Silver Bow Relief Case Headed to State Supreme Court
The Montana state supreme court set August 22 to hear Silver Bow county officials’ suit to obtain $28 000 monthly for direct relief from the state public welfare department. The order followed a special night session after three justices reconvened. County officials had halted direct relief grants after Attorney General Harrison J. Freebourn ruled counties cannot issue registered warrants against poor funds.
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State Supreme Court
Silver Bow County
State Public Welfare Department
Sam V. Stewart
Ralph J. Anderson
Albert H. Angstman
Silver Bow
W.P.A
Harrison J. Freebourn
State Agriculture Chief Inspects Western State Ports
State Commissioner of Agriculture James T. Sparling and horticulturist George L. Knight conducted inspection trips to Montana shipyards and entry stations. They checked incoming fruit and vegetable shipments to ensure compliance with state law.
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Western State
Agriculure
James T. Sparling
Monina
Sparno
George L. Knight
Montana
State hail board writes $2,500,000 in insurance
The state hail commission reports $2.5 million in insurance for the present year, far above last year’s roughly $500,000. It is the highest annual total in the board’s history outside 1918 and 1920, with premiums totaling $193,000.
State Auditor Posts Transportation Reimbursement Warrants
Auditor John J. Holmes issues warrants totaling 24143.28 as the state's share of transportation costs incurred in the last half of the previous school year by Blaine Lake Sheridan and Silver Bow counties. The total reimbursements to all counties this year amount to 223143.
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John J. Holmes
Blaine
Lake
Sheridan
Silver Bow
Freight cars loaded in Montana June drop versus year ago
Montana traffic shows 1 066 freight cars loaded in June, down 11 927 from 25 993 a year earlier per a report by the state railroad and public service commission.
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Montana
State Railroad and Public Service Commission
Eleven New Officers Start 30 Day Training For Patrol
Eleven new officers appointed to the state highway patrol began a 30 day schooling period under Captain Rudy Schmoke. The group includes Jack Thomas Miles City and Herbert Slack Victor among others. DeLuxe Ford cars with six ply tires radios spotlights and heaters were purchased for the new patrolmen from Wyman Motor in Harlowton by I S McQuitty after 13 bids.
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State Highway Patrol
Rudy Schmoke
California Highway Patrol
Jack Thomas
Miles City
Herbert A. Slack
Victor
Max Blakesley
Forsyth
Ted Davis
Lewistown
Leonard V. Taylor
Chinook
Thomas Cahill
Butte
Arid Frederickson
Medicine Ake
Howard J. McGuin
Harlowton
William C. Benson
Bozeman
Ted IlJman
Glasgow
Cecil O’brien
Cut Bank
Ford
I. S. McQuitty
Wyman Motor Company
Freebourn Rules Cities May Fund Free Public Employment Offices
Judge Freebourn holds incorporated cities may appropriate funds to support free public employment offices with joint county state and federal money. He recently ruled that counties share the same power to fund these services.
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Harrison J. Freebourn
Helena man appeals supreme court over sheep conversion damage
Amaziah Johnson of Helena appeals the state supreme court after Yellowstone County District Court awarded A. E. Walker damages of 1833.03 for sheep and lambs Johnson allegedly converted to his own use in 1932.
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Amaziah Johnson
Helena
State Supreme Court
Yellowstone County District Court
A. E. Walker
Johnson
Montana Social Security Benefits Details Revealed
Riley E. Mapes, director of the Helena field office, says seven hundred twenty Montanans have received benefits totaling 25 130.61 during the organization’s three years in the state. The records list 147 926 prospective Montana benefit recipients.
State Pardons Board Rebuffs Parole for Death Row Inmate
In a unanimous decision the state board of pardons refused to parole Theodore Chronopolus age 49 who is serving life in the state penitentiary at Deer Lodge for the 1921 murder of Sylvester J Prenett of Butte.
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State Board of Pardons
Theodore Chronopolus
Deer Lodge
Sylvester J. Prenett
Butte
Montana summer session enrollments rise to 1436
Summer sessions at four Montana institutions report 1,436 students this year, up from 1,265 last year, per Dr. H. H. Swain executive secretary of the University of Montana. Institutions include the state university at Missoula and Montana Normal at Dillon.
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Montana
H. H. Swain
Univerity of Montana
State University
Missoula
Montana Normal
Dillon
Montana Wool Production Numbers Highlight Fourth Place
Montana ranked fourth in U S wool production with a 1938 clip of 24 510 000 pounds Per fleece the 1938 average weight was 9 8 pounds up from 9 6 last year Montana's average fleece was the nation s highest and the state produced 2 501 000 woolies down from 2 580 000 last year The leading states were Texas Wyoming and California
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Montana
Jay G. Diamond
Federal Agricultural Statistician
Texas
Wyo
Ming
California
Montana to get 45 million dollars from wheat yield
A federal report by statistician Jay G. Diamond estimates Montana will produce about 77.58 million bushels of wheat this fall, with 22.05 million bushels of winter wheat and 55.53 million of spring wheat. The forecast notes yields of 15 to 45 bushels per acre and weights of 58 to 64 pounds per bushel, despite pest damage in 15 eastern counties.
