Migratory Motor Family Travels From Klamath Falls to Portland
Mr and Mrs R E Jones of Klamath Falls Oregon drive their 1927 Chevrolet with police dog Buck a cat Skookum and four Angora rabbits to Portland for winter. The family migrates yearly for milder climate with staged stops Ashland Eugene and Portland, keeping two houses rented in Klamath Falls during the cycle. Buck and Skookum enjoy the trip though the rabbits less so.
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R. E. Jones
Klamath Falls
Oregon
Portland
Buck
Skookum
Albany
Jones
A. W. Kline
Cornell Road
Pelican Sumcompany
Ashland
Eugene
R. EH. Jones
Rin Tin Tin
Shawn
Pension fund allocates 146 Montana teachers share
The Montana teachers retirement fund commission ordered a $16 000 pension distribution covering January February and March for 146 retired teachers. Each will receive 90 dollars per month for the three months while only fund income funds the payouts.
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Montana
State Teachers’ Retirement Fund Commission
Williams
Ireland
Foot
Christine Smith
Helena
Mary Baker
Butte
Teacher’s Retirement Fund of
Value of Animual Beaver Catch in Montana
The Montana Game and Fish Warden reports a peak beaver fur season with about 1,200 skins tagged so far, valued in the thousands, as fur markets await shipment. Trapping is restricted to beavers harming farms, with permits issued during spring farming activity. Estimated yearly totals approach 5 to 9 thousand pelts, with 1929 tagging at 7,186 and 1927 high at 9,000.
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Montana
Game and Fish
Robert N. Hill
State Capitol
Fish and Game Warden
Montana Motor Vehicle Registrations Rise Amid Fees and Growth
Montana shows 140 387 registered motor vehicles in 1929 with total fees near 1 549 487 and highway allocations of 323 806 after deductions. The report lists top states by registrations and notes gains in several regions with districts including New York California Ohio and Pennsylvania among others.
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Montana
Montana Automobile , Association
Bureau of Public Roads
Agriculture
District of Colum
New York
California
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Michigan
Texas
Indiana
New Jersey
Massachusetts
District of Columbia
New Mexico
Nevada
Arizona
Utah
Georgia
Maryland
Tennessee
Idaho
Kentucky
Washington
Rayon the Product of Science Not Nature
A feature tracing rayon from legend of silk to modern synthetic fibre. It highlights rayon as a man made fiber born from pulp and chemistry, its 1884 patent by Count Chardonnet, four main production methods, and the viscose process dominating American output. It explains the process from pulp to spun yarn and notes its rapid industrial rise.
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Newton
Ben Franklin
China
Orient
Europe
Marcus Hook
Count Hulaire de Chardonnet
America
North Woods
South Land
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Pacific Coast
Nes
Chevrolet
Rudyard Kipling
United States
San Francisco
Yellowstone Park
Montara
Plymouth
Dillon
Beaverhead Auto Sales Company
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