Montana State Fair 1910 Promises Bigger, Better Exhibits
The 1910 Montana state fair at Helena runs September 26 to October 1 with plans for expanded agricultural, mineral, and manufacturing displays. Notable attractions include aviation, a premier horse race meet, McIntosh Red apples, and addresses by Howard Elliott, James J. Hill, and Theodore Roosevelt.
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Montana
Helena
Northern Pacific Railway
Great Lakes
Mississippi Valley
North Pacific Coast
Treatment of Land After Harvest
The article advises thorough double disking after harvest to prevent soil surface crusting in drought conditions. Disked land absorbs rain better, plows earlier, and supports better fall crop establishment than undisked land, based on experiments showing substantial moisture uptake after a long dry spell. Rocky Mountain Husbandman.
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Rocky Mountain Husbandman
Favors Plan For Glazier Park In Glacier National Park
Glacier National Park in Montana could open as a public recreation area this fall under federal action. Louis W. Hill of the Great Northern envisions a wide open people’s park with Swiss chalets for resting spots, not a luxury resort, with a St. Paul business group touring the site this fall under Hill’s direction.
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Glacier National Park
Montana
St. Paul
Mr. Hill
Park
Hill
President Hill
Montana crops praised as best advertisement for government map
The Crop Reporter map on July 1 shows winter and spring wheat conditions across the nation with Montana at six percent below normal, far better than most states. It argues steady crop reporting by the Agriculture Department supports grain markets and counters drought stories despite higher acreage.
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Montana
United States
Crop Reporter
Bureau of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Union
Northwest
Middle West
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Washington
Wyoming
Idaho
Minnesota
Missouri
Change in Elling Bank Ownership in Madison County
W A Clark C H Buford and Mrs Laura R Duncan sold their entire Elling State bank interest to already invested stake holders. Ownership now rests with Mrs Mary B Elling and the Elling heirs holding 750 shares and G G Wheat H E Steffins M M Duncan Lew L Callaway and Buford heirs with 250 shares. The Ellings control many county properties and major banks and plan Elling State bank as the head of their interests pleasing Madison county residents.
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W. A. Clark
C. H. Buford
Laura R. Duncan
Elling State Bank
Mary B. Elling
Elling
G. G. Wheat
H. E. Steffins
M. M. Duncan
Lew L. Callaway
S. R. Buford
Madison County
Ellings
Union Bank & Trust Company of
Helena
Bank of
Fergus County
Big Timber National
Commercial Nation of
Bozeman
Malta State
Morris State
Drummond State
Virignia City Times
Reward Offered for Return of Missing Horse
One brown horse seven years old weighing about 1000 pounds branded on left shoulder 3 lazy S return to Anderson Bros livery stable and receive 10 reward.
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Anderson Bros
Press Association annual meeting held in Bozeman Montana
The Press Association of the state met in Bozeman with many newspaper people in attendance. The gathering featured addresses by Mayor Berthot and Senator Thomas Carter, plus an executive session drafting bills for the next legislature. Great Falls won the next meeting site by one vote, after a reception and social events for attendees. Officers were elected for the ensuing year with Lanstrum as president and Cooney, Baker, and Smith as officers.
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Press Association
Bozeman
Gallatin Valley
Bozeman Opera House
Berthot
Lanstrum
Helena
United States
John A. Luce
Elk’s Hall
Warning to boil water state wide urged by Dr Tuttle
Dr Tuttle secretary of the state board of health warns Montana residents to boil all drinking water after surveying streams and collecting samples for analysis. He notes lower water levels increase pollution risk and predicts serious typhoid outbreaks if precautions are not taken.
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T. D. Tuttle
State Board of Health
Montana
County Seat Fight Grows in Madison County
The town of Pony in the Madison valley circulates petitions to urge Madison county commissioners to call an election on moving the county seat to Pony. Signatures pour in and the fall election may decide the issue. A Pony victory could trigger a county division with the Tobacco Root range as the dividing line.
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Sheridan
Madison County
Pony
Madison Valley
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Elling Bank
Great Falls
Dr. Tuttle
Madison
Tention
B. F. White
J. H. Gilbert
Beaverhead
J. Rob’t Morton
Gibbonsville
Divide
J. P. Lossl
W. C. Orr
E. T. Brock
Prop
City Express and Coal Co
C. W. Scott
General Transfer
Eph Stoller
Examiner
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