Steamboat Heads for Fort Peck Dam Traverse
A steamboat built in St. Louis, the first on the upper Missouri in years, will pass Williston on its way to Fort Peck dam. Railway officials may raise the Snowden bridge center span if needed to allow the boat to pass. The vessel will tow large Fort Peck barges to transport materials during dam construction.
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Missouri River
Williston
Fort Peck Dam
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Snowden Bridge
St. Louis
Fort Peck
Yellowstone Bears Welcome Big Families in Yellowstone
A wave of large grizzly litters arrives in Yellowstone with four females each nursing triplets. Cubs mingle during feeding frays, prompting ranger questions about why so many young. Railway freight in Hungary shows notable gains over last year.
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Yellowstone
Hungary
Heavy Livestock Shipments East in 1884
A compilation by Col. R. B. Wilson, livestock agent at St. Paul, records thousands of head moved east during 1884. The stock departed from several western Dakota and eastern Montana points along the Northern Pacific Railway during the season.
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Col
R. B. Wilson
St. Paul
Dakota
Montana
Northern Pacific Railway
Road work to speed Billings Great Falls link
O. S. Warden chair of the state highway commission told a Billings Kiwanis gathering that the road between Billings and Great Falls should be completed soon. He noted about 1,200 miles of Montana roads are oiled to date and more than 2,765 miles are expected to be oiled by season’s end. R. C. Bricker of the Great Falls Chamber of Commerce attended as an out‑of‑town guest.
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Billings
Great Falls
O. S. Warden
State Highway Commission
American Association of State Highway Officials
Kiwanis Club
Montana
R. C. Bricker
The
Freight Tonnage Rise Tied to Montana Rail Movement
Railroad officials attribute a large part of increased freight tonnage in Montana to the movement of highway and other materials. The report highlights higher shipments of construction and industrial goods passing through Montana corridors.
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Montana
London Directory Count of Birds and Beings
A London telephone directory lists 3 Chickens 20 Chicks 5 Heavens 40 Angels 17 Ducks 9 Pickles and 3 Cheers. The enumeration highlights whimsical entries among ordinary listings.
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London
Conserve Water When Irrigating Says Montana Expert
C W Monson of Montana State College urges water conservation in irrigation during dry years. He explains waste from small streams, leaks, weed growth, and seepage, and notes that using larger streams and cooperative sharing across four farms can irrigate more land in less time.
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Montana State College
C. W. Monson
State College Agricultural Engineering Department
Monson
Farming Briefs and Agricultural Outlook Summary
Farming Buttermilk cleans tarnish from copper and brass. Rumors that cucumbers contain poisonous juice are false. soaking in salt water ruins texture. World wheat production in 1934-35 likely 7 percent lower than 1933-34. world supply about 8 percent down. Farmers gain over 11.6 million dollars yearly from lower interest rates on refinanced debt. Farm Credit Administration studies motor truck use in fruit and vegetable marketing. The Bureau of Public Roads logged about one million dollars daily in road work, with over 21 thousand miles of highway projects awarded and 871 miles approved but not under contract.
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Russia
China
United States Department of Agriculture
Federal Land Banks
Land Bank Commissioner
Farm Credit Administration
Bureau of Public Roads
Creosote Posts Prolong Fence Post Life
Creosote and coal tar creosote are recommended to extend fence post life by H E Murdock head of the State College agricultural engineering department. The article lists suitable woods lodgepole pine Douglas fir western red cedar western yellow pine and cottonwood. It outlines preparation bark removal two to four months seasoning round posts for better penetration and longer life while warning split posts resist creosote penetration.
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Montana State College
H. E. Murdock
State College Agricultural Engineering Department
Murdock
Grazing Districts Form Co operative Associations in Montana
Montana ranchers organize under 1935 grazing district law to place districts under cooperative control to reduce over grazing. Ten new associations filed with the secretary of state, all in Phillips County near Fort Peck. Names include Blue Cooperative Grazing, Sag Co operative, Cotton Wood Company, Beaver Creek Company, Four Chette Company, West Fork Company, Rock Creek Company, Karstens Company, Chinook Center Company, and Armageddon Company with various owner counts and bases at Saco Malta Regina Content Brookside Chapman.
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Montana
Phillips County
Fort Peck
Blue Co-operative Grazing Association
Saco
Billings couple arraigned under Montana liquor law
In one of the first cases under the Montana liquor control act, Mr and Mrs John A Emery pleaded not guilty in Billings on charges of possessing 20 gallons of whisky.
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Billings
Montana
John A. Emery
Wool loading day for Carbon County Wool Growers
The Carbon County Wool Growers association completed a wool loading day for its 62 members. Wool from 14 000 sheep was shipped from Roberts. In the Laurel dry land wheat district, harvest began about two weeks ago with yields reported of 20 to 30 bushels per acre.
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Carbon County
Wool Growers Association
Roberts
Laurel
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