Deer Lodge Auto Races Set for Kiwanis Feature Sunday
Auto races will headline Deer Lodge events on Sunday September 4 led by Ray Lampkin world champion and Wisconsin Special driver. Entries include Fiat Wisconsin and nine car field for Northwest Motor Derby and Inter Mountain Sweep heats. Other pilots Ray Dashbach Roy Ketcham Howell Wilcox Barney McKenna Sonny Day and Diamond Joe Nichols race Flats Frontenbes Wisconsin Comet Badall Dixie Special and more in a day preceding the Col Lindbergh celebration.
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Deer Lodge
Kiwanis Stee
Powell County Fair Track
Ray. Lampkin
Wisconsin
Lampkin
Fiat
Northwest
Roy ‘Ketcham
Illinois Flash
Missoula
Montana motor buses cover 2824 miles state wide
State figures show Montana buses operate 2824 miles of highway. By Aug 22 the Montana railroad commission issued 78 licenses for 137 vehicles in service. Of 187 total autos and trucks, 60 freight, 45 passenger/express, 42 passengers. Freight buses cover 957 miles, passenger/express 1763 miles, passenger 104 miles. Abarokee has two operators, Anaconda two, Baker one.
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Montana
Montana Railroad Commission
State Board
Abarokee
Anaconda
Bakér
Unclear Place Names List of Montana Towns
Fragmentary OCR shows a string of Montana town names with varying counts and punctuation. Readable items include Gallatin Gateway Glendive Havre Helena Kalispell Missoula Whitefish Winifred Wisdom and others, suggesting a list or map extract.
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Bkalaka
Rania
Forsyth
Barley Developed By Dillon Man Proving Successful
Barley developed by A. J. Faust and tested by C. G. Munsee Elmer Mitchell and Tom Ross shows strong performance in Harlem area fields. Though not yet standard, growers report good appearance and potential as a standard variety, with interest from farmers to inspect fields. A. J. Ogard MSU agronomist endorses the new barley after Montana Canada trials.
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Faust
C. G. Munsee
Hariem
Elmer Mitchell
Chinook
Tom Ross
Bearpaw
Upti
Harlem News
A. J. Faust
East Bench
Montana
Canada
Montana State College
Montana to Export Over Sixty Million Bushels of Wheat
Montana plans to export more than 60 million bushels of wheat this year based on August 1 crop estimates and the December revision. About 20 percent is milled in state, with the rest shipped to eastern and coast mills. Wheat accounted for over 30 percent of Montana's 1926 crop and livestock income, totaling nearly $41 million.
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Helena
Montana
Departments of Agriculture
State Division of Publicity
California
Mississippi
Col Lindbergh Temporarily Caps Montana Aerial Development
Col Lindbergh and the Spirit of St Louis to appear at the Montana State fair marking a temporary halt in aerial development. The piece recalls early Montana aviation feats from 1910 to 1927 including Mar, Dixon, and Katherine Stimson, noting a shift from novelty to routine.
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Charles A. Lindbergh
St.Louis
Montana State Fair
Fair Grounds
Mar
Katherine Stimson
Montana
Colonel Charbergh
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Buick
Studebaker
Murray Motor Company
Galena
Colorado
Buick Butte
Dillon Man
Paris
S. Felts
Duvette Velours
Nellie Little
Railroad Avenue
Col. Lindbergh
Cromwell Dixon
State Fairgrounds
Rocky Mountains
Blossburg
Dixon
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