Court affirms Western Union value fixed by Montana board
The Montana board of equalization value of 1 246 150 set on Western Union Telegraph property was upheld by District Judge A J Horsky. The ruling allows including ocean cables in total system value and uses Montana mileage to allocate value. The court found no constitutional violation and denied relief to Western Union. Attorneys were Stewart Brown Helena for Western Union and John W Mahan for the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Union Telegraph Company
Montana
State Board of Equalization
A. J. Horsky
Horsky
Western Union
State Card of Equalization
Ocean Cable Lines
State Board
Ocean Cables
Telegraph Company
Stewart & Brown
Helena
John G. Brown
John W. Mahan
Red Rock Dam Contract Let in Montana
The state fish and game commission awarded the Red Rock Dam construction project near Lakeview to Blaz L Lugar Jr and Fay Selling. The dam aims to conserve migratory waterfowl by stabilizing water levels and creating a public shooting ground. Plans by J S James were approved with input from local sports clubs. completion is targeted for October 1939.
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Red Rock River
Lakeview
Red Rock Lake
Blaz L. Lugar, Jr
Monida
Fay
State Fish and Game Commission
Red Rock Lakes
State Commission
J. S. James
Butte Anglers’ Club
Anaconda Sportsmen
Nick J. Birrer
Sheridan
Dancing Sweeties Brings Modern Dancing to Hartwig
Grant Withers stars as Bill Cleaver a dance mad youth who marries on impulse in the Warner Brothers Vitaphone drama Dancing Sweeties coming to the Hartwig theater next Sunday. The cast includes Sue Carol Edna Murphy Tully Marshall Adamae Vaughn Eddie Philips Kate Price and Margaret Seddon with direction by Ray Enright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant Withers
Warner Brothers
Vitaphone
Hartwig Theater
Withers
Bill Cleaver
Sue Carol
Edna Murphy
Tully Marshall
Adamae Vaughn
Eddie Philips
Kate Price
Margaret Seddon
Gordon Rigby
Joseph A. Jackson
Harry Fried
Ray Enright
Fort Owen Becomes Heritage of State in Pageant
In Missoula on August 16 Washington J. McCormick and heirs Honora Robes and Mary FitzGerald presented a deed of Fort Owen to the Fort Owen Historical Association. Pioneers sheltered at Fort Owen during the 1877 Nez Perce raid joined the ceremony as the property was transferred for preservation and planned reconstruction.
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Missoula
Stevensville
Washington
J. McCormick
McCormick
Honora McCormick
Mary McCormick Fitz- Gerald
Fort Owen
Nez Perce
Old Fort
Historical Association
Mrs Louise Brundage Heads to Boise for Family Visit
Mrs Louise Brundage travels to Boise Idaho to visit four other relatives at that location.
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Louise. Brundage
Boise
Idaho
Sixteen highway bids set for Helena August twenty seventh
Montana highway commission will open bids August 27 for sixteen improvement projects. Plans include grading and surfacing sections of Fort Benton-Havre, Great Falls-Fort Benton, Broadus-Wyoming line, Dodson-Malta, Deer Lodge-Butte, Helena-Townsend, Townsend-Three Forks, Glendive-Sidney, and Carpenter-Manhattan roads plus Yellowstone Canyon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plena
Montana Highway Commission
Fort Benton-Havre
Hill County
Chouteau-Hill County
Great Falls
Dawson County
Park County
Gardiner
Yellowstone National Park
Powder River
Carter Counties
Gophers Damaging Crops Cost Nation 50 Million Dollars
The extension service of the U S department of agriculture says pocket gophers cost about 50 million dollars annually in reduced crop yields. An exhibit at the state fair shows methods to rid land of gophers at 15 cents an acre and details other agricultural problems including predatory animals and range erosion.
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Extension Service of the
United States
Department of Agriculture
Hazelbaker Sees Ample Montana Hay For Livestock
Helena August 17 Montana Lt. Gov Frank Hazelbaker said uniting the state's livestock with its hay could solve the feeding problem in nine of ten regions if transportation is reduced in price. He noted abundance around the Big Hole basin and eastern sections while criticizing hay speculation driving prices. He estimated Montana hay at eight to twelve dollars a ton in Idaho and Montana with alfalfa higher.
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Elena
Montana
Frank Hazelbaker
Big Hole
Hazelbaker
Holt
Idaho
Mrs Hatta Green Dies After Missoula Residency
Mrs Hatta Green a longtime Missoula resident died suddenly August 8 in Billings while attending a Pioneers convention. Born July 2 1862 in Pleasant Grove Iowa she crossed to Virginia City at age two and later lived at Point of Rocks. She married Charles H Green in 1880 whose death followed in a Missoula traffic crash two years earlier. Interment was at Point of Rocks beside her husband with services by Rev Mills and songs by Mr Bowman. She was known for a flower garden and leaves a sister Mrs C A Dillett of Twin Bridges and several relatives.
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Hatta Green
Missoula
Billings
Nutter
George Nyhart
Twin Bridges
Marley
Tom McGee
Jord Nyhart
Blaine
Charles Simmoson
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Red Rock Dam
Chesterfield
Myers Traced CO
Laocert & Myzas Tosacco Co
Butte
Deer Lodge
Chick Wright
Mrs. Hatta Green
Whitehall Methodist Church
Mr. Bowman
Whitehall
James Dar
Joe Cullen
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