Special Session Debates Bond Plan and County Legislation
Montana lawmakers weigh a $5 million drought relief bond plan, trade regulation bills, and a push to create new counties. The McCone act on county creation faces opposition while irrigation proposals align with the state railroad commission, with talks of funding, surveys, and governor proposals for supreme court expansion still unfolding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larson Dill
McCone
Supreme Court
Donlan
Senate
Montana Irrigation Commission
Montana Railroad Commission
State Irrigation Commission
Bill of Representatives
Newman and McCormick
House
Charles T. Stewart
Montana
Board of Health
H. M. Shea
Food and Drug Division
State Board of Health
Mr. Shea
Assembly Targets High Cost of Living with Price Regulation
The legislature considers price regulation and food profiteering. A Montana trade commission bill would license buyers and set prices, with powers to suspend operations, inspect books, and impose penalties. The measure includes a $25,000 appropriation and public hearings on unjust prices.
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Helena
Montana Assembly
The
Trade Commission
Sixteenth Legislative Assembly
State Efficiency Commission
Assembly
Higgins
Muth
Sinclair
House
Montana Trade Commission
Commission
Secretary of State
Larson
State Highway Commission
Haley
American Legion of Montana Incorporation Formed
The American Legion of Montana filed incorporation papers in Helena with five named directors. It vows to uphold the U S Constitution, uphold law, promote 100 percent Americanism, honor war dead, fight autocracy, and aid veterans welfare.
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Helena
American Legion of
Montana
C. EK
Pew
Ben W. Barnett
Herbert M. Peet
Harlowton
Donald R. Moffett
Billings
M. S. Cogen
Butte
United States
Contagious diseases noted in Montana weekly report
The Montana weekly health notes list cases for July 26 including tuberculosis 1, typhoid 2, smallpox 2, diphtheria 8, scarlet fever 27, measles 3, German measles 1, whooping cough 1, chickenpox 2, mumps 1, influenza 2, Rocky Mountain spotted fever 2, trachoma 2, venereal diseases 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
John J. Sippy
Butte Grocer Fined for Selling Unwholesome Raisins
Judge Grimes ruled Lisa Grocery Company sold unwholesome food after moths flew from a 50 pound box, based on Mrs Beatrice Chestnut of 2040 Phillips Avenue whose complaint led to the court finding the store at fault for refusing refunds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Grimes
Lisa Grocery Company
Beatrice Chestnut
Phillips Avenue
Leprosy Case Costs $175 Monthly in Mineral County
County commissioners wrestle with who pays for a leprosy patient in Mineral County. The case, tied to O. G. Willett, costs about $175 monthly for maintenance. Willett contracted leprosy while serving in the Philippines during the Spanish American War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mineral County
Superior
O. G. Willett
Willett
Philippines
Telephone rates in Montana to revert after government takeover
Helena Montana Attorney General S C Ford says telephone companies must restore pre takeover rates or face suit unless the state public utilities commission grants a higher rate in the interim. The announcement emphasizes immediate rate restoration pending regulatory action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
S. C. Ford
Montana
State Public Utilities Commission
Breed Dairy Heifer Early
Instructions from Colorado Agricultural College advise breeding dairy heifers early to ensure early milk production. Well-developed heifers should be bred at 15 to 18 months. underdeveloped ones should wait until 18 to 20 months. Proper feeding and care from birth is emphasized to establish early milking habits.
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R. W. Clare
Colorado Agricultural College
Fort Collins
Colo
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Violet
Higgins’ Eternal
Insu
Thomas
Tribune Book
Ques
Ing
McCone County
Ure
Ronald Higgins
Missoula
State Board of Examiners
Booth
S. GC. Ford
Burlingame
Slattery
Parker and Morris
State Supreme Court
Montana Legion Incorporated
Industrial Accident Board
Legislature
Edward C. Day
Josephine Grant
Blackfeet
Blackfeet Reservation
Walter D. Hines
Great Northern
Libby
Great Northern Railway
Alfred Atkinson
J. M. Hamilton
State Agricultural College
Northwestern Improvement Company
Red Lodge
Butte Americanization School
Monidair Trust Company
City of
Livingston
Public Utilities Commission
Seth KE. Dodge
Cardinal Mercier
Monsignor
Victor Day
John P. Carroll
Joseph L.asbridge
Dixon
Buick
Velie
Dort
Grant
Overland
Phil Greenan
War Department
New Jersey
Big Hole
Divide
Montana State College
Bozeman
George
Francis Bozdech
Montana Ranches Company
McClellan Creek
Bordecks
Illinois
F. H. Johnson
Miles City
That City
Mr. Johnson
Helens
Max Barbour
George R. Coffman
University of Montana At
Wisconsin County Farmers
United States Department of Agriculture
Door County
Wis
Peninsular
Grange
Society of Equity
Association of Guernsey Men
Holstein Cattle Club
Wisconsin
Door Peninsula
Lake Michigan
Montmorency
Richmond
Butte Grocer
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