Diminished Showers Aid Fire Crews In Blackfeet Forest
Despite light rains in Missoula and western Montana, foresters gained control of six major fires in the Blackfeet forest north of Missoula. The Grouse Creek fire 150 miles northeast of Sandpoint, Idaho, charred over 10 000 acres on Humbird Logging property and government land. H R Flint fire protection chief said troops on the scene can do little to halt the blaze for now.
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Missoula
Montana
Blackfeet Forest
Grouse Creek
Sandpoint
Idaho
Humbird Logging Company
H. R. Flint
Oil Discoveries Spark Montana Drilling Boom Near Billings
Midwest Refining expands on the Big Lake structure as 200 acre leases near Hepp No 1 proceed while a control head delay slows operations. The Kevin Sunburst field gains speed with the Foo ter Sweeney and Van Meer wells, and Dakota Montana No 2. Gas shows at Baker Beckman farm deepen optimism for the Great Baker field.
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Midwest Refining Company
Lake
Montana
Billings
Hepp No. 1
F. G. Ostland
Minneapolis
Harrison Oil and Gas Company
Hepp
Kevin Sunburst
Sunburst
van Meer
Sweeney
Dakota-Montana
Crown
Kevin
Gas Products
Beckman
Baker
Great Baker Field
Baker Dome
Rimini Mine Tubes Payable Ore Evidence at Rimini
An assay from the Ice Mountain property at Rimini near Butte shows ore worth about 100 dollars per ton. Figures include 18.1 percent lead, 71 ounces silver, 3.60 dollars gold and 9.9 percent arsenic. The 16 adjoining patented claims are controlled by C. W. Geddes of New York who is currently at Rimini. Ore was found 1400 feet into the main tunnel, 600 feet below the surface.
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Rimini
Butte
Ice Mountain
C. W. Geddes
New York
New School Building Planned by Superior Trustees
Trustees of the Superior school district call an election to approve a $20,000 bond for a new auditorium and gymnasium to be erected near the present school building.
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Superior
Buckskin Mary Sail from New York to Join Wild West Show
Mary Salle known as Buckskin Mary, famed rider of wild horses and rodeo queen, sails from New York with a troupe to perform at the Wild West show in Havre. Her travels blaze a path for the troupe as they head to the event.
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Mary Salle
London
Gibeon
Havre
Mary
Wild Horses
New Yorks
Zcompany
Ber
Wild West
Spas
Wild ‘West
Montana notes report higher forest output and mining strides
Forest supervisor R. T. Ferguson visits Stillwater district to review 1924 timber sale outlook. First quarter Montana district timber cut totals 35.2 million feet, up 70 percent from 1923. Coal mining expands in Milk River valley. Basin hosts a major gold strike at TWh Consolidated’s Katle mine with high grade ore. A mountain lion killed near Petty Creek is displayed in Missoula and a Milwaukee brakeman suffers sleeping sickness at Miles City Holy Rosary hospital.
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R. T. Ferguson
Beartooth National Forests
Stillwater
Forest Service
Missoula
Montana
Idaho
FEA, Phi
State Livestock Association
Aft
Phillips
Milk River Valley
Chinook
Milk River
Chinook Te
Basin
Katle
Twh Consolidated Company
O TT Brinten
Brinton
Richard Johnson
Fish Creek
Mr. Johnson
Petty Creek
H. A. Mineau
Milwaukee
Holy Rosary Hospital
Quotations of Interest to Montanans Week Ending May 24
Grain prices in Montana on a 3934c freight basis: wheat No 1 dark northern 97c, No 1 northern 88c, dark hard winter 86c, hard winter 84c, corn No 2 yellow 73 1/2c, flax No 1 $2.00. Chicago livestock prices show cattle top 11.40, average 11.00. hogs top 7.50, average 7.30. fat lambs 14.75. New York metals list silver 665 1/2c per ounce, copper 12 1/2c per pound, lead 9c per pound.
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Minneapoli
Montana
Chicago
New York
Custer Highway Second Section Underway To Lodge Grass
Construction has begun on the 17 mile second section of the Custer Battlefield Highway, contracted to Pioneer Construction of Bozeman. The gravel road will run from the battlefield to Lodge Grass following the Burlington tracks to reduce railroad grade crossings. When finished, about 80 miles of the highway from Hardin to Grass will be graveled.
