Montana highway commission to let 900000 road contracts
The Montana highway commission schedules bidding in Helena on August 28 for contracts totaling 900000. Projects span Yellowstone Trail near Bozeman Slemmer Creek campsite on Thompson Lake and roads in Jefferson Broadwater Flathead and Missoula counties with grading resurfacing drainage work and a new 25-foot trestle bridge among listed items.
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Montana Highway Commission
Helena
Sidney M. Logan
Kalispell
Thompson Lake
Gallatin County
Bozeman
Northern Pacific Railroad
Slemmer Creek
Lincoln County
Helena-Townsend
Jefferson
Broadwater
Lewis and Clark
Jefferson County
Winston
Flathead River
Columbia Falls
Flathead County
Coumbia Falls
Main Street
Miles City
Fifth Streets
Park Street
Butte
Arizona Street
Carter County
Alzada
Tarkio
Missoula Road
Missoula County
Women Hold Fifth of State WPA Jobs
A Works Progress Administration survey shows 20.8 percent of Montana WPA workers are women, with national rate at 16 percent. Sewing and clothing projects supply most of the work, though about 30 percent are engaged in other tasks.
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Works Progress Administration
Montana
Art Treasure Men revive Butte murals in courthouse restoration
WPA workers dubbed Art Treasure Men restored historic murals hidden for years in the Silver Bow county courthouse rotunda. The effort, part of a state wide WPA program, also spurred refurbishing projects in Yellowstone Prairie and Lincoln counties.
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Butte
A. T
Silver Bow County
Works Progress Administration
WPA
Yellowstone
Prairie
Lincoln
Chance Here for Man With All the Answers
Lewis and Clark county sheriff announces rewards for information. A $100 reward for cattle rustlers, a $50 reward for petty thieves near Helena, and a $50 reward for cabin looters. Sheriff Brian O Connell urges tips leading to arrests and convictions.
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Chance
Man
Lewis and Clark County
Sprint Star Borchmeyer Longtime Training Victor
Eric Borchmeyer of Germany, age 33, identified as a veteran sprinter who trains year round. The text labels him a relentless worker in athletics and notes his lifelong training discipline.
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Eric Borchmeyer
Germany
When Men Are Fightin Bears With Nothin But a Knife
Hank Winter recalls a bear attack near Snow River in 1879 that left his right leg broken and his knife useless. Bed Rock Jim rescue saved his life, with Winter noting he would bet on the human over bear if given the chance.
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Hank Winters
Hank Winter
Woman Creek
Colorado
Bed-Rock
Mark
Mister Bear
Doan
Prize Essayist Lees Gotham Stays There
Erma Young of Chateau decided to remain in New York after winning a prize for an essay on Why I Want to See New York. She wrote the winning piece at Intermountain College in Great Falls and later spent time in the Panhellenic house as guest. Her plans include staying in the city with her family's consent.
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Erma Young
Chateau
New York
Big City
Intermountain College
Great Falls
Young
Hat once worn by LaFayette displayed in New York
A straw hat claimed to have been worn by Gilbert du Motier de LaFayette during a post war visit to the United States is exhibited at the New York Historical Society.
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LaFayette
United States
New York Historical Society
Con Orem Pugilist Helped Found Montana Territory
The article recalls Con Orem of Bannack and Virginia City as a heavyweight champion who spurred the Idaho to Montana territorial split. His Sunday speeches urged a new territory with Bannack as capital, aided by lawyer Sidney Edgerton and President Lincoln’s approval, rewarding miners with a distinct Montana. Orem later ran a Dillon shop and raised a family.
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Con Orem
Bannack
Virginia City
Montana
Territory
Idaho
Territory of
Sisterhood of States
Orem
Washington
Sidney Edgerton
Ohio
Edgerton
United State
Congress
National Capital
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Mon
Dillon
Landmark will emerge as gym in historic Virginia City
A weathered Montana landmark warehouse in Virginia City will become a high school gym and civic center under WPA funds. The project will repurpose a 19th century freight hall into a first class gym with roof and wall repairs, new doors and windows, providing 37 man months of labor for local workers.
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Virginia City
Montana
Law
WPA
Salt Lake City
Great Mormon Tabernacle
Works Progress Administration
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Greenwich Village
Clark’s Fork Valley
Anaconda Copper Mining CO. Lands Department
Missoula, Mont
Lees Gotham
Schenley
America
Ora
Pat Heer
Schenley Distributors, Inc
Butte Mont
Acmenle
Glenmore Distilleries Co., Inc
Louisville
Owensboro
Kentucky
Coe
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