Butte Protests Land Office Closings in Helena
Butte Chamber of Commerce blasts President Coor idge's order closing eight Montana land offices. Resolution argues consolidation possible but demands local hearing. They urge United States surveyor general and land office to co locate in Helena to save time and prevent record duplication.
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Butte
Helena
Cooridge
Montana
Butte Chamber of Commerce
Walsh
Wheeler
Secretary of the Interior
Chamber
Resolutions
State Land Department
State Highway Commission
United States Surveyor General’s Office
United States Land Office
Hobson Machine Shop Burns Down Near Great Northern Tracks
Hobson, April 7. The machine shop near the Great Northern tracks, owned by Fred Haszler of Streator Illinois, was burned to the ground Sunday evening. It was occupied by John Barr and sons who had a repair and junk business there last winter. A small tractor, a Xhinch separator, a Meteor truck, drive belts, a large stack of tails, and various shop accessories were lost. The fire origin is unknown. Barr was the only person in the shop Sunday. there was no fire in the stove when he left.
Weekly Papers Highlight Farmers Returning to Milk River Area
Chinook notes from April 7 report manager G E Fusher of Bogg Mercantile says northern Montana aims for agricultural boom like 1916. He cites Milk River valley weekly papers showing families returning after short departures drawn by local opportunities.
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Milk River
G. E. Fusher
Bogg Mercantile Company
Montana
Fuller
Hobson names new Hobson schools principal
Hobson at a recent board meeting elected B F Tanner as principal of the Hobson schools to succeed H B Westergaard, who did not seek re election. Westergaard may pursue another line of work. The Junior Carnival raised about 130 dollars under Miss Mati Erickson. Isabel Eggenberger, a junior, was named carnival queen after weeks of contest. Mr and Mrs Walter Weber welcomed a son born Friday morning. Mrs Weber was formerly Miss Della Wunderlich.
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Isabel Eggenberger
Walter Weber
Kindling Plow Share Junk Found On Tourist Hodolin
Peter Hodolin a 40 year old man was found with mixed items including kindling wood cocoa and brushes on April 7 by Sheriff Russell Sage and Deputy L Farrell after being arrested in Worden Hodolin claimed to be returning from Washington to New York City planning to work his way plowing He was jailed on an open charge and held overnight while authorities reviewed similarities to a missing World War veteran escapee The daylong sequence included a hot dinner from a garage owner and Hodolin later being found in the railroad yards before final arrest at a coal shack near Worden station
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Billings
Peter Hodolin
Russell Sage
L. Farrell
Worden
Hodolin
Pete
Washington
New York City
al Howell
Huntley
Pullan
Howell
Boulder
Veterans’ Hospital
Sheridan
J W. Mountjoy
Jefferson County
Jardine Sets Strict Rules for Forest Visitors
Missoula April 7 W M Jardine new secretary of agriculture issued regulations to protect forest reserves in this district forbidding burning cigarettes cigars matches pipes and any ignited substance or fireworks in fire prone areas. Violations are a misdemeanor under the 1897 act with a 300 dollar fine or up to 12 months imprisonment. Officials say the rules will help prevent hundreds of seasonal forest blazes and note past actions to restrict smok ing and camping to save government timber.
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Missoula
W. M. Jardine
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Missouri Overflow Damages Highway in Poplar Area
The Missouri river has caused limited overflow locally but Poplar creek and smaller creeks have damaged roads necessitating several detours. Farther east the river washed out a section of the Roosevelt highway near Snowden, with a safe detour in place and repairs planned when conditions allow.
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Poplar
Missouri River
Poplar Creek
Snowden
Roosevelt Highway
Beaverhead Ranchers Find Feeding Again Brings Profit
Beaverhead beef moves to market as buyers come from all directions for fat stock in the Big Hole basin Grasshopper Horse Prairie and other valleys. Six carloads were sent recently with 100 to 250 head by Pahnish Bros W and Tash George Clemon and others. Prices range from eight to eight and a quarter cents per pound An experienced cattleman notes the feeding business is profitable Buy 1000 pound steer in fall at about five cents per pound feed 35 pounds hay daily for 100 to 120 days then sell as a 1200 pound beef steer at eight cents profit on hay and labor.
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Dillon
Beaverhead
Big Hole
Grasshopper
Horse Prairie
Pahnish Bros. W. &. Tash
George Clemon
Farmers Organize to Poison Gophers Troy
Farmers meet at the high school discussed gopher poisoning and forming a permanent organization. F A Givan spoke on control, with William Savage and HE D Stewart named to notify ranchers of a big Troy gathering on April 11 to discuss cheaper powder, cooperation with a sportsmen's group, and local committees to aid gopher extermination enforcement in 1926.
