Capitalist Confident of Financing Railroad
Casper Wyoming October 2. William J Hooper of Dillon Read & Co and a party of financiers and railroad men inspect the North and South railroad route from Rawlins to Miles City. Hugh L Kirby president of the Wyoming Montana Railway foresees completion and pledged Casper chamber cooperation. Financing plans include 45 million for the railroad and 30 million for regional development.
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Casper
Wyo
New York
North and South
Rawlins
Miles City
Mont
William J. Hooper
Dillon, Read & Co
Sheridan
Hugh Lee Kirby
Wyoming-Montana Railway Company
Casper Chamber of Commerce
Casper Chamber
Kirby
Crops Worth Half Billion More Than in 1924
Estimates indicate American farmers will gain more from corn cotton potatoes and tobacco this year while wheat oats and hay yield less than in 1924. The corn outlook suggests a potential increase exceeding 600 million dollars, not easily erased by adverse effects, with wheat world supply likely to be lower than last year.
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United States
New York Federal Reserve Bank
Elk Hunters Net Big Game Limit at Sun River Trip
Conrad reports a hunting party of C F Underwood Frank Strecker Matt Kirsch and Jack Strothers returning with their elk limit from Sun River. They arrived opening day amid heavy snow and used pack horses to haul game. others in the group later had no luck.
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Marty Luce
Loraine Alquist
A. Boozer
Jack Baker
Thome
Auto clash leaves four dead in Montana Street crash
Ike Hayes, sole survivor of a four‑man automobile party, says Dennis Harrington drove into a standing street car on Montana Street Saturday night. Hayes, injured, recalls shouting to brake but it was too late. Three dead occupants, bodies at undertakers. Coroner to hold inquest. Hayes faces nonfatal injuries.
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Butte
Ike Hayes
Montana
Dennis
Ed” Harrington
Hayes
Harrington
Michael Gallagher
Asmos Parnell
Holland
Rosebud Livestock Shipped to Market
Forsyth reports extensive shipments from Rosebud county since September. About 300 ear of cattle and 300 ear of sheep moved outward, with horses also sent to eastern canning facilities. Hogs and additional cattle and sheep cars reported, including sheep from Deer Lodge farms and shipments from Forsyth to Omaha, Colorado, and St. Paul markets.
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Forsyth
Rosebud
Ingomar
Northern Pacific
Omaha
Neb
Colorado
Deer Lodge
Poulks Livestock Commission
Charles Dowlin
Armells Creek
Arthur Barth
Big Timber
Rattehers
St. Paul
Anaconda Hunters Return With Deer
Anaconda October 2 Nels Nelson manager of Nelson Jewelry company returned from the Storm Lake region with a six point deer weighing 300 pounds strapped to the fender of his touring car. He and P N Poston left Anaconda yesterday morning at 7 30 in a heavy snowstorm and located a deer by the roadside after dragging it two miles to civilization. The deer died instantly after being shot.
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Anaconda
Nels Nelson
Nelson Jewelry Company
Storm Lake
Mr. Nelson
P.N. Poston
Nelson
Lahood Knuckle Clears Way for Lynch Bout
Dixie Lahood, bantamweight slugger from Butte Montana, cannot appear Tuesday night in Seattle for a six round bout with California Joe Lynch due to a badly injured hand. Vic Foley steps in, having faced Lynch five times with one win, two draws, and two losses.
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Seattle
Dixie Lahood
Butte
Mont
California
Joe Lynch
Vic Foley
Lahood
Foley
Lynch
Vic King
King
Hood
Ask Congress to Build Cooke City Road through Wood
Billings, Oct. 26. Congress urged to appropriate funds for immediate construction of the Red Lodge Cooke City road through Bear tooth national forest. A Billings Commercial Club resolution declares the road vital to develop mineral possibilities around Cooke City and notes funds returned to the United States from federal aid could be used by the state.
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Billings
Congress
Red Lodge
Cooke City
Beartooth National Forest
Billings Commercial Club
TR. G. Wiggenhorn
United States
Father of Towne Dies at Haverhill
The Rev Charles A Towne, 83, longtime Baptist clergyman and father of Charles W Towne of Anaconda information, died Saturday night in Haverhill Massachusetts. He was born last June and died in Essex County where his ancestors settled in 1630. The Towne family has lived in Haverhill since then.
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Butte
Charles W. Towne
Department of Information
Anaconda Company
Charles A. Towne
Haverhill
Mass
Towne
Essex County
America
William Towie
Choteau Man Fined After Fist Fight in Pool Hall
Bert Bolland of Dutton was found guilty by a jury in J E DeHass justice court of third degree assault after a fight with Charles Johnson in a Dutton pool hall three weeks earlier. The jury fined Bolland $100 after he had requested a venue change and posted $300 bond pending appeal to district court. Thirteen American presidents have been United States senator.
Green Pebble in Grave May Decide Insurance Policy
Missoula report describes how a green pebble found in the grave of Charles William Nelson, a Montana World War veteran, prompted a legal battle over his government life insurance. Exhumation revealed the pebble, linked to German shrapnel, potentially altering death cause and eligibility. suit against the Bureau of War Risk Insurance set for trial at Mankato, Minnesota.
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Missoula
Charles William Nelson
Montana
Nelson
Hardin, Mont
France
Osage
Wyo
Marshall
Minn
John the Sexton
Nelson's
War Insurance
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Veterans’ Bureau
Ralph St. John Perry
Bureau
John
Perry
Insurance Bureau
Mankato
Two Men Arraigned On Bad Check Charge
Fred Brester of seven miles west of Billings pleaded guilty to obtaining money under false pretenses after arraignment by Justice William Gallagher. He was fined 5 and 30 days in jail with suspended sentence upon making the check good. George Fricker, arrested near Park City, faced the same charge and was given until Monday 10 am to plead. he allegedly passed a worthless check at Sturm and Drake grocery.
