Perjury Threat After Exemption Claims In Montana
In Great Falls Montana on August 23 three appeals for exemption were certified for perjury by the Cascade county district board led by Chairman E L Norris. The cases involve affidavits of sole support and dependent spouses with conflicting earnings and family status. The meeting grew heated as debate over eligibility and property rights continued, ending with a vote on preventing nonproperty owners from voting on lights, 11 for and 15 against.
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Great Falls
Mont
Montana
District Board
Cascade County Court House
E. L. Norris
United States District Attorney
Claiborn
Mass Meeting on City Lighting and Sewers Not Hague Tribunal
Citizens met at the fire hall to decide if the city should have a lighting system matching its water works and sewer. The gathering, described as peaceful but unsettled, weighed allocating funds from vacant lots to sewering central city areas amid debate over future home development.
Coal Operators Challenge Fixed Price in Washington
Coal operators from across the nation travel to Washington to contest government fixed coal prices. Alabama schedules claim production costs exceed the set selling price, with cost figures to be shown to the Federal Trade Commission. Officials acknowledge prices may force some operators out of business but argue the public benefit outweighs losses. Francis S. Peabody says operators view prices as fair and plan corrections for inequities. Labor unrest persists as miners seek wage raises, likely to be refused amid lower coal prices, with possible government mediation on a broader wage settlement.
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Washington
Alabama
Federal Trade Commission
Wilson
Francis S. Peabody
Council of National Defense
Ed Everett Dies After Sioux Attack on NP Railway Party
Ed Everett, in charge of a Northern Pacific division project along the lower Yellowstone, died after a Mandan to the west party was attacked by Sioux. Two travelers were killed and others wounded. soldiers from a fort rescued the group. Everett had supervised townsite engineering and platted towns including Big Timber along the main line.
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Northern Pacific Railway
Mandan
N. D
Northern Pacific
Yellowstone
Big Timber
Special Meeting of Scandinavian American Bank Stockholders
Notice for a special meeting of the stockholders of the Scandinavian American Bank of Big Timber Montana to vote September 15 1917 at 3 30 p m on converting to a National Bank and for other lawful business. Dated Big Timber Montana August 28 1917. E J Mo vice president.
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Scandinavian-American Bank of Big Timber
Montana
Scandinavian American Bank of Big Timber
Order of Eastern Star Chooses New Officers
Helena August 25 The annual state convention of the Order of the Eastern Star closed with the election of officers including Grand Matron Mrs Lottie B Warn Havre Grand Patron Lewis Terwilliger Livingston Associate Grand Matron Mrs Cyn thia P Plummer Stevensville Associate Grand Patron Frank J Marshall Great Falls Grand Secretary Mrs Elva Board man Butte Grand Treasurer Mrs Louise Day Missoula Grand Conductress Mrs Mary E Baldwin Bridger Associate Grand Conductress Mrs Maude Marshall Great Falls Grand Chaplain Mrs Clara Lawyer Grand Marshal Mrs Anna S Calvin Helena Grand Organist Mrs Mary Karcher Kalispell Grand Warden Mrs Esther Brown Glendive Grand Sentinel William J Foreman Virginia City Billings to host next convention.
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Helena
Order of the Eastern Star
Lottie B. Warn
Havre
Lewis ‘Terwilliger
Livingston
Cynthia P. Plummer
Stevensville
Frank J. Marshall
Great Falls
Elva Boardman
Butte
Louise Day
Missoula
Mary E. Baldwin
Bridger
Maude Marshall
Clara Lawyer
Anna S. Calvin
Mary Karcher
Kalispell
Esther Brown
Glendive
Grand Sentinel
William J. Foreman
Virginia City
Billings
Two Billion Dollar Addition To Federal Bond Authorization
Washington reports that two billion dollars may be added to federal bond authorizations for the current session, expanding the total to about 21 billion dollars for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1978. Treasury estimates show the need for a 2 billion dollar emergency margin while 19 billion dollars funds the year.
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Washington
Congress
Nitehin
Treasury Department
McAdoo
Ways and Means
Kitchin
Beet Sugar to Drop One and a Half Cents
Washington reports an agreement by beet sugar producers to reduce the price by 112 cents per pound, saving about 30 million dollars through next year. Wholesale grocers will cap distribution charges to curb high prices, with the administration to soon specify delivered prices at major centers.
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Washington
Food Administration
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Hague
Everett
Order of Eastern Star
Hay Insurance
J. A. Lowry
Aurelia Gage
Morgan
United States
Big Timber Lumber Co
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