Plans for Farm Relief in Montana Face Distribution
Tentative plans for loan distribution from six million dollars for seed and feed relief were outlined at Great Falls with state and county officials and O S Fisher. Montana’s regional share totals about 600 000, with about 350 000 due to Montana. Maximum loan is 600, typically under 200, secured by first mortgage. farmers with crop mortgages cannot obtain loans. Counties listed include Valley, Daniels, and parts of Roosevelt Sheridan Phillips Blaine McCone Petroleum Fergus Musselshell Stillwater Yellowstone.
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Montana
Great Falls
O. S. Fisher
Northwest
North Dakota
Minnesota
Valley
Daniels
Roosevelt, Sheridan, Phillips, Blaine, McCone
Petroleum
Fergus
Musselshell
Stillwater
Yellowstone
Montana event calendar highlights major conventions
A list of scheduled gatherings across the state includes the Montana State Music Teachers Association in Great Falls May 12 13 the Rotary International state convention in Bozeman May 16 17 the Montana Stockgrowers Association in Lewistown May 27 28 and the Montana Livestock Show in Lewistown May 26 28 Also noted are the Citizens Training Camp Fort Missoula June 16 July 15 the G A R encampment in Bozeman June 23 25 and similar veterans events through July 25 plus other July August gatherings and statewide elections.
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Montana State Music Teachers Association
Great Falls
Rotary International
Bozeman
Montana Stockgrowers’ Association
Lewistown
Montana
Fort Misoula
G. A. R. and
Women’s Relief Corps
Montana Voters Elections and Local Developments Report
Montana towns approve and reject bonds and taxes as Glasgow and Lewistown vote on airport bonds and street levies. Glendive to build high school addition. State events include a state university sports meet and a misct of civil divisions, with Great Falls celebrating Fourth of July. Park rangers report a first caribou sighting in Glacier National Park. May 14 17 marks a state editorial contest and school papers tally. Local officials in Darby reelected mayors and aldermen. Montana Republican committee backs Alfred J. Gaten for U S Senate.
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Lewistown
Glasgow
Havre
Glendive
Montana
State University
Missoula
J. W. Walker
Helena
Helena Valley
Edith Kassing
Nelson
Glacier Park
Starvation Ridge
Boundry
The
Margaret Shockley
Darby
Bitter Root
Republican State Central Committee
Great Falls
Alfred J. Gaten
Supreme Court
United States
T. J. Walsh
Miles City
C. &. Warden
State Highway Commission
Bozeman
George P. Porter
Insurance
W. G. Brooks
Fava McCormick Seen as Likely First Woman in US Senate
Edward W. Pickard reviews Mrs. Hanna McCormick’s Illinois Republican nomination bid highlighting her opposition to the World Court, the fight against Col. James Hamilton Lewis, and the broader significance as a landmark for the Nineteenth Amendment. The piece notes campaign spending questions, party dynamics, and early congratulatory reactions from fellow female lawmakers.
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Fava Hanna McCormick
United States
Tallinois
Charles §. Deneen
Illinois
McCormick
Chicago
Ilingis
James Hamilton Lewis
Hoover
Mark Hanna
Chicago Tribune
Senate
Telton
Georgia
Norvis
Nebraska
Committee On
Lobby clash over temperance groups at senate hearing
Congressman Tinkham of Massachusetts urged investigation of the Meth odist hoard of temperance and public morals, backed by documents, as Senator Walsh defended the organization. The committee ordered books and records of three groups and heard attacks on John J. Raskob for funding pro wet political gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Council of Churches
Anti-Saloon League
John J. Raskob
Democratic National Committee
Josephus Daniels
Raskob
Federal prison population rises as justice stats grow
DOJ figures show federal inmates climbing from 19 349 in mid 1920 to 25 626 by April 1930 and a nine month gain of 6 217. About 75 percent of the rise tied to Volstead and Jones law prosecutions. Mitchell asks Supreme Court to rule on whether buyers of liquor share guilt with sellers in bootlegging cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Justice
Mitchell
Supreme Court
James J. Farrer
Boston
Federal District Court For
Massachusetts
Farrer
Congress
Grain Sales Co operative Replaces Board in Chicago Meeting
The Farmers' National Grain corporation held in Chicago transferred management of its 20 million dollar operation to stockholders from 21 regional farmer marketing associations. Nineteen farmer stockholders joined the new board replacing two earlier directors P. A. Lee of Grand Forks North Dakota and H. G. Keeney of Omaha Nebraska. Five new directors were added.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Grain ‘Corporation
Federal Farm Board
Chicago
Grain Sales Co-Operative
P. A. Lee
Grand. Forks
N. D
H. G. Keeney
Omaha
Neb
Gandhi Salt Campaign Spurs Widespread Resistance in India
The Gandhi movement against British rule grows across districts though leaders avoid personal martyrdom. Arrests hit several ascetic leaders’ sons for salt monopoly violations, with one son jailed. Gandhi, not yet detained, relaxes non resistance guidance urging followers to retain sea salt. Indian women increasingly join passive resistance efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gandhi
Chinese Anti Red Army Formed in South China
Rumors say the Chinese Nationalist government and Yen Hsi-shan clash in Shansi while Communist influence spreads in the south. Wealthy Cantonese merchants and bankers back a Canton government fund to raise an anti Communist army trained by foreign tacticians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yen Hsi-shan
Shansi
Canton
Abyssinia Names Tafigari Emperor After Defeats
AS TAFFARI has proclaimed himself emperor following the crushing defeat of revolting tribes and the deaths of Ras Gugas and his wife Empress Zau ditu in battle and the aftermath.
