Funds urged to expand Bankhead-Jones farm tenant act reach
Montana farm security advisory committee in Great Falls urges more funds for Bankhead-Jones tenant act to aid low income farmers. Only four loans 1937-38 despite 105 applications. 10 loans planned this year with 117 applications. Proposes reallocating Stillwater funds to Pondora and extending extension service aid to tenant purchase program irrigation. Includes committee and agency members.
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Montana
State Farm Security Advisory Committee
Great Falls
Great Plains
Stillwater County
Department of Agriculture
Milk Pier
Fairfield
Stillwater
Pondora
State Extension Service
A. R. Anderson
Sidney
R. R. Ueland
Antelope
Lester Cole
E. F. Lyman
W. G. Kirchner
Townsend
F. W. Richardson
Columbus
Leo Doheny
Brady
J. C. Taylor
Bozeman
W. S. Bailey
Corvallis
Farm Sect Administration
W. Elser
O. i Tikkaner
P. T. Hacker
Robert Lin
Henry Woare's Mother Dies on the Coast
Henry Woare secretary of the Montana Press association learned of his mother Mrs O M Woare s death in Seattle at age 72 after a major operation Illness kept him from attending funeral services All ten children were at the 50th wedding anniversary celebration in Seattle four years ago The elder Weare couple once lived in Devon Montana for ten years after 1910 then Spokane and finally Seattle
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Henry Woare
Helena
Montana Press Association
O. M. Woare
Seattle
Woare
Weare
Montana
Devon
Spokane
Early Day Cowboys In Montana Farmed Out Odd Outings
Montana history piece recounts a Sunday contrasted tale of frontier mischief. A lone cowboy on Northern Pacific train No 4 and a Forsyth saloon riot reflect rough late 1880s life with arrests, a gunfire incident, and a conductor ejecting the offender near Billings. It also notes cattle thefts and a Stoneville homicide case later exonerated as self defense.
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Montana
Lou” Grill
Northern Pacific Railway
Forsyth
Porcupine
Big Dry
Nels Gunderson
Gunderson
Court of Justice of the Peace
Hugh
Northern Pacific
Howdy
Pard
James
Tom Laughlin
Billings
Laughlin
Wyeth- Brown Cattle Co
Miles City
E. R. Brown
Birney
Ont
William L. Austin
Stoneville
Alzada
M. B. Thomas
Tom Johnson
Messrs
Ripley
Austin
Thomas
Redd
Edmond Butler
Tom Butler
Hood
Montana Senate Blocks Patrol Cap and Tax Referendum
The senate killed SB 135 to cap state highway patrol at 70 with four assistants and one supervisor. The House rejected HB 300 and HB 298 on sales tax bills. D'Ewart of Park gained unanimous consent to HJM 18 urging federal defense steps to mine manganese and chromium in Montana. SB 204 to legalize a lottery via constitutional referendum was defeated 17 to 23. A drivers license bill for Montana was discussed.
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Senate
House of Representatives
D'Ewart of Park
Montana
Louisiana
House Committee On Judiciary
House
Committee On State Institutions
Warm Springs
Galen
Montana House Rolls Back Licenses and Labor Measures
The 1939 Montana House approved licenses reform reducing permit fees and recognizing licenses issued within 90 days if Senate concurrence follows. It killed HB 172 the Little Wagner Act and defeated a chain-store tax model. It advanced social security funding, allowed seniors over 70 to fish without licenses, debated governor powers, and rejected various labor and tax bills while preserving alien hospital wait policies.
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Stromnes, Cascade
Inspect Forest Range on 35 Day Ski Trip
Deputy Game Warden John Cook and Ray West of Flathead forest join M. M. Atwater of Drifting Snow ranch for a 35 day trek through the Flathead South fork area. Starting from Coram they head to the river head then cross the divide to Blackfoot head and Ovando with radio contact from isolated stations to report range, forage, and game conditions.
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John Cook Ray
Flathead Forest
M. M. Atwater
Flathead South Fork
Coram
Blackfoot
Ovando
Ocean equals Earth's land area in size
A claim states the Pacific Ocean covers area equal to all land on Earth. No corroborating data or dates provided.
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Pacific Ocean
Earth
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FSA
Cowboy
Texas
Cross-Anchor
General Electric
Butte
Bloem
Farm Experiment Station
Montana Plan of
Montana Agricultural Experiment Station
North Montana
Havre
John L. Sturm
Agronomist
Montana Seedgrowers Association
Karl Reddig
Valley County
C. E. Jarrett
Montana Public Welfare Board
Burke
Yellowstone
Drumheller
Glacier
Silver Bow County
Galen Hospital
Miles of Sweet Grass
Kentucky
Ano
Old Quaker
Nette
OLD Quaker C.O
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Interstate Lumber Company
Rasés
Amaconia
Melons
Missoula
Whitehall
Twin Bridges
Hamilton
Stevensville
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