Montana Now Has Nine Refineries
Montana now has nine refineries listed by the Bureau of Mines as equipped for petroleum production. Six are in operation while three are shut down. Largest is Sunburst Refining in Great Falls at 3,006 barrels daily. Other plants include Lewistown and Miles City sites with varying capacities, several marked operating or idle, and several small, unlisted facilities.
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Great Falls
Montana
Bureau of Mines
Department of the Interior
Lewistown
Missoula
Sunburst
Billings
Winnett
Miles City
Sunburst Refining Company
Avro Oil & Refining Company
Lewistown Oil & Refining Company
Bilings
International Reinery
Hart Refining Company
Yale Oil Corporation
Weawna Company
Dates Set for Stockgrowers Meet in Montana
Great Falls reports Montana Stockgrowers association fixed April 7 for the annual convention. Secretary E A Phillips of Helena confirms after a telephone with L Emp Jones of the Great Falls Commercial club. attendees from Montana Sioux City Zona St Paul and Chicago expected. national agriculture and livestock speakers planned. Montana cattle conditions cited as improving. officers listed include C M Simpson Volberg president R F Clary first vice president E Selwary Dillon second vice president and E A Phillips secretary treasurer.
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Great Falls
Mon‘ana Stockgrowers’ Association
L. Emp
Jones
Montana
C. M. Simpson
Volberg
R. F. Clary
E. ©. Selwary
Dillon
Boston Montana Sold for 100000 Under Court Order
W D Kyle as master in chancery reported the Boston and Montana Corporation property including railroad, mill, building, and mine sold for 100000 to the Boston and Montana Mining Company at Wise River. Receivership expenses and unestimated claims to be paid by new owners. mining to resume early next month per Allen president of both firms.
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Butte
Tan
Boston and Montana Corporation
W. D. Kyle
Wise River
Boston and Montana Mining Company
Wor
Allen
Wid Company
Fergus Court Opens February 3 With Jury Term
In Fergus Lewistown January 21 Judges Honto on and Baker set criminal and civil cases for a jury term beginning February 3 and running through March. The Newton Jackson murder case is delayed pending a separate judge. First trial will be Christ Jandses accused of murdering Elmer Miner at Plum Creek last July. Eight liquor law violations are scheduled and Forest Wheeler faces a wattle stealing charge to be tried on December 18.
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Lewistown
J. C. Hontoon
Edgar J. Baker
Marc
Newton Jackson
Hunt
Petitions Out for Roy Walsh
Boulder January 21 Roy Walsh seeks clemency with petitions circulating in Basin Boulder and Butte. John Elliott attorney for Walsh announced petitions will be signed this week around Kenova where Al Johnson was killed. Walsh faces hanging awaiting governor action with a commutation request pending.
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Boulder
Roy Walsh
Per Giow
Erickson
John Elliott
Basin and
Elliott
Butte
Kenova
al Johnson
Walsh
Hunter Calmly Watches Murder Jury Drawn
Shelby January 20. J Ernest B Tex resort proprietor and vinnerunner is widely Bent ao and are conversant with his nu character who shot and killed his wife and wounded her escort in a Sweet Grass shooting last September. Hunter sat through district court as a jury was selected for his life trial. Prosecution to present case. hunter related Texas kinship to Ma Ferguson. Witnesses testified to quarrels leading to the September 9 killing near a filling station after a car chase, with Hunter surrendering to deputies claiming happiness at harming both husband and wife.
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Shelby
Ernest B
Tex
Vinnerunner
Sweet Grass
John J. Greene
W. W. Thorne
Toole
R. I. Clinton
Great Falls
Freeman, Thelen & Frary
Hunter
Ma’ Ferguson
Lone Star
Waco
Texas
Ma” Ferguson
Bee
Justice of the Peace
Munter
L. A. Miller
Townsend News notes weekly visitors and upcoming senior hop
Townsend lists residents visiting Townsend from Tradersberg Radersberg Toston and Helena including Ben Smith Hattie Kollings J H Patterson Adna Kimpton Walter Daly Erma Stark Bernice May Quin and others. It notes senior glass decides to hold a mid winter senior hop on January 50 and Lloyd Noble becoming Broadwater coach. James Yegan at Fort Harrison hospital in poor health. The piece adds a casual remark that tree tips begin to grow before trunks expand.
