CCC Building Paths in Park
Glacier park CCC crews completed more than 100 miles of foot trails under Director Robert Fechner. Trails run along cliff edges to showcase rock formations while aiding fire prevention and ranger efforts for tourist access and safety.
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Fechner
CCC
Glacier Park
Robert Fechner
Anaconda
Howe Lake
Divide Creek
Boulder Ridge
Many Glacier
Two Medicine
Bowman Lake
North Fork
Distance Signs Placed on U S Highways
Five mile distance signs have been erected by the state highway department along U S 10 89 and 191. The initiative marks ongoing efforts to guide motorists and standardize roadway information statewide.
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State Highway Department
U. S
Montana WPA plan outlines 20 million work program
An estimated $1,000 per worker could yield about $20,000,000 for Montana under the Works Progress administration if 20,000 relief workers join WPA projects. The map lists eligible employables by county and district through July 1, 1935, guiding project totals and showing 52 approved Montana projects at $1,159,495.66 awaiting final action in Washington.
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Montana
Works Progress Administration
WPA
Ray Hart
PWA
Washington
Two Bird Refuges Survey Under Way in Montana and North Dakota
Surveys by the United States Biological Survey study migratory bird refuges at Red Rock Lake near Dillon and at Lake Bowdoin near Malta. Kenneth F. MacDonald says Medicine Lake refuge will flood 12,000 acres at a cost of 225000 dollars and is about half finished. W. C. Henderson, acting chief of the survey, attended with Montana and North Dakota fish and game officials after the northeastern Montana Sportsmen's association meeting in Medicine Lake.
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United States Biological Survey
Red Rock Lake
Dillon
Lake Bowdoin
Malta
Kenneth F. MacDonald
Montana
MacDonald
Montana Farmers Net Cash Income for June Reaches 3.66 Million
J. G. Diamond of Helena reports Montana farmers earned 3.66 million dollars in cash income for June. Principal product sales totaled 3.387 million, up from 3.539 million last June and benefit payments were 275 thousand, up from 69 thousand a year ago. China will have streamlined trains.
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J. G. Diamond
Helena
Montana
Montana farmers receive record tree distribution from state nursery
Seven hundred forty Montana farmers received trees from the State University forestry nursery this year, the largest orders in the nursery’s history. Production volumes fell short of 1931 levels while seed sourcing aims for hardier drought resistant stock, with prime demand for caragana Russian olive green ash Chinese elm Colorado blue spruce and American elm. The program, aided by the forest service and plant bureau, also trialing foreign species to suit Montana farms.
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Montana
School of Forestry Nursery
State University
Forestry School Nursery
Montana Extension Service
Irwin W. Cook
Russia
United States Forest Service
United States Bureau of Plant Industry
Siberia
Mongolia
Justice Stark Rule Tax Alimony Despite Ex Husband Payment
A London court led by Justice Stark ruled that a woman must pay income tax on alimony even if her ex husband has already paid tax on the same amount. The decision affects how alimony is taxed in similar divorce cases and may influence future settlements.
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Justice Stark
London
Gold and Silver Output Rise in 1934 Production
Treasury pur chase program spurred 1934 gold output to 3,108,478.17 fine ounces up from 2,571,259.02 in 1933. Silver output climbed to 32,750,642 ounces from 23,310,154, with eight western states Alaska and the Philippines producing 97 percent of gold. Montana yielded 97,822 ounces up from 57,822.20 in 1933, while nine western states produced 98 percent of US silver, Montana at 3,958,000 ounces up from 2,660,700.
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Treasury
United States
Bureau
Alaska
Philippine Islands
Montana
Open Season on Ducks Set by Proclamation
The Montana state game commission reports the president has proclaimed an open waterfowl season this fall from October 21 to November 19.
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Montana State Game Commission
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Clark’s Fork Valley
Blackfoot Land Development Company
Missoula, Mont
Peru
Allaire, Woodward & Co
Peosla, Alos
Beau Donald Herefords
Belle Curtice
Wright Pines
Stevensville
Montana Grazing Commission
State Department of Agriculture
Lake, Pondora
Valley
Musselshell
Carbon
Dawson
Richland, Ra
Valli
Stillwater
Roosevelt
Teton
Powell
Jefferson
Flathead
Missoula
Lewis and Clark
Hill, Fergus
Yellow
Stone
Custer
Gallatin and Park
Cascade
Deer Lodge
Silver Bow
China
Chas. M. Russell Pictures
Beast
Wally
Carson
The
Buffalo Hunt
Queen’s
Montana Newspaper Association
Great Falls, Montana
University Nursery
White King
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