Big Timber Meet Highlights Standout Scores and Events
Seva Billings led with 65 points at the annual Big Timber Invitational track meet, ahead of Livingston 51 and other teams Manhattan 25, Harlowton 19, Columbus 17, Bozeman 14, Big Timber 11, Belgrade 6. Individual winners included Billings in the 100 yard dash and Mile, Miller vaulting 11 feet for a state-record like feat, Kickbush of Manhattan and Penfield of Livingston earning top spots in multiple events. The meet drew a large crowd despite an approximate 850 deficit in the end.
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Billings
Livingston
Manhattan
Harlowton
Columbus
Bozeman
Big Timber
Belgrade
Kickbush
Smith
Miller
Caruso
Burtwell
Bergen
Williams
Penfield
Lyon
Drackett
Bertwell
Toole
van Hoosen
Alen
National Park To Open Up June 20
Yellowstone National Park will open June 20 per Superintendent Horace M. Albright who returned from Washington. Livingston chamber of commerce and Gardiner business men plan opening ceremonies. Albright estimates 1924 visitation could reach 200000, with many visitors expected from California and Montana.
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Livingston
Yellowstone National Park
Horace M. Albright
Stephen T. Mather
National Parks
Washington, D. C.C
Livingston Chamber of Commerce
Gardiner
Albright
California
Montana
North Dakota Senator Baker Killed in Auto Crash
State Senator B F Baker of Glenburne was killed in an auto crash near Steele, N D, while Roy Frazier Crosby county clerk and A G Sorlie Grand Forks nonpartisan candidate were seriously injured. The trio were en route from Bismarck to Carrington for a campaign event. Frazier and Sorlie were hospitalized. Baker died from a head injury. Local motorists found the overturned car after it rolled several times.
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Steele
N. D
B. F. Baker
Glenburne
Roy Frazier
Crosby
Independent Republican State Committee
A. G. Sorlie
Grand Forks
Nonpartisan League
Here
Bismarck
Carrington
League
Frazier
Sorlie
H. B. Lodge
Baker
Coolidge Names New Head For Campaign
William M. Buller withdrawing from Massachusetts United States senator race after being chosen by President Coolidge for the Republican national chairman post. He arrives from New York to confer with the president and says he will devote himself to national campaign work and party service.
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Washington
William M. Buller
Coolidge
United States
Massachusetts
New York
Butler
Calvin Coolidge
Plenty Coos Honored by Billings Kiwanis Club
Plenty Coos chief of the Crow Indians is named an honorary member of the Billings Kiwanis Club for 50 years of peaceful relations with whites. Director Edwin Grafton praises his restraining influence on Crow youth and his role in building a prosperous Crow community in southern Montana and northern Wyoming.
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Billings
Billings Kiwanis Club
Plenty Coos
Edwin Grafton
Grafton
Crow
Montana
Kiwanis Club
Jury Picked For Spring Term Of Court May 20
Big Timber sets a May 20 jury term with Judge Miller aiming to clean up district matters before a three way bid for the bench. The calendar lists trials from May 20 through May 27 including cases against Flem ing Collins Wins borough Long Gugler Cremer and others plus an estate hearing. Virgil Scott received a 1 to 2 year sentence for burglary. Alvin E Weber vs Rice shows default and trial key court judgment for the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Timber
Miller
State of Montana
B. A. Fleming
Mito Collins
John Winsborough
Mustaff Mamet
Northern Pacific Railway Co
G. H. Bennett
Carl Myrstol
Rosa A. Skaggs
G. B. Long
State Bank of Lewistown
Minnie Gugler
Leo J. Cremer
Ed Jennings
Elizabeth Jennings
Creston Crest
Will Ellison
Ed Crossfield
William C. Rowsey
John Grauman
L. F. Douthett
J. B. Thompson
Louis Plaggemeyer
Ed Gibson
John Schmidthofer
Guy C. Officer
Roy Harris
Dewitt Preston
W. P. Hanson
Tom Jarrett
Roy C. Carter
Francis Boyd
S. A. Perrine
Grey Cliff
L. N. Younger
C. A. Keppler
C. F. Miller
Theodore Thompson
Lars Skipstad
Anton Nepstad
Irvine L. Miller
Springdale
John Laubach
R. E. Wood
W. W. MecNee
Raymond Beckman
Reed Point
Pleun Roebel
F. E. Swift
McLeod
James Legue
S. B. Thurman
Glasston
Frank Knoke
C. C. Osner
Briley
Roy E. Freeman
Harlowton
President Secures Delayed Japanese Exclusion to 1925
President Coolidge won an agreement from the Senate and House immigration committees to postpone statutory Japanese exclusion to March 1, 1925. The move aims to give the State Department time to negotiate with Japan and potentially secure exclusion by treaty.
