Butteman Sees Los Angeles Hitting Hard Times
W B Daly former A C M mines chief reports LA and California face fiscal strain from costly road, harbor and water projects. He cites high taxes and stiff inheritance taxes as deterring real estate investment while Florida lures wealth with no inheritance tax. Daly notes LA tourism has fallen since 1925 and harbor and highway programs have drained funds.
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Los Angeles
California
W. B. Daly
A. c. M. Company
Pacific Coast
Daly
Alhough
Florida
Great Northwest
Los Angeles Harbor
San Francisco
Pacific
Desperate Prison Fugitives Sighted Near Montana
The article reports James Davis, an Iowa State Prison escapee serving a life term for murder, and Ed Weich, a possible accomplice, heading toward Montana. Local police are instructed to arrest on sight as the pair are considered dangerous and likely to resist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Re City
Wee Tiwo
Java
Mien
Montana
Walter Procknaw
Sf Police
James Davis
Iowa State Prison
Ed Weich
Steating
Davie
Wife Seeks Divorce After Alleged Cruelty and Desertion
Red Lodge Aug 14 Judge Charles Wrisen hears a plea of piety in a case where Mrs Hammill seeks divorce from Mar tn Hammill of Bear Creek. The complaint cites cruelty desertion and non support since their July 1 1924 marriage. They have a 10 month old child Diabette Tweedie Hammill and Mrs Hammill seeks custody. Hammill was extradited from Price Utah last fall for alleged desertion and was given a suspended sentence in Bear Creek justice court. The plaintiff is represented by Mrs Emily Sloan.
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Red Lodge
Martn Hammill
Bear Creek
Jin
Charles. Wrisen
Hammill
Hamimill
Assry
Tsthelle Tweedie
Flammill
Price
Lavall
Ife
Justice Court
Mere Maronill
Emily EL Sloan
Pretty Daug User Goes 10 The Pen Morphine Case
Jane Perach, 22, stylishly attired, faced Judge J. J. Lynch for unlawful possession of morphine. She pleaded guilty after a court reminder about attorney costs, and was sentenced to the penitentiary for one to two years and fined $900. Her husband is a miner in the city. Tom Hing alias Huie Gee faced morphine and cocaine charges with Henry Levinski appointed to defend him. plea set for Saturday morning and bond fixed at $1,300.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Hing
Huie Gee
Henry Levinski
Prairie Chickens Thick in Garfield County
Prairie chickens are reported in large numbers across Garfield county this year, invading gardens and farm yards. Trappers have reduced coyotes, clearing the way for the birds to feed in grain fields and patches, with flocks of 20 to 50 seen during haying and harvest activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garfield
Benzien
Garfield County
Loestrey
Begin Distribution of 600 000 Fingerlings Red Lodge
Distribution of the remaining 600000 native trout fingerlings from Rack Creek hatchery to lakes and streams in the Heantnoths began yesterday by Joseph Colley of the state fish and game department. The first batch of 75000 fingerlings was taken to Clearcreek by Colley, aided by James Turner. About 210000 fingerlings will go to Camp Senia on the west fork of Rock Creek, with releases planned at Ouinnehaugh Meadows Timber line lake Craw lake Kon Kon lake Triangle lake and rearing ponds at Bort Sorts and Camp Senia. Senal Lake may be stocked for the first time. another shipment will go to Dry Creek and other nearby waters. After removal of fish from the hatchery Pasl Vanpbell will clear troughs and perform repairs. the work will take several days.
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Red Lodge
Rack Creck
Heantnoths
Joseph Colley
State Fish
Kamm Department
Schofield
Montana
Thesday
Lewistown
Clearcreek
My. Collex
James Turner
Camp Senia
Rock Treck
Ouinnehaugh Meadows
Timberline Lake
Craw Lake
Kon Kon Lake
Triangle Lake
Bort Sorts
Senal
Dry Creek
Pasl Vanpbell
Deposed Teacher Seeks Back Pay From Butte School Board
Aug 0 M E Wakefield, a deposed manual training teacher in Butte, asks $470 for 45 days of teaching and claims he submitted his resignation last spring but the board did not act. The case echoes a six month dispute earlier this year over whether to dismiss him.
