Governor Erickson Urges Curb On Montana Spending
In a Tuesday message to the Twentieth Montana assembly Governor E. Erickson urges moderation in legislation. He highlights attractive state conditions and calls for debt reduction, no new expenses, school revenue reform, university support, land law revisions, and a securities commission. He praises officials for economy, notes the state has saved nearly a million dollars, and warns against new appropriations, buildings, or new counties.
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Montana Assembly
S. E. Erickson
Montana
Bank
Securities Commission
Debe
Two youths fined for disorderly conduct at New Year’s dance
Melvin Walley and Warren Richardson were fined 5 dollars each by Police Magistrate J. E. DeHaas for disorderly conduct after an arrest at the high school gym during a New Year’s Eve dance. City Marshal John T. Moore charged them with intoxication and improper behavior. Under-Sheriff J. L. Billings assisted in removing them to the lockup.
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Melvin Walley
Warren Richardson
J. E. DeHaas
John T. Moore
Moore
J. L. Billings
Walley
Richardson
Mrs Wallace Weaver Recovers After Serious Illness
Mr and Mrs Wallace Weaver of Great Falls visited relatives in Chateau on New Year s Day. Mrs Weaver has almost fully recovered from a severe illness and operations that left her in a Great Falls hospital in critical condition weeks ago.
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Wallace Weaver
Great Falls
Chateau
Mrs Wypper and Daughter Visit Great Falls Family
Mrs. Hugh Wypper and daughter Sylvia drove to Great Falls last Friday and were joined there Saturday by Mr. Wypper. They returned to Choteau Sunday.
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Hugh Wypper
Sylvia
Great Falls
Mr. Wypper
Choteau
Farmington Live Wires Build New Community Hall
Farmington volunteers push a new 22 by 72 foot community hall for Burton beach, with a 14 foot stage and 22 by 58 foot dance floor. Walls and roof are up and painting begun, with occupancy hoped for the January 14 meeting of the Literary. A swimming pool is planned for next summer as the next social improvement project.
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Farmington Live Wires
Farmington
Burton Beach
Rainington
Farmington Commuunity
Steel Rails feature boosts Montana history teaching in Acantha
Acantha highlights the second instalment of Steel Rails by Dan Conway for the Montana Newspaper Association. The series informs classroom study with authentic railroad history while Montana features and serials like Unkissed and Sober by Margaret C. Banning reinforce state pride and early Montana life.
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Acantha
Montana
Dan Conway
Montana Newspaper Association
Conway
M. E. Plassman
Margaret C. Banning
Chateau Woman's Club Enjoys Musical Program
A Tuesday gathering at Mrs. H. W. Bateman's home hosted the Chateau Woman's Club with strong attendance. Mrs. Robert B. Culbertson sang with Mrs. R. E B. Nelson accompanying, while Elizabeth Green played violin with Miss Winifred Alsaker. The next meeting will be a business session at the club rooms on Tuesday, January and its date.
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Chateau Woman’s Club
H. W. Bateman
Robert B. Culbertson
R. E B. Nelson
Elizabeth Green
Winifred Alsaker
Ins Club
Farm Short Course Opens in Bozeman for 12 Weeks
The annual Montana farm short course opened in Bozeman Monday January 3 and will run for 12 weeks. Geared toward young men over 17, it covers animal husbandry dairying dairy manufacturing farm engines machinery shop work and agronomy.
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State College
Montana
Bozeman
Railroad Official Predicts Montana Development
George Craig of the Milwaukee, based in Great Falls on official business, predicts Montana will see above normal development in the coming year. He notes a fine season for the line, a dip after the Christmas rush, and potential Milwaukee expansion northwest from Agawam once reorganized, with plans to connect new producing areas and revenue.
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George Craig
Milwaukee
Great Falls
Choteng
Montana
Craig
Agawam
Butte Miner
Milwaukee Trans-State
Pioneer of Blackleaf country dies in Great Falls
Henry E. Belcher a Blackleaf pioneer aged nearly 70 died at his Great Falls home last Saturday. He left his ranch in 1910 to run a Bynum hotel then moved to Chateau and later settled in Great Falls where his wife operates the Weiss Hotel. He suffered a stroke nine years ago and had no children. Belcher was among the early settlers of the Blackleaf area and was widely known in Montana.
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Henry E. Belcher
Blackleaf
Great Falls
New York State
Mr. Belcher
Bynum
Chateau
Weather Man Sends Snow to Comfort Farmers
Snow, the wet clinging kind, fell Tuesday evening in Teton county, breaking a ten day windstorm run. Six inches accumulated on the level in 24 hours aiding moisture for spring farming, with calm weather contrasting usual midwinter drifts.
