Montana Cowboy Receives 300 Letters After War
J Blazek a Montana cow puncher and former American soldier returned home to find a bushel of letters from women of all ages awaiting him. A Twin City reporter had highlighted his lack of letters overseas, sparking a flood of messages and a engagement with one correspondent. He plans to return for the War Camp Community Service helper later this summer.
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Twin City
Blazek
Montana
J. Blazek
St. Paul
Union Depot
Hull
White Bear
Minn
Chicago Fight Group Seeks Prohibition Repeal Coalition
Former Texas senator Joe Bailey has been hired to lead a new organization opposing the national prohibition amendment. The group aims to defeat any state legislator who voted to ratify the amendment in their next election.
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Chicago
Joe Bailey
Texas
Net
Break-bulk Point at Columbia River for Inland Traffic
The mouth of the Columbia River is identified as the cheapest and easiest break bulk and assemblage point for outbound traffic in the area. It offers the shortest haul on the eastern grades to and from the central territory, with an estimated thirty cent per ton saving on rail haul costs compared to over mountain routes through the coast mountains.
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Columbia River
United States
Rocky Mountains
Puget Sound
San Francisco
Coast Mountains
North America
Canada
Panama Canal
Liverpool
Montreal
Dakotas
Montana
Nebraska
Warrenton
Great Harbor
Pacific Ocean
Paget Sound
Portland
Orient
Warrenton Harbor
Pacific Coast
Columbia
Montana Briefs Highlight County, State Events Across Cities
Havre issues six building permits while Harlem reports smallpox cases. Fergus county skips a county fair. Butte notes Bryan’s coast visit and copper prices rise. Judith basin grain may yield half a crop. Continental oil houses burn in Ryegate. Helena marks 25 miles of roads with arrows toward the capital. Holford becomes Woodrow pastor. Stillwater levies a $25 cattle grazing fine. Parker buys 400 acres on Funt Creek for $47,000. Beaver creek forest fires threaten power lines. Silver Bow deficits risk warrant registration. Missoula dean Leapheart named law school dean. Income tax returns extended to Aug 16 for specific filers. Havre boiler explosion kills Fireman Dillon. Ball survives with severe burns. Helena campaigns to clear Last Chance relics. Great Falls county attorneys back bone-dry law. Cascade soldier Carrigan report debunked. Missoula player McKain signs with Pirates. Helena state fair dates set Sept 8–14 with aeroplane flights. Butte boy McCloud heroism case follows coroner’s inquest.
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Havre
Harlem
Lewistown
Fergus County
Butte
William Jennings Bryan
Judith Basin
Ryegate
Continental Company
Columbus
John Wilson
Stillwater
Drummond
James C. Parker
Utah
Eugene Baird
Funt Creek
Helena
Beaver Creek
Great Falls
Montana Power Company
Silver Bow County
Missoula
C. W. Leapheart
University Law School
University of Missouri
University of Montana
Great Northern
Earl Dillon
Engineer Ball
Ball
Belt
Clyde Carrigan
Cascade County
Mark Twain
France
Neil D. McKain
Missoula City
Pittsburg
Pirates
Heelena
Pat Carney
Montana
James McCloud
Butte Labor Peace Advances With Copper Wage Increases
In Butte and other Montana cities, unions and Anaconda Copper agree to a fixed scale and wage raises. Miners will earn 5.76 dollars per day, mill and smeltermen 5.75, engineers 7, journeymen 6.60, and laborers 6. Unions ratifying the agreement will apply the gains starting immediately, with 6,000 more miners to be hired after ratification and a July 1, 1920 contract expiry.
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Butte
Don F. Kelley
Anaconda Copper Company
Great Falls
Anaconda
Missoula
American Federation of Labor
Abundant Montana Pasture Highlighted at Helena Meeting
A telegram read at the Montana stockmen and farmers gathering in Helena urges Montana to use Lincoln county ranges. It claims vast bluegrass and clover pastures lie idle while stock is shipped elsewhere and asks for an investigation to prove the assertions.
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Montana Stockmen and Farmers Meeting
Helena
Sam W. Stewart
Montana
Lincoln County
Federal government employs many trappers to control predators
About 300 professional trappers and hunters work to exterminate predatory animals in Montana and other western states. In three years they killed 60 473 coyotes 8 094 bobcats 1 829 wolves 201 mountain lions and 137 bears. Pelts sold for 100 000 to help fund the program. Benjamin V Lilly, 65, a noted hunter, has killed 167 mountain lions and 65 bears in six years and once guided Theodore Roosevelt. he has long worked with the biological survey of the agriculture department.
