Canvass Confirms Narrow Primary Shifts and New Committeemen
Official canvass by Justices Lanphear Shipton and County Clerk Conwell shows Leavitt’s Republican lead trimmed to 19 and MacFarlane county attorney margin reduced to three. Results name Wagner and Olin as Progressive committeemen, with Myrstol in Springdale South. Lavold yields none.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. M. Lanphear
T. G. Shipton
W. A. Con
Leavitt
John N. MacFarlane
E. W. Wagner
A. Olin
Progress
Glasston
Carl Myrstol
Springdale South
Lavold
T. S. Lavold
J. Earl Miller
R. A. Bray
F. H. Mehlberg
Albert Esp
A. M. Nash
J. E. Elliott
D. V. Highie
John Rees
Precinct
Grey Cliff
Lucky Center
Earl Miller
B. T. East
Melville
Robert Bray
B. T. West
White Beaver
Harry B. Mitchell
Arthur A. Franzke
Scott Leavitt
John Oliver
Supreme Court
Henry L. Myers
C. E. Comer
Albert Galen
Railroad and Public Service
Thomas E. Carey
W. B. Mclaughlin
Eagles Favor Change In Prohibition At Montana Meet
State convention delegates of the Eagles here voted to modify the Volstead act to permit sale of light wines and beer. Lester H. Loble of Helena elected president. Havre named 1927 convention site. Resolutions also urged construction of the St. Lawrence waterway project benefiting Montana farmers.
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Missoula
The
Eagles
Lester H. Loble
Helena
Don B. King
Butte
F. A. Williams
Red Lodge
Herbert Crego
John Rowe
Oscar Helding
Walter Huff
Billings
F. L. Shepard
Great Falls
F. J. Pippin
Anaconda
James Brett
E. F. Trump
Havre
St. Lawrence Waterway
Montana
Lucky Man For Office Gets In At Billings
Rolla Duncan is named postmaster at Billings to succeed O B Prickett, ending a three way contest with Mayor Edwin Grafton and F E Williams. Duncan, a former U S marshal who resigned in 1924 to manage local theater interests, also served as Lewis and Clark county sheriff for two terms.
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Billings
Rolla Duncan
O. B. Prickett
Prickett
Edwin Grafton
F. E. Williams
Duncan
Lewis and Clark County
Earage
Col J T Stanford Dies In Great Falls
Col James T. Stanford a Great Falls banker and pioneer of Montana and Canada died in Conrad Montana at 5 pm Tuesday from pneumonia while on a northern Montana and Canadian trip with Royal Canadian Mounted Police. He previously served in the Royal Northwest Mounted Police and was president of the Conrad Banking Company of Great Falls.
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Great Falls
James T. Stanford
Montana
Canadian Northwest Provinces
Conrad, Mont
Stanford
Canada
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Royal Northwest Mounted Polee
Conrad Banking Company of
Reed Point Rancher Loses 3000 In Bozeman Horse Bet Scam
Fred Schmidt of Reed Point told Butte police he gave $3000 to three men he met at Old Faithful Inn after a supposed big win on races. He expected return of funds in Butte, but Miller failed to appear. Police sought the trio, identified as Edward Schultz, Mahoney, and Miller, with a Billings license plate car.
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Butte
Fred Schmidt
Reed Point
Bozeman
Schmidt
Old Faithful Inn
Murphy
White
Big Timber Bank
Chief Murphy
Edward Schultz
Mahoney
Miller
Auto crash near Belfry adds to mounting death toll
John McGarvey aged 45 to 50 was killed and Charles Leone badly bruised when a touring car driven by McGarvey ran off a slippery road west of Belfry. The crash happened about 5 pm after a ball game visit to Beavereck. McGarvey died at the scene. Leone treated and held for observation in Billings.
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Billings
John McGarvey
Charles Leone
McGarvey
Belfry
Beavereck
Leone
J. P. Nall
Laurel Road
July Auto Purchases Show Light Decrease
Helena August 10 Automobile purchases in July were slightly below June and last year but 1926 still shows more than 1300 new passenger cars licensed. July licenses totaled 1,085 versus 1,233 a year ago, with 10,587 licensed to August 1, up from 9,286 last year.
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Helena
Montana Motor List Company
Funeral for Robert Witt in Nickwall near Wolf Point
Funeral services for Robert Witt, killed in a Sunday accident near Wolf Point, were held at Nickwall with Rev. G. W. Orner officiating. Witt died after a skull fracture from a car wheel incident and left lung pierced by a wheel spoke. burial followed at Nickwall Cemetery.
