New Counties Movement Keeps Montana Expanding
The state pursues new counties despite checks on signatures and fiscal risks. Wheatland and Sweet Grass petitions falter or face constraints as Musselshell County approves fewer than 52 percent backing while preserving county valuations. Montana ends with fifty counties as promoters press on for seats, jails, and courts.
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Montana
Texas
Missouri
Golden Valley County
Wheatland
Sweet Grass
Musselshell County
Myers Bold Stand on Socialism Splits Party Lines
Kalispell Interlake quotes Senator Henry L. Myers declaring no party allegiance in his stance against government operation of railroads and coal mines. He warns of a socialist wave led by AFL, railroad workers, and the non-partisan league, and predicts party bids will be overridden by conviction.
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Kalispell Interlake
Henry L. Myers
American Federation of Labor
Railroad
League
Myers
Vote on $65,000 bond for Sweet Grass High School addition
Do not overlook it vote April 23 for a bond of 65000 dollars to expand the manual training department at Sweet Grass County High School and to provide a dormitory for country pupils and teachers. Talk to neighbors and consider the benefits of the dormitory and expanded facilities for students and staff.
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Sweet Grass County
Montana Candidates Untied on Preference for National Conventions
An editorial notes Montana contenders for the national party conventions in Chicago and San Francisco remain unpledged and undecided about their preferred presidential candidate. It argues that choosing the candidate ahead of platform is wiser, since the head of the nation after March 4, 1921 will shape policy more than any stated platform.
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Republic
Chicago
San Francisco
Montana
Olson moves family to Berg ranch near Melville
The Pioneer notes Theodore T. Olson relocating his family to the Berg ranch near Melville, which he recently bought. H Witten accelerates trout fishing efforts and lands an 8 pound 10 ounce beauty. Thomas Lagow, a rancher on Sweet Grass Creek, dies of tuberculosis at about 28.
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Pioneer
Theodore T. Olson
Berg Ranch
Melville
H. Witten
Thomas Lagow
Sweet Grass Creek
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