Indian Bureau cuts red tape aid for Fort Peck settlers
Commissioner Burke with Interior Secretary Fall agrees to suspend strict forfeitures for Fort Peck Reservation homesteaders facing four years of drought and bankruptcy. He says extensions to allow sale of current crops before payment are possible, signaling a liberal policy to help settlers repay as crops improve. The stance has wide West-wide support from settlers, bankers, and railroads who seek productive expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Indian Affairs
Charles H. Burke
Interior Fall
Carl Riddick
Montana
Burke
Fort Peck Reservation
Congressman Riddick
Fort Peck
Department
Flathead
Ensign
Post Bureau Employs Hundreds for Summer Labor
Over 400 men found work through the Legion employment bureau led by Charles McGrath. They were sent to ranches across the county for shearing and hay harvest, with additional workers in other trades. The service, free to employers and workers, helped ease the local labor situation. Operations in the valley near completion by week’s end, though some single-cut areas will continue longer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion Employment Bureau
Charles McGrath
Bureau
Graeter, 87, Sees Birthday with Many Friends
A. F. Graeter celebrated his 87th birthday last Friday with a large gathering of friends who extended congratulations. The universal wish was that he will live to celebrate many more birthdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. F. Graeter
Amazed Hens Foster Wild Turkey and Pheasant Experiment
Senator Hazelbaker and Mayor Cornell test introducing wild turkeys and pheasants to Beaverhead county. Domestic fowl hatch eggs to produce progeny that will be released as conditions permit. Hunters urged to protect the birds until populations grow. a grown pheasant flock will be planted soon. Rewards offered for destroying these new fowl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Hazelbaker
Roscoe Cornell
Beaverhead County
Hazelbaker
Montana State Fish and Game Commission
Sunday Church Schedule and Evening Program
Sunday school at 10 p m led by H D Gowen with morning worship at 11 o clock on the topic Behavior. P A meeting at 7 p m led by H Cameron Gowen. Evening service with a song service piano solo readings hymns and solos by Miss Marjory Williams Miss Baker Genevieve Bostwick Maude Curnutt Mrs Clark and Mrs Cushing. Benediction by Geo MacDougall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Gowen
H. Cameron Gowen
Marjory Williams
Edison
Miss Baker
J. D
H. D. Gowen
Genevieve Bostwick
Cushing
Funeral Honors for Melrose Soldier Henry Fighorn
A full military funeral service with honors was held in Melrose for Henry Fighorn of Beaverhead County who died in France. Beaverhead American Legion posted an escort, Silver Bow post provided the firing squad and a bugler, World War veterans acted as pallbearers, and Dillon escort members included Hugh Anderson and J W Galloway among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melrose
Henry Fighorn
Beaverhead
France
American Legion
Silver Bow Post
Butte
Dillon
Hugh Anderson
R. D. Curry
Raymond Swartz
Bud McGrath
Walter Brown
Post Chaplin
J. B. Cluley
Alexander Tait
Frank Poole
Ike Patterson
Earl Opp
Lonnie Linson
J. Zooko
R. R. Price
J. W. Galloway
Brockman couple touring Yellowstone with friends
Dr. Brockman and his Spokane wife on a Yellowstone tour spent Wednesday night with friends Mr. and Mrs. Carl Taylor. The Brockmans traveled with a full camping outfit and comfortable gear in their car. Mr. and Mrs. Hermann J. Wilke of Cleveland visited at Mrs. C. Albers ranch home before departing to Seattle and coast points. They plan to leave for Europe next spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brockman
Spokane
Poulson
Yellowstone National Park
Carl Taylor
Brockmans
Hermann J. Wilke
Cleveland
Ohio
Seattle
C. Albers
Five-year-old dies after tonsil operation complications
Joseph Welch son of Mr and Mrs Joseph H Welch of this city died shortly after ten o clock Wednesday morning at Curtis hospital following tonsil removal. Doctors cite status lymphaticus an enlarged thymus gland as possible cause linked to anesthesia though detection is difficult. Parents were present. brother James survives. Funeral planned in Dillon with details pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Welch
Joseph H. Welch
Curtis Hospital
Joseph
James
Dillon
Accused Men Under Bonds In Bond Grocery Burglary
Chester Casey and Roy Watson were arraigned in Judge Phil lip's justice court after being charged with burglary of the Bond Grocery store. They pleaded not guilty, were bound over to the district court for trial, with bonds set at 5000 dollars each. Both remain jailed as bond efforts continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Casey
Roy Watson
Phillip
Justice Court
District Court
Watson
Butte
Bond
Dillon
Montana State Fair plans promise finest exposition yet
Secretary Ensign announces 1921 fair improvements including livestock building upgrades new administration office fire station and a lecture hall. grounds remodel and free tourist camping attract auto travelers with entertainment from Alex Sloan miles city aero corp war remounts and a balloon act while new administration broadens cooperation with state departments and counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Ensign
