Wisdom Social Scene Features 100 Attend Key Dance
The Jan 18 Big Hole housewarming at Arnold Holme's Wisdom home drew 100 plus guests from Butte Anaconda Deer Lodge Wise River and more. Dances ranged from quadrille to modern numbers with violin and guitar by William Lovell and Al Holbrook.
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Wisdom
Big Hole
Arnold
William Lovell
Deer Lodge
al Holbrook
Jim Paddock
Henry Johnson
Ivan Shaw
Boulder
J. T. Armitage
D. J. Stephens
Ida May
Vera
Edna Vaughn
John Peterson
Anaconda
Jack Anderson
Matt Christiansen
Squaw Creek
Ralph Huntley
Harold Capehart
Harry Helming
Clarence Helming
Donald Cressler
Wisdom Hotel
Dorothy Hurley
Howard Hollenback
Arch Stewart
Harry
Jack Miller
Butte
Keep money at home urges settlements before January 31
Barclay Craighead chairman of the Unemployment Compensation commission urges employers delinquent up to 100000 on 1936 social security tax for unemployment compensation to settle before January 31. If unpaid money will go to the state jobless fund via the federal government. 700000 of 1936 taxes were transferred to the Montana fund. about 100000 remains in dispute.
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Craighead
Barclay Craighead
Unemployment Compensation Commission
Montana
Financial Figures and Attestation Names Note
A fragment shows monetary figures 84 132 30 21 888.75 and 700.00 4 094.79 followed by attestations line listing C. E. Blinn Roscoe Cornell and R. M. S. Details incomplete.
Sincerity Rebekah Lodge Installs Officers in Jackson
Mrs Minnie Pendergast officiated as installing officer as A W Wilson became noble grand and Emogene Rice vice grand. The gathering followed with refreshments and a social hour. the Jackson Firemen held a fifth card party, extending the series to nine games due to popularity. Bob Jackson sustained injuries from a timber incident, while locals attended meetings in Bozeman and social events at Mrs Jim Johnson and Mrs Wendell Jardine’s homes.
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The
Jackson Firemen
Lilla Christiansen
William Christiansen
Harold Lowman
Pleah Oneal
Fred Nelson
Harold Nelson
Kenneth Peterson
Bob Jackson
B.lc.a
Bozeman
Dan Pendergast
Frank Pendleton
C. E. Miller
Jackson Bridge Club
New Hampshire
Fred Hirschy
Frank Larsen
Jay Dunbar
Montgomery Ajax Ranch
Fritz Walchly
Farm loan groups report record 1937 land sales and new 4 percent loans
F A Hazelbaker notes district farm loan associations and the Land Bank reached record 1937 farm property sales totaling about 1500 parcels across four northwest states, with a $4,363,000 volume. Newcomb cites decentralized selling and strong local cooperation as key factors while tenants and nearby owners dominate purchases. Local groups offer acquired properties plus new 4 percent loans as farm buyers regain purchase power. Also, Game Warden James A Weav er reports elk harvest sets state record, doubling combined states’ kill.
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National Farm Loan Association
F. A. Hazelbaker
Ward K
Newcomb
District Land Bank
Spokane
Northwest
Hazelbaker
Dillon
Land Bank
Previus
Middlewest
District Bank
Life Theme in Jesson Sermon Across Christian Science Churches
The Sunday service reading centered on Life with the golden text from John 1 1 4 and the admonition to Take no thought for life or body from Matthew 6 25 The Christian Science textbook Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy is cited noting that less thought for life and body can aid health and that man is sustained by God Divine Principle of being
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Churches of Christ, Scientist
Mary Baker Eddy
Patrol Praised for Safe Week By National Safety Council
A week without highway fatalities drew high praise from D. D. Fennell, president of the National Safety Council, in a letter to Supervisor Lou Boedecker. The note commends the state patrol for its Christmas to New Year’s week record as the year’s fatality rate nears four per week. Boedecker vows a 1938 motto to avoid saving seconds at the expense of lives.
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D. D. Fennell
National Safety Council
Lou Boedecker
State Patrol
Boedecker
State Auditor Warns of Three Phony Stock Traders
State Auditor John J. Holmes says three men Henry Latimer W Jack Morris and Donald Bishop Simmons are headed toward Montana by mail inspectors. They are indicted for using the mails to defraud and urged to deal only with licensed Montana stock and bond dealers.
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John J. Holmes
Montana
Post Office
Holmes
Henry Latimer
W. Jack Morris
Donald Bishop Simmons
Pullman Rates Protest Filed With Interstate Commission
The railroad commission wired a telegraphic protest to the Interstate Commerce Commission in Chicago this week opposing a 15 percent fare increase by the Pullman company. The commission states Pullman rates are ample and fares are already high enough.
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Pullman Company
Railroad Commission
Chicago
Elk population declines across Montana hunting districts
State Game Commission records show the present season slaughter reduced elk herds by 5 770 head. Gardiner area accounted for 3 581 elk, Sun River 1 084, South Fork of the Flathead 691, Madison 100, Gallatin 144, and 80 in the remaining districts.
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Montana
Game. Commission
Gardiner
Sun River Area
South Fork
Flathead
Madison
Gallatin
Lamb Shipments Down Sharply in 1937 Montana
Montana feeder sheep and lamb shipments to eastern markets fell from 1,068,349 in 1936 to 800,567 in 1937, a drop of about 34 percent. The total lamb shipments dropped from 758,324 in 1936 to under 500,000 in 1937, according to Jay G. Diamond, federal crop statistician.
