Montana Stock Growers Meet Elects Officers in Miles City
The Montana Stock Growers Association closed its twenty ninth annual meeting in Miles City electing officers for 1915 and fixing the next meeting location. Congressman Tom Stout spoke on grazing homestead bills and urged fair public land leasing for stockmen, opposing radical conservation. Other speakers included Dr A W Miller State Veterinarian W J Butler Tom Steele Wallace Huidekoper and more. The resolution committee urged railroads to raise shipping rates on Montana livestock only if coordinated with lower rates to coast points and to broaden land reclassification and settler rights to lease or purchase public grazing lands.
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Miles City
Montana Stockgrowers’ Association
F. M. Malone
Tom Stout
Lewistown
Stout
Ferguson
A. W. Miller
Washington
W. J. Butler
Helena
Tom Steele
Sioux City
Wallace Huidekoper
Wallis
Chicago
Montana
Congress
Railways Are Supported in Montana Rate Protest
Helena reports business and labor joined to oppose the Montana railroad commission’s new distributing rates. Business leaders argued for more railroads and higher local rates to avoid harming carriers and state growth. Labor contended reduced rates would hurt wage earners and slow carrier operations, affecting workers.
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Helena
Montana
State Railroad Commission
House Chamber
State Capitol
Annual Trail Meeting Set for Hunters Hot Springs
Livingston Dr S F Way president of the Montana section of the Twin Cities Aberdeen Yellowstone Park Trail Association announces the annual meeting at Hunters Hot Springs will be July 9 and 10. Manager McCain of Hunters hotel plans to host about 1000 autoists with delegates from Minnesota North and South Dakota and Montana. Delegates will travel by auto to Gardiner seventy miles away and a photo will capture the autos at Yellowstone Park entrance arch.
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Gardiner
Yellowstone Park
Miner Killed In Mine Cage Tragedy In Butte
In Pennsylvania mine, the descent cage found the mangled body of Jerry Mahoney, a well known miner. He apparently was struck by the drill end as the cage lowered and whipped about the shaft timbers, fatally slashing him. Joseph Riley, a prominent Butte businessman, died suddenly from acute indigestion.
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Butte
Pennsylvania
Jerry Mahoney
Mahoney
Joseph Riley
Reserve Bank Plan Gathers St Paul Bankers
St Paul bankers form a committee of thirty to organize the Federal Reserve Bank in Minneapolis. Half the capital stock is subscribed. A. B. Eliott in Washington relayed details by long distance. James J. Hill and George M. Reynolds spoke at the dinner. Directors will include two from Minnesota and one from several other states. Montana, Wisconsin, and Michigan seek qualified men with regional industry, cattle, and mining knowledge.
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St. Paul
Joseph Chapman
Northwestern National Bank
Federal Reserve Bank of
Minneapolis
Federal Reserve Bank
A. B. Eliott
Washington
James J. Hill
George M. Reynolds
Continental and Commercial National Bank
Chicago
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
North Dakota
South Dakota
Montana
Fox River Valley
Lake Shore
Milwaukee
A. C. Johnson
Helena
A. J. Davis
Butte
David G. Browne
Fort Benton
Robert Covert
Billings
F. S. Lusk
Missoula
C. W. Butler
Miles City
Mr. Reynolds
Montana State Militia Gears Up For Quick Mobilization
General Phil Greenan reports the Montana militia ready to mobilize within six hours after orders from Washington. Governor Stewart and Greenan inspected state armory as local communities and veterans groups offered to form companies and volunteer for a potential call to duty.
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Helena
Phil Greenan
Washington
Montana
Greenan
Stewart
State
National Guard
State House
Miles City
Rough Rider
Thomas M. Kehoe
Bruce Wallace
J. L. Galen
Glacier National Park
Great Falls
Anaconda
Glendive
Polsin
Hamilton
Ft. William Henry Harrison
Commissioner to Investigate Proposed Opening of Crown Lands
United States Commissioner of Indian Affairs Billings Cato travels to Billings to examine the proposed opening to settlement of 1 800 000 acres of the Crown reservation. His report will shape the interior department stance on the movement. Southern Montana and Northern Wyoming settlement groups favor homestead entry over public sale disposal.
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Billings
Cato Sells
United States commissioner of Indian_ affairs
Interior Department
Montana
Wyoming
President Wilson Urges End to Colorado Coal Strike
President Wilson appeals to John D Rockefeller and son to help settle the Colorado coal strike amid violence and deaths. Foster reports no progress after talks with Rockefeller. troops may be sent. State officials say truce broken as violence continues and militia preparations increase.
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John D. Rockefeller
Wilson
Colorado
Washington
Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Foster
House Committee On Mines and Mining
New York
John B. Foster
United States
Congress
White House
Ammons
Thomas
Denver
Americans In Capital Safe In Mexico City
French Ambassador Jusserand said the Mexican capital is quiet and all Americans there are safe. The report came from the French legation in Mexico City indicating stable conditions for residents.
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Washington
Jusserand
Mexico City
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State Commission
Huerta
Rear Admiral Beatty
Frank 5. Beatty
Hancock
Vera Cruz
New Orleans
Huertista
Florida
Vera, Cruz
John’ D. Rockefeller
Pueblo
Colo
Williamsburg
Chandler
Victor American Fuel Company
Fremont County
Canon City
Royal Gorge
E. C. Bettis
Bettis
General Chase
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