Learn to Fly on Payment Plan at Vance Flying School
The Vance Flying school offers a short course of eight lessons for 100 dollars and a complete solo course for 300 dollars. Additional solo time is 12.50 per hour for students, with 15 hours in the air in the solo course. Students must pass a local physical exam to obtain a U S student license, with payment terms of one half cash and the balance on time to responsible parties.
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Vance Flying School
Nine Mile River
Nine Mile Valley
Missoula
Missoula River
Milwaukee and
Northern Pacife
Treasure State Farm and Livestock on Washington Potato Tour
Montana potato grower representatives will tour Yakima central Washington next week to study production and marketing practices. About 30 to 40 people including seed potato growers and agricultural agents will travel July 8 to 15, with Northern Pacific backing half-fare rates.
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Montana
Yakima
Washington
Montana State College
Montana Potato Improvement Association
State Horticultural Society
Mr. Harrington
W. E. Pollinger
Ahorticultural
Corvallis
L. A. Campbell
Northern Pacific Railroad
Fred Parker
Hamilton
A. H., Small
Creston
F. A. Gi
Missoula
Northern Pacific
Helena
Ellensburg
Kittitas Valley
Naches
Wapato
Donald
Lewis and Clark
Ravalli
Lake
Flathead
Butte
Polson
Kalispell
Shiloh Drain District Begins Work to Reclaim 1400 Acres
After five years of formation and a late bond delivery, the Shiloh drainage project near Billings Montana has started. Charles Basler of Basler & Ewing leads trenching with machines from Lovell Wyoming and Iowa, aiming to drain 1400 acres southeast toward Hogan slough.
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Shiloh
Shiloh School
Billings
Charles Basler
Chicago
Basler & Ewing
Lovell
Wyo
Iowa
Arnold-Marshall Co
Yellowstone Valley
Hogan Slough
B. C. Lillis
T. C. Armitage
Robert Steele
Ed Cardwell
Montana Officials Push Gasoline Tax Rise for $4.5 Million Match
Montana lawmakers and the Montana Automobile association urge raising the gasoline tax from 3 to 5 cents to secure a $4.5 million federal road funding match. The board also backs cleaving rights of way via immediate condemnation and notes large bond payments and school district refinancing amid statewide fiscal activity.
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Moncey
Chinook
Montana
Board of Managers
Montana Automobile Association
Board of Directors
State Highway Commission
Montana Students Canoe Down Missouri to New Orleans
Walter Burrell and Tom Duncan of Missoula, journalism students at the University of Montana, travel a 15 foot canoe from Fort Benton May 18 toward New Orleans. They report a wonderful but rough trip with high water, rescuing stranded animals, and nightly camps on riverbanks.
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Walter Burrell
Tom Duncan
Missoula
Journalism School
University of Montana
Missouri
New Orleans
Sloan City
Towa
Burrell
Duncan
Fort Benton
University
Mr. Burrell
Farming Hay Cutting Tips and Fair Judge Appointments
Dairy specialist O Tretsven advises cutting alfalfa at bloom, red clover at full bloom, white and yellow sweet clovers at blossom stages, timothy early bloom, and corn fodder in the dough stage. Richland county fair judges named for livestock horticulture and poultry. crops and women’s departments pending. Agricultural economist M L Wilson spoke on Montana farming potential at Bozeman district meeting. Bureau of Agricultural Economics outlines major farm management studies across the United States.
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Montana
Department of the Disabled American Veterans of the
James J. Miles
Helena
Earl Angle
John J. Walsh
Anaconda
George Timmons
Butte
War Department
Fort Harrison
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Montana State College
O. Tretsven
Montana Extension Service
Richland County
George J. Baker
North Dakota
E. E. Isaac
John Osmundson
M. L. Wilson
Northwest Shippers’ Advisory Board
Bozeman
United States
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States Department of Agriculture
Montana dairy and honey quality push noted by extension service
The U S Department of Agriculture cites honey as clean and sanitary and explains modern, sealed, automated extraction. Montana County agents discuss range management projects after district conferences at Malta and Great Falls. Nine dairy herd associations exist, with testing to begin in several counties as schools expand nutrition studies.
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District Court
Cascade County
Supreme Court
Steve Gundarlo
Deer Lodge
Mary Bykari
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Malta
Great Falls
Montana Extension Service
Gallatin County
Cuticura Ad Promises Skin Comfort For Babies
An old advertisement touts Cuticura products for soothing red rough itching skin with hot baths using Cuticura Soap and ointment plus Cuticura Talcum and Dusting Powder. Separately, a thief who attempted to rob Fischer's garage was stopped by a mechanic after the bell rang and the thief fled through a rear door while the proprietor was away at supper.
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Saco
Fischer
Great Northern beans boom in Montana acreage rise
Montana farmers planted 55,000 acres of Great Northern beans in 1927 up from 4,000 in 1922, centered in the Billings area. A Montana Extension Service study by E. J. Bell Jr. analyzes marketing, distribution, prices, storing costs, and potential markets beyond the southern states, noting no co op plan yet but outlining success factors for such a move.
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Montana State College
Montana
Billings
Montana Extension Service
Agricultural Economic Department of the
Montana Experiment Station
E. J. Bell, Jr
Idaho
Wyoming
United States
Bozeman
New Railroad Extension Aims to Complete Casper Miles City Line
Montana's state railroad commission approves extension request by North and South Railway receiver R E McNalley to finish the 335 mile line from Casper Wyoming to Miles City Montana tapping Salt Creek Tongue River and Powder River oil fields. The project cost about 11.1 million dollars with work begun in 1923 and receivership in 1924.
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Casper, Wyo
Miles City
Salt Creek
Tongue and Powder River Country
Montana
State Railroad Commission
North and South Railroad Company
Casper
Wyo
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wyoming
Montana Railway Company
Wyoming Railway Company
North and South Railway Company
R. E. McNalley
Sheridan
Tongue River
Montana Commission
Castoria touted as safe for infant nerves and sleep
An advertisement urges parents to use Castoria to calm babies during overstimulation in infancy. It claims the product is pure vegetable, free of drugs, and widely used, with a mothering booklet included and Chas. H. Fletcher’s signature on authentic bottles.
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Baby
Chas. H. Fletcher
Rail line from Montana to Salt Creek Wyoming opens progress noted
The Montana Wyoming line from the state line to Salt Creek has been completed and put in operation. The 41.07 mile Salt Creek to Ilico segment links with the Chicago and North Western. Total completed cost is 1 715 772 with grading costs of 487 970 in Montana and 667 356 in Wyoming. Of 335 miles between Miles City and Casper, 138 lie in Montana and 1927 lie in Wyoming.
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Wyoming
Salt Creek
Wyo
Ilico
Natrona County
Chicago and North Western
Montana
Miles City
Casper
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H. F. Patterson Company Sheep Merchants
Billings, Mont
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Austin Boots
Fred Mueller
Denvan
Pam
Blackfoot Land Development CO
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Misseula
Treasure State Farm and Livestock
State Automobile Association
Next Assembly
Department of State Lands and Investments
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I. M. Brandford
State Lands and Investments
Blaine County
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John W. Mountjoy
Secretary of State
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Continental Oil Company
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State Department of Agriculture
J. G. Diamond
Federal Agricultural Statistician
Mint
Bureau of Mines
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Montana Life Endowment
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Chouteau County
Jessie McQueen
John Paugh
Ruth Brittain
Omae Co
Detroit
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Comet Oil Company
Great Falls, Montana
Delbert Alsup
Shelby
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Teele
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Fia
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