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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1911
Page
5
The annual report cites conservation through use while condemning bargain sales. It criticizes selling overmature timber at low prices, notes a panic era lumber downturn since 1907, and details planned cuts to avoid overharvest. It argues national forests face revenue pressures yet must preserve future supply.
Miss Estelle Prevost of Montana becomes one of the first women to pass the Montana board of pharmacy examinations at Great Falls. State chemist Hmil Starr reports her papers excellent and predicts a bright future. Prevost, a native of Illinois, grew up in Helena and Big Timber, studied at Sweet Grass County high school, and graduated from the University of Minnesota at nineteen.
Secretary Wilson reports timber sales totaling more than 2,000,000 dollars under contracts of sale with buyers holding rights to remove timber as deeds are issued. Advance sales rose over 30 percent from the prior year, while 290,000,000 feet of 375,000,000 sold were killed by the 1939 forest fires. the secretary hopes to sell 1,000,000,000 feet of the burned timber.
Secretary Wilson warns 15,000,010 acres of denuded lands in forest reservations from old fires and overgrazing. About 90,000 acres are cut over yearly, with half likely to reforest naturally in 40 years and half needing artificial planting. Grazing licenses issued for 1,352,000 cattle and other stock yield $905,496. He urges larger appropriations for forest service to support research and better protection amid looming congressional debate.
An adjourned meeting of the Montinethox Mintig company formed a new board of directors in the wake of an election. T. W. Trandway presided as secretary and the assembly addressed corporate governance and routine business.
The Rt. Rev. T. Rowe, bishop of Alaska, travels to Washington to press for government action aiding Alaska Indians. He opposes Peary's view that Christianity harms natives and argues for special consideration, citing deplorable health and sanitation conditions and the transformative impact of Christianity on the Arctic communities.
Hundreds of mourners at St Patrick Church in Sin Dingo Cal join the Bowen family for a high Mass for Clarence E Bowen aged 26. The service, led by Father Kennedy, includes city youths and members of the Sliver Bow Club. Bowen native of Byule was a prominent young man survived by wife and mother. Officers elected at a Saturday meeting drew 800 members in attendance.
A fragment lists Ananee committees. Margaret Current Ellen Weatlings Munich Seiite Chet tie Nullis Hleve phos repneser Lexie Mulcahys trustesn doh Cris Mary Brown appear as names in a local community notices collection.
Reports show Christmas standards commanding interest as vendors prep week sales. Students and families flock to shops with displays and samples, while local dealers plan shipments and special offers to capitalize on seasonal demand.
A mutilated notice reports a death yesterday and references family notices and a funeral service in a town, with garbled names including Morley-Liasey Martess and Walatt. The fragment mentions a public notice or classified item and indicates a missing or unclear context for the event.
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