Governor Erickson Urges Fiscal Restraint and Reforms
Montana Governor J E Erickson addressed the legislative joint session urging no new state expenses and limited laws. He backed re enacted higher education levy reform, fair school aid distribution, central accounting, land law modernization, securities sales regulation, and refinery parity. He praised recent prosperity and urged efficiency through fewer courts and districts. He noted saving $1 million in state revenue and cutting indebtedness and called for careful expansion only where necessary.
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Helena
J. E. Erickson
Montana
BEC
University of Montana
H E
Montana farm labor outlook for 1927 and mining ties to Butte
The piece notes migratory farm labor in Montana will be scarcer than last year while regular farm help should match or exceed 1926. Diversification crops like dairy and canning expand, with 1927 acreage similar to 1926. It also explains 60 percent of mining output originates in Butte, shaping Montana’s outlook.
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Farm
United States Employment Service
Montana
Butte
Montana mining and highway outlook for 1927 in Bitter Root area
The Bitter Root region notes $220,000 for Salmon Bitter Root highway work in 1927 as part of a broader Montana economic forecast. The article outlines copper zinc silver and other mineral prospects, growing oil output from 762 wells by 1926, and large planned expenditures on roads, utilities, and new factories, with employment trends and regional construction plans.
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Butte
Steward
Butte Hill
Montana
Tata
Colstrip
Northern Pacific
Rosebud
Norther Pacific
Glendive
Brockway
Florence
Stevensville
Hamilton
Hitter Root
Laurel
Great Northern
Redwater Valley
Richey
Circle
Rockford
Lewistown
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Company
Dentist notices in telegraph block rooms three to five
Dr. R. D. Curry, dentist, operates in the Telegraph block, rooms 3 4 and 5. Office telephone listed as 355 with residence number omitted.
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A. H. McBarland
Metlenblock
R. D. Curry
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State of Montana
Erickson
Commissioner of’ Agriculture, Labor and Industry
Ae Highway Project
Valley
Salmon
Idaho
Boise
Big Hole Mountains
Gibbonsville
Northwest
American Smelting and Refining Company
Anaconda Company
Great Falls
Missoula
St. Mary
Canal
Gibson Reservoir
Fort Shaw
Sunriver
Lower Yellowstone
Montana-North Dakota
Milwaukee
Miles City
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company
State Highway Commission
Cascade
Hartwig Theater
John Bowers
Margaret de la Motte
Chip of the Flying U
Jacqueline Logan
Louise Fazenda
Mary Pickford
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