Montana May crop report highlights wheat and rye conditions
The Montana May crop report notes winter wheat at 85 percent of normal with forecast 6,190,000 bushels from 331,000 acres left to harvest. Rye is in excellent condition with 907,000 bushels forecast from 56,000 acres. Heavy livestock losses and delayed plowing and seeding due to late spring are cited, with drought and winter-kill damage in alfalfa reported.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Helena
Montana
United States
Bureau of Crop
F. W. Beier, Jr
Custer
Broadwater
Montana Ranked First in Public School Systems Survey
The Russell Sage Foundation reports Montana leads the United States in public school systems based on half a century of data. California is second, Arizona third, with the West rising as the East declines. High school attendance grew dramatically since 1870, and Western states gain ground as New England loses.
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Montana
United States
Russell Sage Foundation
California
Arizona
Towa
Illinois
Dakota
Wisconsin
England
Mississippi River
Three Republicans enter race for sheriff nomination
Wm J Pendergast of Polaris and longtime Jackson resident filed February 10 to seek the sheriff nomination. Dan Mooney the current undersheriff filed May 24. Fred Kohl also filed May 24 making three Republican contenders for the August primary.
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Wm. J. Pendergast
Polaris
Jackson
Pendergast
Dan Mooney
Mooney
Sheriff’s Office
Fred Kohl
Victim Identified as Alex Pohjola Found in Blizzard
A sheep herder found a dead man in Ashbaugh canyon about eight miles east of the Victor Mathews ranch. Coroner Brundage and Deputy Sheriff W. D. Ross moved the body to Dillon and the man was buried in Mountain View cemetery. Papers with the remains point to Alex Pohjola, aged 20 to 30, who likely perished in last fall's first blizzard. Evidence includes a United Mine Workers receipt for dues and a 1918 Sweetwater county tax receipt.
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Alex Pohjola
Ashbaugh Canyon
Victor Mathews Ranch
Brundage
W. D. Ross
Dillon
Mountain View
Sage Creek
United Mine Workers Union
Reliance
Wyoming
Fred Bovellon
Sweetwater
Edward L Miller buried in Lima on Thursday
Edward Leo Miller born September 3 1882 in San Francisco died May 28 near Latimer Utah while serving as fireman on the San Pedro Los Angeles railway. He married Lena Krantz September 11 1919 and is survived by his wife mother and sister. A military funeral was held in Lima with the American Legion and Rev H G Humphrey officiating.
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Edward Leo Miller
San Francisco
Cal
Callicute
Nev
U. S. Army Service
Camp Freemont
Co. A. 319 Engineers
Brest
France
U. S
Lena Krantz
Lima
Mont
Anna Miller
Oakland
B. H. Herzog
Alameda
San Pedro
Los Angeles
Latimer
Utah
Order
American Legion
H.G. Humphrey
Dillon
Memorial services at First Baptist Church for veterans
Sunday school at 10 a m led by L Paul Rivers. Morning worship at 11 a m with memorial services for Civil War Spanish American and World War veterans. Special music. Evening service at 8 p m titled The Master is Come and Calleth for Thee led by Pastor Geo MacDougall.
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Paul Rivers
Geo. MacDougall
Memorial Day Observed as Businesses Close Monday
Business houses banks and the post office will close all day in observance of Memorial day. Drug stores will operate Sunday hours as the holiday is observed.
May 26 birth for Julison daughter
Bom announces on Wednesday May 26 a daughter born to Mr and Mrs T K Julison in a local birth notice.
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Bom
T. K. Julison
Wranglers Honor Hospital Donors in Dillon Banquet
Residents from across Beaverhead County attended a Thursday banquet by the Wranglers club at the Andrus grill to honor Mr. and Mrs. Barrett and donors including the State Bank of Dillon for the county hospital project. Speeches praised philanthropy and the planned modern hospital, with pledges to furnish rooms and grounds.
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Wranglers Club
Andrus Grill
Martin. Barrett
William Roe
State Bank of
Dillon
Beaverhead County
G. T. Paul
Smith
Club
Paul
F. H. Garver
Normal College
Garver
State Bank
M. A. Walker
Death sentence set for Friday hangings in Davis case
E C Davis alias Albert Yek convicted of first degree murder of Sheriff G X Wyman. Judge Joseph C Smith sentences Davis to death and schedules hang for Friday morning between 8 and 9 o'clock after jurors verdict on May 19. Davis shows muted emotion and asks for extenuating circumstances citing his mother. Defense attorney W J Cushing pleads for time to repent before execution.
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E. C. Davis
Albert Yek
G. XK. Wyman
Joseph C. Smith
District Court
Davis
W. J. Cushing
Registration Brisk for Coming Elections
Registration for the August primary and November general election is active. Total registrants exceed one thousand but fall short of the 1918 general election. Many voters discover at the polls they were not registered in 1918, and service members require re registration if no record exists.
Cold Weather May End Grasshopper Plague
Centennial valley ranchers think cold weather could avert a grasshopper plague this summer. They report hoppers just starting to hatch and upturned sod eyes, yet the sudden cold may setback the outbreak and save crops.
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Centennial Valley
Methodist Church May 30 Services Memorial Day Program
Sunday school at 10 a m with Pastor H. G. Humphrey preaching. Memorial day sermon and Epworth League at 6 30 p m with preaching at 8 o clock. Memorial services at Apex school house Sunday afternoon May 30 with sermon by Rev. H. G. Humphrey.
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H. G. Humphrey
Epworth League
Apex School House
Graduation at State Normal College Ends Spring Quarter
Thirty three graduates received diplomas at the State Normal College commencement in the college auditorium. Wade Reichel and May Olive Reichel of Absarokee earned bachelor of pedagogy. others completed a two year course. The ceremony featured addresses by Rev. Leonard J. Christler and Dr. Sheldon B. Davia, with musical numbers by the College Glee Club.
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State Normal College
Wade Reichel
May Olive Reichel
Absarokee
Aletha Adams
Bozeman
Perry Armstrong
Dillon
Bessie Brainard
Mildred Butler
Butte
Olive Butler
Frances Caldwell
Dorothy Poindexter
Edith Ragland
Fort Benton
Leafy Ronne
Chinook
Rosella
Scanlan
Anaconda
Anna Selway
Winifred Shields
Great Falls
Thora Sisson
Sommerville
Klein
Dorothy Taylor
Grantsdale
Eloise Thomas
Rose Winchell
Ekalaka
T. W. Bennett
St. James Episcopal Church
Leonard J. Christler
Havre
College
Dvorak
Christler
College Hall
McDougall
Valse Trieste
H. G. Humphrey
The
Methodist Church
Pauline van DeWalker
Bruno Huhn
Court Grants Time To Davis Lawyers In Death Penalty Case
Attorneys W J Cushing and C W Robinson were given thirty days to prepare a bill of exceptions in the State versus E C Davis. Davis was sentenced to death on Friday June 25. A motion for a new trial may follow, but no action has been taken yet. Granting time to file an exception does not delay the execution time.
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W. J. Cushing
C. W. Robinson
E. C. Davis
Hahg
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Ed. Marchesseau
New York City
Grasshopper Valley
Tan LD
Mooney & Kohl
Shepherd
First Baptist Church
Sugar Bowl
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