Montana records rise as marine service leads western division
Montana reports show higher marine recruiting in the past two months, while Dowlin Brick in Billings suffers a $15,000 blaze partly insured. State investments in Victory Liberty Bonds total $1,080,000, with plans to fund a 442 mile Yellowstone Trail highway from Wibaux to Bozeman at $1.89 million, counties paying half and federal aid matched.
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Marine
Helena
State Board of Land Commissioners
Sidney Miller
Registrar of State Lands
United States
Wibaux
Bozeman
Billings
State Highway Commission
Northern Pacific Begins Annual Tie Replacement in Montana
Northern Pacific workers across the Rocky Mountain division replace worn ties along main line and branches in Missoula area. About 250 000 ties will be laid this spring, up from 200 000 to 400 000 in prior years, with costs rising about 20 cents per tie and hauling bringing total to several hundred thousand dollars. Western Montana stock arrives from the Flathead and Bitter Root valleys, with some ties hauled from the Snake River region.
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Rocky Mountain
Northern Pacific
Montana
Plathead
Bitter Root
Snake River
Montana Lands to Be Classified in Tracts
Helena Montana moves to classify all land into 40 acre tracts for valuation. Senate bill 71 requires county commissioners to levy one mill to finance the work, with the aim of reflecting true conditions and boosting state tax receipts through idle non resident lands.
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Helena
Montana
Widow sues for 35000 in railroad death case
Myra Maude Whitney sues Walker D. Ines director general of government railways and John Sigert Northern Pacific engineer for 35000 damages after Edwin B. Whitney a railway worker was killed crossing the tracks last September. She alleges negligence and violation of city fast running ordinances. Attorney Wellington D. Rankin represents the plaintiff. This is believed to be the first suit against the railway director in the district court.
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Myra Maude Whitney
Walker D. Ines
Government Railways
John Sigert
Northern Pacific Railway
Edwin B. Whitney
Sigert
Whitney
Wellington D. Rankin
Butte Street Cars Operated at Loss in Montana Town
Butte Electric Co. has faced rising costs since last August with a deficit. The fare increase by the state utilities board failed to ease the strain. Senator W A Clark contributed 45000 dollars and the company delayed a 90000 dollar semi annual bond interest payment due March 1.
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Butte Electric Company
W. A. Clark
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Bootlegger Hubbard Fined In District Court
Great Falls man Chester W Hubbard pleaded guilty to selling a pint of whiskey for 3.50 at the Palace bar on First Avenue South. Deputy County Attorney W J Tighe and County Attorney Howard G Bennett secured the case. Judge J B Leslie imposed a $100 fine and 30 day jail sentence.
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Chester W. Hubbard
Palace Bar
First Avenue South
W. J. Tighe
Howard G. Bennett
J. B. Leslie
Hubbard
Unknown American Sailor Found in London Clad Only in Underclothes
Officials at the American Naval hospital in London seek to identify a dazed young American sailor found outside the Curzon hotel at two in the morning. His memory lacks, and he does not recall his name. Eastleigh air station officers identify him as I. F. Seeley, an aviation mechanic, but he denies the name. Efforts continue to positively identify him.
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Curzon Hotel
Eoon
Eastleigh
England
I. F. Seeley
War profiteers mocked in Vardaman speech
Senator Vardaman denounces war profiteers and cites a clothing trade anecdote. The tale describes two partners debating lowering prices on $95 all wool overcoats while cotton prices soar, highlighting perceived absurdity of profiteering.
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Vardaman
Winning horse leads battle field logistics claim
The account argues the horse won more victories than the rider, enabling gun transport, ration, water, and ammunition movement through mud and shell-swept terrain where trucks and vehicles could not reach, stressing the horse’s pivotal role in wartime logistics.
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Erdun
United States Leads Australia Machinery Market In Latest Stats
The article notes the U S dominance in Australian machinery trade per recent figures. It mentions Bellevue Hospital Medical College of New York University planning to admit women students next September for the first time in its history.
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United States
Australia
Bellevue Hospital Medical College of
New York University
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Reestablishing Grassland for Fertility and Livestock Profit
The United States Department of Agriculture urges restoring pasture and meadow on lands shifted from grain production. It stresses rotations to rebuild soil fertility, expanded livestock use for year round employment, diversified farming, and improved handling of fruits vegetables and animal disease control.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Livestock Gains Reported by West Virginia Agents
County agents with the U S Department of Agriculture and the state agricultural college led a drive to boost food production. Last year farmers increased sows producing 13 722 pigs raising pork output by over a million and a half pounds. Breeding shifted 16 446 cows to registered sires boosting birth calf value by about 164 460. Silage fed to 7 520 cattle saved owners at least 37 600. Ewes 6 895 bred to registered rams raise lamb value by more than 8 600. Sheep 4 225 valued over 21 000 protected from parasites.
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United States Department of Agriculture
West Virginia
State Agricultural College
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