Montana 4-H Convention Draws 400 Members in June
About 400 Montana 4-H club members and leaders will gather at Montana State College from June 12 to 15 for the state convention. Ray E. Cameron announces intensive training across club program areas with officers Milton Shaplow Edith Huston and Victor Reinmer presiding. Speakers include Dr. A L Strand J C Taylor Earl Hiett Jessie E Richardson E B Duncan and L S McDonald. Sessions cover leadership project work recreation and community programs with entertainment events a Gallatin canyon picnic a guest meat program and banquet.
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Montana 4-H Club
Montana State College
Ray I. Cameron
Milton Shhaplow
Gallatin County
Edith Huston
Savage
Victor Reinmer
Circle
Montana Agricultural Experiment Station
E. B. Duncan
Great Northern Railroad
L. S. McDonald
Northern Pacific Railway
Cameron
Pauline Bunting
Theodore Fosse
Richland County
Montana County Agents Association
Helen Allen
Missoula County
Montana Home Demonstration Agents Association
Gallatin Canyon
Montana Grasshopper Control Work Faces Funding Hurdles
State grasshopper control committee at Montana State College outlines that while eastern Montana ranges show spotted infestations and control is effective with bait, a large scale program requires additional funding. They report progress with bait supply and materials, plus federal aid for idle and cropland, to extend operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
State
Montana State College
J. C. Taylor
Montana Extension Service
T. J. Sparling
Clyde McKee
Montana Agricultural Experiment Station
A. L. Strand
Harlow B. Mills
Congress kills mine assessment bills for current session
House committee blocked measures requiring assessment work on mining claims for this fiscal year. Bills were by Representatives O'Connor and Thorkelson of Montana. The action ends potential requirements while noting prior Canadian mine production valued at 949000 dollars in 1935.
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House Mines and Committee
House Committee
O'Connor
Montana
Thorkelson
Bucan
Congress
Summer school faculty list includes visiting professors
Dr G D Shallenberger announces Montana State University summer session visiting professors from top colleges and high schools. Names include Dr Dale O Patterson Cornell education, Dr Samuel J McLaughlin Cornell Mount Vernon IA education, Raymond A Gerber Sidney supervisor, Cyril F Hager Cornell Ithaca NY English, Catherine Harrington Anaconda PE, and others across education, music, drama, fine arts, and physical education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred. A. Curtion
Thompson Falls High School
Montana State University
G. D. Shallenberger
Curtion
Dale O. Patterson
University of South Dakota
Samuel J. McLaughlin
Department of Education
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Raymond A. Gerber
Sidney
Charles E. Howell
Northern Illinois State Teachers’ College
de Kalb
Ill
Catherine Nutterville
Butte
Ralph Yeadon McGinnis
Western Reserve University
Cleveland
Cyril F. Hager
Cornell University
Ithaca
N. Y
Lloyd C. Oakland
Nelle Porter
Billings Public Schools
Fred A. Curtion
Thompson Falls
H. J. Schiesser
Glasgow
Charles R. Cutts
Billings Public
Roy Marvin Robbins
Butler University
Padeanapalis
Julius Struppeck
Louisiana State University
Catherine Harrington
Anaconda High School
Taxes 9.4 Cent of Autos Cost
National Consumers Tax Commission estimates Montana buyers paid about 241000 in taxes on new cars in early 1939. Survey shows 3215 registrations in Q1 1939 versus 10 in 1938, with 206 taxes involved across production and distribution.
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Montana
National Consumers Tax Commission
NCTC
J. H. Morrow
CTC
Eee
Chicago
Bill Montgomery the Big Hole Cattleman and Pioneer
Bill Montgomery born December 25 1863 in Ireland rose to become Montana’s leading cattleman. He fed thousands of cattle year round on Big Hole ranches and led drives with up to 700 cowboys. He helped secure Divide stockyards and served as local justice of the peace and county commissioner. He died in 1919 leaving five surviving children.
