Edison questions and political shifts across administrations
The piece reflects on Thomas Edison’s doubtfully solved quiz and notes on U.S. political dynamics from Wilson to Harding. It highlights western objections to a national park project, shifts in party power, and the influence of presidential consent on legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol
Harrison
Grover “Cleveland
McKinley
Roosevelt
Taft
Wilson
Congress
Johnson
South
Dakota
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Shafroth and
Thomas
Colorado
Walsh
Myers
Montana
Newlands
Pittman
Nevada
Ashurst
Smith
Arizona
Jones
New Mexico
Phelan
California
Chamberlain
Oregon
Kendrick
Wyoming
King
Utah
Harding
Thirteen Years Ago In Grey Cliff From The Pioneer
R L Lewis arrived from Kansas City to help at Citizens State Bank. Lesta Lowry and Grace Pound left for Yellowstone for the summer. Bridger creek near Grey Cliff flooded, destroying buildings on Rasmus Lilgaard ranch. J H Whiting lost wagon lumber and tree after rising water. H J Nelson arrived from Belgrade to become Northern Pacific agent. Mrs Nelson joined him. Ice cream at Grey Cliff restaurant is ten cents on Sundays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas A. Edison
Edison Works
Boy Wonder
Alice
Mr. Edison
Edison
Pioneer
R. L. Lewis
Kansas City
J. W. Geiger
Citizens State Bank
Lesta Lowry
Grace Pound
Yellowstone National Park
Bridger Creek
Grey Cliff
Rasmus Lilgaard
J. H. Whiting
H. J. Nelson
Belgrade
Northern Pacific
New High School Principal Posts Glowing Endorsements
Leading educators praise Payne Templeton as a capable, well trained administrator suited for Big Timber schools. Testimonials from Prof. E. O. Sisson and Prof. Atkinson emphasize his community leadership, student rapport, and strong track record in Shelby and Bozeman College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Payne Templeton
Shelby
Ilieve
Atkinson
Bozeman College
Shelby High School
Templeton
Western water disputes cast light on interior politics
A Spokane dispatch notes Secretary Fall opposed a bill for a Yellowstone River dam to reclaim arid Montana lands. The piece links fundraising for Harding’s 1920 campaign to Fall’s interior role, criticizing eastern critics and contrasting western needs with national conservation policy.
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Spokane
Walsh
Montana
Senate Irrigation Committee
Yellowstone
Yellowstone Lake
Secretary of the Interior
McNary
Washington, D. C
Spokesman-Review
A. Howe
Kalispell
Ways and Means
National Republican Committee
Harding
Albert B. Fall
New Mexico
Sweet
Grass
Coolidge
National Committee
Sweet Grass
Wilson
Washington
Jersey City
Jack
Dempsey
Woodrow Wilson
Edwin
L. Norris
Norris
Franklin
Lane
Princeton
New
Mexico
Ohio
West
Benjamin’ Harrison
Livingston
Allan
Ri “Joy
Deutschi
Regular Army May Be only 150,000
Washington June 8 The senate adopted the army appropriation bill 3334,000,000 and set an army strength of not less than 150,000, rejecting a minimum of 170,000 as proposed by the committee. The house had earlier approved 150,000. The final vote stood 36 to 32 and 36 to 32 on related amendments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Colorado Commodities and Local Notices At Miller’s
A fragmented Colorado item mentions barley demand of 30 to 40 thousand bushels and a lost child boot near Big Timber Creek. It references a market, a mattress purchase at Miller’s, and a reward related to Mrs. Steeling Findley.
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Big Timber Creek
Steeling Findley
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The
Big Timber Pioneer
Big Timber
Jerome Williams
Sweet Grass County
Floniana
Foreign Advertising
the American Press, Association
Sweet Grass County High School
E. O. Sisson
State University
Colorado ‘Comforts
Bennine
Miller’s
J. C. O'Leary
Goodyear
Miller's
Ting Bate
Mammoth
SROM
Vas
Comfort
Scandinavian
Big Timber, Montana
Her Home
Montana Power
Service
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