Montana Sports Tales of J L Markham
Montana sports reminiscences recount Mack Garner the four Garner brothers of Butte and Mack Garner’s rise to champion jockey with 2000 plus wins and a Kentucky Derby ride. It recaps the 1883 54 round fight Sorrenson vs Grenier and details Anaconda and Butte track legends Horn Hauser and Flynn’s coaching era at Montana State.
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Montana
Garers
Mack
Old Butte
Mack Garner
Earl Sande
Garner
Jasper Sorrenson
E. Grenier
Butte
Grenier
Sorrenson
Jasper
Anaconda
Anaconda High
Joe Horn
Horn
Hamilton
Barich
Pratt
Milt Reid
I. Pratt
McElveny
Fred Grandpre
Hauser
Missoula
Ed Hauser
Old Cat Coaches Busy As Montana State College Built Football
Before 1902 Montana State College relied on volunteer coaches from diverse professions. Many coaches taught, ran businesses, or practiced other roles while handling football duties. Primary tasks included handing out plays, enforcing sobriety, conditioning players, and rubbing down athletes after workouts as interest in football grew in Bozeman.
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Montana State College
Montana Agricultural College
Bozeman
No Lights Stop Bobcats Night Game in Spokane
A Montana State college football trip to Spokane to face Gonzaga under dim flood lights produced a candlelit scene. Max Krause of Gonzaga scored after an early end zone recovery while Fred Keen an of Montana State suffered a serious injury, and Keenan quipped that the game would have seen a touchdown if the lights had not failed.
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Montana State College
Spokane
Gonzaga
Bobcats
Max Krause
New York Giant
Chance
Bob Gonzaga
Fred Keenan
Bobcat
Krause
Pred
Max
Keenan
Schubert Dyche
State Motor Sales Climb During 1936
Montana motor vehicle registrations rose to 167 427 in 1936 up 11 8 percent from 1935 led by 128 065 passenger cars and 39 358 trucks. The gain followed a 16 7 percent rise in 1935 over 1934 with increases of 13 899 passenger cars and 3 816 trucks reflecting stronger activity, per A J Breitenstein of the Great Falls Chamber of Commerce.
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Montana
A. J. Breitenstein
Great Falls
Senate Shortens Elector Threshold for School Elections
The state senate passed a measure lowering the elector requirement to 40 percent from 51 to validate a school election and sent it to the house. A separate bill proposes moving Montana primary from the second Tuesday in July to the third Tuesday in September, introduced by Campbell of Cascade County.
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State Senate
House
Montana
Campbell
Cascade County
Senate
Foor
Roosevelt County
Liquor Sales Bill Introduced By Representative Minette
Representative Minette of Glacier county proposes allowing hotels cafes and railroads to sell liquors with annual license fees from 100 to 800 dollars. Senator Page of Granite county follows with a bill requiring smelters to mail statements of gross and net ore proceeds to mine lessees.
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Minette
Glacier County
Senator Page
Granite County
Senate OKs liquor permit price cut bill
The senate passed a bill to cut liquor permit costs from two dollars to fifty cents and 30 day permits from one dollar to twenty five cents with no dissenting vote.
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Senate
State rail board to be governor appointed trio
Senator Pauline of Flathead proposes replacing elected members of the State railroad and public service commission with three appointees by the governor. Joint trials bill advances for co defendants with limited severance. Milk control board may be abolished but bill dies after adverse committee report. Nonpartisan county official elections sought with primary and general ballots without party labels. top two from primary advance to general.
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Rail Board
Pauline
Flathead County
State Railroad and Public Service Commission
Bilt
Swertelle
Musselshell
Hammond
Wibaux
Montana liquor control bill targets state as clearinghouse
A bill by Rep Lasby would create a new Montana liquor system licensing wholesale and retail outlets with the state only handling clearinghouse duties. Licenses range from 3 to 1500 dollars annually and the state board of equalization would run the liquor control agency. Water board inquiry aims to trim staff. Governor Ayers seeks personnel lists from the water conservation and planning boards. Road board probe targets state highway commission with Sen Simmons as chair. Legislative reapportionment would cut house seats to 79, shifting county representation. HB 40 would force elective officers to resign before seeking another office, a battle in the Helena House. New measures include diverting predator control funds to elimination programs.
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Lasby
Broadwater County
Laquor
Montana
State Board of Equalization
Liquor Control Agency
Water Board
Ayers
State Water Conservation Board
R. J. Kelly
State Planning Board
Planning Board
Levisee
Lake County
Carbon
Deer Lodge
Fergus
Flathead
Gallatin
Hill and
Lewis and Clark
Cascade
Missoula
Sliver Bow
Yellowstone
House of Representatives
Helena
States
Toomey
Montana relief tax ruling on Miles City tannery case
Attorney General Harrison J. rules the state cannot tax property held by the Montana relief commission. The opinion, issued at the request of State Relief Administrator Joseph Watson, centers on the Miles City tannery where Custer county sought tax payment.
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Harrison J
Joseph Watson
Montana Relief Commission
Miles City
Custer County
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Montana Sports
Joe L. Markham
Montana State Athletic Commission
Govington
Boneman
Minnesota
John Flynn
Gophers
Flynn
Aggie
Justine Smith
Yale
Frank Rugeman
Manhattan
Montana State Experiment Station
Milk Board
Lonenecker
Ravalli County
State Milk Control Board
E. F. Lyman
Montana Fluid Milk Association
Road Board
Simmons
Carbon County
Hush Adair
State Highway Commission
Meyer
Silver Bow
Anderson
Richland
Holland
Judith Basin
Sullivan
Chouteau
Holt
Lemmer
Oscar Pepper
Oscar
Frankfort
Aereous
Roundup Coal Mining Company
E. C. Mattox, V. P
THE
Roundup
Adirondack Research
E. E. Hale
Hale
American Academy of Dramatic Arte
Seagram's Crown
Seacraw
Seagram
Bate Ai
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