State Lands Revenue Supports Montana Institutions
State Land Register Sidney Miller states that about 836,510 will be available this year for the support of Montana state institutions from deferred land sale payments. Principal due next year totals 368,209.03 with 331,948.16 in interest due this year. Additional income from farm leases 281,633.12 and bond interest 222,933 brings total to 836,510.
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Helena
Montana
State Land Department
State Land Register
Sidney Miler
State Land Office
Agricultural College
Come
Deaf & Dumb Asylum
Ofa
School of Mines
State Normal School
State Reform School
University
Ccensenes
Miller
Press Meeting Sets Montana Association Convention Dates
The Montana Press association prepares for its convention with dates fixed for July 23 24 and 28 after talks with the Lewistown Chamber of Commerce. A committee of Lewistown newspaper men and Chamber of Commerce will plan entertainment and arrangements with cooperation from the chamber. Officers include FE H Cooney as president J R Faulds as first vice president J A Gillaly as second vice president and S J Peterson as secretary treasurer.
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Lewistown
Montana Press Association
S. 15. Peterson
Moore
Chamber of Commerce
FE. H. Cooney
Great Falls
J. R. Faulds
Stevensville
J. A. Gillaly
Glendice
S. J. Peterson
Red Lodge Gets New Road Plan
The Carbon and Still Water Electric Railway company with $750000 capital is incorporated to build an interurban trolley line between Red Lodge and Columbus, a 40 mile distance. A large mass meeting of farmers and business people approved the plan. Stock will be sold to ranchers along the route.
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Red Lodge
Carbon & Stillwater Electric Railway Company
Columbus
County May Be Divided Confirmed by Dawson Fallon Split Call
Residents in the southeastern Dawson county area push for a new county division with Wibaux as the proposed county seat. The plan would carve ten full and nine fractional townships from Dawson and thirteen full and nine fractional townships from Fallon into a separate county.
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Miles City
Dawson County
Wibaux
Fallon County
Pike Files Voluntary Bankruptcy Petition in Great Falls
R Y Pike of the Pike McDuff Wholesale Paper firm filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in Great Falls listing liabilities of 291 dollars and assets of 7 216 dollars.
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Great Falls
R. Y. Pike
Pike McDuff Wholesale Paper Company
Exposition Committee Reports on Helena Display at Panama Expo
The Montana Panama Pacific exposition commission asks Gov. Stewart whether Helena should have a vacant lot or an adequate building for its World’s Fair display in San Francisco 1915. The report notes the building would serve as headquarters for thousands of visitors from the state.
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Helena
San Francisco
Montana
Samuel V. Stewart
Great Falls oil prospecting venture begins drilling
A local citizens company raised 50000 to bore for oil and gas near Great Falls. An expert driller is on site with a 5000 foot capacity machine. The drill started Thursday on the west side of the Missouri north of Sun River. Experts foresee oil and gas prospects across a wide area if drilling proves productive.
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Great Falls
Pittsburgh
Missouri
Sun River
Highwood
Belt
Rocky Mountains
Dakota
Alberta
Benton
Wettest Month in 20 Years in Montana February 1914
The U S weather bureau reports February 1914 in Montana was notably wetter than the prior two decades, with only two months higher in precipitation. The month favored agriculture, though early high winds blew snow into drifts, making ranges accessible and reducing feeding needs.
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Helena
U. S. Weather Bureau
Montana
Burned Man Crazed Dies After Fire Near Malta
Henry Stevens a dry land farmer nine miles south of Malta was found wandering in a nude state severely burned. A passerby helped and three men kept him in a car until reaching Malta hospital where he died. He had started a fire in his stove with kerosene.
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Malta
Henry Stevens
Stevens
Montana Trailers to Meet Livingston Plan
The Montana section of the Twin Cities Aberdeen Yellowstone Park trail association will meet in Livingston. George N. Keniston traveling representative will solicit funds to raise forty thousand dollars to complete the trail in two sections where counties cannot bear the cost and sparsely populated districts require additional work.
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Montana
Livingston
George N. Keniston
Stillwater Holds Rousing School Consolidation Meetings
County Superintendent Sylvester returns from Stillwater County trips reporting rousing consolidation meetings programs and receptions at Reed Point Absarokee and Park City. Teachers patrons and pupils across districts rallied to support central points.
