James Stuart shirt washing led to early Montana gold discovery
The 1853 California placer find by James Stuart and his brothers shifted the trio east to Montana by 1857, after a Sunday shirt washing detour cost them the California claim. The Stuarts helped pioneer Montana, while Granville Stuart recalls their Texas to California trek, cholera losses, and rough wagon trains en route to the gold rush era.
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James Stuart
Montana
James
California
Granville Stuart
Stuart
Utah
United States
Salt
Plains
Nicaragua
New Orleans
Mississippi
West Liberty
Stuarts
Fayal T. Reilly
Granville
Clarksburg
Atchison, Kan
Iowa
Salt Lake City
Omaha
Far West
Illinois
Nebraska
John Taylor
Mormon Church
Brigham Young
Taylor
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Beckwourth Pass
Jim Beckwourth
Beckwourth
Humboldt River
American Valley
Sacramento
Sam Neal
Little Butte Creek
Briar
Brother Briar
Faro Bank
Stuart Boys
Rezin Anderson
Anderson
Cass
Mississippi River
Salk Lake City
Four Montana Delegates Named for National 4-H Club Camp
Everett Shuey of Rosebud County leads the Montana four delegate team to the National 4-H Club Camp in Washington DC from June 17 to 23. John Brookie of Valley County joins the boys. Martha Shogren of Yellowstone and Daphne DeBruin of Chouteau County are the two girls selected.
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Montana
Washington, D. C
Ray E. Cameron
Cameron
Everett Shuey
Rosebud County
Shuey
John Brookie
Valley County
Brookie
Martha Shogren
Yellowstone County
Daphne DeBruin
Chouteau County
Miss Shogren
Chicago
Shogren
Montana State College
New York City
North Montana State Fair Showcases Expanded Educational Programs
Great Falls hosts the 1937 North Montana State Fair with three consecutive years for the National Hereford show and a $10,000 prize pool. New buildings, scheduled exhibits, and events including 4-H, Future Farmers of America, dairy, corn and poultry shows, plus a strong education emphasis, promise a larger, more diverse fair experience.
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Montana
Great Falls
Northwest
Future Farmers of America
American Poultry Association
Smith-Hughes
Mercantile
North Montans Fair
Suc
Territory of
Hawaii
Treasurebelt
Kalispell Drivers Face Two Hour Parking Fines
Kalispell officials enforce a two hour parking rule with Police Judge Eugene Mc Carthy overseeing cases. The list of violators includes the mayor, county attorney, chamber of commerce leaders, bankers and firemen, all cited for overparking penalties of one dollar or more.
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Kalispell
Eugene McCarthy
Chamber of Commerce
New Seepage Poison for Insect Pests Trialed
Farmers learn from Science magazine that Epsom salts mixed with molasses and water can act as a cheap effective poison for grasshoppers and other pests. University of Oklahoma researchers report a bait formula of 60 to 65 percent Epsom salts 25 percent molasses and 15 percent water to moisten. The method is said to be safer for livestock poultry and wild birds and cheaper than arsenic sprays if proven successful.
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Science
University of Oklahoma
Fever Diseases Report Declines In Montana Six Months
For the six months ending April 30 influenza cases in Montana numbered 710, down from 12,605 in the same period in 1936. The report by Dr. B K Kilbourne, epidemiologist for the state board of health notes decreases in typhoid fever, diphtheria, German measles, whooping cough and mumps, with slight increases in smallpox sore throat and chicken pox.
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Montana
B. K. Kilbourne
State Board of Health
Cariying porrsions comparison to Montana area
The text claims all the carrying portions of the United States excluding Alaska would total less than Montana's area. It presents a geographic comparison without giving specific measurements or sources.
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United States
Alaska
Montana
Postum 30-Day Test Offer
If coffee cannot be safely consumed, try Postum for 30 days. Buy a can and drink it instead of coffee. if you do not feel better after the month, return the container top to General Foods, Battle Creek, Michigan, for a full refund plus postage.
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Postum
General Foods
Battle Creek
Michigan
King Features
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Daphne Dubruin
North
Nangen Py
Red Yaeger
Granville Sture
Red Cedar River
Yaeger
Venice
Canada
General Foods, Ltd
Cobourg
Ont
Dicate, G. F. Corp
John
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