Montana counties multiply from eight to forty three
During a Montana legislative session discussions focus on county divisions with schemes to split Teton Cascade Sheridan and Yellowstone areas. The article traces Montana’s county growth from eight original counties created in territorial days to forty three after statehood, detailing dates, name origins, and how new counties were formed.
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Montana
Teton County
Chateau and Conrad
Cut Bank
Cascade County
Old Cascade
Sheridan County
Plentywood
Great Northern
Culbertson
Poplar
Wolf Point
Yellowstone County
Yellowstone River
Carbon County
Laurel
Idaho
Territorial
Missoula
Washington
Missoula County
Territory of
Montana Territory
Deer Lodge
Dawson
Beaverhead
Madison
Jefferson
Big Horn
Chouteau
Big Horn County
Custer
Dawgson County
Territorial Assembly
Gallatin County
Meagher
Legislative Assembly
Edgerton
Lewis and Clark
Silver Bow
Gallatin
Fergus
Park
Cascade
Commonwealth
Commonwealth, Making Flathead From Portions of Chouteau
Teton
Valley
Yellowstone
Sweetgrass
Broadwater
Meggher
Powell County
Granite
Rosebud County
Sanders
Lincoln County
Flathead County
Musselshell County
Blaine
Hill
Fallen
Rosebud
Stillwater
Toole
Hill and Teton
Richland
Mineral
Prairie
Phillips
Blaine and
Wheatland County
Carter County
Fallon
Supreme Court
Lincoln
Ravalli
Powell
Wibaux
Sheridan
Carter
Beaverhead River
White Deer Lodge
Lloyd George On Germany War Debts And Capacity Payment
British Prime Minister David Lloyd George estimated allied war costs at 24 billion pounds and Britain’s share at 8 billion pounds. He claimed Germany’s prewar wealth was 15 to 20 billion pounds and argued Germany should pay to the limit of her capacity.
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Germany
David Lloyd George
Great Britain
Dr King’s New Discovery Relieves Colds and Coughs
A vintage advertisement touts Dr King’s New Discovery as effective for a hoarse throat and coughing spells. It claims fifty years of relief, notes no disagreeable after-effects, and states druggists stock it due to high demand.
Dr Kings New Life Pills Promises Bowel Regularity
An advertisement touts Dr Kings New Life Pills as a mild yet positive remedy to relieve constipation. It claims the product frees the bowels of wastes and improves complexion stomach taste tongue breath and overall health.
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules Promoted for Kidney Health
An advertisement warns that kidney disease precedes many ailments and urges immediate use of GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules. It claims rapid relief within a day and long term protection with ongoing use, offering three sizes and a money back guarantee.
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Nature
Haarlem
Old Teakettle Sings Against Influenza Air Health
Bozeman physics professor F W Ham advocates moisture in indoor air as defense against Spanish influenza. He explains relative humidity, outdoor air 60 percent, indoor living rooms often 20–25 percent, and shows how boiling tea kettles or furnace pans raise humidity to help prevent colds and respiratory illnesses.
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Bozeman
F. W. Ham
State College
Department of Physics
Boards of Health
Board of Health
Montana State College
Department of Meteorology
Montana Experiment Station
Germany Near Armistice Shipping Quota Shortfall
Germany remains about 500000 tons short of the required shipping by terms of the armistice as nations adjust to postwar reparations and allied demands.
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Germany
Great Falls forms committee on mail station in serial junction plan
Secretary Skinner says the effort in Great Falls to establish a mail station will not be set aside. A Great Falls committee, in cooperation with government officials, plans to act in conjunction with authorities on the project.
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Tov Etter
Rs8
Skinner
Great Falls
County Cuts Deputies In Teton County Sheriff Rule
County commissioners in Teton County dispose of all deputy sheriffs leaving the sheriff elect with one deputy and an under sheriff to govern the jail and enforce law.
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Teton County
Chicago banquet backs Charles M Schwab for president
Foremen and superintendents from 750 metal working plants gathered in Chicago for a banquet and endorsed Charles M Schwab for president. The event stressed nonpartisanship with no party labels mentioned.
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Chicago
Charles M. Schwab
Gunboats Patrol Rhine as Marines Guard German Bridgeheads
American gunboats patrol the Rhine with marines guarding bridgeheads on the famed river in a display of Allied power amid ongoing military operations.
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Rhine
Warrenton Seaport Claim Promises Profit From Grain
An appeal encourages Montana farmers to back Warrenton Oregon as a Pacific seaport, promising 10 to 20 cents more per bushel for grain and claiming Warrenton’s central Pacific location, access to the Panama Canal, and safer, cheaper ocean shipping than Seattle or Portland. Special Christmas offering urged.
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Montana
Pacific Coast
Seattle
Portland
Puget Sound
Ocean
Cascade Mountains
Columbia River
Warrenton
Columbia Harbor
Pacific Seaport
Panama Canal
Orient
Tacoma
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Warrenton, Ore
Northern Pacific
E. A. Tyler Realty Company
Tod
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