Indians seek jurisdictional bill over gold rights after Civil War
Testimony before the House Indian Affairs Committee details Arapaho and Cheyenne claims to gold royalties from lands ceded to the United States. The bill would allow claims to be heard by the Court of Claims, with potential damages of one eighth of mined value, dating to the 1860s activities and Black Hills considerations.
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Arapahoe
United States
Comtee
House Committee On Indian Affairs
Lame Deer
Mont
House
Rio Grande River
New Mexico
North Dakota
Montana
Napoleon
Texas
Union of States
Colorado
Court of Claims
F. M. Goodwin
Ux Ans
Black Hills
Ed Burns
Tribal Business Committee
Oklahoma
James F. O’connor
South Dakota
Kansas
Jesse Rowledge
Arapahoes
Fred C. Gilchrist
Iowa
House Committee On
Rowledge
Gilchrist
Gil
O'Connor
Goodwin
Colorado Ward
Ogain
O’connor
OrGonnors
Goodwin Ie Arai
Montana State 43rd commencement honors two alumni
Montana State University awarded bachelor’s degrees to 386 students and master’s degrees to nearly 50 at its 43rd commencement the largest in university history. Dr. Gordon S. Watkins of UCLA received an honorary doctor of laws and Maj. Evan W. Kelley, regional forester, earned a master of forest engineering. Thirty-four seniors joined the U.S. Army Reserve Corps and 119 earned teaching certificates. Some men do well by doing their best friends.
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Walter Krell
Berkeley
Calif
Montane State University
Sigma Phi
Montana State University
Reserve Corps
United States Army
Gordon S. Watkins
College of Arts and Sciences
University of California At
Los Angeles
Maj
Evan W. Kelley
District 1
USA
Kelley
Dr. Watkins
Letter A Heads the Alphabet Through History
The letter A has stood at the head of the alphabet during the entire period for which its history can be traced, remaining the first symbol in order and influence across eras.
Coburn Named Head of New Passenger Service Dept
Hugh W Coburn formerly district traffic manager for Western Air Express in Los Angeles will head the airline s new passenger service department as director of passenger service He will coordinate the sales agents reservation and ground transition employees in Helena and other cities served by the airline and will carry out duties by periodic tours over the border to border system
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Hugh W. Coburn
Western Air Express
Los Angeles
Coburn
Helena
Havre Merchant Louis J. Lucke Dies After Short Illness
Louis J. Lucke a pione er Havre boot and shoe merchant died of a heart attack after only a few hours illness. Born February 8 1874 in Freeport Illinois he worked in Butte ispell and Great Falls before settling in Havre in 1903. He co founded the Lou Lucke Co later moving to the present location in 1911. Lucke was active in the Havre Elks Rotary Chamber of Commerce and the Masonic order. He married Harriet Thackeray on Christmas Day 1904 at Fort Benton. Surviving are his widow and five children.
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Louis J. Lucke
Havre
Lucke
Freeport
Ill
Butte
Lspell
Great Falls
August Mund
Lou Lucke Co
Horse Waits in Vain Driver Fails to Appear
An old gray horse stands beside a motionless wagon as John Agnew fails to start his daily hauling route. Mrs. Agnew found her husband dead the previous night, the likely result of a chronic illness. Agnew homesteaded near Lewistown in 1916 after the Alaskan gold rush and moved to Hamilton in 1931.
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Hamilton
John Agnew
Grasshopper Bait Expanded for Hill County
The bureau of entomology and plant quarantine authorized more grasshopper bait for Hill County, based on word from the Washington office of Senator B K Wheeler.
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Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine
Hill County
Washington
B. K. Wheeler
Naval Flight Board in Montana invites aviation cadet hopefuls
A Seattle based naval flight selection board interviewed men in Billings Bozeman Helena and other Montana cities and accepted several to be enlisted as aviation cadets in the United States naval or marine corps reserve The board stressed it is a navy activity offering no private training and will visit Bozeman Helena Great Falls Missoula and Moscow Idaho before returning to Seattle
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Naval Flight Selection Board
Seattle
Billings
Bozeman
Helena
Montana
United States Naval
Marine Corps Reserve
L. D. Carson
Medical Corps
United States Navy
L. B. Stedman
Marine Reserve Corps
Naval Board
Onl Naval Flight Selection Board
Naval District
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Wyoming
Bert H. Creighton
Naval Reserve
Creighton
Pensacola
Fla
Stedman
Great Falls
Missoula
Moscow
Terrorist Attacks Hit Palestine Agricultural Stations
Destruction by terrorists of most government agricultural, horticultural and animal quarantine stations in Palestine handicaps agricultural development there.
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Palestine
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Montana Lou” Grill
Justice van Devanter
Supreme Court of the United States
U.S
Sunny Brook
George 8. Watkins
Naval Flight Board
Lydia E. Pinkham
Henry Dear
Henry
Conoco
Continental Oil Company
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