Reed probes Insull Crowe on campaign funds in Chicago
In Chicago Senator Reed presses witnesses Insull and Crowe about primary campaign financing for non senatorial candidates. Insull dodges questions, admits some donations. Crowe refuses to answer. Thompson, Lundin, Cop ley and Jarecki testify on campaign ties and ballot irregularities. Mexico faces prolonged church state conflict as clergy resist religious laws while government enforces them. Calles rejects concessions, with economic boycotts and clerical opposition. Oklahoma and Kansas renominate their Republican incumbents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward W. Pickard
Reid
Missouri
Chicago
Samuel Tasull
Santa Claus
South
Robert We. Crowe
Cook County
Reed
Senate
Attourney
Crowe
Insull
Frank J. Smith
Sii
World Court
Smith
George T. Brennan
In- Kull
William Wale Thompson
Crowe Barrett
Frank L. Smith
Mexico
Calles
Leguia
Peru
Alvarado
Callies
Obregon
Poincare pushes tax plan to cover large deficit
Premier Poincare wins senate approval 250 to 138 for a tax package aimed at closing a 2.6 billion franc deficit this year and building 13 billion francs for next year. He seeks emergency procedures, cabinet confidence votes, and tools like unlimited Bank of France note issuance and a national tobacco corporation to back a sinking fund. Cabinet members balk on debt accords with Britain and the United States amid calls from bankers for action.
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Aving
Chamber of Deputies
Poincare
Senate
Bank of France
National Tobacco Corporation
Great Britain
United States
M. Poincare
Missouri and Oklahoma returns shape party races in wets and anti klan votes
RIMARIES in Missouri show wets victorious while Missouri Republicans renominate Senator George H Williams to succeed himself and Democrats name Harry B Hawes. Former governor Jonathan M Davis accused but acquitted in pardon selling trails Donald Mutr for Kansas governorship. Gov Ben B Paulen renominated in Missouri. In Kansas the klan fight appears in Supreme Court victories ousting the order and anti klan candidates winning offices. Henry M Johnson leads Oklahoma gubernatorial votes with large margin while W T Otten leads Republican field as returns widen.
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Missouri
George H. Williams
Harry B. Hawes
Jonathan M. Davis
Donald Mutr
Kansas
Ben 8
Paulen
Supreme Court
Henry M. Johnson
Oklahoma
W. T. Otten
Enid
Okla
Coolidge Visit and Senate Shakeup Highlight News
President Coolidge and Mrs. Coolidge spent quiet days at the old Coolidge farmhouse in Vermont. He spoke via long distance to Denver during Colorado statehood commemorations urging state sovereignty and local self government. In Washington the death of Senator Albert Cummins alters Senate balance with 54 Republicans 40 Democrats and one Farmer-Laborite. Cummins body lay in state in Des Moines before simple interment.
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Coolidge
Senate
Albert B. Cummins
Washington
Smith W. Brookhart
Mr. Cummins
Republians
la Follette
Howell
Norris
Des Moines
Gateway Archway Dedication Opens Gallatin Gateway to Yellowstone
The Three Forks gateway to Yellowstone National Park is dedicated with notable guests from the Adeande and Pacific seaboard. Joan Dixon breaks a bottle of Yellowstone river water to christen the archway as officials from the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad attend. Judge HH WW Mield delivers the dedication address and reads a telegram from the interior secretary congratulating the opening of the Gallatin gateway to the park.
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Yellowstone National Park
Lone
Mien
Adeande
Pacific Seaboard
Gallitin
Park
Joan Dixon
Hvanston, NL
Three Forks
Lewis and Clark
Chicago, Milwaukee
Mii
Gallatin
Two Rate Victories From Washington for Montana Farmers
Report notes two rate victories benefiting Montana farmers. First, a four major mail crew cut by three cents per hundred pounds on grain and flour transported via Minneapolis to eastern points. effective July 10 by the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway. Second, denial of higher rates on milk cream and dairy products between Montana and North Dakota. schedule suspended and canceled by the Interstate Commerce Commission as not justified at this time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Montana
Missouri River Territory
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Raiway
Martin
Monti
North Dakota
Interstate Commerce Commission
State Debt Grows Montene's Bonded Debt Soars
The biennium ending June 30, 1928 shows bonded debt rising by 613,000 to 5,660,000. Bonds issued for education projects totaled 042,000 and 25,000 for capitol building. The 25,000 proceeds funded a new treasurer’s vault, while education bonds financed buildings at state institutions. a portion of the 5,000,000 vote remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montene
W. S. Harmon
Capitol
Lake County to Pay Indebtedness From County Split
Lake County will reimburse Flathead County for the bonded and warrant indebtedness created when Lake County was formed from parts of Flathead and Missoula counties. The principal amount is 7187 887.01 with interest estimated near 10 000 to cover improvements made before the split.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake County
Flathead
Missoula
Gas from Cibin Creek Field Reaches Glendive
Glendive residents begin receiving natural gas from the newly developed Cibin Creek field located 18 miles north of Baker, marking a new supply source for the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glendive
Cibin Creek
Baker
Border tensions rise as Bulgaria faces Rumania and Jugoslavia
Last week TIENE described the threat of war with Bulgaria on one side and Rumania and Jugoslavia on the other. Bulgarian irregular raids along the Dobrudja frontier led Rumania to declare a border state of slece and Jugoslavia to lodge a protest note to Sofia. Bulgaria claimed it would curb the irregulars and the issue is expected to be raised at the League of Nations.
