Local man sues Walter Hill for damages in Montana case
Frank M. Gottlob rancher lodges a district court suit in Livingston seeking 200000 dollars in actual and exemplary damages alleging Walter Hill the son of James J. Hill used wealth and influence to win Gottlob’s wife away in 1921 1922. He claims Hill promised marriage helped obtain a divorce and influenced operations at St Paul. The couple’s daughter custody and prior Chicago breach of promise suit are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings Gazette
Walter Hill
James J. Hill
Empire Builder
District Court
Frank M. Gottlob
Big Timber
Here
Gottlob
Hill
Chicago
Livingston
Park County
Guy Derry
Myers & Huntington
Wenatchee
Wash
Butte
St. Paul
Wool Clip Shipment Tops Twenty Million Pounds in Montana
Approximately 12,000,000 pounds of Montana wool have shipped in four weeks since shearing began. State production is expected to exceed 20,000,000 pounds this year as loading and shipping accelerate toward warehouses and mills. C. T. Spear of Chicago Northwestern notes wool shipping is at its peak and by August 1 all fleece will be moved. Charlie Hughes of J. Koshland says wool buying is nearly complete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
Montana
C. T. Spear
Chicago Northwestern Railroad
Charlie Hughes
Chicago
J. Koshland
Stillwater Lady J M Schwenneker Dies at Billings Hospital
Mrs. J M Schwenneker, sister of the late J M Lyons and former Sweet Grass county under sheriff, died July 1 in Billings after weeks at St Vincent's hospital. She was an early Stillwater valley settler, survived by two sons and a daughter, with funeral services held at the Dean home and burial in the Schwenneker cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Schwenneker
J. M. Lyons
Sweet Grass County
Billings
Absarokee Enterprise
Dean
St Vincent’s Hospital
Stillwater Valley
Schwenneker
Wancd Holdings
Howard
Absarokee
Jake
Fred Kirch
Quake Shakes Several Montana Cities No Damage Reported
A light earthquake rattled Montana towns including Helena Manhattan and Three Forks lasting about ten seconds with no damage. Minor tremors were felt midnight and early morning in Bozeman Livingston Willow Creek Great Falls Billings Butte Logan and Yellowstone park reports indicate no alarm.
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Helena
Mont
Arth
Weather Bureau
Trident
Bozeman
Livingston
Willow Creek
Great Falls
Billings
Butte
Logan
Yellowstone Park
Albright
Land taxation for irrigation district bonds upheld
Montana Supreme Court rules that all lands within an irrigation district are subject to taxation to pay bond principal and interest until debt is paid. The ruling confirms pro rata levies by irrigable acreage, addresses delinquent assessments funding, and covers related supervisory and foreclosure cases across Gallatin Pondera Fergus counties.
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Helena
Mont
Montana Supreme Court
District Court
Gallatin County
W. A. Cosman
Chestnut Valley
Cosman
C. H. Kester
Pondera County
Kester
Moses A. Amon
Fergus County
Union Central Life Insurance Company
Fred
Marietta Dehner
Death of Mrs Jessie F Jivans Mourned by Big Timber
Respected Big Timber resident Mrs Jessie F Jivans died Thursday evening after a lengthy illness. Funeral services were held Saturday at Patterson chapel with Rev C W Seville and Rev A Holbeck officiating and a quartet singing. Eastern Star conducted a cemetery service at Mountain View. Pallbearers included S A Perrine A L Lamb J E Canteron B F Henry Norman E Hale and Leon C Olmstead. She was 58 years old and born in Mount Pleasant Iowa. She taught in Wyoming and Montana and served as county superintendent of schools after a 1910 Republican candidacy. She leaves an adopted daughter Mrs Stanley Rand and was active in Congregational church and Eastern Star.
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Big Timber
Jessie F. Jivans
Patterson Chapel
C. W. Seville
A. Holbeck
Signa Bailey
Margaret Crest
Holbeck
Herman Graff
Order of Eastern Star
Mountain View Cem
Mount Pleasant
Iowa
Wyoming
Montana
Sweet Grass County
Stanley Rand
Congregational Church
Eastern Star
Mother Of Mrs. Catherine Lyon Buried At Red Lodge Today
Mrs. Katherine Egan of Roberts died after a yearlong illness at her daughter Mrs. Hanley s home in Billings. Born in Ireland April 8 1840 she came to the U S at age three and lived in Montana since 1878 mainly Billings Red Lodge and Roberts She is survived by her husband two daughters Catherine Lyon of Big Timber and Mrs Charles O'Dell of Great Falls a son Walter Egan of Red Lodge and sister Sister Venecentia of Denver Funeral services will be held at St Agnes church in Red Lodge.
