Montana and nearby events spark April activity across towns
Helena hosts the 24th annual tuberculosis association meeting on April 6 while Conrad Run Lions plan Whoop-up Trail Days April 5 and 6 with dancing and games. Kalispell reports pea planting near 3 000 acres in the Flathead valley as fieldmen conclude grading. Helena begins distribution of Montana travel booklet High Wide and Handsome. Lima seeks to discontinue city electrical service aligning with rural electrification. Plentywood revives community chest plan for Lions club activities. Paradise expects tie treating at Northern Pacific plant to finish in April with about 4 000 000 ties processed. Livingston Roundup signs contract with Moomaw & Bernard for parade hardware for July 2 3 4. Helena housing authority bids for 72 dwelling units at 325 000 with May 3 bid opening and project completion likely in June next year. Missoula Fort Missoula Fourth Infantry to move to permanent Missoula station May 15 after field training in Camp Ord California.
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Hmelena
Helena Housing Authority
M. E. Anderson
Missoula
Fort Missoula
United States Army
Ninth Corps
Camp Ord
California
Montana Press Association backs drunken‑driving reporting certificate
The Montana State Press association proposes a special certificate for members to aid peace officers in curbing drunken driving. The certificate, mailed to Montana papers, pledges to publish full, fair stories of every drunken‑driving case within the territory without fear or favor regardless of the violator’s status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana State Press Association
Lewistown
Lloyd C. Raw
Montana
Ketchel and Sullivan Box to a Draw in Montana Clash
In Butte on February 12 1906 Stanley Ketchel and Montana Jack Sullivan staged a fast 20 round draw before about 2000 spectators. The bout at Broadway theater featured Ketchel’s speed and aggression against Sullivan’s canny defense with a dramatic end as the fighters earned a hard won stalemate. Ketchel later died in Missouri in 1910.
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Joe L. Markham
Stanley Ketchel
Kay
Montana
Ketchel
Butte
Jack Sullivan
Jack
Anaconda
Sullivan
Sid Lafontise
Joe Thomas
San Francisco
Danc McDonald
Dunc
Standard
Montana Jack
Stanley
Dime McDonald
Stanley Seve
Conway, Mo
Paper Depot Launches New Merchandising Plan in Montana
A novel merchandising concept called the Paper Depot debuts in several Montana cities. The wireframe display houses a complete household paper line from Tested Papers of America Inc, with Frank Vaughan and John Kneebone among leadership. Retailers lease the depots to handle orders via distributors under fair trade terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Tested Papers of America, Inc
Fran Frank Vaughan
Bay West Paper Co
Ested Papers of America, Inc
John R. Kneebone
Ruthrauff
Ryan
Great Falls Woman Eats Buffalo Meat on 81st Birthday
Mrs. Frank S. Wocasek of Great Falls marked her 81st anniversary on March 11 with buffalo meat at a family dinner. Born in 1859 in Indiana, she and her late husband migrated to Montana in 1884, farming in the Judith basin before settling in Great Falls. Surviving children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren are listed, and Mr. Wocasek had operated the Cataract meat market and served as vice president of the Great Falls Meat Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank S. Wocasek
Great Falls
Wocasek
Montana
LaPorte
Ind
Maiden
Judith Basin
Emma MacPherson
A. H. Gray
H. B. Lockhart
Frank W. Wocasek
James W. Wocasek
Sarah Liedholm
Oakland
Calif
A. E. Baker
Vancouver
B. C
R. B. Streets
Tucson
Ariz
Wocaseks
Fourth Street
Great Falls Meat Co
Deer Loaned to MGM for Film Work in Montana
Metro Goldwyn Mayer asked the Montana fish and game commission for 12 deer to appear in a motion picture. Warden James Weaver said the request was approved and the Kalispell Commercial Club would round up the herd. The studio guaranteed to return the animals intact despite Hollywood’s history with wildlife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Hollywood
Ono
Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer Studios
Montana Fish and Game Commission
State Fish and Game
James A. Weaver
Kalispell Commercial Club
Welfare board reappoints G C Harris to term
