Farewell Party Honors Mrs Cottle Before Nevada Move
Augusta community bids farewell to Mrs Henry Cottle and her family who depart for Boulder City Nevada where Mr Cottle will run a service station. Guests include many local women from Augusta and Fairfield sharing gifts and a Past Matron's pin from the Order of Eastern Star. afternoon features songs and a luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Henry. Cottle
Boulder
City
Nevada
Cottle
Order of Eastern Star
Mary Henderson
Margaret Olsen
Fairfield
Gilman Mirehouse
Wallace Bean
Armand Bean
O. A. Kenck
Richard Kenck
F. M. Mack
J. H. Carmichael
W. W. Howard
Olive Nixon
Grand Christian
Tom Wiles
Bert Walker
Walter Welch
Vera Olsen
Cliff McBratney
Alec Muir
William Cunniff
Rosetta Christian
John Manix
Harry Dehoney
Guy Crowe
Oscar Christian
Anthony Pings
William Ean Ge
Charles Ferris
Grant Long
John Kelly
H. M. Downie
Jenny Allan
Calabaugh
Walter Woods
Rex Woods
Agriculture tips from Montana Extension Service
The Montana Extension Service shares practical farming guidance and agricultural insights to help readers improve crops and livestock management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana Extension Service
Montana Farm Mortgage Debt Study Highlights Wheat Loans
A bulletin from Montana Agricultural Experiment Station led by Dr. R R Renne analyzes Montana farm mortgage debt including distribution and trends with charts. It notes Commodity Credit Corp wheat loans totaling 263 236 849 bushels valued at 190 062 541 59 dollars by Dec 3 1940. It also mentions turkey supplies and projected price trends amid steady wholesale poultry prices and higher consumer incomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Montana ‘Agricultural’ Experiment Station
R. R. Renne
Agricultural Economics
Bozeman
Commodity Credit Corporation
Impressions of Forest Fire at Hungry Man blaze
A witness on Half Dome recalls the Hungry Man fire on August 23 with vivid, somber imagery. He laments careless campfires and untended sparks that scorched centuries of trees, shrubs, and flowers leaving only ash, smoke, and desolation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Anderson
Half Dome
Family Liquor Store Propr proprietor loses 650 in cash case
25 Years Ago This Week report notes Lewis Thompson owner of Family Liquor Store entered at night and $650 in currency taken from the safe. Milwaukee Railway planned spring completion. Mr and Mrs Russell Mellon seriously injured in an auto crash on Main Avenue. Dr Crary jumped from running board to escape. Chateau’s first community Xmas tree and program deemed a success. A E Hitchcock of Sweetgrass named manager of Beaupre Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Thompson
Milwaukee Railway
Russell Mellon
Main Avenue
Crary
Chateau
A. E. Hitchcock
Sweetgrass
Beaupre Hotel
WPA gets approval for Montana musical activities project
Senator Burton K Wheeler announces that President Roosevelt has approved a $61,500 WPA project in Montana to promote musical activities. Joseph E Parker, state WPA administrator of Butte, will direct the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WPA
Burton K. Wheeler
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Montana
Joseph E. Parker
Butte
Prison Funds Transferred to Montana Trust for Inmates
The state land board approved moving $5,000 of prison funds from Beer Lodge inmates to the Montana Trust and Legacy Fund. The money will be invested by the state for the benefit of prisoners under the warden’s custody.
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State Land Board
Beer Lodge
Montana Trust and Legacy Fund
State College Chosen to Run Vocational Defense School
Bozeman announces Montana State College will open a vocational education school for out-of-school youth to support the national defense program. W. J. Walker will supervise with skilled instructors. Two eight week courses offer tractor and vehicle repair and metal work. Eligible youths 17 to 25 may enroll starting January 15, 1941.
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Bozeman
Montana State College
A. L. Strand
State Board of Education
Montana
State College
Montana State Board For Vocational Education
W. J. Walker
College Agricultural Engineering
Montana to Seek Federal Road Defense Funds at Denver Meeting
Montana will push a strong bid for federal funds under the national defense highway program. State highway engineer, member of the association's defense committee, promises Montana will be adequately included in congressional road defense appropriations at a Western Association of Officials meeting in Denver next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Defense Highway
D. A
Western Association of
Denver
Association
Special Defense Committee
Ayers Recommends Bullock as Chief
Gov Roy E Ayers recommends Capt E F Bullock of Helena for state selective service director after acting since Dec 3. Bullock served 15 years in the Montana National Guard. Ayers also backs Dr A N Smithson as examining physician on the Valley county selective service board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy E. Ayers
Clarence A. Dykstra
Selective Service
E. F. Bullock
Helena
Capt
Bullock
Montana National Guard
John Mahan
Ayers
A. N. Smithson
Valley County Selective Service Board
State Assessed Valuation and Bank Resources Reported
Montana counties showed a June 30 1940 assessed valuation of 1 008 514 142 93 and taxable valuation of 312 768 481 while W A Brown state examiner delivered the figures in his annual report to Governor Roy Ayers He noted the state's 69 banks held resources totaling 70 633 176 05 as of the report date.
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Montana
W. A. Brown
State Examiner
Roy E. Ayers
January calendar set by court
The Montana supreme court schedules 10 civil hearings for the January session on appeal. The docket covers civil cases to be heard by the tribunal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana Supreme Court
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Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Yuletide
Rexall Drug Store
New Zealand
Charbmical Company
Cerin Tva
Charles Dickens
Monarch Lumber Co
Harold Bateman
L. A. Foot
Wellington Rankin
Dena Brossma
Teton
Wisconsin
Wm. A. Duffy
Teton Service Co
Old
Shirley Bleecker
Teton Drug Co
Harrison Craig
Jos. Hirshig Co
Sam Brokaw
T. L. Gap
Maynard Hospital
H. G. Ward
California
Herman Grasdock
Gertrude Spoelder
Bole
Wrixon
Chick’s Shell Station
George Sulgrove
Chick Sulgrove
Norm Brown
Ken Sulgrove
Chevrolet
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