Billings Police Veterans Recall Early Department Days
Three long serving Billings officers recount horse drawn days and 1900s reforms, detailing early assignments and notable cases. They describe patrols on foot or by hired carriage, with horse units, and recall shootings, robberies, and tragic incidents from 1910 to 1924, noting changes as the force grew to 18 members with modern equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings Co Department
Charles A. Heagney
Sergis
P. H. Shultz
Frank Floyd
Billings
Heagney
Big Horn
Wyoming
Shultz
Floyd
Raton
N. M
Billings Department
Benjamin Franklin
Hart-Albin
Hart- Albin's Men's
Thad Pound
Minnesota Avenue
Broadway
Franklin
Pound
Anderson
Talgo
R. C. Baker
William Schneider
John Loy
Pat Bakke
W. I. Terrel
Pearl Wells
J. L. Dooley
Teddie
Recall of 1911 Billings sham battle and races
The 1911 Billings Fourth of July included a sham battle near the rimrocks recalling Custer’s last fight. A long distance horse race from Billings to Lavina and back was won by Johnny Connelly’s horse, with Muggins ridden by Max Crandell also noted in the day’s events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pound
Mamie Mays
Bert Talgo
Shultz
Horace Stark
Billings
Custer
Rimrocks
Lavina
Return
Johnny Connelly
Muggins
Max Crandell
Delinquent Taxes Policy Issued By Attorney General
Attorney General Freebourn issues an opinion stating there is no moratorium or remission of penalties on taxes for the last half of 1936 and for 1937 and 1938. Delinquencies on earlier periods may be paid free of penalties and interest up to December 1, 1938, requested by County Attorney Thomas C. Colton of Wibaux.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freebourn
Thomas C. Colton
Wibaux
Problem in Licenses for Montana Truck Permits
The Aero Mayflower Transit Co. of Indianapolis operates 80 trucks but does little business in Montana and has never had more than three trucks there at any time. It seeks permission to purchase three Montana truck licenses to be held at its office for trucks that might enter the state this year. Lou Boedecker, highway patrol chief, and the state legal department are examining the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aero Mayflower Transit Co
Indianapolis
United States
Montana
Lou Boedecker
State Legal Department
Power rates lowered for Troy residents by 19 percent
The state public service commission and Kootenai Light & Power Co reach an agreement to cut rates about 19 percent for Troy amid a refund of $700 to customers impounded after a previous rate order. About 300 customers will feel the impact with larger users seeing a 25 percent reduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Public Service Commission
Kootenai Light & Power Co
Troy
Oranges First Grown in California in 1873
A historical note states that oranges were first cultivated in California in 1873 marking the early era of California citrus agriculture. This milestone reflects the state’s agricultural development and expansion of fruit production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Treasure State Briefs Highlight Montana Local News
July births in Lewis and Clark County set a record for a single month. George King suffered a 20 foot fall at Hart Oil refinery after touching a live wire. Andrew Andrews captured after escaping jail through a roof hole. Smith Lake fish rearing pond project approved and under construction in Whitefish. Dillon chamber of commerce gains momentum with 20 members and drive planned. Bitter Root towns pool traffic enforcement with Joseph Lear hired as motorcycle officer. Western Air Express plans to buy a ranch near the Dearborn River as hunting lodge. Gerald Hinman injured stacking hay in Hamilton, fracturing left leg bones. Leo Carver to succeed John Davis as Ravalli County Fair director. fair set Sept 9–11. New teachers named in Big Timber high school. Fort Peck dam officials inspect project en route to Washington. Northern Pacific railroad retirees listed with long service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hesper Farm
Louisiana
Bruce Zachary
Zachary
Heagney
Schultz
J. L. Dooley
Force
Council
Dooley
R. Kogen
Billings
Kogen
Wanamaker
First National Bank
Fred Inabnit
South Twenty-sixth Street
Yegen
Guy Willis
Stone Matlock
al Helgo
Columbus
Yellowstone County
Charles Douiken
Homer Porter
Douiken
Porter
Sam
Scarface) Davis
John Davis
John
Helgoe
Minnesota Avenue
Gately
Wilhelm
Pompey's Pillar
South Side
Wongs
Wong
Shultz
Joe Lawson
Walter Loomis
Wilber Jeffries
Thirty-second Street
W. L. Terrel
Pat Bakke
Montana Avenue
Bakke
Terrel
Floyd
Department
Helena
Lewis and Clark County
Missoula
George King
Hart Oil
Wool growers report 75 percent of clip sold
State Woolgrowers' Association secretary Kathleen Neilsen says about 15 percent of Montana’s 1837 wool crop is sold on consignment. Prices for growers range from 26 to 34 cents, with demand for feeder lambs and ewes rising due to improved range conditions. The 1937 lamb crop is estimated at 2,000,000 head, down from 2,250,000 last year amid drouth and livestock movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathleen Neilsen
State Woolgrowers’ Association
Neilson
Ae. Fea
Tennessee
Kentucky
Montana
Dairy Producers Outlook Improves for 1937 38
The United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics reports in July that dairy producers face a more favorable 1937-38 outlook. Manufactured dairy products move into consumption channels at similar volume to last year, but retail prices are much higher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
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Yesteryears
Oliver Building
Henry Sims
Harris
Maple Leaf Club
State Penitentiary
Bill Frink
Poly Drive
Ward Nye
Frink
Floyd Seeley
Nels M. Anderson
Anna Anderson
Ferrel
H. J. Thompson
Chief Talgo
Baker
Schneider
Loy
Hardin
Los Angeles
Wells
Ferrer
Texas
Willis
Val Lechner
George Sweeney
Gus Ehlerding
Dewey Brey
Angela Ferro
James Smith
Ed Leckie
Gerald Smith
James Hirst
Harry Rain
W. McKenzie
Millard Simineo
Virgil Malone
Ray Glasrud
W. E. Penrod
Billings Gazette
Billings Police Department
P. H. Schultz
George Hubbard
Matt Thomas
al Halgee
Val A. Lechner
Sergt
Treasure State News
Polson
Andrew Andrews
Andrews
Whitefish
Smith Lake
Whitefish Rod and Gun Club
Hamilton
Stevensville
Darby
Bitter Root Valley
Joseph.Lear
Corvallis
Great Falls
Alvin P. Adams
Western Air Express
Dearborn River
Victor—Gerald Hinman
C. 8. Hinman
Daly Memorial Hospital
Leo Carver
John M. Davis
Ravaji County Fair
Davis
John Dowling
G. B. Strange
Victor
D. C. Lockridge
Holger Toftoy
Big Timber
Lucile Nelson
Fromberg
Haynes
Pearl Johnson
Harlowton
Fort Peck
Roger B. McWhorter
Washington, D. C
Federal Power Commission
Fort Peck Dam
Washington
Lester H. Wine
Denver
Northern Pacific Railroad
Wiliamb
Bell
William H. Porter
George Smading
H. S. Masters
W. M. Bradford
J. L. Osborne
Smading
Masters
Bradford
Osborne
Doan
STE
Seagram
Seegrem-Diatiliers Corporation
New York
General Accounting and Tax Service
Wm. B. Finlay
Charles M
Montana: Newspaper Association
Great Falls, Montana
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