Council Hears Montana Power on New Lighting Plan
At the Monday city council meeting a petition for Main avenue street lighting was presented and Montana Power Co representative R C Settenstrom outlined features via movies and data. The firm will prepare plans and costs and the council will set a hearing date on creating an improvement district before deciding to proceed.
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Main Avenue
R. C. Settenstrom
Montana Power Co
M. L. Bechtel
J. R. Collins
August Kade
Jesse Bleecker
Melvin R. Swain
Franklin Fellers
Beck News Social Roundup of Local Travel and Guests
Beck headlines list residents journeying through Washington Decorah Iowa Kalispell Great Falls and Wisconsin. Families including Primus Headington Beck Asmus Toekes Paulus and others visit relatives attend funerals birthdays and take vacations in Spokane Milwaukee Glacier Park and Conrad.
Notice to Creditors Estate of Ruth Beardsley Deceased
Administrator Carl A Beardsley informs creditors and claimants to present their claims with vouchers within four months after the first publication at George Coffey Larson Building Chateau Montana. Date July 12 1939. George Coffey attorney for administrator.
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Ruth Beardsley
George Coffey
Larson Building
Chateau
Montana
Carl A. Beardsley
Community visits and July Fourth gatherings across Collins area
Collins News reports visits by Roscoe Tohmpson in Chateau Johnny Doyle and wife with Mrs Geo Coghill and family during the July 4th holidays Adolph Lippen George Tomsha and family with Bertha spent the holidays near Carter with the DeReskey family Roscoe Thompson Henry Tomsha and Albert Tomsha enjoyed July Fourth at Sun River Canyon Alzheimer brothers John and Carson Holt Lin Johnson and Fred Trudeau fished over the holiday Prof and Mrs LaValley welcomed a baby daughter born last week at Deaconess hospital Great Falls Mr LaValley returns to Collins to teach next school year Mr and Mrs Larson hosted dinner then drove east of Brady noting crops in need of rain Rain fell about six o clock with more possible Calvin Fuson Walter Dodds Darrell Gilcher hauling logs from the mountains John Trudeau ill Homer Thompson visited Reo Coghill Sunday
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Roscoe Tohmpson
Chateau
Johnny Doyle
Great Falls
Geo Coghill
Adolph Lippen
George Tomsha
Bertha
Carter
Partley DeReskey
Roscoe Thompson
Henry Tomsha
Albert Tomsha
Sun River Canyon
Alzheimer Boys
John and
Carson Holt
Lin Johnson
Fred Trudeau
LaValley
Deaconess
Collsins
Larson
Robt. McClenian
Brady
A. F. Noreen
Choteau
Harvey Wisconson
Mullen
Idaho
Ben Beringer
Dean Waterman
Clyde Baquet
Noreen
Calvin Fuson
Walter Dodds
Darrell Gilcher
John Trudeau
Homer Thompson
Reo Coghill
Population Down at Deer Lodge Penitentiary
At Deer Lodge prison the inmate count fell from 529 on June 1 to 522 by month end July. Twenty prisoners were paroled in June, totaling 5708 paroles in the institution's history, with 206 parole violators to date.
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State Penitentiary
Deer Lodge
Theodore Bergstrom
Methods for Controlling Weeds Explained by the County Agent
County agent outlines persistent weeds such as morning glory leafy spurge white top Canadian thistle and Russian knapweed. Cultivation over two years can curb white top morning glory and spurge while chemical sprays on private land cost about 50 cents per square rod with a deposit required.
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Teton County
Stuart Myers
Mr. Myers
Roads and Bridge Projects Advance in Yellowstone Park
Construction work estimated at 1.25 million dollars is under way on 65 miles of road in Yellowstone National park. A 240 thousand dollar bridge is being built over the Gardiner river between Mammoth and Tower junction. An additional 153 thousand dollar emergency relief project funds general landscaping and improvements in settled areas. The park remains largely natural with changes only where travel demands it.
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Yellowstone National Park
Gardiner River
Mammoth
Tower Junction
Emergency Relief Administration
Park
Montana Dakota Utilities withdraws gas import petition
The Montana Dakota Utilities company withdrew its petition to the Federal Power Commission to import natural gas from Canada. The state railroad and public service commission announced the action after opposing the petition at a Helena hearing in May.
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Montana Dakota Utilities Company
Theederal Power Commission
Montana
Canada
State Railroad and Public Service Commission
State Commission
Helena
Montana State Cash Balance Climbs at Fiscal Year End
State Treasurer Ray N. Shannon reports Montana had 9 120 653 in banks when the fiscal year ended June 30, up from 7 367 287 a year earlier. The June 1 balance stood at 8 105 750. State receipts totaled 3 448 735 in June while expenditures were 2 632 764.
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Montana
Ray N. Shannon
Shannon
Pendroy Social Notes Chronicle Visiting Friends
Pendroy residents and relatives visit across Montana and beyond. Names include Mr. and Mrs. Fennes, H. J. Moon, Howard Hetrod, Marion Fulbright, Harold Lee, Garrett Johnson of Denton Montana, C. W. Johns, Garnet McDonald, Earl Shawver, Swan Lake visitors, Great Falls business, Lake Five vacationers, Glacier Park motor trip, and a pot luck birthday dinner for Mrs. Guttschall with multiple local households noted.
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Howard Hetrod
Fromlinois
Marion Fulbright
Harold Lee
Garrett Johnson
Denton, Mont
Hamer
C. W. Johns
Garnet McDonald
Swan Lake
Earl Shawver
California
C.A
Purple top potato disease threatens state crops
State Horticulturist George L. Knight warns potato fields in several sections face purple top, a disease caused by insects that also endangers tomatoes and other garden crops. He urges growers in threatened areas to spray. The same illness devastated Montana crops last year.
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George L. Knight
Montana
Knight
Montana Bituminous Conference To Host 700 Attendees
More than 200 engineers from the United States and several foreign countries have registered for the fifth annual Montana National Bituminous conference to be held September 11 14 at Sun Valley. D A McKinnon states attendees will come from around the world to study every known phase of bituminous road construction and maintenance.
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United States
Montana
Sun Valley
D. A. McKinnon
Notice of County Board Equalization Meeting in Montana
The Board of County Commissioners of Teton County will meet as a County Board of Equalization at 10 A M on July 17 1939 in the Court House Chateau Montana to review assessments in the 1939 tax books and continue sessions until all business is disposed of no later than August 1939. Written applications verified by oath must be filed to request reductions. Dated Chateau Money July 12 1939 GEO A CARROLL County Clerk Teton County Montana.
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Montana
Teton County
State of Montana
Court House
Chateau
Board of County’ Commissioners
Board of Equalization
Money
A.D
Geo. A. Carroll
Preliminary Budgets Filed for Teton County Schools Montana
Inez Beckford announces that the preliminary budgets for the 1939 school year in all Teton County districts are on file for inspection. The Board of School Budget Supervisors will meet at 10 a.m. in the county courthouse to examine, adopt, and approve the budgets, with adjournments possible until the second Monday in August. Taxpayers may appear and be heard.
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Teton County
Montana
Board of
Court House
Inez Beckford
Board of School -Budget Supervisors
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