Snowfall Saves Langford Party from Indian Attack
In 1862 Nathaniel P. Langford and companions Bray and Dougherty endured a dangerous winter trek toward Pike's Peak gulch. Snow and a bonfire blocked Indian scouts as Blackfeet attacked from two directions. The trio used horses as breastworks, repelled assaults, and fled toward Bannack after a snow bound night saving their lives.
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Elno
Nathaniel P. Langford
Cornelius Bray
Patrick Dougherty
Montana
James L. Fisk
Prickly Pear Canyon
Mullan
Walla Walla
Langford
Pike’s Peak Gulch
Bray
Dougherty
Bend
Deer Lodge
Bannack
Glick
Pike’s Peak
Continental Divide
Glider Club Plan Formed by Montana State Students
Vincent Hanna of Big Timber and Sherman Day of Miles City lead a group of Montana State College mechanical engineering students planning a glider club. They will use a 1929 built glider stored on campus, now being reconditioned, with 12 to 15 members and advisors Gerald Pesman Stanley Polich and Harrell Renn. France aims modernization and electrification of transport at an estimated $165 million expenditure.
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Vincent Hanna
Big Timber
Sherman Day
Miles City
Montana State College Mechanical Engineering
Gerald Pesman
Mechanical Engineering
Stanley Polich
Billings
Harrell Renn
Bozeman
Rabbits Studied At Storrs In Cooperative Wildlife Project
The Storrs Connecticut wildlife research unit studies cottontail rabbit pelts to gauge moulting, climates and diets. Methods include a centimeter grid and planimeter to map moulting and a recording potentiometer by Dr Raymond H Wallace to log nest temperature and light. The unit, part of nine projects funded by the American Wildlife Institute, aids wildlife management nationwide.
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Jack Carney
American Wildlife Institute
Storrs
Connecticut
Connecticut State College
United States Biological Survey
College
Raymond H. Wallace
Dr. Wallace
Brothers Reunite After 43 Years Across Americas
Otto Knutson of Bozeman traveled to Douglas Arizona to visit his brother Carl whom he had not seen since 1894. Carl, a mining expert, had moved on after a brief Sweden visit and later served in the Spanish American war. A letter to Sheriff Westlake last June enabled the reunion.
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Otto Knutson
Bozeman
Carl Knutson
Douglas
Ariz
Sweden
Otto
Carl
Levitt I. Westlake
Blooming Pansies and Robins Reported Near Butte
The Flat near Butte saw pansies blooming in several yards a few days ago with blossoms pushing up through the snow, signaling early spring conditions observed by local residents.
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Butte
California
Stage Driver Neff’s Western Adventures and brutal baggage tale
Beaverhead sheepman and 1870s stage driver Jacob H. Neff ran six horse teams on Cheyenne-Black Hills routes and chronicled highway robberies. He carried a sack with an outlaw’s head for a reward dispute in Utah, and his career spanned California Australia and Montana before returning to Beaverhead County.
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Beaverhead
Keinsman
Cheyenne-Black Hills
California
Montana
Australia
Jacob H. Neff
Utah State Penitentiary
Boone
Hatch Creek
Utah
Neff
Cheyenne
Black Hills
Nebraska City
Neb
Texas
San Antonio
Major Littlefield
Texas Panhandle
Taylor Brothers
Wyoming
Platte River
Casper
Wyo
Bismarck
Deadwood
Whitehall
Dillon
United States
Beaverhead County
Utah & Northern
Oregon
Union Pacific
Ogden
Butte
Custer
Wild Bill Hickok
Calamity Jane
Buffalo Bill
Jack McCall
Wild Bill
Fort Peck project lays off workers as winter plans begin
The Fort Peck project reports 4 039 workers on November 30 1937 with 3 223 government and 816 contractors led by Addison Miller Inc. No near term jobs for many laid off. winter operations planned to smooth employment. Boosters moved along dam sites while dredge material and pipe lines are reconfigured for 1938 work.
