Fatal Accident Ends Donald McRae Farm Trip
Donald McRae a 41 year old Vida area resident died after a wagon upset on a farm team hitch near Vida. He was brought to Wolf Point and died in Jim Terry's Central rooming house after medical help arrived. Survived by his mother brother sister and father amid details of his Harrington Kansas birth and Vida neighborhood farming success. Funeral services were held at the farm home and Vida hall with large turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vida
Donald McRae
Mr. McRae
Jim Terry
Wolf Point
Ed Krebsbach
Bob Durfey
Jimmy DeWane
McRae
Jess
McRay
Vida Broadcasting
Ed Farrell
Northside
DeWane
Kansas
Harrington
Kan
L. B. Singleton
Antelope
Mont
Hull
Vida District
Vida Hall
Clarence Orner
Poplar
L. M. Clayton
Vida Cemetery
Lfe
Benedict Seethaler
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
Knights of Columbus
House of God
Tian J. Tintieatt
Glasgow
Father Benedict
America
P. B. O'Neill
Williston
Nicholas Rauh
O. Sbk
Circle
Lewis Seethaler
B. Poplar
Tom Sheehy
F. Sherman
Wesellville
N. D
B. Protschnes
Wm. Calhan
Great Pulls
M. Colgan
P. W. O'Rourke
Plentywood
P. Conaty
Scobey
Alois Foley
Great Falls
Pat Tracy
Culbertson
Cornelive Curtin
Sidney
Messrs
J. H. Coffey
J. F. Cook
P. R. Dougherty
M. B. Fareen
W. ©. Johnson
E. J. Cody
Luther College Band Delights at Liberty Theatre
The Luther College concert band from Decorah Iowa performed Wednesday at the Liberty Theatre. The mostly classical program delighted the audience and showcased conductor Carlo A Sperati in the upper ranks of leading directors. The college maintains three bands and this season’s concert band has 51 members, refreshingly distinct from the previous ensemble two years ago which had 7 or 8 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Theatre
Luther College
Decorah
Iowa
Carlo A. Sperati
Plane theft suspect held for U.S. court in Billings
A. Ja} Lacy, held in Richland county jail for five weeks, faced preliminary hearing before United States Commissioner Harry Clark. Bound over to U.S. court at Billings. possible transfer to Oklahoma for trial. Witnesses testified that the plane disappeared and later surfaced in Guymon, Oklahoma, with Lacy, who admitted the charges but said he acted under employer orders and did not know the ship was stolen. Lacy, a Marine deserter, claimed he joined to fly but could not, stating he simply walked out. The case marks one of the earliest aircraft theft prosecutions in the country and the first in the Northwest. Lacy was transported to Billings by Deputy U.S. Marshal Platt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
A. Ja
Steve
L. V. Ketter
United States
Willard Bridgeman
United Aircraft Corporation
Ottawa
Guymon
Oklahoma
Lacy
O. L. Clark
Marines
A. P. Nelson
St. Paul
Northwest
Billings
Marshall Platt
Death penalty levied on Illinois gangster Charles Birger
Charles Birger, the southern Illinois gangster, received the death penalty on murder charges in West City. Assailants Art Newman and Ray Hyland were sentenced to life terms by a cured wit court jury after a 22 and one half hour deliberation. Birger fainted when sentencing was announced and tried to speak to his sister as deputies restrained him. Mother appears at trial and reacts to Hyland’s fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sis
Horse Shipments And Roundup Sales At Wolf Point Stock Yards
Thursday Martin Spry shipped two cars of horses to Hinckley Minnesota and Wm Maxom sent one car to Winchester Indiana. On Monday August 1 the second big sale of unclaimed horses gathered in the official roundup will be held at the Wolf Point stock yards. The list will be found in the paper. A third sale is coming up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Spry
Hinckley
Minn
Wm. Maxom
Poplar
Winchester
Ind
Wolf Point
Three Caught in Federal Net Near Sheridan County
In Brush Lake area operatives seize a car and contents during a Sunday raid. J. W. Ryan, H. Estes, S. R. Collins continue held by U S Commissioner, with Eaton released for lack of evidence. A Canadian border patrolman briefly intervened before being released.
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Sheridan County
Treasury
Brush Lake
Canada
Pro
Marmon
Holland
Frank Bannister
Todd Shamley
Wolf Point
Collins
J. W. Ryan
H. &. Estes
S. R
Albert Eaton
Boone Ear
U. S
Stennes
Eaton
Ryan
Estes
Plentywood
Minot
McCone County Board Resolves Ferry Landing Change
McCone County Commissioners Tom Horsford Delbert Rhoads and Rufus Morris met in Wolf Point to decide the ferry right of way after high water shifted the landing. The plan shifts the landing upstream on the south bank, requiring crossing Potter and Miller land for eastbound county road traffic. Terms reached with Potter but not Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Horsford
Delbert Rhoads
Rufus Morris
McCone County
Wolf Point
Southside
Potter
Harvest Starts As First Wheat Is Marketed
The big harvest is on in this corner of the state with rye and wild wheat cut south of Missouri. Next week plans to begin winter wheat harvest. The first new wheat was browset yesterday by Nis Refslund from the Southside. It was winter wheat, harvested and threshed with a combined harvester. A yield between 20 and 25 bushels was indicated.
