Federated Clubs Annual Fair Attracts Good Patronage
The County Federation of Women's Clubs held its annual fair drawing steady crowds on Saturday with varied displays. Proceeds from the lunch support Galen hospital. Awards honor numerous participants for fancy work, textiles, table wares, canning, fruits, vegetables, and flowers led by prominent exhibitors including Mrs. Earl Bryan Mrs. A A Lamp and Mrs. Wm Hanson. Special mentions go to a pink hibiscus vase by Mrs Karl Bryan and a host of top display winners.
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County Federation of Women’s Clubs
Galen Hospital
Earl ‘Bryan
A. A. Lamp
Wm. Hanson
T. Carter
Alma Eik
L. J. Wilder
Irene Hausserman
Floyd Nep- Stad
Clarence Flattum
A. Holbeck
Alice Harris
Alice Patterson
Anton Zeleny
J. E. Mitchell
H.witten
Berrie
Bailey
Sears Roebuck
Geo. Bailey
Best Club
T. Murray
Will
Churchill
Peer Petunia
Carl. Hanson
Mek
Larson
R. E. Shaver
Zeleny
Esp
Flattum
Ike Lay
C. C. Nicholson
Lenora Busha
Effie Franklin
Daisy Phlox
Cosmos
Zinnia
Jake Magelssen
Will Churchill
Lonnie Bryan
Karl Bryan
Sweet Grass_County Federation of Women’s clubs
McDonnell Brothers
E. R. Patterson
C. D. Graff
Dorman Kellogg
George Smith
O. J. Ellingson
J. W. Kirkwood
Chester Fraser
Harvey Coit
Sadie Bailey
Edith McDonnell
Wreck on Grey Cliff road injures four people
An early morning collision on Grey Cliff road near Boulder bridge involved the McDonnell car and Gugler sedan. A. Ronald and Charles McDonnell sustained facial injuries and cuts, Walter Gugler suffered facial wounds, while Will McKenzie’s vehicle left the road. both drivers dispute whether Gugler’s headlights were on.
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A. Ronald
Charles McDonnell
Walter Gugler
Gugler Basin
Grey Cliff Road
Boulder Bridge
Mathes
G. B. Connell
Grey Cliff Dance
Will McKenzie
Gugler
McDonnell
Ronald McDonnell
Charles
McDonnells
Republicans Meet in Great Falls for State Convention
J W Speer of Great Falls issues call for Montana Republican state convention to be held September 6 at 10 30 a m in the Rainbow hotel. Delegates include state and national office candidates and members of the state central committee.
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Great Falls
J. W. Speer
Republican State Central Committee
State Central Committee
Rainbow Hotel
State’ Central Committee
Democrats Select Lacklen for Chairman in County Meeting
The Democratic county central committee met at the courthouse Friday to elect officers led by J. J. Lacklen who had campaigned for the chair. Sheriff Ed Bartels received four votes while Lacklen secured eight. other officers chosen include Grace Severance as vice chair and Stuart H. Nicholson as state committeeman.
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Democratic County Central Committee
Court House
J. J. Lacklen
Lacklen
Ed Bartels
Grace Severance
Stuart H. Nicholson
Margaret Bray
Dick Armstrong
Pete Knight Leads Calgary Rodeo Winners at Billings
Pete Knight the Ridin Kid from Calgary claimed the calf roping crown at Billings rodeo with a four calf average 18.9 seconds. Hugh Ridley of Red Rock Oklahoma won the bull dogging title while Brida Gafford of Cody Wyoming was elected queen of the ladies bronc twisters.
