Butte Probing Cost Of Living
The Anaconda Standard urges action as wages rise miners and other employees spark price hikes for essentials. County Attorney Jackson supports a statewide efficiency commission probe in Butte to examine wholesale and retail prices, transportation, and trade relations, seeking a full inquiry into food and clothing costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart
Jackson
Efficiency Board
Butte
Efficiency Commission
Anaconda Company
Hennessey Mercantile Company
Anaconda Copper Company
Montana
Assembly
Silver Bow
State of
Five Governors of Montana by Charles D Greenfield
A historical survey of Montana governors from 1889 to 1913, detailing Joseph K. Toole John E Richards Robert B Smith Edwin L Norris and Samuel V Stewart. It notes terms served, party affiliations, notable crises such as the A R U strike and Butte unrest, and each leader's post office.
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Charles D. Greenfield
Montana
Joseph K. Toole
John E. Richards
Robert B. Smith
Edwin L. Norris
Samuel V. Stewart
Toole
Norris
Rickards
Smith
John E. Rickards
Butte
Alexander C. Botkin
Helena
Frank G. Higgins
W. R. Allen
Deer Lodge
W. W. McDowell
United States
Congress
A. B E. Spriggs
Stewart
Governor Toole
Joe
Bob
Sam
Commonwealth
Richards
National Guard
Northern Pacific
War Department
Washington
Madison County
Beaverhead County
Flathead County
California
Great Falls
Lieutenant Colonel Galen Homeward Bound From Siberia
Lieutenant Colonel Albert J. Galen, former judge advocate general of the American force in Siberia, is aboard the U S transport Thomas en route to San Francisco. A wireless message in Helena says the ship had left Honolulu with no cause yet given for its delay. Authorities expect his muster out after arrival. Sergeant Major B G Toomey remains in Siberia until September at the earliest per Helena law offices. The note adds a quip about a beer ruling replacing the Dred Scott decision at the Hall of Fame.
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Albert J. Galen
Siberia
U. S
Thomas
San Francisco
Helena
Honolulu
Pacific
Galen
B. G. Toomey
Mettler
Toomey
Supreme Court
Hall of Fame
Anaconda Soldier Twice Decorated For War Valor
Dan McGrew of Fort Garry Horse, raised in Anaconda, wears the French croix de guerre with palmes and Britain’s distinguished conduct medal. Wounded six times, he returned to tram work after enlistment in Winnipeg, then fought near Le Cateau and Fouchet, earning praise from King George and a Buckingham Palace ceremony in 1919.
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Dan McGrew
Fort Garry
Winnipeg
Anaconda
Britain
Washoe
McGrew
Buckingham Palace
London
England
George
Cambrai
Butte Moonshiners from Kentucky Face Feds in City Cellar
A Butte raid exposed Kentucky moonshiners who moved operations to the city seeking demand for illegal whiskey. Frank Bucher was jailed on bootlegging charges after a basement still connected to a chimney and copper condenser produced yellow moonshine from raisins corn meal and cider. Federal prosecutors likely will pursue federal law charges.
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Kentucky
Blue Ridge Mountains
Butte
Internal Revenue Department
Federal
Secret Service
Silver Bow Street
Frank Bucher
Bucher
Washington McCormick On Pay Of Statesmen
Washington McCormick of Missoula County suggests lawmakers serve without pay during the legislative session as a cost saving. He envisions a coordinated stance with the supreme court governor and others, noting officials would oppose but economies would follow. He warns about Senator Booth’s warrants for services.
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Stewart
Legislative Assembly
Washington McCormick
Missoula County
McCormick
Helena
Supreme Court
Booth
Montana Portia Practices Law In Butte
Miss Roscow the sole practicing woman attorney in Butte. She joined Roscow Roscow after studying under I G Denny then passing Helena bar in 1917. She prefers the office end but has appeared in court, sees probate work as a lure and believes Butte offers a bright future for women in law.
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Butte
Eee
Misscow
Roscow & Roscow
Miss Roscow
Lincoln
Neb
University of Nebraska
Lamb & Walker
Jesse B. Roote
I. G. Denny
Helena
Too Many Husbands Divorce Case in Indiana
Hazel Young sues for divorce in Livingston district court claiming she believed she was divorced from Theodore Haas before marrying Edward J. Young. She says she wed Young in Crown Point Indiana on September 30 1916 after seeking a Cook county Illinois divorce, and left him upon learning no decree existed.
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Hazel Young
Livingston
Edward J. Young
Young
Theodore J. Haas
Crown Point
Ind
Cook County
Illinois
Theodore Haas
Toledo Returns to Silence After Visitors Depart
In the wake of a noisy visit, the scene quiets as onlookers and pugs leave, marking a transition period for Toledo and echoing a sense of enduring calm with no further immediate activity expected.
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Rickards, Smith, Norrison
Statehood
Blue Grass State
Portia
Jessie Roscow
Toledo
Nineveh
Tyre
Yellowstone Park
A. B. Casteel Publisher
J. E. O Casteel
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