Great Northern plans 60 mile extension to Opheim
Glasgow May 21 Extension of the Great Northern railway from Scobey to Opheim in northern Valley county a distance of about 60 miles was tentatively approved at a mass meeting attended by about 300 farmers The line would be built if Opheim Seaboy district residents purchase 2500 shares of stock and $115000 of the $250000 stock guarranty has been subscribed Officials expect the balance raised in two to three weeks Grading would start this summer with rails laid next year and operation hoped by October 1 1926 The North Country Railroad committee led by W C Kahle of Opheim organized the project and Gwyn Gilman A H Hoagland and James Robinson represented the Great Northern and outlined terms and the companys financial outlook
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Glasgow
Great Northern Railway
Scobey
Daniels County
Opheim
Northern Valley County
LC. Gilman
A. H. Hoagland
James Robinson
Opheim-Seabey
Great Northern
Pur Ee
Gilman
North Country Railroad Committee
Great Northern System
Mr. Gilman
Opheim Country
W. C. Kahle
John Mason
H. N. Isaacs
F. F. Smith
Hoagland
Robinson
Cattle Dipping Underway in Wheatland County
Harlowton May 21 Dr Hadleigh Marsh and Dr L P Sharp of the state veterinary department dip several thousand Wheatland county cattle. About 3 000 cattle dipped so far. Only a few animals infected with scabies confined to six ranches, many exposed. Psoroptic scabies has caused losses but is said to be practically eliminated in the area.
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Harlowton
Hadleigh Marsh
L. P. Sharp
State Veterinary Department
Wheatland County
Fewer Job Applications for Glacier Park Posts
Kalispell May 21 Applications for employment in Glacier park have fallen short of the usual numbers. The Glacier park employment agency reports only about half the typical registrations to date and shows no sign of improvement.
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Kalispell
Glacier Park
Townsend News items mix injuries and visits in May
May 21 Townsend column notes Charles Ragen broke a collar bone after a fall at home. Residents Joseph Ashcraft Roy Jones, Carter Babcox and others traveled to Rodersburg and Helena while Miss Ruth Grant Miss Gladys Lippert called in Helena. Milieu includes wedding of Viola Noble and Walter Ragen officiated by Rev Father Sullivan with Noble home in Willow Creek. local teaching service mentioned. Visitors include Hugh Roberts Mrs Jac Roberts W. Britton Frank Murray Bernice May Miss O Shea Ellen and Demetra O Shea Joseph Roberts E Woods and Miss Blanche Riles.
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Townsend
Charles
William Ragen
Joseph Ashcraft
Roy Jones
Helena
Carter Babcox
Troutman
Rodersburg
Ruth Grant
Gladys Lippert
Hugh Roberts
Jac Roberts
Glen McPherson
Viola Noble
Walter Ragen
J. Sullivan
Willow Crack
W. £. Britton
Frank Murray
Butte
Bernice May
Toston
J. H. Patterson
Harry Ragen
Mt. St. Charles
Joseph Roberts
E. Woods
Ellen
Demetra O'Shea
East Helena
Boyce Miller
Crow Creek Valley
Blanche Riles
Joseph Marley
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Valley County Man Dies From Spotted Fever
Glasgow May 21 Floyd DeLay a rancher on the Missouri river bottom lands south of here is in a Glasgow hospital with spotted fever from a tick bite two weeks ago. Charles B. C. Bopere near Yeska ranch south of Saco was brought to a local hospital with the same illness but died the same evening after a three week fever. These are the only cases in two years, journalist notes, since two men recovered after weeks of treatment.
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Glasgow
Floyd DeLay
Lismas
Missouri River
Here
Charles B. C. Bopere
Yeska Ranch
Saco
Touted Bad Man Returned Home to Face Fight Charge
Ira Booth, described as a tough 6 foot 2 inch man with dark hair and mustache, is to be tried in Cascade county on a second degree assault charge. Sheriff Dick Croft reports Booth was moved from Cut Bank to Cascade jail after a cafe rampage and a past beating of a sheep herder near the Canadian border.
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Great Falls
Ira Booth
Cascade County
Dick Croft
Cut Bank
Glacier County
Booth
Croft
Craff
Angry Bull Throws Youth From Horse in Broadus
Henry Oliver, 12, son of Simon Oliver, rode a two year old Durham when a bull charged and unseated him. He was struck above the left eye, the horn tore the lower part of his coat, and he rode a mile and a half to a nearby house barely able to stay aboard. Doctors found the eye unharmed despite fears.
