Soil Conservation Program details for Montana and Sweet Grass county
Agricultural Secretary E R Cook outlines approved 1936 soil conservation practices with payment rates per acre for alfalfa sweet clover perennial grasses crested wheatgrass and other cover crops on irrigated and non irrigated land. Contour listing terrace diking flood irrigation and summer fallow receive specified payments subject to seed quality and workmanlike execution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. R. Cook
Secretary of Agriculture
Montana
Sweet Grass County
State Experiment Station
Detective Linked with Wendell Confession Ties Deepened
New York May 6 District Attorney William F X Geoghan said Ellis Park er Sr a Burlington County New Jersey detective was linked closer than ever to the Wendell kidnapping case by Murray Bleefeld Bleefeld one of five indicted in the case told Geoghan Parker senior visited New York six times while the disbarred Trenton attorney was held prisoner in Brooklyn and allegedly tortured into confessing the Lindbergh baby murder
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William F. X. Geoghan
Ellis Parker
Burlington County
New Jersey
Wendel
Murray Bleefeld
Geoghan
Bleefeld
Parker
Trenton
Brooklyn
Inland Waterway Pioneer James E. Smith Dies
James Ellwood Smith 85 a founder and president emeritus of the Mississippi Valley association died in St Louis on Sunday from heart disease. A champion of inland waterways for cheap transportation he was known across the Mississippi Valley where he led efforts to apply European waterway methods in America. He was nicknamed The Moses of the Waterways.
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ST. Louis
James Ellwood Smith
Mississippi Valley Association
Smith
Mississippi Valley
Moses
Europe
George Heath Ends Life Amid Ill Health in Montana
George Heath 58 was found dead in his Wall Rock district homesteader cabin near Wilsall after suffering mental distress from ill health. A .22 rifle lay beside him, and an inquest was deemed unnecessary. Heath had moved from Kentucky 33 years ago and was well known in Gallatin County near Park County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park County
P. C. Heath
Kentucky
Livingston
Darroch
Wilsall
Gallatin County
Bozeman
Roosevelt Leads In Maryland Primary Delegation Selection
In Maryland the Roosevelt delegation was chosen by a ratio over 7 to 1. California voters picked uninstructed Hoover delegates over the London slate. Roosevelt outpolled Sinclair McGroarty Townsend and other GOP candidates combined. South Dakota reported Landon leading Borah delegates by about 1000. Connecticut selected 19 uninstructed Republican delegates.
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Maryland
Roosevelt
California
London
Sinclair
McGroarty
Townsend Man
South Dakota
Landon
Borah
Connecticut
Thompson and Fjare Earn State Farmer Degree at Bozeman
Bob Thompson and Orvin Fjare, local FFA members, were awarded the State Farmer degree at the Montana FFA convention in Bozeman during High School Week April 30 to May 2. They joined 16 other state winners from over 1200 members and received gold key honors after meeting strict qualifications. Four chapter members also competed in judging and farm mechanics events, with Kenneth Flare taking third in farm mechanics and second in wood working.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Thompson
Orvin Fiare
Bozeman
Big Timber
Kenneth Flare
Orvin Fjare
Telmar Olson
Sigurd Lavold
Ronald Schulz
Future _Farmer
Oiling McLeod Street Proposal Fails On Owner Expense
Mayor Nordstrom convened a mass meeting at city hall to decide oiling McLeod street between First and Fourth avenues. About 20 property owners attended and voiced unanimous opposition. Montana law requires only petition from 51 percent for city funds. otherwise all district owners pay. If approved, cost would be 50 cents per lot monthly for 10 years. No oiling proceed until owners agree to bear the expense.
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McLeod Street
First
Fourth Avenues
Nordstrom
Montana
Idaho Montana Governors Pledge Water Resource Pact
Governors C Ben Ross and Elmer Holt reached a joint accord in Helena to oppose outside control of Northwest waters and back a federal survey of Montana water use. They asked the U S Bureau of Reclamation to study development of Yellowstone and Missouri rivers and consider Madison river water diversion from Hebgen Lake to a Snake river tributary in Idaho.
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Helena
Mont
Montana
Idaho
C. Ben Ross
Elmer Holt
Ross
Butte
Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Columbia River
Northwest
Columbiane
Reclamation Bureau
Madison River
Hebgen Lake
Snake River
Republicans Demand Relief Cut From Political Control
Washington May 6 Republicans pressed to remove relief from political control. In a two hour caucus they urged state grants to local nonpartisan committees as the administration seeks 1.5 billion dollars of relief in the deficiency bill. Democrats, split on earmarks, plan a caucus Thursday to discuss a 700 million allocation for public works opposed by President Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Roosevelt
Death of Mrs. E H Cowles at 73 in Woodburn
Funeral services held at Beechler and O Hair chapel Woodburn for Mrs. E H Cowles 73 longtime church worker and G A R Auxiliary member who died of a heart attack while visiting daughter in Salem. Survived by husband daughter sister grandson and nephews with burial in Belle Passi cemetery.
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Woodburn
Ore
Beechler and O’ Hair
E. H. Cowles
Nebraska
Cox
Salem
Minnie Moore
Donald C. Cowles
Livingston
Montana
J. W
Harlie L. Moore
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
St. Mary’s Guild
George H. Swift
Henry Wood
Newberg
Ralph Seburn
J. W. Moore
Kelley Moore
Merle Milburn
Lyman H. Shorey
Robert H. Scott
Belle Passi
Milo Reno Dies After Influenza At Excelsior Springs
Milo Reno aged 70 of Des Moines and president of the National Farmers Holiday association died of acute heart trouble in his Snapp hotel room at 10 15 a m Tuesday after convalescing from influenza.
