Billings Gazette chief Leon Shaw dies at 68
Leon Shaw 68 general manager of the Billings Gazette for 20 years died of coronary thrombosis in a Billings hospital after a brief stay. A Montana resident since 1892 he held numerous roles from reporter to editor and served in the state legislature 1907 09. He married Carrie L. Gill in 1892 at Anamosa Iowa and survives.
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Leon Shaw
Billings Gazette
Billings
Shaw
Montana
Helena
Western Union
Associated Press
Record-Herald
Old Butte
Lewis and Clark County
J. Kennedy
Journal
Gazette
Billin
al Bedoo Shrine Temple
Kansas
Anamosa, Va
Carrie L. Gill
British makers pledge to curb noisy motorcycles sold
British motorcycle manufacturers assure the minister of transport that no machines producing offensive noise will be sold to the public. The statement aims to quell public concern and regulate street noise.
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Minister of Transport
Blackfeet Indian Museum Draws Tourist Interest
The Blackfeet Indian Museum near Browning attracts visitors eager to learn Blackfeet life from Mary Little Bull and Katie Home Gun. Inside the painted red lodge, artifacts such as war gear, sacred bundles, and beadwork demonstrations reveal old time ways while guests may stay as long as they wish.
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St. Mary's Blackfeet
Green Grass Bull
Geoge
First Religious Services By Father DeSmet In Montana 1840
One hundred years ago in July 1840 Catholic missionary Father Pierre DeSmet held the first Mass within Montana near Lake Henry on the Idaho border. He baptized about 600 Flathead and Pend d’Oreille Indians as his overland trek to the Rockies continued despite illness and hardship.
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Father DeSmet
Montana
Pierre Jean DeSmet
S. J
Lake Henry
Idaho
St. Louis
Rosati
Northwest
Mississippi
Westport
American Fur Company
Andrew Drips
Green River
Wyoming
Father de Smet
Yellowstone
Platte
Laramie Fork
Wind River Mountains
Flatheads
Fleming
Jean Baptiste
Jackson's Hole
Pierre’s Hole
Tetons
Henry's Lake
Jefferson
Snake Rivers
DeSmet
Missionary Journey Of Father DeSmet Across Mountains
The account follows Father DeSmet’s 1840s trek with Flathead allies from Henry's Lake to Fort Union. They travel the Jefferson and Missouri rivers, camp on the Madison fork, and witness buffalo herds. Crows and Blackfeet threats are noted before return to St Louis on New Year’s Eve and subsequent founding of St Marys in the Bitter Root valley.
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Henry’s Lake
Mosquito
Red Rock
Jefferson River
Three Forks
Missouri
Middle Branch
Madison Fork
DeSmet
Fleming
Gallatin
Yellowstone River
Yellowstone
Flathead
Fort Union
de Smet
Jean Baptiste
St. Louis
Montana
St. Mary’s
Bitter Root
Russell Will Sets Up Trust Fund For Art
The will of Nancy C. Russell provides a trust to support edification and appreciation of US art. It restricts Great Falls expenditures until the city reconveys specific parcels including the Russell studio museum and family home. Executors and trustees are named from Los Angeles and Pasadena with provisions for an adopted son’s income and legacies to multiple individuals.
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Nancy C. Russell
Charles M. Russell
United States
Great Falls
Town of
Russell
George R. Miller
Los Angeles
I. W. Church of
Sue
Russell Portis
St. Louis
James A. Cooper
Pasadena
Ella C. Ironside
Seward
Alaska
Ted C. Taylor
Bigfork
Mont
Josephine
Executors' Estate Details Revealed in Californian Probate
The will and two codicils of Russell, deceased in Pasadena 1940, authorize executors to dispose of major works with limited costs. The Montana estate includes real estate in Toole Flathead Lake and Cascade counties valued over 10,000. California assets total 275,000 in real estate securities and 125,000 in personal property. The estate features art collections and a $10,000 annuity for a stepson with display of Russell's works. The executors include William Hart, Mrs Will Rogers and Ted C Taylor.
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William 8. Hart
Mra
Will Rogers
Ted C. Taylor
Bigfork
Russell
California
Are
Pasadena
Montana
Toole
Flathead
Lake
Cascade
Conoco Display Bus Tour Reaches Montana Cities
Continental Oil Co displays a touring bus touring Great Falls Bozeman Livingston Billings Miles City as a mobile petroleum exposition. The bus features murals from exploration to delivery, a Touraide guide, and safety gear including carbon monoxide detection aided by a 12 cylinder pancake engine and an onboard generator.
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Continental Oil Co
Montana
Great Falls
Bozeman
Livingston
Billings
Miles City
Touraide
Continental
George G. Glen
Frank Shaw
Conoco
Frank Moore
Ponca City
Okla
Julius Leche
Cowboy Praises Chinese Herbs
A Sheridan Wyoming rider credits Wong Sun's Chinese Herbs with curing rheumatism and pain from arthritis neuritis and fatigue after weeks of use. He reports regaining strength weight and the ability to ride, and endorses the product for engine suffering ailments. Readers are told the herbs are sold by Great Falls Billings Helena and Missoula Montana distributors.
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Wong Sun
John Burleson
Sheridan
Wyoming
Billings
Great Falls
Grea Missoula
Helena
Montana
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