Helena’s Gold Rush Legend Lures Basements to Treasure
Local reminiscences tell how J Root, a West Main street merchant, secretly dug for gold under Helena’s Bristol hotel site in the late 19th century. Rumors spread as old-timers recall mining pockets near South Main and Last Chance gulch, inspiring today’s basement prospecting.
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Noah
J. Root
Upper Main Street
Main
Bristol
Young Root
West Main Street
Dicker
Joe Colaghan
Bristol Hotel
Mr. Root
State liquor board declares March dividend and bonds coverage
The state liquor control board declares a $100,000 dividend from March profits. License sales for the year total $540,725 so far. The board awarded a contract for complete bond coverage of all liquor board employees to W. R. Davis of Great Falls.
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State Liquor Control Board
W. R. Davis
Great Falls
Liquor Board
Soul of a Human Being as Ultimate Form of Activity
The statement elevates the human soul as the pinnacle of action and life. It asserts moral and existential supremacy of inner essence over external deeds. The phrase invites reflection on purpose, consciousness, and the value of inner life.
Irrigation Engineer Explains Borjéer Ditch for Sloped Land
A Montana agricultural station report from Bozeman describes Borjéer ditch methods to convey water to crops on gently sloped fields. The illustration highlights four irregular lines guiding water flow, cited as especially successful by G. Monson, an engineer with agricultural interests.
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W. Monson
Montana Agricultural
Bozeman
Border Ditch Irrigation Method Explained for Efficient Water Spread
Monson outlines a border ditch system with head and border ditches spaced by slope. Proper leveling with a box float, harrowing, and damming control water flow, enabling four to six acres per acre foot per season and preventing harvest interference.
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Monson
Montana Briefs Highlight Local News Actions
Alder elects Sam Maloney its Ruby Valley Sportsmen president. Chinoook crews begin paving the Chinook to Lehman highway but are laid off after heavy snow. Helena replaces Seward Mason with Guy Johnson as highway testing lab head. Butte receives 74 000 rainbow trout eggs for Big Hole river rearing. Miles City forecaster John Moore predicts wet weather next four to six weeks. Montana reports chicken pox 90 cases plus 73 measles and 45 mumps. Missoula names Guy Fox varsity tennis coach at Montana State.
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Butte Anglers’ Club
Maiden Rock
Big Hole
Helena
Montana
B. K. Kilbourne
Apple Bread Use Promoted By State Horticulturist
George L Knight state horticulturist advocates apple bread to boost apple use. A trade magazine recipe for bakeries mixes milk shortening sugar yeast malt salt and applesauce. apples are cooked and strained to prevent discoloration and folded into dough with standard procedure for home bakers.
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George L. Knight
Montana State Honor Roll Lists Winter Quarter Achievers
The winter quarter honor list at Montana State highlights 169 students with high grades. Seven students earned A grade point equivalents, including Hugo Eck Anaconda Edwin Ha Helena Hal Hart Missoula Ebert Herrick Joliet Tom Murdock Ben Veldhuis Warm Springs and Walter Weedman Billings. The roll also names numerous students from Anaconda Bozeman Billings Butte Great Falls Glendive Missoula Deer Lodge Miles City Manhattan Whitehall Trident Chalmers Thornber Hamilton Belgrade and other towns.
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W. H. McCall
Hugo Eck
Anaconda
Edwin Ha. Helena
Hal - Hart
Missoula
Ebert Herrick
Joliet
Tom Murdock
Eee
Dan Lovelace
Kenneth Martin
Robert McKee
Vesta Robbins
Margaret Smith
Ferne Wilson
Bill Allen
Glen Breneman
Judith Doering
Rose Eagle
John Fisher
Charles Harman
Mary Liquin
Boyd Morris
Ray Nesbit
Alice Perrin
Betty Pesman
Jean Plumlee
John Bandiland
Eugene Thomas
LaVerne Wells
Elise
Ellen Wipf
Billings
George Clemon
William Farrell
Chester Fitch
Charles Melnick
Howard Rhea
Agnes Wiggenhorn
Mary Ellen Wiggenhorn
Robeson Allport
Daphne Dell
Butte
Joe Alexander
Lucille Alexander
Elizabeth Craine
Claude Powers
Eva Carlson
Great Falls
William Harty
Cliff Aor
Tom Ashton
Kenneth Lunde
Kenneth Sharp
Oswald Brownlee
Gordon Thompson
Arthur Ward
Elwin Bennington
Richard Gilder
Joseph Mitch
Walter Dickman
Raymond Lakey
Austin Olson
Jesselyn Langman
Gertrude Anderson
Deer Lodge
Maurice Hilleman
Charles Jelinek
Miles City
Nelly
Mark Vanderark
Manhattan
Irene Andes
Warrensboro
Margaret Austin
Whitehall
Gyme English
Trident
John McFarlane
Lothair
Lyle Miller
Drummond
Chalmers Thornber
Hamilton
Robert Tichenor
Belgrade
Delores
NYA Aid Cuts Hit Montana College Grants
Williams, executive director of the NYA, said about 400 students in 10 Montana institutions are receiving aid this year, with national quotas down from 175,993 to 124,818 for 1936-37. Monthly Montana allotments total $6,000 and yearly $54,000, as institutions cut monthly payments to assist more students.
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Willams
Illiams
Notable Montana Residents Listed alphabetically in Local Directory
A long list names numerous residents and towns across Montana and neighboring regions. The compiled roster includes Bauer, Charles Bowers, Charlotte Benson, Plentywood, and many others from Fairview to Waltham.
WPA policy allows multiple families in one home
Attorney General H. J. Freebourn states that more than one family can reside in the same house and each family may receive WPA work. He explains that a son and his family living with his parents can form two distinct family groups, each eligible for WPA employment.
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H. J. Freebourn
Kangaroo-like Animal Reported by Farmer
An ee farmer reports sighting an animal resembling a kangaroo. The observer suspects it could be the 1938 pedes an, a notable local reference in the area.
Billings Man Finds Health With Wong Sun Chinese Herbs
A Billings man named F. E. King reports a year and a half of dropsy and eye trouble improved after using Wong Sun's Chinese Herbs. He credited the treatment with restoring his health and urged others to try the herbs, listing contact in Billings and other locations.
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Herbert A. Joghin
Glacier Silver Lead
Billings
King
Wong Sun
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