Red Cross Roll Call Aims 100 Percent In Montana
Montana Red Cross prepares a statewide fall drive from November 2 to November 11 to renew 150000 adult members plus 83000 Junior Red Cross members. State Chairman Senator C B Roberts of Great Falls predicts success on Victory Day as volunteers organize county by county to support wartime to peacetime efforts.
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Montana
State
Red Cross
Roberts
American Red Cross
United States
C. B. Roberts
Great Falls
Cc. B. Roberts
Red Cross Drive
Europe
Two Lonely Graves Recall Wild Days in the Little Rockies
A Butte observer recalls two graves near Sandusky Montana on the Little Rockies crest. He recounts the Curry gang era, Jen Jakes saloon, and gunplay tied to Pike Sandusky and Johnny Curry. The account visits Ghost towns, sheriff Buckley kin, and marked graves amid canyon landmarks and mission graves.
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Little Rockies
Rockies
Pikel Sandusky
Jen Jake
Curry Gang
Johnny Curry
Curry
Sandusky
Montana
Republic
Butte
People’s Creek
Robert Emmet Buckley
Johnnie
Pike Sandusky
Johnnie Curry
Buckley
Johnnie Currie
Pike
Gill & Winter
Winter
Lonie Curry
Kansas City
St. Paul’s Mission
Snowy Octobers for Forty Years in Montana Record
Weather bureau compilations show October totals reaching 10 inches or more in seven of the last four decades with heavy snow from Dakota to Idaho and across Montana. The article lists 1881 to 1919 dates and amounts, noting the bulk of monthly snow fell during specific days, and reports a new trough shaped ash sifter on two wheels patent for gravity feed.
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Montana
Dakota
Idaho
Weather Bureau
Helena
Devlin Named New Montana Internal Revenue Collector
Havre native L. K. Devlin, long time deputy humane officer and former Broadwater County official, selected by Senator Walsh to succeed W. C. Whaley as internal revenue collector for Montana. Whaley resigns to retire on his Broadwater farm as Montana shifts to a separate district. office downsizing follows. income tax and wartime duties have greatly expanded the collector’s workload.
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L. K. Devlin
Havre
Montana
T. J. Walsh
Internal Revenue Collector
District of Montana
W. C. Whaley
Broadwater County
Whaley
Internal Revenue
Fort Assinniboine
Broadwater & McCulloh
Great Falls Meat Company
Devlin
Vermont
Chouteau County
Internal Revenue District
Idaho
Utah
Helena
Roper
Plan to Move Atlantic Freight Toward Montana Gains Steam
The Great Lakes St Lawrence Tidewater Association pushes deepening the St Lawrence to ship ocean freight via Welland into the Great Lakes. Charles P. Craig explains the plan to Montana commercial clubs as the boundary commissions draft methods for treaty approval and funding. Montana stands to gain per capita more than any other state as ships load at Duluth and unload in Liverpool.
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Atlantic Ocean
Montana
Great Lakes
Joint International Boundary Commission
State Department
Commission
Senate
United States
Canada
Welland Canal
St. Lawrence
Duluth
Liverpool
England
Craig
Commercial Club
Great Falls
Billings Prepares First Flying School in Montana
The Montana Tractor School and Montana Curtiss Aeroplane company announce an aviation program in Billings led by John Farrell. Two planes are at the Billings field with a third en route, offering instruction in airplane construction and mechanics. The school opens its second year on Monday, November 17, with a new building and equipment after a strike delayed work. about 200 graduates last year signal strong enrollment next season.
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Billings
Montana
Montana Tractor School
Montana Curtiss Aeroplane Company
John Farrell
Billings Flying Field
Billings Field
Montana Girl Queen Honored by Belgian Queen
Miss Martha Hower, a Forsyth public health nurse and former Red Cross overseas nurse, received a Belgian royal decoration for serving Belgian refugee children. She led a 60 bed hospital in Le Grandrier Correze, France, during 1917 and was offered Brussels’ Eonth Cavell hospital post.
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Red Cross
Belgium
Martha Hower
Rosebud County
Montana
Miss Hower
Forsyth
Children’s Bureau
le Grandier
Correze
France
Charles Gaux
Queen Elizabeth
Eonth Cavell Hospital
Brussels
Louis Hill Says G N Would Build Extension in Montana
Louis W. Hill, chairman of Great Northern Railway, says railroads lose money under present tariffs and would keep doing so under private operation. He urges national legislation to raise rates to cover higher costs and credits for an extension of Great Northern lines in Montana. He was visiting Great Falls before opening Glacier National Park’s winter season and hinted at possible plans for a Glacierland winter carnival.
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Great Northern
Montana
Louis W. Hill
The
Road
Great Falls
Mr. Hill
Glacier Park
National Playground
St. Paul
Glacierland
Ambitious State Roads Plan Set for Next Year Push
The state completes a bold transport initiative with a plan for three major east to west highways and a northern corridor running from the Canadian border to Yellowstone National Park.
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Canadian Line
Yellowstone Park
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Coulee
Montana Elevator Company
Lewistown, Montana
Atlantic
New York
First Flying
Edith Cavell Hospital
Red Cross Chapter
Louis Hill
G.N
Postum Cereal Company
Battle Creek
Michigan
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