Gordon Campbell a controversial oil pioneer and believer
Gordon Campbell, the oil discoverer who found in Montana and Kevin, faced heavy lawsuits and financial reverses. He battled skepticism from geologists, endured strained friendships, and later told a reporter he had been poorly advised but had never wronged anyone.
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Montana
Devil’s Basin
Cat Creek
Gordon Campbell
Kevin Country
Alaska
Kevin
Campbell
T. G. Armstrong Pioneer of Big Timber Passes Away
T. G. Armstrong, a longtime figure in Big Timber's commercial life for nearly forty years, died Sunday. He was honest in business, friendly to all, reticent yet caring, a home-loving man whose colleagues paid final tributes. Those who knew him recall his focus on his own affairs and his lack of meddling in others' affairs.
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Big Timber
County Printing Bid Sparks Debate Over Savings and Fairness
The article reviews the two year county printing contract awarded to the Pioneer for about $2,000 less than the competing bid. It notes Sweet Grass Pub Co claimed $2.60 in notices but was allowed $1.40, and contrasts past year printing totals of $5,790.89 to potential higher costs if the News had held the contract. The piece defends the commissioners for avoiding politics and charges the News with miscalculating potential profits while praising the Pioneer’s anticipated breakeven bid and continued status as Montana’s best weekly paper.
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Sweet Grass County
Pioneer
Sweet Grass Pub. Co
Montana
Campbell Convicted Over Syndicate Fund Use Case
Helena report says Gordon Campbell, discoverer of the Kevin Sunburst oil field, now faces Leavenworth after being found guilty of using syndicate proceeds for promotion. The trial hinged on Judge Bourquin’s ruling that such use is barred, a point prosecutors did not emphasize. Campbell, a long-time prospector, is described as a pathetic figure who faced years of hardship in geology and oil prospecting.
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Helena
Gordon Campbell
Kevin-Sunburst
Rocky Mountain States
Leavenworth
Campbell
Bourquin
Montana
Department of Justice
Great Falls
Coeur d’Alenes
California
Alaska
National Parks Will Be Given Once Over
Washington May 10 The senate public lands committee will investigate the national park system to end rumors that parks are in concessionaries hands and not for public use. Director Stephen T. Mather says open inquiry will educate Americans and curb travel retardation from such rumors. Fees at parks are to support administration. many facilities remain free.
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Washington
Senate Public Lands Committee
Stephen T. Mather
National Park Service
Mather
Congress
Park Service
World War Mothers Honored Across Nation on Mothers Day
Ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery and army posts paid homage to American war mothers. Secretary Davis placed a gold wreath on the Unknown Soldier tomb as foreign delegates from the International Council of Women attended. Lady Aberdeen praised cross national motherly solidarity in this day of remembrance.
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Washington
Arlington National Cemetery
War Department
Arlington
International Council of Women
Davis
Diplomatic Corps
H. H. McClure
Women’s Council
Lady Aberdeen
Geneva Meeting May Bring Good Results
Geneva reporters describe the first week of the arms control conference as showing strong Latin American influence. The bloc urged equality of all nations in the right to possess armaments and called for no universal prohibition on arms exports to constitutional governments.
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Geneva
League of Nations
Disaster On Lower Mississippi Claims 22 Lives
The Norman steamer capsized in swift river currents near Coahoma bend Mississippi, killing 22 including 17 engineers and their families. Divers and derrick boats searched the cabin while government inspectors investigate cause.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi River
Coahoma Landing
Miss
Norman
Coahonia’ Bend
Helena
Ark
United ‘States Army Engineering Corps
Mid-South Association of Engineers
Chisea
St. Louis
Josse Harry Island
Army Engineering Corps
D. H. Connolly
Connolly
Cow Islands
Coahoma Bend
Mississippi
Rowlette Paine
R. M. McNeilly
Vanderbilt University
Nashville
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Jerome Williams
the American Press, Association
T. G. Armstrong
Scandinavian
Reliance Electric Iron
The
Montana Power Co
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