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Butte
M. E. Wakefield
Wakefield
Wavefield
Dye
Girls Take Trip To Relena With Folks In Town
Townsend August 14 Two girls Sadie Ray Allen and Fern Jeffs vanished from home causing great concern. Searches at pools roads and byways failed until the next morning when they were found hiding in a freight car and brought back to Relena Helena and safety.
Cattle Man Switches from Cattle to Flowers in Kalispell
Kalispell reports A E Sickler on Fifth Avenue cultivating a vibrant fall garden. 8 000 to 10 000 gladioli bulbs shade his beds with petunias dahlias and portulaca. Sickler, formerly a Sweet Grass cattle raiser, now markets bulbs commercially after publishing a small catalog this spring and selling across Montana and Vermont, with hummingbirds visiting the thriving garden.
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Mr. Sickler
Butte Weather Drenches City In Severe Downpour
Aug 14. Butte and suburbs saw a fierce rainstorm that blacked out lights for about five minutes and halted streetcars. Daly Street in Walkerville became a river flooding cellars and basements, while water rushed across intersections and into businesses. Motors crews safely guided streetcars through the deluge as lightning flared nearby.
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Butte
Walkerville
Daly St
Gonterville
Horse Bears Breaks Girl's Jaw Bone
Lewistown August 14 The 10 year old daughter of Ieekindsely, a farmer in Heaver Creek district, met a serious accident last Monday evening while leading a horse. The animal crossed a wire fence and reared, striking the girl’s face and fracturing her jawbone in three places. She is in a local hospital receiving attention.
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Lewistown
Heaver Creek
Muskies Bite Big In Glacier Park Fishing Trip
Great Falls, Aug. Wh J. Prescott and party returned from Glacier Park with a week of fishing evidence including half a dozen muskellunge. They fished Sherburne Lake inside park boundaries, catching 40 muskies by spinner trolling. The largest weighed 20 pounds at 42 inches. Miss Tuttle caught a 15?4 pounder at 40 inches, and Prescott landed an 8 pounds 40 inch fish. Muskellunge were planted years ago and now thrive in the lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
J. He
Sunny Jim" Prescott
Hunt Prospers for Alleged Murderer of Old Prospector
Big Timber officers pursue Frank Lewis in a murder case tied to Henry Hughson. A warrant was issued by Justin city court. Sheriff Brantin and O A Fallang led the hunt, with searches in Cody Wyoming and near the Rosebud head of Carbon county. Mrs Stocker and sisters testified Lewis had resided near the Bert Shorey ranch about ten days after jail disappearance. A sighting near Yellowstone Park prompted a rapid but fruitless lay of the land search by Under Sheriff Whitsel and Deputy Webb.
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Prarle
Henry Hughson
Justin Court
Brantin
O. A. Fallang
Cody
Lewis
C.F. Stocker
Warren Ranch
Carney
Bert Shorey
Rosebud
Carbon County
Yellowstone Park
Whitsel
Webb
V Yellowstath
Big Silver Tip Bear Causes Pair to Pause Labor
Red Lodge reports a silver tip bear seen near Camp Sawtooth as builders Robert Schendel and Ed Bugetay paused work during a storm. The large bear sniffed a tree while the men sheltered, then vanished, with F Z Johnson comparing it to a well fed four year old steer and suggesting the pair may have turned their backs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Lodge
Camp Sawtooth
F. Z. Johnson
Robert Schendel
Ed Bue
Mr. Johnson
Local notes swirl with cattle trades and family visits
Watson and surrounding residents report routine farm activity and social calls across White Sulphur Springs Townsend and Beaver area. cattle movements include fat cattle shipments to St Paul and yearling sales to Mr Cross of Billings. A university president, Prince Te Campbell of Oregon, dies in Eugene.