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Billings
Katherine Egan
Roberts
P. F. Hanley
North Thirtieth Street
Egan
Ireland
United States
Montana
Red Lodge
Hanley
Charles O'Dell
Great Falls
Catherine Lyon
Big Timber
Walter Egan
Venecentia
Denver
St. Agnes Church
Judge Joseph Jackson Chosen President of Montana Bar
Joseph R. Jackson of Butte was elected president of the Montana Bar Association for the coming year by acclamation at the 1925 meeting. The group approved meeting next year in Great Falls and named officers including Secretary-Treasurer W. J. Jameson and a statewide slate of vice presidents led by T. Nagle in the First Judicial District. Memorials were approved for departed members and 96 new memberships were announced while a banquet and dance capped the session with toast master J. Bruce Kremer and speakers O. F. Goddard and W. L. Murphy.
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Butte
Mont
Joseph R. Jackson
Montana Bar Association
Great Falls
W. J. Jameson
T. Nagle
Jessie Roscow
C. E. Avery
Anaconda
Robert A. O'Hara
Hamilton
J. E. Kelly
Dillon
Horace S. Davis
Big Timber
Ray Hildebrand
Glendive
Julius Wuerthner
Teenth
W. A. Pennington
Thomas Munn
Terry
John Hurley
Glasgow
A. F. Lamey
Havre
T. H. Pridham
Chateau
Paul Babcock
Plentywood
Bar Association
J. B. Leslie
F. N. Utter
W. N. Noffsinger
Kalispell
O. K. Grimstad
Billings
John W. Snellbacker
J. Rivenes
I. G. Denny
Association
Finlen
J. Bruce Kremer
O. F. Goddard
W. L. Murphy
Missoula
T. F. Shea
C. R. Leonard
Dempsey Plans Title Defense This Fall
Heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey says he will defend his title this year likely in September. He arrived from Europe with his bride Estelle Taylor and will meet local promoters in New York to arrange a tune up before facing challenger Harry Wills.
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New York
Jack Dempsey
Europe
Estelle Taylor
Dempsey
Harry Wills
Governor Erickson seeks aid for Gallatin earthquake pupils
Governor J. E. Erickson proclaimed a Montana drive for funding to repair five Gallatin county schools damaged in the June 27 quake. Sam D. Goza was named head of a committee to collect donations as architects advised the state board of examiners after a survey.
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Helena
Mont
Gallatin
J. E. Erickson
Montana
Sam D. Goza
State Board of Examiners
Manhattan
Three Forks
Willow Creek
Logan
Bozeman Chamber of Commerce
Gallatin County
I. J. E. Erickson
State of
Commonwealth
Executive Commission
Cattle Price Record Broken At Lewistown
In Lewistown Montana on July 12 Walter Goodman sold 100 head of cattle to R A Harlow for 50 a head setting a new postwar price record. The Good man herd, noted as one of the region’s better known, will be moved to the Montana Ranch company’s Snowy mountains operation south of Moore.
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Lewistown
Walter Goodman
Belt Section
R. A. Harlow
Goodman
Montana Company
Snowy Mountains
Moore
Montana Ranch Company
Richard A. Harlow
Montana
Lombard
Judith Basin
Moore District
Montana Elevator Company
Harlow
Washington, D. C
Roundup Man Killed Near Wyoming Town
Robert McClaskey, a former Roundup resident and Megeath coal mines boss driver, was killed 17 miles east of Wamsutter Wyoming when his car overturned after hitting a bad stretch in heavy rain. J A Rodgers was injured but expected to recover. McClaskey's brothers retrieved the body for burial in Rose Hill cemetery Idaho Falls.
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Roundup
Robert McClaskey
Wamsutter
Wyo
The
Tribune
Idaho Falls
Idaho
McClaskey
Megeath
Rock Springs
J. A. Rodgers
Hanna
Wryo
MecClaskey
Rodgers
Clyde
Charles
Lawson
Wyoming
Rose Hill Cemetery
Snow Flurries Punctuate Heat Wave in Virginia
Amid a nationwide heat wave, a brief five minute snowfall occurred in Blacksburg Virginia after a thunderstorm. The report notes 14 heat deaths plus five lightning fatalities and three drownings nationwide, with storms offering brief relief near Omaha and Sioux City.
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Chicago
Blackburg
Middlewest
Rocky Mountain
Phoenix
Ariz
North Platte
Nebz
Middle Western
Omaha
Sioux City
Kansas
Oregon
Wife of Chicago Surgeon Dies in Yellowstone Burns
Mrs. H P Knapp wife of Dr H P Knapp a Chicago surgeon died in Mammoth Hot Springs Park hospital eighteen hours after a gasoline camp stove exploded at a Canyon tourist camp. The blaze burned seventy five percent of her body as panicked crowds attempted to help. Her husband and two children accompanied the body to Chicago amid plans to retrieve their Buick sedan from storage.
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Chicago
Yellowstone Park
Livingston Enterprise
Canyon
H. P. Knapp
Mammoth
Park Hospital
G. A. Windsor
Livingston
Home Motor
Teasday
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Stillwater
Etery
S. A. Perrine
A. L. Lamb
J. E. Canteron
B. F. Henry
Norman E Hale
Leon C. Olmstead
Jessie F. Evans
Joseph Jackson
Wyoming Town
Virginia
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