Greater Returns on Flocks Give New Impetus to Capon Industry of State
Montana reports the first caponizing schools in Big Horn and Gallatin counties this summer. About 400 birds were caponized, boosting cash income from poultry. Capons fetch higher prices than broilers and are marketable after January. nine-pound capons command premiums. Caponizing began in 1922, with six counties expanding operations this year.
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Montana
Big Horn
Gallatin
H. E. Cushman
Montana State College
Gladys Julian
Manhattan
Gallatin County
G. A. Woolley
Capon
Miss Cushman
Valley
Hill
Judith Basin
Bozeman Set for August 15 Bout Between Montana Champion and Reno Fighter
Treasure State brief items: Klubert Dennis, Montana lightweight champ, will box Floyd Morey of Reno in Bozeman on August 15. Police seize 10 sticks of dynamite from a boy in Kalispell. Absaroka forest work gains 100 plus jobs from a $23,141 allotment. Gallatin Dam group formed in Bozeman with Walter White as president. A coal miner Chris Wick, 61, among those killed in a collision near Great Falls. Kalispell man Robert Dunn fined $100 for drunken driving. Bozeman sold bonds totaling $112,715 since March 1925. Fire office fire damage in Missoula traced to a youth. Helena highway committee to meet August 28 for new state contracts. Opheim man Gus Kellner begins 4000 mile mine trip north. Miles City safe robbery nets cash and bonds. Fergus county to build a new gym under a $37,195 PWA grant. Yellowstone park travel records may be set this summer. Montana Elks elect new officers. Northern Pacific veteran Merritt retires. West Yellowstone woman fatally injured in auto crash. Glasgow trades council elects officers. Whitehall freshman awards and scholarship prospects. Stevensville mule shoer Walter Case survives a close call with a head injury after a mule’s hammer knocks a shoeing tool.
Blast at Great Falls Church Shatters Interior Walls
An explosion at the First Church of Christ Scientist in Great Falls shattered the interior and bulged two outer walls as a group left a meeting. The blast, likely from escaping gas ignited by a spark from an electric switch, occurred with the lights turning off and hurled heavy doors across the street. No smoke or significant dust was observed.
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First Church of Christ, Scientist
Great Falls
Push Action for Short Stock Haul
Great Falls filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission a brief by Y C Jones traffic adviser seeking an order allowing Montana livestock shippers to route cattle by the shortest path to California markets. He says railways currently ship west via Spokane then south, a longer haul that requires more feedings and raises costs.
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Montana
California
Great Falls
Interstate Commerce Commission
Jones
Spokane
Butte
Salt Lake City
Butte-Spokane
Ronan Captures Poultry Honors In June Production
Mrs. E. F. Bartell of Ronan led all poultry demonstration operators in June with 25.1 eggs per hen from 220 hens, edging nearest rival by about two eggs. Mrs. Paul Wood of East Helena led operators with under 100 hens, averaging 22 eggs from 78 hens, while H. W. Todd of Bozeman posted the top breeder flock at 22.6 eggs per hen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. F. Bartell
Ronan
H. E. Cushman
Paul Wood
East Helena
Wood
H. W. Todd
Bozeman
Farm Briefs on Wheat Corn Plantings and Farm Practices
The 1936 harvest area for wheat and corn totals 170 million acres, above the 169 million average from 1928 to 1932.extension dairy specialist recommends cloth strips to deter flies entering dairy barns and water around shelterbelt trees to aid sapling survival during drought. A new lenient take on the agricultural conservation program allows nurse crops to be cut for hay if soil-conserving crops were planted and proof is provided and approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry A. Wallace
J. C. Taylor
Montana Extension Service
Western Region
Drama Director Barnard Hewitt Leaves Montana State
Dramatics head Dr. Barnard Hewitt departs Missoula this month to direct drama at Iowa State College. At Montana State University he produced 15 long plays and 31 one act dramas and chaired faculty since 1932. He staged Elizabethan works modern dramas two of his plays eight prize winners three alumni plays and three by students. Many MSU students participated in dramatics under his leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
STATE
Barnard Hewitt
Missoula
Iowa State College
Montana State University
Frontier
Midland
Doctor Finds Germ-Free Air Above 20,000 Feet
A Baltimore physician reports that during a high altitude flight in an army bomber plane the atmosphere above 20 000 feet appears free from germs.
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Baltimore
Journalism Head to Address Press At State Meeting
Dr. KR L Housman newly appointed executive head of the school of journalism at the State University in Missoula will address the Montana State Press association convention in August. He holds the only doctorate in journalism in the world. If you have been drinking do not drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KR. L. Housman
The
State University
Missoula
Montana State Press Association
Housman
Homesteads Return to Public Domain Under New Rules
Interior officials prepare regulations to resume homesteading on public land halted since 1934 35 with limited 320 acre claims. Land must be fertile and well watered and decisions hinge on which division verifies suitability amid ongoing withdrawal orders and grazing act amendments. The closing line adds a proverb about women.
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Interior Department
Department Division of Investigation
Secretary of the Interior
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George W. Gustafson
Treasure State News
Kalispell
Livingston
Absaroka National Forest
G. E. Martin
Boeman
Gallatin Recovery Association
Walter White
Gallatin Dam
Stockett
Chris Wick
Gerber
Tracy
Robert Dunn
Eugene McCarthy
Dunn
United States Savings
HH. H. Howard
J. W. Carney
Helena
Carl Chase
State Highway Commission
Bureau of Public Roads
Opheim
Gus Kellner
Aklavik
Yukon
Arctic Circle
Kellner 16
Scobey and
Williston
N. D
Miles City
Lewistown
C. G. Manning
Fergus County
Public Works
PWA
Washington
Yellowstone Park
Edmund B. Rogers
Nelena
Montana Elks Association
Gus Ott
Chester Coleman
Gordon Rognilen
Arthur Trennery
Billings
George R. Merritt
Northern Pacific Railway
Merritt
West Yellowstone
W. W. Williams
Here
Hill C. Wagner
John Wagner
George Wagner
Creighton
Neb
Glasgow
Frank Gunn
Valley County Trades and Labor Council
Charles Joslyn
Ronald Bensine
G. Kries
John Bohler
Sam Northrup
Hialmer Davidson
G. J. Kries
Oscar Rothe
Mr. Carson
William Downes
Whitehall
Cora Harbison
State College
W. H. McCall
Harbison
Gertrude Harbison
Whitehall High School
Stevensville
Walter Case
F. F. Higgins
Johnnie
Walker
Johnnie Walker
Scotland
F. Canada
Y Ginger Ale, Inc
N. Y
J. O. Treusven
Drouth
E. E. Isaac
RED Lodge
Charles Wilson
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Odd Fellows
Wilson
Iowa
Masons
Shriners
Gordon
Berwickshire
America
R. L. Housman
Ainbow
Butte, Mont
Glenmore Distilleries Co., Inc
Louisville
Owensboro
Kentucky
Tom
William
Barney Wright
Barney
Wilken Family
Harry E. Wilken
Wilken
Dad
Grandad
LZ As
Maikenmenels
Jos
Finch &Co, Inc
Schenley, Pa
Wiie
House of Seagram
Seagram
Seagram Distillers Corp
New York
Seagramp
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