Annual Pioneer Picnic Marred by Heavy Rain
Heavy cloudbursts Saturday afternoon disrupted the Sweet Grass county pioneers picnic at Rap stad grove. Attendees adjourned to the Auditorium as the talks by Hon. David Hilger and Attorney R. H. Wiedman proceeded, with county commissioner G. A. Leasby presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Hilger
R. H. Wiedman
Sweet Grass County
Rapstad Grove
Leasby
Montana
G. A. Leasby
Livingston
Hilger
Yellowstone Valley
Missoula
Art Goebel Wins Big Dole Prize in Honolulu Air Race
Art Goebel piloting the Woolaroe monoplane won the 82400 prize in a close finish near Koko Head. The Aloha, Martin Jensen, passed over the area before Woolaroe landed at Wheeler Field after 26 hours 17 minutes from San Francisco. Goebel led the four-plane Oakland to Honolulu flight with landing at 12 23 Honolulu time.
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Honolulu
Art Goebel
Martin Jensen
Koko
Navy
Goebel
Oakland
San Francisco
Woolaroc
Wheeler Field
Nearly One Hundred Thousand Gas Tax Collected
Helena August 16 state board of equalization reports 98 201 42 from the 3 cent gasoline tax for the first 15 days of August. Oil tax revenue amounts to 86 026 98 and coal tax yields 610 10. Refunds to gasoline users not for highway use total 316 020 02 for the first half of August. Attorney general's opinion lets 60 days to file refund claims, shifting August payments toward June claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
State Board of Equalization
Montana
State Board
Retiring Dry Chief Favors Light Beers
James W. Waddell retiring supervisor of alcohol and brewery control urges amending the Volstead act to permit 2.75 per cent beer. He says this change would improve enforcement and curb drunkenness without restoring saloon conditions. Assistant Secretary Lowman declined to comment.
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Washington
James W. Waddell
Alcohol and Brewery Control
Prohibition Bureau
Waddell
Secrtary Lowman
Cal Federal Farm Loan Board Man Reports Strong Crop Outlook
Eugene E. Meyer of the Federal Farm Loan Board told President Coolidge at the Black Hills that farm income should rise by about 1 billion dollars this year on crops and livestock. He noted delinquent farm mortgages remain due to past troubles but expect better grain prices and livestock values to help borrowers regain good standing. Many visitors urged farm relief legislation, with proposals including government financed elevators, while Coolidge’s stance remains undecided.
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Rapid City
S. D
Coolidge
Black Hills
South Dakota
White House
Horn of Plenty
Commonwealths
Work
Eugene E. Meyer
Federal Farm Loan Board
Senator Capper
Kansas
Mr. Coolidge
W. E. Hill
Ilinois
Washington
Educational Livestock Train to Visit Big Timber Around Oct 21
W P Stapleton agricultural extension agent of the Northern Pacific met with the Lions club to arrange an educational livestock train from Northern Pacific and Montana State College. The event features up to date stock dairy cows sheep and hogs with a dairy cow demonstration. Free dinner funded by local business, businesses to close from 10 p.m. to noon. Train runs two towns daily leaving here about 2 p.m. for Columbus, Big Timber date around October 21 with possible one day shift.
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W. P. Stapleton
Northern Pacific
Lions Club
Montana State College
Welock
Columbus
Pioneer Society Welcomes J C Farrington and Recollects Early Fish Creek
John C Farrington writes to Sweet Grass County Pioneer secretary G W Kauffman recalling his arrival at Big Timber on April 24 1884 from Dornix era days. He describes primitive town life Gill Bramble hotel and his trek from Melville to Fish Creek before moving to Spokane to practice law. He notes missing the annual picnic scheduled for the 14th and vows to join in spirit.
