Free Trappers of the Rockies and Their California Raid
The narrative chronicles the Rocky Mountain Brotherhood of free trappers, Killbuck and La Bonte, and their 14-man raid toward southern California. They battled Sioux and other tribes, freed or recovered horses, and endured desert hunger before reaching the San Fernando mission amid a hostile defend.
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Rocky Mountains
Montana
Rockies
Far West
Bill Williams
Killbuck
la Bonte
Bridger
Walker
Great Salt Lake
Desert
California
Yellowstone
George Frederickuxton
St. Louis
Ruxton
Bent’s Fort
Colorado
Killback
Salt Lake
Mission of
San Fernando
Las Animas
Los Martires
Augustin
Fray Augus
Income tax blanks issued for 1940 payments
The Montana field division of the Internal Revenue Department says income blanks for 1940 taxes are with filers of 1939 earnings. Changes in personal exemptions take effect this year. Married filers with 2000 plus income and single filers with 900 plus must file. Deadlines set for March 15.
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Internal Revenue Department
Montana
Internal Revenue
Collector of Internal Revenue
Edwin the Dude Hunter Pendleton Arden and Wild West Tales
The piece recounts Edwin the Dude later known as Edwin Hunter Pendleton Arden, a young Montana rider famed for rodeo grit who later became a notable stage actor and playwright. It details his daring showdown with Frying-pan in a roundup, his rise in theater, and his connections with Roosevelt and Sidney Pagett, plus vivid nightlife of mountain men and dancers.
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Edwin
St. Louis
Mery
Texas
Ing-Pan
Montana
Frying-pan
South
Missouri
Cheyenne River
Edwin the Dude
Edwin Hunter Pendleton Arden
Arden
Maude Adams
Raglan’s
Roosevelt
Dakota
Sidney Pagett
Lester Loble Chosen to Lead F C E Lodge in 1943
Charles P. McCann of Newark announced that Lester H. Loble a Helena Eagle will be national president of the Fraternal Order Eagles in 1943. Loble was praised for his Montana political work including championing a 1921 old age pension law, the first in the state.
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Charles P. McCann
Newark
N. J
Eagles
Lester H. Loble
Helena Eagle
Helena Aerie
Loble
McCann
Montana Eagles
Helena
National Insurance Board
Montana
Lewis and Clark County
Mountain Men Caravan and Taos Rendezvous in 19th Century Frontiers
Trappers break through Californian riders near a siege at a mission, sending a brief fight and a dozen saddles emptied. They then head north across deserts and Rockies, recovering stolen horses, party feasting, and a Taos visit with famed frontiersmen led by Kit Carson amid mounting frontier tensions and dances in town.
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la Bonte
Kit Carson
Augustin
Rockies
Sierra Nevadas
Desert
Arkansas River
Colorado
Bayou Salade
Hent’s Fort
Arkansas
Carson
Taos
Ves
Green River
Dick Wooton
Killbuck
Yellowstone
Short Course At Montana State College Sees Rising Enrollment
Montana State College reports a larger than last year enrollment in the January opening short course in agriculture. J. Tretsven notes 44 students this year and 45 should continue through March. Mary Sue Spangler of Toston is among the participants from the state’s rural youth program.
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Montana State College
J. ©. Tretsven
School of Agriculture
Mary Sue Spangler
Toston
Toole County
Wesley R. Benjamin
Devon
Irvin Brown
Whitlash
Clarence R. Burns
Wilsall
Elmer Co. Childers
Galata
James Colter
Bloomfield
Alex Devies
Crow Agency
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E. M. Clipman
Beckman Bros
Great Falls
Vox Pop
Columbia Network
John Lettiere
Wally Butterworth
Parks Johnson
CBS
Fort Dix
Lester Loble
F.C.E
Lodge
N. M
Rube Hering
Marcelline
Chabonard
Paragon
Jrs
Old
Wicen
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Thousan
Kentucky
National Dietiflere Pred. Corp. .Y
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