Fergus County Wheat Crops Value Hit Ten Million
Fergus county crops in 1920 valued around 12.25 million dollars with about 6.5 million bushels of wheat worth roughly 10 million. Winter wheat averaged 20 bushels per acre and spring wheat about 15. Other grains plus feed use pushed total value high while profit to farmers is reported to be small due to high growing costs. County Agent C. H. Peterson notes findings from an in progress cost survey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewistown
C. H. Peterson
Fergus County
Stevensville News orbits small-town business and fines
In Stevensville on Oct 14 Frank Cook of Hamilton paid 50 dollars for running his auto and disturbing the peace after already paying 10 dollars for speeding. Drexel Shields and L. J. Campbell discuss sheep for a stock ranch in the Big Hole. H Magi and Andy Anderson visit from Wallace, tied to Coeur d'Alene mines. A 20-man telephone crew under John L. Daily repairs lines from Victor. Frank McHaffie of Missoula and a party visit by motor. John H. Inch of Missoula on business. William Steinbrenner of Missoula attends to matters here. W E Wharf of Butte visits. Steinman brothers show high-quality wheat, 18 bushels per acre on unirrigated south bench.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stevensville
Frank Cook
Hamilton
Drexel Shields
Wisdom
L. J. Campbell
H. Magi
Andy Anderson
Wallace
Coeur d
Missoula
William Steinbrenner
W. E. Wharf
Butte
Steinman Brothers
Thrashing Advances Amid Rain In Twin Bridges Area
Rain delayed thrashing but not greatly as grain stacks rise in dison county. Grass improves for winter grazing and ranges, with stockmen in nearby valleys planning beef shipments to Butte due to low eastern beef prices. Henry Rupple leaves sugar chemistry for US ordnance research at Cornell. Preachers Schermerhorn Smith Bovard scheduled for Sunday services. Ruby Jefferson Beaverhead stockmen begin annual fall roundup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dison
Henry Rupple
Great Western Sugar Company
Howell
Wyo
United States Ordnance Department
Cornell
N. Y
William Rupple
Melrose
Butte
J L. W. Schermerhorn
John H. Smith
Charles QL. Bovard
Helena
Ruby
Jefferson
Beaverhead
Ballots Completed for County Election in Boulder
Official printers have finished the general election ballots and handed them to the county clerk. 2,295 residents are registered. A Pershing park benefit dinner at Mayor Aighton’s home supported beautification efforts and park dedication last Decoration Day. Plans include a tourist house and improvements next year. Jefferson County High School football practice continues each evening under Prof. Olson as Mount St. Charles is set to play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boulder
Pershing Park
Aighton
American Legion
Jefferson County
Mr. Olson
Eas
Mount St. Charles
Montana Democrats launch campaign in Helena
In Helena on October 14 the Montana Democrats opened campaign offices in the Granite block led by chairman Lester H. Loble. An advisory county committee was named and will convene soon to organize the fight against the non partisan league ticket. Judge George P. Jones spoke in Three Forks, while Henry L. Myers and A H McConnell will campaign in Harlowton and Fort Benton. The party pledges Principle above party and defends the Democratic label as rightful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Montana
Granite
Lester H. Loble
Henry L. Myers
Harlowton
Wheatland County
George P. Jones
Rosebud County
Three Forks
Townsend
A. H. McConnell
Fort Benton
Montana Democratic Club
Loble
Democratic Party
Farmer Finds Moonshine Still in Eka Laka Country
Oct 14 A farmer seeking a missing cow in the Eka Laka country stumbled on a moonshine still. He fled toward the sheriff, avoiding harm, and reported the discovery. The sheriff's posse captured the still, ending the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles City
Ekalaka
Big Timber News Briefs Keep Local Update In Motion
