State Teachers Abandon Tax Petition Drive
Miss May Trumper announces the Montana State Teachers association will stop pushing petitions for an income tax and an inheritance tax after failing to secure enough signers. The drive led by W. L. Beers operated from Helena with limited funds and time, and officials say funds are needed to hire field workers. The association will continue its educational campaign for better schools despite the setback.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Teachers Association
Miss May Trumper
Public Instruction
The
Teachers’ Association
Secretary of
Trumper
W. L. Beers
Great Falls
Helena
Legislative Committee
Early Cat Creek Developer Joe Baker Arrives in Kevin Field
Joe B. Baker, organizer of the 66 Petroleum Company in Cat Creek, arrived from Canada to the Kevin field. He helped found Cat Creek, led the Baker syndicate, and drilled three nonproducing wells near section 11. The Mid-Northern gusher nearby later tapped a second sand yielding vast oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe B. Baker
66 Petroleum Company
Cat Creek
Baker Syndicate
Kevin Field
Canada
Baker
Fortune
Joe Baker
Mid-Northern
Farmers Wage Magpie War In Bearpaw Mountains
Blaine county farm bureau led a magpie campaign in six townships, killing 1874 birds. On Magpie Day June 10 farmers and ranchers joined, five cent bounties paid to school age children, prizes awarded to top counts. Follow up planned with winter poisoning to reduce the pest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blaine County Farm Bureau
Bearpaw Mountains
Farm’ Bureau
Federal taxes for 1922 fall short of 1921 in Montana
Montana tax figures show 1922 internal revenue collections totalled 3,335,880.11, down from 5,341,698.09 in 1921, a drop of 2,005,817.98 or 87.7 percent, with miscellaneous taxes and individual and corporate incomes breakdowns provided. The year closed with 14,893 fewer tax returns than the prior period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
C. A. Rasmussen
Internal Revenue
River Wells Set to Produce More From Second Sand
Intensive drilling for Cat Creek begins as Mid-Northern and Frantz wells post huge output from the second sand. Twenty two wells in sections 11 and 14 are slated to be sunk to the second sand, with operators optimistic about finding a third sand and rivaling the recent big gushers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cat Creek
Hover-Schwartz
Big -Lehman
Thermopolis-Cat Creek
H. S
Thermopolis
Alfalfa in Nashua region praised by E W Feehan
E W Feehan of Great Falls reports Nashua area crops in top condition for northeastern Montana. He shows a 37 inch dry land alfalfa sample from H A Simpson at Nashua. Fees also notes extensive spring wheat on summer fallowed land and large acreage prepared as summer fill for next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashua
Montana
E. W. Feehan
Great Falls
H. A. Simpson
State Bank of
Valley County
Feehan
Railroad Man and Bank President Balances Two Careers
A. G. Barnes, 48, serves as engineer of a Milwaukee electric locomotive by week and as president of the First National Bank of Three Forks by another. He rose from Indiana roots, studied at Purdue, and led the bank through past difficulties as deposits climb and assets surpass 250000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Barnes
Milwaukee Electric
Trans-Continental
Three Forks
Deer Lodge
First National Bank of
Sam Hafner
Tom Driscoll
Milwaukee
Tom le Fevre
Barnes
Butte
First National
United States Controllers Office
Indiana
Purdue
Railroad
Union General Committee
Oil Boom Helps Farmers Survive in Sunburst District
Mortgage-ridden ranchers in the Kevin Sunburst area sell royalties to raise cash. Royalties on 120 acres owned by Walter DeGreat in the Sunburst field fetch about $1,000 for a one twentieth interest in oil and gas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kevin-Sunburst
Royo
Walter _DeGreat
Sunburst
Buffalo Herd Doubles on National Bison Range in Montana
The Buffalo herd on the Flathead National Forest Bison Range has grown to 417 animals with 28 calves born this spring. The Biological Survey reports this is the largest seasonal increase among the four government herds, as efforts continue to protect and provide ranges for bison in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Flathead National Forest
Biological Survey
Department of Agriculture
Missoula
Montana forms Legislative Council of Women
Eight associations including the Montana Federation of Women's Clubs and the WCTU join to form the Legislative Council of Montana Women. Mrs. M J Hutchens of Missoula is president. The council will promote legislation for women and children, act as a clearing house, and coordinate with a national committee of Washington. It aims to organize committees, meet in August, and send questionnaires to candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. Hutchens
Missoula
Montana Federation of Women's Clubs
Legislative Council of
Montana Women
Montana Federation of Women’s Clubs
The
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Montana Parent-Teacher Association
Home Economics Association
American Association of University Women
Women’s Auxiliary of the American Legion
Montana Tuberculosis Association
Good Government Association
M. J. Hutcheng
J. E. Cocks
Quincy Scott
Lewistown
Montana Parent- Teacher Association
C. C. Pew
Helena
W. A. A. Legion
E. S. Thomas
Mary O'Neill
Butte
Good Government Club
Congressional Committee
Washington, D. C
Knights of Columbus to build Columbia building in Great Falls
Knights of Columbus of Northern Montana will invest 230000 in a new Great Falls structure named the Columbia building. J M Ryan, president of Northern National Bank and First Mortgage Loan Co., leads the effort, bringing years of regional ventures and developments to the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Columbus
Montana
Great Falls
Columbia
J. M. Ryan
Northern National Bank
First Mortgage Loan Company
Ryan
Conrad
Pany
Ae All Falls
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May ‘Trumper
Lucky Joe" Baker
56 Petroleum
Rocky Mountain
Roosevelt Drive
Coasi
G. 5
Seele
Legislative Council OF Montana Women Perfects Organization
Legislative Council of Women
Knights OF Columbus and Their
J. M. Ryan of
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