Dry staff to go out of business in Montana
Helena December 23 The state dry law enforcement staff has handled 381 prosecutions for liquor law violations and collected 45967 31 from fines over 18 months. The Collins and Vanwert unit is to be dismantled as the initiative repealing state liquor laws takes effect. Collins will finish cases then return to law practice in Helena Billings. A separate note reports Alex Bunzell winning the Tattersall’s child’s automobile with number 3098.
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Helena
E. E. Collings
L. A. Foot
Erickson
Montana
Collins
E. E. Vanwert
Helena Billings
Desirable six room bungalow on Kentucky avenue lot
Six room bungalow on Kentucky avenue offers a big lot suitable for a garden and livestock with chicken coop. Price listed at 2700 dollars with terms. presented by Co C Newman of Dillon Montana.
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Kentucky Avenue
Co. C. Newman
Dillon, Mont
Dr R D Curry Moves to New Dental Offices
Dr R D Curry relocates to Telephone block rooms 3 4 and 5 with a new phone number 355.
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R. D. Curry
Christmas News From Bozeman and Nearby
Bozeman greetings feature visits from McCrackin and Metlen families during Christmas. Educators Frances and Mary Gelhaus spend holidays at home Linked trips report Helena lab work advances and a Portland visit. Dillon hosts a Desmond Bridge party for visiting Missoula students while Max Embree suffers a foot frost on an open car ride.
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Bozéman
Gaines McCrackin
Bozeman
Lee McCrackin
George R. Metlen
Bermote
Georgia
Fred Metlen
Frances Gelhaus
Bear Creek
Mary Gelhaus
Crow Agency
Maureen
Annabel Desmond
Dillon
Missoula
Desmond
Phillips Block
Great Falls Urged for State Lewis and Clark Memorial
Montana commission backs bronze statues of Lewis and Clark and Sacajawea at Great Falls or Three Forks with a preferred site on Central Avenue facing the Missouri River. Bozeman also eyed for a memorial building. Cost capped at 30000 per statue. designs by Charles M. Russell highlighted. Beaverhead DAR to meet January 11 with Miss Carolyn White.
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David Hilger
Great Falls
Three Forks
Central Avenue
Missouri River
Pacific Ocean
Armstead
Butte
Bozeman
Helena
Livingston
Charles M. Russell
Montana
Lewis and Clark
Sacajawea
Montana goes wet as prohibition repeal wins 53.5 percent
The Montana repeal vote drew 156,218 for repeal and 156,995 for the gasoline tax with a margin near one quarter of the population. Counties varied from dry to damp with Ravalli and Treasure counties showing strong dry support while Silver Bow and Glacier led wet margins. Overall, the repeal carried 53.5 percent state wide amid close totals to the gasoline tax and four congressional candidates.
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Montana
Ravalli County
Wibeaux
Ravalli
Videaux
Treasure
Prairie
Stillwater
Golden Valley
Petroleum
Garfield
Valley
Cascade
Lewis and Clark
Powell
Granite
Beaverhead
Madison
Meagher
Lincoln
Mineral
Missoula
Pondera
Teton
Toole
Liberty
Judith Basin
Musselshell
Rosebud
Custer
Fallon
Carter
Broadus
Big Horn
Yellowstone
Carbon
Sweet Grass
Park
Gallatin
Fergus
Blaine
Phillips
Chouteau
Hill
Daniels
Sheridan
Roosevelt
McCone
Dawson
Drys
Silver Bow
Glacier
Deer Lodge
Broadwater
Jefferson
Pondora
Sweetgrass
Big, Horn
Lake
Sanders
Powder River
Flathead
Wheatland
Richland
Wideaux
Total
State Court Upholds 1925 Gas Tax and Initiative 31
Montana Supreme Court sustains gasoline tax law requiring two cents per gallon and prejudgment penalties. It lists 11 companies with unpaid totals through late 1926, led by Hart Refinerys of Missoula and International Refining, with mixed protest payments and escalating penalties across 1925 and 1926 quarters.
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State Board of Equalization
Supreme Court
Hart Refineries
Missoula
Hart Company
Refinery Tax Delinquencies Reported for 1925–1926
The Reliance Refining company owes 14981.33 in back taxes with breakdowns for each quarter through 1926 and Kalispell as its plant site. Shelby Pipe Line and Refining owes 3532.60 for 1926 third period. Snow Cap Oil in Sunburst field unpaid 1336.30 for 1926 third quarter. Yale Oil corporation owes 26049.48 total for 1926 second and third quarters. Blue Bird Oil and Refining in Butte owes 129.38 for 1926 first quarter, 322.88 for second, and 643.14 for third. All other refineries and distributors have paid or withdrawn protests.
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Pany
Hart Company
Absher’ Refineries, Inc
Lewistown Oil and Refining Company
Big West
Montana Giant
Big West Oil Company
North American Oil Refin+ing trust
Reliance Company
Reliance Refining Company
Kalispell
Shelby Pipe Line and Refining Company
Snow Cap Oil Company
Sunburst
Blue Bird Oil and Refining Company
Butte
Also Mentioned on This Page
Alex Bunzell
Tattersall’s
Rexall
Potts
Druggist
Portland
George F. Dart
Mrs. Dart
H. D. Cashmore
W. F. Cashmore
The
State Chemical Laboratories
Max Embree
Barry & Hopkins
Daughters of the American Revolution
Carolyn White
Blue Bird Service
Blue Bird Service Station
International
International Refining Company
Vienna
Chas.h. Niblack
Yale Oil Corporation
City Baking Co
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