Former Governor Proposes an Irrigation Commission
Helena Aug. 1 ExGovernor Norris of Great Falls urges Montana legislature to create an irrigation commission to study water storage and reclamation projects. He argues irrigation ditches secure farmers’ futures and cites Mississippi Valley flooding as precedent for storing Montana water.
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Helena
Irrigation Commission
Edwin L. Norris
Great Falls
Montana
House
Norris
Mississippi
Ile
Belden
Visit Oil Shale Claim in Sheep Creek Basin
Mrs E B Emerick James Mackay and Martin Sorenson visited their oil shale claim Fairview in Sheep Creek basin last Friday They plan a shale plant costing about 40000 ready by next June or July Assays show 32 gallons per ton and 74 percent creosote A 40 foot wide vein runs for ten miles and the retorting plant could deliver near the rail at Dell within eight miles
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E. B. Emerick
James Mackay
Martin Sorenson
Sheep Creek
Mackay
Argenta
Dell
Land Sale Set for August 28 in This City
A public lands sale will be conducted by the register of state lands in this city on August 28. A full description of the lands to be sold is available in today’s paper.
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Register of State Lands
L. D. Greater
Placerville
Cal
Graeter
A. F. Graeter
Water works bonds voted. Beaverhead plans expansion
Twenty years ago voters in the city approved a 75000 bond issue to finance a water works system and to buy the Orr Electric Light and Power plant. Sealed bids for 40000 four percent refunding county bonds were invited by Beaverhead county officials with delivery set for January 2, 1900.
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Orr Electric Light & Power
Board of County Commissioners
Beaverhead County
Beaverhead
J. B. Poindexter
E. J. Conger
Kingsbury
St. Louis
Stroup
May Poindexter
Margaret Conger
Nora Stroup
Messrs
Walter
Montana Banks Show Rising Finances Through 1919
Montana state and national banks report growing resources and deposits from 1916 through 1919. Bond holdings rise to 32 million with Liberty bonds dominating, while time and savings deposits surge from 23 million to 87 million. Total resources increase from 149 million in 1918 to 222 million in 1919.
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Helena
Montana
N. S. Magraw
State Bank Examiner
National Bank
Magraw
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Co. Thornton
RyAn H En
Sai ‘Dillon
Marshall
The
Dillon Examiner
DELCO
U.S
Ward
H. L. Willis Company
S. Montana St
Butte
Masonic Temple
Dillon, Montana
Far Epee
Mes Witham Bernstein
Fo V Morssame
Martin
First National Bank
the Bank of Strength and Service
Garment Cleaners
Southern Montana
Abstract & Title Co
Frank Hazelbaker
Dillon, Mont
Tribune Book
J. W. Hatfield
Gihers
Eliel
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