Montana Alaska air route praised by Yukon prospector in Great Falls
Dick Corless of Whitehorse Yukon tells Great Falls readers the inland Alaska route is vital for supplies and expansion. He notes planes have served his placer mining operations since 1928, transporting lumber and machinery to camps and cutting travel time from months to about 1 hour 20 minutes.
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Great Falls
Dick Corless
Whitehorse
Y. T
Montana
Alaska
Corless
Cal
Yukon Terre
Tom
Liard
Placer
Yukon
Edmonton
Lethbridge
McConachie
Western Air Express
Salt Lake
Alvin P. Adams
Adams
Yellowstone
Glacier National Parks
Glacier
Yellowstone National Park
Park
Beckwourth’s 95 Mile Day Pursuit by Blackfeet Recalled
A historical account compares Jim Beckwourth to Louis Wetzel and John Colter, detailing Beckwourth running nearly 95 miles in a single day across the Great American Desert while pursued on foot by Blackfeet Indians, with notes on other frontier feats and the era’s conditions.
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the Plains
Beckwourth
Abie
Drennan
Sublette
Idaho
Montana
Snake River
Y Exander
Batiste
Alexander
Beckourth
Sy Aites Beckwourth
Jim Beckwourth
American
Louis Wetzel
Allegheny Mountains
Missouri River
John Colter
Gallatin Valley
Wetzel
Colter
Manuel Lisa
Yellowstone River
Big Horn
Rairie
Great American Desert
Bonn
Worthless land yields rich oil well in Cut Bank field
Santa Rita Oil Co. completes a 2911 acre well on land owned by James W. Jordan, a veteran dealer who heads Western Motor Co. The well swabbed 107 barrels in six hours and 220 in 12, extending the Big Bend pool a mile south and revealing higher than expected geology. Geologists estimate the well will have strong production prospects.
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Great Falls
Cut Bank
Santa Rita Oil Co
James W
Jim) Jordan
Western Motor Co
Big Bend
Aviation Essay Wins Plane Trip in State Contest
Eugene Olson of Cut Bank won first prize in a statewide aviation essay contest tied to National Airmail Week. Gladys Zormier of Ursuline Academy in Great Falls took second, earning a trophy. Olson wins a trip to Washington, D. C. to ride a plane, while the runner-up receives an engraved award.
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Great Falls
Eugene Olson
Cut Bank
Harry Hendricks
Helena
Gladys Zormier
Ursuline Academy
Olson
Washington, D. C
Ormier
America
Washington
Madison
Unitedates
Butte Joins Twin Parade Big Way Since September
Butte reports eight sets of twins born since last September including the Cooley brothers Donald and Douglas and the Byrne sisters Donna Marie and Diana Mae. Other pairs include Gilboy Patrick and Michael, Craig Tony and Hugh, Kougoulouis William and Walter, and Kingston Joseph and John born through December and January.
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Butte
Cooley
Donald
Douglas
Jack Cooley
East Park Street
Donna Marie
Diana Mae
William Byrne
Colorado Street
G. N. Gilboy
B” Street
Patrick
Michael
Pat
Mike
Louise May Alcott
Bronson Alcott
Mark Twain
Tony
Hugh Craig
Anthony Craig
Utah Street
Gilboy
Cooley Boys
William
Walter Kougoulouis
Nick Kougoulouis
Kemper Street
Adonis
John Kingston
South Dakota Street
Joseph
John
Twins arrive at Williamsburg as newborns charm crowd
The article notes the birth of Jan 24 twins Mary Jane and Marlene weighing under four pounds, cared for by nurses and mother. It mentions siblings, including Kougouloui twins, and parent Mr. and Mrs. Edward Junior. The Benton twins Helen and Margaret, born last April, are cited. It discusses identical twins rarity per Helling’s law and Butte’s birth rate forecasts.
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Mary Jane
Marlene
Kougoulouis
Edward Junior
Williamsburg
Benton Twins
Helen
Margaret
Paul Benton
East
Mercury Street
Butte
Helling
Jordan Oil Lease Settle Potential Output in Badlands
The 125 to 150 barrel daily production may yield Jordan over $13 daily from a one-eighth royalty at $1.10 oil. If drilled orthodox with one well per 40 acres, seven to eight more wells fit the lease. The site sits in rough badlands near the Cut Bank river, homesteaded by Harvey Bowser and later traded to Jordan via Peter Ruetten.
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Beckwourth
Alexander
Drannan
Kit Carson
Jim Bridger
Taos
N. M
Missouri
Montana
Fort Benton
Gallatin
Fort Hall
Idaho
Reese
Snake River
Carson
Bridger
Green River
Wyoming
Denver
Jordan
Friends of the Automobile
Cut Bank
Harvey Bowser
Peter Ruetten
Ruetten
State highway jobs rise to 864 workers in fortnight
Employment on state highways increased to 864 men in the past fortnight, announced by W. O. Whipps, secretary of the highway commission. Of the total, 34 are non Montanans and 16 of these hold supervisory roles.
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W. O. Whipps
The
Highway Commission
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Montana-Alaska Air Line
Northwest
Boeing
Baland
Santa Rita Company
James W. Jordan
Chicago
New York
Chichesters Pills
Billings Polytechnic Institute
School of
Conservatory of Music
Polytechnic
Meat
Intermountain Unio Aigrant
Billings Polytechnic
Midland of Canning Cor
S.C. W. Leghorns
Anconas
Minorcas
N. H
Lophorn
Ancona
Minorca
Turkey
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