Riot at Great Falls ends with peace after pitched scuffle
In 1924 at Great Falls the home team faced the Stockett Miners. Dizzy Schwartz pitched wild but was kept on field by crowd control led by former Helena police chief Jack Flannery. Marshall and Schwartz shook hands and the game continued as fans returned to seats.
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Great Falls
Stockett Miners
Dizzy” Schwartz
Bob Marshall
Schwartz
Bob
Jack Flannery
Jack
Marshall
Flannery
Helena
Dizzy
Charley
Dizzy Schwartz Faces Major League Tryout Turned Away
The Brooklyn Dodgers signed Dizzy Schwartz after a strong pitching display against Dazzy Vance in a 2 to 1 game but he did not make the majors. He reported to spring training, received walking papers, then returned to Great Falls to rejoin the A. C. M. club with later play in 1927 in the Butte Mines league.
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Dizzy” Schwartz
Dodgers
Great Falls
Dazzy” Vance
Brooklyn
Schwartz
Vance
Wilbert Robinson
Dizzy
Charley
Butte Mines
Montanans Own Card Stock Attendance 18 000
Charley Rasmussen of Billings a longtime Montana revenue official and St. Louis Cardinals stockholder reflects on eight Montanans who own major league shares. He recalls buying in for keepsakes and notes the 55 577 attendance at the Polo Grounds as big news and potential dividends.
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Mammy
Jolson
Billings
St. Louis
Cardinal
John McGraw
Rasmussen
Charley Rasmussen
Charley
Montana
Cardinals
Dizzy Dean
Dean
Frankie Frisch
Carl Hubbel
Polo Grounds
Try to Sell to Jolson in 1913 Cardinals Bid
The recollection recalls Al Jolson as a possible buyer for the St. Louis Cardinals during 1913 or 1914 amid financial troubles. A controlling stake might have cost about one hundred thousand dollars plus goodwill and debts. Jolson was a New York Giants fan and connected to John McGraw.
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Jolson
al Jolson
St. Louis Cardinals
New York
John McGraw
Polo Grounds
Jim Corbett
de Wolf Hopper
Louie Mann
the Jolson
St. Louis
Treasure State News in Brief Highlights Montana notices
Funeral services for Elizabeth Squires 83 held in Grantsdale. Post office building of 73000 started in Deer Lodge with Colfax Washington contractor. Fires on railroad properties investigated as incendiary in Great Falls. Knights of Columbus to send Victor Weber to national convention in San Antonio. John Beckett publishs Toole County Citizen in Sweet Grass. Roy Stewart transferred to zone 4 Missoula in WPA project. Dr. Barkley joins Montana State University botany staff. Dillon Chamber of Commerce organized with president R M Barrett. Thompson Falls pitcher Felix Carter breaks arm. Thompson Falls beats Libby 10 9. Great Falls Methodist conference hosted by First Church. Butte airport improvement project to begin with WPA labor. Ore traffic on Coeur d Alene branch adds freight through Wallace. Thomas C Colton named special assistant to U S District Attorney. Glacier National Park museum plans advance under Glacier Park Transportation Co. Fort Peck dam curtailment warned could cost 2 million and endanger dam with 1250 workers at risk. Corvallis school board hires three new teachers for fourth fifth seventh grades.
Glacier Park to Build Jessop Hatchery at Unnamed Lake
Glacier park plans a new hatchery at Jessop's mill site near Kalispell to produce 50 000 legal size fish annually and spawn up to a million per year for Glacier park lakes. The project includes a 72 acre site with a 40 trough hatchery, public aquarium, two residences, and rearing ponds and will reuse rainbow and eastern brook trout spawn from Yellowstone. Construction follows federal funds approval and option extensions aided by Great Northern Railway. first stock expected fall 1939.
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Glacier Park
Jessop
E. T. Scoven
Park Service
E. A. Davidson
San Francisco
William Hausmann
Washington, D. C
I. 5. Stinson
D. H. van Ripper
Supt
Scoven
Glacier Rk
Yellowstone Park
Madsen
Congress
Pres. W. P. Kinney
Great Northern Railway
Great Northern
Farmers’ Cooperative
Montana man risks life to save tourist from icy Glacier falls
James A. Galen of Wolf Creek plunged into McDonald Falls to save Miss Marie Wagner of Hutchinson Minnesota who slipped while posing for her birthday photo. He dived three times into 20 foot rapids until bringing her to shore where a doctor treated her until she regained consciousness. Galen, a former park guide, is a noted Montana figure and Carnegie hero candidate.
