Tourists Flock to Montana Parks and Dude Ranches
Montana greets a rising tourist flood as Yellowstone and Glacier Park attract visitors and Fort Peck draws a new wave of travelers. Dudes and ranches expect a record season while Montana highways prepare for heavy traffic and map inquiries.
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Yellowstone
Glacier National Parks
Fort Peck
Dude
Montana
America
Billings
Glacier National Park
Yellowstone National Park
Northwest
Montana Highway Department
D. A. McKinnon
William Ferguson
Montanans, Inc
Yellowstone Park
Glacier
Wyoming
Montana-Wyoming Dude Ranchers Association
Ublic
Park
Glaciers
Glacier Park
Granite Peak
Custer and
Big Hole
Idaho
1940 Chairman for High School Week at Montana State
David Mikkelson of Boulder is named the men's general chairman in charge of student activities for next year's High School Week at Montana State College. He is a senior in mechanical engineering and a standout Bobcat football and basketball player active in campus organizations.
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Montana State College
David Mikkelson
Boulder
Mikkelson
Bozeman
Bobcat
Great Falls
Monarch
Riceville
United States Forestry Service
How to Speed Up Strawberries in Michigan and Montana
Extension horticulturist E. E. Isaac of Montana State College advises removing blossoms on first crop to push runners and full plant quotas. He notes spacing runners six to seven inches, clipping excess runners, and frequent shallow cultivations to control weeds and maintain loose soil. Varieties differ in blossom sensitivity and fall crop potential.
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E. E. Tsaac
Montana State College
Isaac
Eastern Montana Sees Wide Rainfall Surpluses and Deficits
Weather bureau reports show Baker in Fallon county received 5.62 inches over 61 days in April and May, 175 percent of normal. Other districts like Big Horn and Rosebud counties logged 125 percent of normal with 5.14 inches, while western Montana near Haugen recorded only 20 percent of normal. Drier zones stretched from Miles City north to Sheridan county and along the Idaho border, with widespread 50 to 70 percent of normal rainfall across several counties.
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Montana
W. E. Maughn
Helena Weather Bureau
Federal Weather Bureau
Baker
Fallon County
Big Horn
Rosebud
Powder River
Carter Counties
Phillips
Valley
Daniels
Roosevelt
Richland
Dawson
McCone
Garfield
Fort Peck
Miles City
Sheridan County
Idaho Line
Haugen
Mineral County
Lincoln
Sanders
Mineral Counties
Flathead and
Lake Counties
Havre
Wyoming Line
Teton
Cascade
Meagher
Broadwater
Lewis and Clark
Gallatin
Madison Counties
Continental Divide
May Hire Managers Under County Budget Ruling
The state supreme court affirms that boards of county commissioners have implied power to appropriate funds for maintaining employment offices and hiring employment managers. The decision supports District Judge Albert Besancon of Lake County in upholding appropriations as valid for operating the county employment office.
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State Supreme Court
Boards of County Commissioners
Albert Besancon
Lake County District Court
Lake County
The Chusante Clings Around the Tall Chilean Trees
The Chusante winds around the tallest trees, clinging to trunks and hanging in graceful folds amid the foliage throughout the region as described in the passage.
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Chile
Irrigation progress and local notices fill Kalispell brief
County Agent Halvorson cites 2,500 acres irrigated out of 5,000 potential as Kiwanis discusses farming water. Kalispell forms Kalispell Ladies Golf association led by president Miss Daisy DuBois. Montana state actions include school expenses rule, lamp contract, and highway work updates across cities.
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Kalispell
Stanley Halvorson
Kiwanis Club
Kalispell Ladies Golf Association
Daisy DuBois
Helena
H. J. Freebown
Montana
Lewistown Electric & Supply Co
John D. Holiday dies on coast after Montana wool leader years
John D. Holiday, a 73 year old Montana sheep rancher and pioneer in machine shearing, died recently in San Diego. He helped orphans in France during World War I and later retired to a citrus ranch near Phoenix, Arizona. He is survived by his widow and an adopted child.
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John D. Holiday
Montana
San Diego
C. B. Power
Helena
Holiday
Phoenix
Ariz
San Antonio
Tex
T. C
Escallier Sheep Co
Cascade
National Wool Warehouse and Storage Co
Unitedates
Matt Staff
Chamber of Commerce
France
Woolftowers
Indian fighters and frontier heroes of lore and law
The article contrasts public fascination with pirates and outlaws to admiration for frontier Indian fighters like Kit Carson. It notes readers’ appetite for daring exploits over scientific achievements and reflects on how lawlessness shaped such figures while acknowledging brutality in some cases.
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Birney
Saturday Evening Post
Billy the Kid
Colonel Sanders
Montana
Billy
Blackbeard
Robin Hood
Loeb
Steinmetz
Carson and Bridger Fight for Stolen Blackfeet Horses
During a clash over five stolen ponies, Carson and his men faced a larger Blackfeet force. Marksmen on both sides fired as Carson shot a warrior to save a follower, then himself took hits to neck and shoulder. Nightfall forced a retreat with broken horses, while Bridger failed to regain the herd.
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Carson
Bridger
Nine Pipe Refuge Renamed Migratory Waterfowl Haven
President Roosevelt renamed the Nine Pipe reservation in Lake county the Nine Pipe migratory waterfowl refuge. The change follows a biological survey recommendation and accompanies an authorization to enlarge the refuge established in 1921 to protect ducks and geese from hunters.
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Nine Pipe Reservation
Lake County
Roosevelt
Biological Survey
London school swimming bodies teach over a million pupils
Since the 1893 formation of a school swimming association, more than 1,000,000 London school children have learned to swim under its programs.
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London
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Extension Vorticulturist of State College
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Malta
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George L. Knight
Berkely
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Legislative Assembly
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Roundup
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Peder Moe
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Walt Zeige
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Musselshell-Golden Valley Wool Marketing Group
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John D. Patterson
Northwestern University
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Works Progress Administration
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Wheatland County
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United States
Montana Newspaper Association
Great Falls, Montana
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