Cattle Industry Faces Extinction Without New Laws
Senator Cameron reports that with public land grazing restrictions and drifts in forests, virtually all West cattlemen risk bankruptcy within a year. He urges 10 year land leases, nominal grazing fees, and a district cattle forest commission to ease access and appeals, warning against abrupt drift fence removal.
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Washington
United States
Congress
Cameron
Arizona
Senate Committee
West
South America
Australia
Senate
Cattle and
Forest Service
Secretary of Agriculture
Hearing Holds Sid Houk for Manslaughter in Saloon Killing
The preliminary hearing for Sid Houk on the Oct 13 saloon killing of Owen Ellis was held before Justice Amos A. Elliott. Houk was bound over to district court for manslaughter with bail set at 5000. The report notes Helena officers' efforts in another murder case and other local updates.
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Sid Houk
Owen Ellis
Jackson
H. R. Melton
Amos A. Elliott
Houk
District Court
Dry land farmers file in Beaverhead county near Dillon
Over a dozen dry land farmers have filed on land around Dillon in Beaverhead county. Many filings are on homesteads, signaling growing agricultural activity. The Dillon elevator has changed hands to the Beaverhead Farmers' Co operative association for 9000 dollars. An auction sale of about 1000 horses is planned next Monday and Tuesday by the Dillon Horse Sales company.
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Beaverhead
Dillon
Louis Luege
The
Dillon Horse Sales Company
Montana Land Office Receipts Show State Prosperity
Receipts of the Montana state land office for September 1925 rose about 40 percent from a year earlier, signaling agricultural prosperity. Rentals under lease rose to 38,349.25, mortgage and land sale contract payments to 47,197.79, and interest to 35,912.04, totaling 124,152.87. Timber receipts and bond payments are not included, as they go directly to the treasurer.
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State Land Office
Montana
I. M. Brandford
Register of the
State Land Department
Bor
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