Lakes of Blackfoot Reach Unusually High Levels in February
George E. Schofield and William Monahan report the North Fork Blackfoot lakes at peak levels for the season. Rivers and tributaries show record February flow, with heavy snow and saturated ground. They foresee extremely high water in the Blackfoot valley this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Fork
Blackfoot
George E. Schofield
Ovando
William Monahan
Board of County Commissioners
Powell County
Schofield
Mr. Monahan
Mr. Schofield
Blackfoot Valley
Genuine Bayer Aspirin Does Not Harm the Heart
A health advisory notes that genuine Bayer Aspirin is not associated with heart damage. Researchers analyzed medical records and found no link between standard aspirin use and increased heart risk in adults.
Shirley S. Ford Named Vice President of Northwest Bancorporation
Shirley S. Ford, former vice president at Great Falls National Bank, is promoted to vice president of Northwest Bancorporation based in Minneapolis. He will oversee affiliate banks in North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana, succeeding Alex Highland in Minneapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley S. Ford
Great Falls National Bank
Northwest Bancorporation
Minneapolis
Ford
Great Falls
United States National Bank of Omaha
Alex Highland
North Dakota
South Dakota
Montana
Highland
First National Trust and Savings Bank of
San Diego
Shirley Ford
Lee M. Ford
Sun River
Robert S. Ford
Great Falls Institution
Electric City
Long Cast Jake and the Great Trout Rope Tale
A tall tale from John B. Ritch features Long Cast Jake recounting giant trout in Thompson’s Lakes during fall 1885. He describes roping a horse to haul in a water monster, its rope snagging a gull and ending with the horse lost to the trout’s deep water escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Ritch
Jake
Paul Schulz
Thompson
Missouri
Doughpan
Thompson’s
Dusty Miller
St. Mary's
Gulf
Dan Kennedy
Dusty
West Point Starch Meets Nez Perce Prisoners at Fort Buford
Fred Bond, a Montana buffalo hunter, arrives with Nez Perces after the Yellowstone journey. The Fort Buford commandant arrests Bond while the Indian prisoners are guarded. Bond battles orders, uses a dirk and Bible as leverage, and narrates tense encounters with West Point officers and Mandan agents during the voyage toward Fort Berthold and Fort Lincoln. Viola, a girl he calls Viola, appears in Bond’s journal with no clear romance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Bond
Montana
Fort Buford
Yellowstone
Joseph
Bond
George Washington
Long Island
New York
Viola
Bismarck
Fort Berthold
Mandan
Samuels
Fort Lincoln
West Point
N. Y
Old Time Cowhand Drowns In Water Pool Near Miles City
William Simmons an old-time circle rider and sheepherder was found dead in a deep pool near Miles City. Authorities say he suffocated after stumbling into the water in darkness and could not free himself. Coroner J E Graves could not locate relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Simmons
Miles City
J. E. Graves
Trade Grayling Eggs for Pike
Montana and Michigan join to propagate game fish as 500000 grayling eggs travel to Wolf Lake hatchery Michigan will send 5000000 wall eyed pike for Montana planting. Pike plants began last year with limited success due to bad egg condition. Eggs planted on the Missouri below Great Falls last year. Michigan eggs to be hatched at Anaconda hatchery and released into the lower Yellowstone and lower Missouri rivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Michigan
Kenneth Macdonald
Wolf Lake
Macdonald
Missouri
Great Falls
Anaconda Hatchery
Yellowstone
Missoulians Protest To Council Over Traffic Enforcement
More than 200 Missoula residents gathered to urge city council and county officials to curb what they called inefficient and inadequate enforcement of traffic regulations and leniency toward drunken drivers. The scene also notes ongoing agricultural losses in Jamaica from last year’s storms and hurricane. Bond’s recount of travels and a later dinner invitation with a fort liner commander is described in a secondary narrative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamaica
Bond
Bismarck
Fort Lincoln
Definition of current revenues by Nagle eyed for schools
Attorney General Raymond T. Nagle defines current revenues as taxes for the ensuing year plus liquid assets such as delinquent taxes licenses fines and other collectible revenues in a new school district law. He notes districts at debt limit may operate on a cash basis and advises on a Cove irrigation district refinancing petition.
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Raymond T. Nagle
Vernon Haven
Plentywood
Nagle
State Land Board
Board of Commissioners of the
Cove
Yellowstone County
The
Land Board
Security Building & Loan Association of Billings
The Security Building and Loan Association of Billings presents its long proven record of safety and service. After over fifteen years through two economic upheavals the association shows a steady history for savers and investors with consistent policy and reliable withdrawals.
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The
Security Building & Loan Association of Billings
Security Building & Loan Association of
Billings
Montana
Security Building & Loan Association Promises Safe Savings
The Security Building and Loan Association advertises prompt payments to members and semiannual dividends. With conservative management and first mortgages on modern homes, it attracts savers through pass book plans or lump sum investments of 50 dollars or more. No sales commissions or membership fees are charged, and inquiries are answered promptly. The slogan urges readers to save and invest with the Security and be safe.
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Security Building & Loan Association
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Committee On Foods of
American Medical Association
Dakotas
Johnny Ritch
Lydia E. Pinkham
Cuticara
Interior View
Security Building & Loan Ass’n., of
Helena
Montana Life Insurance Company
U. S. Treasury
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