big game hunts near Ovando. Various residents traveled and visited. committee lists for Woman's Club formed to revise by-laws and plan the year’s events including a tea for new teachers.
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W. E. Keeley
West Side
Williams
Phil Miller
Butte
Harry Peterson
Warm Springs
William McElwain
Georgia Kelley
Humphrey W. Toomey
Annapolis
Mildred Toomey
Madge Smith
Howard Selby
Fred Schwan
Deer Lodge
C. N. Balch
Los Angeles
Christian Church
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Sam Cole
Peru
Ind
Virgil Harper
Ovando
Cole
Harper
Ross Sugg
Dillon
Beaverhead County
Lloyd E. Washburn
McGregor
Iowa
Henry Damon
Anaconda
East Thursay
Dorothy Whitworth
Missoula
Henry Pepper
Northwestern Dental College
Portland
Pepper
Woman's Club
R. D. Larabie
Mesdames
Warren Trask
J. A. Grant
Edward Sears
Jerome Wyckoff
I. R. Blaisdell
George Burks
W. H. Christian
W. I. Marsh
C. B. Hoff
Edna Wells
W. J. Higgins
I. S. Eldred
H. C. Heinsch
O. D. Speer
J. J. Flynn
Fred Grabenstein
J. E. Coy
Harry Arnold
M. R. Moody
W. W. Black
C. A. Belk
William Williams
F. E. Steyer
Raymond Carlson
J. A. Johnson
Ruth Martin
Willian Beaumont
Elliott Hopkins
Arthur Buchen
S. EE. Larabie
Beth Larabie
New York City
Deer Lodge Friends Return for Larabie Neeley Wedding
Edward C. Larabie and Miss Helen Neeley of Butte will marry in Butte on October 6. Deer Lodge friends plan to attend, and the couple will reside in Deer Lodge at the N. J. Bielenberg residence on Milwaukee Avenue. The Powell county American Legion post and auxiliary plan an Armistice day program and a minstrel show.
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Deer Lodge
Edward C. Larabie
Ted
Montana
E. C. Larabie
Helen Neeley
Butte
Fred Kuttler
J. M. Scanland
Douglass Scanland
New York City
Seattle
Drummond
Tom Morse
Delphian Society
Powell County High School
Guy Bliss
Fountain Head
Eschylus
Sophocles
Euripides
W. E. Keeley
R. D. Larabie
H. Heinsch
W. E. Douglass
Milwaukee
Mr. King
Marmouth
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Lewistown
King
Jeanette Kelley
Helena
Kelley
Hamilton
Gus Hoepfner
Frank Irving
Lee McElwain
Darby Visit Notices Centred on Tardivelles and Local Arrivals
Mr and Mrs Dean Tardivelle arrived from Anaconda to visit his mother in Darby. He works in transfers in Anaconda and Mrs Tardivelle, formerly Ruth Baker, married Sept 29 in Anaconda. Mrs L Tardivelle bought a five room furnished cottage from F D Booth and moved in Oct 1. Also in town were Mrs J Millam and daughter Evelyn Stephens from Missoula for the apple harvest. Sidney Fernald from Missoula and George Dunlap from the M M Co, were here. Vic Skinner and Price Duffy, both of Missoula, were in town late week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darby
Dean Tardivelle
Anaconda
L. Tardivelle
F. D. Booth
J. Millam
Evelyn Stephens
Missoula
Sidney Fernald
George Dunlap
M. M. Co
Vic Skinner
Price Duffy
Melrose groom wed in Twin Bridges ceremony
Patrick Smith of Melrose married Johanna Larsen of Butte in Twin Bridges with Reverend Walker officiating. The groom is a locally known farmer and the bride has lived in Butte for several years. The couple will reside at the Smith ranch.
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Melrose
Patrick Smith
Johanna Larsen
Butte
Twin Bridges
Walker
Smith Ranch
Yellowstone valuation report shows county wide totals
Yellowstone country's public utilities excluding railroads are valued at 445,890, per state board of equalization certification received by the county assessor. This leaves the full gross valuation of the county’s real and personal property at 84,526,260.
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Billings
Yellowstone Country
State Board of Equalization
Notice of Election Constitutional Amendment Montana
Legal notices announce an amendment to Montana Constitution Article Eleven Section Five. The measure proposes allocating 95 percent of all school fund interest and 95 percent of other school fund income to districts, with the remaining 5 percent added to the state public school funds as a permanent part. The amendment is to be submitted to qualified electors at the next general election.
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State of
Montana
Legislative Assembly
United States OF America
State OF Montana
Ss. I. c. T. Stewart
Helena
A. D
Co. T. Stewart
S.cretary
Montana constitution funds rules for school allocations
The act divides state school funds revenue into a 95 percent distributive share to each district based on children ages 6 to 21 with a six month schooling requirement, and a 5 percent reserve added to the state public school fund. It also requires separate official ballots in the November 1920 general election to print amended Section 5 of Article 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Montana
Amendment to Montana constitution vote and school funds bill
The document outlines an amendment to section five of article eleven and details voting methods, repeal of conflicting acts, and effective date. It records certification by Secretary of State T. Stewart on July 7 1920 with the state seal, asserting the act and its title.
Notice of Montana constitutional amendment election
A constitutional amendment question will be submitted at the next general election. The measure would create County Boards of Equalization and a three member Montana Tax Commission with defined powers to adjust and equalize property valuations, supervise assessors, and set valuation standards across counties. The commission would have defined terms, salaries, and vacancy rules, with ballots noting the amendment for creation of these bodies.
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State of
Montana
Legislative Assembly
Board of County Commissioners
County Board of Equalization
Montana Tax Commission
Senate
County Boards of Equalization
State Tax Commission
Montana Constitution Amendment Support Cited by Secretary of State
The document portrays an 1919 Montana act proposing a constitutional amendment about creating County Boards of Equalization and a State Tax Commission with defined powers. It includes certification by Secretary of State C. T. Stewart that the copy is true, with formal seal and date, Helena capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Tax Commission
Montana
United States OF America
State OF Montana
Ss. I. Co
T. Stewart
State of
Helena
Oly
C. T. Stewart
Notice of Constitutional Amendment in Montana General Election
Notice announces an amendment to Section 20 of Article VII of the Montana Constitution to create a Board of Examiners and a Board of Administration with powers to supervise claims, regulate purchases, and define duties. It details voting, ballots, and approval dates, noting official seals and the secretary of state's signature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Montana
Legislative Assembly
Board of Examiners
Board of Administration
United States OF America
State OF Montana
I. C. T. Stewart
Helena
A. D
C. T. Stewart
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