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Fort Peck
Addison Miller, Inc
Madison
Missouri
Milk River Drive
Wiota
Dredge and Power Crews Plan Seasonal Repairs at Dam Site
Crews ready four dredges and four floating boosters for overhaul after winter layoff. Welders repair pontoon pipelines in ice while power and plant sections rework dredge lines and fittings. Field work includes moving toolhouses, clearing timber, building landings, and completing berms and trestles for upcoming season.
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Fifth Point
Lismas Ferry
Sandvig Named Assistant Regional Forester in Missoula
E. D. Sandvig, who has served as assistant to Glen A. Smith since 1936, will become assistant regional forester effective January 1, 1938 in Missoula. Sandvig's career spans extensive range management and Forest Service work in Oregon Idaho eastern Montana and at the Custer and Beaverhead forests. Glen A. Smith transfers to Ogden Utah to oversee range management in the Intermountain region after the holidays.
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Forest Service
Missoula
Glen A. Smith
Ogden
Utah
E. D. Sandvig
Smith
Sandvng
Evan W. Kelley
The
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
State University of Montana
National Forests
Sanding
Custer National Forest
Billings
Beaverhead Forest
Dillon
Kelley
Intermountain
Army recruiting offers wide choice of posts in Great Falls area
Serg Charley R Hill reports Brig Gen Tracy says Ninth corps area near full strength by June 1938 after 1935 expansion to 165000. Enlistments average 1000 monthly while losses total 750, requiring restraint on new enlistments. Posts with vacancies will restrict to re enlistments as full strength nears.
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Serg
Charley R. Hill
Montana
Joseph P. Tracy
Ninth Corps
Congress
Army
United States Army Recruiting Station
Great Falls
Mont
Change in staff cuts construction engineer position
The state highway commission has discontinued the construction engineer post to save about 5000 dollars annually. H. C. Tilzey leaves the post after since May and becomes division engineer in Missoula, replacing Guy Johnson who resigned. Duties will be shared by P. G. Poore preconstruction engineer and W. O. Whipps administrative engineer.
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State Highway Commission
H. C. Tilzey
Missoula
Guy Johnson
P. G. Poore
W. O. Whipps
State purchasing agent reports year of purchases and costs
I. S. Mc Quitty, purchasing agent, states merchandise valued at 2,440,219 was bought through the office during the year ending June 30. The department made 22,874 purchases with expenses totaling 21,130, yielding a cost per purchase of less than one percent.
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I. S. McQuitty
Reluctant Officer Receives Message for Planned Visit
An officer initially doubtful that the message was meant for him ultimately received it and helped arrange the recently completed visit.
Governor Ayers Denies Christmas Pardons in Montana
Governor Ayers stated that Montana convicts in the penitentiary should expect no pardons or paroles as Christmas gifts. He clarified executive clemency is granted on merit, not as a holiday gesture.
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Ayers
Montana
Crippled Children Program Reports Exceed 1000 Cases in Montana
The Montana Department of Public Welfare has compiled reports on over 1,000 crippled children, with 558 examined by orthopedic surgeons. Since July 1, 1936, 244 have received hospital surgical or other corrective treatment under the new crippled children division.
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State Department of Public Welfare
Montana
Freda Miller
Montana Ducks Season May Stretch Forty-Five Days Next Year
Returning from a conference in Pocatello Idaho with a federal official, Chairman Price of the state game and fish board and Deputy Game Warden Jack Carney report Montana will likely have a 45 day duck season next year if spring hatch justifies it and if the biological bureau permits.
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Pocatello
Ida
Federal Biological Bureau
Price
State Game and Fish Board
Jack Carney
Montana
Biological Bureau
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France
E. D. Landvig
Butte Weatherman
Jake Neff
Sandvig
Glen Smith
UBER
Tanning CO
Minnesota
Owatonna
Clark’s Fork Valley
Anaconda Copper Mining Co. Lands Department
Missoula, Mont
Earl Hungerford
White King
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