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John C. Farrington
Fish Creek
John F. Simmons
Patrick Flannagan
George Taylor
A. Whitney
Oo Maeridan
George W. Cook
G. H H. Parker
Robert Brownlee
0. B. Nevin
Robert Andrews
Sweet Grass County
G. W. Kauffman
Pioneer Society
Farrington
Spokane
Mr. Kauffman
Diggin’s
Dornix
Mirrielees
Gill Bramble
Melville
J Ogden Armour Lost Millions During War
Chicago reports reveal J Ogden Armour, once among the world’s richest, lost vast wealth during World War I. The packer’s heirs face an estate worth only a few millions as Armour’s wartime losses wiped out much of his fortune. He claimed losses up to 1 million dollars daily for 130 days. He also held top roles in railroads banks and stock trading.
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Chicago
J. Ogden Armour
Chicago Herald and Examiner
Packent
Armour
Packer
Herald-Examiner
Stock Exchange
Prohibition Officers Ambushed Near Chauncey
Ed Hensley state prohibition officer Don Hensley and Ernest Marcus were killed in an ambush near Chauncey Island Creek Logan county. Sheriff Hatfield led a 40 man posse including state police and prohibition agents to hunt five suspects. Howard Tomlin was wounded and six others survived to describe the raid and escape.
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Ed Hensley
Dan
Marcus
Howard Tomlin
Dave Hensley
Logan
Tomlin
Pearl
Stonewall Hensley
Dave
Monroe
Candiff Hensley
Peter Carter
Elbert H Gary Dies At 80 In New York
Elbert H Gary longtime head of United States Steel dies at 80 after a monthlong illness at his Fifth Avenue home. News of his death stirred Wall Street with only slight price fluctuations as tributes followed from industry leaders.
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New York
Elbert H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Fifth Avenue
Wall Street
Gary
Judge Gary
Steel Corporation
Third Of Meaghers Is Dying In California
Word has been received that Thomas Francis Meagher the third is in critical condition in a Stockton California hospital. He is the grandson of General Thomas Francis Meagher and belongs to a family with three generations of soldiers. His father served in the U S Army and his brother died in the Philippine Islands.
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Livingston
Thomas Francis Meagher
Stockton
Cal
Montana Territory
Sydney Edgerton
Washington
Meagher
Uncle Sam
General Meagher
U. S
Philippine Islands
Al G. Barnes Faces Immigration Court Charge
Al G. Barnes and Charles Gook, owners of the Barnes circus, were arrested in Denver on charges of concealing and harboring Bertie Mareross, alias Bertie Marercoso, an Englishman barred from work by immigration laws. They pleaded not guilty and posted 11,000 bonds each. Mareross posted 1,500 bond and was released. The case alleges the two hid Mareross in a circus car crossing the Canadian border at Sweet Grass, Montana, on June 28.
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Denver
Colo
al G. Barnes
Charles Gook
Barnes Circus
Bertie Mareross
Bertie Grenville Mare Coso
United States
Robert E. Foot
Barnes
Cook
Marcross
W. RR. Mansfield
Washington
Secretary of Labor
Sweet Grass
Mont
Colored Man Killed In Butte After Shortchange Fight
In Butte Montana Phillip Martin a 45 year old colored swamper died after a quarrel over a $4 shortchange. Stell Jordan owner of a soft drink shop where the shooting happened is held by police and admits firing in self defense.
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Butte
Mont
Phillip Martin
Stell Jordan
Southern Editor Clark Howell Sees Tariff Sentiment Rise
Helena Independent reports Clark Howell editor of the Atlanta Constitution and his wife passed through Helena en route to Yellowstone. He ties tariff sentiment to southern manufacturing growth and agricultural interests, cites peanuts and other crops, and discusses Governor Smith and Democratic prospects. He notes Klansmen dwindling and predicts Smith could command southern delegates at the convention.
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Helena
Clark Howell
Atlanta Constitution
Howell
Northern Pacific
Yellowstone Park
Seattle
Southern Tariff Association
Washington
Hancock
Smith
New York
Ku Klux Klan
Know Nothing Party
Georgia
Montana
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