Montana Tax Revenue For Quarter Hits Eight Million
State treasurer Ray N. Shannon reports total revenue for the last quarter of the fiscal year at 8,094,499.97 dollars. Monthly totals were April 2,435,073 May 2,461,042 and June 3,198,383 with the largest item being 2,098,794 from the state board of equalization. Federal contributions totaled 1,215,463 including public health and unemployment programs.
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Ray N. Shannon
State Board of Equalization
Montana Treasury
Equalization Board
State Department of Agriculture
Insurance Department
Livestock Sanitary Board
Industrial Accident Board
State Land Office
Unemployment Compensation Commission
Manhattan's oldest man passes 92nd birthday
Laurence Schmidt, Manhattan's oldest resident, celebrated his 92nd birthday on August 10. Immigrant from Portugal in 1891, he has lived locally ever since and worked on farms, at the old paper mill, and at the Manhattan Malting plant. He is in good health, lives alone, and tends a garden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
Laurence Schmidt
Portugal
Manhattan Malting Company
Sleeping Sickness Epidemic Spreads Across Montana
Montana horses face a state wide outbreak with 52 counties reporting cases and four not yet touched. Dr. H F Kilkins and Dr Wilkins note peak in the north with Helena valley and Broadwater Meagher counties affected. losses cited and a new vaccine being used.
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Montana
H. F. Kilkins
Lewis and Clark County
Wilkins
Mineral
Lake
Ravalli
Sanders
Helena
Helena Valley
Broadwater
Meigher
Deer Lodge
Gallatin
Park Counties
Meagher County
Willow Creek
Broadwater County
Brian D. O'Connell
Thomas Herrin
Joe Parent
Cram
David Hilger
State Vocational School
B. K. Kilbourne
Montana News in Brief From Bozeman to Helena
Bozeman hosts Alpha Gamma Rho NA convention with over 200 delegates from 35 states. Helena notes deaths and appointments including Maria Ownes Crispin at 73 in Los Angeles and Howell Harris to the Montana liquor control board. Also reports on arrests, a horse injury, measles and whooping cough counts, medical association events, and local civic notes across Lewistown Great Falls Chinook and surrounding towns.
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Bozeman
Alpha Gamma
Rho
Helena
Maria Ownes Crispin
Montana
Los Angeles
Jefferson City
Kalispell
Ed Joachim
Half Moon
Cal Robinson
Albert Lee
Minn
Helmer Mhyre
Joachim
Roy E. Ayers
Howell Harris
Highwood
Chouteau County
Montana Liquor Control Board
Harris
R. Dale Woods
Hobson
Lewistown
Montana Medical Association
James C. MacGregor
Great Falls
Harold Gregg
Butte
T. L. Hawkins
Abell
American Medical Association
Rare Golden Trout Caught at Rainbow Lake in Montana
A rare golden trout was caught at Rainbow Lake in the Boulder river country by David Maclay of the forest service and Dr. L. W. Brewer of Missoula with two others. Maclay collected 10,000 eggs now at Bozeman hatchery for propagation watched next year. The lake sits at about 9,000 feet, very remote from roads, and the fish weigh two to four pounds with a distinct golden hue.
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Rainbow Lake
Absaroka Forest
Missoula
David Maclay
Forest Service
L. W. Brewer
Maclay
Bozeman Fish Hatchery
Boulder River
Helena Fourth of July in 1865 Parade of Horsewomen
A Montana Post recount describes Helena's 1865 Fourth of July celebration. A procession on Bridge and Main reached Owyhee park with a 60 by 60 foot pavilion and a raised speaker’s stand. George M. Pit delivered the oration as women rode side saddle and Victorians danced amid cold weather and silk dresses.
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M. E. Plassmann
Montana
Virginia City
Helena
Montana Post
Capito Building
David Hilger
Gem of the Mountains
Owyhee Park
Oliver
Egnell
J. W. McLaughlin
E. Warren Toole
George M. Pinney
Terpsichore
Last Chance Gulch
The
Post
Missouri
New York
Godey
Bus Terminal Opens in Kalispell by Intermountain Co
Intermountain Transportation Co opens a new 14000 dollar Kalispell bus terminal after years of service since 1927. The facility showcases its equipment to many visitors. Plans call for a cross northern Montana transcontinental line next spring expanding the network.
