Copper Pots Boost Plant Growth and Faster Blooms
University of Maryland experiments show seeds in copper pots mature faster and plants grow 30 percent larger than clay pots in five weeks. Florists line seed beds with thin copper sheet to speed commercial bloom production, copper acting as a germicide. Home gardeners can similarly line pots to gain similar effects. Standard time was adopted by the United States in 1883.
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University of Maryland
Biltmore Florists
Los Angeles
United States
Pioneers Chapter Elects Officers in Billings
Kenneth Armitage of Billings is elected president of Yellowstone county chapter of the Sons and Daughters of Montana Pioneers. Officers include Mrs. Mary Connelly as senior vice president and W. W. Sanford as secretary-treasurer. Membership is limited to descendants of Montana settlers before December 31.
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Sons and Daughters of Pioneers
Billings
Kenneth Armitage
Yellowstone County
Sons and Daughters of Montana Pioneers
Mary Connelly
W. W. Sanford
Montana
Paul Hagen
Glendive
Montana Hotel Association
Hugh Egan
Lewistown
A. J. Breitenstein
Great Falls
Montana Awards Seven Road and Bridge Contracts
The Montana highway commission approved seven projects totaling 393855.43 dollars. Bids include J W Merz for Boulder Cardwell road drainage and four timber bridges in Jefferson county at 58963.86. Union Construction Co for Kalispell Libby road gravel and oiling at 71156.53. Carl B Nelson for Townsend Three Forks road oiling at 56332.20. Nolan Bros Construction for Wolf Point Circle road surfacing at 59694.46. Thomas Staunton for Ovando Augusta road grading and drainage at 88392.03. Tom McGeever for Ovando Augusta bridge and stock pass at 34445.95. L A Woodward for Dillon Twin Bridges road grading and drainage at 24870.40.
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Montana Highway Commission
Boulder- Cardwell
Jefferson County
J. W. Merz
Helena
Kalispell-Libby
Lincoln
Flathead
Union Construction Co
Great Falls
Townsend-Three Forks
Broadwater County
Carl BE. Nelson
Logan
Utah
Wolf Point Circle
McCone County
Nolan. Bros. Construction Co
Minneapolis
Ovan- do-Augusta
Rogers Pass
Lewis and Clark County
Thomas Staunton
Ovando-Augusta
Tom McGeever
Butte
Beaverhead County
L. A. Woodward
Give Evergreens Generous Drink Of Water This Fall
Montana State college extension horticulturist E. E. Isaac explains evergreen need moist soil to survive winter. Roots cannot take up water from frozen soil, so fall watering should saturate several feet down to keep trees from winter kill.
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E. E. Isaac
Montana State College
Montana
Isaac
Rural mail carrier uses dual-control car model
A rural mail carrier operates a car resembling driving instruction vehicles with a full set of controls mounted on both sides of the front compartment.
Sexton beetles and their burial behavior explained
Sexton beetles earn their name from the habit of burying small animals and birds they kill. They undermine the body and allow it to sink into the soil at its own weight.
Farmers freeze meat and sell as foreign goods
Lincolnshire chamber of agriculture reports farmers are freezing meat and marketing it as foreign to fetch higher prices, signaling a trend in agricultural commerce and consumer pricing.
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Lincolnshire Chamber of Agriculture
News Briefs From the Treasure State
A Montana roundup reports a prairie fire near Henry Lick ranch north of Hinsdale burned two sections of rangeland before volunteers contained it. Other notes include the death of Butte grocer Hugh Charles MacDonald, a new Montana National Guard commander in Billings, a fatal rifle accident in Kevin, and new local clubs in Great Falls and Harlowton.
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Hinsdale
Henry Lick Ranch
Here
Butte
Hugh Charles MacDonald
Buttegrocer
Janice Alderson
Los Angeles
MacDonald
California
Billings
E. M. Birely
163D
Montana National Guard
Lyman E. Moore
St Elmos Fire Lights Ship Rigs In Thunderstorms
Curious crackling jets of flame on ship rigging during storms are caused by a harmless electrical discharge known as St Elmo s fire and are not dangerous.
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St. Elmo’s
Kelley Named to Head Scout Drive for New York
Cornelius F. Kelley selected as chairman of the 1940 citywide campaign for the Boy Scout Foundation of Greater New York. J. Stewart Baker says the effort will involve every business, industrial and professional group to fund a program reaching 75,000 boys in New York City. Kelley is president of Anaconda Copper.
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Cornelius F. Kelley
New York
Boy Scout Foundation of
Greater New York
J. Stewart Baker
Mr. Kelley
Anaconda Copper Company
Kelley
Nance
New York City
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Wyoming
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School OF Beauty
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Nashua
Paxsons Pharmacy
Utah Ave
Butte, Mont
Sony
Ruben Michel
Oak Park
Minn
Hennepin
Minnera'a
John Lee Morrison
West Randolph Strevn Chaacomm
Roche
Tithow Roidery Studios
Philadelphia
Fairfield
Mont
R. E. Hassard
Lindsay & Forsyth
Okanozan
Wash
Spurgin
Frary & Burlingame
Mesa
Fort Peck Dain
Missouri
Glasgow-Fort Pecis
Glastos
Neal
Cate
Hamilton
JOHN A_ WILSON
Corridale
Henry G. Campbell
Wyola
Jay-Tee I Lad
Prp
Wigger
Canyon Creek
Stewart
G. L. Burgess
Winners Town
Nebraska
Boyd & Stevens
Linus Markuson
Galata
Charles Newkirk
Hardingantens
POPOL
Petrie Machinery Co
Lake Superior
Mink Farm
Bunertor
Wis
Alaska Junk Company
Adams St
Spokane
Chinook
PWA
H. A. Davee
Plains
BAYER
Aspirin
Prrts
Blasius, Inc
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Calif
Reeves
Libby
FON
Bilin
Mid City National Bank
Foley Bros Produce Coo
Fulton Market
Chicago
Esus" Jr. Doash CO
Nystrand Poultry CO
Placer St. Butte
Poultry Sun Produce Co
St. Helena
Printing Machinery
Peeriess
Sinns Pacific Stamp Works
Spraine
Helena, Mont
Hagel
Tanner
Spakane
BUNCH
Welch
General Electric
M. Gordon & CO
Aluminum
Carl Weissman & Co
Fourth St
Montana Watch& Jewelry Repair
L. C. Smith
P. O. Box
Tale
Ek Wilkens
The
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Clark’s Fork Valley
Anaconda
Rogers Pass Road
Boulder-Cardwell
Dillon-Twin Bridges
Kevin—Shirley Arleen Negu
John Negu
John
Harlowton
Edward Gans
Livingston
Dillon
Thomas S. Sapp
Yellowstone Park
Tri-State
Yellowstone Park Civic Association
Carol Heilbronner
A. H. Heilbronner
Theater of the Air
Cecil B. DeMille
Miss Heilbronner
Carole Bronner
Stephens College
Columbia
Glasgow
Federal Agencies
WPA
Farm Security Administration
L. W. Fahrner
Lions
Sf Seagrams
Americas
Seagram
Gray
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Seagram’s
Seagram Distillers Corporation
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Durham
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Omaha, Neb
Nico Loncarico
Lentfer Bros. Taxidermists
Qunny Brook
Kentucky
Sunny Brook
National Distillers Prod.corp.n.y.c. Yous
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