Gift of Uncle Sam to Montana Aims for 100 Million Fund
The Montana legislature, to convene January 6, will consider a wide range of measures as Republicans control both houses and a speakership race unfolds. State land holdings and the permanent fund, projected to reach $100 million, drive debates on taxes agriculture and school funding amid Farm Loan and land sales reforms.
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Uncle Sam
Montana
House
Fred L. Gibson
Park
Ronald Higgins
Missoula
E. H. Cooney
Cascade
C. W
Supreme Court
State Tax Commission
University of Montana
Board of Education
Terry
Lewistown
Livingston
Billings
Perianngit
Freight Tariff Fight Steams Through Montana Conference
A statewide conference in Helena unites Montana business groups and the state railroad commission to oppose proposed freight rate increases. The Montana Freight Rate Association forms with O S Warden as chairman and aims to secure fair treatment for residents, shippers and retailers against higher regional costs. The piece also recalls Mrs Wierick and Young Wierick’s public service and wartime contributions.
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Montana
Helena
State Railroad Commission
Montana Freight Rate Association
O. S. Warden
Great Falls
John Roach
Butte
D. D. Richards
Missoula
L. T. Cramer
I. B. Kiel
Billings
Lands to Trade Between Montana and U S Government
The Missoula district forestry office announces a land exchange between Montana and the federal government. The deal would swap 106000 acres of state timber land scattered near national forests for two large Forest Service tracts in Swan River valley Blackfeet valley near Missoula and near Whitefish.
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Edwin L. Norris
Lew L. Callaway
Dave Hilger
Rudolph von Tobel
Montana
Forest Reserve Department
Norris
James Wilson
State Board of Land Commissioners
National Congress
Forestry Service
F. A. Silcox
Whipple
State Land Department
Stewart
Swan River
Whitefish
Stillwater
Sheridan
Valley
Crouteau
Fergus
Custer
Carter
Forest Service
Missoula
Wilson
Swan River Valley
Blackfeet Valley
Blackfeet Forest
Missing Montana flier Arthur Wierick reported dead in action
War department dispatch confirms Lieut. Arthur M. Wierick formerly of Butte and Lewistown fell behind enemy lines on October 31 while piloting a fighting plane. He had served six months with the American Flying Corps in France and has been missing since late October with no German prison reports. His father, a banker, and mother reside in Montana.
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Joseph K. Toole
Montana
Congress
Toole
Land Department
Charles A. Whipple
Ind Department
Whipple
France
America
Arthur M. Weirick
Butte
Lewistown
War Department
Wierick
A. J. Davis
John D. Ryan
Arthur Wierick
American Flying Corps
Lieut. Wierick
BE. B. Wierick
Helena
First National Bank
Montana cadet flies 700 miles Waco to Kansas City
Douglass Christie, a Montana youth and army aviator trainee in Texas, flew from Waco to Kansas City in 6 hours 45 minutes. He is son of Mr and Mrs J W Christie of Helena and has led the signalmen's section at Richfield. Earlier he flew Dallas to Waco 100 miles in one hour, aided by a tail wind.
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Douglass Christie
Montana
Texas
Waco
Kansas City
J. W. Christie
Helena
Young Christie
Richfield
Dallas
Field Marshal von Mackensen Returns to Berlin with Loot
On his return to Berlin from Romania Field Marshal von Mackensen carried $17,000,000 in gold and currency seized from Romania. Revolutionary government soldiers forced him to surrender all.
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von Mackensen
Berlin
Rumania
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Sixteenth
Legislative Assembly of
Lincoln County
Lewis and Clark County
Frank Miracle
Treasuries
State Land Office
House of Representatives
Mr. Higgins
Captain Higgins
Government Railroas
Hent
Arthur Welrick
U.S
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