Destructive Early Morning Fire Tears Through Park County Elevator
Big Timber suffered a major blaze at the Park County Milling Co elevator near the Northern Pacific whistle house. Firemen battled a hard blaze for hours as water access was limited by a steel-covered building. The interior held thousands of bushels of grain and feed, all fully insured. origin suspected from hot boxes igniting oil and dust after a Saturday machinery run. The elevator, built in 1909, changed hands several times before the Park County Milling Co. took charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park County Milling Co
Northern Pacific Wau
Busha
Big annual Indianapolis 400 race slated for May 30
The 13th annual 400 mile Indianapolis speedway race is set for May 30. Most entrants use 8 cylinder cars with German superchargers tested in Europe and now in America. Eligible cars are single seaters minimum 1400 pounds with piston displacement up to 122 cubic inches, same as 1923 24, with 9146 cubic inches planned for 1925. Leading drivers include Milton Cortain De Palma Hill Wonderlich Hartz Cooper and De Paolo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Speedway
Tommy Milton
L. L. Cortain
Joe Boyer
Ralph de- Palma
Benny Hill
Jerry Wonderlich
Harry Hartz
Earl Cooper
Pete de- Paolo
Supreme Court Allows Newspapers to Publish Tax Records
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that newspapers may publish official tax information made available for public inspection by Congress. The decision hinges on statutory interpretation and upholds public access to income tax lists from the Internal Revenue Bureau. Officials plan to lease and speed public access to the current records as soon as transcription is complete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Supreme Court
Internal Revenue Bureau
Sutherland
Kansas City Journal-Post
Baltimore Post
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Blair
Third Annual Music Memory Contest Noted as Success
The third annual Music Memory Contest for public school pupils from fourth to eighth grade was led by Miss Thelma Allen. More than fifty contestants scored above ninety with gold silver and bronze medals awarded for perfect scores and high marks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma Allen
Miss Allen
Rose Goosey
Agnes Freeberg
Edna Traver
Alice Ronning
Genevieve Benson
Audrey Graff
Ida Ostrem
Betty Trower
Lewis Steensland
Ethel Davidson
Louise Ryan
Roy Ellison
Averil Goosey
Theresa Morstein
Alice Patterson
James Bourne
Gertrude Conwell
Eva Bourne
James Ballard
Glyde Fredrickson
Wilma Steensland
Ida Patterson
Margaret Webb
Betty
Commencement Program for May 28 High School
The May 28 commencement program lists processional invocation by Rev. A Holbeck and remarks by Prof. Payne Templeton. It includes class roll, officers, honor roll, gown colors, and valedictorian and salutatorian designations.
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Mervin Sell
Rev
A. Holbeck
Herman Lohr
Carmena
H. Wilson
G. Struckman
Payne Templeton
Montana to Get Place on Advertising Map
New York reports an industrial exposition planned for 1926 at Grand Central Palace to display resources and scenic attractions of Oregon Washington Idaho and Montana. Tacoma chamber’s Edward P Kemmer says date pending with strong financial and popular support. Edward H Lang of Anaconda Copper Mining Co named New York committee chairman.
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New York
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Montana
Grand Central Palace
Edward P. Kemmer
Chamber of Commerce of
Tacoma
Wash
Pacific Northwest
Kemmer
Edward H. Lang
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Butte
Utilities Must Pay On Money Of Depositors
Montana public utilities are ordered by the Public Service Commission to pay six percent annual interest on deposits as a guarantee for bill payments. Interest must be paid in cash or check and recorded with dates and amounts. Utilities must settle past due interest and report under oath by July first to confirm full compliance.
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Helena
Mont
Public Utilities of
Montana
Public Service Commission of Montana
Coal Mine Disaster at Carolina Coal near Green Fields
Rescue workers recovered six bodies from the Carolina Coal mine near Coal Glen North Carolina as three score miners remained entombed after explosions. Officials expect the trapped may have died from after damp with air flowing and fans active.
