Montana Senate Rejects Federal Child Labor Amendment
The Montana senate voted 29 to 24 against reviving House Joint Memorial No. 1 to ratify the federal child labor amendment. Debate featured arguments about federal power, farm exemptions, and bureaucratic growth, with supporters urging trust in Congress and opponents fearing loss of local control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Senate
House
Church
Congress
Paul
Speer
Cascade
United States
U. S. Senate
Kane
Rayalli
Duncan
Madison
Taylor
Sheridan
Farmer-Labor
Leader of Dog Team Dies On Nome Trail
Balto the leader of Gunnar Kasson's sled dog team died from frozen lungs after a 60 mile dash from Bluff to Nome in a blizzard. The Nome relay carried 300000 units of diphtheria anti toxin and Balto helped set a record before succumbing during the harsh freeze.
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Nome Trail
Fairbanks
Alaska
Balto
Gunnar Kasson
Nenana
Nome
Kassey
Bluff
Judge Jere B. Leslie of Great Falls Dies at 81
Jere B. Leslie longtime Eighth district judge in Montana died suddenly at 11 30 p m in Great Falls after months of heart illness. Born April 12 1853 in Monroe County Kentucky he was son of former Montana territorial governor Preston H. Leslie and grandson of Kentucky governor. He studied at Washington and Lee University graduating 1875 and practiced law in Glasgow before moving to Montana. He formed a law partnership in 1890 with W G Downing and then won election to the district bench in 1895 serving until his death.
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Great Falls
Jere B. Leslie
Eighth Judicial District
Seattle
Leslie
Kentucky
Monroe County
Preston H. Leslie
Montana
Glasgow
Washington and Lee University
W. G. Downing
Supposed Livingston Heiress Is Committed To State Hospital
Esther Johnson, once claiming a $2,000,000 legacy, was ordered confined to Warm Springs State Hospital after a district court hearing. Doctors attribute her condition to poisoning from a goiter and expect treatment to restore her to normal. Her father, a Livingston railway man, said he could not verify the inheritance claim.
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Livingston
Esther Johnson
Warm Springs
Johnson
Yellowstone National Park
University of Washington At
Seattle
Gibson Land Company to Test Lands in Sweet Grass County
Billings Gazette reports Gibson Land Company plans a $164 acre oil test on its Sweet Grass holdings near Gibson and Rapelje Montana. The firm will offer limited treasury stock to fund drilling and land payments as operations focus on farm work plus a 1400 foot Eagle sandstone test well.
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Gibson Land Company
Sweet Grass County
Billings
Gibson
Rapelje
George Moore
Gibson Dome
Elfred Beck
Charles J. Stone
Fred Harrison
Sleepy Eye
Minn
James Lown
N. D
J. A. Coffey
Fourth Judicial District of
North Dakota
W. G. Joes
Jamestown
Harry Nutgers
J. H. Leuthold
State Cime
Stillwater County
J. L. Rapstad
Livingston Guests At Club Annual Banquet
The Big Timber Fish and Game Club held its annual banquet at Masonic hall on Monday evening with about 150 attendees. Mrs. J. G. Shipton served a formal supper as winners and losers of the predatory animal contest settled their bills. Outside guests included E. A. Wilson of the state fish and game commission P. W. Nelson deputy warden and Charles Landes of Livingston who spoke and showed barbless hook films. Seven trustees were elected for the coming year: J. H. Trower Will Churchill W. K. Amery F. R. Hickman A. L. Phillips Frank Henry and Ernest R. Patterson.
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Big Timber
Ftad and Gun Club
J. G. Shipton
Masonic Hall
E. A. Wilson
State Fish and Game Commission
P. W. Nelson
P. W. Nelson, Deputy Fish and Game
Charles Landes
Livingston
Florace S. Davis
Mr. Wilson
Fish and Game Commission
J. H. Trower
Will Churchill
W. K. Amery
F. R. Hickman
A. L. Phillips
Frank Henry
Ernest R. Patterson
Truce of Peace Formed in Herrin Illinois
Springfield Illinois February 6 George Galligan Williamson county sheriff and five supervisors return home after securing a pact with Governor Len Small Attorney General Oscar E Carlstrom and Adjutant General Carlos E Black to end gun carrying in Williamson county and city The deal calls for revoking special deputy warrants and licenses for carrying arms and requires guns to be deposited in a public place or disposed of, with exemptions for mine and cemetery guards.
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Springfield
Ill
George Galligan
Williamson County
Herrin
Len Small
Oscar E. Carlstrom
Carlos E. Black
Galligan
Board of Supervisors
Justices of the Peace
Ups And Downs Over Seized Liquor In Three Forks
In Bozeman on February 7 a dispute over prewar liquor seized March 2, 1924 from Otto S. Anderson’s Three Forks home escalates. Anderson reports broken and missing bottles and asks the court to compel returning all seized property. Attorney E. F. Bunker seeks a writ of mandate. hearing set for February 16.