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Montana
Jay G. Diamond
Federal Agricultural Statistician
Diamond
Federal
Teachers Urged to Pay 1937 38 Membership Fees
State Treasurer Ray N Shan non, chair of the teachers retirement board, urges teachers who taught in 1937 38 to pay their 1 fee by September 1 to protect prior service rights. Those who previously opted out may now join with prior service eligibility.
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Ray N. Shannon
Teachers’ Retirement Board
Separate election ruling on bonds for high school district
Attorney General Harrison J. Freebourn states bonds for a high school district must be voted separately from the general election for state and county offices. The ruling clarifies election procedure and separation of ballot questions.
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Harrison J. Freebourn
State Farm appoints Myrl Erwin local representative
Announcement from State Farm Companies of Bloomington Newfoundland and Dillon names Myrl Erwin as a local representative. State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance reports 1938 assets of 13 463 187 83 and Life and Fire divisions show large in force insurance. World wheat supplies in 1938-39 seen at 4 850 million bushels with imports likely to fall short of prior years.
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State Farm Insurance Companies
Bloomington
Myrl Erwin
Dillon
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
State Farm Life
State Farm Fire Company
Soviet
Russia
China
U. S
Eastern normal at Billings and Northern Montana college at Havre
Two colleges, Eastern Normal School in Billings and Northern Montana College in Havre, are listed in the schedule. The items outline regional instruction sites and associated events for teacher training and college activities.
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Eastern Normal
Billings
Northern Montana College
Havre
Welfare chiefs urged to fairly dole out surplus food
Dwight Lohn director of commodity distribution for the state public welfare department orders Silver Bow and Deer Lodge counties to be particularly diligent and generous in apportioning surplus foodstuffs to needy residents.
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Silver Bow
Deer Lodge
Dwight Lohn
State Public Welfare Department
7 000 Horses Stricken With Sleeping Sickness Across Montana
Seven thousand horses in nearly all sections of Montana were stricken with sleeping sickness by last week, the state livestock sanitary board announced. Deaths are not capped, veterinarians estimate a 50 percent fatality rate, with no sure cure. Counties most affected include Dawson Fallon Carter Judith Basin Musselshell Golden Valley Phillips Pondera Prairie Teton Valley Wheatland. An attorney general opinion says counties may issue registered warrants against poor-fund balances if relief grants are unavailable.
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State Livestock Sanitary Board
Rockies
Dawson
Fallon
Carter
Judith Basin
Musselshell
Golden Valley
Phillips
Pondera
Prairie
Teton
Valley
Wheatland
Final Boards of Equalization Budget and Tax Levy
The Final Board of Equalization found the abstract library value aligned with similar assessments and the State Board of Equalization considered the $3 000 value on the records not excessive. The petition was denied. The body then adjourned as a Final Board of Equalization and convened as a Board of Final Budget to review and approve all budgets on file.
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State Board of Equalization
Board of Equalization
Beaverhead County Final Budget Meeting Tax Assessments Revised
Beaverhead County Montana Board of Commissioners met August 8 1938 for final equalization. A reduction petition by Beaverhead Abstract Company sought drop from 3000 to 1000 on its Abstract Library noting no intrinsic value. Levies approved include state general fund university millage and local municipal rates for Dillon and Lima with special road and poor taxes applied to residents outside town limits.
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Board of County Commissioners
Beaverhead County
Montana
Board of Equalization
W. B. Hartwig
Martin C. Jackson
Edgar B. Rife
Albert S. Baker
Beaverhead Abstract Company
Maprawrws
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Dillon
Lima
Spare Eye
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Beaverhead County Divides for High School Districts
The board approves levies for schools and reorganizes Beaverhead County into two High School Districts. The Beaverhead County High School District will include numerous common districts, while Lima’s No. 12 becomes the Lima High School District. Commissioners Hartwig Jackson and Rife, with Superintendent Neil Doyle, vote in favor.
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Board of Budget Supervisors
Board of Tax Levy
Board of County Commissioners
W. B. Hartwig
Martin C. Jackson
Edgar B. Rife
Neil Doyle
Albert S. Baker
Hartwig
Board of Trustees
Beaverhead County
Twenty-Fifth Legislative Assembly
Montana
Nell Doyle
Tne
Lima
Lima High
Jackson
Rife
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