Flathead irrigation push seeks 2 1/2 million for 1920
The Flathead Irrigation association plans a bold campaign to obtain a further 2.5 million dollars for the Flathead project. James Herbert says about 4.5 million will be spent by June 30, with a 7 million total sought. A Washington delegation will press Congress as soon as possible for completion funds.
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Flathead
Flathead Irrigation Association
James Herbert
Crowe
Senator Myers
Evans
Herbert
A. P. Davis
Reclamation Service
Davis
Camas
Little Bitter Root
Irrigation Association
Stanley Scearce
George Beckwith
Joe Allard
Dennis Dellno
Malcolm McLeod
Harbert
Congress
Washington
Sugar Beet Seed Empire Grows Near Hardin in Big Horn
The Great Western Sugar company develops a large sugar beet seed operation near Hardin, Montana, owning 2,000+ irrigated acres including the Alberta ranch. Two years to produce seed, yield about 1,500 pounds per acre and up to $500 per acre gross. Large Mexican crew and a staff of 200+ workers support planting, harvesting, and threshing with stecklings and green-cut seed.
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Germany
Montana
Hardin
Great Western Sugar Company
Billings
Charles M. Blair
Alberta
Blair
W. B. McComb
W.B. Warren
Loveland
Colorado
Ralph B. Mellice
Big Horn Valley
United States
Great Western
M. B. Wilson
Mellice
Carbon
Yellowstone
Berta
Alberte
Alberta Ranch
Cuticura Soap Promises Shaving Efficiency And Skin Health
Advertiser touts Cuticura Soap as doubling razor efficiency while promoting skin purity comfort and health. Claims include no mug slimy soap germs waste or irritation even with daily shaving and that one soap covers shaving bathing and shampooing.
Dozen Chicken Varieties From One Purebred Strain Claim
Audie Price, a Fergus County rancher, reportedly perfected a method to produce twelve thoroughbred chicken varieties from a single purebred strain. Neighbors cannot learn the secret, with speculation ranging from grafting to feed changes. Price has 24 chicks and 15 hens, all distinct in color and appearance, and believes one strain matches dirt color to deter hawks. Equity Elevators profitable in 1919.
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Audie Price
Fergus County
Burbank
Mr. Price
Ferry Creek
Price
Equity
W. M. Burlingame
Montana
American Society of Equity
Fargo
N. D
H. O. Folkestad
BE. A. Tyler
Equity Co-operative Exchange
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Farmers Thwart the Profiteers in Hay Buyback Plan
Cascade county farmers meeting in Great Falls adopt a plan to buy standing Minnesota hay at a dollar per ton down on the price. They will organize 15 crews to cut and ship hay to Minnesota, financed by a local bank, with 4 000 tons ordered and $4 000 raised to start.
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Minnesota
Cascade County
Great Falls
F. E. MacSpadden
Montana
Farm Bureau
Chester C. Davis
M. J. Brander
State College
Bozeman
F. S. Cooley
Federal control urged for all grazing lands in west
Stockmen from thirteen north western states call on Congress to place public grazing lands under federal Agricultural Department oversight, modeled after forest service administration. Meeting at Salt Lake, delegates including Wallace Huidekoper Dan Raymond Dr Donovan and Prof C B Arnett praise forest service era and its gains for stock industry.
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Congress
Federalricultural Department
West
C. N. Arnett
Forest Service
Montana
Wallace Huidekoper
Wallace, Mont
Montana Stockgrowers’ Association
Dan Raymond
Sheridan
Dr. Donovan
Butte
C. B. Arnett
The
State College
Yellowstone Reclamation Plan Debated by Reed Point Farmers
Farmers at Reed Point discussed reviving a large reclamation project for Yellowstone river beach lands between Livingston and Billings. A prior US Reclamation Service survey found the plan feasible but it was shelved. drought now underscores irrigation needs to protect stock and crops. The report notes Bolshevism in Japan, while South Sea islands and Ethiopia remain quiet locally.
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Yellowstone
Yellowstone River
Livingston
Billings
Reed Point
United States Reclamation Service
Plentywood Man Victimized by Slicker Jail Scam
Olson, a Plentywood real estate seeker, drank with two strangers in a city jail. They posed as officials and fined him $20 for alleged crimes, then Olson was jailed for fifteen days while the two impostors, including Nate Davis, vanished.
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Gilbert
Olson
Minneapolis
Plentywood
Nate Davis
Davis
Escape Timbered by Deer Lodge Convict Kenneth Dean
Kenneth Dean, a Deer Lodge penitentiary convict treated as a trustee, escaped in a Ford car and fled up the Deer Lodge valley but encountered consequences as details truncated.
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Kenneth Dean
Deer Lodge Penitentiary
Deer Lodge Valley
Escape in Custody Forces Return to Warm Springs
Officials learned of an escape and moved to recapture the individual. Guards arrived and returned him to Warm Springs custody.
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Prem Iinade
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Romneys
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Oxfords
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P. O
A. J. Knollin
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Pocatello, Idaho
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Japan
South Sea Islands
Ethiopia
Timbuctoo
Great Falls Dairy Products Co
Aekumantel
Venient
Express
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Harold Somers
de Kalb Ave
Brooklyn
Aestrel
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Blackfoot. Land Development CO
Missoula, Mont
ELK Run Herefords
Elk Run Ranch
W. L. Welie
Moline
Bean Brummel
Don Carlos
Don Perfect
Lamplighter
Dale
Perfection
Beau Picture
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Highwood
Frank Ledingham
Chicago
C. O. Robinson
Miles Dodd
Billy” Tormoehjen
Omaha
Albert Noe
Jim” Bush
J. E. Bush
Invincible
Leo C. Robinson
Chris Hansen
Sioux City
Lester L. Gravelle
Horace Hempstead
St. Paul
Gene” McAdams
Jim” Hunt
Kansas City
Jim” Reid
Charles F. Schriver
Steve Gainey
Homer White
James L. Wilfley
St. Joseph
Tom” McKee
H. C. Baker
Frank Jackson
Denver
Clyde Stevens
James Miller
Clay, Robinson & CO
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