Speed the Thing for Legislature Speeds Up Montana Session
Helena Feb 18 speed is the one thing needed by the Montana legislature as the 60 day session nears its end. The senate progresses well while the house faces a flood of bills. The Brower bill abolishes the weights and measures department saving 40000 yearly. Kinney measure refunds capitol bonds at 4 percent. Bills in the house include eight hour work for women and miners and free text books for pupils. Governor Stewart named William Cutts to succeed Jerry Flannigan amid party reactions.
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Helena
Senate
House
Republican
Brower
Department of Weights and Measures
Kinney
Capitol
Montana
Bent
State Land Board
Stewart
William Cutts
Butte
Jerry Flannigan
Silver Bow County
Cutts
Higgins
Missoula
Missoula Missoulian
Judiciary Committee
Loan Association to Be Organized in County
A meeting is set for Saturday at 2 PM in the city hall to organize a county farm loan association. At least ten farmers must join. there is no upper limit. If formed it will affiliate with the National Farm Loan association. Loans likely available by mid March. Maximum loan per member is $10,000. The secretary may receive a salary at the option of the members.
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National Farm Loan Association
New bank cashier arrives with family in Dillon
C. C. Thornton wife and young son arrived Sunday morning and occupy temporary rooms at the Smith house. He has arranged to buy furniture and equipment in the east for the Security State Bank to be opened on Bannack street with up-to-date fixtures by early March.
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C. C. Thornton
Dillon
Smith House
Pacific
Glendive
Thornton
Security State Bank
Bannack Street
Death of Sister Lucy E Bishop Links Warsaw Family
Miss Lucy E Bishop died at 85 after a Warsaw life on Wyoming Street. Funeral held Wednesday at 3 PM with Rev. George H Burgess officiating. burial in cemetery vault. Daughter of Benjamin and Lydia Wakefield Bishop, she taught school for nearly five decades, teaching many who rose to prominence. Survived by brothers John of Dillon Montana James D of Almeda California and Addis of Rochester.
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New Yorker
Warsaw
N. Y
John I
Lucy E. Bishop
Wyoming Street
George H. Burgess
Bishop
Benjamin
Lydia Wakefield
John
Dillon
Montana
James D
Almeda
Cal
Addis Bishop
Rochester
Progressive bills killed in the House
Helena dispatch notes clash between Senate progressives and Democratic House as several key measures are shelved while others pass. Senator John E. Edwards leads Republican push for economy and reform including lobbyist control and public bonds refinancing. House approves Brower weights and measures repeal but defeats bonding fire insurance and banking proposals, stalling broader finance reforms.
Local and Personal News Highlights
H B Selway from Armstead arrived on a business trip. Leonard Ellit plans a trip to California tomorrow. Mrs Roy Murray returned from California earlier this week. Dr Grant E Finch was in Helena Thursday to Monday on Montana geography business. J H Youngken family moved from Grant to Dillon for the summer on Thomson avenue. Mr and Mrs Fred Viel of Salmon Idaho visited Dillon friends yesterday on their way home from Butte. Sam Patterson left for Pennsylvania Wednesday to visit his old home and will stay east until after President Wilson's inauguration then join wife and son in California.
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H. B. Selway
Armstead
Leonard Ellit
Calfornia
Roy Murray
Lifornia
Grant E. Finch
Helena
Montana
J.h.youngken
Grant
Dillon
Thomson Avenue
Fred Viel
Salmon
Idaho
Butte
Sam
Patterson
Pennnsylvania
Wilson
California
Wedum Lumber Co announces retirement of founder
On February 10 the A J Wedum Lumber Co announced the retirement of A J Wedum from active management. Future affairs will be managed by A A Eliott and J C Wedum, both longtime company associates.
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A J
St James Church Quinquagesima Service Schedule
St James Church announces Holy Communion at 7 30 a m church school at 9 45 a m morning prayer at 11 a m The Boy Scouts will attend the service Evening prayer and lecture on the Fifth Commandment at 7 30 p m Ash Wednesday services at 7 a m 10 a m and 7 30 p m Rector Lee H Young invites all faithful to attend
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St. James
Come
Lee H. Young
Missoula Superintendent Observes Dillon Schools
Superintendent J. A. Williams of Missoula city schools visited Dillon on Wednesday and Thursday to observe methods at the Normal college and the Training school. Officials praise his standing as a top educator in the state.
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J. A. Williams
Missoula City
Normal College
Williams
Dillon
Grocery Changes Hands in Local Market Trade
The Wagner's Grocery Co. was purchased this week by J. W. Forsgren and Orvis Nyhart. They took possession today and bring years of grocery experience to run an up to date store in town.
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Wagner's Grocery. Co
J. W. Forsgren
Orvis Nyhart
Judge Poindexter to Move from Dillon to Honolulu
Judge Joseph B Poindexter newly appointed U S district judge for the Hawaiian Islands will visit Dillon soon to complete his removal to Honolulu and assume duties in the islands.
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Jos. B. Poindexter
U. S
Hawaian Islands
Dillon
Honolulu
Redmen Annual Banquet Draws 160 in Dillon
Seventy five Redmen from Shoshone No 1 of Butte and Tenday No 2 of Anaconda joined Dillon guests for the Redmen annual banquet. The Shoshone degree team conferred degrees on several palefaces, a grand supper followed, then speeches and storytelling by Great Sachem Thos Doberly of Butte and other members. Afterward, diverse sports and a Sunday morning departure by train wrapped up the event.
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Butte
Anaconda
Dillon
Thos. Doberly
James Goddard to headline Western Chautauquas season
The Ellison White Chautauqua System announces bass-baritone James Goddard will tour the Western Seven Day Chautauquas in 1917. Goddard, long associated with Chicago Grand Opera Co and formerly with Covent Garden and Vienna, has soloed opposite stars Olive Fremstad Julia Claussen and Geraldine Farrar in Chicago.
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James Goddard
Chicago Grand Opera Co
Covent Garden
London
Royal Opera of
Vienna
Chicago Grand Opera
Olive Fremstad
Julia Claussen
Geraldine Farrar
Beaverhead Wool Clip Contracts Hit 40 Cents in 1917
The 1917 wool clips of Matthews, Pyre and Gerard of Kidd and Smith Brothers of Stone Creek, totaling 165000 pounds, are sold to J E Hartiple of Butte at 40 cents per pound. Jeremiah Williams Co of Boston represents the buyer. Buyers expect prices to rise as Beaverhead and nearby districts show strong demand.
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Matthews, Pyre & Gerard
Kidd
Henry Thompson
Smith Brothers
Stone Creek
J.E. Hartiple
Butte
Hample
Jeremiah Williams Co
Boston
Beaverhead County
Townsend
Livingston
Beaverhead
Dillon
Montana farmers warn against 640 acre homestead law
An Interior Department policy allowing 640 acre homesteads in Montana could block agricultural growth and divert land to speculators. Proponents urge protest and repeal to keep land for farmers and homebuilders, citing Montana’s rising grain yields and livestock from 1902 to 1916.
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C. L. Worth
Interior Department
Montana
Secretary of the Interior Department
West
Seth Maxwell
State of
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