Kid Royal's Pony Thief Career Across Five Counties
The notorious Montana horse thief known as Kid Royal led lawmen on a years long chase across five counties after escaping prison in Sweet Grass. He built a mobile squad of stolen mares and harness from ranches in Shields Valley and beyond before being recaptured near Whitehall and pleading guilty to face a 20 year sentence.
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Montana
Sweet Grass County
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Merry Chase
Treasure State
Oscar Fallang
Arthur Charlesworth
Charlesworth
Deer Lodge
Fallang
Livingston
Big Timber
Bozeman
Meagher County
OK Bar
Charles Geary
Shields Valley
Lovely Ranch
Clyde Park
Potter Basin
Sixteen Mile Creek
Missouri River
Toston
Tom Hudson
Dedmond
Broadwater County
Whitehall
Idaho
New Fields of Endeavor
Adams Ranch
Melville
Dell Whitney
Whitney
al Davis
Henry Rowland
John Lovelace
Kid
John Morris
Little Timber Creek
Crazy Mountains
Charles Shook
Morris
Park
Fergus County
Bac
Gallatin Valley
Twin Bridges
Ed Reynolds
Gallatin County
Manhat
Frank Henry
United States Forest Service
Europe
Kid Royal
Montana Writers' Project Completes 1940 Almanac
The Montana writers' project finishes a 128 page almanac with western humor and 60 illustrations. Edited by Michael Kennedy the book covers fifty years of statehood, territorial days, and notable events since 1743. It includes weather data, a mileage chart, sports summary, hunting laws, and humorous verse. Negotiations with a publisher proceed, aiming for Christmas release.
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Montana Writers’ Project
Washington
Michael Kennedy
Montana
Land of the Shining Mountains
Kennedy
Johnny Grant
Kid Curry
Brother van
Sir St. George Gore
Billings First Street
State Highway Plans Three New Publications for Montana
The Montana State Highway Department will publish three new tourist guides in 1940 to boost visitor appeal. Led by Robert H. Fletcher and artist Irvin Shope, the 24 page booklet Montana High Wide and Handsome will feature Glacier and Yellowstone entrances, a larger 37 percent map, and a cover painting. Distribution will target a three day driving zone from Montana, with 100000 small info folders also planned.
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Montana
State Highway Department
D. A. McKinnon
Robert H. Fletcher
Irvin (Shorty) Shope
Fletcher
Ae Senet
Shope
Glacier
Yellowstone National Parks
Yellowstone Park
Park
Glacier Park
Chicago
Pacific Northwest
California
Old cushion coil spring used as funnel support in bottle filling
A double tapered coil spring from an old car cushion serves as a sturdy stand for funnels when filling bottles or jugs with liquids. The text notes Germany aims for steel ingot production near 2,000,000 tons a month.
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Germany
19YearOld Elaine Kent Breaks Into Radio With Corwin Link
Elaine Kent, a 19 year old star of Grand Central Station programs, joined Columbia Network Fridairs at 10 p.m. on E.8.T. after meeting Norman Corwin at a house party a year earlier. Corwin saw potential for her on his poetry program and launched her radio career.
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Elaine Kent
Grand Central
Norman Corwin
Corwin
Great Falls Opens Montana's First Indoor Hockey Rink
Work began on refrigeration systems for Great Falls civic center rink the first indoor hockey facility in Montana. Pipes set 14 inches deep carry calcium chloride brine cooled to 20 to 23 degrees by ammonium. Ice forms in under six hours enabling daily shows and a hockey game by next fall.
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Great Falls
New
Civic Center
Montana
Frazier Hunt Releases The Last Frontier Serial
Montana author Frazier Hunt writes a western serial The Last Frontier to run in four installments starting with the December issue of The Country Gentleman. Hunt tours Great Falls and Billings en route to New York and splits time between Bridgeport Connecticut and High River Alberta where he ranches nearby the duke of Windsor's former holdings. The tale follows a cattle drive along the Chisholm Trail from Texas to Abilene.
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Frazier Hunt
Montana
Alberta
Country Gentleman
Hunt
Great Falls
Billings
New York
Bridgeport
Conn
High River
Alita
Duke of Windsor
Chisholm Trail
Texas
Abilene
Similar Egg Sizes of Crocodiles and Geese
A note compares egg sizes between crocodiles and geese, stating they lay similar sized eggs.
Milwaukee Road Pays 773 038 Taxes in State
The Milwaukee Road disclosed its 1939 Montana tax bill was 773 038.40 paid promptly. The railroad, operating in 23 counties, is among Montana's leading tax sources with payments often the largest in counties and towns. In Mineral County the tax bill averages over 230 per family.
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Montana
Milwaukee Road
News Bureau
Mineral
Russell Paintings Found in Attic in West Yellowstone
Discovery of two original Charles Russell paintings by a commercial artist in West Yellowstone, found while rummaging in a friend’s attic, announced by S. E. Sanford of Helena Office Supply Co. The works, displayed in Helena, include an Indian princess with arms raised in a watercolor background and a watercolor of a rider on a bucking mustang, both signed May 1894.
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Charles Russell
Yellowstone
S. E. Sanford
Helena
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Madison County Mining Association
Sheridan
Mining Association
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