Budget Approved on Forest Roads in Western Montana
Federal Bureau of Public Roads approves a 670000 dollar Montana forest highways plan funded entirely by federal money. Seven western Montana projects will begin with bids opened in July including Nine Mile on the Yellowstone Trail, Bitter Root-Salmon highway, Weeksville on Clark's Fork, Skalkaho around Georgetown Lake, Pleasant Valley between Kalispell and Libby, Libby to Idaho line, Riceville hill on Y G B, and Ashland Broadus road section.
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Bureau of Public Roads
Missoula
Forest
Montana
Bureau
Huson
Connor
Weeksville
Thompson Falls
Georgetown Lake
Kalispell
Libby
Idaho Line
Riceville Hill
Ashland- Broadus
Fishing rules set for Yellowstone Park season
Interior department lists open fishing periods across Yellowstone Park for the season. Open dates run May 23 to October 20 with specific dates for Grebe Lake, Yellowstone River, Campanula and other creeks, Madison River, Heart Lewis and Shoshone lakes, and Lamar River section. Several waters are permanently closed including Indian Creek and Duck Lake near West Thumb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellowstone Park
Department of Interior
Grebe Lake
Canyon
Yellowstone River
Upper Falls
Madison River
Park
Heart, Lewis and Shoshone Lakes
Lamar River
Indian Creek
Panther Creek
Glen Creek
Gardiner River
Mammoth
White Lake
Fern Lake
Tern Lake
Mirror Plateau
Duck Lake
West Thumb
Buck Lake
Fish Lake
Shrimp Lake
Soda Butte
Skull Found of Man Drowned in Milk River
Hinsdale residents recall early days as a leveling machine from the farm security administration unearthed a skull from a shallow grave on the Milk river bank on the William Costin farm east of Hinsdale. The skull belongs to Fred Perry who drowned crossing Milk river at the old Deegan crossing circa 1895 and was buried for more than four decades. Deputy Sheriff R S Crabbs, who was 8 or 9 at the time, identifies the remains.
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Hinsdale
Farm Security Administration
William Costin
Milk River
R. S. Crabbs
Fred_ Perry
Deegan
Highway Bridge
Winter Sports Camp Planned Near Bozeman
Bozeman Kiwanis club president Dewey Street announces plans for a $12 000 WPA project to build a winter sports camp in Bear canyon southeast of Bozeman. The site will feature ski trails jumps downhill courses sledding hills warming houses hiking trails boggan slides and a recreation cabin pending final federal approval.
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Works Progress Administration
Bear Canyon
Bozeman
Dewey Street
Bozeman Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis Club
Gallatin County, Commissioners
Montana
WPA
Butte
Washington
Praise for Wong Sun's Chinese Herbal Medicines in Billings
Mrs. Mollie Lackman of Hesper Farm Billings Montana reports extensive relief from gall stones and gall bladder trouble after using Wong Sun's Chinese Herbal Medicines. She says she can now perform housework and recommends the remedies to others suffering similar complaints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mollie Lackman
Hesper Farm
Billings
Mont
Crested Wheatgrass Proves Tough on Poor Farm Land
On John T. Hentges’ farm in Teton county crested wheatgrass shows a tenfold grazing increase on land once described as the worst soil. Planted in 1930 after rocky, blown topsoil, the stand grew despite drought and grazing, yielding 650 pounds of seed in 1935 worth $0.40 per acre plus forage, with total precipitation that year at 5.58 inches the lowest in 47 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Hentges
Teton County
Fred S. Willson
Hentges
R. E. Clarkson
Willson
Wrest Drouth
Chateau
Pishkun Road
War on Mormon crickets expands across ten states
Dr Harlow B Mills warns infestations will be worse than last year as ten western states wage a campaign against Mormon crickets. Montana holds nearly half the known total with 200000 dollars allotted of 608000. Crops saved in 1937 approached 5.17 million with 436881.42 spent on control and losses around 500550.