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North Carolina
Coalglen
N. C
Carolina
A. L. Holland
W. E. Byerly
Hollis Richardson
Jeff Rimer
Will Irick
Carolina Coal Company
Bion H. Butler
Mining
William Hill
Cumnock
Cumnock Company
Mr. Hill
Butler
Chicago Educator Ernest Burton Dies at 69
Dr. Ernest Dewitt Burton, president of the University of Chicago, died of peritonitis at age 69. He had led the university for two years and served with it 32 years. The body will be laid to rest Thursday. Mrs Burton, daughter Margaret, and Harold Swift were with him at the end. Colleagues lauded him as a scholar administrator and neighbor. President Walter Dill Scott of Northwestern University offered praise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ernest Dewitt Burton
University of Chicago
Burton
Swift
Walter Dill Scott
Northwestern University
Miss Murray Listed As Next June Bride
The Livingston Enterprise reports Miss May Murray died before her June wedding as a Seattle doctor hurried to Livingston after learning of her illness. The physician planned a London flight but delayed due to a damaged plane, delaying attempts to reach the fiancée before her death.
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Miss Murray
Livingston
Miss May Murray
London
Ontario
Canada
Seattle
Butte
Murray
Montana to Aid American Legion Rehabilitation Drive
Montana department officers finalize plans for a 3 million dollar national drive aiding disabled veterans and orphan welfare. A Montana committee targets 20 thousand dollars of the total. state and auxiliary leaders appoint and announce committeemen and appoints state chairman Albert J. Galen with Mrs. W. T. Perham as assistant.
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Montana
Albert J. Galen
Liberia
Perham
N. J. Veiland
Forsyth
L. J. Molumby
Great Falls
P. M. Maxwell
Deer Lodge
R. M. Porter
Red Lodge
The
Legion Auxiliary
F. M. Doyle
Glendive
Mr. Rice
Minneapolis
W. L. Jones
Fall Doheny and Sinclair Face Criminal Court
Indictments return that Albert B. Fall E. L. Doheny and Harry F. Sinclair must answer in a criminal court for oil scandal conspiracies tied to Teapot Dome and Elk Hill leases. New counts include alleged bribe and bond transfers with details withheld, while some original charges were not reindicted.
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Fall
Doheny
Sinclair
Washington
Albert B. Fall
E. L. Doheny
Harry F. Sinclair
Teapot Dome
Elk Hill
District of Columbia Supreme Court
E. L. Doheny, Jr
Atlee Pomerene
Supreme Court
United States
Liberty
Cheyenne
Wyo
Continental Trading Company, Ltd
Canada
The
United
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Ase
Grieg
Schubert
Bizet
Kreisler
Verdi
Strauss
Arthur Boyd Emma Louise Hoem Myron T. Bryant
Robert Struckman
Lena T. Manis Ralph Ryan Myrna Mehlberg Harry Alonzo Thompson
Ethel Keith Steensland
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Alice Grace Rostad
Helen J. Alen
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Lena Beley
Edith B. Webber
Anne Cosgriff
Kate Cosgriff
Norma Alberta Brown
A “i Thelma Jean Sleveland
Harry Alonzo Thompson
Hilda Margarethe Rein Thelma
Jean Sleveland
Lloyd Gordon Reine Hester
Conlyn Lacklen
Plower
Prof
Payne’ Templeton
Johnston
Pioneer
A. A. Holbeck
Cinderella
Jessica Caulkins
Jane Brown
Irma Thorson
Agnes Lavold
Fay Busha
Ray Becken
Gladys Breck
Vern Boddy
Frances Ballard
Bunny Beley
Audrey Douthett
Rudolph Egeland
John Gooses
Alice Hauge
Lillian Hauge
Clifford Hoem
Louis Larson
Alice Langston
Millie Miller
Jack McDonald
Agnes Olson
Arnold Olson
Wayne Rees
Beatrice Shaver
Ocle Smith
Lewis Stickley
Charles Sloan
Frances Ullman
Frances Whalen
Na West
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Howard Wallace
Dean Lowry
Mae L. Duffey
Lawrence McComas
Sidney Fraser
Oral Sanders
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Milan Haas
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A. J. Martz
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