Surplus of Labor Reported in Montana Cities
The Montana Division of Labor reports a state wide labor surplus with exceptions in Butte and Anaconda. Cities seek farm workers and tradesmen while road workers drift west. Wages range from 40 to 60 dollars monthly with mining and lumber sectors easing and several towns listing exact labor needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Division
Montana Department of Agriculture, Labor and Industry
Helena
Butte
Anaconda
Division of Labor
Moccasin
Malta
Chateau
Scobey
Bozeman
Glasgow
Baker
Fort Benton
Havre
Miles City
Great Falls
Missoula
West Coast
Great Motor Transport Congress Heads to Detroit
Under the Automobile Chamber of Commerce the motor transport congress will assemble in Detroit May 21 to 24 to cover automobile and motor truck topics. The program includes sessions on buses taxicabs highways and finance with tours and meals. Sir Henry Worth Thornton of Canadian National Railways will speak on rail and road integration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Detroit
Sir Henry Worth Thornton
K Bfe
Canadian National Railways
Newspapers Tangle in Montana Tax Dodger Battle
Fragmentary critique from the Montana Keocord Herald on political papers tied to tax dodgers. It accuses the Interlocking Press of temperament and bias, praises a warden named Potter, and attacks Governor Diwen and the Helena Independent for siding with them while claiming savings and influence across papers and the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter Mesqgmod
Cource
Colygerm
Power
Montana
Anhey
Maner
Pottter
Interwekuing
Racer
Independent
Ofter
Ulna Bramk Conley
Twiner
Conley
Tham Conley
Helema
Jjoseph M
Diwen
Warren
Rentleman
He Butte
Helema Indiementent
Mentam
Din
Mamer and
Unusual offer on Republican history by mail
The National Republican will distribute free by mail a copy of The Brief History of the Republican Party until the next national election in November 1924. Act promptly while the offer lasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
National Republican
Republican Party
U. & Cabinet
Republican National Committee
Washington, D.C
Willalse
Farmers Build Farm Houses With Wood Roads Boost
A historical note highlights a shift to wood road access enabling farmers to erect houses using more affordable lumber and farm by products. Better roads and growing automobile use raise materials availability, cut haulage costs, and improve transport, fire safety, and farm profits.
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Aqoumizy
Uullitimg
Amd
Amd Wioch
Gartint
Local Farm Bureau Talk Promises Student Guidance
Frank Fay, a newspaper man and former youth leader, hosts a talk by farm bureau experts on cholera prevention and poultry farming. The event invites boys and girls to an afternoon of challenges and games, with Fay promising entertaining, helpful instruction and a staged show of pigeons and poultry topics.
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Frank Fay
Vane
Fay
Fay Weil
Montana and Iowa: endurance and progress across droughts
A Bridger Times summary notes Col. Lamtary, former Algona boy, compares Montana and Iowa’s recovery from drought and grasshoppers. He recalls Iowa’s hardships, then rapid farm diversification after failed wheat yields, now leading to strong corn and hog prospects and renewed prosperity.
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Muomtama Os
Momtam
TF. H. Lantre
Noctherm Paentie Railway
Americar
Libera
Meguet
Republicam
Algona
Iowa
Colome
Artoche
Mountama
Grasshoppers
Iocom Amd Drouth
Te Os Cay
Mfon
Washington Endorses Coolidge Against Senate Probes
Editorials nationwide condemn Senate investigations into executive affairs as interference with government operations. Editors praise Coolidge's stance and urge return to lawful procedures, arguing probes erode executive authority and invite partisan excess.
