Montana News Notes Highlights in State Events and Losses
The column surveys Montana developments from May track meet plans at Montana State University to livestock sales in Billings, rail delays near Livingston, and public notices. It notes deaths of Chief Two Loggins and E. A. Serroys, occupation shifts, canal and irrigation milestones, Lake County creation with Polson as seat, and railroad grading progress near Miles City.
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The
State University
Montana
Martinsdale Livestock Company
Billings
Scotts Bluff
Neb
Two Loggins
Hardin
E. A
Jack) Serroys
Custer County
Missoula
Northern Pacific
Springdale
Livingston
J. E. Collins
Yellowstone County
Wellington D. Rankin
Scratch Gravel
Helena
East Helena
Midland Empire
Board of County Commissioners
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Leif T Frederichs
Bureau
Sunburst Oi & Gas Company of
Great Falls
State Board of Equalization
Red Lodge Rosebud Irrigation
State Supreme Court
Montana Public Service Commission
Lake County
Flathead County
Flathead Lake
Milwaukee
Miles City
Red Lodge State
State Fish and Game Commission
Red Lodge Rod and Gun Club
Boulder
H. M. Stewart
Bozeman
Castle Rock
Sands’ Bros. Dry Goods Company
Northwest
Sawtooth Camp
Beartooth Mountains
Red Lodge
F. I. Johnson
Billings Lions Club
Ingomar
Harry Miller
van Duren
Masonic Temple
al Bedoo
Woman's Auxiliary
Twin Cities Hospital
Imperial Board of Trustees
San Francisco Ceremonia
Billings Public Schools
Ward H. Nye
Alex
John Bertagnolli
la- Barge
LaBarge Livestock Company
White Mountain Sheep Company
Kemmerer
Wyo
State Department of Agriculture
Boy Scouts of
Red and Gun Club
Boy Scouts
Great Northern Railway Company
Montana High School Interscholastic Association
Montana English Council
Hovey
van Coil
Terry Section
van Coll
Ashcoulee
Terry
World Court Debate Splits Republicans Aides
President Harding reaffirms commitment to American membership in the world court while denying entry into the League of Nations. Sen La Follette attacks the plan as a bankers plot and a dodge on domestic issues. Rebels in Europe stir tensions as Curzon clarifies Britain’s stance on reparations and German offers.
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World Court
Harding
New York
Associated Press
Republican Party
Europe
League of Nations
United States
League
Senate
Lodge
Brandegee
Watson
Indiana
Massachusetts
Hardine
McKinley
Illinois
Graham
House
la Follette
Washington
Johnson
Borah
Cuno
Ruhr
Marquis Curzon
England
Curzon
Great Britain
Germany
France
Berlin
Reichsbank
Prospects for Mexican US diplomacy improve quickly
United States and Mexico form a joint commission to discuss all disputes and resume diplomatic relations. Talks to be held in Mexico City are expected to wrap in four to five weeks. American members are John Barton Payne of Chicago and Charles Beecher Warren, former ambassador to Japan.
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Obregon
Mexico
United States
Mexico City
John Barton Payne
Chicago
Charles Beecher Warren
Japan
Sugar Prices Rise Amid Tariff Debate
Government steps signal continued sugar price increases with calls for small daily purchases to curb speculation. The tariff commission denies blame, while Cordell Hull argues that tariffs, including a prohibitive wall and Cuba differential, largely fuel the surge.
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Federal Tariff Commission
Cordell Hull
Democratic National Committee
Cuba
Lausanne Peace Conference Opens With US Guarding Trade Rights
At Lausanne the United States observers pledge to defend national interests and equal commercial opportunity, amid debate over the Chester concession and Mosul region rights. In London the Chester issue distracts as crowds follow the duke of York's Westminster Abbey wedding to Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon with few Americans present.
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la Follette
Chester
Mussolini
Italy
Duke of York
Merica
Lausanne
Great
Mosul
Joseph C. Grew
United States
State Department
Washington
London
George
Mary
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Earl of Strathmore
Westminster Abbey
Harvey
Mussolini plans drastic reforms and new national militia
Reports from Rome say Mussolini will purge non fascists from his cabinet and push a 500000 strong militia as a reserve naval force with no extra cost. He claims economies cut the 1923 24 deficit by 3 billion lire and may lease railways to private capital as the lira trades near five cents.
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Bento Mussolini
Italy
Rome
Mussolini
California Land Laws Challenge Heard by Supreme Court
In a recent Supreme Court hearing Attorney General Webb defended California anti alien land laws. Chief Justice Taft pressed on the Japanese question as Webb argued whites resist assimilation and seek to keep lands to citizens aligned with state and national institutions.
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Alifornia
United States Supreme Court
Webb
Taft
Oil field notes signal multiple spuds and new drills
The Gypsy company plans to spud near Pendroy in a few days while Shaffer Oil and Refining eyes the Harlowton field with two to three rigs. Mutua l Oil reports 251000 barrels transmitted to Winnett in March, and Devereaux well in Cat Creek flows over 500 barrels. The Devereaux sand proves distinct and high gravity crude with 62 percent gasoline and 21 percent kerosene, and new potential producers emerge near Harlo wton and on Ringling dome.
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Gypsy
Pendroy
Shaffer Oil and Refining Company
Harlowton
Missoula
Pablo
Finthead
Mutual Oil Company
Sage Hen
Musselshell River
Cat Creek
Mid-Northern Oil Company
Lake Basin
Rapelje
Ohio Oil Company
Big Sandy
California Oi Company
Agawam
Winnett
Hager-Stevenson Company
Thorne Dome
Geraldine
Chateau County
Ringling Dome
Winnifred
Kansas-Montana
California Standard Oil Company
L. P. Jackson
John Cooper
T. S. Hogan
R. M. Hart
Billings
Lodge Grass
Dave Pease
Bill Townes
Ohio Baker No. 3
Kevin-Sunburst
Montana
Havre
C. M. McConnell
William Welsh
Board of County Commissioners
Hill County
Devereaux
Lewistown
Fergus County Oil and Gas Company
Devereaux Dome
Weowna Refining Company
Schleuter Brothers
Cartersville
Sippargann
OS Miles
Malta
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Union College
Schenectady
Sweet Home
Ella Negruzzi
Rumania
Bucharest
U. S. Naval Reserve
Edward W. Pickard
Wisconsin Statesman
Turkey
Angora
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