Livingston Prepares for 1939 Montana Stockgrowers Convention
Livingston reads to host the Montana Stockgrowers association convention May 18 to 20 with large advance registrations indicating a record turnout. Committees coordinate entertainment for delegates, Little International Livestock show plans and livestock shipments from State college are finalized. Housing and hotel reservations urge early action as visitors from Sioux City Chicago Omaha and the west coast converge on Livingston for a major Treasure State event.
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Livingston
Montana Stockgrowers’ Association
Treasure State
State College
Livingston Committee On Housing
Livingston Chamber of Commerce
Itelf
Sioux City
Montana
Chicago
Omaha
West Coast
Cigarette Makers in China Cut Supply Amid Freight Shortage
Unwilling to stockpile during the damp season and lacking enough railway cars to move goods, cigarette manufacturers in China have reduced output, signaling a looming shortage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Seven Montana road and bridge projects awarded
The Montana highway commission awarded seven road and bridge contracts totaling 241,927.04 with bids rejected on three other projects. Contractors include C. & F for Ravalli county grading, McLaughlin Construction for Scobey-Opheim bridges, Denton for Georgetown Lake roadside work, Jerome Boespflug for Belfry Bridge road work, E. O. Howe for Fort Benton Chester, Thomas Staunton for Chateau Dutton bridges, and Standard Construction for Bridger Canyon bridges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana Highway Commission
Commission
Hamilton-Stevensville
Ravalli County
Daniels County
McLaughlin Construction Company
Livingston
Georgetown Lake
Deer Lodge County
Denton Company
Billings
Clarks’ Fork
Yellowstone River
Belfry Bridge
Carbon County
Jerome Boespflug
Miles City
Fort Benton-Chester
Liberty County
E. O. Howe
Great Falls
Teton County
Thomas Staunton
Bridger Canyon
Gallatin County
Standard Construction Company
Bozeman
Four North American Bird Flyways Named
The Atlantic Mississippi central and Pacific flyways define North American bird routes. Migrants sometimes use different routes for northward and southward travel. Not all individuals of a species follow the same path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
Counties Mobilize to Fight Grasshoppers in Montana
Montana entomologist Dr. I. B. Mills says counties are prepared with 390 tons of mill run bran and surplus bait from 1938 to combat an expected large hatch. The 1959 plan expands due to more grasshopper eggs from eastern migrations, with focus on eastern Montana and the eastern Rockies. No range land control due to funds. movements await hatching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. B. Mills
Montana State College
Mills
Montana
Rockies
Montana seeks bigger beet acreage for next year
A Montana delegation returning from Washington reports no chance to reallocate this year's beet acreages but hopes for a readjustment for 1940. The group pressed officials including Wallace and Dodds and met with senators Murray and Wheeler and several congressmen to push for increased sugar beet allocations, signaling continued lobbying efforts next season.
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Montana
Washington
E. B. Duncan
Havre
Great Northern Agricultural
George Barlow
Sun River Beetgrowers Association
Walter Brophy
Pondera Beetgrowers Association
National Reclamation Association
George O. Sanford
Fairfield
The
Reclamation Bureau
Douglas Skally
Utah- Idaho Sugar Co
Old Cross S Ranch Acquired by Wyoming Man
Floyd W. Robinson of Teckla Wyoming has taken possession of the Cross S ranch in southeastern Montana, once the Major Dawson ranch. The 35 000 acre property on Mizpah creek will be home to Robinson who plans improvements, hay meadow development and to make the ranch a leading southeastern Montana estate.
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OLD Cross S
Wyoming
Floyd W. Robinson
Teckla
Wyo
McIntosh Montana
Sherman Hunt
Dawson Ranch
Mizpah Creek
Robinson
Cross S
Montana
Farm Woman Injured by Buck Sheep Near Roy
Mrs. Charles Bishop of Roy was injured at her farm north of Roy when a buck sheep butted her. The tame animal was roaming the yard and she opened a gate to drive it toward water.
