Oil boom grows at Kevin field with three drilling firms
Three companies drill as five more rig up and more camps form in Kevin Montana. Gordon Campbell leads a surge of investment from Chicago Texas Oklahoma and Montana while the discovery well yields 25 barrels per hour and natural gas shows in several wells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Gordon Campbell
Kevin
Toole County
United States
Troy-Sweetgrass
N.E. N.W
S.W. S.W
Sunburst Oil & Gas Co
N.E. S.E
Kevin Syndicate
Apex Pet
S.W. S.E
Black Magic
W. M. Fulton
Holding & Royalty Co
Chicago
Texas
Oklahoma
Harry L. Wilson
Billings
M. EB. Smeltz
Denver
L. P. Jackson
Roundup
Joe R. Weese
Lewistown
Mr. Stout
Mr. Campbell
Royalty Company
Campbell
Kevin Syndicate No. 2
H. 0. Stapleton
Big Montana Carp Shipment Moves to New York City
About 120000 pounds of carp from Nelson reservoir were shipped to New York City for food under a state permit. Lake Bowdoin also has carp but smaller on average. Missouri River lakes have carp that threaten game fish and waterfowl, reducing duck populations at Bowdoin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Nelson Reservoir
New York City
C. A. Jakways
Lake
Bowdoin
Missouri
Vocational School to Open for Veterans in Helena
A federal vocational trade school for war veterans will open in Helena on July 1. The facility, to be run from the Helena sub-office of the United States veterans bureau, will hold a community celebration. It will be housed in the T. C. Power building at Logan Street and Twelfth Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Vocational Trade School For
Helena
C. Thomas Busha, Jr
United States Veterans’ Bureau
T. C. Power Building
Logan Street
Twelfth Avenue
Cole Elected Secretary of Montana Bar Association
At the Montana State Bar association meeting Burton H. Cole of Lewistown was chosen secretary treasurer. Born in 1876 in Ohio, he moved to Montana in 1909 and taught at the state university in Missoula before practicing law in Lewistown. He serves as deputy county attorney for Fergus County and is senior partner at Cole & Alsaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana State Bar Association
Burton H. Cole
Lewistown
Mr. Cole
Ohio
Montana
Missoula
Fergus County
Cole & Alsaker
Montana Beekeeping Emerges as Major Honey Producer
Montana leads the nation in honey per colony with eleven thousand colonies and an average of eighty one pounds. The 1919 production reached 630000 pounds valued at 157600 dollars, while the five year U S average stood at 81 pounds. Foul brood poses a major risk, but state efforts have begun to combat it. The honey industry closely ties to irrigation in alfalfa and clover regions, with Yellowstone county the top producer in 1919.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Montana Co-operative Crop Reporting Service
Wyoming
Michigan
United States
State Department of Agriculture
Yellowstone
Carbon
Ravalli
Big Horn
Sweet Grass
Cascade
Rosebud
Stillwater
Custer
Madison
State Board Probes Oil Output in Montana Wells
The state board of equalization orders an internal probe into oil producers failing to report Montana well output. Civil engineer C. C. Adams is appointed to determine the total output to be used for recalculating old taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
State Board of Equalization
C. C. Adams
Fire wipes Prineville business district in Bend Oregon
Fire caused about 400000 dollars in damage to half of Prineville’s business district before dynamiting cut the blaze. The report lists multiple city updates from Cheyenne to Idaho, with varied notes on local and national figures and events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Los Angeles
California
Valentino
Rudolph Valentino
Jean Acker
London
David Lloyd George
William Randolph Hearst
International Committee
Sofia
Boris
Bulgaria
Palace
Chicago
Herman Bundesen
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
United States Supreme Court
Hugh Thomas Carter Helena Lawyer and Montanan Political Figure
Hugh Thomas Carter of Helena a lawyer and son of Senator Thomas H Carter was born in Helena in 1892 he studied law at Georgetown University and began practice there He managed Montana activities for Hiram Johnson's presidential campaign and served as a second lieutenant of aviation in the war
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Thomas Carter
Helena
Thomas H. Carter
Carter
Georgetown University
Montana
Hiram Johnson
Pioneer Society Convention Set for Missoula August 23
The 39th annual Montana Pioneers convention will run August 23 to 25 in Missoula led by Charles D. Cook the oldest living Yellowstone explorer. President Cook of White Sulphur Springs is joined by official officers including Mrs. M. J. Kline of Butte and Joseph D. Conrad of Helena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Society of Montana Pioneers
Missoula
J. A. Sanders
Helena
Yellowstone Park
Charles D. Cook
Cook
White Sulphur Springs
M. J. Kline
Elective committee names and winter wheat recovery reported
The article lists treasurer Frank D Brown of Missoula historian and executive nominees William Coleman and Richard Lockey of Helena. Harrow saves winter wheat with nearly half stands returning in eastern Montana districts. Billings-area survey confirms improved conditions verified by farm mortgage representatives surveying the lake basin north west of Billings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank D. Brown
Missoula
William Coléman
Richard Lockey
Helena
Montana
Billings
Lake Basin
Butte Electric Railway Posts First Monthly Profit Since 1921
Public utilities commission receipts show April profits for the Butte Electric railway company with $43,000 in receipts and $40,000 in disbursements. This marks the first month since January 1921 that revenues exceeded expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte Electric Railway Company
Public Utilities Commission
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Cheely-Raban Syndicate
Great Falls
Charles M. Russell
Blackfeet Trading
PARTY
la Verendrye
Rocky Mountains
Pierre Radisson
Mississippi River
Russell
Cheery Raban, Syndicate
Great Falls, Montana
Postoffice
B. H. Cole
Montana Bar Association
Burton
Cole
Bees OF
U. S
Washington
Navy
Navy Department
McVay
Senate Naval Committee
Bakersfield
Calif
William Pickens
Clyde Richey
Pickens
Twin Falls
Idaho
Lyda M. Southard
Idaho State Life Insurance Company
Edward F. Meyer
Pioneer Society
State Association
Campbell Discovery Well
Shelby
Hoenck Fur House
Butte
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