Primary votes trail after light turnout in Montana contests
In Helena and across Montana the Tuesday primary proved tepid with low turnout. A. A. Lamp and C. A. Bishop held early leads in county races, while state races favored Galen over Shelley for senate and Young over Bielenberg in the railway commissioner contest.
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Gibson
W. A. Conwell
Henry Holton
T. K. Baker
A. A. Lamp
Big Timber West
McLeod
Springdale North
Carney
Campbell
Lamp
Senate
Young
Bielenberg
Walsh
Butte
Galen
Shelley
Jarrett
Leasby
Resha
Sam Fallangs
Bishop
Whitney
Plaggemeyer
Cameron
Conwell
Breing B. Rees
Hickman
MacFarlane
Wiedman
Overland
Russe
Graff
Crest
Marriage And Divorce Increases Across Montana 1929
The preliminary report from the department of commerce shows Montana’s marriages rose to 5 784 in 1928 with 8 108 in 1916. In 1929 1 498 divorces were granted up from 1 376 in 1928, an 8.7 percent rise. Park County recorded 154 marriages in 1929 up from 47 in 1928 and 152 divorces, 7 more than the previous year.
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Montana
Department of Commerce
Park County
Wyoming Cattle And Sheep Feel Drought
Wyoming report shows June dry weather reducing range conditions to 9 percent of normal and delaying hay prospects. Sheep condition drops to 98 percent with fair flesh and lambs smaller if drought continues. wool prices down. Cattle on summer feed hold up, calf crop strong but stock trading dull as July 1 condition matches last month at 94 percent of normal.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Wyoming
Wyoming Cooperative Grop and Livestock Reporting Service
Willmar Bank raid echoes Jesse James legacy
Five machine gun robbers hit the Bank of Willmar Minnesota in a short raid that wounded two women and fled with 58 000 cash and 813 000 in bonds. Citizens exchanged fire as the trio outside kept the crowd at bay, with one driver possibly wounded and several buildings damaged.
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Willmar
Minn
Physisians
Emil Johnson
Donald Gildia
Gildia
Sam Evans
George Robbins
Mary Walker
Sree EE Ihe Srey
WRN
Bennett and Judge Bourquin Chat at Helena
G H Bennett admitted possessing liquor but denied a nuisance charge and changed his plea. He described Montana life since 1886 and a soft drink parlor with a nearby dancehall where a whisky keg found by federal officers was left by a patron. Judge Bourquin fined Bennett 200 dollars plus costs and urged ongoing payments.
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Montana
Lord Bennett
G. H. Bennett
Bennett
Springdale
Bulles
Baourquin
Montana Highway Commission Approves 1930 Road Contracts
Montana's Highway Commission approved over 650000 in contracts for 14 projects across the state. Bid winners include L T Lawler of Butte for Deer Lodge road grading and Stevens Brothers of St Paul for Jordan Miles City road grading. Several bridge and grading jobs span Ravalli Powell Beaverhead Cascade and other counties with firms from Missoula Great Falls and Glasgow winning multiple items.
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Deer Lodge-Hutte
Powell County
Deer Lodge
L. T. Lawler
Butte
Jordan- Miles
Garfield
Rosebud
Stevens Brothers
St. Paul
Elliott and Nesbitt
Standpoint
Idaho
Florence- Hamilton
Ravalli County
Hamilton
Sutherland and
Berns Construction Company
Missoula
Baseph Jten
Phillips County
Erly
Milk River
Malta
L. W. Lockwood
Glasgow
Beaverhead
J. T. Lawler
Little Blackfoot River
Bearmouth-Deer Lodge
McGuire & Blakeslee
Great Falls
Horse Prairie Creek
T. W. McGreever
Missouri River
Wolf Creek
Cascade County
Lewistown-Roy
Fergus County
Basin Construction Company
Lewistown
Georgetown Lake
Deer Lodge County
Anaconda
E. N. Brown
Bozeman
Cascade
Judith Basin
Countis
Armington, Smith & Thornquist
Work Of 4-H Clubs Getting Good Start
Bowlder Valley Woman's club met to discuss home demonstration projects and appoint local leaders for a new 4-H club. Edith Webbers and Mrs Grover Beyan were named leaders for the July 17 organization meeting. Willing Workers 4-H of Howie reported perfect attendance at July 9 and adopted the club name. Members contributed six cents each to fund three 4-H song books, selected materials for kitchen aprons, hemmed towels, and planned tea towels and stocking bibs. A lunch on the lawn followed the session.
