Samuel Hill urges Montana to sell scenery to tourists
Helena reporter notes Samuel Hill of Maryhill Washington urges Montana to leverage scenery as a tourism asset. Hill, famed as father of the Columbia River highway, argues highways boost civilization and wages and says Montana should fund improvements via a central body and user-based taxes. He cites Oregon style funding and long world travel credentials. He has deep Montana roots from the 80s and 90s with leadership roles in the Montana Central and Great Falls projects.
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Montana
Samuel Hill
Great Falls
West
Washington
Gregon
Columbia Highway
Mr. Hill
Columbia River Highway
Europe
American Road Builders’ Association
Hfe
Washington Good Roads Association
England
Scotland
France
Italy
European
James J. Hill
Hill
Great Northern
Northwest
Montana Central
Havre
Butte
Oregon and Montana urged to build roads to boost tourism
A speech promotes two main transcontinental highways influencing travel through Montana. It cites Oregon Oregon’s Columbia River Highway traffic from outside states and a Vancouver to Mexico route opened August 15 at Wenatchee. The speaker praises Oregon road development including 906 concrete bridges and promotes highway firms in Cascade county.
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Wenatchee
Vancouver
B. C
Washington
Oregon
California
Mexico
Hill
Marshall Joffre
Columbia River
Inventor Offers Free Lamp to Local Promoter
E. P. Johnson of 00 W Lake St Chicago offers a new pen oil lamp that burns 94 percent air and can heat gas or electricity. He will give one free lamp to the first user in each locality who helps introduce it and is seeking agents.
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Tama Physian
New York
E. P. Johnson
W. Lake &J
Chicago
Redskin of Tradition Is No More at Cheyenne Indian Fair
Bill Gollings and Harry Palmer, two paleface archers, defeated Cheyenne competitors in Lame Deer Montana. Spotted Bik won the internal tribal match, followed by Wolf Man and Medicine Bow. In the free-for-all, Gollings took first with Palmer second, signaling renewed interest in bow and arrow among the tribe.
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Redskin
Cheyenne
Bill Gollings
Harry Palmer
Lame Deer
Montana
Bik
Wolf Man
Medicine Bow
Spotted Elk
Indian fair stage evokes old chieftain memories
A staged scene at the Indian fair revived memories of the "good old days" as a centenarian chieftain figure faced the crowd. The nostalgia piece highlighted cultural memory and community pride during the event.
Libby Man Invents Grain Shocker Patented
William F. Peterson of Libby Montana has patented an automatic grain shocker that attaches to a binder. It catches tied bundles and dumps eight to ten bundles at once, replacing labor by workers who once followed the binder to shock grain.
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Libby
William F. Peterson
Montana
Middlewest
Cuticura Soap Ad Highlights Shaving Benefits
An advertisement touts Cuticura Soap for shaving and full body use. It promises doubled razor efficiency and promotes skin purity comfort health with no mug soap germs or irritation even with daily shaving. One soap serves shaving bathing and shampooing.
Explorer Rasmussen to chronicle Eskimo history across Arctic coasts
Danish explorer Knut Rasmussen, leader of the fifth Thule expedition, plans a complete history of Eskimo tribes from Greenland to Siberia. Arriving in Seattle after Nome voyage, Rasmussen cites 20,090 miles traveled by gasopowered craft, dog team and foot, with extensive motion pictures and surveys. He notes more than 40,000 Eskimos and possible common language across tribes, while suggesting a Poe north pole flight may succeed with a base at Point Barrow.
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Knut Rasmussen
Denmark
Rasmussen
Victoria
Seattle
Nome
Alaska
Arctic
Canada
Greenland
Canadian Arctic
Siberia
North Pole
Point Barrow
Sugar Plant to Rise at Sidney in Eastern State
A 1000 ton beet sugar plant for the Lower Yellowstone valley will be built by Holly Sugar Co with construction to start within 60 days. The project carries a $1,000,000 outlay and over 8,000 acres of beets have been pledged by valley farmers. The plan includes financing options for homeseekers alongside the factory.
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Sidney
Yellowstone Valley
Holly Sugar Company
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Wash
Helena
SLIM
Miss O. Whitler
Afr. S. Santee
Ranke of
Slimle
R. Newman
Fifth Avenue
Besk D
New York City
Service
A. C. M. Hardware House
Quarts
Butte, Mont
Great Columbia Highway
North West
Union
Vieta
Crown Point
Oregon Country
Columbia Gateway
E. W. Gollings
Lame Deer Fair
Gollings
Cheyenne Indian Reservation
Huseth
Ures
Dakotas
Ludens
Lederle Blackley
Ae Pba Idle
United States Bureau of Animal
Annae
Lederle
Frank J. Carmody
the Thousand
F. A. Ironside
North Main St. Butte
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