Railroads barred from lumber rate hike by ICC
Washington October 5 The Interstate Commerce Commission says railroad proposals to raise transcontinental freight rates on lumber and forest products from Oregon Washington Utah and Idaho to El Paso Texas by 25 percent are not justified. The commission also denies a 33 1 3 percent increase in intermediate point mileage, noting the proposed rates had not taken effect since June 1 and were suspended by the commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Oregon
Utah
Idaho
el Paso
Texas
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rail Meads
Farding summons nation to prayer on Armistice Day
President Harding calls the nation to silent prayer on Armistice Day November 11 from noon to two minutes past. The day honors the unknown American soldier buried at Arlington. Flags are to be half masted on public buildings and military posts worldwide.
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Washington
Qet
Harding
Briday
Jane ‘Eo
Arlingtons
Hnion
America
Thrifty Rube Town Forges Economic Peace
The Oregon town of twenty thousand lowers its tax levy three times in two years. It runs an open shop with strong unions and a voluntary mediation plan. Salaries are reduced and officials removed while a new $150,000 hospital and hundreds of homes are built under the American plan, signaling industrial peace and community prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregota
Phat
Oregon
New Hospital
Lesson of Emma Goldman in Russia and the US flag
The article notes Emma Goldman harming in Russia and expresses that she longs for protection under the U S flag. It comments on Americans abroad and the value placed on liberty versus license in troubled times, contrasting Russia’s disorder with American ideals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Emma Goldman
Emma
Warang era service model shifts to home based banking
The text describes a bank like service operating at home, handling deposits loans and exchange. It notes no fixed business location and emphasizes daily routines and countrywide popularity. It mentions investments construction and charges discussed within the home context as part of daily work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strance
K SoNnters
Two Bowdoin Stores Close This Week
The Montana Credi Mens Assn arrived Tuesday to close the Malta Co operative Store Co local branch. Stock will be moved to Malta for a large sale as the closure burdens the town after three years of operation under H Haroldson with honest goods and fair treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana Credi Mens
Ass’n
Malta
Bowdoin Pharmacy Closes as Miller Buys Plentywood Store
Bowdoin drugstore owner Miller acquires a Plentywood confectionary and moves stock to run an updated drug store there. He cites adverse business conditions and expresses regret at leaving Bowdoin after over three years in operation.
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Miller
Bowdoin
Plentywood
Montana
Bowdoin Beacon
Veterans assert wartime ideals at G A R encampment ending in Iowa
Indianapolis dispatch reports the 55th Grand Army of the Republic encampment closing with Lwis S. Pilcher of Brooklyn named commander in chief and Des Moines chosen for the next meeting site. Commander William A. Ketcham urges protection of Memorial Day and condemns the revival of the Ku Klux Klan amid ongoing losses among veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Grand Army of the Republic
Lwis S. Pilcher
Brooklyn
N. Y
Des Moins
Iowa
Ketcham
Grand Army
Klan
Flint
I. W. Wism
Department
Adjutant General
Council of Administrators
Japan Faces Surplus Population at Armaments Talks
Tokyo reports Japan will press for economic outlets for growing population at Washington conference on arms limitation and Far East questions. The Asahi Shimbun says Japan will seek to extend communications with America by reconnecting the Guam Yap cable and present a broad agenda of over 70 items per Hachi Shimbun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Japan
Washington
Asahi Shimbun
America
Hachi Shimbun
Newspaper Wages and General Strikes under Scrutiny
The text argues that headlines exaggerate wage differences under general strike captions. It notes few strikes last year and claims general strikes harm business. It asserts differences exist between employers and workers but general strikes are illegal and nonexistent beyond sensational headlines.
Fisherman Catches Mallard While Trout Fishing
Bozeman reports Hans Bille claims he hooked a mallard while trout fishing on the river. He describes casting near the bird, the line looping around its neck, and capturing the winged duck after it was stunned by a hunter. He meets Cassius Kirk Tom Seby and Larry Brotherton who inquire about duck country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bozeman
Hans Bille
Mr. Bille
Cassius Kirk
Tom Seby
Larry Brotherton
ZR-2 Disaster Verdict Cites Accident No Clear Cause
Hull England inquest returns verdict that the ZR-2 airship disaster over the Humber on August 24 was caused by an accident. More than 40 people died including 16 Americans. Jury says no evidence of actual cause and finds no criminal negligence or liability for Lieutenant Commander Charles G. Little and related cases.
