Three Questions Before People at Polls in November
Montana voters face three initiated questions on the November ballot. A five mill school levy, a repeal of liquor laws except for minors, and a three cent gasoline tax earmarked for highway improvements are filed with the secretary of state. The school levy is backed by the State Teachers Association and May Trumper, superintendent of public instruction, with the measure also extending the university system levy for a period.
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Montana
State Teachers’ Association
Miss May Trumper
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Leavitt Returns to Grassroots After Busy Congress Session
Great Falls reports Congressman Scott Leavitt came home after Congress adjourned July 3. In the recent session 759 laws were enacted, averaging about one per member. Leavitt introduced 16 new laws, including railroad and pension measures, reflecting a productive term.
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Great Falls
Scott Leavitt
Washington
Congress
Leavitt
House
Senate
Montana lawmaker rides wave of bills through session
The recently passed act absorbs at least eight more of Montana lawmakers' measures, bringing to two dozen or more the bills introduced during the just concluded session.
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Montana
Leavitt Returns Home After Congress Adjourns
After guiding Montana legislation in Congress and endorsing a clean primary, Representative Leavitt returns to Montana for summer, with July engagements including dedicating the Judith Basin county courthouse at Stanford and delivering a memorial address for the Montana Pioneers association at Fort Benton. He plans to run for re election, facing John Oliver of Ekalaka and A A Franzke of Lewistown.
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J. E. Erickson
Judith Basin County Court House
Stanford
Montana Pioneers’ Association
Fort Benton
Leavitt
John Oliver
Ekalaka
A. A. Franzke
Lewistown
Meadow Lark golfers sweep intercity matches
Meadow Lark Country club golfers swept both intercity team matches at Great Falls, defeating Choteau 25 to 5 and Havre 20 to 5 amid last minute changes. Notable results include Hentges Waldron leading Choteau with the high best ball prize and a string of strong Great Falls foursomes finishing strong on the 18th green.
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Great Falls
Meadow Lark Country Club
Choteau
Havre
John W. Hentges
E. C. Waldron
Chateau
Bert I. Packer
W. G. Bloom
Becker
Rogers
Clinton Core
RF. Baillie
Tengeney
Chichester
H. E. Adams
G. C. Core
Lambert and
Kerr
FE. C. Waldron
Landsrud
Coulter
Great
Chateau Players Enter Golf Season Without Pro Coaching
Many Chateau players join golf for the first time this year. Local enthusiasts call the early showing from Chateau gratifying given the lack of professional coaching and less frequent play compared to the Great Falls team.
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Chateau
Great Falls
Teacher and Johnny Duel Over Collective Noun
A classroom exchange ends with Johnny answering with vacuum-cleaner as a collective noun while the teacher corrects him. The moment underscores the playful misplacement of grammar in a Good Hardware setting.
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Johnny
Where Ignorance 8 Bliss Exchange Joke
A playful exchange centers on golf knowledge with a pun about holding a caddy. The dialogue contrasts ignorance and humor as one speaker admits not knowing the game. The light quip ends with a cheeky miscue about the golf club.
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Supreme Court
Beaver County
Pennsylvania
University of Michigan
Glendive
Ninth Legislative Assembly
Dawson County
Seventh Judicial District
Gallatin Gateway
Yellowstone
Yellowstone Park
Gallatin Canyon
Yellowstone Park Motor Coaches
Chicago
Milwaukee
W. B. Dixon
Chicago Milwaukee & St Paul Railway
Puget Sound
William L. Holloway
Tribune
Meadowlark Club
Clarence Looney
Rowe
Cho
Teau
Pitts and
Frary
A Dopnce Brothers
F. O.B
Detroit
Dodge Brothers
Power-Morgan Co
Choteau, Montana
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