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Harlow B. Mills
Montana State College
Western
Utah
Washington
Oregon
Nevada
Idaho
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
North Dakota
South Dakota
Mills
United States
Woman Federal Judge Presides Over Falls Customs Hearing
Genevieve R. Cline of the U S customs court will oversee a July 7 customs hearing in Great Falls on duties for road oil imported from Canada. The dispute centers on tariff payment, with Canadian refiners arguing the oil is Montana crude that left the state as crude and should not incur duty, while the customs service says refining creates a new dutiable product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genevieve R. Cline
United States Customs Court
Canada
Great Falls
Cline
Montana
Customs Service
Butte Man Patents Locomotive Draft Control Device
John G. Brown, boiler foreman at the Northern Pacific roundhouse in Butte, patent a device to regulate steam draft in locomotives. It lowers a sleeve extension inside the smoke box to curb violent drafts, reducing cinders and fuel waste. Tested on Northern Pacific engines in Butte and installed on B A P railroads switches in Anaconda.
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John G. Brown
Northern Pacific Roundhouse
Butte
Mr. Brown
Northern Pacific
B.a.&p
Anaconda
Brown
Hansen Packing
Engineers view land in Marias River project
A. W. Walker of Fairfield and F. H. Nichols surveyed the Marias River project for drainage and soil classification. They inspected territory from Shelby to Big Sandy, and surveyors began canal location work along the Marias west of Shelby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marias River
A. W. Walker
Fairfield
Sun River
United States Bureau of Reclamation
Marias Project
F. H. Nichols
Walker
Shelby
Big Sandy
State Show Herd Being Assembled at Nine Montana Fairs
Sixteen stockmen provide animals for Montana's first state show herd of beef cattle and sheep. The herd will debut at the North Montana fair in Great Falls where about 25 head of cattle and as many sheep will be selected and then shown as a traveling state herd.
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Montana
Howard G. Lewis
Montana State College
Great Falls
Lewis
Montana Fair
Billings
Havre
Phillips County
Dodson
Richland County
Sidney
Dawson County
Baker
Miles City
Rosebud
Forsyth
Hog Prices Seen Stable Through Early Summer
The Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics expects little weakness in hog prices into early summer due to small seasonal increases in hog marketings and pork stocks. Prices may rise late summer with reduced slaughter, but gains will be limited by weak meat demand.
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Federal Bureau
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Montana Society Outlines Summer Natural History Program
Montana Society of Natural History announces a summer program with Beartooth research camp run by Princeton University and archaeologists from the American Museum of Natural History. Secretary A T Peterson outlines a six point plan to organize local groups, map sites, record data, partner with schools, display materials, and invite outside speakers to foster state museum goals. The plan emphasizes cooperation between amateurs and professionals to advance Montana natural history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana Society of Natural History
A. T. Peterson
Beartooth
Princeton University
American Museum of Natural History
Billings
Peterson
Montana
H. Melville Sayre
Montana School of Mines At
Butte
Ekalaka
Glendive
Kalispell Area Hopes For 4000 Acre Game Preserve
A Kalispell area plan favors a 4000 acre zoological park near the foothills west of the city. J. J. Caswell leads a committee that backs Ernest White and local owners in petitioning the state fish and game commission to close the area to hunting. Deer pheasants grouse beaver and ducks inhabit the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalispell
J. J. Caswell
Ernest White
Foothill
Caswell
State Fish and Game Commission
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Wong Sun Company
Billings, Mont
Sheridan, Wye
Missoula, Mont, Great Falls, Mont
States
U.S
Falls
State College
Los Angeles
Montana Society
State Natural History Organization
Wil
Beartooth Mountains
Clark’s Fork Valley
Anaconda Copper Mining Co. Lands Department
Missoula, Mont
Amey End
Portland, Oregon
Western Air Express
East Broadway
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