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Hull
Eng
Humber River
Chas. G. Little
Cornor
Beet crop magnitude to yield large cash for western growers
The beet harvest across sixteen districts of the Great Western Sugar Company in Colorado Nebraska Montana and Wyoming will pay farmers about 18 million dollars in cash. Labor costs will be similar, with an estimated 100 day factory campaign. Other western beet firms may raise total farmer payments over 100 million dollars, not counting processing costs.
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Great Western Sugar Company
Colorado
Nebraska
Montana
Wyoming
West
Deputy county surveyor risks life in gas tank blaze
Great Falls reports Deputy County Surveyor Joe Bennett, ex service man and son of County Commissioner Jesse Bennett, lit a match to check a full 50 gallon county garage gas tank in the jail yard at 5 30 this morning. Fire showed 25 feet high, six adjacent garages damaged, car saved, Bennett narrowly escaped, gas turned off amid panic. loss pegged at 5009 without insurance.
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Great Falls
Joe Bennett
Jesse Bennett
Bennett
Joe Ra
Malta Seeks Stock For Winter Grazing Aid
Malta October 6. The Malta Commercial club launches efforts to bring thousands of head of stock from regions with short hay for winter grazing. Range here is fine and hay is abundant and cheap. Grass from Billings to Glendive is sparse this year. Boosters say many herds could be trailed in, though some shipments would be needed. Authorities stress preserving Montana breeding stock and stock not ready for market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malta
Malta Commercial Club
Billings
Glendive
Montana
Freewater Corn Husking Bees Grow In Popularity
Freewater October 5 corn husking bees draw crowds at local homes. A recent event at Mrs I McTwen’s ranch featured Frank Zuber discovering several red ears and Mrs Anna Carter coordinating a generous supper for participants in the community effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freewater
Thig
I. McTwen
Canada
Frank Zuber
Anna Carter
Saskatchewan Foresees Record Oats and Wheat Crops
Regina October 4. The statistics bureau of Saskatchewan agriculture forecasts the largest oats crop and second largest wheat crop in the province's history in its latest crop estimate.
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Regina
Sask
Statistics Bureau
Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture
Multiple Montana potato digger calls amid regional labor boom
News briefs from Butte and other towns report Idaho and Montana potato districts seeking workers. Whitehall and nearby areas offer per day wages. Sirth Idaho calls 300 diggers at six cents per sack with board. Other locales expect further calls and new employment opportunities.
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Butte
Idaho
Montana
Leonard Pearn
P. E. Agency
Arizona Street
Sirth
Pearn
Whitehall
New School Building at Red Lodge Named Roosevelt by Pupils
Red Lodge October 4. The city school children voted to name the new school building under construction Roosevelt. In the initial and final ballots Roosevelt led with 437 votes while Edison, McKinley and Betsy Ross trailed. Some controversy arose when Babe Ruth appeared as a second choice on the nominative ballot.
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Red Lodge
Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Edison
McKinley
Betsey Ross
Franklin
Pershing
Wilson
Columbus
Frances E. Willard
Harding
Custer
Liberty
Longfellow
Grant
Lewis and Clark
Broadway
Jackson
Stevenson
Whittier
Garfield
Morse
Julia Lathrop
Webster
John Adams
Jane Adams
John Quincy Adams
Betsy Ross
Babe Ruth
Miss Peterson’s marriage offer to fund education sparks new choice
Joliet Ohio Oct 3 Miss Catherine Peterson a 20 year old woman who a month ago offered to marry a man for 3002 to obtain an education and buy clothes now faces a new dilemma choosing which suitor to marry. She says she could not earn enough working as a clerk bookkeeper or nurse and has heard hundreds of replies from switchmen insurance agents vistks and other men.
