Auto Pull tractors surge in Treasure State farming push
Montana and Idaho orders for the Auto Pull convertibles show rapid growth as C A Hunt expands from Montana and Idaho into North and South Dakota. Carloads of 30 units each totaling 3,000 tractors were requested, with 570 already ordered for 1917, far ahead of last year’s sales.
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Montana
Idaho
Co. A. Hunt
North
South Dakota
C. A. Hunt
Montana and Idaho
Ford
Hunt
Glencoe
Minnesota
R. HE. Hunt
Fort Benton
Chouteau
Hill Countes
Isa’ Re Weiber
Roberts
Idaho Territory
Yellowstone Park
Teton County
North and
George A. Hunt
Oregon
Madras
A Daughter’s Entertaining Suitors and Old Family Tales
A reflective note on a daughter grown, capable of entertaining a suitor, and a chance to revisit boyhood memories the family once dismissed. The passage hints at lineage, affection, and the pull of past conversations in shaping present choices.
Sugar Beet Industry Expands in Montana Billings District
The Billings sugar plant nears season end after a record beet harvest from about 20 000 acres. Sheridan and Lowell plants handled 12 000–13 000 more acres, boosting overall production. Montana plans include a Missoula plant of similar size and wider western expansion.
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Billings
R. G. Linebarger
Sheridan
Wyo
Lowell
Western
Montana
Western Montana
Missoula
Great Western Sugar Company
Edgar and
Huntley Project
Great Western
Old Car 1909 Studebaker 30 Found in Oklahoma
A 1909 Studebaker 30 with 200000 miles remains in good running order and is ready to go. The car is largely original except for one connection rod and bearing. It has a history with Barney Oldfield who drove it 101 miles per hour on a straightaway in 1911.
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Studebaker
Oklahoma
Barney Oldfield
Orchards Ruined by Tiny Spiders
The pear leaf blister mite pests pears and apples, causing blisters and yellowing foliage. It overwinters in bark and buds. heavy infestations defoliate trees. Prevention by soluble sulphur spray or lime sulphur wash is advised, with best control by spring spraying as buds break.
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Montana
First Farm Loan Under State Law Honored
The first loan under the state farm loan law goes to farmer Jean Theo Braun of Baker Fallon County. Braun owns a 320 acre farm near Baker with 90 acres cultivated and 173 acres plowed. Land valued at 7 854 dollars supports a 2 000 dollar loan.
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Jean Theo Braun
Baker
Fallon County
Braun
German Judge Hunts in San Francisco Trial of German Officials
Former Montana jurist Judge W H Hunt sat on the bench in San Francisco during the trial of Franz Bopp German consul general and five attaches convicted of plotting to blow up U S and Canadian targets for war aims. Annette Adams, assistant U S attorney, led the prosecution and vowed appeals by the defendants.
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Montana
W. H. Hunt
Chouteau County
United States District Court
San Francisco
Franz Bopp
Golden Gate
United States
Bopp
Canada
Hunt
Annette Adams
Preston
Adams
Fort Benton
Porto Rico
Federal Commerce Court
Federal District Court
Rangers Take Winter Forestry Short Course at Missoula
Several dozen rangers attend the winter short course in forestry opened at the state university in Missoula. The instructional staff includes three former forest supervisors and several special lecturers now with the forest service. The term’s curriculum mirrors last year with added courses in advanced grazing and national highway construction.
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Forest Service
State University At
Missoula
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Treasure State Farm and Livestock
Lewis Poultry Company
South Main
Land Values Advance
Yellowstone
W. A, Fadden, Pres
Mer
Aggart
Sec’y
Treas
Phone 2 Northwest
Arizona
Butte
Miners Bank & Trust Co
Butte Association of Credit Men
W. A. Fadden
The
Fadden Cry Co
Swift & Co
A. McTaggart
McTaggart & White Co
Northern Produce Company
First Avenue South
Great Falls, Mont
Dorsh & Greenfield
Snowy Mountain
Rugged
Ross Brown
Mer. Moore
Mont
Great Falls Dairy
Hughes Loan & Land Co
Ford Block
Great Falls
Northwestern Hide Fur CO
Minneapolis
Boney IM
McMiltan
Mino
Northwest
Yth St
Minn
Kelley-How- Thomson Co
Randkiew and Company
Fosston
Kelley-How-Thomson Co
Duluth, Minn
Duluth
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