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Divide
Bill Montgomery
Montana
Big Hole
Montgomery
Ireland
America
Chicago
George Brown
Jim
Montecentry
Tom Low
Frank Pendleton
Dudley
Gibtown
F. White
Pratecend Bela
Monty
Georgetown Lake
Anaconda
William Montgomery
Wisdom Lodge
Mr. Montgomery
Red Rock
Nch Gulch
Mill Creek Hill
Cecelia Lenox
Dillon
Elmo Tucker
Butte
Jim Montgomery
Missoula
Steve Collins
Coeur Alene
Jaabe
George Montgomery
Ee Ene
Maine
Etgtinery Psd
Mie
Awa
Record of Western Reservoirs Surpassing Water Volume
Bureau of Reclamation officials report 60 reservoirs across 14 western states hold over 10 trillion gallons of water. They say the supply could serve two billion people for three years and marks the largest volume trapped behind federal irrigation dams. Sun River area in Montana noted near capacity.
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West
Bureau of Reclamation
Western States
Sun River
Montana
Theodore Roosevelt Praises Fortune Ranger on War Vet’s Papers
Records show Theodore Roosevelt praised Frederick Herrig, a Fortune forest ranger and early Rough Rider, for tracking mules and handling Colt guns in Cuba. Herrig, who worked with Roosevelt at the Elkhorn ranch and later joined the Rough Riders, served in battles from La Guasimas to Santiago and remained a trusted ranger into 1905. Roosevelt’s sons visited Herrig in northwestern Montana, preserving a lasting friendship.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Frederick Herrig
Herrig
Roosevelt
Little Missouri
Cuba
United States Volunteers
United States
la Guasimas
San Juan
Santiago
Stock Inspector Samuel J. Scott Dies in Chicago
Samuel J. Scott oldest live stock inspector of Montana livestock commission died suddenly at his Chicago home after returning from a Montana trip. He served since 1903, worked at Union stockyards in Chicago, and rode in stock yards across Montana. Scott trained many others, mentored inspectors in St Paul Omaha Spokane Billings and Great Falls, and had longstanding ties to Conrad Kohrs and Pioneer Cattle Co.
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Samuel J. Scott
Montana Livestock Commission
Chicago
St. Paul
Omaha
Spokane
Billings
Great Falls
Montana
St. Louis
Scott
Augusta
Pioneer Cattle Co
Conrad Kohrs
Deer Lodge
Big Sandy
C. J. McNamara
Tanganyika to Spend Over Million on Tsetse Fly Task
Government plans reveal more than 1 million dollars will fund research and control measures against the tsetse fly. The disease carrying insect dominates two thirds of Tanganyika, with the remaining third under threat from infestation.
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Tanganyika
First Regular G N Employe in Glasgow Jerry Cahill's Story
Jerry Cahill died in Spokane at 74 and is regarded as the first regular mechanical employee of what became the Great Northern Railway in Glasgow. Born in Chicago around 1864, he moved west with the railway in 1888, later serving as boiler inspector and known as a trouble shooter before retiring in 1935.
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G. N
Glasgow
Jerry Cahill
Spokane
Greatorthern Railway
Cahill
Chicago
Barnesville
Minn
George Emerson
Baltimore & Ohio
Mesaba
Western Lines
Glasgow Federal Building
Tampico
Horse illness cured by rains in Montana
State Veterinarian Dr. W. J. Butler credits recent rains and cooler temperatures with reducing equine sleeping sickness in Montana. Vaccination campaigns, vigilant field staff, and careful reporting have limited new cases this year, though some illnesses resemble colic or minor cattle issues in the Missouri break country. No large outbreaks have been reported nationwide this season.
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Montana
W. J. Butler
United States
Livestock Sanitary Board
Butler
Roper
Storage Payment Made If Granaries Resealed
Farmers who extend their government wheat loans by resealing granaries for another 10 months may now collect seven cents a bushel storage at resealing time if seven cents covers storage earned to May 31, 1939. Both seven and five cent storage earners require delivery of collateral wheat to the Commodity Credit Corp and payment of principal, seven cent storage, and 4 percent interest to release the wheat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Bailey
State Agricultural Conservation Committee
Bailey
Commodity Credit Corp
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Bozeman
Ray E. Cameron
State Control Committee
National Consumers Commission
Mary Cottrell
Big Hele
Co. E. Miller
Bill
Ulster
C. W. Waters
Melvin S. Morris
Fay Clark
Washington
Idaho
Oregon
California
Teddy
Fortune
Frederick Herrick
State Commission
Livingston
Helena
Russell Prints
Montana Newspaper Association
Reat Falls, Montana
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