University Hoboes Travel for Montana Gridiron Faith
A Missoula campus tale of hoboes formed by football zeal. Montana State youths rode 600 miles by rail with limited funds to support a Montana team trip to Spokane and Pullman. The Hobo club grew, later earning recognition in scholarship rolls. Mayor Getchell paroled the jailed students after their North Coast Limited escapade.
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State University
Missoula
Montana College
Misguilla
Spokane
Pullman
Wash
Bozeman
Butte
N. P
Montana
Northwest Conference of Colleges
Washington
Oregon
Coast
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Hobo Club
State Agricultural College
Aggie Bees
Missdura
North Coast Limited
North Coast
Andy Getchell
Northern Pacific
Hell Gate
Getchell
Reed Point Girls Baseball Team Sparks Town Pride
Reed Point in Stillwater county earns praise for wheat growing and civic spirit. Two years ago on the Fourth of July the women organized a baseball team and beat the business men who appointed a female umpire. Many players remain in Reed Point and continue boosting the town.
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Reed Point
Stillwater County
Homesteader Leads Northern Montana Transformation
The article chronicles northern Montana’s shift from cowboy frontier to homesteader driven development. It highlights Sheridan and Valley counties, rail expansion after 1910, Scobey and Plentywood growth, grain markets, and rail lines from Bainville to Plentywood. It notes the Great Northern and Soo Line railroad competition reshaping towns and economies.
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Patrick E. Burke
Montana
Sheridan
Valley Counties
Valley
Dakota
Missouri River
Great Northern
Mondak
Montana-Dakota
Havre
Scobey
Bainville
Plentywood
Montana Crop Values Tripled in Seven Years
A report by Seth Maxwell shows Montana crop values rising from 31.9 million in 1909 to 94.9 million in 1916. Wheat up fivefold to 46.13 million. corn up elevenfold. oats barley rye flax potatoes and hay all up notably as homesteads and acreage expanded.
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MontAna
Seth’ Maxwell
S. W. Stewart
Maxwell
Scobey Growth Boom Sparks Northern Montana Rail Feeder
The Scobey area in northern Montana sees rapid expansion as Great Northern builds west from Plentywood to Scobey and plans a Poplar to Opheim feeder. Scobey’s population nears 1,500 with a $765000 water and sewer system and substantial grain trade from nearby regions and Canada. Local vote tallies show Sheridan and Valley counties near 10,000 total votes, with 515 at Scobey. Officials eye creating a new Sheridan Valley county seat.
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Plentywood
Fort Peck
Hey
Plenty
Soo Line
Ambrose
North Dakota
Whittail
Scobey
Great Northern
Poplar
Soo
Montana
Scobey Country
Redstone Hill
Redstone
Flaxville
Opheim
Uncle Sam
Sheridan
Valley
Chicago
Daniel Webster Fought the West in Montana Rail Debate
A historical note recalls Daniel Webster opposing a Montana Northwest railroad project. The article quotes outbursts belittling the western territories as barren and worthless, arguing the region was not fit for settlement or rail transit and that the coast would never be improved by closer access from eastern states.
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Montana
Daniel Webster
United States Senate
Great Northwest
Missouri River
Rockies
Columbia
Webster
Great Britain
Oregon Country
Divide
Prairie
Northwest
Missouri-Columbia
Pacific Coast
Boston
Webster’s
Edward Everett
William L.dayton
George D. Prentice
George McDuffie
United States Becomes Wealthiest Nation Ahead of Major Banks
Comptroller Williams reports U S resources rose by over 4.0 billion in two years to 15.52 billion, outpacing the Bank of England and other major central banks. The Federal Reserve Board plans to appoint these banks as correspondents as countries turn to the U S for loans after the war. Montana touts the highest wealth per capita in the nation.
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Louisville
George D. Prentice
Russia
Siberia
England
Botany Bay
United States
Fwe
Missouri
Washington Irving
Rosebud
Custer
Prairie
Dawson
Wibaux
Richland
Montana
Irving
Bonneville
Williams
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve Bank
Union
Montana's First Wireless Link Opens 90 Miles Bar Miles City to Jordan
A commercial wireless telegraph line is planned to connect Miles City in Montana with Jordan, Dawson County, covering about 90 miles. The project aims to establish inland telegraph service between the two towns.
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Miles City
Jordan
Dawson County
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Reed Point Review
Blanche Roberts
Oscar Moler
Lena Findley
Venus Oglesby
Littlepage
Neva Imlay
J. Bassett
Neva Oliver
Clay Yates
H. B. Boyles
Nellie Reynolds
Sheridan County
Miss America Razor
Marion, Kan
McDuffie
Senate
Indies
Rocky Mountains
Sahara
William L. Dayton
Bank of England
Bank of France
Bank of Russia
German Reichsank
Bank of Italy
Bank of Spain
Bank of the Netherlands
Bank of Denmark
Swiss National Bank
Bank of Japan
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