Liberty League forms in Cascade County officers named
At a Rainbow Hotel meeting in Great Falls about 150 residents organized the Cascade County Liberty league to defend citizens rights. Sam Stephenson was elected permanent chairman with Dr A F Longeway as vice chair and Dudley Crowther as secretary. The group approved officers and a by laws committee and discussed uniforms for dry agents on roads following national examples.
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Great Falls
Cascade County Liberty League
Hotel Rainbow
Sam Stephenson
First National Bank
League
A. F. Longeway
Dudley Crowther
Shirley Ford
Larue Smith
Larue Smith, Dr. Longeway
C. BE. Hubbard
W. M. Bole
O. F. Wadsworth
Stephenson
Gerald S. Frary
Virginia
Montana plan urged to curb highway false officers
A meeting formed after a Highwood area family was stoppped by a man posing as a dry officer on a Great Falls trip. Residents want a statewide plan to alert motorists instantly if an officer or impostor is on the highway, with formal credentials and procedures to avoid scare and confusion.
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Montana
Highwood
Great Falls
Government approves Utah bid for Beaver Creek Dam
Great Falls Sept. 17 George O Sanford Sun River project manager says the interior department has approved the bid of Utah Construction Company for the Beaver Creek storage reservoir project The contract will be signed by the secretary of the interior and sent to the firm for execution Immediate work is possible with road reconstructions in Sun River canyon and between the canyon and Augusta to allow heavy equipment cement and reinforcing steel to reach the site
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Great Falls
George O. Sanford
Sun River
Telegraph
Department of the Interior
Utah Construction Company
Beaver Creek
Utah Company
Secretary of the Interior
Reclamation Bureau
Sanford
Sun River Canyon
Diversion Dam Camp
Canyon
Augusta
Oldest Montana overcoat owned by Anaconda fire chief
Great Falls report describes a coat claimed as Montana’s oldest overcoat. Owned by Charles Collins, Anaconda fire chief, it was made by Hirshberg & Nathan of Fort Benton 1879 1887 and later connected to A Nathan & Sons in Great Falls. The piece originated with J P Thomas who had hides from buffalo and beaver used in crafting it.
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Great Falls
Montana
Hirshberg & Nathan
Fort Benton
Charles Collins
Aanaconda
A. Nathan
A. Nathan & Sons
J. P. Thomas
Hirshberg
Joseph Hirshberg
Julius
Jos. Hirshberg & Co
Caoteau
Julius Hirshverg
Nathan
Sun River
Chateau
Arthur Hirshberg
Julius Hirshberg
Joseph
First National Bank
E. J. Hirshberg
Santa Barbara
California
Local Sick List and Visitors Report
Farmington residents including H. C. Nyhns Mrs J B Conner John Chalmers Mrs F W Smith and the Groot family were on the sick list during the past week. Mrs A J Kile of Minnesota visited her sister Mrs Belle Lindseth while J B Conner installed a Delco light plant.
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H. C. Nyhns
J. B. Conner
John Chalmers
F. W. Smith and Son
Groot Family
A. J. Kile
Minnesota
Belle Lindseth
Delco
Dempsey Tunney Heavyweight Title Fight Broadcast Planned
Calgary and Denver radio stations announce tonight's Dempsey versus Tunney heavyweight title bout at Sesqui Centennial Stadium Philadelphia. Broadcasts start 6:15 in Calgary and 7:00 in Denver with ringside seats at $27.50. Public interest centers on a possible Dempsey victory though some experts favor Tunney.
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Calgary
Denver
Philadelphia
Sesquicentennial Stadium
Dempsey
Tunney
Philadelphia Arena
Fat Two Year Old Steer Brings One Hundred Dollars
Nick Vlinker of the Chateau Meat Co bought a fat two year old steer for one hundred dollars from Coffeyy and Wellenstein with other Pendroy and Dry Forks ranchers. The company has recently purchased enough cattle to dress about 10,000 pounds of beef for local sale.
