Camp Roy E. Ayers Improvement Project Approved
Senator Burton K Wheeler advised Brig. Gen. John W. Mahan adjutant general of the Montana national guard that federal allotments for Camp Roy E Ayers improvements totaling about 7.9 thousand dollars have been approved. The funds will build a kitchen mess hall latrine and bathhouse and the project is now eligible for operation at the discretion of Centeree Parker state WPA administrator.
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Helena
Burton K -Wheeler
John W. Mahan
Montana National Guard
Roy E. Ayers
Montana Briefs Highlight State Projects and Obits
State records show $6,441.93 spent on inmate footwear and 1,629 workers on highway jobs in June. Obituary notes funeral services for contractor William A. O'Brien in Butte. Other items cover dairy inspections, a Fort Benton educator appointment, Salvation Army board appointments, lightning deaths of cattle, gopher control plans, a reserve park project in Shelby, a poultry coop, a Warm Springs hospital bond support, a coroner ruling on a Havre accident, a Rangemen roundup at Four Mile, and bounty warrants totaling $12 306 in Helena.
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Shelby
Peter Pantuso
Jack Blake
Havre
Devon
Pantuso
Frank Gregory
Detroit
John Downes
Blake
Four Mile
Meagher Count Livestock Association
Montana
Helena
4 H Club Convention Sets Attendance Record in Montana
The eleventh annual Montana 4-H Club convention at Montana State College drew 210 members and leader delegates from 44 counties. Theme Goals for Personal Growth guided four days of intensive training with sessions on physical social and character goals plus group discussions and project conferences. Recreational events included a guest night party a picnic in Gallatin Canyon and the banquet and dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana State College
Montana
Ray E. Cameron
Montana State
General Assembly
Paul L. Eneboe
Bozeman
R. R. Renne
College Agricultural Economics
Don Pletsch
College Entomology
Gallatin Canyon
Montana coyotes bounty payments extend. suicides mark ranchers’ deaths
State Livestock Commission reported season on coyotes began May 1 and ended June 30 with payments continuing 30 days for late reports. Heaviest bounty payouts went to north central and northeast counties. Fort Benton notes the American Legion effort to fund a 12 by 12 foot store building for Sonny Maloney, a blind graduate. Lewistown reports the bodies of two central Montana ranchers found dead by suicide: John Haller, 47, hanged. Robert Beattie, 57, shot himself.
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State Livestock Commission
John J. Holmes
North Central
Northeast
Fort Benton
American Legion
Capitol Theater
Michael
Sonny) Maloney
Deaf and Blind
Great Falls
Michael Maloney
Lewistown
Montana
John Haller
Harold Bodley
Robert Beattie
Hilger
Falls Airport to Be Improved in Great Falls
The city council awarded Nilson-Smith Construction a $26,239.52 contract to grade and surface about 2,700 feet of the airport runway on Gore Hill. Work starts soon as the Great Falls airport gains national attention in The American City for its development and potential aeronautics impact.
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Great Falls
Gore Hill
Nilson-Smith Construction Co
New York City
Canada
Aenena
Army Air Corps
Jimmy Morrison
Louisiana
Glasgow Girl Chosen Rainbow Girls Grand Adviser
Helen Walseth of Glendive elected grand worthy adviser at the Rainbow Girls session in Glasgow attended by over 400 delegates. Other officers include Tlean Plumb Har din associate adviser Dora Mae Storem Forsyth charity Elaine Newton Glasgow hope and more with multiple officers listed.
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Glasgow
Rainbow
Montana
Order of Rainbow
Helen Walseth
Glendive
Tlean Plumb
Hardin
Dora Mae Storem
Forsyth
Charity
Elaine Newton
Hope
Della Mae Doak
Twin Bridges
Faith
Doris McAdam
Dillon
Barbara Mellblom
Havre
Elinore Hollier
Bozepoe
Ann Schaeffer
Lewistown
Joyce Lindeberg
Miles
Jane Schulke
Tehall
Archion
Joy
Pioneer memories spotlight Montana figures at Butte luncheon
Will Orton, Montana pioneer and former Society leader, spoke to the Butte Exchange Club at the New Finlen hotel. He recalled early figures such as Tom Fairweather, Marcus Daly, and Chief Joseph, and recounted events from Virginia City days including sun dance debates and long prize fights.
