State and Local Briefs From Across Montana
Miles City reports 500000 pounds of wool bought this spring. Big Timber forms Sweet Grass county chamber of commerce. Butte street car company seeks seven cent fares. Stockett City Hotel destroyed by fire. loss about 5000 dollars. Corvallis farmers battle grasshoppers. Missoula forest rangers adopt forest green uniforms. Mossmain depot fire destroys railroad facility. Miles City lumber sale valued at 30000 dollars to Broadus builders. Scobey sets August 1 bond election for waterworks and sewer. Lewistown William Edgington appointed page in House. Deer Lodge plans city hall costing 30000 dollars. Butte mayor names advisory finance board. Glendive 200 delegates to state federation of women's clubs. Great Falls company plans reopening of Manchester woolen mill. Helena state veterinarian travels to Washington for rendering plant costs. Billings Crow Indian Stephen Knight buried with honors. Town considers airline station and aviation school. Glendive longhorn cattle shipped for July roundup. Wolf Point Mrs Woods and three children killed in kerosene stove explosion. Sand Springs Fred Allen sues for damages over flour substitution ban.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles City
Sweet Grass County
Missoula
Forest Rangers
Washington
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Broadus
Scobey
Lewistown
William Edgington
Ington
House of Representatives
Deer Lodge
Butte
Stodden
Glendive
Montana Federation of Woman’s Clubs
Great Falls
Manchester
Helena
W. J. Butler
Washington, D. C
Billings
Stephen C. Knight
Custerfield
Custer
Old Mexico
Clay, Robinson & Company
Wolf Point
A. W. Woods
Montana Law and Federal Bills Dominate Congress Agenda
Congress considers numerous Montana measures including a $200,000 federal building for Anaconda, timbered homestead land removals, and a new Montana federal judge. Other bills cover Flathead Indian land appraisals, Billings and Glasgow building funds, Crow reservation entries, and land grants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Congress
Meyers
Anaconda
Flathead
Benjamin Kerlee
F. A. Carnal
Ada Lewis
George A. Robertson
G. W. Kates
J. C. Conley
Walsh
Billings
Glasgow
Helena
Crow Indian
Secretary of the Interior
Custer County
Milesty
Court of Claims
Fort Peck
Lewis and Clark County
Helena National Forest
Otto F. Blank
Meredith
M. H. Neil
Kenneth Romney
Representative Stout
House of Representatives
Peace Terms Trim Austria's Army to Fifteen Thousand
World wires report postwar terms shrinking Austria's armed forces to 15,000. Other dispatches note riots in Stettin with nine civilians and 20 soldiers dead, union leaders jailed sparking a general strike in Havana, and various U S wartime logistics and incidents from Washington to Budapest.
Australian View On Yankee Valor From Colonel Mandall Tale
Colonel Milton Mandall of Northwestern University recalls an Australian remark on American fighters. He said Australians called Yankees “common murderers” after an engagement, noting that the Australians had long been seen as the war’s most violent fighters. The comment flips as Yankees win the notoriety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Mandall
Northwestern University
Montana Indians to receive $1 250 000 in appropriations
An Indian appropriation bill expected to pass would fund Montana projects and agencies. Key items include Flathead irrigation with 375000, Fort Peck irrigation 100000, Blackfeet 50000, plus agency and support payments to Fort Belknap Crow Northern Cheyennes Tongue Rivers Rocky Boy and more. The bill also allows 150000 to improve Crow irrigation in Big Horn valley and sets Blackfeet allotment rules with a six month tribal roll deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Montana
Flathead Irrigation
Fort Peck Irrigation
Blackfeet Project
Fort Belknap
Flathead Agency
Fort Peck
Blackfeet
Tongue Rivers
Rocky Boy Band of Chippewas
Secretary of the Interior
Big Horn Valley
Blackfeet Reservation
Congress
LIVESTOCK INSURANCE OFFERS RELIABLE COVERAGE
D. Watson Robb Co of Great Falls promotes livestock insurance against death from any cause with prompt settlements. Also listed are Rocky Mountain Rabbitry of Butte and Columbia Gardens Flower Shop of Butte seeking out-of-town business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Watson Robb Co
Great Falls
Columbia Gardens
Lombia Floral Co
W. Broadway
Butte
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MONO
Boulder
Ivid Johnson
James Reynolds, Jr
Liberty
Irving Whitehouse Company
Third Street
Ial Eally
Eer
Hugh D. Cook
THE
Paris
Austria
Stettin
Germany
Havana
San Francisco
Thomas J. Mooney
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Shipbuilding Company
France
Baltimore
Oklona
Budapest
Danube
Woldiers
Spain
Columbus
Ohio
Union
Bridgeport
Yakima
Wash
Ruth Garrison
Miss Garrison
Minneapolis
United States Bureau of Indian Affairs
Charles Eastman
Society of American Indians
Bureau
Berlin
Cleveland
Arold Somers
S. C. Huseth
Optician
Helena Adjustment CO
Mont
Nordyke & Marmon
Silver Creek
Kovig Company
First Ave
Seattle
KODAK
Fern Studio
Eastman Kodaks
Wheeler Lrug Co
Central Avenue
Begees Studio
Great 8
Grass Co
Wright Land Co
Dunn Block
Oregon
Spokane
F. Bohart
Wilsall
J. W. Hefterlin
Albemar S
Livingston
R. R
J. Ferlin
Care Bermarle Iotel
City of
Edwards & Uredford Lbr. Co
Elk, Wash
Shields Iver Valley
BR. F. Bohart
Haly Terme Vo Gove
C. H. Campbell & Sea
Montana Ranches
6Th Ave
Judith Basin
Farmers’nd Co
W. H. Pierce
Frary & Burlingame
Railway Town
So. Ltd W
C. McClintock
Custer County Bank
Fo & Hollister Ranch (Inc
Darby
Rocky Mountain
B Street
Butte, Mont
Marchant
Montana Typewriter Co
French Dry Cleaners
Unique Cleaning
Mail
Express
Granite
Nickerson
West Park
Blue Prints
Blue Print & Supply Co
Drafting Supplies
Dunn By
Tout & McCarthy
Lewis & Walker
Wyoming
Hoenck
M. N. A—Wk
Blatchfords
Ish & Greenfield Co
Butte College of Telegraphy
Pubisher
Roseuchars
1St Ave. S
Evela
North West
It Lake
Boise
Pocatello
Portland
Cations
Ida, I
State Nursery & Seed
Helena, Mont
Wisconsin Colonization Company
Sawyer County
Great Clay Loam
Wisconsin
Tlers
U. & New Towns
Wisconsin Colonization CO
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