Division of Federal Aid Money for Montana Roads
W R Church of Helena says federal aid funds for feeder and main line roads are allocated by the federal Bureau of Public Roads in Washington, not the Montana highway commission. The Montana committee aims to raise 3 million dollars to match a similar federal grant, with state funds split to feeder roads and main lines per law and equal percentages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Church
Bureau of Public Roads
Washington, D. C
State Highway Commission
W. R. Church
Helena
Montana Highway Finance Committee
Montana
Southard and Toenyes Lead Demonstration Farm Flocks
In April the Southard flock of 185 White Leghorns produced 4,149 eggs, 23.3 per hen, best among flocks over 100. Swan son’s 45 White Leghorns led under 100 with 1,082 eggs at 24 per hen. Toenyes 158 White Leghorns topped breeding flocks with 3,887 eggs at 24.8 per hen. Average adult-hen feed cost was 14 cents. egg price averaged 20 cents a dozen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southard
Teenyes
Bozeman
E. N. Southard
Fairfield
H. E. Cushman
Montana State College
Martin Swanson
Hinsdale
John B. Toenyes
Power
Augusta Meat Market Pioneer Visits Friends in Gilman
Augusta items note Rufus McClure and wife once ran a Gilman meat market now visit friends as McClure runs a Washington market. Frosts hit the area twice last week with gardens white and beans drooping until a Sunday rain eased the crust. Walter James Manix graduates Loyola College Los Angeles and aims for aviation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rufus McClure
Gilman
Mr. McClure
Washington
Walter James Manix
Loyola College
Los Angeles
Order of Eastern Star
Leland Garner
Martha Marie Frost
Elmer Olsen
Ethel Bean
Deaconess Hospital
38 Candidates Enter Primary for Statewide Offices
Filing deadline closed with 38 candidates entered for two congression seats two railroad board posts two supreme court seats and one district judgeship Ballots feature Democrats and Republicans across the first and second congressional districts along with nonpartisan race for supreme court and two railroad board terms including several from Butte Helena Missoula and Lewistown names listed for each race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congression
Railroad Commission
Supreme Court
Congress
First
E. C. Burrish
Anaconda
T. J. Collins
Helena
Maggie Smith
J. B. Garrison
Reichle
Winfield R. Page
Missoula
Dr. J. Thorkelson
Butte
James F. O’connor
Livingston
H. D. Rolph
Joplin
W. C. Husband
Harlowton
T. 8
Stockdal
Billings
H. O. Willard
Lewistown
Railroad Board
Humming Bird 4H Club Holds June Meeting
The Humming Bird 4H Club met at Betty Schults home on Saturday June 11 with Lois Knowlton presenting home demonstration tips on judging. Members judged stockings and blouses and shared a pot luck lunch. The next meeting is at Diamond Valley schoolhouse June 25 at 2 30 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humming Bird
Betty Schults
Lois Knowlton
Betty Schultz
Diamond Valley
Betty Jean Loch
Stick-to-it Club Hears Irrigation and Insect Control Talks
The Stick-to-it 4-H club met June 11 at Morris and Lawrence Swenson's home. Orville Mauseth spoke on irrigating potatoes, Robert Smith on chewing and sucking insects, and Dee David Smith on irrigating dry land gardens. Robert Smith led songs and games. next meeting at Leslie Otness's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris
Lawrence Swenson
Orville Mauseth
Robert Smith
Dee David Smith
Leslie Otness
Morris Swenson
Judges Named for Primary and General Elections in Montana
The Teton County board lists judges for the July 19 primary and November 8 general elections. Precincts 1 through 18 are assigned judges with home towns and polling places in Choteau Doheny Bynum Agawam Farmington Dutton and surrounding areas.
