Learn English by reading writing and speaking Miss Trumper says
Miss May Trumper the state superintendent endorses Ruth Woods Billings high school approach that favors extensive reading of poetry fiction and stylistic mastery over formal grammar drills. Woods argues pupils learn language naturally by practice and feel, citing faster progress and maintained taste.
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Miss May Trumper
Billings
May Trumper
Trumper
Helena
Ruth Woods
Billings High School
Woods
Cuticura Toilet Trio Promises Clear Complexion
Cuticura Soap keeps skin clear scalp clean and hands soft and white. Use daily with Cuticura Ointment when needed and finish with Cuticura Talcum for a fragrant finish.
State Expert Reports Wheat Costs on Non-Irrigated Montana Farms
Professor E L Currier says the average cost to grow a bushel of wheat on non-irrigated Montana farms is 1.87 dollars, based on fall statistics from 18 counties. Average yield is 10.9 bushels and 20.38 dollars per acre, with some farms above 3.25 per bushel and a few failures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
E. L. Currier
Department of Farm Management
State Colege
Old Prospector Cabins for Road Repair Plan Urged
Frank Conley of the Montana Highway Commission promotes a plan to house two to three elderly prospectors in cabins along main highways. They would earn a nominal wage to keep roads clear, filling ruts and repairing culverts within about a mile and a half of each cabin. The idea, praised as worthy, awaits county commissioners and public reaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Conley
Montana Highway Commission
Conley
Deer Lodge
Silver
River Styx
Mr. Conley
Montana
Board of County Commissioners
Montana Three Cent Fare Standoff With Interstate Panel
The Montana State Railroad Commission refused a 20 percent fare boost, upholding a three cent passenger rate under state law. The commission argued the Interstate Commerce Commission lacks authority to alter the Montana rate and noted carriers failed to litigate the state status in court, prompting a motion to dismiss the petition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Railroad Commission
Federal Commission
Montana
Montana Railroad Commission
E. G. Toomey
Interstate Commerce Commission
Helena
Interstate Commission
State Commission
G. H. Mattingly
Commission
B. W. Scandrett
Legal Department of the Northern Pacific
St. Paul
M. S. Gunn
Northern Pacific
W.B. Rhoads of
Great Falls
Montana Prohibition Crackdown Seeks Local Know-How
Federal officers in Montana seek experienced local lawmen and cowpunchers to lead a dry squad against whisky smuggling across the Canadian line. They warn eastern experts may be unsuitable without a local guide. Recent raids target the Montana through pipe line with Canada-U S arrests in Havre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Wyoming
Department of Justice
Havre
Interstate travel pricing noted for Montana route
The document cites buying tickets to the first Montana point reached and then for the remainder of the trip. If the journey ends in Montana, or to the last point in the state, another fare is purchased at three and six tenths cents per mile, the interstate rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Hover Prominent In New Oil Fields In Montana
Herbert A. Hover of Helena leads the Hover-Swartz syndicate and Hover Consolidated Royalties as Montana oil fields expand. He projects Mosby Winnett as strong but sees untapped reservoirs statewide with trains, rigs, and new wells like West Dome and Frantz upcoming, while the Hover group holds royalties on multiple producing wells and acreage across Cat Creek and Fergus County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Cat Creek
Montana
Mosby Section
Herbert A. Hover
Hover-Swartz Syndicate
Hover Consolidated Royalties
Fergus County
Hover
Mosby
Winnett
West Dome
Ellis
Wyman Ellis
No. 38
Frantz No
Mid-Northern No
Frantz No. 6
Montaeal No
Hover-Swartz No
Lucky Strike No
Unit Petroleum No
Montana Superior No
Ohio Oil Company
Fergus County Oil & Gas Company
Musselshell Valley Oil Company
Twin States Petroleum Company
Henry Valston Pioneer Dead in Deer Lodge at 77
Henry Valston a Montana pioneer and former Butte mayor died at his Deer Lodge home after heart trouble. A 77 year old French born miner and businessman, he arrived in Montana in 1865 and later ran a Deer Lodge livery stable and Butte wholesale liquor business. He served as police judge in Deer Lodge and was mayor of Butte in 1890. He helped build the first brick block Marchesseau Valston with his brother Peter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry G. Valston
Butte
Deer Lodge
Valston
Montana
Reynolds Creek
Hank” Valston
France
Iowa
Colorado
Nevada
Idaho
British Columbia
Judge Valston
William Owsley
Owsley
Park and
Main Streets
West Park Street
Paxson & Rockefeller Drug
BE. D. Leavitt
Judge Valiton
Mount Moriah Lodge
Peter
Marchesseau & Valston
Beaver
Main
Granite Streets
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Petroleum Leasing Syndicate
Wales & Brunsvold
Ferguson Bldg
Denver
Colo
Montana Highways Commission
Federal
West
Henry Valston
Sheriff
Nar
Mount Moriah
Dr.King¢g
Sloan’s Liniment
Sloan's
Sloan
Great Northern
Lewistown
The
Great Northern Refining Company
Lewistown, Mont
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