Dusting Off the Old Ones July 1906 Pioneer Notes
Pioneer notes from July 5 1906 recount local moves such as E O Clark family visiting Pacific coast, Jason Jones selling a ranch and moving, and many residents' comings and goings. The column notes wool receipts exceeding 6 million pounds, smelter resumption at Cooke City after 20 years, marriages births and social visits, plus railroad and civic updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. O. Clark
Sebrah
Pacific
Jason Jones
Clarence Farnsworth
Ernest Severance
Pete Magelssen
A. Arneson
Theo. Olson
Carl Tangen
W. E. Youmans
T. S. Lavold
A. M. Grosfield
Geo. W. Cummings
Arnold & Holte
W. A. Clark
Groning
Wirak & Anderson
B. S. Lavold
I. Rostad
Moen
Chapman
J. A. Lowry
A. Whitney
McLeod Street
Cooke City
Old Republic
Tractors compared to horses highlight safety risks
The piece warns tractors resemble horses or mules in handling. It notes many accidents stem from carelessness, heat, and monotony causing a worker to forget to throttle down during turns, leading to spills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibson
Harry Willard
Pray, Mont
Moore’s
Montana Reports State Travel Costs Exceed 1.7 Million Dollars
Montana taxpayers’association releases figures from 1953 54 showing state travel cost 1 778 000 dollars with 23 100 000 miles driven by state employees. Vehicles included 356 cars 133 station wagons 880 trucks. private car use paid by the state. Patrol and department accounts indicate varying mileage and per mile costs. A 1951 reorganization commission noted higher costs when employees drive beyond 14 000 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana Taxpayers’ Association
State Highway Commission
Taxpayer Group
Highway Patrol
Highway Department
The
Water Conservation Board
Fish and Game Department
Extension Service
State Board of Equalization
Hail Insurance Board
State Reorganization Commission
Women in the workforce rise since 1900 and 1940
The report notes that about one wife in four works outside the home now, up from 15 percent of U.S. wives in 1940 and 6 percent in 1900, reflecting shifting labor patterns across decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
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Pioneer Files
Mr. Miles
Ed. Roberts
G. A. Williams
West Coast
Boulder Lodge
Etta Lee Manis
T. J. Manis
Sheridan
Wyo
Ross J. Findley
Midwest
S. G. High School
Carrie Sanderson
W. B. Clark
Mile
N. D
N. E. Hale
Myrtle Webb
Kalispell
Fred Webb
Reed Point
Everett Farr
Kirksville
Fred Schmitt
Columbus
Livingston
Sweet Grass County
Reider Anderson
William Widdicombe
Joseph Widdicombe
George Myers
Seattle
Alaska
William Gregory
Northern Pacific Coal Docks
Grey Cliff
John Robinson
Chicago
H. A. Peterman
Glendale
Calif
C. W. Voges
Voges
Boulder
Ellen Alden
Los Angeles
Alice Helen Patterson
Columbia University
New York
Charles A. Fallang
Sadie Shipton
Florence Boehm
Bridger
B. Olness
Billings
Olness
Fred Ellis
McPherson
Kansas
S. P. Harvey
Bridger Canyon
A. A. Lamp
Lamp Ranch
Earl Perrine
Jane
Oscar Saylors
Oakland
Creston Crest
Busteed
Crest
Dead Mans Canyon
Earl Goodman
Evangelical Church
Kenneth Benson
Jesse Murphy
Bonnie Ryan York
Fort Peck
Poe
Bergen
Norway
Joe Marsh
Slim Hartman
United States Brewers Foundation
Braaten
Wrecker Service
Big Timber
Mont
Rainier
Sicks
Spokane
Spokane, Wash
Davis Grocery
Elbby
Qie Motor Company
Montana Power Company
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