County Agent's CORNER: Vote for soil district set for July 19
Raymond Kelly reports that July 19 is the voting date to approve a soil conservation district in Teton county with polling from 1 to 7 pm at eight locations. Details on voting places and officers will be published beforehand. The article also covers shelterbelt planting guidance, 4-H events, a Montana State College trainee, and a mosquito control effort via aerial DDT spraying funded by the city.
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Soil Conservation District
Teton County
Peron
State Soil Conservation Committee
Elaine Heleen
Montana State College
Frieda Schroder
Flaine
Miles City
U.P
Idaho
Darwin Marco
Valley Flyer
Glasgow
Insect Pest Woes Mark Montana Farm Report
The extension service notes heavy cutworm infestations in Ravalli county with damage in Park Hill and Cascade counties. Alfalfa weevil busy in Big Horn Carbon Yellowstone. grasshopper expected mid July to August in the southeast. Rains improve crops, beets thinning progresses, loco weed a threat in Sweet Grass. Labor up in Helena area. reservoirs near full. July 22 soil conservation day planned at Hardin with 5,000 visitors expected.
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Montana
Extension Service
Ravalli
Park
Hill
Cascade
Big Horn
Carbon
Yellowstone
Helena
C. A Dallas
Dallas
Hardin Chamber of Commerce
Basin Projects More Than Half Completed
Basin projects show 56.6 percent completion for fiscal 1947 as of May 31. National Park Service leads six other interior department agencies with 93 percent completion on the same date.
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Billings
U.R
Missouri Basin
National Park Service
Interior Department
Hegge Visits Norway and United States Roots
Konrad Hegge recounts his 700 passenger Atlantic crossing to New York City and his life in Norway including farming self sufficiency. He arrived in 1928 under the Scandinavian immigrant quota and later settled in Williston North Dakota while becoming a naturalized citizen.
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Norway
Hegge
United States
New York City
Williston
N. Dak
Williston High School
Chateau
Choteau
Trondheim
Oscar Ollney
Montana Gets New Bank in Livingston
Livingston welcomes a new financial institution, the Livingston State Bank, capitalized at $100,000. Directors include J. S. Hellesmark of Living Ston, T. J. Lajeunesse and McKinley T. Anderson of Livingston, Billings native, Ole Fallan of Wilsall, and David B Fitzgerald of Livingston.
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Livingston
U.P
Montana
Livingston State Bank
J. S. Hellesmark
T. J. Lajeunesse
McKinley T. Anderson
Billings
Ole Fallan
Wilsall
David B Fitzgerald
Episcopal Church Services at Chateau and Sun River
Episcopal services scheduled for Sunday July 6 at 11 am at Chateau and at 9 am at Sun River led by Rev Theodore Burleson. The notices list locations and times for worship.
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Chateau
Sun River
Russia rich in resources shows trade reliance limits
Russia with vast untapped reserves within its borders leads in manganese vanadium and tungsten and ranks high in other metals yet relies on imports for tin and silver, reflecting wartime strains on the United States and British Empire.
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Russia
Soviet
United States
British Empire
Choteau Readies Second Annual Rodeo at New Arena
Choteau prepares for a two day rodeo at the new arena grounds with Bob Rooker supplying stock, Houlk of Whitefish bringing 10 concessions, and dancing nightly by Ken Thompson and the Mcosz orchestra. Two new bleacher sections add 300 seats, and prize money totals 1800 with registration until tonight at 10. Last year’s top winners included Ernie Price and Oral Zumwalt.
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Choteau
New Arena Grounds
Bob Rooker
Missoula
Whitefish
American Legion
Ken Thompson
Mcosz
Receo
Choteau Arena
Redeo
Ernie Price
Lowery
Oral Zumwalt
Bob Olson
Phil Manix
Bill Roper
Jay Overman
Ernest Emory
Tott Nett
Colley Family Heads to Livingston for Weekend Visitation
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Colley and their daughter departed for Livingston to visit relatives and spend the weekend there.
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Robert Colley
Livingston
School Children Asked To Notify Enrollment
Trustees of district No. 1 Choteau urge parents of children likely to attend Choteau schools to notify the clerk or superintendent by July 15. Families with grade school children or high school pupils not riding a bus should report so contracts can be prepared.
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Choteau
Old Timer Remembers Stonehouse Family Ties in Montana
An elderly visitor from Bellingham Washington recalls relatives in Dupuyer and Conradt. Kenneth Stonehouse ran a Dupuyer general store from 1897 to 1900 then moved to Bynum serving as storekeeper and postmaster. He homesteaded near Bynum in 1909 and left for Washington in 1923. Lloyd Stonehouse left the Navy after 16 years. Another son Gordon serves with engineers in Germany.
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EK. C. Stonehouse
Loya
Bellingham
Wash
Conrad
Kenneth
Dupuyer
McKnight
Kingsbury
Bynum
Washington
Lloyd
Navy
Gordon
Germany
Statue on Capitol Crowned by 19 Foot Free Nations Figure
A 19 foot bronze female statue atop the US Capitol, the Statue of Freedom, was originally named Armed Liberty. Modeled in Italy by Thomas Crawford from Jefferson Davis approved plans. Cast in bronze after a plaster model shipped to the United States. The base bears E pluribus unum. It was set in place on December 2, 1863.
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Capitol
United States
Italy
Thomas Crawford
Jefferson Davis
Committee On Public Buildings
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Raymond Kelly
Havre
Neihart
Chouteau
Meagher
FFA
Fairfield
Farm Front and Livestock News
Treasure State
Sweetgrass County
Bureau of Agriculture Economics
Bureau
Kenneth F. Vernon
Reclamation Bureau
Vernon
Acantha
Mickey and
Wilma
Mickey Nolan
Wiw Pasez
Dennison
Choteau Food Market
Konrad Hegge
NEW Livingston Bank
Brian Donlevy
Yvonne de Carlo
Jean Pierre Aumont
Royal Theatre
Thursay
Episcopal Church Services
Theodore Burleson
Choteau Saddle Club
Fairfield Riding Club
Choteau Drug
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