Montana Woman True Daughter of Revolution
Mrs. Charlotte Stull Bonesteel of Great Falls turns 92 in September and is described as a true granddaughter of the American Revolution. Her grandfather Edwin Corwin served six years with the Continental army after enlisting at 17 and surviving captivity with Indians and later battles such as Monmouth and Burgoyne’s surrender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Stull Bonesteel
Great Falls
Edwin Corwin
Corwin
Bonesteel
Black Eagle Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
Roy Clemmons
Mr. Bonesteel
Fourth Avenue North
Chicago
Stull
McHenry County
Charlotte Stull
Columbus
Neb
Norris G. Bonesteel
Atlantic
Ina Norris
Seattle
Crystal Chalk
Chalk
Montana Power Co
Edward Corwin
Montreal
Monmouth
Burgoyne
Andre Hung
Sullivan
Susquehanna
Wyoming
Eliza
Voters approve Missoula fire equipment bonds in landslide
Missoula voters approve issuance of bonds to purchase fire department equipment by a vote of 2 264 to 56. The brief item notes other state happenings from Helena to Chinook including deaths, appointments, and local changes across Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula
Helena—August Eck
Montana
Sweden
America
Fertilizers From Anaconda Aid Victory Food Project
Anaconda fertilizers aid the Victory Food project by boosting crop yields, notably increasing beet sugar output with phosphate fertilizer. The Beets division cites 100 pounds per acre raising beet yields by two tons, with a ton of phosphate yielding 40 extra tons of beets or 100,000 extra tons of sugar nationally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude R. Wickard
United States
Anaconda
Amerca
Anaconda Copper Mining Co
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
Illinois
Mountain States
Montana
Anaconda Sales Co
Anaconda, Mont
R. A. Jones
Cleaning the kettle with newspaper and kerosene
Instructions describe removing smudges from utensils used over an open flame. Rub with crumpled newspapers, apply a few drops of kerosene, and rub the kettle until clean. Wipe with dry papers and avoid kerosene entering the kettle. If the grime is light, a metal wire pot scraper may suffice.
Home Craft Tips for Safe Living and Quick Cooking
Practical guidance on avoiding fire hazards by not routing lamp cords under rugs. Instructions for paint removal using remover and scraping, serving guests with loaf cakes cut into squares, and decorating with walnuts. Steps to polish silver along the object's shape and to thicken gravies or soups by whisking flour and water with an egg beater.
Sun River Water Supplies Improve For Irrigation
Sun River irrigation users have more than double the water available for early irrigation this year, with storage 88,886 acre feet as of February 28 versus 43,614 a year ago. Gains come from fall rains and winter snow, though current storage remains below normal. Goat Mountain snow depth is 18.8 inches with 3.9 inches water content, while March 1 readings show 14 inches and 2.56 inches, compared with 23 inches and 4.24 inches in 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milk River
Harold W. Genger
Milk River Irrigation District
Genger
Sherbourne Reservoir
Glacier Park
Fresno
Sun River
A. W. Walker
Walker
Goat Mountain
Tax Exemption Plan Faces Governor Opposition
Gov. Sam C. Ford protests to Montana’s congressional delegation against HR 6750, a measure exempting war effort contractors from state taxes. He argues the bill invades states rights and predicts widespread implications if passed. England operates 70 silver fox farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam C. Ford
Montana
Congress
White Filled Cookies and Fillings from Sour Cream Base
A vintage recipe note outlines making white filled cookies with sour cream and shortening, including instructions for sandwich cookies and turnovers. It details dough mixing, chilling, rolling, cutting shapes, and baking at 400 F for 10 to 12 minutes. It also provides raisin and fig fillings and a raisin date fig combination.
Calorie basics as war aid and nutrition lessons
A public poll shows 4 percent confuse vitamin with calorie and many lack nutrition terms. Calories measure energy, not a food part, with fats and meats providing more energy than carbs. Daily needs vary 1500 to 6000 calories, typical 2500 to 3500, best from varied energy-building foods and a high vitamin mineral rich diet.
Montana Beet Growers Back Japanese Labor Plan
Sugar beet growers in Montana told James E. Harrington they would bring Japanese workers from the west coast if proper protections and postwar departure were ensured. They urged reception centers and co operation with Lieut. Gen. DeWitt to ease farm labor shortages while opposing postwar residency. Claude C. Gray and Farm Bureau members rejected alien Japanese labor as unsuitable for Montana, citing social and sanitary concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
James E. Harrington
Los Angeles
United States Attorney General
Harrington
Sam C. Ford
John L. DeWitt
Western Defense Command
DeWitt
War Department
Farm Bureau Federation
Claude C. Gray
Big Timber
Gray
Federation
Pheasants Arrive at New State Game Farm Near Fort Peck
Five hundred pheasants have arrived at the state game farm near Fort Peck as part of a mass production program led by farm manager W. W. Bailey. The 79 acre site along the Missouri river bottom will host incubators and brood houses for up to 25,000 birds yearly, with 10,000 produced this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Peck
State Fish and Game Commission
W. W. Bailey
Idaho Fish and Game Commission
War Department
Corps of Engineers
Bailey
Richard Naughton
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Falls
Thomas E. Evans
Virginia City
Evans
Phoenix
Ariz
Lyle J. Onstad
Luther Theological Seminary
St. Paul
American Lutheran Church
Sidney—Hans Johnson
Norway
Minneapolis
Lewistown
Nellie DeKalb
State Dietetics Association
Fergus County High School
Iowa State College
Ray Clevenger
Melstone
Terry
Milwaukee Railroad
W. A. Donaldson
Clevenger
Butte
The
American Legion
Highwood
William A. Johnstone
Adam Johnstone
Chouteau County
Montana State College
Helena
Albert Bowman
John Tobin
Here
Bowman
W. W. Casper
State Republican Central Committee
State Industrial Accident Board
George Niewoehner
Nancy H. Cowan
Robert B. Cowan
Kentucky
Helena School of Aeronautics and Related Trades
Lester H. Loble
Helena Chamber of Commerce
Army Air Corps
Kalispell
Edward
Kid) Price
Charley Russell
Price
Missouri
Fort Benton
Chinook
Troy
Leonia
Guy Manning
Sylvanite
Montana Supreme Court
Charles Regan
Guy Palagi
Cascade County
Regan
Palagi
RED Lodge
Thurkel
Turk) Greenough
Sally Rand
Turk
Greenough
Anaconda Aid
Victory Food” Project
Vera Lane
Ford
England
Betty Crocker Aitchers
U. S. Pat. OF
Betty Crocker
Home Service Department
Fool Chopper
J. A. Tobey
State Farm Bureau Federation
Colonae
Vicks
Chae Hee
Nesspaper Pattern Department
M. N
Fifth Avenue
New York
N. Y
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