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Pete Knight
Kid
Calgary
Billings Rodeo
Billings Gazette
Jake McClure
Billings
Fairgrounds Arena
Waddy
Lovington
N. M
Floyd Stillings
Oregon
Hugh Ridley
Red Rock
Okla
Oral Zumwalt
Wolf Creek
Ridley
Stillings
Green River
Zumwalt
Brida Gafford
Cody
Wyo
American Legion Convention
Legionettes
Butte
Great Falls
Bozeman
Sweet Grass County Wins Best Ten Fleeces at North Montana Fair
Sweet Grass county clinched the $300 silver trophy for the best county collection of ten fleeces at the North Montana fair in Great Falls held August 6 to 11. Ben Slanger selected and exhibited the county's wool. Winners include J. Rapstad and Agnes Rapstad in Merino classes, Bliss and Bo Clark of McLeod in Hampshire ewes, Sigurd Lavold in Lincoln ram, and Agnes Rapstad in half blood combing. Other honors went to Moncriffe of Big Horn for fine wool and quarter blood, H. H. Hahn of Townsend for half-blood, and Rosemary Cleff of Fort Benton for three-eighths. Slanger commented on high quality wool but criticized the fair board for showing space and effort.
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Sweet Grass County
North Montana
Great Falls
Ben Slanger
J. i Rapstad
Agnes Rapstad
Hampshire Ewe
Bliss
Bo Clark
McLeod
Lincoln Ram
Sigurd Lavold
Monchriffe
Big Horn
Wyoming
H. H. Hahn
Townsend
Mont
Rosemary Cleff
Fort Benton
Slanger
Fair Board
Farm Debt Adjustment Committee Organized in Sweet Grass County
The Farm Debt Adjustment Committee for Sweet Grass County met in Big Timber on August 20 under Governor Cooney’s appointment with Hon. Ben B. Miles as chairman. Officers were Miles, Rupert, and Lamb with members Nicholson and Brown. Regular meetings are set for the first and third Thursdays at 2 pm in the Big Timber courthouse, beginning September 6.
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F. H. Cooney
Sweet Grass County
Big Timber
H. J. Gordon
Ben B. Miles
McLeod
C. A. Rupert
Melville
Alva L. Lamb
Stuart H. Nicholson
N. D. Brown
Court House
Farm Credit Administration
Montana
Sweet Grass County Farm Debt Adjustment Committee
Final highway plans discussed by city officials
Chief Engineer Rader and state highway officials met with the mayor and aldermen to finalize the new city highway. The road will have a 20 foot oiled surface with graveled edges to the street edges, and Fourth avenue will connect to allow turning into town. The old oiled surface on First avenue will be donated to the city for filling chuck holes.
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Rader
State Highway Commission
Fourth Avenue
First Avenue
Minneapolis Truck Drivers End Five Week Strike
Minneapolis August 21 The five week strike by city truck drivers ends after union leaders say workers won a victory. An employers advisory committee accepted settlement terms proposed by P A Donoghue of the National Labor Relations Board and W W Hughes of the regional board.
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Minneapolis
Employers Advisory Committee
P. A. Donoghue
National Labor Relations Board
Washington
W. W. Hughes
Regional Labor Board
Glacier Park Travel Shows Big Increase This Season
Glacier Park reports 88,499 visitors by August 18, an 11,884 rise over last year. Officials expect the 100,000th visitor milestone and a car count near that level within a week, the first time in the park’s history.
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Glacier Park
Repeal Convention Costs State Over Two Thousand
HelenaMontana Aug 21 It cost Montana 2294 to hold the convention at which the twenty first amendment repealing the eighteenth was ratified August 6. Mileage and per diem of 49 delegates attended were cited by W L Fitzsimmons clerk of the board of examiners.
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Helena
Montana
W. L. Fitzsimmons
Board of Examiners
Government to buy drought relief livestock program totals
The drought relief program plans to purchase about one seventh of cattle and one tenth of sheep in the United States. Estimated buys total 10 million cattle and 5 million sheep, from a January 1 census of 67,352,000 cattle and 51,374,000 sheep.
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Washington
United States
Blackfeet Indians to Get Housing Allotment
Washington August 18 a 10000 PWA allotment approved for housing on the Blackfeet Indian reservation in Montana. About 30 homes could be built costing 300 to 325 each as many houses were in bad shape and lacked funds to rebuild. Ickes also allotted 80000 to widen and complete the Rim road in Crater Lake National Park Oregon.
