Great Falls Youth Finds Leather Bag of Rare Coins
In Great Falls on June 12 a youth found a leather bag containing rare coins from multiple countries and U S history under an old garage at 108 Third Avenue North. The owner is sought as authorities trace origins after a possible long-ago theft. A five cent trade check from Minneapolis is noted as a clue.
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Great Falls
R. H. Reed
Third Avenue North
East Twenty-fifth Street
Minneapolis
Young W. H. Hill plans five wells in Kevin field
Shelby reports two wells completed in Kevin Sunburst field last week with three more spudded. Louis W. Hill, chairman of Great Northern Railway, announced he will drill five wells on his acreage with sites located. Andy Deaton supervises drilling. Sweeney 4 Maughns No. 10 near 29-45- lw yielded 150 barrels after reaching 1535 feet with nitroglycerin shot.
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Shelby
Kevin- Sunburst
Louis W. Hill
Great Norther Railssry
Andy Deaton
Sweeney Oil Company
North Northwest Quarter
Northwest Quarter
Man Hurt Lifting Stove In Accident
In Plentywood on June 17 Floyd Sonderhaus, a former Plentywood resident now residing in Sco bey, was hospitalized in critical condition after attempting to lift a stove onto a truck. He suffered paralysis from the hips down and possible hip injuries from the stove falling on him.
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Plentywood
Floyd Sunderhaus
Scobey
Dows Rod
Great Falls Youth Dies After Motorcycle Collision
Rudolph Kassa aged 17 died from injuries after the motorcycle he rode collided with a truck on Sun River Lane Med at 6 a m Sunday. His passenger Josephine Foncelet aged 16 was killed instantly. Kassa suffered a fractured skull and severe facial injuries.
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Great Falls
Rudolph Kassa
Sun River Lane
Med
Josephine Foncelet
Kassa
Clerk Locked in Air Tight Vault Just for Fun
Great Falls report: night clerk Elbrader was locked in a sealed vault at the Western Union office for curiosity. After 50 minutes unconsciousness, Patrolman Gordon Gillis performed first aid and he recovered. Stanley Andrews and others assisted, fire department aided with equipment but later not required.
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Great Falls
Lee Elbrayder
Ismaelé
Western Union
Gordon Gillis
Columbus
Elbrader
The
Commercial Bank
John Black
Lam
Black
Stanley
Andrews
Sixth Street
Etbrader
Grain Market Mixed as Canadian Crop Prospects Dawn
Wheat prices slipped with Chicago bidders weak as new harvest arrivals boosted supplies in Kansas City and St Louis. Canada’s moisture shortages and rains trimmed futures while corn and oats also eased amid ample receipts and rising US visible supplies.
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John Tr. Boughan
Chicago
Canada
Kansas City
St. Louis
Warkington
Washington
Winnipex
Grain price report with varied futures and commodity notes
The notice lists futures prices for several grains and commodities including red durum at 69 percent to 00 percent, July at 104 dollars, September at 1.07, December at 111 percent, Cork No a yellow 4 to 8 cents, oats No 8 white at 43 to 42, barley 62 to 6ir, rye 52 to ere, Rye No. 1 at 73 percent to 3342, and flax No 1 at 245 percent to 2.50 percent.
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Kanens
Tansee City
St Lovie
United States
Chicago
Ryrem
Auty Sevrerr
Renee
Nebr
Barlow Bo Ant Fle
Timothy Seed
Glover
Belilea
Stafford Addresses Grain Dealers Meet in Havre
Havre June 17. About 150 grain producers and dealers attended the Montana Grain Dealers association convention opening session. A H Stafford Montana commissioner of agriculture spoke on the new grain storage act and read its rules. Senator W T Cowan reported on legislative work passing the law. Mayor J L Somers welcomed the delegates. President T J Larson discussed potential changes with the North Dakota group.
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Havre
Montana Grain Dealers’ Association
A. HH. Stafford
Montana
W. T. Cowan
Box Elder
J. L. Somers
T. J. Larson
North Dakota State Group
Young Rancher Dillon Sets Flying Record Between Towns
Emerson Hughes, a Dillon pilot living at his father’s ranch, flew from Armstead to Dillon yesterday covering 22 miles in nine minutes to establish a new local record. He has a landing field near the ranch house franking his aviation efforts. The text also notes California comics derived from a Spanish word meaning hot furnace.
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Dillon
Emerson Hughes
Armstead
Dil-lon
Hughes
State of
California
Bandits Strip Man in Broad Daylight Robbery
On June 17 in Butte three armed Mexicans stopped Jack Brown on South Arizona Street and demanded money. After finding none they took his coat and trousers, leaving him in rain in his underwear. Police searched the area but found no extra pants.
Man Escapes Injury When Cars Hit By Train On Crossing
Billings Montana June 17 John Benzing a laborer narrowly escaped death when a railway locomotive struck his car on the Montana avenue siding He was crossing Twenty seventh street from the north side after cars were being switched on the sidetrack Behind Moore’s House a freight car blocked his view and he did not see the approaching cars though the signal bell sounded His auto was pushed about five feet before the locomotive stopped
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Billings
John Benzing
Taborer
Montana Avenue
Benzing
South Twenty-ninth Street
Twenty-seventh Street
House of Moore
Benzimg
Government Report Details May Rain Boosting Montana Crops
May weather brought excessive early rainfall but delivered moisture for irrigated Montana crops. The U S Department of Labor report notes busy farms, sugar beet thinning, lambing and shearing finished, and broad employment in construction, mining, oil, and railroad work across the state including Helena and the Gibson dam project near Augusta.
