Montana Blizzard Death Toll Feared After Worst Spring Storm
Northern Montana recounts sufferings as eight foot snowdrifts halt rescue efforts. Two men dead and many missing include Elmer Erickson and Ralph Mo. Others stranded or injured describe standoffs on roads and near ranches while searchers and sheriffs work amid drifting snow.
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Montana
Elmer Erickson
Fairfield
Joplin
Ralph Mo
Joe McDonald
Glasgow
Victor Roberts
Ija_Bretzke
Missouri River
Fort Peck
Bretzke
Sheriff's Office
Missouri
Roberts
Alton C. Taylor
Joe
Neihart
Riceville-Monarch
Guy Palagi
Great Falls
Taylors
Better Than Bacon watercolor by Charles M Russell found
Kalispell residents unearthed an 1905 Charles M Russell watercolor titled Better Than Bacon after 27 years hidden in an Indian dwelling. Judge Eugene McCarthy identified the piece, once given to Michael Pablo, and traced its distribution among Pablo’s heirs after his 1911 death.
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Bacon
Charles M. Russell
Montana
Kalispell
Michael Pablo
Pablo
Eugene McCarthy
McCarthy
Major Highways Logged Nationwide by AAA Tour Bureau
AAA touring service will log every major US highway for exact mileage this summer. Montana Automobile Association reports AAA will also assess road surfaces trip descriptions by region, including by passes and points of interest with strip maps. Montana’s representative will visit Helena within 90 days.
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United States
American Automobile Association
Montana Automobile Association
Motor Division of Montanans, Inc
State Chamber of Commerce
A.A.A. Touring Bureau
A.A.A
Montana
Mies
Helena
Mortana Death Rate in 1937 Reports 6,123 Total Deaths
Lucien L Benepe state registrar reports Mortana registered 6,123 deaths in 1937, a rate of 11.2 per 1000. Death rate declined from 11.6 in 1936. Births reached 10,214 in 1937, a rate of 18.7 per 1000, down from 19.5 the prior year.
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Lucien L. Benepe
State Board of Health
Mortana
Plane lands safely after gear fix near Salt Lake City
A Lockheed airliner flying north from Great Falls circled Salt Lake City refusing to land due to fuel. Officials contacted the Lockheed plant for landing gear instructions, then pilot Henry Hollenbeck and co pilot Bert Mooney released the wheels and landed safely with no passengers aboard.
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Salt Lake City
Reneercarriage
Lockheed
Idaho Falls
Ida
Burbank
Calif
Henry Hollenbeck
Hollenbeck
Bert Mooney
Nez Perce History Highlighted In Lewis and Clark Trail
The Nez Perce Indians were first met by Captain Lewis during the 1804 expedition across the continent. The narrative recalls Cam ewai the chief, Sacajaw’s kinship, horse trading influence, and the journey from Beaverhead to Lewiston and down the Snake and Columbia rivers. It notes their peaceful conduct, later reservation allotment in Idaho, and autumn buffalo hunts reaching eastern Montana.
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Lewis
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Nez Perce
Lewis and Clark
Beaverhead River
Montana
Camewai
Sacajaw
Fort Union
Beaverhead
Bitter Root
Lolo Creek
Clearwater
Lewiston
Snake
Columbia
Dalles
Clearwater River
Lewis River
Walla Walla Country
Idaho
Sioux Country
Blackfoot River
Deer Lodge
Madison River
Nez Perce War Memory and Yellowstone Park Pilgrimage
A fragment recounts Nez Perce events with a war dance and chiefs, then describes settlers’ curious hunt for buffalo meat, Chief Joseph’s negotiations, and a later trek to Yellowstone Park by a 15‑person party traveling by pack horse.
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Joseph
la Fourchette
General Gibbons
Big Hole
Canada
Nez Perce
Yellowstone Park
Boulder River
Madison
Missoula Captures Get-and-Run Driver Near Idaho Line
Missoula officers nabbed Lewis Saxton of St Maries Idaho after he allegedly filled a tank at a local service station and fled without paying. Deputies Epis and Johnson arrested Saxton after crossing the city boundary following a 6 30 pm call. He claimed he would remit the money, and police noted the gasoline would have nearly reached St Maries.
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Missoula
Bu Rier
Coudns
Aew
Lewis Saxton
BE. Maries
Ida
Pitt
An Epis
Ira Johnson
Saxton
Stes
Aft Missoula
St. Maries
Nez Perce and Blackfeet Battle Scenes Sighted in Canyon
In a canyon path the following dawn reveals a brutal clash between Nez Perce and Blackfeet. Bodies swing from trees and on the ground lie dead men and women as the defeated party flees, fear driving flight.
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Puburb & Canyon
Nez Perce
State Examiner Announces Plan to Pay Conrad Bank Claims
State Examiner W A Brown says a plan covers all claims on the defunct Conrad Banking Co of Great Falls depositors will receive sixty four thousand dollars. The rest of the text discusses unrelated political commentary and unclear budget items.
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W.A. Brown
Conrad Banking Co
Great Falls
England debates annual army act renewal for people’s protection
The text notes that for 20 years in England an army can be kept in times of emergency for one year only and must be renewed by Parliament each year. If Parliament does not pass the army act at the next meeting, the army would be illegal.
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England
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Sweetgrass
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Yall
Russell
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Western Air Express
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Seattle Daily Times
Montana State University
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State Nursery & Seed Co
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