Montana News Briefs Highlight Fares and Local Events
The Montana public service commission raised Butte streetcar fares to eight cents from June 10, granting financial relief for the Butte Electric Railway. It also approved higher water and light rates for the Gardiner area. The Anaconda Smeltermen chose James Snett over C H Moyer as international president. President Wilson signed the Crow Indian reservation opening bill. Montana faces a population balance concern in Billings with May births and deaths. Three spotted fever cases were reported near Roundup. Daniels County created with Scobey as county seat. Alfred Myers, Montana constitutional framers figure, dies at Gardin. Gustave Lang drowns near Glasgow. Moonshine remarks by Judge Jones. Great Falls, Butte unions settle wage disputes. Floyd Keating dies in Warnt Springs state hospital admission. State auto licensing inspections proceed with J E Listoe aiding peace officers. Ten Butte boys confess to a stealing club. Dr F J Adams killed in auto accident. Lewistown reports idle workers. employment requests statewide.
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Laurel Officers Ordered To Pay For Seized Whiskey
A district court jury awarded Edward Westover 7100 dollars against Laurel city officials and a citizen for whiskey seized and destroyed without due process. The suit named Mayor Charles Davis City Attorney WLJ Calders City Treasurer G E Settergren Chief of Police Jack Weiser and others. Davis and Mendenhall were dismissed. The whiskey valued 2100 dollars plus 5000 dollars exemplary damages, consisted of 21 cases of pint bottles and was taken from Edward and Robert Westover's car near Laurel and destroyed after a Justice of the Peace ordered it. Some bottles reportedly contained tea.
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Agricultural agents resign for higher pay in Montana
Helena reports three leading county agricultural agents and a State Agricultural college English professor resigning to take higher paid posts elsewhere. W H Jones leaves to head a Washington state assistant county agent program, Stebbins goes into private business, Bunker moves to South Dakota Agricultural College, and Duddy departs for the University of Chicago. Chancellor Eliot notes the resignations as part of wartime era personnel shifts.
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Yellowstone Park Roads Open Yet Slow at Old Faithful
Yellowstone park officials report most park roads are open with the lane from Old Faithful to Lake camp delayed due to crossing the continental divide. Supplies reach canyon and lake camps as improvements proceed, and the north to west entrance route is cleared and passable.
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Woman Fined and Paroled After Federal Plea
Mrs. Wafie Foley former West Butte assistant postmaster pleaded guilty before Judge George M Bourquin in Great Falls federal court. She was fined 1885 dollars and sentenced to 18 months in Leavenworth but paroled to work out the fine at 75 dollars monthly. She faced embezzlement charges related to postal funds.
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Cut Bank Barber Dies After Poison Found in Beverages
In Cut Bank Great Falls, barber Peter Slack, 38, died after Herpicide, misused as a drink, was connected to his death. The coroner's jury found poisoning as the cause, noting two empty Herpicide bottles and initial belief of alcoholism.
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New York a Vast Hub for Incoming Immigrants
The National Geographic bulletin cites 33,000,000 immigrants in 144 years and argues a 4,000,000 labor shortage fuels high living costs. It notes New York City born or raised children of foreign-born parents total about three in four residents, with strong public schools and vocational programs driving Americanization amid rapid population growth.
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Memorial to Farragut Window at Naval Academy
Memorial window honoring Admiral David Glasgow Farragut will be placed in the chapel at Annapolis. The design revisits Mobile Bay and the moment he trusted divine guidance and ordered his men to sail over the forts. Presented by United States Naval Academy graduates.
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Mechanics Lead in Marriage Licenses in Early 1930s Muncie
Marriage license records from Muncie Indiana show 127 of 170 licenses in the first quarter went to mechanics laborers and farmers, while clerks bookkeepers and other salary workers lagged in marriage. The contrast highlights a pattern where those in mechanical trades pursued marriage at higher rates during the period.
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Women as expert factory hands in Portland
Women are becoming expert factory hands and continue to hold jobs once deemed fit only for men. A 24 year old operator runs a multi fold color label press in a Portland factory and handles the machine as expertly as the man who used to run it.
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Intradermic Test Recognized in TB Herd Accrediting Plan
The Bureau of Animal Industry announces recognition of the intradermic tuberculin test for accrediting herds free of tuberculosis. It speeds up the campaign, requires only one post test inspection, and is accepted by about three quarters of cooperating states, with Texas now the 45th state in the program. Arizona Colorado California have not yet joined.
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Milk diet deemed insufficient for calves after three months
Iowa agricultural experiment station reports whole milk nourishes calves only up to three months. After that, two calves showed deterioration and died at 176 and 208 days. Diet failure not due to nutrient quality but digestion and utilization without roughage.
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Necessary Feeds for Bull Keep Sire Thrifty and Fit
K. C. Skeler from Iowa State College advises balanced feeding for bulls. Nutritious hay such as clover or alfalfa with corn oats and some oil meal keeps breeding condition well. Silage is good as a base but should be limited to avoid potbellied sluggishness. provide a small paddock for exercise.
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K. C. Skeler
Iowa State College
Practical dairy notes on cow health and feeding practices
The article stresses dehorning calves early and avoiding polluted water to improve milk quality. It advises strategic calf pen placement to stabilize temperature, notes profits from extra grain, endorses well cured soybean hay as sufficient roughage, and links good cows with efficient separators to maximize butterfat yields.
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