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Custer Highway
Custer Battlefield
Pioneer Construction Company
Bozeman
Cro
Bell from British warship given to Libby church
The Libby Episcopal church adds a spire and belfry to house a historic bell. The bell, taken from a British warship on Lake Erie in 1812, passed through Archdeacon Hooker's family and was sent to Libby by a brother for burial in a Montana church, making the relic a valued historic possession.
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Libby
Lake Erie
Archdeacon Hooker
Montana
New York
Hooker
Butte Court Shooting Ends in Self Inflicted Wound
Butte defendant John O Leary opened fire in federal court on May 21 firing twelve shots with two guns. Federal Officer Nick Bingham tackled him before O Leary fatally wounded himself. Judge Pray remained calm as court adjourned. O Leary, a Great Northern official grievances blamed for recent reverses. his parents in Los Angeles.
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Butte
John O'Leary
Nick Bingham
O’leary
Bingham
Leary
Charles N. Pray
O'Leary
Great Northern Railway
Los Angeles
Lake Georgetown East Shore Closed to Fishing Next Season
Notices from Deputy Game Warden Me Afferty state the eastern section of Georgetown Lake will be closed to fishing to protect fish propagation and keep the hatchery at capacity. The closures extend along the east shore from Stuart Mill Bay to Flint Creek and 300 feet offshore, with Stuart Mill Creek and Bay also permanently closed to fishing.
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Georgetown Lake
Meafferty
George Town
Stuart Mill Bay
Flint Creek
Izak Walton
Damage at Milltown Diversion Dam After Break in River
Damage estimated at 100000 dollars from a break in the diversion dam below the main Milltown power plant dam. The fracture will not affect the big dam or the Missoula Light and Water Company service. Gates were opened after the break and river water levels adjusted accordingly.
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Milltown
Missoula Light & Water Company
Modern Camp at Deer Lodge Offers Comforts for Travelers
Deer Lodge visitors find a well equipped camp on arrival with a telephone electric front and standard boards in the rest room an automobile washing machine near the river bank and a grassy shaded plot. Five brick cooking stoves abundant dry wood and hot and cold water are provided for campers.
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Deer Lodge
Convicts Escape From Deer Lodge Prison Farm
Two inmates escaped the Deer Lodge state prison farm early May 20. They fled equipped with a rifle two pounds of ammunition and 25 pounds of provisions. Both men serving four to eight year terms for grand larceny. C. O. Mercer from Wibaux county and George Palmer from Yellowstone county.
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Deer Lodge
C. O. Mercer
Wibaux County
George Palmer
Yellowstone County
Copper vein discovery near Adair Montana line
Richmond Consolidated speeds tunnel driving into the copper belt near Adair Montana as it nears tapping a vein 1 800 feet below the surface. The project has gone 1 600 feet with expectations to reach the vein within ten feet. Surface showings on adjacent properties indicate vein size and value potential for a new copper field.
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Montana-Idaho
Richmond -Consolidated Company
Adair
Santana
Farm relief and railroad bills delay Congress adjournment
Washington reports farm relief and rail road legislation are the main obstacles to plans to adjourn before June 7. The McNary Haugen farm bill and Howell Barkley railroad labor board reform are under consideration in the House, with the Senate awaiting action. If the McNary Haugen bill stalls, farm blocs may push for last minute relief measures, influencing adjournment timing.
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Washington
Congress
McNary-Haughen
Howell-Barkley
Railroad Labor Board
House
Senate
McNary-Haugen
Japanese Tribute to American Flyers in Tokyo
In Tokyo American flyers were toasted by Japanese British and American officials after a round of entertainments praising their Pacific crossing. The group prepared to resume flight, leaving Kasumigaura May 25, with tributes from Gen Yoshimitsu and Ambassador Wands.
