Montana Congressman Praises Tariff Policy At Rally
Hon. Charles N. Pray of Fort Benton spoke at the Auditorium last Saturday urging support for the Republican ticket with Morley for railroad commissioner. He described the tariff law as better than before and explained a new tariff commission to ease future revisions. The meeting drew strong attendance and featured music from the Big Timber band and cordial remarks from local officials.
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Charles N. Pray
Montana
Fort Benton
Big Timber
McLeod Street
Second Avenue
Pray
Morley
Grand
Robert Brownlee
Republican County Committee
Railroad Commission
Brownlee
Commission
Montana & Wyoming Southern
Helena
Congress
United States
Taft
Heavy Run Continues at Ton Market in Montana Trade
Western range cattle receipts reach 25 000 last week the largest so far this season with 196 200 for the season end last week up from 185 200 last year Demand from local dressed beef and eastern shippers broader prices 15 to 25 cents higher Top Hereford Shorthorn steer price 7 10 per cwt most sales 5 to 5 75 Cows and heifers steady feeders up 15 to 20 cents week’s run in sheep and lambs 228 000 new record top lambs 7 0 0 breeders yearlings meat prices ranges provided for fat and feeder stock with mixed results
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Clay
Robinson & Co
Chicago Union Stock Yards
Clay, Robinson & Co
Reopening Hopes for Billings Bank Falter as Receiver Sought
Private advices say hopes fade for reopening the suspended First National Bank of Billings. A plan to obtain waivers of accounts failed to gain traction despite campaigns by the Billings chamber of commerce and the stockholders. The Treasury comptroller rejected the proposed basis of settlement, prompting new committee actions and a move to appoint a local man as receiver.
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Billings Bank
Han
Billings
First National Bank
Chamber of Commerce of
Eral
Treasury Department
Comptroller of the Treasury
Cattle and Sheep Market Upturn at Omaha in Week
Omaha buyers report a 15 to 25 cent rise for cows heifers steers and feeders last week with a sizable current run around 13 000 head trade steady for top grades and softer for common lots Good to choice killing steers 6 to 8 50 dollars while sheep show steady best lambs 6 40 to 6 85 with weaker yearlings and wethers noted and receipts expected to stay liberal this week.
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Clay, Robinson & Co
South Omaha
Northwest Railroads Report Decline in Passenger Income
Great Northern and Northern Pacific report August and September results with freight gains but passenger revenue downturns. Great Northern total operating revenue rises to 11.67 million while Northern Pacific falls to 12.81 million. cost-cutting and maintenance changes noted.
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Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Northwest
Seattle Exposition
Rev Forness to Lead Sunday Services in Billings
Rev Forness of Billings will conduct services Sunday Oct 238 preaching Norwegian in the morning at 11 and English in the evening at 7 30 J W Geiger cashier of Citizens State Bank returned last evening from the national bankers convention at Los Angeles
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Forness of Billings
J. W. Geiger
Citizens State Bank
National Bankers Convention
Los Angeles
Military map project assigns officers to Montana posts
The War Department details officers to map Montana regions. Second Lieutenants Campbell Hamilton Davis Lowe Rice and James will prepare the map at Ovando Hamilton Phillipsburg Marysville Godfrey's ranch with escort and transport by post commandants. Fort Assinniboine will supply transportation and camp gear.
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Fort Assinniboine
Camp Equipage
Bowdoin
Mont
War Department
Montana
Bruce R. Campbell
Second Infantry
Ovando
Drummond
Pacific
Elmer F. Rice
Fourteenth Infantry
Hamilton
Lee OD. Davis
Phillipsburg
Thomas H. Lowe
Twenty-eighth Infantry
Marysville
Northern Pacific
Stanley L. James
Twenty Eighth Infantry
Godfrey
Farmers' institutes begin with Great Northern circuit
Arrangements are under way for the annual Farmers institutes starting this month. The first event, in northern Montana near Culbertson, opens about Oct. 25 and travels west through Valley, Chouteau, and Teton counties to Flathead and Lincoln. The tour ends with a December Billings meeting tied to the boys and girls corn exposition with Prof Thomas Shaw and other speakers.
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Farmers’ Institutes
Montana
Culbertson
Valley
Chouteau
Teton
Flathead
Lincoln
Cascade
Fergus
Billings
Thomas Shaw
Farmers’ Institute
Cooley
Lands Withdrawn by Taft in Montana Coal and Power Lands
President Taft ordered 4100 acres in Montana withdrawn from entry, valuable for coal deposits and water power. About 2600 acres at Wolf Springs and Sunset, plus 1500 acres along Flathead Lake in the Flathead Indian Reservation, primarily for power sites. The Flathead river area had been previously withdrawn.
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Taft
Montana
Wolf Springs
Sunset
Flathead Lake
Flathead Indian Reservation
Flathead River
Registration Opens and Rules for Voting Eligibility
The notice outlines registration as a prerequisite to voting, with registration from Oct 17 to Oct 29 daily 9am to 9pm except Sundays, and a special day Oct 31 for those unable to register due to illness or absence. It explains voter qualifications, including US citizenship, one-year state residency, 30 days county residency, and disqualification for felony convictions unless pardoned. It also covers transfer rules and cross-district registration procedures.
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United States
Montana Wool Production Falls 5.5 Million Pounds in Year
W R Sheldon of Helena estimates Montana’s wool clip at 34 500 000 pounds for the year, down from 40 000 000 in 1909. Hard winter and lighter fleeces cut output by 5 500 000 pounds, with average price about 19.4 cents. total value near 6.8 million dollars, about 2 million less than 1909.
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Montana
W. R. Sheldon
Helena
Wisconsin Central Railroad
Sheldon
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Shaepey
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Trafic
E. A. Morley
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