Yellowstone Parks Readies for Record Summer Travel
Yellowstone National Park expects the heaviest travel season on record with new hotel at Mammoth and dining room open, new recreation center cabins under construction, and upgraded roads and buses. Lodge operations at five sites run near capacity. fishing bridge replaces older structure. travel via Old Faithful West Thumb route underway. Five park gateways anticipate half a million visitors.
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Yellowstone National Park
Mammoth Hot Springs
Canyon Hotel
Yellowstone River
Gene Quan
Orchestra of
Los Angeles
Grand Canyon
Yellowstone Lake
Old Faithful
Camp Roosevelt
Park Highway
West Thumb
Little Missouri Project Reviewed by State Conservation Board
The state water conservation board ordered further examination of the proposed Little Missouri river site in southeastern Montana. Presented to the board as a federal state undertaking, the project was reviewed after a Carter delegation urged its merits. Estimated cost is $800,000.
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State Water Conservation Board
Little Missour River
Montana
Little Missouri
Public Works Administration
State Supreme Court rules transport costs tied to service and pupil count
The court opinion states school transportation funding for pupils sent to public schools must reflect actual service costs and the number of students in the district. The Helena school district clerk John P F McBride brought the action to settle the question.
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State Supreme Court
John PF. McBride
Helena
Apple peels said to hold six times vitamin C of core pulp
A reader notes that the outer apple peel contains much more vitamin C than the pulp near the core, claiming peels offer six times the nutrient. The claim contrasts with common assumptions about where vitamin C is concentrated in fruit.
Montana WPA Civic Center Projects Praised by PWA Chief
State PWA Administrator Joseph E Parker lauded Montana civic center projects with 11 active builds and 10 additional proposed units. Expenditures total 676641.12 dollars with 75 to 95 percent completion. Projects span civic buildings armory areas and parks in cities like Billings Great Falls Helena and more.
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PWA
Joseph E. Parker
Montana
Parker
National Guard
WPA
Great Falls
Kalispell
Whitefish
Bozeman
Billings
Wolf Point
Harlowton
Sidney
Butte
Helena
Billings—Park
Lewistown
Livingston
Glasgow
Culbertson
Bainville
Harlem
Great Falls—Park
Havre
Chinook
Glasgow Civic-Center
Civic Center
Farm population shows first drop since 1929
U S Bureau of Agricultural Economics estimates 31,729,000 farm residents as of January 19 1937, down from 31,809,000 on January 1 1936 a net loss of 80 000 persons marking the first decrease since 1929.
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United States Bureau ¢ of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
Helena man builds compact trailer home on wheels
A Helena resident, Mr Abbott, designed a six by four by five foot streamlined trailer housing a full bed, kitchen with oil stove and sink, storage for gear, and a removable rear section for access. Crowds praised it as the most efficient and distinctive trailer-like unit seen.
New Road Police Appoints Fourteen New Patrol Officers
Fourteen new state highway patrol members were chosen from 5,000 applicants. The appointees include David H. Hanter Exalaka Alex Stephenson Lewistown Joe Hempstead Deer Lodge Howard Rameey Shelby Charles A. Dell Jr Columbus Joe B. McKenzie Havre David E. Cockrill Butte Ernest D. Allen Livingston Clarence B Thibodeau Dillon Gale E. McKain Eureka Lester Black Stanford William G. Molden Malta Tom Stark Wibaux and Virsil Farrar Boulder.
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State Highway Patrol
David H. Hanter
Exalaka
Alex Stephenson
Lewistown
Joe Hempstead
Deer Lodge
Howard Rameey
Shelby
Charles A. Dell Jr
Columbus
Joe B. McKenzie
Havre
David E. Cockrill
Butte
Ernest D. Allen
Livingston
Clarence B Thibodeau
Dillon
Gale E. McKain
Eureka
Lester Black
Stanford
William G. Mold
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Santegram
Seagram
Seven Crown
Ameri—a
Seagram-Distifers
New York
TAX Service
Wm. B. Finlay
First National Bank
New Road
Clark’s Fork Valley
Anaconda Copper Mining Co. Lands Department
Missoula, Mort
The
Wilken Family, Inc
Aladdin
Exec
N.Y.C
Wilken Family
Old Boston
Old
Boston
Barger
Sawtell
Gucle Sam
Mass
Old Bodsion
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