Montana Good Roads group names executive committee
President Sid J. Coffee of the Montana Good Roads and Automobile association announces an executive committee of seven: Andrew J. Davis Butte A J Breitenstein Great Falls W E Dowlin Billings P N Bernard Kalispell Wm G Ferguson Helena H O Bell Missoula and George J Weideman Lewistown. The panel will push for state highway legislation and secure Montana’s share of Federal Aid funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sid J. Coffee
Montana Good Roads and Automobile Association
Folowing
Montana
Andrew J. Davis
Butte
A. J. Breitenstein
Great Falls
W. E. Dowlin
Billings
P. N. Bernard
Kalispell
Wm. G. Ferguson
Helena
H. O. Bell
Misoula
George J. Weideman
Lewistown
Coffee
State Executive Good Roads Committee
Missoula
Livingston
Bozeman
Whitefish
Scott Leavitt
Dull Knife Band at Fort Robinson Endures Harsh Siege
Historical account details the Dull Knife band of Northern Cheyennes crossing the Platte, their split from Little Wolf, and surrender at Fort Robinson amid starvation, cold, and mutinous acts. It covers the imprisonment, planned surrender, a night escape attempt, a brutal breakout, and ultimate dispersal to Pine Ridge and Tongue River reservations. Dull Knife dies 1883. Little Wolf lives on at Tongue River before fading into memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dull Knife
Fort Robinson
Platte
Little Wolf
Red Cloud Agency
Sioux Agency
Bull Hump
Grinnell
Russell
Captain Wessels
Red Bird
Pine Ridge Agency
Pine Ridge
Tongue River Reservation
Rosebud River
Montana
Minnow Seining Declared Unlawful
Del Keenan deputy game warden states minnows may not be seined in any pool pond or stream in Montana. He notes it is unlawful to catch minnows by any method other than hook and line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bull Hump
Sioux Agency
Dull Knife
Wessels
Black Bear
del Keenan
Miles City
Montana
New Quartz Find May Prove Rich Mine At Rimini
E A Morley of the Red Mountain Hydraulic placer reports a Find near Rimini that yielded a quartz piece with heavy gold content and an assay suggesting values up to 188 000 dollars per ton. The Red Mountain placers are near Butte between Butte and Helena, with operations expanded after a promising placer cleanup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Morley
Red Mountain
Morley
Charles Hewett
Frank Winger
Butte
Helena
Rimini
Winger
Cocklebur Causes Sheep Losses in Rosebud County
Dr. Howard Welch of Montana State College reports cocklebur weed caused significant sheep losses in Rosebud County during June and July. The weed thrived along streams and ditches. eradication led by the county agent ended the problem for the rest of the season as new plants appeared with lowering stream water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosebud
Howard Welch
Montana State College
R. B. Mercer
Welch
Farm and Home Week Dates Set at Montana State College
January 6 to 9 1925 will feature short courses in agriculture and home making plus lectures by national figures. The Montana Farm Bureau annual meeting will occur with the college event at Bozeman. Special railroad rates across Montana are being arranged. Speaker list to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana State College
Montana Farm Bureau
Montana
Hunger Strike Ends Slacker's Life at Fort Missoula
Tyrvainen, a draft evader arrested in Butte, died after a 42 day hunger strike at Fort Missoula following arrival there to serve in World War I. He reportedly used an assumed name to register and evade service.
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Slacker
Anti Tyrvainen
Fort Missoula
Tyrvainen
Butte
Cuticura Toilet Trio Ad Promises Alluring Skin
A vintage advertisement touts Cuticura Talcum Powder as an antiseptic scented powder for face skin baby and dusting use. It claims the product, part of the Cuticura Toilet Trio with Soap Ointment and Talcum, renders other perfumes superfluous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adu
Lucky Grain: Farmer Never Used a Plow But Has Good Crop
Ole Anderson of Poplar harvests a third volunteer crop of winter wheat from 820 acres. The land was bought four years ago from Montana Farming Corp and seeded to winter wheat. The crop paid for the land and yielded about $6,000 over the years without any plowing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ole Anderson
Shes Farm
Montana Farming Corporation
Anderson
State farmers to benefit from credit corporation
Farmers of Richland county will receive help from the Agricultural Credit Corporation formed last spring at President Coolidge's request. Directors plan to loan money to buy small bands of sheep and secure pure bred sires. John Clay & Co. will aid lamb feeding in the county, signaling renewed faith in Montana farming prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland County
Agricultural Credit Corporation
Coolidge
East
Middle West
John Clay & Co
Commission Merchants of
Chicago
Montana
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NEW Good Roads Body Names Committee
S. C. Huseth
Grea' Mooeara
Walla
A. C. M. Hardware House
Main
Quartz
Butte, Mont
Martha Edgerton Plassmann
Congress
George Lanstrum
State Highway Commission
Bayer
Son ‘T
Matt
Ere
Credit Corporation
Frary & Burlingame
Ite
Buffalo
Mont
Poe
Qo Eat and Commission Co
McKee Stationery CO
F. A. Ironside
Main St. Butte
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