Montana fever spurs belief in irrigation and farming promise
Lorenz Fessler, a Dubuque farmer, tours Montana and shifts from doubt to enthusiasm as he sees irrigation enabled farming. He notes rivers supply water for fields and the potential for abundant crops, contrasting eastern plains and moisture independence with dry land. The traveler reports fruit-growing expectations and plans to learn more before continuing his journey.
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Lorenz Fessler
Dubuque
Montana
Northern Pacific
Here
Northern Pacific to sponsor large potato contest in Northwest
The Northern Pacific Railway plans a major potato growing contest open to the entire Northwest. Prizes target at least thirty carloads of tubers weighing no less than one and a quarter pounds. Winners’ potatoes will be labeled and served in the road’s dining cars. Yellowstone valley farmers, especially Sweet Grass County, stand to gain through top prices for eligible potatoes. John P. Campbell has filed notice for 160 inches of Big Elk creek waters with the county clerk.
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Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Northwest
Yellowstone
Sweet Grass County
John P. Campbell
Big Elk Creek
Rates Advance On Livestock And Packing Goods
Railroads announce a raise in rates from St Paul to Chicago and for Chicago to St Paul packing house products. The average increase on livestock and products is about 23 cents per hundred pounds. Effective dates are May 1 for packing house products and May 20 for livestock. Some believe other commodity rates may rise while denying a general increase.
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St. Paul
Chicago
Missouri River
Local Shotgun Wielders Open Season With Closely Contested Events
The Big Timber Gun Club opened their season with a long shooting session on their grounds. Seven entrants vied for the Du Pont trophy in fifty targets with Witten winning and securing the prize after two rounds. Remaining scores show Skillman Blakeman Dugro Van Cleve and Scarlett with solid but lower totals. A follow up sweepstakes five pairs was planned as shooters continued warming up.
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Big Timber Gun Club
du Pont
Witten
Skillman
Blakeman
Cook
Dugro
Van
Dry land farming pointers from Norman Holden for Montana settlers
Montana readers planning beach land farms receive practical tips from Norman E. Holden of Beaverhead County. He emphasizes starting early, plowing and rolling to form a three inch mulch, and harrowing to conserve moisture. Harrowing helps break crust after rain and during drought to preserve soil moisture.
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Montana
Norman E. Holden
Beaverhead County
Holden
Northwestern Livestock Show to Aid Small Breeders at St Paul
The fourth annual livestock show of the Northwestern Livestock association will be held at the St. Paul Union stockyards Nov. 15 to 18, 1910. It favors small feeders with two main divisions cattle sheep and swine, pure bred and grades and cross breeds, offering liberal cash prizes and special trophies. An amateur prize this year invites exhibitors who have never shown livestock. Lectures and judge explanations accompany awards, providing practical information rarely found at shows.
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Northwestern Livestock Association
St. Paul Union Stockyards
South St. Paul
Minn
Northwest
State land sales rules clarified by attorney general opinion
Helena reports Attorney General Galen answered questions on sales limits for agricultural and grazing lands. The ruling says the act is not retroactive and past transactions remain unaffected. It also states that an assignee of a purchase certificate becomes the purchaser, not the original buyer. Mrs. C N Skillman heads to Bozeman for a Pythian Sisters official visit.
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Helena
Galen
State Board of Land Commissioners
State Land Register
C. N. Skillman
The
Pythian Sisters
Bozeman
City
Montana Delegation Shines in Congress for State Interests
Washington dispatch notes Montana lawmakers wield influence in shaping federal actions. Senator Dixon pushes long and short haul reform and land sales to Flathead Lake Indians. Carter advances irrigation, Glacier Park, and postal savings bills. Representative Pray drives passage and blocks opposition, elevating Montana profiles in Republican ranks.
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Washington, D. C
Montana
Dixon
Flathead Lake
Crow Reservation
Postal Savings Bank
Carter
Glacier Park
Pray
Washington
Senate
East
National Capitol
Work Begins at Big Timber on Northern Pacific Signal System
The Northern Pacific project to install an automatic block signal system in the division starts at Big Timber due to supply issues. Construction crews are arriving, foundations for signal masts and a concrete cellar are in place, and plans show batteries and masts to be planted as work continues for months. M. H. Shaffer of Findlay, Ohio, joined Sweet Grass county residents by purchasing land on the Glass Lindsay project.
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Mr. Moffet
Northern Pacific
DeHart
M. H. Shaffer
Findlay, O
Sweet Grass County
Glass-Lindsay
Montana National Guard Officers Ordered to Fort Harrison Camp
The adjutant general directs officers of the Second Infantry Montana National Guard to attend a five day camp at Fort William Henry Harrison Helena from May 2 to May 6. All officers excluding the chaplain must report by May 1 and bring full field gear. Failure may trigger resignation.
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Fort William Henry Harrison
National Guard
State of Montana
Helena
Mont
Second Infantry
National Guard of Montana
Greenan
A. G
J. J. McGuinness
I. G
E. J. Callaway
C. C
E. C. Sackett
C. E
Adjutant General
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Lin
Northern Pacific Institutes
Cleve
Scarlett
Mr. Witten
State Board of Commissioners
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