Bitter Root railway line transfer announced for August
Charles Donnelly, president of Northern Pacific, confirms transfer of Bitter Root valley branch traffic from the western old line to the new eastern amber line on August 15. The change will unlock rail transport for east-side farmland, with further studies planned on a Redwater line and Brockway to Jordan country link later this year.
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Butte
Bitter Root Valley
Northern Pacific Railway
Charles Donnelly
Northern Pacific
Pacific Coast
Kay Northern Pacific
Redwater
Brockway
Jordan Country
Donnelly Ane
Indian Wood Carver Gains Recognition
John Clark a fullblood Blackfoot from Glacier Park on the Montana reservation drew attention at the Montana Deaf association convention in Missoula. He carved wood from logs at Glacier Park and his deft animal likenesses have drawn tourist demand, with authorities predicting he will be America’s foremost carver.
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Missoula
John Clark
Montana Deaf Association
Glacier Park
Park
Clark
America
Great Northern
Glacier Park Station
Masons Prepare Record Year on Melita Island
Missoula reports preparations for a large gathering of Masons and affiliated orders with families at Melita Island on Flathead lake. Reservations are increasing from Montana and other states including Minnesota North Dakota Wyoming Nebraska and South Carolina for the first week in July Fourth of July events.
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Missoula
Melita Island
Masonic Playground
Flathead Lake
Montana
Minnesota
North Dakota
Wyoming
Nebraska
South Carolina
Farmers Elevator Posts Record Profit for Phillips County
The Equity Co- Operative association of Phillips County reports a net profit of 90301.09 for the past year, the largest by any farmers elevator company in the United States, with dividends of eight percent to stockholders and patronage payouts per commodity. The elevator handled 608000 bushels, about one third of Phillips County's 2 million bushels produced.
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Malta
Equity Co- Operative Association of
Phillips County
United States
Man Gains Entrance To Butte Home Early Morning
J. W. Boggs of 21 North Atlantic reported a man gained admittance to his house in the early hours. The intruder turned on lights, fled through the back door, and nothing appeared to be taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Tune
J. W. Boggs
North Atlan
Underground Butte Praised by French Engineer Visit
Jules Simon of Paris, consulting engineer, toured Butte copper mines on a nationwide American coal mines tour. He praised the pumps hoists and fans and called Butte a magnificent mining city noting roads railways telegraph telephone systems and labor efficiency.
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Butte
Jules Simon
Paris
France
Stoppe
Simon
Finlen
Western Montana wool clip to move eastward soon
Western Montana wool from Butte area to eastern markets will begin moving this week. About 625 tons will be loaded at Deer Lodge and Drummond with several cars booked by the CC, M, St. P. & P. railroad for Gold Creek. Total spring shipments are forecast at up to 1,250,000 pounds though many flocks have yet to be shorn in Missoula and surrounding areas.
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Missoula
Anaconda Woman Travel Essay Featured in Local Interest
Anaconda hosts a debut of Reosabla Laist’s book Impressions a limited HM edition created from her serial magazine pieces. The piece notes Laist’s local prominence and reviews the book’s professional presentation and merit. A dated aside mentions German priest Johan Tzierszon’s discovery about the male bee’s lack of a father.
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Anaconda
Reosabla Laist
Sunday Standard
Johan Tzierszon
Police Take Three Burglars In Robbery Bid
Missoula police foiled a dawn burglary at Barley’s store on North Higgins avenue. Three men attempted to steal merchandise worth over 1200 dollars. one wounded, two arrested. Suspects gave names as Thomas Mitchell and Jack Morrison.
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Missoula
St. Patrick's Hospital
Barfey
Oficer
M. W. Kohn
A. D. Ross
Barney's
Jack Morrison
Ross
Runaway Boy Surrenders to Police in Missoula
John Newlove 18, who fled the St. Charles school for boys in Chicago, appeared at Missoula police yesterday. He said Chicago police wanted him. He had been sent to the Chicago reform school after burglary and ran away again on April 3, 1928. He traveled by “bumming” his way across the country and now turns himself in.
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Missoula
St. Charles
Chicago
John Newlove
City
Newlove
Chicago Reform School
Tie
Ray
Reformatory
Girls Promote Kalispell Rodeo On Coast Trip
Two Kalispell girls vacationing west wore 10 gallon hats to advertise the Kalispell rodeo. Miss Thelma Iseminger and Miss Mildred Sudgen traveled toward Portland for the Rose Carnival, stopping in Yakima to publicize the event. The pair drew coverage from local outlets, with Iseminger also in chaps and high boots.
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Kalispell
Uly Sand
Thelma Iseminger
Chamber of Commerce
Mildred Sudgen
Portland
Yakima
Wash
Tieminger
Insane Man Arrested After Blockade Standoff
Lewistown June 18 Sheriff Guy Tullock arrested French Salis bury a 40 year old Denton farmer charged with insanity after Salisbury barricaded himself in his house armed with an axe and revolver. Deputies and the sheriff stormed the door and handcuffed him. He was jailed pending a hearing.
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Lewistown
Guy Tullock
French Salisbury
Salisbury
Prisoners Tear Out Pipes After Water Shutoff
In Butte Jail prisoners spent Sunday tearing out a three foot section of pipe and faucet causing a waterless night after water was shut off to prevent a flood. Jailer William Taylor investigated noises from the jail depths and found the damaged plumbing.