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Kalispell
Intermountain Transportation Co
Montana
Bull Moose Spooks CCC Youth Near Philipsburg
A Kentucky CCC enrollee recounted a frightening encounter with a large bull moose along Rock Creek south of Philipsburg. Rangers explained the antlered animal was not a mule, warning the moose could be highly independent at that season.
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Deer Lodge
Kentucky
CCC
South Fork
Rock Creek
Philipsburg
Flint Creek
Depositors May Get Dividends From Closed Montana Banks
The Montana State Auditor plans to pay out 3627.13 to 999 residents who deposited funds in 16 closed banks. Payouts vary from cents to over 100 dollars, with totals by institution including firms in Highwood Big Timber Ollie Wibaux Reed Point Custer Butte Brockway Lambert Sidney Livingston Bearcreek Corvallis Darby Fairview.
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Office of
State Auditor
John J. Holmes
Montana
Farmers State Bank of
Highwood
Scandinavian-American Bank of Big Timber
Ollie State Bank of
Ollie
Wibaux County Bank of
Wibaux
State Bank of
Reed Point
Custer State Bank of
Custer
State Savings Bank of
Butte
First State Bank of Brockway
First State Bank of Lambert
Yellowstone Valley Banking & Trust Co. of
Sidney
Mutual Building & Loan Association of Livingston
Miners State Bank of
Railways Offer 40 Percent Fare Reduction to Paris
Railways announce a 40 percent reduction in fares for tourists traveling to Paris for the visit of the king and queen of England. The discount aims to boost travel during the royal visit and will apply to designated routes and dates.
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Paris
England
Clock Ticking Quieted by Glass Bowl Cover
A reader suggests muffling a clock’s ticking by placing a glass bowl over it. The device remains readable while the sound is dampened, offering a silent or calmer environment without sacrificing the ability to see the time.
Farm homes along Missouri river to be burned for Fort Peck project
Eight men burn and cut wire to clear bottom land east of Roy for the Fort Peck reservoir. Homes at Peck ranch near Musselshell mouth and Milesnick on Crooked creek will be destroyed, including the Anderson bungalow and other U S ranch structures. Some homes had artesian water, and much bottom land had been cleared and improved. Some ranchers have not yet sold to the government.
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Missouri River
Roy
Fort Peck
Peck Ranch
Musselshell
Anderson
Milesnick
Crooked Creek
U. S. Ranch
Musselshell project employs 270 men at Union site
Peter Keiwitt & Son, general contractors, run about 270 workers on the Upper Musselshell project. A large force drills at Durand dam on the North Fork while bedrock for the South Fork West dam footing remains elusive. Trenching reaches 30 feet. east dam reaches spillway level with an eight foot crest fill planned. Carryalls and other equipment increase capacity. Twodot ditch progress continues with subcontractor Jack Anderson of Livingston operating badger shovels. Java ships RoBusta coffee to Italy.
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Peter Keiwitt & Son
Musselshell
Durand Dam
North Fork
South Fork
Twodot
Jack Anderson
Livingston
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Anaconda Copper Mining Co. Lands Department
Missoula, Mont
Treasure State News
Broadus
Carl Smith
Marvin Amick
J. D. Powell
Shaw & Powell
Yellowstone National Park
Powell
Yellowstone
Lawrence G. Levite
Great Northern Railroad
Carter-Fort Benton
Levitte
Conrad
Chinook Lions Club
Kansas
Twin Cites
Iron Range
Minnesota
Marcus Howell
Himsel
Howell
Milk River
I. S. Maccq Quitty
Douglas Eldridge
College of Economics and Business
Harry Eldridge
Theresa McMahon
University of Washington
Washington State Capitol
Olympia
Montana Implement and Hardware Dealers Association
Wallace Ulmer
Miles City
C. N. Wall
R. M. O'Hearn
Townsend
Warren Toole
George M. Pit
Polytechnic
Junior College — Liberal Arts — Academy
Technology — Business — Music
Billings Polytechnic Institute “Polytechnic
Dives CCC
North Fork Dam
Java
Italy
Butte Mont
Otel de
Ainbow
Wosteley
Wyommes
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