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Board of
County Commissioners
Choteau
W.E. Howard
Montana
Emerick
J. L Gleason
Agnes Franklin
Mary Monkman
Annie L. Kelly
Mabel Brown
W. P. Andrews
Power
Louis L. Hart
George Toeckes
Fairfield
Roy F. Morgan
Ruth Healy
Ada B. McLean
Julia Gaare
John T. Ammondson
Collings
R. C. Thompson
Collins
R. H. Mayer
Ed. Alzheimer
Spring Valley
John P. Anderson
Nora Jackson
Olaf B. Neckstad
Belleview
W. J. Ward
C. Wilson Gray
Charlotte Wells
Pendrey
Alta F. Gutshall
Pendroy
Louise S. Earles
Lydia E. Lewis
Blackleaf
Lizzie Knowlton
Juna Lée
Dutton
Greenfield
J. J. McInerney
Emma Tweet
Gottlieb Siegle
Earl G. Wood
Sella
Dry Forks
Power School
Pendroy Blackleaf
Bynum
Agawam
Farmington
Farmington Hall
Diamond Valley
Courtesy Stations Open At State Entry Points
Montana's eight courtesy stations at state entry ports open June 15 and run to September 15. Twenty college students staff the centers to aid travelers with information on scenic spots historic points fishing and other inquiries ensuring a pleasant visit. The highway department estimates tourists spend about 30 million dollars annually in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Highway Department
Beck News: Local Visitors and Births Share Montana Towns
Becket family notes include Mr and Mrs Melvin Beck welcoming a son June 7 at Columbus hospital Great Falls. Becks and Zins families visit St Paul Power and Great Falls with extended relatives and guests across multiple households in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zins
St. Paul
Minn
Léo Zins
Power
Primus
Melvin Beck
Columbus Hospital
Great Falls
G. Gambact
Virgil
Gladys
Lais
T. Beck
W. Asmus
Verna
Eileen
Arnold Beck
Lena Hoekes
al Toekes
Teo Toekes
Dutton
al Nelson
Roy
Columbia Falls
Mr. Nelson
Bertoglio
Mr. Meeks
Timmerman
Geo. Headington
Mary Schwanke
Math Toekes
Asmus
Greenfield News Notes Local Health and Visits
Greenfield residents report Nolan Gronberg feeling better and growing stronger. Sid Espeland and daughters from South Dakota visited the Norheim home after traveling through Yellowstone and en route to California. Doc Southard traveled east for eye surgery amid past winter eye pain. Edna Reid of Denton visited Floyd Hoover’s home. Lucille Gettel, Power, was treated at Deaconess hospital for bronchitis. she is the former Helen Norheim. Greenfield school pupils performed well in recent county seventh and eighth grade exams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nolan Gronberg
Sid Exspeland
South Dakota
Yellowstone Park
California
E. N
Southard
Edna Reid
Denton
Floyd Hoover
Lucille
John Gettel, Jr
Power
Deaconess
Greenfield Students Lead Eighth and Seventh Grade Tests
In Greenfield, five students topped eighth grade tests namely Helen Rippenburg Doris Gronberg Donna Jean Arps James Peden and Joy Krause. Edith Stormwind from Greenfield led the seventh grade scores. Local residents shopped in Great Falls and attended a Fairfield dance hosted by 4-H clubs. Mrs M Maxfield traveled from St Petersburg Florida to visit son Wallace Maxfield. A sugar beet growers meeting was held to boost enrollments for a larger 1939 beet acreage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenfield
Helen Riphenburg
Doris Gronberg
Donna Jean Arps
James Peden
Joy Krause
Edith Stormwind
Great Falls
Knute Henrickson
Herman Grasdock
Harley Eaton
Fairfield
M. Maxfield
St. Petersburg
Florida
Wallace Maxfield
New Plan Announces Fishing License Upgrade
John W. Schofield state superintendent of fisheries and hatcheries announced a plan allowing sportsmen with $2 fishing and bird hunting licenses to exchange them for a $5 sportsmen's license after paying $3 more. All revenue this year funds fish screens to prevent irrigation loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Schofield
Openings Remain for July CCC Enrollment
Local welfare officials report one or two openings remain in the Teton county Civilian Conservation Corps quota for July enrollment. Eligibility includes ages 17 to 23, U.S. citizenship, unmarried status, unemployment, school absence, and six months of service. The program provides food, clothing, shelter, medical care, and $30 monthly pay, with $22 to be sent to dependents or deposited for later release. camps are not military.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teton County
Civilian Conservation Corps
Corps
United States
CCC
War Department
Local social notes report visits and a funeral
Collins News notes Collins area residents including the Thompson Averill Baquet and Fitzgerald families visiting in Conrad. Rain and light showers improved pastures. Ralph Craig Sr a teacher and Fuller Brush salesman dies. funeral held in Great Falls on June 4 with surviving children Mrydle Laura and Ralph Jr. sympathy extended to the Bailey family
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe Thompson
Marion Averill
C. D. Baquet
Lawrence Fitzgerald
Conrad
Boquet
Marguerite Bremer
Ralph Craig
Leonard Bailey
Idell Bailey
Craig
Fuller Brush Co
Great Falls
Mrydle
Grand Forks
S. D
Laura
Ralph Jr
Missoula
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A. S. Anderson
Clarence Chamberlain
Sand Creek
Charles J. Erickson
E. Krebsbach
Wolf Point
E. J. Nichols
Deer Lodge
Paul T. Smith
Boulder
Ralph J. Anderson
Leif ‘Erickson
Sidney
George W. Howard
George E. Hurd
Phillip O'Donnell
S. V. Stewart
Sasy
Montana-Dakota Utilities Co
Solomon’s
Kaiser
Solomon
Red Sea
Palestine
Saturnino Cedillo
President Cardenas
Mexico
San Luis Potosi
Kaiser Wilhelm
Kyra
Doornhouse
Netherlands
Louis Ferdinand
Greem
Beck News
Collins News
R. S. McClenhan
A. Lincoln
J. A. Coghill
Reo
Lyal Dormandy
Tracy
John Deere
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