Dennis To Lead Montana Fight At National Rail Meeting
Chairman Lee Dennis of the Montana railroad commission runs to Atlanta to represent the state at the national convention of railroad and public service regulators. The gathering seeks to settle intrastate traffic powers, confronting state and federal authority in rate cases and potential constitutional changes.
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Lee Dennis
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Montana
National Convention of Railroad and Public Service
Atlanta
Union
Commonwealth
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Supreme Court of the United States
Federal
Supreme Court of Montana
State Commission
Rankin
Dennis
Montana Railroad Commission
West
Chicago
California
North Pacific Coast
Intermountain
Intermediate Rate Association
State Commissions
Intermountain Territory
Denver
Helena
Salt Lake
Boise
Spokane
Portland
Phoenix
Old Bull Durham Will Have a New Bull Story
Montana readers will learn how Bull Durham tobacco evolved from its Western heritage through a nationwide repaint and advertising revival. The piece ties the brand to Dur ham, James R. Green, and the 1860s origin, detailing Rosa Bonheur’s sculpture work, Mayo Bunker’s art, and the marketing change overseen by The American Tobacco company.
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Durham
THE
West
Montana
Makin’s
American Tobacco Company
James R. Green
Durham Station
North Carolina
Percival S. Hill
Rosa Bonheur
New York City
Mayo Bunker
Vast Roundup coal field could supply Montana for a million years
U S Geological Survey estimates Roundup field holds about 4.07 billion tons of coal with at least 60 percent recoverable. At $2.50 a ton mining cost, more than six billion dollars would be spent to remove a large portion of this resource. Local mines including Republic Coal Klein and Roundup Coal Mining Company dominate output.
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Roundup
Montana
United States
United States Geological Department
Round
Lavina
Musselshell and
Melstone
Musselshell County
The
Republic Coal Company
Klein
Roundup Coal Mining Company
Bair- Collins
Star
Musselshell
Carpenter Creek
Musselshell River
Geological Survey
Bull Mountains
Rockies
Northern Pacific
Ananda
Red Lodge
Boulder Thompson Named as Germany Ambassaor in New York Report
New York reports William Boyce Thompson of Montana, heir to a copper fortune and former Republican treasurer, will be appointed ambassador to Germany. Thompson, born in Virginia City, built his wealth in copper mining and lumber, and his Montana ties include early frontier ventures, river freighting, and mayoral service in Butte.
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Butte
Eugene Carroll
Butte Water Company
William Boyce Thompson
Montana
Harding
Germany
Thompson
Red Cross
Republican National Committee
Virginia City
William Thompson
Boulder
Shannon Copper Co
George Gunn
East Helena
Ely
Nevada
Ely Consolidated
Gunn
Nipissing
Guggenheims
Thomas Hayden
Hayden, Stone & Co
New York
Guggenheim
Rocky Mountain Club of
Russia
Republican National Campaign Fund
Berlin
United States
William Boyce W Thompson
Montanas
Carpenter
Boone Helm
Haze Lyon
Clubfoot George
Plummer
Yellowstone River
Livingston
Yankton
N. C
Helena
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Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Emma Richardson Burkett
Hinsdale
Ind
Sherman
Green
Johnson
Durham Bull
W. T. Blackwell
Charlie Russell
U. S. Geological Survey
Cara Book Marins Co
Lucky Cigare
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