Montana's prospects as a growing agricultural state praised
The Montana Record Herald quotes a speaker praising Montana's agricultural potential. He cites 1922 hog values and a 1923 53000 hog crop, argues diversification and railroad advertising will draw settlers, and expresses confidence in Montana's long term wealth and opportunities despite temporary weakness. He would invest in Montana land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Coolidge Praised in Headlines across Papers
Across editorials from Hartford Courant to Omaha World-Herald critics commend President Coolidge for decisive action and wise leadership, while noting investigations faced a rebuke for their conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford Courant
Coolidge
Omaha World-Herald
Dem
Frazier Withdraws From Montana Vice Presidential Slot
Lynn J. Frazier has informed Secretary of State C. I. Stewart that he is not a candidate and requests his name be withdrawn from the Farmer Labor ticket for the May 27 presidential primaries in Montana. Senator La Follette's presidential candidacy on the same ticket was previously withdrawn.
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Lynn J. Frazier
Labor
Secretary of State
C.1
Stewart
Senator la Follette
la Follette
Frazier
Montana
Charles T Stewart
Helena
Mont
Farmer- Labor
Missing Bureau Trainee Garth Lowrie in New York
Garth M Lowrie, a 33 year old US Veterans Bureau trainee from Poughkeepsie New York, disappeared March 26 1924. He is described as 51 inches tall 140 pounds with a sallow complexion and a bullet wound in the instep. He wore a brown suit hat shoes and a dark overcoat and carries a belt. He served as a first lieutenant in the 100th Infantry and is believed to be a fast walker. Information should be sent to the US Veterans Bureau Keith Plaza Building Minneapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garth M Lowrie
US Veterans Bureau
Poughkeepsie
N .Y
Lowrie
100Th Infantry
Veterans Bureau
Keith Plaza Buildne
Minneanois
Knight Templar Leader Honored in Detroit Dinner
James D Ander of Detroit Commandery Knights Templar, long a Standard Bearer and 30 year member, was named Grand Captain by Grand Commander James E Davidson. A Host dinner at the Masonic Temple honored him as leader of the Host with a history dating to 1858.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Mich
James D' Anderan
Detroit Commandery
Knicehts Templar
James E Davidson
Masonic Temple
Detrait Commandery No
Detrait Commandery
Washington Letters on 1924 Convention Drift and Smith Boom
The piece notes that most Republican delegates pledge to Coolidge and names Burton as temporary chairman with Butler as national committee chair. Democratic race jitters center on John W. Davis and Senator Copeland, while Al Smith gains outsider buzz but faces internal hurdles from Roman Catholic–wet stances and Tammany influence. It also covers Testimony issues in the Hamon affair and Senator Walsh’s handling of Mrs Hamon-Rohrer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Coolidge
Theodore E. Burton
Ohio
Wm M. Butler
Massachusetts
John W. Davis
J. P. Morgan & Co
Senator Copeland
New York
Senator Ralston
Indiana
al Smith
Smith
McAdoo
Tammany
Hamon-Rohrer
Jake Hamon
Washington
Walsh
Oklahoma
Hamon
United States v Fall Sparked by Contempt Charge in Senate
A federal grand jury sits in Washington considering cases led by Senator Pomerene and Special Government Counsel Owen Roberts. They will seek indictments in The United States against Albert B. Fall. A contempt of the Senate charge against H F Sinclair for refusing to testify will be argued immediately.
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Federal Grand Jury
Washington
Pomerone
Owen Roberts
Unite States
Albert B. Fall
Senate
H F Sinclair
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Railway ” and Co
G. Saker
South African Motor Trades Asia- China
John N. Willys
National Automobile Chamber of Com Moonty
H. P. Phipps
Jay P. Rathan
Howard S. Welch
George Bauer
Motor Transport Congress
Keocord-Herald
Fort Wayne
Kimge
Baker Sentinel
Uur
Veldge
Ise
Chattamoova ‘Taines
Senate Investigating Committee
Brooklyn
Eaggle
Congress
Mellon
Minneapolis Journal
Portland Oregonian
Richmond Times Dispatch
Syracuse Post-Standard
Treasury
Couzens
New York Post
Pittsburgh Gazette-Times
Rochester Democrat
St. Louis
Knight Templar
Washington Letters
Marswell’s
Marswell
Brown County
Baker Hardware Company
Paul Hubbard
Jhe Geevum
Sis
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Cal Berry
Mlayon
MR. Lion
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