Efficiency board opens in Butte to probe food prices
Butte authorities and the Anaconda Standard press a probe into cost of living after wage increases for miners. The Montana efficiency commission may sit for weeks to investigate wholesale and retail prices, with County Attorney Jackson pressing for a thorough inquiry. He urges Governor Stewart to convene the commission in Butte.
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Jackson
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Efficiency Commission
Anaconda Company
Hennessey Mercantile Company
Anaconda Copper Company
Montana
Silver Bow
State of
Governors of Montana and their long record of service
Charles D. Areenfield reflects on Montana governors from Toole to Norris and Stewart. The piece lauds their public service, notes their backgrounds as lawyers or public officials, and highlights key events including mining strikes, Spanish American War service, and wartime duties, while stressing accessibility and lack of scandal.
Lieutenant Colonel Galen Returns Homeward from Siberia
Lieutenant Colonel Albert J. Galen, judge advocate general of the American force in Siberia for over a year, is aboard the U S transport Thomas en route to San Francisco. No cause for the vessel’s delay is known, though weather is clear on the Pacific. It is expected he will be mustered out soon after reaching San Francisco. Sergeant Major E G Toomey remains in Siberia until September at earliest per a Helena law office letter.
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Butte
Montana
Richards
Toole
Congress
Smith
United States
Norris
Madison County
Beaverhead County
Helena
Robert B. Smith
Flathead County
California
Great Falls
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Siberia
U. S
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Honolulu
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Mettler
Toomey
Supreme Court Beer Ruling and Dred Scott Relation
The day the supreme court hands down its 2.76 percent beer ruling, the Dred Scott decision will lose its place to the new arrival at the Hall of Fame.
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Supreme Court
Hall of Fame
Anaconda Soldier McGrew Earned Two Decorations
Dan McGrew of Fort Garry Horse, later working a local tram job in Anaconda, was twice decorated for bravery with the French Croix de Guerre and the British Distinguished Conduct Medal. He was wounded five times in a 1919 action near Le Cateau after volunteering to save a captured naval gun, and he also carries a personal letter of commendation from King George.
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Fort Garry
Winnipeg
Anaconda
Britain
Washoe
McGrew
Buckingham Palace
London
England
George
Cambrai
Washington McCormick on pay of statesmen
Washington McCormick misoula county member says a payless session would force officials from the supreme court to the governor to serve without pay. He calls it a capital economy though officials would object. He jokes about warrants from the state treasurer for Senator Booth.
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Stewart
Legislative Assembly
Washington McCormick
Missoula County
McCormick
Helena
Supreme Court
Booth
Moonshine Trail Shakes Butte With Kentucky Craft
In Butte a wave of Kentucky moonshiners set up basement stills to brew rye-like whiskey from raisins and corn meal. A raid on 2403 Silver Bow street netted Frank Bucher, jailed on bootlegging charges, with a 20 gauge copper still, wine barrel condenser, and fermenting raisins seized. Federal agents likely to prosecute under federal law.
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Blue Ridge Mountains
Butte
Internal Revenue Department
Federal
Secret Service
Silver Bow Street
Frank Bucher
Bucher
Butte Woman Lawyer Breaks Ground in Montana Practice
Miss Jessie Roscow, the only practicing woman lawyer in Butte, works with Lyman J. Roscow in the firm Roscow & Roscow. Born in Lincoln Nebraska she moved to Montana a decade ago and studied at the University of Nebraska and law under I G Denny. She passed the Helena bar in 1917 and began practice in 1918 focusing on probate and office work. Her success and client trust demonstrate women can thrive in law.
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Butte
Montana
Jessie Roscow
Lyman J. Roscow
Roscow & Roscow
Miss Roscow
Lincoln
Neb
University of Nebraska
Lamb & Walker
Jesse B. Roote
I. G. Denny
Helena
Too Many Husbands Fight Divorce in Livingston Court
Hazel Young files for divorce from Edward J. Young in Livingston district court claiming she married him under a mistaken belief she was still legally divorced from Theodore Haas. She says the Crown Point marriage occurred September 30, 1916 after pursuing a Cook County divorce.
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Livingston
Edward J. Young
Young
Theodore J. Haas
Crown Point
Ind
Cook County
Tolinos
Theodore Haas
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