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Townsend
Ben Smith
Tradersberg
Hattie Kollings
J. H. Patterson
Sunior Butte
Floyd Stevenson
Allen Tasterley
Radersberg
Adna Kimpton
Walter Daly
Northern Pacific
Missoula
Erma Stark
Helena
Mra
A. B. Stark
Bernice May
Aliss Quin
Toston
J. V. Patterson
J. ©. Sinclaire
Jud Ward
Spokane
Park
Jacph Glieschman
Will Patterson
Tors
Lloyd Noble
Broadwater
James Yegan
Fort Warrison Hospital
Traps "Black Coyote" for skeptical show
Anaconda ranchman A M Day traps a black coyote larger than a typical prairie wolf. The animal, with a white neck spot, is held in a piano box on the Day ranch after a forked-neck collar was fitted. Zoos and private buyers offered to purchase but were refused by the captor. Locals who doubted the reports claim vindication and want an exhibition in the city.
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Anaconda
A. M. Day
West Valley
Day Ranch
Columbia Gardens
Lincoln County Is Safe for Bootleggers
Libby January 21 four liquor cases were tried in district court with the state of Montana versus Charles Johnson Rexford P T Nel and Edith Rouse all four juries returned verdicts of acquittal in each case indicating Lincoln County remains safe for bootleggers despite legal action.
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Libby
Montana
Charles Johnson
Troy
P. T. Nel
Rexford
O. F. J. Mosby
Euireka
Edith Rouse
Steady Revival in Business Lines Promises Growth in Montana
Lewistown reports a steady revival across all industries in Montana based on visits by J. W. Walker, vice president of Marshall-Wells Hardware, and Guy Hibbs. Walker sees no boom but a sustained rise in business activity, with optimism among local merchants. Hibbs, formerly Fergus County Hardware manager, accompanies Walker on the tour and reconnects with longtime friends.
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Lewistown
Montana
J. W. Walker
Marshall-Wells Hardware Company
Duluth
Walker
Guy Hibbs
Hibbs
Fergus County Hardware Company
Diamond Block
Wrettow
Clerks Decry Rail Board Ruling in Missoula
In Missoula on January 21 the U S Railway Labor Board approved a wage rise for clerical rail workers of 1 to 2 cents per hour, far below the 7 cent ask. Brotherhood officials say the raise, not matched by other crafts, fails to keep pace with living costs and excludes messengers and switchboard operators.
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Missoula
United States Railway Labor Board
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
F. Murray
Clerk's Brotherhood
Wefalr
World End Prophecy Tour In Livingston TN
A religious party claiming to branch from the Saturday Adventist church arrives in Livingston Tennessee to warn of the Messiah's coming on February 6 1923. The group led by Julius Meyers Sidnes Mont Mr and Mrs Rob an Meckler and Gil bert Scharbenow travels by auto and funds its tour without offerings. They distribute their literature as schoolchildren depart.
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Seee
Julius Meyers
Sidnes
Mont
Roban Meckler
Java
Gilbert Scharbenow
Saturday Adventist Church
Livingston
Atte
Fire destroys stores and Lambert Bank in Lambert town
A major fire on Tuesday leveled most of Lambert on the Great Northern line west of Sidney. Losses total about 76000 with little insurance, affecting Little’s barber shop Standard Mercantile First State Bank Henry and Jacksons hardware Millage Holmes pool hall Carters soft drink parlor McCarty’s grocery and Gladowsky’s restaurant. Fire started in the barber shop basement from a home made furnace, aided by high winds. no local fire equipment and wind subsided later. Bank loss set at 5000 after insurance. Standard Mercantile and Millage Holmes plan to rebuild.
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Sidney
Jan
Zika
Lambert
Great Northern
Ere
Little’s
Standard Mercantile Company
First State Bank
Henry and Jackson's Hardware and Grocery
Millage & Holmes Pool
Carter's
McCarty's
Gladowsky’s
Millage & Holmes
Miles City to Host 10th Annual Montana Corn Show
Miles City January 21 description of the 10th annual Montana corn show to be held next week drawing thousands of corn cars. The event tests corn after county and district contests with high hopes for display quality despite challenging conditions. Seed houses and farmers from the corn belt seek Montana seed corn, eager for early maturing strains. County Agent Peterson coordinates a dozen local exhibits to prove central Montana’s corn can excel even under adverse conditions.
