Montana Power Company seeks emblem in $600 Montana contest
The Montana Power Company offers a $300 top prize plus smaller awards in a Montana resident trade mark contest open through December 31, 1921. Judges include Charles M. Russell and George E. Palmer. designs become property of the company.
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Montana
Montana Power Company
Northern Pacific Railroad
F. M. Kerr
Mr. Kerr
Charles M. Russell
Great Falls
George E. Palmer
Butte
Kerr
Former Montana editors rise to state service in many roles
A list highlights journalists now occupying key Montana government posts including Governor Dixon former editor. Chester C. Davis state agriculture commissioner. George P. Porter state auditor. Wellington Rankin attorney general. Jerome Locke head of the industrial accident board. Will Logan deputy auditor. James Rogers state treasurer aide. Major Swarthout board clerk and writer. and several former Record-Herald and Liv ingston Enterprise staffers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula
Chester C. Davis
Montana Farmer
Great Falls
Miles City Star
Bozeman Chronicle
George P. Porter
Butte Miner
Wellington D. Rankin
Havre
Jerome G. Locke
State Industrial Accident Board
Livingston Enterprise
Will A. Logan
Anaconda Standard
James W. Rogers
William Swarthout
Consolidated Boards
New York
Montana
Record-Herald
Charles D. Greenfield, Jr
Division of Labor, Industry and Publicity
Browning Review
Indian Service
Blackfeet Reservation
G. G. Watt
California
Jay G. Diamond
State Fair
Helena
R. H. Wiedeman
State Board of Equalization
Moonshine Alibis Test Court Originality in Montana
A historical Montana column catalogs moonshine alibis used in court to avoid punishment. Entries include John Jeliick claiming alcohol for cleaning clothes, William Smith and an unnamed man cited for earache and toothache, Mike Bellona saying liniment for a mine accident, and Anton Jareczesky using moonshine for bathing. The piece warns improvised stories vary in plausibility and ends with a moral: don’t get caught.
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Bar
of Justice
John Jeliick
Lewistown
John
Chicago
William Smith
Grimes
Butte
Mike Bellona
Red Lodge
Mike
Anton Jareczesky
Great Falls
Couuty
W. J. Tighe
Anton
Breakfast Skies Clear After Caffeine Sleep Aid
Consumer ad argues caffeine from coffee and tea causes irritability and insomnia. It promotes Postum cereal beverage as a coffee like alternative that aids sleep and nerves, available as Instant Postum and Postum Cereal with brewing instructions.
Farmers Market Wheat as Prices Rise Survey Says
Monarch Lumber company reports a shift toward selling wheat rather than storing it across stations statewide. The latest survey shows about one quarter of hauled wheat stored, down from one third previously, with threshing still active in some regions and concluded in Sidney Richland County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monarch Lumber Company
Sidney
Richland County
Montana Chiefs Plea to Rail to Cut Potatoes Rates
Montana’s railroad commission asks railroad presidents to restore pre 1920 potato freight rates claiming current tariffs to Kansas City at 76½ cents per 100 pounds and a 1920 level of 57.44 cents would boost farmers profits as harvest season arrives. Federal stats show about 1 400 carloads expected and a per car loss of 48.18 dollars at 1 35 per 100 pounds with potential profit near two dollars per 100 pounds at two dollar rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montan
State Railroad Commission
Lee Dennis
Kalispell
Kansas City
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Interstate Commerce Commission
F. W. Beier, Jr
Montana
H. B. Schaefer
Railroad Commission
Farm cost and profit figures cited by Mr Beier and Mr Schaefer
The report cites prices and profitability for car shipments and farm costs, noting $200 per car and a $3 profit of $616.82 per car. Kansas City prices hover around $2.25. Production costs are listed as 6744 cents per 100 pounds or $60.50 per acre, with data from Chester C. Davis and others forwarded to railroad chiefs for the commission's appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Beier
Schaefer
Chester C. Davis
State Commissioner of Agriculture
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United States
Harding
Marion Star
Wallace
Farmer
The
Commonwealth
Joseph M. Dixon
Morning Missourian
Evening Sentinel
Presidents of Roads
Res Eye Bool
Marine Eye Remedy Co
Manent
T. C. Power Motor Car Company Distributors
Great Falls, Montana
Helena, Montana
Montana Newspaper Association
Historical Archives of
Hon
L. L. Callaway
Pray & Callaway
Pete Snelson
Great Falls Tribune
E. H. Cooney
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