Davis Outlines New Farm Laws in Montana Session
Commissioner C. C. Davis summarizes the recent Montana laws impacting farming. Key measures include amendments to grain warehousing and marketing, dairy product marketing, state hail insurance, and land ownership. Notable items include amortization-based state land payments, alien land ownership limits, and delayed delinquent tax sales through October 1923.
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C. C. Davis
Montana
Eighteenth Legislative Assembly
State Land Board
United States
How Secret ary of Pioneers Became Sandbar Brown
The executive committee of the Society of Montana Pioneers chose Frank D. Brown of Missoula as secretary to succeed J. A. Sanders. Brown, known as Sandbar Brown, is praised as a historian and pioneer, with a storied past including early Missoula life, trail work, and adventurous encounters with Native Americans on the Missouri frontier.
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Secretary OF Pioneers
H. Cooney
Society of Montana Pioneers
Frank D. “Sandbar" Brown
Missoula
J. A. Sanders
Brown
Society
Sandbar Brown Feuds with Indians in Wild Old West Shootout
Mr. Brown uses a new kind of medicine after firing on a sandbar. Indians tumble to the sandbar as the charge breaks up. He unites his horses, loads the Henry, and continues his brash ride. He proclaims he could defeat them all if they kept coming. Hence the nickname Sandbar Brown in those days of real sport.
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Belcher
Sandbar
Philipsburg
Missoula
Hell’s Gate
Milwaukee Railway
Mullen
Benton
Mr. Brown
Red Brother
Lusk Reports Montana Eds Back Prohibition Act
Addison K. Lusk federal prohibition director for Montana summarizes state liquor conditions in his first monthly report to Washington. He notes editors largely back the Volstead Act and that sheriffs cooperate. Valley County raid nets five stills with two moonshiners jailed and fined. Over a month 30 stills seized 500 gallons moonshine destroyed 300 quarts Canadian beer six autos. Prosecutions in Shelby yield 18 guilty in 20 defendants as 12 liquor cases are pursued locally.
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Addison K. Lusk
Montana
Haynes
Washington
Valley County
Shelby
Post Hole Yields $110 in Fragmented Bills at Dillon
Ed Johnson of Dillon discovers torn greenbacks while digging post holes on his ranch east of Dillon. He takes the pieces to a Dillon bank where the sum is verified as 110 dollars. The government will exchange the bills for newer ones.
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Dillon
Ed Johnson
Beaverhead County
Johnson
Dillon Bank
Pioneer Returns After 32 Years in Great Falls
Mahnomen Pioneer publisher Harry J. Phillips recalls helping compile the first Great Falls city directory. He describes 1891-92 population estimates, the absence of bartenders and gamblers in 1923, and the ore car arrival at the smelter during directory work. He notes changes since his early nineties visit and mentions family ties in banking careers.
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Great Falls
Harry J. Phillips
Mahnomen
Minn
United States Bureau of Census
Phillips
Anaconda
Mr. Phillips
George Phillips
Northwestern National Bank of
Kalispell
California
East Watches Montana Oil Developments Report
East observers stay in touch with Montana oil activity as Gordon Campbell reports from Great Falls after returning from New York City. State information travels via newspapers and local friends to oil men in the East.
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East
Montana
Gordon Campbell
Great Falls
New York City
Great Falls Names George A Judson City Attorney
Great Falls appoints George A Judson city attorney under the new administration of Mayor Harry Mitchell. Judson has practiced law in Great Falls for 12 years and was formerly county attorney.
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Great Falls
George A. Judson
Harry Mitchell
Judson
Boy Hero Rescues Brother From Fire in Miles City
Eight year old Floyd Forest saved his five year old brother Frank when their play heap turned out to be an inferno of flames and burning clothing. The boys leaped into the mass, and Floyd acted quickly to pull Frank away from the blaze.
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Floyd Forest
Mrs. Forest
Miles City
Frank
Seed corn shipments extend beyond Montana borders
A Montana farmer supplies seed corn to Kansas and other states, with the Montana Development Association bulletin noting shipments to North Dakota for two cars and to Canada for another car after local supply ran out. The story highlights Montana’s growing role in corn production.
