Governor Erickson Urges 15 Percent State Budget Cut
Montana Governor John E. Erickson urged the appropriation committee to cut 15 percent from the previous two years spending. He cited a looming general fund deficit of about 4200,000 this year and urged aligning expenditures with last year’s levels to reduce overhead. He pointed to Pennsylvania Washington and Illinois as models and said taxpayers are unorganized while department spenders push for funds.
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Helena
Montana
Legislative Assembly
John E. Erickson
Leuthold
Senate Finance and Claims Committee
State Board of Examiners
Erickson
Appropriations Committee
Pennsylvania
Pinchot
Washington
Illinois
Burt Named Northern Pacific Vice President in Charge of Operations
A. M. Burt has been chosen to succeed J. M. Rapelje as vice president in charge of operations for the Northern Pacific. The appointment, reported in Livingston on Tuesday forenoon, follows Burt’s rise from civil engineer to chief engineer and then to general manager before becoming assistant to Rapelje. No official notice has yet reached the railroad offices.
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Livingston
A. M. Burt
J. M
Napelje
Northern Pacific
Livingsotn
J. M. Rapelje
Missoula
Jamestown
North Dakota
Spokane
Wash
Burt
St. Paul
Paradise
Northern Pacific Railway
Board of Directors
Committees Named To Stage Annual Dance
The Big Timber Volunteer Fire Department entertainment committee names chairs for the annual masquerade to be held Saturday February 21 since Washington's Birthday falls on a Sunday. Committees cover floor decoration tickets door and stage with seating on stage or in balcony for all spectators.
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Back Fielde
Hubert Kellogg
Guy F. Skillman
Ed Crossfield
Big Timber Volunteer Fire Department
Washington
Claude T. Williams
Ben Dodge
Robert Johnson
John McCauley
C. D. Graff
B. F. Henry
J. E.cameron
CG. D. Paulson
R. L. Lewis
E. L. Frang
L. H. Lintz
I. H. Trower
F. R. Hickman
H. P. Mooney
Lonnie Williams
Nome Faces Diphtheria Epidemic Without Anti-Toxin
Nome, Alaska reports a diphtheria outbreak with no antitoxin locally. Only one physician remains as new cases rise daily. The U S Public Health Service ordered 1 000 000 antitoxin units from Seattle, to travel by Seward Alaskan railroad to Nenana and dog team, a 50 day haul. Congressman Dan Sutherland seeks an airplane from Fairbanks to reduce transit to about a week.
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Nome
Alaska
Anchorage
United States Public Health Service
Seattle
Seward
Nenana
Dan Sutherland
Congress
Fairbanks
Iowa Republicans Move to Vacate Brookhart Seat
The Iowa Republican Party state central committee repudiated United States Senator Smith W. Brookhart and moved to declare his senate seat vacant on grounds of alleged fraud and deceit. It directed a bill of complaint to be filed with the senate to refuse seating Brookhart and replace him via governor appointment pending the next general election.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Republican Party of
State Central Committee
United States
Smith W. Brookhart
Central Committee
B. B. Burnquist
Fort Dodge
Senate
Brookhart
la Follette
Daniel Steck
Canvess
Steck
County Court Dismisses Key Claim in Montana Case
The State of Montana ex rel and others against Lew Webb W A Gar and Charles Bryan ended with a directed verdict for defendants after a jury term. Plaintiff sought 1415 dollars claiming bond price differences. Judge Barbour and Fred L Gibson represented defendants while Horace S. Davis led for plaintiffs.
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Montana
Lew Webb
W. A. Gar
Charles Bryan
Horace S. Davis
Fred JL. Gibson
Livingston
J. E. Barbour
F. E. Williams
Sweet Grass Tossers Sweep Columbus In Twin Wins
Big Timber’s boys and girls basketball teams defeated Columbus quintets in Columbus with both games tight early. The girls rallied from 20 18 deficit late to win 21 20 as Norma Brown and Ethel Overfelt led the locals. Hoem came in for Rees in the second half as Sweet Grass extended their undefeated girls record and prepared to face Billings next.
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Big Timber
Columbus
Columbus Girls
Sweet Grass Girls
Big Timber Girls
Sweet Grass
Norma Brown
Ethel Overfelt
S. G
Hoem
Rees
Hinds
Billings
Rees Davis Hoem Walker
Chicago Wheat Jumps Boost Value Of Eats
Sensational fresh upturns in breadstuffs lifted wheat prices by more than five cents a bushel with No 2 red at 2 dollars 5 14 cents. May wheat rose to 193 percent and closed near 193. Wheat exports for July 1 to January 1 ran about 181 million bushels versus 99 million a year earlier. Trade tied gains to international shortages and sterling strength.
