Montana car licenses rise as 1919 totals show jump
Montana automotive licenses climbed from 44 472 on January 1 1919 to 58 300 to date. Aggregated car value at 1 000 per unit implies 58 300 000 initial outlay with 200 yearly upkeep. Overall estimated spend nears 69 960 000 including highway costs and leisure uses. Silver Bow Cascade Yellow stone Fergus counties lead in totals. expect agricultural counties to surge next year. Washington news notes Sen Walsh urging coal aid from war department and railroad administration.
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Montana
Silver Bow
Cascade
Yellowstone
Fergus
Pete Ane
Chateau Went
Caster
Renee Teeter
Dawson Eaten
Renee
Fatlon
Fergus Fett
Ges Yepster
Richland
First Montana statutes from 1864 to present examined
Choate and Grinrod study early laws from Bannack 1864 to last winter session and find the 1864 estray care payment rule still debated. They note colonial price fixing laws and New Jersey stallion limits, and flag upcoming review of game laws open seasons long amended.
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Supreme Court
I. W. Choate
BE. J. Grinrod
Bannack
State Law Library
New Jersey
Benjamin Franklin
Philadelphia
Montana
Territorial
Raleegh Wilkinson
Helena
Twenty Years Ago In Dillon Social And Educational Notes
Twenty years ago J I Morse attended a state board of education meeting in Helena. Miss Maidie Rife prepared to teach in Argenta. Heavy snowfall threatened cattle and sheep losses. W M Oliver became treasurer of the state normal school committee with $50,000 bonds and sureties Leonard Eliel and B F White. Dillon offered concerts at the Montana Senate and Coon Robb venues with a lively week of lectures receptions and dances. The White residence hosted a teacher reception and a week of social events highlighted by a grand dancing party hosted by Misses Poindexter and Stroup with a large crowd and a festive atmosphere.
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J. I. Morse
Helena
State Board of Education
Leonard Eliel
B. F. White
Dillon
Montana
Senate
Coon & Robb
Butte
County Intitute
Bill Amending Assessment Act Sent to Wilson
Washington dispatch reports a joint resolution passed by both houses of Congress to exempt owners of mining claims on public lands from required assessment work for 1919 once signed by the president. To receive the exemption a claimant must file notice at the local land office before December 31.
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Washington
Congress
Interior Department
Land Open to Entry December Eighteenth in Montana
Land office in Helena announces plats of survey for Beaverhead National Forest areas accepted. Most parcels open to entry on December 18 1919 except land within forest boundaries of specified sections. JOS. OKER Register.
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Beaverhead National Forest
United States Land Office
Helena
Montana
Jos. Oker
Register
Quarrel Over Borrowed Money Ends in Murder
In Bozeman on November 6, Fred Rogers aged 31 was shot and killed by Richard Ward aged 20 after a long standing quarrel over borrowed money. Ward, a married man, was placed under arrest.
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Bozeman
Fred Rogers
Richard Ward
Ward
Royal Soiree Delights Guests At Evening Party
About 50 guests attended the supper and dancing, with card tables set for games, as the jolly party departed for home. Attendees called the event a royal success and hoped for more such gatherings.
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Re Teo
Sen. Walsh
War Department and Railroad Administration
Anheuser-Busch's
Anheuser-Busch
St. Lous, U.S.A
Wilson
Beaverhead Valley
R. R
C. T. Magnus
Profes
Dillon, Montana
Southern Montana
Abstract & Title Co
Frank Haselbaker
Pres
Mont
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