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Washington
Coolidge
Senate
House Immigration Committee
State Department
Japan
D’y
Reed
Republican
Pennsylvania
House
Johnson
White House
Mr. Coolidge
Immigration Conference
Conference Committee
United States
Lodge
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Methodists Protest Butler Address At Columbia University
The Methodist Ministerial association, with 150 ministers, voted to protest to Columbia trustees over Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler s Missouri speech. They called his remarks unsuitable for a university president and criticized his stance on prohibition laws as radical and unfounded. Parents of Columbia students have protested and threatened to remove their children if he does not retract.
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New York
Nicholas Murray Butler
Missouri Society
Methodist Ministerial Association
Board of Trustees
Columbia University
Butler
Butler Opposes Volstead Act, Predicts Repeal
Dr Nicholas Murray Butler president of Columbia University signals intensifying anti prohibition stance ahead of the Republican national convention. He says the eighteenth amendment will be repealed within five years and that prohibition will dominate public thought despite platform debates. He notes supportive telegrams from across the nation after a defense of the wet position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Tillie Alearla Dairy Cow Killed in Los Angeles
Sacramento reports Tillie Alearla a famed Yolo county dairy cow killed by firing squad for foot and mouth disease. Compensation set at 750 dollars. she was once valued over 50 000 and known for advertising and sentiment rather than breeding. Other Hartsook herd cows were also killed in Los Angeles.
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Sacramento
Cal
Tillie Alearla
Yolo County
Los Angeles
G. H. Hecke
State Department of Agriculture
Tillie
Tillie Alcartra
Hartsook
Ford Declines Muscle Shoals Hearing In Letter
Henry Ford refuses to appear before Senator Norris and the agricultural committee regarding his Muscle Shoals bid. The letter, mailed from Ford's Dearborn offices, states he will not testify in person.
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Detroit
Mid
George W. Norris
Agricultural Committee
Henry Ford
Muscle Shoals
Ford
Dearborn
Ford Presses Muscle Shoals Bid Amid Senate Attacks
Senator Norris leads Muscle Shoals hearings charging political influence in Ford's bid. Norris says Coolidge recommended selling the property in a message to Congress, contrasting Ford's past hostility with a new attitude after a White House interview.
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Washington
Henry Ford
Muscle Shoals
Norris
Senate Agriculture Committee
Ford
Coolidge
Congress
White House
Yearly school lists trustees and clerks for Sweet Grass districts
The notice provides the complete list of trustees and clerks for Sweet Grass county school districts after the April election, noting one exception the district No. 41 clerk. District 1 lists C. Ullman J. Rees F. Lamp C. W. Allen Mrs. Emil L. Frang clerk Mrs. Edna Cross Big Timber. District 2 lists A. J. McClurg W. F. Harlan clerk A. J. McClurg Reed Point. District 3 lists Thomas Anderson T. T. Olson Paul L. Van Cleve clerk Helen P. Van Cleve Melville.
