Death Ends Long Battle of Collins Rancher
B K Edwards 66 a Collins rancher died last Friday after illness starting last summer. He moved from Minnesota in 1910 and lived on the ranch since. Survived by wife five children and siblings in Iowa Illinois South Dakota. Funeral Monday at Farmington Norwegian Lutheran church with burial in Farmington cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. K. Edwards
Collins Section
Mr. Edwards
Collins Country
Minnesota
Mrs. Edwards
Iinois
Montana
Mrdwards
John Edwards
Farmington
T. M. Klute
Collins
Abe Edwards
Ole Highland
Sam Highland
Pontiac
Ed. Meland
Winois
Ole Breland
Mount Vernon
South Dakota
Norway
John Wards
Norwegian Lutheran
Klette
Fieseth
John
Beaver Creek Dam Blocked Without New Greenfields Contract
Great Falls April 4 Early action by Greenfields irrigation district water users is needed before any Beaver creek dam expenditure. George C Sanford Sun River reclamation project manager and district counsel E R Rodis said a meeting with Greenfields commissioners last week decided to print and distribute the approved contract to all water users. A Fairfield meeting will follow to explain the provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
Greenfields Irrigation District
Beaver Creek
George C. Sanford
Sun River Reclamation Project
E. &. Roddis
Billings
Reclamation Bureau
Greenfields District
Secretary of the Interior
Fairfield
Montana records show births hold steady in 1925
Montana's 1925 births totaled 10,042 a rate of 18.8 per thousand. Deaths reached 5,052 a rate of 9.4 with infant deaths 694 a rate of 69.1 per 1000 births. Maternal deaths 80 a rate of 8. Communicable disease deaths 654 a rate of 12.3 per 100,000. Population estimated at 533,000.
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Montana
State Bureau of Vital Statistics
Helena
Montana Purchases Reach 2758 Cars in First Quarter 1926
Helena April 6 Montana buyers led a strong start to 1926 with 2758 new passenger automobiles sold in January February and March. January totals spiked with 33 licenses versus 267 in 1925 while February rose to 756 from 646 and March registered 1169 versus 1219 a year earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Montana
Montana Motor Mist Company
Community Notes From Farmington
Farmington notes announce a benefit play When a Feller Needs a Friend at the Farmington schoolhouse on Saturday April 10. The Ladies Aid meets April 14 at Mrs. Belle Lindseth’s home. Local updates mention residents C A Peterson and son, Cap as deputy assessor, Chas Pierce’s return from Porter Beach, Mrs. Richard Reading moving here, Halvor Evenson’s visit, Al Dolalie driving a new Star coach, and the death of Emmet Williams in City Hospital. Grace Davidson visited uncle Arthur Davidson near Collins. Mrs. C A Peterson was in town Tuesday.
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Farmington
Ladies’ Aid
Belle Lindseth
C A. Peterson and Son
Cap
Chas. Pierce
Porter Beach
Morris Magnus
Richard Reading
Billings
Halvor Evenson
al Dolalie
Emmet Williams
City Hospital
Grace Davidson
Arthur Davidson
Collins
C. A. Peterson
People and places around Farmington and nearby towns
A roundup of local movements and visits includes the Hopkinson farm joiners, Great Falls trips for Mr. Hanson and the Tuel family planning a Oregon trip, Farmington visitors and school efforts led by Mr Clarkson, and a girls sewing club gathering. B K Edwards dies at home near Collins after months of illness. funeral in Farmington.
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Hilda Anderson
W. L. Morgan
Hopkinson
George Tuel
Henry Hanson
Great Falls
John Richem
Farmington
Nicolai van den Bos
K. G. Reinks
Clarkson
Chateau
F. W. Smith
Clarence Stenson
Dr. Seekins
G. I. Tangen
Sunburst
Mathilde Dolalie
Dillon
Geo. Wright
Nasset
Liberty Center Play A Hoodooed Coon Set For April 17
Liberty Center residents stage a three act home talent play in Collins hall to raise funds for the local schools. Proceeds benefit School District No. 7. Community updates include mail box installation and mail route service expected May 3. Local notes report Miss Lillie Swanson’s return from Conrad, Arnold Neiswender's improving health, and A C Hull's serious illness.
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Collins
Liberty Center
W. E. Tatman
Arnold Neiswender
A. C. Hull
Corporation to aid Sun River area when U S takes action
Great Falls April 6 Plans for a finance corporation to aid settlers on the Sun River reclamation project will be carried further once the government assures it will proceed with the program recently agreed to. The irrigation committee of the Great Falls Commercial club wired Interior Department officials and Senator Walsh.
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Great Falls
Sun River
Irrigation Committee of the
Club Asked to State View on Reclamation Aid Revival
A request was made for the club to express its stance on how House Appropriations Committee members are reviving the state aid issue in reclamation contracts. The finance corporation will form once Gibson dam construction contract is awarded. Attending the meeting were committee members Mr. Cooney Ray Armour C Campbell and William Grills along with Sun River project manager George O Sanford and Commercial Club secretary Ss E Peterson.
