Tax drive targets luxury and sales taxes nationwide
Flying squads of 175 IRS officers will sweep through Butte and other major cities over two months to chase delinquent taxes including luxury, soft drink, admission, manufacturer, jewelry, toilet articles and medicines taxes. Penalties can reach 10,000 dollars fine and or up to one year in prison with additional tax evaded. amnesty urged for amended returns.
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Internal Revenue
Butte
Montana
Jas. A. Walsh
Bureau of Internal Revenue
William M. Williams
Special Revenue
United States
Butte Population Tale Sparks Census Scrutiny
Whispered figures suggest Butte Montana may have far fewer residents than expected as a recount is demanded. Officials note floating populations and winter residents skewing city tallies, while agricultural counts face drought related slippage and calls for a supplemental census.
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Butte
Montana
Washington
Great Falls
J. M. Fauls
Dame
Fauls
Mr. Faulds
California
Florida
Los Angeles
Limit on Trout Catches at Yellowstone Park Tightens for 1920
Yellowstone park tightens fishing limits for the 1920 season. Visitors within two miles of park highways may not catch more than 10 fish, while areas beyond two miles allow up to 20. No license is required and only hook and line fishing is allowed.
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Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone
H. M. Smith
United States Bureau of Fisheries
Great Park
Bechler River
Falls River
Mountain Ash Creek
Yellowstone Park
Bureau of Fisheries
National Park Service
Yellowstone Lake
Shoshone Lake
Lewis Lake
Stampede and baseball events planned at Glasgow
The Milk River Stampede company of Hinsdale organizes a three day event July 3 to 5 at the Valley county fairgrounds and city baseball park. Noted riders Monty Denham Curly Anne Seeley and Long George Francis will participate along with Mickey the bucking bull and Shimmey the dancing horse. The program includes bulldogging bucking roping and wild horse races.
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Glasgow
Milk River Stampede Company
Hinsdale
Valley County Fairgrounds
City Baseball Park
Stampede
Hester
Glasgow Band
Malanes
Firemen’s Hall
Rainmaker Hatfield Delivers $6000 Rain Near Ephrata
Hatfield the California rainmaker claimed he could rain over 100 miles wide and deliver more than an inch of rain around Ephrata Washington, 62 miles east of Wenatchee. It took 11 days instead of the promised 10, with Great Northern official W. Herman noting the experiment's expense and public doubt rising as the clouds released their load.
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Hatfield
California
Ephrata
Wash
Wenatchee
Herman
Great Northern
Wool Center Moves West and Chicago Financing Plan
William Rea Jr. of Billings promotes Chicago as the leading wool market and supports western senators' push to have federal reserve banks finance growers until a market for this year's clip develops. A wool financing plan would use drafts against bills of lading, rediscountable by Federal Reserve member banks within set maturities.
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William Rea, S Jr
Billings
Chicago
Montana
United States
Federal Reserve
Washington
Rea
F. R. Marshall
Salt Lake City
National Wool Growers’ Association
Marshall
Federal Reserve Bank
Harding
Montana highway plans push another million in projects
The Montana state highway commission aims to add about one million dollars to road work this year, with roughly 3.25 million of current contracts let since last October. Friday bids will cover two projects, Havre to Hill county, and Cascade county part of the Chateau Sun River scheme. On July 2, section A of project 103 will be let for 18 foot paving from Lewistown to Roy and a bridge over Big Spring Creek.
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State Highway Commission
Montana
Richard S. Zahniser
Mr. Zahniser
Wool Buyers Invade Beaverhead Territory
Wool buyers from eastern firms have invaded Dillon territory offering 25 cents per Beaverhead clip. J. E B. Hample contracted for one of the county’s largest lots on these terms. Other buyers active here include William Rea, Roscoe Wilson, R. W. Boone, and R. B. Foster. Wool is being delivered daily to the local warehouse for weighing and shipment prep.
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Thearger
Dillon
J. E B. Hample
William Rea
Roscoe Wilson
R. W. Boone
R. B. Foster
Wool market plan praised by Massachusetts growers
The wool growers praised a Chicago based plan to create a national wool market. They argued financing remains feasible for this season and that storage in Chicago would cut handling costs by bypassing Boston warehousing and repeated car loading to factories.
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Chicago
Boston
Marshall
United States
Massachusetts
Summer Street
Oldest Montana State Senator Henry Ellingson Dies in Big Timber
State Senator Henry Ellingson of Sweet Grass county died at his Big Timber home after a long career as a farmer and leading merchant. Born in Norway in 1846 he came to Montana in 1881 and helped found Melville valley settlement before later running a large mercantile business with a garage on the Yellowstone trail. He is survived by three sons three daughters and 22 grandchildren.
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Henry Ellingson
Sweet Grass County
Montana State Senate
Big Timber
Ellingson
House
Senate
Norway
America
Chicago
Pine Woods
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Northwest
Gallatin County
Montana
Melville Valley
Yellowstone Trail
Senator Ellingson
Natal Sugar Output Reaches New Record
Natal produced about 185000 tons of manufactured sugar in the recently ended season, a record level for the industry.
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Natal
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Internal Revenue Bureau
Sam
Dame Rumor
Grocens
Postum Cereal Co
Batile Creek
Mich
William Shea, JR
Beaverhead
Ellingsen
Roundup Mutual Oil & Gas Company
Beause
Standard Oil Company
Midwest
Ohio
Mutual Oil & Gas
McFadden-Michels & CO
Naae
Eb. O
Cotass CO
Breen Bik
Mont
Oily & State
Roundup Mutual Oil & Gas Co., Breen Block
Great Falls, Mont
Teats City
Miles City
Miles City, Mont
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