Montana Senate approves four year terms for county officials
The Montana Senate backed Simmons by 56 to 0 to let county officials serve four year terms under a constitutional amendment. The measure targets those elected last November and passed amid other Senate action on irrigation, police chief selection, volunteer fire departments, unionization, and civil rights.
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Simmons
Senate
Mulholland
Pauline
Montana
House
Whisky Fueled Montana Bills in 1870s Fort Benton Records
A Fort Benton historical find reveals an 1870s grocery bill listing whisky at $5 a gallon, crackers at 30 cents a pound, coal oil at $1.10, sugar at 30 cents, and ham at 30 cents a pound. The owner shifted to 32 gallon kegs for $4.25 per gallon, plus other odd items like door locks and lamp oil.
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Montana
Fort Benton
Ezra L. Crane
Mint
Great Falls
Sid Wiis
Crane
H. A. Kanouse
Marias River
Carroll & Steell
Kanouse
T. C. Power & Bros
Helena
Power Concern
Fred Kanouse
Benton
Chouteau
Territory
Legislative Assembly of the
Territory of
Treasure State News in Brief Highlights from Montana towns
A roundup item lists local notes from Harlowton, Libby, Sidney, Hamilton, Billings, Missoula, Fort Peck, and other communities. Topics include road gravel work, a suicide in Billings, logging injuries, fire calls, cattle rustling rewards, NYA camp housing, and local government and business news across the state.
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Fort Peck
Fire Department
Trucker Dies After Tractor Fatally Runs Over Worker
Jack Lucas of Darby was killed at the Harper logging camp near Hamilton when a heavy tractor ran over him as he adjusted chains on a logging truck. He had stopped the tractor and apparently did not set the brakes.
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Jack Lucas
Darby
Harper
Hamilton
Lucas
Farm Home Burns East of Plentywood
Fire started by a coal range explosion destroyed the W. F. Goff farm home 18 miles east of Plentywood. Loss estimated at 4000 dollars, partly insured. Articles lost included a mirror saved from the Chicago fire.
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W. F. Goff
Plentywood
Chicago
First US cross by motorcycle in 1903
A historic note states the first vehicle to traverse the United States was a motorcycle built in 1903. The journey reportedly took 50 years in its telling, reflecting early motor travel lore.
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United States
Seek Changes in Repayments for Flathead Irrigation Project
D A Dellwo, secretary of the Flathead irrigation commissioners, heads to Washington to push legislation for project completion within three years and to modify landowner repayment contracts. G L Sperry notes ample water this year with fuels for a Pablo reservoir pumping plant to deliver 200 cfs, enabling use of other reservoirs. H E Bixby reports power revenues will largely cover near-term project costs despite low local rates.
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D. A. Dellwo
Board of Flathead Irrigation Commissioners
Washington, D. C
Flathead
Dellwo
G. L. Sperry
Flathead River
Pablo
Crow Creek
Kicking Horse
H. E. Bixby
Flathead Valley
Libby Youth Confesses Robbing Libby Motors Firm
William Vaughn a 19 year old Libby resident confessed to stealing 190 dollars from Libby Motors. Police recovered 150 dollars. 40 had been spent and the rest hidden in a tractor at his farm home. He bought a Colt automatic and inquired about a car purchase, drawing officer attention. Vaughn bound over to district court for trial.
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Libby
William Vaughn
Libby Motors
Vaughn
District Court
Great Falls Police Protective Association Updates Statutes
The Falls police officers group has bought Montana statutes and a session laws volume to update their law library. London elementary school buses cost the city about 2 million dollars annually.
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Police Law Library
The
Great Falls
London
Holmes Joins Washington Labor Board Review Staff
John J. Holmes has joined the review staff of the labor relations board in Washington. Miss Holmes, a Montana State University Law School graduate at Missoula, was the only woman among 88 law students and one of 11 women graduates in the school's 27 year history.
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John J. Holmes
Labor Relations Board
Washington
Miss Holmes
Montana State University Law School
Missoula
Webber Named Safeway District Manager in Great Falls
J. G. Webber arrives in Great Falls to take over as Safeway Stores district manager, replacing L. V. Sigman who resigned after more than four years. Webber, a native Montanan, previously served as district manager in Billings for six years. Denis O'Brien of Al Bedoo Shrine band praises the group after Brahms lullaby performance.
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Great Falls
J. G. Webber
Safeway Stores, Inc
L. V. Sigman
Webber
Safecracking tale at 1911 bankers convention in Anaconda
Anaconda residents recount a banker convention memory from August 1911 when a new steel safe was shown as near burglar-proof. The Montana hotel exhibit drew interest as bankers toured the Anaconda Reduction Works, then the world’s largest copper smelter, where an entertainment involved a display of safe-cutting.
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Edward B. Reynolds
Anaconda
Montana
Anaconda Reduction Works
First Horseless Carriage Race Held in 1895
A historic note recalls the first horseless carriage race run in 1895 on a 54 mile course. The winner completed the distance at about 7 percent of a mile per hour, a quizzical early demonstration of motor travel.
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Michael Mansfield
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Buddy) Zumwalt
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Bitter Root
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Livingston
el Bedoo Shrine Temple
W. H. Bunney
Belfry
NYA
Little Bitter Root
Flathead County
E R. Ormsbee
Guy C. Derry
Yellowstone County Bar Association
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Howard Gullickson
Park County
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Kenneth Fallang
Howard Turner
Spokane
Turner Tavern
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Ernie Hoffman
Jack Brooks
Idaho
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Flathead Irrigation Commission
Good Housekeeping Bureau
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