Butte Man Travels to Germany With Bride After World War Role
Max Oberhauser of Butte and his wife depart for Germany to visit his birthplace near Berchtesgaden and to see his nephew become a Catholic priest. Oberhauser served five years in trenches in World War I and notes Germany's changes under Hitler. He and his wife, Lutherans, hope to witness the priest’s first mass on March 19.
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Max Oberhauser
Germany
Bavaria
Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Neville Chamberlain
Great Britain
Oberhauser
Butte
Max
Bergen
Upper Bavaria
America
New York
George Niklas
Livingston
First Montana Vets To Hold Reunion
The First Montana regiment veterans who served in the Spanish American War plan a June meeting in Lewistown to mark the 40th anniversary of their return from Cuba. Tentative dates are June 12 and 13. The unit served five months in the Philippines and returned to Montana in August 1899.
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Montana
Cuba
Lewistown
John Ritch
Philippines
Seed Varieties Recommended in Montana Seed List
Montana extension agronomist Ralph Mercer lists Thatcher wheat and Gopher oats among two new varieties added to the Montana Seed Growers association standard list. The report details rust resistance in Thatcher and early maturity in Gopher oats, plus notes on Marquis as predominant wheat, and other varieties suited to dryland and irrigated Montana farming conditions.
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Growers Association
Thatcher Wheat
Montana
Ralph D. Mercer
Marquis
Mercer
Thatcher
Triangle
Supreme
Ceres
Federation
Markton
Montana Seedgrowers Association
Newland
Reserve
Seedgrowers’ Association
How to prep steamed Brazil and simmered pecan kernels
The guide advises steaming Brazil nuts for 10 minutes then cooling to ease kernel removal. For pecans, simmer whole nuts in water in a covered pan for 10 minutes, then cool and crack gently.
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Brazil
First Woman Passenger on Montana & Canada Narrow Gauge
Mrs. M. A. Slavin, owner of Little Davenport apartments in Shelby, became the first woman to ride the Montana & Canada narrow gauge railroad after its 1890 completion from Great Falls to Shelby. Her journey from Townsend to join family, hardships in Shelby, nursing work during Conrad hospital setup, and later life as hospital operator and apartment owner are noted.
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M. A. Slavin
Little Davenport
Shelby
Montana & Canada
Great Falls
Townsend
Marias River
Mrs. O'Connor
O’connor
East Helena
Conrad
Slavin
M. S. Darling
Lumber Rafted Down Missouri to Build Park Hotel
Henry Parrent of Fergus County recalls rafting timber felled near Craig to Great Falls to supply the first Park hotel built in 1887. He describes crib rafts, sandbars, and the carpenters removing lumber from the water for construction plus his meeting with Calamity Jane. Parrent, born 1867, later worked on projects in Montana and now operates a Maiden gold mine.
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Great Falls
Henry Parrent
Fergus County
Parrent
Missouri River
Craig
Paris Gibson
Park Hotel
Stickney
Wagner
Old Park Hotel
St. Cloud
Minn
Montana
Great Northern Railroad
Calamity Jane
Gilt Edge
Lewistown
Bozeman Deer Suzy Q Captured After City Chase
A young deer named Suzy Q, once abandoned with a broken leg, roams Bozeman and eludes three taxi drivers during a pursuit through town. After kicking a driver in the ribs she enters a chicken coop, then returns to Dr. R. R. Sigler, who has cared for her since her injury.
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Suzy Q
Bozeman
Suzy
R. R. Sigler
Sigler
Dr. Sigler
Dairy Short Course At Montana State College Draws Record Entries
About eighty creamery operators butter makers and ice cream makers attended the annual dairy industry short course at Montana State College February 20 to 25. The concurrent dairy products show drew 324 entries from Montana and six other states including Oregon Utah Washington Idaho Minnesota and Wisconsin, up from 288 last year.
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Montana
Montana State College
Oregon
Utah
Washington
Idaho
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Yellowstone to Preserve Primitive Character Amid Road Limits
Max Bower, Yellowstone head naturalist, told Helena audiences officials favor keeping the park largely primitive. Since 1903 no new roads have been built, focus remains on trails for hiking and saddle horses to protect wildlife balance. 12 percent of the area is highwayed, 80 percent still primitive, with films showing elk, buffalo and deer in winter foraging.
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Max Bower
Yellowstone National Park
Helena
Yellowstone
Park Service
Langford
Colonel Washburn
Samuel Hauser
Walter Trumbull
Cornelius Hedges
Pension cuts begin April 1
Checks totaling 260558.68 for old age assistance for March were mailed by the department of public welfare. Administrator I M Brandford warned a drastic cut in average payments for old age assistance and aid to dependent children would begin in April due to a reduced legislative appropriation for the next three months. The old age assistance appropriation is 218000 and 68000 for aid to needy children. The biennial welfare appropriation remains 2001000 per year with an interim appropriation of
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Department of Public Welfare
I. M. Brandford
State adjusts department funding to align with fiscal year
The $600 000 transfer from March 1 to July 1 aligns the department with state fiscal year timing. March aid to dependents totals $64 213.50, about $12.22 per child, from remaining 1937 appropriation. The assembly says payments must match available revenue and warns that each $1 cut by the state halves federal matching.
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Brandford
Legislative Assembly
Power Rate Case Appeal Is Filed
The Montana public service commission filed an appeal in the Supreme Court seeking reversal of a Tobacco River Power Co rate decision. Libby district court had held the commission rate difference in escrow. attorney John M. Bonner noted several hundred dollars held pending outcome. Cardinal cage birds once popular in the southern United States.
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Montana Public Service Commission
Supreme Court
Tobacco River Power Co
Libby
John M. Bonner
Commission
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Daniel Lamber
Aeronca
Charles M. Russell
Cowboy
Montana Newspaper Assn
Extension Agronomist
Kentucky
Scmenley Distilers Corporation
Continental
Johnny Jones
Los Angeles
Miami
Fla
Continental Motor
Morrison Flying Service
Red Morrison
Louise G. Arnoldson
Montana State University
Gertha Ballou
Arnoldson
University of Paris
Sorbonne
Deer
Susie QQ
Pet
Leggat
Otel
Ainbow
Falls Hotel Union Bus Depot
Butte Ment
Brandjord
Cardinals
United States
Wyoming
DL Sa
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