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Newspaper
Choteau Montanan
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1919
Page
8
Montana counties prepare for a September 2 special election on nearly six million dollars in road bonds. Fark County votes July 8 on a 150000 dollar issue. five and a half million dollars in federal aid funds depend on county authorizations.
A controversial Montana document decries liberal democracy and nonpartisan league figures including Gene Debs and Kate Richards O’Hare. It accuses The Producers News editor, Taylor, of socialist influence and calls for punishment or exile, arguing Christ would oppose such liberal laws.
The George Washington arrives from Brest with 208 officers and 2,286 troops including the Second guard company of the peace commission and the presidential party. Units aboard include the 63rd to 70th transport companies, aero squadron 463rd, hospitals 45th and 115th, laundry units 307th and 506th, and several supply and casual companies. Also aboard were 150 convalescent soldiers from the 344th Brest detachment. The Muskatine from St Nazaire diverted from Charleston, S C. For sale cheap one full size bed dresser chiffonier cot rug inquiry City Hospital.
Warning to homeowners to call the office to confirm service location before wiring. Housekeeping room at Hansen's is vacant today.
Washington notes expose the League of Nations covenant requiring unanimous consent at council and assembly meetings. Critics argue this makes most decisions impossible, risking an ineffective body while allies gain concessions in the treaty. The piece highlights Senator Hitchcock and Senator Reed's debate on the provision.
Carl W. Riddick, member of Congress, urges government action to relieve drought. He cites railroads offering half rate shipments to livestock owners and lines willing to run special trains to harvest areas. He asks agencies to survey pasture, extend loan interest, spend federal funds on irrigation and create jobs in Montana.
July 6 marked the formal opening of the park to park auto service between Yellowstone and Glacier with buses from the parks meeting at Helena. W. P. Kenney, federal general manager of the Great Northern railway, was among the first passengers as officials consider a three times weekly schedule.
The play is a buoyant farce filled with humor and lively moments. It draws on genuine human incidents, delivering sincere laughter as the seven reels whirl by, leaving the audience wishing for more.
Mabel Normand stars in Mickey and recalls on set slips and pratfalls. An accidental clock collapse scene and a stunt fall from a roof illustrate the unpredictable humor of the production and Normand’s desire for safer headgear.
Park County voters approve a $150 000 road building bond with about six to one support. 20 precincts report 864 for and 144 against. Livingston city backs the measure 173 to 59 while four rural precincts remain. County officials plan to seek federal aid for an additional $150 000, totaling $300 000 for Park to Park road projects across the county including the Yellowstone entrance corridor.
Telegram from Washington announces arrival in New York of Sergt I K Hall of the 163rd Second Montana infantry. Hall was among Montana troopers assigned for work at the University of Beaume France. The release of these men, urged by Krontana's representative, drew wide attention. It is believed other regiment members were in Batime and accompanied Hall back to America, though not named in the telegram.
The Senate Judiciary subcommittee urged a permanent espionage act like wartime law to curb forces of anarchy and violence. It calls for strict control of explosive materials and regulation of foreign language publications amid warnings about Bolshevism and parlor Bolsheviks in America.
Nazimova's screen adaptation of Ception Shoals titled Out of the Fog will have a one day engagement at the Royal theatre on the 18th. The Russian actress gives a faithful transfer of the sea drama created for the stage at Thirty-Ninth Street Theatre New York, where it ran two seasons.
A fragmented OCR snippet stresses that every car on highways must be equipped with a safety feature. The text references a person or place like Taylor Garage and mentions general vehicle protection requirements.
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