Montana Voters to Decide 11 Referendum Measures in November
The Montana secretary of state sends referendum and initiative measures to county clerks for the November 2 general election. Measure 15 would create a closed party primary by direct vote, with delegates to national conventions chosen at the primary and state party officers elected locally.
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Montana
C. T. Stewart
U. S
Athletic Commission
State Tax Commission
County Board of Equalization
Eexaminer
State of
Legislative Assembly
The
United
Congress
United States
Wecees
Good Government Club Holds Regular Meeting
The Good Government club met yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Pearl S. Smith spoke on a bond issue for building roads to be voted on at the general section. Miss Velma Phillips outlined Bills 18 and 19. Fred Ri, Democratic state senate candidate, spoke on primary election bills. R. R. Price discussed the irrigation bond measure. The next meeting is set for October 19.
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Good Government Club
Pearl S. Smith
Velma Phillips
Ted
Fred Ri
R. R. Price
Why Senators Bolt and the Nonpartisan League Power Struggle
The piece argues that Montana and other states lack functioning major parties as the nonpartisan league seizes control. It claims primary laws enable cross party raiding, aiding league victories while criticizing politicians who profit from crooked tactics. It notes Senator Myers and partisan figures are displaced as extremists gain influence. The New York World is cited as a leading Democratic voice.
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Montana
United States
Myers
Colorado
Nonpartisan League
Republican
North Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
The
New York World
Townley Builds a Personal Press Empire to Control the League
Townley, the boss politician, creates a private publishing chain to dominate the Nonpartisan League. He installs himself as president with attorney William Lemke as vice president and uses ownership of the official paper to suppress criticism, set dues and subscription rates, and censor dissent within the organization.
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Townley
League
William Lemke
Boss Townley
Lemke
A. C. Townley
New York
Beach
North Dakota
Promoter Townley
Wood
Fox
Nonpartisan
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Nonpartisan League
Farmers’ Organization
United States
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
World Series chatter stirs Brooklyn Cleveland fans in town
Daily interest grows as Hartwig theatre hosts World Series returns via private wire. Local residents name teams, with Cleveland earning favored status among many Brooklyn supporters amid spirited, mixed opinions.
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Hartwig Theatre
Terry Browning
Russel Fryburg
Cleveland
Brooklyn
W. H. Keller
Chas. Niblack
Chicago
B. N. Stevenson
B. L. Poindexter
Dan Sullivan
Stephenson
Bill Logan
Ed Farnsworth
Dick Cosgrove
Casey Jones
Jimmy Whalen
Twin Bridges
Dillon
Bill Jennings
Happy Hawkins
J. H. Gilbert
Zeke Brundage
Dan Mooney
Dan Henneberry
Red Sox
C.W. Robson
cCleveland
Earl Ogelvie
Dr. Poindexter
George Dart
George Gosman
Earl Wheat
Zag
Wheat
Clarence Hoerning
Clevéier
Grasshopper
John
Baker
Montana High School Essay Contest on Initiative Measures 18 19
Prizes totaling 85 dollars are offered to Montana high school students for essays on initiative measures 18 and 19 relating to state education and welfare. Final judges include Chief Justice Theodore Brantley Attorney General E. C. Ford and State Superintendent Miss Mac Trumper. Essays must be 200 to 600 words, unless title and author details are handled per contest rules, with a concealed author name and a separate envelope containing true identity.
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Helena
Montana
Theodore Brantley
8. C. Ford
Bozeman
Dillon
Butte
Boulder
Twin Bridges
Miles City
Univerasity Funds Campaign Committee
Pittsburgh
University Funds Campaign Office
Automobiles Collide and Burn at City Edge
Reported last Friday afternoon on the corner of Bannack and Idaho streets a Ford driven by Lee Reece collided with the Essex touring car of 3. S. Carruthers. Neither occupant was injured. A log fire in Hogan's alley Saturday night destroyed a barn and a Ford belonging to Richard Nolan was burned with the barn.
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Ford
Lee Reece
3. S. Carruthers
Bannack
Idaho
Hogan’s Alley
Richard
Nolan
Danish violinist Skovgaard to perform at Normal College
On Monday evening October 11, Danish violinist Skovgaard will perform a program with soprano Miss Pearle Witherbee at the Normal College auditorium. The concert includes works by Sjogren Buck Kreller and Grainger among others with pieces arranged for classical and folk flavors. Tickets are on sale at Thomas' Book Store Friday.
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Skovgaard
Violingaard
Accompanst
Pearle Witherbee
Amil Sjogren
Alice
Axel Skovgaard
Buck
C. C. White
H. Brockway
Spearer
Rigaudon
Emerson Whithorne
Cecil Burliegh
M. Ravel
Grainger
Alice McClung-Skovgaard
Dudley Buck
Buck Pearle Witherbee
Fritz Kreller
Jando Begee
Pidineesenypeuamgresce
Otto Langey
Skowgaw
Mountain Brooks
Thomas’ Book Store
Alice McClung
Tchaikovsky
Chadwick
Tom
Lehmann
Athrob
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Charles Oberem
Beaverhead Motors Company
Dillon Overland Company
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Dilon
Albert J. Galen
Supreme Court
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Walter Brown
Norman Training School
Brown
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