Young Blackfeet Indian Sails to Hollywood as Movie Wardrobe
Good Rider a 13 year old Blackfeet boy, Martin Pepton, lands a role at 20th Century Fox after an audition in New York. Indian craft workers in the Blackfeet shop created a full war outfit in a week, including war bonnet and drum, under supervision of shop directors. Father Cullen and Father Mallman accompany him to Hollywood where he will enter a Catholic school in Los Angeles.
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Good Rider
Hollywood
Good Rider 13
Martin Pepton
20Th Century Fox
New York City
New York
Marquette Legion of Indian Missions
New Orleans
Bernard A. Cullen
Mae Wood
Cecile Crow Feathers
Father Cullen
Egon Mallman
Heart Butte
Blackfeet Reservation
Mallman
Los Angeles
Millipede Forms Sphere for Self-Defense
The many legged millipede can roll into a perfect sphere to protect itself from its enemy.
1938 elk kill in Montana totals 3598 as season closes
Montana reports 3598 elk killed in 1938 with most areas closed. Judith Basin ends Jan 1 with 36 checked. Park County totals 300 and closes March 1, with hopes of 3000 more elk from migration. Deer totals 1418 across seven areas. nine mountain goats and 27 bears also recorded.
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Judith Basin
Park County
Fish and Game Department
Yellowstone Park
Montana
Yellowstone
Sun River Country
Gallatin
Bitter Root
Harlem mourns early day teacher Mrs French of Valdosta
News of the death of Mrs Walter E French of Valdosta Ga reached Harlem relatives. A former Harlem schoolteacher and pioneer homemaker she married Harlem businessman in 1896. Surviving are daughter Mrs Jeanette Spear Lawry of Valdosta and son Royal Everett French of Lakeland, with two sisters in Cocoa Fla.
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Harlem
Walter E. French
Valdosta
French
Thirty Mile Creek
George, D. Powell
Thomas M. Everett
J. M. Everett
Jeanette Spear Lawry
Royal Everett French
Lakeland
Fla
Mary Farnum
Lucy Goodall
Cocoa
Barber Grows Cotton Blooming in Hinsdale Window
H B Claypool a Hinsdale barber cultivates a cotton plant in his shop window. Grown from seed sent from California by Neil Kent, the plant bloomed and is expected to yield a harvest later this month.
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Montana
H. B. Claypool
Hinsdale
Claypool
California
Neil Kent
A Virgin Forest Versus Second Growth Impenetrable
The proverb contrasts untouched virgin forests with second-growth woods, noting the former’s imagined rugged, dense character and suggesting perceived difficulty in passage or exploration. It reflects 19th or early 20th century nature writing themes about forest maturity and accessibility.
MSU Botany Instructor Earns $550 Grant
Mon tana State university botany instructor Dr. Fred A. Barkley received a $550 grant from the American Philosophical Society to continue studies on the Anacardiaceae plant family. The group includes mango cashew lacquer tree and poison ivy in noted list.
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Fred A. Barkley
Montana State University
American Philosophical Society
Montana Supreme Court Rules elk season may be lengthened by commission
The Montana Supreme Court rules the state fish and game commission may adopt rules modifying open seasons including elongating elk hunting. The decision directs dismissal of lower court proceedings and upholds the commission authority to fix or shorten seasons when necessary to maintain game supplies. Justice Angstman writes for the majority with Justices Goddard Anderson and Morris in dissent.
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State Fish and Game Commission
Montana Supreme Court
District Court of
Lewis and Clark County
George W. Padbury Jr
Fish and Game Commission
South Fork
Flathead
Montana
Supreme Court
State Commission
State Board
Game Commission
Albert H. Angstman
O. F. Goddard
Ralph J. Anderson
8. V
C. F. Morris
Ravalli County
Feeder Airmail Service Sought for Montana Towns
Montanans Inc manager William G. Ferguson says a feeder airmail service is being studied with the post office department and the civil aeronautics authority. If viable, Livingston Bozeman Townsend Three Forks and others could gain light plane service carrying mail express and possibly two passengers. Continued cooperation with agencies is planned.
