Session Half Over Deadlock Still On
One half of the legislative session passes as the two houses meet to cast a joint ballot for a United States senator. The deadlock remains steady with little change in totals. Ninety seven votes were cast with two pairs. Whiteside shifted to Swindlehurst while Tolman voted for Meyer.
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United States
Whiteside
Nolan
Swindlehurst
Tolman
Carter
Meyer
Caleoy Icts Poctrtttiacaeds
Pisdaruurs Sbacoate
Walsh
Vccesseccresences
Sobet Vot
Abe Hysceee
Conrad Is. Iidis
Cape Aysaen Sagerbetala
Eh Cvadda
Polleni O.iccs Pechicdnis
Dedi
Siden
Pies Dasass Gutasiel
F. A. Long
Norris
Senator Long
Flathead County
Congress
Pray
Lewis Penwell
Lincoln
Neb
Bryan
Montana
Penwell
Joint Assembly
Con
Stewart Delays Call for Forthwith Meeting of Democratic State Committee
Walsh followers press Stewart to convene the Democratic state committee to resolve the United States senate deadlock. Stewart schedules a Helena meeting in six days at the Grandon hotel, while observers doubt any decisive action will emerge and warn a forced pledge could widen the rift among Conrad and Heleman factions.
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Walsh
S. V. Stewart
Democratic State Committee
George
Yellowstone County
Dearborn
Stout
Duncan
Nolan
Kirschwing
Brady Woody
Berry
Stewart
Legislative Assembly
United States
The
State Committee
State Central Committee
Helena
State
Conrad
Senate kills bond, backs veto on judges’ salaries
A senate committee decided against a $250,000 bond issue to refinish the state capital in granite and reported the land grant would not permit another bond float. The senate adopted the report and killed the bill. The senate also sustained the governor’s veto of the bill raising district judges’ salaries from $4,000 to $5,000 per year.
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Senate
Foley’s Honey and Tar Cough Remedy Ad
An old advertisement markets Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs colds croup bronchitis hoarseness and lagrippe coughs. It claims no opiates and urges readers to refuse substitutes in a WD Richards listing.
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Foley
WD Richards
Big Timber Club Revives With New Energy and Expanded Aim
The Big Timber Social and Commercial Club adopts new leadership and a broadened program. A recent meeting elected seven trustees to pick officers, reduced initiation fees to ten dollars until March 1, and outlined plans for social events and countywide community improvement.
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Big Timber
Hatch
E. O. Clark
L. F. Douthett
W. H. Patterson
J. W. Geiger
Messrs. Douthett and Whitney
State urged to buy Warm Springs Asylum property
The joint legislative investigation committee recommends the state purchase the Mitchell and Mussig brod asylum property for 650000 and take over buildings lands livestock and inventory. An immediate 150000 appropriation is urged with future bonds up to 500000 to cover the balance, reducing annual care costs by about 50000.
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Warm Springs Asylum
Mitchell & Mussigbrod
Joint Legislative Investigation Committee
Senate
General Treasury
Board of Commissioners For
State Board of Examiners
Hunters Springs
Warm Springs
An Evening of Mirth at the Auditorium
Tomorrow evening a vaudeville performance under Gate City band direction will be presented at the Auditorium. Charles Dearborn Davis directs with Miss Urah M. Ware ending the program in The Price of Pride. The act, praised in Livingston, features professional staging and attracts packed houses.
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Gate City Band
Livingston
Charles Dearborn Davis
Urah M. Ware
Majestic
State surveyors Call for County Surveyors Organization
Last week county surveyors from Lewis and Clark Silver Bow and Jefferson issued a call for a state meeting to form a statewide organization for surveyors held in Helena yesterday. D J Walvoord of Sweet Grass county received the call but declined to attend. The organizers cited existing commissioner organization as precedent for creating a surveyors body.
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Lewis and Clark
Silver Bow and Jefferson
Helena
D. J. Walvoord
Sweet Grass County
Free Homesteads at Big Timber's Door Open to Settlement
Interior department approval returns about 30,828 acres of Carey lands in Montana to entry under the homestead law. The tract lies between the Yellowstone and Boulder rivers near Big Timber with dry farming potential and year round water, promising rapid settlement and a growing rural population.
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Interior Department
Carey Lands
Montana
Securities Company, Limited
State Carey Land Act Board
Boulder River
Yellowstone
Boulder
Big Timber
McLeod
County surveyors urge protection from commissioners
Commissioners are accused of overstepping legal powers and encroaching on county surveyors duties. A meeting plan seeks legislative protection for surveyors and opposition to a highway commission bill. Walvoord says he has no complaint and sees no need to attend Helena discussions.
Noted Instructor to Visit County High School Next Thursday
Prof. Dean B. Swingle head of botany and bacteriology at the state agricultural college will visit the county high school on Feb. 9. A letter from Prof. Cooley to Prof. HomER Derr notes the plan for a lecture and an informative session for students.
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Swingle
State Agricultural College
County High School
Dean B. Swingle
Cooley
Farmers’ Institutes
Homer Derr
Commissioners Accept Premium Bid For County Bridge Bonds
The board of county commissioners accepted a bid from William R. Compton & Co of St Louis for 5 percent bridge bonds in the Reed Point and Grey Cliff project. The bid included a premium of 83 plus accrued interest, deemed the best sale in the state at the time and the clerk was instructed to notify the bidders.
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Financial World
Sweet Grass County Securities
Giltedge Investments
Board of County Commissioners
Reed Point
Grey Cliff
William R. Compton & Co
St. Louis
Arnica Salve Cures Boil Quickest Healing
D Frankel of Stroud Oklahoma credits Bucklen Arnica Salve with curing a boy's ugly boil after his wife urged doctor care. The salve is promoted as a quick healer for burns, scalds, cuts, corns, bruises, sprains, and swellings with a 25 cent price at druggists.
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D. Frankel
Stroud
Okla
Bucklen
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New York
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State Senate
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C. A. Caulkins
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Springdale
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