Montana Briefs and Notices Roundup
Montana locals report charges for Billings tourist camp lodging. Missoula timber beetles threaten pine stands west of the city. A rancher J Jamison travels toward New Orleans by houseboat with family, and Nelson McGillen, pioneer, dies near Red Lodge. A war department letter informs a Missoula student of a son’s France wounds. Real estate licenses examined by W S Hoskins across the state. Butte hosts hotel project talks with editorial figures named for state committee leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Libby
Ain
Billings
Missoula
B. J. Tyea
Butte
Frank Murphy
Denver
Joe Simonich
Hamilton
Edwin Gettinger
Fort Benton
J. Jamison
New Orleans
Williston
North Dakota
Red Lodge
Nelson McGillen
Montana
McGillen
B. A. Schak
War Department
France
Helena
Hoskins
Goodsill Promoted to Assistant General Passenger Agent
Max M Goodsill former Helena Commercial club secretary has been named assistant general passenger agent of the Northern Pacific railroad and will head all company advertising. The move follows his departure from the Helena Commercial club to an immigration role and marks quick recognition of his abilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max M. Goodsill
Helena Commercial Club
Northern Pacific Railroad
A. B. Smith
Goodsill
The
Northern Pacific
Lightning Strikes but Does Not Kill Shelby Woman
Miss Gena Overby a Shelby night waitress was struck by lightning near the First National bank after leaving a restaurant. The bolt burned a small skin area between two fingers but she was otherwise uninjured. Nearby a cow driver was stunned by lightning and a cow was killed at Conrad hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gena Overby
Shelby
First National Bank
Miss Overby
Conrad Hospital
Big Montana oil gusher seen at Cat Creek field
Report from Sam Teagarden of Oil Fields Bulletin notes Mid-Northern drilled into the second sand in Cat Creek near Frantz well. Tremendous flow and potential for multiple 10,000 barrel wells, signaling broad development across the Sweetgrass arch and northern Montana fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mids
Cat Creek
Wildschutz
Sam Teagarden
Borth
Teagarden
Winnett
Guy ‘Craig
Mid-Northern
Great Falls
Montana
Sweetgrass Arch
United States
Charles J. Stone
World News Briefs Span Labor Strikes and Politics
Reports note a 10 percent freight rate cut by carriers and about 400000 shopmen on strike. In North Dakota, Senator McCumber lost the GOP nomination by 10000 votes to Governor Frasier. Canada’s Lord Bing begins a western tour. Miles City reports 1614633 acres open for entry. Harding signs a bill setting army at 125000 with 12000 officers. Rebel defeat near Tampico reported. Berlin editor Harden attacked. two arrested. ACOUS: Cotton midtown rally. Miske KO's Meehan in one round. Curtato case under police investigation. Mrs Cheney killed in Tampico violence. Winslow Junction wreck kills fifty. Fouts dies in cannon accident. Cairo delivers long-forgotten invitation from 1893.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chicago
Fargo
McCumber
Govermor Frasier
North Dakota
Lethbridge
Lord Bing
Canada
Miles City
Harding
Aguada
Cortez Oil Company
Tampico
Mexico
Berlin
Maximilian Harden
Grunewald
United States Railroad Labor Board
New York
Oklahoma City
Billy Miske
St. Paul
Willie Meehan
San Francisco
Meehan
Dempsey
Jess Willard
Vincent Curtato
Thomas R. Peterotta
Sacramento
Calif
Curtato
Thomas Cheney
State Department
Bhaw
Atlantic City
N. J
Philadelphia & Reading
Winslow Junction
Camden
Denver
Ralph Fouts
Catro
Ill
St. Louis
Smythland
Cairo
Haines
Abducted Girl Found in Shack Near Great Falls