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Washington
Blackfeet Indian Reservation
Montana
Harold L. Ickes
Ickes
Crater Lake National Park
Oregon
Ram sale canceled in Montana this season
Helena Montana August 20 due to drought and finances the ram sale committee of the Montana Woolgrowers association decides no ram sales in state this year. Sheepmen have entries for sales in Casper Wyoming and Salt Lake City Utah.
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Helena
Mont
Ram
Montana Woolgrowers’ Association
Montana
Casper
Wyo
Salt Lake City
Utah
Million Dollar Highway Projects Anticipated
Helena August 18. Contracts totaling about one million dollars will be awarded at the September highway commission meeting. The commission meets August 24 and aims to have Washington approval on a list of projects funded by the latest congressional appropriation.
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Helena
State Highway Department
Highway Commission
Washington
Congress
Judge Berg rules on state printing question in Montana
District Judge Benjamin E. Berg in Livingston sustained the state's demurrer in a suit by Sam Hampton to test the state printing law. The judge said the complaint failed to state a cause of action and that the case was premature without showing damages, avoiding a ruling on constitutionality for now.
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Helena
Benjamin E. Berg
Livingston
Sam Hampton
Belgrade
Hampton
Berg
Rainey Dies in St. Louis Hospital at 73
Henry T. Rainey longtime speaker of the US House died at De Paul hospital in St. Louis after two weeks ill with bronchial pneumonia He would have been 74 tomorrow Rainey aged politics and leadership marked the Roosevelt era as he steered major reforms and public works while facing a famous party era and economic upheaval.
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Henry T. Rainey
ST. Louis Hospital
ST. Louis
House of Representatives
de Paul
H. W. Soper
Mr. Rainey
Carrolton
Rainey
Illinois
John Nance Garner
Texas
Soper
National House of Representatives
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Rae
Circus
Thomas Nelson Dies in Livingston of Liver Cancer
Thomas Nelson died in a Livingston hospital this morning of liver cancer. He was a Denmark native who settled in the United States 15 years ago and was naturalized in 1925. He once led Big Timber Produce Co. before returning to Livingston. no immediate relatives here.
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Thomas Nelson
Livingston
J. A. Lowry
Mountain View
Denmark
United States
Big Timber
Big ‘Timber Produce Co
M. ‘Monberg
Park County Creamery
Park Accident Victim Dies After Canyon Crash
Mrs. Mary E. Perry of Billings aged 72 died in Mammoth Hot Springs hospital from injuries in a Sunday auto crash that sent four women to hospital. The car a new Oldsmobile plunged 70 feet after leaving the flat near Golden Gate canyon. three hours of wrecker work rescued it.
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Mary E. Perry
Billings
Mammoth Hot Springs
W. G. Perry
Livingston Enterprise
California
Golden Gate
Mammoth
Perry
Whittier
Cal
Judge Cooper Sues for Big Sum in Damages
Judge Charles H. Cooper former Montana supreme court member and father of actor Gary Cooper filed a 50000 damage suit in Los Angeles against Sophie Durdock and the Marshall Motor Company. He alleges a broken right leg and spinal injuries from a Wednesday auto collision as he crossed a street. he is hospitalized in Hollywood.
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Los Angeles
Charles H. Cooper
Montana State Supreme Court
Gary Cooper
Sophie Durdock
The
Marshall Motor Company
Cooper
Hollywood Hospital
Motor Company
Miss Durdock
Two Thousand Limit on Home Improvements
Washington Aug 18 The housing administration ruled farmers may obtain immediate loans up to 2000 under the modernization and repairs clause of the housing act. Loans may fund new barns livestock buildings or other farm structures as improvements to real property.
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Washington
Housing Administration
Wallace Warns Profiteers Handling Food Supplies
Secretary Wallace warns of profiteering in the food sector amid drought and price risks. Officials flag possible price rises despite ample supply and note cattle and sheep purchases could reach 15 million head, far above prior estimates.
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Wallace
AAA
Secretary of Agriculture
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Ram Sale
Williams
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