Karst's Camp in Gallatin Canyon A Haven for Tourists
Peter Karst’s rustic Gallatin canyon camp sits along the Gallatin River just south of Yellowstone Park. The veteran host offers cabins electric power, groceries, and boating access as visitors hike fish and hunt in season. Locals note Karst’s enduring Old West hospitality and scenic draw for Sunday motor crowds. Britain reports that since July it has imported thousands of tons of magnesite from Greece for munition making.
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Bozeman
Yellowstone Park
Gallatin River Canyon
Karst
Peter Karst
Gallatin Canyon
Peter
Eldridge
West Gallatin
Madison
Jefferson
Gallatin
Little Glen
Karst’s
Missouri
Tyre
Britain
Greece
First exclusive Montana tailoring shop in Pryor mountains
In 1848 49 Uncle Billy Hamilton and a 25 man party hunted in the Pryor mountains and opened the west’s first exclusive men’s tailoring shop. Ned Williams and four squaws made buckskin suits from mountain sheep skins while the camp’s trappers supplied hides and meat. The expedition ended at Fort Bridger with pelts and two Blackfeet scalps.
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Pryor Mountains
Big Horn
Clark’s Fork
Montana
Billy Hamilton
Missoula
New York
Broadway
Ned Williams
Williams
Jack Perkins
Uncle Billy
Squaws
Fort Bridger
America
Billy
Billings
Columbus
Plains
Hamilton
California
Fur Coat Gyp Warning Issued In Montana
Montana citizens are warned of an organized fur coat swindle led by the Williamson Trading Co. from Boise and Ontario. Kenneth Roaden reports a gang of about 50 selling dyed rabbit and house cat fur coats at inflated prices, claiming Canada smuggling or trapping, with many coats of poor quality glued seams and misleadingly named furs.
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Montana
State Chamber of Commerce
Kenneth FP. Roaden
United States Game Management
Williamson Trading Co
Boise
Idaho
Ontario
Ore
Roahen
Montanans, Inc
New York
Chicago
Canada
Alaska
Roaden
Scotch gypsies and costly car travels noted
Roahen cites a group called Scotch gypsies traveling in expensive cars. They avoid hotels and linger in tourist camps. The text mentions humming birds as small yet capable of attacking much larger birds.
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Roahen
Montana Tops State Quotas in Cancer Campaign Work
Montana becomes the third state to exceed the quota for the Women's Field Army of the American Society for Control of Cancer. David Jung, district No. 3 vice commander and Cascade county enlistment captain, announced the achievement as Cascade county and most of the district met targets. A society booth at the North Montana State fair distributed cancer literature and explained the campaign, with plans to display at Billings Missoula and 13 county fairs.
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Montana
Women’s Field Army
American Society For Control of Cancer
David Jung
Cascade County
North Montana
Billings
Missoula
Dairy firm taxed as soft drink manufacturer ruling
Attorney General John W. Bonner ruled that a dairy producing chocolate milk or similar drinks is subject to the license tax applied to soft drink manufacturers. The decision was issued for John D. Stafford, Cascade County attorney. The note adds a remark about coffee as an appetite stimulant and digestion aid when used moderately.
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John W. Bonner
John D. Stafford
Cascade County
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Mississippi Valley
Dessera Everywhere
Anaconda Sales CO
Anaconda, Mont
Lydia EB
Pinkham
Ursuline Academy
State Board of Education
Northwest Association of Secondary and Higher Schools
North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Classical Scientific College Preparatory
General Commercial
Central Ave
Great Falls
Charles M
Russell Prints
United States
Montana Newspaper Association
Great Falls, Montana
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