Montana Senate Opens With Progressive Election Policy
Senator J E Edwards outlined a pro reform agenda as the Montana senate convened the 15th legislature. The speech urged economy abolishing useless offices and fair taxation while inviting Democratic members to join in a nonpartisan push for state progress and public welfare.
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Helena
Montana State Senate
J. E. Edwards
Rosebud County
Senate
Montana
Fifteenth Legislative Assembly
Eliel
Beaverhead
Chicago
Forsyth
Frank Cone
Ravalli
James F. O’connor
Livingston
Thos. Kehoe
Yellowstone County
Stewart
House
Edwards
Legislative Assembly
Joe DeYong Dominates Week in Falls
Joe DeYong spent the majority of the past week in Falls, highlighting a period of concentrated activity or presence. Details about the purpose or outcomes remain unclear.
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Joe DeYong
Falls
Large Brady Lumber Yard Burned in Evening Fire
A blaze at Libby Lumber Co in Brady on January 2 destroyed the yard, stock, grain, and merchandise. The estimated loss is about 10000 with 75 percent covered by insurance. The fire began when a gasoline lamp exploded in the yard office, blowing glass into the street as a southwest wind fueled rapid destruction. Losses include a new automobile owned by F F Lewis and eight loads of grain stored by farmers.
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Brady
Libby Lumber Company
A.E. Johnson
F. F. Lewis
Seven Eclipses In 1917 Stuns Astronomy Note
Washington reports that 1917 will host four solar and three lunar eclipses, the maximum possible in a year. The last time seven eclipses occurred was early in the 19th century. the next will occur in 1935. A total lunar eclipse will begin January 8 at 12:50 a.m. and end at 4:39 a.m. EST visible across the United States.
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Washington
Naval Observatory
United States
Civil filings list divorces and judgments in district court
The clerk of the district court reports new civil cases including Blanche Jones versus Evan D. Jones for divorce J N Stonehouse versus W E Arnot for abstract of judgment and J W Jewell versus J D Fleury for appeal.
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Clerk of the District Court
Blanche Jones
Evan D. Jones
J.N. Stonehouse
W. E. Arnot
J. W. Jewell
J. D. Fleury
Rifle Club Meeting Cho Texeu Rifle Association Elect Officers
The annual Cho Texeu Rifle Association meeting will be at Cole & Shannon's office on Saturday January 6 1917 at 8 p m to elect officers and conduct other business. All members are urged to attend. W H Webb secretary.
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Chotexu Rifle Association
Cole & Shannon
W. H. Webb
Couple heads to Great Falls as title firm opens
Mr. and Mrs. Garner and Miss Johnson depart for Great Falls. Mr. Garner finished a set of abstract books for the Teton Title and Guaranty Co. The new company is prepared to begin operations with offices in the Larson building.
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Garner
Miss Johnson
Great Falls
Teton Title and Guaranty Co
T E Larson
New County Officers Installed In Teton County
New administration begins in Teton County with re-elected officials Sheriff Miller County Clerk Garrett Assessor Lundgren and Auditor Smith. J L Collins becomes jailer and J L Innes is under sheriff replacing Freeman Daley. New court clerk Paul Jacobson with deputy Roy Franklin and stenographer Lilly Lindseth.
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Teton County
Miller
Garrett
Lundgren
Smith
J. L. Collins
Dupuyer
J. L. Innes
Freeman Daley
Mary Buzzell
Greene
Paul Jacobson
Roy Franklin
Lilly Lindseth
Verge
Barnett
Thompson
Miss Baird
Great Falls
Spring Valley
Connor
Carson
Board of County Commissioners
Ledgerwood
Meeting Notes From Local Parent Teachers Association
The regular PTA session met at the public school Tuesday evening. Illness kept Miss Fletcher from music duties. a male quartet performed two numbers and was encored. Kindergarten songs by Ruby and Helen Morgan and Verna Upman drew favorable reaction under Mrs W L Verge. Miss Dutcher read a literary piece and Mrs Haugen recited The Wilds for a Picture with good effect. Superintendent Crawford proposed a plan to serve two hot dishes at noon for lunching pupils. Miss Church will oversee preparation and serving as a trial.
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Parent-Teachers Association
Fletcher
Messrs. Bowers
Nelson
Guthrie and Pridham
Miss Dutcher
Fallon Farmer Gets First Loan
Helena Montana December 30 Jean Theo Braun owner of a 320 acre homestead near Baker Fallon county has secured the first loan under the state farm loan law It amounts to 2000 for three to five years at six percent interest on an appraised valuation of 7864 Braun a forestry and agriculture graduate of the College of Luxemburg in the duchy of that name came to Montana eight years ago and filed upon a homestead The board is receiving many applications but many have security insufficient for the requested amount
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Helena
Jean Theo Braun
Baker
Fallon County
Braun
College of Luxemburg
Dutchy
Montana
Name Plates Awarded Twice to Mrs Armstrong
Mrs Armstrong, teacher in the Teton Slope area, earned the state name plate for two consecutive years at Wise man and Johnson schools. Health issues force a climate change sought by the respected, conscientious instructor who has long taken pride in her work.
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Armstrong
Johnson
Teton Slope
Wiseman School
Johnson School
Travel Return From Sweet Grass Visit Reported
Total Geo Tennant, assistant Great Northern agent, returns with his family after visiting relatives at Sweet Grass.
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Geo. Tennant
Great Northern
Sweet Grass
Community Christmas and New Year Observe Traditions
Teton Slope residents held social events at schools and at home with family dinners and invited friends. Notables included C. E. Sandberg and family. Mr. and Mrs. Huidekoper. Miss Louise C. Smith. Cornelius Van Nymegen. and many others. Several travelers and ill residents are noted, with a school earning a standard name plate in 1916.
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C. E. Sandberg
J. W. McKnight Dead After Long Illness in Portland
J W McKnight dies at 9 20 am in Medico hospital Portland Oregon after a lingering illness heart failure cited as cause. At 59 he left a large fortune with holdings in Libby Kalispell Spokane Dupuyer and other sites. Funeral by Elks and banks close one hour. survived by widow and three children.
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J. W. McKnight
Libby
The
Times
Medico Hospital
Portland
Oregon
Ocean
McKnight
Great Falls
Spokane
Kalispell
Gables
First State Bank
Teton County
Dupuyer
Montana
Kootenai Valley
Lodge of Elks
Mce-Knight
First National Bank
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Josephzhirshberg
Julius Hirshberg
Hirshberg Brothers
Choteau, Montana
Parent-Teachers ‘Meeting
Fallon Farmer
Bole
State of Montana
WM. Wallace P. O. Nassne
R. C. Breiman
Andrew Dale
Climax
Minnesota
Mrs. Halver Thompson
Northwood
Erling Norby
T. S. Armstrong’s
Ed Halberg
John Olstad
Florence Wiseman
A. Steensma
Butte
Richard Gorter
C. E. Wiseman
Wheatfield
Indiana
Jacob Anderson
Crawfords
Mas. Armburger
Florence Thompson
Martin Hanson
Arthur Davidson
Farmington
Hazel Hune
State Department of Education
Sun River
Falla
Kalispell and
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