Massive El Ora Dredging Claim Reaches Option Stage in Ruby Valley
Madison County Monitor reports the El Ora Dredging Company of California has secured landowner signatures granting an absolute option through December 31, 1914 to prospect for minerals on 21 000 acres between Iron Rod and Twin Bridges in southern Montana. Prospecting begins immediately with four dredges planned, costing up to 200 000 dollars each, and initial development might reach the million dollar level. The venture, led by promoter H F Jackson, promises large payrolls and local benefits if successful.
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Montana
Ruby Valley
el Ora Dredging Company
California
Alder Gulch
Charles F. Helman
Helman
San Francisco
H. F. Jackson
Improve the Farm Home in Farm Architecture Emphasis
The farm architect of the department of agriculture stresses that an economical farm house boosts mental and physical fitness for workers. He laments that average American farm homes lag behind daily agricultural improvements and argues the housewife’s needs are understudied today. The home, being the most used farm building, directly affects health comfort and family happiness and thus productivity.
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Department of Agriculture
Wisconsin court rules marriage law unconstitutional
Milwaukee county circuit court voids a law requiring a physician health certificate for marriage licenses. The decision found the examination fee unreasonably low and the law an undue interference with personal liberty, staying enforcement until higher courts rule. The piece warns legislatures against hastily framed laws on complex scientific topics.
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Wisconsin
Milwaukee County
Journal of the American Medical Association
Foresters elect new officers at Society assembly
Dr B F E Fernow of the University of Toronto forest school is elected president and Bristow Adams of the United States Forest Service named secretary of the Society of American Foresters, the only professional foresters organization in the western hemisphere.
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B. FE. Fernow
Forest School
University of Toronto
Bristow Adams
United States Forest Service
Society of American Foresters
Western Hemisphere
Montana Officials Meet to Plan Exhibition Funds
County officials in Lewistown approved a resolution to raise funds for a Montana exhibit at the Panama Pacific Exposition in California next year. Frank Hazelbaker champions the effort, while a first statewide treasurers meeting elected R. W. Blakesly president and R. H. Fuller secretary for the coming year.
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Lewistown
Montana
Frank Hazelbaker
Montanav
California
Fred Rife
Beaverhead
R. W. Blakesly
Rosebud
R. H. Fuller
Hill County
Norris
Houtz
Stewart
Bright Hotel
Helena
Wireless to Circle Globe
The United States leads plans to blanket the western hemisphere with wireless towers and relay stations to connect Atlantic and Pacific regions. At a recent wireless congress nations proposed towers from Suez to Messina and Yokohama while existing links from the Eiffel Tower, Guam, and Honolulu join global communications for near instant message transmission.
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United States
Western Hemisphere
Atlantic
Pacific
Great Britain
Suez Canal
Calcutta
Japan
Yokohama
Italy
Messina
Eifel
Paria
Guam
Honolulu
America
International Harvester to Showcase All Implements at San Diego Exhibit
The International Harvester company plans a grand exhibit at the San Diego exposition grounds. Every implement the firm manufactures will be demonstrated there, marking the greatest display it has ever built. The exhibit space is being prepared on site.
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San Diego
International Harvester Company
San Diego Exposition
Exposition Frame Shows Local Manufacturing Methods
Experts from the company will display all processes and methods of making these implements in a building the firm is constructing for its exclusive use. The exhibit aligns with the San Diego exposition aim to support the back to the land movement.
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Thej
Californias enjoy prime weather as Montana special visits
BE A Shewe reports few tourists in California this year awaiting the Panama Pacific exposition. The Montana special arrived after a rainy start and now enjoys perfect weather and a great time in California. Salt Lake welcomed about a thousand Montana riders despite engine delays, with snow in Salt Lake and Nevada.
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California
BE. A. Shewe
Short Line
Los Angeles
Montana
Calfornia
Salt Lake
Nevada
Shewe
Butte
Elk Sent to Denver From Yellowstone Park Herd
Due to rapid growth of the protected elk herd, animals are being sent to other states for care. Colorado receives 81 elk and two bull buffalo, with 25 elk to be placed in a Genesee Mountain enclosure.
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Yellowstone National Park
Colorado
Yellowstone Park
Franklin Lane
Mountain Park
Genesee
Moutain
Buffalo Transfer Planned for Denver City Park
A fine is imposed for a zoo incident at Denver city park and two buffalo will be integrated with the park’s bison herd, consolidating animals at the Denver park facilities.
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Denver City Park
Denver Park
Prisoners Granted Executive Clemency By Board Action
Eighteen of twenty eight prisoners recommended by Governor Stewart for clemency received reduced sentences Friday as the state board of pardons approved the chief executive’s action. Five cases were delayed after protests filed with the board, which includes Secretary of State A M Alderson State Auditor William Keating and Attorney General D M Kelly, for personal investigations into the prisoners’ conduct.
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Stewart
State Board of Pardons
A. M. Alderson
William Keating
D M. Kelly
Fat-tailed sheep bands on Utah forests noted
Several bands of the Persian fat-tailed sheep roam southern Utah national forests. The large fat tail can weigh up to forty pounds and serves as a reserve nourishment during food shortages. First class printing-examiner.
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Utah
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J. B. Mayfield
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Salt Lake City
Boise
State
Circle Globe
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company
W.E. Chapman
Carl F. Stahl
Chapman & Stahl
Poindexter
Black - Dillon, Mont
U.S
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Edwin L. Norris
Jos. C, Smith
Union Electric Co
Tribune Book
Dillon
City Express and Coal Co
General Transfer
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