Fort Assinniboine CCC Camp Starts
Havre CCC workers began development on the old Port Assinniboine reservation along Beaver Creek. The 18,000 acre area extends into the Bear's Paw mountains for about 15 miles and will see cleanup, road building, camp sites, pools, and fish ponds. Freeman A. Daley of Choteau is superintendent.
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Havre CCC
Port Assinniboine
Beaver Creek
Bear's Paw Mountains
Freeman A. Daley
Choteau
Bonanza Mine May Resume Operations at Deer Lodge
The Bonanza mine may reopen at Deer Lodge this summer after Trout Mining of Philipsburg secured a long term lease. The company will drain and inspect the property to decide if extensive work is warranted.
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Bonanza
Deer Lodge
Trout Mining Company of
Philipsburg
Trees Cut For Poles Top Five Million Annually
About 5,000,000 trees are cut each year in the United States to provide timber for telegraph and telephone poles.
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United States
Floods of 1880s On Teton River Threatened Fort Benton
Grace Stone Coates recalls early floods along the Teton and Musselshell basins, detailing an 1881 ice gorge from Old Agency Creek to Big Coulee. Refugees arrived in Fort Benton as water rose rapidly, washing away homes, inundating camps, and forcing settlers to flee with livestock and provisions.
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Teton
Rockies
Old Agency Creek
Big Coulee
Fort Benton
Neuberts
Hammonds
O’fallons
Duntley
Stocking
James Rutherford
Losey
Mr. Losey
McCormick
McKay
Jack Ripley
Benton
North Montana Fair Projects Record Attendance and Growth
The North Montana Fair August 5 to 10 will offer a larger program with a record livestock show as the National Hereford and state Shorthorn and Aberdeen Angus shows. More entertainment and educational features, a $35,642 prize fund, a new 550 foot cattle barn, parimutuel gains, night shows titled Fascinations of 1935, and top acts including Florescu and a world champion wrestling challenge are planned.
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Montana
Fair Board
Harold DePue
Northwest
Florescu
Lord Lansdowne
North
Shelby
Europe
United Show of America
Shreveport
Great Falls
State Land Board Backs AAA Wheat Plan
Montana board of land commissioners voted to continue the federal wheat production control program. Secretary I. M. Branford reported the state's 1933 crop adjustment payments totaled over $32,000, surpassing the department’s current year appropriation. Payments for the 1934 crop are not finished but expected to match 1933 levels.
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Montana Board of Land Commissioners
I. M. Brandford
The
Land Board
Department
Brandford
Squaw of 125 Years Dies Oldest in Montana
The oldest Montana death on record is Kills-Coming-To-The-Birds an Indian woman who died at Pryor on March 21 at age 125. Born in 1810, she was recorded by the state health board’s vital statistics department. The note came from Mrs. Simpson Sings Pretty of Pryor. The department also lists two other Montanans over 100, ages 115 and 108.
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Montana
Pryor
Vital Statistics Department
State Board of Health
Department
Simpson
Squaw
Blackfeet Indian Reservation
Missoulian Heads Laundrymen's Group
Missoula laundryman Sir F. Howard was elected president of the Montana Laundry Owners association at a recent Helena reorganizational meeting. Herman Topel of Helena was named vice president and Joseph Hagen of Missoula secretary treasurer. Next year's meeting will be held in Billings with dates to be announced.
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Sir F. Howard
Missoula
Montana Laundry Owners Association
Helena
Herman Topel
Joseph Hagen
Billings
Rasmusson Is Named Grand High Priest in Montana
Charles A. Rasmusson of Helena advanced to grand high priest of the Montana grand chapter Royal Arch Masons at Havre conclave. New officers include Bur lingame Great Falls deputy high priest and day Helena grand treasurer emeritus along with several other officers. Lewistown to host next meeting.
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Charles A. Rasmusson
Helena
Montana
Royal Arch Masons
Havre
James M. Burlingame
Great Falls
Edwin Fredlund
Chinook
Edward C. Day
Harry G. Pickett
Luther T. Hauberg
Miles 8. Parsons
Butte
Grand Scribe
Herbert F. Hosfeld
Somers
Emil E. Blumenthal
Philipsburg
H. Clay Stith
Terry
Grand Royal Arch
Oscar A. White
Rollins
William J. Lowry
Anaconda
Alexander Wardlaw
L. A, Payne
Forsyth
Grand Sentinel
Lewistown
Poetry contest results feature multiple county winners
Lorraine McGrath of Beaverhead county took top honors with China Blue Eyes. Virginia Cook of Fila county placed fourth for The Yellow Wall Paper, while Helen Lane of Girls' Central, Butte earned fifth with The Blue Box. In the boys division David Hoffner of Butte placed second.
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Lorraine McGrath
Beaverhead County
Virginia Cook
Fila’ County
Helen Lane
Livestock Marketing Associations Report Growth and Value
The country’s 46 large scale cooperative livestock marketing associations have handled 155,862,000 cattle calves hogs and sheep since organization. They report a total value exceeding $3,000,000 according to the Farm Credit Administration.
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Livestock Marketing Asswn’s
Farm Credit
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Fort Assinniboine
CCC
Clark’s Fork Valley
Blackfoot Land Development Company
Missoula, Mont
Beckman Bros
Teton River
Grace Stone Coates
North Montana Fair
Harold DE Pue
North Montana
Blacklegol
Cutter Laboratories
Berkeley
Calif
White King
State Land Board
AAA
Missoulian
Rasmusson
Gina
Tinalich
Carnation Milk Products CO
Metals Bank
Bidg
Fconoco
Erontegasomhe
Conoco
Coonocco
NEC
E.S.T
C.S.T
M.S.T
Tony Sarg
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