Indian Workers Short of Hides
In 1936 Blackfeet in Browning started a craft shop selling bead leather wood carvings and paintings and have earned about $15 000. Demand for Indian tanned buckskin jackets grows but deer hides are scarce and purchasing them from white hunters is illegal. A trip to Canada showed tribes there beginning similar shops as Blackfeet seek deer and elk hides donated by hunters shipped to Browning.
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Browning
Blackfeet
Canada
British Columbia
C. L. Graves
Blackfeet Indian Reservation
Blackfeet Indian Agency
NYA Plans Training Center at Fort Keogh
George Rudolph NYA supervisor announced approval to use Fort Keogh buildings for a proposed NYA training center. Rehabilitation to start immediately with 18 to 25 year olds receiving vocational training at the center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. George Rudolph
NYA
Fort Keogh
Helena Gears Up for Diamond Jubilee Festival
Helena committeemen plan a log slab mining village parade rodeo Indian dances brass bands and a water regatta at Lake Hauser for the Diamond Jubilee next June. The John L Rogers Co of Chicago will stage the pageant with local cast crews and two directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Lake Hauser
Capital
John L. Rogers Co
Chicago
Theodore Fish
Ted Kirkmeyer
Marlow Theater
Little Theater Group
Bob Fletcher
Montana
Clyde McLemore
John B. Ritch
Charles Laurenson
Caldwell
Idaho
American Rodeo Association
Arlee
Fred Kessler
C. Lynn Young
Norman Holter
Myron R. Wilson
A. T. Hibbard
C. M
Water board active in Tally irrigation project
The state water conservation board shows renewed interest in the Tally irrigation plan in Flathead County. A field re-estimate will be conducted by the board’s chief engineer, E. B Donohue, per Kalispell Chamber of Commerce report. The project, started in 1920 and revived recently, would water 10,000 to 12,000 acres northwest of Kalispell by diverting Tally Lake water through Lost Creek to land near Sparks schoolhouse.
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Tally Lake
Lost Creek
Sparks
Montana Girl Wins First Blue Ribbon at Chicago Livestock Show
Helen Monforton of Gallatin Gateway captures Montana’s first blue ribbon at the 1938 International Live stock Exposition in Chicago. She earns top honors in the junior livestock feeding contest with Hereford steers 875 to 1 000 pounds. Arthur Jacobson of Clyde Park, Montana, wins in the 1 000 to 1 500 pound Hereford class.
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Montana
Chicago
Helen Monforton
Gallatin Gateway
Arthur Jacobson
Clyde Park
Mont
Park Ranger Retires From Glacier After Long Service
Clyde C. Fauley, Glacier National Park’s oldest ranger by tenure, resigns to run his trout ranch at Spotted Robe five miles east of the park. Fauley began his career at Belton’s checking station.
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Clyde C. Fauley
Glacier Park
Spotted Robe
Fauley
Wee
Belton
Tuberculosis Death Toll Rises in Montana 1937
In Montana the tuberculosis deaths rose from 220 in 1936 to 235 in 1937, reflecting an increasing mortality trend for the disease.
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Montana
Treasure State in Brief Highlights Montana News Snippets
Helena reports the tax moratorium of 1937 expired December 1 allowing delinquent property taxes to be paid without penalties. Across towns, fatal and injury crashes, court orders, and local civic matters are summarized, including mine accidents, deer and elk counts, electrification hopes, and regional farm tests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Range and livestock report notes good ranges in Montana
The November 1 range and livestock report from the Bureau of Agricultural Economics cites prime Montana ranges after above normal October precipitation. Cattle condition is well above average and pastures provide ample feed, with hay and grain inventories strong for winter. Sheep numbers are down due to breeding stock held back or sold for restocking, while water and feed supplies remain ample statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Jay G. Diamond
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Montana potato crop outlook drops below 1937 and 10-year average
Montana farmers forecast a smaller 1938 potato crop of 1,785,000 bushels, under 1937’s 1,800,000 and well below the 10-year average of 2,029,000. Yield and harvest conditions were affected by purple top disease and a late growing season, with broader crop issues in corn, sugar beets, flax, and beans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Jay G. Diamond
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Helena
Bureau
East Central
Diamond
Fall lamb market trends in Montana feed outlook
Fall marketings lag behind last year and recent droughts. Favorable moisture and feed supplies keep stockmen holding breeding stock while minor purchases occur locally. Sheep remain in good condition with heavy lamb weights and ample winter feeds. Out-of-state lamb marketings are down. most fat lambs shipped. Montana feeding areas expect fewer lambs fattened for later sale.
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Drouth
Montana
Willow Creek Valley Pioneer W. E. Albro Dies at 85
W. E. Albro 85 longtime Willow Creek valley resident in Madison county died after a brief illness. Born January 17 1854 in Mason Illinois he came to Montana in youth and mined then ran a stock ranch east of Harrison later selling land for the Willow Creek irrigation project reservoir. He and his wife moved to Willow Creek near their son Willis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willow Creek Valley
W. E. Albro
Willow Creek
Madison County
Willis Ro
Tuberculosis Stamp Sale Plans Highlight Local Efforts
Dr. Frank J. Terrill outlined a program to stamp out tuberculosis through contact X-rays and sanitarium treatment. The Butte Anti Tuberculosis Society discussed a 58 bed Galen unit funded by PWA money and the upcoming Christmas seal sale starting after Thanksgiving.
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United States
Frank J. Terrill
Montana
Galen
Butte Anti- Tuberculosis Society
Terrill
Washington, D. C
PWA
Galen Sanitarium
Butte Society
Henrietta Crockett
Helena
Montana Tuberculosis Association
Rick
Curtis L. Wilson
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Cox
Dept. M
Penn Straight
Ant Ema
Ark JarksarkSpring
Bond
Distilling Corp
West
Treasure Island
San Francisco Bay
East Bay
San Francisco- Oakland Bay Bridge
the Sun
Capital City
Treasure State News
Henry van der Ven
Hallandville
Here
Supreme Court
Board of Commissioners of
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Butte
Andy Maalis
Ralph Webb
Great Falls
Roy F. Strong
Great Northern
Gerber
Charles Dahm
Welena
Harry Jewett
Wolf Creek
Tom Wiles
Lewis and Clark Forest
Sun River District
Augusta
Roy
Hilger
F. R. Stukey
Hall
John Bakken
Lavina
Lloyd M. Strand
Bakken
Williston
Jack Russell
Department of Commerce
Russell
Gallatin County
James A. Weaver
Sun River
Missoula
Promnine Ton Pump Co
Harrison, N. J
G. L. Sperry
St. Ignatius
Lewis and Clark County
J. H. Carmichael
Miles City
A. C. Dorr
Albert Brown
A. M. Ball
James Jackson
Carl B. Herzog
Tongue River Water Users Association
Brown
Dorr
Ball
Sweet Grass
P. H. Buckley
Blarney Castle
Bozeman
Bozeman Community Coordinating Council
Herbert M. White
J. G. Ragsdale
Carl F. Kraenzel
Kalispell
United States Biological Survey
Smithlake
J. C. Sayler
The
Biological Survey
Carey H. Bennett
Denver
New Castle
Del
Alaska
White Pass
Yukon
Frenchtown
Sidney
Sidney High School
Alma Dahlgren
Clark’s Fork Valley
Anaconda Copper Mining Co. Lands Department
Missoula, Mont
DR. Terrill
Lentfer Bros. Taxidermists
Livingston, Mont
Weissman
Carl Weissman
Butte Mont
Charles M
Montana Newspaper Association
Great Falls, Montana
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