World at Large and Sports Highlights from London and America
The Marathon at the Olympic Games in London sees America triumph with Hayes and Welton among top finishers while Dorando leads early before fading. Immigration to the U S falls sharply in June with Russia and Japan declines. The Sultan faces reforms under the Young Turks. W J Bryan resigns as editor of the Commoner. Gary Indiana opens a major steel plant amid town planning. The Standard Oil fine is voided on appeal. Governor Hughes hints at a possible bid, Adlai Stevenson pursues Illinois governorship. An international car race ends with a German car winner. The Interstate Commerce Commission signals rate scrutiny benefiting shippers. Norman Mack becomes Democratic National Committee chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
London
Hayes
New York
Forshaw
Missouri
Welton
Lawrence Y. M. C. A
Tewanina
Carlisle
Japan
Russia
Young Turks
Europe
W.J. Bryan
The
Commoner
Democratic Campaign Fund
United States Corporation
Gary
Ind
Adlai
Stevenson
Illinois
Paris
Interstate Commerce Commission
Norman Mack
Dupsuyer and Area Residents Summer Visits Reported
Dupuyer R W Mellon visited his Wisconsin home last Thursday. Mrs E D Forrest and family returned from Great Falls after a two week stay with relatives. Miss Leffler from Columbia Falls visited sister Mrs Andrew Anderson. EB Forrest went to Conrad Saturday to bring the family home. Haying is in full blast and ideal weather may speed up putting up hay. Mr Agnew of Great Falls visited over Sunday. E B Leech was a business visitor in Conrad Monday. Carl Harris and family arrived from the east to spend the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. Mellon
Wisconsin
Miss Leffler
Columbia Falls
Andrew Anderson
EB. D. Forrest
Conrad
Mr. Agnew
Great Falls
Dupuyer
E. B. Leech
Carl Harris
Lecture on A Montana Round-up at Methodist Church
Rev. Frank Cole of the Upper Iowa conference lectures Monday evening at the Methodist church under Epworth League auspices on A Montana Round-up. Admission is 35 cents. Critics in Red Lodge praised him as an excellent orator and superior talent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Cole
Upper Iowa
Methodist Church
Epworth League
Montana
Cole
Red Lodge
Choteau Defeats Bynum In Damsite Clash 13 to 9
Choteau and the ditch camp met at Bynum Sunday afternoon with Choteau scoring 13 to 9. Choteau had bad innings in the fifth and sixth while Bynum tallied 66 and 3 runs. Choteau found Jamison in those frames, but otherwise solid defense and sharp base running, including Burrell’s unassisted double play and Shields’ strong throwing, highlighted the game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choteau
Bynum
Bynumites
Jamison
Chateau
Burrell
Shields
Woodmen Elect Cottonwood Camp Officers
Woodmen of the World Camp No. 210 elected officers Friday night July 23 naming A C Burbank P C Henry Radcliffe C C Arthur Hirshberg Banker John Moore IL Ole Nordhagen Escort W M Pyatt Watchman Earl Yeager Sentinent John Jackson Clerk John Gleason Assistant Clerk Dr Long Physician Byron Carson Manager six months Dr Beaupre Manager twelve months C Jefferson Manager eighteen months
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cottonwood
A.C. Burbank
Henry Radcliffe
C. C
Arthur Hirshberg
John Moore
A. IL
Ole Nordhagen
W. M. Pyatt
Earl Yeager
John Jackson
John Gleason
Dr. Long
Byron Carson
Dr. Beaupre
C. H.jefferson
Republican State Central Committee Meeting Notice
A call from Dillon Montana dated July 22 1908 invites members to meet at the Grandon hotel Helena at 8 pm on Saturday August 1 1908. The purpose is to fix the time and place for a state convention to nominate presidential electors and state officers, allocate delegates, and conduct related business. Fletcher Maddox chairman BP A Hazelbauer secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican State Central Committee
Dillon
Montana
Is. C. Garrett
Chateau
Grandon Hotel
Helena
Fletcher Maddox
BP. A. Hazelbaicer
Fairfield District Plans School and Local Developments
The Fairfield area sees a new district plan to establish a school on the Hansen property after a board meeting noting seventeen children within six miles. Drill work by Ness and Nelson interrupts at sixty feet due to shale, while surveyors remain at work. Rains boost grain and grass as families travel for seasonal work and social visits occur at the ranch and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Ness
Matt Nelson
Zimmerman
Fairfield
Hansen
al Young
Henry Adams
Tom Johnson
Cascade Land Company
Pete Nasse
Alex Hansen
Pastor Logan
Mary A. Rothwell
Federal grand jury in Helena files 26 indictments
The Helena grand jury, in session since July 7, returns 26 indictments, 15 public, with others at large. A final report is expected today as Judge Stunt prepares a venue for jury service and trials may begin in August. Notable case: Lynde S. Catho, Missoula land office clerk, charged with 64 counts of embezzlement. Other indictments include a Havre woman for interstate commerce law violation and three cases from the Blackfeet reservation involving Sam Choate and liquor offenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal
Helena
Stunt
Lynde S. Catho
Missoula Land
Havre
Great Northern
Blackfeet Reservation
Sam Choate
Ud. Foster
Mark Muadwolf
Local Social and Business Gossip in Conrad
Residents and visitors mingle in Conrad as families return home from Kalispell and Shelby. Meetings include Withee brothers from La Crosse scouting Conrad Investment Co lands, Dr Long attending Mrs Gordon seriously ill, wool purchases by Wallace Chase, and a planned trim of Chateau’s baseball team.
