Montana to Receive Observation Air Squadron for Helena
Major General Geo Richards informs Major Charles L. Sheridan that the 144th Observation Air Squadron, a National Guard unit originally for Oregon, will be allotted to Montana and stationed in Helena. The unit, 12 planes and about 160 personnel, will cost around $20 000 annually in Helena, with aircraft power higher than Montana norms and regular Army fliers to train militiamen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheridan
National Guard
Oregon
Montana
Charles L. Sheridan
Geo. ©. Richards
Militia Bureau
Helens
Helena
Montana National Guard
William G. Ferguson
Escaped Convict Glad to Return to Deer Lodge Camp
Charles Michel, a five to 10 year inmate from Lake County, returned after a seven day hike from Hellgate road camp. He said he was induced by another inmate and expressed a desire to continue paying his debt to society. Warden Potter noted no escape charges would be filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deer Lodge
Lake County
Charles Michel
Hellgate
Drummond
Hoe
M. W. Potter
A. W. Mahan
Helena
J. W. Cole
Michel
Potter
Flathead
Path of evolution of the rural press power
Charles Moreau Harger, editor of the Abilene Reflector, argues in Scribner's Magazine that the future of country press lies in shaping public opinion. He notes the shift from party organs to generally informative papers, gains in financial stability, and the challenge from city dailies and farm papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Moreau Harger
Abilene
Kan
Scribner’s Magazine
Harger
The
Reflector
Department of Journalism
University of Kansas
Melissa
Rotary Club
Tex
Notable Deaths and Dispositions Across Cities
A roundup of notable obituaries and official actions. Minnesota banker John Hi Man dies at 67 after four months of illness in Minneapolis. Rev Billy Sunday improves at Mayo Clinic Rochester. Thaw insanity review withdrawn in Philadelphia. Cyrus Woods resigns as ambassador to Japan in Washington. Farm groups urge McNary Haugen bill. De Molay flag to be presented in Great Falls. Sir Charles Townshend dies in Paris after illness. Jack Dempsey sponsors 60 orphaned children in Los Angeles. Major fire destroys part of the Federal Ship Building plant in Kearney New Jersey. Minnesota grain transport needs estimated at 3.05 million cars. Smiling Johnny Reid pleads guilty in Canada for a bank robbery. Sickness costs in U S industry cited by John B. Andrews. Methodist Episcopal Conference in Springfield votes to keep bishops count. Helen Montana area discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
John Himan
Ninth Federal’ Reserv Bank
Rich
Rochester
Minn
W. A
Billy) Sunday
Mayo Clinic
Philadelphia
Harry K. Thaw
Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw
Common Pleas Court
Washington
Cyrus E. Woods
Japan
Coolidge
House
Senate
Montana
Post Office Department
Order of
de Molay
Daughters of the Rainbow of
Great Falls
Scott Leavitt
Parie
Charles B. F. Townshend
Kut-el-Amara
Mesopotamia
Los Angeles
Jack Dempsey
Dempsey
Kearney
N. J
Federal Ship Building Company
St. Paul
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Northwest Regional Advisory Board
Vancouver
B. C
Landra
Johnny
Reid
Canada
Lethbridge
Altacago
United States
John B. Andrews
American Association For Labor Legislation
Association of Government Labor
Springfield
Mass
Methodist Episcopal General Conference
Episcopacy
Heleng, Mont
Great Falls Mother Chosen for San Francisco Mother Picture
In The Bulletin a Great Falls woman, Mrs. J. H. Hall, was selected as the ideal Mother for a Mother’s Day feature. The art editor sought a gray-haired serene model, visiting hotels, clubs, and tea rooms before finding Mrs. Hall visiting her daughter in San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco Bulletin
Stage
Great Falls
Bulletin
Happylanj
Head
Happylad
J. H. Hall
Doris
San Francisco
Hall
Harlowton
Happyland
Fane Carwon
Great
Extensive Drilling Boom Follows Van Meer Wells Discovery
Lon Crumley a contract driller returns to Great Falls from Denver and reports a coming oil boom as the Van Meer Foster Sweeney and Dakota Montana wells draw attention. He plans to move a rig near 4-34-2 west to drill for Stevenson Crumley Knight. Washington estimates 3,038,283 veterans eligible for soldier bonus policies with dependents receiving adjusted service compensation. Great Falls shows a healthier trend with lower death rate and higher birth rate in 1923.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Meer
Montana
Colorado
Lon Crumley
Great Falls
Denver
Mr. Crumley
Billings
Hepp
Crumley
Eddie Pitts
Jack Beam
Dan Carroll
George Day
Van‘Meer
Foster Sweeney
Dakota-Montana
Shelby
Stevenson, Crumley & Knight
Washington
Bureau of the Census
D. C
Abolishment of county unit system by Meagher vote 847 to 162
Meagher County voters approve abolition of the county unit school system by 847 to 162. Voter turnout was under half of registered electors, reflecting low participation across the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ringting
Meagher
Great Falls
Stillwater
Yellowstone
Carbon
Richel Lodge
State Extension Service
Ringling
Charles Throgmpton
Martinsdale Land and Livestock Company
Ronan
Dewey Demersville
Flathead Lake
Dewey Company
Miles City
Southern
Montana
BE. C. Gatewood
Southern Railway System
Rectortown
George J. Lincoln
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company
Philadelphia
Helena
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Silver Black Fox Ranching
Montana Silver Black Fox CO
Missoula, Montana
Anywoy
Billings Polytechnic
Institute
West
Lewis T.eaton
Mont
Glasgow
Cromley
Billings Well
Ruth Gennaway
Harlem ‘High School
Montana, Federation of ‘Women’s Club
Gannaway
Supreme Court
District Court of
Powell County
C. H. Caasill
Scott K. Caassill
First State Bank of
Ovando
Butte
Montana-Idaho
Richmond Consolidated Company
Adair
Richmond
S. C. Huseth
Great Falls, Muwtana
Say
Bayer
Druggiata Aspirta
Regal Oil Company
J. W. Speer
A. K. Mavity
Sec
Treas
C. M. M.cutcheon
Regal Stockholders
Foster-Sweeney
Regal Holdings
REGAL
A. F. Mavity
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