Oil Rig at Springdale to be Dismantled
H M Isenberg, Springdale Drilling Company field superintendent, announces dismantling of the Springdale structure due to landowner cooperation issues and costly leases. He notes 750 feet drilled, no proven value, and that the crew will return to Denver after his hospital recovery from influenza.
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Springdale
Livingston Enterprise
H. M. Isenberg
Springdale Drilling Company
Denver Capital
Coor Drilling
Isenberg
Park County
Fred’ Whiteside
the Park Hospital
Livingston
Denver
Fish Commission To Lift Yellowstone Ban
Commissioner E A Wilson attended the Welona organization meeting as T N Marlowe of Missoula joined the commission. A reorganization is expected with a possible new chairman and a revived or new set of orders under a new law. The plan includes re-enacting prior provisions and suspending the closed season on the Yellowstone and Missouri rivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livingston Enterprise
E. A. Wilson
State Fish and Game Body
Welona
T. N. Marlowe
Missoula
Commission
Fish and Game Commission
Yellowstone
Missouri
Women Stage Fuss In Sister's Meeting
MISSOULA April 28 Police interference this afternoon broke up an incipient riot at the Masonic hall over a religious lecture by a visiting former nun. About 200 women clashed as chairs flew. two patrolmen protected the speaker and audience until order returned. A men only follow up meeting was reportedly canceled to avoid further trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula
Masonic Hall
Attorney General Foot to seek U.S. Supreme Court over Montana gas tax ruling
Montana Attorney General Foot said he will ask the United States Supreme Court to review the Sunburst case that struck down the state gasoline license tax law as discriminatory under the 14th Amendment. He argued most gasoline sold in the state is taxed despite the ruling and noted the decision targets only Sunburst Refining for late 1923 quarters.
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Helena
Montana Supreme Court
Foot
United States Supreme Court
Sunhurst Refining Company
Supreme Court
Montana
Supreme Court of the United States
State Board of Equalization
Sunburst Company
First Annual Meet of Sweet Grass County Public School Union
The Sweet Grass County Public School Union announces its first annual meet in Big Timber on Friday May 1. About seventy five boys and girls from seventeen schools will compete in mental and athletic events with a full program of spelling reading exhibits clothing projects and a track meet ending with an awards ceremony and teacher business meeting.
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Sweet Grass County Public School Union
Big Timber
Oliphant
Teams Selected For Annual Predatory Animal Killing Contest
The annual predatory animal killing contest opens with two teams listed and a June 1 closing date. Participants are invited to join the Rod and Gun club effort, with point submissions via the Patterson store or a chosen proxy, and a pledge to cover the other side’s dinner.
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Frank Henry
F. R. Hickman
Robert Johnson
Horace S. Davis
O. A. Fallang
J. H. Trower
J. H. Preston
Percy G. Webb
J. E. Cameron
Lee Skillman
I. V. Trower
Arthur Lien
Wm. Churchill
Abel Skaarland
Louis Leffler
A. Olin
W. L. McComas
Chas. Whalen
M. M. ‘Oliphant
C. O. Loftsgaarden
A. L. Phillips
Ben Uhi
G. H. Howard
Robert Bray
C. Morris
Geo. O. Campbell
Role Kellogg
J. B. Broker
Dr. A. O'Leary
Clive Haas
Kenneth Todd
E. ‘Davis
Ed F. Crossfield
Ross Shaver
Rod and Gun Club
Patterson
Sweet Grass High Is Classed With Winners
Ralph Andes of Culbertson won the pentathlon and led Culbertson to high team honors in Montana state scholarship contests at Montana State College Bozeman. Miles City won the team title with Harlowton and Culbertson second and third. About 160 contestants from 50+ high schools competed over two days with nearly $2000 in premiums awarded.
