College meetings attract crowds across state events
Montana State college hosted ten conferences and conventions drawing over 3 000 attendees in the just completed college year. The Montana Woolgrowers convention led with 1 339 high school students and educators attending, followed by a January high school week featuring 700 woolgrowers and industry supporters.
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Montana Woolgrowers Association
Montana State College
Alfred Atkinson
Montana
Milk Cans Found Instead of Bodies in Submerged Car
A car submerged in 15 feet of Blackfoot river near Bonner was hauled out with a wrecker. Searchers hoped for human remains but found only two milk cans tagged John Schell Blue Valley Creamery Mercer North Dakota. The mud-clad vehicle had no license plates and appeared long submerged.
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Blackfoot
Bonner
John Schell
Blue Valley Creamery Co
Mercer, N. D
Highway crews employ 4 830 workers on Montana roads
D A McKinnon reports 4 830 men were employed by contractors on highway projects in June. Butte division led with 986 workers followed by Great Falls 647 Billings 397 Wolf Point 441 Missoula 259 Kalispell 373 Havre 396 Miles City 721 Lewistown 353 Bozeman 257. Of the total 98 32 percent were Montana men and 50 out of state workers held supervisory roles. 344 ex service men with dependents are included.
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D. A. McKinnon
Butte Division
Great Falls
Billings
Wolf Point
Missoula
Kalispell
Havre
Miles City
Lewistown
Bozeman
Montana
United States Re-Employment Service
Harvesting Begins In Highwood Area
The first new winter wheat delivery to an elevator at Highwood arrived from Floyd Davidson's farm. Yields exceeded expectations despite uneven weather. Combines are in use and harvesting is progressing. the season is two to three weeks ahead of typical timing.
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Highwood
Floyd Davidson
Joe Novak and Butte golf legends rise from caddy to pro
Joe Novak emerges as Butte’s premier golf figure after starting as a 14 year old caddy. He becomes youngest pro at Helena Country Club, teaches at Butte and Berkeley, builds an all in one club, wins California Open runner up in 1923 and 1925, later mentors stars at Ritzy Bellair Beverly Hills. He also broadcasts golf instructions and promotes the sport nationwide.
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Joe Novak
Novak
Butte Country Club
Kalls
John
Martin
Frank
Novaks
Joe
Merhars
Hank
Rudy
Seamans
Steve
Mallons
Kristovich
Matt
Pete
Jackie
Perry
Russ
Lloyd
Gall
Seaman
Montana
Butte
Mr. Novak
Joseph
Helena
Butte Club
California
California Club
San Francisco
Spokane Country Club
Spokane
Berkeley Country Club
Berkeley Club
Bellair Club
Beverly Hills
John Kall
Kall
Amusing 1900 Helena boxing tale of Howard Opie and Hoy
The story recalls Howard Opie at age 21 traveling from Butte with promoter Jack Hoy to Helena to face Kid Oglesby. In the Grand Central hotel Opie, unused to gas lighting, accidentally blows out the gas and smells an unfamiliar odor, deterring sleep before the bout.
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Howard
Jack Hoy
Hoy
Charley Clark
Clark
Tom Reynolds
Grand Central Hotel
Reynolds
Kidders
Butte
Oglesby
Opie
Salt Lake
Art Merkle
Tommy Ellis
Billy Kirkpatrick
Mike Sheehan
B. Taylor
Tommy Jackson
Elwert
Pueblo
Ellis
Toledo
American Association
McCoy
W. A. Clark Jr
Salt Lake City
Kiss Clark
Butte Kegler
Tommy
Mr. Clark
Howard Opie
Kid Oglesby
Helena
Jack
Unon
Capital City
Recall of 1901 Billings bout and Phelan early schooling
The note recalls Jack Wade defeating Jake Yanger in Billings in the 11th round in 1901. It asks when Jimmy Phelan, then a grade school student at Butte, was connected to Washington University football coaching. It ends with an unfinished reference to Tally John.
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Jack Wade
Jake Yanger
Billings
Jimmy Phelan
Washington University
Butte
Tally John
Engineering Must Be Found for Flood Irrigation
Irrigation engineer O W Monson of the Montana Agricultural Experiment Station stresses that flood irrigation must be correctly designed and carefully constructed to succeed. He cites Montana projects that failed due to faulty design and sloppy construction, urging low cost automatic systems with large flow control and properly sized dikes and ditches to prevent bank washouts.
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O. W. Monson
Montana
Control Chicken Mites and Odd Atlas Question Snippets
A health tip notes creosote as a roost treatment to kill chicken mites by seeping into cracks. The text humorously asks if an Alaska map scaled to the U S would place Aleutians near Los Angeles and Alaska near Savannah. It poses questions about early 20th century boxing and college sports figures and a 1909 barnstorming tour.
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Alaska
United States
Point Barrow
Duluth
Minn
Aleutian Archipelago
Los Angeles
Savannah
Montana relief commission reports June expenditures
The Montana relief commission reported to State Auditor John J. Holmes that its June expenditures totaled 187,825 dollars. Of this amount 16,291 dollars were federal funds and 1,502 dollars came from other sources. The report notes aviation funding and related finances.
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Montana Relief Commission
John J. Holmes
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Byrds Cous
Heart of Kentucky
Quarts
Blue Bird
Quaris
Montana Sports Tales
Joe L. L. Markham
Montana State Athletic Commission
Kid Davis
Jimmy Clabby
Freddie Hicks
Ott Romney
Brigham Young University
Utah University
Montana State
Philadelphia Athletics
Otel
Ainbow
Butte, Mont
Air Board of the
St. Louis
Buffalo
N. Y
SYMES
Momtana
Surejeal
General Foods
Bealbe el
Rennanner
Cobbs Creek
Continental Distilling Corporation
Philadelphia
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