Lone steer tops Chicago market in large range sale
Chicago report from Charles O Robinson Co says a stray 1 760 pound steer owned by Sever Hagen of Ingomar sold for 8 00. The six car shipment, driven 80 miles through a storm, drew mixed ownership and weight tallies. Robinson noted steady to slightly higher prices for killing steers and cows, with plainer grades weaker.
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Chicago
Charles O. Robinson & Co
Livestock Commission
Union Stock Yards
Sever Hagen
Ingomar
Hagen
Bill Cherry
Montana
Robinson
Sheep losses feared as lynx blamed in Mizpah region
Ranchers in the Mizpah region report heavy sheep losses and stray antelope to prowling lynx. They seek aid from predatory-hunter efforts to stop the killings. In Bozeman Dan Casey Jones appeals to authorities to trace his brother Clifford missing for six weeks.
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Mizpah
Dan “Casey” Jones
Bozeman
Clifford
Bozeman Canning Plant Converts to Meat Packing
The Bozeman firm converts its pea cannery into a meat packing plant with a 1500 case per day capacity. It partners with Great Falls Meat to process 5000 federal purchased drought region cattle for relief agencies, employing 120 workers in Bozeman and more than double in Great Falls. Meat is canned in fourteen pound tins, twenty four per case, under a straight contract rate. Both firms must supply their own canning and slaughtering equipment.
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Bozeman
Bozeman Canning Company
Great Falls Meat Company
Drouth Region
Bozeman Cannery
Great Falls
Montana Car Loadings Jump 50 Percent in August
Montana freight carloadings rose 50 percent in August from a year earlier, totaling 16,033 cars versus 10,723. Mining fell due to the Butte strike, while agriculture and other sectors surged, led by cattle and hay gains and wheat at high prices.
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Montana
Harry B. Schaefer
State Railroad Commission
Railroad Commission
Butte
Schaefer
Montana Farm Market Notes and Raspberry Cultivation
Montana Experiment Station reports 250 head lambs sold at Chicago market for 6.50 per hundredweight on September 4. Germany’s wheat rye oats and barley production drops to a sixth of last year signaling the need to import corn and fodder despite self sufficiency plans. Latham raspberry selected as a promising Montana variety. winter protection required for best yields with dirt cover after bending canes and pruning eight canes per hill. The Northwestern Turkey Growers Marketing Association shows prime bird percentages rising from 79 to 85 across 1931–34. Raspberries can be grown broadly in Montana with proper winter protection.
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Montana State College
Montana Experiment Station
Chicago
Germany
Montana
Latham
Northwestern
Turkey Growers Marketing Association
Automobile at 60 MPH Would Take 175 Years to Reach the Sun
The note explains a hypothetical calculation showing an automobile moving at 60 miles per hour would need about 175 years to cover the average Earth-Sun distance. It emphasizes the vast scale of space and uses simple pacing to illustrate orbital separation.
Large hay shipments from western Montana valleys
About one thousand carloads of hay have left western Montana for eastern Montana the Dakotas Wyoming and the Mississippi valley. Officials say shipments this fall are the largest in years with 40 to 50 cars loaded already and more on the way.
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Montana
Northern Pacific
Dakotas
Wyoming
Mississippi Valley
Guilty Verdict in Miles City School Murder Case
Henry John Zorn 26 alias Henry John Miller found guilty of murder in the first degree for the slaying of Lester C. Jones, a faculty member at the Montana state industrial school in Miles City, Aug 12. Jury delivered verdict after defense admitted shooting. Life sentence sought over death penalty.
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Henry John Zorn
Henry John Miller
Lester C. Jones
Miles City
State Industrial School
Jones
Zorn
Man Receives Death Sentence for Robbery Slaying
Lester C. Jones was shot and Henry John Zorn alias Henry J. Miller was sentenced to hang on November 14 for a robbery slaying at the Montana state industrial school office. Judge McKinnon cited Zorn's criminal record and an 11 to 1 jury vote for death. Zorn was captured in Minneapolis after the crime.
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S. D. McKinnon
Henry John Zorn
Zorn
Montana
Minnesota
Jones
State Industrial School
Minneapolis
Josephine Adams
Butte
Battleship Bayern Rises From Scapa Flow Then Sinks Again
The former German battleship Bayern surfaced briefly at Scapa Flow, 120 feet above the sand bed, after lying sunk since 1919. Salvage workers watched as the 28,000-ton hulk, thick with seaweed and barnacles, floated bottom up for about half an hour before sinking and vanishing from sight.
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Scapa Flow
Gas thieves driven off by shotgun blasts at Miles City home
Gasoline thieves were chased away twice by shotgun blasts from Mrs. M. W. Milligan in Miles City. The first return was thwarted by the blast, and the second time she fired more carefully and the prowlers did not return.
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M. W. Milligan
Miles City
One-third of the Indian Empire Encompasses 708 States
A historical note explains that about one third of the Indian Empire comprises 708 states of diverse size and character, each governed by its own Indian prince.
First Montana Poultry Year Begins November First
The Montana Extension Service announces a new poultry year starting November 1 for all flock owners. Demonstrators like Nick A. Kimm of Manhattan and J. T. Brock of Carter exceeded 200 eggs per hen in ten months, with Kimm at 207.5 and Brock at 209.5, while others approach the mark as records are compiled. Members keep monthly records on hens, eggs per dozen, and costs, with Miss Cushman coordinating data and guidance to improve feeding and management.
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Nick A. Kimm
Manhattan
Kimm
H. E. Cushman
The
State College
J. T. Brock
Carter
Brock
Miss Cushman
Costa Rica Exports Near 30 Million Pounds Of Coffee
Costa Rica shipped about 30 million pounds of coffee in the last season, reflecting strong production and steady demand. Officials note export totals remained robust amid market shifts, supporting farmers and industry momentum.
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Costa Rica
Rich Timberland Tapped by Loggers to Open Cottonwood Timber
Preparations to open the Cottonwood timber section of the upper Blackfoot are underway by A. O. M. loggers. Headquarters camp six miles from Cottonwood Junction is being completed to launch operations on demand. An eight mile logging railroad is under construction with four miles laid, tapping over 400 million feet of commercial timber.
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Upper
Blackfoot
Cottonwood Junction
Cottonwood
Milwaukee
Sunset
Free pamphlet on phosphorus deficiency in cattle
Department C at Anaconda Copper Mining Company offers a free pamphlet detailing the ravages of phosphorus deficiency in cattle and simple, low cost correction methods. Also notes Italy’s tourist trade has grown compared with last year.
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Department C
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Cuticura Soothes Baby Rashee Ad Features Fragrant Talcum
An advertisement touts Cuticura products to relieve a baby rash called Rashee. It promotes Cuticura Soap for baths, Cuticura Ointment for soothing, and Cuticura Talcum for finishing, priced at 25 cents each.
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