City Officials Receive Dope on Proposed Water Plant
Mayor A P O Leary and City Attorney C W Campbell visited Helena to explore a government loan for a Big Timber water system. No definite allotment exists yet. funds come from a general pool with distribution by Washington. Bond issues require voter approval on extending the 3 percent charter limit and authorizing bonds, likely about 140000 dollars, with construction costs around 120000. A 75 day election timeline is outlined, with attempts to shorten time advised against by the attorney general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. P. O’leary
C. W. Campbell
Helena
Big Timber
Montana
Washington
Campbell
Ray T. Nagle
English economist fined for kissing in police court
Sir Leo Chiozza Money, an eminent economist and former MP, was fined two pounds ten shillings for annoying a young lady by kissing her in a police court at Esom. He said he would appeal and left amid shouts from a crowd while police protected him.
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Epsom
England
Leo Chiozza Money
Royal Statistical Society
Royal Geographical Society
Leo
Daniel Boyle Called by Death Former Montana railroad official
Daniel Boyle longtime Montana railroad and public service commission member died at 77 in Billings after a yearlong illness. He joined the Northern Pacific in 1889, helped drive the Golden Spike, and served on the state railroad commission most of his career, resigning in 1932 due to illness. He lived in Helena during his commission tenure and died at his daughter’s home on Yellowstone Avenue.
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Billings
Daniel Boyle
Montana Railroad and Public Service Commission
F. P. Rixon
Yellowstone Avenue
State Railroad Commission
Commission
Helena
Northern Pacific Railway
Duck Season Limited to Two Months in 193? Open
The Department of Agriculture announced a two month open waterfowl season due to scarcity. Ducks and geese hunting runs October 1 to November 30 in several states with a 12 bird daily bag and 24 possession limit. Cackling geese allowed.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Department
Nebraska
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
Utah
Oregon
Idaho
Indians Seek Damages For Buffalo Killed
Denver September 9 Buffalo killed on the plains of the Northwest by U S soldiers forms the basis of claims to be pressed on the government. Sioux chief He-Wan-Je-Cha known as J R Kettle says a great council at Rosebud reservation heard from representatives across Montana Nebraska and the Dakotas. Treaties from 1853 to 1889 will be used to support claims for game ponies timber and mineral rights.
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Denver
Buffalo
Northwest
United States
He-Wan-Je-Cha
J. R. Kettle
Great Council of the
Rosebud
South Dakota
Montana
Nebraska
Dakotas
Kettle
Johnson Aims Swift Action to End Merchants Profiteering
Roosevelt administration officials planned rapid measures to curb profiteering and force employers to comply with the NRA jobs program. Hugh S. Johnson said plans would end code violations by firms displaying the blue eagle and address retail code price provisions amid debate over cost plus ten percent floor. The railroads showed employment gains totaling over one million as local NRA committees gathered complaints on hours and wage practices. Johnson expected to soon reveal a plan to publicly name violators in each community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
NRA
Roosevelt
Hugh S. Johnson
Johnson
Roper
Interstate Commerce Commission
Governor Cooney Announces No Repeal Election This Fall
Helena dispatch reports Governor Frank H. Cooney says Montana will not hold a repeal election in November. He notes the measure will be settled without a vote and envisions a state owned liquor system for 1933 with initial funding of 25000 dollars and potential state stores modeled after Alberta.
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Coon vi
Helena
Frank H. Cooney
Montana
Treasure State
Cooney
Alberta
Montana Salons
Local Farmers File Applications Under Wheat Adjustment Program
Farmers in Sweet Grass county file for wheat adjustment aid as emergency agent K P Jones visits Grey Cliff on Sept 14 and Big Timber Sept 15 16. Sixty 150 applications filed. plan uses five year 1928–1932 production to set allotments based on county averages and 1932 yields.
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Sweet Grass County
K. P. Jones
Mr. Jones
Grey Cliff
Big Timber
Western Cattlemen Plan Price Booster
Western cattlemen outlined plans to raise live stock prices in a meeting with Secretary Wallace. Charles E. Collins of the American National Livestock Association led talks on a possible marketing agreement for livestock and other farm program steps. Officials noted cattle and sheep may gain via a marketing pact rather than through farm act commodity status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wallace
Charles E. Collins
American National Livestock Association
Farm Administration
Collins
Denver
Mrs Minnie Mauland Dies In Butte After Kidney Illness
Mrs Minnie Mauland widow of Svend Mauland died Monday at Murray hospital in Butte from kidney ailment and complications. Her body was brought to Big Timber creek ranch for a service, then burial at Lutheran church in town. Born May 28 1874 in Sirdal Norway she came to America in 1895 and married Svend Maitland in 1898. They lived near Lewistown before settling on the Big Timber creek J. B. Long ranch. Survived by three children Mrs H B Tetlie Jonas Maitland and Mrs Lawrence Furstenberg, plus four brothers and three sisters.
