Christmas Revels in Bannack 1866 Grasshopper Gulch Folly
The Bannack camp in Montana staged a wild Christmas celebration led by an East Coast band with a circular saw, a rosined box, and a tin fiddle on a sled drawn by oxen. A flamboyant male driver in disguise aroused reactions as the procession paraded to saloons, with locals drinking and cheering through the day and into the afternoon.
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Henry Plummer
James Darling
Darling
Jimmy Darling
Sied
Jimmy
Montana lawmakers mock session hosts lively debate
Helena dispatch reports a staged Montana Legislature mock session with jibes aimed at officials while broadcasts reach Butte Great Falls and Billings. Topics include county fairground leases profit sharing from liquor sales tax shifts, and proposed constitutional amendments.
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Helena
Butte
Great Falls
Billings
Lawmakers clash over bond bills and university consolidation
Musselshell warns against further credit while a bill lets cities issue funding bonds. Carroll opposes potential debt growth. A move saves the Lewistown university units by routing the plan to the education committee. Representative Watson transfers the measure to a rural-urban committee balance with few city residents.
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Musselshell
Carroll
Lewistown
Committee On Public Institutions
Committee On Education
Watson
Meagher County
Lawmakers clash over licensing bill amendments
Representative Bert Replogie of Lewistown praised the measure to license collection agencies as meritorious but failed to block an amendment adding lawyers to the licensing scope. Replogie and G. W. Setzer of Malta argued over the professions, and the amendment was adopted.
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Bert Replogie
Lewistown
Replogie
G. W. Setzer
Malta
Governor signs act to fix public improvement elections
Governor Frank H. Cooney signed H. R. 8 in the special session to legalize prior public improvement elections. The measure targets bonds for Fairview and Fort Benton projects funded by federal recovery funds, where elections favored progress but postings of notices delayed final transactions.
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Frank H. Cooney
Fairview
Fort Benton
Fourth Christmas Celebration Echoes Across Bannac Territory
A long recount describes a miners' Christmas celebration where work animals were spared by a kind miner. The band played late as a circular saw roared and a tin fiddle screeched. Elders called it the most successful celebration, with many not sleeping sober. Months passed before Bannac residents stopped recounting the event.
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Box
Bannac
Legislature debated amendments shaping state budget and county offices
Floor Leader Tom Kane noted a farmer introduced a bill and urged proper framing while senators discussed proposed amendments S B 30 to set a state budget and H B 121 to allow county office consolidation. Fritz Roll showcased a passion flower as symbolic lesson during the session.
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House
Tom Kane
Senate
Legislature Likely To Ease Nepotism Law Changes Sought
Senator Kaulbach of Fort Benton introduced a nepotism bill in regular session. Senator Church argues the law blocked men with relatives serving as county commissioners from finding work in their counties.
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State Historical Library
State Law Library
Capitol
Kaulbach
Fort Benton
Chouteau County
Church
December 18 milestone in liquor sales and lawmaking
A senator notes December 18 as the day liquor stores opened and the free transmission of bills between houses ended. The observation suggests the first change may boost social activities while the second could ease legislative workload and allow freer enjoyment.
Resolution Urges Highway Commission Link Across Eastern Montana
A senate joint resolution asks the highway commission to build the missing Lavina to Forsyth link in eastern Montana to aid tourists and create jobs. Senator Ray Church cites car license fee hikes to fund county roads and cites 1932 1,250,000 revenue dropping to 1,000,000 in 1933. Senator Wass proposes tiered fees for vehicles under and over 3,100 pounds to please counties.
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Senate
Highway Commission
Lavina
Forsyth
Montana
Ray Church
Lewis and Clark
Wass
Senate committee backs H J M 1 urging concurrence
The Senate committee on stock growing and grazing recently recommended concurrence in H J M 1, urging passage or approval of the measure. The action signals alignment with the bill’s goals though no final vote is recorded in the snippet.
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Senate Committee On
Farmers presses for code and price fixes
A Fergus lawmaker Replogle introduces a bill to require non attorney collection agencies to pay a 200 license fee with 150 for relief and 50 to the county of location. Farmers push memorial to the president and congress seeking a farmers code and price controls on agricultural products.
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Replogle
Fergus
Congress
Glacier National Park Roosevelt Visit Resolution Flap
Ralston of Glacier objects as the House rejects senate amendments to H J R 2. The senate softened the ornate wording inviting President Roosevelt to spend his next vacation in Glacier National Park, prompting Ralston’s indignation at the change.
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House
Senate
Ralston
Glacier
Roosevelt
Glacier National Park
Pair dies within hours of each other in Belgrade
Mr and Mrs James B Parker both died within 13 hours at their Belgrade home after a long marriage. The Parkers formerly lived in Yellowstone National Park and later near Gardiner in Park County before moving to Belgrade less than a year ago.
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James B. Parker
Belgrade
Parker
Parkers
Yellowstone Park
Gardiner
Park County
Civil Works Progress in Pondera County
The civil works program in Pondera county shows 25 projects active with seven at Conrad, four at Valier and others at Brady Dupuyer and rural areas. The payroll for the week ending Dec 7 totaled 1975 dollars and 12 cents.
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Pondera
Pondera County
Conrad
Valier
Brady
Dupuyer
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