Montana Women to Attend Recreation Schools in March
Montana State College announces March recreation schools for women led by Miss Blanche L. Lee. One day sessions run in Sidney Culbertson Wibaux and Forsyth March 14 to 19, with four day programs across Billings Havre Great Falls Polson Bozeman and other towns. Officials include Ella Gardner John Bradford and Jack Knapp guiding urban rural recreation education and program expansion.
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Montana State College
Montana
Blanche L. Lee
Miss Lee
Playground and Recreation Association of America
Children’s Bureau of
Washington, D. C
Sidney
Culbertson
Wibaux
Forsyth
Ella Gardner
Children Bureau of
John Bradford
Jack Knapp
Bradford
Association
Knapp
Billings
Havre
Great Falls
Polson
Bozeman
Conrad
Glendive
Western elk and deer feed offered after ranger report
Reports vary on deer and elk condition in the hills. Thomas N. Marlowe of the Northern Pacific offers to finance feed if animals are starving. A weak three point buck near Roy Fort ranch was cared for by Mr Fort. An N P engineer claimed killing three in the cut off while others say the animals are in fair condition.
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Northern Pacific
Thomas N. Marlowe
Department
Roy Fort
St. Regis
Fort
N. P
The average man’s hair grows seven inches a year
A historical note states hair growth for the average man is seven inches annually, with emphasis on the term average.
Montana lamb fattening costs with home grown seeds
Montana sheepmen can fatten lambs at home using Montana Experiment Station data. With wheat the fattening grain the cost per 100 pounds gain is $6.02 compared to $6.34 in the corn belt using corn. Barley and beet pulp figures also show Montana options depend on grain prices. Louis Vinke of Montana State College notes the feasibility hinges on fattening ration finish and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana State College
Montana
Louis Vinke
Montana Experiment Station
Corn Belt
Vinke
Hold Cream Tests Up to Standard From Montana State College
The dairy department at Montana State College urges dairymen to deliver cream testing between 35 and 40 for easier handling and less waste. It explains low tests waste more fat and require more volume, while very high tests hinder separation and accurate testing at the creamery.
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Montana State College
Eight Initiated Into Sigma Rho At Montana School of Mines
Eight Montana School of Mines students were initiated into the national engineering fraternity Sigma Rho. Those welcomed include John Duthie Pasadena California Clyde Walter Emmet Simmons Butte Hugh Nicely Anaconda Jerry Kempton Great Falls G A Gustafson Hardin Thomas Page Rimini and Roger Pierce Gillmore Idaho.
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Montana School of Mines
Sigma Rho
John Duthie
Pasadena
Calif
Clyde Walter
Emmet Simmons
Butte
Hugh Nicely
Anaconda
Jerry Kempton
Great Falls
G. A. Gustafson
Hardin
Thomas Page
Rimini
Roger Pierce
Gillmore
Idaho
Beef Cattle Shipped to Eastern Market From Missoula Plant
The first batch of 1 185 head of beef cattle fed as by products of a sugar beet plant were marketed. Two carloads were sent to Portland and eight to Chicago. About 250 top beef stock completed a 90 day feed at Amalgamated Sugar company in Missoula. Cattle were purchased in western Montana valleys. Nearly 1 000 head remain at feed lots.
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Portland
Chicago
Amalgamated Sugar Company
Missoula
George D. Keating
Sugar Company
Keating
Montana
Work to Resume at Columbus Quarry
Kk L Hallbauer of Hallbauer Le Bahn Inc arrives in Columbus to study the quarry for a possible reopening. He notes stripping of the quarry face is underway to assess machinery needs and predicts operation within about a month. The report mentions a queen bee brood cycle of 50 000 eggs every three weeks.
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Kk. L. Hallbauer
Hallbauer le Bahn, Inc
General Contractors
Chicago
Columbus
Hallbauer
Overland Trek to California by 1869 Newman Family
Diary records O N Newman family from White Pine Montana in 1869 traveling by ox and many cattle to Bakersfield and San Diego. They faced snow, bad roads, Indian encounters, scarce water, and later settled near Billings after returning to Montana via the Overland route.
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W. H. Banfill
Montana
California
O. N. Newman
Newman
Billings
Bakersfield
San Diego
White Pine
Madison Valley
Virginia City
Beaverhead
Beaverhead Rock
McBride
Duck Lake
Owen’s River
Vineyard Ranch
Lone Pine
Willow Grove
Kern River
Brown
Mary Newman Scott
Gallatin Valley
Modocs
Mr. Newman
Missoula Region Sets Snow Record in 1913
King Winter records a new Missoula region snow depth with 46.5 inches at Priest River, 25 percent above the prior high. January readings show 37 inches in 1913 while ground remains unfrozen and saturated. Forecasters warn of flood risk from rapid melt if warm rain falls on wet snow.
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King Winter
Missoula
Priest River
Northern
Rocky Mountain Forest Experiment Station
New Planes Get Two Way Radio On National Parks Airways Route
National Parks Airways rolled out Fokker Super Universal No 1 on February 17 marking completion of two way radio installation on the Great Falls to Salt Lake line. All ships now have two way radio for continuous pilot communication and weather updates. Plane No 2 is undergoing overhaul. Fleet repainted in green and international orange.
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Eagle Bridge
Little Blackfoot Bridge
Pocatello
Idaho
Bear River Divide
Summit Station
Salt Lake City
Malad City
Boise Road
Corinne and
Bow Elder
Great Salt Lake
Newman
Wood Robbers Springs
Owl Springs
Grouse Creek
Chana Town
Juniper Springs
Cedar Springs
Humboldt River
Stony Creek
National Parks Airways
Fokker Super-Universal No. 1
Great Falls
Salt Lake
Butte
Red Cross Delivers Potatoes to Sheridan County Needy
Two Red Cross shipments arrived in Sheridan County with one load bound for Medicine Lake and the other for Plentywood. This brings total free spuds distributed by the Red Cross in the county since mid October to 19 cars.
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Red Cross
Sheridan County
Medicine Lake
Plentywood
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E. 65Th St
Everett
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Dr. Pierce
Walter Rothfus
Harrison St
Buffalo
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Treasure State Farm and Livestock
Roti Dairyman and Creamery
Barkemeyer Seed Co
Great Falls, Montana
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Continental Divide
Horse Prairie
Red Rock Creeks
Bannock
Tollgate
Hole In the Wall
Sand Hall Station
Ape River
Gardiner
Elko
Nevada
Humboldt
Monument Canyon
Ruby Valley
Simpson Flats
Austin
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Soda Springs
Jim
Willow Farm
Kern
Los Angeles
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San Fernando Mission
San Gabriel Mission
Old Mission
Yellowstone Valley
Coulson
Charles
Edward
Yellowstone River
Charles Newman
Yellowstone County
Marvin Newman
Scott
William McKenzie
Missoula Region
Airways
Fokker Super-Universal NO
Cutieura
Malden, Masa
Bayer
Polytechnic
Northwest
The
Billings Polytechnic Institute
Ernest T. Eaton
Lewis T. Eaton
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