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Bozeman
Otto S. Anderson
Three Forks
Loft
Anderson
E. F. Bunker
Wyoming Deputies In For Higher Salaries
Deputies and clerks from all county offices in Casper Wyoming walked out of the courthouse for the day in protest of planned pay cuts and a shift to legally prescribed salaries. Sheriff McPherson remains on duty with the jailer and other offices empty, paralyzing county operations and signaling potential permanent leave.
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Casper
Wyo
Court House
McPherson
Fourth Big Chicken Show Sets Attendance and Prize Records
The Sweet Grass County Poultry Association annual show ended with record prizes, more birds, larger crowds, and strong interest. Exhibitors from Montana cities and beyond won cash, ribbons, and special awards. Mrs. Jacob Johnson led sales with about 20 birds fetching 187. The finale featured a chicken supper and lively boxing maneuvers, closing a financially brighter year for the association.
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Sweet Grass County Poultry Association
Butte
Missoula
Livingston
Huntley
Red Lodge
Billings
Montana
Bismarck
N. C
Ford
Bozeman
Jacob Johnson
Big Timber
M. J. Kiely
R. J. Wright
Plymouth Rock
Clark W. Allen
J. W. Vaughan
J. T. Body
Woman Shot at Busy NYC Intersection
A woman shot Christopher Hupfel son of Adolph Hupfel at Forty fifth Street and Lexington Avenue in New York leaving him in critical condition at Bellevue hospital. The alleged shooter Madame Mora Spalajkovitch daughter of the former Serbian ambassador to Berlin was seized by police and sent for observation. She previously sued Hupfel for 750000 alleging malicious mischief and testified about threatening letters.
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New York
Forty-fifth Street
Lexington Avenue
Christopher Hupfel
Adolph Hupfel
Bellevue Hospital
Mora Spalajkovitch
Berlin
Hupfel
Supreme Court
Mullan
England
France
Germany
Witnesses Called In Senator Wheeler Case
The grand jury case involving Senator Wheeler of Montana resumed with Assistant Attorney General Donovan summoning Roy Lewis of Oklahoma. E. S. Booth, former interior department solicitor, and Fred Whiteside of Great Falls Montana attended. Whiteside testified about a well drilled on land from Gordon Campbell’s Montana syndicate connected to the oil operations in the case.
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Washington
Senator Wheeler
Montana
Donovan
Roy Lewis
Oklahoma
E. S. Booth
Interior Department
Fred Whiteside
Great Falls
Mont
Booth
Senate
Wheeler
Whiteside
Gordon Campbell
Yellowstone Trail plans mapped out at Minneapolis meeting
W J Mulvaney newly elected president of the Yellowstone Trail Association reported a $52 000 budget for advertising marking and executive costs. Delegates from 14 states urged making the trail the most attractive route for tourists heading to the parks. Traveling bureaus and road information services will aid visitors along the trail with headquarters in Minneapolis.
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Billings
Northwest
America
Yellowstone Trail Association
Minneapolis
W. J. Mulvaney
Overland-Mulvaney Company
Mulvaney
Association
Trail Association
Yellowstone National Park
Mr. Mulvaney
Yellowstone Park
Baker
United States
H. O. Cooley
B. R. Mandel
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Livingston Elks
Livingston Lodge
Elk Band of
Livingston Enterprise
St. Valentine’s Day
Elks
Elks’ Committee
Elks’ Band
Esquire
Eirkdom
Alfred Hermanson
R. L. Lewis
Ed Ellingson
W. D. McKenzie
John W. Hruza
Arnold Huppert
Wm. F. Olsen
H. J. Mjedde
Joseph Brooks
Donald McKenzie
F. J. Ellison
Walter E. Pinney
Pat Deegan
Fred Benson
Harvey Cort
Ben Mielde
Henry J. Whalen
Oscar G. Musser
Herbert D. May
R. S. Weller
Omund Omundson
Floyd L. Bailey
Ralph S. O’leary
Arthur I. Berg
Lew Webb
James V. Nepstad
Arthur Shinn
William Davis
August C. Neuman
Harry P. McComb
Chris Magelssen
Ben Uhl
Ernest G. Bennke
Henry C. Jones
Earl Green
Thos, Olson
W. A. Decker
Leonard J. Esp
John J. Carey
State Hospital
Mr. Landes
Barbless
Wyoming
White Wyandotte
J. A. Huyser
Albert Esp
Vern Boddy
Clark W. Al*len
R. Halverson
L. F. Douthett
J. E. Boddy
T. G. Shipton
Plymouth Rocks
Henry Tripp
Jud Post
E. A. Bieber
Peter Werlen
J. W. Spannering
White Rocks
J. H. Moss
Edward Douthett
A. C. Boyles
Doris Douthett
Audrey Douthett
White Wyandottes
J. W
Lamach
J. F. Boddy
Henry Holton
Springdale
Wyandottes
F. A. Banderah
H. O. Kellogg
Partridge Wyandottes
Alf. Bryant
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