Montana Telephone stockholders meet on August 15 1908
Notice states a stockholders meeting of the Montana Telephone Co at J G Bair's office in Chateau Montana on August 15 1908 at 1 p m to decide on adopting a new code of by laws. Dated Chateau Montana July 30 1908. President L Kingsbury secretary Celia Drake. First publication July 30 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana Telephone Company
J. G. Bair
Chateau
Teton County
Montana
Mont
D. Kingsbury
Montana Telephone Co
Celia J. Drake
Airship shows at State Fair and other Montana events
News notes the Strobel airship to perform daily at the State Fair September 28 to October 3 with a record flight near five minutes in St Louis. It includes a Helena to grounds race and Calgary procession drills. Also reported are legal cases, political tours, library funding talks, and dam rebuilding progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strobel
St. Louis
Helena
Calgary
Montana
le Beau
Hobbins
They Want Theirs Conrad Letter To Choteau Acantha
A 1908 letter from Conrad Base Ball Team requests a game with Choteau and claims they can beat any Teton county team on their home field. A game was scheduled to be played at Confad next Sunday after the letter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conrad
Choteau
Perricnew
Raxtry Gordon
A. J. Williams
Confad
Local Briefs From H. H. Cole Residence Painting
Additional Local notices report H. H. Cole’s house being painted by T. W. Olsen with a lawn social at Mrs. D. D. Cole’s this evening. Ed. Logan’s return from a Falls trip is noted along with P. I. Cole’s civil suit trip to Cut Bank and return before Justice Gath. Wooodmen of the World organizer M. J. Murphy arrived from Dupuyer. A. J. Cowell consigns wool to a Boston Woolgrowers commission house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. I. Cole
Cut Bank
Justice of the Peace Gath
M. J. Murphy
The
Wooodmen of the World
Dupuyer
A. J. Cowell
Woolgrowers’ Commission House
Boston
Senator Cowgill Drives 500 Cattle Shipment to Chicago
Senator Cowgill oversees gathering and shipment of five hundred cattle bought as speculation in Yellowstone country. The group will head to Chicago with the herd for the transport and sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Cowgill
Yellowstone Country
Chicago
Socialist Lectures U. B. E. Latimer
Attorney Brady of Great Falls was in town from Saturday until Tuesday on legal business connected with the Hobbins will case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brady
Great Falls
Hobbins Will
Livery Stable Managers Attend Belleview hay Crop
G W Yeager the liveryman has spent the past week at his Belleview ranch tending his hay crop. W H Gorham has had charge of the stable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Yeager
Belleview Ranch
W. H. Gorham
Town notables and visitors fare in regional notes
Judge Erickson and Attorney Brady leave town as term ends. Miss Martha Gordon hired to teach at Burton school. Rev. Stickney ill but improving after Sunday. Mrs. Ida Crouch Hazlett lectured in Farming ton. Fishermen Ganong and Lanson enjoyed Deep creek outing. Political ties and travel wrap local headlines with social visits and incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Crouch Hazlett
Socialist Journal
Helena
Farmington
Waterloo Family Reunion Spreads Across States
Rev Prank Cole of Waterloo Iowa with Chas Cole an Arkansas attorney and their sister Mrs Cunningham of Red Lodge Arkansas arrived Saturday to visit relatives here. The family all gather except one Iowa brother and Mrs Dowzer in Arkansas. The mother and six children enjoy a happy reunion as Rev Cole spends vacation in Montana planning a mountain outing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prank Cole
Waterloo
Iowa
Chas, Cole
Batesville
Ark
Cunningham
Red Lodge
Also Mentioned on This Page
F. A. Long, M. D
Main Street
Choteau, Mont
A. C. Warner
J. KE. Webb
St. Clair House
H. Beaupre
D.S
John W. Shields, C. E
Notary Pablic
A. H. Barr
A. B. Hardin
Montana Employment Agency
J. McGowan
Prop
Sovuru
T. A. Smith
Ront
Lou Coy
First Ave
Fourth Street
Great Falls, Mont
O. M. Nordhagen
Stackhouse Music
Landis
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Hughes
Woodmen
Republican Committee
Austad
Andrew
Pairfield
Odin
Nora Landsverk
Charlie Thompson
John Grorberg
Mrs. Salsbury
Mrs. Gaston
Kalispell
Edward Bogart
J. E. Ritchey
A.D. Johnson
Jas. Slavin
Shelby
AV. Withee
la Crosse
Wis
Conrad Investment Co
McCann
Seattle
W.G. Conrad
M. N. Gordon
Power
Fort Benton
Gordon
Chateaubany
Erickson
Conrad Co
Seebeck
C. H. Drake
Wallace Chase
Benton Woolbuyer
Roy Putnam
Jas. Henneberry
Mountains
Sv. D. Forrest
Mrs. Scott
A. B. Cook
Ilelena
News of the
Missoula
Butte
James Phelps Stokes
Broadwater
Samuel Bellew
Flathead Indian Reservation
W. B. Rhodes
International Fishery Congress
Peter van der Straten
Hauser Inke
H. H. Cole
T. W.olsen
D. D. Cole
Ed. Logan
the Falls
U. Be. Latimer
Yewton County
Bynum Wee Eeeese Nee Eneeen
Parmington
Chateau Athens
Mortimer Hirshberg
Embroidery Club
B. G. Trescott
Ed. Ganong
George I Lanson
Deep Creek
Mr. Cowell
Burton School
Martha Gordon
B. H. Stickney
Arthur Conrad
Condit
Birch Creek
J.G. Bair
J. &. Erickson
Sterling McDonald
Jas. Gibson
A. 3. Guthrie
Paul Jacobson
St. Paul
Parker
Charlie
James Gibson
Geo. Logan
F. M. Anderson
Frank Hawley
Vivian Connor
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