Fifty Years on Northwest Rivers Recalled by Frontiersman
Edna Lamore Waldo recounts Karl an anonymous frontiersman who spent five decades along Dakota Montana rivers. He recalls steamboat life, pension struggles, and a 1876 Yellowstone journey with the Josephine and Far West crews amid Indian uprisings and Civil War era conflicts. He emphasizes a life lived without regrets and notes pension hurdles despite service.
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Northwest
Edna Lamoore
Waldo
Dakota
Ontana
Idhering
Cambou
Treig
United States
Germany
Karl
Josephine
Big Horn
Custer
100th Birthday Anniversary Recalls Jim Hill Railroad Builder
The 100th anniversary of James J. Hills birth recalls his rise as a railroad empire builder linked to Montana s development. Born Sept 16 1838 near Rockwood Ontario he died May 29 1916 in St Paul and built the Great Northern without land grants while promoting diversification and farm progress.
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James J. Hill
Montana
Great Northern Railway
Jim Hill
Printer's K
Great Northern
Hill
Minnesota
Northwest
St. Paul & Pacific
Puget
Sound
Rice, Montana Star Gregory Rice Returns From European Tour
Gregory Rice, son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Rice of Missoula, a Missoula high school athlete and holder of the state one mile and half mile records, returns from a summer racing tour in London Scotland Berlin Dresden Budapest and Athens. In Budapest he won a race defeating Milk.
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Jos Szabo
Rice
Athens
Vienna
Gebhardt
Germany
Dresden
Gregory
Berlin Olympic Stadium
Wooderson
Glasgow
London
United States
Budapest
Sofia
Bulgaria
Naples
Italy
Rex
Buffalo
Notre Dame
Helsingfors
Finland
Masz
Missoula
Uate
Moeland
Scotland
Berlin Dresden
Hungan
Greece
Glacier Park map revised for 1939 release
United States geological survey teams under Edward P. Davis remapped Glacier park. The update covers 25 years of changes including 60 miles of trails fire protection upgrades and the Going-to-the-Sun highway east section. The revised Glacier park map of 1927 will be available in 1939.
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Glacier Park
Glacier National Park
United States Geological Survey
Edward P. Davis
Glacier
Geological Survey
National Park Service
Beet prospects rise as rains and heat favor sugar beets
Federal statistician Jay G. Diamond reports favorable outlook for sugar beets in Montana counties. High temperatures and rains support yields, with some weather-related damage noted in Achland and Seonorne regions.
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Federal
No Delay Stated for Little Boulder Dam Project
Hamilton area reports no delay in the Little Boulder dam work on the West Fork Bitter Root as the state moves to expand storage from 15 000 to 32 000 acre feet. Buzzard of the Water Conservation Board spoke during a Bitter Root visit confirming plan stability and a stockholders meeting set for October 24 at the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce to raise capitalization from 20 000 to 35 000. The project now totals 800 000 with 440 000 federally funded by loan and the rest as a grant. contracts for water sales have been active for weeks.
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Fort Buford
Karl
Yellowstone
Far West
Grant Marsh
Reno
Fort Abraham Lincoln
General Terry
Big Horn
Josephine
Crook
Naval
Transpore Pest
Jon
Little Boulder
Hamilton
A. Buzzard
State Water Conservation Board
Buzzard
Bitter Root
West Rk Water Users’ Association
Hamilton Chamber of Commerce
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Black Hills
Mortcoln
Evik
Buford
Gene Eral
2Nd Cavalry
Wales
Miles
Lame Deer
Renusiea
Orient
Fort Keogh
Green
Glendive
Bismarck
Mandan
Berthold
Maratta
Norbert
Merced
St. Paul
Sota
James J
Jim” Hill
Phyllis Smith
Great Falls
Associated Students of Montana University
Missy Seabaiey
Comet
Mestess
Milos
EEL Sons
Hamilton Dam
Water Board
St. Louis
Western Norseman Magazine
Lafayette
California
Clark’s Fork Valley
Lavercalien
Watia
Anaconda Copper Mining Co. Lands Department
Conoco
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