Pondera Taxpayers Association votes on county reforms
The Pondera County Taxpayers Association meeting in Conrad eyed road funding limits and staff pay caps while pushing budget cuts. They urged 5 percent land-value reductions, road labor cuts, consolidation of road work, and tighter school budgets along with legislative reforms on taxes and public officer mileage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pondera County Taxpayers Association
Conrad
Pondera Marketing Association
Pondera County Woolgrowers’ Association
Pondera County Livestock Shipping Association
Farmers’ Union
Williams Commercial Club
Commercial Club of Walier
The
Equity Co-operative Associations of
Brady and Conrad
Lions Club of
J. S. Maclean
Conrad Independent Observer
Teton Boys Raid Conrad. Simms Sidelined by Injury
Tomorrow evening Conrad high hosts Teton with both boys and girls teams plus possibly an F. F. A. squad. In a prior meeting the Teton boys won, girls tied, and Simms is out with a lingering injury. MacDonnell steps in as a likely starter, a youthful, energetic guard with good aim.
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Conrole
Conrad High
Teton
Conrad
Bulldogs
Jourdonnais
Simms
MacDonnell
Marriage License Business Damps In January 1933
The office of Clerk of the Court Frances Rosengren reports no marriage licenses issued in January 1933 marking an unusual lull. Historical records show months with no licenses like February 1925 and June 1924, suggesting a rare downturn not caused by the new clerk.
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Frances Rosengren
Celrk
Montana Highway Contracts Reach Sixty Six Million
Montana's biennial highway report cites a $52 million total capital investment in improved highways to date with $16.65 million in federal aid and contract work in the past two years. It notes four-fifths of the system is in place or under initial construction, warns maintenance will dominate future costs, and praises the pay as you go plan. About $8.5 million in work remains on $6 million in contracts from 1938 to 1932. Forest highway mileage totals and overhead costs are detailed, with 5.15 percent administrative overhead since the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Montana Highway Department
J. &. Erickson
Commission
Forest Highway System
Department
Interest rate dispute in disposal of securities
The report notes that if the referendum had kept the original 6 percent rate, there would have been no trouble disposing of the securities at par, but the change to a higher rate caused difficulties.
Keeley backed measure aims to curb state budgeting gaps
State lawmakers consider Keeley of Powell prop to adjust funding after the fiftieth day. Appropriations foresee $5,308,384 for two years, with last session cuts over a million dollars. University budget set at $700,000 as bills await action.
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Appropriations Committee
Earhart Stops in Helena for Banquet and Talks of Montana Flight
Amelia Earhart Putman, first woman to solo the Atlantic, visited Helena Sunday. Senators and representatives spoke with her at a Placer hotel banquet. She may return next week to meet the legislature and discuss a Montana airline project passing through Helena.
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Amelia Earhart Putman
Atlantic
Helena
Placer Hotel
Miss Earheart
Erickson
Montana
Choteau Augusta Road Survey Shortens Route Significantly
A seven engineer State Highway crew lays out a new federal highway to Choteau reducing a 31 mile road to 24. The line crosses Sun River near the bridge and follows near the Vance ranch east of the current road. Crew members include R. Zal miser S H Ramey L J Ramey A B Gulinsen Lewis Urback John Gerdts and Wm Hanby staying at the Randall hotel and boarding at the Sharp cafe.
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State Highway Commission
Choteau
Sun River
Vance Ranch
R. &. Zalmiser
S. H. Ramey
L. J. Ramey
A. B. Gulinsen
Lewis Urback
John Gerdts
Wm. Hanby
Randall Hotel
Sharp Cafe
Citizens Protest Pardon of Gunn Sparks Regional Outcry
The recommended pardon for Frank Gunn by Governor Frickson drew protests across Toole and Pondora counties. Petitions with hundreds of signatures circulated in the north end, Conrad where Gunn’s second trial occurred, and Shelby. The twenty four jurors from Gunn’s trial plan to write protest letters to the State Board while the county board protests the pardon.
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Frank Gunn
Board of Pardons
Frickson
Toole
Pondora
Conrad
Gunn
Shelby
Dunn
State Board
Pardons Hearing Sets Suit On Slaying Case
Pardons meeting at 3 o clock on February 9 at Helena will decide the case of Gunn charged with the murder of Paul Carney an Oklahoma oil man near Sweet Grass. Gunn was tried in Shelby in January 1929 and given life imprisonment, served a year at Deer Lodge, retried by order of the supreme court, received the same verdict, then after more time his appeal led to a commutation to second degree murder carrying 37 years.
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Helena
Gunn
Paul Carney
Sweet Grass
Shelby
Deer Lodge
Supreme Court
Shelby Promoter
Economic Highlights in Industrial Market Review
A compact review notes little change in the outlook with slight gains in car loadings and power output, while commercial failures stay high. Farm prices show a modest rise led by grains, cotton demand improves, hog and lamb gain on meat prices, but cattle lag. Wheat traffic rises globally. oil overproduction depresses gas prices. auto sales forecast up to 15 percent. steel holds up amid weak railroad demand. Bankers oppose scrip. farm tool firms push 1933 sales with low-cost trucks. farm equipment exports grow. Abroad export activity described as unusual.
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Washington
Middle West
North America
Australia
Trade news from Indo China to Chile shows mixed signals
The past two months in French Indo China end marked, trade balance favorable though public finances remain unsatisfactory. Copra trade dull in the Philippine Islands with one cocoanut oil mill now operating. Romani an imports shrink due to tariff and exchange restrictions. Chilean business sentiment, once improved, faces a setback as seasonal turnover remains very low.
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Philippine Islands
Farm-Home Suggestions From Montana State College
Montana State College offers farm home tips covering foreclosure trends through 1932, potato consumption comparisons, wife and family labor humor, cloth finishing by starch, fabric tests, thrift washing, window weather stripping, sand-filled muslin bags for insulation, and a dairy cow value comparison in Montana. Growth of bacteria in cream slows with immediate cooling after separation.
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Montana State College
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Pondera Taxpayers Assoc
AL Sherman
Self Service Stores
Chateau
Rome
Catsupheinz
Ige
Schillings
Libby
van Camp
Montan Montco
Tokyo
Geneva
BANK
Keeley of
Powell
Choteau-Augusta
Ford
L. E. Taylor Garage
Industrial Market Review
United States
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
U. S. Department of Agriculture
J. E. Bly
Duncan
Okla
Montana Dairy Herd Improvement Association
C. K. Malone
Griffin
C. IF. Clark
Graham-Paige
C. O. Johnson
S. & B. Grocery
Ethel Golding
Connor Block
Revel Golding
Bynum
Taylor Garage
Were
Immansfield
Mansfield
Mansfields
Rice Auto
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