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Midwest
Montana
Newcastle
Kansas
The
Montana Development Association
Billings
North Dakota
Canada
Lost Montana Boy Sought After Radio Appeal
Montana listeners heard a Minneapolis broadcast describing a 19 year old man traveling to Miles City to seek railroad work. Dressed in a Mackintosh and overalls with a medium build his parents worry as the name could not be discerned due to static. It is believed to be the first time a relative was sought via radio.
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Senate
Montana
Minneapolis
Miles City
Fifty-Nine Miles of Model Highway to Glacier Park
Montana Highway Commission approves two Blackfeet reservation road projects costing about 550000 dollars funded by federal sources. Birch Creek to Browning and Carlo to Glacier Park will be built with top grade crushed rock surfacing. Construction could begin by June with completion possible in two seasons.
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Blackfeet Indian
Washington
John Edy
Oner
State Highway Commission
Birch Creek
Browning
Carlo
Glacier Park
Carlo-Gardiner Park
Edy
Mr. Edy
Great Falls
Glacier National Park
Bynum
Teton County
Pondera
California
Montana to plant over one hundred thousand acres of corn
J C Taylor Montana county agent leader says more than 100000 acres of corn will be planted this spring across 15 eastern counties. Phillips county leads with 35000 acres up 15000 from last year, followed by Valley Blaine Roosevelt Sheridan Daniels counties with 8000 to 10000 acres. Even if not all mature the crop will serve as fodder as plans call for livestock growth, hogs and dairy cattle.
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Montana
Rockies
Missouri River
J. C. Taylor
Phillips County
Sheridan
Daniels County
Taylor
Oil price cuts in Wyoming and Montana crude grades
Mid West Refining and Ohio Oil announce reductions of 10 to 30 cents per barrel across listed Wyoming and Montana crude oils. Specific cuts include Mule Creek down 25 cents and Sunburst down 80 cents. other grades fall by 10 cents. Prices now range from 1.25 to 2.05 dollars per barrel depending on grade and field.
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Wyoming
Montana
Mid-West Refining and
Ohio Oil Companies
Salt Creek
Big Muddy
Hamilton
Rock Creek
Lance Creek
Torchlight
Elk Basin
Osage
Grey Bull
Grass Creek
Mule Creek
Montana Cat Creek
Aspirin as Bayer Tablets Stay in Demand
The notice states that Bayer Tablets of Aspirin are accepted only for relief of colds toothache earache and neuralgia. Each unopened package carries proper directions. Handy boxes of twelve cost a few cents and druggists offer bottles of 24 and 100. Aspirin is the Bayer trademark for monoacetic ester of salicyloic acid.
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Bayer
Great Falls Man Killed by Electrocution at Lumber Yard
A Great Falls man, William G. Hofeldt, was electrocuted at a local lumber yard after ignoring warnings about live wires. Witnesses said he stepped toward a broken power line and grasped it with his left hand, then collapsed and died.
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Great Falls
William G. Hofeldt
No Summer School At Bozeman College
Montana State college officials announced no summer school will be held this year due to cutting operating funds. The program traditionally served rural and city teachers, school officials, and students seeking to make up work, along with other classes, for many years.
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Bozeman
Montana State College
Chicago Preachers Pension Fund Receives $300,000
The Methodist Episcopal church in Chicago assigns $300,000 from the profits of the Methodist book concern to the pensions of its ministers.
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Chicago
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist Book Concern
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LAST
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Harper’s Ferry
Frank D. Brown
Winchester
Henry
Redskins
LUSK
Prohibition
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H. J. Phillips
Federal Road
Blackfeet Reservation
Montana Highway Commission
J. ©. Taylor
Valley
Blaine
Montana Business Institute
Miles City, Mont
Merald Cafe
Wm. Grills
Prop
Central Ave
Butterick Fashions
Sands Bros. Drygoods Co
Helena
Oulder
Boulder Hot Springs
Boulder
the Banking Corp
Helena, Mont
Capital
Eeuvyyey Safe and Strong
Federal Reserve
Dan
Ford Bldg
Armers
Ford
Montana Farmer
Montana Oil Journal
Great F Falls Engraving CO
Great Falls, Mont
Flaherty Optical Parlor
Tyark
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