Inland waterways and Great Lakes plans dominate national debate
Edward W. Pickard surveys Hoover and others backing inland waterway expansion from Chicago to New Orleans and Great Lakes routes. Lawyers and officials clash over Lake Michigan diversions, while Canadian and British voices echo in a broad discussion of waterway projects, power, and transatlantic linkages.
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Aterways
Commerce Loover
Chicago
Middle West
Mississippi
New Orleans
Pittsburgh
Kansas City
Congress
Troover
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence
Niaagara Falls
United States
Niagara
Mr. Hoover
Great Lakes States
United States Supreme Court
Lake Michigan
Newton D. Baker
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Michigan
New York
James M. Beck
Hugh Johnson
Tenois
Daniel N. Kirby
Missouri
Baker
War Department
Beck
War Weeks
Lorne Campbell
Lake Superior
Lake Nipigon
Nipigon River
Campbell
America
Canada
Great Lakes
Warbor
Ontario
Nipigon
St. Lawrence
Debated Canal Plan Triggers Washington Brawl
Secretary of War Davis and Secretary of the Navy Wilbur praise the all American canal between Lake Ontario and the Hudson. A heated hearing in the Munitions Building sees Brig Gen Jadwin clash with Rep Sosnowski over free speech and congressional rights before agreeing to hear opponents later on military aspects.
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Davis
Great Lakes
Atlantic Seaboard
Lenroot
Rep
Wis
Wilts
Ohio
Hugarding
Iowa
Charles P. Craig
St. Lawrence
White House
War Department
Jadwin
Detroit
New York
Butler Charges Williams With Drunkenness at Coronado Dinner
Gen. Smedley D Butler filed charges of drunkenness and conduct unbecoming an officer against Col Alexander Williams of the San Diego marine base after a dinner in Williams's honor at Coronado. Affidavits claim Williams was intoxicated or not, leading to Williams being placed under technical arrest and removed from command pending a possible court martial.
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Marine Corps
Williams
Coronado
Butler
Fourth Regiment of Marines
Navy Department
Washington
First telephone patent sparks transatlantic radio talk
On March 7 1876 the Bell patent is cited as the scientific toy and on its fiftieth anniversary New York and London engineers and reporters heard a four hour radio telephone across the Atlantic. AT and T RCA and the British GPO staged the demo from Rocky Point New York to Broughton across 3300 miles.
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England
Rugby
Houston
Maine
Ghent
New Orleans
Mississippi Valley
Faery
Andrew Jackson
Atlantic
Mars
Alexander Graham Bell
Washington
New
Briand Forms New Cabinet and Returns to Geneva
Premier Aristide Briand of France has formed a new cabinet and returned to Geneva as weeks of diplomatic maneuver over enlarging the League of Nations council continue. The council investigates US Senate reservations on entry to the World Court and has created a four member committee of judicial experts to seek an advisory opinion if needed.
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Remier Aristide Briand
France
Geneva
Council
League of Nations
United States Senate
America
World Court
Sir Cecil Hurst
Great Britain
Mo Fromage
Sig. Belatus
Italy
M. Sugimura
Japan
United States
League Council
the Hague
Proclamation Aims Forest Week Observance April 18 24
RESIDENT COOLIDGE issues proclamation for American Forest week from April 18 to 24. The event expands Forest Protection week into a broader forestry program led by a directing committee chaired by Frank O. Lowden and involving over a hundred organizations. Five vice chairs include Mrs. John D. Sherman and W. B. Greeley. Local committees plan programs to raise public awareness of forestry issues.
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Coolidge
United States Forest Service
Chicago
Frank O. Lowden
Ilinois
John D. Sherman
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Frank G. Wisner
National Lumber Manufacturers’ Association
Will Dilg
Izank Walton League
W. B. Greeley
United States Forester
George D. Pratt
American Forestry Association
Hunt Approved for Federal Trade Commission Seat
The Senate ended a prolonged dispute and approved Charles W. Hunt of Iowa 48 to 20 to join the Federal Trade Commission. Hunt has served under a recess appointment since his term expired last year and is known as the "dirt farmer" member from the Coolidge era to fill the Murdoch term.
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Senate
Charles W. Hunt
Iowa
Federal Trade Commission
Hunt
Commission
Coolidge
Murdock
President Coolidge Father of the President In Improving Health
Col John C Coolidge is reported improved by Dr Albert W Cram who says the patient is comfortable and not in immediate danger. He has suffered months of paralysis and pain from a heart condition but sedatives have eased him and appetite has returned. President Coolidge remains in close contact and ready to travel to Plymouth Vermont at word of any change. A force of men keeps Ludlow roads clear.
