Wool growers hear on cooperative marketing and culling
Twenty one woolmen attended the fall meet at the high school. Ira T. Wight of the National Wool Exchange and R L Waddell of Bozeman College Extension Service spoke on cooperative marketing, cheap credit for wool via intermediates, and improving flocks by culling and better feed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jarrett
Ira T. Wight
National Wool Exchange
R. L. Waddell
College
Bozeman
Wight
Intermediate Credit Bank of
Spokane
Commission Man of the East
Oil drilling at Nye to resume after settlement
After a year’s shutdown, Nye oil well work will resume with Purdy & Jones owning the rig and equipment. Empire State Oil company will complete the hole to 3,250 feet, with 3,000 feet of casing to be shipped when roads permit, aiming for spring depth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Nye
R. T. Ringling
Purdy & Jones
Jamestown
N. Y
Dean
Ringling
Empire State Oil Company
Wyoming
W. B. Look
Empire State
Attorney General Affirms Broad FTC Powers in Probing Anti-trust
The attorney general’s opinion, made public by the Federal Trade Commission, says the agency may pursue investigations under senate resolutions even without naming specific firms. It upholds a GE anti-trust probe and a study into flour milling and bread industry costs and prices, while limiting authority on propaganda allegations against GE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Senate
Commission
General Electric Company
Congress
Attorney General
Identity Of Murdered Man Traced In Harlowton
The body found last week in Harlowton is partially identified by a paper slip bearing the name Ernest Stettin Hudenrich and shoes labeled E. Marks Co Tonopah Nev. A bullet entry in the skull implies murder. authorities in Wheatland County seek Nevada records as sheriff L W Clark orders further investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlowton
E. Marks Co
Tonopah
Nev
Hudenrich -Ernest Stettin
Wheatland County
Nevada
L. W. Clark
State loses bid in race track gambling case
Helena court rules the attorney general's information against Lewis and Clark county fair commission fails to state a public offense and is defective in every respect. Judge A J Horsky sustained defense objections to testimony and finds the filing insufficient as a utility. The decision delays moves to move or defund the state fair as legislators consider appropriations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choate
FE. E. Collins
Billings
Doctor seeks territorial pioneers society entry
Dr. Frederick H. Sparrenberger, longtime Montana resident, writes from Fort Missoula Oct 25 asking the Pioneer about forming a territorial pioneers society. He recalls arriving in Big Timber March 1, 1888 and hopes to meet old Montana friends, requesting an membership form. He notes past service at Fort Yellowstone and transfer after troops left.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick H. Sparrenberger
Fort Missoula
The
Pioneer
Missoulian
Territorial Pioneers
Montana Society of Pioneers
Big Timber
Montana
Fred’k H. Sparrenberger
Sparrenberger
Fort Yellowstone National Park
President Proclaims Nov. 26th As Annual Thanksgiving Day
President Calvin Coolidge proclaims Thursday November 26 as Thanksgiving Day urging national reflection and gratitude for blessings of the year. He notes peace at home and abroad, good public health, productive harvests and industries, and calls for prayer and charitable deeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Coolidge
Therfore
Calvin Coolidge
United States
United States of America
Sealy
Calvin
Frank B. Kellogg
Fergus Couple Wins Custody of Missing Child
Esther Elsie Draper, 15, awarded to her Lewistown Montana parents Frank J. and Mrs. Draper by Superior Judge M. L. Clifford in Tacoma Washington after a heated custody dispute with Major and Mrs. Thomas W. King of Camp Lewis. Esther reunited with the Drapers who plan to depart for Lewistown that night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Wash
Esther Elsie Draper
Frank J. Draper
Lewistown
Mont
M. L. Clifford
Thomas W. King
Camp Lewis
Drapers
Fort Cook
Neb
Omaha
Mr. Draper
Esther
Hill Heirs In Fight Over Equal Division
St Paul Pioneer Press reports six of nine Hill heirs plan to sue Louis W Hill in St Paul this week seeking more than 1 million dollars in real estate and bonds from the late Mrs James J Hill estate. The dispute centers on North Oaks Farm near St Paul valued over 250000 and 750000 in bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul
James J. Hill
Hill
Louis W. Hill
North Oaks
Louis
Mr. Hill
New York City
Pioneer Press
Mary Hill
Billings Pushes Red Lodge Cooke City Highway Plan
The Billings Commercial Club endorses urgent federal funding for a Red Lodge to Cooke City forest highway through the Beartooth area. The resolution argues the route, surveyed as feasible, will aid mineral development and recreation, addressing eastern Montana’s isolation while unused federal aid funds may be redirected to Montana projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings Gazette
Congress
Red Lodge
Cooke City
Beartooth National Forest
Billings Commercial Club
R. G. Wiggenhorn
United States
Montana
Forest Service
Beartooth Mountains
Beartooth Forest
President To Attend Farm Bureau Meeting
Chicago reports President Coolidge will attend the American Farm Bureau Federation annual meeting in December. The event will seat about 3,000 members across the main hall and adjoining lobbies at the Hotel Sherman with advance mail reservations through state federation headquarters. Mrs Coolidge may join as guest of the home and community committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Coolidge
American Farm Bureau Federation
Sherman
State Farm Bureau
Dee
American Farm Bureau Association
Farm Bureau
Fromberg Girl Dies After Auto Upset On Road
Miss Rachel Keiser an 18 year old from a ranch north of Fromberg died after being pinned under an overturned car on the north road while three companions were also trapped. Driver John Slyner and passengers Miss Lena Hammond and Manuel Hammond were rescued withBruises and suffocation risk. A younger Hammond boy escaped to summon help as the car rested in mud and air was cut off. The group was en route to Fromberg to attend a show when the accident occurred about a quarter mile north of town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fromberg
Rachel Keiser
John Slyner
Lena Hammond
Manuel Hammond
Hammond
Miss Keiser
Here
Bad Railway Accident Caused By Bad Rail
An invisible defect in a 96 pound steel rail caused a severe derailment of the Sunnyland passenger train near Victoria Mississippi, killing many and injuring more than 50. The wreck left a tangled mass of overturned cars and sleepers, with relief trains rushing from Memphis and medical staff from Amory and Holly Springs to assist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
South
Victoria
Miss
Amory
Holly Springs
Counties Held Liable for Deposited Moneys
Montana Supreme Court rules Rosebud County must absorb losses from funds deposited by districts as the county treasurer’s actions place school and irrigation deposits in the county funds. The decision, written by Assistant Justice Matthews, upholds that all money intrusted to the treasurer in official capacity becomes county funds and the county bears any loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
State Supreme Court
Rosebud County
Matthews
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New Evangelical Church
Third Avenue East
Bramble Street
Dr. Sparrenberger
Pioneer’s Association
Fergus
Hill Heirs
Chamber of Commerce of
Sugar City
Farm Bureau Meeting
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