Montana May 1924 Crop Outlook for State Fields
The May 1924 Montana crop report calls the outlook bright in parts and mixed overall. Winter wheat stands at 90 percent of normal with 12.3 million bushels forecast, while rye yields about 1.25 million bushels. spring work delayed by cold, wind, and moisture variability. hay carryover is high in places and labor is scarce across districts.
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Montana
South Central
Geo. A Scott
Montana Crop Reporting Service
Winter
Continental Divide
Stases
Teton
Daniels
Blackleg
Phillips
Roosevelt
West Central District
Cascade
Fergus
Eason
East Central District
South Central District
Gallatin
Yellowstone
Il Farce
American Legion National Essay Contest Details and Prizes
The American Legion announces an essay contest for youths age 12 to 18 on Why Communism Is A Menace To Americanism with first prize 750 dollars, second 500, third 200, plus medals and certificates. Entries due by June 15, 1924, judged by county, then state, then national levels. Last year 362,000 participated. Montana winners were Harold Severance and Emma Landis.
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Amerian Legion
American Legion
The
Legion
Department
Americanism
National Americanism
Indianapolis
Indiana
United States
Montana
Harold Severance
Fourth Avenue North
Great Falls
Emma Landis
Baker
Montana hive stock rules lift amid western industry surge
Quarantine on hive stock conditions suspended as western industry returns to normal. Campaigns for Better Farm Marketing and highway improvements run at high volume. Western Pine Manufacturers Association reports rising production and shipments. several oil and gas, road, and drilling projects underway in towns like Malta, Helena, Lewistown, Sidney, Kalispell, and Choteau.
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West
Western Pine Manufacturers Assoration
North Side
Irration
Baker— Organization
Malta
Sauerkraut
Livingston
Bozeman Hill Deer Lodge
Baker—War Veterans Oil & Gas Company
Helena
State Highway Commission
Vablo
Palson
Lake County
Lewistown
California
Cat Creek
Madison Lime
Sidney
Kalispell
Lacier Park
East
Homestake Oil Co
Kevin- Sunburst
Ringling
Shields Valley Oil Syndicate
Potter Basin
Richland
Blairie
Rowan—Flathead Petroleum Company
Rodgers Place
Irvine Flats
King Cattle Company
Slats diaries reveal a boy's daily notes and feelings
A diary fragment logs a week of a boy named Slats noting Jane's ambiguity about his affection, a tense baseball game, family dynamics, Sunday meals, a potential wedding shower, and small gifts including a Nom de Plume hat accessory.
Bureau Trainee Wins State Art Prize
Arthur T. Kerrick a World War II era seaman wounded in the left arm won the first prize at the Minnesota State Art Society exhibition held at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. His painting titled The Plague appeared in the Roto-Bravure section of the Minneapolis Journal on April 20, 1924. Kerrick, age 22, trained as a commercial artist under the U S Veterans Bureau program.
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Arthur T. Kerrick
U. S. Navy
Muinneapois School of Art
U. S. Veterans Bureau
Minnesota State Art Society
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Ekerrick
Minneapolis Journal
Montana and Idaho developments this year
Plans include 600 acres of corn planting in the county and major infrastructure. Butte's School of Mines gymnasium will cost 101000 dollars. Northern gas output reaches 60 million cubic feet daily from Rogers-Imper well north of Gladys-Brown in Sweet Grass Hills. New filling station modernizes here as a bridge project over Iselle Fourche river near Devil's Tower proceeds.
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Butte
School of Mines
Rogers-Imper
Gladys-Belle-Brown
Sweetgtass Hills
Worden
Iselle Fourche
Devil’s Tower
Montana
Idaho
District Fore Service
Conrad
Dry Forks
Dod Lodge
Stanford
New
Court House
Dodson
Harlem
Milk River
Bainville
Armory
Butte & Superior Mining Co
Washoe
Anaconda
Henry I Herriman
New England Power Co
Hoover
Department of Commerce
United States
Pacific
Veterans Bureau Trainees Graduate From Minnesota Farm School
Twelve U S Veterans Bureau trainees completing agricultural vocational training at the University of Minnesota Farm School have graduated and ready to begin farm work. Caleb Dorr prize winners include Karl Johnson for Black Stem Rust and the Barberry, Samuel Russe for The safe Cycle of the Corn Plant, Reynolds C Malmquist for Community Betterment and Farmers Clubs, and Henry Kohler for Community Betterment. Malmquist gave an elaborate class address on Beautifying and Arranging the Farmstead with miniature farmsteads. Arthur Johnson was the top student with an A grade in all subjects. class total reached eighty eight students.
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U. S. Veterans Bureau
Farm School
University of Minnesota
U S. Veterans Bureau
Caleb Dorr
Karlohnson
Samuel Russe
Reynolds C. Malmquist
Henry Kohler
Reynold Malmquist
Aken
Arthur Johnson
Stulent
Ian
Will
What I Found Out in Montana Series in National Republican
The National Republican published a Washington based investigation series showing how senators began probing in Montana and other states to assess if investigations served the public or political ends. The paper notes subscriptions cost 150 dollars annually and offers back copies with new subscriptions. The Baker Sentinel advertises free National Republican issues until November.
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National Republican
Washington
Montana
Baker Sentinel
Disabled World War veteran vanishes in south
Samuel Ed Waddell, a World War veteran, possibly with amnesia, was last heard from in Spiro Oklahoma where he had pneumonia. He planned to return to Memphis Tennessee to his family. He is 39, 5 feet 6 inches, brown eyes, fair complexion, slack jaw. Anyone with information should contact his sister Mrs John D Moore 220 Poplar Street Memphis or the US Veterans Bureau Minneapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Ed Waddell
Spiro
Oklahoma
Memphis
Tennessee
John D Moore
Eld
Poplar Street
US Veterans Areau
Minneapolis
Minnesota
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Division of Publicity
Wnde
Flathead
Lincoln
North Central District
Blaine
Lamb
Chouteau
Pondera
Central District
Detroit
Fora Motor Company
Fo B. Datrell
Cence ‘Gnive Rsa
American Legion National
Montana Weekly Industrial Review
By Ross Farquhar
Jane
Teddy Witch
Jake
Wimen
Agley SO
Sou Shools
South
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