Four Horsemen of Madison Hold Annual Reunion Again
The three surviving members of the famous fishing quartet gather at Thornton lodge on the Madison near West Yellowstone continuing a 30 year old tradition. W D Thornton of New York City Charles S Henderson of Long Beach CA and Malcolm Gillis of Butte join friends from Arizona and California with possible guest ex president Herbert Hoover.
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Madison
Thornton Lodge
Madison River
Yellowstone
W. D Thornton
New York City
Charles S. Henderson
Long Beach
Calif
Malcolm Gillis
Butte
Ben Calkins
Los Angeles
Thornton
Henderson
Charlie” Henderson
Silver Bow County
Four Horsemen
Arizona
California
Herbert Hoover
Montana Sugar Beets Set All‑Time Harvest Record
Montana’s 1939 sugar beet harvest is projected to reach 1,050,000 tons, a state record. Growers planted 86,000 acres, about 8 percent more than 1938, with expected yields near 12.5 tons per acre versus just over 12 tons last year.
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Montana
Federal Agricultural Marketing Service
Young Webster Teacher and Pupil Exchange Island Question
A brief exchange from the Christian Le Monitor features a teacher asking what an island is and a modern pupil answering that an island is a piece of land surrounded by water, illustrating a simple classroom moment.
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Webster
Christian le Monitor
Milk Board Expands to 30 Market Areas
The state milk control board now covers 30 market areas with more districts likely to be added. Dr. W J Butler, state veterinarian and board secretary, says price schedules are set in defined regions in cooperation with producers. The board operates on fees paid by dairy producers.
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Milk Board
State Milk Control Board
W. J. Butler
Railroad panel flags low price sales under unfair trade act
The Montana railroad and public service commission ruled that selling at a low price regardless of item or transaction size violates the state unfair trade practices act. The order targets Red Owl stores in Miles City to halt offering certain articles at below cost. Tillietudlem is noted as a Scottish station point.
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State
Railroad and Public Service Commission
Montana
Red Owl
Miles City
111000 Trees and Shrubs Planted on Lewistown Farms
Nearly 111 000 trees and shrubs were planted on 90 acres by seven cooperators during two years of the soil conservation service CCC camp at Lewistown. The SCS supplied most stock and supervised all plantings, creating windbreaks and wildlife habitat.
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Soil Conservation Service
CCC
Lewistown
Philip VanCleave
SCS
South Moccasin Mountains
van Cleave
VanCleave
Rural Electric Plan Proceeds Across 27 Montana Counties
Montana expands REA work with over 1 million dollars planned this year and $500000 in new applications. Eleven projects now operate across 1800 miles serving about 5000 farm families with two more under construction. Proposed lines target returns of 8 to 10 dollars per mile monthly, aided by local organization and cash contributions. Counties include Lincoln Flathead Sanders Mineral Missoula Ravalli Granite Powell Deer Lodge Silver Bow Beaverhead Madison Jefferson Broadwater Lewis and Clark Cascade Teton Chouteau Pondera Toole Liberty Hill Judith Basin Fergus Wheatland Golden Valley Musselshell.
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Montana
Rural Electrification Administration
Washington, D. C
Armin J. Hill
Montana State College
Hill
REA
Lincoln
Flathead
Sanders
Mineral
Missoula
Ravaili
Granite
Powell
Deer Lodge
Silver Bow
Beaverhead
Madison
Jefferson
Broadwater
Lewis and Clark
Cascade
Teton
Chouteau
Pondera, Toole, Liberty, Hill
Judith Basin
Fergus
Wheatland
Golden Valcey
Musselshell
Inspector Keeley Appointed to Montana Trades Commission
E M Keeley former Deer Lodge hotel operator and Livingston Chamber secretary named inspector for the Montana trades commission by the railroad and public service commission. He will focus on enforcing the states unfair trades practices act. Gold production in Colombia rises 14 percent from last year.
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E. M. Keeley
Deer Lodge
Livingston Chamber of Commerce
Montana Trades Commission
State Railroad and Public Service Commission
The
Trades Commission
Keeley
Austin Middleton
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By Eric Thane
Pony Express
St. Paul
Minn
Helena
Mont
Missouri
Fort Benton
Rocky Mountain Wagon Road Co
Missouri River
Kerchival
Kerchival City
Montana Hide & Fur Co
James Brewer
George Clendennin
James McGinness
Camp Cooke
al Bradbury
Henry McDonald
Judith Mountains
Bradbury
Dennis
Hancock
Department of
Clendennin
Andrews
Davis
Jacob Leader
Jim Wells
Frank Smith
Teene
Mussel
Three Horsemen of Madison
Cordingly
Hunter
Great Falls
Gerald
Central Ave
Rainbow
Seddy
Am Meals
Eddy Gallivan
Mar
Main St
Melena
New Finlend
Jemset Bates
Tillietudlem
Colombia
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