Judge Stong Rules Sands Victory in Montana Chief Justice Contest
District Judge Robert C Stong ruled in Helena that Walter B Sands of Chinook was validly elected chief justice of Montana’s supreme court. The decision denied W D Tipton’s bid to void the election over campaign statements about accepting a reduced salary. Sands argued the statements were in good faith and unconstitutional. Judge Stong noted the contest failed to prove a violation of the corrupt practices act and ordered Tipton to pay Sands' costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings
Walter B. Sands
Chinook
Supreme Court of Montana
Robert Co. Stong
W. D. Tipton
Helena
Sands
Stong
First Judicial District Court
Tipton
Supreme Court
Manna
Midget Money Proposed to Help State Sales Tax
The government plans to mint midget money, half-cent and one mill coins, to aid state sales tax systems. Secretary Morgenthau said Congress would be asked within a day or so, with President Roosevelt approving the plan and clarifying it does not herald a federal sales tax.
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Washington
Congress
Morgenthau
Treasury
Roosevelt
Bozeman’s First Paid Fire Chief Dies at 78
William G. Alexander, 78, retired Bozeman fire chief, died suddenly at his home. He led the department for 36 years ending in 1925, helped acquire motorized equipment in 1911, and urged adoption of a city building code in 1909.
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Bozeman
William G
Billy) Alexander
Bozeman Fire Department
Sage Hen Season Set for August in Montana
Deputy Game Warden P W Nelson from Livingston outlines Montana sage hen season dates August 4 5 6. Counties opening include Beaverhead Big Horn Blaine Carbon Carter Chouteau Custer Daniels Dawson Fallon Fergus Golden Valley McCone Musselshell Petroleum Phillips Powder River Prairie Richland Roosevelt Rosebud Sheridan Stillwater Sweet Grass Treasure Valley Wheatland Wibaux Yellowstone Park north of the Northern Pacific main line. Daily bag limit five sage hens per person and possession limit five.
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P. W. Nelson
Livingston
Montana
Beaverhead
Big Horn
Blaine
Carbon
Carter
Chouteau
Custer
Daniels
Dawson
Fallon
Fergus
Garfield
Golden Valley
McCone
Musselshell
Petroleum
Phillips
Powder River
Prairie
Richland
Roosevelt
Rosebud
Sheridan
Stillwater
Sweet Grass
Treasure
Valley
Wheatland
Wibaux
Yellowstone
Park
Northern Pacific Railway
Secretary Wallace urges unity for farm relief in Montana
Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace spoke to about 1,800 people in Great Falls urging Pacific Northwest stockmen and regional farmers to join in a united, lasting solution to farm troubles. He said Montana is on a faster comeback than the national trend and emphasized hard headed sense over sentiment.
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Great Falls
Pacific Northwest
Intermountain
Midwest
South
East
Montana
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Drunken Driving Patrol Records Highlight Montana Stats
Helena July 22. A drunken driver nearly every day is the Montana highway patrol record, Assistant Supervisor Walter Beck said. In 52 days of operation 50 arrests were made, with Fort Peck Butte and Missoula seeing the most offenses. Most arrests resulted in conviction, though several in Butte were acquittals. Requests seek a motorcycle flying squadron to patrol routes to fairs in August and September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Montana Highway Patrol
Walter Beck
Montana
Fort Peck
Butte
Missoula
Beck
Dietrich of Deer Lodge Elected Montana Bankers President
J Maurice Dietrich of Deer Lodge was elected president of the Montana Bankers association at the annual convention in Glacier Park Montana. Elmer Johnson of Plains and S B Wallander of Froid were elected vice presidents with Mrs Edith Walker Helena reappointed secretary treasurer. Cornelius F Kelley urged choosing restraint and constitutional balance amid inflation and fiscal risk.
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Glacier Park
Mont
J. Maurice Dietrich
Deer Lodge
Montana Bankers’ Association
Elmer Johnson
Plains
S. B. Wallander
Froid
Edith Walker
Helena
John G. Brown
F. S. Jacobsen
R. W. Place
Butte
Montana
American Bankers’ Association
A. T. Hibbard
American Association
Dietrich
Montana liquor stores show strong first-half sales 1935
Montana reported 1,927,397.18 dollars in liquor sales at state stores for the first half of 1935 with a net profit of 466,104.35 dollars. Expenses totaled 267,000.90 dollars. Butte led sales at 186,360.95 dollars followed by Helena at 141,819.73. Great Falls 129,126.10, Billings 106,922.95, Missoula 95,333.60.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Butte
Great Falls
Missoula
Wheeler to press Hart confirmation as Works Administrator
Senator Wheeler says he will push for Senate confirmation of Ray M. Hart as Montana Works Progress administrator. Senator Murray threatens to block the nomination over Hart aides, while Hopkins supports Hart. Wheeler defends Hart saying he led efficient labor relief work and would not remove him now.