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Bulgaria
Rumania
Jugo-Slavia
Slece
Dobrudja
Sofia
League of Nations
Rabbit hunt tragedy claims Willism McCulloch name
Willism McCulloch aged 17 son of Mr and Mrs Charles McCulloch of near Crele was accidentally shot by a brother while rabbit hunting. He died about twenty minutes after leaving Crele for Glendive and the body was returned to the family home.
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Willism McCulloch
Charles McCulloch
Crele
Cirele
Glendive
Montana Construction Boom Reaches Key Cities
Northern Montana enters a building surge led by Great Falls Shelby and Havre with construction activity markedly higher than five years ago. The cited fog percent growth and widespread gains show a strong statewide trend in development and expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Great Falls
Shelby
Havre
Floods Ravage Yangtse and Northwestern Japan
About three thousand Chinese perished as dikes on the Yangtse near Hupeh burst. Two thousand miles of farmland were flooded with massive crop losses signaling possible famine. Northwestern Japan also faced heavy flood damage.
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Yangtse
L Hupeh
Japan
Montana Wool Output Seen At 23.1 Million Pounds
A. Scott, federal livestock statistician for seven western states, reports Montana's wool clip for this year at 23 100 000 pounds and ranks the state third in U S production behind Texas and Wyoming.
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A. Scott
Montana
Texas
Wyoming
Israel Zangwill Dies at 62 in England
Eminent Jewish novelist poet and playwright Israel Zangwill dies in England at sixty two. An ardent Zionist he founded the International Jewish Territorial organization and suffered persecution in Russia under the czarist regime.
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Israel Zangwill
England
International Jewish Territorial Organization
Russia
First Forest Fire Fighter Killed Near Missoula
The first fatality among Montana forest firefighters occurred when 65 year old Nels Nelson was unable to stay with his crew and was surrounded by flames in the hills near Missoula while battling a blaze.
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Montana
Nels Nelson
Missoula
Fires in District 1 mount during 1926 season
Forest Service report from Missoula headquarters shows District 1 reports 367 fires caused by lightning, 8 by railroad operations, 23 by amphera, 8 by campers, and 2 by numbering operations during the 1926 season.
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Forest Service
Missoula
Automobile Deaths Maintain Even Page In Vital Stats Report
A Helena state health report shows six months into the year 1926 automobile accidents caused fewer deaths than the same period a year earlier. Overall deaths rose by 205 from early 1925, while births fell by 239 and whooping cough killed more babies than other childhood diseases combined.
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Bureau of Vital Statistics
State Board of Health
Helena
Maontirmy
Vast fires burn across district forests in Montana
District headquarters report 418 fires burning in district one forests. Central and eastern Montana forests such as Absnaroka Beartooth Gadlatin Madison Beaverhead Deer Lodge escaped the flames as 1600 acres burned in the WLC fire season. Greatest damage struck Kaniksu Coeur d Alene Blackfeet Pend d Oreille and Kootenai forests.
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Forest Service
Att Milasot
Absnaroka
Beartooth
Gadlatin
Madison
Beaverhead
Deer Lodge
Montana
WLC
Blackfeet
Pend Orelile
Kootenal Forests
Montana Briefs Highlight Fire Near Willow Creek and Regional Plans
Montana notes report a forest fire near Willow Creek by Roundup with no hotel or Glacier Park impact. Yellowstone tourism tops 100000, wheat and pea crops rise, and a planned gas line from Bowes structure progresses. Montana dropped to tenth in 1925 water power, Opheim power plant to start September 1, and bee and sheep farming expand in several counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith-Hughes Department of Agriculture
Carbon County
United States Geological Survey
Montana
Montana-Dakota Power Co
Opheim
Dahbor
State
Pil Goodfellow
Polly Tamber Company
Rowan
Pennsylvania
Kansis
Terry
Grover Lewis
M. AW. Misfeldt
Malta
Devastating Forest Fire Wipes Stryker Village
A forest blaze near Whitefish nearly obliterated Stryker leaving only the depot standing in a village of about 40 residents. Fifteen houses were burned, with extensive property loss reported.
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Stryker
Whitefish
Landowners Seek Dissolution of Tally Lake Irrigation District
About 50 landowners forming a majority in the Tally Lake irrigation district filed a petition in district court in October 1919 to dissolve the district. They claim the irrigation system was never constructed no bonded indebtedness was incurred and all expenses have been paid to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tally Lake
District Court
Montana farmers tour Swift Current station in Canada
A group from HIH Blaine and Phillips counties traveled to the Swift Current experimental station in Saskatchewan for a check on tillage methods. County Agent E. J. Duncan of Havre notes Canadian farmers observed a three year sequence of two crops after summer fallow with mixed results, suggesting rotation and summer fallowing impact crop yields in northern Montana.
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Hih
Blaine
Phillips
Swift Current
Sask
Montana
E. 3
Duncan
Havre
Hive
Wheat Yields Reported Around Belt District
Wheat yields in the Belt district range from 30 to 50 bushels per acre, indicating varied harvest results across the region.
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Belt
Weather records show no clear climate change in Roosevelt county
Weather data from Roosevelt county over 53 years shows no appreciable climate shift in northern Montana. County agent A Warden notes dry years will occur again as in the past and may come without warning.
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Roosevelt County
Montana
A.W. Warden
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