State Adds Ten Per Cent To Delinquent Gasoline Tax
Montana refiners and distributors who failed to remit the two cent per gallon gasoline tax for quarter ending September 30 1926 face payment of the tax plus a 10 percent penalty and interest from due date. Recent court ruling upheld the 1925 law. some firms have paid, others still owe, totaling 123944.78 including penalties. Hart Refineries claims amounting to 119.63 were disallowed for nonpayment to the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Montana
State Board of Equalization
Shelby Pipeline and Refining Co
Supreme Court
Snow Cap Oil Co
Sunburst
Absgar Refineries
Kevin
Montana Giant Petroleum Co
Blue Bird Oil_and Refining Co
Butte
C. W. Refineries
Missoula
North American Oil Refinery Trust
Kalispell
Reliance Refining Co
Silver Bow Refining Co
Yale Oil Corporation
Miles City
State Board of Examiners
Hart
State Fish and Game Department
Shipping group to add rabbit hides to cooperative sales
The Teton County Shipping Association plans to include rabbit hides in its cooperative selling program. County Agent Robert Clarkson seeks about 100 dry hides to submit for grading samples. Expected net price is 15 to 20 cents per hide depending on quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton County Shipping Association
Robert Clarkson
Clarkson
How to Skin Rabbits and Dry Hides Guides Local Boys
Mr Clarkson offers a practical guide for skinning jackrabbits or cottontails and drying hides. The method covers step by step skinning, from removing front legs to peeling the hide and finishing with ears. Hides should dry on a V shaped rack, fur inside, then be weighed and paid by the county agent. Rabbit drives may form to collect hides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarkson
Christmas Socials and Church Services in Farmington
Farmington church and school events fill the holiday stretch. Sunday school and church services are planned, while residents host guests from Kerr Dennison and Slanger families. Christmas dinners, neighborhood gatherings, and birthday surprises mark the season with many visits to the Edwards Hanson Seekins and Otness households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmington School
Stone
J. G.* Johnson
Porter Bench
Dorothy Swenson
Slanger
Dennison
J. W. Kerr
Oscar Richem
John Richem
Oris Brown
Wm. Jacobs
Grace Groot
Groot
Miss Nagle
H. Davidson
Kerr
Howard Hanson
George Slanger
Davidson
Henry Davidson
Nyhus
L. J. Otness
R. Anderson
Mabel *Merrick
Dominic Banis
Anderson
John Edwards
Margaret Nagie
Charlie Pierce
I. N. Caskey
B. T. Hanson
Martin Swanson
Hanson Home
Henrietta Slanger
Wisdom
Montana
J. B. Conner
D. G. Seekins
Farmington School House
Santa Claus
Henry Nyhus
Olaf Forseth
Olaf Lindseth
Carl Hanson
David Davids
Alice Otness
Arenmeyer Brothers
Forseth
Chalmers
Swenson
Dorothy A Arensmeyer
J. J Otness
Steve Lindseth
Morris
Great Falls
Alice Rahm
Stella Rahm
Boy Scout Troop For Eskimo Lads In Alaskan School
An Eskimo Boy Scout troop has been organized at Cape Prince of Wales in Alaska under the Interior Department Bureau of Education. Meetings twice monthly cover village problems and cooperation with the village council helps keep the town clean and the water supply sanitary. The teacher serves as scoutmaster and the classroom is a year round reading room with magazines, books, and games. Contests include marksmanship spear throwing archery first aid health and cleanliness cooking woodcraft and animal and plant study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Prince of Wales
Bering Strait
Alaska
Bureau of Education, Interior Department
Earliest Form of Money in America
The Pine Tree shilling, dated 1652, was the first common money in New England coins. John Hull profited from the contract creating wealth as the state sought to cancel it. Colonial notes, 1690s checks, and 1780 Massachusetts Bay notes funded war efforts with prices tied to commodity values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Farran Zerbe
Chase National Bank
John Hull
Hull
America
Sons of Liberty
Boston
Massachusetts
Philadelphia
Bank of North America
Continental
Massachusetts Bay
Local History Project Marks Williamson County Sites
Taylor High School history students completed a two year project to prepare a complete history of Williamson County Texas. They produced an authentic county history a calendar of historic events a map locating places legends and incidents and set up bronze markers at designated sites per the U S Department of Interior Bulletin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson
