Montana Wolf Extermination Debate Elevates Stockgrowers Plan
At the 1st annual Montana Stockgrowers convention in Miles City April 17 18 1894 leaders debated funding wolf control via subscription or voluntary percentage assessments with wages for six months. Reports describe extensive depredations by wolves on cattle and horses, efforts by outfits like Ryan Bros and Wibaux to employ wolfing, poison baits using limburger cheese and dried herrings, and calls for a state bounty to spur decisive action.
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Montana
LOU” Grill
Montana Stock, Pavers Association
Miles
Stockgrowers Journal
J. S. Green
North Dakota
Pierre Wibaux
Boice
Dawson County
Mr. Green
Montana Association
W. C. Wilson
Clear Creek
Bear’s Paw
Alexander Ross
Miles City
Wibaux
Spearish
S. D
Redwater
Register
Fred Bond
Bond
G. F F. Ingersoll
Bow and Arrow
Rea Cattle Co
Little Porcupine
Custer Creek
Yellowstone River
Little Dry Divide
Jep Ryan
Ryan Bros
Big Bend
Musselshell
John Chapman
Wyoming Range
Billings
Sunlight Basin
J. T. Brown
Birney
Stockgrowers’ Journal
Joseph T. Brown
Mr. King
Stockgrowers Association
J. B. Kendrick
Sheridan
United States
Wyoming
Hanging Woman Creek
Tongue River
Stockgrowers’ Association
Douglas
South Dakota
Cheyenne River
Williams
Ashland
Hank Greenway
Powderville
Greenway
Shonkin Livestock Association
Fort Benton
Shonkin Association
Montana Stockgrowers’ Association
Tely
Culbertson’s Civic Center Dedicated on Labor Day
Culbertson dedicates a $50,000 civic center built by the WPA last summer. The complex includes an auditorium stage gymnasium and drill space for the national guard. It houses dressing rooms showers kitchen a rifle range a council chamber and a sound projection booth. local and visiting neighbors attend the Labor Day festival and anniversary gatherings.
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Culbertson Civic Center
WPA
Culbertson
National Guard
General Council
Civic Center
Golden Wedding Anniversary Observed by Pioneer Couple
A Hamilton couple who wed in 1888 in a log cabin in Bitter Root valley recently celebrated their 50th anniversary. The bride Ella Doran and groom Alexander M. Chaffin married with Rev. W. D. Tear officiating. They spent winters in Corvallis and later settled around Hamilton. Chaffin, a native of the valley, remains active in stockman life.
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Edward L. Doran
Portland
Doran
F. J. Leavitt
Hamilton
Bob Nicol
Skalkaho
Mrs. Perkins
Mrs. Chaffin
Charles E. Boren
M. L. Chaffin
Frank Chaffin
Corvallis
Co. C. Chaffin
Missoula
Chaffin
Judith Summers
John Summers
John Ashby
LeRoy Jones
Arthur Price
Marvin
O. A. Kerlee
Norman
United States Navy
San Diego
Lillian Gove
Carter, Wash
Artlip
LeRoy Chaffin
Hollywood
Calif
James
Annabelle
Lorraine
Ada
Theo Jr
Butte
Larry
Margaret Sharon Jones
Oscar Philip Kerlee
Bitter Root Valley
Ella Doran
Alexander M. Chaffin
Thomas M. Doran
W. D. Tear
Tincup
Stevensville
Mr. Chaffin
Elijah Chaffin
Oregon
Alex Chaffin
Bitter Root Hills
T. M. Doran
Montana
Springfield
Henry L. Meyers
United States
Illings
R. L. Perkins
Montana Kaimin to run as daily paper for two quarters
The Montana Kaimin will operate as a daily five column newspaper for the next two quarters as decided by the Central board. If finances from the trial period permit, the change may become permanent.
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Montana Kaimin
Central Board
Changes Seen in Grasshopper Control Program
Senator Nye of North Dakota predicts sweeping congressional changes to the federal grasshopper control program. He notes farmer protests over poison bait and questions about its effectiveness since grasshoppers emerge from untillled lands onto crops. He mentions wildlife and game birds as potential substitutes and cites birds as natural enemies killed by bait.
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Nye
North Dakota
Congress
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Montana Stockgrowers Association
Culbertson’s Civic Center
G. F. Johnson Blaben, N. Dak
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Graham & Ross
Great Falls
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