Instructors Needed as Montana State College Grads Grow
Montana state college supplied 45 of 48 vocational agriculture instructors in Montana. With high demand, all seniors in agricultural education are assured jobs after graduation next spring. The piece lists graduates and staff across 41 high schools, noting shortages and turnover amid rising salaries in the field.
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Montana
Montana State College
R. H. Palmer
Palmer
H.B. Hoffman
Custer County
C. M. Homer
Missoula
E. J. Stevens
Browning
Montana State
Psimer
Evimir
Clifford Huces
Belsrade
F. A. Cranston
Belt
Scott Boskinson
Bic Sands
Ben Slanger
Bis Timber
Deer Lodse
Elwin Gessner
Denton
D L. Johnson
Dillon
Leonard Burns
Dutton
David Carpenter
Fort Benton
R. F. Mowry
Glascow
Howard Peters
Glassow
William Evans
Harlowton
Rudolph Menshini
Hirshwood
Herbert DeVries
Hingham
Charles Skinner
Hinsdale
Conrad Glaim
Joplin
Henry Robinson
Kalispell
Carl Haase
Laurel
Eugene A. Evan
Lewistown
J. W. Walker
Jack Erkkila
Lonepine
M. C. Knox
Manhattan
H. B. Hoffman
Miles City
Edgar Johnson
M. Homer
John Munson
Moccasin
Warren Hanna
Musselshell
Laurence Marvin
Opheim
H. L. Lowman
Poison
John Green
Power
Basil Ashcraft
Ryegate
Clarence DeStaffany
Scobey
Lloyd Good
Simms
J. M. Lindseth
Stanford
William Thomas
Townsend
Everett Fraser
Walter
Leonard Searle
Whitehall
William Jones
Worden
Plans for Hoppe Campaign for Grasshopper War Funding
A four state Northwest coalition met in Minneapolis to press Congress for a 5 million dollar grasshopper and pest control appropriation. They telegrammed Montana Senator James E. Murray urging swift action by Feb 1 to allow poison bait distribution and crop protection. A Northwest committee may visit Washington to secure quick passage, with participants including William G. Ferguson and Willard Thompson from Montana, Herbert Buck, R. P. Woodworth, and C. lb. Webar.
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Northwest
Congress
Minneapolis
Agriculture and Business
Minnesota
Dakotas
Montana
James E. Murray
Murray
Washington
William G. Ferguson
Helena
Willard Thompson
Butte
Herbert Buck
Great Falls
The
Montanans, Inc
State Purchases Gasoline for Highway Shops
The state bought four carloads of gasoline for three highway commission maintenance depots. Arrow Oil Co provided two carloads for Lewistown. Westland Oil Co supplied one carload for Wolf Point. Yale Oil Co supplied one carload for Billings.
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State Highway Commission
I. S. McQuitty
Arrow Oil Co
Lewistown
Westland Oil Co
Wolf Point
Yale Oil Co
Billings
Blackfeet Push Trade West Beyond Three Forks in 1810
In 1810 Blackfeet harassment near Three Forks Montana drove Missouri Fur Co traders from the region. Andrew Henry led a party to the north fork of the Snake and discovered the Henry River while Manuel Lisa’s era waned. The Astoria expedition by Pacific Fur Co. and Hudsons Bay traders accelerated westward expansion, with American and British rivals contesting territory through the 1820s.
