Understudy to Governor Meagher Became Montana Pioneer
Judge Anthony H. Barrett, a Montana pioneer who arrived in 1865, served in many roles from secretary to Meagher to state judge. Barrett helped draft proclamations and pardons while Meagher delivered speeches, including one banquet keynote Barrett read on his behalf after the governor fell indisposed.
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Anthony H. Barrett
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Barrett
Young Barrett
Capitol
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Couts
Thos. Francis Meagher
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Jocko Reservation
Missoula
Territorial Assembly
Jefferson County
Helena
Hammond
Florida
Kansas
Judge Barrett
Montana Masonic Fraternity
Montana Blue Lodges
Knights Templar
Butte
Algeria
Temple of Shriners
Miles City Reformatory Shapes Youths Into Steady Citizens
The Miles City Industrial School trains incorrigible youths under President A C Dorr through individualized merit systems. Students earn 5000 merits to graduate and gain possible leave, with departments for girls and small and large boys, strict discipline, practical crafts, farming, and on site publishing The Messenger. The institution features sports facilities, a 738 acre campus, and strong community support in southeastern Montana.
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Miles City Industrial School
Reformatory
A. C. Dorr
Dorr
Messenger
W. S. Ingram
Miles City
Montana
Montana Grain Shipments Aimed To Cut Rail Congestion
A plan to move Montana grown grains to the west coast and through the Panama Canal to the Atlantic coast aims to reduce railroad congestion east of St. Paul and speed munitions and supplies. Delegates from coast commercial clubs will meet in Great Falls on June 17 and then go to Washington to seek approval from Director General McAdoo, with President Burlingame of the American Society of Equity in Montana and Railroad Commissioner Jack Hall representing equity groups.
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Panama Canal
Atlantic Seaboard
Great Falls
Washington
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Burlingame
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Equity
Washington special on war profits tax proposal
A Washington special reports that Senate leaders expect a tax of about 75 percent on war profits, or higher, in the next bill. Senator Borah seeks a levy totaling at least 70 percent of the entire tax yield, while the current measure taxes excess profits at roughly 30 percent.
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Washington
Senate
Borah
Nixon and wife compare marriage to a grand opera
The Boston Transcript quotes Nixon joking that married life is like an opera since their baby arrived, describing it as grand marches and loud calls for the author each night. The lighthearted remark frames domestic life with a musical analogy.
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Yife
Newpop
Boston Transcript
Carpenter shop trains youths in skilled wood work and achievement
A youth training program runs a carpentry shop with proficient students. The article notes a grand barn valued at $14,000 as a monument to the experience, a pair of shoes for outdoor use and formal wear, plus a well equipped library and an auditorium for entertainments and student activities.
Montana Invites Tourists to View Scenic State
Travel magazine features Governor Stewart letter praising Montana for motor tourists and highway progress while stressing wartime efforts. Biographical sketch calls him a people’s man and enthusiastic motorist who enjoys scenery in overalls. Montana Liberty loans totals and Red Cross donation noted.
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Stewart
Travel Magazine
East
Clock
Liberty Loans
Red Cross
Cornwell
West Virginia
Keyes
New Hampshire
Hoover Plans Limited Beef Ration for All Americans
The Food Administration asks Americans to limit beef to 1.25 pounds per person per week, with exceptions for bone-in cuts to 1.5 pounds. Hotels and restaurants should cap boiled beef at two meals weekly, beefsteak at one, and roast beef at one. Officials cite summer demand for armies and Allies and encourage pork substitutions.
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France
Great Britain
Italy
Food Administration
Build Live Stock Laboratory on Capitol Grounds
A two story laboratory building is to be erected on the capitol grounds in Helena for the use of the state live stock commission.
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Capitol
Helena
State
Live Stock Commission
Even the Three Forks Birds Are for U S A
A Three Forks report recounts a whimsical tale from last summer on the Madison River. A magpie seized a red cross marked knitting bag, hung it in a tree, and transformed it into a bird hospital housing seven grouse, three teal, and a sick crow with Red Cross nurse birds nearby.
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Madison River
Red Cross
L. D. Blodgett
Three Forks
Bird Hospital
For Sale Very Scarce Way in Great Falls
Property notice from C B Nelson 105 Central Avenue Great Falls offering scarce access and urging readers to state interest quickly to secure savings.
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C. B. Nelson
Central Avenue
Great Falla
Montana Grain Rail Plan Moves to Aid Secretary McAdoo
A Montana plan proposes shipping grain west to ease fall railroad congestion and aid wartime logistics. It cites a 4 percent rise in grain acreage, potential record yields, and $6 million extra profit for Montana wheat growers if grain is diverted west rather than east. The proposal, backed by the Montana Society of Equity, argues ships will be abundant and ballast ready from grain cargoes.
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St. Paul
Montana
Dakotas
New York
Montana Society of Equity
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Crimmins & Peirce CO
Summer Street
Boston
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First National Bank Building
Great Falls, Mont
E. Martin
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