Oil and Gas Bills Take the Stage in Montana Assembly
Helena December 27. Oil and gasoline legislation promises the greatest general interest as the Twentieth Montana Assembly prepares to convene January 8. A long list of bills on banking, taxation, education, land laws and oil industry regulation is expected.
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Helena
Montana Assembly
Hrickson
Billings
Fort Assiniboine
Havre
Lewis and Clark
Land Bank
Foot
Register of State Lands
Banking Code Commission
Banking Committee
Montana
University of Montana
State plans revenue and prison production measures
The article outlines proposals on license fees from domestic corporations with non par value stock, irrigation district rules, and public finances. It notes the treasurer may buy warrants for investment, and discusses funding Montana’s floating debt and local budget laws. Warden Austin Middleton urges prison labor to manufacture license plates and state labor goods.
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Austin B. Middleton
Middleton
J. B. Erickson
Montana
Secretary of State
Shoutin' craps in a New Year’s tale by Al Crowell
The poem depicts a lively craps game with a focus on luck and fortune. Characters beg for Lady Luck’s favor as seven come eleven and other bets light up the night. It blends dialect color with a festive, gambling themed mood and ends noting AL. W. CROWELL.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe
Rastus
AL. W. Crowell
Okla prison earns surplus from plate making and road markers
The 1925 law expanded registrar duties while the Oklahoma prison warden handled plate sales. Oklahoma state prison earned 502 818 dollars in a year, cost of maintenance 419 222 82 dollars, yielding a surplus of 85 595 18 dollars. The prison also makes plates for the state, road markers, and units for New Mexico and Tampico and federal markers.
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Middleton
State of
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Tampico
Mexico
Dillon Social Roundup of Local Visitors and Residents
Locals Be, J Bowman, prominent banker of Anaconda, attended to banking in the city. Dr W H Stephan and family spent the week in Anaconda with relatives. Several others, including Miss Mary Judge from Idaho, Mr and Mrs Bart Hungate from Lima, Sam Bates from Lima, and J E Shaw from the Big Hole basin, were in Dillon or nearby towns for visits or county business. Notables also include Dr L F Molleur in Butte, Faye Erwin in Butte, and Clifford Thompson from upper Blacktail for New Year.
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J. Bowman
Anaconda
Mary Judge
Idaho
George Taylor
Missoula
Judge
Bart Hungate
Dillon
Lima
Sam Bates
Clarence Wall
Gilmore
J. E. Shaw
Big Hole Basin
Board of County Commissioners
William Climer
Dellar Gordon
Armstead
R. R. Jones
City
Centennial Valley
Lambert Elfiel
Butte
Charles Henry
T. E. Gilbert
Frank Foltz
Ike Edinger
Divide
A. E. Scott
Sheep Creek Basin
Harry Andrus
Ogden
Jorgen Jorgenson
Big Hole
Wallace Forsgren
University At
Seattle
Grant Kennison
al Grochean
Hal West
W. C. Jennings
Melrose
W. E. Applegate
Montana plan aims to develop state agriculture
A January 4 meeting at Bozeman with more than 60 representatives from farm business and industry laid the cornerstone for a definite Montana agricultural program. The effort, led by Montana State College, uses a bulletin titled Basic Facts About Montana's Agriculture to guide district economic conferences and committee appointments for statewide development.
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Montana
Bozeman
Montana State College
Montana Experiment Station
Montana Extension Service
J. K. Hesler
John Romers
Montana Bankers’ Association
C. M. Dowlin
BE. A. Phillips
Montana Stock Growers’ Association
W. L. Stockton
Montana Farm Bureau
J. J. O’shea
Montana Farmers’ Union
W. S. McCormack
Federal Land Gohan
C. H. Williams
M. H. Stebbing
Montana Wool Growers’ Association
H. J. Faust
O. J. Armstrong
Jana Retail Merchants’ Association
W. A. Lundahl
Arthur Armstrong
State Hardware and Implement Dealers’ Association
H. S. Buell
L. A. Campbell
W. P. Stapleton
Northern Pacific Railway Company
C. D. Greenfield
E. C. Leedy
Great Northern Railway Company
J. B. Lamson
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Company
KE. W. Hall
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company
Chris H. Bultenhoff
O. A. Sipple
Montana Beekeepers’ Association
George M. Lewis
Montana Seed Growers’ Association
Fred T. Parker
Montana Horticultural Society
Clark Baumgarner
National Grange
J. R. Scott
Montana State Poultry Association
A. E. Westlake
State Dairymen’s Association
H. B. Mitchell
George Webster
The
Montana Dairy Council
EB. J.gilmartin
Henry Hirsch
New Chevrolets Spark Dillon Motorist Interest
The Montana Auto Supply company says the new Chevrolets have made a hit with Dillon motorists. Three models were unloaded Dec 31 for display, and by Jan 3 all three were sold while orders were in progress. Cars feature attractive styling and lower prices drawing buyers.
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Dillon
Montana Auto Supply Company
Jin
Also Mentioned on This Page
State Sportsmen’s Association
Erickson
Dell
Lakeview
West Yellowstone
Ennis and
Sheridan
Star Car
Barry and Hopkins Garage
W. H. Stephan
F. M. Poindexter
Wayne Roberts
Ted Oliver
al Dewitt
Arm
L. F. Molleur
Faye Erwin
A. Potts
Clifford Thompson
Upper
Blacktall
Justin Brundage
Montana Mercantile Company
R. D. Curry
Steven Ely
R. L. Manson
Montana Federation of Labor
C. J. Wiggenhorn
Montana Federation of Women’s Clubs
Sam Goza
Montana Good Roads Association
Norman B. Holter
John Edgerton
Montana State Taxpayers’ Association
W. J. Butler
State Livestock Sanitary Board
J. M. Shoe
Pratts
POE
Potts
First National Bank
the Bank of Strength and Service
Dillon, Montana
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