Old Demersville founder John Edward Clifford dies at 74
John Edward Clifford known as Demersville’s founder and sole mayor died at Anaconda aged 74. A Missouri native who came to Missoula in 1886 he helped lay out Demersville in 1888 and later served as U S marshal postmaster and state parole commissioner.
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John Edward
Jerry) Clifford
Anaconda
Demersville
Clifford
Missouri
Missoula
Montana
Flathead
Sam V. Stewart
Thirteen Contenders Named for Missoula Rhodes Trials
The Montana judging committee led by Dr. George Finlay Simmons announces 13 students from six schools who will vie Dec. 19 in Missoula for Montana’s Rhodes scholarship candidates. Winners from Spokane on Dec. 21 advance to join five other states’ candidates for four scholarships.
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Montana
Missoula
George Finlay Simmons
Montana State University
Spokane
William F. Bartholome
Great Falls
Carroll College
Helena
Robert C. Bates
State University
Wallace S. Brooke
Stanford University
California
Glenn E. Casey
William H. Giltner
Billings
Charles Harmison
Richard A. Ormsbee
William E. Parkins Jr
Belgrade
Montana State College
Bozeman
Robert M. Rutherford
Albert W. Schlechten
Anaconda
Montana School of Mines
William F. Shallengerger
Melvin Singleton
Vida
Karl Swingle
State liquor profits to fund relief fund at 83 percent
The Montana relief fund will receive 83 percent of state liquor profits, up from 50 percent previously. The balance supports the state general fund 34 percent, the water conservation board administration fund 62 percent, and the revolving fund 10 percent.
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Montana Relief Fund
Martin G. Hoffman
State Liquor Control Board
State General Fund
Water Conservation Board Administration Fund
Water Conservation Board Revolving Fund
Giants on the rails speed freight by massive locomotives
Northern Pacific delivers two of twelve immense Baldwin locomotives to Livingston. The engines, among the largest steamers, undergo backshop work and tests for bridge, curve, and safety checks before service. Upgrades include $338,000 for track and terminal improvements and a new 135 foot turntable. Length 127 ft 13 in, height 16 ft 4 in, weight 1 025 000 lb, tender 27 tons coal and 22 000 gallons water.
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Northern Pacific
Livingston
Missoula
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Livingeston
Treasure State News in Brief highlights Montana items
Kalispell A logging camp worker Julius Berg 20 was killed by a falling limb while chopping near Olney. Missoula Ray Doney died after an accidental gun discharge while hunting. Great Falls William Harrison to replace his father as city clerk. Chinook voters to decide water from Chain of Lakes reservoir near Fresno with bids under prior estimates. Bozeman engineers to teach at Montana State College. Kalispell highway 93 fog crash injures four. Conrad sugar beet payments total about 40 000. Hamilton hotel project progresses. Wycling water wells in Hamilton area claim 30th successful find in 30 years.
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Kalispell
Julius Berg
Olney
Great Falls
William P. Harrison
W. H. Harrison
Harrison
Expense accounts filed show varied campaign outlays
State and national candidates filed expense reports with the secretary of state with a final date of November 18. Whitefish socialist governor hopeful J. P. Cavanaugh spent 25 cents, Roy E. Ayers spent 3040 dollars, and defeated U S senator candidate T O Larson reported 13619 dollars the largest listed expense.
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Secretary of State
J. P. Cavanaugh
Whitefish
Roy E. Ayers
T. O. Larson
United States
Relief funds exhausted for employables in Montana
The Montana relief commission and Governor Holt say the board has no funds to care for employables and can only assist unemployables in counties unable to fund their own. The legislature expected federal work program funds but made no allowance for employables.
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Montana Relief Commission
Holt
Montana Supreme Court Denies Retrial in Canvassing Case
The Montana supreme court refused a retrial of the action seeking a mandamus to require Silver Bow county canvassing board to accept precinct 11 voting figures from local election officials in Butte. J. J. Lynch, who claimed 1 votes were improperly counted, lost to Judge Frank L. Riley and plans to appeal in district court.
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Montana Supreme Court
Silver Bow
Slaughter of Wildlife Reported by State Game Warden
State Game Warden Kenneth MacDonald reports 715 elk 311 deer 40 bear and 33 goats killed. Checking stations at Chateau Augusta Sun river Coram Earle creek Squaw creek logged over 4 000 hunters with hundreds still to be checked.
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State Game Department
Kenneth MacDonald
Chateau
Augusta
Sun River
Coram
Flathead
Earle Creek
Gardiner
Squaw Creek
Gallatin
Truck Line Order Aimed at Great Northern Railroad
The Montana railroad commission weighs an unreleased order forcing Great Northern to abandon freight trucks on the Great Falls to Butte route. Commissioner Leonard Young notes the order is held for A. H. Angstman’s return, while Angstman objects that the railroad had not been heard and a show cause order was not issued.
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State Railroad Commission
Great Northern Railroad
Great Falls-Butte
Leonard Young
Young
Washington
A. H. Angstman
Montana counties to receive discussion material for winter meetings
Montana extension service will supply subject material to county groups for winter community discussions. About 40 counties expressed interest at recent district conferences. Training schools for discussion leaders will be organized district by district, with USDA publications supplementing the material.
