Montana Board Plans 2.26 Million University Improvements
The Montana Board of Education proposes 2.26 million dollars for university branch improvements at Missoula Bozeman Butte and Dillon funded by a 5 million bond issue. Projects include libraries heating plants gymnasiums and residence halls as part of a formal 25 April action.
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Helena
Board of Education
University of Montana
Missoula
Bozeman
Butte
Dillon
School of Mines
State Normal School
Custer Last Battle Reenactment Planned at Massacre Site
The Custer battle anniversary association of Hardin announces a reenactment at the massacre site on June 24 at 11:00 AM. About 500 Crow and Cheyenne Indians will play Sioux attackers, with U S cavalry reenacting Custer forces. The War Department permits use of the national cemetery and Gen. Scott will attend. Afterward, ceremonies in Hardin unveil the Custer monument in City Park.
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Billings
Big Lorn
O'¢Lock
American, Legion
Custer
Aar Department
National Cemetery
Huch L. Scott
Seventh Cavalry
War Department
Custer Battle Anniversary Association of
Hardin
Rescue on Border Delays Chinese Laborers Return
Chinese track workers were rushed to a hospital on the U.S. side after a Montana border incident. Rail workers and officials faced immigration formalities as federal authorities intervened once the injured Orientals were admitted to the hospital. All parties were bonded to ensure the men are returned to Canada after recovery.
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Jureka
Stockmen Oppose Wild Animal Preserve Near Yellowstone
Livingston reports stockmen and woolgrowers in the Gallatin and Absarokee regions oppose the forest department plan to establish a wild animal preserve extending 16 miles north of Yellowstone National Park and 25 to 30 miles east and west. They claim the move would freeze out farmers who graze on the lands and hand the public range to wild animals.
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Livingston
Forest Department
Yellowstone National Park
Gallatin
Absarokee
French roads will copy electrified Milwaukee lines
Missoula. French engineers inspected the Milwaukee rail system in Montana on the Missoula and Rocky Mountain divisions to study electrification methods. They cited a 20 year French plan for broad electrification, with 6,000 kilometers of lines and vast hydro potential.
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Missoula
Rocky Mountain
Milwaukeene
Montana
Militia Equipment Moving to Montana Guards
Complete infantry company equipment valued for Thormen unit travels from Fenecka arsenal in San Francisco to Sidney Montana. Adjutant General Charles L. Sheridan says the gear will be issued directly to Montana’s newly formed national guard regiment’s first organized company.
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Telena
Fenecka Arsenal
San Francisco
Sidney
Mont
Charles LS Sheridan
Montana
National Guard
Miles City Chosen as Summer School Site
Miles City was selected as the summer school location beginning June 6 and ending August 8 by nine eastern counties Carter Custer Dawson Fallon Garfield Mc Cone Powder River Richland and Wichaux representing about 600 teachers.
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Miles City
Carter
Custer
Dawson
Fallon
Garfield
McCone
Powder River
Richland
Wichaux
Miners Count 3005 Employed in Butte Mines
Timekeepers report 3005 men are employed as actual miners in Butte mines, disputing harsher street portrayals. Figures include only active miners.
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Butte
Montana treasurers to collect delinquent tax penalties
Montana county treasurers are authorized to levy a monthly penalty on delinquent taxes until paid. They must remit the 10 percent penalty on 3920 taxes only if a refund claim is filed before June 1, 1921. This ruling by Attorney General Wellington Rankin marks the first constraint on the house substitute for Senate bill No. 95.
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Helena
Montana
Treasure State Briefs From Helena May 10 1921
Governor Dixon retains Will Aiken as secretary and discusses moving freight yards from Clancy to Helena. Cat Creek oil output drops from 36000 to 22000 barrels weekly due to storage congestion. Potatoes acreage promised in Jefferson County under a Northwest Potato Exchange contract. Shrine temple dedication in Helena with 6000 attending. Golda Halladay named secretary of the Glasgow chamber of commerce. mutual estate in Anaconda valued at 1150 with no claimant. State medical examiners hold semi annual session in Helena. Vuckovich sentenced for murder in Missouri. Montana sportsmen urged to send evidence of game deaths to the U S Biological Survey. Glendive sale of Spring Brook dairy to Chicago developers for Chicago properties. W. Curdon resigns as Montana State College agronomist. East Helena smelter operation assured with possible workforce boost. Dr W J Butler reappointed state veterinarian with pay raise.
Long Hike With Crutch by 67 Year Old James A Hill
James A Hill at sixty seven plans a 4000 mile trek from San Francisco to Hartport Maine the far eastern point of the United States. He will pause in Mechanicsville to visit his 88 year old mother and inspect his birthplace in Grand Rapids.
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James A. Hill
San Francisco
Cal
Hartport
Maine
United States
Mechanicsville
Ohio
Grand Rapids
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