CAA Chief Demands Economic Justification For Montana Feeder Lines
Civil Aeronautics Administrator Clinton M. Hester told Helena airport officials that new feeder lines in Montana need economic justification and sufficient air mail and traffic volumes before operation can begin. He urged an economic survey and public-necessity proof, praised Helena High’s aviation training, and announced new radio markers and standby transmitters planned for several Montana airports.
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Montana
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Clinton M. Hester
Helena
Helena High School
Hester
Great Falls
Billings
Drummond
Miles City
Missoula
Livingston
Superior
Montana Airways
Washington
Civil Aeronautics Administrator
Treasury Department
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Orville Wricht
Diamonds burn in oxygen at 50 degrees Celsius
The report notes that diamonds can burn when exposed to oxygen at about 50 degrees Celsius. It also states that railroad traffic is heavier between New York and Philadelphia than between any other city pairs worldwide.
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New York
Philadelphia
Old Time Range Riders Unite in Montana Gatherings
Three organizations of early day Montana cowboys plan reunions and roundups. The Montana Cowboys association in Great Falls has 200 members with pre 1910 riders eligible and a February banquet. Miles City hosted a large reunion with famed veterans and a Billings chapter is planned for old timers and their families.
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Montana
William
Bil) Shea
Great Falls
Ray Klau
Miles City
Billings
Willian Splan
Cascade County
Glacier Park
J. K. Ralston
Sun River
Craig MceDowell
Montana Stockgrowers Association
Dale Wilder
Alva Hiers
Newt Perkins
Elks Home
Charley Wiley
Harry C. Reed
J. T
Red) Carolan
Washington
Loud
FUF
B-cross
Montana faces nearly nine million in bonded debt
State Treasurer Ray N. Shannon reports Montana’s bonded indebtedness at 8 822 224 25 with the oldest unpaid state capitol building bonds of 1 125 000 issued in 1897 and 50 000 in defaulted interest. Total bonds include university and educational issues, other institutions, and state bonds 5 791 224 25. Original total 17 566 000. projected principal and interest cost 24 416 369 44.
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Montana
Ray N. Shannon
Shannon
129 Families Moved to Sun River Irrigation Project Near Fairfield
The Farm Security Administration relocated 129 dryland families to farms on the Sun River irrigation project near Fairfield. Each family received buildings, farming equipment, and some livestock. some debts were adjusted. Only four of the 129 will be replaced this year, with future replacements not expected to exceed ten percent annually. Thirty farmers raised sugar beets last year, and twenty five met current obligations to the government.
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Teton Fsa
Farm Security Administration
Fairfield
Albert L. Johnson
Johnson
Aged Prospector Pete LaGue Shaved in Hospital
Florant Stout aged 94 pioneer prospector known as Pete LaGue in Montana gold fields was shaved with an electric razor at St James hospital in Butte. He joked about the tool and warned not to snip his mustache. Stout called the last of the early Montana prospectors. He has been in the hospital a month and remains in good condition while visiting patients.
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Florant Stout
Montana
Pete LaGue
St. James Hospital
Butte
Stout
Sam Alexander dies. Butte mining town character passes
Samuel P. Alexander a longtime Butte resident and colorful figure died in a local hospital after more than a year as a patient. He arrived in Butte over six decades ago and earned renown as a diminutive but influential local personality, reputedly opening the camp’s first short order restaurant. He claimed familiarity with every brick in the street and remained a familiar sight in Butte after retirement.
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Mining City
Samuel P. Alexander
Butte
Feba
Hotel de Mineral
Hauswirth Brothers
Alexander
Pioneer Sam Alexander Chronology in Frontier Montana
Brisken, Posen Germany, arrived in the U S in 1873 at age 20 and moved to Montana to mine beside a brother at Clancy. He worked at Legal Tender mine, then to Butte as a waiter at Hotel de Mineral. He opened a restaurant, sold it to Joseph Rosenthal, engaged in mining and other ventures, enlisted in a Butte militia against Chief Joseph, then moved to Leadville Colorado in 1879 for mining and retail work during a cave-in incident.
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Brisken
Posen
Germany
United States
New York
Montana
Clancy
Legal Tender
Butte
Hotel de Mineral
Broadway and
Main
Alexander
Joseph Rosenthal
Joseph
Sammy
Leadville
Colo
Water Board reports 12 irrigation projects completed in year
The Montana water conservation board’s December progress report shows 12 irrigation projects finished, five during 1938. Projects include Big Dry near Jordan and Nevada Creek near Avon, with progress on several others and ongoing surveys for Crown butte and Dearborn Crown butte canal works.
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Big Dry
Nevada Creek
Jordan
Avon
Montana Water Conservation Board
E. B. Donohue
Tongue River
West Fork
Bitter Root
Middle Creek
Gallatin County
Toston
Missoula Valley
Missoula
Crown Butte
Dearborn- Crown Butte
Great Falls
Racetrack Creek
Billings Beach
Works Progress Administration
Sidney
Richland County
Musselshell
Alexander aids rescue and gifts stove to history society
During the rescue a ventilator shaft connected Mr. Alexander to the stranded miners. He sent down an oil stove and blankets to keep them warm. The stove was later donated by Mr. Alexander to the Colorado History Society. He returned to Montana in 1880 and settled in Butte.
Chester Street Project Approved for Chester Town Works
The works progress administration allocates 20 684 dollars to build and improve roads in Chester. The plan also funds operation of gravel pits nearby to supply materials for the project.
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Chester Street
Works Progress Administration
Chester
Freedom as participation in governance emphasized
A concise reflection argues that true freedom is linked to active civic participation rather than vague ideals. It suggests engaging in governance brings people closer to genuine liberty and responsibility.
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Butte Mont
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W. Elmer Holt
Seattle
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Pumpkin Creek
Ed Whitbeck
Mizpah
Powder River
John
Ben Woodcock
Joe Cole
Milo Cowles
Aunt Rose
Diamond
Ab Farnum
Charlie Traweek
Fred Hitsfeldt
Chunky Kimball
M. C. Jackson
Mc’s
Charley Cogshall
L. O. Jackson
Fort Keogh
John Kimes
John Childers
Casey Barthelmess
Austin Middleton
Bill Hughes
Charlie Simpson
Lou Grill
Bill Roberts
Sid Vollin
C. M. Russell
Treasure State Ranges
Kentucky
Schenley Distillers Corp
N.Y.C
Wusesy
Ieee
Sam Alexander
S. P, Alexander
U. S. Bureau OF Mines
Copper Mining CO
Butte, Mortana
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