War on Hoppers Gains Ground in Eastern Montana Counties
Dr. A L Strand, state entomologist, predicts higher grasshopper infestation in 1937 after a fall survey of 43 eastern Montana counties. Egg counts and adult sightings indicate 18 counties worse, 15 unchanged, nine improved, affecting 1,551,763 acres. Control requires 7,758 tons of poison bait at $193,966, up from 1936 by 1,487 tons and $37,188.59.
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Montana
A. L. Strand
Montana State College
Flood irrigation system costs two dollars on Montana ranch
W A Scott a rancher near Wibaux built a flood irrigation project costing only 2 for materials. The rock and earth dam spans 35 feet by eight feet high with a 150 foot spillway and 640 acre drainage. The system supplied 50 tons of alfalfa from 20 acres in 1935 and produced one ton per acre in 1936 with one irrigation. The Scotts farm 640 acres 400 crop land 240 pasture plus livestock.
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W. A. Scott
Wibaux
M. P. Ostby
Scott
Scott Place
Scotts
Road Claims Approved by State Board in Montana
The state board of examiners adopted a resolution approving some pending highway claims to keep the department operating. The action partly reverses a prior denial that cited lack of a legally constituted highway commission after the governor ousted three commissioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Examiners
Highway Department
Montana
Highway Commission
Film Adaptation Plans for Toilers of the Sea Revealed
Victor Hugo’s celebrated sea novel Toilers of the Sea is set for a film adaptation. Production aims to bring the maritime drama to the screen with a focus on the book’s key seafaring figures and perilous quests.
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Victor Hugo
Siren Times Set for Elk Hunting Near Gardiner
Deputy game warden will sound a siren at 8 AM to start elk hunting and again at 5 PM to end the day. State game board offices announce the schedule. Warden Kenneth MacDonald says the Yellowstone herd has not yet left the park.
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Gardiner
State Game Board
Kenneth MacDonald
Yellowstone Park
World War Relic Collection Offered to Montana Governor
A 10 000 article World War relic collection was offered to Governor Holt for 95000 dollars in a letter from Franz Walavka of Kindberg Austria. Will Aiken, the governor’s secretary, said shipping charges from Austria to Helena would be prohibitive.
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Montana
Holt
Franz Walavka
Kindberg
Austria
Will Aiken
Helena
Appointed to Montana Grazing Board Members Named
Governor Holt names Leo Williams of Deer Lodge and James B. Grierson of Myers to the Montana Grazing commission. Williams fills the county commissioners seat succeeding W. B. Hartwie of Dillon. Grierson represents livestock growers succeeding C. H. Sherman of White Sulphur. Terms expire April 1, 1938.
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Leo Williams
Deer Lodge
James B. Grierson
Myers
Holt
Montana Grazing Commission
Williams
County Commissioners Association
W. B. Hartwie
Dillon
Grierson
Livestock Growers Association
C. H. Sherman
Trapping Season Set For Montana State
Montana trapping season opens December 1 and runs through March 15, announced by Kenneth MacDonald state game and fish warden.
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Montana
Kenneth MacDonald
Atate Came
Bull Elk Season Extended in Judith Mountains Region
The state game commission extended the open season on bull elk in the Utica area of the Judith mountains to January 1 after learning only four bulls had been killed so far this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Game Commission
Utica
Judith Mountains
Record Sheep Loadings Hit New Nine Month Peak in Montana
Montana sheep loadings for the first nine months reached 1 455 500 head the highest for any comparable period. Figures come from the crop and livestock estimates bureau at Nelena and show a record level for the year to date.
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Montana
Crop and Livestock Estimates Bureau
Nelena
Beer Parlor Case Appealed By State Board
Montana Supreme Court reviews the state beer control board's request for a supervisory writ to overturn District Judge George W. Padbury's order restraining suspension of several Helena beer parlors licenses. The board had suspended licenses for allegedly selling hard liquor in violation of state law.
