Young Man Dies From Bullet Wound at Family Farm
Francis Davis 25 of Hardin was found dead at his parents farm home near Dunmore in Little Horn valley with a .25 caliber bullet wound to the right temple and an automatic pistol in his hand. Coroner J W Bullis and Undersheriff Sam E McDowell reported the body was found shortly after daylight. He is survived by his parents two brothers and a sister.
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Francis Davis
Hardin
Dunmore
Little Horn Valley
J. W. Bullis
Sam E. McDowell
Davis
Pollen Kills Hamilton Boy
A Darby, Darby Infant III: Robert Hendrickson, five, died after pollen caused bronchial tube constriction. His burial occurred in Darby. Two-year-old John Strate of Darby is recovering from the illness at a Hamilton hospital. Robert was the only son of Mr and Mrs Harry Hendrickson, longtime Darby residents.
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Robert Hendrickson
Darby
John Strate
Hamilon
Robert
Harry Hendrickson
Poultry Problems Focus of Cornell Institute Session
The eleventh annual session of the American Institute of Cooperation will be held at Cornell University the week of July 15. Extension officials at Montana State College say the conference will probe marketing problems of eggs and hens, long a vexation for poultry producers.
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American Institute of Cooperation
Cornell University
Extension Service
Montana State College
Havre youths injured after car overturns in ravine
Four Havre youths named George Yates Phil Jestrab Jr James Mapes and William Spooner Jr were treated at Fort Benton hospital after their car overturned and plunged down a ravine.
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Havre
George Yates
Phil Jestrab, Jr
James Mapes
William Spooner, Jr
Fort Benton
Plan for Credit on Stored Crops
Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace outlines the ever normal granary plan to Montana State College extension service. The plan would store surplus farm crops as collateral for loans, reduce price pressures, and allow repayment with higher markets. It envisions on farm storage, payments partly in kind and cash, and limited loans to cooperating producers. A 1933 corn loan example shows 270 million bushels stored and 120 million dollars advanced.
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Montana State College
Henry Wallace
Extension Service
Wallace
Congress
Resignations Sought from State Game Warden staff
The new state fish and game commission asks for the resignations of State Game Warden J W Carney and deputy Thomas O Peasley to reorganize the agency. Kenneth Mac Donald temporarily leads fisheries, with Carney to remain until June 10 and Peasley to receive a formal hearing in Ennis on June 22. Ray G Lowe chairs the commission with J J Harper and W H Baumgartner as members.
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State Fish and Game Commission
J. W. Carney
Thomas O. Peasley
Kenneth MacDonald
Carney
Peasley
Ennis
New Game Commission
Ray G. Lowe
Glendive
J. J. Harper
Anaconda
W. H. Baumgartner
Great Falls
New Pastor at Butte Leads Ridge Memorial Church
The Rev. George H. Hatch and his Dallas City Illinois family have arrived in Butte to assume the pastorate of the Short ridge Memorial church.
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Butte
George H. Hatch
Dallas City
Ijl
Mr. Hatch
Shortridge Memorial Church
Two New CCC Camps Planned Near Lolo Creek
The article notes two new CCC camps to be established on Lolo Creek, with locations at the Nine-Mile remount station and at Balt Creek in the Lewis and Clark forest.
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CCC
Lolo Creek
Nine-Mile Remount
Balt Creek
Lewis and Clark Forest
Rhodes Scholar Plans Trip to Oxford
Montana State college Rhodes scholar John Hays will sail from New York on September 26 to enter Oxford University.
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Rhodes
John Hays
Montana State College
New
Oxford
Billy and Tommy Miles Found Wealth in Livingston’s Early Days
The Miles brothers arrived in Livingston around 1884 and built a feed barn that became the town’s main grain market. Their hands on approach kept stock fed and watered, helping grow a prosperous business and later ventures in real estate, livestock, and banking. Tommy died first, followed by Billy, leaving vast estates in Park County.
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A. H. Wilkins
Grace Stone Coates
Livingston
Miles Brothers
Billy
Tommy
Main Street
Tommy Miles
Miles
Billy Miles
Park County
Montana
Missouri
Charlie Hefferlin
Northern Pacific
McKinnon Named Montana Highway Chief Engineer
D A McKinnon longtime state public works engineer in Montana since 1933 at Helena has left that post to become the highway chief engineer. He succeeded Ralph D Rader after appointment by the reorganized state highway commission following talks with water conservation board officials and other applicants for the job.
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D. A. McKinnon
Montana
Helena
Montana Highway
Horses Shared In War's Honors On Argonne Front
Major M. E. Knowles of Helena a former Montana state veterinarian praises the horse in World War I citing its crucial use in transporting munitions and supplies at the Argonne front. He notes most horse fatalities came from inability and mange rather than direct combat and emphasizes shared heroism with cavalry and artillery horses.
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Light Brigade
M. E. Knowles
Helena
Montana
General Pershing
Argonne
More Rearing Ponds for Beaver Creek Near Havre
Kenneth L. MacDonald says the Montana fish and game department plans additional trout rearing ponds on Beaver creek near Havre. The ponds will support a state park of 18 000 acres along Beaver creek canyon into the Bear's Paw mountains, with native and rainbow trout already raised in two ponds.
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Beaver Creek
Havre
Montana Fish and Game Department
Kenneth L. MacDonald
Bear’s Paw Mountains
Government shelterbelt program plants half a million trees
A warm wet spring boosts the federal shelterbelt project with about 500000 trees planted across Kansas Nebraska and Oklahoma. Growth reported as the program aims to establish windbreaks and combat soil erosion.
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Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Kansas Y
Highway official honored with plaque in Helena
Highway Commissioner L. J. Croon enberghs received a plaque presented at Helena by the original Montana Highway Patrol. The plaque was designed by Bob Fletcher of the highway department.
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L. J. Croonenberghs
State Highway, Patrol Board
Helena
Montana Highway Patrol
Bob Fletcher
Highway Department
State college engineer wins two scholarships
Robert Umhoefer, senior in chemical engineering, has been honored with scholarships at Northwestern University and the University of Chicago. The article also notes the song sparrow plumage with about 2,500 feathers.
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Robert Umhoefer
State Agricultural College
Northwestern University
University of Chicago
English lessons from Boer war aid horse transport in France
Major Knowles said English experience from the Boer war enabled superior horse transport in France. He stated preventive measures keep the modern war horse in service, noting English horses at the front were 98 percent show stock while the American army was nearly unhorsed.
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Major Knowles
France
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U. S
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Doan
Great Falls Tribune
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Conrad Kohrs
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J. H. Burke
C. M. Simpson
G. W. Brewster
Kohrs
Granville Stuart
Secretary OF Agriculture
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Ida Lupino
D. McKinnon
Pershing
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Spokane
Missoula
Billings
Miles City
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Fargo
Twin Cities
Northwest Airlines
Northwest Airlines, Incorporated
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Leading Waters
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National Parks Airways, Inc
Salt Lake City
Butte Ogden Pocatello
Idaho Falls
Rot
Butte Butte
Idaho
Pocatello
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