Montana Power Defends Dam Break as Act of God
Montana Power filed district court answers denying negligence in seven Jefferson valley damage suits over the Wise river dam break on June 14, 1927. The company cites long service, a June 1 1927 inspection finding the dam safe, extreme 1926 27 snowfall undermining grounds, and asserts act of God due to underground currents. Dam lies on Jefferson river with farms damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana Power
Wise River
Montana Power Company
Jefferson Valley
Power Company
Big Hole
Wise Rivers
Paul A. Woodward
John E. Lane
Thomas J. Finnegan
John C. Lane
Lucinda J. Williams
Will A. Albro
Norman G. Kent
Jefferson River
Jack Oakie dazzles in Let's Go Native at Hartwig Theater
The Hartwig theater presents Jack Oakie in Let's Go Native with Jeanette MacDonald Skeets Gallagher Kay Francis William Austin and Eugene Pallette. Oakie plays Voltaire McGinnis a goofy taxi driver who joins a show troupe fated for a South American revue.
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Walter
Oakie
Joe Jazz
Kay Francis
Tripcal Isle
William Austin
Cocoanut Grove
Mr. Oakie
Hartwig Theater
Jeanette MacDonald
Skeets Gallagher
Eugene Pallette
Qakie
Voltaire McGinnis
Miss MacDonald
South America
New York
James Hall
An &A
Voltaire
Boy Scouts Set Fall Meetings and Supplies Distribution
Scout activities for the next month are to be outlined in conferences with two troops. St. Rose troop No. 42 held a strong meeting at the guild hall last night while Troop No. 14 will begin fall meetings soon. Eliel Brothers are named national reps to distribute Boy Scout supplies to local members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Rose
St. Rose Guild Hall
Eliel Brothers
National Organization
Open Season Declared For Pheasants In Several Counties
The season on pheasants is opened with a six bird limit in possession. Beaverhead researchers urged alignment with other counties. Open ranges include Rosebud, Chouteau, Phillips, Stillwater, Big Horn, Fergus, Yellowstone, Flathead, Carbon, Ravalli and others with Bitter Root stock farm and certain drained areas excluded. Hungarian partridge hunting also opens in numerous counties with similar area exclusions.
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Beaverhead
Rosebud
Chouteau
Phillips
Stillwater
Big Horn
Fergus
Yellowstone
Flathead
Carbon
Ravalli
Bitter Root
Sanders
Powell
Deer Lodge
Lake
Missoula
Lolo
Cascade
Lewis and Clark
Blaine
Gallatin
Hill
Teton
Glacier
New Instructors to Join Staff at Local Schools
Several new teachers join both schools as full time staff. Marcus Ogren of Colgate North Dakota will head the science department at the high school after five years in education and recent postgraduate study at Stanford. Alice Mae Grace of Woonsocket South Dakota will teach girls physical education French and English. Wilma Robbins of Lincoln Nebraska will head the home economics department replacing Irma Gill. Emma Bauer Golden of South Dakota will supervise primary training replacing Elizabeth Shotwell with two more instructors expected.
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Markus Ogren
Colgate
North Dakota
W. W. Wahl
North Dakota Agricultural College
Stanford University
Alice Mae Grace
Woonsocket
South Dakota
Wilma Robbins
Lincoln
Nebr
Irma Gill
Emma Bauer Golden
Elizabeth Shotwell
Court records challenge Sacajawea death age claim
Chief Justice Lew L Callaway reports new findings by state historian David Hilger that Sacajawea died in 1812, not 72 years after her birth as many biographers believed. A letter to the editor notes the detail, based on teasped and careful historical work and a gathering at Sacajawea park.
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Examiner
Lew L. Callaway
Sacajawea
David Hilger
Montana Republicans Hold State Convention in Helena
Delegates at the Helena gathering backed Montana first policy, urged road and waterway federal aid, and favored changes to workmen compensation and minimum highway wages. Judge Albert Galen spoke on prohibition states’ rights and liquor controls, while Lt. Gov. Hazelbaker and Senator Smith attended from Dillon. Scott Leavitt defended tariff as farmer-friendly, and Joseph Dixon praised Hoover. Scanlan was named state chairman after a vote, with an executive director appointed and an 11-member committee planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Commission
Frank Hazelbaker
T. E.gilbert
Pearl I. Smith
O. A. Bergeson
Dillon
Albert J. Galen
U. S
T. J. Walsh
Prohibition
Galen
Republican Party
Montana
Missouri River
Fort Benton
Scott Leavitt
Great Falls
Hoover
Judge
Tion
Joseph M. Dixon
Scanlan
J. W. Schnitzler
Froid
Miles City
United States
A. H. Brown
Billings
Sacajawea death facts clarified by regional historical groups
The Historical societies of Missouri North Dakota South Dakota and Montana deny a false April 1884 Wyoming death claim for Sacajawea and confirm her death on December 20 1812 at Fort Manuel near the Missouri river line of present day North and South Dakota. They note guardianship of her children by William Clark in August 1819 with Tonsant Charbonneau and Lesette Charbonneau and identify the boy as the Lewis and Clark expedition companion.
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David Hilger
City of St. Louis
William Clark
Sacajawea
Tonsant Charbonneau
Lesette Charbonneau
Lew
L. Callaway
Two Injured After Auto Wreck Near Lavon
Mr Zetting, driving, suffered a broken arm and his wife a broken collar bone while a car was badly damaged. They were treated at Dillon and took a train to Missoula the next day. A second collision at Point of Rocks involved Morse Lanner and Budge Gilbert. both cars were damaged but no injuries occurred.
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Zetting
Dillon
Missoula
Morse Lanner
Budge Gilbert
Point of Rocks
City Board Calls Bids on Lighting System
The city board invites bids for a complete electric lighting system in the designated district. Bids cover installation of fixtures digging trenches and cable laying. All bids must be submitted to City Clerk T. Fe McFad Bent by the stated opening time.
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T. Fe
McFad- Bent
Special session called for September 16
A special session is scheduled for Monday September 16 as announced. The call for bids will appear on another page of The Examiner.
Local Committee Members Named in Subgroup List
The committee is chaired by J. C. Jepp son with members Jay McCarthy Lambert Eliel Chester Hale and J C Wedum named to the panel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Jeppson
Jay McCarthy
Lambert Eliel
Chester Hale
J.C. Wedum
Holiday Quiet Follows City Festivities
A ranch employee near Jackson fell from a stairway at a dance hall Sunday night and sustained injuries so serious he was brought to Dillon Monday morning for treatment. The report continues from page 1 with details on crowded conditions and ongoing festivities.
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Jackson
Dillon
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Emil Schindler
City
Big Hole Basin
Hartwig
BOY Scouts
Scajawea
Helena
Farm Board
Lavon
Sen Oper
Fay Vodeat
Goodyear Pathfinder
Goodyear
Montana Auto Supply CO
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