Teddy Blue the Vanishing Cowboy of Montana Fame
Glendolin Damon Wagner profiles Teddy Blue Abbott Montana’s oldest vivid cowboy linked to Theodore Roosevelt and Charles Russell. The piece recounts his stage prank fame, friendship with Russell, romance with Mary Stuart, and a life amid early western lore with rare keepsakes from Granville Stuart and other frontier figures.
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Teddy Blue
Montana
Mr. Abbott
Theodore Roosevelt
Charlies M. Russell
America
Miles City
West
Roosevelt
Elk Horn Ranch
Missouri
Powderville
United States
Abbott
Charles Russell
Teddy
Charlie
D-S
Mary
Granville Stuart
Cee
Three Deuce Ranch
D-S Ranch
State Budget Little Changed From Previous Year
John J. Holmes, state auditor, announces a $27,782,896.50 budget for state departments for the next fiscal year with minor changes from the prior year. Major allocations include $1,922,389 general fund, $774,250 university fund, and $86,257.50 special funds, plus specific sums for Tuberculosis Sanitarium Galen $80,000, Deer Lodge Prison $158,000, Warm Springs Hospital $325,000, and county attorney salaries $50,000.
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John J. Holmes
Galen
Deer Lodge
Warm Springs
Montana State University
Missoula
Montana State College
Bozeman
Eastern Montana Normal
Montana Normal
Dillon
Northern Montana College
Havre
Montana School of Mines
Bureau of Mines and Geology
Montana State College Experiment Station
Seven Keys to Game Wardens Efficiency in Montana
Deputy game wardens were graded on a seven point program in the last fiscal year ending June 30 1936. Earlier years used arrests alone as the criterion. Six additional prerequisites were added this year including public confidence district knowledge district activity reports and correspondence personal appearance and budget operation.
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Montana
Motorist Crashes Into Post Office and Front Wall
A motorist crashed into a post office, taking the front wall with him. The report follows with notes on federal grants to state schools totaling 2,229,461.14 over two years for building projects at various institutions including universities and state facilities. Warrants funded residence halls, student unions, sanitarium and asylum construction, and deaf and blind schools, among others. Butte city officials discussed land board plans to purchase 900,000 of Butte crater bonds. no action taken.
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John J. Holmes
Tuberculosis Sanitarium
State Insane Asylum
State Industrial School
Eastern Montana Normal
Northern Montana College Residence
State Normal College
Deaf and Blind School
Great Falls
Boulder
Butte
State Land Board
The
Land Board
Butte Crater
Post Office Door Punctured by Car In Burgling Incident
Late at night the Philipsburg post office suffered a car crash incident when a driver used the vehicle to punch through the front wall. Postmaster Allen McKenzie secured the scene as police and a night watch began to investigate. The car, allegedly borrowing a new mechanism to “gas” rather than brake, caused extensive damage while appearing unscathed.
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Philipsburg
Allen McKenzie
McKenzie
Lower Valley
Mr. McKenzie
Montana gold production climbs led by higher output
Carl J. Trauerman of the Mining Association of Montana told Butte Rotary members that Montana’s 1935 gold production rose about 52 percent from 1934, totaling over 4 percent of U S gold. He cited financing hurdles under securities laws and noted large outside camp employment exceeding 5 000 men as mining seeks capital and development.
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Montana
United States
Carl J. Trauerman
The
Mining Association of Montana
Butte Rotary Club
Traverman
West
Roundup Peaks Designated for Scenic Improvement Work
The National Park Service designates Roundup Peaks Park in Roundup for development under a program to extend recreational facilities. An allotment of 34078 dollars is approved for the project.
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National Park Service
Roundup Peaks Park
Roundup
Four Million Trout Planted in Glacier Park System
Glacier national park will release 4,114,880 trout this season, expanding its famed fishing waters. Native, rainbow, and eastern brook varieties will be stocked in lakes and streams, with some packed in to remote interiors, surpassing the 1926 record of 3,226,600 fish.
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Glacier National Park
Forest Service to test aerial dirt and chemical bombs for fires
The United States forest service will experiment with bombing planes to spread dirt and chemical bombs to fight small forest fires. Separately, Brazil sees extensive planting of pineapples this season.
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United States Forest Service
Longtime Fergus County legal figure Edwin K. Cheadle dies
Edwin K. Cheadle 77 died at his home after several weeks illness. He served Fergus county as county attorney and Lewistown city attorney and was a statewide Republican leader and speaker. Survived by daughter Mrs. Harry E. Lay and sons E. K. Cheadle and Maj. Henry Barlow Cheadle. his wife died a year and a day earlier. He served in the Spanish American War with the First Montana regiment and was a senior deacon at St. James Episcopal Church for two decades.
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Edwin K. Cheadle
10Th Judicial District
Lewistown
Fergus County
Harry E. Lay
E. K. Cheadle
Shelby
Henry Barlow Cheadle
Regular Army
San Antonio
Texas
Judge Cheadle
Grass New Factor in Fire Control Work
Grass bushes and weeds can aid or hinder forest fires. The study shows dispatchers must deploy twice as many men to control a fire in an old barn with no green vegetation than to a similar site with green growth. The faster spread in vegetation sites demands larger fire lines.
Explorer’s Attempt to Reach Lhasa Faces Intractable Barriers
A recent observer notes that attempting to reach Lhasa, Tibet, encounters a strong political and religious defense nearly impossible to breach, as modern war tends to inflame public opinion.
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Lhasa
Tibet
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