Global Briefs Highlight Harvests and Strikes Across 1920
A round of short items reports Idaho sugar beet losses from cold weather and a Japanese rice harvest record. British unions reject wage rise. New York sees salt water wells and sugar shipments. US labor strikes tally over 3,300 cases affecting millions. Mexico asserts oil rights. Paris discusses tobacco monopoly and bond payments. Berlin notes Prince Joachim’s death and royal succession questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho
Tokio
London
New York
Mexican Gulf Petroleum Co
Japan
Suez Canal
Gibraltar
American Bankers’ Association
Washington
San Francisco
Mare Island Navy Yard
Union Oil Company
Navy Department
Walter Rathenau
Department of Labor
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Illinois
Spa
Marshal Fochag
Germany
Mexico
Mexico City
Tampico
Paris
America
Berlin
Joachim
William
Potsdam
State to sue Cascade Silver Mines over polluted Belt Creek
The state of Montana files an injunction suit in Lewis and Clark district court through Attorney General J. C. Ford against Cascade Silver Mines and Mills Co of Neihart. The case seeks to protect fish and water quality in Belt Creek, arguing mining tailings pollute streams used for fishing and livestock. The company estimates purification costs around 300000, while the state says cheaper remedies exist. H Lowndes Maury leads Cascade Mines at Neihart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court of
Lewis and Clark County
9. C. Ford
Montana
Cascade Silver Mines & Mills Co
Neihart
Cascade Silver Mines and Mills
Courts of
State of
Elt
Great Falls
Electric City
Belt Creek
H. Lowndes Maury
Butte
Cascade
Plan for Montana ex service men census under way
A state wide census of ex service men is being planned by the War Risk Insurance Bureau with H O Thompson abroad and local groups backing the effort. The effort will use American Legion Red Cross Salvation Army and other war workers to reach all veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Risk Insurance Bureau
H. O. Thompson
American Legion
Red Cross
Salvation Army
S. R. Mote
Montana
New Pythian Sisters Temple Planned in Butte
Montana towns report varied news. Billings notes Yellowstone county real and personal property valued at 75.7 million dollars. Havre reports acquittal of Dr C E Foss in a criminal operation case. Missoula covers Fort Missoula reoccupying after seven years. Red Lodge elects Lewis Hathaway as chamber secretary. Roundup notes oil production delays at Discovery well. Eureka reports a five mill levy approval for roads and bridges. Missoula features a WCTU officer announcing anti tobacco campaign. Lewistown references a drunken shooting with potential accidental firing. Billings records death of stockman Joseph Sims. Winnett outputs oil field expansion. Fort Benton discusses wool price pressures. Billings cites Helen Rauh as piano competition gold medalist. Billings anticipates Montana Elks convention. Havre and Bozeman collaborate on pest studies. Billings notes major rock crevasses near Acton. Fort Benton describes heavy farm machinery crossing Missouri River.
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Butte
Pythian Sisters
Billings
Yellowstone County
Havre
C. E. Foss
Ilings
Hazel Hawkins
Europe
American Co-Operative Commission
Missoula
California
Eureka
Lincoln County
Lizzie O. Middleton
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
State University
Lewistown
Sig Olson
Jack Ryan
Ryan
Olson
Joseph Sims
Yellowstone National Bank
Winnett
West Camp
Frantz
Fort Benton
Stockmen’s National Bank
L. A. Campbell
George Morgan
Fort Assinniboine
Howard Seaman
Gage Young
State Agricultural College
Bozeman
Acton
Great Northern Railway Company
Willard Booth
Missouri
Merritt Flanagan
Clements Writes from Nome on Alaska Murder Case and Bolshie War Report
Judge J M Clements now US district attorney for Nome Alaska writes of May 1920 Alaska travel and two larceny cases and a first murder case as a prosecutor. He recalls Montana murder trials including Dodson McArthur and Riley while noting Anadyr bolshevik violence and a report by two Americans aboard the Flyer and Bering with details of a January massacre and subsequent native reprisals.