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Butte
William Taylor
Graduate of Montana State College to Jamaica for Fruit Co
James Looney son of Mr and Mrs C Looney recently graduated from Montana State college has accepted a junior engineer post with the United Fruit Co Boston and its many world offices. His new job will take him to Jamaica in the West Indies he will sail from New York on the S Santa Maria around July 4
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Chateau
James Looney
C. Looney
Montana State College
United Fruit Co
Boston
Looney
Jamaica
West Indies
New York
S. & Santa Maria
Salish House Opens in Polson With Banquet and Dance
The Salish House in Polson opened with a reception banquet and dance attended by more than 250 guests from western Montana. Frank Swanberg built the hotel, touted as the region’s only modern hostelry between Missoula and Kalispell, with Mayor James Harbert delivering the principal speech at the dinner.
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Folson
Montana
Frank Swanberg
Missoula
Kalispell
James Harbert
Flathead
Bitter Root
Muissoula
World’s Champion Twirling Dancer Fares to Montana Guest
Miss Rosemary Ryder, the world champion twirling dancer, travels from New York City with her family to Montana for a few weeks at a dude ranch near Big Timber. She will then return to New York for rehearsals of a new musical comedy after winning the 1927 Philadelphia championship.
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Billings
Rosemary Ryder
Montana
New York City
Big Timber
New York
Miss Ryder
Philadelphia
Five Northern Pacific workers injured in speeder derailment
Five men riding a speeder on the Northern Pacific line between Perma and Paradise jumped the track and were taken to the Missoula hospital. Injuries ranged from severe bruises to a sprained back and crushed foot. all described as not seriously injured.
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Missoula
Northern Pacific Section
Perma An Paradise
Northern Pacific
Ed Wallace
Jack Ryan
John Ebbs
Herb Nielson
Bird
Milk Wagon Crash Spreads Milk Across Denton Street
In Denton on June 18 a runaway milk wagon coach collided with an Overland car, tearing a fender and overturning. The team, startled by a grader, fled as milk spilled across the street. No injuries reported. the wagon was wrecked.
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Denton
Floyd Hoover
Mistakes Gasoline for Kerosene Cause Burn Injuries
June 18 at Chateau John Jacobson, an employee of Continental Oil, suffered severe burns to his hand after he misread gasoline as kerosene while lighting a stove at home. His two daughters Hazel and Evelyn, aged 6 and 4, were burned as they entered the house. Coat protection likely limited injuries.
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Chateau
John Jacobson
Continental Oil Company
Hazel
Evelyn
Country School Boasts Perfect Attendance 1928
Winnett June 1 The Beedie school district No 159 in this county had perfect attendance for the 1927 28 term the only school in the county to do so The teacher and pupils may be justly proud of the record Noted singer visits Lewistown June 18 Mary Catherine Aikens of this city studying in New York with Madame Sembrich arrived unexpectedly on her way to San Francisco She cannot sing while away from Sembrich
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Winnett
Beedie
Lewistown
Mary Catherine Aikens
Marcella Sembrich
New York
Prohibition Not Seen As Issue for Democratic Convention
New York delegate Elizabeth Marbury says prohibition will not dominate the Democratic National Convention in Houston. She argues it has been tested since 1920 and cannot be enforced, noting long coast fines and needing two national guards.
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New York
Elizabeth Marbury
Houston
Marbury
Miss Marbury
NAG DRAGS OFFICER FOR BLOCKS WITH ROPE
Roundup item reports Deputy Sheriff Jack Reeplacg dragged by a frightened horse for four blocks with a rope loop around his ankle. He sustained bruises and lacerations and was taken to Musselshell valley hospital. Sheriff John J. Popovich attempted to intervene as the horse dragged away.
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Jack Reeplacg
Musselshell Valley Hospital
Clint Evans
John J. Popovich
Jack
Second Street
Billings Woman Seriously Injured in Auto Crash
Mrs. A. B. Rowe of 838 Terry Avenue was injured near Stuntley while returning from Beach North Carolina when her car collided with another driven by Jack Duffy and Larry Readle. She was taken to Billings Deaconess Hospital in serious condition with rib fractures and chest injuries. N ray photos were not yet developed to reveal full extent.
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Billings
A. B. Rowe
Terry Avenue
Stuntley
Billings Deaconess Hospital
Rowe
Jack Duffy
Larry Readle
Montana
Intoxicated Driver Collides On Vaughn Road Near Great Falls
Frank Gillens of Lewistown, jailed on OUI after a collision two miles from Great Falls on Vaughn road. Clyde Bowers and five passengers suffered minor injuries as Gillens’ Oldsmobile struck Bowers’ Chevrolet on the wrong side of the road. Both vehicles were towed to town after the wreck.
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Great Falls
Frank Gillens
Lewistown
Vaughn Road
Clyde Bowers
Eleventh Street
Glens
Bowers
R. B. Cunningham
Eudora Wilson
Gillens
Gitlens
No Sex Appeal Inquiries Highlight Literary Taste
A witty chat from the Passing Show features a lady seeking a refined book for her drawing room table, requesting a mahogany volume, while the clerk names a suitable choice. The exchange captures playful social humor about elegance and furniture.
Mother's Choice Slother Debate In Karikaturen
A cartoon caption from Karikaturen Oslo shows a dialogue where a child asserts ownership while noting the mother is strict with the father. The scene highlights family dynamics with a humorous European cartoon voice.
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Slother
Olso
Daughter Speaks Espera nza Like a Native
Dialogue from Til-Rils features a father asking about his daughter’s fluency in Esperanza and a confident reply that she speaks it as a native. The exchange hints at language pride and cultural identity.
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Ural
SPAP
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Bridger
Clark Fork Silver Fox Company
Colly
Beartooth Fox & Fur Company
Red Lodge
Johu Cassel
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New Polson Hotel
Montana Guest
Country School
Nag
Royal S. Copeland
Sennyra Ie
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Zid Bond
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