Farmers Picnic A Montana Institution Grows
In Fergus county the annual farmers picnic at the Judith Basin Experiment Station near Moccasin attracts 3 000 to 4 000 people. It began in 1909 as a demonstration program and has become a major Northwest gathering with exhibits, talks by officials and experts, horse races, games, and family activities. It is now an established annual event organized by the Judith Basin Farmers' Picnic Association led by Thos. Nicholson Jr. and C. A. Burdick.
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Fergus County
Montana
Judith Basin Experiment Station
Moccasin
Judith Valley
Experiment Station
Union
Bozeman
S. S. Hobson
Lewistown
Montana Experiment Station
S. E. Peterson
J. M. Stephens
Peterson
Judith Basin Star
Hobson
Great Falls
Hobgen and Moore
Stephens
F. B. Linfield
Linfield
Judith Basin
Thos. Nicholson, Jr
C. A. Burdick
Northwest
Federal Department of Agriculture
Woman official wins in court for county school post
Miss Eva Harrington was declared elected county school superintendent of Lewis and Clark County after a district court judge ruled votes from the Gilman precinct could not be counted due to missing official stamps. Crichton supporters plan an appeal to the state supreme court.
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Th District Court
Eva Barrington
Lewis and Clark County
May Crichton
Miss Harrington
R. Lee Ward
Gilman
Augusta
Ward
Miss Crichton
Helena
Exa Harrington
Skeleton Evidence Tied to Road Agent Crimes in Old Montana Frontier
A Dillon resident received a skull from a box sent by his brother Harvey near Daly's spur. The skull, found under a rock ledge 12 miles from Dillon, is believed to be from a victim wounded and robbed by Henry Plummer and his road agent gang, who died under the ledge while trying to escape. The bones are well preserved but lack identifying marks.
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Bert Johnson
Dillon
Harvey
Daly’s Spur
Harvey Johnson
Henry Plummer
Johnson
Aldergulch
Salt Lake City
Deficit Forecast for Montana in 1918 Seen at $39,676
State Auditor William Keating reports a 1918 end deficit of 39 676 38 dollars based on a 4 640 000 income and a 4 679 676 38 expense forecast to cover the next two years. Budgets for executive, judiciary, state institutions and universities are outlined with building costs and miscellaneous allowances. Keating advises tighter appropriations for banking highway game and land funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
William Keating
8. W. Stewart
Executive Department
State University
Agricultural College
Normal College
Orphans’ Home
Keating
State Highway Commission
State Game and Fish Fund
State Land Office
Mrs Ingalls Seeks Funds for Girls Industrial Home
Mrs Emma Ingalls of Flathead proposes an appropriation to create a girls industrial home with dormitories at Missoula Dillon and a third building at Bozeman. The plan garners backing from the state federation of women’s clubs and the Good Government club amid broader gender related legislation.
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Missoula
Dillon
Bozeman
Orphans
Reformatory For
Miles City
Emma Ingalls
Flathead County
State Federation of Women’s Clubs
Good Government Club
Montana Faces Proposals for Coal Waste By-Product Factories
South Dakota and Washington concerns prompt John Sanderson to review Montana coal mines for by product factories. Johnson Fuel Co seeks br icquet production while F C Greene proposes low temperature carbonization to yield motor oils. Montana coal appears valuable with safe mines and growing by product potential.
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South Dakota
Washington
John Sanderson
Montana
Johnson Fuel Company
Fairfax
S. D
F. C. Greene
Seattle
State Department
Greene
Sanderson
Catalog page listing women's and children's patterns with prices
1916 1917 era pattern catalog details dress patterns for ladies misses and girls with sizes bust measures and yardage needs. Includes items like 1917 Ladies Dress 34 to 44 inches and 1936 Girl's Dress in multiple sizes priced at 10 cents each plus a 1916 1917 Fall and Winter catalogue offer and order coupon for pattern patterns from Mentan s newspaper Great Falls Montana.
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Wolfe
Postoffice
The
Judith Farmers’ Picnic
Eva Harrington
Lewis and Clark
Dillon Road
Indiana
Girls’ Industrial School
Acorn Uni-Lite
Rao
Butte
Symons
Sise
Mentans
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