Montana Taxpayers list shows 70 cities over 500
Figures from the Montana Taxpayers association reveal 70 cities exceed 500 population, down two from 1920. Top cities include Butte over 30,000 and Great Falls over 20,000, with Billings Mis soula Anaconda Helena over 10,000. various changes follow across counties and new incorporations like East Helena.
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Montana
Butte
Montana Taxpayers Association
Great Falls
Billings
Missoula
Anaconda
Helena
Miles City
Havre
Bozeman
Livingston
Kalispell
Lewistown
Glendive
Red Lodge
Chateau
Glasgow
Sidney
Cascade
Sunburst
Gallatin County
Three Forks
Belgrade
Manhattan
Silver Bow
Belt
Walkerville
Centerville
Klein
East Helena
Circle
Chester
Plains
Stanford
Saco
Shelby
Conrad
Northern Pacific
Redwater
August events across Montana state organizations
A compiled list of annual gatherings and fairs scheduled in August and September across Montana. Include American Legion State Convention in Bozeman, Montana State Press Association in Butte, Kiwanians in Great Falls, Grand Lodge Montana Mason and Eastern Star in Missoula, Rainbow Girls in Havre, Elk’s Lodge in Virginia City, state and central fairs in Helena Lewistown Billings Missoula Miles City and Sidney, plus Intermountain and Western Montana fairs and related meetings.
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American Legion
Bozeman
Montana State Press Association
Butte
Kiwanians
Great Falls
Grand Lodge
Montana Masong and
Eastern Star
Missoula
Sunshine Trail Association
Rainbow Girls
Havre
Montana
Elk’s Lodge
Virginia City
Helena
Lewistown
Women’s Temperance Union
Sidney
Billings
Intermountain
Miles City
Glendive Grade School Contract Awarded in Montana
A $46,250 contract was awarded for Glendive's new grade school. The Browning high school expansion bond issue passed without opposition. The Roosevelt highway between Glacier Station and Belton is closed until next month’s opening. Montana Highway Commission to meet in Helena on July 16 to award more road contracts. Mileage between Miles City and Forsyth shortened by about ten miles. A vehicle rollover near Absarokee killed Mrs. Ned Latta and injured her husband. A Great Falls memorial bandstand is planned for Edward H. Cooney. Wanda Hass acquitted of murder in Plentywood. Motor vehicle license receipts for 1930 are rising. six months total already exceeds 1929.
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Glendive
Browning High School
Glacier Station
Belton
Montana Highway Commission
Helena
Miles City
Forsyth
Absarokee
Stillwater
Ned Latta
Great Falls
Edward H. Cooney
Plentywood
Wanda Hass
Hugo Hass
First U S Commercial Telephone Exchange Opens in Bridgeport
The first commercial telephone exchange in the United States began in Bridgeport Connecticut in 1878 marking a landmark in communications history.
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United States
Bridgeport
Conn
Vast pitch lake at Trinidad Spain mined for millions of tons
The famous asphalt lake at Trinidad, Spain covers 110 acres and holds a huge mass of pitching. Since its discovery at least five million tons have been removed from the lake.
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Trinidad
Spain
Turquoise as Amulet in Middle Ages Horseman Traditions
The turquoise was valued for its supposed power to absorb the wearer’s falls, a belief that made it highly prized by horsemen. Those without their own stone would hire or borrow a turquoise amulet to wear during chases or tournaments.
Great American Rivers The Mississippi and Missouri System
The Mississippi proper runs about 2 060 miles with 2 161 navigable. From mouth to Missouri headwaters total length 4 200 miles with 2 682 navigable Missouri. The Mississippi tributaries number 45 offering 16 090 miles of navigable water. Drainage area covers 1 257 545 square miles.
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Mississippi
Missouri
Annetje Jans Clan Ties to Webber Lineage in Early Records
Anneke Jans links to the Webber family through Wel ferr and Sarah Webber born to William the Silent’s clandestine union. Wolfert Webber wed Catherine Jonas and had three children including Anneke who later married Jan Roeloff Jansen and then Everardus Bogardus.
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Annéke Jans
Anneke Webber
William the Silent
Welferr
Sarah Webber
Wolfert Webber
Catherine Jonas
Anneke
Jan Roeloff Jansen
Everardus Bogardus
Kingsford Smith Wins Harbor Grace Flight Westward Crossing
Major Charles Kingsford-Smith and three companions landed the Southern Cross in fog near Harbor Grace Newfoundland while en route to New York completing part of a world flight. The crew refueled and resumed toward New York with aims toward San Francisco. New York hosted a grand welcome as a letter from Ireland's Irish President Cosgrave was planned for Hoover at the White House.
