Blocker West recounts a lifetime on Montana ranges
George O. West of Poplar shares a long memoir of his cattle drives and trail experiences across Montana. He recalls early work as a herder, moves between outfits from the 1880s onward, notable incidents with bears, a fatal shooting, and a season with the Wibaux and N Bar outfits, ending with wintering in Miles City as the tale concludes.
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George .O
Blocker
Poplar
Montana
George O
Texas
Bloomington
Ill
Iowa
Nebraska
Black Hills
Sac City
Johnnie Burgess
Miles City
Dickinson
Mingusville
Wibaux
Dick Smith
Dave Brown
W-Bar
Pierre Wibaux
Sid Tarbell
Tarbell
Charley Hoagland
Hoagland
Charley Armstrong
Boss
Armstrong
Bentley
Tom Grazier
Ben Louis
Montana Agency Plans 100000 Dudes Ranch Booklet
Montanans Inc and the state chamber of commerce will publish a 12 page rotogravure section within weeks to promote Montana as a premier dude ranch state. Tevis Hoblett leads production with copy by Bob Fletcher and sketches by Don Gong. ranchers supply photos. The booklet targets 2 stateside publications with 8140000 in funding.
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Montana
Dude Ranch State
Tevis Hoblett
Bob Fietcher
Don Gong
Montana crop outlook bright says farm chief
Montana’s crop prospects look bright for the year says James T. Sparling state commissioner of agriculture after tours of the farming regions. He cautions yields may vary and grasshopper damage could affect eastern wheat crops while rains and moisture improve conditions.
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Montana
James T. Sparling
Sparling
Welcome of Crown Prince Olav recalled by Montana man
Carl Gulbrandsen, a Pendroy station agent, recalls witnessing Crown Prince Olav's first arrival on Norwegian soil in 1905 alongside King Haakon and Queen Maude. Gulbrandsen also notes Olav’s later visit to Great Falls and recounts the dramatic welcome amid sleet and fog.
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Oslo
Norway
Carl Gulbrandsen
Haakon
Queen Maude
Olav
England
Maude
Gulbrandsen
Mediterranean
South America
New York
Stock Exchange
New Head Named for Montana Reserve Officers Group
J Bonner of Helena elected president at the Montana Reserve Officers association annual meeting. New officers include Lieut F W Searles of Missoula and Lieut George Misevic of Butte as vice presidents, Capt Paul Bowman of Billings as judge advocate, Capt Harry Strong of Billings chaplain, Maj O E Sheppard of Bozeman historian, and Capt D N Monserrate of Helena surgeon. Gov Roy E Ayers and other officials spoke at the convention with Maj William J Marshall retiring president, Maj John Stagg of Anaconda, and Col Lyman E Moore of Helena among speakers.
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J. Bonner
John W. Bonner
Helena
Montana Reserve Officers Association
F. W. Searles
Missoula
George Misevic
Butte
Paul Bowman
Billings
Harry Strong
O. E Sheppard
Bozeman
D. N. Monserrate
Roy E. Ayers
William J. Marshall
Association
John Stagg
Anaconda
Col
Lyman E Moore
163D Infantry
Montana National Guard
Journey of Gulbrandsen from New Orleans to Pendroy
The Norwegian Gulbrandsen left New York for New Orleans and rejected a business proposition in Alaska. He worked as a ship agent at Corpus Christi but left due to mosquitoes, then moved to Enid Oklahoma, Chapman Nebraska, and finally settled in Pendroy in December 1916. He married Miss Bess Ziegler in Great Falls in 1917 and has two sons Guy and Bob in Montana.
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Will Roger
Amsterdam
New Orleans
New York
Gulbrandsen
Gulf
Corpus Christi
Enid
Okla
Chapman
Neb
Union Pacific
Bess Ziegler
Nebraska
Great Northern
Pendroy
Great Falls
Gulbrandsens
Guy
Montana State University
Bob
Missoula High School
Glendive swimmer to tackle 288 mile Billings route
Clarence Giles of Glendive completed a 62 mile seven hour practice swim from Terry to Glendive. He plans a 288 mile Billings to Glendive marathon later this month to set a fresh water distance record. Giles, 45, was joined by his son Jack and others in a supporting boat.
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Clarence Giles
Glendive
Yellowstone
Terry
Gils
Billings
Giles
Jack Giles
Aeuscott Chrest
Billy Matsler
Erwin Babcock
Helena Beards Law: Mock Court Fines Do Not Grow Whiskers
A noon civic center mock court in Helena presided over by two judges and sheriff figures fined about 25 residents for not growing beards ahead of a July celebration. Participants wore explanatory labels on why they lacked facial hair, with fines paid in wooden money and warnings of future hearings. Notable local officials attended and some used props during the playful legal show.
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Helena
Civic Center
Last Chance Gulch
J Miller Smith
Leo Kottas
Fred Gardiner
George Huber
Bob Mattmiller
Joe Burns
Sears & Roebuck
A. J. Roberts
Public Safety
Amos M. Shellady
Tom Finnegan
Sherman W. Smith
Forsyth Woman Heads Business Clubwomen
Mrs. Martha Kaufmann of Forsyth succeeds the Rev. Margaret Clifford of Kalispell as head of the Montana Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs at the state convention in Anaconda. New officers include Dr. Dora Walker of Great Falls as first vice president Miss Helen Christopherson of Miles City as second vice president Mrs. Rhoda Prough of Kalispell as recording secretary and Mrs. Fern Hurst of Ekalaka as treasurer. The federation voted to meet with the regional convention next year in Glacier National Park.
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Martha Kaufmann
Forsyth
Montana Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs
Anaconda
Margaret Clifford
Kalispell
Glacier National Park
Kaufmann
Dora Walker
Great Falls
Helen Christopherson
Miles City
Rhoda Prough
Fern Hurst
Ekalaka
Confederate HQ farmhouse restored as southern shrine
A Durham North Carolina farmhouse that served as the last Confederate army field headquarters in 1865 has been restored and opened as a southern shrine. Nearby, within twenty miles of St Pauls Cathedral in London, observers record 171 distinct wild bird species.
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Durham
N. c
St. Paul's Cathedral
London
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Bean Soup Lake
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al Coleman
Pine Ridge
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Bordeaux
Chum
Powder River
Cheyenne River
Musselshell River
J. B. Kempton
Little Missouri River
Spearfish
Little Missouri
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Bill Reid
Long
Wendover
Red Kim
N-Bar-N
Culbertson
Dan Martin
Round Butte
Dan
Red
Kentucky
James E. Tans
Montanans, Inc
John Moran
G. O. West
William McClanny
John Bowden
Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
Wyoming
Colorado
Glader Rk
Conoco
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