Montana Republicans Endorse Taft at Butte Convention
The Montana Republican Convention in Butte praised Theodore Roosevelt and approved Taft as the presidential candidate. Delegates from Sweet Grass County backed Taft with nine votes each for Leonard Marlow Bennett Barr Malone, and six alternates were chosen. The gathering endorsed Roosevelt’s policies and urged support for a Taft nomination at Chicago in June 1908.
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Montana
Butte
Taft
Col
A. B. Coit
Hughes
Roosevelt
H. J. Miller
Livingston
Theodore Roosevelt
Chicago
Ill
William H. Taft
Ohio
Republi
Can
Congress
Sweet Grass County
C. T. Busha
O. A. Fallang
Robt. Brownlee
H. C. Allen
B. O. Forsythe
S. I. Hopkins
J. T
Col. F. M. Malone
Miles City
J. G. Bair
Teton County
W. F. Meyer
Red Lodge
Charles R. Leonard
T. A. Marlow
Charles M. Barr
A. J. Bennett
Madison River Power Plans Eastern Montana Electric Extension
Billings Gazette reports eastern capitalists seek to consolidate Yellowstone valley and southern Montana power plants under one ownership. Madison River Power company would extend lines from Madison River Valley to the Dakota line connecting plants as plans near completion. New York capitalists hold options on leading Yellowstone valley plants and control the Madison River Power company plus several city electric plants.
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Detroit
St. Louis
Billings
Timber
Yellowstone Valley
Billings Gazette
Montana
Madison River Power Company
Madison River Valley
Dakota State Line
New York
Livingston
Bozeman
Butte
Great Falls
Potatoes for Sale At Big Timber Carload Offer
A seller offers 40 000 pounds of potatoes for sale at Big Timber priced at one dollar per hundred. Carloads may be hauled by interested buyers with a stated contact Hellopeter.
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Big Timber
B.S. Hellopeter
County Races Purses Set For Sweet Grass Fair Meet
The August 26 1908 meet at Sweet Grass county fair promises $2325 in purses. Secretary Utermohle reports inquiries from horsemen and outlines events including trotting and pacing races for county horses, a two year old dash, a red Grass county dash, and a girls relay with silent entry fee. Entries close July 15 at 9 PM. purse adjustments apply if fewer riders enter.
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Sweet Grass County Fair
Utermohle
Sweet Grass County
Red Grass County
Nerses
Sweet Grass
Park
Meagher
Carbon
Yellowstone
August Horse Show Operations Readied For Record Entries
The notice details race schedules for August 27 to 29, 1908 including various pace and trot events with purses up to 20 000, notes on stalls and grounds improvements, and announces eligibility for relay riders from adjoining counties. It closes with an advertisement for Foley's Honey and Tar to stop lingering colds.
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Madison River Power CO
Foley
W. D. Richards
Elliot & Cost
Kentucky
Moline
Racine and
Velie
Bear Creek Lump Coal
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