Montana Tourist Travel Survey Shows Longer Stays and Higher Spending
Montana's 1938 tourists spent 28.9 million dollars, up from 27.68 million in 1937, with 387,094 cars and 1,239,000 visitors. The report credits advertising and entry-station staff for longer trips and greater spending. Missoula led in entrants, followed by West Yellowstone and Gardiner.
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Montana
State Highway Department
D. A. McKinnon
Highway Department
McKinnon
Missoula Port of Entry
West Yellowstone
Gardiner
Montana Chamber Advocates Feeder Lines and Tourism Budget
The Montana Chamber of Commerce endorsed creating a 150000 dollar corporation to finance feeder airlines in Montana and a 10500 dollar tourist advertising budget. The meeting at Helena also urged continued cooperation with the national reclamation association, water rights protection, state resources education, and expanding Montana’s chamber and motor division membership.
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Montana
Montanans, Inc
State Chamber of Commerce
Helena
National Reclamation Association
State Chamber
Montana Automobile Association
Ferguson
Treas ure State News in Brief
Three Forks reports the death of 2 year old Carol Rae Yde from scalds after she fell into a tub of hot water at the Yde home. Glendive ships 25 new Chevrolet trucks for grasshopper control with the area a division point for poison distribution.
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Three Forks
Carol Rae Yde
Carl R. Yde
Yde
Glendive
Department of Agriculture
Melena
John J. Holmes
Wong Sun Chinese Herb Company Promises Relief
A Montana man reports asthma and kidney trouble relieved by Wong Sun herbs. He says health returned and work possible, praising the company’s pleasant dealings and recommending others to seek their remedies in Montana and Wyoming.
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Wong Sun Chinese Herb Company
Fred Barts
Lavina
Montana
Wong Sun Company
Wyoming
Memory of Vaudeville Sale Skirts and Derby
Postscript notes two grand sale items including skirts and a derby. The Goshen News Democrat comments that vaudeville appears dead, underscoring a fading entertainment era.
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Goshen News Democrat
Montana News Roundup From Around The State
Reports from Helena, Bozeman, Roundup, and Missoula cover local incidents and projects. A dike on Fox Lake near Lambert suffers wave damage while a dam upgrade is funded by the Sidney Rod and Gun Club. State income tax collections lag 1938 by 15 percent. Gallatin Sheep Association sells 150000 pounds of wool for 1974 cents per pound to Colonial Wool Co. Route guidance for Montana recreational prospects issued by the highway department. Butte police mandated facial hair for Pioneer Day. Fort Missoula hosts citizen military training camp starting July 1 for a month. J N Brown, 89, dies after a ditch collapse while inspecting property. WPA funds allocated to improve Poplar agency campus water supply. A car accident near Wolf Point injures two teenagers, narrowly avoiding a train.
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Montanans, Inc
Montana
D. P. Fabrick
Choteau
Montana Water Conservation Board
Fred Bennion
Helena
Montana Taxpayers’ Association
Don A. McKinnon
Fedrick
Missouri River
Bennion
McKinnon
Highway Commission
James H. Rowe
Butte
State Chamber
William G. Ferguson
Lloyd M. Strand
First Evangelical Lutheran Church of Roundup
Luther Theological Seminary
St. Paul
Minn
Montana Equalization Board
Bozeman
Gallatin Sheep Association
Colonial Wool Co
Charles Burden
Dillon
Hnelena
State Highway Department
R. H Fletcher
Highway Department
Charles Hauswirth
Montana Bank Resources Hit 154 Million in 1938
FDIC reports 114 insured Montana banks held 154,877,000 in total resources as of December 31 1938. Deposits reached 138,988,000 with 97,082,000 in demand deposits and 41,906,000 in time deposits. Loans and discounts totaled 31,868,000 up 1,481,000 from 1937. U S government obligations 41,145,000 and other securities 18,034,000.
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Montana
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
United States
Governor Ayers to speak at Carroll College 29th commencement
Governor Roy E. Ayers will deliver the commencement address at Carroll College Helena for the 29th ceremony. Very Rev Emmet J. Riley Carroll president announced the events include a baccalaureate sermon by Rev M A Weber and diplomas presented by Most Rev Joseph M Gilmore.
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Roy E. Ayers
Carroll College
Helena
Emmet J. Riley
Carroll
M. A. Weber
Cathedral High School
Joseph M. Gilmore
College Board of Corporators and Trustees
Sprout and Tree Killer Advertised in Mississippi Classifieds
In Jones town Mississippi a young man described as 90 years old promotes a sprout and tree killer as a time labor and money saver through a classified advertisement. The item appears to be a farming tool or chemical product marketed locally.
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Jonestown
Mississippi
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