Paris war debt settlement moves through House
Edward W. Pickard surveys the House vote on the French war debt settlement with the United States. The Burton bill passed 236 to 112 and now awaits Senate action and French parliamentary approval. The deal funds over 62 years with no interest for five years and rates rising to 3 14 percent later. Beveridge criticizes Coolidge order expanding federal enforcement power. Egyptian court acquittals heighten tensions. a British warship heads to Alexandria amid concerns for foreigners.
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House of Representatives
United States
Foreign Debt Commission
Armassidor Berenger
Burton
House
Keys and Means Committee
Senate
Treasury
Italy
Great Britain
Senate approves army air service expansion and navy bill
Without a record vote the senate passed the house bill to build up the army air service and creating the office of second assistant secretary of war to supervise the air corps and coordinate with agencies. The senate also passed the navy air expansion bill and both measures went to conference.
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Senate
Army Air Service
Air Corps
Senator Borah presses prohibition for constitutional governance
Senator Borah addressed Presbyterians in Baltimore urging strict liquor enforcement and warning that constitutional government depends on enforcing the laws. He warned that the nation must live up to the Constitution until orderly changes are made, arguing the liquor issue tests Americans’ capacity for self government.
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Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
Borah
Idaho
Baltimore
Coolidge
White House
Representative Tinkstam presses payroll probe of Anti-Saloon League
Massachusetts representative calls House to investigate the leagues Capitol payroll and require disclosure of congressional campaign expenditures. He asserts the league pays members to introduce or back bills while Wayne Wheeler denies the charge, arguing wet organizations need scrutiny.
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Tinkstam
Massachusetts
House
Capitol
League
Wayne B. Wheeler
Iowa Senate Race Heats Up With Framed Mail Allegations
The closing week of the Republican primary sees Reed of Pennsylvania accusing Brookhart's camp of inserting his opposing speech into franked envelopes mailed to Iowa voters. Brookhart denies responsibility calling it a frame-up linked to the Daugherty gang. Telegrams reveal claims of Cummins spending up to 500000 while Brookhart claims minimal local support and labor. The piece hints at a broader British influence risk and Zagloul Pasha’s political victory impacting policy.
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Harges
Iowa
Reed
Pennsylvania
Senate
Brookhart
Brookkhart
Daugherty Gang
Major Lund
Missouri
Cummins
Polish leader declines presidency amid constitutional clash
After a tie in the national assembly did not yield confidence leaders, Pilsudski refused the presidency and demanded constitutional changes. The assembly then named Ignatz Moscicki as president, while Poland’s political climate grows chaotic and demoralized as opposition strengthens and risk of a new coup rises.
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Arsitat
Pilsudski
Poland
Tie
National Assembly
Ignatz Moscicki
Lemburg College
Warsaw
The
Chicago Tribune
Marshal Pilsudski
Women suffrage clash at Paris convention reshapes alliance
OMEN attended the International Suffrage alliance meeting in Paris where conservatives won by excluding the National Woman's Party of America. The League of Women Voters of America prevailed advocating legal protections for women in industry. The defeated National Woman's Party, led by Mrs Belmont, plans a new international group to pursue equal rights everywhere.
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International Suffrage — Alliance
Paris
National Woman's Party of America
League of Women Voters of America
Woman’s Party
Congress
Belmont
American Wins British Amateur Golf Title at Muirfield
Native-born American Jess Sweetser became the first to capture the British amateur championship at Muirfield Scotland. The Walker Cup team, with Sweetser, won three of four two-ball foursomes at St Andrews on day one, then took three of eight singles on day two as the British tally reached four with one match drawn.
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Jess Sweetser
Muirfield
Scotland
Sweetser
St. Andrews
Yankees
Bloodless coup in Portugal topples cabinet and resignations
Military leaders in Portugal seize control in a bloodless coup. President Machado and the cabinet resign as Commander Cabecadas General Gomez da Costa and Senator Carmona assume control of the government.
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Portugal
Machado
Cabecadas
Gomez da Costa
Carmona
American balloon Goodyear III wins Gordon Bennett Trophy
Under difficult conditions the American balloon Goodyear III won the Gordon Bennett trophy race that started in Belgium. Another American entry finished in second place.
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Goodyear III
Belgium
GALLS ON FARMERS FOR CROP REPORTS
The report aims to gather data from Montana farmers to prepare July grain crop estimates. Jay G Diamond, federal crop statistician, sent blanks to over 5 400 farmers in Helena to record average plantings and last year's harvested acres. The data will be analyzed to form crop estimates and future checks while noting historically slow farmer responses.