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Montana Supreme Court
State Beer Control Board
George W. Padbury
Helena
Tee
State Income Report Shows October Totals and Balances
The income of the state department in October totaled 22366 dollars, boosting the cash on hand to 37525 dollars. The department sent 16912 dollars in October, and licenses sold reached 20035 dollars for the month.
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Game Bureau
State Same Department
Department
Reduced Travel Rates For Montana Round Trips In December
The state railroad and public service commission announces Montana railroads and businesses will charge only one and one third fare for round trip tickets between Montana points during December.
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State Railroad and Public Service Commission
Montana
Busines
Trades Cans for Food In Montana Relief Program
The Montana relief commission bartered 600000 empty cans from its 1934 canning drive to two Montana canning firms for 6000 dollars worth of canned foods. Midland Canning Co. of Billings received 56000 cans of beans with tomato sauce while Ravalli Canning Co. of Stevensville got 5000 cans of string beans and peas.
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Montana Relief Commission
Montana Canning Companies
Midland Canning Co
Billings
Ravalli Canning Co
Stevensville
VOTE ON MEASURES IN MONTANA ELECTION
Official ballot count from Montana on November 3 will wait for the state canvassing board meeting December 7. unofficial returns show approval of county consolidation and 40 hour work week amendments and defeat of the self insurance and marriage law referendum.
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Montana
State fair funding included in Montana budget plan
Commissioner A P Bruce announces a tentative Montana budget includes a $30,000 request for the state fair. He says $37,959 has already been spent on Helena fairgrounds improvements, work is about half done and expected to finish in spring as a WPA project rehabilitation.
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Montana
Memoirs of War Veteran Carl Noble Published
A Montana story of World War I by Carl F. Noble is published posthumously. Noble’s manuscript, written for his children as he faced death from gas exposure, recalls troop trains, battle pain, and the mix of heroism and hardship of war. His widow consented to publication as a fitting memorial.
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Montana
Carl F. Noble
Noble
Laafyelle
Carl Noble
Veterans’ Hospital
Fort Harrison
Mrs. Noble
State Textbook Commission may adopt basal books
Attorney General Enor K. Matson, at the request of Miss Elizabeth Ireland state superintendent of public instruction, issued an opinion holding that the state text book commission may adopt a basal text book each for state and national civil government.
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Enor K. Matson
Elizabeth Ireland
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
State Text Book Commission
Revising WPA Rolls in Montana Plan
Joseph Parker the state WPA administrator says Montana must revise its WPA rolls to create more placements for the needy. Unemployables already on WPA projects would shift to county or state relief funding under his plan and he has advised county commissioners of Montana accordingly.
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WPA
Montana Works Progress
Joseph Parker
County Commissioner Boards of
Montana
Births in October Surpass Deaths by 318 in State
Figures from Lucien Benepe registrar of vital statistics show October births exceeded deaths by 318. Motor vehicle crashes caused 20 deaths and communicable diseases 38, according to state health board data.
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Lucien Benepe
Resistrar
State Board of Health
Assessments Fixed by State Board in Billings Plant Values
The state board of equalization reduced the Great Western Sugar Co. plant assessment in Billings to 1 542 813 from 1 738 746 and cut the Electric Products Corp. assessment to 13 821.15 from 71 100 in appeals from county tax assessments.
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State Board of Equalization
Great Western Sugar Co
The
Electric Products Corporation
Disease case update shows variois childhood illnesses
109 chicken pox cases were reported to the state health board last week by epidemiologist Dr. B. K. Kilbourne. New mumps 108 cases, scarlet fever 69, and smallpox 23 were also reported.
