Taxpayer questions unequal land assessments in Fergus County
A letter to readers questions unequal taxation under the late Tax Commission. It cites specific Fergus County land parcels with wide variation in assessed value per acre for similar terrain and proximity to a railroad. The writer asks why differences exist and calls for fair treatment of all taxpayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tax Commission
Fergus County
M. O. Ratliff
Bur
M. Shawhan
R. W. Blake
Marie McKenna
Blakes
Ratliff
Shawhan
Miss McKenna
Blake’s
Delia Flemming
Leo Dieziger
Ieziger
Flemming
Albin Persons
C. D
Leslie
LeRoy Latch
Maddox Bros
Latch
Maddox
Verna Wellman
Farmers seize control of Non-Partisan league in Montana
The Helena Independent reports Butte radicals led by W F Dunn and B K Wheeler have taken the Non-Partisan league from Townley followers at the Great Falls convention. Wheeler is endorsed for governor and the I W W now dictates farmer policy, prompting editorials that farmers are under I W W control and opposing figures in Montana politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Dunn
Butte
Townley
Helena Independent
Independent
Dunn
Wheeler
Steve Ely
Great Falls
B. K. Wheeler
United States
League
Hirams
Montana
Bill Dunn
Farmers’ Movement
Helena
I.W.W
Bryan
Livingston Enterprise
Campaign Song Mention Sparks Cue to Public Event
The Anaconda Standard notes a remark about campaign songs with Governor Cox urged to please the audience by choosing a humorous tune. The quoted line hints at playful political theater in the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Cox
The Oldo World Do Move Ladies and Friends Era Proclaimed
The Washington Star notes a new era is proclaimed by the Ladies and Friends and fellow citizens phrase replacing the old greeting. The item signals shifting rhetoric in public discourse and reflects a change in customary address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
Welding Services in Lewistown Offer Repairs
Local welding shop advertises boiler making and metal repairs. It offers welding of worn gears shafts and castings with contact details for Lewistown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewistown
Lewisto
Janeaux
Brice Hospital Opens At 641 Pine Street Lewistown
The Brice Hospital at 641 West Pine Street Lewistown Montana advertises a high class modern surgical facility with the best apparatus and trained nurses in attendance under Dr J Theo Brice as resident physician.
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Weat Pine St
Lewistown
Mont
J. Theo. Brice
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State Bank of
Grass Range
Scheidt Bros
Main Street
George Creel
Undertaker
W. Main St
Hedges Real Estate Co
Henry
Parker
First Nat’! Bank
Eagle Cafe
George Clickner
Irs
Aaa
Federal Reserve Bank
First National Bank
Yours Truly
Fergus
H. A. McCollum, Prop’r
Button Butte National Farm Loan Ass’n
Joseph A. Oien
P. O. Box
Cap’t Scott Lodge
A. F
A.M. Grass Range
Wilson Laird
C. F
Oreny
W. R. Davis
N. G
Fred B. Hedge
Sec’y
Oregon
Charles Andersen
Hillsboro
The
Brice Hospital
Hazel Freed
Renans Sand
St Bank
M. Kelly
Phoebe Freeman Foch
Guster Hiway
E. K. Gheadle
Bank Electric
Lewistown, Mont
Worden & Grant Attorneys At
Law Land Office
J. E. McKenna
LAW
All Cqarty
Bron
Drain Crowers Elevator Company
Becket
J. K. Raugstad
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