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Jay -G. Diamond
Heseq
Helena
Montana
Che
Remains of Custer Trooper Found in Coulee
While widening a road between Custer's battlefield and Reno Point in Big Horn County workers unearthed the bones of an unknown Seventh Cavalry trooper missing since the Little Big Horn battle. The skeleton without a skull lay in a coulee near a Reno troops marker, along with two bullets and several buttons.
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Wile
Custer
Reno Point
Big Horn County
Seventh Cavalry
Little Big Horn
Macintosh
Reno
A Trip to Grass Hopper Cehaeter Film Preview
Film feature from Livingston company touring Grasshopper area with plans to shoot scenes of beauty spots around Park County. Pathe company acquired rights and describes the picture as high value. The Livingston team forms a group to capture scenic locations for future film projects.
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Livingston Company
Cooke City
Tithe News
Pathe Company
Livingston Mien
Park County
Montana Guardsmen Open Annual Camp Near Helena
The 68th Infantry begins its annual encampment Monday at Fort William Henry Harrison, west of Helena. Permanent huts and kitchens have been built over the last two years at the camp grounds.
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Montana
National Guard
68Rd Tnefantry
Fort Wiliam Dlenry Warrison
Thelena
Oil Field Notes From Montana Inactive Drilling Restarted
Drilling resumed at the Ostland-Winterrowid well on the Cherry Ridge structure near Chinook after a hiatus. The Barnsdall-Voster well on the Charles Trepp lease in Ty Lake near Billings shows a 20 million cubic feet per day flow as it is braced toward the Dakota sand horizon. More than 95,000 barrels of crude are stored in the Big Lake field and a second oil pipeline is being built to Coombs Siding on the Rapelje branch.
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Cherry Ridge
Chinook
Wubbert
Coolidge
Barnsdall-Voster Company
Charles Trepp
Ty Lake
Billings
Big Lake
Bigake
Coombs Siding
Rapelje
Kiwanis Rotary baseball game nets 865 for county roads fund
A Kalispell match between Kiwanis and Rotary baseball teams raised 865 dollars for county road improvements in the surrounding area.
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Kiwanis
Rotary
Kalispell
Zonolite Company Purchases Rotary Kiln for Libby Plant
A 50 foot long rotary kiln with a five foot diameter and half inch steel shell, meeting all requirements, has been bought by the Zonolite company at Libby to enable continuous daily treatment of zonolite once installed at the new plant.
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Zonolite Company
Libby
Montana year book promotes settler opportunities and growth
The 288 page Montana year book from the Department of Agriculture Labour and Industry Division of Publicity highlights resources and opportunities for settlers. Col John F E Erickson urges high minded settlers as crops yield potential and irrigation opens vast farming land to prosperity.
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Montana
Department of Agriculture, Labor and Industry Division
Bowman
Barelay Craighead
John FE. Erickson
Hew
Ventana
Afantana
Industrians
Montoon
Mabe Choy
Montana Hosts Columbine River Expedition by Great Northern Rail
In summer 1986 a second historical expedition will visit Benton and Port Benton as part of a Columbia River voyage from Chicago to Astoria Oregon. Sponsored by Montana Governor Erickson and neighboring states governors, the project gathers pioneers, officers and historians similar to the Upper Missouri Historic Expedition.
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Montana
Great Northern Railway
Sither
Upper Missouri
Columbie River
Chicago
Astoria
Oregon
Ericksen
Idaho
Minnesota
Washinton
North Dakota
Port Benton
Man Tiba Society of Pioneers
Montana Briefs Show Local Developments Across State
Hundreds attend the Searrels pew bank opening and Yellowstone event. M. Mo Oliphant of Big Timber becomes county agent for Tinntley project near Billings. Western Montana fair dates set for September 20 in Missoula. Maddock and Wyttenburg form an aerial company in Great Falls planning three passenger airships. Crystal Carbon will operate a $140,000 carbon black plant near Mol i Yellowstone county by July 1. Forest fires total 50 in western Montana and northern Idaho, burning 892 acres national forest and 4,320 private land. Spotted fever vaccination appears effective per Frank J. O Donnell of Hamilton. Of about 600 people, 450 live in Bitter Root valley and 150 in Tolaha, no fever cases yet.
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Searrels Pew Bank
Yellowstone
Tinntley
Billings
M. Mo
Great Falls
Electric City
Shelby
Crystal Carbon Company
Charleston
W. Va
Moli
Yellowstone County
Missola
Montana
Idaho
Frank J. Odonnell
Hamilton
United States Public Health
Jek
Wanilton
Bitter Root
Tolaha
Sapphires of Yogo Creek Valued at 10 Million
The Montana division of publicity reports retail values of Yogo Creek sapphires mined in Judith Basin county estimated at about 10 million dollars.