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Missouri
Nis
Princess Nomination Open For Roosevelt Queen Contest
The State fair will again feature a Queen of Montana contest with county princesses. Readers may nominate eligible girls via a coupon in The Herald by 6 p.m. August 3. Voting coupons run on August 6, 12, 19 and 26. Montana State Fair runs September 5 to 9 in Helena. past Roosevelt princesses traveled to the fair at state expense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Herald
Herald Office
Herald P.O
Susy
Helena
Margaret Brownlee
Wolf Point
State Fair Management
Commissioners Meet For Equalization in County Session
The county board met in a board of equalization session last Monday and will reconvene in regular session next Monday in August. The meeting focused on assessing properties and adjusting valuations as part of the county’s tax process.
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Board of Equalization
Jet
Wolf Point Wins Intercity Golf Meet Over Williston 20 Strokes
Wolf Point outhits Williston by 20 strokes in a fourteenth intercity golf match on the local course. Twenty players competed with the best six scores counting for each side. Ron Marran and Rev Siotfel posted 79 as top scores for 18 holes.
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Wolf Point
Williston
Marron
Rev. Siotfel
Rogers
Sidney
Glendive
Montana
wWeetert
North Dakota
Burress
Caswell
Marran
McCartney
Daver
Dougherty
rClayton-DeWane
O'Keefe
Cook
Thompson
Catlin
Prebibel
Chaplman
Cunningham
Rathert
Stoffel
Ryans
Ithx
White
Wiliston
W. P
Wolf
DeVane
Clayton
Prize Day At New Filling Station Opens July 30
Motor Sales Company has completed a modern filling station at Main and Fourth northeast. On Saturday July 30 all patrons who buy 5 gallons or more will receive a gift of lubricating oil and a chance on two grand prizes drawn Saturday evening. The station will sell Lighting gasoline made from Montana crude at Lewistown.
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Motor Sales Company
Main
Fourth Northeast
Montana
Lewistown
Plight of flood victims in the Mississippi Valley
A Mississippi flood relief crisis persists as bank officials warn of famine and epidemics if Red Cross funds run dry. The report notes 200,000 to 400,000 refugees in Mississippi Arkansas and Louisiana, farmers driven from homes by floodwaters. The piece contrasts federal aid optimism with dire local needs and calls for continued support until self sufficiency returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi Valley
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
First National Bank of
Greenville
Miss
New York Times
New York City
American Red Cross
Mississippi
Arkansas
Louisiana
Congress
Red Cross
America
Union
National Farm News
Stock Assn Annual Meeting Helps Change Montana Tax Rules
Malta July 24. The second annual meeting of Tha Noveh Montana Stack association closed July 23 after a discussion on cooperation and a proposed change to Section 2 of the Montana property classification law. The group, with about 180 members, aims to reclassify railroad and mining machinery from agricultural to a different tax category and to seek grazing reclassification for land now listed as tillable agricultural.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malta
Tite Neshiur
Philips County
Montana
State Board of Equalization
Mrs Moore Called To Mich By Father's Death
Mrs. R. J. Moore left Friday for Ann Arbor Michigan after being summoned by the death of her father Lewis Ernst age 85. Funeral arrangements await arrival. Death attributed to arteriosclerosis. Mr Ernst and his wife recently observed their 65th wedding anniversary May 21. He is survived by his widow five sons and one daughter.
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R. J. Moore
Ann Harbor
Mich
Lewis Ernst
Ernst
Song
Regina Fair Expands with Three New Exhibit Buildings
The Regina Fair has added three large exhibit buildings, boosting exhibit space by 74 060 square feet over the past two years. Ten exhibit buildings house thousands of displays across departments in dedicated display booths and sections, drawing wide public interest and enjoyment.
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Jean Yellowstone
Don McRae
Vida Farmer
H. A. Carter
Cameron St
Regina
W. Simmons
Victoria
Australia
Yellowstone Park
Highway Bureau of Information
U.S
Steve” Lacy
Illinois
Twoo Birger
Hyland
Newman
Mother
rTurn
McCone County Board
Princess
Roosevelt
W.P.W
New Filling Station
Table of Honor
Eoard of Honor
K. C
Hugh N. Marron
Mr. Marron
North Montana
Regina Fair
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