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John C. Coolidge
Albert W. Cram
Colonel Coolidge
Montana Land Tax Reduction Reported by Equalization Board
Montana reduced its tax on all lands from 16 cents per acre to 14.9 cents per acre in 1925, per figures from the state board of equalization. The report lists per acre rates for Northwestern states and details grazing, non irrigated and irrigated land taxes including assessments and per acre values. Montana ranks near the lowest overall tax burden among states except Arizona.
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Montana
Union
Arizona
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington
Oregon
South Dakota
Idaho
Reunion planned for One Hundred Sixty Third Infantry
Plans for a summer reunion of the One Hundred Sixty third Infantry Convention to be held at Great Falls. The unit evolved from the Second Montana Infantry and recently returned from the Mexican border before World War I mobilization on March 25, 1917. They served on railroads and other war duties then shipped to France where detachments joined first combat divisions.
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One Hundred Sixtythird Infantry
Great Falls
One Hundred Sixthird Infantry
Montana Infantry
National Guard
Prince Dee
France
Entries Cancelled in Billings Land Office Lands
A batch of 14 7605 acres has been restored to public domain by cancellation from the General Land Office in Washington. Tracts range from 30 acres to a full section, with most land in the former Lewistown district and a sizable portion in the Miles City area. The tracts may be filed again through the local land office.
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Bilings
General Land Office
Washington
Travey Ty, Druin
Register of the
Billings
Lewistown
Miles City
Cavalry to Attend Custer Battlefield Anniversary
An appropriation of about 30 000 to cover travel for the Seventh United States Cavalry to Fort Bliss and the Custer battlefield observance next June will be included in the army appropriation bill. The notice came via telegraph from Senator John B Kendrick of Wyoming to Shoemaker secretary of the National Custer Memorial association.
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Cavalry
United States Cavalry
Fort Bliss
Custer
United States
John B. Kendrick
Wyoming
Billingsley
FA. Shoemaker
National Custer Memorial Association
Citizenship clubs formed in Roundup classrooms
Three teachers in Roundup schools organized pupils into citizenship clubs to test self government in classrooms, playgrounds, and homes. Teachers act as directors with appeals in emergencies. Constitutions were adopted and officers elected.
Four Great Falls Men Convicted After Jail Escape
Thomas McIntosh James McIntosh Joe Clayton and J F Tuber were captured at Harlowton February 25 after escaping Chouteau county jail. Judge John W Patton sentenced them to not less than five nor more than ten years in the state penitentiary at Deer Lodge.
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Thomas
James McIntosh
Joe Clayton
J. F. Tuber
Great Falls
Harlowton
Chonteau County
John W. Patton
Deer Lodge
Lawmakers Back Leavitt Bill For Biannual Federal Court
The house approved Representative Leavitt's measure to hold federal court twice yearly in Glasgow Montana replacing current sites at Great Falls Billing Pillings Butte Missoula and Helena. The chamber also supported Leavitt's plan to preserve an existing bridge across the Missouri River at Fort Benton.
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House
Leavitt
Glasgow
Mont
Montana
Great Falls
Pillings
Butte
Missoula
Helena
Missouri River
Fort Benton
John F Davies Named Spokane Chamber of Commerce Head
John F Davies, formerly a practicing attorney in Butte and prior Spokane schools superintendent, has been named as head of the Spokane Chamber of Commerce.
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John F. Davies
Butte
Spokane Chamber of Commerce
Former Grass Range Postmaster Pleads Guilty and Is Sentenced
Graham B. Laird former Grass Range postmaster in Fergus County pleads guilty to misappropriation of postal funds in front of Judge Charles N Pray. He receives six months in Fergus County Jail and a $150 fine.
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Graham B. Laird
Grass Range
Fergus County
Charles N. Pray
State Treasurer allocates over one million to public schools
State Treasurer W. F. E. Narmont ordered distribution of 1,189,966.04 dollars for public schools from common school income. The apportionment equals about 7.61 dollars per child, based on a school census of 156,683 pupils from last fall.
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W. FE. Narmont
State Department of Public Instruction
Indian hospital opened for northern Cheyenne on Tongue River
A government hospital on the Tongue River reservation at Lame Deer Montana was formally opened to serve the northern Cheyenne Indians. It will be open to white people only in emergencies. The first tribal patients have already been received at the facility.
