Wagered Cash and Nervous Stakes Surround Butte Dillon Game
A Dillon and Butte baseball clash at Columbia Gardens drew heavy bets and tense finance as lawyer and stakeholder scrambled for $560. Butte rallied with a three-run ninth inning to win, sparing Levy from default and smoothing a tense afternoon with the gambler’s nerves.
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Union Association
Dillon
Butte
Columbia Gardens
Matt Barry
Levy
Billy
Phil Gillis
Dillon Gang
Gillis
Gardens
Main Street
Dillonites
9 Second Century Run At Buttes Columbia Gardens
The Aug nine second 100 yard dash by Jerry White sparked debate as the unofficial fastest time yet, clocked by two timers at Butte Colu mbia Gardens during a non sanctioned picnic sports program open to pros and amateurs. AAU officials refused record recognition noting the event lacked official status.
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Butte
Columbia Gardens
Jerry White
White
Billings High Girls Hoop Team Meets Sheridan Quint
In 1906 Billings high school girls basketball faced a Sheridan Wyoming quintet with a full crew of officials including a referee umpire two timekeepers a scorer and four linesmen. The game occurred in a small school gym with two seating rows each side and a local custom of fans running onto the floor to applaud.
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Billings High School
Sheridan
Wyo
Billings
Billings High
Security Building & Loan in Billings Offers insured safety and earnings
The Security Building & Loan Association of Billings Montana now offers insured safety up to 5000 dollars per member through the federal savings and loan insurance corporation. The state institution has operated over eighteen years with uninterrupted dividends not falling below 3 percent per year and promises available funds for withdrawal at any time.
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the Security Building & Loan Association of Billings
Security Building & Loan Association of
Billings
Montana
Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corporation
Washington, D. C
United States
The
Security Building & Loan Association
Association
Montana Ye Ida Mormon Cricket Campaign Saves Crops
State entomologist Dr. Harlow B. Mills reports the 1937 Montana campaign against the Mormon cricket saved about 5 166 098 dollars worth of crops on 7 487 695 acres of crop and range land at a total cost of 436 881 42. WPA funds and agencies aided a broad effort across the state with barriers dust and bait reducing losses.
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Montana
Harlow B. Mills
Mills
WPA
Bureau of Entomology
Department of Agriculture
Pryor Mountains
Big Horn
Indian Service
Dr. Mills
Sheridan Girls Triumph In One Sided Hoop Bout
The visiting ladies were given fair treatment by police linesmen and spectators, with four local B H S linesmen keeping order. The game opened with little danger as Billings ladies surged ahead to 46 points while Sheridan began and finished with a poor cipher.
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Cliff Chase
Ralph Morris
Hugo Campbell
Carl Wood
Billings
Sheridan
Custer Battle Replayed by Reserve Officers in Class
Helena reserve officers reenacted the Battle of the Little Bighorn as a teaching exercise led by Maj. Thomas A. Reiner. Each officer acted as Gen. Custer with no orders to decide how to conduct the attack using modern warfare principles.
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the Little Big Horn
Helena
Army
A. Clubroom
George A. Custer
Thomas A. Reiner
Seventh Reserve District
Reiner
Little Big Horn
Custer
10Th Infantry
Reiner Ex
Pan American Expands Fuel Deliveries From Global Ports
Fuel for testing is now being brought to the United States from Hong Kong China Southampton England Fairbanks Alaska and Buenos Aires. This follows the ongoing project of new Pan American air routes by the company.
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United States
Hong Kong
China
Southampton
England
Fairbanks
Alaska
Buenos Aires
War Vets to Gather for Montana Encampment in Miles City
The Montana department Spanish War Veterans will hold its 1938 annual encampment in Miles City likely in June. Secretaries in Missoula confirm the Miles City choice and local posts plus the Grand Army of the Republic and Women’s Relief corps will host with plans underway. The event will be organized with state officers and local groups promising a welcoming program for attendees and visitors.
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Montana
Joseph T. Brown
Grand Army of the Republic
Women’s Relief Corps
Turner
Miles City
Government buys surplus goods across western states
The Federal Surplus Commodities Corp reported purchases in 11 western states from August 1933 to October 1937 totaling over 33 million dollars, excluding some cheese milk hogs and seeds. Montana and Wyoming accounted for large sums with items including apples, beans, butter, cattle, eggs, and sheep.
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Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
The
Commodities Corporation
Montana
Montana Farmers and Produce and Livestock
Wyoming
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