Taylor
Texas
U. S. Dept. of Interior Bulletin
Auto tops Mount Agassiz for first time in Bethlehem NH
R B Patteson of Roslindale drove a car with three passengers to the summit of Mount Agassiz in Bethlehem New Hampshire the first time a motor car reached the peak Guests at Summit House watched the arrival and the base station operator had misdirected them to the carriage road before the driver realized the mistake and could not turn back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Agassiz
Bethlehem
N. H
Summit House
R. 8. Patteson
Roslindale
Large Indian Cotton Depot at Bombay Port
The Mazagon cotton depot, the chief wartime project at Bombay port, spans 127 acres and cost 15,000,000 rupees. It claims to be the largest of its kind with 1,000,000 bales of covered storage and similar open storage. From November 1925 to March 1926 the depot handled 2,890,000 bales of cotton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bombay
Mazagon
Notice on suspension of Bynum Irrigation Project work
Winston Bros. announces all work on the Bynum Irrigation Project is suspended. Suppliers or subcontractors act at their own risk. Winston Bros. will not pay bills unless contracted by an authorized representative. Chateau Montana. Dated December 9 1926. First publication December 16. Last December 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bynum
Winston Bros
Chateau
Mont
Winston Bros. Company
Lapland Girls Studious Eager for Knowledge of Outside World
Lapland girls in Siima near the Finland border are eager students in the Y W C A traveling school. Traveling teachers rode 60 miles in an open sled on a frozen river to reach them while two girls went 1000 miles by rowboat for a summer course. Courses include handicraft cooking anatomy nursing and first aid. Traveling secretaries have visited 23 countries with thriving YWCA associations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lapland
Siima
Finland
Froken Braathen
Young Women’s Christian Association
London
Sirma
Association
Wanted steady hustler for Ward Remedies and other products
Wanted ad seeks a steady hustler for Ward Reliable Remedies and other products. Experience not necessary. Big earnings on small capitals. Particulars given on request. Dr Ward Medical Co Winona Minnesota established 1856.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton
Ynow
Steedy
Eynow
Ward
8 ° Medical Company
Winona
Minnesota
Suburban Editors Compare Homes in Light Local Sketch
Suburban residents Gilmore Walker and Tommy Malloy, both film editors, swap notes on living spaces. Walker praises morning sounds of leaves outside his window, while Malloy jokes about the lawn being mowed and getting his goat at the same time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilmore Walker
Tommy Malloy
Walker
Tommy
Los Angeles Times
Dressing for Sunday Radio Church at Hardy Farm Home
The Farmers near Junction Texas attend weekly radio church services since no local church exists. Mrs. Farmer says dressing for the services fosters serious observance and religious training for their nine year old daughter, with broadcasts from various stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardy Farmer
Junction
Texas
Japanese Wire Industry 11 Firms with Large Capital in Japan
The report details 11 Japanese wire manufacturers with combined capital around $16.15 million and individual capitals from £066,300 to $6.231 million. They excel in small and medium gauge copper wire, bare and insulated. Wire and cable production totaled $2.041 million in 1909, rose to $24.156 million in 1899, and reached $43.737 million in 1924.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
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Shipping Association
Chance
the Pelleray Beauty Shoppe
ZEBRA
Hyvis Motor Oils
Adams Oil CO
Chateau Meat Co
Nick
Bill
Sociation
Teton County
Farmington
Texas High School
Auto
Fred W. Smith
Homaid Dress Company
Amsterdam
N. Y
Lapland Girls
Studious
Woodmen Hall
Choteau
Christine Sulgrove
Winifred Uisaker
Holterman
Parke
John Shields
Dutton
J. G
Baldwin, Fairfield
H. E. Horst
Wm. J. van Sétten
Givens Block
K. B. Cohoe
W. E. Howard
G. C. Parker
Box
Pinnell Fur Farm
S. T. Ranch
J. A. Baart
M. Thos. Manix, Dupuyer
Scott's
Beaooo
Conoco Gasoline
Conoco
LE. Taylor Garage
Ford Sales and Service
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