Wisconsin Farmers Buy Montana Horses
Charles Kassner returned to Madison Wis after selling a carload of food horses. He noted eastern buyers fear western horses with brands, recounting men who bought gentle horses locally but worried when returning them home, despite assurances of gentleness.
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Madison
Man who took robber killed-by automobile in Wyoming
George Bacus, a rancher who once captured train robber W. L. Carlisle in 1906 and later died from injuries after being struck by a car in Laramie. His death follows a blizzard death of his father in Colorado 48 years ago. Survived by wife Catherine Bacus and four children. United States has 45 chewing gum factories.
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Laramie
Wyo
George Racus
Here
W. L
Bill) Carlisle
Union Pacific
State Penitentiary
Bacus
Othenile Bacus
Colorado
Albert Pullman
Catherine Bacus
Eureka Bank May Be Reopened Soon
Eureka Oct 26 Deputy Bank Examiner T T Taylor completed an examination of Farmers and Merchants State Bank finding conditions good and the bank solvent though many securities are slow to work out A reorganization committee was chosen including H G Pomeroy James K Lang P V Klinke J H Saling and Joseph Pettier Taylor says reopening requires about 80 percent of depositors to sign waivers to allow accounts to remain for a period J G Masek former president may be involved to close pending deals but not in an official capacity upon reopening
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Eureka
T. T. Taylor
Farmers’ and Merchants’ State Bank
H. G. Pomeroy
James K. Lang
P. V. Klinke
J. H. Saling
Joseph Pettier
Taylor
J. G. Masek
Reservation Cattle Thieves Sentenced to Prison at Hardin
Hardin October 26 Barney McClain and Greeley Hughes were convicted this week on two cattle theft charges. They received consecutive sentences placing them in the state penitentiary for seven to 14 years each. They were charged in two complaints for stealing cattle from Crow reservation farmer David Bell and from Martha Chatham. Judge Stong sentenced each to three to six years in the first case and four to eight years in the second, with total consecutive terms. County Attorney T H Burke prosecuted.
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Hardin
Barney McClain
Greeley Hughes
McClain
Hughes
David Bell
Martha Chatham
Bell
Stong
T. H. Burke
Meagher County News highlights and notices
Meagher County News from White Sulphur Springs reports miners meeting in Castle district with Brophy Ropes and Hubbard departing after talks. Local officials note a butcher shop ruling acquittal and heavy snows blocking eastern roads. Students make honor rolls for perfect attendance and a teacher plans vacation. A Denver trip for medical care and a telephon e exchange change at Three Forks are noted along with civic visits and a Halloween pledge program offering free theater tickets in Chicago.
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White Sulphur Springs
Messrs. Brophy
Red Lodge
Ropes
Helena
E. B. Hubbard
Livingston
Castle District
C. L. Johnson
P. D. Scott
Rader
Los Angeles
Georgia Bonesteel
California
Lucille McDouala
Matilda Spencer
Edna Stewart
A. Allred
P. R. Wild
San Remington
Deiht Ranch
Beaver Creek
Grover Danzer
Cut Bank
Three Forks
Danzer
Prairie Chicken Shatters Windshield in Collision
Qet. 26 A. R. Craft suffers facial cuts when a prairie chicken, blinded by lights, crashes into the Craft car near the fairgrounds north of town. The bird is killed on impact, leaving the driver injured but living.
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Hamilton
Qet
A. R. Craft
Double homicide shocks Sturbridge as man kills family then himself
Two killed in Sturbridge Massachusetts with John Brown shooting Eu gene Holden at Holden’s home last night and wounding Holden’s housekeeper Mrs Mary Tiffany and her 17 year old daughter Jessie. Brown then killed himself at his own home early today. No motive disclosed.
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Sturbridge
Mass
John Brown
Eugene Holden
Holden
Mary Tiffany
Jessie
Russian Folk Songs Published in Volume in Siberia
In Omsk on September 7, revival and printing of folk songs from diverse Soviet nationalities gain attention. Alexander Zatayevitch released One Thousand Songs of the Kirghiz People, recording nomadic 6 million Kirghiz across regions for modern composers. Additional works include Crimean Tartar and Kazan Tartar song collections. California potato output in 1923 noted as 7,80,000 bushels.
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Omsk
Siberia
Soviet Republic
Alexander Zatayevitch
Mongolia
Turkestan
European
Russia
A Kantchersky
Prospectors Again Tramp Mountains for Precious Ores
Denver reports prospectors are flocking Colorado mountains to mine previously unprofitable ore as metallurgical advances boost metal yields by about 20 percent. Higher prices for silver lead copper and zinc, plus demand from Poland Germany and Britain, spur activity despite costs. Cripple Creek and Silvertown districts show gains with new vein strikes fueling optimism.
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Denver
Colorado
Poland
Great Britain
Germany
Cripple Creek
Silvertown
Dines Delays Denver Marriage Indefinitely
Courtland S. Dines, wealthy Denver clubman, has postponed his marriage to Miss Helen Gibson until he completes his affairs. The nuptials, planned for yesterday, were not held as he stated he would marry when his affairs are in shape. Dines gained prominence after a 1924 shooting at Mabel Normand’s Hollywood apartment, where he entertained Normand and Edna Purviance. Normand’s chauffeur A. Greer was tried and acquitted.
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Denver
Courtland S. Dines
Helen Gibson
Dines
Associated Press
Hollywood
Calif
Mabel Normand
Edna Purviance
A. Greer
Mies Normand
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