Turbulent Era News Briefs From March Reports
News clippings report King George of Greece assassinated in Saloniki by a presumed demented anarchist. A major tornado outbreak devastates Nebraska to Indiana, with hundreds dead and extensive property losses. Political shifts include Huntington Wilson resigning as assistant secretary of state over China policy. Hawthorne and Morton avoid appeal after federal prison sentence for mail fraud. Fiscal notes discuss pennies and nickel seigniorage and the government’s profits on coinage in 1912.
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George
Greece
Saloniki
Constantine
Nebraska
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Julian Hawthorne
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Dr. Morton
Atlanta
Public Service Commission Calls for Public Utility Complaints
A Montana Public Service Commission letter explains the body formed by Chapter 52 of the 13th Legislative Assembly. It covers heat, street railway, lighting, power, water, sewer, telegraph and telephone services within municipalities and elsewhere. The commission invites complaints about rates rules or regulations and lists its Capitol Building office in Helena as the contact point.
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Public Service Commission
Public Service
13Th Legislative Assembly
Commission
Capitol Bldg
Heletsa
Mont
Public Service Commission of
Mondana
Special Services at First Methodist Church
Dr. Bovard of Montana Wesleyan University and District Superintendent Vana Orsdel of the Great Falls district will lead evening services March 30 and 31 at First Methodist Church. Rev. George Mecklenburg attends Monday night. Sunday service continues the look of Hebrews. no money requests but regular offering accepted.
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Charles G. Bovard
Montana Wesleyan University
W. W. Vana Orsdel
Great Falls
First Methodist Church
George Mecklenburg
First Church
Bovard
Abby
Helena
Percy Reid McMahan
Alderman Candidates Named for City Wards One and Two
Julius Hirshberg and Wm Hodgskiss to run in First Ward with Horace Upman. For Second Ward, Horace Upman joins A C Burbank and W H Gorham as candidates.
Hirshberg for Mayor and Ward Aldermen Nominated in Cha teau
A mass meeting at the county courthouse nominated Julius Hirshberg for mayor and selected ward candidates Wm Hodgskiss Horace Upman for the First Ward and A C Burbank Walter Gorham for the Second Ward. The gathering approved resolutions urging progressive officials while opposing wasteful municipal spending.
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County Court House
Julius Hirshberg
Chateau
Wm. Hodgskiss
Horace Upman
A.C. Burbank
Walter Gorham
J. &. Webb
B.J. Roberson
Larson
Hirshberg
P. J. Cole
G M
Coffey
J. {. Cain
A. C. Burbank
A. J. Powell
Dr. H. W Bateman
Jas. Gibson
J. J. Webb
O. Larson
W .L
Great Northern Engineers Inspect Route
Engineers from Great Northern and related firms spent two days in reviewing the extension between Chateau and Bynum. The Choteau-Pynum link contract is set and work should start as soon as weather permits, with rapid progress expected and frost conditions cited as the main delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs,fast
Great Northern
Hervin
Minot
Hickman
Great Palls
Power-Choteau
Well Lighted Town: Choteau Gets Two Kilos Per Capita Lighting
Choteau shows an unusually bright town as Cho teau Ligue and Power furnishes two lamps per person, double the usual one lamp per capita. The figure reflects well on both the company and the town’s development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choteau
Choteau Ligue and Power Company
Great Northern Chooses Chateau Depot Site
Railway officials picked a site at the entrance to the former county fair grounds at the foot of Gonrad street for a new Great Northern station. The plan includes a brick station with two waiting rooms a ticket office and a baggage room. The platform will extend to Hamilton street providing access from two streets.
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Great Northern Railway
Chateau
Gonrad Street
Hamilton Street
Locating Permanent Survey for Power Line Route
Engineer S B Robbins with assistants locates the route for a Great Falls to Willow Creek power line on the federal reclamation project. The line serves the reclamation service during the coming summer until project completion. Chateau supports extending a branch to the town to supply power.
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S. B. Robbins
Great Balls
Willow Creek
Chateau
Glacier National Park praised with beauty of words
The Public Speaking Club of America declares twenty one English words the most beautiful and James Shea wins a prize. Glacier National Park in Montana is described as the Switzerland of America with splendor melody and virtue echoed by visitors and artists alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glacier National Park
Public Speaking Club of America
New York
James Shea
Broadway
New Park
Rocky Mountain
Montana
Citizen's Licket Proposed in Chateau Town Meeting
Resolution outlines sewer and water systems owned by the municipality. It calls for cement sidewalks and necessary improvements for Chateau’s development. The meeting nominates Municipal Licket as the Citizen's Licket. Signed by CHAS CONNOR PHI 1 COLE and J HIRSUBDREG.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orades
Chateau
Chas
H. Connor
Cole
BK. J. Hirsubdreg
Lands Open as Withdrawals Halt Sun River Areas
Helena and Great Falls land offices notify withdrawal of further tracts from the Sun River irrigation project with April 26 1913 settlement and May 26 1913 tiling deadlines. Excluded lands in Cascade and Teton counties detailed by township and section.
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Helena
Great Falls
Sun River Irrigation Project
Cascade County
Teton County
Greatalls
Iand
Still Water county created as returns filed in Helena
Montana grows new Still Water county officially formed as election returns were filed with Secretary of State A M Alderson. News notes include Ag College beating State University 24 to 18 for state basketball title in Helena. Feed yards at Billings Sugar factory report 10 500 fat sheep and about 300 cattle prepared for market. Clyde Corbly sentenced to eight years six months for embezzlement. Dr J M Seamand resigns as state insane asylum superintendent. Dr A C Knight named successor. Glacier Park Hotel to be managed by T E B Barrow. State board of entomology formed in Helena to combat spotted fever with $5 000 budget. Wibaux dies in Miles City. he once owned Mingusville and Wibaux townsites. Montana alfalfa seed counterfeit reports surface from Wisconsin.
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Billings
Pierre Wibaux
First State National Bank of
Miles City
United States
Wibaux
Roubaix
France
Beaver Creek
Dawson County
Mingusville
Wibausx
Montana
Wisconsin
Seelinc
A. L. Stone
College of Agriculture
University of Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Daughter of L. J. Otness Dies
Charlotte Otness nine year old daughter of L. J. Otness and wife of residents five miles north of Chateau on the Burton beach died Thursday afternoon from a complication of diseases. Rev Lunde of Great Falls conducted the Farmington church funeral and interment was in Farmington cemetery. Wide circle of friends expresses sympathy to Bri and Mrs Otness in their bereavement.
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Charlotte Otness
L. J. Otness
Chateau
Burton Beach
Rev. Lunde
Great Falls
Farmington
Bri
Mrs. Otoess
County Division Hearing On Proposed Pondera County
The hearing on creating Pondera county has occupied commissioners over two days with no decisive action yet. A large number of residents from affected areas attend the sessions seeking clarity and direction.
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Pondera County
Acantha
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Huntington Wilson
Wilson
Public Services Commission OF
McLaren
M. E. Church
Harmonious Mass Meeting
Citizens Ticket
W. H. Gorham
Hodgskiss, Upman, Burbank and
Gorham
Aldermen
Board of County Commissioners
Neton County
Great Northern Engineers
Sun River Project
News of the
Still Water
A. M. Alderson
Montana Agricultural College
State University
Clyde Corbly
Ganatin County
Poindexter of
Dillion
de. J. M. Seamand
Stewart
Montana State
A. C. Knight
T. E B. Barrow
Yellowstone Park
Louis Will
Glacier Park
Mammoth Log
Clacier National Park
Marrow
Canson
State Board of Entomology
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