Ray Woister and Jean Parker, who enlisted yesterday in the regular army, depart for Butte then Fort Wright and Fort Slocum before overseas duty in Coblenz Germany. The Sweet Grass county Republican central committee elects Edward Ellingson as chairman and schedules lectures at several towns with UH. J. Miller as principal speaker. John Coughlin and Miss Lucy Trask wed yesterday by Judge Kubbley and will reside in Billings. Born October 11 to Herbert and Helena Kellogg of Helena, former Big Timber residents, a son. Also born October 12 to William and ? Griey, a son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Timber
Ray Woister
Jean Parker
Butte
Fort Wright
Wash
Fort Slocum
N. Y
Coblenz
Germany
Sweetgrass County
Republican Central Committee
Edward Ellingson
Lowe School
Blosston
Gibson
Grey Cliff
McLeod
Marsville
UH. J. Miller
Livingston
John Coughlin
Lucy Trask
Hubble
Mont
Kubbley
Billings
Herbert Kellogg
Helena
Kellogg
William Griey
Local movements and notices in Deer Lodge
Attorney Ss. P. Wilson from Helena visits Deer Lodge while Co. L. Price departs for Missoula for an extended stay. R. L. Mardis leaves for Pittsburg after a year with Westinghouse Electric. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Wilson visit Hersch. Hunting trips planned to Powell Lake. doctors Webb and Powell depart for northern county. Edna Harrington visits for business. L Delegations: L Lee Kelly declines acting postmaster job. Kelly is Democratic candidate for clerk of court. Dr. Speer to speak on referendum measures 18 and 19 at Powell high school Friday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deer Lodge
Ss. P. Wilson
Helena
Co. L. Price
Missoula
R. L. Mardis
Pittsburg
Mardis
Westinghouse Electric Company
J. L. Wilson
H. C. Hersch
T. Maves
P. J. Williamson
Powell Lake
W. C. Webb
Dr. Powell
Edna Harrington
R. Lee Kelly
Washington, DC
C. N. Webber
Kelly
Dr. Speer
Powell High School
Speer
League of Women Voters
Gypsies Take Over Tourist Park in Billings
Twenty Gypsies traveling in several old cars have occupied Tourist Park in Billings. They pitched tents during the keeper's temporary absence and are using the playground apparatus with the children. No automobile tourists are present, so the group was allowed to stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings
Moving an Entire Town Pompeys Pillar Shifts 3 Miles
Pompeys Pillar, east of Billings, will be moved three miles to the main Northern Pacific line within two weeks. Residents signed an agreement and survey work for a 40 acre site has begun. Moving of buildings will start after the plat is filed. The new town will be half a mile from Pompey Pillar the rock burial site of Pompey, the Lewis and Clark expedition servant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings
Pompey
EpiscopAl Rector of Billings to Leave Soon
Billings Oct 14 Rev J Phillips Anshutz rector of St Luke s Episcopal church since 1911 resigns to become rector of Trinity Episcopal church Tacoma He graduated Harvard 1904 and previously led ten missions in Musselshell Smith River and Judith basins He will attend Detroit consecration of H H Ox as bishop suffragan Montana diocese
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judith Basin
Detroit
H. H. H.ox
Montana
Raymond Baudette Leaves for Missoula Music Study
Hamilton news notes Raymond Baudette plans advanced piano and pipe organ study in Missoula. Dee Swayzee arrives with Basin freight trucks. will return with more goods. Judge Lentz opens district court. local social highlights mark Rev. A W Jones reception. Oil prospects in Bitter Root valley spark interest in forming a financing company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Raymond Baudette
Missoula
Dee Swayzee
Basin
Basin District
James Barnett
Board of County Commissioners
Charles Rhodes
Butte
Theodore Lentz
District Court
Ben Thrailkill
Wood- Side
A. W. Jones
John Ballance
Methodist Church
Jones
Tacoma
Bitter Root
Darby Service Star Legion Holds October Meeting
Darby chapter of the Service Star Legion met at Miles hall to set the eleventh as business night and the third Friday as the social meeting. President Hester Miles hosted a luncheon and guests visited her home for a pleasant close to the session. Rancher Berry Hopkins lies critically ill at his nearby home after being found unconscious by his wife. Dr. George McGrath of Hamilton attends the case and diagnosis remains undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darby
