Home Made Ford Plane Flies From Broadview To Billings
Roy Grupe a Broadview rancher and mechanic built a home made airplane powered by a Ford engine and flew from Broadview to Billings in about 40 minutes The craft has a 20 foot reach wings four feet across and a 17 foot body He has flown about Broadview previously and plans to enter the Midland Empire Fair in Billings with daily flights possible The pilot described a near loss of gas and a sense of tunnel like listening while in flight and noted following a railroad line to stay oriented
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Roy Grupe
Broadview
Billings
Grupe
Grape
Anderson
Laurel
Supreme Court Rules Fence Rights Do Not Shield Wilful Trespass
Montana Supreme Court cases Dorman versus Eric determine that lacking a partition fence does not author ize wilful trespass by livestock. Justice Farr writes that fence laws do not immunize owners who knowingly graze others land. The Fergus county dispute held Eric must compensate Dorman for damages.
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Montana Supreme Court
Justice Farr
Dorman
Eric
Fergus
Supreme Court
Robbers Fail in Clyde Park Bank Vault Heist
Bank robbers entered First State bank at Clyde Park by a rear door but fled empty handed. The vault remained intact and valuablesWere untouched as tools and evidence lay about the scene. Telephone lines were cut and letters pulled from filing cases while a second item reports a fast rum pirate ship preying on Atlantic coast rum runners.
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First State Bank
Clyde Park
Frank Wiggins
New York
Atlantic
Reed Wins Democratic Renomination Fight for U S Senate
St Louis politics report that James A Reed defeated Wilson faction candidate Breckenridge Long in a bid for renomination as United States senator. Reed secured the Democratic line amid party contention in St Louis.
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St. Louis
James A. Reed
United States
Wilson
Breckenridge Long
Pioneers Meet in Missoula August 1924
Missoula hosts the annual Society of Montana Pioneers and Sons and Daughters convention August 24 26 with joint sessions and separate business meetings. Lectures by A L Stone F D Brown T C Elliott and a photo and relic exhibit including a Bear Creek gold pan and ancient fiddle highlight the program along with a rail pass certificate from J A Sanders to secure reduced fares.
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Society of Montana Pioneers
Sons and Daughters of Montana Pioneers
Missoula
Liberty Theater
Elks’ Temple
Country Club
Flathead
Blackfoot
Bitter Root
Sidney Lanner
Butte
J. R. Toole
A. L. Stone
School of Journalism
the State University
E. S. Paxon
Paxson
F. D. Brown
Philipsburg
Torian
Montana
Charles 8. Warren
T. C. Elliott
Walla Walla
Wash
Oregon
United States Forest Service
Bear Creek
J. A. Sanders
Helena
Wedding Charge Nets Couple After Billing Carnival
Frank H. Schwartz of Chicago and Emma Wentz of Billings two travelers with a carnival company wed last week in the Hawaiian dancers tent as evening festivities peaked. A large crowd attended and admission fees reportedly yielded a substantial sum for the newlyweds.
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Frank H. Schwartz
Chicago
Emma Wentz
Billings
World News Briefs From Cities Across The Globe
Reports from Leipsig Joliet Hongkong San Francisco Sulphur Springs Grand Rapids Pueblo Chicago Peking Hongkong vndere Easton and Washington summarize threats riots strikes wrecks drownings mutinies typhoons and a film star narrowly escaping injury.
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Leipsig
Albert Hinstein
Germany
Joliet
Hongkong
Swatow
San Francisco
Sulphur Springs
Missouri Pacific
Grand Rapids
Wapsie River
Here
Pueblo
Colo
D. Z. Bray
Philip Morrow
Peck Creek
Chicago
Peking
Kiukiang
Kiang Chow
Kiangsi
Vndere
N. J
Two-Bit Tip Paperweight Tells a Billings Incident
J E Spurling of Billings, freight and passenger agent, owns a brass paperweight embedding a 26 cent piece. The coin dates from the early strike days when Spurling iced the private car Wanderer in Billings yards and received the two bits as a tip from a colored porter. Jack O Donnell of Midland Iron Works arranged to mount the coin and the brass piece bears the story of the incident.
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J.E. Spurling
Billings
Spurling
Wanderer
Jack O’donnell
Midland Iron Works
The Kevin field oil surge in Toole County Montana
A Montana prospectors claims the Kevin field in Toole County as a new giant with 40 derricks and five producers. He touts the Lincoln well and G. C. K. S. No. 2 as key to a massive gain, urging small investors to join a 250000 dollar venture and buy units at ten dollars each.
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Kevin Field
Lincoln
American Petroleum Development
Kevin
Toole County
Montana
Discovery
Toole
No. 1
Syndicate No. 2
Gusherland
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Ford Motor
Farmer
Wilber
Transfer Company
Great Falls
Pioneers
Frank Brown
Society
Chas. S. Warren
Elliott
THE
Golden Melon Farm
Greenacres, Wash
Thomas
Ohio
Campbell Sands
Rocky Ridge Dome
Gordon Campbell-Kevin Syndicate No. 2
Campbell Lincoln
Kevin Pay S
Gordon Campbell
Kevin Syndicate
Mn, N. A
Gordon Campbrull
Gordon Campbell-Kevin Syndicate
Toqle County
MR. Campbell
Venture
Ce Vetes
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