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Charles Kingsford-Smith
Southern Cross
Port Marnock
Ireland
Harbor Grace
Newfoundland
New York
Paul Siple
Washington
Antarctic
Chrysler
Sones W. Pickard
Atlantic
Australia
Dublin
John W. Stannage
Ltarbor Grace
Kingsford-Smith
Stannage
Evert van Dyk
J. Patrick
Saul
Major Kingsford-Smith
San Francisco
New York City
Cosgrave
Hoover
White House
National Air Races
Chicago
Pacific Coast
Otary International Celebrates Silver Jubilee in Chicago
Otary International marked its silver jubilee in Chicago with about 18 000 members gathering from around the world. The event featured banquets and festive activities along with sessions addressing trade problems and social issues.
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Otary International
Chicago
Mexican air hero makes record New York to Mexico City flight
Roberto Fierro completes a non stop flight from New York to Mexico City in 16 hours 35 minutes setting a new record. The time beats Colonel Lindbersh’s Washington to Mexico City run by ten hours logged last December.
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Roberto Fierro
Mexico
New York
Mexico City
Colonel Lindbersh
Washington
Birth of Lindbergh's Son Shocks Aviation World
The Lindberghs welcomed a fine son at Englewood New Jersey with world news spreading via bulletins and radio. Ambassador Morrow celebrated as the happiest grandfather while Byrd and Lindbergh exchanged congratulations in New York praising the polar flight.
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Lindbergh
Englewood
N. J
Glad
Ambassador Morrow
President Hoover vetoes World War veterans bill
President Hoover, acting on his convictions, vetoed the World War veterans bill. The veto was sustained by the House after passage in the Senate despite his warnings. Only six senators opposed the measure, which Hoover condemned as harmful to veterans and placing an unjustified burden on the government.
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Senate
House
Hoover
Avill
Ines
Veterans’ Bureau
House of Representatives
Senate panel backs London Naval Treaty despite dissent
The Foreign Relations Committee approved the London Naval Treaty by 16 to 4 and sent it to the full Senate for ratification. Chairman Borah and most advocates offered no written report. Four members Johnson California Moses New Hampshire Robinson Indiana Shipstead Minnesota opposed ratification. President Hoover pressed for an immediate Senate special session, while 24 senators urged postponement until after the November elections.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Borah
Johnson
California
Moses
New Hampshire
Robinson
Indiana
Shipstead
Minnesota
Hoover
Solans
United States
America
England
Japan
Great Britain
Farm Bureau Analysis Sees Tariff Boost for Agriculture
Dee H. Gray of Washington, a Farm Bureau representative, presents an analysis claiming agriculture gains much more from the new tariff law than industry. Gray shows raw agricultural duties up about 51.6 percent versus 14.6 percent for industry, with agricultural increases more than triple the industrial rise.
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Dee H. Gray
Washington
Farm Bureau Federation
Rivers and Harbors Bill Sent to President for Approval
House and Senate conferees approved the rivers and harbors bill as passed by the Senate and sent it to the President. The measure authorizes more than 135 million dollars in expenditures with projects costing over 300 million dollars, to be funded from the annual 55 million dollar Army Engineers appropriation.
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OUSE
Senate
Army Engineers
Woodcock Named Director of Prohibition Bureau
MOS W. W. Woodcock was selected to direct the Bureau of Prohibition in the Department of Justice. He will begin July 1, transferring prohibition enforcement from the Treasury. The Baltimore district attorney, 46, served in World War I and will assist Assistant Attorney General G A Youngquist in spearheading the initial drive to tighten dry law enforcement.
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Mos
W. W. Woodcock
Bureau of Prohibition
Department of Justice
Treasury Department
Woodcock
United States
Baltimore
G. A. Youngqutlist
Hoover Plans August Visit To Mexico And West Parks
President Hoover intends to travel in August visiting national parks in the West and possibly touring Mexico. Ambassador Morrow and Mexican officials have invited him, with Morrow urging a border trip to strengthen relations.