Gov Roy E Ayers reappoints G C Harris of Great Falls to the state public welfare board for a term ending March 4 1943 Harris has served as a board member since November 1837
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. C. Harris
Great Falls
Roy E. Ayers
State Public Welfare Board
Harris
Appointed to Board of Examiners of Osteopathy
Gov. Roy E. Ayers reappointed Willard of Missoula and L Mahaffey of Helena to the board of examiners of osteopathy. Willard’s term ends May 13 1943 and Mahaffey’s March 27 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy E. Ayers
Weet Willard
Missoula
L. Mahaffey
Helena
Gate Board of Examiners
Osteopa
Willard
Mahaffey
Porter Named to State Medical Examiners Board
Gov Roy E Ayers appoints Dr Earl S Porter of Lewistown to succeed Dr A W Deal on the state board of medical examiners with term expiring Feb 10 1947. The note mentions Mrs Sidney B Wood leading One Husband Inc and a Palestine Jewish Legion with New York headquarters and over a thousand members. Read the Classified Advertisements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy E. Ayers
Earl S. Porter
Lewistown
State Board of Medical Examiners
A. W. Deal
Porter
Sidney B. Wood
One Husband, Inc
American Palestine Jewish Legion
Palestine
New York
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B. P. Rock
New Hampshire
W. Leghorn
R. I
White Rock
Yakime, Wash
Inman Hatcheries
Aberdeen
Dakota
Montana Livestock Sanitary Board
Fred H. Cockell
Milwaukie
Ore
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Independence
BUN Produce CO
U. 8
Rhode Island
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Vashon
Washington
Clntermountain Points
Ramshaw’s
Pioneer Watchery
Salt Lake City
Utah
U. S
T. B
Farmers Union
Williston
Farmers Union Co-Operative Assn
N. D
Blue Ribbon Hatchery and Supply Company
Mandan
North Dakota
Gallatin Chick News
Gallatin Chick Hatchery
Bozeman
Barber College
MOLER
W. Sd
Portland
Publishing Service
W. Florence
Palcon Press
Madison Ave
First National Bank Bldg
Thompson
Glendale
Hobart
P. C. Vornholt
Fort Peck
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Boulder
Colo
Coast
Newport
Alligator
South Beach
Oregon
Percy K. Swan
Chico
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College
Howard
Spokane
Typy
Gregg
MacKay College
Figueroa
A. C
Hansen Bros
Filer
Idaho
Hays Optical CO
Grand
Kansas City
State Supreme Court
Ray Dreisbach
Kelley
Ae Farms
Fort Peckham
Missouri
Glasgow-Fort Peck
Glassow
Valley County
Jacob F. Siegel
Harmon, North Dakota
A. J. Broadwater
Havre
Mont
Yank River Valley
Lincoln County
Bargain
W. Blvd
H. A. Guenzler
Ronan
F. C. Guenzler
Big Horn
Brandt
Beacon
Chicago
Theodore Anderson
Rte. 1
Hamilton
PECK
Brevensville
Walla Walla Valley
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Freewater
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Marcelin
Sask
Frary & Burlingame
NYG
MFG, CO
Fargo, No
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Kalispell
Ferry-Morse
Balzhisers
Drummond
Boysenberry Plants
J. H. Bigale
Bigfork
East Lake Shore
Duthie Seed Company
Spokane, Wash
Roberts Laboratories
Waukesha
Wisconsin
Billings
Melstone Messenger
Melstone, Montana
Colorado
A. S. Nat'l Bank
Denver
Watkins
N. Z. Nielsen
Larimer
Price
F. B. Price
Montana Tuberculosis Association
Conrad
Conrad Lions Club
Flathead Valley
Montana Highway Department
State Public Service Commission
Lima
Plentywood
Lions Club
Paradise
Northern Pacific
Livingston
Livingston Roundup Association
Moomaw & Bernard of
Tonasket
Wash
Talisman CO
Beverly Hills
Virginia Lee
John Hodson
Sturgeon Bay
P. O
Nellie Lewis
Lapine
Pioneer
Canada
Karakul
United Karakul and Fur CO
Twin Falls
Robt. M. White
Caldwell
Bessie Ormsby Hengerveld
Hofstetter Holstein Farm
Miles City
Alaska Junk Company
South
Adams St
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Blasius, Inc
Idaho Falls
Milton Nursery Company
Milton, Oregon
Northwestern Photo
Fargo
FOX Studios
Wayne Fox
Pleasantville
New Jersey
Teachers Agency
Lou Boedecker
Highway Patrol
LIN Ee
Northwest
Sioux Tire & Battery Company
Tri-State
Schult Trailers
Eleventh
Sioux Falls
D. C
CAEO
Max Jess
Central Ave
Ohio
Ketchel-Sully
Oakland Bay Bridge
Geary
Teylor
Vandike
Enal
Reguiere Hospital
U. S. Bureau OF Mines
Copper Mining Company
Butte, Montana
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