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Montana
Jay G. Diamond
Vocational Rehab Trains 45 Girls. 18 Finishers Earn $18 Weekly
Over the past year the state bureau of vocational rehabilitation trained 45 physically handicapped girls. Eighteen graduates are earning an average of $18 per week. Supervisor Lief Fredericks notes thirty girls remain in training. Three boys are trained for each girl and showing good progress toward self support.
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State Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation
Lief Fredericks
Epidemic Tick of Varied Illnesses Reported Across State
The State Health Board reported a spread of diseases last week with 29 chicken pox cases in Great Falls and 27 in Dawson county. Other counts include 10 in Bozeman and 13 in Phillips county, plus seven tuberculosis, one typhoid, 13 smallpox, 37 scarlet fever, and 69 whooping cough cases.
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State Health Board
Great Falls
Dawson County
Bozemary
Phillips County
Widow’s suit upheld in fatal highway accident case
The state supreme court affirmed a Flathead district court judgment awarding Mrs. Minnie Koppang damages from H. E. Sevier for the death of her husband A. A. Koppang, a highway flagman killed by Sevier’s truck. The ruling keeps her compensation under the Industrial Accident law.
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State Supreme Court
Flathead
Minnie Koppang
H. E. Sevier
A. A. Koppang
Sevier
Funds Received For Federal Road Aid Distributed By Counties
State Treasurer Ray N. Shannon reported federal funds totaling 76 651 87 were received for deposit to federal aid road funds across counties. Lewis and Clark and Jefferson 15642 Sheridan 8036 Madison 12527 15692 and 5839 for various roads Phillips 3694 Blaine 6397. Another 18834 was credited to Valley county.
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Ray N. Shannon
Lewis and Clark
Jefferson
Sheridan
Madison
Phillips
Blaine
Valley County
Bonded Debt of Montana Decreases Over 1935 36
State Auditor John J. Holmes reports a reduction in Montana’s bonded debt from 12,474,024 on December 31, 1935 to 11,224,177 in 1936 a drop of 777,952.75 over the past year. The 1934 debt stood at 12,446,925.50.
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Montana
John J. Holmes
Holmes
Oppose Rail Freight Jump At Salt Lake City
Leaders of farm and labor groups and business men protested a proposed 15 percent freight rate increase before the Interstate Commerce Committee hearing in Salt Lake City this week. Supporters of the opposition included Herb D. Rolph president of the Farmers' Union Joe Hunter president of the United Mine Workers I N Early Billings Traffic manager H H Hamner manager of the Carpenter Paper Co Fred Dufresne Great Falls wheat farmer.
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Interstate Commerce Committee
Salt Lake City
Railroad Commission
Herb D. Rolph
Farmers’ Union
Joe Hunter
United Mine Workers
I. N. Early
Billings
H. H. Hammer
Carpenter Paper Co
Fred Dufresne
Great Falls
Gallatin Man Named Highway Attorney in Bozeman
Ernest A. Peterson of Bozeman was named attorney for the state highway department replacing Warren Toole. Peterson is a World War II veteran who practiced law 23 years in Bozeman and served twice as county attorney and one term in the state legislature. The commission heard road boosters from Harlowton Moore Big Timber and Lewistown petitioning for a seven percent primary road.
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Ernest A. Peterson
Bozeman
Highway Department
Warren Toole
Liquor Control Board
Peterson
Highway Commission
Harlowton
Moore, Big, Timber
Lewistown
Harris street underpass project to start March 18
The commission discussed the 250000 dollar Harris street underpass at Missoula with plans to let contracts March 18. They noted 20 miles of an 85 mile stretch built and aimed for early completion, and addressed right of way issues for an overpass at Shelby with local residents.
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Harris Street
Missoula
Shelby
Opponents of Oil Pro-Ration Heard at Falls
The Montana oil men’s group voices objections at state oil conservation board hearings on pro-ration. Since January 4, managers operators and royalty holders argue pro-ration would curb field development and Montana crude output, hurt gasolines and state revenues, and favor outsiders. Proponents of pro-ration are also heard.
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Montana
Oil Conservation Board
Typhoid Deaths Drop 25 Percent in Four Years
The State Board of Health reports a 25 percent decrease in typhoid deaths over the past four years. Community sanitation projects by the Works Progress Administration contributed significantly, with 8,000 out houses built at a $23 cost to owners, reflecting rural sanitation improvements.
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State Board of Health
Works Progress Administration
WPA
Barer Buys Pelts Under Sealed Bids
Pelts of 93 coyotes and four bobcats were sold by sealed bids at Montana State College on January 8. The Barrel Fur company of Bozeman won with a bid of $724.50, with the second high bid at $599.08.
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Montana State College
Gallatin
Beaverhead
Meagher
U. S. Biological Survey
Barrel Fur Company
Bozeman
Bozeman Chronicle
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Contract Bridge Club
Roy Oliver
Warren Shaw
Bristol
H. Armitage
Myla Pendleton
Willie Rasmussen
Hans Jorgensen
Dan Tovey
Don Anson
the Masonic Hall
Ed Glassey
Helen Margott
Interstate Building & Loan Association
State OF Montana
County of Beaverhead
R. M. Barrett
R. W. Boone
State of
C. E. Blinn
Roscoe Cornell
America
Pathfinder
James A. Weaver
Christian Science
Patrol
Capital News
Salt Lake
Falls 8Faring
Barer
Examiner
George Ie
Chester
Eng
Geta
England
Washington State
A.D
Hugh Paddington
Barer Fur CO
Bozeman, Montana
Certified Public Accountant’s Office
B. A. Risley Certified Public Accountant
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