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Wheeler
Ray M. Hart
Washington
Mont
Senate
Ray Hart
Montana
Murray
Hart
James G. Graham
Montana Federation of Labor
Hopkins
Art
Works Progress Administration
CCC Expansion Program Puts Many to Work
The civilian conservation corps announced July 18 that its expansion begun June 15 has enrolled 85 354 new workers. Total CCC forest and park camp personnel plus Indians in reservations and residents of Hawaii, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and Alaska reached 404 000 as of July 13. State enrollments include Montana 671 and Wyoming.
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Washington
Civilian Conservation Corps
CCC
Hawaii
Virgin Islands
Puerto Rico
Alaska
Montana
Wyoming
Senators Back Roosevelt Silver Policy Letter
Senator Elmer Thomas led 46 senators in approving the president's silver policy and urging enthusiastic continuation of the silver purchase act. The signatories included both parties and varied groups, but the letter's text and signatures will remain private for now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Elmer Thomas
Oklahoma
Roosevelt
Congress
Thomas
Lumber official dies blazing trail near Echo Lake
Henry Schoknecht Jr., 32, grandson of Julius Neils of Portland and head of Neils Lumber camp at Echo Lake, died in the forests near the camp while blazing a trail. His brother found his body after he failed to appear for lunch. Coroner cites natural causes possible heart attack or cerebral hemorrhage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalispell
Henry Schoknecht, Jr
Julius Neils
Portland
Northwest
Neils Lumber Company
Echo Lake
Here
Schokneckt
Flathead
Custer Museum Added to Appropriation
In Bill Washington Montana July 24 the senate added a Wheeler amendment to the second deficiency appropriation bill providing 20000 to establish and maintain a public museum for Lieut Col George A Custer and his forces from the Little Big Horn battle. The museum will be built at Custer Battlefield National Cemetery Montana. The 306000000 deficiency bill also passed with 200000 more for the federal trade commission milk inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Wheeler
Montana
George A. Custer
Little Big Horn River
Custer Battlefield National Cemetery
Federal Trade Qommission
Lad Confesses in Mysterious Roundup Shooting
Eighteen-year-old Ralph Scott of Manhattan former resident of South Dakota pleaded guilty to first degree murder of James Earl Brown both aged 18 near Gage on June 26. He was arraigned before Justice John Smith and bound over to district court without bail. District Judge William L. Ford will hear testimony likely July 26.
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Roundup
Mont
Ralph Scott
Manhattan
South Dakota
James Earl Brown
Eastman Opposes Railroad Pension Bill in Senate Hearing
Transportation coordinator Joseph B. Eastman challenged new railroad pension legislation before the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee. He urged a specialized retirement and annuity system for railroads but said his view lacks solid factual backing for a conclusive case.
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Washington
Joseph B. Eastman
Eastman
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Supreme Court
Senate Committee
House Opposes Suits on Dollar Valuation
The House blocked all lawsuits against the federal government over dollar valuation, barring holders of federal gold clause bonds from seeking $1.69 per dollar of value. The vote was 258 to 88 and the measure advances to the Senate, where Carter Glass and William G. McAdoo oppose it.