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Miles City
Montana
Peterson
Cenetral
Rev Curry Heads East to Attend Conference in DC
Rev E R Curry pastor of First Baptist Bozeman and Montana state superintendent for the Northern Baptist convention leaves Bozeman for Washington DC to attend an international foreign mission conference January 28 to February 2. He will participate in a Montana state superintendents conference and has just returned from Darby where he aided in dedicating a new Baptist church.
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Bozeman
E.R. Cur
Trry
First Baptist Church
Northern Baptist Convention
Montana
Adena
Sixth Avenue
Washington, D. C
Washington
Darby
New Baptist
Crossword Puzzle Word List and Clues Answer
Answer to yesterday's crossword puzzle lists many two to seven letter words and mixed clues such as bayou conjunction hit blot out contraction over exclamation perch pronoun affirm jurors meadow ford loitering verbs and nautical terms completing the puzzle.
Shoestring Swindler's Dramatic Confession in Court
Turman, 27, admits a Ponzi like scheme tied to the Equity company. Prosecutors peg forgeries and misappropriations at about $2,000,000 as he claims he borrowed $100 to help his widowed mother in Chicago and says his early losses led to a rapid, risky money-raising spree that collapsed.
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Peter
Paul
Chicago
Turmani
Turman
Wall Street
Torman
Finance Body Signs Acreage in Malta Meeting
At a Saturday session in Malta the Lower Milk River Growers Finance corporation and area sugar beet growers signed contracts covering about 1500 acres. The deal provides 0 cents per ton to be used for labor costs, with any surplus to be returned to the growers. Out of town attendees included Durley Jones J A Testa and Edgar Lee of Dodson William Mann of Glasgow J W Stahlin of Wagner and James LeNoir of Bowdoin. Northern representatives A Barnes and Charles D Cheenfield attended.
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Malta
Sugar Bet
Lower Milk River
Durley Jones
J- A. Testa
Edgar Lee
Dodson
William Mann
Glasgow
J. W. Stahlin
Wagner
James LeNoir
Bowdoin
A. Barnes
Ay Northern
Charles D. Cheenfield
Great X Northern
Calls on Inventors to Multiply Horrors of War
Berlin report cites Hans Ritter urging future weaponry advances to target noncombatants via electrical rays and long distance ignition of explosives. He warns scientists can raise bacterial virulence and gas effects, while calling for new devices to paralyze enemy supplies and combatants’ sight. Also note New York Daily Graphic seeks restraining injunction over Bronx Tone News crossword solutions.
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Berlin
Associated Pressjj
Hans Ritter
New York
Daily Graphic
Bronx Tone News
Graphic
Defense Refuses to Call Forbes in Veterans Bureau Trial
Chicago reports spirited legal tilts mark the final phase of the defense case in the veterans bureau conspiracy trial. The defense closed without calling Charles R Forbes or J W Thompson to testify, surprising prosecutors. Rebuttal and closing arguments loom, with Elias H Mortimer likely to be recalled. A letter from Mortimer denying rumors about Forbes and others was introduced to counter his testimony.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Veterans’ Bureau
Charles R. Forbes
J. W. Thompson
Elias H. Mortimer
Mortimer
Forbes
Senate Veterans Committee
Sidney Bieber
California Battles Gamble Estate in Inheritance Tax Fight
In a superior court case filed in Los Angeles, California seeks to tax the $3.68 million estate of the late Divide Gamble, a Cincinnati soap maker, assessing $300,013 in state inheritance tax. The widow and heirs contest, with Cecil Gamble testifying that the business and residence were centered in Cincinnati. Property in California is listed at $139,000.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Cincinnati
Gamble
Pasadena
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Hagen
Deankard
Spain
Mercades Seros
Weres Acasis
Anis
Haris
Col. Chas
R. Forbes
Grand Duke
Boris
Russia
America
la Guardia
Cyril
California
Gamble Estate
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