Montana Highway Evolution by D A McKinnon
D A McKinnon, state highway engineer, traces Montana road progress from deer trails to a modern system. He outlines five phases from primitive routes to a formal highway department, noting grading shifts, safety aims, and ongoing innovation shaping future road design.
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Montana
D.A. McKinnon
Pacific Builder and Engineer
Portland
Ore
McKinnon
Montana Highway Department
Detroit
Gasoline Tax Refunds Rise by Nearly Ten Thousand
State Auditor report shows gasoline drawback fund refunds for January through May 1938 totaled 230652.47 dollars, up from 220931.80 dollars in the same period of 1937. The five cent-a-gallon tax is refunded to purchasers not using fuel on highways.
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John J. Holmes
German scientists build $500000 sawdust factory for sugar wine alcohol
German researchers develop a factory costing 500000 dollars to convert sawdust into sugar vinegar alcohol and cattle feed, outlining a plan to use wood waste for multiple products and agricultural feed.
Treasure State News in Brief Highlights Montana Deaths and Approvals
A roundup from across Montana notes deaths from accidents and natural causes including Malta laborer Joe Duarte killed by a truck near Dodson and several drownings in Conrad, Fort Peck, and Dewey. It also covers college registration, bond approvals, new appointees, and civic notices in multiple towns.
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Malta
Joe Duarte
Dodson
Jack Winkleman
Woman Pioneer Janes Coombs Dies in Butte
Mrs. Janes Coombs a longtime Butte and Centerville resident died aged nearly 90. Born in England she came to the United States as a young woman and lived in Nevada’s Hot Water country before settling in Butte with her miner husband. She ran a boarding house for almost 50 years and earned the nickname Granny Coombs. Her generous nature aided many settlers and families moving to Montana. Funeral crowds were among the largest seen in Butte.
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Janes Coombs
Butte
Centerville
England
United States
Nevada
State 4H Club Convention Attracts 200 Delegates
The ninth annual State 4 H club convention at Montana State College drew 200 member and local leader delegates. Ray E Cameron and Miss Pauline Bunting led the event with Montana extension staff and college faculty. Mil ton Shhaplow of Gallatin county was elected president for the coming year, with a slate of officers and numerous judging contest winners announced across Foods Clothing Room improvement Livestock Potatoes and Vegetables and Grain categories.
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Missoula
John T. Krsul
David James Pearson
Anaconda
Milltown
Here
Livingston
L. H. van Dyck
Park County Board of Commissioners
Montana Association of County Commissioners
M. G. Cee
Carter
Buck Winters
Miles City
B. H. McCarthy
Hardin
Montana State College
Ray E. Cameron
Pauline Bunting
Montana Extension Service
Milton Shhaplow
Gallatin County
Virginia
Marge Whitten
Yellowstone County
Gudrun Undheim
Phillips County
Harriett Lilliard
Gallatin
Ray Tandy
Stillwater
Estella Mohl
Sanders
Mary F. Spring
Lilly Hansen
McCone
James Burnett
Carbon
Elizabeth Maynard
Madison
Paul Carney
Lake
Ethel Musgrove
Meagher
J. L. Breun
Fallon
A. H. Walker
Big Horn
Mildred Thompson
Pondera
Helen Ervin
Hill
Mildred McKinley
Chouteau
Valine Mietzner
Fergus
Cora Otness
Teton
Virginia Markovich
Elma Shore
Dallas Cunningham
Yellowstone
Seconnd
Ray Isbell
Park
Andrew Wiegersman
Kenneth Lurber
Dave Schroeder
Lloyd Williams
Ernest Gin
Kalispell chosen as 1939 convention city
Bozeman police report a theft from a truck during a move as C. W. Keltz reported his full sized davenport missing after visiting Sareen nearby. Officers recovered the missing piece at the scene on the north side.
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Kalispell
Bozeman
C. W. Keltz
Route 3
Davenport
Haxby Area May Join Fort Peck Game Preserve
Residents of the Haxby commune in Garfield County could gain inclusion in a federal game preserve as a plan proposes adding the Haxby region. Senator Murray asked the Biological Survey to study the area of over 50 000 acres and 100 privately owned tracts and report to the Agricultural Economics Bureau.
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Haxby
Garfield Colley
Eed
Fort Peck Lake
Thomas Dignan
Glasgow
James E. Murray
Bureau of Biological Survey
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Lismas
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Don A. McKinnon
Imere Emigsants
Fort Benton
Missouri River
Fort Walla Walla, Wash
Mullan
United States Army
Henry Ford
California
K State
Highway Department
Mifc
MT. Hood Film CO
Oregon
I Rion
Portland, Oregon
General Electric
General Electric Supply Corp
Eae Ewan
Treasure State News
Gary Wynne Kravik
Gary Kravik
Great Falls
John Powers
Hot Springs
Neihart
Powers
Montana State University
Conrad
Joe Stainton
Fort Peck
Howard White
Timothy J. Sullivan
Big Hole River
Dewey
Sullivan
Lewistown
Board of County Commissoners
John Kalal
Fergus County
Choteau
Frank LaRoque
LaRoque
Hamilton Taylor Sheep Co
Birch Creek
Harlem
Jack Butler
Helena
State Land Board
Browning
Townsend
Sanders County
L. M. A. Wass
Montana Liquor Control Board
State Liquor Control Board
Nebraska State Teachers College
Chadron
Neb
Northwest
Levi Gaustad
Calvin McKim
Department of Geology
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Roy M. Green
Flathead Pioneer Association
Charles BK
Alicia Conrad
Flathead
Woodland Park
Belgrade
Albert J. Ball
J. J. Lynch
Ball
Deer Lodge
Kalispell School District No. 5
Public Works Administration
Libby
St. John's Lutheran Church
E. Ziegler
P. E. Rohlfing
Omaha
Mr. Ziegler
A. J. Horsky
Lewis and Clark
Vaughan and Ragsdale
Billings
State Board of Equalization
Jane Coombs
Clark’s Fork Valley
Anaconda Copper Mining Co. Lands Department
Missouri
Mont
Harney
Grant Counties
Cassia County
Idaho
The
Pacific Live Stock Company
Miller and Lux Incorporated
G. N. Jameson
Burns
Merchants Exchange
San Francisco
Boulder Dam
Glacier Park
Salt Lake
Zion Canyon
Cedar Breaks
Los Angeles
Western Air
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