Montana Farm Lands Taxed, Utilities Jump in 1920s Shift
State board of equalization reports farm lands in Montana lowered to 20.2 percent of taxable value by 1931 from 25.3 in 1923 while public utilities rose from 24.3 to 29.0 percent. Despite eight years of cuts for farms, utilities gains widen tax burden.
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Montana
John J. Green
Hill County
State Board
Yellowstone County
Sweet Grass County
Greene
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad
State Board of Equalization
Board of Equalization
Ghandhi
Prince of Wales
Grasshopper plague prevention funds blocked in House vote
The House rejected $1,145,000 for eight western states to prevent a repeat grasshopper plague. A second motion to bring the Shipstead resolution to a vote failed 137 to 99 after Burns blocked it with a special procedure. Western representatives urged swift approval to fund poisons and avert a recurrence.
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Shipstead
Senate
Garner
Buchanan
Texas
Burns
Tennessee
North
South Dakota
Nebraska
Iowa
Montana
Minnesota
Wyoming
Colorado
Agriculture Department
West
May Fete Presented Last Night
May Fete presented last night featured numerous performers and attendants listed by name with roles such as wood nymphs and rab bits. The crowd applauded as participants from diverse groups performed in a pageant style event on Rue.
Sixty Four Seniors to Receive Diplomas
The annual high school concert and class day exercises highlighted the graduation events. seniors listed for diploma award include Virginia Ann Backus Catherine Ellen Bates Helen Barbara Bayerd Waldron William Boger Thomas Yeaman Brenner and many others with performances by the band orchestra girls band and glee club under directors L A Gregory and Lenore B McCollum.
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L. A. Gregory
Lenore B. McCollum
Edythe Kenison
Eleanor Wheat
Alta May Fidler
Margaret Sweeney
Francis Caverly
Mildred Taylor
Harold Wheat
Tommy Luebben
Dorothy Hildreth
Virginia Ann Backus
Catherine Ellen Bates
Helen Barbara Bayerd
Waldron William Boger
Thomas Yeaman Brenner
Philip Dixon Brown
Janey Albertine Bryan
Frances Marion Carr
Gladys Margaret Carr
Frances Florence Caverly
Grace Lillian Caverly
Dorothy Alpha Churchill
Mary Ellen Chon
Louisa Carnutt
Mary Esther Daw
Ann Isabell Doyle
Lloyd Carr English
Thurman
Earnest English
Robert Joseph Erwin
Harry Dean Ford
Wilbur Gladstone Gilbert
Robert Ernest Graham
Fielding H. Graves
Virginia Lee Gray
Genevieve Frances Green
Carl Overgard Hansen
Anna Hignight
Helen Dorothy Hildreth
Lillian Holden
Dollie Virginia Hudson
Jessie Mae Hopkins
Dorothy Cecile Husted
Edwin Gordon Kellner
Edison W. Kent
Vern Frederick Kerr
James Louis Kurtz
Dorothy Montana Leach
Mary Isabella Mast
Marie Margaret Mikkelsen
Alvina
Christine Mikkelsen
Chester Theobald Melton
Mona Mae Miller
Thomas B. Morrow
Hester Bernice Olsen
Ellen Amanda Rasmussen
Hiram Woods Rodgers
Florence
Elizabeth Roe
Jewell
Maxine Romain
Harry ‘Reece Schuler
Herman Schwab
Ruth Z. Sperry
Judson Howard Stahl
Stanley Gilmore Starr
William Argyl Stephens
Rayburn Edmund Thompson
Ernest Kermit Tallent
Marian Irene Wahl
Muriel Mae. Wahl
Elsa Eleanor Wheat
Herbert W. Wheat
Helen ‘Ensign .Wilkinson
Mary Eloisa Williams
John Findling Wolf
Aspirants open for Beaverhead County offices in primary race
Filing with Clerk and Recorder Ab Bert 8 Baker continues as June 18 deadline nears. Voters not on the electors list must register by June 3 to cast a ballot in this year’s primary.