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Minnie Mauland
Svend Mauland
Murray Hospital
Butte
Mauland
Big Timber Creek
A. A. Holbeck
Sirdal
Flekkefjord
Norway
America
Big Timber
Svend Maitland
Lewistown
J. B. Long
H. B. Tetlie
Jonas Maitland
Lawrence Furstenberg
Sven
Anton Thompson
Knute Thompson
Birney
Mont
Jorgen Thompson
Molly Salveson
Jorgina Hanson
Story
Wyo
Allestad
Carbon County Sheriff Lamport Dies in Billings
Walter E. Lamport 54 Carbon county sheriff died early Monday in a Billings hospital after a brief illness from a ruptured appendix He had been sheriff since last November Lamport was born March 3 1879 in Bloomington Wisconsin and moved with his family to Billings in 1882 He was a sheep and cattle raiser and coal mine operator survived by his widow his mother two sisters and a half brother who died in 1926 at Bear Creek
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Billings
Walter E. Lamport
Carbon County
Lamport
Mr. Lamport
Bloomer
Wis
Sturgis City
Black Hills
South Dakota
Red Lodge
Lillian Maxwell
Bear Crek
L. L. Lamport
South Twenty-ninth Street
Ida L. Wright
Seattle
Wash
Robert Leavens
Clair Apartments
Arthur Lake Lamporn
Bearreek
Four More States Go On Record For Repeal
Maine joined Maryland Colorado and Minnesota in voting for repeal of the eighteenth amendment. Early returns show Maine at about 2 to 1 in favor with 91 809 for and 45 124 against from 512 of 632 precincts. Late returns Colorado 3 to 1 and Minnesota about 2 to 1 in favor. Maryland victory 10 to 1 against prohibition. Only seven states remain needed for ratification.
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Portland
Maine
Maryland
Colorado
Minnesota
Baltimore
Two Thousand Mortgage Loan Applicants in Montana
Montana homeowners filed applications totaling about 4 million dollars for the new Home Loan corporation. About 80 to 90 percent seek refinancing while 10 to 20 percent aim for tax and repair cash.
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Great Falls
Montana
New Home Loan Corporation
E. C. Carruth
Home Loan Corporation Act
Building and Loan Associations
Retail Beer Dealers Seek State Enforcement Action
Great Falls nine retail beer dealers accuse the state board of equalization of negligent enforcement of the beer act. County Attorney C F Holt announced an investigation to verify the complaint and may hand the matter to the state board if justified. The dealers allege flagrant violations by hotel and club licensees and say enforcement has been lax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
State Board of Equalization
C. F. Holt
Holt
Woman Falls From Butte Hotel Window
Ruth Hoffman of Livingston, 27, remains in a local hospital in a semi conscious condition after allegedly falling or leaping from a third story window at the Butte hotel. She and Harry Brown registered as Mr. and Mrs. Brown. Brown left briefly, and Hoffman's fate is unclear though friends suspect a heart attack preceded the fall.
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Butte
Ruth Hoffman
Livingston
Harry Brown
Rambouillet Ram Brings $400 At National Sale
A Rambouillet ram from Montana State College sold for 400 dollars at the opening session of the 18th annual national ram sale in Salt Lake City. J. K. Madsen bought the ram as about 300 buyers attended the event. Leading sheepmen from the West were present with optimism for a prosperous year and higher wool prices.
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Salt Lake City
Montana State College
J. K. Madsen
More Fighters Sent To Idaho Forest Fires
MISSOULA Sept 7 An air plane carried more firefighters to the Brave creek fire in the Selway forest east of Kooskia Idaho as flames already swept over 1000 acres of timberland continued to spread Forces focused on the south and east sides of the lightning fire where danger of further advances was greatest Two plow units and a power pump were used to halt the fire and twelve miles of trenches must be built before it can be controlled per regional US forest service headquarters reports
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Missoula
Brave Creek
Selway Forest
Kooskia
Idaho
United States Forest Service
American Bankers Adopt NBA Code
The American Bankers Association approved a fair competition code seeking exceptions from NRA rules. It calls for a wage scale of 12 to 15 dollars weekly not guaranteeing minimum pay, allows 48 hour weeks for up to 13 weeks during rush periods, and preserves employee organizing rights while banning forced company unions. Public hearings on September 18 in Washington will consider the code.
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Chicago
American Bankers’ Association
National Recovery Administration
The
Recovery Administration
Washington
Death Claims Judge W S Kenyon Who Missed Presidential Chance
Judge William S. Kenyon of the U S circuit court died at his Me summer home at 64 after a heart attack five weeks earlier. A Fort Dodge Iowa native, he served in the U S Senate from 1912 to 1922 leading farm and prohibition interests before joining the bench.
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Sebasco
William S. Kenyon
U. S. Circuit Court
Eighth District
Kenyon
United States Senate
Harding
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Arkansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Jonathan P. Dolliver
Senate
United States Circuit Court
Eighth Judicial District
Coolidge
William E. Borah
Charles G. Dawes
Circuit Court of Appeals
Teapot Dome
District Court
Cheyenne
Wyo
Albert B. Fall
Secretary of the Interior
Elyria
Ohio
Grinnell College
Law School
University of Iowa
Mary Ae
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Western Cattlemen
State College Ram
W. S. Kenyon
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