Pupils Heroically Aid Prairie View School Fire Loss
Five boys and teacher Miss Alice Stofflett battled bitter wind and snow to save desks organ phonograph books and more from Prairie View school as flames destroyed the building within 45 minutes. The teacherage and a horses shed were spared. the community had previously funded school improvements.
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Alice Stofflett
Prairie View
W. G. Bloomdahl
Withal
Robert Armstrong
John Armstrong
Dearl Calkins
Alfred Calkins
Edward Calkins
Bloomdahl
Choteau Lions Invited to Conrad and Browning Meetings
Choteau Lions received invitations to meet Browning and Conrad clubs. The Browning date is Feb 22 for a Washington's Birthday observance and ladies night. Conrad hosts Feb 20, with 20 new members to be inducted. Melvin Jones class aids reception.
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Choteau Lions
Browning
Conrad
Choteau Club
Melvin Jones
Choteau
Conrad Club
K. ©. Sturgis
J. J. Hannan
W. N. Streeter
C. H. Porter
Robert Clarkson
L. E. Taylor
R. E. Nelson
W. G. Bloomdahl
School Reopens in Wariki Ranch Building after Fire
Insurance of 31,500 covered most losses. For the rest of the year, Dist 1 will hold classes in a vacant Wariki ranch house, a mile northwest of the former school, while renovations proceed. Miss Ruby Miller oversees the district.
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Bloomdal
John Wariki
John Rach Ranch
Nagle Rules Free Textbooks to Private Schools Constitutional
Montana Attorney General Ray T. Nagle issues an opinion at Senator Eaton’s request affirming that a law providing free textbooks to all pupils public or private is constitutional. The opinion cites prior cases and states taxation for the program is not a taking of private property for private use.
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Nagle
Ray T. Nagle
Eaton
Senate Committee On Education
Montana
Senate
Louisiana Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court of New York
Opinion narrows free textbooks to private schools as public libraries
The ruling states that providing freer textbooks to private schools is treated as creating public libraries for private use, countering the idea of a higher tribunal on the site and framing the action as a tame ground decision.
Egg Laying Derby at 1933 World Fair Highlighted
The egg laying derby will be a feature at Chicago's 1933 World's Fair with entrants from 28 U S states plus Canada and four other nations. Sponsored by the National Poultry Council, the six month contest runs April to October with 200 entries housed in 100 arch pens and additional pens for fowl, plus weekly hatching of chicks and sale of eggs to defray costs.
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United States
Chicago
Dominion of Canada
National Poultry Council
Gallery Gossip outlines prison-made license plates plan
The column notes plates to be produced at the state prison and shipped to county seats by freight with auto owners paying in advance on yearly terms. Sponsors claim the bill saves about $10,000 annually in postage. Two key measures, highway and liquor, are slated for consideration this week.
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Vostage
Highway Tax Proposals Hearings Set for Montana Roads
The committee on highways schedules public hearings on Montana truck taxation proposals. A separate liquor proposal spans 50 pages and would overhaul current state laws.
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Committee On Highways
Montana
Telephone Services Offer Fast Help for Small Daily Fee
Sickness What can bring help as quickly as the telephone These and many other services the telephone performs for a few cents a day.
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Prairie View School
Conrad and
George Tennant
AL Sherman
Self Service Stores
Chateau
Washington
Schilli Coffee Snuzss
Apples
Tax
Nash
Creamery
Monteo
Utah
Hallows
Rexall Drug
Red Cross
Court House
Julius Hirshberg
S. T. Ranch
S. F. Pimperton
D. A. Sheehan
Great Falls
Teton Implement Co
S. T. Adams
Choteau Drug Co
The
Mountain States
Tel. & Tel. Co
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