Statewide and Local Notes Across Montana Briefs
Miles City reports 600000 pounds of wool purchased in the district this spring. Big Timber forms a new Sweet Grass county chamber of commerce. Butte street car company seeks seven cent fares amid losses. Stockett reports City Hotel fire causing about 5000 dollars in damage. Corvallis farmers fight grasshoppers while Missoula rangers adopt forest green uniforms. Mossmain depot fire destroys joint GN and NP rail facility. Miles City lumber valued at 30000 dollars sold to Broadus builders. Scobey sets August 1 for waterworks sewer bond vote. Deer Lodge eyes 30000 dollar city hall project. Butte mayor considers city finance advisory board. Glendive hosts 200 delegates for state federation of women’s clubs. Great Falls forms plan to reopen Manchester wool mill. Helena sends head to Washington for rendering plant cost data. Billings buries Crow Indian WWI casualty Stephen Knight. city civic plans outlined. Lewistown ponders New York Seattle airline station and aviation school. Glendive ships longhorn cattle from Mexico for July roundup. Wolf Point family dies in explosion linked to kerosene stove. Sand Springs suit filed for damages after flour substitute restriction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles City
Sweet Grass County
Missoula
Forest Rangers
Washington
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Broadus
Scobey
Lewistown
William Edgington
Edgington
House of Representatives
Deer Lodge
Butte
Stodden
Glendive
Montana Federation of Woman’s Clubs
Great Falls
Manchester
Helena
W. J. Butler
Washington, D. C
Billings
Stephen C. Knight
Custerfield
Custer
Four- Mile
Richland County
Measures Affect Montana Move Through Congress
A summary of bills introduced in Congress affecting Montana includes $200000 for a federal building at Anaconda and a proposal to extend timbered homestead rights, plus measures on Indian lands, public buildings at Billings and Glasgow, adding a federal judge in Montana, and other state related land and funding actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anaconda
Billings
Glasgow
Montana
Congress
Meyers
Flathead
Benjamin Kerlee
F. A. Carnal
Ada Lewis
George A. Robertson
G. W. Kates
J. C. Conley
Walsh
Helena
Crow
Secretary of the Interior
Custer County
Miles City
Court of Claims
Fort Peck
Lewis and Clark County
Helena National Forest
Otto F. Blank
Meredith
M. H. Neil
Kenneth Romney
Representative Stout
House of Representatives
World War I Aftermath Sparks Global Strife and Reforms
Across cities from Paris to Washington and Budapest, reports detail troop reductions, strikes, wage and labor shifts, and political turmoil. Notable items include Austria trimming its army to 15 000, a Havana general strike against union crackdowns, and Italy like developments in rail and transport. The wide range of events reflects postwar instability and policy shifts shaping 1919.
Australian view of American valor cited by Colonel Mandall
Colonel Milton Mandall of Northwestern University recalls an Australian remark on American fighters. He quotes a miner saying Yankees are “common murderers,” noting the line as a high compliment and acknowledging Australians were once viewed as the war’s most violent combatants before that perception shifted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Mandall
Northwestern University
Montana Indians gain in Indian appropriation bill
The Indian appropriation bill headed for passage includes Montana allocations for irrigation and agency support. Flathead irrigation receives 375000, Fort Peck 100000, Blackfeet 50000, Fort Belknap 80000, with agency funding across several tribes and treaty payments to Crow and Northern Cheyenne communities. The measure also allows 150000 from Crow funds for Big Horn valley irrigation improvements and outlines Blackfeet allotment rules and leasing terms for mineral lands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Montana
Flathead Irrigation
Fort Peck Irrigation
Blackfeet
Fort Belknap
Vwlathead
Fort Peck
Tongue Rivers
Rocky Boy Band of Chippewas
Secretary of the Interior
Big Horn Valley
Blackfeet Reservation
Congress
Farm land auctions across multiple states offer bargain rates
Listings show 32 acre parcels near mountains in Washington with 15 springs and barn at 21 per acre, plus 640 acre and 480 acre farms in Montana and Canada. Prices range from 12 000 to 40 000 with various payment plans and rental opportunities. Named contacts include Wright Land Co and J W Hefferlin in Livingston and Wilsall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright Land Co
Dunn
Great Falls
Washington
Oregon
California
Arizona
Spokane
Wash
Bobart
Wilsall
Mont
R. R
J. W. Hefferlin
Albemarle Stotes
Livingston
Albermarle
Canadian Pacific Railway
Warhol, Wallard, Saak
Canada
Spokane County
City of Spokane
Edwards & Iidford Lbr. Co
Elk, Wash
ACRH
Shields River Valley
R. B. Botart
Montana
Shieldsiver Valley
I. Bobart
Italy
C. HU. Campbell & Son
6Th Ave
Helena
Judith Basin
Vel Farmers’ Land Co
Lewistown
Ontana
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mon-O-Co
Boulder
Ivid Johnson
James Reynolds, Jr
Irving Whitehouse Company
Third
Hugh D Cook
THE
Paris
Austria
Stettin
Germany
Havana
San Francisco
Thomas J. Mooney
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Shipbuilding Company
France
Baltimore
Oklona
Budapest
Danube
Spain
Columbus
Ohio
Union
Bridgeport
Yakima
Ruth Garrison
Miss Garrison
Minneapolis
United States Bureau of Indian Affairs
Charles Eastman
Society of American Indians
Bureau
Lewisit
Berlin
Cleveland
Express
Aid
Somers
de Kalb Ave
Brooklyn
Cuticura
Dept
Boston
S. C. Huseth
Collectrons Iin Mill Ll
Lublena
Nordyke & Marmon
Silver Creek
L. Vineyard
Great Falla
Lree Catalog
Jtving Company
First Ave
Seattle
Wagh
KODAK
Fern Stute
Mant
Hastman Kodaks
Wheeler Troy Co
Central Avenue
Great “Ally
Price Lst
Rogers Studio
Montana Typewriter Co
Butte, Mont
French Dry Cleaners
Saar de Goghoe Pet
Unique Cleaning & Tailoring CO
Granite
Aes Oh Jeane
Nickerson
Iz Weert
Tsutte
LY BE Prints
Blue Prints
Blue Print & Spy Co. Praffing Supplies
Dunn Be
Uassayers
Lewis & Walker
Wyoming
Trucntk
Sutte
MN. A—Wk
Weegie
Bonestead
W. I. Pierce
Orth
Frary & Burtlegame
Great Walla
ACKIG
Railway Town
Vleasant
Uth W
W. C. McClintock
Custer County Bank
Ford & Hollister Ranch
Inec
Darby, Mont
D. Watson Robb Co
Rocky Mountain Rabbitry
B Street
Ulatehfords Foods
Dorah & Greenfield Co
Columbia Gardens
Columbia Floral Co
W. Broadway
Dundas
Butte Cortese
Tex 25
Grove & Write
Grover & Leuchars
1St Ave
Revelarig Secret Service
Northwest
Salt Lake
Boise
Pocatello
Portland
All Communications
Vocatello
Ida
L. S. May
State Nursery & Seld CO
Elena, Mont
Wisconsin Colonization Company
Sawyer County
Great Clay Loam
Wisconsin
U.S
Wisconsin Colonization CO
1St Ave. S
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