Montana Farm Front Reports Mixed Planting Progress
Montanas crop planting reached the halfway mark with 60 percent of wheat 45 percent of oats and sugar beets and half of barley in the ground by early May. Beet planting ranged 100 percent in Ravalli to 25 percent in Hardin Sidney Chinook, with Missoula Lake and Billings districts showing substantial progress. Insect damage remained light and lambing calving advanced, while Montana livestock stayed in fair to good condition. The Agricultural Economics bureau noted price shifts, with meat animals up and grains down, and warned winter wheat abandonment was higher than normal. The Montana Weather Bureau reported a two week late growing season, April 7 lows of five below zero at Circle and 87 high at Glendive, with April 43 degrees average.
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Chinook
Missoula County
Lake County
Billings
Bureau
North Central
South Central
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Deer Lodge
Powell
Montana
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Montana Agricultural Department
Washington
Blaine
Glacier
Hill
Phillips
Pondera
Teton
Cascade
Judith Basin
Fergus
Stillwater
Custer
Powder River
U. S. Weather Bureau
Circle
Glendive
State College Enrolls 20 Foreign Scholars at MSC
Montana State college reports twenty foreign scholars enrolled in the publications department. Florence Fong from Shanghai is a physical education graduate student, Erdem Ergin from Istanbul is a freshman engineering major, and Mrs. Joseph Bare from French West Africa is a sophomore in applied science. Other enrollees hail from Brazil, Hawaii, Costa Rica, Haiti and Canada.
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Bozeman
U.P
China
Turkey
French West Africa
Montana State College
Florence Fong
Shanghai
Erdem Ergin
Istanbul
Joseph Bare
MSC
Brazil
Hawaii
Costa Rica
Haiti
Canada
Court summons for Montana divorce action Erwin v Erwin
The District Court of Montana Te County issues summons to Jack R. Erwin in a divorce proceeding filed by Bernice Erwin. Defendant must answer within twenty days or face default judgment. Attorney George Coffey represents the plaintiff. dates May 1 8 15 22 noted.
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Bernice Erwin
Jack R. Erwin
State OF
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George Coffey
Caoteau
Pendroy Community News Highlights
Ladies Aid met May 3 at Mrs. Jones home. Jr. and Garnet McDonald moved to Polson with furniture installed. Adeline Tortman and Shelby visitors with McGrahan and Erwin families May 4. Whooping cough cases reported at school. shots advised. Hoeschen family returned from Idaho May 5. Nearby districts school board agreed to send children to Pendroy. Farmer's Union met May 9 at the union hall. Warneke and Connole families visited relatives near Bole for Mother's Day.
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Ladies Aid
Jones. Jr
Garnet McDonald
Polson
Tortman
Adeline
Shelby
John McGrahan
Bill Erwin
Max Hoeschen
Idaho
Pendrey
Farmer’s Union
Farmer’s Union Hall
Warneke
Bud Connole
Miss Stevens
Mrs. Whitey Connole
Bole
Flying Meet Set for Montana Field Day
Members of Montana's Flying Farmers and Ranchers Association will fly to Havre May 16 for the Montana experiment station's annual field day according to President Guy Riggin.
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Harlem
U.P
Montana
Flying Farmers and Ranchers Association
Havre
Montana Experiment Station
Guy Riggin
Montana Schools Approved as Superior Rating
Helena reports 423 Montana schools approved for superior rating by the State Department of Public Instruction. Superintendent Elizabeth Ireland notes 2,827,544 dollars allocated for the 1946-47 school year from interest and income transportation equalization and classroom unit funds.
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Helena
U.P
Elizabeth Ireland
Montana Board of Education
Montana
How Much Should FF Railway Earn
Nearly 35 700 stockholders own. Gacesword Railway. The investment in the railway property used in transportation services is 703 million dollars. Earnings in 1946 were slightly more than 25 million dollars before deductions for interest and dividends, about a 3 14 percent return on investment. Railways now face high costs. wages rose over 52 percent since 1939 and material prices rose 611/4 percent. Even with rate increases, 1947 ROI is projected just over 3 percent. a 6 percent return is needed for continued production and improvement of services.
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