Montana Taxpayers Association Publishes Tax License Compendium
The Montana Taxpayers Association issues a comprehensive compendium of Montana tax laws and license statutes. It catalogs 57 property tax laws and 99 license laws, detailing statewide, county, municipal, school, and district levies, plus broader government cost burdens. Copies are mailed free to members and requests are invited from others.
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Montana Taxpayers Association
Montana
Montana Taxpayers’ Association
Helena
Big Fair at Missoula Plans Budget for 1925 Event
A Missoula fair budget of 27 700 dollars was submitted by W O Peat secretary for an expanded western Montana fair in 1925. The premium list for the 1925 fair rises to 10 000 dollars from 5 000 last year, reflecting expected attendance growth. Premium values will match those offered at the state fair, while Helena’s exhibition runs on a 60 000 dollar budget.
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Missoula
Fair Board
W. O. Peat
Helena
Bank Change Plans Move to Fairview Location
The Monday State bank will relocate to Fairview at the lower end of the Lower Yellowstone Irrigation project in Richland county. Cashier L. W. Thompson says the bank will be ready for business in the new location on June 1.
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State Bank
L. W. Thompson
Fairview
Lower Yellowstone
Richland County
Columbia Falls Lumber and Pole Company Formed
New Articles of Incorporation filed at Whitefish show Columbia Falls Lumber and Pole Company with J. H. Sexsmith A Sexsmith of Spokane and William A. McKay as directors. Capital stock is 100000 with half paid. The Jordan plant at Columbia Falls has been purchased and possession taken. The firm plans logging timber milling and will employ 40 to 50 workers once active.
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Columbia Falls
Obituary notices from Glendive and western Montana deaths
Veterans and locals pass away including John Hale 68 a Northern Pacific conductor who died of heart trouble in Glendive and may be buried in Marietta Ohio. Also QO Brown 79 of Livingston once driver for Yellowstone Park Transport born in Norway 1846. Archibald Burnell 70 of Great Falls native of Bidenburgh Scotland. Taylor Trent longtime Bozeman resident born Missouri 70. siblings and family statements follow.
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John Hale
Northern Pacific
Glendive
Mr. Hale
Rock Island
St. Joseph
Marietta
Ohio
B. Brown
Brown
Livingston
Yellowstone Park Transportation Company
Norway
United States
Archibald Burnell
Great Falls
Bidenburgh
Scotland
Norris
Fafter
America
Burnell
Taylor Trent
Bozeman
Missouri
Ives
California
Kansas
Mra. Wreale
Ls ‘Benepe, Sr
Fund Drive Totals in Miles City Event
A garbled notice references a fundraising drive totaling about 2,200 dollars for an annual roundup in Miles City. It mentions members and assurances but the document is unclear on exact names or dates.
Land Offices Consolidate in Billings District
The two offices combined at Billings under Register Harry B. Drum. Personnel include Charles Giddings Blanche Nickey Cash R. Cross Herbert J. Schubert and Jennie E. Love. The new Billings district covers the south central and eastern state with 200 patents awaiting records and extensive coal oil and mineral lands generating lease and royalty income.
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Ssestar
Billings
Econdas
Harry B. Drum
Charles
Giddings
Blanche Nickey
Cash’ R. Cross
Miles City
Herbert J.sc
State to Finish Custer Battlefield Hiway
Secretary Rankin of the Hardin chamber reports the state highway commission will likely call for bids soon on the next unit of the Custer Battlefield Hiway. The project, a federal aid graded road across the Crow Reservation, covers about 10 miles from Todge Grass to east of Spear Siding.
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Rankin
Hardin Chamber of Commerce
State Highway Commission
Custer Battlefield Hiway
Crow Reservation
Todge Grass
Spear Siding
New Official Appointments in State Departments
W A Batchelor of Great Falls named by Commissioner A F T Bowman as state scale inspector succeeding George H Berry. Miss Freda Scharff of Helena appointed stenographer in the state purchasing department, and Miss Mary Morgan of Anaconda named mortgage clerk in the state land office.
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W. A. Batchelor
Great Falla
Commissioner of Agriculture
A. F T. Bowman
George H. Berry
Freda Scharff
Helena
State Purchasing Department
Mary Morgan
Anaconda
State Land Office
Petition Drives to Set Aside Jefferson Forest Reserve
Three hundred people signed a petition circulated between Havre and Glasgow to establish the Jefferson forest reserve as a national game refuge and recreation park. A separate Fort Belknap Indian Reservation petition seeks about 80 000 acres added to the reserve, totaling roughly 55 000 acres.
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Havre
Glaasgow
Jefferson Forest Reserve
Fort Belknap
Prospectors Reveal Bitter Root Gold Strike Secret
Thomas Johnson Woodside and Arthur Rowe of Victor Ravalli county disclose a two year secret gold strike in Bitter Root valley. They report a shaft on Fred Burr creek four miles north of Woodside found gold worth about 14 dollars per ton on the west bank of the river.