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Broadus
Henry Oliver
Simon Oliver
Missing Missoulian Found Near Lola Hot Springs
Addison Dishman, 69, reported missing since Monday near Lola Hot Springs, was found today in the nearby hills, little worse for his experience. Official search had spanned Missoula area with Ludged reports of his course prior to discovery.
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Missoula
Addison Dishman
Lola Hot Springs
Hold up man shot by Butte sleuths in cafe raid
Warren King, 22 South Main, was shot in the right leg while being caught rifling the cash drawer at the Arizona cafe 216 East Park. Detectives Morrison and Calpin opened fire as he retreated toward the kitchen after ordering cashier Lilian Gustafson to open the register. King, said to be from Allegheny, Pa, was taken to St James hospital and later to the county jail. $37.10 and a dirk were recovered.
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St. James Hospital
M. H. Corkis
Corkis
King
Morrison
Butte
Arizona
Allegheny
Bondsmen Stranded as Defendant Ships Miss May 21
Bondsmen for Carl Shipley, charged with grand larceny, paid $750 into court after he failed to appear for arraignment. Grant Shipley, his brother, faced a warrant. Carl Shipley was out on $750 bail bonds fixed by Justice C. B. Lewis.
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Broadus
Carl Shipley
Grant Shipley
C. B. Lewis
Justice of the Peace
Traveling man Dan Kelly dies in Montana auto trip
Lewistown May 21 Dan Kelly a well known traveling man with Cedar Rapids Iowa ties died suddenly while returning by auto from Winnett to Grass Range Coroner Curtis Wilder and George Creel went to Grass Range with the body no inquest was needed The 47 year old was in usual health until heat on the road caused his collapse He is survived by his widow and a brother both in Butte He had worked in dredging in South America and had a wide circle of friends in Montana and the Northwest
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Lewistown
Dan Kelly
Butte
Winnett
Grass Range
Curtis W. Wilder
George R. Creel
Patrick Kelly
A. C. M. Company
Mr. Kelly
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Montana
S. M. Lanctot
Inland Products Company
Spokane
Wash
Mr. Lanctot
Kelly
Lancat
South America
Bear Shot in Echo Lake Yard in Flathead Region
Kalispell May 21 A Somers Lumber manager shot a large brown bear that appeared as a living stump near his Echo Lake summer home. The bear weighed about 450 pounds and a neighbor’s calf was found dead nearby, indicating recent predation.
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Kalispell
Flathead
Wick
Ballard
Somers Lumber Company
Echo Lake
Lidho
Ballerd
Young Teacher Killed in Accident Near Conrad
Inez Meyers daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Meyers northeast of Conrad was killed in a car accident Friday at 10 30 am. She taught at Gibbons school ten miles east and was returning alone from a picnic when her car hit a rut and overturned. A Conrad High School 1924 graduate, funeral arrangements will be announced later.
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Conrad
Inez Meyers
Charles Meyers
Miss Meyers
Gibbons School
Conrad High School
Demersville Farmer Unearths Skeleton While Plowing Field
Kalispell May 21 A Demersville farmer Bernd Olson unearthed parts of a human skeleton while harrowing a recently plowed field on his Demersville site. The skull shows a violent death with a cave in over the right eye. vertebrae and two forearm bones were also recovered. Local older residents were questioned for clues, but no recall of the burial surfaced.
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Kalispell
Sheriff's Office
Bernd Olson
Demersville
Olson
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You and I
Company of Musicians
China
Logan Social and Visiting Notes from Three Forks to Helena
Local notes show Mrs Viola Azetine of Three Forks visiting Logan and numerous Logan residents making short trips to Manhattan Belgrade Livingston and Helena for visits business or scholastic events. The Logan baseball team lost to Three Forks 10 to 12 as locals joined in visits and travel for meetings and track events. A separate brief from Louisville reports detectives gathering information on allegedly salacious magazines to be barred from sale.
