Weather and Crop Conditions Good Throughout Montana State
A Montana weather and crop report for the week ending May 2, 1939, notes unusually high April temperatures, with Havre reaching 95 degrees. Rain, though uneven, aided germination. seeding progress shows spring wheat 85 percent, oats 65, barley 60, and sugar beets nearly finished. Winter and spring grains are sprouting. livestock conditions are good, crickets present but controlled, and grass pastures improving with new growth.
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Montana
Te Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Gad
Weather Bureau
Helena
Havre
Triangle
Glacier
Tetonto Toole
Farm Families Under FSA Plan Had Greater Home Food Production
Teton county families in 1938, under the Farm Security Administration plan, increased home food production and subsistence livestock. Milk, meat, eggs, canning, storage, and work animals rose, with significant gains in milk cows and hogs. Horsford notes self-sufficiency improves prosperity. plans guided loans for animals, feed, seed, and equipment.
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Teton County
Farm Security Administration
Thomas Horsford
Montana
Horsford
Six Fire Weather Stations in Glacier Park
Glacier National Park will install six modern fire weather stations at various points and operate them from May 10 to October 10. Superintendent D S Libbey notes measurements of forest fuels moisture, wind, humidity, visibility, lightning activity, and season determine fire danger class on the Northern Rocky Mountain danger meter. Class ratings range one to seven, guiding firefighting staffing and methods to suppress fires.
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Glacier National Park Fire Organization
D. S. Libbey
Rocky Mountain
U. S. Forest Service
Liquor Board Declares $100000 Dividend in Helena Meeting
At its monthly session in Helena Administrator L. M. A. Wass said the board approved a $100,000 dividend from April profits. The payout brings the year to date distribution to various state funds to $450,000, funded from liquor profits.
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Houor Board
Helena
L. M. A. Wass
Liquor Board
Wass
Choteau News Highlights From Victory Loan and Local Events
Echoes from the past report county Victory Loan results with Teton county subscriptions and quota surpluses. Local injuries and accidents include Mrs Maggie Coleman’s stroke death and a runaway crash injuring Mrs Charles Lengel and her children. Boy Scouts reorganized under Rush as scoutmaster with Smith Rhoads and Beatty on the troop committee. Adams Oil buys Choteau and Bynum Pure Oil plants as withdrawal is decided. Other items note a range rider’s death, athletic meet standings, student honors at Washington State College, and a tractor accident hospitalizing R C Smith.
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T. O. Larson
Choteau
Maggie Coleman
Harry Coleman
Boy Scouts of
W. M. Rush
Capt. Smith
Dr. Rhoads
D. L. Beatty
Teton
Russell Zumwalt
Robert Sheppard
Highview School
Helen Gorham
Washington State College
Pullman
Beulah Thompson
Harrison Craig
H. B. Swanson
W. E. Lockhart
E. Weaver
R. C. Smith
Dutton
Chateau Hospital
State imposes five cent diesel fuel tax for autos
The state board of examiners rules that using diesel fuel in cars incurs a five cent per gallon tax, matching gasoline. Trucks and buses with diesel engines already pay the tax, and a new accessory enabling diesel for gasoline engines could cut operating costs while reducing gasoline tax receipts.
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State Board of Examiners
Welfare Board Claims AG Abandoned Its Cause in Pension Fight
In a memorandum to the state supreme court the welfare board accuses Attorney General H. J. Freebourn of abandoning the board’s cause in a suit to restore April and May old age pension payments to March levels. The board seeks to strike the AG brief as irrelevant, while the AG contends he represents state officials seeking court interpretation of the welfare act.
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State Supreme Court
Public Welfare Board
H. J. Freebourn
The
Welfare Board
Butte
Welfare Department
Philip O’donnell
Clarence Hanley
Montana
Car Sales Gain in Montana March Rise
Montana car sales last March reached 1 111 vehicles up from 726 the year before. Secretary Martin Tronne of the Montana Motor Trades association attributes the 53 percent gain to stronger demand, noting other retail lines rose only 6.7 percent in the same period.
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Montana
Martin Tronne
Montana Motor Trades Association
Trenne
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Dakota Utilities
Usad
Mountain States Tel. & Tel. Company
Glacier Park
Tia
Attorney General
Kreso
Lembe
Choteau Drug CO
Wero
Arensmeyer Garage
Oliver
Shell
Super-Shell
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