Butte hosts 1931 Montana golf championships opening day
At the Butte Country Club the 1931 Montana golf championships begin with a 9 am women’s qualifying round featuring 41 players from Butte Anaconda and other cities. Grace Barnett misses the tourney, boosting favorites like Mrs. Frank Tucker. Men’s qualifiers number over 170 with junior and senior events later. Chuck Magner, Malta, shines in warm-up rounds ahead of tough competition.
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Montana
Butte Country Club
Butte
Anaconda
Helena
Billings
Great Falls
Missoula
Grace Barnett
Frank Tucker
Chuck Magner
Malta
Rudy Merhar
Magner
Ward Fanning
Rail Birds
Buttle Country Club
Cushing Home Burns as Forest Fires Rage Near Butte
Extreme heat sparked seven fires in the Deer Lodge National Forest near Butte. A major blaze around Silver Lake burned 2,000 acres as crews from Butte Anaconda and Missoula fought it with ditches and timber felling. The Cushing summer home site near Georgetown and Silverlake was consumed, threatening numerous cottages, while another 40 acre blaze south of Butte drew rapid response.
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Butte
Silver Lake
Anaconda
Deer Lodge National Forest
Deer Lodge
Silver Lake District
Missoula
Roosevelt Drive
L. E. Cushing
Georgetown
Silverlake
Everybody's Business
A brief column noting broad social issues for readers of the era. It emphasizes everyday concerns affecting households and communities, with a focus on practical impact and public interest topics.
Banks urged to preserve credit and convert debts at London talks
Washington proposed to the London conference that banks avoid cutting credit to Germany and that the Bank for International Settlements or similar body form a committee to convert short term obligations into long term issues. Markets showed higher prices and stronger activity, with activity mainly professional. Public appetite remains muted until clearer European deal emerges, as France raised sugar import duties and Britain contemplates regional canning competition.
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Washington
London
Germany
Bank For International Settlements
Facts About Montana tourism attractions and facilities
Hidden in Montana’s mountains and lakes are 150 dude ranches and mountain hotels plus permanent camps. The state also hosts 24 hot springs resorts for pleasure and health seekers, attracting thousands of vacationists and tourists each year.
Justice Department weighs clemency for Albert Fall
Washington officials disclosed an exception to the clemency rule for petitions signed by applicants. Albert B. Fall, now in New Mexico State Penitentiary as prisoner number 6991, has not personally asked President Hoover for pardon or commutation. A routine probe will gather evidence for a possible clemency recommendation prompted by New Mexico senators and legislative leaders.
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Justice Department
Albert B. Fall
Hoover
Bratton
Cutting
New Mexico
Montana Delegates Named for States Outlook Conference
Helena July 31 Montana will be represented at the western states outlook conference in Salt Lake City July 27 to 30 by three specialists from the state college Chancellor M A Brannon said today M L Wilson noted economist D E Richards livestock expert and Paul Carpenter agricultural statistician will attend the sessions Dr Brannon said the conference aims to formulate plans to assist drought sufferers Delegates from 11 states are expected to attend as are officials including Dr C W Warburton assistant secretary of agriculture in charge of drought relief agencies
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Helena
Montana
Salt Lake City
State College
M. A. Brannon
M. L. Wilson
D. E. Richards
Paul Carpenter
C. W. Warburton
Montana Weather Outlook Mostly Fair This Week
Montana forecast calls for mostly fair skies Wednesday and Thursday with slightly cooler conditions on Wednesday. Widespread sunshine expected, with light winds and no precipitation indicated.
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Montana
Fire Sweeps Warehouse Area in Butte District
A fire of unknown origin last evening threatened property over 100000 in the warehouse area. It menaced a one story brick building and damaged a three car garage frame structure. Firemen fought the blaze for more than two hours as 2000 spectators watched. The rear garage at 817 Utah avenue is blamed for starting the fire. Loss estimated under 5000.
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Utah Street
Trai C
Butte Fire Department
Utah Avenue
Armour Packing Company
Big Sharkey Walker Fight To Be Broadcast Tonight
The Standard will provide up to the minute coverage of the Jack Sharkey versus Mickey Walker bout in New York. Round by round narration from the Standard building is planned, with action expected to begin around 7 o clock Butte time.
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New York
Stimson Seeks Bank Help to Stabilize German Credit
London July 21 The United States and other nations sought to halt capital flight from Germany at a seven power conference. Stimson said US banks had not withdrawn credit and urged central banks to prevent further withdrawals while finance ministers worked on immediate stabilization measures. The communique outlined international cooperation to restore Germany’s economic stability and a continued finance ministers' session.
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London
Stimson
United States
Germany
United Press
Treasury Mellon
Foreign Office
Great Northern Enters California Achieving Empire Builder’s Dream
Klamath Falls Oregon July 21 The Great Northern railway reached California today completing the skeleton track in Oregon and crossing into Berber Cal where it will meet Western Pacific lines enabling GN trains to reach the San Francisco bay region. Trains expected to operate on the line by early next year. James J. Hill, the empire builder, long sought the Golden Gate extension.
