NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS by EDWARD W PICKARD
Coolidge taps Trueman Fiske Stone for attorney general signaling a thorough DOJ housecleaning. Stone, ex-dean and Amherst alum, will lead a broad reform, while western progressives see potential for a vice presidential ally. Senate tax cuts advance with retroactive 25 percent income tax relief, amid graft probes and testimony on wartime aircraft and oil deals.
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Columbia University Law School
Atlanta and
Charlotte Air Lines Railway
Tle
Coolidge
Department of Justice
Navy
Kenyon
Washington
Judge Kenyon
Borah
Capper
Cleveland
Stone
Senate
House
Senator Watson
Indiana
Daugherty
Watson
Congress
Senate Finance Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
Wisconsin Senate Primary Victory by LaFollette
Wisconsin Republicans backed Senator LaFollette in a landslide primary win as early returns showed a decisive lead over rivals with a dominant vote share estimated around a strong margin.
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Isconsin
Senator LaFollette
Treasure State Notes and Local Happenings
Abandoned rum lands near Dodson are being resettled by old and new settlers from Nido and Missouri. Wild geese signals spring near Billings while hog marketing proves feasible in Hentai. Navigation resumes on Flathead lake with Kalispell trade boat and a new Dewey Lumber towboat. Hart Refineries of Missoula files articles of incorporation for a petroleum and natural gas concern.
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Dodson
Nido
Missouri
Agricul- Varad
Estnp
Landlee
Sandusky
Beihe
Mast Leben
John Linderman
Hentai
Seobey
Man Line Hernicin
Flathead Lake
Kalispell
Somers
Dewey Lugber Company
Polson Beach
Missoula
Hart Refineries Company
Tabington
Pha
Montana Pioneer and Merchant Dies in Missoula Home
A list of Montana figures from early days includes pioneers and merchants such as Tegixhitar who died at Missoula, and Andrew Michelson a Jefferson valley rancher who died on a migrant train. Also noted are John Cooley Musselshell rancher, Daniel J. Condon Niehart district settler, and others including Bowles, Gobrite, Hodges, Murphy, and Norval Head with brief death details and lifespans.
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Avette Piarrington
Tegixhitar
Missoula
Montana
Eure
Michelson
Andrew Michelson
Jefferson Valley
Condon
Daniel J. Condon
Niehart
Nielarto
Tfe
Colorado
Bowles
Hilen AP Bowles
Presley TL
Thawles
Great Falls
Grobrite
William Gobrite
Spout Welena
Virginia City
Hodges
Woodson Hodges
Park County
Missouri Creek
Alissouri
Murphy
Mary Murphy
Helena
Lewis and Clark County
Head
Norval Head
Reese Creek
Tozeman
Citizens Petition For Road Building In Musselshell County
More than 1,000 Klein Number Three Roundup residents and property owners along the highway from Roundup to Parrel town filed petitions with the board of county commissioners seeking a hearing date on improving the heavily traveled road. The petition states the road is the busiest in Musselshell County yet neglected by the commissioners and often impassable, urging grading and regular maintenance to meet local needs.
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Klein
Roundup
Parreltown
Board of Comity Commissioners
Musselshell
Labor Unions Take Over Bank in Great Falls
The first big labor bank controlled entirely by union labor opened in Great Falls Montana on April as farmers turned majority stock of Northern National Bank over to Great Falls labor unions and Tabor groups driving headquarters here. The capital stock increased with union purchases totaling 57000.
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Monta
Great Malis
Northern National Bank
Farmer Vwners
Great Palls
Madhodd Tabor
Coeneeares Welsh
State
Tan Department
Kremlin
Gildford
Welsh
Veterans Seek Entry Under Soldier Preference Rules
In a move affecting former service members many claimants rely on soldier preference to gain priority. Several veterans have filed claims noting minimal required residence time before final entry. New Forest Supervisor Thomas Ochs Chappe arrives from Butte to take role as deputy supervisor of the Lolo National Forest in Missoula.
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Thoms Oas Chappe
Missoula
Butte
Lolo National Forest
Oil prospects and rail case dominate State Capital items
News notes report a dry fork well showing gas but no air in quantity near Conmid. Deep testing planned at California No. 7 and Winnett tests underway. State royalties and taxes distributed to schools total 45,438.14 in oil royalties and 16,203,083 from the license tax, with distribution to counties and high schools. A venue change denial keeps the Northern Pacific case in state courts.
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Forks
Conmid
Cat Creek
West End
Trois
Joh Fisher
Townsend
Winnett
Tegel
Fisher
Doodlehne
Winnett Air Fields
Flintwillow Field
United States
Highway Commission
Silver Row County
Lewis and Clark County
Quotations of Interest to Montanans Week Ending April 5
Montanans receive market quotes: Minneapolis grain totals for dark hard winter wheat at .84 and No 1 dark northern at .92, No 1 northern at .94, rye at 34, corn at .7114, flax at 24.44. Chicago livestock shows cattle up to 12, hogs up to 7.70, average 7.50, sheep with lambs at 14 and fat lambs at 11.50. New York metals list copper 13 1 2 c, tin 50, lead 9, zinc 6.
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Minneapolis
Montana
Chicago
New York
Bridger Coal Mine Reopens Under Currie Lease
Bridger coal mine resumes production under William and John Currie who have leased the mine for ten years. Extensive repairs have been completed to return the mine to productive status with a plan to serve local demands first and expand as output grows.
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Bridger
William and
John Currie
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