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Poplar
Robert Witt
Wolf Point
Nickwall
Missouri River
G. W. Orner
Witt
Kiwanis Hold Annual State Convention in Anaconda
About 300 delegates from Montana Kiwanis clubs met in Anaconda for the sixth annual state convention with 400 attending a dinner at Gregson Springs. Mayor C W Smith and George C Jackson welcomed the group as sessions heard reports on state conditions and featured guests R A Ammerman and Fred Parker, with Governor J E Erickson among speakers.
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R. A. Ammerman
Scranton
Fred Parker
J. E. Erickson
Saves His Wife But Fails To Save Self
Glendive August 7 An drew Foss a Dawson county pioneer drowned after helping his wife escape a sedan overturned in an irrigation ditch He reportedly misjudged a tele phone pole for a bridge and drove into 11 feet of water Foss born in Norway 68 years ago had lived in Dawson county 35 years He is survived by Mrs Foss a son and two brothers in Norway.
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Glendive
Andrew Foss
Dawson County
Foss
Norway
Two Killed In Missoula Area Auto Crash
In Missoula on August 8 an elderly couple died when their car overturned near Bearmouth. Papers suggest the names Mays. Granite County officers seek ID via a Great Falls address and a Spokane supply house tied to a kitchen utensil agency. Arkansas license plate noted.
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Missoula
Bearmouth
Mays
Granite County
Great Falls
Spokane
Arkansas
Stewart Nominated by Iowa Republicans for Unexpired Senate Term
David W. Stewart of Sioux City was nominated by the Iowa Republican convention to fill the unexpired term of Senator Albert B. Cummins who died a week earlier. He won 824 votes on the third ballot as Brookhart Sweet Bradshaw and others faded. Stewart pledged humility and tribute to Cummins, calling him the greatest statesman Iowa produced.
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Des Moines
David W. Stewart
Sioux City
Iowa
Stewart
Cummins
Fallon County Club Opposes Gas Tax in Public Appeal
The Fallon County Club urges voters to consider the impact of a proposed three cent per gallon gasoline tax aimed at funding state highway development. They warn funds currently distributed to counties would be redirected to state highway projects in partnership with the federal government, potentially altering how road costs are shared and managed.
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Fallon
State
State Highway Commission
United States
Montana
Congress
Union
Ber
Woman Wins Primary For Husband's Seat
In Louisville Kentucky Mrs Langley won the Republican primary in the tenth district defeating A J Kirk to become Kentucky's first woman member of Congress. Her husband had resigned after a conspiracy conviction and is serving a two year term.
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Louisville
Kentucky
J. Kirk
John W. Langley
Langley
Gudger
North Carolina
Mountain
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Mexican Business In Bad Financial Slump
Mexican business circles grow more anxious as a religious boycott jitters the economy. The silver peso closed at a 4.06 percent discount, up from yesterday, while a government committee of financial experts forms to study the disordered exchange.
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Mexico City
Clemenceau Backer Urges Different View On War Debt
Philadelphia August 9 Pierpont B Noyes endorses M Clemenceaus appeal to avoid treating wartime debts as pure commerce He warns American policy must move beyond small merchant and banker logic and focus on human costs Peace and prosperity for future generations depend on a just settlement and avoiding US being viewed as a financial tyrant
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Philadelphia
M. Clemenceau
Coolidge
Pierpont B. Noyes
Rhineland
United States
Mother of Chevrolet driver killed near Morrison
A tragic one car accident near Morrison claims the life of Mrs Mary A Wheeler mother of the driver Mrs Mel Erickson wife of Sawyer's local manager. The crash occurred on a return trip from Rapelje when steering gear locked and the car toppled. Wheeler born 1873, married 1890 with nine children, died of skull fracture and concussion. Burial followed in Williamsfield Illinois after services in Bozeman.
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Columbus
Mel Erickson
Sawyer’s
Mary A. Wheeler
Rapelje
Morrison’s
Reinaldt
Orval Skeen
Bozeman
Williamsfield
Lincoln
Neb
B. B. Wheeler
Clara Vanatta
Hibbing
Minn
Beulah Erickson
Agnes Wheeler
Miles City
Roy Iverson
James
Mildred Wheeler
Judith Gap
Wheeler
Illinois
Mont
Erickson
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Geo. O. Campbell
Ben B. Miles
F. Boddy
C. W. Voges
T. T. Olson
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Leroy Harris
Ed Brannin
Harry Hunt
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H. J. Oliphant
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Andy Gump
W. A. Conwell
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F. M. Lamp
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Norman Hale
Stuart Nicholson
Oscar Fallang
Margaret Deegan
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Ethel K. Steensland
C. E. Busse
Sol Craft
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Ernest Patterson
Ira Decker
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Order of Nobles
Mystic Shrine of North America
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