Catherine Ribble, 16, was found in a shack east of Red Road near Prospect Hill after being abducted by 19 year old Paul E. Beers. Beers faces a statutory offense charge with potential penalties from one year to life in the state penitentiary. Beers reportedly offered to plead guilty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul E. Beers
Great Falls
W. J. Tighe
Beers
Tighe
Catherine Ribble
Guy. Palagi
A. A. Carpenter
Red Road
Prospect Hill
West Great Falls
Percy
Joseph ‘Hoffman
Jall
Percy Hoffman
Rocky Mountain locusts devastate fields in Teton county
Pioneer rancher John B. Cashman reports tens of thousands of grasshoppers killed by poisoned bran in Teton county. He notes hoppers ate the dead after exposure and that grain on the Leedy ranch near Bynum shows recovery as poison control improves crop prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton County
John B. Cashman
Bynum
Cashman
Leedy
Mr. Cashman
Montana
Butte Union Seeks 92000 Damages Over 1914 Riot
Butte Miners' union No. 1 files with City Clerk Brimacombe for 9200 damages in two claims related to the June 1914 riot. The first claim covers 14000 for parade disruption and hall damage on North Main, the second 78000 for hall destruction 10 days later. The union, led by Charles Baxter and Pat Lee, reports about 300 members currently active and historic assets exceeding a million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Butte Miners’ Union, No. 1
Brimacombe
Charles Baxter
Pat Lee
Union
North Main Street
Western Federation of Miners
Silver Bow Block
Lightning Strikes Kill and Injure Nearby Residents
Alexander McDowell, killed by a bolt south of Moore, occurred less than 12 hours before his life insurance policy expiry. Theodore Hogeland Jr of Ware survived a house strike with paralysis in his legs, but is slowly recovering after the recent lightning shock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander McDowell
Moore
Theodore Hogeland, Jr
Ware
Mr. Hogeland
Advertising Proves Key To Success In Merchants Tale
Frank P. Mann tells Montana Retail Merchants that advertising builds credit and drives growth. With $75 capital he earned $23,000 in sales and $4,000 to $5,000 in profits in a year, then expanded to a $50,000 fixtures value as his store grew. Printers ink proved the path to wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Retail Merchants’ Association of
Montana
Boulder
Frank P. Mann
North Dakota
Mann
Winter wheat to be big north Montana crop this year
Federal statistician F. W. Belfer Jr notes a wet year favors a large winter wheat harvest in Montana, especially in northern counties. Early maturing wheat could benefit farmers as soil moisture supports fall sown grains, with harvests starting late July for winter wheat and late August for spring wheat. Rye also fares well in northern Montana this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
F. W. Belfer, Jr
Beler
North Dakota
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Tate
P. B. Snelson
Billings ‘Gazette
Saélaon
Jonn Scanlan
Miles City Star
B. H.mcdowell
Terry’ Tribune
G. M Moss
Whitefish Pilot
National Editorial Association
Peterson
Great Falla
Snelson
M. Max Goodsill
Montana Newspaper Association
Donald Livestock Co
Melville, Mont
Poland
China
Ellevold
Hanks
N. D
Pere
Dorsh . & Greenfield CO
Butte, Mont
NASH
Big Timber
Mont
Fallquist Brothers
College Ave
Spokane
Wash
Royal Ann
BING
BON Ton Puy. Co
Economy Sales Company
St. Peter’s Hospital
Siwampérs
Sawyers
Ronan
Monna
Sea
Si Morse
Wireiese
Utte “College Stelegraphy
Eecenes Agency
Peyton Wehustie
Wire Ua
Yale
eMont
KODAK
Mai
Jennings-Gusdorf
Ee Dpee Lewis
Walker
Wyoming
Bitter Root Valley
Fredmith
Corvallis
Wilsall
Little Blackfoot
Powell County
Elliston
N. P._Ry
R. J. Johannes
H. A. Stroud
Ket
Fergus County
N. E
A. McNown
Wilkinson Bldg
Tomahs
Nebraska
Bo Oakland
Conoe
Reliabie
Options Fame
Ou Bodd
Ban Wranciaco
Cal
Vai Montana
Stone
Butte Union
M'Donald
North
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