Bell Company Loses Prestige to Rival in Intermountain District
The Rocky Mountain Bell Co 1908 annual report shows a deficit of 104997 with no dividends, while 1907 earnings rose. The system added only 200 New Stations in 1908 to total 42495, as Montana Independent Telephone Co expands rapidly in Butte Anaconda and other towns. The Rocky Mountain Co faces debt growth and rising costs while investors doubt its recovery prospects.
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Bell Telephone Co
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Co
Intermountain
Telephone Securities Weekly
New York
Butte
Mont
Rocky Mountain Bell Co
Groga
The
Rocky Mountain Co
Wallace
J, Vance Lane
Bell Company
Montana Independent Telephone Co
Montana
Rocky Mountain Company
Montana Independent
Anaconda
Railroad Fight Spreads Slowly in Montana Territory
Secret expeditions of engineers from the Great Northern Northern Pacific and Milwaukee intensify the battle for right of way across Montana. Milwaukee claims control of key North Fork passes and North Fork river sites while Great Northern and Northern Pacific push to secure favorable routes through Clearwater country and beyond. A large survey party led by William Mayer departs Missoula to thwart the Harriman lines in Idaho as tensions rise between rival systems and state progress.
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Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Milwaukee
Roya
Montana
Missoula
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Big Blackfoot
North Fork
Coram
Milwaukee Road
Milwaukee A
H. H. Fields
Oregon Railway & Navigation Company
Clearwater Country
Idaho
William Mayer
Harriman
Clearwater
Woman's Home Companion May issue features social shift critiques
The May issue surveys changing gender roles with essays and vivid examples, including a piece on the dream of a millionaire mother, and a note on body image blaming fat on individuals. It spotlights art, travel, and fiction from Clare Morris to Cyrus Townsend Brady and Hulbert Fouffier, with a Grandmother poem and a Harrison Fisher full-page drawing.
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Margaret Sangaler
Mary Heaton Vorse
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Casper Purdom Clarke
Mia
John van Vorst
New York
Albert Bigelow Paine
Clara Morris
Eugene
Lucy Green
Boston
Zona Gale
Cyrus Townsend Brady
Hulbert Fouffier
The
Woman’s Home Companion
James Oppenheim
Harrison Fisher
Margaret
Gerard
Wool Prices Rise as Buyers Move Through Montana
Wool buyers visit Montana marketing centers amid firmer prices and optimism that tariffs will stay favorable. Offers reach twenty one to twenty three cents for long staple wool while large clips trade via eastern wool houses. a Havre bank sale transfers 500000 pounds to Billings broker Edward Frazier as buyers press for spring campaigns.
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Montana
Atate
London
Fkergun County
Boston
Sugar City
C. F E. Morris
Security Bank
Havre
Edward Frazier
Billings
Chicago
Snowy Hills Forecast Normal or Above Water Flow
The snowfall bulletin reports normal or above water flow across Montana streams for the season. March saw normal or above snowfall, with mild weather limiting depth gains except at high elevations. Heavy early-season snow remains, freezing later, and soils will absorb meltwater to sustain streams later.
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Montana Stredims
Young
Woolgrowers Face Lambing Season Outlook At Wool Warehouse
Woolgrowers deterred from stocking up as favorable conditions persist with buyers eager for profits. May 1 marks the lambing season with sheepmen expecting a large crop and favorable prospects.
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Bell Telephone Company
New Company Strong
Northern Pacific and
Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company
Home Companion
Dillon
Dillon People
Beaverhead
Madison Counties
A. C. Gruwell
Dillon, Montana
Beaverhead, Jefferson, Big Hole and
Ruby Valleys
B. F. Yerkes
K. E. T. Brock
Montana Nursery Co
Billings, Montana
Ellis Buck
Lima
J. Rob’t Morton
Auburn
Sir District Models
UBURN
Portland
Ore
Northwest Distributors
Idanha Motor Car Company
FW. Vogler
Portland, Oregon
Beaverhead Ranch Co
Hunsaker
Dilfén
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