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Thomas Johnson
Woodside
Arthur Rowe
Victor
Ravall County
Bitter Root
Les
Fred Burr
Inaugural Montana Notes and Local Grants
Sam Treloar delivered 80 new instruments from W A Clark Jr to Deer Lodge prison band in a informal presentation. Baker area residents promise fairground work for a county fair this fall with fair board approving material needs if labor is donated. Washington elm wood gavels for Montana legislators selected by state officials. two gavels gifted to future senate president and house speaker. Nanita Bagley Sherlock named deputy register of state lands. War trophies about 1900 pieces allocated to Montana cities as memorials. Lab tests from Washington indicate Rocky Mountain spotted fever vaccination success, per Dr. R Ro Spencer’s report to the state board of entomology at Missoula tick conference.
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Sam Treloar
Deer Lodge
Butte
W. A. Clark, Jr
Baker Section
Twentieth
Montana Legislative Assembly
Washington
Board of Park Commissioners
Cambridge
Maas
Stewart
Senate
Nanita Bagley Sherlock
Townsend
Broadwater County
Erickson
Montana
War Department
Washington, D. C
Rocky
Mountain
R. Ro ‘Spencer
State Board of Entomology
Missoula
Potts Includes Patrick in Estimated Cost Figures
An estimated cost of eight thousand dollars is cited with reference to Potts and Patrick. Details are unclear due to fragmented source text.
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Patrick
Potts
Wild oats threaten Montana crops and dockage losses
An agronomist at State College Bozeman warns wild oats are the most common weed in dockage across Montana North and South Dakota and Minnesota, causing huge losses. He urges clean seed from Montana Seed Growers and extension service, summer tillage with cultivated crops, and cutting infested fields for hay to reduce damage.
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State College
Bozeman
Montana
North
South Dakota
Minnesota
Montana Seed’ Growers’ Association
Montana Extension Service
Sugar beet production in Great Falls area rises high
C H Barnes reporting from Chinook says the Utah Idaho Sugar Co plans large plant area expansion. Acreage planted or ready for seed includes Cascade Simms Fort Shaw Augusta Conrad Walser and Milk River valley totals near seven thousand acres, about one thousand more than earlier projections. Favorable rains set stage for a strong season.
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Great Falls
C. HL
Fort Shaw
Augusta
Conrad
Walter
Milk River
Sugar Company
Chinook
Barnes
Early Spring Boosts Otter Creek Ranch, Yeger Reports
Edward Yeger notes excellent range conditions in Otter Creek country as cattle graze on high grass. He calls this the earliest spring in years and expects strong alfalfa seed production with alfalfa height at six to eight inches and promises of big yields.
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Otter Creek
Edward Yeger
Man in Miles City Grows Advanced Early Garden
John Nigro and family enjoy radishes onions lettuce and rhubarb from their garden. Nigro believes he is the first in the neighborhood with such early produce and he even sells surplus rhubarb to local groceries.
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John Nigro
Miles City
Nigro
Montana rancher Andy Grossan biographical profile
Andy Grossan of Pease Bottom near Hysham moved to Montana in 1880 and faced the era s ups and downs. Now at 77 he owns an 800 acre irrigated ranch and is known as a wizard at conditioning animals for market including sheep and steers.
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Andy Grossan
Pease Bottom
Hysham
Montana
Grossan
Road Repair Plan by Poplar Farmers and Business Leaders
Farmers of Poplar country propose donating several days of work to repair the road from Poplar to the Roosevelt county line northward. They seek a county loan of an engine and a large grader, with business men funding culverts and general grading.
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Poplar Country
Poplar
Roosevelt County
Ten year wheat record of O N Ohlin Huntley farmer
Over ten years O N Ohlin of Huntley averaged 34.2 bushels per acre on non irrigated land with only one near failure. He typically cropped 28 to 58 acres, highest yield in 1915 at nearly 57 bushels per acre from 28 acres, and last year produced 3094 bushels from 57 acres, averaging 54 bushels per acre.
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O. N. Ohlin
Huntley
Ohlin
Shortage of Horses Predicted If Breeding Is Not Increased
An acute shortage of horses and mules in the United States within five years was predicted by the department of agriculture. Replacements of colts are deemed entirely inadequate to cover decreases in work animals. Rising horse and mule prices show the shortage is already being felt, and breeders are urged to boost colt crops.
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United States
Department of Agriculture
Henry Hollister Vandalism Case and Childcare Struggles
A fragmentary historic notice mentions Henry Hollister amid a vandalism incident and a mother recounts severe postpartum pain and care struggles. The text notes a period of illness with shifting well days and a friend’s suggestion to try Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to aid recovery.
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Henry Hollister
Pinkham
U S Potato Yield Sets Record High Average
The United States last year posted an average potato yield of 124 bushels per acre, surpassing the previous record by 11 bushels per acre, according to Science Service.
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United States
Science Service
Swamp Root Ad Endorsed by Dr Kilmer and Co
For many years druggists have watched Swamp Root the kidney liver and bladder medicine. It is a physician prescribed strengthening medicine that helps the kidneys liver and bladder work naturally. Swamp Root has stood the test of years and is sold by all druggists on its merit. Send ten cents for a sample bottle and mention the paper.
