Montana steeplejack Bradley recalls half a century in trade
Grace Stone Coates portrays Jack Bradley as a veteran Montana steeplejack with more than 50 years in the trade. The piece covers his work with road crews in Yellowstone park, daring lifts during wind storms, near misses with lightning, and adventures from Miles City to Billings. It notes his early earnings, inventive rigging, and chats about naming landscapes that became official markers. Bradley’s life includes time with Buffalo Bill in Europe and links to Montana cowboys and frontier lore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bradley
Montana
Mr. Bradley
Yellowstone Park
Park
Jack
Bradley
Grace Stone Coates
Bradley Springs
Milwaukee
Miles City
Billings
Roundhouse
Bozeman
India
Africa
England
Buffalo Bill
Europe
Billy Bullock
Tommy Webb
Bill Pugh
Wild Horse Harry
John Nelson
John
Pine Ridge
Dakota
London
Montana Pioneer Bradley Passes On Tale Of Buffalo And Elephants
The narrative centers on Mr. Bradley who recalls a 19th century buffalo encounter in Billings country with a pilgrim hunter and a bear in a rimrock hollow. It also recounts Bradley’s circus work with elephants including an incident in Butte and his unique horse taming method in Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradley
John Nelson
Mr. Bradley
Billings
Nelson Senior
Dakota
Nelson
Paul
John McCormack
Custer Cattle Company
India
P. T. Barnum
Jack
Baldy
Ringling
Butte
Granny
Montana
Miles City
Northern Pacific
Glendive
Geraldine Farmer Harvests Big Wheat Crop
Geraldine district reports wheat yields with Mart Nichol’s farm leading at about 30 000 bushels. Mayor Martin C Grinde notes high winter wheat quality in Square Butte and crops yielding 30 to 35 bushels per acre. Volunteer fields produce 20 to 25 bushels.
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Mart Nichol
Geraldine
Martin C. Grinde
Great Falls
Square Butte
Nichol
Counties Added To Drouth Area In Montana
Federal recognition of continued drouth in Montana leads to more counties designated as emergency or secondary drouth areas. Wheatland Phillips and Yellowstone move to emergency status, Fergus joins secondary. Freight rates extended to Sep 4 allow stock shipments at 85 percent of normal, feeds at 62 3 percent, hay at 50 percent until then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana State College
Montana
J. C. Taylor
Montana Extension Service
Wheatland
Phillips
Yellowstone
Fergus
Drouth
Fort Benton Elevators See Large Wheat Shipments
Threshing reports indicate a high volume of grain moving to Fort Benton elevators. Acreage yields are not listed on many fields, but in Portage district a McKerrow farm field averaged 40 bushels per acre.
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Fort Benton
Portage
McKerrow
Lambs Shipped East From Western Montana to Chicago Market
A report notes 32 carloads of western Montana lambs were sent to Chicago with consignments from Polson Perma Dixon Darby and Rivier. In related items a woman killed in a 1904 St Louis street collision is recalled and the Bradley family mourns the end of a once happy home life with Mr. Bradley remaining in Missoula after her death.
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Montana
Chicago
Polson
Perma, Dixon, Darby and
Rivuier
Whe
St. Louis
Mr. Bradley
Missoula
Farm prices rise amid drought and feed shortages
Prices for grains and dairy show strength as July ends while fruit and vegetable markets drift. Cattle and sheep face tight supplies from drought, with smaller total field crop harvests expected and hogs, steers, and lambs showing varied price movements across Missouri River markets and Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Economics
U. & Department of Agriculture
Missouri River
Kansas City
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Alfalfa Growers to Hold Meeting
Representatives from Montana Montana Seed Growers Association West tension agronomist from Montana State College attend a meeting with eastern consuming states seed trade officials. Dr. B L Graber of Wisconsin Experiment Station to discuss winter hardiness wilt and impact on production and marketing. Topics include marketing development and alfalfa seed prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana State College
Montana Seed Growers’ Association
B. L. Graber
Wisconsin Experiment Station
Montana
Idaho
North and
South Dakota
Bhan
Also Mentioned on This Page
St. Paul
Pacific Coast
Glenn
Red Cross
Harry
Thomas
France
National Tool Works
McKeesport
Minnie Warner
West
Virginia Ramey
Sedalia
Mae
Cooney
Frank H. Cooney
Dead Man’s Basin
Musselshell River
Shawmut
Frank C. Bennett
Roundup
Musselshell County
Geraldine Farmer
Yellowstone Counties
Fifty Mountain Camp
Glacier National Park
Flat Top
Kipp Mountain
North Circle
State College
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