John W. Davis Emerges as a Democratic Dark Horse Nomination
Political chatter in New York centers on John W. Davis of West Virginia as a strong Democratic dark horse for the presidential nomination. Davis, a famed lawyer and former congressman, heads the American Bar Association and serves as American Ambassador to Great Britain during Wilson’s era, with current clients including J. P. Morgan & Co. and the Associated Press. Nomination in 1924 remains a possibility if a deadlock occurs.
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New York
Robert Fuller
Hiram Johnson
Europe
Persident Harding
Alaska
Pacific Coast
Farmer-Labor
Magnus Johnson
Minnesota
Wm. G. McAdoo
Wilson
National Editorial Association
John W. Davis
West Virginia
Davis
Department of Justice
Judiciary
House of Representatives
Great Britain
J. P. Morgan & Co
Wall Street
The
Associated Press
New York Times
Campers enjoy Willlow creek fishing weekend
Mr and Mrs R M Barrett and son Jack along with Mr and Mrs Jack Reese and nephew and Mr and Mrs Chester Gilbert spent the last weekend camping and fishing on Willow creek.
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R. M. Barrett
Jack
Jack Reese
Chester Gilbert
Willow Creek
591 AT NORMAL COLLEGE HERE THIS SUMMER
Helena Montana reports from the state board show summer session totals across Montana institutions with 1700 students enrolled. Dillon has 591, Missoula 431, Miles City 215, Billings 197, Lewistown 184, Bozeman 82. most Bozeman students are vocational.
Otto Schulz Wins Prizes At Portland Tournament
Otto A. Schulz of Dillon added to his trapshooting laurels at the Sportsmen's Association of the Northwest shoot at the Portland Gun Club in Oregon. He won the A. W. Strowger $65 cash prize with 25 straight in the shoot-off and captured the Multnomah medal with a 50. Frank M. Toeh of Portland won the G. L. Becker diamond medal. The dispatches listed Schulz from Billings rather than Dillon. only three Montana men were centered in the event.
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Otto A. Schulz
Dillon
Roads blamed for travel woes prompt city query
W E Klosterman of Midland Chemical Laboratories visited the Andrus hotel Wednesday morning asking if a roads boosters group exists. He praised Beaverhead’s scenic beauty but called the route from Wisdom to here poor after a fine Bitter Root approach. He noted a broken spring and two damaged tires and said business brings him through town while here to supply Barrett Hospital and local schools.
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W. E. Klosterman
Andrus Hotel
St. Louis
Beaverhead
Klosterman
Midland Chemical Laboratories
Barrett Hospital
Local Storm Drenches Camper
Troy Evans of Butte, formerly Dillon, arrived Tuesday for business and social calls. He camped at Willow Creek and endured a drenching rain that swept a narrow country strip.
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Troy Evans
Butte
Mr. Evans
Dillon
Willow Creek
Fined for Mudhole After Inundated Road Near Barratt’s
John Stephanie, a rancher, was fined $50 in Judge Phillips' court Tuesday for an inundated road near Barratt's station. The overflow was alleged to come from faulty irrigation ditches, but Stephanie plans to appeal to the commissioners for a refund, arguing the road is ungraded and the culvert too small.
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Barratt
John Stephanie
Phillips
Stephanie
President Harding Dies Suddenly at San Francisco
President Warren G. Harding died at 7:30 p.m. in San Francisco, succumbing to a stroke after a weeklong illness. Doctors, family, and supporters had believed medical efforts would prevail, but a fatal apoplexy struck without warning.
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Palace Hotel
San Francisco
Warren G. Harding
United States
President Harding Dies Suddenly at 7:30 PM
The nation learns of President Warren G. Harding's death from a stroke of apoplexy at 7:30 p.m. Mrs. Harding remained steadfast as doctors were summoned. Vice President Calvin Coolidge is notified and prepared to assume the presidency.
Death Came to President While In Act of Speaking
In San Francisco on August 2 President Warren G. Harding died suddenly as Mrs. Harding read aloud to him. Alfred Holman said the president urged her to continue then died the phrase I gave, and the editorial Calm Review of a Calm Man was being read when the stroke ended his life according to Remsberg.
