Higher beef cattle prices seen in coming years
Washington reports the Agriculture Department outlook on beef cattle predicts higher prices for feeders and range producers within 18 months with a probable upward trend over two to three years. Demand remains solid but supplies shrink due to reduced breeding stock and fewer cattle on feed, with regional variations and anticipated ranges in 1927.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Department
Department States
Southwest
California
Great Plains
Butte Slayers Given New Lease On Life
Helena Aug 24 Reprieves granted by Governor Erickson delay two executions in Butte. Tony Vettere awaits a sanity hearing appeal paused by court while Louis Won receives reprieve to allow pardons board review commutation to life. Both cases stem from 1925 murders in Meaderville and Butte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Erickson
Tony Vettere
Louis Won
Butte
Won
State Board of Pardons
Vettere
Supreme Court
District Court
Antone Favery
Meaderville
State Supreme Court
Pettar Pavicic
Board of Pardons
Best Wheat Cutting Plans Being Tested in Judith Basin
A federal agriculture economics team, with cooperation from Land Grant colleges, is testing harvesting methods in Texas to Montana. In Lewistown the Lewistown Judith Basin project installs trial machinery to determine the cheapest and best wheat harvesting method with researchers from Washington and Bozeman assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobson
Federal
Department of Agriculture Economics
Federal Land Grant Agriculture Colleges
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Nebraska
Montana
Lewistown
Judith Basin
L. A. Renoldson
B. Rothfeb
Department of Agriculture
H. S. Quisenberry
Bureau of Plant Industry
Washington, D. C
Sandberg and Merrill
Bozeman
Emanuel Goughnour Still Hale Despite Debated Pioneering Claim
Livingston residents dispute Sunset magazine’s photo caption of Emanuel Goughnour as a California pioneer. They note his long Montana residence and question the California pioneer narrative while confirming the Livingston man’s likeness. The article claims the California version mentions a 95th birthday and Enlightenment-era travel and voting history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livingston Enterprise
Sunset Magazine
California
Emanuel Goughnor
Livingston
Goughnor
Sunshine State
Montana
Sunset
Fremont
Los Angeles
Plains
Placerville
Sacramento Valley
Sutter’s Mill
John C. Fremont
Abraham Lincoln
Yellowstone minister killed by boiling springs accident
Rev. Gilbert A. Eakins 27, pastor of the Presbyterian church at Saratoga Springs Wyoming, died after stepping into a hot pool at West Thumb Yellowstone Lake while returning from a fishing trip. He was with his wife, son, and his parents from Bourbon Indiana. Ranger Wendell Keats rendered aid and he died en route to Mammoth hospital. The body is at Selby Funeral Home pending funeral arrangements.
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Livingston Enterprise
Gilbert A. Eakins
Yellowstone Park
Saratoga Springs
Wyo
Yellowstone Lake
Eakins
L. T. Eakins
Bourbon
Ind
Wendell Keats
West Thumb
Keats
Mammoth Hot Springs
Rev
Mammoth
Yellowstone Canyon
Presbyterian Church
Selby Funeral Home
Golden wedding celebration for Mr. and Mrs. James W. Martin
Portland residents assemble for a pre anniversary gathering marking the Martins’ 50 year union. James W. Martin and wife were wed January 31 1877 near Peoria Illinois. Five of their six children join relatives from Seattle Big Timber Nora Twin Falls and Portland for a ten day celebration.
