Montanans Pleased With Record Tourist Travel This Year
Montanans Inc officials report a 1941 boom in travel nationwide and in the Northwest. Rail passenger business rose 10 to 35 percent, western lines up over 20 percent, eastern Rock Island lines up 28 to 36 percent. Yellowstone saw August travel 13.1 percent higher than 1940. Glacier Park up 7.7 percent through August despite reduced Canadian traffic.
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Montana
United States
Montanans, Inc
State Chamber of Commerce
Helena
Rock Island
California
Colorado
Yellowstone
Canada
Nova Scotia
Mexico
Yellowstone National Park
Glacier National Park
Farmington Social News Notes and Local Visits
Mrs Abe Breere will host the Ladies Aid at her home next Wednesday afternoon October 1. Mrs Nyhus and Mrs Swenson hosted a luncheon at the Nyhus home to honor Mrs Anna Reine who leaves for Billings. A handkerchief shower accompanied the visit. Mr and Mrs Joel Otness visited Great Falls last Friday. Sverre Lindseth is ill with strep infection at St Marys hospital in Conrad. Mr and Mrs Karl Van Setten of Fairfield visited on the beach Monday and Wednesday.
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Abe Breere
Nyhus
Swenson
Anna Reine
Billings
Joel Otness
Great Falls
Sverre Lindseth
St. Mary’s Hospital
Conrad
Karl van Setten
Fairfield
Weekend Visitors and Relatives in Great Falls Area
Mrs Ada Rittenhouse of Great Falls spent a weekend with her sister Mrs R A Reid ing. Oddie Lindseth and sons visited in Great Falls last weekend. Ray Bjork and family drove from Glacier Park to John Chalmers home for a weekend visit. Bjork works at the park and they head to Fairfield. Dinner guests included Oliver Forseth. The Otness family visited Carter relatives a week ago. Bouma and Bouma families from Conrad visited the Chas Baker home. Depner entertained A Anderson and H Davidson at dinner. J L LeDesky's group noted a week’s hospital stay for J L LeDesky at Chateau. I W Smith hosted Forseth and Chalmers families plus Billy Chalmers for dinner. Swenson and Van Setten drove to Roundup to see Otto Stenerson, Elmer Strand and families. Milton and Elmer Strand traveled from Wisconsin toward Oregon. Swenson and Van Setten returned Monday. Earl LeDesky reported work in Joliet bakery placing bread on racks. he bakes eighteen thousand loaves daily. His brother Myron, at Ramoul aviation school, visited Joliet. Emil Depner and family and Henry Davidson hosted Great Falls visitors Saturday.
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Ada Rittenhouse
Great Falls
R. A. Reiding
Oddie Lindseth and Sons
Ray Bjork
Glacier Park
John Chalmers
Bjork
Park
Fairfield
Oliver Forseth
Joel Otness
Otness
Hitchcock
Carter
Nell Bouma
Ethel Bouma
Herman Bouma
Conrad
Chas
Baker
Emil Depner
A. Anderson
Henry Davidson
J. L. LeDesky
Chateau Hospital
I. W. Smith
Olaf Forseth
Wm. Chalmers
Billy
C. M. Swenson
Karl van Setten
Otto Stenerson
Elmer Strand
Milton Strand
Wisconsin
Oregon
Elmer
Swenson
van Seten
Earl
Joliet
Ill
Myron
Ramoul
Eastern Hunters Claim Elk In White River Region
Three Pennsylvania men and their guides bagged bull elk on the South Fork of White River after a mountain ascent. Joe Parks, Irvin H. Buck, and John Buck hunted with Bill Gibler and the brothers plus Shorty Crawford of Dutton, praising the primitive scenery of the area.
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Pennylvania
Bill Gibler
Brothers
Pittsburgh
White River
New Chevrolet Displayed Here by Pelletier Co
Vic Pelletier of the Pelletier Chevrolet Co announces a new 1942 model on display September 26 with a demonstration for the motoring public. The car keeps the valve-in-head engine with minor improvements and features an elongated front fender that opens with the front door.
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Chevrolet
Vic Pelletier
Pelletier Chevrolet Co
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Farmington News
Bean
U. S
Woolrich
Feddie
Toggery
U.S. Defense
Louse
India
Hershey Baking
Hanson
Salmond
Stafford
Chateau
P. Hodges
Kiss
Equitable Educational Fund
Arnold C. Hanusa
Tom Manix
F. G. Campbell
Bynum, Mont
International Hammerlister
Oliver
International
L. E. Taylor Garage
9Th Ave
Joe Morer
St. Anthony & Dakota Lumber Yard
Pelletier Chevrolet Company
Pontiac
Atton
EDUM
Federated
Estes
Citizens State Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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