Mount Haggin Co Wins Prize On Champion Rams
At the International Livestock exposition major awards were announced with Nebraska University taking the meat judging contest and Mount Haggin Land and Livestock Co winning the grand champion ram. The Mount Haggin outfit also captured the reserve champion ram and ewe in various Rambouillet classes as the pageant highlighted big prizes and growing concerns over the corn borer.
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Mount Haggin CO
Chicago
Nebraska University
Iowa State College
Oklahoma A. & M
Don Ray
Nebraska
Town
Oklahoma
Missouri
South Dakota
Pennsylvania
Colorado
Wyoming
Mississippi Valley
Canada
Forest
Haggerty
Mount Haggin
Thousand Springs
Wendell
Idaho
King Brothers
Laramie
Wyo
Thomas Drummond
Mount Haggin Land and Livestock Company
Montana
A. Marsden & Son
Henrum
Minn
Mount Haggin Lard and Livestock Company
Anaconda
Mont
Thousand Springs Farm
Mexico
Templeton Sees Record Year At Flathead County High
Missoula reports Prof Templeton says Flathead County High School is having its best year yet with 650 students. Kalispell students built a social building and raised 2500 of about 3000 dollars for improvements including maple flooring and better heating.
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Templeton
Missoula
Payne Templeton
Flathead County
Mechanical Arts
County Dads May Let Land Penalties Drop
Montana counties may remit penalties and interest on delinquent taxes held under delinquent tax certificates Attorney General L A Foot ruled. The decision could affect lands valued about 850 million dollars with delinquent taxes around 10 million dollars, a relief sought by land and mortgage interests.
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Helena
Montana
L.A. Foot
East
Middle West
Havre Captures 1926 Montana Football Title In Thrilling Turkey Day Classic
Havre upsets Missoula 39 to 19 after trailing 13 13 at three quarters in Clark Park. Eleven Havre players faced an 18 pound handicap and sparked a record crowd of 4 000 plus with three late touchdowns in a stirring finale that showcased the state final.
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Butte
Havre
Montana
Missoula
Purple and Gold Huskies
Clark Park
Lou Kilberer
Montana Supreme Court to Hear Two Tax Law Cases
Montana high court will hear two tax law questions in December term. Key disputes involve gasoline license taxes and the classification affecting bank capital taxes. The cases pit state action against Silver Bow Refining and Yellowstone County over delinquent taxes, with implications for road funding and bank taxation priorities.
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Montana
STATE
Helena
State Supreme Court
Yellowstone County
Montana National Bank of Billings
United States
District Court
Inter
Silver Bow Refining Company
Butte
Silver Bow District Court
Burnett Dies After Jitney Accident Near Big Timber
Norman J. Burnett died from injuries after the jitney overturn near his Dugout ranch twelve miles northwest of Big Timber. His wife, Mrs. Burnett, and nephew Bert Powell assisted after the crash. Burnett, 40, had lived in Sweet Grass county 16 years and was en route home when the vehicle left the road and overturned. The body was to be shipped to Almond, North Carolina for burial with Mrs. Burnett and Powell accompanying.
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Norman J. Burnett
Big Timber
J. E. King
Burnett
Burnett Field
Pretty Wedding at Rostad Home Thanksgiving Day
Pearl Becken and Clarence A. Erickson wed at 2 30 p m in Upper McLeod street home of George O Rostad with Rev A A Holbeck officiating The ceremony featured fern and chrysanthemum decor and a powder blue georgette gown The couple will reside in Great Falls where the groom runs an auto repair shop A large group of friends and relatives attended and sent best wishes for their new home
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George O. Rostad
McLeod Street
A. A. Holbeck
Lutheran Church
Pearl Becken
Peter H. Becken
Clarence A. Erickson
Great Falls
Alice Rostad
Hubert Becken
Mendelssohn
O. L. White
Livingston
R. F. Coldeen
Daugters
E. V. Hawke
Spokane
P. H. Becken
J. S. Solberg
Selmer H. Solberg
E. H. Ellingson
H. O. Wheeler
Gina Ellingson
O. J. Ellingson
Oscar Rostad
Isaac Rostad
Ole Rostad
Anelia Rostad
Will Duffey
John Stone
John Johnson
John K. Nelson
Lillian Grosfield
Luella Stephens
Sweet Grass County
New Rector Accepts Call for Livingston Parish
Dean H. Cowley Carroll of Gethsemane Cathedral Fargo has accepted St. Andrew's Episcopal church call to become Livingston’s rector. He spoke to Masons at the Masonic temple, will relocate mid December, and plans residence at the Third and Lewis Episcopal rectory. He holds an MA from California and BD from General Theological Seminary and served with the AEF in France during World War I.
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University of California
General Theological Seminary
New York City
France
Fargo
Dean Cowley-Carroll
Ohio
Masonic Lodge
Northwest
Dean
Maine Goes G. O. P. By Two To One Majority
Arthur R. Gould, Republican, wins Maine senate seat by about 50 000 over Democrat Fulton J. Redman to complete the term of Bert M. Fernald. With 58 precincts left, Gould leads 79 430 to 31 449, carrying Biddeford Lewiston and Waterville and winning Aroostook County in a light statewide vote.
