Mrs. Mae White Dies Noted County Librarian
Mrs Mae White county librarian for Phillips county died of typhoid fever at the Great Northern hotel after a three week illness. Her brother Charles Morton of Stillwater Minnesota was with her. Funeral services were held at St Marys Episcopal Church with Rev A M Frost officiating and interment planned for Ellsworth Wisconsin. Survived by three Morton brothers living in Stillwater Minnesota.
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Mae White
Great Northern
Charles W. Morton
Phillips County
Milrs. White
Maetris Morton
Calmer
Iowa
Mar
Wim. M. Morton
Ellsworth
Wisconsin
Stillwater
Ms. Morton
Mrs. White
Wis
White
Co. W
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Automobile Death Every Thirty Five Minutes
Chicago reports estimate 1921 automobile deaths at 12 000 to 15 000, likely near 15 000, up from 11 000 in 1920. Officials say a death occurred about every 35 minutes, from a three day public safety meeting focusing on accident prevention and safer road use. Marcus Dow urged improved train guard for drivers.
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Chicago
United States
Public Safety Councils
Marcus Dow
New York Central Railroad
Gotham Color Concert Debuts Clavilux In Visionary Display
New York reports Gotham’s first color concert using Thomas Moore’s Clavilux device. Wilfred plays a keyboardless organ as electrical tones create color on a screen in a dark theatre. The 3 by 6 foot device relies on a color sensitive brain to translate notes into visuals, following similar esthetic lighting experiments at St Marks Church.
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New York
Gotham
Mac Ore
Wilfred
Church of St. Marks
Claude Bragdon
Rochester
Harlow town Durand irrigation project revived
The Harlow town Durand irrigation project resumes after a temporary layoff due to financial degression. The commission met to push the plan rapidly, employing engineers to survey and identify reservoir sites and secure financing for irrigating 16,000 acres of adjacent beach land near the city of Kluwtown.
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Harlowtown
Harlowtown-Durand
Kean
Kluwtown
Soil moisture strengthens 1922 crop outlook in Saco region
Local farmers report unusually wet subsoil boosting expectations for a record spring crop. Ideal fall drying and thaw cycles left the soil porous enough to absorb meltwater, promising large acreages of potatoes and corn and potentially reducing grasshopper problems. Agricultural optimism grows as plans for summer tillage and higher yields take shape.
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Saco
Chinook High to Play Saco Friday January 27
Chinook High meets Saco High School in Saeco gym Friday January 27 in a nonleague basketball game. Chinook will also face Malta Thursday and Glasgow Saturday while Saco aims to avenge a prior debate and basketball loss. Admission is 35 and 25 cents with folding chairs provided to accommodate many fans.
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Lareer
Saeco
Saco
Chinook
Malta
Glasgow
Saco High School
Jansey Tieden Wins First Prize at Bozeman Seed Show
Phillips county farmers lead at the State Seed Show during Farmer's Week in Bozeman on January 10 11 with Jansey Tieden White Water Victory Oats first Hanneken Bailey second Peliss Durum third Frank Schempp Freewater Peliss Duran third Edgar Lee Dodson Netted Gems second and the county exhibit placing in every class, boosting regional reputation.
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Phillips County
Bozeman
Jansey Tieden
White Water
Victory Oats
Hanneken Bailey
Peliss Durum
Frank
Corn Pays On Dry Land Farm Sees 40 Bushels Per Acre
Ernest Halstead harvested eight acres of Yellow Flint corn on his dry land farm south of town yielding 40 bushels per acre. He plans sixty more acres this year. The Saco Co operative store lists 50 bushels of this seed corn for sale.
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Ernest Halstead
Saco Co-operative
Carl Riddick for United States Senate
The Malta Enterprise endorses Congressman Carl W. Riddick as Montana’s best pick for senator. Elected from the second district in 1915 and 1920, Riddick is praised for his congressional experience, farm residence near Lewistown, and nonalignment with state parties, seen as uniting factions for a strong statewide candidate.
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Montana
Congress
United States
Senate
Carl W. Riddick
Riddick
Harding
Mon
Enterprise
Malta
Poison liquor claims five lives in Hoboken
Five men in Hoboken New Jersey died after drinking poisonous liquor today. Authorities believe the tainted liquor was obtained from sailors on an incoming steamship.
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Poison Liquor
Hoboken, N. J
Wheat price petition to end grain profiteering
A call to farmers to sign a petition demanding government action to set wheat at $2.00 per bushel. The notice urges getting neighbors to sign and mail to Congress, arguing continual losses, grain gamblers, and higher bread costs harm the poor.
Court News Da y Hearing Admin Appointments and Pleas
Court convenes January 13 1922 with Judge Bar ton. Administrators appointed in the McCullum estates and McSpadden case. Bond amounts set. Hearings scheduled for January 27 and January 20. Demurrer sustained in Clark vs. 1st National Bank. Bull pleads to second degree assault and receives deferred sentence. Parmenter estate discharged. Miller Rubber Co. v Peterson Ness extends answer time. Court adjourns to January 20.
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C. D. Barton
C. M. Porter
Lola McCullum
H. L. Wolf, Jr
William Versatt
Harry Lyden
Burt Moylan
Samuel McSpadden
O. C. Hauge
John McCullum
Clark
National Bank of Dodson
State of Montana
Aubry F. Bull
Defendent
Council
John A. Tressler
Aubry Frank Bull
Deer Lodge
Elmer M. Parmenter
Lillie Blanche Parmenter
Miller Rubber Co
Peterson and Ness
Potato Meetings for Phillips County Hold Three Farm Bureau Sessions
Phillips County farm groups plan three county meetings in February under the Farm Bureau to promote a uniform potato product and establish a market. Prominent speakers include F H Harrington, a state college potato expert, and W Blaine Ferguson, state irrigation agent.
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Phillips County
Farm Bureau
Dodson
Malta
New Court House
Saco
F. H. Harrington
State College
Blaine Ferguson
Bure
Northwest Potato Exchange
Kalispell
Reopening of Mining Industry Sparks Statewide Optimism
Montana papers comment on renewed mining activity boosting employment, demand for crops, livestock markets, railroad use, fuel production and rural prosperity. Officials and merchants expect higher prices, better markets, and greater confidence across farming and industrial sectors.
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Montana Record-Herald
Stat
Ft. Benton River Press
Revival of the government grain corporation urged
Petition to Hon. Carl Riddick asks Congress to revive the government grain corporation to pool and price wheat to cover production costs. It argues this action can prevent further farm foreclosures, stabilize wheat and related grains, restore credit, and support farmers through 1930s conditions. The signers urge immediate consideration and passage of a corresponding bill.
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Carl Riddick
United States Congress
Washington, D. C
Congress
Government Grain Corporation
Grain Corporation
Names and Addresses Notice Card
A list of names and addresses published as a public notice card from the local paper. The document records individuals and their street addresses for official or legal processing.
Ninety Per Cent State Fires Preventable
Helena January 15 Ninety per cent of Montana fires in 1921 were preventable says the annual report of State Fire Marshal R S Menrum submitted to State Auditor George P Porter. The report lists causes and notes prosecutions, condemnations, and removals of fire hazards across the state.
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Helena
Montana
R. S.mentrum
George P. Porter
Butte
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Chinook High
CORN
United States Senate
Washington
Court News
Phillips Cl
Miles City Star
Commonwealth
Dillion Examiner
Big Timber Pioneer
Moetana
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