Seed Loan Demand Seen Lower This Year in County
Custer County Agricultural Agent W H Lamphere forecasts seed loan volume will not match 1932 levels. Farmers who stored seed, those needing help, and those with government loan deductions affect totals amid a 30 percent cash crop acreage cut. Reports indicate ample soil moisture ready for plowing despite financial constraints. One liner carried 10,000 bags of Christmas mail from England to America in December.
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Custer County
W. H Lamphere
England
America
Cuticura Soothe Itching Scalp Ad
Gentle rubbing with Cuticura Ointment clears itching. Next morning use Cuticura Soap with hot water. Make Cuticura your everyday toilet preparation for clear skin and soft hands. Advertisement.
Planes Banned in Forest Area in Northern Rocky Mountain Region
A Missoula forest official announces a policy banning aircraft use of primitive area landing fields except for official business or emergencies. The rule aims to preserve historic pioneer-era values, keep areas roadless, and limit development while allowing essential rapid transport for fire control. An additional plan outlines Roosevelt era emergency employment projects for Montana and northern Idaho, potentially employing thousands, second only to the Pacific coast.
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Forest Service
South Fork
Rocky Mountain
Evan W. Kelley
Missoula
Major Kelley
Spanish Peaks
Absaroka
Mission Mountains
Montana
Kelley
Idaho
Roosevelt
Pacific Coast
Old Warrant Found in Butte Is Recalled
In Butte the widow of Harry C. Sultzer uncovered a long dormant warrant for $300 issued for his service on the police trial board. The document surfaced after the Sultzer home basement flooded on February 12 and was moved to another part of the house. The city council was asked to pay, but the request was referred.
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Harry C. Sultzer
Butte
Police Trial Board
Sultzer
Mary Sultzer
Forest Service unit hits $2 million for needed functions
The Montana Idaho unit of the United States forest service will have about $2,000,000 to spend this year for its necessary functions though road and trail building funds are still lacking. President Roosevelt signed the agricultural department appropriation bill releasing $1,750,000 for the region for operation administration fire prevention and improvements. An additional sum is expected for blister rust and insect control work.
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Montana-northern Idaho
United States Forest Service
Roosevelt
Agricultural Department
Regional work split for forest projects in mountain states
The Montana Idaho region may see several thousand more jobs. An estimate divides work 55 percent to Montana 43 percent to Idaho north of Salmon River and 2 percent in Washington and South Dakota. Evan W. Kelley proposes reforestation highway and trail work and protective structures, blight and insect control, timber and range surveys, and water development. Until federal guidance arrives, emergency project applications will be useless.
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Utah
Montana- Idaho
Montana
Idaho
Salmon River
Washington
South Dakota
Evan W. Kelley
Missoula
Montana Births Fall in February
February births in Montana dropped to 692 the lowest since January 1932. For Jan–Feb 1933 total births reached 1,446 compared with 1,407 in the same period a year earlier. February deaths were 415, with communicable diseases causing 78 deaths including influenza and tuberculosis. There were 22 still births and 44 infant deaths under one year.
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Montana
Lucien L. Benepe
State Board of Health
Seed Treatment Guidelines for Crop Smut Control
The article outlines methods to reduce seedborne smut by applying chemical treatments. Wheat seeds receive copper carbonate dust at two ounces per bushel. Oats require formaldehyde one pint per ten gallons of water with a spray over about 40 bushels and a five hour cover. Barley uses the same as oats but with soaking.
Slayers of Deer Sought Near Clinton After Gruesome Kill
Hunters killed three deer along the Yellowstone trail east of Clinton. Two does were found with throats slit after a struggle. a buck escaped into brush. State game officials, forest service, and farmers pursue two unknown poachers who returned for the venison. Information welcomed by William Steinbrenner of the state game commission.
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Yellowstone Trail
Clinton
State Game Department
Forest Service
William Steinbrenner
State Game Commission
Oriental prisoner from Butte faces year in Montana penitentiary
Ju Jhung of Butte, born in Montana and raised in Nevada City, was sentenced to one year in the state prison and a $500 fine for illegal possession of yenshee. He pleaded guilty insisting he did not sell the substance. Co-defendant Paul Smith received the same charge and, after sentencing, both were taken to Deer Lodge. A separate note mentions an upcoming air link reducing distance between Paris and Hong Kong.
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Ju Jhung
Butte
Jhung
Nevada City
China
Montana
Paul Smith
Chinatown
Frank L. Riley
Smith
Deer Lodge
County Agents Offer Potatoes Treatment Circulars
County extension agents provide guidance on two-hour processing methods and subsequent drying for potatoes. They note Corrosive Sublimate as a treatment option and offer circulars detailing each method's successful application.
Legend of Kosato and the Blackfeet Rivalry
Kosato, a Blackfeet warrior, defeats Great Bear after a theft dispute over White Fawn. He murders Great Bear, conceals the body, terrifies White Fawn, then flees with ponies and provisions using cunning to elude pursuers as he crosses toward Crow territory.
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Montana
Canada
Kasato
Blackfeet
The
Marias
Kosato
Great Bear
White Fawn
Crow Country
Pi Pncc
Grazing Fees Reduced on Most Montana Reservations
Montana woolgrowers report about seven of eight Indian reservations cut grazing fees by roughly 50 percent for 1933 through a joint agreement with the federal Indian Affairs Department. Only Blackfeet lands stay at 10 cents per acre annually, while national forest rates rise to about 10 cents per sheep daily, with advance payment required.
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Montana
Murray E. Stebbins
Montana Woolgrowers’ Association
Federal Department of Indian Affairs
Reservation Indians
Great Falls
National Forest
Stebbins
Department of Agriculture
Mr. Stebbins
Blackfeet
Department of Indian Affairs
J. H. Carmichael
Augusta
Montana bill leaves small car licenses at ten dollars
Legislature aimed to cut small car license fees to five dollars but an enrolled bill error fixed the rate at ten dollars for vehicles weighing 2750 pounds or less. The governor may veto. The bill would give Butte half of collected fees while counties currently receive most funds.
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Montana
Erickson
Butte
Haifa rises as trade hub joining distant tribes
Haifa in Palestine grows as a key commercial center. Traders journeyed from mountains into Idaho and from the land of the Blackfeet to a Nez Perce band where they were welcomed and adopted into the tribe.
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Idaho
Nez Perces
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Feiver
Charles M. Russell
U. S
Carson’s Men
Tenorance
Elias Oxi
Buffalo Hunt
Queen’s War Hounds
Montana Newspaper Association
Great Falls, Montana
Forest Works
Livingston
U. S. Forestry Supervision
Slayers OF Deer
Object
Virginia City
Henry Plummer
Montana State Penitentiary
France
South China
Hong Kong
Paris
Blackfeet Tribe
Haifa
Palestine
National Parks Airways, Inc
U.S. Air Mail
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Helena
I Great Falls
Salt Lake den
Pocatello Butte
Salt Lake Qeden
Gelens
Idaho Falls
Pocatello
Ogden
East Lake City
Fars Aremasta
Salt Lake City
Chicago
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Northwest
United States
National Pares Airways
National Pares Airways, Inc
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