Forty-Six Leading Stockmen of Montana Attend St Louis Convention
Montana's 46 stockmen joined the National Cat Cattlemen's convention in St Louis, forming the largest Montana delegation. Granville Stuart chaired, R. B. Harrison served as secretary, and the group pressed for a unified livestockmen’s association while highlighting vast Texas and New Mexico holdings and the wide reach of St Louis firms in cattle, land, and finance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
St. Louis
LOU” Grill
Granville
B. Harrison
HC. Lewis
D. J. "Kennelly
J. J
Robertaon
Yeemax
Rap
Nara Page Sim
P. V. Biddle
H. Subien
G. W. Adol Heller
Harris
William Lambert
Texas
New Mexico
Panhandlevestock Association
Colada and Concho Stock Association
Southernia Livestock Association
Agua Caliente Association
Wago Mound Association
Lincoln County Association
Central New Mexico Association
Southwestern Association
Wee Ao
Hunter and Evans
Indian Territory
Kansas
Nebraska
Continental
Clark Cattle and Land Company
Niobrara Cattle Company
Baynor Cattle Company
St. Louis Cattle Company
Granville Stuart
R. B. Harrison
Southern Hotel
Harrison
England
Scotland
Mexico
Montana Delegation Shunned at Cattle Growers Convention
The Montana delegation faced exclusion as St Louis dominated the National Association of Cattle and Horse Growers meeting. Discussion centered on disease prevention and a proposed Texas cattle trail, with Montana opposing the trail and urging disease eradication to protect northwest ranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Texas
Northwest
Great’ Northwest
Stuart
Montana
United States
Granville Stuart
Col
R. D. Hunter
St. Louis
Chicago
Denver
Col. Hunter
Mark W. Dunham
Wayne, Ill
J. L. Brush
Greeley
Colo
Judge Brush
Colorado
The
National
Plains
Silas Bent
Caruthers
States
Mr. McCoy
Red River
McCoy
Congress
Trail Movement
Adel
Committee of Nine
Hon. C. Open
Henry Warren
Gen
Curtis
New
Butte to Anaconda Enforce 45 MPH Speed Limit
A 45 mile per hour limit between Butte and Anaconda took effect after Montana highway patrol supervisor Lou C. Boedecker announced the rule. He cited accident reduction as the reason and said signs will warn drivers while patrol officers enforce the limit.
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Butte
Anaconda
Lou C. Boedecker
Montana State Highway Patrol
Boedecker
Montana
Montana Highway Patrol
Sessor
California
Utah
Washington
Idaho
Butte-Anaconda
Firemen Sick Benefit Amount Tied to Relief Association Rules
An attorney general opinion holds that a fireman’s sick benefit is determined by the by laws of the fire department relief association to which he belongs. The ruling was delivered at the request of State Auditor John J. Holmes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fire Department Relief Association
Freebourn
John J. Holmes
Farther Up Missouri: Steamboat Feats of the 1860s
The article recalls claims of the Peter Balen reaching Fort Benton on June 16, 1866 and nearing the Great Falls. It also narrates Captain Burke steering the Tom Stevens toward the falls in July 1868, the vessel climbing close to the source and within hearing distance. A 1872 Helena expedition tested navigation from Three Forks and concluded upper Missouri could only support very light craft.
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Missouri River
Peter Balen
Fort Benton
Great Falls
Burke
Tom Stevens
Missouri
Penton We
Stevens
Thomas P. Roberts
Helena
Sioux City
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LaRue Smith
Kayne Osborne
Livingston
Montana State University
Smith
Sentinel
Silent Sentinel
Osborne
Sigma Nu
New York City
Eee
Lite
General Electric
General Electric Supply Corp
Road Patrol
Edna Lamoore
Waldo
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