Printers Group Elects Montana Leaders in 48 to 44 Hour Fight
At a Helena meeting March 11 1921 the Montana Employing Printers league elected Leon Shaw president Ray Ruble vice president and N G Diehl secretary treasurer. They named district representatives and adopted a resolution opposing a shift to a 44 hour week citing higher costs and public demand for lower prices.
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Heléna
Leon Shaw
Billings
Montana
Helena
Placer
Ray. Ruble
Butta
N. G. Diehl
Great Falls
Shaw
Diehl
Colby
Missquia
Neageles
Discontinuation of Feeley Station Likely After Audit
Helena March 12 Montana Railroad Commission granted the rail line's request to discontinue Feeley station near Butte following an investigation showing 85 percent of 1920 business stemmed from a water pipe line project now finished. Protests at Bond station may lead to a hearing before any fiscal action.
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Helena
Feeleyation
Butte
Oregon Fort
Montana Railroad Commission
Bond
Glenn
Bond Station
Commission
Grain holdings on farms rise as 1920 crop stocks reported
The Agriculture Department announces March 1 holdings across major grains. Wheat on farms totals about 207,591,000 bushels, corn 1,572,397,000 bushels, and oats 689,566,000 bushels, with percent of 1920 crop stored and year‑over‑year increases noted in most wheat producing states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department. of Agriculture
Beer and Wines Gain Status With Whiskey Ruling
Washington reports that beer and wines are given the same status as whiskey under an attorney general opinion released by the internal revenue bureau. The ruling allows alcoholic liquors to be used for medicinal and other non beverage purposes and to be manufactured and sold for these aims under Volstead act limits.
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Washington
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Palmer
Urive
Internal Revenue and Prohibition
Change in Rules on Eligibility For Montana Athletes
Montana High School Athletic Association eligibility committee recommends rule change to prevent late-season disqualifications. Proposal sets annual meeting three weeks before the state tournament in Bozeman to review athlete school changes before postseason play.
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Montana High School Athletic Association
Hay
Corvallis
Schoo
Board of Control of
Association
Bozeman
Missoula County Drops to Fourth Class Status
Missoula, March 9. Missoula county will be reduced from third to fourth class due to decreased assessed valuation. The board of county commissioners announced the change, noting valuation at 17.7 million versus the 20 million required for third class. Reclassification may cut deputies and clerks salaries and possibly abolish the county auditor’s office, effective March 10 though timing may shift to September or later.
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Missoula
Missoula County
Board of County Commissioners
Powell Wool Men Form Association
Powell county farmers organized a wool growers association at Powell county high school in Deer Lodge on March 11 following a recent short course. They discussed plans to handle the 1921 wool crop, cooperative marketing, uniform wages, and policy. Officers elected: President Peter Pauley, Secretary-Treasurer S. P. Wilson, Trustees James McGillvray and George Johnson.
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Deer Lodge
Powell County
Powell County High School
Peter Pauley
P. Wilson
James McGillvray
George Johnson
Complaint Filed Against Railroads
The National Livestock association filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission a complaint against all leading railroads over current livestock rates. Everett C. Brown, president, said reports show discouraging effects of the present rate adjustment on livestock movement nationwide.
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Washington
National Livestock Association
T He Interstate Commerce
Commission
Everett C. Brown
Association
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Feeley
Dillon
Big Timber Pioneer
Burke
E. A. Burke
Southern Montana
Abstract & Title, Co
Frank Hazelbaker
Pres. Dillon
Mont
Revenue and Enforcement Bureau
Tox
Williams
Revenue -Bureau
Wayne
Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League
Anderson Bros
Dillon, Mont
Jersey
Bolivia
West Park
Butte, Montana
Powell Wool Men Form Association
Tomyoshi
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