Blackfeet Deny Eating Dog Meat in Letter to Glacier County Trib
John P. Croff, a Browning area officer and Blackfeet speaker, rejects claims that Blackfeet tribesmen eat dog meat. He asserts his long involvement with the Blackfeet, cautions against misrepresentation, and calls for continued federal support and local uplift while stressing tribal dignity.
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Browning
Sherburne
Buck
McDonald
Renshaw
Davis
Glacier County
Washington
John P. Croff
Glacier County Tribune
Montana State Banks See Asset Rise Over Year
State Examiner W A Brown reports Montana 68 state banks increased assets and liabilities to 71 018 218 at end of March from 63 989 502 a year earlier. He says all banks are in excellent condition with satisfactory earnings for last year.
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Montana
W. A. Brown
Brown
Muddy Creek History and Native Name Origins
Muddy Creek rises in Teton county within the Lewis and Clark forest, flows through Bynum to the Teton River at Collins. The name may derive from muddy bed or ties to Piegan and Blackfeet history. maps from 1864 and 1886 document the feature as Muddy Creek or Miry Fork, with local speculation on older names and tribal associations. References include Eli Guardipee and Frank Guardipee in Glacier National Park records.
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Teton County
Lewis & Clark Forest
Bynum
Teton River
Collins
Gros Ventres
Missouri River
General Land Office
Muddy Creek
W. W. DeLacy
Montana Territory
Local births and visits feature in Pendray items
Pendray notes report the birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Jay Gitchell on April 6 to their daughter Mrs Graesner. Several residents are listed visiting Great Falls hospital and relatives, with a stork shower and charity sewing activity noted for Ladies Aid. Continuous family and social engagements, dinners, and hospital stays are documented across multiple households.
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Jay Gitchell
Graesner
C. A. Shawver
Great Falls
W. J. Earles
Emerson Earles
J. H. Gutshall
Illinois
Ladies’ Aid
Larson Home
C. W
George Porter
Fuller
Tony Reise
John Rose
Frisell
Sprinkle
Art Lindseth
Mason
Talbert
Great
Carl Peterson
Russell Frisell
Chas
Fields
Herman Earles
Mr. Adams
Carl Gulbrandsen
J. R. Jones
P. M. Sorenson
Elizabeth
Miss Lockhart
Mrs. Lusty
Home Demonstration Club to Meet at Mrs Match Decker's Home
Beck News reports the Home Demonstration club will gather Wednesday afternoon at Mrs Match Deck er’s home with Mrs Ray Decker assisting. Attendees will respond to roll call with style and beauty hints, and Joe Tackes will demonstrate a new handicraft.
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Home Demonstration Club
Match Decker
Ray Decker
Joe Tackes
Arvel Asmus
Adam Dahlman
Power
Gilbert Agee
Melvin Beck
Fairfield
Geo. Headington
Great Falls
Joe Lehnert
Mike Tackes
Leeper
John Toenyes
Johanna Driessen
Nick Paulus
Donald
Oksness
H. Robers
Alice
Sue Ellen Robers
Henry
Emil Quade
Asmus
Emerald
Arvel
Louis
al Nelson
Wm. Asmus
Arvet Asmus
Selmer Stengremson
Money on the line motto urged for police courts
State Examiner W A Brown calls for ending credit in police court fines in his Helena finances report. He notes numerous defendants were freed with a promise to pay later, but many never did.
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W. A. Brown
Helena
Brown
Montanans Inc Sets Two Day Meeting in Helena
Montanans Inc will hold its annual meeting in Helena on Friday and Saturday April 26 and 27 at the Placer Hotel. Sessions include Public Finance Conservation State Advertising and Dude Ranchers and the Montana Automobile Association motor division. Civil Aeronautics Authority officials are expected to attend with Clinton M. Hester likely present and to speak at the Saturday noon luncheon.
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Montanans, Incorporated
Helena
James H. Rowe
Butte
Placer Hotel
Public Finance
Montana Automobile Association
Montanans Inc
Aviation Committee
Civil Aeronautics Authority
United States
Washington
Clinton M. Hester
Montana
Montana Wheat Harvest Falls Short of Last Year
Montana will harvest 18 984 000 bushels of winter wheat this year, down 14 percent from 1989 but still nearly twice the 1928 38 average. Forecast yields are about 14 bushels per acre, versus 18 last year, as more winter wheat is planted.
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Montana
Federal
Department of Agriculture
Bureau
North Star 4-H Club Holds Ninth Meeting
The ninth North Star 4-H meeting met at Dauwalder's on April 9. Nora Larson, a graduate nurse, gave a First Aid talk and demonstrated bandage making and artificial respiration. The next meeting is set for Evelyn Zeigler’s home on May 14.
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North Star
Aryl 9
Dauwalder’s
Nora Larson
Evelyn Zeigler
Community Notes From Collins and Conrad Gatherings
Collins News reports social visits with R S MecClenhan and wife and Fred Lincoln and wife in Collins. Shoppers including Lawrence Fitzgerald and mother, Gilbert England and Thelma Bates and daughter visited Conrad. Dinner guests Hallie Ferris, Dean Waterman and families at the McClenhan home. Tom Klette, longtime resident, died April 8 at St Mary's Hospital Conrad. Funeral at Dutton Thursday afternoon. Rev Olaf Anderson presided. Klette suffered heart trouble and complications, leaving many friends to offer sympathy.
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R. S. MecClenhan
Fred Lincoln
Lawrence
Fitzgerald
Conrad
Gilbert England
Thelma Bates
Hallie Ferris
Dean Waterman
McClenhan
Tom Klette
St. Mary’s Hospital
Dutton
Olaf Anderson
Klette
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Levi Burd
Margaret J. Green
Fort Benton
Blackfeet Reservation
Chick’s Shell Station
Kelly Sringfield
Tns
Rice Auto Court
Tom and
Ernie
E. R. O'Neil
Wheaties
J. J. O'Neil
Bozeman Canning
Libby
Nash
Red River Valley
Beck News
CLUB
Sherwin- Williams
Sherwin-Williams Paints
Gleason
Choteau House
Choteau, Mont
Collins News
St. Anthony
Chapman Dairy Ranch
Grover Forgey
Bradford
Bill Ellsworth
Kleanser
Texaco
Leigh’s Texaco Station
Otis Mellon
Russel R. Mellon
Nick Konen
Fairfie
Chas. Miller
Joe Mozer
L. E. Taylor
Plymouth
Sanforized
Big Brother
Little Brother
Wedum
Federated
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