Pioneering banker and sheepman C S McDonald dies at 75
Charles S McDonald aged 75 of Choteau Montana, banker and early Teton sheepman, died at home after a heart attack. Born December 23 1864 in Memphis Missouri, he arrived in Montana in 1881 with O G Cooper, built a 6000 acre Teton ranch, founded Stockmen's State Bank in 1918, served in the legislature in 1915 and 1917, and later became a director of Citizens State Bank after a merger. He married Harriet Todd Guyon in 1893. survivors include his widow and three children.
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Charles S. McDonald
Choteau
Teton River
Montana
Missouri
Charley
Utah & Northern Railway
Dillon
Oo Cooper
Butte
Helena
Virginia City
McDonald
John J. Rohrbeaugh
Jefferson City
Wicks
Rohrbeaugh
Dupuyer
Charles Cooper
Dupuyer Creek
O. G. Cooper
Cooper
Bill Redding
Ellis & Baskett
Stockmen's State Bank
Chateau
Teton County
Pondera, Toole
Glacier
Stockmen’s Bank
Citizens State Bank
Harriet Todd Guyon
Canisto
N. Y
Guyon
Fort Benton
W. O. Dexter
Chouteau County
J. G. Bair
Sterling McDonald
California
C. D. McDonald
Katherine Murphy
Franddenentes
Leah Gene Murphy
Katherine McLean Smith
Riverside
Calif
Lola Sleeth Miller
South Orange
N. J
J. B. Oliver
Carpenteria
Rupert Hughes
Dempsey Fight Recall Sparks Train Route Plans
E H Wilde recalls the 1920 Montana Dempsey Gibsons bout in Shelby where Jack Kearns ordered a special Great Northern train. Kearns and an aide carried $35,000 each and six shooters, as the pair rode the train amid Montana heat while writers Grantland Rice and Damon Runyon helped persuade the manager to proceed.
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Montana
Dempsey-Gibbons
Shelby
E. H. Wilde
St. Paul
Great Northern Railway
Great Falls
Wilde
Grantland Rice
Damon Runyon
Jack Kearns
Dempsey
Kearns
Park Hotel
Kansas City
Chicago
Minneapolis
San Francisco
Seattle
Great Northern
Montana Pulse of Statewide Briefs in June
Montana towns report varied news from Helena to Wolf Point. Bank deposits rise from 6.66 to 8.30 million dollars since 1938, while Glacier Park’s Going to the Sun highway opens full length. A 15-year-old dies in an auto crash. others acquire property, promotions, or public notices.
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Helena
Montana
Ray N. Shannon
Wolf Point
Pres
James Cowman
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Great Northern Railway
Continental Divide
Glacier Park
Latin America Boosts U.S. Medicinals Purchases
Latin America raised its purchases of United States medicinals by 30 percent in the last year and accounted for 20 percent of total medicinals shipped from the United States.
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Latin America
United States
First lighted beacon on Pacific coast erected near San Diego
In 1855 the first lighted beacon on the Pacific coast of the United States was erected off San Diego California, marking an early milestone in maritime navigation.
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Pacific Coast
United States
San Diego
Calif
Kearns and helper Sleep With Guns and Money Forgotten
In a quiet moment both Kearns and his helper were asleep with guns beside them and money left behind, suggesting a remnant of a recent crime or risky routine.
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Kearns
Stampede Dates Set for Calgary Exhibition 1939
Calgary Exhibition and Stampede set for July 10 to 15 1939 with a expanded livestock section new stabling for 198 horses 96 race boxes and a Pageant of Empire featuring 14 floats from across the empire Calgary Herald listed sponsors and a robust program of grandstand events fire works and nightly balls attendance hoped to exceed 223 425 patrons with special rail and road access from Canada and the United States noted as British Empire year highlighted by royal visit and improved highways to Banff Lake Louise Jasper region
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Calgary
Empire
India
British West Indies
Newfoundland
Scotland
Canada
Hon Kong
Egypt
South Africa
England
Gibraltar
New Zealand
British Empire
Calgary Brewing & Malting Co., Ltd
Safeway Stores, Ltd
Ontario Laundry Ltd
Beavers’ Cafe
Automobile Dealers' Assn
Canadian Western Natural Gas, Light, Heat & Power Co. Ltd
The
Calgary Herald
Calgary Power Co. Ltd
Hudson’s Bay Company
Union Milk Co. Ltd
Jenkins’ Groceteria Ltd
City of Calgary
Canadian Bakeries Ltd
Hook Signs Limited
Calgary Exhibition
Alberta
North American
J. B. Cross
Ninth Avenue
Thursda
Exhibition Grounds
J. Chas. Yule
George VI
United States
Babb
Waterton Lake
Pincher Creek
Macleod
Banff
Lake Louise
Lake Louise-Jasper
Canadian Rockies
Agricultural adjustment program spends in Montana and nationwide
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration spent 3,908,170 dollars in Montana for the 10 months ending May 1. Nationally expenditures totaled 16,606,464 dollars for operating costs with the remainder as benefit payments. Montana benefited from programs and payments during the period.