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Tongue River
Sins Hen
Lame Deer
Mont
Montana Business Moves and Local Officer Changes
Treasure State notes Strath Brothers purchase of Sands Brothers Dry Goods in Helena. Carroll Creswell reelected president of Lodge Grass commercial club. Fire in Clyde Park causing $11,000 loss spreading to M. E. Brown hardware. Judi h Bastin mercantile closes as goods moved to Lewistown. Henry W. Howell elected assistant cashier of Deer Lodge Bank & Trust Co. Tributes paid to Thomas A. Arthur in Helena. Rotary clubs to assist Yellowstone Park opening. Army training camps announced at Fort Douglas Fort Missoula and Fort D. A. Russell. Nelson More of Butte dies at 82. Coal production at Colstrip 14,000 tons weekly. Record petroleum well in Big Lake yields 3500 feet oil before storage work. Kalispell church buys Governor Erickson residence for parsonage. Fergus county expects $175,000 petroleum payments in March to retire 1908 bonds.
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Helena
Thomas A. Arthur
Montana
Phoenix
Asia
Arthur
Continental Oil Company
Billings
Bozeman
Livingston Rotarians
Yellowstone Park
Tardiner
Ninth Army Corps
Corps
Fort Douglas
Utah
Fort Missoula
Mont
Fort D. A. Russell
Wyo
Alls
Nelson More
Butte
J. J. Flynn
Elena
Dakota
Governor Erickson
Kalispell
St. Matthew's Catholic Church
Father O'Farrell
Love and favors nourish every heart in exchange
A reflective essay on giving and receiving kindness and affection. It argues that love, friendship, and smiles are currency that grows when circulated and never wasted even if unreturned. An anecdote about an English actor in New York illustrates social generosity and reciprocity.
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Astor
New York
Walter
Forty-second Street
Childs
State normal college to run summer schools in four cities
President 8. E. Davis announced summer schools will be conducted this year by the state normal college at Dillon Lewistown Ailes City and Billings.
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State Normal College
Dillon
Lewistown
Ailes City
Billings
8. E. Davis
The
Normal College
January Production Report for Cat Creek Royalty Tracts
The January report for Cat Creek field royalty tracts shows total crude production of 81,029 barrels. The government share amounts to 11965.73 dollars, paid by the Lewistown Oil and Refining Company.
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Cat Creek
Lewistown Oil and Refining Company
Woman Chokes at Dinner Laughing at Husband Joke
A newspaper item notes a woman died during a dinner after laughing at a joke. Authorities report it as an accidental choking incident linked to dining. The story centers on the unexpected fatality occurring in a domestic setting.
Red Cap’s Twenty-Six Years at Penn Station
A passenger recalls the friendly service of Boyd-William the red cap at Pennsylvania Station. He explains he has worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad for twenty six years and jokes this steady job feels like home as he assists with wheelchairs and baggage on Atlantic City trips.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Boyd
William
Atlantic City
The
Attle More Kindness and a Little Less Creed
Poem urging more kindness and giving, less greed and cruelty. It contrasts smiling connections with harsh judgments and advocates shared effort and lighter sorrows, ending with a call for more flowers on life’s path than graves at strife’s end.
Do Fish Sleep In Water Answers
A niece asks Uncle Will if fish sleep and where they rest. The exchange ends with the punchline that fish sleep in the water, but the question raises curiosity about how they lie or sit. Send answers to this office.
Feathery romance shocks patient librarian and nurse
A nurse and a patient describe caring for a caged canary who, after months of attention and daily routines, ignores them when the nurse’s daughter visits, chasing a new mate instead. The narrator reflects on the canary’s seeming fickleness.
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Rdlicka
Smithsonian Institution
Thomas L. Chadbourne
Lershing
Allegheny River
London
Edward W. Pickard
U. S
Equalization Board
Reunion
Treasure State
Indian Hospital
Treasure State Tabloids
Strath Brothers
Sands Brothers Dry Goods Company
Carroll Creswell
Lodge Grass Commercial Club
William Lee
Clyde Park
M. E. Brown Hardware
Judi&h Bastin Mercantile
Power Mercantile
Towson
Henry W. Howell
First National Bank of Hardin
Deer Lodge Bank & Trust Co
Old County
Fergus Commissioners
Court House
MoNeught
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