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Bozeman
Mont
Ralph Andes
Culbertson
Montana State College
Harry Dugro
Big Timber
Alice Johnson
Harlowton
Miles City
Miles Gify
Kenneth Clothier
Marjorie Montgomery
Edwin Becraft
Harriet Jewett
Charles Jewett
Helen Hart
Alice Schwindt
John Hogly
Robert Campbell
Butte High School
Violet Yaeger
Butte High
J. H. Holst
College Educational Department
Montana
Mrs Polly Ann Reese Dies in Bozeman Pioneer of Montana
Mrs Polly Ann Reese widow of John J. Reese died in Bozeman after moving there for care. Born in Nauvoo she was nearly 81. She came to Alder Gulch in 1863 and lived at Reese Creek in Gallatin Valley. Survived by son John D. Reese of Bozeman and daughter Mrs Sam Elgar plus 13 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. Funeral and burial planned at Reese Creek Cemetery.
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Bozeman
Polly Ann Reese
Montana
John J. Reese
Alder Gulch
Nauvoo
Reese
Virginia City
Reese Creek
Gallatin Valley
German Cabinet Holds Under New Rule
Berlin reports that the German cabinet unanimously decided to remain in office after the presidential election. Chancellor Luther cited no constitutional requirement to resign. Von Hindenburg and Luther are in accord on all discussed issues, with Stresemann supporting the approach to preserve neutrality and a working majority. Luther to address industrialists on presidential election implications.
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Berlin
Luther
von Hindenburg
Reichstag
Stresemann
Butte Birth Records Indexed for 1895 Onward
A new city health office card index lists all births in Butte since 1895, totaling 20 000 entries. The yearlong project corrected thousands of name spellings and cross checked doctor and midwife reports to arrange records chronologically.
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Butte
City Health Office
Mrs. Phillips
Loretta Lee
Wheeler acquitted on first ballot in Montana federal trial
Senator Burton K. Wheeler was acquitted in federal court here Friday night of unlawfully using his influence as a senator before the interior department. The jury delivered the verdict after a little over three hours of deliberation amid safe auditorium decorum.
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Great Falls
Burton K. Wheeler
Department of the Interior
Wheeler
Washington
Frank S. Dietrich
Thomas J. Walsh
Teapot Dome
John L. Slattery
Department of Interior
Lewis E. Lincoln
Montana
Gordon Campbell
Interior Department
Lincoln
Dietrich
Senator Wheeler
Senator Wheelere
Senate
Campbell
Government Department
Hill Named State Game Warden and Commission Changes
Robert A. Hill of Madison county is named a state game warden replacing C A Jackways who stays as field agent in charge of the fish hatcheries department. Thomas N Marlowe of Missoula is re-elected chairman for a four year term. The commission rescinded a six thousand dollar yearly educational department appropriation and re-enacted all pre bill open and closed season orders. Closed seasons are suspended on the Yellowstone Missouri and Kootenai rivers and on several lakes plus Clarkes Fork near Thompson Falls.
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Erickson
Commission
Yellowstone
Missouri
Kootenai
Flathead
Clarkes Fork
Columbia River
Thompson Falls
Chicago Butcher Is Charged With Murder
Frank Kocurek, manager of a Chicago restaurant and former butcher, was arrested after authorities linked a torso found a week earlier to his wife. He denied the killing, suggesting kidnapping, while investigators cited threats against his wife and his role in the dismemberment.
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Chicago
Frank Kocurek
Kocurek
Kocurel
Montana highway commission to drop surplus equipment plan
The Montana state highway commission ended its meeting adopting three road contracts and a plan to dispose of all surplus road building equipment within sixty days. It will focus on maintenance for the next two years while cooperating with federal and county projects.
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Helena
Mont
Montana State Highway Commission
State Commission
Bureau of Public Roads
State Highway Department
Warden
Portland
Ore
C. H. Purcell
Montana
Custer Battlefield
Crow Indian Reservation
Yellowstone County
Drummond
Hall
Granite County
Billings
Bozeman Hill
Bozeman
Livingston
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Fish Commission
Sweet Grass High
Gallatin
Butte Card
New Wheeler
Robert A. Hill
New State
State Highway Commission
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