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Logan
Viola Azetine
Three Forks
Fay Drummond
Walter Hall
Manhattan
J. B. McCall
Alicia
Livingston
Helena
McCall
Ethel Prather
Belgrade
Ruby Prather
C. R. Lowe
Katherine Hotrum
Mary Bryson
Charles Larson
Robert Kelbride
San Francisco
J. P. Graham
J. W. Strachan
Gene Strachan
Bozeman
D. A. McDowell
Billings
R. R. Wake
A. Rohla
J. W. Johnston
Clarkston
Mary Stacey
Whitehall
M. ‘Thompson
Frank Johnson
Ryan
Willow Creek
WW. Burrell
Seattle
Hale
W. M. Hendershott
Billie
Eileen Funk
Viola Leary
R. J. Johnston
Helgrade
R. E. Belton
Livingstone
Ernest Meador
Judith Murphy
Josephine Funk
Twin Bridges
Mary Funk
Virginia City
Eilene Funk
W. W.jennex
Johnston
Francis
Oscar Sebo
Francis Sloan
J. A. McQuillan
Augusta Siechau
Miss Sutton
Rodersburg
Horace Nichols
Northern Pacific
D. Rodgers
Lucila
W. F. Crowley
M. H. Crowley
W. M. Bryson
J. B. Sloan
Harrison
Logan School
B. J. Heederks
H. K Thompson
Louisville
Thieves Take Porcelain Drinking Fountain on Harding Highway
Tim O Leary reported to Silver Bow commissioners that vandals ripped the porcelain drinking fountain from its base on Harding Way, carting it away during Tuesday night. The fountain had been donated to the J McGill Nevin company and installed at the scenic road park halfway up the hill. prior thefts prompted an iron replacement and Kiwanis park plans. Officers investigated disposal sites as vandals persistently target the public amenity.
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J McGill-Nevin Company
Kiwanis Club
Casteel Lets Marriage Suit End by Default
Great Falls May 21 the legal two days ended yesterday in which A B Casteel might have answered the suit for annulment of his marriage to Winnifred Winters filed April 29. He said he intended to let the matter drop. The girl is believed to be with relatives in Lewistown. Her mother Mrs Lulu Cawley filed the suit after the marriage at Chateau and says she was underage, though Casteel contends she was at least 18. Neighbors say she may have been older.
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Great Falls
A. B. Casteel
Winnifred
Lewistown
Lulu Cawley
Casteel
Chateau
Cawlers
Body in River Six Months Recovered
Sidney May 21 the badly decomposed body of a man identified as J O Daily of Savage 22 miles south of here was taken from the Yellowstone river at the Riverview ferry by Roy Williams. Identification was made by letters money and personal effects by Coroner William Combs. Daily disappeared last November when crossing in a leaking boat with two companions. The boat took on water and the men jumped overboard but Daily was not seen again after a lengthy sheriff search.
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Sidney
J. O. Daily
Savage
Here
Yellowstone River
Riverview Ferry
Roy Williams
William Combs
West Bank
Burglars Foiled by Cat Accident in Butte
In Butte at 3 10 am Leonard Nuhfer pegged a rock at a stray Southside cat. The rock hit Olson hardware store causing a window to smash and police say two burglars fled with about 51 worth of fishing tackle. The owner notes more loss if the cat had not crossed.
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Butte
Leonard Nuhfer
Princeton Avenue
Home Baking Company
Harrison Avenue
Nuhfer
Olson Hardware
Harrison
Olson
Polite
Denied Home Bed by Wife Tailor Crawls in Window
Great Falls May 21 John Smirnes a Greek tailor was fined 23 by Police Magistrate H A Shep pard after he was found guilty of disorderly conduct for entering the Jensted home at the Kline hotel by removing a window screen. He said he meant no wrong, was drunk and upset by his wife denial of entry to their home and intended to get a room. Mrs Jensted woke to see a man by the window with a lit cigarette. Smirnes appealed after his conviction.
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Great Falls
John Smirnes
H. A. Sheppard
J. O. Jensted
Smirnes
Kline
Jensied
Beads Triggered Search Warrant Of Butte Mother
In Butte on May 21 a mother with beads around her neck refused to show a search warrant her son had found a string of beads linked to a May 1 robbery. Officer Davy O Connor pressed the warrant. the beads were torn off and left on the floor. A second mother sent her son with other stolen items including jewelry. on the way to court the boy found a bracelet and left it with the officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Davy O'Connor
O'Connor
Mr.o'connor
Mr. O'Connor
Whitefish Class of 1925 Hears Father Carroll Sermon
Baccalaureate services for Whitefish’s class of 1925 were held Sunday night in the Masonic temple. The auditorium was filled. Rev. J. J. Carroll of St. Charles preached on local opportunities for excellence. Vocal solos by Mrs. Henry Goodland and the high school double quartet followed. Benediction was given by Father Carroll.
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Whitefish
Masonic Temple
J. J. Carroll
St. Charles
Henry Goodland
Father Carroll
Price on bootleggers in Elko reward offer
Elko Nevada May 21 a prominent resident offers a hundred dollar reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone who sells liquor to minors. The editor of the local newspaper is charged with paying out reward money to those earning it.
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Elko
Nev
Holleaw
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