School Opens Tuesday with Extended Enrollment Plan
School will open in all departments on Tuesday September 6. High School students should enroll Monday except those living in the country. Grades begin Tuesday morning with class work in the grades starting Tuesday afternoon. Morning session reserved for class assignments and book handout. Early registration emphasized, late registrants may have fewer subjects. Eighth grade completions may allow taking high school subjects. Teaching staff includes R Wampler superintendent, Mather J Wampler high school principal, Beatrice Ruiter, Agnes I Avent, Myrtle Garrison, Jennie Larkin, Maud Crutchfield, Esther Wood, with Avent added from University of Wyoming.
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R. Wampler
Mather J. Wampler
Beatrice Ruiter
Agnes I. Avent
Myrtle Garrison
Jennie Larkin
Maud Crutchfield
Esther Wood
Avent
University of Wyoming
Rand
Burlington
Wyo
Tekoa
Washington
Information on Sweet Bill aids ex service men
State American Legion leaders report passage of amendments to the Sweet bill consolidating war risk, vocational education, and U S P H S into the veteran's bureau. The changes aim to reduce red tape, simplify compensation claims, authorize hospitalization for disabilities linked to service, and curb delays.
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American Legion
QO. C. Lamport
Isalse
Legion
Bureau of War Risksurance
Federal Board For Vocational Education
Veteran’s Bureau
Army
Bulgarian tax ideas spark debate on lavish fines and curbs
A Bulgarian district council reports vast new levies in June, taxing weddings with Turkish instruments, parasols, gloves, luxury dogs, decollete wear, golden jewelry, baby carriages, high shoes, and carriages. A 20 percent district war profits tax is proposed, with debate over raising to 50 percent to spread the burden.
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House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Bulgaria
Rustchuk
Sofia
Springfield
Sen
America
Fires threaten forests in the Northwest region
Missoula reports strong Engh winds driving serious forest fires in western Montana and northern Idaho. The Blackfeet forest shows three fires over 100 acres plus many smaller blazes. Cabinet forest reports a 200 acre fire on Little Thompson creek and numerous others. Johnson creek in Peng O'Reille forest covers 169 acres while Carlin creek in Couer d'Alene forest burns over 30 acres.
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Missoula
Aug
Montana
Idaho
Forest Service District No. 1
Blackfeet Forest
Cabinet Forest
Little Thompson Creek
Johnson Creek
Peng O’reille
Carlin Creek
Couer d’Alene
Hats Off to Ford: Wall Street Praises and Plans Fertilizer Sales
A historical note lauds Henry Ford as the world’s top advertiser since P. T. Barnum. It cites his railroad purchase to model operation and states he plans to sell fertilizers at low prices to farmers, claiming his genius will wake Wall Street.
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Wall Street
Ann
Henry Ford
P. T. Barnum
Tax Trouble in Iowa Threatens County Assessments
The Rock Island Railway sues every Iowa county auditor and supervisor and Governor Kendall seeking a permanent injunction against the assessment of county taxes on newly increased valuations of railroad property authorized by the executive council.
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Montana
Rock Island Railway
Iowa
Kendall
Towa
State Crop Conditions Report from Helena
Hot dry week across 18 Montana counties with no rain, cattle shipments rising and threshing near completion. Yields range from 5 to 30 bushels with potato and wheat outputs varying. corn and beets look adequate with moisture needed in several regions. Livestock in good condition, range stock shipped, and local weather heavily influences yields.
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Helena
Department of Agriculture, Labor and Industry
Flathead
Dawson
Custer
Fallon
Big Horn
Do It Now Harvest Advice From The Field
A fragmented note urges immediate action on harvesting corn and crops. It warns frost risk and financial loss from postponement, recommending prompt work today to secure growth and potential profits. It also oddly mentions buying a calf and marking a door as reminders.
Crop Yields Steady Amid Dry Spell Despite Labor Shortage
Report notes crop conditions near the root point with no rain. Irrigated pastures and growing cups are in good shape. Seed peas thresh 20 to 30 bushels per acre. Wheat and other grains yield near normal, but a labor shortage limits harvest progress.