Service Star Legion
Miles Hall
Hester Miles
Erry Hopkins
George McGrath
Hamilton
First Meeting Of Hamilton Woman's Club Hears State Report
The Hamilton Women's Club held its first meeting of the year in the clubhouse library. Mrs. Black, president, reported on the Helena state meeting. Mrs. Beck spoke on the Beauty Spots of Montana and shared recent experiences. Twenty members gave vacation reports. Mrs. George Sears was elected delegate to the State Federation at Whitehall starting next Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Women's Club
Black
Helena
Beck
Montana
George Sears
State Federation of Women's Clubs
Whitehall
Talks on voter instruction set for tomorrow
Bozeman notices a school for instructions to voters will convene tomorrow with speakers Miss May Trumper of Helena and Mrs. Gray a national organizer of the League of Women Voters. Attorney Walter Aitkin of Bozeman will also speak. The Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra performed last evening to a large appreciative audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bozeman
May Trumper
Helena
Gray
League of Women Voters
Walter Aitkin
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Wilson Boosting for Ovate Ticket in Anaconda News
Harry L. Wilson of Billings urged support for the Republican state ticket and Joseph Dixon for governor at a Margaret theater meeting hosted by Deer Lodge county central committee. He appealed to farmers for pro agriculture legislation. Judge Frank B. Reynolds spoke on the court’s role, stressing the importance of three Supreme Court seats. State auditor George Porter highlighted auditing improvements. T. P. Stewart chaired. Provost's band played between speeches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry L. Wilson
Billings
Margaret Theater
Deer Lodge County
Joseph Dixon
Dixon
Helena
Washington
Frank B. Reynolds
Supreme Court
George Porter
T. P. Stewart
Public camp sites proposed in Deer Lodge county
At a scoutmasters and commissioners meeting, public service camp sites were proposed in Deer Lodge county. F G Clark and C D Kittrick of the forest service will visit sites this week to determine locations. Plans include routes from Anaconda to Lost Creek, Foster Creek, Warm Springs Creek, Flint Creek, Mount Haggin, and the Big Hole basin with a permanent Echo Lake Boy Scouts camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deer Lodge
F. G. Clark
C. D. Kittrick
Federal Forestry Department
McWain
Wittrick
Boy Scouts
Annaconda
Lost Creek
Foster Creek
Warm Springs Creek
Fred Burr Lake
Flint Creek
Echo Lake
Anaconda
Mount Haggin
Big Hole
Drummond News Briefs Show Local Travel and Visits
Mrs W G Ott shopped in Butte. J G Knonis and son with G Reynolds left on a northern hunting trip. Frank Kent on county business in Drummond. I Hse Daddow motored from Hall for business. W T Buchanan of Belmont visited. Maccabees commander Ik Bumtus arrived to address Camp 40. Ray and Mrs Bone moved to Billings. Mark Weaver from Blakeley on business. James Lewis and Al Williams hunting trip. Clarence Muthure and Nervil Norton back from Spokane. Mrs Walter Olson from Hall visited Dillon friends. Manley of Hall drove here for business. Dr D Livingston left for hunting trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drummond
W. G. Ott
Butte
J. G. Knonis
G. Reynolds
Frank Kent
I. Hse Daddow
Hall
W. T. Buchanan
Belmont
Ik. I. Bumtus
The
Maccabees
Camp 40
Ray Bone
Billings
Mark Weaver
Blakeley
James Lewis
al Williams
Clarence Muthure
Nervil Norton
Spokane
Walter Olson
Dillon
Mr. Manley
Dr. D. Livingston
Farmer's Equity organizer speaks on North Dakota rule
Fred Jami son, a Farmer's Equity organizer and ex-non-partisan leaguer, addressed villagers at the Strand theater about realonditions among farmers in North Dakota under non-partisan rule. Mrs James Hillier and her children stayed two days in Superior this week as Mrs Joe Augsberger came from Butte to join Mr Augsberger here. W L Hyde and J C Leib went to Missoula Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Harry Donovan of Saltese visited this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior