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State Board of Health
B. K. Kilbourne
Sugar rate increase at Amalgamated Sugar Co. factory Missoula
The state board of equalization raised the assessed valuation of sugar at the Amalgamated Sugar Co. Missoula factory from $2 to $3.30 per hundred pounds to align with sugar assessments elsewhere in Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Equalization
Missoula
Amalgamated Sugar Co
Montana
Miss Elizabeth Ireland Plans Montana School Funds Trip
Miss Elizabeth Ireland will visit eastern Montana counties to discuss distribution of state equalization funds with county superintendents. The tour includes Miles City Ekalaka Hardin Baker Roundup and Red Lodge to assure nine months of schooling.
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Elizabeth Ireland
Montana
Miles City
Ekalaka
Hardin
Baker
Roundup
Red Lodge
Butter Production Up in Montana in October
Butter production in Montana for October rose by 14 402 pounds from the prior year, per B F Thrailkill head of the dairy division of the state department of sericulture. Ice cream output increased by 18 361 rattions and cheese production fell by 62 987 pounds.
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Montana
B. F. Thrailkill
State Department of Sericulture
Sun River elk preserve plan faces no action yet
After protests from Great Falls and Augusta sportsmen, the state game and fish commission will take no action for now. Any future decision will await a survey next year by two sportsmen, two game board members, and two forest officials.
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Sun River Preserve
Great Falls
Augusta
Sun River Elk Preserve
State Game and Fish Commission
Game Board
State University Journalism Building Bid Delay Sparks Funding Hunt
The lowest bids for the Journalism building come in about 30000 above the 180000 PWA grant, delaying contract award. The state board of education will reconsider bids on December 14 after seeking additional funds from government sources.
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the State University
PWA
State Board of Education
Montana stockmen seek extension of feed-rate relief
Governor Holt the state railroad commission and Montana stockmen asked transcontinental railroads to extend emergency reduced livestock feed rates to eastern Montana through January and February. The lowered rates were set for November and December only. Officials say stockmen need more time as they have delayed rutting in feed stocks due to good grazing conditions.
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Holt
State Railroad Commission
Montana
NYA Offers ATID Facilities in Montana Drive
The National Youth Administration offers ATID facilities in Montana to the state social security board as part of a drive to revive workers' applications for old age benefits by December 5. NYA Director Love said district directors were wired to contact postmasters and arrange NYA youths to distribute educational posters in public offices, plants, and businesses.
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NYA
ATID
National Youth Administration
Montana
State
Social Security Board
Love
Chukar Partridge to be Raised in Montana Game Farm
The Montana game department will start raising Chukar partridges at the new Billings game farm. Known as the bird that lives on nothing the species thrives from sea level to 6000 feet and adapts to rough semibrush lands. California has already stocked over 4000, with plans for broader distribution the following year.
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Montana
Billings
Game Department
California
Large Sugar Refinery Planned for Hardin
Holly Sugar Co. plans a major beet sugar refinery in Hardin, one of the largest in the northwest, with Lewistown Brick and Tile Co. receiving a half million rough texture Lewistown bricks for the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewistown
Lewistown Brick and Tile Co
Holly Sugar Co
Hardin
Northwest
Main East West Highway Undergoes $207,309 Road Work
Construction on the $207,309 project between Drummouad and Nimrod blasts mountainside to straighten curves on Montana's main east-west route. A 900 foot cut is being made as giant steam shovels load dumps with rock while blasts continue. Traffic remains open during work.
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Drummouad
Nimrod
Montana
Carter Dam Completion Marks Regional Water Project
A WPA funded completion ceremony celebrated a 35 to 40 foot high dam near Carter providing an open water source for residents ranchers and farmers. The structure features a rock lined water side and lower side, a cemented spillway and a new access road. Additional WPA reservoirs are under way in the county to aid local ranching communities.
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Carter
WPA
Chimney Rock Coulee
Record Wool Clip of 1932 Sets World Benchmark
The 1932 wool clip exceeded 3.44 billion pounds, the largest on record. In ancient practice, clasping hands symbolized a peace treaty. Corals are a marine animal group.
