Montana Montana News Briefs Highlight Deaths and Development
Reports from Caldwell to Missoula and Billings note miners and lumber firms short of workers, beetle damage to forests west of Missoula, and a fatal spotted fever case from a woodtick bite. Other items include a 25 cent Billings tourist camp rate, a university student wounded in France, a hospital death of J Jamison en route to New Orleans, and plans for a million dollar Butte hotel. Deputy real estate official Hoskins tours Montana to collect licenses, and a hotel committee in Butte advances a large modern hotel project. A Montana Press association committee prepares to meet National Editorial trains at state lines with Snelson leading the party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
Caldwell
Libby
Billings
Missoula
E. J. Ives
Butte
Frank Murphy
Denver
Joe Simonich
Hamilton
Edwin Gettinger
Fort Benton
J. Jamison
New Orleans
Williston
North Dakota
Red Lodge
Nelson McGillen
Montana
McGillen
B. A. Schak
War Department
France
Helena
W. S. Hoskins
Hoskins
Montana State Press Association
National Editorial Association
Montana State Lines
P. B. Snelson
Billings Gazette
Snelson
Joel Scanlan
The
Miles City Star
E. H. McDowell
Terry Tribune
G. M. Moss
Whitefish Pilot
Goodsill Promoted to Assistant General Passenger Agent
Max M Goodsill, formerly secretary of the Helena Commercial club, is named assistant general passenger agent for Northern Pacific railroad and will oversee all advertising. The move follows his earlier role as assistant immigration agent with the company and is described as quick recognition of his ability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max M. Goodsill
Helena Commercial Club
Northern Pacific Railroad
A. B. Smith
Goodsill
The
Northern Pacific
Lightning Strikes Shelby Woman But She Survives
Miss Gena Overby night waitress at a Shelby restaurant was struck by lightning near the First National bank. The bolt burned a small area between two fingers but she escaped serious injury. Nearby a cow herd driver was stunned by lightning and a cow was killed at Conrad hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gena Overby
Shelby
First National Bank
Miss Overby
Conrad Hospital
LIVESTOCK AND SERVICES FOR SALE IN MONTANA AND BEYOND
Classified ad snippets show livestock listings for Herefords calving stock and Poland China pigs from Donald Livestock Co Melville Montana. Also poultry feed tractors nursing training mining and employment offers across Helena Butte and surrounding towns with ranch land for sale and matrimonial ads promising quick marriage services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Livestock Co
Melville, Mont
Poland
China
Ellevold
Hanks
N. D. Ee
Doash & Greenfield CO
Butte, Mont
Cat Creek Wells Run 9 000 Barrels
Drilling in the Mid-Northern well in Cat Creek field, section 11 15 29, has yielded a tremendous flow as a second-sand gusher. Press reports say the well may reach 10 000 barrels, with other wells on the West dome expected to follow. Quoted experts discuss implications for Montana field development and wider northern gasless gushers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cat Creek
Wildschutz
Sam Teagarden
Oil Fields Bulletin
Great Falls
Mr. Teagarden
Mid-Northern
Winnett
Guy Craig
Teagarden
Montana
Sweetgrass Arch
United States
Global freight cuts and varied 1920s events across states
World freight rates drop 10 percent across commodities. Chicago reports 400,000 railroad shopmen on strike as other cities note political upsets, trials, and notable incidents including a Berlin editor attacked, a Winslow Junction train wreck with mass casualties, and a long undelivered invitation reaching Cairo after decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chicago
Yargo
McCumber
Frasier
North Dakota
Lethbridge
Lord Bing
Canada
Miles City
Harding
Aguada
Cortez Oil Company
Tampico
Mexico
Berlin
Maximilian Harden
Grunewald
United States Railroad Labor Board
New York
Oklahoma City
Billy Miske
St. Paul
Willie Meehan
San Francisco
Meehan
State Department
Shaw
Atlantic City
N. J
Philadelphia & Reading
Winslow Junction
Camden
Denver
Ralph Fouts
Cairo
A. T. H. Haines
St. Louis
Smythland
Haines
