Cost under three cent gas tax in Sweet Grass county
County officials urge voters to reject Initiative Measure No 3 arguing the three cent gasoline tax will mainly benefit few farms along the Yellowstone Trail. They warn of higher costs to car owners, loss of federal aid, and depleted local road funds.
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Boards of Commissioners
Sweet Grass County
Department of Commerce
Washington, D. C
Montana
State Highway Commission
Zoa
Champion Dempsey Hampered By Actions
Jack Dempsey was placed under a receiver after a suit by former manager Jack Kearns sought an accounting of earnings from Aug. 3, 1923, to Aug. 3, 1926. He must appear before Vice Chancellor Ingersoll next Tuesday. a writ restrains travel and property disposition unless a $100,000 bond is posted.
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Atlantic City
Jack Dempsey
Jack Kearns
Dempsey
Robert H. Ingersoll
Ingersoll
Big Fire Destroys Ranch Buildings Near Elton
A Sunday night blaze at Mrs. Sarah Hurzeler’s Jower Yellowstone valley ranch near Elton destroyed barns, a milk house, dairy equipment, harness, and a large hay stack. Losses run to several thousand dollars with 1800 dollars insured. eighteen cows were milked elsewhere while temporary gear is readied until permanent quarters are rebuilt. The fire, possibly sparked by a tramp’s cigarette, was discovered about 10:30 p.m. by Elza Wilcox, an employee.
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Park County News
Sane
Sarah Hurzeler
Jower
Yellowstone Valley
Livingston
Harry W. Davis
Elza Wilcox
Northern Pacific
Springdale
Hurzeler
Park County
Tom Francis
Aimee Semple McPherson Gets Preliminary Hearing Monday
Los Angeles reports District Attorney Asa Keyes and aides preparing evidence for the preliminary hearing of Aimee Semple McPherson and her mother Minnie Kennedy on charges of criminal conspiracy and false evidence in the kidnapping case. Ormiston remains a key missing witness as plans for a defense fund surface.
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Los Angeles
Asa Keyes
Aimee Semple McPherson
Minnie Kennedy
McPherson
Angeles Temple
Harry R. Melosh
Keyes
Reverend Leonard K Smith to Leave Livingston for Texas Rectorate
Rev Leonard K Smith and family plan to depart Livingston next Sunday for San Marcos Texas where he has accepted a rectorate at the Episcopal church They will be joined in Big Timber by Smith after the Sunday farewell sermon The Smith children will attend Texas colleges and they will visit relatives in Denver on the trip.
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Livingston Enterprise
Leonard K. Smith
Livingston
San Marcos
Texas
Rev. Smith
Big Timber
Mrs. Smith
Denver
Colorado Capital
Nonstop Paris flight ends in crash and deaths
Two men died when Captain Rene Fonck's three engine airmobile attempting a 3600 mile nonstop flight to Paris crashed near Westbury New York. French radio operator Charles Clavier and Russian mechanic Jacob Islamoff perished in the fire.
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Westbury
N. Y
Rene Fonck
Paris
Charles Clavier
Jacob Islamoff
Fonck
Lawrence W. Curtin
Igor Sikorsky
Fonek
France
Curtin
Billings Wins Eastern Montana Normal School Site
Billings has been selected as the site for the Eastern Montana Normal School. The decision follows a decade of effort by Montana educators and local officials. The city filed an option on 50 acres west of North Twenty-seventh Street and south of the overflow reservoir, owned by Billings Real Estate Co. The site overlooks St. Vincent's hospital and the city, with park and landscaping potential.
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Billings
Montana Normal School
Montana
Bilings
North Twenty-seventh Street
Billings Real Estate Company
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Billings Beach
Thirtieth Street
Butte Miner Shot By Drink Parlor Owner
Frank Buckley 33, a miner, was shot in the head and critically wounded by Patrick Dougherty, conductor of a soft drink parlor, after Buckley and four companions allegedly tried to break into the parlor in Butte early Sunday. Dougherty and the four others are held in county jail.
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Butte
Frank Buckley
Patrick Dougherty
Buckley
Ed Durette
Ed O’connell
Anaconda
Emmett Heaney
James Bonner
Dougherty
Supreme Court Rules On Three Convictions
The Montana Supreme Court upholds three convictions. It affirms Andrew Jacobson’s conviction over liquor found in a Missoula hotel room, rejects appeal that Charlie Smith owned the liquor, and supports that juror statements need not overturn verdicts. The court also declines post verdict challenges as cumulative evidence and upholds George Thienes’ Sweet Grass county conviction.
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Vincent Gies
Lewistown
Supreme Court
George Thienes
Sweet Grass County
Thienes
Four Armed Men Rob Wisconsin Bank Steal Big Haul
Four armed men robbed the First National Bank in Columbus Wisconsin on a Monday afternoon seizing securities valued at about one million dollars and ten thousand in currency. One third of the securities were negotiable. Patrons and workers were herded into a vault as bags carried the loot were loaded into an automobile where a fifth man acted as lookout and chauffeur. They wore overalls and evaded attention entering just before closing time. They missed two thousand five hundred dollars in cash and sixty thousand dollars in bonds.
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Fonck
Westbury Fire Department
Carl F. Schory
National Aeronautical Association
Columbus
Wis
First National Bank
Worst Storm of Years Rages on Florida Coast
A vast hurricane toll hit the Florida east coast with about 500 deaths and 25 to 125 million dollars in damage. Miami and Miami Beach suffered worst, with 150 deaths at Miami Beach and 80 in Miami, plus widespread blackouts, water shortages, and urgent relief needs as Governor Martin mobilized National Guard units to aid affected cities.
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Florida Coast
West Palm Beach
Fla
Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Alabama
Louisiana
Miami
Vicinity
Fort Lauderdale
Bahamas
Miami Beach
Hollywood
Masonic Temple
Moorehaven
Clewiston
Dania
Ojus
Hialeah
Hallandale
Homestead
Palm Beach
John W. Martin
National Guard
Jacksonville
Associated Press
President Coolidge Makes Easy Return From North Vacation
President Coolidge and Mrs. Coolidge rode a daylight special through the Mohawk and Hudson river valleys on the way to Washington after a ten week north country vacation. Crowds lined platforms as the train passed, with schoolchildren waving flags and officials greeting the president.
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Presidents Coolidge
Ravena
N. Y
President Coolidge
New York
Adirondacks
Mohawk
Hudson River
Washington
North Country
Coolidge
Mr. Coolidge
White House
Paul Smith
Father O'Brien Warns On Fake Collectors In Great Falls
The Rt. Rev. Monsignor M. T. O'Brien warns residents not to donate to any collector purporting to represent the Great Falls diocese unless they carry a letter from Bishop Lenihan authorizing the canvass and another from the Monsignor approving it. Letters will be issued for authorized collectors, who must also show parish permission.
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Great Falls
M. T. O’brien
St. Ann’s Cathedral
M. GC. Lenihan
Lenihan
Western Statesmen Seek Mineral Titles for States
Governor George Dern of Utah urged the western states division of the American Mining Congress to secure title to all minerals in school lands. He argued Congress granted mineral rights with school lands and should confirm those grants. Congressman Winter backed state sovereignty over public lands and urged clear titles to develop western resources.
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Denver
George Dern
Utah
Western States Division
American Mining Congress
Public Lands
Congress
Dern
William Spry
General Land Office
Land Office
Interior Department
Spry
Washington
Charles E. Winter
Wyoming
Winter
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Yellowstone Trail
Elton
Aimee Semple M’pherson
State Normal School
Wisconsin
Father O’brien
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