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Montana
Montana Extension Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Montana Agricultural Experiment Station
Meter Man Story Still in Operation
A young man posing as a meter reader and itinerant salesman robbed a Livingston home. He knocked, entered with skeleton keys if no response, and stole 35 dollars from a drawer before the owner returned and the ruse collapsed. Police view his method as thorough for a meter man.
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Livingston
Long Absent From State Former Montanan Back to Resume Law Practice
Attorney J A Coleman a former Butte and Lewistown lawyer returns to Montana to practice in Helena He earlier served as deputy county attorney in Silver Bow and was a ninth district legislator He also held posts in Los Angeles Hollywood and Washington DC and led the Montana club of southern California for two terms Coleman is noted for a 1908 clash with Emma Goldman preventing an anarchist speech
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J. A. Coleman
Butte
Lewistown
Montana
Helena
Coleman
Silver Bow
Ninth Legislative Assembly
Butte G-Man Captures Martinsdale Fugitive
D. H. Dickason, retired G man, arrested J. E. Trudell alias Jack Evans in Martinsdale after locating him near the Berg garage. Trudell, a convicted murderer who drew life, was taken to White Sulphur Springs and later to Leavenworth, with details tied to a letter from Mrs. Fred Sumpter.
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Grace Stone Coates
D. H. Dickason
G” Men
Butte
Martinsdale
Jack Evans
Dickason
J. E. Trudell
D. A. Petrie
Berg
Trudell
Meagher County
White Sulphur Springs
Big Game Population Rises in National Forests
The Forest Service reports a 10 percent increase in big game such as bear elk deer moose mountain sheep and goats during 1935, raising the total to about 1 523000.
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Forest Service
Building May Go Ahead In State University Project
Montana Supreme Court denies injunction to stop the state board of education from entering a loan and grant contract with the federal government for a $200,000 chemistry pharmacy building at the State University. The ruling clears the project to proceed under the WPA.
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Montana Supreme Court
State Board of Education
The
State University
Robert R. Dragstedt
Missoula
WPA
Water project delayed awaiting water contracts
Beaverhead rock project hinges on selling 81 000 acre feet of Jefferson river water between Dillon and Whitehall. R J Kelly secretary of the state water conservation board says contracts must be in place before state approval. Federal funds are allocated but not usable until contracts exist.
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Beaverhead Rock
Jefferson River
Dillon
Whitehall
R. J. Kelly
State Water Conservation Board
UC scientist links emotion to eye color hair shade head shape
A University of California researcher states that anger and fear correlate with variations in eye color and hair tone as well as head shape among individuals. The finding suggests physical traits may be linked to emotional responses.
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University of California
Lengthiest Ship Maine Sunk In Havana Harbor 1898
The longest ship ever built, the old USS Maine, was sunk in Havana harbor in 1898. Its foremast now stands at Reina dock in Annapolis Maryland while its mainmast rests in Arlington Cemetery about thirty miles away.
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U. S. S. Maine
Havana Harbor
Reina Dock
Annapolis
Arlington Cemetery
Pension rights unaffected by prison or citizenship loss
Attorney General Enor K. Watson ruling holds that a Montana prisoner released from confinement remains eligible for an old age pension. The opinion, requested by State Relief Administrator Joseph E. Watson, states restoration of citizenship rights is not required for pension eligibility.
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Montana
Enor K. Watson
State Relief
Joseph E. Watson
Poisonous snakes fewer as people kill them open-air
State foresters report a yearly decline in venomous snakes in Pennsylvania due to more people killing them while seeking recreation outdoors. The trend links increased human activity in forests and fields to lower snake counts across the state.
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Pennsylvania
Prussian Order of the Black Eagle Founded in 1701
The Order of the Black Eagle was established in Prussia in 1701 to honor meritorious military and civil service to the state.
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Order of the Black Eagle
Prussia
Morrison Cave Sprucing Up Reveals New Caverns in Montana
Morrison Cave, a winter CCC site in Montana, shows new rooms and galleries opened by crews. Debris removal and surveys advance topography, while stairways are replaced with ramps and guard rails. Plans include a 50 car parking area and camp ground near the entrance.
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Morrison Cave
CCC
Montana
Beaver Creek
Havre
Beaver Creek State Park
Bearpaw Mountains
Doctor Jennings Named to State Medical Board
Dr. George Jennings of Missoula has been named to the state board of medical examiners by Governor Holt to succeed Dr. B. W. Spottswood. His term expires February 10, 1939.
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Jennings
George Jennings
Missoula
State Board of Medical Examiners
Holt
B. W. Spottswood
Winnett Bank Dividend Ordered by State Banking Dept
The state banking department orders a 7 percent dividend for depositors at the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Win nett. The distribution totals $6,131, bringing the bank’s dividend to 72 percent of claims, or $62,070, as the bank closes for liquidation.
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Winnett Bank
State Banking Department
Farmers and Merchants Bank of Winnett
Tanning Company Ad From Owatonna Minnesota
Circular and tags on request from Uber Tanning Co. Owatonna Minn advertise beef hides tanning for car tires fur coats and leather products priced from 30 cents a pair and up to 16 dollars. Chrome tanned deer oak and goat skins listed with prices 75 cents and up. Harness leather offered at low prices.
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Uber Tanning CO
Owatonna
Minn
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