Anaconda Phosphate Promises New Life for Western Farms
Dr. H. C. Gardiner tells Butte Rotary Club how Anaconda Copper’s mono calcium phosphate fertilizer from Idaho phosphate beds will revitalize abandoned lands and boost yields nationwide. Experiments show hog weight gains, higher lamb crops, and peat land reclamation yielding 60 to 100 bushels per acre of barley and oats in Minnesota.
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Idaho
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Middle West
Anaconda
Butte Rotary Club
H. C. Gardiner
Willow Glen
Anaconda Company
New England
Middle Western States
Willow Glen Farm
United States
Indiana
Minnesota
The Covered Wagon Journey Across the Plains 1863
Martha Edgerton Plassmann recounts a three month overland trek to Montana in 1863. She and family outfitted at Omaha, faced continual rain, strapped wagons, oxen as motive power, and primitive camp life with scarce fresh meat and limited fruit while crossing the Platte and Missouri rivers.
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Mera
Montana
Greece
Plains
Omaha
Missouri River
State House
Lucia
Sanders
Wright
Ohio
Laramie Mountains
South
Chipman
Depletion Moves Westward Threatens Grain Regions
Dr. Gardiner notes soil depletion shifting westward and warns the center of U S grain production could be endangered without super phosphate fertilizer. He cites Anaconda’s fertilizer plant plans as essential to provide returns to stockholders and support national stability and prosperity.
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Gardiner
United States
Anaconda Company
Great
Middle West
Cuticura Soap Ad Promises Clean Shave Benefits
An advertisement touts Cuticura Soap for shaving and personal care, claiming double razor efficiency and skin health with no irritation even when shaved daily. It markets one soap for shaving bathing and shampooing, eliminating germs waste and mug irritation.
Old Mail Route Revisited by Veteran Scout at Dead Man's Butte
The pageant at Dead Man's Butte near Plevna Montana reenacted the 44 year old Dakota mail route tragedy. Senator George McCone led the event with a retelling of the 1860s ride and the discovery of the mail carrier's body buried at the marked grave site by stones.
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Geo. McCone
Days of Pony Express
Dead Man's Butte
Plevna
Montana
Fallon County
Cc. C. Conser
Pioneer
George McCone
Dawson County
Little
Missouri
Ohie
Fallon Creek
Terry
Dead Man’s Butte
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Western
Bayer
Billings Polytechnic
Institute
Lewis T. Eaton
Moat
Northwest
By Martha Edgerton Plassmann
S. C. Huseth
Bay Falia
Trust and
Ope
Nature
Boulder Hot Springs
Boulder
Montana Life
Insurance Company
Helena
A. C. Johnson
HR. Cunningham
Great Falls
Daily Leader
the Leader Co
Ulder, Montana
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