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Montana
Butte
Will Orton
Society of Montana Pioneers
Butte Exchange Club
New Finlen Hotel
Orton
Virginia City
Salt Lake
West
Tom Dimsdale
Bill Fairweather
Alpes.gulch
Clark
Marcus Daly
F. A. Heinze
Wari Zandt
The
Blue Bird
Andrew J. Davis
Tom Cruse
Tom Gough
Boston
John D. Ryan
Cc. F. Kelley
Joseph
Looking Glass
Tenday
Needy Indian Tots in Camp at Blue Bay WPA
Opening for the sixth consecutive year the Blue Bay camp for underprivileged Indian children operates this summer under WPA supervision. Located on Flathead Lake east shore it houses 100 youngsters ages 7 to 12 in two five week sessions.
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Blue Bay
WPA
Flathead Lake
L. W. Shotwell
Stanley Schultz
Jobless Missoula Man Shares in $6000 Estate
Joseph Grosjean of Missoula learns he and his brothers may inherit a $6000 New York estate from an aunt, Josephine Gareard. He has been notified of missing heirs and will appear in Chicago probate court while seeking his two brothers Delmer and Peter who have not seen each other in 45 years. He lives on Missoula welfare as he awaits heirs and a possible share.
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Joseph Grosjean
Missoula
Chicago
Grosjean
Exrailroader
New York City
Delmer
Peter
Josephine Gareard
France
Missoula County
Crosses Two Nations Off Mailing List
Germany and Hungary have been crossed off the international mailing list of Dr W J Butler state veterinary surgeon. Despite war conditions India Switzerland Canada England Holland France South Africa Australia continue to receive the Montana organization monthly newsletter. Fifteen American cities collect pee taxes in five or more installments.
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Germany
Hungary
W. J. Butler
India
Switzerland
Canada
England
Holland
France
South Africa
Australia
Gathcena PF
Montana Organization
Tom Cruse's Revenge and Bankers in Helena
Cruse recounts his vendetta against Helena bankers who refused him credit in hard times. He sold the Drum Summon mine for over a million to an English syndicate and then warned bankers during a meeting that they refused him when penniless. He left the room, vowing revenge.
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Tom Cruse
Helena
Cruse
Marysville
Glacier Park travel thrives as hotels and chalets reopen
Glacier Park reports a 21 percent rise in visitors to June 15 with 21 875 total. West entrance and St Mary accounts, Logan Pass clears, Canadian travel concerns loom after July 1. Park hotels chalets lakes boats rail service and campgrounds resume full season operations.
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Glacier National Park
George W. Miller
West Entrance
St. Mary
Logan Pass
Miller
United States
Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park
Dominion
Glacier
Glacier Park Hotel Co
Park Saddle Horse Co
Glacier Park Boat Co
Great Northern Railway
Empire Builders
Glacier Park
Belton
National Park Service
Avalanche
Rose Creek
Sprague Creek
Two Medicine
St. Mary Chalets
Cutbank
Granite Park
Sperry Chalets
vaccines from Hamilton lab to fight typhus in Europe
Dr. R. R. Parker of the United States Public Health Service Hamilton laboratory says typhus vaccine made from egg yolk sacs by Dr. Harold Cox is being sent to Romania and Hungary. Production is experimental but to expand rapidly as needed. Spotted fever vaccine from wood ticks with the Cox egg yolk sac method is now used and may replace wood ticks as a supply.
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Rocky Mountain Laboratory
United States Public Health Service
Hamilton
R. R. Parker
Harold Cox
Romania
Andungary
Parker
Cox
Mining Convention Set for Montana Aug 9 10
The Mining Association of Montana will hold its annual convention on August 9 and 10. Anthony J. Strojan of Helena, second vice president, announced after returning from Butte where he conferred with other state officers. John E. Erickson, former governor and U S senator, attended the Washburn mond jubilee convocation and received an honorary degree.
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The
Mining Association of
Montana
Anthony J. Strojan
Helena
Butte
John E. Erickson
United States
Washburn College
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Great Falls Tent & Awning CO
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Montana State Federation of Labor
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Columbia Network
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New York Public School 17
Butte Civitan Club
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