Rum Runner Air Routes Target Butte and Great Falls
Rum running by air from the Canadian line reaches Butte and Great Falls as principal destinations with liquor deliveries dropping near the city. Authorities report a mysterious operator discussing booze schemes and long distance calls while planes allegedly bring Scotch from John Dewar and Sons at eight fifty per quart, undermining local bootleggers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
Butte
Montana
Ievel
John Dewar and Sons
Hiquor Distillers
Perth
Cuticura Remedies For Itching Scalp And Skin
An advertisement promotes Cuticura Ointment for relieving itching on the scalp and dandruff. It advises gentle rubbing, followed by Cuticura Soap shampoo with hot water. Claims the preparations will give clear skin and soft hands as daily toilet products.
New Smelter at Neihart Contract Awarded
The American Zinc and Lead company awarded Stearns-Rogers Manufacturing of Denver the contract to erect a new concentrating mill at Neihart. Thomas B. Stearns said rising metal prices are increasing demand for new construction and modern plant upgrades across the western mining district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neihart
American Zinc and Lead Company
Stearns-Rogers Manufacturing Company
Denver
Thomas B. Stearns
Stearns
How Montana Was Named
The piece traces the naming of Montana as a territorial name debated in Congress. It chronicles proposals including Jefferson and Colorado, notes Douglas and Ashley champions, and recounts a 1863 debate where Montana was affirmed as the territory name amid rival suggestions and partisan debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Congress
Colorado
Wyoming
Montana del Norte
Bannack
Golden Gate
Montana Kantner
Deer Lodge
Missouri
Idaho
Jefferson
James M. Ashley
Committee On Territories
Stephen A. Douglas
J. W. Denver
Kansas Territory
Denver
Douglas
Senate Committee On Territories
Great Rocky Mountain Country
Clavenger
Senate
General Denver
Montana Town Company
Lawrence
Kansas
Auraria
West
Ashley
House
Sidney Edgerton
Bitter Root Mountains
Lewiston
Sanders
Montana Historical Society
House of Representatives
Cox
Ohio
Mr. Washburne
Ill
Abbyssinia
Beaman
Mr. Cox
Mr. Ashley
Bennett
Colo
Frederick Douglass
Inspector Gaunt Honored for Fingerprint Pioneer Work
R S Gaunt inspector of identification on the Great Falls police force receives notice of re appointment as vice president of the International Society of Criminal Identification. He helped introduce fingerprint and Bertillon systems in Montana and has built a department with thousands of photos and fingerprints and records of over 11 000 criminals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Identification Department of
Electric City
International Society of Criminal Identification
R. S. Gaunt
Great Falls
Harry H. Caldwell
Oakland
Cal
Association
Boston
Paris
Holland
South America
Africa
Gaunt
Montana
West
Col Thompson Not Nervous On Europe Trip
Col William Boyce Thompson of New York heir to a Montana birth and a $70 million fortune endured a Europe voyage last week. The New York World Financial recalls his 1917 Bergen route sea trip when he cursed the Bergen hills and slept nine hours straight below deck aboard the Vulture while sub marine danger loomed nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Boyce Thompson
New York
Virginia City
Mont
Europe
New York World Financial
W. B
Scandinavia
England
Bergen
Wealthy Heads of New York Face Largest Personal Tax Assessment
John D. Still leads John D. Rockefeller in personal property assessment at 2 million dollars, the largest in New York City. Other top personal amounts include J Pierpont Morgan and several Hill family members at 1 million each, with many magnates listed at 500 thousand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Rockefeller
New York City
J. Pierpont Morgan
Dorothy Caruso
Emily E. Hepburn
James H. Hill
Margaret S. Hill
James N. Hill
Chas. W. Morse
August Belmont
Henry P. Davison, Jr
William A. Harriman
E. H. Harriman
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Payne Whitney
Anne Morgan
Thomas F. Ryan
Equitable
New York Stock Exchange
Woolworth
American Telephone
Metropolitan Life
Pennsylvania
Metropolitan Opera House
Abolition Bill Passed and Signed by President in 1864
After gaining freedom, the abolition bill faced senate opposition over the proposed name but ultimately passed and was signed by the president on May 26 1864.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Death Remarks on Montana Pioneer Sheriff of Canyon Ferry
Helena mourns the death of Court Sheriff a longtime Montana pioneer born in Keithsburg Illinois in 1849. He crossed the plains with a two mule team in 1866 reaching Virginia City and Helena that July joining early placer mining in Diamond City Cave Gulch and Canyon Ferry where his name figures in local development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Montana
Sheriff
Keithsburg
Ill
Plains
Virginia City
Mississippi River
South Pass
Green River
Union Pacific Railroad
North Platte
Forts
Laramie
Kearney
South Platte
Sitting Bull
Fort Laramie
Tom Wolf
Denver
Joe
Bill” Creary
Diamond City
Meagher County
Cave Gulch
Canyon Ferry
Henry Klein
Freight volume on Great Northern doubles 1922 figures
Great Northern officials report freight traffic on the main line this month nearly doubles the 1921 level. Daily arrivals at Cut Bank reach 220 cars versus 130 a year ago, with building materials predominating and some shipments to Montana points. Oil cars from Cat Creek and Wyoming contribute strongly to flows toward Regina Saskatchewan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Northern Railway
Cut Bank
Montana
Great Walls
Wyoming
Nebraska
Twin Cities
Cat Creek
Great Falls
Regina
Saskatchewan
Kevin-Sunburst
Canada
New Oil Lamp Free Burns 94 Percent Air
E. P. Johnson of 609 W Lake St Chicago offers a new oil lamp that burns 1 percent air and can heat gas or electricity. He will give one free to the first user who helps introduce it. Agents wanted. Write for particulars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. P. Johnson
W. Lake St
Chicago
Ill
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wilbur Edgerton Sanders
F. M. Clavenger
Inspector Gaunt
Inspector Ray S. Gaunt
Col. Thompson
William B. Thompson
Postum Cereal Company, Inc
Battle Creek, Mich
John D. Still Leads
Confederate Gulch
Wllnois
Great Northern
Treens
Reliable
Northwestern Hide & Fur CO
Minneapolis
Min
W. F. Guy
First National Bank
Guy
Crowrs
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