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Division of Publicity
State Department of Agriculture
Helena
Montana
Yogo Creek
Judith Basin
Railroad Plans Bus Line From Three Forks to Old Faithful Inn
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad outlines routes for a bus line linking Three Forks Belgrade Bozeman Hot Springs Salesville and West Yellowstone with a terminus at Old Faithful Inn.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
Three Forks
Belgrade
Bozeman
Hot Springs
Salesville
West Yellowstone
Old Faithful Inn
Montana ranching shifts as diversification grows
Wheat remains Montana's leading farm enterprise but diversification increases per farm management specialist W D Golman from the Montana extension service. Livestock counts show dairy cattle up from 183000 to 192000, hogs from 167000 to 260000, and sheep from 2088000 to 2887000 while horses fall from 669000 to 570000.
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W. D. Golman
Montana Extension Service
Bozemann
Montana Lags National Average in Agricultural Extension
A federal report shows Montana has 26 agricultural agents 5 home demonstration agents 1 club agent and 1 assistant agent across its counties. Nationally about 2000 county agents serve 8002 counties, roughly 70 percent have extension work.
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Montana
United States
Sheep shearing in full swing across the state
Sheep shearing is under way in many regions with limited buying so far. Buyers expect activity to rise as shearing progresses, though wool prices remain uncertain due to current market instability. Montana eps are heavier than last year, offsetting lower prices against 1928 offerings.
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Montana
Eastern Montana Woolgrowers Plan 1926 Wool Pool Sale
Members of the Eastern Montana Woolgrowers association at Glendive finalized plans to sell the 1926 wool crop consigned to the association. They estimate that since the May 10 meeting more than 59,000 pounds of wool have been pooled. Sheepmen report a poor lamb crop yet overall good sheep conditions across eastern Montana.
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Eastern
Hearse round-ups in Montana district praised by locals
Reports say recent round-ups in the Circle McCone county area and Harris and Purewater Garfield county were successful. About 15,000 horses in the district are seen as occupying range that should belong to domestic livestock and the push to dispose of them has broad support.
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Circle
McCone County
Harris
Purewater
Garfield County
State sheepmen questionnaire issued for Montana estimates
The cooperative crop reporting bureau with state and federal agriculture departments sent a July questionnaire to Montana sheepmen. It will be used as the basis for sheep population and production estimates in the state livestock report.
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Cooperative Crop Reporting Bureau
Federal Departments of Armenture
Wetena
Montana
Dairymen Lean McNicol and Art Saunders Expand Herds
Lean McNicol imports a car fond of pure bred Jersey cattle from Iowa and Art Saunders adds high grade Guernsey stock to his dairy herd. Both operate in Havre county and supply whole milk to the Havre market.
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Lean McNicol Hins
Jersey
Towa
Art Saunders
Volunteer Potato Crop Surfaces by Great Falls Farm
A Great Falls area farmer reports a volunteer potato crop growing where last year's crop was planted. Dam repairs kept digging from occurring. mild winter prevented ground freezing, allowing unexpected growth of the volunteer potatoes.
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Great Falls
Lake County Cow Testing Assn Adds Nine Bulls and Two Females
Members of the Lake County Cow Testing Association last month added nine purebred bulls and two purebred females to their herds in a herd improvement development sparked by the association's activities.
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Lake County
Wheat Crop Outlook Signals Mixed YoY Yields
Indications point to a normal wheat crop for Montana this year while yields fall short of average in Illinois Missouri and Nebraska. The report notes weaker results in three states and a crop near the 10-year Nebraska average.
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Montana
Tllinois
Towe
Missouri
Nebraska
Grain losses from blight ravages Montana crops yearly
A Montana study cites a ten year average showing Rieckstem destroys about 1.5 million dollars worth of wheat oats rye and barley annually due to a crop disease. The report notes ravines of the disease impact grain production across the state.
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Montana
Demonstration Planned in Prairie County Seed Potato Study
A demonstration will be conducted in Prairie county this year to determine the possibility of producing high quality Weiss Triumph certified seed potatoes in the county.
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Prairie County
Cooperatives Unite Small Flocks for Summer Sheep Grazing
In Lonepine Sanders County farmers join to solve summer grazing by combining small flocks into larger units. A meeting last month decided to hire a single herder jointly, with each owner paying a proportionate share of the cost, leveraging available winter feed.
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Lonepine
Sanders County
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