Notes on Treasure State Projects and Local Developments
Custer Battlefield Scenic Highway association plans spending 5000 to 6000 to mark routes from Omaha to Glacier National Park. Silver Bow County approves road construction from Butte to the county line with bonds of 250000 to be sold. total project exceeds 300000. Ledger of local governance includes indictments, water plans, and a rising cost scale for divorces.
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Custer Battlefield Scenic Highway Association
Omaha
Neb
Slacier National Park
Billings
Montana
State Highway Commission
Silver Bow
Lmits
Butte
Butte-Anaconda
Wylie vs Wylie Permanent Camping Company Supreme Court Ruling
The Montana Supreme Court reversed a lower court judgment in favor of W. W. Wylie in a salary suit against Wylie Permanent Camping Company, ruling the action should be dismissed. The case involved Wylie’s contract to aid the company after selling his Yellowstone park business to Harrison Child and A. W. Miles, with a yearly $1,500 stipend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Supreme Court
W. W. Wyllie
Wyle Permanent Camping Company
Harry W. Child
A. W. Miles
Livingston
Wylie
Yellowstone National Park
Wylie Camping Company
Child and Miles
Wylie Permanent Camping Company
Wyle
Labor Federation Meets in February in Great Falls
Delegates from every Montana union affiliated with the Montana Federation of Labor will gather in Great Falls February 25 for the twenty fourth annual convention. Secretary treasurer John T. Taylor says it will be the largest attendance in Montana labor history. The event will run with the Federation of Labor annual session, the four railroad brotherhoods legislative committee, the shop system federation, and the Farmers Cooperative Congress meeting in Great Falls.
Atkinson Inducted as President of College
Alfred Atkinson was inaugurated as president of the Montana State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts with a large gathering of educators. Dr Liberty Hall Bailey of Cornell and Chancellor Elliott spoke, Governor Stewart attended, and a banquet followed. The new chemistry building was dedicated during the day’s proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bozenman
Alfred Atkinson
Montana State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
Atkinson
Liberty Hall Bailey
Cornell University
CO. Elliott
University of Montana
Governor Stewart
German language study at Montana university proposed
The State university at Missoula faculty urges reestablishment of German language and literature studies. They argue it can be done now that the state council of defense is no longer operating. Charles D. Greenfield says the Montana state council of defense remains in existence until postwar treaty ratified and governor ends it.
Ford to appeal order four case to U S Supreme Court
Helena Montana Attorney General Ford confirms the state will appeal to the U S Supreme Court from Judge Bourguin's trade commission injunction ruling. He said direct appeal from the district court is possible and would be pursued immediately.
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Frank Cone
Montana Trade Commission
Daa
State Railroad Commission
Helena
Ford
Montana
Supreme Court of the United States
Bourguin
Trade Commission
Commission
United States District Court
Supreme Court
Predict Spuds Will Go to Seven Cents
Great Falls reports wholesale potato prices at five cents a pound with dealers expecting no cheaper spuds until a new crop. Some predict a rise to seven cents before any decline, as shipments come from Washington and Idaho with Washington prices higher than eastern Montana markets.
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Great Falls
Washington
Idaho
Montana
Postscript list of novelty patents and reports from 1919
Postscript notes diverse items from a Transvaal geologist reporting iron ore there to a police fingerprint photography camera and a bulb syringe for cleaning pipes. It also mentions a German serial bosom paper shirt and a rapidly increasing stamp-issues total since December 1918 near 2000 with most from new European states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Transvaal
Escaped Armenian Girl Rescued From Arab Slavery Arrives in America
Miss Vartenousch Karagheusian, the first Armenian girl freed from Arab slavery to reach the United States, tells of torture and exile under Turkish forces. She survived a brutal march, hid in a Turkish hospital, and reached British lines in Jerusalem before joining Near East relief and reuniting with her brother John Karagheusian, a Minneapolis rug merchant, in New York.
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Miss Vartenousch Karagheusian
America
Miss Karagheusian
Vartanousch
Jerusalem
Beirut
New York
John Karagheusilan
Minneapolis
Seminole Indian Customs And Self Enforced Punishment
The Seminole tribe enforces its own laws against law breakers with penalties including banishment and even death. Whose outlawed status depends on presenting before the council for further punishment. In recent times only one death sentence was carried out by hanging the wife of a white man and her child was killed.
Dogs Shot in Connecticut by Wardens Hurt Sheep Less
U S Department of Agriculture notes in Connecticut during the year ending September 30 more than 5,000 dogs were killed by wardens, many for interfering with sheep. The roaming dog law began July 1, and sheep production rose 33 1 8 percent over the past two years. The legislature appropriated $10,000 to aid the Connecticut Agricultural College in advancing the sheep industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Connecticut
Connecticut Agricultural College
Blanched Feed for Horses and Balanced Rations
The text explains there is no universal horse feed meeting all needs and advises testing rations tailored to growth maintenance work breeding or fattening. It differentiates protein and carbohydrate feeds, stresses balanced rations, and notes Farmers Bulletin 1030 from the U S department of agriculture for detailed guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Farmers
Shrunk Wheet Feed Worth Relative To Hog Prices
J W Wilson of South Dakota State College notes shrunken wheat used as pig feed is nearly as valuable as the government guarantee when hog prices are considered. Experiments show 44 pound wheat yields about two pounds daily gain per pig versus 57 pound wheat giving only an extra 0.3 pounds.
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J. W. Wilson
South Dakota State College
Wilson
Selective Breeding for Profitable Sows and Berkshire Herds
Advice on maintaining productive sows and building a strong Berkshire herd. Emphasizes selecting profitable bearings, using robust stock, and breeding to a good boar to improve herd quality. Mentions crude oil as a pest-control method but focuses on breeding strategy for better production.
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Coe
Robert Albertson
Blackfeet Reservation
George M. Bourquin
Rimini
Placer Hotel
A. S. Pendleton
United States Public Health Service
Fort Harrison
Loretta Pierson
George W. Pierson
Wth Judicial District
Bulings
Pierson
Yellowstone
National Park
Nelson Story, Jr
State Fish and Game Commission
William George Palmer
Los Angeles
Olive Walker
Jal
Western Montana Bar Association
Missoula
A. W. Brown
Northern Pacific
Brown
Fin Justice Court
Bruce Smith
Smith
Buite Daily Bulletin
B&b
Great Northern Railroad
Kalispell
Butte Post Office
W. W. Wyile
Labor Federation
Congress
Falls
Boston
Fort Bliss
United States
Platen
Sable Island
Tis Spot
Atlantic
Soldier
Ernest Lockwood
Tackwood
Lockwood
France
Constantinople
South Dakota
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