Montana Power seeks logo design in $500 trademark contest
Montana residents can submit ideas for a new company emblem with a $500 prize pool headed by a $300 top award. Contest rules require Montana residency, originality, and secrecy, with judging by F. M. Kerr, Charles M. Russell, and George E. Palmer.
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Montana
Montana Power Company
Northern Pacific Railroad
F. M. Kerr
Mr. Kerr
Charles M. Russell
Great Falls
George E. Palmer
Butte
Kerr
Former Montana officials were newspapermen to start with
The article notes many Montana state leaders have journalism backgrounds from Governor Joseph M. Dixon to Attorney General Wellington D. Rankin and state officials like Chester C. Davis and Jerome G. Locke. It highlights a trend of reporters moving into government roles and private sector publishing ties within the state.
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United States
Harding
Marion Star
Wallace
Farmer
Montana
The
Commonwealth
Joseph M. Dixon
Morning Missourian
Evening Sentinel
Missoula
Chester C. Davis
Montana Farmer
Great Falls
Miles City Star
Bozeman Chronicle
George P. Porter
Butte Miner
Wellington D. Rankin
Havre
Jerome G. Locke
State Industrial Accident Board
Livingston Enterprise
Will A. Logan
Anaconda Standard
James W. Rogers
William Swarthout
Consolidated Boards
New York
Record-Herald
Charles D. Greenfield, Jr
Division of Labor, Industry and Publicity
State Department of Agriculture
State Capitol
Montana Record-Herald
Will Aiken
Helena
Aiken
A. E. McFatridge
State Board of Examiners
Browning Review
Indian Service
Blackfeet Reservation
G. G. Watt
California
Jay G. Diamond
State Fair
R. H. Wiedeman
State Board of Equalization
Moonshine Alibis Rich In Origin and Plausible Excuses
A Montana column catalogs moonshine alibis offered by defendants in early cases, noting varied excuses from baby stimulant needs to liniment for an ankle. It highlights cases from Lewistown and Butte, including fines for Mike Bellona and Anton Jareczesky, and ends with a caution: the moral is not hard to find, don’t get caught.
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Butte
Montana
Prohibition
Bar
of Justice
John Jeliick
Lewistown
John
Chicago
William Smith
Grimes
Mike Bellona
Red Lodge
Mike
Anton Jareczesky
Great Falls
W.J. Tighe
Anton
Postum: A Coffee Alternative For Restful Sleep
A promotional notice argues coffee and tea harm nerves and sleep. It urges replacing with Postum, a cereal beverage with coffee like flavor, available as Instant Postum and Postum Cereal, and invites readers to try it for several days.
Farmers increasingly market wheat instead of storing
A Monarch Lumber Co survey across its station yards shows farmers selling wheat as prices rise, with about one quarter marketed this week versus one third previously. Threshed wheat remains on farms due to rushing harvests. total marketed 2,250,000 bushels at surveyed stations, though some areas have not yet advanced threshing.
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Monarch Lumber Company
Sidney
Richland County
Rail rate plea to restore potato freight to 1920 level
Montana railroad commission urges direct appeal to presidents of railroads operating in Montana to restore potato freight rate to the 1920 level. Kalispell cited as shipping hub. current Kansas City rate is 76 44 cents per 100 pounds, commission seeks 57 1/2 cents. Great Northern and Northern Pacific reportedly offered half of the 1920 increase, subject to connections. Commission’s request rushed as shipping season begins. figures show farmer losses at current rates, with a carload shipment around 40 000 pounds and Montana expected to ship about 1 400 carloads.
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Mondag
State Railroad Commission
Lee Dennis
Kalispell
Kansas City
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Interstate Commerce Commission
F. W. Beter, Jr
Montana
H. B. Schaefer
Railroad Commission
Kansas City Pricing Figures Spark Production Cost Debate
Reported figures from Mr Schaefer and Mr Beter, with input from Chester C. Davis, state commissioner of agriculture, examine production costs and per acre expenses used to support an appeal. The note references a $8 per car figure and a $200 par value, describing a 67 percent production cost basis and profits of 616 per car.
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Kansas City
Schaefer
Beter
Chester C. Davis
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Mostum
Iele
State Commission
Presidents of Roads
T. C. Power Motor Car Company
Great Falls, Montana
Helena, Montana
Montana Newspaper Association
Historical Archives of
Hon. L. Li. Callaway
Pray & Callaway
Pete Snelson
Great Falls Tribune
B. H. Cooney
Montana Newspaper ‘Association
Montan
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