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Montana
U. S. Department of Labor
Butte
Augusta
Indian school to reopen at Fort Keogh in September
Eugene Fisher from the Cheyenne Indian Agency visiting Billings notes plans for government agricultural Indian school at Fort Keogh Range Experiment Station. Starting July 1, Fisher as ranch foreman over 600 Indians expects twelve students to arrive to prepare barracks for the first classes in September.
Mary Stewart Plans Diversified Program for Women's Camps
Mary Stewart, director of physical education for women at Montana State College, outlines a varied recreation program for the 1929 Women's Vacation camps. Activities from June 17–21 and July 9–26 include posture talks, hone play, tournaments, sportsmanship, folk dancing, dramatic sketches, pantomimes, track meets, swimming, and horseshoe contests.
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Boxeman
Mary Stewart
Montana State College
Stewart
Nations pay up on world war debts
Washington reports payments totaling 80 109 38505 from eleven foreign nations as semi annual installments on principal and interest. Great Britain leads with 65 795 000 while Italy Belgium Czecho Slovakia Estonia Finland Hungary Latvia Lithuania Poland Romania and Yugoslavia also submitted sums either as principal or interest. US securities accepted in these payments have been cancelled and retired.
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Washington
Treasury
Great Britain
Italy
Belgium
United States
Fur farmers short course announced in St Paul
The third annual fur farmers short course will be held at University Farm in St Paul on June 24 26 and 26. It will cover care and handling of fur bearing animals and will draw university staff leaders United States Department of Agriculture representatives and fox breeders association officials. Notable attendees include Dr W A Young honorary president Dr Ts O Reilly registrar of the American National Fox Breeders Association and J N Silverman president of the Illinois Fox Breeders Association Mog.
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St. Paul
Mfon
Germany builds warehouse for rising egg imports
Hamburg AP reports a surge in Chinese egg shipments to Germany. A special warehouse was erected to handle the growing flow, with imports rising from 15 million eggs three years ago to 27 million last year.
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Hamburg
Germany
Tech Orient
Boy Killed by Own Rifle Near Sage Creek
Havre June 17 Raymond H. Lake 15 of Gildford was accidentally killed Saturday afternoon by a 22 caliber bullet from his own rifle. He was alone when the gun discharged as he walked along Sage Creek. The bullet entered his jaw and traveled upward. He was found dead lying by the creek with his feet in the water.
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Havre
Raymond H. Lake
Giidford
Gildford
Sage Creek
Edes
Campbell Receives Doctor of Laws Honor at UND
Thomas D. Campbell president of Campbell Farming at Hardin returned from Grand Forks where he delivered the commencement address to the University of North Dakota graduates. He became the first graduate of the institution's agricultural engineering program and earned a BA there. UND honored him with the degree of Doctor of Laws.
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Hardin
Thomas D. Campbell
Campbell Farming Corporation
Grand Forks
N. D
University of North Dakota
Campbell
Agricultural-Engineering
Dinner Party Guests All Arrive by Plane
Host George F. Moore held an air dinner at his ranch as P J Moore James Law Herbert Henrickson Stanley Cavill Robert Baxter and Ralph Good arrived by plane. Rain measured two point one inches fell at Malta from Sunday night into Monday afternoon. The Cody road to Yellowstone Park will open to traffic tomorrow per a Cody Club report.
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Twodot
George F. Moore
P. J. Moore
James Law
Herbert, Henrickson
Stanley Cavill
Robert Baxter
Ralph Good
Malta
Sale of 400 Stany Horses at Cascade County Auction
More than 300 horses ranging from 1 month to years, grazing on Cascade county prairies, will be sold at public auction by the county board of commissioners. The sale starts at 8 this morning at the Great Northern stock yard. Horses include aged draft and Mustang stock. roundup led by Carl Skelton of Geyser with headquarters at Benton Lake district.
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Treat Falls
Cascade County
County Board of Commissioners
Great Norther Stock Yard
Carl Skelton
Geyser
Benton Lake District
Car Strikes Loose Gravel On Cascade Road
A two car collision on Cascade road near Ulm sent P J Murphy to Columbus hospital with a bad cut and bruises while Pat Cooney escaped harm. The vehicle was wrecked and a motorist later drove Murphy home. first aid noted minor injuries and a bloody left ear. In Shelby jailer William Aylward’s leg required a second amputation after gangrene developed following an injury last winter.
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Great Falls
Cascade Road
Ulm
P. J. Murphy
Fourth Avenue South
Murray
Pat Cooney
Cascade
C. J. Brese
Columbus Hospital
Mer. Murray
Cooney
Shelby
William Aylward
Toole County
Aylward
Hit-and-run injures two in Butte crosswalk
Mrs. Mary Corby and Richard Angrove were struck by a speeding car at the East Park Street Oklahoma Street intersection. Angrove was thrown several feet and taken to a hospital for dressing of injuries, while Corby was not seriously hurt and was returned home.
Amusing Mixup in Sale of Wild Horses
Great Falls June 17 AP Too great promptitude caused chaos as Cascade county planned a sale of 203 wild horses rounded up by Foreman Carl Skelton. Buyers including Harry Green Big Sandy H Hartwig Great Falls and Pete Skelton sought to bid but protests from horse packing plants at Hutte and Manchester claimed the sale had occurred before the advertised time.
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Great Falls
Cascade County
Carl Skelton
Harry Green
Big Sandy
H. Hartwig
Pete Skelton
Hutte
Manchester
Skelton
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