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Joliet al
Catherine Peterson
Peterson
Ford cars lead entries into Yellowstone Park in 1921
Horace M Albright reports 4 592 Fords among 15 600 total entries into Yellowstone Park in 1921, with Buicks second and Dodges third. Studebaker and Overland follow with 678 and 447 respectively, while Nash, Oldsmobile, Cadillac, Hudson and others sit below 300. In 1920 total entries were 13 302.
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Yellowstone Park
Horace M.albright
Park
Dodge
Studabaker
Overland
Cadillac
Hudson
Nash
Oldsmobile
Chandler
Franklin
Hupmobile
Maxwell
Reo
Spud Growers Grade Product In New Co operative
Manhattan Oct 6 Potatoes leaving Manhattan through a growers co operative will be properly graded. A committee of J J Roth Mr Pointer and Dick Hughes was chosen to supervise grading and study market conditions. The association plans broader activity to form an effective marketing group and win a reputation for delivering grade produce.
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Manhattan
J. J. Roth
Mr. Pointer
Dick Hughes
Harding calls on governors to aid jobless relief
President Harding urged governors and mayors to mobilize local machinery to correct economic conditions following the unemployment conference. He announced a central agency under the conference to coordinate nationwide rehabilitation efforts and stressed local cooperation as essential.
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Harding
Washington
New 16 inch 50 caliber rifle to be tested at Aberdeen
Washington reports a new 16 inch 50 caliber rifle claimed more powerful than any Navy gun will be tested at the Aberdeen Army ordnance proving ground on Friday during ordinance day. New artillery types, tanks and bombs will also be tried out.
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Washington
Army Ordnance Proving Ground
Aberdeen
Shelby
Attorney Sandlie Hakes First Score in Cattle Case
Robert Mayes, 65, pled guilty to grand larceny before Judge Barton at Malta and was sentenced to two to four years in Deer Lodge. He headed a cattle rustling operation moving cattle across the Missouri to Fergus county. Involved cattle include 27 head recovered in this county, marking the first conviction for cattle stealing since the county was organized.
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Robert Mayes
Here
Beaver Creek
Barton
Malta
Deer Lodge
Mayes
Misouri
Fergus County
Ganz
Fe Zus
Teddy's Old Chair Presented to Roosevelt Memorial
New York Oct 3 President Harding will present the desk chair Theodore Roosevelt used in the White House to the Roosevelt memorial association. The presentation occurs on the White House steps next Wednesday as announced by the association.
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New York
Harding Wll
Roosevelt Memorial Association
Theodore Roosevelt
White House
Help Stop the Waste Mr Smoker Fire Safety Message
A cautionary public notice urges smokers to reduce fire risk from lights ed cigars and cigarettes. It highlights property loss from fires and promotes tobacco enjoyment with safety. The notice cites the Montana State Fireman's Association.
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Jone
Arette E Ieardin Tee Tana State Fireman’s Association
Local Social Roundup from Lower Whitewater
Mrs Hans Waal visited Saco on Monday and Charley Hymer called in Lower Whitewater Sunday. Mrs Ray Carter was in Saco Monday for dental work. Levi Osier and daughter visited Joe Hover on East Beach and later Busche home Friday. Harod Wang and Anna Anderson spent Sunday with the Busches. Mrs Martin Hanson of Whitewater helped threshers with Mrs C T Glascock Friday. John Askwald came from Sacco Wednesday to assist A M Strominen with threshing. Threshing continues in good weather and should finish this week. Mr and Mrs Martin Hanson and children and Mr Chas Lind were supper guests at Glascock Sunday.
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Hans Waal
Saco
Charley Hymer
Lower Whitewater
Ray Carter
Levi Osier
Joe Hover
Busche
Harod Wang
Anna Andeson
O. C. Busche
Martin Hanson
Whitewater
C. T. Glascock
John Askwald
Sacco
A. M. Strominen
Chas. Lind
Glascock Home
Threshing and Farm Travel Report From YNOT
Local notes describe threshing winding down in the Ynot area. Residents including Guy D Smith and T P McMullen move grain to Canada for threshing. Christ Abelman and Mrs Phelan with teams head to Malta, while others plan Canada work and road surveys by county surveyors. Alma McMullen plans to enter a consolidated school near the Mike Wiest farm.
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Christ Abelman
Malta
Canada
Alma McMullen
Mike Wiest
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