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Klamath Falls
Orc
Great Northern Railway
California
Jim Hill
Oregon
Berber
Cal
Western Pacific
Great Northern
San Francisco Bay
James J. Hill
Empire Builder
Golden Gate
France defends disarmament stance amid Geneva talks
Paris reports that French armaments have been reduced to the lowest level possible. The memorandum says disarmament is political, not technical, and France would seek increases if Germany gains relief from treaty limits. It stresses need for mutual guarantees like the Locarno Rhine assurances before any broader action.
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Paris
League of Nations Council
Geneva
Prance
Europe
Court Order Grants Stop To Family Killing Inheritance Dispute
Chicago July 21 Morris Isenberg 60 a wealthy tailor obtained an injunction to stop his son and daughter from killing him over a dispute to divide holdings worth about 150000 among themselves and five other children. His attorney Patrick Harrison said they threatened to kill him.
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Chicago
Morris Isenberg
Patrick Harrison
Four-pointed deer visits mining city amid fires
A strange deer urged from the hills by forest fires wandered through Butte yesterday morning. The four pointed creature strode along Milwaukee tracks to Williamsburg and toward the Madison school, drawing curious looks from residents before continuing.
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Butte
Milwaukee Tracks
Williamsburg
Madison School
Clerk Seeks to Clear Old Court Trust Fund
The county clerk Sarah Kelly reports $7,951.91 held in the court trust fund from old judgments and alimony not collected, some dating back 40 years. Auditor E A Williamson notes 121 accounts with balances and urges attorneys to claim sums or have them paid out to close the fund.
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Francis P. Kelly
E. A. Williamson
Butte
Axel Arvidson
A. B. McDonald
Hilda Erving
Star Insurance Company
Heinze
Boston and Montana Mining Company
Kelly
Williamson
Harrison Bank Holdup Suspect Visits Butte Café
Walter Varnes, a Harrison bank robbery suspect with a steel bracelet, visited a Butte cafe yesterday evening in the company of four Madison county officials. He smiled, drank coffee, and claimed he was not pleading guilty, saying he was in the country at that time and implying he escaped Montana by unspecified means.
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Walter Varnes
Harrison
Butte
Madison County
Virginia City
Warnes
Montana
Varnes
Red Cross to Survey Montana Drought Areas
A. Shepard, director of relief for the American Red Cross, will send at least three representatives to drought-stricken Montana counties to assess needs for next winter. He noted the Red Cross will not enter counties without invitation and praised northeastern Montana’s resourceful residents.
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Helena
R. A. Shepard
American Red Cross
St. Louis
Montana
Red Cross
Shepard
Erick
State troops guard prisoner from mobs in Tennessee
Springfield Tennessee July 21 state troops armed with bayonets escorted Everett Holloway from the jail toward Nashville after his arrest for assaulting Sheriff J Mart Murphy. A crowd estimated at 5000 pressed the jail area as Holloway was transferred. Sheriff Murphy was wounded by a shotgun charge and hospitalized in Nashville with doctors unsure of recovery.
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Springfield
Tenn
Nashville
Everett Holloway
J. Mart Murphy
Holloway
Maj
C. Robinson
Major Robinson
James Murphy
Murphy
Flying Texans Plan Nonstop Seattle Tokyo Flight
Seattle journalists report R. L. Robbins and H. S. Jones, the Flying Texans, announce a second attempt at nonstop fueling from Seattle to Tokyo. They hope to depart at 6 30 a m Thursday in their plane the Fort Worth.
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Seattle
Tokyo
R. L. Robbins
H. S. Jones
Fort Worth
Zeppellin Geting Set for Arctic Expedition
Friedrichshafen Germany July 21 The Graf Zeppelin crew stocked the larder and prepared the ship for its Arctic expedition. Weather permitting a full equipment trial flight is planned tomorrow and the expedition will begin Friday.
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Friedrichshafen
Germany
Graf Zeppelin
Zeppelin
State’s Investments in Bonds Over Five Million
Helena July 21. Investments made in bonds and warrants by the state land department during the fiscal year ended June 30 totaled 5,064,186 dollars. Commissioner I. M. Brandford told the state land board. General fund warrants totaled 3,219,981 dollars. Investments included 1,115,354 in county city and town bonds 631,350 in school district bonds and 97,500 in federal land bank bonds. The public school permanent fund provided 4,229,348 dollars and the public school interest and income fund contributed slightly over half a million.
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State Land Department
I. M. Brandford
State Land Board
General Fund
Federal Land Bank
Public
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Cushing
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Bitter Root Valley
North American Newspaper Alliance
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Tom Johnston
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Mexigy Qulon
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