Elliston’s flaming flume and the cordwood era
Elliston once flourished as a cordwood hub with the flaming company built by Marcus Daly. The nine mile flume and vast camps sent about 40 000 cords yearly to Anaconda, employing around 200 workers, while locals recall high profits, strict store control, and a hard winter life before the decline following a capital fight and tax takeovers.
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Elliston
Continental Divide
Northern Pacific Roundhouse
Flaming Company
Marcus Daly
Anaconda
Blackfoot
John Johnson
Clark
Cleal
Daly
Mill Creek
Fluming Company
Cordwood
Montana
Radio's Outstanding Father Heatter Named By 1940 Panel
Gabriel Heatter dubbed Radio's Outstanding Father by the National Father's Day Committee for 1940. He is master of ceremonies on CBS We the People and known for his kindness as a man and father. He has two children Maida, a jewelry designer, and Bud, 20, who writes poetry and radio scripts.
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Gabriel Heatter
CBS Network
Heatter
Maida
Bud
NYA Expands Helena Aeronautics School Enrollment
The National Youth Administration will operate Montana’s sole resident NYA project next fiscal year at Helena, enrolling 100 to 150 young men. An existing Helena program houses 34 youths and will expand with two shop units and a dormitory.
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Aeronautics School
Helena
National Youth Administration
Montana
William A. McMurphy
NYA
McMurphy
Aeronautics
MacMurphy
State
Butte
Fort Keogh
Laurel
Kalispell
Red Lodge
Lewistown
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Carroll College
Montana School of Mines
Ambition to Kill Buffalo Drew Schultz to Montana
James Willard Schultz famed author of Indian life books journeyed to Montana seeking to shoot a buffalo. Born 1859 in Boonville New York he traveled 2100 miles to Fort Benton and started a trading post before settling on the Blackfeet reservation. He lived among tribes learning their language, married an Indian woman, and paints as Lone Wolf. His son Hart Merriam Schultz is a Tucson painter.
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James Willard Schultz
United States
Montana
Glacier National Park
Boonville
N. Y
St. Louis
Schultz
Fort Benton
Naviga
Hart Merriam Schultz
Tucson
Ariz
Lone Wolf
Western Air Promotes Senior Staff and Names New Stewards
Western Air Express announces promotions led by Jack Smith moving from Great Falls district traffic to head the Butte and Helena district, and Miss Donaldine White named city traffic manager in Great Falls. Five stewardesses appointed for Salt Lake to Great Falls division train in Salt Lake under Chief Stewardess Zella Weeter, including Ruth Roll, Margaret Gillette, Mary Felder, Blanche Bissel, and Henrietta Furler.
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Western Air Express
Jack Smith
Great Falls
Donaldine White
Thomas Wolfe
Smith
Butte
Helena
Miss White
Salt Lake
Zella Weeter
Ruth M. Roll
Fritz F. Roll
Montana Deaconess Hospital
Margaret P. Gillette
Missoula
Mary Felder
Blanche Bissel
Henrietta L. Furler
Los Angeles
Betty Garde Leads Charities Amid Busy Radio Career
Betty Garde star of My Sound I and CBS serial schedules charity efforts as Tail-Waggers NY president to fund guide dogs and AFRA entertainment chair to host a Red Cross tea. A former stage and screen star, she remains active in public service.
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Betty Garde
CBS
State Employment Service Helps 2600 Find Jobs in May
John W. Nelson says Montana's employment service division placed more than 2,600 workers in jobs during May. Employers can select from hundreds of registered high school and college graduates trained via free services, after interviews and matching, with final selection by the employer.
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State Employment Service Division
John W. Nelson
Montana
Unemployment Compensation Commission
Nelson
Kalispell Plans Third Rocky Mountain Bike Parade
Harold Terry announced a third Kalispell parade during the Rocky Mountain rodeo to be held July 4 5 and 6 with a boys and girls bicycle event to July 5. Prizes include best decorated bicycle and best frontier costume for individuals.
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Kalispell
Harold Terry
Montana Wheat Farmers Cash In On 1910 Prices
Montana wheat farmers earned 87,798,000 on sales for January through April 1910 at an average 74 cents per bushel. Exports to out of state buyers reached 10,579,000 bushels, delivering the biggest four month income in 11 years and 67 percent of the 1928 four month record. April alone brought 3,199,000 dollars from 4,154,000 bushels at 77 cents.
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Montana
Jay G. Diamond
Federal Agricultural Statistician
Helena
Diamond
Commodity Credit Corp
State College Man Wins Engineer's Medal
Rolland N. Breed of Helena won the Montana Society of Engineers gold medal during Montana State College commencement exercises. He graduated with honors in electrical engineering on June 4 and will join Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co, reporting soon to its Chicago office.
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Rolland N. Breed
Helena
Montana State College
Montana Society of Engineers
Breed
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co
Chicago
University Youth Survives Winter in Tent Despite Strained Funds
Sterling Wardall of Joplin camped in a ten by ten trailer-camp space near Missoula to continue his education after six months with a tight budget. He recalls blizzards, cold mornings, a stove flames going out, and a mice intruder solved by a rifle. He finished the season optimistic, joking that he is getting fat from the grub money.
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Warren Reichman
Montana Kaimin
University of Montana
Sterling Wardall
Joplin
Sterling
Missoula
Wardall
University
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H. B. Mills
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Hill
Blaine
Chouteau
Fereus
Phillips
Liberty
Mills
NYA Aeronautics School
Crasricas
Lang
Roma
Buffalo Drew Schultz
Western Air
Samaritan
State College
Ssidte Labs
Stu
Yora
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