Capital stock tax deadline urged for Montana corporations
A. Rasmusson, collector for the District of Montana, reminds all corporations to file capital stock tax returns for the year July 1 1923 to June 30 1924. The tax is $1 per $1000 of capital stock value over $5000 with $5000 exempt. Returns are due by July 31 1923 with penalties up to 1000 dollars or 25 percent of tax for late filing.
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A. Rasmusson
Collecor
Internal Revenue
District of Montana
Commissioner of Inernal Revenue
Washington, D. C
Gibbons Crowned Champion Ice Cream Eater of World
Shelby reports Tommy Gibbons vows to remain champion ice cream eater regardless of July 4 world heavyweight fight outcome. He consumes about a quart daily in training and a gallon on non training days as he awaits the big battle.
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Shelby
Tommy Gibbons
Winter wheat crop up in Montana and veterans get public land
Washington reports Montana spring wheat forecast at 41,048,000 bushels and winter wheat up 2,513,000 from May. Nation wide, spring wheat stands at 90.2 percent normal while oats require rain. Seventy thousand acres of public land in six western states open to homestead for World War I veterans, including 57,300 acres in Montana across Teton Phillips Fergus counties.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Montana
Secretary of the Interior
Teton
Phillips
Fergus
Phillips County
General
Methodist Church Notes by Harry T Stong Pastor
Morning worship at 10 30 sermon by the pastor Sunday School at 11 30 evening service at 8 Bible school each day next week Ladies Industrial Wednesday June 27 fourth quarterly conference at church Saturday June 30 district superintendent preaches July 1 at 10 30 Epworth League institute at Neihart July 9 Chateau delegation hoped to attend
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Ladies Industrial
Epworth League
Neihart
Chateau
St Stephen Church Notes On Services And Picnic
Owing to the minister's absence no service will be held next Sunday June 24 but Holy Communion will be celebrated on Sunday July 1 at 11 o'clock. The church school completed a successful year and will hold a picnic next Friday in the city park.
Woman's Club July Fourth Picnic at Great Northern Park
The Woman's Club plans a Fourth of July program at Great Northern Park with lunch at noon and free coffee in cups guests should bring. Donations of cream from farmers are welcome. At four, races for all ages follow prizes from local businesses. an evening dance with a six piece orchestra at the American Legion pavilion invites all to attend.
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Great Northern Park
American Legion Pavilion
County Agents News Notes on Saccharine and Weeds
County agents report saccharine is a successful substitute for syrup in bait mixing, saving time and cost. Tests by Wiseman Zeigler and others show one ounce treats 600 pounds of bran, equating to five pounds sugar per 100 pounds bran. Communities advance representative selection for a rural camp. Burton Beach outlines plans to combat Canadian thistle with demonstrations before enforcement of weed law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Wiseman
G. B. Zeigler
Burton Beach
Pendroy Well Shows Oil Indication at 1560 Feet
A light green oil showing was reported at 1560 feet in the Gypsy well near Pendroy. The showing occurred in a sandy layer from 1520 to 1572 feet, with a puff of gas at 800 feet matching a nearby Jones-Edwards well. The Gypsy well is currently drilling in Colorado with casing only to 1200 feet.
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Pendroy
Jones-Edwards
Bynum
Colorado
Etna Lava Flows Threaten Linguaglossa Village
Volcanic eruption on Mt. Etna drives residents from Linguaglossa as lava destroys Loscaragata and forces Casiglione evacuees to flee. Militia rushes from Catania to aid in moving belongings and cattle amid falling ash and black smoke.
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Rome
Linguaglossa
Mt. Etna
Loscaragata
Castiglione
Etna
Catania
Rankin Defends Montana Railroad Rates and Esch Cumming Act
Attorney General Wellington D. Rankin addressed 35 attendees at Loyd Hotel on Tuesday night, denouncing Esch Cumming Act as vicious while labeling Montana railroad rates as burdensome. He cited charts showing higher commodity costs in Montana and noted valuation disparities used for rates versus taxes. Great Northern cited as fairest tax valuation. Glen Forest Supervisor Myrick briefed on new fire permits to start in Sun River canyon next month.
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Wellington D. Rankin
Loyd
Mr. Rankin
Montana
Rakin
Great Northern
Glen Forest
Myrick
Sun River Canyon
Bear Face Bear on Dempsey Gibbons Fight Interest
In Washington a satirical letter from Chief Lying Down Bear Face of the Blackfeet mocks the Dempsey Gibbons bout while noting Interior limits on Indian travel for fights. The 98 year old recalls he fought Sioux long ago and sees modern prize fighting as a civilized spectacle with big pay.
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Washington
Lying
Bear Face
Glacier National Park
Ned Man
Uncle Sam
Big Montana Aerena
Blackfeet
Shelby
Pale
Glacier Park Reservation
Bear
Camp Fire Permits Needed in Sun River Canyon
The Sun River Canyon area of the Lewis and Clark National Forest requires camp fire permits from July 1 to September 30. Permits are free and obtainable at Allan's Hotel or from a fire patrolman. no one may light a fire in designated areas without a permit. Road improvements now offer better access and improved camping conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sun River Canyon
Lewis & Clark National Forest
Forest Boundary
Arsenic Creek
Myrick
Choteau
Montana
Secretary of Agriculture
National Forest
Forest Service
Allan
Red Hot Romance at Royal Theater by Emerson and Loos
John Emerson and Anita Loos present Red Hot Romance a First National satire shown at the Royal Theater for two days. The tale mocks romantic plot devices with a young American hero outwitting an army to win the king’s daughter, in a light comedy setting.
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John Emerson
Anita Loos
Royal Theater
Fighter vows to duel Sioux for less than padded hands prize
A fighter declares he would take on any two Sioux warriors with bowie knives for half a million dollars less than the amount pale face boxers receive for fighting each other with padded hands.
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Sam
HS Capital
Gibbons
Methodist Church
Harry T. Stong
ST. Stephen’s Church
First National Bank
Womans
East Dutton
Helen Fleshman
Ida Andrews
Beck
Canadian Thistle
Edwards Well
Huined
Interior Department
Sun River
John Emerson and
Citizens State Bank
Chotlau, Montana
G. M. Coffey
P. H. Crossen
George F. Miller
Wm. Hodgskiss
James Eckford
Safe Banking
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