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Lye
Mr. Cross
Billings
Williams
Peggy
Leslie Watson
Nadine
Townsend
J. B. Swarbrick
Bingham Ranch
John
Monte McAfee
Chas. Watson
Artie Weston
Wilbur
Paul Preston
Peter Lind
Beaver
Mr. Lind
W. Edwards
Lawrence
Benton Gulch
Forest Guard
Chas. Thompson
R. Manger
Eugene
Ore
Associated Press
Prince Te Campbell
University of Oregon
Ghost Lights On Montana Ranch Stir Local Skeptics Amid Mystery
Aug 14 reports from Brafield area describe eerie lights seen on hillsides and roadways near ranches. Witnesses recount bonfire like glow, zigzag dancing beams, and phantom wagon campfire traces. investigators find nothing concrete as townsfolk debate ghosts, headlights, or airborne phenomena.
Vast Duck Population Reported in Western Montana Lakes
Missoula on August 1 reports thousands of ducks filling waters across Western Montana from the Blackfoot reservation to the valley. Sportsmen say the birds arrive late July into August each year with many youngsters seen this season. Observers in Great Falls Helena and Bozeman corroborate the surge, noting potential for a strong season if weather keeps birds near the region.
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Missoula
Montana
Blackfoot
Great Falls
Helena
Bozeman
County Clerk George Glass Dies at Grand Forks Home
George W. Glass 63 longtime Till County clerk died at his sister Mrs Mary Masee’s Grand Forks North Dakota home after a pneumonia attack. He had served since Till County’s creation in 1912 and was elected Republican judge Charles A Ross adjourned district court upon news. Survived by Mrs Glass and brother Walter Glass Akron Ohio.
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Harre
George W. Glass
Chouteau County
Fia- Ter
Mre
Masee
Grand Forks
Mary C. MacKenzie
Norrby
Radhtine
Charles A. Ross
Glass
Class
Item
Walter Glass
Akron
Ohio
Glags
Haver Elks
Masonic Lodge
Claston
SN. 1
Glastom
Delegates to 10th International Sunday School Convention
In Tokyo on July 19 the Real Association agreed to send 300 delegates from the Japan Sunday School Association to the 10th International Sunday School convention in Los Angeles in 1928. H K Coleman and the Twantika were named to arrange excursion details.
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Tokyo
Associated Pregssi
All-American Christian Union
The
Sunday School Union
Japan Sumiay School Association
Los Angeles
Real Association
H. K. Coleman
Twantika
Victim Hidden by Butte Holdup Gang Robbery Details
Mike Sullivan of 2343 Lafayette street was robbed of 250 dollars by three men in Walkerville Wednesday night. He was treated at Murray hospital for a forehead gash and a left cheek cut, and plans to use the money to cover travel expenses. Ian Laity and family were seen in Portland among Seattle connections, with Athol Laity directing a Seattle theater orchestra.
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Butte
Mike Sullivan
Lafayette Street
Walkerville
Murray Hospital
Laity
Portland
Ore
Ian Laity
Directo of Marlow Theater Orchestra
Helena
Seattle
Wash
Athol Laity
Seatle
French Wreck Kills Eleven, Wounds Sixty
Eleven killed and 160 injured when a Pars-Calais express carrying merrymakers to the seashore derailed and burst into flames at Ameins station. The crowd was mostly in third class. no Americans among the dead or injured known. The engineer escaped unharmed and is under examination for mental condition.
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Ameins
France
Associated Tress
Pars-Calais
Sear Shore
Waburt
Granted venue change in $200000 alienation case
Walter J. Hill of St. Paul was granted a change of venue from Yellowstone county for his trial on the $200,000 alienation suit brought by Frank M. Godson Jr a Sweet Grass county rancher. Godson says Hill disrupted his married life by alienating his wife in August 1921.
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Billings
Walter J. Hill
St. Paul
Yellowstone County
Frank M. Godson, Jr
Sweetgrass County
Hill
Atimust
French security pact note sent to Teuts may proceed
Paris Aug 14 The French note on the proposed security pact approved in principle by Belgium and to be sent to Germany early next week, was framed from the original text with changes by Austen Chamberlain and London talks are nearing completion.
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Paris
Associated Press
Germany
London
Foreigh
Heland
Austen Chamberlain
Grandma Tranx Dies at 103 in Minnesota
Tastings Minnesota Aug 14. Mrs Lary Grandma Tranx longtime resident of Minnesota died today at age 103. She would have turned 104 on September 2.