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the Beeches
Northampton
Mass
Coolidge
California
Panama Canal
Guantanamo
Itas Taffart
Abyssinia
Zauditu
Taffari
Ras Gugas
Wall
Yrmpress Zauditu
Mount Rushmore project reveals two Civil History sections
Publicly released excerpts from Vee Coolidge outline the 1776 birth of rights to happiness and self-government and the 1787 creation of a union with a limited government under a central authority. Future sections promise expansion, territorial growth, and major 19th century acquisitions and treaties.
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Vee Coolidge
United States
Mount Rushmore
Black Hills
Congress
Louisiana Purchase
Texas
California
England
Oregon
Panama Canal
Centennial Wagon Train Marks Oregon Trail Celebration
A 1930 commemorative event begins with a small band of men and ten covered wagons leaving St Louis on the Oregon Trail. The celebration, tied to Hoover era commemorations, runs along the trail through December 29 with gatherings planned at multiple stops.
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St. Louis
Rockies
Oregon
Oregon Trail
Hoover
Island shipyard sold to Philadelphia for rail terminus
OG ISLAND, once the world’s largest wartime shipyard, is sold by the government to Philadelphia. The Quaker City pays Anclé Sam 3,000,000 dollars for a 946 acre site to convert the yard into the country’s largest all marine rail terminus.
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OG Island
Philadelphia
Quaker City
Anclé ‘Sam
Western Newspaper Union
Practical hints on pipe care from IR Walter Raleigh
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp in Louisville Kentucky offers a free booklet on pipe maintenance. Learn how to break in a new pipe keep smoke smooth and sweet and maintain pipe hygiene with tips from pipe makers and enthusiasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Raleigh
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation
Louisville
Kentucky
Marketing Act Funds touted by grain growers meeting
E M Ehrhardt of Spokane Federal Intermediate Credit Bank told Spokane last week that a political credit reservoir of 50,000,000 is available in the northwest under the agricultural marketing act for qualified growers. The Northwest organization, part of the Farmers National Grain Corp, sponsors a farm board to obtain farmers and includes members from western Montana, Idaho, Washington and Oregon. Officers reelected include F A Wilmer Rosalia president, O T Cornwall Walla Walla vice president, and Harry Goldsworthy Rosalia secretary. District 1 covers Montana under B B McAllister Kalispell.
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E. M. Ehrhardt
Spokane Federal Intermediate Credit Bank
North Pacific Grain Growers’ Inc
Spokane
Northwest
Northwest Organization
Farmes’ National Grain Corporation
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
F. A. Wilmer
Rosalia
Wash
O. T. Cornwall
Walla
Harry Goldsworthy
B. B. McAllister
Kalispell
Farm Notes From Montana Agricultural Roundup
A bus line links Plentywood and Williston. Antelope gather near Otto Knoll ranch in Musselshell county. Lambing season looks strong in Stillwater county. Calf born near Geraldine with two necks, stillborn. carcass sent to taxidermist. Musselshell farmers prepare fields. moisture favorable for wide wheat sowing. Meagher County wool output nearly 1.75 million pounds last season. Meagher shows big yearly rise. 4-H clubs forming in Judith Basin and nearby areas, with new inquiries. Canadian tourist traffic to Montana in 1929 up 120 percent from 1928. Cream grading to spread from Custer/Wibaux to Fergus/Judith Basin by April. Bitter Root irrigation loan approved for $750,000 at 4 percent. Central Montana fair board approves 4-H building at Lewis town. Carter County farmers report over $8 million income between 1928 and 1929, cattle sales lead. Beet labor recruitment underway for Billings season. increased acreage requires more workers. Coffee Creek district forms new cooperative unit: Coffee Creek Farmers Union. Stock wintering strong statewide. Lambing underway in many counties. Fallon county spring pig crop excellent.
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Plentywood
Williston
N. Oak
Otto Knoll Ranch
Musselshell County
Stillwater County
Geraldine
Milwaukee
Martinsdale
Ringling
Lennep
Meagher County
Judith Basin
Charles R. Mountjoy
Little Belt School
Buffalo
Moccasin
Montana
Canada
Montana Automobile Association
Montana Customs
Custer
Wibaux
Fergus
B. F. Thrailkill
State Department of Agriculture, Labor and Industry
Department of Interior
Scott Leavitt
Missoula
Joseph M. Dixon
Central Montana Fairgrounds
Central Montana Fair Board
Lewistown
Carter County
State Department of Agriculture
Helena
Billings
Charles Day
Great Western Sugar Company
Pacific Coast
Coffee Creek District
Northwestern Grain Association
Coffee Creek Farmers’ Union, Inc
Livesock
Fallon County
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Ruth Hanna McCormick
U. S
Edward W. Pickard
Naval Parley
London
Great Britain
America
Japan
France
Italy
Coast Guard
Stimson
MacDonald
Briand
Dino Grandi
Geneva
League of Nations
M. Briand
Trance
Germany
KE. E. Kennedy
Kankakee
Ill
Farmers’ Union
C. B. Steward
Farmers’ West Central Grain Cooperative
Oscar Slosser
Astoria
Ohio
Ohio Farmers’ Grain and Supply Association
FF. J. Wilmer
Osakla
North Pacific ¥ Grain Growers’ Association
W. J. Sulrt
Minneapolis
Northwest Grain Association
E. Huff
Salina
Kan
John Manley
Enid
Okla
Lawrence Farlow
Bloomington, Ill
New York
WEAF
N. B.C
Grain Growers
Sir Walter Raleigh
Itsebritists
Ja Schussler
Augsburg
St. Louis Art Museum
Columna
Aldus Manutius
Venice
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