Airmail Pickup Service Starts Across Montana
Postmaster Harry Hendricks of Helena says Montana may soon have nonstop airmail pickups. Airmail routes in West Virginia and Pennsylvania already serve 56 cities, with pickups from city outskirts and hilltops while planes fly at 120 mph. Congress authorized the service and funds, with Philadelphia and Pittsburgh to Clarksburg WV routes inaugurating immediately.
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Harry Hendricks
Helona
Montana
Hendricks
Washington
Helena
Congressional
Stinson
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Congress
Theil
Post Office
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Clarksburg
W. V2
Courageous hunt near Greenough endures two mile trek with broken leg
Leonard J. Hall of Greenough, in western Montana, crawled two miles after a hunting accident near Elk Creek. with a broken right leg and torn knee skin, he dragged himself through brush to reach a logging trail and road, shouting for help until Roy and Clarence Fogler found him. From there he was ferried to Missoula and Thornton hospital where Dr. Thornton treated him. Hall, a state employee at Woodworth, credits pluck and endurance for surviving exposure and a severe injury.
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Greenough
Montana
Leonard J. Hall
Elk Creek
Hall
Lou McMahon
McMahon
Roy
Clarence Fogler
Foglers
Hail
Missoula
Thornton Hospital
Thornton
Dr. Thornton
Woodworth
A. H. Hartley
Ireland stamps on new constitution draw global demand
Ireland issued its new stamps to honor the new constitution and saw demand from buyers worldwide, spanning all regions and markets.
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Ireland
Eleven Hunters Die In Montana Hunting Season Tragedies
A Montana hunting season claimed eleven lives with seven shot deaths and four other fatalities from exhaustion, exposure, or accidents. Names include Clarence Corey of Missoula, George McLeslie of Chinook, Dick Powell of Bozeman, John J. Marshall of Helena, and James A. Parrish of Helena, among others.
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Montana
Clarence Corey
Missoula
Rock Creek
CCC
William Hoshima
Yogo Divide
Yogo Creek
Judith Basin
We Oereme
George McLeslie
Chinook
William Forsyth
McLeslie
Dick Powell
Bozeman
Gallatin Mountains
Squaw Creek
Gallatin County
Howard Nelson
Powell
John J. Marshall
Helena
Townsend
Mark Kaulbach
Fort Benton
Marshall’s. Kaulbach
Daniel Mitchell
Shelby
Golden Wedding Celebration At North Crow Creek Clubhouse
Mr and Mrs Joseph Houle of Ronan celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at the North Crow Creek clubhouse with more than 200 friends in attendance. They married Oct 22 1888 at Frenchtown and moved to the Flathead two years later.
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North Crow Creek
Joseph Vroule
Ronan
Houle
Frenchtown
Flathead
Joe Allard
Dawson County School History Compiled for Museum
Mrs. Grace Gilmore finishes a two year project detailing Dawson county education since 1880. The history covers early one room schools, the 1883 bond for Washington school, a donated bell, and early superintendents including Col. J H Ray and Alice Cavanaugh LeMoyne.
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Glendive
Dawson County
Grace Gilmore
Wyoming
North Dakota
Musselshell River
Newland
Savage
Hetty Harpster
Washington
E. C. Waters
Merrill
Gilmore
Lincoln School
Bismarck Grocery Co
Col
J. H. Ray
Alice Cavanaugh LeMoyne
Montana
Washington School
Upland Birds Fed In Winter on Montana Refuges
Upland game birds face winter hazards beyond hunting. Montana refuges built by the Bureau of Biological Survey provide shelter feeders and grain. On Pablo and Bowdoin refuges thousands of birds were fed last winter with plans to expand to more refuges as funding allows.
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Montana
Bureau of Biological Survey
Migratory Waterfowl Division
Pablo
Lake County
Kenneth L. Roahen
Billings
Roahen
Pablo Refuge
Bowdoin
Malta
Phillips County
Roaden
Roshen
Will Reclaim Cutover Land in Flathead County
The Flathead Land Utilization Co operative association forms to reclaim about 15000 acres of cut over land in Flathead county. Clearing comes first with irrigation planned. the group will buy machinery blasting powder and equipment together. C. W. Kaliner elected president. J. C. Doyle first vice president. Grant Prestleye second vice president. George Duffy secretary treasurer. John Tom brink fifth board member.
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Flathead County
Flathead Land Utilization Cooperative Association
C. W. Kaliner
J. C. Doyle
Grant Prestleye
George Duffy
John Tombrink
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East and
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Weissman
Carl Weissdias & Company
Great * Falls
Martha West
Montana Flour Mills Company
Great Falls
Treasure Isle
James A. Farley
Treasure Island
San Francisco Bay
Roosevelt
Jack Sullivan
Conrad
Carl Anderson
Geraldine
Anderson
Wayne Nichol
Nichol
Forest Smurf
Polson
George Pace
Plains
Sander County
Pace
Howard V. Little Sr
Stevensville
Joseph Noule OF
Dawson County School History
Territory
Pablo and
Raps
Nomalini Ae Furriers
Central Avenue
Montana Hardware Co
Montana Street
Butte
Second Street
Mont
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