Forest Service looks to expand Lookout and crew capacity regionwide
The agency outlines plans for more lookouts and firemen quarters across nearly 500000 acres. It lists 27 backcountry buildings at Lubec Badger Half Dome West Fork Mount Wright Wrong Creek Wrong Ridge Gates Park Beartop Ear Mountain and six horse corrals with improvements. Summer projects include Rock Creek Moose Ridge Lookout Trail 194-3.35 miles South Fork Teton Headquarters Creek Trail 165-2.65 miles Moose Ridge Lookout House 95 percent complete Gates Park Landing Field about 80 percent complete. A new telephone line will connect Moose Ridge Lookout to Gates Park Spotted Bear. The S F Teton Head quarters Trail required rock work and two tons of powder. the route will cut distance to Gates Park and offer scenic horse travel. About eleven miles of new trail were completed 3.25 miles new construction and large reconstruction on Headquarters Creek to North Fork Sun River. Burned area reseeding near N F Teton planned with Smooth Brome Tall Meadow Oat Grass Crest Wheat Grass and Yellow Sweet Clover using hand seeders, roughly 400 pounds total.
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Lubec
Badger
Half Dome
West Fork
Mount Wright
Wrong Creek
Wrong Ridge
Gates Park
Beartop
Ear Mountain
South Fork Teton
Middle Fork Teton
Route Creek
Headquarters Creek
Sun River
N. F. Teton
Christmas Visits and Local Gatherings Across Montana Towns
Christmas day activities show a flurry of visits across Great Falls and surrounding towns. Families hosted relatives from Missoula to Carter, with church services led by Rev. Olaf Anderson and a Ladies Aid dinner after services in Chateau. Local residents noted post holiday travels, new home additions, and a lighthearted Groundhog Day joke from a farm postman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Conner
Great Falls
D. G. Seekins
Tom Wolcott
Lois Swenson
Dorothy Swenson
Olaf Anderson
Havre
Anderson
Chateau
G. I. Tangen
Cal Binford
C. M. Swenson
Clarence Stenson
Eva Hadley
Helen Binford
John Oberfall
Chas. Pierce
Chuck Otness
John Jacobson
Chateau Christmas Day
Falls
Louie Bouma
Wm. van Setten
Neil van Wichen
Bole
Joel Otnes
Otness’ Sarents
Hitchcock
Carter
Martin Swanson
John Chalmers
Nyhols
Wm. Chalmers
W. F. Arensmeyer
Mary Carlson
Oliver Mauseth
Pioneer Woman Dies at Home of Son in Great Falls
Mrs. Linnie Liscum 76 widow of George P. Liscum died Thursday at Chateau at her son Tom Liscum’s home after a cerebral hemorrhage. Surviving sons Tom and John and daughter Mrs. J E Tracy of Denver, with funeral set for Sunday at 10 a m at W H George chapel and 2 p m at Craig cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linnie
L. Liscum
Route 1
Great Falls
George P. Liscum
Chateau
Tom Liscum
W. H. George Chapel
J. A. Martin
Craig
For Rent Apartment January Trade Offer
Classified note lists a rental near Farmington and a trade proposal. R A Clearman offers a 1936 model V8 pickup in exchange for four or five head cattle by age and quality. Martin Arensmeyer facilitates the trade.
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Martin Arensmeyer
Farmington
Ipd
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Forest Service
Choteau House
Barland
Chet
Pris
Iavarrba
South America
Farmington News
Tomer
Montana-Dakota Utilities
Boggs, Chateau
Sia
R. RB. Mellon
R. A. Clearman
Chevylton
Prestone
Leigh Nett
Obody
WEDUM
Federated
Little America
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