Industrial Engineering Grads at MSU All Securing Jobs
Six industrial engineering seniors at Montana State College have all received positions with manufacturing firms five weeks before graduation. Henry True Jr. will train with the Texas company in Moffat Colorado before more senior responsibilities. Louis Pool will work for Montana Motor Supply in Bozeman with prospects of an engineering sales role. Tom Leedham joins a family contracting partnership in Glasgow. Frank Blaskovich accepts a post with Anaconda Copper Mining Co. Robert Everett enters American Blower training in Detroit. John Boetcher enrolls in GE student training in Bridgeport focusing on cost accounting.
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Montana State College
W. M. Cobleigh
Avilable
M. R. Good
Cobleigh
Henry A. True Jr
Shelby
Texas Company
Moffat
Colo
Dean Cobleigh
Louis F. Pool
Bozemnan
Montana Motor Supply Co
Bozeman
Tom W. Leedham
Glasgow
Frank C. Blaskovich
Anaconda
Anaconda Copper Mining Co
Robert L. Everett
Billings
American Blower Company
Detroit
Mich
John E. Boetcher
Great Falls
General Electric Co
Bridgeport
Conn
Only Avalanche Rider in Montana Recalls 1886 Escape
W J Thomas of Butte, a 16 year old miner, survived a February 1886 avalanche at Cleopatra mine, Trapper Gulch, near Melrose Montana. He recounts crawling from the ore house, a rope escape, a massive ice chunk, and his partner Olsen’s death as the crowd later found him.
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Butte
W. J. Thomas
Thomas
Hecla Consolidated
Cleopatra
Trapper Gulch
Melrose
Montana
Hecla
Olsen
N. P. Thomas
George Tichborne
Alex Olsen
Father
Tichborne
Hans
Frank Hudson
Cripple Creek
Billy Tallon
Jimmy Davey
Sam Harris
Billy Thomas
Sam
San Francisco
Carnival woes and lawmen in Bozeman clash with harsh weather
A Bozeman carnival faced legal trouble when A Bellinger pleaded guilty to operating a gambling device and paid a $100 fine. Highway Patrolman Sex ton collected $185 in licenses as high winds ripped the largest tent, causing about $1,500 in losses, plus $133 in city licenses. The report also recalls miners surviving snow slide dangers and an insurance agent who died entangled in a similar tale.
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John Law
Bozeman
A. Bellinger
W. M. Sexton
Montana to Keep Steel For License Plates
Montana will continue using steel for automobile license plates after a bidding review showed steel at $4.79 per hundred for 80 tons, while copper would cost $31,400. The Montana Hardware Co. of Butte won the steel contract.
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Montana
Board of Examiners
Montana Hardware Co
Butte
Montana railroad plan lowers pea bean rates to midwest
The Montana railroad commission weighs a proposed tariff filed by the Transcontinental Freight Bureau that would cut charges on dried peas and beans shipped from Montana to middle west points by up to 17 cents per hundred pounds. The plan also sets minimum carrot shipments at 40 000 and 60 000 pounds.
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Montana Railroad Commission
Montana
Middle West Points
Transcontinental Freight Bureau
State PSC Adopts Safety Rules For Bus and Truck Drivers
The state public service commission announces new safety rules effective August 1 governing regulatory practices for bus and truck drivers on public highways, supplementing existing interstate commerce commission rules.
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State Public Service Commission
John W. Bonner
Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Confiscated pelts auctioned in Helena sale
Pelts taken illegally from fur bearing animals and confiscated by the state were auctioned at Helena by James W. Weaver state game and fish warden. They brought 2196 dollars and 100 dollars for tags. Hides included beaver otter mink bear marten raccoon fox and muskrat.
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Helena
James W. Weaver
State Game and Fish Warden
Montana Dairy Output Declines In Early Year Totals
Butter production in Montana for the first four months fell by more than 500000 pounds compared with the same period last year. Cheese output dropped by about 250000 pounds, while ice cream production rose by 50000 gallons, according to the state dairy commissioner B F Thratkill.