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Troy
F. A. Givan
William Savage
HE. D. Stewart
Fish wheels to be tested in Montana irrigation ditches
Missoula April 7 Between 25 and 30 fish wheels will be tried in irrigation ditches statewide to save small fish that die in fields. T N Marlowe chair man of the state fish and game association says the wheels aim to reduce loss, aiding stocking efforts. Daly agrees to test in one Daly ditch. measurements were taken at Hamilton. wheels expected to be installed by April 10 when water is turned in.
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Missoula
T. N. Marlowe
State Fish and Game Association
Marlowe
Marcus Daly
C. A. Jairways
W. A. Hill
Hamilton
Daly Ditch
Court Halts Ouster of Student Peterson in Tuition Dispute
Montana Supreme Court on April 7 restrained the Great Falls school board from ousting Wyman Peterson from the Great Falls district school over non-resident tuition. The ruling preserves the student while an appeal on residency and tuition fees proceeds, aligning with district decisions that the county superintendent should hear appeals. Peterson’s father contends residency in Cascade County grants free tuition. the board maintains Peterson resides elsewhere and owes regular tuition. The halt delays removal pending appellate review before further action.
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Great Falls
Montana Supreme Court
Wyman’ Peterson
Peterson
H. H. Ewing
W. W. Peterson
Cascade County
Supreme Court
Winfield Ward Dies at 51 Former Amex Superintendent
Winfield Ward, 51, former superintendent of the American Express Company at Great Falls Montana, died in Bellingham Washington yesterday after traveling there in February for his health. He was a longtime figure in corporate service and relocation.
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Winfield Ward
Ty Associated Press
Bellingham, Wash
American Express Company
Great Falls
Mont
Ward
Vicious Rooster Attacks Two Year Old in Whitefish
In Whitefish on April 7 a large rooster attacked Duncan Dezall, two, in the back yard damaging his right eye. Physicians fear pupil damage as the family takes Train No 1 to Spokane for a specialist consultation.
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Duncan
C. H. Dezall
Dezall
Spokane
Marriage Bars Teachers From Falls Schools
Great Falls records a school board decision banning married women from future employment in the city public schools district No 1. Current married teachers may stay if reappointed. resignations will be sought if they marry during terms. By Sept 1, 1925, the policy returns to prewar norms, with substitutions allowed only in emergencies.
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Great Falls
Ain
Tablet Dedicates War Dead Names by Rosebud Citizens
Forsyth April 6 county citizens held services at the county courthouse to honor soldiers who died in the world war. A bronze tablet with 59 names was dedicated to their memory, placed on an oak pedestal now housed in the courthouse center on the second floor. The American Legion and Auxiliary led the ceremony with a talk by M Gilliland state commander, songs, and the pedestal unveiling before about 700 people.
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Forsyth
Rosebud County
County Court House
Ratondown
Measles Delays State College Debaters Tour
Bozeman April 7 A measles case interrupted the State college varsity debaters on their tour to Utah for three debates. Raymond Beatty diagnosed with standard measles. coach J Wheeler Barger acted in Beatty’s place in Logan. Utah schools continued debates as non decision contests while a Utah university debater filled in Salt Lake Provo.
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Bozeman
State College
Utah
Raymond Beatty
Logan
J. Wheeler Barger
Beatty
Salt Lake
Utah University
Montana
Provo
Rain welcomed amid drought stricken Judith Basin fields
April 7 reports a half inch of rain blessed the Judith Basin area. Farmers faced hard, dry ground and many fields will need re-sowing winter wheat. Ground plowed and seeded in August suffered losses while stubbled wheat remains intact despite prior winds.
King of bootleggers gets light sentence
Great Falls April 7. Lake tan known as king of the bootleggers was found guilty of possessing smuggled whisky and caught running by officers. Judge Charles N Pray sentenced him to 80 days in county jail and a $200 fine. The case drew crowds due to the defendant’s prominence. Yee Sing a 54 year old Billings Chinaman pleaded guilty to selling narcotics and received Leavenworth sentence of a year and a day. J Lacasse of Butte pleaded guilty to narcotics and received 13 months in Leavenworth and a $100 fine.
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Associated Press
Laketan
Charles N. Pray
Yee Sing
Leavenworth
Kas
J. Lacasse
Butte
Yellowstone Great Car Order Rebuilds Park Transport
Yellowstone National Park prepares for a normal opening after a March fire destroyed much of the transportation facilities. Harry W. Child secures a contract for 102 sightseeing motor cars and 2 trucks from the White Company of Cleveland to run daily until June. Over 100,000 visitors expected as reservations rise, with repairs including a new two acre garage at Gardner and cleanup of Mammoth and Flaming Springs wreckage underway.
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Associated Prec
Chicago
Yellarsample
Herry W. Child
la Yest
Imator
Perk Pens
Whie Company of
Cleveland
Unti
Feveland
Livingston
National Park
Fe Reservation
Gardner
Mammoth Flat Springs
Conley Elected Deer Lodge Mayor Seventeenth Term
April 7 report notes Frank Con ley was reelected mayor of Deer Lodge for the seventeenth consecutive term with no opposition. He was first elected in 1892 and is beginning his thirty third year in office. The sole election contest was for elder man in the Fourth ward, Axel Strand winning with 35 votes.
