Cold Weather Halts Digging Of Beet Crop
Lethbridge Oct 6 A severe early snow and wet spell in southern Alberta has halted beet digging as frosts damaged gardens and crops. Thick snow kept beets from drying, with some growers planning to start digging again this week. Raymond factory tests completed. first Alberta sugar car awaited. Grain damage runs to millions, sparking talks of internal storage elevators. Range is good. fat cattle ship to Toronto Winnipeg Chicago and the U K. Fordney tariff hinders Chicago market prospects.
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Lethbridge
Alberta
Sugar Company
Raymond
Alberta Sugar
Boards of Trade of South
Toronto
Winnipeg
Chicago
United Kingdom
Ross Ranching Company
Great Britain
Old Country
Deer Lodge woman’s letter on shattered dirigible crash
Frank Peckham, naval aviator, writes a letter describing the debris and wreck of a dirigible near Cauldwell Ohio and Lakehurst. He recalls awakening during the fall, the craft breaking in two, and several crewmen killed as survivors were helped to town. Contact with Ula Ister and Mrs. F. G. Inman is noted.
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Dear Lodge
Shensadoah
Frank Peckham
Ula Aister
F. G. Inman
Deer Lodge
Peckham
Earth
Cauldwell
Lakehurst
Roundup Ex Mayor Now City Manager of Florida Town
Ex mayor of Roundup, C. A. Renshaw, named city manager of Miami Beach, Florida, per report to George Gregory at the Palace hotel. Patsy Harrington, now a Miami resident, sent the news. The position carries a five figure salary. Renshaw’s appointment follows months of consideration and a review of his Roundup record. Damon Lewis, formerly Roundup operator and former police chief and U.S. marshal in Oklahoma, will be chief of police under Renshaw.
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Roundup
C. A. Renshaw
Miami Beach
Fla
George Gregory
Palace Hotel
Patsy Harrington
Miami
Renshaw
Aull
Damon Lewis
Oklahoma
Mr. Renshaw
Bride of 11 Days Now Wants Marriage Annuled
Miss Sulko Tripkovich of Jugoslavia travelled thousands of miles to Basin and met Mike Lamich by note only. The couple wed in Basin then moved to Butte where authorities later halted plans. Miss Tripkovich and relatives seek a court annulment as the romance collapses within days. Lamich says separation is possible but not his cost. Relatives and friends urge annulment without heartbreak.
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Hutte
Sulko ‘Tripkovich
Jugo- Slavia
Smarty Mike Lamich
Romeo
Tripkevich
Nnlight
Miss Tripkovich
Bes
Basin
Mike Lamich
East Park Street
Jere Murphy
Lamich
Mountjoy
Howard Johnson
Jefferson County
Butte
Lyirl
Old Army Buckle Sparks Pioneer Story Mystery
An antique bronze army buckle with the American eagle and motto was found near the Batts ranch and kept by the finder. The article notes no other clues to its origin, speculating it may date from early Indian wars, but offers no definite identification of its wearer.
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Melstone
Onc
Ie F. C. Batts Ranch
United States
New Town Springs Up Within Month in Glacier Area
Browning Oct 6 A new town has rapidly grown at the eastern edge of Glacier National Park near the Rocky Mountains. Trix Babb Montana once served as a frontier mail point for cowboys and trappers, but a boom from Glacier Park road work has transformed it into a modern busy community with a school post office and pigeonhole mail system. Cowboys visit the local drug store and some ride 30 miles for ice cream while taking in the region’s frontier ambiance.
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Browning
Glacier National Park
Rocky Mountains
Trix Babb
Montana
Union
Glacier
Cowboy Guides
Glacier Park
Ranches
Balth
Fall Down Stairs Proves Fatal to Ryegate Janitor
Ryegate Ort G Thomas Shea longtime janitor at Golden Valley county courthouse died after reportedly falling down stairs at his rented room. He was found unconscious in the evening and died a few hours later after no medical help could save him. Funeral services were held at the Catholic church in Ryegate and he was buried in the local cemetery.
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Ryegate
Thomas Shea
Golden Valley County
City council passes first reading of traffic ordinance changes
Great Falls reports a new traffic ordinance increases city speed limit five miles in all areas and tightens parking rules in congested districts to 40 minutes with 9 am to 6 pm for 90 minute slots. It also sets truck load and speed rules, prohibits mid block turns, requires reporting accidents, and updates boulevard maintenance and sewer connections.
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Great Falls
West Side
South Side
Second Alley
Eleventh
Martinsdale House Fire Destroys Home and Playhouse
In Martinsdale on October 6 a fire destroyed the Walter Eyman house at the east end of Grant Avenue. Otto Vestri escaped through a window as the blaze began around 1 a.m. The residence and a beloved playhouse nearby were consumed, with losses covered by insurance.