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Hwoovet
Mexico
Morrow
White House
Hoover
Radio patent case seeks triple damages in Kansas City
The Grigsby Grunow company of Chicago sues RCA General Electric Westinghouse and others in Kansas City seeking triple damages under the Sherman act. It claims a vast pool of radio patents violated antitrust law and forced royalties.
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UIT
Kansas City
Grigsby-Grunow Company of
Chicago
Radio Corporation of America
General Electric Company
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Indian Nationalists angered by Simon Commission report
The Simon Commission report advocates a federal Indian state with growth provisions while preserving British troops and officers during early self rule. Hindu Muslim and Parsees oppose the report and call for a London conference boycott unless dominion status talks occur. In Rangoon Burma a prison mutiny ends with 45 dead and 71 wounded after convicts clash with guards.
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Simon Commission
India
Simon
Rangoon
Burma
Pope Pius XI Illness Reports Cause Alarm in Rome
Reports of the pope suffering from acute bladder trouble and possible uremic poisoning alarm Rome and Catholics worldwide. The Vatican released statements suggesting the reports were exaggerated and that plans for upcoming ceremonies remained unchanged.
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Eports
Pius XI
Rome
Vatican
Unicon
Farming in Montana Shows Stabilizing Bankruptcies
Montana bankruptcy data from 1925 to 1929 show a steady decline in farmer bankruptcies as a share of total filings. Farmers accounted for 65.4 percent in 1925 and 34.6 percent in 1929, with year by year drops to 59.8, 45.7, and 36.4 percent respectively.
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Montana
State Division of
United States Department of Agriculture
Cows Benefit From Rich Hay in Montana Dairy Study
A Lake County herd of 28 cows averaged 300.4 pounds of butter fat on a ration of alfalfa hay and irrigated pasture. Dairy extensionist J O Thersven notes quality hay can save grain costs and boost profits. He stresses cutting timing since alfalfa leaves are much richer in protein than stems. Early bloom yields 35-40 percent leaves, late bloom 20-30 percent.
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Lake County Association
J. O. Thersven
Bozeman
Montana
Prolific Sheep Band Led by Tom Macleod in Hardin District
Prolific stockman Tom Macleod of Big Horn county owns a sheep band with 79 lambs from 44 ewes. A yearling ewe birthed six lambs. quadruplets and triplets were common, twins accounting for 24 pairs. Wool yield averaged 14 pounds per fleece from 62 sheep, and most livestock were gifted or “bum” lambs with no purchase.
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Tom Macleod
Hardin
Big Horn County
Alfalfa Crops Rise In Gallatin Valley Amid Rains
The first alfalfa crop in the Gallatin valley is being cut with good yields. Rains across northern Montana eased moisture worries, aiding crop prospects. The Snyder Sheep Co plans to dispose of 28,000 fleece via National Wool Marketing Corp at top prices. The Gallatin County Wool Association sold about 310,000 pounds to a Boston firm, with checks totaling 75,000 to 80,000 dollars. Beaverhead wool market activity rises after negotiations, with top bids around 25 cents. An alfalfa tour in Prairie county by Terry-area business and farm leaders showcased cultivation methods and strong district crops. Meagher county posts “no trespass” signs to curb fishing privilege abuses. Overall Montana shipments in April rise for sheep, wool, flour, crude petroleum, butter, dried peas and beans. total load 19,579 cars.
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Gallatin
Dawson
Wibaux
McGone
Roosevelt
Bowman
Helena
Snyder Sheep Company
Billings
National Wool Marketing Corporation
Montana
Gallatin County Wool Association
Boston
Beaverhead
Polson
Flathead River
Rocky Mountain Power Company
Frank M. Keer
Prairie County
Terry
Meagher County
Montana Railroad Commission
Montana Points
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Convention of Women’s Temperance Union
Polson Chamber of Commerce
Montana Public Service Commission
National Guard
Camp Erickson
Company M
Harlem
Chinook
Rocky Mountain
Flathead Lake
Big Horn Oil and Gas Company
State Agriculural Department
Ohio
Dry Creek
Berthelote Home
Toole County
Black Gold
Cascade County
Fort Shaw
Greenfields Beach
Board of of the Sun River Reclamation Project
Nell Kildahl
Horton
Jack B. Hawkins
Kildh
Hawkins
Hawking
Old Fort Keogh
United States, Range Livestock Experiment Station
Treasure State Briefs
Tower of Turquoise
Anneke Jans
Atlantic Ocean
Grigsby-Grunow Company
Federal Court of
Delaware
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