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Deer Lodge
Frank Conley
Conley
Axel Strand
Jerome Hammill
Dave Cushing
Harry Petterson
Edward Lear
Edward O'Neil
Edward McLean
Forestry Sheds Are Water Supply Base Butte
A report by John B. Taylor, Deer Lodge forest supervisor, shows fifty five Idaho and Montana towns rely on district one forest watersheds for their water supply, using 33 million gallons daily. The document lists 160 reservoir permits, 223 irrigation and mining permits, 2,428 special use permits, and 4,070 homesteads covering 465,000 acres.
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Butte
Idaho
Montana
John B. Taylor
Deer Lodge Forest
Deer Lodge
Schools at Chinook Filled to Capacity
Chinook April 7. Large families moving into the Milk River valley to work in beet fields forced the school board to hire another teacher and add a room for the remainder of the year. The new arrivals cannot be placed in regular grades and an ungraded room will handle them, with further rooms planned next fall to accommodate the increase.
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Chinook
Milk River
Wonderland Expects Big Travel This Year
Billings on April 7 1925 shows higher bookings for Yellowstone season than before. Alex G Fraser of Billings Yellowstone Park Transportation Company reports a record year ahead. A fire on March 30 at Mammoth Hot Springs destroyed a large garage and nearly a hundred buses, with an estimated loss of 31000.00, due to exploded presto light tanks and fire.
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Billings
Yellowstone Park Offerall
Alex G. Fraser
Yellowstone Park Transportation Company
Frazer
Farms Change Hands in Wheatland County Harlowton
J P Cooney purchased the 6000 acre J H Duffy ranch on Fish creek this week. He plans to use it mainly for his sheep business. Elmer E Crawford sold his ranch home south of Shawmut to Dan Yorea who will take possession around the 15th. The property, largely under ditch, includes premier agricultural land and is expected to prove profitable for the new owner.
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Harlowton
J. P. Cooney
J. H. Duffy
Fish Creek
Mr. Cooney
Elmer E. Crawford
Shawmut
Dan Yorea
Record Established in Rum Prosecution
Kahspell, April 7. A bootlegging case moved rapidly as Jesse McGee was arrested, arraigned, bound over to district court, pleaded guilty and sentenced to 60 days in jail and fined 400 dollars within 24 hours. Deputy Sheriff Offord and Federal Prohibition Officer Knudson made the arrest. a car search yielded evidence leading to conviction and the vehicle was confiscated for the government.
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Kahspell
Jesse McGee
McGee
Offord
Knudson
IRAVALLI COUNTY PEA CANNING FACTORY EXPANDS ACRES
Stevensville April 7 The Raval Vanning company that started a pea canning plant here two years ago has signed up 1000 acres and will install three to four more viners to handle the bigger crop. The plant, originally built for a larger operation, has had experimental years but now aims for closer to capacity. Nearly 3000 acres are contracted for peas this year, with cabbage acreage also increasing after a small experiment two years ago.
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Stevensville
Raval Vanning Company
Believes New Work Job Cinched Moving to Helena
Missoula April 7 preparatory to moving its headquarters to Helena M S Carpenter secretary of the Montana Sportsmen's association and educational secretary of the state fish and game commission reports his new work is going ahead nicely On Brix day he will organize a new sportsmen's club at Troy with 100 members signed and expects to return to the Capital city today.
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Missoula
Ins
Helena
M.S. Carpenter
Montana Sportsmen's Association
State Fish and Game Commission
Carpenter
Troy
Probe Death of Man Electrocuted in Tub
William Shiners aged 62 died after an electric device in a portable bathtub at his home 161 Union Street. An inquest is set for 2 p.m. with Coroner Holland. Mrs Shiners returned to find him dead beside the overturned tub as wires fed electricity to the bath. Body moved to Sherman Reed funeral home. services to be held in the Eagles chapel with William B Frame in charge. Interment at Mount Morrah cemetery.
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Butte
William Shiners
Union Street
Holland
Alleged Assailants of Officer Charged in Butte
First degree assault charges were filed in Justice Court against Frank Valdez and Orduno Fernandez for attacking Detective Joe Sage on East Curtis street March 24. Sage was shot in both legs as three Mexicans followed him after attempting to rob him. Valdez and Fernandez were arrested. a general roundup of suspects followed.
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Sage
Fine Rain Brings Judith Into Bloom
Lewistown reports a fine drizzling rain Sunday turning ground real spring soaking. The storm continues with most moisture soaking soil and may briefly postpone farming while boosting fall grain and grass growth. Green grass and hills turning bright green, lawns showing fresh spring colors as shrubs and trees prepare new foliage.
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Lewistown
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Valentine Ernst
Wisconsin
Catherine
Isst
Ernst
Austria- Hungary
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Wheatland County
Iravalli County
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