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Abbert
Baker
New Trial Sought By Monroe Bucy In Valley Incident
The report notes Monroe Bucy seeks a new trial while Harry Jaques recalls a talk with Emil Borgeson who claimed ignorance of the Centennial Valley stacks burning. Borgeson remains in custody as he is taken to New York City for deportation.
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Harry Jaques
Emil Borgeson
Valley Stacks
Ra State
New York City
Junior High Graduation Exercises Near Next Friday
The event features Father F X Lechner pronouncing diction and EB L Fairbanks presenting lyres. Music includes the school orchestra under L A Gregory, boys and girls glee clubs, solos by Bob Watson and Lucile Nettick, with Celena Nay on piano. Graduates listed include Helen Anderson, Bertha Bayers, Lawrence Berry, Bernice Bidstrup, and many others.
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F. X. Lechner
EB. L. Fairbanks
Framing School Orchestra
L.A. Gregory
Boys’ Glee Club
Girls’ Glee Club
Bob Watson
Celena Nay
Lucile Nettick
List of names in local notice
A reader-provided segment lists Lindley Phillips Dorothy Perkins Helen Rose Marvin Selway Walter Shaffner Wilma Slater Peter Spehar Paule Steele Horatio Tragitt June Underwood Bob Watson and Fred Wolf.
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Lois Cunningham
Breezes
Mary Hester Decker
Florence Tolson
Jo Mohar
Jean Hunter
Mary Dierberger
Marguerite Barrett
Alma Pial
Myrtle Adams
Carol ‘Wood
Elma Newman
Edith Hanson
Edythe Kenison
Bruce Jeppson
Fred ‘Chapman
Clyde Casterline
Howard Harmon
Frank Marsh
Donald Smith
Oren Dilley
Ray ‘Wolf
Frank Kurtz
Dale Stingon
Marie Evans
Dorothy Ann Davis
Barbara Simpson
Doris May Gordon
Catherine Spegar
Jo Ann
Maurine Dilley
Mary Rolfe
Helen Bourasa
Alice Melton
Merle Schmittroth
Betty May
Mary Gilman
Ruth Deputy
Lindley Phillips
Dorothy Perkins
Helen Rose
Marvin Selway
Walter Shaffner
Wilma Slater
Peter Spehar
Paule Steele
Horatio Tragitt
June Underwood
Bob Watson
Fred Wolf
Future Farmers Elect Officers For Coming Year
The Future Farmers and Home Economics club held their annual picnic after school at Birch Creek with faculty and Mrs. T.E. Luebben as guests. Cakes, sandwiches and refreshments were served. Ten club members volunteered last Friday to work on Barrett hospital grounds.
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Future Farmers and the Home Economics Club
Birch Creek
T.E. Luebben
Barrett Hospital
Reform Club opens headquarters with women leading drives
The Reform Club launches the campaign with Mrs Cornelius Kelly directing the northern division. Mrs Walter Hansen oversees Silver Bow Beaverhead and Madison counties. Mrs Rose Emerick leads the drive locally with Mrs BE Roe as vice chairman.
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Cornelius Kelly
Walter Hansen
Butte
Silver Bow
Beaverhead
Madison
Rose Emerick
BE. B. Roe
Publicity Drive Underway for County Campaign
Clara Adams leads publicity as headquarters set up daily. Women urged to call any time and read literature on the subject. Windshield stickers and mobile tags offered for security. Pledges circulating countywide with expectation of large member turnout. Bear: head.
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Clara Adams
Bear
Rotary convention to be held in Missoula
Dillon Rotary plans a statewide event in Missoula from June 6 to 8. Charles Henry led the current meeting and Sheldon B Da was named to lead next week’s session.
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Missoula
Charles Henry
Sheldon B. da
Harding Super-Service Station Opens Saturday
Ralph Harding, manager, announced the Harding Super-Service Station will open Saturday. The new facility, built on the former Crystal Laundry site, is well equipped and attractive with a constructed ladies room. The old laundry walls will remain until the inner station is finished.
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Harding
Ralph Harding
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