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J. M. Clements
Helena
Montana
United States
Alaska
Nome
Far North
Clements
St. Michael
Dodson
McArthur
Deer Lodge
Napton
Penitentiary
Powell County
Riley
Pat Largey
Butte
Lewis and Clark County
Anadyr
Flyer
Bering
Seattle
McGirk
Bland
Four Corners of the Earth
Mikoff
Anadyr Ast
Karloff Brothers
Swenson- Hibbard
John Lampe
Lampe
Messrs
McGirk and
Casco
Siberian
Kolyuchian Bay
Cap
Odd Classified Ads Mix of Sewing, Matrimony and Livestock
A jumble of ads offers hemstitching services for sewing machines at 1.50 dollars plus several matrimonial solicitations seeking wealthy spouses. Also listed are rambouillet sheep and ewe sales from Utah and Idaho breeders, along with New Zealand Red rabbit purebreeding inquiries from Montana.
Breitenstein Veteran of Merrimac Dies in Iowa at 77
J F Breitenstein, father of A J and William Breitenstein, died at his Burlington Iowa home after a long illness. Born in St Louis, he served as inspector of air brakes for 30 years with the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad and was famed as a top trap shooter. Survived by wife and five children including A J and William of Great Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
J. F. Breitenstein
A. J
William Breitenstein
Breitenstein
Burlington
Iowa
United States
Mr. Breitenstein
Merrimac
Monitor
Great Falls
St. Louis
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Clara Breitenstein
Grace Breitenstein
Leonard Staff
Jacksonville
Ill
A. J. Breitenstein
William C. Breitenstein
Hay For Sale And Mail Orders From Montana To Great Falls
The ad offers hay for sale and shipping nationwide with grade and weight guaranteed and inspection allowed. It lists seed prices and varieties including Alfalfa Red Clover Sweet Clover Bucan and Red Top with sacks free and a money back guarantee. Liberty bonds accepted at par. Also offers ten pound pails of pure extracted sweet clover honey and bee supplies. Strong local sellers include Robert Rowell Clark W Allen and Frary Burlingame in Montana and Kansas based Meier Seed Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bitter Root
Montana
W. P. Rice Co
Coulter Block
Hamilton
Mont
Shields River
Wilsall
Q. Schnepper
Cresco
Iowa
Stevens County
Washington
Best County
Spokane
Phoenix Lumber Co
Wash
Lerten
Bitter Root Valley
Actuickly
Edwards & Bradford Lumber Co
Missouri River
Adams Realty Co
Three Forks
Riceville
Helena
P. O
Meier Seed CO
Russell
Kansas
Clark W. Alen
Big Timber
Clark W. Allen
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THE
Rovig
First Avenue South
STATE
Neihart Mines
Edmonson
E. E. Edmonson
Lapeyre’ Store
Thitreet
U. S
Tain Hansen
Amundsen
Maud
Hansen
Chuan Bay
Kolyma River
Emmanuel Tonnesen
Montana Newspaper Association
Great Fails
J. F. Peight
Birmingham
Alabama
Pacific Telegraph Institute
Fergus Falls Woolen Mills Co
Fergus Falls
Minn
Seawa Ee
Townshend Drug Co
Hedgesville
Butte College Telegraphy
National Kert Co
Hlena Adjustment CO
Helena Mont
Kurs Remodeled
Hobnck
Mirnneapolis
Butte, Mont
KODAK
Wheeler Drug Co
Central Avenue
Ashayers
Lewis & Walerer
Ansayers
Wyoming
Tout & McCarthy
Willman
Austin
Morrison
W. Holden
Lillian HB
Sproul
Cleveland
DR. Budd
Srrland
M. N. A—Whk
YO Learh
P.O. Vox
Paver Ae
Holding & Royalty Co
Real Estate—Business Exchange
AL Hstath and Business Exchange
Arthur D. Johnson Sales Co
Ford Block
Great Walls, Mont
Sal
Chester
James Philpin
Durham
White Brookvide Farm
Buffalo Gap
Rigby
Pany
Cas LE Rock
Utah
Oxford
Otbwold
Lincoln
Nropbhia
Gramdodil
Lht
Soda Springs
Comeurus
A. de Knollin
Pocatello
Ida
New Zealand
Leslie Draper
Geraldine
Robert Rowell
Poultry and Poultry
Darsh & Greenfield Company
Frary Burlingame
Kimble Motor
S. C. Huseth
Obficing Optometrics Sud Optician
Great Falls, Mont
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