Judge Levies Heavy Fine on Seller of Liquor to Minors
Bozeman August 29 Judge Franks sentences Jerry Sawyer to a 150 dollar fine for selling moonshine to a minor. Sawyer pleaded guilty after evidence emerged at trial. The judge calls it the heaviest fine yet for a city misdemeanor and hopes to deter future liquor violations.
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Bozeman
Franks
Jerry Sawyer
Sawyer
Chief Smith
Mexico oil strike threats loom over Mexican industry
The Mexican petroleum industry faces possible paralysis with a September crisis forecast as oil prices stay low and Mexican taxes draw protests. American operators paused operations weeks ago, and Royal Dutch Shell officials ordered a temporary suspension in Tampico, to be discussed with President Obregon.
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Mexico City
Royal Dutch Shell Company
Tampico
Obregon
River Press
Havre
German Property in United States With-Pay Claims
Washington reports Custodian Miller urged President Harding to use funds in posts 31071 of the alien property custodian to settle American claims against Germany. He noted most claims arose from the sinking of the Lusitania and other ships before U S entry into the war. State department records show claims exceed $40,000,000, while custodian assets were valued at about $415,090,000.
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Washington
Germany
Harding
Miller
America
State Department
Gasoline drops 14 cents at Texas stations
Fort Worth Texas August 31 gasoline was sold at 14 cents a gallon at local filling stations down from 18 cents. The lower price reflected a market shift and broader availability.
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Texas
Fort Worth
Tex
Oil for the World United States Dominates Global Supply
The article states that in the past year the United States produced 69 percent of world oil, totaling 544,885,000 barrels, with U S production at 377,719,000 barrels. Mexico supplied 16 percent and Russia 6 percent.
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United States
Mexico
Russia
Grain dealer without license arrested in Montana
The first Montana conviction for violating grain grading laws came in Billings as Frank Cousin pleaded guilty to acting as a public warehouseman without a license. His license application was denied until settlement with storage-ticket holders, with penalties ranging from 25 to 100 dollars per day and up to 500 dollars and six months in jail for unlicensed business.
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Helena
Montana
Billings
Frank Cousin
Gui Tv
John M. Davis
Division of
Department of Agriculture ,Labor , and Industry
Cousins
Huntley - ‘Gad -Worden
Saco Couple Married in Malta on Wednesday
Malta attorney B. P. Sandlie wed Miss Margaret Dunbar of the Saco area in Malta on Wednesday night. Sandlie, once a Saco resident and now county attorney, is well known statewide. Dunbar, trained nurse graduate of Deaconess hospital Great Falls, has many Saco friends. The couple are touring Glacier Park and plan to reside in Malta.
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Saco
B. P. Sandlie
Malta
Margaret Dunbar
White Water Country
Sandlie
Montana
Miss Dunbar
Wo. Dunbar
Deaconess Hospital
Great Falls
Glacier Park
Rail grain rates cut. Montana exempted from change
Interstate Commerce Commission grants Western and Southwestern railroads permission to reduce grain export rates from Missouri and Mississippi river points and from territories between the rivers to Gulf ports. Reductions of one to five and one half cents per hundred pounds apply to grain shipments west of the Missouri from Nebraska Kansas Colorado and Oklahoma to Gulf ports. Montana remains unaffected, with state rates continuing for terminal shipments.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Western and Southwestern
Missouri
Mississippi River
Ilinois
Gulf Ports
Mobile
Galveston
Missouri River
Nebraska
Kansas
Colorado
Oklahoma
Montana
Ecommerce Commission
Mestana
Gulf
The Pace That Kills and Modern Life
Dr Woods Hutchinson argues the pace of modern life does not kill as much as inactivity and idleness. He cites India and China lifespans and high city death rates to claim effort and work sustain longevity. He suggests youths should dive into work while some prefer ease to risk untimely death.
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Woods Hutchinson
Orgonian
3 National Magazine
India
China
Chicago
New York
The
Pacific Legion
30,000,000 Game Fish Produced This Year in Hatcheries
About 30 million game fish were produced in five hatcheries under the state fish and game department this year. Half were trout, the rest other species. Grayling eggs are high and fry growth varies by location. The department touts success of the rearing pond plan, with fry three to four inches in spring ponds and up to one to one and a half inches in hatcheries.
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State Fish and Game Department
C. A. Jakways
Jayways
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Ferguson
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