Woman climbs Glacier Pass in historic outing
Miss Josephine Barrick and engineer John McGillivary crossed Mount Henery Pass above Two Medicine valley in winter conditions. After four hours of arduous ascent they rang the rustic summit bell to signal their safe arrival, amid high winds and snow drifts. Residents recall a nearby fatal hunting incident from the previous year.
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Glacier Park
Mount Henery
Medicine Valley
Josephine Barrick
Monteath
Barrick
John McGillivary
Bureau of Public Roads
Glacier Park Station
Upper Two Medicine Lake
Mount Henery Pass
Fred Stone
Farming trends and 4-H club growth highlighted
The article notes 4-H club membership reaching 925,000 across boy and girl members. It discusses winter housing for poultry and the impact on disease and labor, along with wheat reduction program payments totaling about 102 million dollars to growers in several states. It also cites a London farmer’s stock report on a prolific white sow with 20 litters totaling 367 pigs over ten years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Nebraska
Missouri
Indiana
South Dakota
West Virginia
Maryland
New York
London
4 H Club Girl Creates Money Through Restored Walnut Bed
Esther Mills of Cascade County earned recognition for 4 H room improvement work this summer by transforming an abandoned 1878 walnut bed into a valued piece worth 100 dollars. Guided by Montana State College’s Charles Potter, she refinished, oiled, and restored the piece, plus created accompanying room furnishings, turning past history into modern value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Mills
Cascade County
Charles Potter
Teader
Montana State College
Miss Mill
Missouri
Carlton
Fort Benton
Esther Mill
Esther
Drainage tip for ice wells uses gravel at base
To provide drainage when the ice melts place at least a foot of gravel in the bottom of ice wells.
Public works funds to survey streams for fish stocking
The Public Works Administration allotted 127 200 dollars to the Bureau of Fisheries for surveys of streams and lakes across the nation. The goal is to base fish cultural operations on science, coordinate efforts among agencies, and identify species and areas best suited for stocking. Local surveys include Monongahela National Forest, Glacier National Park, Yosemite, Sequoia, and Klamath National Forest with more sites to be designated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Works Administration
Bureau of Fisheries
Monongahela
W. Va
National Forest
Glacier National Park
Montana
Yosemite
Calif.) National Park
Sequoia
Klamath
Calif.) National Forest
Alfalfa Seed Brings Cash to Phillips Folks
Phillips County Shipping association completed a season at its alfalfa seed cleaning plant handling about 140000 pounds of clean seed. Ladak seed sold at 55 cents a pound. Growers include Frank Hedges of Saco Herb Spaller and Nick Roth of Regina. Two cars of common seed shipped. association also runs turkey pool and shipped 25 cars cattle 19 hogs and 18 sheep this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillips County Shipping Association
Frank Hedges
Saco
Herb Spaller
Regina
Nick Roth
Tax on Hogs Is Now Effective
The 50 cent per hundredweight hog processing tax takes effect November 5 1933 and applies on slaughter for commercial trade. Exemptions include hogs for personal consumption and charity, floor and warehouse stocks, and imports taxed with proceeds staying in possessions. Processing taxes are collected by the Bureau of Internal Revenue with loans available from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana State College
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Secretary of Agriculture
United States
Phillipine Islands
Virgin Islands
American Samoa
Canal Zone
Guam
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Montana Trout Stream Survey To Benefit Broad Region
Kenneth MacDonald states Montana would receive PWA funding for a broad survey across Utah Idaho Wyoming Colorado New Mexico Nevada and Montana. The plan envisions 750 man months of work with priority on the Missouri and Yellowstone rivers and aims to unite agencies to avoid duplicated effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah
Idaho
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
Nevada
Montana
PWA
Kenneth MacDonald
State Superintendent of Fisheries
Lolo National Forest
Missouri
Yellowstone
Cuticura Skin Care Ad Promises Clear Skin Fast
An advertisement touts Cuticura Ointment for pimples and blackheads with a five minute wash using Cuticura Soap and hot water. It urges daily use to keep skin clear and mentions Cuticura Talcum for daily toilet needs.
Hints on How to Solder Properly
H E Murdock head of the State College agricultural engineering department explains proper soldering requires the right flux and clean surfaces. Surfaces must be cleaned by scraping filing grinding brushing to remove all dirt and rust. Various fluxes include muriatic acid chloride of zinc sal ammoniac and ammonium chloride with tinning of copper before joining as the final step.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana State College
H. E. Murdock
State College Agricultural Engineering Department
Murdock
Drive Launched on Swindlers
Attorney General Raymond T. Nagle will join with State Auditor and Insurance Commissioner John J. Holmes in prosecuting swindlers who persuade stockholders in Montana building and loan concerns to swap their stock for worthless brewery or questionable ventures. Auditor Holmes reports many unlicensed salesmen are active in Montana. Assistant Investment Commissioner Jean D. Kelly and Fire Marshal John W. Mountjoy have gone to Missoula to probe several cases. Nagle urges county attorneys to pursue violators vigorously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond T. Nagle
John J. Holmes
Montana
Holmes
Jean D. Kelly
John W. Mountjoy
Missoula
Nagle
Powell County Employment Bureau Seeks Unemployed Names
Albert Bien manager of the employment bureau urges all unemployed to register for the national re employment service. Workers will be hired from office lists and those not registered have less chance for work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Bien
Employment Bureau
Powell County
National
Apples May Be Used for Relief in Bitter Root Valley
A surplus of about 90 000 boxes of Bitter Root valley apples may be used for relief. The Valley Growers association urged Montana distribution to the needy. Jacob Baker, director of commodity distribution in Washington, authorized T C Spaulding relief director to purchase the fruit for local winter use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Valley Growers’ Association
Montana
Jacob Baker
Washington
T. C. Spaulding
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Glacier Pass
Appistoki Creek
Midwest “Teachers Bureau
Kansas City, Mo
J. H. White
Fulton Mkt
Chicago
Your Poultr Express Order & Commission CO
Express
N. E
Randolph St
Racine Ave
Ciincago, Ill
Doogle Commission Company
Ill
American Express
Harris Trust & Savings Bank
First National
Dh Go
Fox Organization
Turkey House of America
Fox
America
Fox Brothers
Dept. D
Fulton Market
Illinois
Rotogravure
Greenfield Advertising Agency
Wyoming Street
Butte
Argentina
Gire
Phillips
Witte VaeoRys
Marshall, Mich
Hughes & Company
Third Street
Great Falls
Clark’s Fork Valley
Blackfoot Land Development CO
Missoula, Mont
F. M. Rothrock
Mer
Spokane
OLD Union Stockyards CO
J.X
Pat” Ford
Billings Polytechnic Institute
Billings Business College
Northwest
The
Polytechnic
Ernest T. Eaton
Lewis T. Eaton
Uree
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