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Teton County
First House Bill Seeks Tax Exemption For Farm Fuel
Montana lawmakers open the 20th assembly with Steve C. Arnold proposing a law to refund gasoline tax paid by consumers when fuel is used in farm machinery stationary engines motor boats gas driven railway cars and for illumination. The measure targets gasoline used in farm work rail cars and lighting and is Arnold’s first act in his debut term.
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Helena
House of Representatives
Steve C. Arnold
Broadview
Stillwater County
Arnold
Legislative Assembly
Montana
Guests from Great Falls Visit Bennetsons for Holidays
Mr. and Mrs. Olmstead and their daughter Art Gillis joined Reda Caufield Mr. and Mrs. Hal Charteris Geo Seawell and Mrs. C Wilson traveling from Great Falls to spend Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Chris Bennetson. They returned Monday with Mr. Bennetson who was returning to Canada after holidays with relatives.
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Olmstead
Art Gillis
Reda Caufield
Hal Charteris
Geo. Seawell
C. Wilson
Great Falls
Chris Bennetson
Mr. Bennetson
Canada
Florida storm story not all told reveals porters’ trip tale
Mr and Mrs Porter returned from a Florida tour visiting Boynton Hallandale and other points. They claim many orphans were created by the Jacksonville storm with some unnamed and unidentified after losses. They noted severe coast damage and boats left inland.
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Florida
C. H. Porter
Boyn‘ton
Hallandale
Jacksonville
Williamsons
Boynton
Porter
R. F. Williamson
Williamson
Bertie Williamson
Jones reappointed chairman of county commissioners
At the January 3 organization, W. D. Jones was reelected chairman for two years while also starting his second six year term on the county board. The three day session focused on routine business including auditing county claims with commissioners Donald Kerr and Algon Udin present.
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Board of County Commissioners
W. D. Jones
Jones
Bynum
Donald Kerr
Dutton
Algon Udin
Fairfield
Je Mare
Burns wins radio prize at Choteau New Year dance
Wm Burns eldest son of Mr and Mrs C W Burns of Choteau won a radio receiver offered by Clarkson's Choteau Dance Orchestra. The drawing at the New Year Eve dance at the high school gym required the winner to be present, with coupons distributed at dances in Gynum Pendrey and Chateau. 185 couples attended the Woman's Club event. supper was served by the Episcopal Guild.
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Wm. Burns
WW. Burns
Choteau
Missoula
Clarkson
Choteau Dance Orchestra
Gynum
Pendrey
Chateau
Burns
Episcopal Guild
Teton Boys Edge Alumni After Extra Minutes in Hoop Classic
The Teton boys needed three additional minutes to beat the alumni 18 to 14 in a tightly fought benefit game at the high school gym. The Teton girls overwhelmed the alumni 50 to 4, leading 6-0, 20-2, 34-2 at quarters and finishing 54-4.
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Teton Boys
Alumni Quint
Teton
Ashley
Grads
Teton Girls
Fake Ad Fraud Shuttered by Postoffice Inspectors in Florida
Postoffice inspectors halted fraudulent Acme Farms ads promising three hundred large size oranges by prepaid express for eight dollars a box. Investigators say D W Nichols and H D Gaines looted hundreds of thousands, with thirty thousand dollars in checks and money orders found in Gaines’ mail. The Acantha and other papers will scrutinize foreign ads more carefully to prevent future victims.
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Postoffice
Acme Farms
Gainesville
Texas
W. Nichols
H. D. Gaines
Post Office
Atlanta
Florida
Gaines
Wolf Point Herald
Northwest
Acantha
Fred W. Smith
Farmington
Davis of Montana Wins Speakership on First Ballot
Glenn Davis of Carroll, Wibaux County, nominated on the first ballot for speaker of the Montana House in 1927, won the post at opening as Republicans held a strong majority. Moss and Cooney were his main rivals. Davis presided for sixty days as session began. Senate leaders and oath rites followed with Taylor seating amid a residence challenge.
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House
Glenn Davis
Carlyle
Wibaux County
Montana
Davis
BE. H. Cooney
Cascade
Great Falls
G. M. Moss
Flathead
Whitefish
Cooney
Moss
R. C. Bricker
Judith Basin County
James Griffin
Blaine County
Senate
J. Frank Cone
Rayal Mas
McCormack
Charles T. Stewart
Lewi L. Callaway
Albert J. Galen
Stewart
Assembly
Chas. E. Taylor
Sheridan County
Taylor
Elections and Privileges Committee
Adams Oil Co. Chief H. E. Adams Ill With Flu at Home
H. E. Adams of Adams Oil Co. has been ill in bed with flu at his home since Sunday.
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H. E. Adams
The
Adams Oil Co
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