WPA Projects Expand Montana School Funding and Work
The Works Progress Administration has begun 26 school projects totaling 189 822 dollars, adding to 107 existing schools benefiting from 580 610 dollars in Montana. New construction at Browning Babb Bowes Bigfork Utica and repairs at Richey Paradise Red Lodge Silesia Three Forks Belgrade Logan Philipsburg Ennis Rocker Fairview plus grounds work at several campuses and countywide projects in Fergus add to athletic field improvements and utilities upgrades across multiple counties.
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M. P. Moe
Montana Education Association
Works Progressoration
Moe
Browning
Babb
Bowes
Bigfork
Utica
Richey
Paradise
Red Lodge
Silesia
Three Forks
Belgrade
Logan
Philipsburg
Ennis
Rocker
Fairview
Billings
North Montana College
Havre
Toole County
Deer Lodge
Fergus County
Helena
Polson
Montana State University At
Missoula
Savage
Columbus
Absarokee
Bloomfield
Cascade
Chouteau
Daniels
Roosevelt
Sheridan
Valley
Blaine
Hill
Glacier
Liberty
Rowan
St. Regis
Hamilton
Butte
Fort Benton
Glendive
Oregon First State Gasoline Tax Imposed in 1919
Oregon became the first state to impose a gasoline tax when the levy was introduced in 1919. This historic move set a precedent for fuel taxation in the United States through early 20th century policy developments.
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Oregon
United States
Forest Ranger Welton to Retire After 31 Years Service
Forest Ranger Earl V. Welton of Townsend will retire December 31 after 31 years and 3 months of service with Helena National Forest. He began Oct 1, 1907, has lived in Deer Lodge Nelson Deep Creek Townsend, and has two sons also in the forest service. He recalls mountain lion encounters and notes Montana wildlife growth and few fires in his district. He may travel but plans to stay in Townsend with his wife, who misses him when away.
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Forest Service
United States
Earl V. Welton
Townsend
Uncle Sam
Welton
Helena National Forest
Deer Lodge
National Forest
Helena
Nelson
Hauser Lake
Deep Creek
Broadwater
The
General Land Office
California
K. N. Welton
Montana
Ranger Welton
Margaret Jenson
Powell County
Earl M. Welton
Custer Forest
Billings
Warren Howard Welton
Nebraska
Mrs. Welton
Plentywood Girl Wins in Yard Beautification
Shirley Erickson a 17 year old from Plentywood Montana wins the state prize in a national 4 H home grounds beautification contest. Her yard features a badminton court outdoor fire place horseshoe pits a picnic area and plantings of lilacs hollyhocks Mexican fire bushes vines and flagstone walks. She receives a 17 jewel gold wrist watch. An Oregon girl wins the western sectional trip to the national 4 H club congress in Chicago and a Minnesota boy earns the national 300 scholarship.
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Plentywood
Shirley Erickson
Montana
State Extension Office
Erickson
Shirley
Oregon
Chicago
Minnesota
Dawson Wheat Loans Insured in Dawson County
Dawson wheat producers totaling 104 have secured insurance to December 3. Premiums total 25 000 bushels with an average of 1.82 bushels per acre and insured production of 9.3 bushels. American toys planned for sale in Antwerp Belgium.
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Dawson Wheat Loans
Dawson County
Insured Plan of Security Building & Loan Satisfies Small Investor
The Insured Plan of the Security Building and Loan Association of Billings Montana offers insured safety up to 5000 with a basic 3 percent minimum annual dividend and easy access to funds. It eliminates all fees and penalties, targets farmers and businessmen, and grows through mail business with confidential handling and self addressed return envelopes for savings plans.
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Security Building & Loan Association of Billings
Security Building & Loan Association of
Billings
Montana
Building & Loan Association
Northwest
Wheatgrass urged for all Montana farms by county agent
W O Zirnstein county agent for Lewis and Clark and Broadwater counties urged Montana ranchers to plant crested wheatgrass as a soil conserving and feed crop. He advised one to two acres per cow for early spring pasture, fall grazing, hay and seed, noting the crop is winter hardy, drought tolerant and adapts to various soils.
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W. O. Zirnstein
Lewis and Clark
Broadwater
Zirnstein
Lewis and Clark County
Montana
Wants Buffalo Area Returned to Indians
Ernest Thompson Seton, 78 year old naturalist, urged the U S government to restore the buffalo hunting grounds across the Sioux nations in South Dakota Nebraska and eastern Montana and Wyoming. He argued a 1868 treaty with Red Cloud promised the land to the Sioux and that money owed to the Indians could be used to buy it back. He proposed stocking the land with Yellowstone and Canadian buffalo and allowing the Indians to live as they did before white settlers arrived, with fences to keep buffalo off streets.
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Buffalo
Ernest Thompson Seton
Uncle Sam
South Dakota
Nebraska
Montana
Wyoming
Red Cloud
Seton
Yellowstone Park
Canada
Montana Education Association backs countywide school taxes plan
M. P. Moe spoke in Great Falls advocating revisions to permit countywide school taxes and state reorganized districts to boost efficiency. He warned of wide tax-value gaps, said most districts are too small to be efficient, and proposed boundaries set by county boards with a minimum district valuation of 300 000 to start.
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Great Falls
M. P. Moe
Montana Education Association
Moe
Cascade County
House
Senate
Liars Certificate Awarded For Truth Telling
A Montana geography official, A H Tuttle of Helena, reported receiving a highly embossed certificate from the Ancient and Unreliable Order of Liars and Perfidious Freverica lors after sharing forthright facts about the state at a 1938 district engineers conference. The document praised his candid statements despite ongoing derision.
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East
Montana
Peeand
A. H. Tuttle
Enoer
Geological Survey
Helena
Tuttle
Eers
Order of
Liars and Perfidious Freverica Lors
Cering Socie
Hrte
Prairie dog capture method spurs crowd and price drop
Arnold used a simple dog hole water trap to catch prairie dogs attracting crowds of men and boys with water and sacks. As word spread, a rush formed in every dog town and orders surged, potentially saving prairie dogs from extinction like the buffalo before prices fell to 50 cents a pair.
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Arnold
Epee Ariee
Democrat
Baird
Nevada creek irrigation project completed in Powell county
Officials of the Public Works Administration reported completion of the $285000 Nevada Creek supplementary irrigation project in Powell county located about 50 miles from Helena. The project, part of regional water improvements, expands irrigation capacity and supports local farming operations.
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Nevada Creek
Powell County
Helena
Public Works Administration
Buck sheep charges through Darby store
A ram escaped its owner Clarence Duus of Hamilton and charged through a Darby store, knocking items toward the door before being restrained by two clerks and placed in the town pound for later claim.
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Darby
Rampang
Clarence Duus
Hamilton
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the Security Building & Loan Assn
Billings, Mont
Weissman
Carl Weissman & Company
Bonard Ne. Hosier
Mr. Boston
Boston
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