Big Timber Hatchery Expansion Promised in Montana Plan
Montana Game Commission extends Charles Jakways tenure as hatcheries chief to eight months and approves enlarging Big Timber and Missoula facilities to 18 trough plants capable of handling five to six million eggs. Installations include new troughs and cabins. The panel also mulls antelope reservations in Broadwater county and trades 10,000 bull frogs for grayling eggs with Idaho.
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Helena
Charles Jakways
Montana Game Commission
Jakways
International Fisheries Association
Denver
Robert A. Hill
Western Game Wardens Association
E. A. Wilson
Warden Hill
Montana
Big Timber
Missoula
A. H. Abcott
Hill
Broadwater County
Abcott
W. M. Kiel
Idaho
Weeks May Not Return as War Secretary This Fall
Secretary Weeks after a meeting with President Coolidge hinted he might not resume his post in the fall due to health. He left his residence for the first time since spring and said his Washington return depended on his recovery. Names such as Charles D. Hilles and Dwight Davis are mentioned as possible successors amidst Coolidge’s Far Eastern considerations.
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Swampscott
Mass
Weeks
Coolidge
Washington
Charles D. Hilles
Crane
Chicago
William Bullitt
Louisville
Tokio
Coolidge Sets Tentative Budget With 20 Million Cut
SWAMPSCOTT Mass Aug 10 President Coolidge tentatively approved a next year budget of 3 080 000 000 proposing a 20 000 000 reduction this year Director Lord said tax cuts totaling about 300 000 000 would be warranted based on treasury surplus estimated at 290 000 000 for the current year and 250 000 000 for June 30 The army and navy are expected to bear a large share of the upcoming reductions while some bureaus will see higher appropriations offset by cuts elsewhere.
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Swampscott
Mass
Coolidge
Lord
Congress
Treasury
Sister Of Ben Mijelde Dies From Injuries
Chief Ben Mielde learned Monday of the death of his sister Mrs. Frank Weary of Wheaton Illinois from injuries suffered in an auto crash last week. Her car struck loose gravel six miles from Wheat. she was thrown clear but fatally injured by the fall and died after concussion at a hospital. The Mjelde family has seen two siblings die violently since 1876, including Jack Mjelde who was killed by a high tension wire in Livingston.
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Ben Mielde
Frank Weary
Wheaton
Weary
Mjelde
Jack Mjelde
Livingston
Montana highway commission awards four bridges and five federal aid projects
Contracts totaling several hundred thousand dollars were awarded for bridge work and gravel road surface projects across Big Horn Glacier and Yellowstone regions. Pioneer Construction of Bozeman will build 10.86 miles of gravel road on the Custer Battlefield highway and a Crow Reservation segment. W. P. Roscoe of Billings secures three bridges on Lodge Grass Creek and Little Big Horn sites. Lewistown Construction wins 13.89 miles on the Roosevelt highway in Glacier County. J F Harrington of Missoula and J M Carter of Billings win additional bridge and road contracts pending federal approval.
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Helena
Montana Highway Commission
Pioneer Construction Company
Bozeman
Custer Battlefield
Big Horn County
Crow Reservation
Lodge Grass
W. P. Roscoe
Billings
Lodge Grass Creek
Little Big Horn River
Lewistown Construction Company
Lewistown
Carlow-Cutbank
Glacier County
J. F. Harrington
Missoula
Two Medicine Irrigation Canal
J. M. Carter
Laurel
West County
Yellowstone County
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
Wyoming Hunt for Frank W. Lewis Yields No Trace Yet
Sheriff Brannin and Or. Fallang pursue Frank W. Lewis, wanted for Henry Hughson's murder. They checked Cody and Yellowstone Park areas in Wyoming, tracing sightings near the Rosebud head of Carbon county, but found no definite trail. A witness from the Stocker sisters placed Lewis near Bert Shorey ranch ten days after his disappearance from the jail in this city.