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Kilmerva
Dr. Kihoer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Bank of England Temporarily Moves During Remodel
The Bank of England founded in 1694 is moving from its London site and will return once remodeling enlarges the quarters. The move recalls 1780 Gordon raiders when pewter inkwells were melted into bullets as clerks and officers defended the bank.
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Bank of England
London
Lambing Progress Noted in Wheatland County Pasture
Ranchers report improved lambing progress due to favorable late March and early April weather. Grass started early aiding sheepmen, and cattle calving on large ranches is also satisfactory with cattle in good shape.
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Wheatland
Apples Bring Fancy Price In New York Market
February sales in New York show Red apples bringing 4.75 a box as reported to Hamilton by apple men. A fancy grade carrot also sold on its merits, with the same price as earlier extra fancies, per a letter from E. I. Nolting of Chicago.
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Ravalis County
New York City
Hamilton
Apple
E. I., Nolting
Chicago
Fire destroys Montana-Dakota Grain elevator at Boyd
Fire destroyed the Montana-Dakota Grain company elevator and an adjoining residence at Boyd between Red Lodge and Billings on the Rocky Fork branch. Four thousand bushels of grain were lost.
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Montana-Dakota Grain Company
Boyd
Red Lodge
Billings
Rocky Fork
Northern Pacific
Early spring arrives two weeks early in Powderville region
County Commissioner P. S. Richardson reports spring comes at least two weeks ahead in Powderville about eighty miles south of Miles City. He notes the current season is the earliest experienced in many years.
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Powderville
Miles City
P. S. Richardson
Sheepmen foresee near perfect lambing season at Great Falls
Reports from a wide area received by Great Falls sheepmen indicate a spring lambing season that is far advanced with a high yield. One group managing about 25 000 head expects production near 100 percent as the season remains ideal with no cold weather or heavy rains.
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Great Falls
Red Cross Ball Blue Ad Claims Finest Product Worldwide
Advertisement proclaims Red Cross Ball Blue as the finest product of its kind in the world. It asserts every woman who has used it agrees with the claim.
Chinese Pearls and Cultured Pearls History
Chinese produced cultured pearls long ago by inserting small shot or mother of pearl into freshwater mussel shells and kept them in tanks to grow.
Weather and sheep outlook from Sumatra in Rosebud county
Charles Kirkpatrick reports a mild ing season with grass three weeks ahead of usual. Ewes are unusually strong due to lack of cold weather, while conditions overall have not been as favorable in years.
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Charles Kirkpatrick
Sumatra
Rosebud
Growers sign expanded sugar beet contracts in Big Horn region
Sugar beet growers at Hardin and tributary valleys have signed with the Holly Sugar Corporation for about 3,500 acres, with an expected 1,000 more in the Big Horn Little Horn area. The increase represents roughly 25 percent more land than last year.
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Hardin
Big Horn
Holly Sugar Corporation
Little Horn
Shave With Cutiura Soap Advertises Comfort
An advertisement promotes Cutiura Soap as boosting razor efficiency and skin health. It claims daily use for shaving, bathing, and shampooing with no muggy feel or irritation and emphasizes cleanliness and waste reduction.
Egotist Defined as man who overestimates self regard
A sharp saying notes an egotist is someone who believes others value him as highly as he values himself. The remark frames self-importance as a private standard by which one judges public esteem.
Crop planting advances across eastern Montana reports
The weekly crop report from the weather bureau, compiled by W.T. Lathrop, Montana section director, notes planting corn flax and beets in eastern portions while most spring wheat is sown in the northwest and potatoes are planted in many sections.
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Weather’ Bureau
W.T
Lathrop
Montana
Spring Planting Buoyed By Record Wheat Acreage Near Lewistown
Mr and Mrs E B Lewis on Beaver Creek near Lewistown report farmers are busy with spring crops. Virgin sod and meadow land will be planted to wheat this year and the acreage will be the largest in many years for the area.
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E. B. Lewis
Beaver Creek
Lewistown
Incubator Aims to Dethrone Old Hen in Market Shakeup
An incubator project targets the long established hen business, pledging innovation and efficiency to outcompete the aging industry. Proponents expect market disruption, while opponents cite risks to traditional farmers and supply chains.
Fallon County Edges Through Unclear Message
A garbled OCR fragment mentions Fallon County and upcoming grades but lacks clear facts or names. The readable bits indicate a local education topic but provide no definite events, dates, or entities to summarize.
Lee Sultan Sells D5 LA Asset Amid Low Demand
An auction note indicates Lee Sultan sells a D5 LA asset amid weak buyer interest as market signals show limited demand and trading activity remains subdued.
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Lee Sultan
Horticultural Substation Reports Strawberries and Seed Potatoes
The Corvallis horticultural substation, under W E Pollinger, continues its seed potato and strawberry experiments. Missoula station Caxton ing details were made known by Pollinger, superintendent of the station.
Local farmers in Wheatland county face replanting and land use shifts
Fragmentary OCR notes describe farmers in the Wheatland area reworking fields and adjusting acreage. The text mentions farmers, county context, and land reallocations with unclear details about names and exact actions.
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