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Montana
Goverment
Benjamin V. Lilly
Lilly
Theodore Roosevelt
Louisiana
Biological Survey
Federal Department of Agriculture
Wheat Yields Bring Hope Amid Drought in Yellowstone County
Sheriff S W Matlock reports a 200 acre field east of Broadview yielding 20 bushels per acre for winter wheat. Nearby Co B Barr expects 15 bushels per acre. Despite dry, waterless conditions, threshing is 30 days early and county crop prospects aim for about a 50 percent average.
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Yellowstone
Yellowstone County
S. W. Matlock
Broadview
Co. B. Barr
World and National Briefs Roundup From The Era
Paris reports the former German emperor is seriously ill while the empress suffers heart trouble. Santa Cruz raises water rates a third to offset liquor license income. Austin team eliminates German teaching ban at UT with a $2000 annual aid for a German instructor. Washington notes labor demand for discharged soldiers and mass calls for workers. NS 11 airship struck by lightning and destroyed with all crew lost. Blockade lift leads to lower food prices in Germany aided by hoarding. Mail service to Germany resumes via Holland for now. El Paso reports General Felipe Angeles quit Villa, returned to the U.S. Gabriel d Annu zio plans Rome to Tokyo flight covering 20000 miles. Nebraska wheat yield expected lower with 12.141 million bushels and 25 percent less winter wheat.
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Paris
Holland
Santa Cruz
Calif
Austin
Texas
Senate
Texas Legislature
University of Texas
Washington
Department Bureau
State Highway Commission of
Massachusetts
London
North Sea
Berlin
Germany
United States
el Paso
Felipe Angeles
Mexico
Villa
Angeles
Juarez
Rome
Gabriel d’Annunzio
Tokio
Asia Minor
India
China
Japan
Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
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Cuticura
Dept. E
Boaten
Rch
Remig Co
General Supply Company
Great Falla, Montana
Industrial
Irying Whitehouse Company
Rainbow
Great Falls, Mont
General School Supply Co
Great Falls, Montana
Montana-Warrenton Development Company
Stanton Bank
David Holford
Here
United Brethren Church
Woodrow
Glendive
Harold
Brooklyn, N.Y
THE
Finck
Finck’s
Wm! Finck & Coctory
Aes A Mont
S. C. Huseth
Creat Optometrist and
Opticiax
Dollar Rooms
Broadway
Glacier Park
Aepot
S. L. Monteath
Spokane County
Wash
Spokane
Edwards & Bradford Lumber CO
Michian
Howland & Maser Securit Company
Montana Building
Montana Ranches
6Th Avenue
Mont
C. HB. Campbell & Son
Loweat
Farmere’nd Co
Montena
D. F. Bush
Phoenix 9
Minneapolis
Sixth Avenue
Howland & Maser Security Company
C. McClintock
Custer County Bank
Miles City
Rary & Burlingame
Great Falla
Ford & Hollister Ranch (Inc
Darby, Mont
Blatchfords Foods
Meleum
Orsh & Qgreemfield Co
Columbia Gardins
Columbia Floral Co
W. Broadway
Parke, Davis & Company
Detroit
Mich
Rogers Peadio
Fozeman
Gallatin County
Butte, Mont
KODAK
Wern Studio
Wastman Kuowaks
Wheeler Drug Co
Central Avenue
Marchant
Montana Typewriter Co
DEY
Granite
Holuna Adjustment CO
Fred
Butte College of Telegraphy
Utte
Flipe
Grover & Leuchars
Jat Ave. S
OLD LP
Northwest
Salt Lake
Boise
Pocatello
All Communications
Ide
Rovig Company
First Ave. So
Seattle
Blue Prints
al al Ill Tel
Blue Print & Supply Co
Dunn Bg
Ill
Alls Tout & McCarthy
Lewis & Walker
Wyoming
Butte Mont
Hoenck
M. N. AW K
Wisconsin Colonization Company
Bawger County
Great Clay Loam
Wisconsin
U. S
Wisconsin Colonization CO
1St Ave
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