Fort Assinniboine and Its Historic Militia Era
Old Fort Assinniboine near Havre once housed 65 adobe and brick buildings with a 2000 by 400 foot parade ground. Constructed 1878 under congression al funding, it protected northern Montana from Sioux raids and hosted famed officers including Pershing. Final cost reached 300000 with later brick additions and river logistics by Fort Benton contractors.
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Little Big Horn
Montana
John R. Brook
United States Army
Pershing
Brook
Cuba
Department of the East
Governor’s Island
New York
Ruger
18Th Infantry
Georgia
Milk River
Bismarck
N. C
Missouri River
Coal Bank
Colonel Lee
Colonel Brook
Fort Benton
Fort Assinniboine
I. B. Baker & Co
Beaver Creek
Broadwater, McCul Co
20Th Infantry
First Cavalry
Canada
Mon
Butte Story of Uncle Jimmie Tickles Beer Pipe Prank
In Butte a long running joke tied to Uncle Jimmie Tickle, saloon owner and county commissioner candidate, centers on beer pipes running from his Gallery saloon to the Evening News basement. Printers secretly drew beer from the pipes, sparking nights of free brews until discovered and halted.
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Montana
Jimmie’ Tickle
Tickle
Butte
Jimmie
West Broadway
Gallery
Bob Fitzsimmons
Heinze
Evening News
Miner
Old Intermountain
McKee’s
Dick Oates
Binze
Kilroy
Cornwall
Rhce
Fort Benton to Host Three Day Victory Celebration for Missouri River Race
Fort Benton Montana prepares a three day celebration June 10 11 and 12 to cap the St Louis Fort Benton motor boat race in progress. The event recalls early upper Missouri river transport with tales of the Luella captained by Grant Marsh carrying 230 miners and $1 250 000 in gold dust toward Fort Benton.
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Fort Benton
Montana
St. Louis
Upper
Missouri
Bannack
Virgina City
Grant Marsh
Fort Union
Marion
Montana Territory
Luella
Ous
Milk River
McClellan
Yellowstone
Marsh
New Montana Stockgrowers Elect New Officers at Bozeman Convention
Tom Ross of Chinook was unanimously elected president at the 53rd Montana Stockgrowers association convention in Bozeman. He succeeds B J Merlin of Armstead, with John P. Arnold of Birney named first vice president and Carl Malone of Chateau named second vice president. Helena will host the 1938 convention. Governor Roy E Ayers, faculty members, and industry leaders spoke at the opening sessions.
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Montana Stockgrowers Association
Tom Ross
Chinook
Bozeman
Ross
B. J. Merlin
Armstead
John P. Arnold
Birney
Carl Malone
Chateau
Helena
Roy E. Ayers
Collaculty
Livestock Industy
Montana hoofers romance spans continents and theater
A long reminiscence recalls Montana vaudeville figures Bobby Carrigan and Lafayette. It recounts early days in Butte, Lafayette’s European success, and Carrigan’s tangled choices between travel offers and staying home. The tale ends mid voyage with shifting loyalties and fading expectations.
Livingston Roundup Parades Shifts to Bozeman Montana Day
The Livingston Roundup association votes to contribute to the all Montana day celebration in Bozeman on July 2. The 12th annual roundup drops the opening parade and instead participates with arsesmen floats and rodeo performers in the Montana day program starting around 3 p.m.
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Livingston Roundup Association
Bozeman
Livingston
Montana
Bobby Stirred Up Scandal Aboard Lafayette’s Cruise
The Atlantic Lafayette faced public uproar as Bobby, described as a lively companion, flouted decorum by introducing herself to Lafayette’s fashionable friends and shocking passengers with bold behavior. After a failed London escape attempt, she toured Paris and other locales before returning to Butte as times changed.
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Atlantic
Lafayette
Bobby
New York
London
Butte
Montana
English
Paris
State officials oppose rail rate hike at interstate hearing
At the Statehouse B E Krebsbach and Horace Casey of the Montana public service commission attended ICC hearings in Salt Lake City to oppose Western Railroads seeking higher freight rates on behalf of Montana shippers.
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BE. E. Krebsbach
Horace Casey
State Railway and Public Service Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Salt Lake City
Montana Shippers
Western Railroads
Fish for Needies Move To Aid Montana Needy
Montana public welfare board learns seven carloads of surplus fish weighing 210000 pounds valued at 40000 may be distributed to Montanans in need. Shipments will go to Butte and Great Falls for refrigeration and distribution.
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Montana Public Welfare Board
Surplus Commodities Corporation
Montana
Butte
Great Falls
State Vocation Bureau to Add 20 Trainees
The vocational rehabilitation bureau will add 20 trainees to the regular list this fiscal year after its appropriation rose from 18000 to 25000 dollars in the last legislature. The bureau has averaged 115 trainees in the past two years.
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State Vocational Rehabilitation Bureau
Lief Fredericks
Trailer Regulations Enforce Sanitary Camps for Travelers
State board of health acts to curb menace from trailer travel by imposing rules for sanitation. Campers must use proper facilities or bury waste in pits covered with at least a foot of earth.
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State Board of Health
Assessor Notified on Escaped Tax Farm Value Increase
The county assessor John Traub of Powder River county is informed by the attorney general that property that escaped taxation must be assessed at ten times its value under state law. The move targets a Powder River homestead whose owner concealed or misrepresented ownership to avoid taxes.
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John Traub
Powder River County
Auto Fatalities Rise in Montana Highways Data
The Montana Bureau of Vital Statistics reports 26 automobile fatalities in the first four months, projecting 78 for the year versus 169 last year. The latter part of the year shows the greatest number of auto fatalities according to bureau records.
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Montana
State Bureau of Vital Statistics
Bureau
Montana Tuberculosis Death Rate Hits Historic Low
Montana’s death rate from tuberculosis in 1936 dropped to 40.5 per 100,000, the lowest in state history per the bureau of vital statistics. Deaths fell from 250 in 1935 to 220 in 1936, with 24 percent among Indians and 75 percent among whites. the white rate was 1 per 100,000 and the Indian rate 11 times higher.
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Montana
Bureau of Vital Statistics
State Board of Health
Beaver trapping yields in Montana reach 75000 from pelts
Montana trappers report about 6376 beaver trapped this year with pelts selling for an average of 2.00. Since January 1, 1936, total beaver taken in the state was 10662. Trapping permits are issued only when beavers damage property flood farmland or trees.
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Montana
Jack Carney
Margot Grahame Health Recipe: Walks and Free Eating
English actress Margot Grahame swears by walking a lot and eating when she wants. She credits this simple regimen with maintaining her perfect health and vigor.
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Margot Grahame
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Old Fort
Northern
Montana Experiment Station
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Little Poplar
Otis
James Ward
Ward
Belknap
Bear’s Paw Mountains
Pine Ridge
S. D
Fort Peck
Philippines
Mountains
War Department
Gallilithicks
Gallatin Chick- Hatchery
Bexeman
Mont
Aaspirin
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Bobby” Carrigan
Merve
America
Casino
William Tell
Town
Berlin
Bobby Carrigan
Bozeman’s
Statehouse
Hiotel, Butte
Ainbow
Anaconda Copper Mining CO. Lands Department
Charles M. Russell
United States
Montana Newspaper Association
Great Falls, Montana
Geanlers
Anaconda Sales Company
Anaconda
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