From Film Rider to Marco Polo Star Gary Cooper Biography
The piece chronicles Gary Cooper born in Helena Montana son of ex Montana Supreme Court justice C H Cooper. After early ranch work and cartoonist days his break came when Samuel Goldwyn spotted him as a western extra leading to The Winning of Barbara Worth and later The Adventures of Marco Polo.
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Samuel Goldwyn
Abe Lee
Frank Cooper
Gary Cooper
Harold Bell Wright
Barbara Worth
Mr. Cooper
Goldwyn
Ronald Colman
Wilma Banky
Cooper
Marco Polo
Helena
England
C. H. Cooper
Montana Supreme Court
Los Angeles
Discovery
A Wife's Lost Faith Restored At A Great Sacrifice
In two part serial set in a humble farm, John Martin faces hardship after drought and debt while his wife Kate prods him with practical tasks. He longs to provide a better life as their sons cling to him and the dream of wealth glimmers in a game of a hand.
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Kate Martin
John
Kate
Pete
Oliver
The Plow and the Valley in Eight Years of Change
John Martin toils at plowing his hillside farm eight years after leaving timber land and a new wife behind. He recalls initial hopes and harsh reality as he and Kate clash over hard labor, dirt, and the promise of land. A day of effort, weather, and restless longing for greater achievement unfolds.
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John Martin
Martin
Kate
Burr Hill Transferred to Great Falls District
Burr Hill an alcohol tax unit agent for three years is moved to Great Falls where he will lead the unit across 20 northeastern counties. Orville Jones stays in Billings overseeing 20 southeastern counties. L. O. Shirley moves to Portland. Hill previously served at Great Falls and has been a federal officer since 1923 after six years as a Fergus County deputy in Lewistown.
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Great Falls
Orville Jones
Billings
Montana
L. O. Shirley
Helena
Portland
Ore
Hill
Fergus County
Lewistown
Wyckoff Advances to Pacific Northwest Forest Station Director
Stephen N. Wyckoff is appointed director of the Pacific Northwest forest and range experiment station headquartered in Portland Oregon. He leaves his post as director of the Rocky Mountain forest and range experiment station in Missoula to succeed Thornton T. Munger who is assigned to research.
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Stephen N. Wyckoff
Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station
Portland
Ore
The
Forest Service
Wyckoff
Rocky Mountain Forest and Range
Missoula
Thornton T. Munger
Veteran bugler who served at frontier forts recalled in 1934 visit
The article profiles a long serving bugler born February 29, 1864 in St Louis. He trained at Jefferson Barracks, served in 1885 at Fort Custer and fought in the Crow Indian Uprising of 1887. He spent 46 years away from the Northwest before visiting Billings in 1934, recalling parade regalia and the crucial role of trumpeters in cavalry commands. He retired in St Louis prior to his last visit, with family ties including sister Bertha Andresen of Custer and nephew Edgar Olsen of Billings. three of his sons served as buglers in World War I.
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Kid” Olsen
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C. C. Carr
Bertha O. Andresen
Custer
Edgar Olsen
Old cowhand tires of unruly autos in Montana crash
Dave Smith, 14th car mishap veteran Missoula cow puncher and former Montana bronco busting champ, drove his new car off a Stevensville road and it burned. He and Curly Benson escaped serious harm after three miles north of Stevensville.
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Stevensville
Smith
Montana
Curly Benson
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