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Martinedale
Pira
Origi
Walter Eyman
Grant Avenue
Otto Vestri
Martinsdale
Cow Helps Rescue Girls Lost in the Hills
Two girls missing in the Laramie Peaks district were saved by a cow that appeared on a dark trail guiding them back to a rescue party. The girls had split from the group after their car stalled three miles from the Sturgeon ranch.
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Wheatland
Laramie Peaks
C. F. Rietz
Arthur Rietz
Fletcher Park
Joop
Hall Ranch
Luman Creek Canon
Sturgeon Ranch
Meagher County News Highlights Local Programs and Moves
Meagher County News from White Sulphur Springs reports B. Cook of Helena inspecting ranches, McCarthy and Petit entering the state university, Avery Idaho store opening by Butler and White, Jap Stewart buying yearling sheep from Big Timber dealers, Eileen Twohey hosting a Shermount birthday dinner, high school choral and symphony to be led by local directors, student association officers elected, and an auditorium renovation underway with heat installation and new dressing rooms. Meixsell aims to finish this month.
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White Sulphur Springs
B. Cook
Helena
Sidney McCarthy
John Petit
State University
Missoula
Elmer Butler
Ernest White
Avery
Idaho
Jap Stewart
Crow Indian Reservation
Joe Hanlen
Harvey Corts
Big Timber
Miss A. J. Kline
Middle States
John Mullins
IR. T. Ringling
Wallace Burtt
California
Eileen Twohey
Shermatt Hotel
Blanch Amt
Tmelen Ford
Isabel Johnston
Janice Skinner
T. D. Meixsell
Heavy Precipitation In Northern Section
Ha rve weather station records show September rainfall reaching 3.94 inches, with 1997 total 5.66 inches and historic months 5.99 in 1911 and 4.58 in 1917. Normal September rainfall is 1.03 inches. Sunshine averaged 6 percent with up to six days of no sun. High 82, low 3. greatest daily range 42 to 82 degrees on September 24. Total moisture: 0.55 inches above normal. There were 13 days with 0.01 inch or more rain, peak 1.88 inches on September 19. Additional trace sulovy noted.
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Marte
Havre
Sulovy
Officers Find Big Wine Cache in Moonshine Case
Federal agents and a sheriff's deputy seized more than 250 gallons of choke-cherry wine, moonshine, and a 30-gallon still at 415 Thirty-fourth Street North. John Justin was arrested for violating the Prohibitory Law and later helped destroy the liquor as he lamented his profits.
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Tom Norton
Thirty-fourth Street
John Justin
Justin
Thief Abandons Car When Gas Gives Out
Lewistown Fergus county sheriff Guy Tullock has recovered 21 stolen autos since taking office. The latest vehicle belonged to printer Robert Mackey and was taken from Main street Friday night. The thief fled on foot when the car stalled after running low on gasoline, leaving the car undamaged.
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Lewistown
Fergus County
Guy Tullock
Robert Mackey
Mainstreet
Tullock
Moore Country
Will Investigate Brother's Murder
Poplar, Oct 6. Edmund Klug, brother of Harry Klug who was found murdered beside the railroad track near Poplar weeks ago, arrived by motor from Wisconsin Rapids and plans to stay in the area to search for clues. The victim was discovered about a mile east of Poplar on September 13, shot through the head and thrown from a passing train.
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Poplar
Qct
Edmiond Klug
Harry Klug
Wisconsin Rapids
Wis
Maan and Wife Die in Flames in Roundup
Roundup October 6 which destroyed the W A Pennington home at 3 o clock this morning taking two lives Mrs Pennington burned to death after reaching outside to help others her husband Mr Pennington died of heart failure shortly after outside origin of fire unknown Ada Pennington escaped with minor injuries The Penningtons long time residents of Buth and Roundup with Mr Pennington a lawyer who moved here about a decade ago
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W. A. Pennington
Pennington’s
Buth
Pennington
Big crowd watches spudding in at Fenholt farm well
Lewistown October 6 reports a large turnout for the Fenholt farm well spudding near Winifred with about 200 cars noted. Judge E K Cheadle and Judge Leonard DeKalb spoke as a standard rig was set and the bit entered the ground amid expectations of a gusher. Alfred De celles, 82, a chevalier of the Canadian Legion of Honor and former general librarian of the Canadian parliament, died in Ottawa.
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Lewistown
Fenholt Farm
Winifred
E. K. Cheadle
Leonard DeKalb
Chevalier Passes
Ottawa
Alfred Decelles
Cayal Society of Canada
Chevalier
Legion of Honor
Mme
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Oathen
Florida Town
Pittsburgh
Mutual Life Insurance Co
Company of America
Sam D. Goza
Helena, Mont
Wyoming
Repp Shirte
Bill
Meagher County News
Will
Brother
White Cross
Shane
White Cross Electric Iron
Maan
Wife
Union Bank and Trust Co
Niewspapet
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