Miners Win Daily Pay Increase in Western States
Montana and northern Wyoming coal miners won a fiat $1.50 a day raise for men and 2 cents for boys after a conference with operators. The new scale, effective from a date disputed by both sides, lifts average daily earnings to about $8 for time and contract workers, with contract men gaining more due to classifications. Month workers receive a $45 advance. Debate centered on whether the raise should begin Aug 16 or Sept 16.
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Billings
Montana
Ern
Wyoming
Ers
M Musselshell County G O P Meeting Roundup
Roundup of Musselshell County Republican Central Committee meetings shows plans for a fall campaign to elect Republican candidates county and state wide. Precinct organizations form to assure 100 percent registration and high turnout at the general election. Women’s good government group organized as men enroll, all aimed at a sweeping GOP victory.
Ask Mother About Her Missing Son in Missoula alimony case
Sept 9 Missoula in an arm to find John J McCarthy who owes alimony to his wife Mrs Lucille Bour McCarthy counsel for the complainant has asked district court for a citation directing Mrs John McCarthy mother of the missing man to appear in court. McCarthy has long had trouble with authorities since the divorce decree and the current issue stems from failure to maintain payments.
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Missoula
John J. McCarthy
Lucille Bour- McCarthy
Lathas
John Mccarthy
Young
Three Forks News includes residents and travel notes
Three Forks notes list families visiting Spokane Moscow Tacoma Bozeman and the University of Idaho as students and travelers. Several residents return home from trips to eastern points, western cities, and coastal destinations while others relocate or plan moves. Local names include Mrs M A Smith Mrs Howard Shepherd Miss Kane Miss Yates and Mr Harvey Shephard with various family updates and business matters cited.
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Deer
M. A Smith
Mmiles
Agnes
Spokane
Howard Shephard
ehil@ren
Kany Moscow
Idaho
University Idaho
Ralph Everett
Claude Jones
Winton
Ven Horeen
Tacoma
Margaret McDonald
Kane
Bozeman
Three Forks
Vinet iConrow
Flannie Yates
Charlee Rader
Livingston
Harvey Shephard
Points
Shepherd
Harvey Fielding
Ed Rathbone
Rathbone
Adams
Billings Shippers Urged to Speed Freight Dispatch
The Billings Commercial Club has begun a campaign to speed shipper traffic after freight gains. Communications go to businesses and farmers as many already pledge cooperation.
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Billings
Gare
Musselshell Far Opens With Grand Array of Exhibits
Musselshell county fair opens to a large crowd with numerous displays. Auto and motorcycle races, trotting and pony contests, and vaudeville entertainments draw enthusiastic spectators. The new county bridge enables easy auto access and judging begins tomorrow as grain and grass exhibits lure blue ribbons. Secretary Josephson plans state fair shipment of two tons of grains and vegetables.
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Musselshell County
Josephson
The
Commercial Club
Helena
Billings
Manhattan Schools to Open Monday for New Year
Manhattan authorities announce schools will open Monday September 13 with high school pupils registering Friday. New faculty includes W R Wyatt Ruth Smith Myrtle Pfiffner Cecil Jones Edith Gross Albert Neate Mrs Wesley Miller Ethel Russell Ruth Thompson Ruth Gribble Hilma Youngberg. A domestic department upgrade adds eight tables electric plates ovens. The board leased the White House from Mrs Mary White for teacher housing.
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Manhattan
W. R. Wyatt
Montana State Normal College
University of Washington
University of Montana
Ruth Smith
Ohio Wesleyan University
Myrtle Pfiffner
University of Minnesota
Cecil Jones
Washington State Normal
Sawyer’s School of Secretaries
Edith M. Gross
North Dakota Agricultural College
Albert H. Neate
Cleveland Polytechnic High School
Wesley J. Miller
Ethel Russel
Montana State College
Ruth Thompson
State Normal College
Ruth Gribble
Bellingham Normal
Hilma Youngberg
Nebraska State Normal
California Normal
Board of Education
White House
Mary White
Woman Orien From Home In Nightgown
A deputy sheriff in Shepherd near Billings found Mrs. Robert Spalding in her yard wearing only a nightgown. She said her husband slammed her through the door and barred her out. He provided clothing and lodging at a hotel as she planned to swear out a warrant for his arrest.
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The
Standard
Billings
Shepherd
Here
Robert Spalding
Pioneer Nagle Dies in Missoula at St Patrick’s Hospital
Missoula records the death of Joseph P. Nagle a longtime local pioneer who arrived in the 1880s. He worked as a contractor then ran a livery stable for 30 years before converting to a storage garage. His wife Mrs. Nagle predeceased him and no children survived. Funeral plans await niece Miss Mamie Clarkin of St Paul.
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Missoula
St. Patrick’s Hospital
Joseph P. Nagle
Nagle
Missoula News Roundup From Western Montana Exhibits to Courts
Misso ula News reports a display of seven refrigerator cars at the Helena state fair with Western Montana grains and crops, noting it as the best shipment yet. A warrant is issued for Albert Moses over a $15 cashing dispute with County Attorney Edward Hardesty. Sheriff Green travels to Tacoma to fetch Bert Reynolds accused of stealing three barrels of whiskey from Eleanor Maddux of Orchard Homes. Missoula public schools approach 2000 enrollment with 1,905 pupils after day two, prompting more teachers at Roosevelt Willard Lowell and Whittier. Funeral services were held for Owen Kelley, a 60 year Orchard Homes resident, with burial in Catholic Cemetery. he leaves a wife, four sons and two daughters.