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Bowlder Valley
Irns
Standard Oil Hails Hydrogen Process doubling gasoline output
Standard Oil of New Jersey and 16 affiliated firms announce a new hydrogen byproduct method to double gasoline yield. Hydrogen sourced from coal gas natural gas or refinery gas at each refinery. Engineer Edward F Chandler explains hydrogenation lets crude oil heavy oils become motor gasoline whereas cracking alone cannot.
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New York
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Frank A. Howard
Standard Ol of
Edward F. Chandler
Chandler
Democratic Majority Looms In Congress
Jouett Shouse, chairman of the national Democratic executive committee, told the Jefferson Society of Massachusetts that Democrats will win 40 house seats and gain in both houses after the November elections. He claimed the Grandy tariff bill is part of a plan to reward Hoover campaign contributors. Mayor James M Curley was not invited to the dinner and commented that perhaps the society viewed attendance as a waste of postage.
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Boston
Congress
Democratic Party
Jouett Shouse
National Democratic Executive Committee
Jefferson Society of Massachusetts
Hoover Campaign Fund
James M. Curley
Jefferson Society
Gurley
Farmers National Grain corporation to organize in Helena
The Farmers' National Grain Corporation, the first foreign grain company formed since the farm board act, filed its articles of incorporation with the secretary of state. Based in Wilmington and New York City with Montana headquarters in Helena, it aims to promote grain marketing and provide industry facilities.
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Helena
Farm Board Act
National Grain Corporation
Wilmington
Del
New York City
Montana
Montana Bar Meeting Crowns Gibson as President in Lively Montana Session
The Montana Bar association capped a spirited 44th annual convention with Fred J. Gibson elected president after a two-teller battle and a close vote on incorporating the bar. Officers named include E K Matson secretary treasurer and district vice presidents across Helena Butte Missoula Dillon and more. The group also debated legislative moves on district judges and bar discipline amid a stormy session.
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Helena
Montana Bar Association
State
Supreme Court
High Court
Committee On Resolutions
Pope
Incorporated Bar
Wellington Rankin
Horace S. Davis
Giflings
Resolutions Committee
Fred L. Gibson
Livingston
Gibson
Voce
E. K. Matson
Lewistown
C. A. Spaulding
Carl Genzberger
Butte
R. E. McHugh
Phillipsbourg
J. Balen
Missoula
T. E. Gilbert
Dillon
Pat Kelly
Raymond Hildebrand
Glendive
C. F. Holt
Great Falls
George Y. Patten
W. Belden
Butte Strikers Bring City to Standstill in Wage Fight
Butte Montana July 14 business was nearly at a standstill as Teamsters machinists and clerks strike over proposed wage cuts. Stores closed or limited to prescription service with nonunion deliveries contested by the clerks union. Employers warned, but no major upheaval yet. return to normal pending further actions later in the week.
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Butte
Mont
Bette
Penn
Silver Bow
Clerks’ Union
Employers’ Association
Huston Holds Line as Senate Pressure Intensifies
Claudius Huston faced the Republican national committee officers and refused to resign, saying he would discuss the matter after the Senate adjourns. Circles interpreted this as a signal that Aniston might announce his resignation, though Huston offered no promises after a lengthy meeting.
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Washington
Claudius Huston
Republican National Committee
Senate
Aniston
Aged Butte Pioneer Elizabeth Clark Dies at 80
Elizabeth Clark of Centerville dies at 80 after living in Butte for 51 years. Born in Cornwall England she married George Clark in 1871. The couple were early settlers of Centerville and helped establish the area as it grew from a log cabin camp to a city.
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Butte
Elizabeth Clark
West Center Street
Centerville
United States
Itette
Clark
Legge Disclaims Heated Remark Over Wheat Campaign
Alexander Legge writes Governor Reed of Kansas denying he “got hot” at a farm board meeting amid the wheat acreage reduction drive. Legge argues reports misrepresented the effort as pressuring farmers to quit wheat, urging cooperation from growers to aid consumer balance.
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Washington
Alexander Legge
Reed
Kansas
Farm Board
Legge
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Jesse James
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Lord) Bennett
Judge Bourquin
State Highway Commission
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Standard Oil
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