Industrial power and speed raise agricultural and transport demands
Five thousand men with machines can do the work of six million, scrap ing, plowing, sowing and harvesting the great wheat fields of America. When automobiles travel at speeds in excess of 40 miles an hour, more power is required to overcome air resistance than road resistance.
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America
Ice fishing barred at Georgetown Lake and nearby waters
The state fisheries department has closed Georgetown Lake near Anacondas and Meadow Lake on the Madison River to ice fishing to boost trout yields next spring. Native trout are gathered each spring to be shared with other mountain lakes and streams.
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State Fame Department
Georgetown Lake
Anaconds
Meadow Lake
Madison River
Record cattle loadings hit 17 year high in Montana
Montana cattle loadings from January to September reached 403 410 head, the heaviest nine month total in 17 years according to Jay G Diamond agricultural and livestock statistician at Ifelena. The year 1919 saw 428 940 head loaded in the period.
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Montana
Jay G. Diamond
Aericultural
Lvestock
Ifelena
Diamond
Busiest patrol season ends with Thanksgiving traffic load
The state highway patrol wrapped its busiest season ending Thanksgiving day. Eight officers handled traffic at the Butte Great Falls championship game, six managed Missoula flows to the Montana North Dakota university crash site, and others assisted at Butte for the Montana State Montana Mines parking situation.
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State Highway Patrol
Butte
Relief Commission Trades Pelts for Woolens Across States
The Montana state relief commission swapped three carloads of pelts from its 1934 meat canning leftovers to the Iowa emergency relief commission in exchange for 11 000 yards of woolen goods valued at 15000 dollars. The woolens will be made into clothes and coats for youths in Works Progress Administration sewing classes.
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Montana State Relief Commission
Iowan Emergency Relief Commission
Commission
Works Progress Administration
Montana mineral leasing income shared with state funds
Montana earned 3649726 dollars from the federal mineral leasing act in the last fiscal year. The acting comptroller general sent the funds to State Treasurer James J. Brett. One half supports the state highway fund and the other half the state common school equalization fund.
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Montana
Reneral
James J. Brett
State
Garullacher Named to State Relief Commission
Charles Garullacher of Butte is appointed by Governor Holt to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Charles P. Nevin. Gallagher’s term expires February 1, 1938. The former grocer, age 59, previously owned six stores in Butte and retired five years ago after a 43 year residence in the city.
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Nevin
Charles Garullacher
Butte
Holt
State Relief Commission
Charles P. Nevin
Gallagher
Gallacher
Government Fence Tax Exemption In Prairie County
Attorney General Nor K. Matson rules Prairie County cannot levy taxes on two fences located on land owned by the federal government. The fence sits on land acquired from the Federal Land Bank of Spokane, which holds title as an instrument of the federal government. The bank is not subject to state taxation, the AG explains.
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Prairie County
K. Matson
Federal Land Bank of
Spokane
Opposes Hunsbann Parole for Sumner in Assault Case
The wife and one daughter protest the proposed parole of FE T Sumner who is serving 12 years in the state prison for assault on a minister. Another daughter asks parole to take him to Nevada for medical care. Governor Holt urged commuting the sentence to eight years, making him eligible for parole. Sumner was convicted for shooting at a minister of a church to which his wife belonged.
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Hunsbann
FE. T. Sumner
Sumner
Ed Staats
Reno
Nev
Nevada
Holt
Montana Supreme Court refuses writ in Lynch election contest
The Montana supreme court refused to issue a writ of prohibition sought by District Judge Frank L. Riley to halt an election contest filed by J. J. Lynch, assistant Montana attorney general, who challenged alterations of fraud and requested recounts across many precincts. Judge Frank L. Leiper of Glendive is presiding the hearing.
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Montana Supreme Court
Frank L. Riley
Butte
J. J. Lynch
Montana
Silver Bow County
Lynch
Frank L. Leiper
Glendive
Holt
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