Montana Happenings in a Few Words
An estimated 275 million feet of lumber was produced in Western Montana mills during 1922. Fire destroyed the Erickson garage at Stockett with 12 autos, costing 15 to 20 thousand dollars. A Sweet Grass elevator worth 9 thousand dollars was totally destroyed by fire. The Anaconda Copper Mining Co paid filing fees for stock increase from 150 to 300 million dollars.
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Montana
Erickson
Stockett
Sweet Grass
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Smith River Valley
White Sulphur Springs
Columbia Gardens
A. L. Sedwick
Milwaukee Railroad
Northwestern Improvement Company
Northern Pacific Railroad
Red Lodge
Bearcreek
Department of Agriculture, Labor and Industry
Art
Helena
Chester C. Davis
Custer County
Miles City
Billings
Northwest
Walter Hill
Aberdeenshire
Scotland
Goat Mountain
Wilsall
Livingston
Joliet
Meyer
Ehler Meyer
Rosy Korner
Forest Service
Rock Creek
Canyon Ranger Station
R. B. Millin
Montana Extension Service
C. M. Yerrington
North Cottonwood
Krowston
Legislature's signed bills and actions near adjournment
Senate bills signed include 90 147 122 106 92 86 195 and 358 with actions on mortality, park control, and workers compensation. House bills, vetoes, and amendments move through concurrence and debate while finance and tax measures face intense division. The session also eyes a unified Butte city county government with a city manager.
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Senate
Story
Greening
Rhoads
Teton County
Dowlin
State Examiner
Church
Smethurst
Musselshell County
House
Dixon
Industrial Accident Insurance Board
Rocky Mountain
Congress
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence
Senate Committee On Revenue and Taxation
Walker
Haley
Oil and Gas Inspection Department
Bureau For
C. T. Stewart
House Committee
Hanson, Cronk
Brandford
Crumbaker
Duncan
Gov
Edward Scharnikow
Powell County
Siegfriedt
Moantana
House Appropriations Committee
Montana
Legion Men Demand Order in Carter County Oklahoma
London led a police campaign in Carter County aided by ten Legion deputies. In under a year they made 900 arrests for violations of law. London, a World War veteran and former Ardmore post commander, credited American Legion allies for the cleanup effort.
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Carter County
Oklahoma
Ardmore Post
London
American Legion Post
Ewing London
American Legion
George R. Anderson
Ardmore
Legion Aids Wayward Boys at Kan sas Industrial School
A Kansas Industrial school outside Topeka, led by W. P. MacLean, combats delinquency by rehabilitating boys and keeping them off the street. The American Legion, Capital post No. 1, funds and mentors the program, supports the band and teams, and accompanies graduates to reentry towns, sustaining self respect and opportunity.
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Victor Huge
Kansas
W. P. MacLean
MacLean
Topeka
Oasayeap
Hugo
American Legion Department of Kansas
Topeka Legion
Legion
Capital Post No. 1
Hive
Missouri
Legion Post
Barber gives free shaves to disabled World War veterans
Randolph Ocheltree, Indianapolis barber shop owner, visits veterans’ wards every Sunday with eight to ten barbers to provide shaves and haircuts at no charge. He and his brothers have offered free services for more than a year, earning praise from Alvin Owsley, national commander of the American Legion, who sent a letter of thanks for this service to the heroes.
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Randolph 5. Ocheltree
Indianapolis
Ocheltree
Alvin Owsley
The
American Legion
Mr. Ocheltree
Losing Side Bonds Rally In Postwar Reportage
In a wartime era outlook the Hamburg American and North German Lloyd steamship bonds are described as conservative. On April 1 they redeem bonds par 32.5 million marks for about 10 thousand, yielding less than 31 to a 100 thousand. The piece notes Liberty bonds stay valued at 98 to 99 cents on the dollar, while Kaiser Now pierde with high Doorn house costs.
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Lloyd Steamship Companies
Germany
Doorn
American Legion
Public Opinion Appeal From Interallied Veterans Group
Interallied Veterans association leaders from eight nations representing 15 million ex servicemen plan to address public opinion in their countries if WWI peace efforts fail to yield results. President Charles Bertrand informs American Legion rep H Nelson Jackson of meetings with the League of Nations head. Bertrand will report back on the League to guide the association's future conduct.
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Ofcinals
Interallied Veterans’ Association
Charles Bertrand
French Chamber of Deputies
H. Nelson Jackson
American Legion
M. Bertrand
League of Nations
Jackson
Detective Replaces New Assistant in Superintendents Office
A mysterious routine leads the superintendent to suspect a new assistant is in fact a detective. The general manager notes the assistant reports every morning on time, works hard, and leaves last, prompting the superintendent to admit the possibility. The scene unfolds with tense realization.
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American Legion Weekly
Potlatch No 1 in Kevin Sunburst field boosts Montana oil activity
Excitement rises as Potlatch Oil and Gas No 1 well reaches 1260 feet in the first Kootenai sands with Ellis 200 feet deeper. field expands eastward to Shelby as activity intensifies across Cat Creek and Kevin-Sunburst. Drilling pauses for winter but spring reopenings and new wells planned by Circle Oi, Mid-Northern, and other firms amidst growing investment and refinery projects.
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Kevin-Sunburst
Potlatch Oil & Gas Company
Kootenal
Ellis
Shelby
Oat Creek
Mutual Off Company
Goosehill
Libry
Circle Oi Company
Great Falls
Tolven
Tulven
Hardin
Wyolkt
Sargegrass
Montana
Twin Cities
Minneapolis
Cat Creek
Mid- Northern
Ash Creek
Glendive
Mid-Northern Company
Kevin- Sunburst
Securities Building
Billings
Dakota-Montana’.company
Frantz Company
Murray
Broadview
Beck Petroleum Company
Tias
Liberty Dome
Tower
Chicago, Milwaukee and
Regina
Imperial Oil Company
Canada
Adams Law Company
Minnenapolis
Sunburst Oil & Gas Company
56 Petroleum Company of
Lewistown
C.D. Welsh
M. A. Kent
C. A. Worland
Denver
Conrad
Hager-Stevenson Company
Thorne Dome
Geraldine
Ohio Oil Company
Sherrard No. 1
Big Sandy
Hogan
Kevin-Sanburs
Kev-Tana Refining Company
Kevin
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Gilbert-Crawford
Roundup
Belton
Samuel C. Brock
Northern Pacific
Montana Stockgrowers’ Association
Old Cow
Tommy Gibbons
St. Paul
Western Montana Poultry and Pet Stock Association
Missoula
Montana Poland China Breeders’ Association
Missoula County
Ravalli Line
O'Brien Creek
Farmers’ Cooperative Creamery
Montana Farmers’ Educational and Co-operative Union
H.C. Stith
Terry Commercial Club
Terry
South Dakota
Prairie County
Sullivan
Johnson
Yellowstone County
Montana Cereal Company
W. H. Fouse
Chance
F. L. Clark
C. M. Kutaner
al Bedoo Temple
Mystic Shrine Club
Leining
Sewall Lake
Charles A. Jakaways
Hergun
New York City
American Legion News Service
R. S. Ocheltree
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