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Stillwater
Columbus
Sylvester
Stillwater County
Reed Point
Absarokee
Park City
Mild Winter Lifts Spirits of Miles City Stockmen
Reports from Percy Williamson flocks in Dawson county’s Big Dry reveal only twenty sheep lost to exposure and other causes this winter. Williamson historically loses around 1,500 sheep, and now his flocks are reported to be in good condition after a milder season.
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Miles City
Percy Williamson
Dawson County
Williamson
Robbers Storm Butte Saloon for $600 Haul
Two masked bandits robbed a Butte area saloon securing $600 after forcing two bartenders and three Chinese workers to surrender. One outlaw fired a pistol shot to blow open the cash register, while the others waited for the loot.
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Butte
Road Operator Is Robbed Forsythe
The St. Paul railroad operator at Sumatra fifty miles northwest of here was held up and robbed of 250 dollars by two masked men. The operator was bound with feet and arms tied and gagged. Two men were arrested here as suspects.
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Forsythe
St. Paul
Sumatra
Here
Elk to be distributed from Yellowstone in Montana
State Game Warden J I De Hart has permission from Secretary Lane to capture 50 elk in Yellowstone National Park for Montana distribution. Twenty five elk will be released in Fergus County near Congressman Stout’s home and 25 at Quigley near Rock Creek where the Butte Engler’s lodge club owns a site. De Hart began immediate capture plans.
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Helena
J. I. de Hart
Secretary of the Interior
Franklin K. Lane
Yellowstone National Park
Montana
Fergus County
Congressman Stout
Quigley
Rock Creek
Butte Engler’s Club
de Hart
Bank Bandit Killed After Vault Cash Heist Near Shawnee
Jose Patterson robbed the State Bank of Newalla of 1200 dollars in Shawnee Oklahoma. A posse pursued him through timber for three hours with 500 shots exchanged. Patterson fell to Deputy Timmons rifle. two wounded including Shawnee Chief of Police Hawk. Cash missing, money believed buried.
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Shawnee
Okla
Jose Patterson
State Bank
Newalla
Oklo
Chas. Hawk
Frank Timmons
H. C. Hulse
Patterson
Burt Braley
Timmons
Taft backs current anti-trust law in final lecture
Former President Taft told Minneapolis students that the present anti-trust law already covers all reasonable combinations to curb interstate trade. He warned against changing the law or its first two sections, saying it would delay interpretation and harm public benefit. He suggested only possible additions to enforcement machinery.
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Minneapolis
Taft
Government and Road Agreeing
Negotiations between Department of Justice attorneys and the New Haven railroad moved smoothly. Officials predicted an announcement soon of an agreement to separate the New Haven from its subsidiaries.
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Washington
Department of Justice
New Haven Railroad
New Haven
J Russell named general manager of Denver Rio Grande
J Russell, formerly general superintendent of the Great Northern west of Troy Mont and head of the Hill lines operating department in Oregon, is appointed general manager of the Denver and Rio Grande with headquarters in Denver. The appointment takes effect April 1.
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Portland
Ore
J. Russell
Great Northern Lines
Troy
Mont
Seattle
Denver & Rio Grande
Denver
Russell
Hill Lines
Oregon
Great Northern
Strategy Used On Vagrants Involves Freight Car Escape
In Redding California March 23 Southern Pacific officers faced 150 unemployed men from General Kelly's army. Railroad police shooed riders off a southbound freight and three cars were cut free as a switch engine moved the train north. Fifty men hopped aboard before it pulled away leaving 100 behind with no meals.
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Redding
Cal
Southern Pacific Railway Company
Southern Pacific
Dunsmuir
Secret page reopened as Caillaux faces inquiry in Calmette case
Paris officials question former premiers Joseph Caillaux and Ernest Monis and public prosecutor Victor Fabre about hindering banker Dreux Hachette’s trial after he duped investors of 2 million dollars and escaped punishment. Calmette funeral draws Paris literary figures to Saint Francis de Sales Church.
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Paris
France
Joseph Caillaux
Ernést Monis
The
Republic
Victor Fabre
Dreak Hachette
Gaston Calmette
the Figaro
Calliaux
M. Caillaux
M. Calmette
Finneral
Saint Francis de Sales
German aviator sets altitude record at dhannisthal
From the dhannisthal aerodome on March 23 Robert Thelen established an altitude record of 12 008 feet for a flight carrying three passengers.
