Gulls Help Fight Grasshoppers Promising Hopperless Season
Sea gulls likely Franklin gulls are eradicating grasshoppers in Pondera county. Flocks of 4 000 to 5 000 birds near Valier have nearly eliminated hoppers, prompting farmers to back state protection for the birds as benefactors. The birds have inspired a push to credit and shield them by law.
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Franklin Gull
Pondera County
P F LaValle
Valier-Montana Land & Water Company
Valier
Savas Mr la Valle
LaValle
Utah Gulla
Wheeler faces early trial over Montana senator indictment
The article notes Senator Wheeler of Montana may pause his eastern speaking tour as he faces an indictment. Walsh of Montana is retained as chief counsel, with Wheeler's associates offering defense and Walsh serving as Democratic prosecutor for the oil committee. The indictment alleges Wheeler took money from Gordon Campbell to influence Interior Department matters after his Senate election.
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Wheeler
Montana
la Follette
Senator Walsh
Senate Oil Committee
Senate
Gordon Campbell
Campbell
Interior Department
engineers plan under Lake to lower water by blasting tunnel
Montana Power will blast end of a tunnel under Lower Mystic Lake around September 1. A 3 to 4 ton charge will blow through the final 12 to 15 feet of granite, dropping the lake about four feet. Bulkheads and drainage will let engineers control water flow and later raise the lake above its present level.
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Mystic Lake
Montana Power Company
Billings
Sapphire Mines to Be Developed by Precious Stones Corp
Sapphire Mines to be developed at Rock creek near Phillinsburg under PD Jankower who has led Rock creek sapphire industry since 1900. Vetera Leininger of New York, VP of Precious Stones, tours properties with plans for extensive sapphire mining. The company also holds blue sapphires in the Yogo region of Judith county Montana.
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Veter
Leininger
New York
Precious Stones Corporation
Rock Creek
Phillinsburg
PD Jankower
Jankower
Yogo
Judith County
Montana
Recommence Work on Broadus Bridge Project
Work on the Broadus bridge will restart with steel construction. Workmen salvaged a buried pile driver from an adjacent ranch and the Security Bridge company replaced a heavy hammer lost in the river last fall. The 192 foot span will extend the west end to cross the new channel created last spring.
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Broadus
Security Bridge Company
Montana Sheep Purchase Rumored by Dakota Official
Sam Crabble president of the North Dakota state fair in Fargo and dairy owner discusses plans to buy 50 000 grazing sheep on Minnesota and North Dakota farms. Agricultural Credit Corporation is involved as a potential financier for the purchase.
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Montana
Dakota
Sam
Crabble
North Dakota
Fargo
Minesota
Dakota Farms
Credit Corporati
Crabbe
Sheep Arrive From Idaho at Montana Range Station
The first shipment of sheep from Idaho has arrived at the United States Range Experiment Station in Miles City, with two more consignments expected to bring the total to over 800 head. Main shipment includes Corriedale, Columbia and Rambouillet ewes and rams.
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Idaho
United States Experiment Station
United States Range Experiment Station
Mile City
Sven
Scott
Hugh I. Scott
Indian Commission of the United States
Crow Reservation
H. Ansburs
Dakotas
Montana
Wyoming
Northwest
Cavalri
Custer
General Scott
Cuaeter
L Yost
Hector Goethal
Milwaukee
Dearth of Teachers in Southeast Montana Schools
In southeastern Montana beds of schools outnumber available teachers. Miles City hosts Professor C. W. Grantley who runs a nine week summer normal institute and reports many telegrams and calls from authorities seeking teachers. A single week’s request for 10 teachers went unfilled, leaving many schools closed.
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Montana
Miles City
C. W. Grantley
Summer Normal Institute
Grantley
Moss Pond Fairy Party At Deep Woods Pool
In Moss Pond the Fairy Queen hosts a swimming party for Fairies Elves and Brownies with goblins and gnomes invited. The guests arrive on a hot afternoon enjoy bubbles and mossy pond bottom then share a woodland supper trayful of Fairyland foods.
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Queen of the Fairies
Joy
Twilight- Bell
Fairy Ybab
Fairy Wondrous Secrets
Breeze Brothers
Effie Elf
Billie Brownie
Rennie Brownie
Mr. Giant
Witty Witch
Bogey
Ollie Oaf
Peter Gnome
Seasonal Kitchen Mosaic of Simple Delights
A column offers easy ideas to repurpose leftovers into a feast. Tomato stuffed with corn, water corn bread, a crisp vegetable salad, and South American chocolate drink are described with step by step methods for home cooks.
Healthful living through vegetable diet urged
A homely exhortation extols vegetable diets for longevity and steady nerves, urging listeners to adopt prudent eating habits for better health and resilience.
Dessert ideas and custard based treats from a vintage kitchen
A collection of old fashioned dessert recipes includes Molded Fig Custard with gelatin lined fig molds and custard filling, Chocolate Junket with chocolate and junket tablets, Emergency Bread Pudding using grape juice, Coffee Ambrosia with strong coffee and iced milk, Lettuce and Peanut Salad with French dressing, and a lemont lemon syrup drink.
A Milkmaid's Name Haunts a Soft Nursery Moment
The newborn baby remains unnamed as Hisie urges Serchie, a name linked to a familiar song. The mother hesitates, unsure about the requested title while a playful reminder echoes the old tune.
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Serchie
Mamma
Little Hisie
Bobbie’s Quirky Interpretation of God Save the Queen
A child mishears mom singing God Save the Queen and blurts a playful line about saving the scream and the milk. The mother reacts with amused horror at the misheard lyric and the child’s witty twist.
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Littles
Bobbie
Mamma
Treasure State Farm Success at massive Montana operation
Montana Farming Corporation near Hardin operates a vast lease on Crow Reservation land under Thomas Campbell. The 25,000 acres of wheat and 8,000 of flax yield high, with a horseless, gas and steam powered setup. Large-scale threshing, daily meals, and rail shipments to Minneapolis and Duluth illustrate the enterprise’s scope as it plans 45,000 acres to crop next year.
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Montana Farming Corporation
Hardin
Thomas Campbell
Crow Indian Reservation
Campbell
Anol
Mr Campbell
Tom Evans
Dunmore
Minneapolis
Duluth
Jt Ia
Pig Growth Expectation From Proper Rearing
A pig raised under proper conditions and fed properly should gain about 2 pounds per day on average. By age 5,200 days the pig would weigh roughly 200 pounds.
A Rough Job
A playful exchange features a rabbit asking about a new job and a turtle replying I am a washboard at the beaver s laundry in a whimsical scene.
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Rabbit
The
Not Much Use Bald the Old Scrub Bull
A fragment shows a farmer-like scene with a battered bull named Bald gazing through a fence. The speaker humorously notes the man who uses the animal lacks sense, reflecting rural wit and a terse exchange.
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Bald
Very Talkative Woman Shares Family Origins
The exchange notes a lively woman described as very talkative. The remark mentions her father being a barber and her mother described as a woman, highlighting simple lineage.
Elephants Once Roamed Minnesota Swamps
Prof. Clinton R. Stauffer of the University of Minnesota reports that draining northern Minnesota swamps uncovers remains of mastodons and mammoths. Finds suggest these elephants were abundant in the Ice Age region longer than previously believed.
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Minnesota
Clinton R. Stauffer
University of Minnesota
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