Why Papers Are Sued Over Damages in Danner Libel Case
The Montana Record-Herald faces a $50,000 libel suit filed by attorney Justin M. Smith of Bozeman after Seth Orrin Danner’s murder conviction. The case hinges on juror prejudice claims and published statements from a Gallatin valley resident, with broader warnings to publishers about rumor and verification before printing.
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Montana Record-Herald
Justin M. Smith
Bozeman
Seth Orrin Danner
Danner
Law
Smith
Record-Herald
Gallatin Valley
Pioneer
Columbus
Main Street
Dillon Busy with Visitors and Local Travel
Otto Pahnisch visited Horse Prairie and went to Butte for a week of business. Many residents, including A. J. Wedum and James Dodd, traveled between Dillon and Butte while others returned from or to Armstead, Lima, and Twin Bridges for work or family matters. The Dillon Delphian society meeting is set for Monday with Velma Philip as leader.
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Otto Pahnisch
Dillon
Butte
James Dodd
Albert Yodelson
Dell
Pittsburg
Ike Rife, Jr
A. E. Scott
Harold Murray
Philip Lovell
Liston Dansie
Tom ¥Ost
Red Rock
Wervid Carruthers
Missoula
Russel Smith
Blacktail
Sam Troppinger
Harry Helming
Matt Briggerman
Deer Lodge
Joe Steven
Fred Bechtold
Twin Bridges
Dick Cosgrove
Dan Little
Pocatello
Frank Husted
Wise River
O. M. Best
Austin Linder
Dillon Fats
Frank Birrer
Hame
P. Darnutter
L. E. Brainard
Lima
Roll Henderson
Grayling
Andrew Williams
Alder
Marcus Rand
Donovan
Lakeview
Dillon Delphian Society
Public
Velma Phillipa
More Favorable Law to Prospector
The new ruling lets locators protest locally to trigger government action for an accurate survey of disputed mineral lands. The survey, funded by the government, segregates mineral locations from homestead filings. Locators praise the measure as fair and beneficial for holding valid mining claims.
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Washington
Congress
Surveyor General's
Helena
American Legion Vaudeville and Minstrel Show
Miss Martin dramatic instructor at the Normal College will present a skit and Lonnie's orchestra will perform a special musical act. A blackface chorus of forty voices will be featured as part of the program. The full company promises the biggest entertainment of its kind in Dillon.
Dillon to Bustling Hub with Bee Hive Like Activity
Dillon will be a busy place humming like a bee hive as special machines and sanitary methods handle products. Wheat cubes, a whole wheat product, are ground to cube the kernel lengthwise and perpendicularly, leaving bran attached for healthful nutrition. Breakfast porridge with nutty flavor, high food value, and bran content appeals to all ages.
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Dillon
Montanans Favor The Coulter Bill
W A Selvidge head Montana Development Association reports Washington lawmakers are pushing the Coulter Norbeck Burness farm relief bill for wheat states. He says Montana would receive funds by need and that communities should prepare loan applications for rapid access to aid. He notes western farmers face no greater prosperity than Montana despite new lands and high eastern taxes.
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Billings
Washington
W. A. Selvidge
Montana Development Association
Natsonal
Norbeck
Burness
Selvidge
Montana
Ohio
Farm relief measure gains broad support across the nation
Washington backers led by Farm Bureau advocate Sen Norbeck and Rep Burtness rally behind the bill to aid spring wheat growers. Officials say the emergency loan plan diversifies farming and mirrors previous aid to Chicago after the fire, with strong public and press support flooding legislators.
Four Elections For The Coming Year In Beaverhead
Montana officials announce national state and county elections with 45 day registration closure. Be sure to enroll if not on the great register. Filing costs vary by office, with Beaverhead county posting specific fees for state and local offices under the new rotating ballot system.
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Secretary of ‘State
Secretary of State
United States
Senate of Congress
State Senate
House of Representatives
Beaverhead County
Law changes set withdrawal limits for petitions in 1924 races
A new law requires candidates to file by July 26 for county office and July 16 for state office, with withdrawal not allowed once filed. It also outlines filing, registration, and nomination dates for 1924 elections, including presidential primaries on April 11 and general elections on November 2, plus Beaverhead school election registration not required.
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Aarestrup
Zeruffefer
Beaverhead
Schools of Beaverhead County Reach 100 Percent Seal Sales
Beaverhead county schools achieved full participation in the Christmas Seal campaign with a list of 18 schools including Nelson, Bristow, Bannack, Dell, Drummey, Monida, Apex, Nicholia, Red Rock Gosman, Jones, Upper Lakeview, Lima, Lakeview, Polaris, Rock Creek, and Doyle.
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Beaverhead County
Nelson
Bristow
Bannack
Dell
Drummey
Monida
Apex
Nicholia
Red Rock Gosman
Jones
Upper Lakeview
Lima
Lakeview
Polaris
Rock Creek
Doyle
Sacajawea and Hakanake Campfire Girls Hold Meetings
The Sacajawea Camp Fire Girls met Wednesday January 238 with Mrs Desmond demonstrating wound dressings and bandaging. Tea followed and a food sale was planned for Saturday. The Hakanake Campfire Girls met January 21 to approve year plans including hikes and a camping trip to Elkhorn Springs. A new attendance system and tardiness fines were adopted to boost participation.
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Sacajawea
Desmond
Elkhorn Springs
Some Campfire Honors List of Household Tasks
A set of ten campfire honors outlines tasks for two months or more. They include cleaning dishes and dining room after one meal daily, cooking two Sunday dinners, weekly floor scrubbing, avoiding sweets and sodas for two months, sleeping outdoors or with wide open windows for two months, mending stockings weekly, tending a garden, punctuality for three months, altering a dress, and two months of service with Red Cross or another relief organization.
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Red Cross
The Snowmobile Adventure in Wisdom and North Fork
A narrator recalls a snowy Saturday in Wisdom and a one way trip to Melrose by stage the next Monday. W J Tope a progressive sheepman of the North Fork introduces a young snowmobile maker amid travel woes and distant plans.
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Christopher
Melrose
W. J. Tope
North Fork
Snowmobile voyage to Wise River inspires wild ride
An account describes Clarence Helming’s first snowmobile test from Wisdom to Wise River with passenger Morgan. They glide over snow, jump fields, and even launch onto the Big Hole river, returning to the C. M. Pyle hotel with humor about sticks in a well and a county commissioner encounter.
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Clarence Helming
Helming
Mr. Morgan
Wise River
C. M. Pyle
Wilddin
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Dillon Examiner
A. J. Wedum
Long Beach
Cal
McHessor
W. W. Hawkins
Gallatin County
E. I. Harkness
Sheep Creek Basin
Nick Birrer
Will Gray
Baby
Armstead
Clarence Brown
Jackson
Lossi
John Swafford
Frank Schulz
California
Horace McIntyre
Armatead
J. H. Dickey
Butte Daily Post
Anna Johnson
Edgar Rife
Dixon Brown
Ambrose Brown
James McKnight
Joe Metlen
Horse Prairie
American Legion
Farm Bureau
St. Gray Silver
Federal Farm Bureau
Silver
Spring Wheat
Chicago
Northwest
Burtness
Iowa
Ilinois
Examiner
State Bank of
Union Electric Co
Grand Hotel
Kimball
Mra. G. EB. Roseman
N. Pacific
Catholic Church
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