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Dhannisthal
Robert Thelen
President Unbosoms Himself to Press Club
President Wilson spoke openly to National Press Club members about his struggle to fit the office of president with personal freedom. He described the difficulty of assuming formal duties while remaining true to the common man.
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Washington
Woodrow Wilson
National Press Club
United States
Mutiny and Mass Troop Movement in Ulster Crisis
London reports that Dorsetshire troops in Belfast refused transfer and a mutiny may reflect wider unrest as 3,000 regulars reach Ulster. Officers resignations surge while Sir Edward Carson urges calm amid looming mass deployment to quash home rule opposition.
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London
Dorsetshire Regiment
Belfast
Pall Mall Gazette
Batalion
Ulster
Ireland
Curragh
War Office
Sir Edward Carson
Sir Edward
Texan Says He Was Tortured by Mexican Federals
Charles Hallard, a young Texan kidnapped by a gang of Mexican federals, arrived bruised and in critical condition in Carrizzo Springs on March 28. Local citizens arm themselves and threaten action against nearby Mexicans unless protection and arrests of Hallard's captors are secured by Governor Colquitt.
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Carrizzo Springs
Texas
Charles Hallard
Colquitt
Ballard
Stable Boy Sacrifices Life of Horses at Aurora
In Chicago on March 24 Jesse Pierce a stable boy died at Aurora while saving a team of blind wind broken spavined horses his act described as selfless and heroic by witnesses.
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Chicago
Jesse Pierce
Aurora
Impeachment Resolution Sought Against DC Justice Wright
Washington March 23 A House measure introduced by Representative Park Democrat of Georgia proposes impeaching Justice Daniel T Wright of the DC Supreme Court The Judiciary Committee will decide on action after reviewing the charges alleging bench and private life improprieties The panel previously dismissed similar uncorroborated accusations in Park's resolution
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Washington
Daniel T Wright
Supreme Court of
District of Columbia
House
Representative Park
Georgia
Judiciary Committee
Park
O Saughnessy May Quit Mexican Post
London to Vera Cruz? Nelson O'Shaughnessy the American charge d affaires admits he may resign due to health. He travels to Vera Cruz with British chargé d affaires Thomas L Slohler and denies any Wilson Lind talks. Provisional Huerta allows arms to embassy. state dept notes no confirmed meeting between Lind and Portilla Rejas.
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Mexico City
Nelson O'Shaughnessy
Ile
O’shaughnessy
Vera Cruz
O'Shaughnessy
Thomas L. S[lohler
John Lind
Wilson
Jose Lopez Portillo Y Rojas
Portillo
Orizaba
Huerta
United States
Washington
Nelson O’shankinnessy
State Department
Mexico
Slate Departments
Bryan
Senor Portillo
Rejas
Heir to 7 Million Estate hires five friends to spend money
Mathias Constante of Hammond Indiana receives news of a Greece inheritance worth seven million dollars. He hires five close friends at five thousand dollars a year each to help him spend the fortune. They plan to travel the world and celebrate. Police foresee possible trouble as the bold scheme unfolds.
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Hammond
Ind
Greece
Mathias Constante
Constante
Chicago
Invalids Take Music Cure at Johns Hopkins Clinic
Baltimore March 23 Before patients at the Phipps psychiatric clinic of Johns Hopkins hospital a string trio performed chamber music as part of curative treatment to ease mental disorders. Doctors report music helps shift patients minds from illness amid numerous pianolas music boxes and phonographs in the building.
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Baltimore
Phipps Psychiatric Clinic
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Canal Action Deferred In Senate Over Panama Toll Exemption
Washington March 23 The senate committee will delay consideration of the bill to repeal the toll exemption in the Panama canal act for several days despite efforts by Democratic senators urging quicker action.
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Washington
Senate Committee
Inter-Oceanic Canals
A. N. Lent Named Aide-De-Camp For G A R Leader
Superior Wis March 23 A N Lent a leading member of Alonzo Palmer post G A R is named an aide de camp on the staff of Washington Gardner commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic The local Sons of Veterans camp will be organized with a state organizer to follow and will canvass members for the proposed move
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Superior
Wis
A. N. Lent
Alonzo Palmer
Washington Gardner
Grand Army of the Republic
Sons of Veterans
Mmp
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Carbon and Stillwater Railway Company
Miss Sayde Atlas
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Denver Road
Fusii
Mitsugio Fujii
Calmette
Ulster Volunteers
Bryak
U. S
Indianan
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