Forest fire season totals by region and cause
The report details 89 lightning fires driving a high seasonal total since 1930, with 478 man caused fires in region No 1, surpassing last year’s 368. Total fires reached 3 568 with 72 935 acres burned across eastern Montana forests and lists by forest including Absaroka Beaverhead Custer Gallatin Helena Lewis and Clark with man caused counts.
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Feensle
Tenask Seblong
Porat
Forest Service
Idaho
Montana
Absaroka
Livingston
Beaverhead
Dillon
Custer
Billings
Gallatin
Bozeman
Helena
Lewis and Mates
Great Falls
A Confession of Love Splits Years of Washington Friendship
Washington icons Judge Hiram Dinwiddie and Senator Henry Andrews, longtime "The Inseparables," are explored through their 30 plus year bond. The piece traces origins in Heathcote, early court success, Kathleen Winters's return, and whispers that frayed their ties amid political maneuvering in the nation’s capital.
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Washington
D. C
Congress
Hiram Dinwiddie
United States
Henry Andrews
Judge Dinwiddie
Washin
Harding
Dinwiddie
Senator Andrews
van Riper
Andrews
Frm
Senate
William Jennings Bryan
Nicaragua Canal Zone
South America
Kathleen Winters
Marr
Legation
Capitol
Lisbeth
Heathcote
Hiram
Dinwiddies
John Winters
Miss Hewitt
New York
Kathleen
Henry
Carly
William Corken
Dignity
Henry An
Kathie
Ved
Mary
Billings Pioneer Reflects on Tough Early Frontier Days
B H Brown of Billings, turning 80, recounts seven decades in the west and Montana. He describes cattle drives, Indian skirmishes, and river crossings from Fort Bridger to Cody and beyond, recalling 1879 adventures and life with famous Montana cowmen. He has three sons in California and Livingston, with a Park City sister, and remains optimistic about the future despite a hip injury two years ago.
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B. H. Brown
Billings
West
Montana
Brown
Fort Bridger
Wyo
Cody
Tennessee
Green River
Hillary
Big Hole
Snake River
Idaho
Rock Creek Station
Wells, Nev
Old 79
Clinger Cattle Outfit
California
Midwest
Johnsons
Granville Stuarts
Ollie Brown
Los Angeles
Ben H. Brown
Livingston
Archie Brown
Lucinda Chase
Park City
Service Commission Wins in Rate Action
A hearing on a reduced rate order by the state railroad and public service commission will occur soon in Valley county. Commission members Horace F. Casey Austin B Middleton and Paul T Smith announced the step after the Montana supreme court overruled Beeneine Montana Dakota Utilities Co. petition challenging the case start in Lewis and Clark county courts. The commission acted correctly and refused the petition to block enforcement of the reduction order which will save users about 18000 dollars yearly.
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State Railroad and Public Service Commission
Glasgow
Malta
Valley County
Horace F. Casey
Austin B. Middleton
Paul T. Smith
Commission
State Supreme Court
Beeneine Montana-Dakota Utilities Co
Lewis and Clark County
Pioneer stockman P C Bowers 93 dies after long illness
P Charles Bowers 93 a pioneer stockman died at a Helena hospital after a lengthy illness. A Mesopotamia Ohio native, he moved to Montana in 1880, lived in Livingston operating a coal mine, represented a camping company, then resided in Bozeman before spending the last six years with granddaughter Mrs Virgil Sinclair in Helena.
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P. Charles Bowers
Helena
Mesopotamia
Montana
Livingston
Yellowstone
Bozeman
Virgil Sinclair
Labor Dept Sees 5 Million Jobs From Rearmament Drive
The labor department estimates that millions will gain employment due to national rearmament. Secretary Perkins said defense orders would rise in the next year, boosting hiring as increased production absorbs workers. She projected a sizable rise in employment nationwide.
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Labor Department
Perkins
Defense
Salls Reeser Gos
Senereinuree
To Be Continued Fragments Prompt Ongoing Conversation
A fragmentary line shows a speaker saying I would like to others him as part of an unfinished discussion. The text hints at a forthcoming continuation or dialogue.
Deer Lodge Forest Sees Fewer Man Caused Fires
Forester Charlies A Joy reports Deer Lodge National Forest had 147 fires this season with 89 lightning and 58 man caused. Region 1 saw more man caused blazes though overall man caused fires fell slightly under 40 percent of total. Abundant dry lightning and little rain boosted fires.
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Deer Lodge National Forest
Charlies &A. Joy
Deer Lodge
Joy
Buy More Trucks Cited In Montana Auto Sales Rise
Montanans bought more new cars and trucks in the first nine months of 1940 than in 1939. Through Sept 30, 13,424 new cars and 4,132 new trucks were sold, compared with 10,667 cars and 3,184 trucks a year earlier, per Montana Automobile Dealers association secretary M. P. Trenne.
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Betty Lou Gerson
Lucille Wall
Audrey Eg N
Helen Lewis
Newa Syndicate Co., Inc
Washington Monument
Lincoln Memorial
Billings Pioneer
Clark’s Fork Valley
Anaconda Copper Mining CO
Eddy Gallivan
Mar
Main St
Elena
New Finle Ns
Gerald
Central Ave
Hotel Rainbow
Ome Hls
Mmontan
Grea' Ntanat Falls
Western Insurance Ance Company
Russell Prints
Montana Newspaper Association
Great Falls, Montana
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