Cheating Grass Threat to Montana Range and Fires
A Montana State College committee of cattle and sheepmen officials outlines a campaign against cheat grass Downy brome spreading across range lands national forests and along roadsides. They seek federal help to combat the pest and discuss developing a smut control method after a 13000 acre fire attributed to the grass.
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Montana
Montana Cattle and Sheepmen
Montana State College
Agriculture Wallace
United States Department of Agriculture
H. C. Gardiner
Anaconda
F. B. Linfield
Agricultural Experiment Station
Linfield
Dr. Gardiner
W. H. Hoover
Great Falls
North Montana Hereford Association
Murray E. Stebbins
Montana Woolgrowers Association
E. F. Galt
Billie Cochran Indian Fighter and River Pilot 1862 Tale
Grace Stone Coates recounts Billie Cochran later known as an Indian fighter who grew up on a Mississippi riverboat. He travels to Bannack and Virginia City in 1862, makes a fortune at Bevins gulch, then shifts to fur trading and frontier duties. The narrative blends frontier danger with Cochran’s evolving career amid conflicts with Native peoples and the harsh western life along the Missouri.
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Grace Stone Coates
Mississippi River
St. Louis
St. Paul
Cochran
Pembina
Billie Cochran
Plains
Salt Lake
Old Bridger Trail
Salmon River
Gold Creek
Bannack
Grasshopper
Virginia City
Alder Gulch
Bevins Gulch
Northwest Fur Trading Company
Missouri
Fort Hawley
Carroll
Fort Peck
Buffalo
Tiger Buttes
Coulee
Armstrong
Fort Union
Montana
Clendenin Put Barker on the Map in 1880s mining
Col George Clendenin Jr led a bold effort to develop Barker district quartz mining. He organized the Clendenin Mining and Smelting Co, secured Chicago and Boston capital, built a 10 ton per day smelter, and anticipated expansion. By 1881 300 400 people crowded Barker as ore moved toward exploitation despite rail isolation.
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Grace Stone Coates
Barker
George Clendenin, Jr
Barker Mines
Chicago
Boston
Clendenin Mining and Smelting Company
Buck” Barker
Hughes
N. A. Rees
Ross
Neihart
Income Tax Dodges Must Remit Double
State board of equalization sends notices to individuals who have not filed 1934 state income tax returns. John J. Walsh announces delinquent filers face doubling of the amount due if not filed promptly. A $2 minimum penalty already applies to late returns.
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State Board of Equalization
John J. Walsh
Income Tax Department
Old Soldier Burkman Honors Fallen Seventh on Cannon Creek
John Burkman, once Custer's loyal servant nicknamed Old Nutriment, dies and is remembered for carrying the graves of comrades from Sturgis to Custer Hill. After decades in Billings he returns to Cannon Creek to rebury his friends, only to find their markers gone and his own name joining the line. Jimmie Yearns later oversees interments on Custer's hill with full military honors.
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Glendolin
Damon Wagner
John Burkman
Custer
Billings
John
Burkman
McDougal
Dakota
Fort Lincoln
Rosebud
Little Big Horn
Reno Hill
Sturgis
Joseph
Cannon Creek
Livingston
Custer Hill
West
Horse Thief Cache
Janee
Jimmie
Washington
Sturgis Battlefield
Custer’s Hill
Seventh Cavalry
New Drink Gin Fizzle Sparks Montana Bar Buzz
In Butte bars and soda fountains a new potent beverage called the gin fizzle gains favor with younger patrons as romances wane after July 1. The piece notes interest in a health marriage law and reports the Montana beer control board’s response to inquiries about beer parlors near churches.
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Butte
Dan Cupid
Montana
State Beer Control Board
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America
Harry A. Hansen
West Superior St. Duluth
Mina
Committee On Foods
The
American Medical Association
Columbia
Montana State Highway Patrol
Ford
Wolfer
Clendenin
Air Corps Reserve
Maximilian
Betty
Calumet
General Foods
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