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Montana
B. F. Thratllkill
Distance Tuners Recall Broadcaster Thrill Shifts
A nostalgic note recalls distant American radio voices once greeted with joy by fans. Now excitement fades except for mentions of South Africa or Australia, where distant broadcasts still spark interest.
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South Africa
Australia
Prince of Wales dances with Madeleine Carroll in early years
Madeleine Carroll, a film star, danced with the Prince of Wales before he became king, describing several dances during his time as Prince of Wales.
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Madeleine Carroll
King Edward VIII
Prince of Wales
1865 Celebration Gala in Virginia City and Helena
The Montana Post recalls the 1865 Fourth of July in Virginia City and Helena with a grand parade to Owyhee Park, a 60 by 60 foot pavilion, a prayer, a reading of the Declaration, a ball, and lavish silk dresses amid cold weather and festive crowds. The piece notes colorful costumes, the press of admirers, and Montana’s rival mining camps determined to outdo each other in patriotic celebration.
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Montana
Virginia City
Helena
Montana Post
Owyhee Park
Oliver
Egnell
J. W. McLaughlin
E. Warren Toole
George M. Pinney
Terpsichore
Last Chance Creek
Last Chance Gulch
The
Post
West
Missouri
New York
Godey
Mirror of
Special Summer Course Set for July at MSU
In Montana high schools vocational agriculture instructors may attend a three week summer training session at Montana State College July 5 to 23. The program, requested by instructors and led by noted faculty, offers six graduate courses in land use economics poultry management veterinary relations to vocational agriculture farm mechanics teaching methods supervised practice and range improvement.
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Montana
Montana State College
Alfred Atkinson
Clyde McKee
R. H. Palmer
Howard Welch
H. E. Cushman
William Nelson
Lawyers Plan Joint Session for Two States
A joint meeting of Montana and Wyoming bar associations is set for September 2 to 4 at the Canyon hotel in Yellowstone National Park. President W J Jameson said the plan emerged at a Billings conference with invited speakers including Frederick H Stinchfield of Minneapolis and other nationally known lawyers. Utah and Idaho bars were also invited.
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Montana
Wyoming
Canyon Hotel
Yellowstone National Park
W. J. Jameson
Montana Association
Billings Commercial Club
Frederick H. Stinchfield
American Bar Association
Minneapolis
Utah
Idaho
Lawrence E. Gaughan
Billings
H. Glenn Kinsley
Sheridan
Ernest J. Goppert
Cody
B. E. Berg
Livingston
Henry A. Chapple
Mr. Gaughan
Mr. Jameson
P. W. Spaulding
Evanston
Wyoming Association
River Preacher Sets Out From Fort Benton on Missouris Run
Harold P. Harner known as the river preacher left Fort Benton with two 14 foot rowboats loaded with provisions. He plans to drift downstream to New Orleans and hopes to reach by Christmas depending on wind and water. Locals question the feasibility of the voyage as the Big Muddy flows.
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Mr. Harner
Harner
Mississippi
Pike's Peak
Colorado
Galveston
Tex
Fort Benton
N’awlins
Harold P. Harner
New Orleans
Big Muddy
Doris Anderson Acting Leader for Montana Extension Service
Doris I Anderson the Yellowstone county home demonstration agent will serve as acting state leader during Miss Frances Smith's leave. Miss Smith studies at Columbia University, and Anderson begins July 1 1937 taking the post through March 1 1938. Margaret Conlon succeeds Anderson in Yellowstone county and has been home demonstration agent at large assisting Sun River irrigation settlers.
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Frances Smith
Doris I. Anderson
Yellowstone County
Miss Smith
J. C. Taylor
Montanaxtension Service
Columbia University
Anderson
Taylor
Margaret Conlon
Sun River
Stillwater County
Billings Merchants Align Under Fair Trade Code
The Billings Independent Merchants Association files a trade code with the state trade commission. It binds Billings grocers to sell all merchandise at invoice or replacement cost plus seven percent.
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Billings Independent Merchants Association
State Trade Commission
Billings Grocers
Billings
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Carnival Company
Doris Anderson
Extension
Anaconda Sales Company
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University of Washington Huskies
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