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Frank W. Lewis
Henry Hughson
Justice Court
Brannin
Or. Fallang
Wyoming
Cody
Wyo
Lewis
C. F. Stocker
Warren Ranch
Carney
Bert Shorey
Rosebud
Carbon County
Stocker
Webb
Yellowstone
Prominent men push pardon for former Indiana governor M'Cray
Warren T. McCray, former Indiana governor, seeks clemency with a formal pardon petition filed in Washington. More than 200 letters from senators, governors, bankers, ministers, and others urge leniency. A two hour meeting with Attorney General Sargent followed, outlining the staged review through the pardon process and eventual final action by the governor.
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M’cray
Washington
Atlanta
Warren T. McCray
Indiana
Sargent
McCray
Prohibition
Wood
Tourism Boom in Yellowstone Area Surges in 1925
Officials report a sharp rise in visitors across Yellowstone parks. August totals show 13 612 entrants by rail road auto and other means, with year to date 99 102 up from 92 316 last year. Gardiner surpasses West Yellowstone in growth.
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Livingston Enterprise
Yellowstone Park
Gardiner
West Yellowstone
Montana Power Stock Breaks Rise Records
Montana Power stock jumped from 61.50 to 99.25 in a year amid rumors of a Montana Washington merger. A payment plan of 15 dollars down and a dollar fifty monthly was offered, with much stock trading noted and authorities attributing the rise to statewide business growth and higher dividends.
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Livingston
Montana Power Company
New York
Washington Power Company
Montana Cowboy Executed in Nebraska Death Chair
Walter R. Simmons a former Montana cowboy deputy sheriff and baseball player was electrocuted at the Nebraska state penitentiary for the 1922 murder of Frank Pahl a Spencer Nebraska garage man. He proclaimed his innocence before death as his sister and friend bid farewell.
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Lincoln
Nebr
Walter R. Simmons
Montana
Nebraska State Penitentiary
Frank Pahl
Spencer
Charles C. Adams
Poplar Grove
Baltimore
Fenton
Simmons
Emily Bateman
Pompey’s Pillar
Mont
Catherine Lipe
Omaha
E. P. Holmes
Boyd County
Nebraska
Norfolk
Pahl
South Dakota
Charles W. Bryan
Washington
Son Of Judge Stark Slips One On Parents
Russell Stark, son of former Judge A P Stark, and Letha McPherson of Livingston secretly married in Big Timber two weeks ago. The couple’s wedding was revealed as relatives and Kiwanis visitors heard word, with Judge Stark and Mrs Stark abroad in Seattle. The bride comes from a prominent Livingston family. Stark works in the secretary of state office.
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Livingston
Russell Stark
A. P. Stark
Letha McPherson
Big Timber
Helena Independent
Russell
State Supreme Court
J. G. McPherson
Stark
Judge
Mr. Stark
Secretary of State
Ford Motor Company posts record July sales in all divisions
Ford reports July domestic sales of 167 626 cars and trucks, up 6 182 from last year, with Fordson tractor sales over 3 300 higher and Lincoln deliveries up 207. Company notes anticipated higher August activity and strong farm sector demand.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Highland Park
Ford
Old Dance Hall Bill To Reach High Court
Montana’s Supreme Court may interpret a historic blue law. Attorney L A Foot seeks to resolve ambiguities in a 1871 provision that bans Sunday dancing where liquor is sold, by pursuing a Sunday dance case from Plentywood or Butte to the state high court.
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Helena
Montana
Supreme Court
L. A. Foot
Winter Garden
Butte
Plentywood
Foot
Silver Bow County
Judge Bourquin Fines Ford $300 for Court Contempt
Helena August 10 Judge George M Bourquin United States district court found S C Ford former Montana attorney general guilty of contempt and fined 300 connected to a Great Falls trial of Gordon Campbell for mail fraud. Ford claimed clerical error caused the disputed exceptions in his appeal.
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Helena
George M. Bourquin
United States District Court
S. C. Ford
Montana
Great Falls
Gordon Campbell
Campbell
Ford
Bourquin
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State Game and Fish Commission
Maryland Game Association
Jairways
Granite Creek
Anaconda
Emigrant Springs
E. A. Richards
Columbus
Frank Beller
Lost Creek
Ben Mijelde
Brannin and
Fallang
Frank Lewis Hunt
Montana Power
Judge Stark
G. M. Bourquin
C. Ford
Temple of Justice
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