Fort Keach
Sheesley
Helena
Department of Agriculture
Insign
Mock jail court presides over inmate Vick's fate
In Beaverhead County Jail Albert Vick presides the Kangaroo Court a mock tribunal held at the jail bars. He conducts the proceedings with a grim detachment joking about settlements while inmates gamble on imaginary cases. If clemency fails Vick faces gallows in three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Vick
Vick
Beaverhead
Dixon
Resignation of Butte Union Pacific City Passenger Agent
The resignation of Red McClure, city passenger agent of the Union Pacific system in Butte, has been presented to General Agent Henry Coulam. McClure has been offered a traveling freight and passenger agent role with the Salt Lake and Utah Railway company. He has served since February 1920 and is noted as an efficient railway official and cordial companion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red McClure
Union Pacific System
Butte
Dlenry Coulam
McClaure
Salt Lake and Utah Railway Company
Orem Lines
McClure
Human spider Bill Strothers performs stunts in Dillon
Bill Strothers known as the human spider visited Dillon Saturday night and performed multiple feats advertised. He climbed the fronts of the Andrus hotel and the Telephone block, reaching the flagstaffs on both. He rode a bicycle along the Telephone building’s cornice while Arthur Hill collected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Strothers
Dillon
Andrus Hotel
Arthur Hill
Big Haying Outfit Shaped by Large Basin Crew
J. E. Morse runs seven haying outfits in the Big Hole basin with about 120 men. Morse reports the hay is heavier and better than ever, promising large tonnage. The operation requires substantial funds and provisions to sustain the workforce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Morse
Big Hole
Mr. Morse
Prompt Action on Tariff Bill
The House Ways and Means Committee resumed short hearings on tax legislation on July 26. Principal witnesses will include Secretary Mellon and other treasury officials. Republican Leader Mondell says the tax bill will be reported to and passed by the House by August 15 at the latest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
House Committee On Ways and Means
Mellon
Treasury
Mondell
House
Big Barbecue at Elkhorn Sunday Draws Ex-Servicemen
Beaverhead county residents and ex service men will attend a monster barbecue and ceremonies at Elkhorn Hot Springs to dedicate the Legion sanitarium and recreation center. Host Frank B Felt will welcome hundreds of arigitors as cooking squads prepare large spits. Visitors may enjoy swimming climbing and fishing with special entertainment. The Chinese Government Celestial order will hold a secret session initiating novices. The event promotes the Legion plan to use the springs health benefits to restore veterans, aiming for national recognition of the resort. Car pools via Harry Browning at the Andrus Hotel Fountain and ex service men should report for car assignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County
Legion’s
Elkhorn Hot Springs
Frank B. Felt
Corps of Cooks
K. P’s
Legion
Harry Browning
Andrus Hotel
Hero Buried With Honor in Beaverhead County
The remains of Michael Hagerty, who served with the draft force and fought on the Western front in 1918, arrive from Hoboken to Dillon and will be buried at Mountain View cemetery with full military honors this afternoon. A Legion-led service at city hall starts at 3 o'clock, with taps and a three volley salute at the grave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Hagerty
France
Mountain View Cemetery
Legion Quarters
City Hall
Dillon
Hobokend
Hogeerty
Beaverhead County
Western Front
Paris
Undertakers Leader Heads to Bozeman Convention
Hiram Brundage left Monday for Bozeman to attend the state convention of undertakers. After the convention he, with his wife and Miss Lane, a Brundage cousin, will tour Yellowstone National Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram Brundage
Bozeman
Lane
Annual History Class Trip To Madison County Highlights
Montana State Normal College history class took an annual excursion to historic Madison County sites including Virginia City. Eighty students and several instructors joined the trip, showing enthusiasm and reporting that the long journey was well rewarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana State Normal College
Madison County
Virginia City
Paralytic Stroke Strikes Sheep Creek Basin Worker
Mike Madden aged about 65 and an A. E. Scott employee in Sheep Creek basin suffered a stroke early this week. He was brought to Dillon on Tuesday by Fred Hale and placed in a hospital. The right side of his body is affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Madden
A. E. Scott
Sheep Creek Basin
Dillon
Fred Hale
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Indian Bureau
Imontana
Post Bureau
Cornell and
First Baptist Church
Billy Sunday
Mildred Curnutt
Geo. MacDougall
POST
Melrose Funeral
I Casey
HW. A. Bond
Hvestock
Yiek
Fred McClure
the Spider
Elkhorn
Legion For Sanitarium
Michael Haggerty
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