Overgrazing Threat Prompted By Wartime Prices
A northern Rocky Mountain bulletin by E. J. Woolfolk warns that high prices for sheep and wool tempt overstocking, risking severe drought damage. The study reports conservation grazing boosts gains, reduces range harm, and speeds recovery after drought, with tests since 1936 across heavy to light stocking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station
E. J. Woolfolk
Great Plains
Forest Service
Federal Bureau of Animal Industry
Montana Agricultural Experiment Station
Montana
Lawmakers Will Have Enough Typewriters
State institutions and agencies offer to loan typewriters to equip the 1943 legislature. The State University and a college led the loans with 18 and 12 machines respectively, to be coordinated by J. E. Henry, state purchasing agent. The board of examiners sought input from 52 state departments to gauge available machines for the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Examiners
State University
College
J. E. Henry
Board of Examiners
State Furnishing Board
Montana Leaders Set 1943 Food for Freedom Goals
Chairman R J McKenna of the state USDA war board outlines Montana’s 1943 agricultural targets focusing on milk meat eggs and feed grains to support wartime needs. The plan increases beef pork lamb and mutton output and sets crop acreage goals for wheat flaxseed dry beans dry peas and sugar beets with underplanting urged for less vital crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
R. J. McKenna
Usda War Board
Food For Freedom
State completes Eastern Brook and Loch Leven egg harvests
The state fisheries department wrapped up the annual harvest of eastern brook and Loch Leven trout eggs totaling 2,779,348 and 2,884,584 eggs respectively, down markedly from 1941. Sockeye salmon eggs will be collected for a few weeks despite rationing and weather delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Brook
Loch Leven
State Fisheries Department
Elmer G. Phillips
Lake Alvord
Troy
Madison River
Phillips
Bozeman
Ennis
Flathead Lake
Montana Chrome Ore Shown in Florida Monument Gifts
A piece of Montana chrome ore will be among souvenirs of the Monument of States at Kissimmee Florida. Gov. Sam C. Ford was notified. The ore was sent to the club that erected the monument through cooperation of Edwin Crafton former state public relations director and was engraved by a Billings firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Monument of States
Kissimmee
Fla
Sam C. Ford
Edwin Crafton
Billings
Helena Lodge Elects MacDonald Worshipful Master
At its annual meeting at the Broad way Masonic temple Helena lodge No. 3 elected T. H. MacDonald as worshipful master for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway Masonic Temple
Helena Lodge No. 3
T. H. MacDonald
Christmas coffee punch and gingerbread men for wartime cheer
Wartime guidance suggests low sugar treats and a milk chocolate coffee punch to stretch supplies. Decaffeinated coffee is recommended with longer brewing. A gingerbread man recipe uses one cup shortening and molasses to yield several figures for holiday celebration.
Recipe fragment inventory and measurements
A list of kitchen measures and quantities including 25 servings 8 cups 2 qt 4 cups 1 qt 12 cups 3 qt 4 pies 2 cups 2 cup 1 ts p 2 tsp.
War Depletes Ranks Of Montana Teachers
Montana faces teacher shortages as war enrollment cuts and curriculum shifts reduce junior college enrollment by 25 percent. State Superintendent Elizabeth Ireland urges qualified graduates to seek teaching posts, noting enlistments in war industries lessen senior college numbers while schools in Glendive Miles City Lewistown and Havre shift to math science and mechanical war training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Elizabeth Ireland
Miss Ireland
Glendive
Miles City
Lewistown
Havre
Baptist Minister Resigns for Missoula Post
The Rev. M. J. McPike, longtime pastor of Helena’s First Baptist Church, resigns after four and a half years to accept the pastorate of Missoula’s First Baptist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. McPike
First Baptist Church
Helena
Missoula
Pattern 9213 by Marian Martin for misses sizes
The slimmed down silhouette uses flawless slips with a smooth front and bodice shaping. Back waistline darts provide neat definition while pattern 9213 comes in misses and women sizes 14 through 44. Order 16 with 2 percent yards of 39 inch fabric and send 16 cents to Pattern Department MN NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marian Martin
Pattern Department
18Th St
New York
Montana State co op students run economical dining plan
The Montana State University student cooperative association formed in 1939 to bulk purchase groceries meat and produce for 49 residents in two co op houses 32 men and 17 women. Members work about three hours weekly with house managers planning meals. Anne Platt guides menus to balance nutrition and cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Student Cooperative Association
Montana State University
Anne Platt
Co-Operative Association
Oldtimer Hattie Donne 75 dies in Butte
Mrs Hattie Donne aged 75 a native of Swanzee Wales and longtime Butte resident for 48 years died at a local hospital She helped found the Welsh Presbyterian church of Butte and was noted as a community pioneer through the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie Donne
Swanzee
Wales
Butte
Montana Debt Cut Stands Against Census Report
Montana state accountant reports a net bond reduction of 127 013 for the year ended June 30 1942 versus the 12 5 percent debt increase cited by the Census Bureau The June 30 1941 debt was 9 128 724 75 and 9 001 711 75 on June 30 1942 with new bonds of 500 000 for Warm Springs hospital ad valorem bonds and total interest paid 288 112 43 the lowest in 20 years The census listing cited 12 000 000 and 13 509 000 respectively as a total debt and misrepresented the figures The census bureau credited officials as its source
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Federal Bureau of the Census
State
Census Bureau
Federal Bureau
Montana State Hospital
Warm Springs
Also Mentioned on This Page
R. J. Mkenna
Florida
Ugur
U. G. Pat. of
Betty Crocker
Home Service Department
Victory Community Supper
PTA
Association AT State University
Oldtimer
State Debt Cut Office
Federal Bureau OF Census
Citin Uts
Elmar EL Se
Calvert
Ayaa
Calvert Distillers Corp
New York City
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!