Labor Opposes Convict Road Work in Helena Talks
Montana labor groups oppose convict employment in road building and other outside work. The state board explains current uses include Deer Lodge highway work, prison brickmaking, farming for prison sustenance, and a ditch project for electric power, with future plans to use convicts for permanent road construction if facilities and materials are provided. The board cites prison capacity limits and legal duties to provide labor while aiming to protect health and reformation.
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Helena
State Board of Prison Commissioners
Sweet Grass County
Deer Lodge
Garrison
Race Track
Warm Springs
Conley & McTague Ranch
Powell County
New Rescue Cars to Aid West Mine Disasters
Under federal bureau of mines guidance two portable rescue stations on railroad cars will be ready for immediate disaster calls. One unit heads to Montana with Billings as headquarters. the second’s location yet undecided will cover southern Wyoming western Colorado and eastern Utah. Each car carries crews housed aboard and equipped with oxygen helmets safety lamps field telephones and resuscitation gear. Foremen supervise each car and crews consist of experienced mine experts for rapid response.
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Federal Bureau of Mines
West
Montana
Billings
Wyoming
Colorado
Utah
Bureau of Mines
Finances of the County at July 31
At end of business July 31 the county treasury total of funds stood at 63 737 dollars 33 cents distributed across the various funds.
Dry land farming proves worth with twenty bushels per acre
F. M. Lamp reports a field of Turkey red wheat yielded twenty bushels per acre under harsh conditions five miles south of town near the Boulder River. He notes the need for spring cultivation and harrowing to save moisture, and says dry‑land farming can pay with modern soil tillage. The piece promotes the Dry Farming congress in Spokane and its publications and opportunities for farmers to participate.
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F. M. Lamp
Boulder River
Lamp
Acre
Money the State Gas Evacation Is Extended
The state treasurer reports July receipts at 181 77386 and disbursements of 416 73632 with a cash balance of 518 70782 Aug 1. Added 270 000 to the permanent school fund, total funds near 4 million. Bond investments total 3 068 03332. Schools to open Sept 12 due to Labor Day and county fair. Florence Burgi named to fill vacancy in the primary department after Miss Habberman resigned. School improvements include repairs and new electric lights.
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Stattotteeds
Weber Bow Ee
PO Peenv
Neds Heeveene Oy
Coder Tees Odeene Om
U. S
Carey Land Act Board
State Medical Board
State Law Library
Agricultural College
Agricultural College Permanent
Capitol Building
Capitol
Normal School
Reform School Permanent
Reform School
School of Mines Permanent
School of Mines
University Permanent
University
Carey Land
Agricultural College Permanent Fund
Common School
Deaf and Dumb Asylum
Anna Habberman
Fort Collins
Colo
Montana
Florence Burgi
Yankton
S. C
Fifth annual Dry Farming Congress to meet in Spokane
Prof Alfred Atkinson of Montana Agricultural College notes the fifth annual Dry Farming Congress to be held in Spokane October 3 to 6. He says officers have connected with top dry farmers nationally and internationally to craft a helpful program amid drought and poor rainfall in western and southern regions. some farmers still harvest good crops, proving there is a right way.
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John T. Burns
Hutton
Spokane
Congress
the Congress
Alfred Atkinson
Montana Agricultural College
Concrete sidewalks extend seven blocks in Big Timber
Work continues on concrete sidewalks in Big Timber adding three blocks in Second avenue east and four more in Fourth avenue west. The total cost will be about 15000 to 16000 dollars for a town of roughly 1200 residents.
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Second Avenue
East
Fourth Avenue
West
Drought Resisting Alfalfa Found in Idaho Rail Cut
A Spokane report says Prof. W. L. Carlyle of the Idaho state experiment station found a drought resistant alfalfa in northern Idaho. He saw a vigorous plant in a railroad cut, took a sample to Moscow, and plans to hybridize it with common alfalfa to boost drought tolerance. The search by the national government may end with this discovery.
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Spokane
Idaho
W. L. Carlyle
Idaho State Experiment Station
Clagstone
Moscow
Russia
Hanson
South Dakota
National Department of Agriculture
Prof
Carlyle
Montana Crop Conditions Improve Slightly From 1909 Levels
Bureau of statistics reports July 1 estimates showing hay at 74 percent of normal and pasturage 71 percent, with slight acreage increases in spring wheat, winter wheat, oats and other grains leading to about 10 percent larger supplies in 1910 compared with 1909.
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Bureau of Statistics
Department of Agriculture
Montana
Forest Fires Nearer Reach Park County Timber
Smoke from weeks of drought thickened and spread into Park county north of Livingston with fires at Willow and Canyon creeks headwaters and near Lat. About thirty men fought the lower blaze above the Harvey and Tregloan ranches while forest service rangers were absent from that forest this season due to headquarters moves and Missoula duties.
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Park County
Livingston
Harvey & Tregloan
Forest Service
Lantry
Boulder
Missoula
Law Defines Camp Fire Negligence Punishable
The article notes that many wildfires start from campers careless with fires and cites Montana Section 8768. It states punishable acts include carelessly setting fires and failing to extinguish campfires, with penalties up to one year in county jail.
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Montana
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Prison Board
Commonwealth
Theiencer
Chance
Atkinson
Dry Farming Congress
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