Wheat License Required for Dealers Under Proclamation
President Wilson signs a proclamation placing wheat dealers wheat flour and baking product makers under license to the U S Wheat Director Julius Barnes. Exemptions include farmers and small bakers. Applications due by July 15 with licenses issued via zone grain corporation offices and sent to the wheat director in Washington.
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Julius Barnes
United States
Wilson
Barnes
Grain Corporation
Baltimore
Chicago
Galveston
Minneapolis
Kansas City
New Orleans
Omaha
Philadelphia
Portland
Ore
St. Louis
San Francisco
Buffalo
Duluth
Division of Licenses
Washington
Great Falls Bridges to Be State's Biggest
Two Missouri River bridges at Great Falls will be Montana’s largest ever. Estimated cost is about half a million dollars, funded by Cascade County. Bridges to be built under state highway commission supervision, at First Avenue and Fifteenth Street, replacing existing structures.
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Missouri River
Great Falls
Montana
State Highway Commission
Cascade County
Highway Commission
First Avenue
Fifteenth Street
Moore Man Buys 320 Acre Farm Near Moore
S W Heald of Moore buys the 320 acre farm near Moore from J H Gormley of Milwaukee for $20000. The sale transfers ownership of rural property in the Moore area signaling a notable local real estate transaction.
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Moore
S. W. Heald
J. H. Gormley
Milwaukee
Secretary of State Finances Six Months End May in Review
The secretary of state's six month finances end May 31 show receipts of 370 524 98 with 343 327 from automobile registration and 368 from transfers. Other receipts include 26829 98 from corporate filings licenses bonds and fees. Total disbursements were 31350 49 with 24309 20 in the automobile section and 7041 20 in other divisions. The report notes a sizable rise from the prior year period. Hot weather calls for changed tractor lubrication and Montana Oil Co offers guidance for territory customers.
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Secretary of State
Stewart
Department
State Land Sale Nets $478000 Despite Dry Weather
Montana land buyers flocked to the sale conducted by Register Sidney Miller and Assistant George Hopkins in Pondora and Teton counties. Total sales reached $478,116.40 on nearly 325,000 acres requested, averaging about $17 an acre, with most buyers Montana men and competition brisk at Conrad and Chateau.
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Montana
Sidney Miller
Register
George Hopkins
State Land Office
Pondora
Teton
Conrad
Pondera County
Chateau
Teton County
Hill
Blaine
Valley
Lewis and Clark County
Silver Bow
Park
Sweet Grass
Broadwater
Missoula
Ravalli
Sanders
Lincoln
Flathead
Rosebud
Million Dollars for Land Fees At Havre Land Office
Jake A. Mayer reports Havre land office receipts over the past five years totaled 1 036 804 23 dollars with patents received since September 1916 reaching 6 735 and 3 061 contest cases filed. Only 153 remained pending on April 1 1919. Final proofs since October 1913 numbered 11 072 and homestead entries since January 1 1919 reached 19 134.
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Jake A. Mayer
United States Land Office
Havre
Pioneer editor Charles Warren Culp visits Butte
Charles Warren Culp a Rathdrum editor and Pioneer’s son visits his god-father Gen. Charles S. Warren in Butte. His father helped discover the Lincoln gulch placer diggings in 1865 naming the camp for President Lincoln. Culp Jr born in Montana, kin to ex Senator Muffly of Broadwater county.
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Pioneer
Charles Warren Culp
Idaho
Rathdrum
Butte
Charles S. Warren
Culp
Lincoln Gulch
Montana
Lincoln
Mr. Culp
Muffly
Broadwater County
New Montana Tax Laws Explained as Constitutional
Charles Leonard of Butte says the new classification system will bring 7 percent tax on moneys and credits, closing gaps where millions escaped taxation. He cites Montana’s law as aligned with progressive states and urges voluntary compliance as the system proves its validity.
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Montana
Sixteenth Legislative Assembly
Supreme Court
Charles Leonard
Butte
Temporary
Tax Commission
Union
Supreme Courts
Silver Bow
No Excuse For Dodgers in Tax Evasion Schemes
The speaker condemns loans to non residents and mortgage schemes used to dodge taxes. Montana’s 1907 total assessment of moneys and credits was under 3 million, while bank deposits exceeded 155 million, indicating widespread untaxed wealth. Minnesota’s system increased revenue by over 500 thousand annually, a model Montana may follow to gain similar gains.
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Montana
Minnesota
Glacier National Park appoints new commissioner
A Butte attorney, recently discharged from national army service, has been named commissioner of Glacier National Park, succeeding C. N. Davidson of Butte. The commissioner serves as the government’s legal representative and acts judicially for park regulation infractions.
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Enos Alley
Butte
National Army
Glacier National Park
C. N. Davidson
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Treasure State Farm and Livestock
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Montana Culvert & Flume Company
Missoula, Montana
Lewis & Clark and
X. Beidler
A. M. Holter Hardware CO
Helena, Montana
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Conrad and
Custer
Beaverhead
Madison
Jefferson
Big Horn
Carbon
Cascade
Chouteau
Lewis, and Clark
Sheridan
Gallatin
Powell
Mineral
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Lemessy
Mom
Is Reeo Wrixon & Agnew Ae Gaseae
Boston Hide, Wool & Fur CO
P. O. Box
Great Falls, Mont
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Blackfoot Land Development CO
Missoula, Mont
Romneys
Hampshires
RDS
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Shropshires
Rambouillets
A. J. Knollin
First National Bank Building
P. O
Berkshire
Pocatello, Idaho
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Spokane, Wash
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Summer Street
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Mass
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England
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Moline
Ill
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Don Perfect
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Dale
Perfection
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Beau Donald
Highwood
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