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House Appropriations Committee
Washington
Finance Corporation
Gibson Dam
Cooney
Ray Armour
C. H. Campbell
William Grills
George’ O. ‘Sanford
Sun River
Ss. E. Peterson
Commercial Club
American Forest Week Activities by Boy Scout Troop
Local Boy Scouts of America plan talks during American Forest Week to explain forest needs. Volunteers include Emil Kramer and James Anderson among others. a potential April 24 outing may occur at the Te ton cabin or Sun River. Lewis and Clark forest personnel will visit rural schools in Glacier Pondera Teton and northern Lewis and Clark counties to teach forestry.
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Boy Scouts of America
Emil Kramer
Clinton Core
George Radcliffe
Gordon Holmes
Robert McGregor
Spud” Moore
James Morgan
James Anderson
New Cabin
Teton
Sun River
Pondora
Lewis & Clark National Forest
Glacier
Pondera
Lewis & Clark
Tax per head for sheep fluctuates with value shifts
The text traces per head tax changes from 4.15 dollars in 1920 to 19 cents by 1920, then to 11 cents in 1921 and 10 cents in 1922 as values fell. Values rise in the following two years and the tax reaches 12 cents, then increases to 15 cents last year. Sheep numbers on rolls stay fairly constant.
Special Notice McCormick Deering Thresher Display
McCormick Deering Combined Harvester and thresher on display at our Chateau store around May first. See this machine on showroom floors from POWER MORGAN CO.
Notice on Horses Belonged to William Hodgskiss
A notice warns that anyone possessing Hodgskiss horses branded lazy W and H on the left shoulder without permission will be prosecuted. The notice is signed William Hodgskiss.
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WM. Hodgskiss
Easter Activities and Community Socials in Pendroy
Pendroy residents enjoyed Easter weekend with multiple gatherings. Guests included the Gulbrandsons and Wallensteins, Bill Earls elected to the school board, card games and dinners hosted by local families, sunrise services, Easter music, egg hunts, and plans for Sunday school resuming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Gulbrandson
Earls
Nick Wellenstein
Sandy Jones
T. R. Larson
Bill Earls
Chet Thomas
Conrad Hospital
Carl Gulbranson
Pat Crossen
T. O. Laston
James Eckford
Choteau
Biblical reference sparks heated talk in Boston Transcript
Reading from a discussion this morning, a reader recalls Lot's wife becoming a pillar of salt and muses on miracles. Another speaker, Rastus, questions the age of miracles and jokes about asking the Lord to turn his own into a week’s groceries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Boston Transcript
Burglary Disturbance Calls for Police Nightly
In a tense midnight moment a wife wakes to a stumble on the stairs and hears a burglar declare himself. The intruder says call the police as a frightened household reacts. No further details given about injuries or outcomes.
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John
Zondon Tit
New Chemical Method Tames Barberry to Fight Stem Rust
Department Circular 356 outlines a recently adopted chemical approach to killing the common barberry to curb black stem rust in grains. The salt and kerosene treatment is touted as cheaper less laborious and more certain than digging, especially on stony ground. Banker-Farmer reports.
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Department of Agriculture
Department
Bankers Help Promote Banker-Farmer Co Operation
Banks in Bedford County Tennessee offer pure bred eggs to supporters who return one pullet for every fifteen eggs in fall. The Missouri Bankers Association released the first issue of Agricultural Information Service Quarterly in April, focusing on banker farmer cooperation and proposed programs.
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Bedford County
Tennessee
Missouri ‘Bankers Association
Agricultural Information Service
Missouri
State Tax Parity Hits Sheep and Land Ownership
The state board of equalization shows sheep taxed per head rising from 9 to 15 cents between 1915 and last year, while cattle tax per head fell from 97 to 46 cents. Land tax per acre climbs from 14 to 18 cents in 1919 with later declines, and the overall tax ratio cattle to land remains about 3 to 1 as values fluctuate.
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State Board of Equalization
For Sale Drill Sale at Sampleview Press Drill Display
Special low prices on 8 ft and 9 ft Superior and Kentucky drills. Also some used drills available. See them before buying. Sampleview Press Drill now on display. POWER MORGAN CO.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior
Kentucky
Sampleview Press
Power-Morgan ‘Co
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B. K
Sanford
Beaver Creek Dam
Mead
Fir
W. Sexsmith
Chotéau, Mont
Texaco
Acantha
Teton Service
Choteau, Montana
Geo. Tuel
Tuels
Stenson
Oregon
Girls’ Sewing Club
Ernest Arensmeyer
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
G. F. Commercial Club
Pendroy News
Scott
Ott & Bowne
Bloomfield, N.J
McDonald
Titan
Fordson
One Power-Morgan Co .Co
Power-Morgan Co
Joe Baart
W. G. Dauwalder
Bole
Mont
Eureka
Jane Guthrie
Columbia Falls
J. R. Armstrong
E B. Curtis
Dept. C
Alamosa
Colorado
T. A. Meagher
S. T. Dairy
The
Equitable Life Assurance Society of the
United States
C. G. Meadows
Teton County
Equitable Life Insurance Co
Meadows
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