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San Francisco
President Harding
Harding
Mrs. Harding
Alfred Holman
Holman
Montana Board Approves $520000 for State Buildings
The Montana state board of education, finishing its Helena session, authorized $520,000 from bond funds for campus improvements. Butte State School of Mines receives $170,000 for an engineering building and grounds. Dillon Normal College gets $260,000 for a library, gym, and heating plant. Missoula’s university is allotted $90,000 to remodel the main hall and remodel the old library, plus grounds work. J. H. T. Ryman conveyed the action to Missoula.
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Missoula
Mont
State Board of Education
Helena
Butte
State School of Mines
State Normal College
Dillon
State University At
J. H. T. Ryman
State Engineer Inspects East Bench Irrigation Project
State Engineer J. Winter Smith visited Dillon to review the ground survey for the East Bench Irrigation Project. He told directors he was impressed with the project and a colonization plan is being outlined. Survey charts and working plans should go to the state for approval within a month, and a letter from State Examiner L. Q. Skelton praised the district’s clear accounts as reported by deputy Williamson.
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J. Winter Smith
Dillon
East Bench
L. Q. Skelton
Williamson
Iowa Man Praises Dillon as Promising Montana Stop
Des Moines merchant Walter Lansing recently toured Montana visiting Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks. He praised Dillon as an attractive town with plans for paved streets lighting and curbings, predicting steady growth and likening it to the north-west’s best communities.
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Dillon
Walter Lansing
Des Moines
Iowa
Montana
Yellowstone
Glacier National Parks
Mr. Lansing
Wheat Growers to Hold Big Meeting in Spokane
A mass meeting of wheat growers will be held in Spokane on Monday August 6 to urge President Harding to call Congress in special session. J C Adams announces support for special legislation to stabilize wheat prices and aid farmers. Attendees expected include governors Hart Dixon Pierce Moore and others plus national and regional union leaders. About a thousand growers are anticipated.
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Spokane
Wash
Harding
Congress
J. C. Adams
Farmers’ Union of
Montana Officials Blocked From Paying Tax Board
Judge Poorman in Helena issues a temporary injunction blocking State Treasurer O H Junod and State Auditor George P Porter from approving claims or paying salaries for the state board of equalization, the tax commission. C H Martein sues, claiming improper creation of the board and improper ratification of amendments, with hearings set for August 4.
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O. H. Junod
George P. Porter
State Board of Equalization
State Tax Commission
Poorman
District Court
Helena
Senate
C. H. Martein
Lewis and Clark County
Tax Commission
J. W. Walker
O. A. Bergeson
A. J. Violette
Martein
17Th Legislative Assembly
Senate Journal
Montana
Board of Equalization
Passing of President Harding Echoes in Grief
A tribute recalls President Harding as a calm leader who guided the nation and departed peacefully. The piece expresses sorrow, respect, and lasting praise for his memory, hoping divine guidance on his final journey and in the hearts of the people.
Lewis and Clark Picnic Set for August 27
The Lewis and Clark annual picnic, organized by the Daughters of the American Revolution, will be held August 27 with Big Hole basin residents as hosts. A Lewis and Clark trail marker will be unveiled at Jackson The Boiling Hot Springs. Dr Grace Raymond Hebard of the University of Wyoming will give the principal address. She is a noted writer lecturer and historian and past regent of the Wyoming D A R. Further details will follow.
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Daughters of the American Revolution
Big Hole Basin
Jackson
Grace Raymond Hebard
University of Wyoming
Miss Hebard
Wyoming
Wyoming- Oregon Trail Commission
Colonial Dames
Missoula guests visit Dillon homeowner
Mrs. Ernest Erickson of Missoula arrived in Dillon on Wednesday evening and is staying with her mother Mrs. A. A. Elliott. She is joined by Miss Mary Emily Elliott who has been spending the summer in Missoula.
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Katherine G. MaccGregor
Training School and Normal College
Miss MacGregor
Beaverhead
American Legion
American Nurse Corps
France
Ernest Erickson
Missoula
Dillon
A. A. Elliott
Mary Emily Elliott
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Otto Schulz
Portland
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Coolidge
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Plymouth
Ruth Powderly
Sue Dausser
Sawyer
Boone
Ilarding
Rjcurl
Daugherty
Hoover
Wallace
Work
Taft
Canada
the Tax Commission
Joseph M. Dixon
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