Butte Native William H Lindsay Appointed Glacier Park Commissioner
William Harvey Lindsay, son of former Judge John Lindsay of Butte, born 1894, educated in Butte schools, appointed United States Commissioner of Glacier National Park by Federal Judge George Bourquin. He will hear park offense cases, with penalties set by law and appeals to district court, and will reside at Belton with wife Margaret Ahnes of Kalispell.
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William Harvey Lindsay
John Lindsay
Butte
United States
Glacier National Park
Lindsay
Park
George Bourquin
William
Belton
Margaret Ahnes
Kalispell
Commission
Montana man develops airplane car hybrid for Billings shop
Thomas Wade of Billings claims a new 16 foot wing span aircraft can take off and land in under 100 feet, with weight centered design and a front motor, plus optional Ford or Liberty engines. He envisions ocean airliners and plans to distribute nationally from his Billings factory.
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Thomas Wade
Billings
Wade
Ford
Ocean
Cunard
England
Wright Brothers
Langley
Young Wade
United States
E. R. Johnson
Victor Phonograph Company
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
Delaware River
Florida
Miami
San Francisco
Lincoln Beachey
Beachey
Union Airplane
Oakland
Liberty Motors
Hall-Scott Company
West Berkeley
Wright-Martin
Los Angeles
Liberty Motor
Ford Motor
Montana State Loans Reach 3.5 Million In Farm Financing
Montana reports farm property loans totaling three and one half million dollars since lending began. Loans run at 100000 per month from the common school permanent fund at 6 percent interest. Current receipts show 339663.28 in the fund with a forecast of one million by February 1. December loans totalled 94200 with 96850 accepted, and mortgages recorded. The state board reports 391764.55 in permanent funds on January 1 with month investments of 544741.07 including farm loans and state warrants.
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Montana
Sidney Miller
Register of State Ands
Miller
State Board of Land Commissioners
Jail figures indicate the decline of the bad man
Montana’s so called bad men are dwindling in jail counts as arrests fall across counties. William R. Baker reports from 14 counties show Cascade County leading in 1918 but cutting arrests by 50 percent in 1919, while Wibaux drops from nine to five and Missoula falls from 1223 to 622.
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Montana
William R. Baker
Department of Labor and Industry
Baker
Wibaux County
Missoula
Hip Pocket Shrinks as Prohibition Edict Bites
Montana tailors cut hip pockets by half in anticipation of January 16 federal rules limiting liquor to home storage. From nine to ten inch depths to about five and a half, pockets are shallow to deter concealed carry. New York designers urged smaller pockets. Major H M Gaylor warns enforcement will raid homes and clubs pooling liquor. raw stocks may face raids if home production is found.
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Montana
International Association of Clothing Designers
New York
Julius Jonas
Butte
United States
H. M. Gaylor
Revenue Department
Revenue Bureau
Gaylor
Alfred Atkinson Inaugurated President of Montana State College of Agriculture
Professor Alfred Atkinson was formally inducted as president of the Montana State College of Agriculture in a large ceremony with 28 universities and colleges represented. Governor S V Stewart presided, with Dr L H Bailey of Cornell delivering the principal address and a dedicatory talk by William F Coover of Iowa State. Atkinson, an educator and grain and forage crops judge, previously served as state college agriculturist since 1905 and as federal food administrator for Montana during the war.
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S. V. Stewart
Alfred Atkinson
Montana State College of Agriculture
Samuel V. Stewart
Atkinson
L. H. Bailey
Cornell University
The
State College
William F. Coover
Iowa State College
State College Chemical Society
the State College
Jas. M. Hamilton
Herbert Hoover
Montana
Montana Farm Bureau Elects New Officers At Convention
At the state convention W. B. Harlan of Ravalli was chosen president L. J. Crippen of Richland first vice president and Mrs. Thompson of Sanders second vice president F. Cooley was re elected secretary Resolutions urged community cooperation rural development and an adequate plan to finance farm bureaus statewide and county levels A committee was suggested to study funding without begging for legislative appropriations.
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Montana
Wireless Link Bridges Glasgow Jordan and Miles City
Jordan stands 90 miles from a railroad and about as far from Miles City as Glasgow. Wireless telegraphy now connects Glasgow to Jordan, with official messages sent by W. Wharton and relayed to Miles City by L. E. Jones to W. G. Ferguson between the two chambers of commerce.
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Glasgow
Miles
Jordan
Miles City
L. E. Jones
Glasgow Chamber of Commerce
W. G. Ferguson
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W. H. Lindsay
Glacier Park
Idaho
Utah
National Cutters Association
Agricultural College
Montana College of Agriculture
Harlan Farm Bureau
Postum Cereal Co
Battle Creek
Michigan
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