Montana maps show seven counties created by Sixteenth Assembly
The newest Montana map outlines seven new counties from the Sixteenth Legislative Assembly elevating the total to fifty. Details: Glacier, Pondera, Roosevelt, McCone, Garfield, Treasure, and Powder River counties with seats Cutbank Conrad Circle Hysham Broadus and Jordan. The map is not official but reflects the new divisions versus historic tenures.
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Montana
Sixteenth Legislative Assembly
Legislative Assembly
Sixteenth
Glacier County
Old Teton County
Toole County
Glacier National Park
Cutbank
Pondera County
Chouteau County
Flathead County
Conrad
Roosevelt County
Sheridan County
North Dakota
Valley County
Mondak
McCone County
Richland
Old Dawson
Valley and
Roosevelt
Dawson and
New Garfield County
Circle
George McCone
Dawson County
Garfield
New McConey County
Fergus
Rosebud Counties
Jordan
Treasure County
Rosebud County
Big Horn
Yellowstone County
Hysham
Powder River County
New Judge Named by Governor C E Comer Medicine Lake
Hon C E Comer, a well known lawyer from Medicine Lake, has been named as judge of the Twentieth District created by the Sixteenth legislative Assembly.
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C. E. Comer
Medicine Lake
Sixteenth Legislative Assembly
State Automobile Show to feature Montana Victory display
Helena dealers plan the Montana Victory Automobile Show in the state capital during the last week of April. The event promises the largest display of motor cars ever seen in the state and may include one or two airplane models currently offered for sale.
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Helena
Montana
Spring Shorthorn Sale Planned in Great Falls
Members of the Montana Short Horn Breeders Association announce their second annual spring sale for April 24 in Great Falls. About 50 head of pure bred Shorthorn cattle expected to be shown. Last year the sale was held with the Stockgrowers association gathering.
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Montana Shorthorn Breeders’ Association
Great Falls
W. M. Wheeler
Stockgrowers’ Association
Montana county name changes through territorial era
The passage lists changes to county names in Montana under territorial government. Edgerton became Lewis and Clark due to political opposition. Farmington, seat of Gallatin, became Bozeman in 1869. After Custer’s death in 1877, Big Horn was renamed Custer. New counties Silver Bow 1881 Yellowstone 1883 Fergus 1885 Cascade 1887, marking final territorial map changes.
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Edgerton
Lewis and Clark
Dawson County
Farmington
Gallatin
Bozeman
Custer
Big Horn
Silver Bow
Yellowstone
Fergus
Cascade
Montana
LIEUTENANT McBRIDE PROMOTED IN BATTLE
First Lieutenant Robert McBride of Great Falls receives a battlefield promotion after long service with the 130th machine gun battalion in the 35th division. He earned the rank during Argonne fighting while on continuous front line duty from May 1918. He served alongside Captain Orville Anderson of Kalispell and Lieutenant Harold Joyce of Helena, both killed in action.
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Montana
Robert McBride
Great Falls
John McBride
Montana-Warenton Development Company
McBride
Fighting Thirty-fifth Division
Army of Occupation
Germany
United States
Second Montana Regiment
Argonne Forest
Orville Anderson
Kalispell
Harold Joyce
Helena
Miner King of Glendale Builds Hecla to Dividend Power
Henry Knippenberg, once a leading Montana figure, transformed the Hecla Consolidated Mining Company. He improved the smelter, secured nearly $100,000 in funding, and paid $15,000 in monthly dividends for 12 years totaling about $2,250,000. Glendale thrived as a silver camp before decline with metal prices. Knippenberg later returned to Indianapolis remaining active with Montana ties.
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Ing
Society of the Framers
Beaverhead County
Knippenberg
Hecla Consolidated Mining Company
Henry Elling
Virginia City
Indianapolis
Ile
Balbach Smelting & Refining Company
New Jersey
Leutenants
George B. Conway
Samuel A. Barbour
George T. Earle
John Thomas
Mr. Knippenberg
Glendale
Montana
Society of the Framers of the Constitution
Victory loan drive opens with overseas aviators in Montana
Montana launches the Victory loan drive with feats of aviation by overseas aces. The state, however, can rise to the occasion without foreign aviators to demonstrate how to go over the top in flying style.
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Montana
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