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Montana
Montanans, Inc
William G. Ferguson
Post Office Department
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Mr. Ferguson
Livingston
Bozeman
Townsend
Toston
Three Forks
Ferguson
Bozeman Man Elected President of Montana Motors Association
Dean Chaffin of Bozeman was elected president of the Montana Motors association at Helena convention sessions. He succeeds H. O'Rourke of Helena. W. Burgan of Helena and R. M. Perry of Glasgow were named vice presidents. Martin P. Trenne of Helena was re elected secretary. Members of the board of directors.
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Bozeman
Dean Chaffin
Montana Motors Association
Helena
H. O'Rourke
de W. Burgan
R. M. Perry
Glasgow
Martin P. Trenne
Quaterials Sees Rising Chewing Gum Demand
The article notes that demand for chewing gum nearly doubled in a recent period, with Quaterials attributing the increase to more people chewing gum and broader market interest.
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Quaterials
Fever Forest Fires In 1938 Show Lower Danger Across 17 National Forests
Bruce Groves of the Helena office reports a shorter fire season and about a 50 percent drop in fires across 17 national forests in the northern Rockies. Despite a dangerous September with record heat, overall moisture reduced fire danger from April to September, aided by enhanced fire control and rainfall in July.
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Bruce Groves
Helena Office
Rockies
Helena National Forest
Helena
Rocky Mountain
Groves
Montana
Idaho
Kaniksu Forest
Kaniksu Organization
Pereieaty
Fire Control Organization
Weather Bureau
Iaho
Indians Awe at First Wagon in Treasure State Trails
Residents marvel at a four wheeled vehicle brought into Montana's Treasure State, a pioneer wagon hauled in pieces to a single location. Old timers recall plains of buffalo as the contraption faces rough roads and new uses.
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Treasure State
Montana Plains
Buffalo
Marie
Old-Time Montana Trek Across Wagons and Mountains
Travel on five Red River wagons and eight-mule wagon faced rugged trail from Bear River to Deer Lodge pass. They dismantled wagons at Beaver Dam Hill near Missoula and pressed on to Fort Owen meeting Father Ravalli. Indians were awed by the spectacle of the wagons.
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Red River
Bear River
Beaverhead
Big Horn
Deer Lodge Pass
Beaver’ Dam
Missoula
Fort Owen
Father Ravalli
Bitter Root
Cork Oak Origin and Native Range
Cork is obtained from the bark of the cork oak which grows in Spain Portugal Italy and the islands of Sicily Corsica and Sardinia. Cork oaks have also been planted in California but are not natives of America.
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Spain
Portugal
Italy
Sicily
Corsica
Sardinia
California
America
Helena Water Supply Improvement Starts
Work has begun on the Gro Fino Hale reserve project to augment Helena’s water supply. The Oro Fino Hale plan requires 17,000 feet of 10 inch pipe to carry additional water to the Hale reservoir, extending service to hills south of the city and Lenox.
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Helena
AWPA
Hale
Woolston
Lenox
Ancient Czech Homeland Spans Wide Ancient Territory
A thousand years ago the territory of present Czechia and Slovakia, except a small eastern part, was inhabited entirely by a Czech population extending beyond modern frontiers.
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Montana
Joseph Lomphrey
Czechoslovakia
Housewife walks over 3000 miles in her home yearly
A housewife reports walking more than 3000 miles inside her home each year, highlighting a surprising level of indoor activity and movement.
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Blackfeet
Lad
Twentieth Century Fox Picture
Clark’s Fork Valley
Anaconda Copper Mining Co. Lands Department
Missoula, Mont
Peacock Novelty CO. P
Dept. M
Chicago
Yellowstone Herd
Sanders County
Flathead South Fork
Sunriver
Ravalli
Jefferson County
Gallatin County
Chouteau County
Madison County
Mineral and Missoula
Powell County
Lincoln County
Kentucky
Tors
MC. HY
Commission
Distilers
Mickes
Hev
Stoeder Arms Corp
GR Fore
West
Sealy, Yourbor
Old
Windsor
Town Tavern
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