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Portland
Maine
Rcerention
United States
Senate
Arthur R. Gould
Fulton J. Redman
Bert M. Fernald
Gould
Redman
Randolph
A. F. Leigh
A. R. Gould
Ball
Republican
Democrat
Farmer-Labor
Northern Pacific Plans 84 Million Montana Developments
Charles Donnelly, president of Northern Pacific, announced two Montana projects costing about 84 million. A 63 mile branch from Glendive through Circle to Brockway would open an eastern Montana agricultural district at roughly 3 million. A 25 mile line from Florence through Stevensville to Hamilton on the Bitter Root river’s east side aims to serve irrigation land and sugar beet growth with a sugar factory eyed at Missoula. Bitter Root valley work around 1 million.
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ST. Paul
Charles Donnelly
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Montana
Glendive
Mont
Circle
Brockway
Redwater River
Donnelly
Florence Mont
Stevensville
Hamilton
Bitter Root
Missoula
Amalgamated Sugar Company
Bitter
Ontario Goes Back To Real Wine And Beer
Ontario voters shift toward government control of liquor with 66 of 112 seats pledged to be under government supervision. Ferguson campaigns to extend control to high proof liquor and end prescription sales while Liberals Progressives and prohibitionists argue tighter enforcement of the 1916 temperance act is needed. Beer at 4.4 percent now sold under the act.
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Toronto
G. Howard Ferguson
Liberal Party
Progressives
Prohibitionists
Ferguson
Canada Dominates Wheat and Livestock Prizes at Exposition
At the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago Canada reclaimed top honors with Herman Trelle Weembly of East River Alberta taking the wheat sweepstakes title. In Montana the grain awards totaled 125.53 with C. Edison Smith of Corvallis winning first in hard dent winter wheat. Thomas J Lux of Shelbyville Indiana was named junior corn king, continuing a Lux family legacy in the corn contests.
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Chicago
Lux
Shelbyville
Indiana
Thomas J Lux
America
Frank
Maurice
Victor M. Lux
Thomas
Peter J. Lux
Canada
Herman Trelle Weembly
East River
Alberta
North America
L. P. Yates
Fishtail
Montana
University of Wisconsin
Dominion
Kenneth Hinshaw
Goldendale
Wash
Nina Jones
Polk County
Iowa
Esther Scitman
Marshall County
King of the Fairies
Prince of Wales
C. Edison Smith
Corvallis, Mont
Stillwater Sheepman Dies After Train Collision Near Columbus
Herman J. Witt a prominent Stillwater county sheepman died at Columbus hospital from a skull fracture after his automobile was struck by a Northern Pacific special train carrying the University of Nebraska football team. Witt born in Kiel Germany in 1863 came to the U S in 1885 and settled in Montana farming and owning 12 sections north of Columbus. He was a member of the Sons of Hermann.
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Columbus
Herman J. Witt
Stillwater County
Northern Pacific
University of Nebraska
Seattle
Lincoln
Here
Witt
Kiel
Schleswig-Holstein
Germany
United States
Iowa
Montana
Musselshell
Stillwater
Hermann
Sheridan County Held Up For Over 45000
Two masked bandits robbed the Sheridan County treasurer’s office in Plentywood at 6 pm stealing 45000 in cash plus bonds. They wore handkerchiefs, fled unseen, and left no usable description, as treasurer Eugene Torstenson and a woman deputy worked late on the tax deadline.
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Great Falls
Plentywood
Sheridan County
Eugene Torstenson
Tribune
Court House
Torstenson
Rose Story Hogan Wins Estate Administrator Battle
In Los Angeles Mrs. Rose Story Hogan, daughter of Montana cattle magnate Nelson Story, was named administrator of his estate despite her brother General Walter P. Story’s objections. The court confirmed an old agreement assigning interests to Hogan, ruled Gen. Story not an heir, and overruled California estate claims. It accepted testimony that a Swiss watch valued over $1,000 belonged to the estate along with stocks and bonds valued at about $60,600 sent by Gen. Story to his Montana brother after their father’s death.
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Los Angeles
Rose Story Hogan
Nelson Story
Montana
Walter P. Story
Gen. Story
T. B. Story
Story
California
Hogan
Livingston Baker Dies in Car in Home Garage
William C. Busche 48 a longtime Livingston resident and bakery salesman died of a stroke last evening after arriving at work ill. He lived in Livingston since 1906, came from Spokane, ran his own bakery then worked for M and M bakery, and died inside his garage with his wife and daughter present.
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W. C. Busche
Livingston Baker
Livingston
William C. Busche
Busche
Spokane
Main Street
M. and M. Bakery
South Second Street
M. and M. Company
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Granger
Ray Greathouse
Hinsboro
Ill
Broadus Blackus
A. A. Armstrong & Son
Camargo
Cal
Kansas State Agricultural College
Wisconsin
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