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Chicago
United States
France
Grade Crossings See Fewer Deaths in 1924 Reduction
The American Railway Association credited a safety campaign by railroads for 131 fewer grade crossing deaths in the first four months of 1924 compared with 1923, despite a 20 percent rise in automobile use. Fatalities totaled 738 with 2 191 injuries in 1924 versus 896 deaths and 2 173 injuries in 1923.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
American Railway Association
Cost Of Prohibition Costs Rise In Seizures
Washington January 26. Hearings show rising costs in the justice department tied to prohibition enforcement. Storage charges for seized property jumped, autos seized by bootleggers incur storage costs, and civil and criminal cases surged since 1920. The department seeks higher appropriations to cover the expanding program.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Appropriations Committee
United States
Wheat Market Near Two Dollar Mark
Crowds of buyers pushed wheat toward the two dollar level in Chicago trading, hitting 1.99-1/4 bushels as Hungary reportedly bought one million bushels in Argentina. After closing, Winnipeg showed even larger gains, up as much as 7/8 cent compared with Chicago’s 3/8 cent rise.
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Chicago
Hungary
Europe
Winnipeg
Rioting in Herrin Ends in Killings at Hotel Lobby
In Herrin Illinois Deputy Sheriff Ora Thomas killed along with S Glenn Young his ally George Forbes and Homer Warren during a hotel lobby gunfight that followed months of county tension. Several others wounded and hospitalized as crowds dispersed. Sheriff Galligan sought militiamen to curb further violence.
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Herrin
S. Glenn Young
Ku Klux Klan
George Forbes
Homer Warren
Ora Thomas
Williamson County
Young
Thomas
Forbes
Galligan
Marion
Lymar
Texas
Oklo
Blue Hidge
Virginia
Bowen
Lizenby
Tex Hunter Is Given Light Term In Prison
Ernest B. Tex Hunter was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to five to ten years at Deer Lodge by a district court jury in Shelby after six hours of deliberation. He killed his wife during a Sweet Grass incident in September 1924, firing in anger as she rode in a car with George, a Butte taxi driver. one bullet injured George and another killed Mrs. Hunter.
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Great Falls
Mont
Ernest B
Tex
Hunter
Deer Lodge
Shelby
Sweet Grass
Montana
George George
Butte
George
Butte Land Mark Is Victim Of Big Fire
Fire in the boiler room badly damaged the interior of the First Presbyterian church in Butte. A $5,000 pipe organ was water damaged along with four pianos and a phonograph. Bibles and Sunday school materials were destroyed. The church, valued around $50,000 and insured for $21,000, received offers of space from other local churches after the blaze.
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Butte
First Presbyterian Church
Muscle Shoals Bill Heads to Conference in Senate Clash
The House voted 181 to 41 to send the Underwood bill licensing Muscle Shoals lease to private interests to conference with the Senate. Senate conferees’ selection could trigger debate as Norris and other opposed leaders may resist appointing friendly managers. Norris declined to discuss stance on conferees.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Norris
Republican
Nebraska
Extensive work planned in Gibson oil area this year
Gibson Dome in Sweet Grass county near Rapelje is slated for early oil and gas testing by Gibson Land company which owns Gibson townsite and adjoining lands. drilling may reach to the Eagle sandstone at about 1400 feet if financing succeeds with treasury stock sale. The plan includes a potential gas supply over 25 million cubic feet daily for an eastern extractor using the Newton process.
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Billings
Gibson Dome
Sweet Grass County
Rapelje
Gibson Land Company
Gibson
Lake Basin
Elfred Beck
Charles Stone
Fred Harrison
Harrison Oil and Gas Company
Big Lake
Jamestown
N. D
George Moore
Moore
J. A. Coffey
J. H. Leuthold
Columbus
J. L. Rapstad
Big Timber
Treasury
Lance
Land Company
Eagle
Eastern
Newton
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A. Ruth Sheridan
N. Wood
Cottonwood Ranch Co
George W. Briley
G. F. Collier
D. A. Collier
C. E. Crum
F. B. Miller
S. T. Johnson
Benjamin Taggart
van Cleve, Jr
Pat McComb
Mahoney
Adams
Lyon
Grantham
Tex” Hunter
Muscle Shoals Bills
Gibson Oil
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