Glacier Priest and Ex-Cowboy Lectures Stir Montana Interest
Father Bernard R. Hubbard S J known as the Glacier Priest and former Montana ranch hand lectured in Butte after Havre about cultural and scientific problems. He travels toward Denver Chicago and Seattle on a geology ethnology tour to the Arctic and Alaska, saying Montana people are eager for culture and the west has deep scientific interests.
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Bernard R. Hubbard
S. J
Montana
St. James Hospital
Butte
Father Hubbard
Alaska
Far North
Denver
Seattle
Priest
Santa Clar University
California
Hardin
Billings
Hubbard
Havre
East
Arctic
Chicago
United States Coast Guard
Eddie Levin
Glacier
Arci Wastes
Jack London
Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes
Mount Shishaldin
Shishaldin
Aleutian Crater
Aniakchak
North American
Aleutian Islands
Aghileen
Alaskan
Liquor Profits Top Ten Million For Montana Counties And Funds
State Treasurer Ray N. Shannon reports Montana’s liquor control system has yielded 10,527,782 since April 1935 to counties and seven state funds. Counties received 228,371 with the rest funneled into general and relief funds, public schools, water conservation, teacher retirement, and temperance, plus a detailed source breakdown.
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Montana
Ray N. Shannon
Shannon
Public School General Fund
Water Conservation Administration
Temperance Commission
Big Trees Need Plant Food
Advice on feeding mature trees to prevent disease and damage. It describes measuring tree diameter, calculating food needed at 3 pounds per inch, digging 18 inch deep holes under the drip line in a zigzag pattern, filling half with plant food and topping with soil.
Grasshopper Bait Spreader Plans Available in Montana
Dr Harlow B Mills state entomologist at Montana State College endorses a grasshopper bait spreader. Detailed drawings and construction plans can be obtained free from county extension agents in Montana.
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Harlow B. Mills
Montana State College
Montana
National Bison Range history and herd development
Dr. Robert S. Norton outlines the bison’s historic range from Atlantic seaboard to eastern Oregon and from Canada to near Mexico City. He traces the 19th century decline, Roosevelt and Hornaday efforts, and the Kalispell Flathead herd’s role as the nucleus for Molese range establishment in 1909. The Molese herd now numbers 370 adults with 20 spring calves, plus two albino calves raised there and sent to Washington.
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Atlantic Seaboard
Oregon
Slave Lake
Canada
Mexico City
Montana
Fort Benton
United States
Theodore Roosevelt
William Hornaday
American Bison Society
Yellowstone Park
Flathead
Walkin Coyote
Pend Oreille
Molese
Norton
Zoological Gardens
Washington, D. C
Helena council backs emergency housing resolution
Helena city council on first reading adopts an emergency appropriation of 2580 dollars to cover administrative and overhead expenses for the Helena housing authority in its first year of operation. Supreme Court decisions affirmed such an appropriation.
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Helena
Lumber output in Rocky Mountain region falls in 1938
The Bureau of Census and Forest Service report a 33 percent drop in Rocky Mountain lumber production in 1938 from 1937, with national output down 21 percent. Through the current year, lumber production is 25 percent above the 1938 level for the same period.
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Missoula
Rocky Mountain
Bureau of Census
The
Forest Service
Anaconda Flower Show Returns With Local Exhibits
The second annual Anaconda flower show will be staged by the club and district committees. Organizers promise a wide display of blooms, with prizes and community participation planned for the event weekend.
Examinations for State Jobs Open in Montana Service
Open competition for state employment positions announced by the Montana unemployment compensation commission. June 3 1939 is final filing date with tests June 16 and 17. Posts include director field supervisor administrative assistant and local office manager senior and junior interviewer. Veterans receive 10 point credit. Written tests in multiple Montana centers.
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Montana State Employment Service
Montana Unemployment Compensation Commission
J. J. O’connor
Carroll College
United States Employment Service
O'Connor
Power Block
Helena
Mont
United States
Montana
United States Veterans’ Administration
Ehere
Anaconda
Billings
Butte
Glasgow
Glendive
Great Falls
Hayre
Kalispell
Lewistown
Livingston
Miles City
Missoula
Shelby
Seven Highway Contracts Let in Montana Work List
Montana awarded seven highway contracts totaling 489153.16 for grading drainage structures oiling surfacing and bridge building across a wide area. The bids and contractors include Crow Agency to Broadus road work by Sonny Leach Brothers Billings and others with gravel surfacing and drainage improvements in several localities.
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Montana
Montana Highway Common
Crow agency-Broadus Road
Big
Pinks Make Nice Gardens Brighten Beds With Hardy Varieties
The article highlights pinks as versatile garden flowers suitable for bedding edging rock gardens pots and cut arrangements. It notes rapid germination by seeds color range from pink to red single and double forms and recommends 8 inch spacing with continuous bloom through summer. The Newport pink variety stands out for its salmon pink blossoms and Chinese Japanese doubles add color variety.
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Newport
Roadway projects across Musselshell and nearby counties
Roundup Forsyth road resurfacing and oiling covers 13.276 miles funded by Carl E Nelson Logan Utah at $132878.31. Surface with crushed gravel and oil for 22.052 miles by Nolan Bros Inc Minneapolis at $217188.17. Grading and bridges on 3.425 miles Columbus Rapelje road Stillwater County by Collison Dolven Billings at $37684.27. Roadside work on 3.834 miles Butte Boulder road Jefferson County by Herrick Yancey Butte at $9043.61. Drainage structures on 4.092 miles Cut Bank north road Glacier county by L A Woodward Co Great Falls at $31387. Grading and bridges on 4.615 miles Philipsburg Skalkaho road Granite county by Graymer Co Great Falls at $21000-plus.
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Stillwater
Collison & Dolven, Inc
Billings
Butte-Boulder
Jefferson County
Herrick & Yancey
Butte
Glacier County
L. A. Woodward Co
Great Falls
Philipsburg-Skalkaho
Granite County
Graymer Co
Model Land Program For Teton County Plan
Teton county was selected by the state land use advisory committee as Montana’s representative county to perfect a fully integrated land use, conservation adjustment and rehabilitation program before January 1. The program will be built on a direct county analysis of agricultural problems developed jointly by local farmers and ranchers, Montana State College representatives, state agencies, the federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics, and USDA educational and administrative entities.
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Teton County
Plan Teton County
Montana County
Montana State College
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States Department of Agriculture
Past butter-fat yield tops 170 pounds per cow
Historical figures show national average butter-fat from cows in milk last year near 170 pounds. Dairy herd improvement associations were already posting higher yields than that more than 35 years ago.
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Glacier Priest
Father Bernard Hubbard
D L
Li Ke
Imoles
National Bison Range History
Robert S. Norton
State Unemployment Service
Danthus
Finland
Hanna Karttunen
Phi Upsilon Omicron
Ned
Harry E. Wilken
TE Ei Nne Inc
Aladdin, Schenley PF
Russell Prints
Montana Newspaper Association
Meat Falls, Montana
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