Dairy Herds Rate High In November Tests In Montana
Montana State College reports November results from dairy herd improvement associations. Over 11 percent of 2117 cows reached 40 pounds of butterfat. Gallatin Park leads with 45.3 pounds and 1,147 pounds of milk in the 15 to 44 cow class. Cascade County led among 45+ cows with 25.6 pounds butterfat and 722 pounds milk. Associations ranked Gallatin Park first, Flathead second, Yellowstone third, Missoula fourth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana State College
Montana
J. O. Tretsven
Gallatin Park Association
Yellowstone Association
Pondera County Association
Cascade County Association
Gallatin Park
Flathead
Yellowstone
Missoula
Tretsven
Italian shipyards build 171 vessels up 29 from last year
Italian yards report a total of 171 vessels under construction, up 29 compared with the previous year. The figure reflects ongoing shipbuilding activity across Italian facilities.
Wool Style Revue Planned At Bozeman Banquet
Forty State College students will participate in a Wool Style revue as part of the Montana Wool Growers association convention in Bozeman January 25 to 27. Miss Edith Rhyne arranges a wool only show with costumes for women and men, including a grand finale portraying wool worn year round at the Hotel Baxter on January 26 after a meat show banquet and dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana State College
State College
Bozeman
Montana Wool Growers Association
Edith Rhyne
Baxter
Estate of Helena capitalist Harry W. Child valued at nearly 2.5 million
The late Harry W. Child's estate in Helena is appraised at 2,404,372 with his H. W. Child corporation holdings valued at 1,799,910. Real estate spans Gallatin Gateway and Lewis and Clark counties along with livestock ranch equipment stocks and bonds and a 10,000 dollar collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry W. Child
Helena
H. W. Child Corporation
Gallatin Gateway
Lewis and Clark County
31 Auto Plates Are Still Good
The Montana license period for 1931 expired December 31 but black and white plates will remain valid for about two and a half months. 1932 licenses will be black and yellow and issued March 15. Applications may go to county treasurers or the Deer Lodge registration bureau. Receipts return to the issuing counties for road work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Registration Bureau
Deer Lodge
Outlaw J. J. Smith Hero of Glacier Park Tales
The story recalls J. J. One Eyed Smith, the feared outlaw of Glacier Park Montana. He rode freights through the east slope and aided villagers with stolen goods, then faced officers in Lubec canyon before dying from a gun wound near Two Medicine river. Mike's Place in Glacier Park served as community hub housing dances and court sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike
Justice of the Peace
J. J
Smith
Great Northern
Continental Divide
Lubec Canyon
Two Medicine River
Rockies
Winter wheat area in Montana cut for 1932 harvest
Winter wheat plantings for 1932 in Montana and the United States show reductions from the previous year. national winter wheat seedings are down about 20 percent, while winter rye is down 15 percent in Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
United States
Federal
Farming notes on wheat and beets in the United States
The December USDA report records a 19.7 percent rise in the fall pig crop. Montana wheat acreage has surged past historical milestones with 1909 to 1927 benchmarks, and sugar beet allocations total 50,879 acres across Holly Sidney, Great Western Billings, and Amalgamated Missoula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Montana Territory
Northern Pacific
Holly Sugar Company
Sidney
Great Western Sugar Company
Billings
Amalgamated Sugar Company
Missoula
Supreme Court to Hear Shelby Gas Rates Case
The Montana gas rate dispute in Shelby pits two utilities against each other with only one surviving. A federal three-judge court upheld lower rates and blocked the Montana Public Service Commission from forcing standard rates, allowing an unusual bid for a lower tariff. The court noted that when business supports only one firm, competitors can press to a finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Supreme Court
Washington, D. C
Great Northern Utilities Company
Montana Public Service Commission
Shelby
Commission
South Africa Spends Millions on Drinks and Smokes 1930 31
Government records show South Africa allocated about 17 million dollars for beverages and tobacco in the 1930 31 fiscal year. The figure underscores wartime shortages and social habits shaping public finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Africa
Capital City Poultry Exchange ad seeks quotes
Helena Montana based Capital City Poultry Exchange established 1921 seeks cash paid for live and dressed poultry and fresh eggs. Shipping tags and coops loaned available for farmers and traders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capital City Poultry Exchange, Inc
Helena
Montana
Former Dillon Man Killed in Oregon Car Mishap
Glenn Mayfield husband of Mrs Jennie Metlesater Mayfield formerly of Dillon was killed near The Dalles Oregon on December 21 when a hillside boulder crashed through the car roof killing him instantly Mrs Mayfield lived in Dillon for years and was a Beaverhead County High School and Montana State Normal College graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Mayfield
Jennie Metlesater Mayfield
Dillion
Dalles
Ore
State Leads in Wheat Raising Across Great Plains
The Montana Agricultural Outlook cites three factors behind expanding wheat acreage: summer fallow technique, modern power farming equipment, and the Enlarged Homestead Act of 1909 followed by the 1916 Grazing Act. It notes heavy gains in the Great Plains, especially Oklahoma, Texas, Montana, and Western North Dakota, with hard red winter and hard red spring varieties thriving and foreign markets shaping demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana State College
Great Plains
Paul Carpenter
Montana
Mississippi
Rockies
Oklahoma
Texas
North Dakota
Carpenter
Nebraska
Minnesota
Dakotas
South Dakota
Forest conditions affect fire risk says GISborne in Mis soula
Woods are colder than open and cleared land. Land cleared shows temperatures six degrees higher and humidity ten percent lower. H T Gisborne, forestry expert, spoke in Missoula on forest inflammability before a Forest Service council. Lloyd Hornby noted only ten percent of twelve thousand western Montana forest fires last season caused major trouble. Romania contracts to improve nearly five hundred miles of roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. T. Gisborne
Silviculturist
Northern
Rocky Mountain Forest Experiment Station
Missoula
The
Forest Service
State University School of Forestry
Lloyd Hornby
Montana
Idaho
Revival of Mining Gains Steam in Montana Prospects
The mining revival draws former prospectors back to hills and streams in search of gold as records at the assay office show deposits more than doubling last year. Despite few large mines operating due to low metal prices, renewed activity could lead to big property discoveries and increased capital interest. dredging projects on Alder creek Lincoln gulch and Gold creek attract federal notice while chromium near Red Lodge and phosphate prospects in Granite county generate finance and exploration interest.
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Great Northern Railway
Mike
Glacier Park
Mike Shannon
Flathead River
Rockies
Slim
Homance
Raentsy
Yeas Ih & Son
Assay
Alder Creek
Lincoln Gulch
Gold Creek
Montana
Captain Hill
Alder Gulch
Blackfoot
Red Lodge
Granite County
Canadian dollar trades around 83 cents in tough market
The Canadian dollar is trading near 83 percent of its U S counterpart, with buyers reporting difficulty securing the currency in current conditions.
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Italy
Wervare
Clark's Fork Valley
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Blackfoot Land
Missoula, Montana
Treasure State Farm and Livestock
Harry Child
J. J. Smith
Wild West
Shelby Gas Rates
Alberta
BRON
Edmonton
Dillon
Rumania
Lewis' Lye
Pennsylvania
Teege
Great Falls
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