Abducted Girl Found in Shack
Catherine Ribble, 16, was recovered from a shack near Prospect Hill after being abducted by 19 year old Paul E Beers. Beers faces a statutory offense in district court with potential penalties of one year to life. he pledges guilty. Deputy Sheriff Guy Palagi and Probation Officer A A Carpenter found the girl, who had been disguised as a boy, and testified she was afraid to speak. Perc y Hoffman and Joseph Hoffman also occupied the house. The girl is a Great Falls native and student. her mother is a widow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul E. Beers
Great Falls
W. J. Tighe
Beers
Tighe
Catherine Ribble
Guy Palagi
A. A. Carpenter
Red Road
Prospect Hill
West Great Falls
North Side
Percy
Joseph Hoffman
Percy Hoffman
Cannibalism Aids Hopper Fight In Montana County
John E. Cashman of Bynum reports tens of thousands of Rocky Mountain locusts in Teton county have died after cannibalism by eating poisoned bran. He notes field rescue on the Leedy ranch and says crops look productive with hopper damage minor where halted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton County
John E. Cashman
Bynum
Cashman
Leedy
Mr. Cashman
Montana
Butte Miners’ Union Seeks 9200,000 in Damages
Butte Miners’ union No. 1 files a settlement claim with City Clerk Brimacombe seeking 920,000 reimbursement from the city for two incidents in June 1914. The first asks 414,000 for parade disruption and hall damage on June 13. the second 978,000 for hall destruction ten days later. The union, led by Charles Baxter and Pat Lee, reports about 300 dues-paying members and a once large treasury and assets in excess of a million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Butte Miners’ Union, No. 1
Brimacombe
Charles Baxter
Pat Lee
Union
North Main Street
Western Federation of Miners
Silver Bow Block
Lightning Claims Two as Policy Near Expiry
A man named Alexander McDowell was killed by lightning south of Moore just hours before a life insurance policy would have expired. A passerby found his body shortly after the accident. Theodore Hogeland Jr of Ware was shocked by a lightning strike at his home, leaving him with paralyzed legs but on slow recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hig Liife
Alexander McDowell
Moore
Theodore Hogeland, Jr
Ware
Mr. Hogeland
Advertising Proves Its Power in Montana Merchants
Frank P. Mann told Montana Retail Merchants at Boulder that ads turn scarce capital into big sales. With $75 capital he reached $23 000 in annual sales and $4 000 to $5 000 in profits, expanding to a large store and $50 000 in fixtures as he relied on newspaper advertising to reach customers and reveal prices.
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Retail Merchants’ Association of
Montana
Boulder
Frank P. Mann
North Dakota
Mann
Winter Wheat Expected Big Crop in Montana North
Federal crop statistician F W Beier Jr says a wet year could push winter wheat to be Montana’s main crop, especially in northern counties. Early maturing advantage encourages fall sown grains, with harvest starting July 25 for winter wheat and late August for spring wheat. Rye also proves strong in northern Montana, mirroring North Dakota success.
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Montana
F. W. Beier, Jr
Beier
North Dakota
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M. Max Goodsill
Montana Newspaper Association
NASH
Big Timber
Mont
Fairquist Brothers
College Ave
Spokane
Wash
Royal Ann
BING
Golden Melon Farms
Greenacres
Oregon
Ward K. Richardson
Hickory
Salem
Ee Bon Ton Ply. Co
Rookery
Afontana
St. Peter’s Hospital
Rowan
Morse
Wireless
Butte College Telegraphy
Albert
Peyton Bidz
Rodak
Jennings-Gusdorf
Lewis & Walker
Wyoming
National Surety Co
Helena Adjustment CO
Helena, Mont
Ail
Bitter Root Valley
Fred Smith
Corvallis
Wilsall
Blackfoot
Powell County
Elliston
N. P. Ry
Co-Operative Creamery
IL. A. Stroud
Becket
Fergus County
Edwards & Bradford Lumber CO
Elk
KR. A. McNown
Wilkinson Bidg
Omaha
Nebraska
Oakland
Calli Ee
Budd
Calif
S. C. Huseth
Ee Optician Optometrist and Optician
Hampshire
C. A. Carter
Stone
Charles J. Stone
TV Am
Butte Union
Muocky
M'Donald
North
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