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Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Montana
Washington
Eaas
Nod
Granary Rules For 1939 Farm Wheat Storage Loan
Montana farmers storing 1939 government wheat loan collateral on the farm must meet state granary standards. Regulations cover bin location, foundations, ventilation, floors, walls, partitions, roofs, ceilings, doors, and leak proofing to qualify for a 7 cent per bushel storage allowance. full details are at county agricultural conservation offices and a leaflet titled Wheat Storage in the Ever-Normal Granary.
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Montana
State Agricultural Conservation Office
Agricultural Conservation Offices
Joe Meek’s Missionary Sermon Among Nez Perce Chiefs
In 1838 39 trapper Joe Meek stayed with Nez Perce Chief Kow e so te at Salmon River forks and agreed to lead religious services after being urged by the chief. He preached his first sermon in the village with both red and white listeners present, some amused by the white man taking a spiritual role.
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Joe Meek
Meek
Gallatin
Salmon River
Nez Perce
Kow-e-so-te
Lapwal
How-E-So-Te
David
Solomon
Virginia
Mrs. Whitman
Victor
Nez Perces
Jandreau
Meek's Nez Perce Mission Ends With Early Winter Marriage
The missionary Meek threading between preaching and personal schemes wins a wife among the Nez Perce after two weeks of debate over polygamy and church law. The buffalo hunt succeeds, gifts pour in, and the narrator notes missionary influences on both natives and white trappers amid anecdotes of Jandreau’s reform pranks.
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C. S. Mdonald
Pioneer
Dillon Territory
G. N
Treasure State News
Jack McCaughey
Christian Brothers High School
Frank G. Hofer
Hotel Rainbow
Gronlund Cafe
Central Avenue
Pearl Rooney
Fred C. Burgwald
Isabel Balmer
R. R. Morris
Co-Operative Weather Observer
Roundup Coal Mining Co
Missoula
Northwest
W. A. Hein
Northern Pacific Railroad
Montana Railroad and Public Service Commission
Ennis
Bozeman-Norris Telephone Co
John W. Bonner
Nick
Blackie) Ratkovich
Steve Roncevich
Deer Lodge
Jess R. Burns
Musselshell County
Browning
Fred Lews
Milk River
Spokane
State Fish and Game Department
Glendive
Willis Haskell
EB. S. Haskell
Northern Pacific Railway
Haskell
Dawson County
State University
Buffalo Rapids
Carroll College
James P. Dowdall
Anaconda
John A. Gallagher
St. Helena’s
Joseph M. Gilmore
Fort Peck
Fort Peck Dam
Wiota
Coutts
Paul Audit
Hall & Dickinson
Chris Transport Firm
Lethbridge
M. C. Verburg
Coutts Hotel Co
Chinook
E. G. Ferguson
Chinook Lions Club
W. H. Campfield
Art Peterson
Neal Young
Monte Burgess
P. C. Overcast
L. C. Wilson
L. V. Bogg
Herbert Bonifas
Soleuist
Gale Kerns
Lionamer
Sidney
Sidney Chapter
Future Farmers of America
Poland
China
Duroc
John Staine
Frank Canee
Wolf Point Bridge
McCone County
Carter
Bene
Staine
Tower of East
Jeanne Bon
Canadian City
AAA
Dr. McLoughlin
Fort Vancouver
Old
Oregon
Father Blanchet
Ruth Peterson
Treasure Island
San Francisco Bay
Calgary Exhibition Stampede. Ltd
E. L. Richardson
Clark’s Fork Valley
Russell Prints
Montana Newspaper Association
Reat Falls, Montana
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