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McDonald Falls
Glacier National Park
James A. Galen
Wolf Creek
A. J. Galen
Helena
Montana
Marie Wagner
Hutchinson
Minn
Galen
Miss Wagner
James Galen
Judge Galen
Glacier Park
Oon McKinley National Park
Aska
Montana stockmen urged to avoid selling to speculators
Dr. W. J. Butler state veterinarian and Mont. stockgrowers adviser warns Butler urges Montana stockmen not to sell cattle to speculators offering below eastern market prices. He notes July fat cattle prices in the east are the highest since 1920 and slaughter is the smallest since 1879, with available cattle far below normal.
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Butler Waens
Montana
W. J. Butler
Montana Stockgrowers’ Association
Montana Livestock Production Credit Association
Butler
Simple Flood Irrigation Plan For Sloped Fields
A Montana experiment station irrigation engineer describes a flood irrigation method for fields under one percent slope. Water diversion dam feeds a contour supply ditch with staged dikes guiding water across the field to form a soil reservoir that minimizes evaporation and uses all water for crops.
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Wever Annel
Oo. v . Monson
Montana
Ramauisura Experiment Station
M. W. A. Picnic Set for Dillon at Dillmont Park
Modern Woodmen lodges plan a mining district picnic and log rolling in Dillon September 5 and 6. Events include drills on the streets, log rolling, baseball, fireworks, and dancing. Prizes total 75, 50, and 25 for best drill teams.
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Dillmont Park
Dillon
Mining
Earl Roe
Thoma Dunstan
Fred Prime
James Plenty
Walter Seedholm
O. R. Popovac
Don B. King
Trained Otter Sets 16 Dives for 15 Fish on River
A forest ranger observed an otter on the east Gallatin river perform 16 dives in ten minutes, catching and eating 15 fish. After feeding, the otter swam downstream while four youngsters on the opposite bank waited.
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East Gallatin River
Jimmie James Returns as VP in Charge of Operations
Western Air Express announces veteran pilot Jimmie James is back as vice president in charge of operations. The change, effective days ago, restores him to a post he held before a year ago when he took a leave for special night work. Allan Barrie shifts to experimental flying engineering.
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Jimmie James
Western Air Express
James
Allan Barrie
Akron Tests For Higher Blimp Mooring Mast
A new tethering mast twice the height of the old 15 foot units is undergoing tests in Akron Ohio indicating progress in airship infrastructure.
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Akron
Ohio
Farmers Urged to Check Feed Inventory for Winter Stock
Experts urge farm operators to inventory on hand feed and what can still be harvested. The Montana Agricultural Experiment Station lists winter feeding rations for beef cows and other stock, with safe daily supplements such as alfalfa, corn silage, straw, and silage blends.
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Husbandry Department
Canue Y
Chittenden
Montana Agricultural Experis
Bozeman
England Gliding Clubs Network Grows With 24 Groups
The current English gliding scene includes 24 clubs with about 100 aircraft, comprising gliders and sailplanes, and a growing membership base across the country.
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England
Resent
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Montana Sports Tales
Joe L. Markham
Montana State Athletic Commission
Treasure State News
Hamilton
Grantsdale
Elizabeth Squires
Deer Lodge
B. H. Sheldon Company
Colfax, Wash
Victor N. Weber
Knights of Columbus Lodge
Organization
San Antonio
Tex
Sweet Grass
John Beckett
Michigan
Toole County
Livingston
Roy N. Stewart
Works Progress Administration
District 10
Zone 4
Missoula
Fred Alexander Barkley
Washington University
Montana State University
George Finlay Simmons
R. M. Barrett
Dillon Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Thompson Falls
Felix Carter
Libby
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
First Methodist Church of
Cecil F. Ristow
Butte
Jack Healy
WPA
Coeur d’Alene
Northern Pacific Railroad
Wallace
Burkepee
Idaho Panhandle
Howard H. Hayes
Glacier Park Transportation Co
Two Medicine Lake
Blackfeet
Hush L. Scott
Fort Peck
Army
Cascade County Trades and Labor Assembly
Park
Minnesota
Eee
Sine Cernight
SEN Neural Spire
Dennen
Anaconda Sa'es Co
Anaconda, Mont
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