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Excelsior Springs
Milo Reno
Des Moines
National Farmers Holiday Association
Snapp Hotel
Enrollment in CCC Extended to May 15
Helena May 5 State Relief Administrator Joseph E. Watson said CCC enrollment in Montana will be extended to May 15. About 500 enrollees were accepted in April and several hundred more may be placed on rosters before mid May. Youths from relief needing families are eligible by enrollment.
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Helena
Joseph E. Watson
Department of Labor
CCC
Montana
Watson
Sweet Grass Men Hear McGregor On Highways
Big Timber and Sweet Grass county residents gathered at Harlowton Monday night to push work on the Harlowton Big Timber highway and D Y trail. About 173 attended from across the region. Dr. Harry J. McGregor, chairman of the state highway commission, spoke on road settings and construction. Delegation from here included W. J. Hannah, Dr. J. D. Herries, Mac Johnson, F. R. Hickman, Dorman Kellogg, J. J. Lacklen, William Greig, C. D. Paulson, and others. Senator F. M. Lamp and Commissioners A. A. Lamp, Sigurd T. Lavold, plus O. J. Ellingson and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Timber
Sweet Grass County
Harlowton
Harlowton-Big Timber
Chester
Mont
Harry J. McGregor
State Highway Commission
W. J. Hannah
J. D. Herries
Mac Johnson
F. R. Hickman
Dorman Kellogg
J. J. Lacklen
William Greig
C. D. Paulson
A. A. Lamp
Sigurd T. Lavold
W. K. Amery
F. M. Lamp
R. A. Bray
K. Haugstad
G. W. Briley
O. J. Ellingson
W. L. Kennedy
B. F. Henry
Arthur Zeleny
Bear Shooting Dates Set by Commission
Montana hunters face a closed period from May 15 to October 14 with an open season October 15, 1936 to May 14, 1937. One bear per person per season allowed. cubs and females with cubs prohibited. Dogs forbidden except for certain stock-killing bear activities by designated persons. Action agreed at Kalispell and Helena meetings in mid August 1935.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livingston Enterprise
Montana
State Fish and Game Commission
United States Bureau of Biological Survey
Commission
Kalispell
Helena
Bold Venture Wins Rough Kentucky Derby At Churchill Downs
Bold Venture, the longest shot in 18 years, survived a brutal stretch duel to edge Brevity by a head in the 62nd Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs before a record crowd. Owner Morton L. Schwartz nets $37,725 from a $48,150 purse as jockey Ira Hanford is suspended for rough riding.
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Churchill Downs
Louisville
Bold Venture
America
Morton L. Schwartz
New York Sportsman
William Woodward
Granville
Ira
Babe) Hanford
Hanford
George Burns
Indian Broom
Brevity
Nick Wall
C. B. Shaffer
Coldstream
Wayne Wright
Wright
Brother of Local Men Dies in California
James Glass 72 former Helena resident and brother of Helena real estate man John N. Glass died Wednesday in Los Angeles. Born April 1 1864 in Michigan he came to Helena in 1888 and helped supply heat treating ore with his brother A J Glass later promoting irrigation in the Helena valley. He left Helena 12 to 15 years ago for California and is survived by another brother William of Big Timber. Funeral planned in Los Angeles under Masonic auspices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
James Glass
John N. Glass
Los Angeles
Michigan
Glass
A. J. Glass
Big Timber
Butte
Idaho
California
William
Morning Star Lodge No. 5
Order
Alvin Karpis Captured by G men in St Louis
Alvin Karpis, No 1 leader of the United States criminal world, was captured Friday night by FBI officers led by J Edgar Hoover in St Louis. He was restrained and placed aboard a guarded plane, then transported to an undisclosed destination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Karpis
G-Men
ST. Louis
New Orleans
United States
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
John Dillinger
Derby Bets Reach Record Stakes At Churchill Downs
Louisville May 2 The Courier Journal reports that 472 750 dollars were wagered on the Kentucky Derby today, 72 504 more than last year. Total bets on all eight Churchill Downs races came to 1 269 078 dollars, up from 1 018 472 dollars in 1935.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
The
Courier-Journal
Churchill Downs
RATTLESNAKE DEATH TOO GOOD FOR THIS BIRD
District Attorney Baron Fitts said Robert James confessed to killing his fifth wife Mary Bush James on August 4 last year. A witness testified she was found dead in a suburban fishpond and killed by rattlesnakes and forcible emersion in a bathtub. James, a barber, married her July 19 and sought double indemnity from life insurance as if it were an accidental death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Baron Fitts
Robert
James
Mary Bush James
Mahan Captured in San Francisco Apartment
Radio reports say William Mahan, the Weyerhaeuser kidnapper and public enemy No 1, was captured in an apartment house in San Francisco this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Mahan
Weyerhauser
San Francisco
Ethiopian Emperor Flees to Safe Port as Mussolini Seizes Ethiopia
Emperor Haile Selassie fled Addis Ababa for Djibouti as Italian troops seized control. American staff evacuated women and children from the legation. British forces aided. In Addis Ababa 30,000 Italian soldiers entered with a fascist salute amid restored order and the empire’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mussolini
United States
Legation
Addis Ababa
Haile Selassie
Djibouti
Washington State Department
Pietro Badoglio
Guiseppe Bottai
Rome
Ethiopia
League of Nations
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Wendell
Inland Waterway
George Heath
Sweet Grass
M’gregor
Kentuck Derby
Mahan
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