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Tokio
Pacific
Lef
Kasumigaura
Kasuimira
Maple Club
Gen Yoshimitsu
Army and Navy
Army
Navy
United States
Eneral Yoshimitsu
Monte Carlo Thrills From Lt Osborne Wood Spending Spree
A dispatch reports Lt Osborne Wood son of Maj Gen Leonard Wood recently resigned from the US Army is spending lavishly in Monte Carlo. He arrived with a Chinese servant who acts as bodyguard, carrying a bag of thousand franc notes and producing cash on Wood's frequent spending, startling onlookers.
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London
Osborne Wood
Leonard Wood
Monte Carlo
Wood
United States Army
Wall Street
Eskimo Boys Trained Aboard Boxer Steamer
The Boxer steamer of the United States bureau of education recently prepared to sail south after its first season as a floating industrial school. It housed 18 Eskimo students from nearby government schools who studied navigation gas engineering and radio telegraphy during the winter aboard.
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Juneau
Boxer
United States Bureau of Education
Unfermented Wines Planned for Denver Synagogue Menu
Rabbi C H Kauvar of Beth HaMidrash Hagodal announced that unfermented wines will be used in a Denver Orthodox synagogue in the future and that a rule prohibiting fermented wine will be issued. The statement follows Dr. W S Friedman of Temple Emmanuel’s remarks.
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Denver
Colo
Ireland ratifies first League convention and obscenity treaty
Geneva report states the Irish Free State, elected to the League last September, has ratified its first league convention. Michael McWhite confirms Dublin has approved the treaty for suppressing traffic in obscene publications.
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Geneva
Irish Free State
League of Nations
Michael McWhite
Dublin
School Maidens Protest Dress Rules in California
Sacramento reports high school girls threaten to invoke a referendum for freedom in dress. Secretary of State Frank Jordan has received requests from Los Angeles girls asking if a referendum or other law could permit them to dress as they please.
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Sacramento
Calif
California
Frank “ Jordan
Los” ‘Angeles
Fea Eee
Los Angeles
Coolidge Sees New Day In Scientific Research At NAS and NRC Dedication
President Coolidge at the dedication of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Research Council home spoke of a rising sun for science. He traced ties between government and science from Franklin days, emphasized knowledge diffusion, and hailed foundational periods from Jefferson to the cooperative era. The speech highlighted philanthropist gifts funding the building, called the hall a temple of science.
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Ashington
National Academy of Sciences
National Research Council
Coolidge
Benjamin Franklin
America
Declaration of Washington
United States
Jefferson
Silliman
Agassiz
White House
Silfiman
John Quincy Adams
Smithsonian Institution
Lincoln
Wilson
Temple of Science In
U S Helium Monopoly Warns of Airship Dangers
Dr. Richard B. Moore of New York argues the United States holds a practical helium monopoly and export bans could prevent disasters like the Dixmude, ZR-2, and Roma fires. He says helium makes ships fire resistant, and future wars may feature larger airships carrying small fighter planes and cheaper helium.
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Elium
Richard B. Moore
New York City
United States Bureau of Mines
Petroleum Chemistry Division
American Chemical Society
Moore
United States
Doctor Moore
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York
West Virginia
Kentucky
Romance in Trade Drives Old Time Clippers Through Modern Seas
The Commerce Department reports a weekly foreign trade survey showing exotic and ordinary goods arriving in U S ports. Entries include ambergris from Arctic seas feathers from Africa sesame seeds Chilean nitrates tin from Bolivia rubber from Malaya and many other items. Trade attaches and consuls relay global inquiries to Washington including bones and horn near foot oil match making machinery elastic arm bands and more.
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Ambergris
Arctic
Arabia
China
Japan
United States
Bolivia
Malay Peninsula
Washington
S Co
Commerce Department
Belgium
Colombia
Holland
India
Turkey
Bordeaux
Germany
Simplification of products saves millions in American commerce
A Commerce Department report to Secretary Hoover highlights a shift to simple life principles in manufacturing. During late 1928 ten industries reduced varieties, cutting costs for producers distributors and consumers. Examples include standardized building materials, fewer boiler sizes, and unified mattress and bottle dimensions.
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Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
William A. Dargin
Department of Commerce
Belek
Eines
Ene
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Eibby
Free State
O'R Wa
U. S
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