Red Rough Riders in Montana Seek Indian Regiment
Colonel A A White of Polson proposes a Montana led Indian cavalry to fight in Flanders with Charles Allard as lieutenant colonel, aiming for 76 percent Indian enlistment and asking War Department for commission. Judge Pemberton recalls Sanders Ives case and frontier courage in early Montana crime battles.
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War Department
Red Rough Riders
Charles Allard
Montana
Flanders
A. A. White
Polson
Northwest
Colonel White
Baker
White
Allard
Sanders
George Ives
Pemberton
Pem
Butte Aviator Willis Haviland Gains Fame
Sergeant Willis Haviland, once a Butte boy who grew up here, served with the Lafayette Flying Corps in the French Air Service. He is cited in despatches for shooting down an enemy aircraft within German lines, and has been twice decorated and repeatedly commended in reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis H. Haviland
Butte
Bozeman Opens Free Campgrounds for Auto Tourists
Bozeman provides a public camping ground for auto tourists with free water and wood. The plan has worked well, boosting Montana's image as a friendly state and giving visitors a positive impression of local hospitality.
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Bozeman
Gallatin Capital
Montana
Soldier Boys Protected There War Clause And Montana Life
Policyholders face confusion over war restrictions and the new war clause that raises premiums for service. The National Life Insurance Company of Montana reports assets rising from 110,509 in 1911 to about 600,000, with 524,187 in first mortgage real estate loans in Montana and Idaho. Surplus equals about 218,000 on roughly 4 million in force, with loaned assets yielding strong interest and prompt death-loss settlements praised by policyholders.
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Germany
United States
National Life Insurance Company of
Montana
National Life Insurance Company of Montana
Mantz
National Life of
Idaho
Hfe
Husky Lads From Montana In Training For The Navy
Montana youths training at San Diego Navy camp stand among 4000 sailors in training. Lee R. Dennis and Frank J. Chamberlain lead their companies, with Floyd Weir and James Fontana also serving as petty officers. The four enlisted in Great Falls April 22 and trained at Goat Island before moving to seamanship studies and ship assignments. Dennis calls the training the finest in the world and notes hard work brings great benefit.
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Navy
San Diego
Calif
Montana
Union
Treasure State
Lee R. Dennis
Lee Dennis
Cascade County
Frank J. Chamberlain
Plentywood
Sheridan County
Floyd Weir
Jessie Weir
Great Falls
James Fontana
Chris Fontana
Goat Island
San Francisco
Hanover Cement Builds Scenic Road to South Moccasins
The Three Forks Portland Cement company laid out a new road to the Hanover plant and extended an 8,000 dollar access route into a cave 360 feet into the mountain. The scenic improvement links with Lewistown road, creating one of the county’s finest routes.
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Three Forks
Whitehall Bank Opens With Noted Local Officers
The First National Bank of Whitehall opened recently with Judge William A. Clark of Virginia City as president D F Riggs a respected Waitehall realty dealer as vice president and W G Meyers of Colorado as cashier.
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First National Bank of
Whitehall
William A. Clark
Virginia City
D. F. Riggs
Waitehall
W. G. Meyers
Colorado
Wheatland County Creation Frees Two Men in Sheep Theft Case
The creation of Wheatland county will save H. B. Farnsworth and F. E. Skillman from trial on a charge of stealing 56 head of sheep. The alleged offense occurred in the Sweetgrass county area annexed to Wheatland after the division, with arrests by Sweetgrass authorities.
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Wheatland County
H. B. Farnsworth
F. £. Skillman
Sweetgrass County
Wheatland
Sweetgrass
Army Draft Physicals Improve With Few Exclusions
Butte finds the new army material arrives in strong physical condition. Fewer than 10 percent of local men examined are rejected for health reasons, well below the national average of about 26 percent.
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Butte
United States
First Montana Potato King Solves Hard Times With Potatoes
Frederick Timmons, the pioneer's first Montana potato grower, planted 20 acres at Mill Creek near Sheridan in 1865. He irrigated carefully, saved seed, and sold his harvest to Virginia City miners, earning about $7,000 from the first crop as buyers traveled 20 miles for fresh spuds.
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Mill Creek
Pat Carney
Waterloo
Montana
Frederick Timmons
Virginia City
Timmons
Salt Lake City
Ruby Valley
Sheridan
Patch
Placer
Tobacco Root
Tom Baker
Forger Declared Insane in Bozeman Scams Case
C. L. Darrow, accused of scattering bogus checks among Bozeman business men, has been adjudged insane by the court. The ruling ends the case with Darrow in an asylum for treatment.
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C. L. Darrow
Bozeman
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Col. Sanders
Judge Pemberton
RED Regiment OF
Montana Cavalry
William Y. Pemberton
Montana Bar
Montana Historical Society
William F. Sanders
Law and Order
Ives
Lawa
Plummer
Nevada City
The
Pioneers
Territorial
Willis Haviland
HUSKY
U. S. Navy
Dennis
Frank J. Chambers
Hanover Cement CO
New Bank At
Forger
Ursuline Academy
Ae ‘ Academy School of Music
Misw
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