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Minn
Lary
Grandma Tranx
Minnesota
Texas Maidens Bar Males From Ranch in West Texas
At Baird on the west Texas plains two sisters Bil Seale and Curley Seale manage a 3,000 acre ranch alone with no men allowed on the premises. They handle roping, branding and riding herds, wearing masculine attire, trained in polo ponies, and educated after high school at Kidder-Key College. Their father, once president of Home National Bank, left them a larger estate including a 14,000 acre ranch. Glory the pony, trained by the Seales, gained national fame and earned them 250 dollars.
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Los Angeles
Baird
West Texas
Bil" Seale
Father Bank
Home National Bank of
Texas
Bill
Curley
Baird High School
Kidel-Key College
Sherman
Bluck
Curley Seale
Buster Brown
Glory
Price of Gasoline Cut in Far East
Western New York report notes wide spread gasoline price cuts along the eastern seaboard. The Standard Oil of New Jersey lowers wholesale quotations by one cent a gallon, marking the second cut in a week. Independent firms including Texas Company Sinclair and Gulf follow. Atlantic Refining raises retail price by two cents to align with others. Oil stocks are ample, with analysts expecting further reductions. 1923 annual demand projected near 11 billion gallons, June stocks at about 1.695 billion gallons.
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New York
Seaboard
Standaert Oi Company
New Jersey
Texas Company
Sinclair Refining Company
Gulf Refining Company
Atlantic Refining Company
Massachusetts
Standard CW Company of
Jime MO
Talk of loan to Italy discussed in Turin report
In Turin the Gazzetta Del Popola financial writer reports an American loan to the Italian government of 100 million to 200 million dollars at five percent is under discussion. Including commissions and expenses the cost could rise to seven percent. In Rome two army aviators died when their plane crashed and burned at Ostia beach near Rome.
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Italy
Turin
Associated Press
Rome
Ostia
Spirit of Legion Praised by Drain Spirit of Legion Praised by Drain
General James A. rain national commander of the American legion visited Spokane and spoke at a chamber luncheon. He said he would turn over the command in October after the nationwide endowment fund nears completion, and noted the region would see increased legion spirit and public service rather than higher membership alone.
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Spokane
Associated Press
James A.rain
American Legion
Chanber of Commerce
Washington National Guard
National Headquarters
Legion Spirit
Legion
Intellectuals' Work to Be Championed by International Bodies
Boston, Aug. 14 The American Committee of Intellectual Cooperation formed to collaborate with the League of Nations group will act as a channel for champions of intellectual workers in the United States. It aims to map evils facing scholars, propose relief, protect scientific property, study inter university relations, and share course data for international recognition.
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Boston
Assoiated Press
American Committee of Intellectual Co-operation
League of Nations
United States
Beart of
Austria
Bellum
Brazil
British Empire
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
Chile
Denmark
Esthenia
Finland
France
Creece
Hungary
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Netherlands
Norway
Panama
Poland
Roumania
Salvador
Kingdom
Laundry Owners of Montana In Session at Butte
The Montana Laundry Owners Association opened its final convention in Butte with over 40 delegates. Daniel W. Hogan of Lewistown led the session as presiding officer. Dr George W Craven of the State School of Mines spoke on power efficiency, followed by discussions on heat and power. W A Johnson of Galveston opened the afternoon with a talk on the billion dollar business in 1930. Bland Tesenbarger of the American Institute of Laundering outlined institute activities, and A S Richardson of A G M Co led a panel on ventilation and conditioning. A dinner dance capped the day.
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Butte
Montana Laundry Owners’ Association
Daniel W. Hogan
Lewistown
George W. Craven
State School of Mines
W. A. Johnson
Galveston
Texas
Laundry Owners’ National Association
Bland Tesenbarg~er
American Institute of Laundering
Joliet
Tls
A. S. Richardson
A. G M. Company
Riot in Madras as Congress procession attacked
In Madras on the eve of municipal elections, a mob attack injured about thirty people, some seriously, as a procession of National Congress supporters was targeted. Seven suspects were arrestmed.
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India
Madras
Associated Press
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Relena
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Mont. Lake
Watson News
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Renziem
Cat Creek
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Drain
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