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Washington
House
Senate
The
Treasury
Carter Glass
Virginia
William G. McAdoo
California
Gallatin Dam Project Assured Funding
Washington July 24 Assurances came from Reclamation Commissioner Elwood Mead to Senator Murray that funds would be available for the Gallatin dam project near Bozeman Montana The survey will cost about 15000 and money will be earmarked from the fund The total project cost is about 2316000 and completion would impound 204000 acre feet of water for about 357000 acres now irrigated
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Washington
Murray
Montana
Elwood Mead
Gallatin Dam
Bozeman
Mead
Montana to Irrigate Soon As Projects Go Under Way
Gov. Frank H. Cooney says Montana’s arid lands will benefit as irrigation projects of varying size begin construction. He reports Roosevelt Hopkins and other officials are “water-minded” and Montana is going to be irrigated with WPA and federal grants. He cites plans for a Missouri River dam near Tollson, a Dead Man’s Basin project with a $300,000 gift, and Red Lodge and Musselshell river works, urging districts to file tentative plans with the water conservation board for rapid surveys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Montana
Frank H. Cooney
Washington, D. C
Cooney
National Capital
Roosevelt
Harry L. Hopkins
Townsend
Toston
Washington
Big Horn
Red Lodge
Dead Man’s Basin
Hopkins
Works Progress Administration
Musselshell River
Shawmut
Big Basin
WPA
Water Conservation Board
Sweet Grass County Benefit Fund Receipts Report
Sweet Grass County farmers in government adjustment programs received 19 430 18 in rental and benefit payments from July 1 1934 to May 31 1935. Montana farmers statewide had collected over 11 600 000 in rental and benefit payments by April 30 and 7 638 900 86 for the July 1 1934 to May 31 1935 period. National totals show rental and benefit payments reaching 535 547 698 for July 1 1934 to May 31 1935.
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Sweet Grass
Montana
Lightning destroys barn near Harlowton
Lightning struck the big barn of Co. R. Stone at Oka during a hailstorm, destroying the barn and most of its contents. The employer and several horses were inside but escaped harm, and about 75 tons of bale hay and the wool clip for the season were lost. The adjoining sheep shed also burned. Stone received word while in Harlowton at the Lanius home.
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Harlowton
Co. R. Stone
Oka
Mr. Stone
C. H. Lanius
Tragic Truck Crash Kills Miner Near Gardiner Gardiner River
July 20 Gardiner Yellowstone Park. Charles Sturmbaugh of Buhl Idaho truck driver for a Cooke City road camp is believed dead after a truck carrying three families plunged 25 feet into the Gardiner river. Seven others from Buhl survived with injuries including Mrs. Everett Cleater who broke her ankle. The 10 year old Cleater child was recovered downstream. Moench the driver and Mrs Sturmbaugh along with the Moench children were hospitalized at Mammoth Hot Springs.
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Yellowstone Park
Charles Sturmbaugh
Buhl
Ida
Cooke City
Gardiner River
Gardiner
Mammoth
Everett Cleater
Sturmbaugh
Cleater
Frank Moench
Mammoth Hot Springs
Moench
Right Information On Trailer License
Helena July 18 The attorney general's office advised S C Small of Deer Lodge deputy registrar that trailers under 1000 pounds do not require licensing. Trailers over 1000 pounds up to a ton need a $2 license and semitrailers over a ton require a $5 tag. The pounds refer to actual vehicle weight, not capacity.
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Helena
Attorney General’s Office
S. C. Small
Deer Lodge
Registrar of Motor Vehicles
Youth Killed by Unknown Driver in Shelby Montana
Shelby Montana July 22 A coroner s jury ruled Virgil Potter 21 died from head injuries after being struck by a car driven negligently by an unknown person Potter a Shawnee Oklahoma resident had worked here briefly and died yesterday after being injured Sunday arrived in town recently for work
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Shelby
Mont
Virgil Potter
Potter
Shawnee
Okla
Public Roads to Open Bids for Red Lodge to Cooke City Highway
MisSOula July 24 bids will be opened August 2 in Portland for surfacing 11.5 miles of road into Yellowstone park. The project covers oiling work as part of the highway improvement program.
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Missoula
Red Lodge
Cooke City
Yellowstone Park
Bureau of Public Roads
Portland
Cloudbursts Hit Carbon County Causing Floods and Mine Flooding
A series of Sunday cloudbursts drenched central and southern Carbon County townships. Fromberg suffered the worst damage as bridges washed out and crops flooded. the McCarthy mine near Fromberg flooded with water above pumps though no workers were present. Bridges, creeks, and farms across Bridger, Edgar, Joliet, and Roberts reported heavy rain and washouts.
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Billings
Carbon County
Clark Fork Valley
Fromberg
Warren
Montana-Wyoming Line
Rockvale
Roberts
McCarthy
Bituminous Coal Company
Bridger
Sand Creek
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Judge Stong
W. B. Sands
Dietrich of
George Lund
Reserve
R. W. Smithberger
Libby
A. J. Lochrie
R. W. Waters
Cornelius F. Kelley
New York City
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
America
Sen. Thomas
Lad
Sweet Grass County
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