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Missoula
Sot
Helena
Montana
Edward Hardesty
Albert Moses
Hardesty
James T. Green
Tacoma
Bert Reynolds
Eleanor Maddux
Orchard Homes
Reynolds
Maddux
Kceen
Roosevelt
Willard
Lowell
Whittier
Owen Kelley
Father Stack
Kelley
Three Forks Couple Nora Sill and Lenord Decco Wed in Butte
Lenard Decco and Miss Nora B. Still, longtime Three Forks residents, quietly married in Butte on Sept 2. They spent a day in Three Forks en route to Hilger to visit relatives for a couple of weeks before returning to make their home in the Dwyer residence. Both are longtime Milwaukee Railroad employees and well regarded locally.
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Three Forks
Lenard Decco
Nora B. Still
Butte
Hilger
Decco
Milwaukee Railroad
Dwyer
Drug Traffic Rumors Plague Billings Underworld
Authorities in Billings report renewed drug activity with Violet Brown arrested after a hypodermic ordeal and morphine. She claimed local purchase and imminent relapse after two years abstinent. Chinese dives raided earlier, but rumors persist that top figures remain free and supply chains may endure.
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The
Standard
Billings
Violet Brown
Guthrie Dies Under Overturned Automobile in Montana
Great Falls, Sept. 8. John Guthrie of Carter died after being trapped beneath his overturned automobile for 16 hours beside an isolated road. He was rushed to Fort Benton hospital, then to Great Falls, where he died. Guthrie, manager of the Greely Schmidt elevator at Tunis, resided at Carter. The car wreck occurred at a culvert after he left the elevator Monday evening. a search began Tuesday when he failed to reach home. He was found unconscious and died several hours later.
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Great Falls
John Guthrie
Carter
Fort Benton
Guthrie
Tunis
Florence Parker files 320 acres at Avon homestead
Miss Florence Parker completed final home stead proof on 320 acres near Avon with witnesses Henry Price and William Markle. A Powell county democratic central committee was organized with Hyatt Barnhill as chairman and M. F. Hayes as secretary. Joseph Smith named Powell county representative for the state central committee.
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Deer Lodge
Florence Parker
Avon
Hyatt Barnhill
M. F. Hayes
Joseph Smith
Powell County
State Central Committee
Knights of Pythias
Bozeman
Grand Lodge
J. W. Atwood
N. R. Bame
Charles Brown
Pythian Sisters
Keeley
The
Mra
B. Hayden
J. R. Laird
F. Carpenter and
John Boldt
Charles Hahn
D. L. Reid
Deer ‘Lodge
Reid
Methodist Church
N. B. Branch
West Union
Towa
Martin Huddloft
Butte
Eldred
Will Harris
Dillon
Melrose
Beaverhead
John Henry Mardis
District Court
Anna _ Belle Mardis
Boy 17 held for father's murder in Great Falls
In Malta county jail Uno Cahling 17 is held on suspicion of killing his farmer father Axel Cahling north of Saco Phillips county. Authorities say he confessed claiming years of trouble and desire to run the ranch. No signed confession or charges yet. county attorney absent. He leaves a wife and several children.
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Great Falls
Axel Cahling
Uno Cahling
Malta
Cahling
Saco
Phillips County
Fred Gabriel
Beartooth Bears Stoop On Sheep Flocks
Billings reports that tame bears roaming from the park are raiding sheep in Beartooth national forest. Herders say the animals are unafraid of people and multiple flocks have been pursued. Sheep are being moved higher into the mountains to escape the onslaught. Black brown and cinnamon bears cited.
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Standard
Billings
Beartooth National Forest
Forestry
Salesman Drowns While Swimming Milk River
Great Falls Sept 9 Gailey 29 traveling salesman for Gamble Robinson Glasgow drowned Sunday while bathing in the Milk river near the ranch of his brother in law Kelley Bartley near Glasgow. He swam and was seized by cramps while returning. The body has been recovered and the funeral will be held at Glasgow Friday under Masonic auspices.
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Great Falls
Gqil Gailey
Gamble-Robinson Company
Glasgow
Kelley Bartley
Gailey
Deny petitions for new Milk River county in Montana
Great Falls Sept 9 Petitions seeking an election to create the proposed Milk River county were denied by Phillips County commissioners at Malta The board ruled the petitions fail to show the area meets county essentials The proposed territory includes eastern Phillips and western Valley after a 10 day hearing and lengthy deliberation
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Great Falls
Milk River
Phillips County
Malta
Phillips
Valley
Banks Discount Canadian Money in Great Falls
Great Falls banks and merchants have begun accepting Canadian silver at par, prompting a 20 percent discount on this currency. The policy, effective Wednesday morning, sees several thousand dollars of Canadian coins held in local bank vaults until their par value is restored.
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Great Falls
Spokane
Fuel shortage grips Missoula as winter nears
Missoula reports a critical coal and wood situation with eight week order delays as rail and shipping constraints bite. Dealers and mills warn stocks will be exhausted if demand continues, forcing possible shortages before winter.
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Missoula
Billings Extends City Park System
Billings city council authorizes purchase of two park tracts. One 26 acre parcel from Austin North costs 17000 dollars and a 54 acre tract from Highland Home Addition company costs 40000 dollars. Council also considers land for the municipal cemetery as approved at the last city election.
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The
Standard
Billings
Austin
Highland Home Addition Company
Rural Yellowstone schools close over teacher shortage
More than 20 rural schools in remote sections of Yellowstone county will stay closed indefinitely due to a lack of teachers, says County Superintendent Frances Miller. The schools enroll about 300 students.
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Billings
Yellowstone County
Frances Miller
Injured Man Hurdled Into Car Windshield
Stanly Sutkowski is hospitalized in Great Falls after a car crash in the city's western part. He suffered a nearly severed windpipe and severe facial wounds when he was thrown into the automobile's windshield as the vehicle struck a telephone pole.
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Great Falls
Stanly Sutkowski
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