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Sweet Grass County
C. F. Ullman
J. E. Rees
F. M. Lamp
C. W. Allen
Emil L. Frang
Edna Cross
Big Timber
A. J. McClurg
W. F. Harlan
Reed Point
Thomas Anderson
T. T. Olson
Paul L. van Cleve
Helen P. van Cleve
Melville
Anaconda Copper 1923 Profits Reach Record High
New York May 5 The Anaconda Copper Mining Company reports 1923 net profits of 8 767 814 with Chile Copper operations earning 14 721 263 the largest in company history Despite low copper prices overall sales and investment income totaled 181 434 447 and dividends of 9 million were paid during the year The company notes a strong supply demand balance and hopes European market improvement would bring prosperity for domestic business
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
John D. Ryan
Chile Copper Company
Anaconda
Ryan
Change of Judiciary Delays Wheeler Trial in Montana
Great Falls May 2 Assignment of Federal Judge Bourquin to Seattle for May and Judge Pray to Butte delays the arraignment of U S Senator B K Wheeler indicted in April The case remains in the Great Falls division and transfer to another division requires court order Officials expect Wheeler could appear in Great Falls in July after Judge Pray returns from Billings and completes a June term in Butte
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
George M. Bourquin
Seattle
Charles N. Pray
Butte
B. K. Wheeler
Montana
United States Grand
District Attorney’s
Wheeler
United States
J. L. Slattery
Pray
Judge Bourgoin
Judge Pray
Billings
Sheepmen Sell Local Wool Pool to Field Buyer
Stillwater Woolgrowers association sold a local pool of about 50,000 fleeces weighing 400000 pounds to Tom Mulvihill, field buyer for Silbermann Co. The 48 cent price yields about $175000, pleasing members. Lambs moving as market softens from disease impact. prices around ten cents with some sales to $10.40 for earlier lots. Eight pound fleece valued at $23.50 and a $7 lamb reflect local county allocations.
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Columbus News
Stillwater Woolgrowers Association
Tom Mulvihill
Silbermann Co
Colorado
Arizona
Utah
Senate Surtax Plan Approved by Senate Vote
The Democratic surtax schedule passed the Senate by a 413 to 40 vote after a sharp debate. The plan lowers the top rate from 50 to 40 percent while Republican insurgents and several Democrats supported the Democratic substitute. Two Democrats voted against, Bruce of Maryland and Edwards of New Jersey.
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Senate
Washington
Bruce
Maryland
Edwards
New Jersey
Brookhart
Franch
Howell
Johnson
California
Ladd
North Dakota
Norris
Adams
Ashurst
Broussard
Caraway
Copeland
Dial
Dill
Ferris
Fletcher
George
Harris
Harrison
Heflin
Jones
New Mexico
Kendrick
King
McKellar
Mayfield
Neely
Overman
Pittman
Ransdell
Reed
Missouri
Robinson
Sheppard
Shields
Simmons
Smith
Stanley
Stephens
Swanson
Underwood
Walsh
Massachusetts
Montana
Wheeler
Farmer-Labor
Minnesota
Ball
Borah
Brandeyee
Bursum
Cameron
Capper
Colt
Cummins
Curtis
Dale
Edge
Ernst
Fernald
Fess
Gooding
Hale
Hereld
Keys
Lodge
McKinley
McLean
McNary
Moses
Oddie
Pepper
Phipps
Pennsylvania
Shortridge
Smoot
Spencer
Stanfield
Sterling
Wadsworth
Warren
Watson
Indiana
Weller
Willis
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Seva
Harvey Allen
Park
Ival Curtis
Patricia Knowles
National Park
Chief Plenty Coos
Columbia
Dr. Butler
Chile
T. S. Lavold
Sidney Brannin
Richard Brannin
I. N. Colby
H. P. Franklin
C. H. Patton
Prosper Tessier
Clyde Bainter
Chester C. Osner
E. B. Amsberry
Chester Osner
Chester L. Clark
John Stone
A. Bittner
J. H. Preston
Henry Stole
C. D. Bird
Louis Leffler
E. B. Hanson
Andrew Alen
Leo Cremer
Ralph Surdahl
O. CG. Drigdahl
C. E Bouse
Ed. S. Finley
Chas. E. Crum
Peter Egeland
James A. Faw
J. J
Chas. Uhlig
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