Roosevelt’s Open Range Settlement Aims Stir Montana Stockmen
In 1886 Theodore Roosevelt urged opening Indian reservations to settlement to aid stockmen. The piece traces ranchers’ fears of overstocking drought and the push for allotment under the Dawes bill. It notes western lawmakers’ shifts toward education and assimilation, and the complex push to breakup reservations in Montana.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Dore Roosevelt
Northwest
Denver News
Congress
Montana
Dawes
Senate
West
Debate on Indian policy and land allotment stalls in Congress
The article recounts fierce debate over proposed federal measures affecting Native Americans, including a controversial plan to trophy scalp locks and a Teller amendment critique. Despite arguments, the amendment is rejected, signaling heavy legislative obstacles ahead and urging continued advocacy to address Indian needs. Governor Hauser supports reducing Montana’s north reservation, arguing vast grazing land could bolster cattle and settlement.
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Montana
United States
Land Office
Secretary of the Interior
Senate
House
Teller
Congress
Hauser
East
Territory
Washington
British America
Cleveland
Montana Territory
Granville Stuart
Trail Riders to Visit National Forests This Summer
The Trail Riders of the National Forests, a new group sponsored by the American Forestry Association, plans two trips in 1933. A six day pack trip into Flathead National Forest starts in July from Missoula. A second August trip will explore Sun River country and the Chinese Wall in Lewis and Clark National Forest.
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Trail Riders of the
National Forests
Montana
James N. Templer
Helena National Forest
American Forestry Association
Washington, D. C
Trail Riders
South Fork
Flathead
Flathead National Forest
Missoula
Sun River Country
Chinese Wall
Lewis and Clark National Forest
Amercan Forestry Association
U. S. Forest Service
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Billings Sugar Plant Sets Upland Record Output
Great Western Sugar company factory in Billings reports the season's sugar output as the largest in history and a high average yield per acre. Manager C W Doherty notes the run is among the longest, with total sacks over 1,200,000, surpassing last year's 1,067,000. Sugar content remains normal and outlook is better than average.
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Great Western Sugar Company
C. W. Doherty
Earhart and Brittin Visit Helena Amid Route Survey
Amelia Earhart Putnam and Col. L H Brittin arrived in Helena for an overnight stop as they survey a proposed transcontinental mail and passenger air route extension. The plan, authorized by the post office department, awaits congressional appropriation before operations begin. The proposed line would run from Bismarck through Dickinson into Montana along the Yellowstone river valley to Livingston Bozeman Helena and finally to the west coast.
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Helena
Amelia Earhart Putnam
Col
L. H. Brittin
Northwest Airways
Spokane
Seattle
Post Office Department
Brittin
Congress
Bismarck
N. D
Dickinson
Montana
Yellowstone River Valley
Livingston
Bozeman
West Coast
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LOU” Grill
Little
Missouri River
Mr. Roosevelt
Denver
Roosevelt
Montana Sow” Grill
Crow Reservation
Blackfeet Indian Reservation
Board
W. F. O'Leary
Great Falls
North
Forest Service and
Northern Pacific
Tana
State Nursery & Seed CO
Billings Sugar Plant
Amelia Eahart Putnam
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