Red Cross Roll Call Aims 100 Percent In Montana
Montana conducts a statewide Red Cross membership campaign from November 2 to 11, targeting 150 600 adults plus 83 000 Junior Red Cross members. State Chairman Senator C B Roberts of Great Falls pledges 100 percent coverage by Victory Day, honoring volunteers who have gone west and urging renewals and new memberships.
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Montana
State
Red Cross
Roberts
American Red Cross
Red Cross of
United States
Evorytime
C. B. Roberts
Great Falls
Devlin Named New Montana Revenue Collector
Devlin of Havre succeeds Whaley as collector of internal revenue for Montana district. Senator Walsh recommended Devlin, a former deputy humane officer, with long ties to Northern Montana, to lead the Helena office as the Utah Idaho split reshapes the district. The duties have expanded with income tax and other wartime levies, making the post more demanding despite downsizing clerical staff.
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L. K. Devlin
Havre
Montana
T. J. Walsh
Internal Revenue Collector
District of Montana
W. C. Whaley
Broadwater County
Whaley
Internal Revenue
Fort Assinniboine
Broadwater & McCulloh
Pronger
Great Falls Meat Company
Devlin
Vermont
Chouteau County
Internal Revenue District
Idaho
Utah
Helena
Roper
Two Lonely Graves Recall Currys Wild Days in Little Rockies
A Butte observer visits the Little Rockies to view two graves linked to the Curry gang era. He recounts local sites from Pike Sandusky’s shooting at Jen Jakes saloon to Johnnie Curry’s arm wound, Jew Jake’s saloon, Gill and Winter ranch, and the ambushes that fed national notoriety. The piece blends reminiscence with canyon lore and relic-hunting curios.
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Little Rockies
Rockies
Pike Sandusky
Jen Jake
Curry
Johnny Curry
Sandusky
Montana
Republic
Butte
People’s Creek
Robert Emmet Buckley
Johnnie
Johnnie Curry
Buckley
Johnnie Currie
Jake
Pike
Gill & Winter
Igg
Winter
Lonie Curry
Kansas City
Kid Curry
Great Northern
St. Paul’s Mission
Snowy Octobers For Forty Years In Montana Record
October 1891 holds a Montana record for the most snow in a month as weather bureaus note a string of heavy Octobers over the past four decades. A state list shows October totals of 10 inches or more in 1881, 1891, 1899, 1913, 1914, 1916, and 1919 with dates and storm totals from Helena and spanning from Dakota to Idaho.
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Montana
Dakota
Idaho
Weather Bureau
Helena
Inventor Patents Wheel Mounted Gravity Ash Sifter
An inventor receives a patent for a trough shaped ash sifter on two wheels that uses gravity to sift ashes as one end is raised, enabling portable and efficient ash separation.
Move Atlantic Toward Montana for Great Lakes Trade
Plans by the Great Lakes St Lawrence Tidewater Association to deepen and widen the St Lawrence river aim to allow ocean freight to use the Welland canal and reach the Great Lakes. Duluth and other lake ports would load and unload cargoes for Europe, shifting trade from New York. Montana clubs back the project, with international boundary commission studies ongoing and government approvals in path to possible treaties and funding.
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Duluth
Europe
New York
Montana
Atlantic Ocean
Great Lakes
Joint International Boundary Commission
State Department
Commission
Senate
United States
Canada
Welland Canal
St. Lawrence
Liverpool
England
Craig
Commercial Club
Great Falls
Billings to Open First Airplane School in Montana
Billings will host the state’s first airplane school through the Montana Tractor School in partnership with the Montana Curtiss Aeroplane company led by John Farrell. Plans include two planes at the Billings flying field and a third on the way, offering instruction in airplane construction and mechanics with graduates able to pursue flying courses locally. The school’s second year starts Monday, November 17, at a new, expanded facility after a four week strike delay. About 200 students graduated last year and enrollments are expected to grow.
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Billings
Montana
Montana Tractor School
Montana Curtiss Aeroplane Company
John Farrell
4& Strike
Queen Martha Hower Earns Queen’s Medal For Belgium Aid
Miss Martha Hower, longtime Red Cross nurse, decorated by Queen Elizabeth of Belgium for aiding Belgian refugee children. She led a 60 bed hospital in Le Grandeur Correze and now returns to Forsyth Montana to serve as a public health nurse with Rosebud County Red Cross Chapter.
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Red Cross Chapter
Rosebud County
Red Cross
Belgium
Martha Hower
Montana
Miss Hower
Forsyth
Children’s Bureau
le Grandier
Correze
France
Charles Gaux
Queen Elizabeth
Edith Cavell
Brussels
Louis Hill Says G N Would Build Montana Extension
Louis W Hill chairman of Great Northern states railroads lose under present tariffs and need higher rates and credit enabling legislation. He urged an extension to Montana, warning lenders won’t back a loss under current costs. He said government costs and tariffs must rise and noted Glacier park plans as he headed to open winter season.
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Great Northern
Montana
Louis W. Hill
The
Road
Great Falls
Mr. Hill
Glacier Park
National Playground
St. Paul
Glacierland
Ambitious State Roads Plan Advances Next Year
The state completes its most ambitious road building program to date featuring three main east west highways and a cross border route from the Canadian line to Yellowstone Park, to be pushed through next year.
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Canadian Line
Yellowstone Park
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Coulee
Montana Elevator Company
Lewistown, Montana
Atlantic
Lawrence
FIRST
Edith Cavell Hospital
Louis Hill
G. N
Postum Cereal Company
Battle Creek
Michigan
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