Montana Wool Boom Fades Yet Wealth Ties To Sheep
The article recalls Montana’s wool era and predicts a $1 per pound price with a 1918 clip around 20 million dollars. It profiles financiers like P. B. Moss and Bair, the rise of small flocks, and the shift from open range to leased pastures, noting lasting profitability for small breeders and the enduring value of wool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Young
B. C. White
Charles Bair
Australia
New Zealand
America
New Montana lodges and industries shown across towns
A barrage of notes from Helena to Baker reports new Masonic lodges in Winnett and Flathead, chorale plans at Havre, oil drilling in Musselshell and Shields valleys, a Red Cross drive in Billings, and a 40,000 railroad improvement. Also listed are obituaries, tax talks, bread license changes, and timber fuel plans for Bozeman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plentywood
Poplar
Lewistown
Isabelle Bean
Judith Basin
California
Butte
Charles Jaeckel
Insane Asylum
Warm Springs
Montana
Billings
Red Cross Society
Yellowstone County
Shepherd
Wilsall
Edgar Potter
Potter Basin
Shields Valley
Helena
Milwaukee Railroad
Lodge of Elks
Harlem
Harlem Citizens
Stevensville
Co-Operative Creamery
Frank H. Hitchcock
Wibaux
Newtton
Here
J. D. Newton
Bozeman
Havre
Pine
Yellowstone Valley
Chico
Livingston
Gardiner
F. F Wilson
State Board of Architectural Examiners
C. C. Oehme
Oehme
State Board of Health
R. E. Bodley
Gallatin Forest
Bear Canyon
Middle Creek Canyon
United States
William Lindsey
Montana Tax Commission
de Hart
John Edgerton
State Tax Commission
Baker
Treasure State Gas and Oil Company
New York
Cabin Creek
Gas well project advances with large contracts
The contract calls for delivery of 3 000 000 feet per day by May 1 and 6 000 000 feet by October 1, 1918. Twenty four cars of steel and machinery have been ordered for buildings. About 30 men will be employed. The new gas well has 11 000 000 cubic feet volume and 400 pounds rock pressure, attracting the carbon company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbon Company
Also Mentioned on This Page
Congress
P. B. Moss
Moss
Tommy Haw
Beaverhead
Madson
Haw
Poindexter & Orr
Poindexter
Tommy
Sloan
Sioan
Edmonson
Great Falls
E. E. Edmonson
Lapeyre
Great Falls, Montana
Dr. King
Great Falls Brick & Tile Co
1St National Bank
Alhambra Hot Springs Hotel
M. J. Sullivan
Boulder Hot Springs
Ask Raiload
J. M. Reynolds
White Sulphur Springs Mineral Water CO
White Sulphur Springs
Tontana
Frank Lemmer
Central Avenue
P. O
Harry H. McCole
S. C. Huseth
Cer Ee Optometrist and
Optician
Fealthy Wadereelt
Iiteraare
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