Thompson Falls to celebrate David Thompson tribute
Three day Sept celebration in Thompson Falls honors explorer David Thompson who built the first Montana trading post and mapped vast western regions. Memorials include a cement monument bowl seat, a Montana copper plaque, and a youth club and legion sponsorship.
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Fred J. Ward
Ompseon Falls
David Thompson
Clarks Fork River
Montana
Thompson Falls
Anaconda Company
Great Northwest
Fort Churchill
Hudson Bay
Columbia
Thompson Palis
Thompson River
Thompson’s River
Canada
Thompson
British Columbia
Jacques Finley
St. John the Evangelist
London
Grey Coat School
Hudson’s Bay Company
America
Jonesy
Colonial Office
Phillip Turner
Turner
Cumberland House
York
David ‘Thompson
Lake Superior
Canadian Rockies
Hudson’s Bay
Grand Portage
West
Northwest Fur Company
Alexander McKenzie
Roderick McKenzie
Simon
Elliot Coues
Saleesh House
Rocky Mountains
John Brauer
Sanders County
Clinton Youth Hero Rescues Two From River Tragedy
Billy Hughes of Clinton, 13, saved two Kal lis brothers from drowning after Ezra Rohr bach, 19, drowned in the Missoula river. He describes diving to Ezra, pulling Elmer and Otto to shore, and aiding with first aid before help arrived.
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Fraser
Fraser River
David Thompson
Rocky Mountains
Pacific
Upper Columbia
Montreal
Mount Royal
Salish House
Jaco
Jacques Finlay
Billy Hughes
Roy Hughes
Clinton
Missoula
Ezra Rohrbach
Billy
Elmer
Otto Kallis
Rohrbach
Ezra
Elmer Io
Mr. Leeper
Otto
Alloway
Robert Alloway
Paul Freudenreich
Kallis Ranch
Kallis Brothers
Hughes
Forest Service
Alloway Ranch
Leap Year Expenses Rise With Extra Day for RAF Salaries
A leap year extra day increased costs by 200000 dollars for the Royal Air Force in England with funds allocated to salaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Air Force
England
When Cody Was Made Wealthy In Ten Minutes
J Nerny, once a Butte alderman and library trustee now in Chicago, recalls helping Buffalo Bill Cody become a multi millionaire in ten minutes. In Chicago Cody visited a sub treasury vault in Cody Wyoming and, shown two brick sized packages, guessed two thousand dollars each and learned they held 92 000.
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T. J. Nerny
Butte
Chicago
Buffalo Bill
Wi-liam F. Cody
Mr. Nerny
United States Sub-Treasury
California
Cody
Wyo
Sub-Treasury
Nerny Pats
Butte High School Bonds Sold to State Board
The Butte high school district sold bonds totaling 22 308 34 to the state land board for retiring warrants. The issue, single amortized bond, runs five years and is redeemable in three at the board’s option. Interest is 5 percent. warrants yielded 6 percent, creating a saving. Date July 1, 1933.
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Butte
State Land Board
Land Board
Jews Open Orange Peel Oil Factory in Rehoboth Colony
In Palestine a group of Jewish citizens launched a new oil factory in the colony of Rehoboth. The oil is produced from orange peels using a formula found by an American Jewish chemist.
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Palestine
Rehoboth
Emperor Penguins Nest in Icy Darkness Collins Sea
Emperor penguins endure the Antarctic winter on bare ice where temperatures plummet to 60 to 70 degrees below zero. They endure total darkness as the austral night lasts for weeks.
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Clarks Fork
Greenwich
Thompson’s Prairie
Duncan MacDonald
Flathead Indian Reservation
Memorial Committee
Billings
Lake Winnipeg
Northwest
Red Triangle
Conoco
Eyntorere
Missoula River
Tierra del Fuego
South America
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