Collins Community Picnic And Local Social Notes
A large crowd attends a Collins Sunday picnic at Kerr ranch. Mr and Mrs R S McLean host dinner at Chas Tomsha home. Fruit tree agent Murphy reports farmers buying trees despite drought. Wm Reiquam ships cattle to Chicago. Emerson Ferris family from Chicago visit R L McClennan home. Church board reviews roads for future relocation. Various locals enjoy Sunriver visits and a big dam excursion. Glacier vacation plans form among Collins youth. Grain conditions on summer fallow hold steady amid heat. Plan for district picnic at Collins park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collins
Kerr Ranch
R. S. McLean
Chas
Collins Church Board
Chas. Tomsha
Clyde Baquet
R S. McClenhan
Ida Waterman
Alvin Hull
Sunriver
Ed. Fitzgerald
Mildred Baquet
Eva Lewis
Brady
J. A Coghill and Son
Herman Schwert
Archie Murchie
Hayward
Glacier
McClenhan
Montana bills consider county and state parks expansion
Letters from the Montana sportsmen associations urge study of two park bills. One authorizes counties to acquire land for public camping and recreation with cost limits. the other creates a state park system with a state park director and penalties for damage. A muskrats season closing proposal is discussed in a state game and fish commission letter seeking local sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jorgensen
Legislative Assembly
State of
Montana
Shepard
State Board of Land Commissioners
Moir
State Department of Fish and Gamehich
Thomas N. Marlowe
State Game and Fish Commission
Locals brief social and business notes in Chateau
Fern Handley of Williston visits grandmother Mrs. Geo Magee. Twin Lakes pavilion hosts a gathering by Mr and Mrs H W Bateman. Ben Gordon couple return from Yellowstone to Salt Lake City trip. Mountain States Tel officials Henderson and Dounl pass through Chateau en route to Conrad. Mrs T O Larson entertains guests at a bridge luncheon and later at home. prize winners named. Richard Scott visits, notes former Mountain States manager now selling a patented automaile bread wrapping machine with one Portland machine in operation and plans large scale market rollout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fern Handley
Williston
N. D
Geo. Magee
H. W. Bateman
Twin Lakes Pavilion
Ben Gordon
Yellowstone
Salt Lake City
Utah
H. C. Henderson
Mountain States Tel. & Tel. Co
Great Falls
A. G. Dounl
Chateau
Conrad
T. O. Larson
Post Tavern
Larson
K. E. Sturgis
C. J. Smith
Richard Scott
Scott
Mountain States Tel. &Tel. Co
Browning
Portland
Wheat market slips slightly this week
The wheat market is somewhat lower this week than last. The market, as received by local elevators yesterday, was 1.10 dollars per bushel.
Elk Herd Winter Range Raises Debate Among Sportsmen
A. D. Moir of the Chateau Red and Gun Club reports letters from the Montana Sportsmen's Association on elk winter range and on recreation park bills. Congress reportedly allocated 75000 for winter range with private funds pledged to match, and local input is sought on care for the herd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. D. Moir
Chateau Red and Gun Club
Montana Sportsmen’s Association
Congress
Eld
Evolution of the American Dude Ranches Across the West
The piece traces the history of dude ranches in Texas, the Dakotas, Montana, and Wyoming. It notes pioneer Oward Eaton began hosting visitors in 1847 after moving from Pittsburgh to Dakota, inspiring a business that spread to Wyoming and other states with many ranches now operating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Dakotas
Montana
Wyoming
Oward Eaton
Pittsburgh
Dakota
Force of Habit and Cheering Outlook
A reflective prose piece likens habit to a forest trail in the mind and a folded crease. Repeated cheerful thoughts blaze an enduring mental path, making future cheerfulness easier to summon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. P. Anderson
Farmers Advertise McCormick Deering Combine Financing
Farmers are urged to buy a McCormick Deering combine on easy terms with delivery promised after order. The note warns a few days delay could postpone delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCormick-Deering
FOR SALE FARM MACHINERY TANDEM TRACTORS AND DISCS
Multiple farm items offered including Twin City tractors belts a 27x44 21x82 and 32x54 a Twin City thresher 1 cook car 1 John Deere 5 disc 1 Oliver 4 disc 1 Oliver 3 disc plows all in good condition. Sale by Joe Baart Choteau Montana noting various farm tools and equipment. Also chinchilla rabbits 8 months old at Pinnell Fur Farm and leather bed davenport library table and hall seat offered by Mrs Phil I Cole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fordson
Waterloo Bay
John Deere
McCormick-Deering
Nichols & Shepard
Teton Implement Co
Chateau
Oben Ole Heiked
Oliver
Joe Baart
Choteau
Mont
Chinchilla
Pinnell Fur Farm
Phil I. Cole
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J.c.penney
Cme Sereemace
Weete Lens Cenes
Seenane
Power-Morgan CO
Franklin Touring
Coles
B. I. Packer
Wallace Coffey
Windsor
Helmer Bagley
J. M. Sulgrove
Connor
North Main Avenue
Choteau Garage
Tellen
Hevrolet
Motor O. K
DODGE
Ford Truck Motor
Thomas Mower
Chas. H. Connor
Estey
Acantha
J. M. Weaver
McNess
Teton County
McNess Co
Dept. T
Freeport
J. E. Hartford
4Th Ave
Glenloyd Hotel
Agawam
Wm. Miller
Gunther
Woman’s Club
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