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Charles Bishop
Roy
New Citizen's Day Planned in Montana
State WPA Administrator Joseph E. Parker announced a national effort by the WPA and the immigration service to establish an annual New Citizen's Day. Montana programs on June 8 will include a statewide radio address, local talks, and native folk entertainment with possible Legion co sponsorship. Organizers Arnold L. Olsen H F Watkins and Kiefer L. Gray G M Gates coordinate with federal immigration officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WPA
Joseph E. Parker
United States Department of Labor
Immigration and Naturalization Service
United States
Parker
Arnold L. Olsen
Montana
American Legion
Olsen
H. F. Watkins
Spokane
Kiefer L. Gray
G. M. Gates
United States Immigration and Naturalization Service
Elena
Great Northern Spends Over 10 Million in Montana in 1938
The Great Northern railway, Montana’s large employer and taxpayer, spent over 10.5 million dollars in 1938, up nearly one million from 1937. Wages, per capita taxes, and fuel and materials accounted for the rise, with Montana ranking second among nine states behind Minnesota in company expenditures.
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G. N. Road
Montana
Great Northern Railway
Great Northern
Glacier Park
Minnesota
Soil Planning District Meets to Discuss Mapping and Laws
Director J. C. Taylor of the Montana extension service said county agents will attend district meetings to study soil mapping and soil survey methods with field demonstrations. The meetings will cover county agricultural planning and 1939 agricultural laws, with sessions lasting two days including soil survey discussions and demonstrations.
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Montana
J. C. Taylor
Montana Extension Service
Agricultural planning meetings outline soil and weed laws
Officials of the farm security administration will lead first day sessions on agricultural planning in Montana counties. The program covers soil conservation districts law weed law grass conservation law and their ties to planning with experts Gieseker Bingham Mercer Hansmeier and county leaders joining sessions in Rowan Great Falls Wolf Point Glendive and Billings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Security Administration
L. F. Gieseker
Montana Agricultural Experiment Station
G. H. Bingham
Great Falls
Rowan
Wolf Point
Ralph D. Mercer
Glendive
Billings
M. P. Hansmeier
Taylor
R. E. Bodley
Anabas Fish Crosses Plain to Seek New Water
The anabas fish leaves a drying pond and travels across dusty roads and fields to reach a distant water source, covering a considerable distance in a short time.
England's Oldest Weasel Built Since 1665 Still Operates
A garden incident left a woman battered as a man or animal attacked, breaking a rib and spraining a wrist with bruises across her body until a nearby shop worker intervened. In contrast, historical note mentions Outwood's weasel, built in 1665, still functioning.
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Shop
England
Outwood
Yellowstone Park Opens May 30 with New Fishing Rules
Yellowstone National Park sets May 30 as opening of the 1939 fishing season with most waters open entry and a later July 1 start for the Yellowstone River from Fishing Bridge to the Upper Falls. Several creeks and lakes are closed, egg traps enforce three mile bans, daily limits at 15 pounds plus one fish and a 10 fish total, with a five pound reduction near West Thumb docks. Salmon eggs and live bait are banned. season ends October 15 overall and September 30 for the Madison River.
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Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone
Upper Falls
Canyon
Panther
Glen Creeks
Riddle
West Thumb
Yellowstone Lake
Gull Point
Stevenson Island
Pelican Creek
Yellowstone River
Fishing Bridge
Madison River
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Clark's Fork Valley
Anaconda Copper Mining Co. Lands Department
Missoula, Mont
State Board of Education
J. W. Severy
Biological Science Division
Montana State University
George Finlay Simmons
Anaconda Sales Company
Anaconda, Mont
Dept. C
Anaconda
James M. Hamilton
State
Soil Planning District Meets
Department A
OL Furriers
Trela
Calvert
Dor Calvert
America
Calvert's
Diatilioe Corps No
Yellowstone Park
Charles M. Russell
Ipeld
Montana Newspaper Association
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