Butte High Leads Missoula Track Meet With Team Victory
Butte high school won the Montana interscholastic track meet with 36 points, Hamilton second with 23 4, Bergin of Billings top scorer with 15 points. R Nelson Willow Creek set a high jump mark and E Horner Gallatin broke the javelin record.
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Missoula
Butte High School
Hamilton
R. Nelson
Willow Creek
E. Horner
Gallatin
Bergin
Billings
Butte Central
Stevensville High School
Butte
R. Davis
Georgovich
J. Duggan
Avery
Three Forks
Decker of
Circle
Flathead
Whitehall
Stevensville
Chinook
Darby
Polson
Loyola
Park County
Granite County
Great Falls
Sweet Grass County
Bozeman Hill To Be Put In Good Shape
Montana bids opened for three road projects. Fitz gerald and Staunton of Great Falls bid 30383.45 for Flint creek road 5.97 miles. Joseph Stem of Hamilton bid 4859 for steel bridge on Flint road. Yellowstone county bid 38100 for resurfacing 22 1/2 miles of Yellowstone trail Billings to Pompey’s Pillar. Melchert Construction Lewistown bid 20918.55 for Bozeman hill crushed gravel surface. Federal aid project proposals and meeting to continue tomorrow.
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Helena
Mont
Montana State Highway Commission
Flint Creek
Drummond
Hall
Granite County
Fitzgerald and Staunton
Great Falls
Joseph S Tem
Hamilton
Yellowstone County
Billings
Melchert Construction Company
Lewistown
Bozeman Hill
Park
Gallatin
Cascade County
City of
38Th Street
First Avenue
Central Avenue
Commission
Miles Family Mourns General Miles Death in Montana
Senator A W Miles, Livingston merchant and nephew of General Nelson A Miles, could not attend the funeral. The elder Miles died after long life and extensive Indian campaign memories were recalled, with relatives noting multiple sudden passes after age eighty.
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Livingston
A. W. Miles
Nelson A. Miles
Miles
General Miles
Park County High School
Joseph
Canada
Montana
Yellowstone River
Benson’s Landing
Senator Miles
George Miles
Miles City
Winners of Roosevelt Awards Receive Medals from President
In the East Room of the White House President Coolidge presented Roosevelt Memorial association medals to Governor Pinchot of Pennsylvania George Bird Grinnell of New York and Miss Martha Berry of Georgia. The honors honor conservation wilderness preservation and education work for women and children.
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Washington
White House
Coolidge
Roosevelt Memorial Association
Governor Pinchot
Pennsylvania
George Bird Grinnell
New York
Martha Berry
Georgia
Pinchot
Grin
Nell
General Custer
Black Hills
Ludlow
Yellowstone
Yellowstone Park
Glacier National Park
Miss Berry
Berry
Southern
Appalachian Mountains
Miss May Murray of Murray Hotel Dies in Livingston
Miss May A Murray owner of the Murray hotel and niece of Montana millionaire James A Murray died at 10 55 pm after a week long illness from uremic poisoning. Born in London Ontario March 2 1887 she came to the United States in 1905 studied at the University of Washington and later joined her uncle and brother in business. She opened the Murray hotel in Livingston about a year ago and made the city her home. Her body will be sent to London Ontario for funeral services and interment.
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Livingston
May A. Murray
Murray Hotel
Sife
James A. Murray
Montana
Miss Murray
London
Ontario
Canada
United States
University of Washington
Butte
Marcus Murray
Wlso
James EK. Murray
Order of St. Joseph
Ethelbert
Marcus M. Murray
James E. Murray
Miles Laid To Rest At Arlington In Military Honors
Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors. Generals, admirals, veterans, and government officials attended the ceremony, highlighting decades of service from the Civil War era to later conflicts. The procession included Army, Navy, Marine, and Marine bands, escort columns, and a ceremonial caisson as the flag-draped casket was carried to the tomb.
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Washington
Nelson A. Miles
Arlington National Cemetery
Old Fort Meyer
Virginia Hills
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
St. John's Church
White House
Miles
Army of Today
Arlington
Highway Bridge
Old Fort
Sherman Miles
Europe
Fort Meyer
Floods in Glenrock Wyoming Displace Families
Heavy rain in the Deer Creek and Box Elder basins washed water into Glenrock, Wyoming. Four feet of flooding covered the lower town, 12 to 15 families evacuated, and property damage is expected to be large. Cattle and horses drowned near the dairy on the town’s edge as the crest hit at 6 pm and continued rising.
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Casper
Wyo
Glenrock
Deer Creek
Box Elder
Platte
Casper Herald
John Fenix
Autopsy Finds Skull Fracture in Infant Death Case
New York acting District Attorney Pecora announced an autopsy on William Winters of a baby farm run by Mrs Geisen Volk showed a skull fracture hours before death. Dr Otto H Schultz said the fracture ran from back to forehead and timing was hours. A nurse claimed Agnes Toohey died with no fracture. DA suggested possible misidentification of the child.
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New York
Pecora
William Winters
Helen Auguste Geisen- Volk
Otto H. Schultz
Francis Hirsch
Agnes Toohey
Lee Dennis Named Chief Clerk Of State Board Of Examiners
Lee Dennis, former state railroad commissioner and Republican gubernatorial candidate, elected chief clerk to the state board of examiners. The board, led by Governor Erickson, Secretary of State Stewart, and Attorney General Foot, chose Dennis to succeed A. E. McFatridge, who has served since January 1917. Dennis will assume June first duties and has long ties to Cascade county and Helena.
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Fice
McFatridge
Board of Examiners
Lee Dennis
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Cascade County
Dennis
Helena
Former Governor Davis Freed In Bribery Case
Former Kansas governor J M Davis was acquitted of soliciting a bribe for a pardon. Jury deliberated three hours. Davis and son Russell still face a separate criminal charge. Davis thanked the judge and noted his wife’s victory as he left the courthouse.
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Topeka
Kan
J. M. Davis
Kansas
Russell
Davis
James A. McGlure
Walter Grundy
Fred W. Pollman
Peterson
Mr. Davis
Pollman
Pullman
A. L. Oswald
Hutchinson
State Bank
Oswald
Grundy
State Penitentiary
Weather Helps Farm Work Across Montana As Seeding Nears End
Weather allowed strong field progress in Montana for the week ending May 19. Wheat seeding nears completion, flax oats and barley are being sown, and corn planting has begun. Frosts damaged some sugar beets in the Yellowstone valley, but fruit sections west of the divide were less affected.
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Helena
Mont
Montana
W. T. Lathrop
United States Department of Agriculture
Yellowstone Valley
Stillwater
Geneva Delegates Narrow Gap on Arms Traffic Control
At Geneva May 15 the international conference on traffic in arms and munitions moved to classify gunpowder and explosives as category 2 items subject to supervision only if shown for war use. Delegates faced hurdles over poison gas bans, hoping a clause would declare asphyxiating gases a violation of international law with 45 powers subscribing.
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Geneva
Washington
I C C Orders Inquiry Into Milwaukee Railway Affairs
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered a special inquiry into the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad after it entered receivership. Respondents include three receivers and the corporation. hearings will be set later. The probe will review history, management, finances, and practices to determine needed orders or actions.
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Washington
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Interstate Commerce Commission
H. E. Byram
The
Road
Mark W. Potter
Commerce Commission
Edward J. Brundage
St. Paul
Lenroot
Wisconsin
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Thompson
Lyon
Sweet Grass
Renn
Fullerton
Taylor
James
McLaren
Toole
Roosevelt
May Murray
Wyoming
State Board of Examiners
Davis Freed
Milwaukee Railway
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