Romances of the Montana flockmaster and dollar wool
The article traces Montana sheep wealth and risks, noting forecasts of $1 per pound wool for 1918 and a potential $20 million clip. It highlights survival of small flocks, banker Moss’s losses and gains, Tommy Haw’s rise from cook to sheep wealth, and Charles Bair’s ascent to large sheep ownership. It contrasts past open range life with modern fenced, forage-protected flocks and persistent belief in high wool prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Young
B. C. White
P. B. Moss
Billings
Moss
Yellowstone Valley
Tommy Haw
Beavehead
Madson
Haw
Poindexter & Orr
Poindexter
Tommy
Charles Bair
Pen Range
Australia
New Zealand
America
New Montana Localities Report Industrial and Social Progress
A sweep of brief notes from towns across Montana records new lodge installations, coal mining openings, choral society efforts, oil drilling plans, Red Cross organization efforts, and public works. Notable items include Flathead Lodge No. 112 installation in St. Ignatius, Musselshell County Soldiers Protecting association formation in Roundup, and a 28 000 acre homesteading tract near Poplar. Nearby towns report oil prospecting, a guarded elevator in Shepherd, and a new Milwaukee railroad investment in Roundup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnett
Moore
Stone Barn
St. Ignatius
Flathead Lodge
A. BF
A. M
Ben
Havre
Musselshell County Soldiers’ Protective Association
Helena
Jeremiah W. Farrell
Joliet
Montana
Plentywood
Poplar
Lewistown
Isabelle Bean
Judith Basin
California
Butte
Charles Jaeckel
Insane Asylum
Warm Springs
Billings
Red Cross Society
Yellowstone County
Shepherd
Wilsall
Edgar Potter
Potter Basin
Shields Valley
Milwaukee Railroad
Lodge of Elks
Harlem
Stevensville
Co-Operative Creamery
Frank H. Hitchcock
Wibaux
Newton
Here
J. D. Newton
Bozeman
Pine Creek
Bear Paw Mountains
C. F. Huppe
Huppe
Georgia
Livingston
Jaimes R. Briscoe
Yellowstone Valley
Chico
Gardiner
F. F Wilson
Boze- Man
State Board of Architectural Examiners
C. CC. Oehme
Dehme
Denie Helena
State Board of Health
R. E. Bodley
Gallatin Forest
Bear Canyon
Middle Creek Canyon
United States
William Lindsey
Montana Tax Commission
de Hart
John Edgerton
State Tax Commission
Treasure State Gas and Oil Company
New York
Cabin Creek
Baker
Gas Well Expansion and Supply Contract Details
The deal requires 3,000,000 feet daily by May 1 and 6,000,000 by October 1, 1918. 24 cars of steel and machinery ordered for building erection. About 30 workers to be employed. The new gas well has 11,000,000 cubic feet capacity and 400 pounds rock pressure, drawing attention from the carbon company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbon Company
Also Mentioned on This Page
Congress
Sloan
Boykoyou
Growns
Edmonson
Great Falls
Lapeyre
Dr. King
Butte Floral CO
Monte
Alhambra Hot Springs Hotel
Ody M. JT Sullivan
Boulder Hot Springs
J. M. Reynolds
White Sulphur Springs
Fontana
Frank Lemmer
Panama
Central Avenue
P. O
Harry H. McCole
S. C. Huseth
Rague
Comfort Chemical
Toledo
Ohio
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