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Missouri_ Fur Co
Three Forks
Montana
Rocky Mountains
Snake
Columbia River
Virgin Territory
Manuel Lisa
A. Gasaster
John St
Yssi Ares
Missouri
Yellowstone
Andrew Henry
George Drouillard
Bitter Root
Flathead Mountains
Henry
Madison River
Continental Divide
Lewis and Clark
Snake River
Henry River
Howe
Flathead
Hudson’s Bay Co
Astoria
Pacific Fur Co
Pacific
Cordilleras
Lewis Fork
Northwest
Oregon
Wilson P. Hunt
Columbia Basin
Missouri River
Dakota
Idaho Country
John Hoback
Edward Robinson
Jacob Renzer
Big Horn
Grand
Moreau
Big Cheyenne
Belle Fourche
Black Hills
Grand River
Pope Agie
Wind River Mountains
Crow Country
Edward Rose
Wind River
Union Pass
Green River
Hoback River
Robert Stuart
Southpass
Columbia Territory
Ashley
David Thompson
Thompson
Canada
London
Northwest Co
X-Y Co
Rocky Mountain
Kootenai House
Columbia
Snake River Country
Astor
Hudson's Bay Co
Oakananagan
Spokane
Canton
China
Donald McKenzie
Alexander Ross
John Work
Peter Sheen Ogden
McKenzie
Bear Lake
Great Salt Lake
Nevada
California
Rockies
Demersville Pioneer Town Recalled As Kalispell Absorbs Boom
A historical sketch details Demersville once a frontier hub in the Flathead valley and its swift absorption by Kalispell. It covers river transport, saloons, a wartime troop presence, notable figures like Captain Wilson, and the 1880s boom driven by the Great Northern railroad.
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Demersville
Flathead
Flathead Valley
John E. Clifford
George Stannard
Main Street
Gregg
Great Northern
Kalispell
U. S. Grant
Swan
Flathead Lake
Captain Wilson
Fred Lindgren
Chicago
Tom Carter
Crescent
Montana
Flathead River
Stage Driver Aiding Outlaw Gang A Death Penalty
Montana stage driver Frank Williams was hanged in Colorado in 1865 for informing highwaymen about a gold dust shipment. The Port Neuf canyon robbery near Virginia City killed four passengers and wounded the express messenger, who later lost a hand. The seven travelers carried $65,000 in gold dust and prepared for combat.
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Williams
Stage Company
Salt Lake City
Stage
Salt Lake
Godfrey
Virginia City
Frank Williams
Montana
Colorado
Port Neuf Canyon
Port Neuf
Deer Hunters Spend Big in Belt Mountains in 1937
Forest Service figures from the Judith district show 16 hunters spent 698.13 dollars, averaging 43 dollars per man, with most costs going to equipment. Transportation, meals, camp gear, licenses, and miscellaneous expenses plus local Red Lodge participation are noted as drivers of the total.
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Forest Service
Judith
Lewis and Clark National Forest
Belt Mountains
Montana
Red Lodge
Little Belt Mountains
Red Lodge Hinteran
L. H. McLean
Judith District
Forester
Locisa
Missoula
Denver Williams Confesses in Port Neuf Canyon Robbery
Williams, arrested in Denver, admits participation in the Port Neuf canyon holdup and implicates 11 confederates. Several gang members tied to the Ope dyke gang of Boise Idaho and Montana mining camps were later hanged in Idaho and Montana after his confession. The case marked the only fatal stagecoach robbery in that canyon despite many later attacks, with guards previously employed by the company.
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Denver
Williams
Opedyke
Boise
Ida
Montana
John Dolan
Virginia City
Jim Kelly
Fort Hall
Idaho
Port Neuf Canyon
X. Beidler
John Featherston
Decline in Montana Highway Crew Numbers for December
State highway engineer D A McKinnon reports a drop to 526 workers on Montana road projects in the first half of December from 722 in late November. The decrease reflects a sizable reduction in contractor employment.
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Montana
D A. McKinnon
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MSC AG
Clark’s Fork Valley
Anaconda Copper Mining Co. Lands Department
Missoula, Mont
Frontier Town
Tom Stanton
G. H. Adams
Whipps Bank
Missoula Mercantile Company
Red Light
Frank Miles
Miles
Butte and Montana Company
United States
T. J. Demers
Cie
Rice & Scott
Owsley Black Butte, Montana
Charles Williams
Forest Service Department
Doan
Western Air Express
Los Angeles
Asco
Scities
SOS
CPP
Pei Petai