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Portland
Ure
James W. Martin
East 1Eth Street
Cora J. M. Bones
Seattle
Wash
Jerome Williams
Big Timber
Mont
J. Albert Snyder
Nora
Ned
Roy W. Martin
Twin Falls
Idaho
Waitman T. Wade
East Seventh Street
Martin
Peoria
Oregon
Portland, Ore
Bank Cashier Loses 100000 In Bad Investments
Helena cashier W S Goodyear and director of Farmers and Mechanics State Bank admitted defalcation estimated at 100000 dollars or more. He blamed market losses in cotton wheat and stocks and said the family funds were used before the bank’s. He took sole responsibility and expressed remorse as the bank faced closure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Lewis and Clark County
W. S. Goodyear
Farmers and Mechanics State Bank
G. Larson
Goodyear
Bank
Community Fair Prepares Grains Vegetables Livestock Show
Stillwater county agents judge grain and vegetable exhibits while a stockman handles livestock at a large community fair. The exhibition promises a robust flower show baking canning and fancy work with prizes including flour sacks from Big Timber milling and merchandise from Atlee Burpee Oscar H Will Bozeman Canning Co Northwestern Nursery Co and others for fruit berries flowers and bread. The slate includes premiums for grains vegetables fruits root crops potatoes honey and more with special prizes for best garden and most complete displays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. IL Jones
Stillwater County
L. Winslow
W. H. Donald
Melville Stockman
Big Timber Milling Company
W. Altee Burpee Company
Philadelphia
Oscar H. Will & Co
Bismarck
N. C
Bozeman Canning Co
Northwestern Nursery Co
N. D
A. W. Miles
L. F. Douthett
E. R. Patterson
W. Atlee
Charles William Eliot Dead Harvard's Grand Old Man Dies
Charles William Eliot, Harvard president emeritus and famed public thinker, died at 92 in Northeast Harbor. He led Harvard 40 years, opposed racial discrimination, praised the Volstead Act, urged international cooperation, and valued a life of moderation and regular exercise. His son Samuel A. Eliot was with him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northeast Harbor
Charles William Eliot
Harvard
America
Harvard University
Samuel A. Eliot
Cambridge
Mass
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Eliot
Boston
Andrew Jackson
United States
Hell
Heaven
Maine Senator Bert Fernald Dies at 68 in West Poland
United States Senator Bert M. Fernald died at his West Poland home after a ten day illness. He was 68, having served as Maine governor and U S senator. Born crippled, he pioneered in education, farming, and corn canning, rising from schoolboy games to business leader and political figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Poland
United States
Bert M. Fernald
Congress
United States Senate
Hebron Academy
Boston
Maine
National Canners Association
Canyon Follies Draws 2000 in Yellowstone Park Show
Yellowstone Park August 23 1926 crowds pack the open air theater to see the Canyon Follies presented by the Canyon hotel savages. Gene Quan reveals three weeks of rehearsal while the cast of hotel employees handles other tasks. The annual show draws visitors from outside the park and caps a season with 160000 visitors, 3000 more than the prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellowstone Park
Wyo
Flo Ziegfield
Canyon Hotel
Savages
Yellowstone
Gene Quan
Frank Flynn
Canyon
Montana Elks Elect John K Klaxton Chief
Montana's state association of Elk lodges closed its convention naming John K Claxton of Butte as president. George L Steinbrenner of Missoula and Charles T Trott of Billings were chosen as first and second vice presidents respectively, with Warner Hawkins of Helena and W W Paine of Kalispell as subsequent vice presidents. R A Gibbons of Helena was re elected secretary and Fred J McQueeney of Butte was re elected treasurer. Frank L Riley of Butte and Leon E Choquette of Havre were re elected trustees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Montana State Association of Elk
John K. Claxton
George L. Steinbrenner
Missoula
Charles T. Trott
Billings
Warner A. Hawkins
Helena
W. W. Paine
Kallispell
R. A. Gibbons
Fred J. McQueeney
Frank L. Riley
Leon E. ‘Choquette
Havre
Montana cowgirl dies in Chicago broncho riding contest
Louise Hartwig of Wolf Point Montana died from head injuries after slipping from her horse Reno during the women’s broncho riding contest on Soldier Field. The 28 year old married ranch hand was not a professional rider.
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Montana
Chicago
Chicago Tribune
Louise Hartwig
Wolf Point
Mont
Soldiers’ Field
Chugwater
Wyo
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Emanuel Goughnour
University
British Empire
Elks
John K. Klaxton
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