Fred Jamison
Farmer’s Equity
Strand Theater
North Dakota
James Hillier
Joe Augsberger
Butte
Augsberger
W. L. Hyde
J. C. Leib
Missoula
Harry Donovan
Saltese
Knights of Pythias appoints district leader in seven cities
Lewiston Oct. 14 Edgar G. Warden grand outer guard of the grand lodge Knights of Pythias and deputy grand chancellor was notified today of his appointment as leader for the order in district No. 1 comprising seven cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewistown
Edgar G. Warden
Grand Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Order
Pauls Pupil Wins Essay Prize in Good Roads Contest
John Sullivan a 12 year old pupil of St Pauls parochial school won the $5 prize from the Anaconda Automobile and Good Roads association for the best essay on advantages of good roads. The contest included eighth graders from Daly Lincoln Beaver Dam and St Pauls with essays signed under fictitious names. Sullivan wrote as Tommy Dice and his essay was the unanimous choice of three high school judges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sullivan
John D. Sullivan
Cedar Street
St. Paul's
Anaconda Automobile and Good Roads Association
Daly
Lincoln
Beaver Dam
Sullivan
Tommy Dice
Irrigation Survey Advances at Helena Flats Area
Oct 14 in Kalispell a progress report on the Helena Flats and lower valley irrigation surveys shows topographic work covering about 10 560 acres with ditch lines mapped across nearly 20 000 acres. Three weeks of good weather remain to finish field work. The note mentions more than 1 000 telephones installed in London weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalispell
Helena Flats
Yes or No A Study In Contrasts at Bluebird Theater
Norma Talmadge stars in Yes or No a photoplay from First National showing dual roles Minnie Berry and Margaret Vane. The film juxtaposes a poverty stricken home and a socialite world with Talmadge’s acclaimed performance. The Bluebird presents the feature tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National
Norma Talmadge
Margaret Vane
Moving Picture
Minnie Jerry
Miss Talmadge
Minnie Berry
Bluebird Theater
St Peters Carnival Appeals For Donations
St Peter's carnival organizers request contributions from all supporters. Donations may be sent to Mac Callum and Cloutier building on Thursday to Sunday with available hours morning 10 to noon and after noon 2 to 6 and evenings 7 to 10. A falcon's flight is estimated at 150 miles per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Peter's Carnival
MacCallum & Cloutier Building
Notice to Creditors Estate of John Rees deceased
The executor SIG GOODFRIEND of the estate of John Rees deceased issues notice to creditors and all persons with claims to exhibit them with vouchers within ten months after first publication at 209 Main street Anaconda Montana Deer Lodge County Montana. Dated October 6 1920.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Rees
Main Street
Anaconda
Mont
Deer Lodge
State of
Montana
Sig Goodfriend
Anaconda, Mont
Hyomei Germ Killer from Eucalyptus Oil
Hyomei uses eucalyptus oil from inland Australia with antiseptics to kill germs and relieve coughs colds and catarrh. Marketed by Smith Drug Co and druggists with a satisfaction guarantee or money back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Smith Drug Company
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Boulder News
Bunter
United States Mall
Helmville
Ovando
Democrats
Campaign
Mr. Anshutz
Hamilton News
Darby News
Bozeman News
Anaconda News
Wilson
Ovate Ticket
Eer Lodge County
Drummond News
Superior News
Warden Honordhd
Joseph M Schenck
Arthur Goo
Talmadge
Drich
Pollard
Wes
Chester
OT. Paul
Good Roads
London
Hyomei
R. B. Lewis
R.B. Abbott CO
Oak Street
Fred M. Davidson
East Park
Kelly & Tuchscherer
Sanderson
East Park Avenue
C, Schooler
Pres
EE. Opte
Mer
William Schofield
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