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Montana
Nick Vlinker
Chateau Meat Co
Coffeyy& Wellenstein
Vilinker
Choteau
Choteau Meat Company
Viinker
Collins Girls Organize Cooking Club Names Louise Finnegan President
Formal group called the Collins 4H Club organized at a last Saturday meeting with Louise Finnegan elected as first president Dorothy Mead as vice president Clara Alzheimer as secretary and R. H. Mayer as local leader. The first year covers breakfasts planning breakfast table etiquette and related study. Meetings will be every other Saturday with the next on October second at Mrs Laura Bailey's home.
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Collins 4H Club
Louise Finnegan
Dorothy Mead
Clara Alzheimer
R. H. Mayer
Laura Bailey
Billings Chosen for Eastern Montana Normal School
The Montana state board of education in Helena adopted the examining commission’s report selecting Billings as the site for the new Eastern Montana State Normal College. The commission, chaired by leaders from three outside normal schools, found Billings most accessible to potential students and best for cooperation with existing normal institutions. Other surveyed cities included Glendive Miles City Forsyth Billings Roundup Lewistown Culbertson Wolf Point Gloster Havre.
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State Board of Education
Helena
Billings
Montana State Normal College
Legislative Assembly
Board of Education
George H. Black
Ellensburg
Washington
H. Fisher
Bellingham
Frank ©. Baker
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Normal College
Dillonger
Glendive
Miles City
Forsyth
Billines
Roundup
Lewistown
Culbertson
Wolf Point
Gilstow
Havre
Board of Collection
Billings Chooses $25 000 School Site Tract
The discussion notes Billings voters have an option on a $25,000 tract of land totaling 52 acres as the commission selects the site for a proposed new school in Havre.
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Montana
Havre
Billings
Beaupre Farms Near Sunburst Grow Fine Corn Crop
Dr Beaupre on his 2000 acre ranch east of Sunburst has 85 acres ready for harvest and a near perfect corn crop. He keeps about 100 cattle and plans to finish a batch of young steers. He installed three large reservoirs years ago and can irrigate a large area and sell water to the oil field. He built the Beaupre hotel at Chateau and marks his 41st wedding anniversary while serving as president of the Sunburst bank for the past nine to ten years.
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Dr. Beaupre
Sunburst
Chateau
Sunburst Bank
Kevin Review
Teton County Set for Strong Showing at Great Falls Show
County Agent Robert Clarkson says Teton County will be well represented at the North Central Montana Corn and Livestock Show in Great Falls next week. Girls 4H clubs will enter demonstration teams, Farmington and Fairfield calf clubs will bring members and calves, with Howard Gaare and Harold Stevens among the exhibitors. Ben Gordon with the T S Gap herd, plus corn entries from Juelfs Ranch near Dutton Chas Fransen Ranch near Collins and G B Ziegler Ranch near Bole, highlight a broad slate of livestock and grain entries from across the county.
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Teton County
Montana
Great Falls
Robert Clarkson
Farmington
Fairfield
Howard Gaare Ane
Harold Stevens
Ray Davidson
Jack Slanger
Ben Gordon
T. S. Gap
C. O. Juelfs
Dutton
Chas Fransen
Collins
G. B. Ziegler
Bole
County chart details Teton Co operative Shipping Assn
An illustrated chart is being prepared by the county agent for the Teton County Co operative Shipping Association. It will feature cattle and turkey shipping scenes and a central map by County Surveyor Obert Peterson. The chart outlines shipments and receipts for 1925 and 1926 to date, lists participating farmers, and shows volumes in cattle, sheep, turkeys, wool and eggs.
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Teton County Co-operative Shipping Association
Obert Peterson
Denny A Tireless Sportsman
Reginald Denny, star of the feature What Happened to Jones, appears at the Royal theater Friday and Saturday as a Universal Jewel feature. An ex Royal Flying Corps member, he recently bought an airplane and spends spare time flying above Hollywood.
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Reginald Denny
Jones
Royal Theater
Universal- Jewel
Canadian Royal Flying Corps
Hollywood
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Choteau Ceantha Eerte Fem
Téton County
Srr . L. Jourdonnais
Chosteau
Liberty League
G. F. Citizens
Rexall
Cara Nome
Beaver Creek Dam
Selec
Ular
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Hannan
Anaconda Fire Department
Collins Girls
Eastern Montana Normal School
Wree
Atwater Kent Radio
Galion Loganberries
Hirshberg’s
Teton
Denny
Adams Oil Co
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