Mount Helena Ski Club Becomes One of Nation's Largest
The Mount Helena Ski club of Helena formed in January 1937 has grown into one of the largest clubs in the country. It built a new improved run on MacDonald pass with help from the forest service and WPA and plans a winter program after heavy snow.
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McDonald Pass
Mount Helena
Turner Clack
Owen Perry
Chick Relfenrath
Myron Wilson
Brooke Ricker
Sent Morrison
John Fenn
Deanes
Seattle
Portland
Salt Lake City
Helena High School
MacDonald Pass
Forest Service
WPA
Northern Pacific
Highway
Aged Recluse Slater Dies in Montana Cabin
William M. Slater aged 70 died in his cabin seven miles above Winston after years as a remnant recluse. Sheriff Norman C. Bruce found him resisting hospital care, saying he preferred to die in his isolated home. Slater moved to Montana 45 years ago staking a claim in the Elkhorn mountains and received funds from New York property and a final check.
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New York
William M. Slater
Winston
Norman C. Bruce
Broadwater County
Townsend
Slater
Montana
Elkhorn Mountains
New York State
Mayflower Mine Discoverer J Pruett Dies at 78
J Pruett 78 a Montanan native who first came to the state in 1862 and with E M Clarke located the Mayflower mine died at the Whitehall family home after a brief illness. He married Annie E Bray in 1896 and built holdings across the region. Survived by a widow two sons Ira Marcus, three daughters and several grandchildren.
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J. Pruett
Yiimpes Montanan
Whitehall
Illinois
Mr. Pruett
Alder Gulch
Montana
Ana
Treasure State
Sheridan
Madison County
Mruett
Pau Pruett
Ower
Perthan
E. M. Clarke
W. A. Clark
Pruett
Annie E. Bray
Silver Star
Butte
Ellen Pruett
Treasure State News in Brief Highlights Montana Notices
Nine concrete foundations for tourist cabins near Conrad. Musselshell County buys 37 000 dollars in bonds at 60 cents on the dollar. Robert H. Robinson named cadet colonel of Montana State University Grizzly regiment. Postmaster Kelly in Kalispell files with the vault four hours as stamps draw near. 1939 license plates numbers to match serials in Helena. Butte weather map expansion marks Helena observation station. Land transfer in Glacier park valued over 14000 dollars. Big Dry reclamation project near Jordan completed with state officials present. Hungry Horse reservoir clearance delayed due to survey status. Hobson rat problems reported. Charles R. Bebb dies in Colorado Springs. Montana park commission to be created. North Montana Production Credit to meet in Shelby. Butte Miners union audit reveals 7000 dollar shortage. PWA project funds approved for Galen sanitarium expansion. Father van de Gevel leaves Shelby for British Columbia duties. State board of equalization reports 20 to 1 return for chain store law field work. Joe St Marks escapes death after truck accident near Browning.
Browning Man Teaches Blackfeet Tongue To White Students
Richard Sanderville runs an evening class at Browning to teach the Blackfeet Indian tongue and the universal Indian sign language to white students. He is an expert in the sign language and was once invited east to help complete a card record of the sign language begun by Gen. Hugh L. Co.
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Richard Sanderville
Browning
Sanderville
East
Hugh L. Co
Industrial arbitration before the French Revolution in Lyons
The first use of industrial arbitration settled labor disputes in Lyons during the silk industry era in France. It marks an early example of mediation between workers and masters prior to the French Revolution.
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Lyons
France
Water Dam Building Grows In Custer and Powder River
In 1938 stock water reservoir construction soared in Custer and Powder River counties with 48 dams surveyed, 33 completed serving 934 sections. Eleven more dams are under construction, and extension records show 71 of 96 dams built since 1931 remain in use, aiding 205 sections. Flood irrigation projects yield about 1 ton hay per acre, worth around 10 000 annually.
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Custer
Powder River
N. A. Jacobsen
Custer County
Jacobsen
Rural power projects bring line to 5000 Montana customers
Armin J. Hill of the Montana extension service says seven REA financed rural electrification projects are in operation in Montana with three more under construction. When completed the system will deliver high line power to about 5,000 rural customers over roughly 1,520 miles of transmission.
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REA
Montana
Armin J. Hill
Montana Extension Service
New Marine Worm Digs Through Lead Cable Covering
Scientists report a newly found marine worm that can bore through lead sheathing on underwater cables and cut a wire 0.7 inches thick. The discovery raises concerns about infrastructure resilience and the worm’s potential impact on undersea communications.
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Helena
Rimini
Blossburg
Casper Oimen
United States
Alf Engen
G. E. Strand
Swen Ramsey
Babe Ruth
Lefty Grove
Dizzy Dean
William Slater
Dude
Newark
Englewood
Glen Cove
Fiorello LaGuardia
New York City
Grover A. Whalen
Whalen
Expositionerie
Maintreet
U.S. Highway
Mayflower
Source Monthly
Townsend Bank
Treasure State News
Conrad
Harold Smith
Musselshell County
Missoula
Robert H. Robinson
Forsyth
Montana State University
Grizzly Regiment
Eley P. Denson
Kalispell
W. G. Kelly
Helena—Butte
W. E. Maughan
Carl A. Carpenter
Glacier Park
John E. Lewis
A. J. Shaw
Nettie C. Lewis
Hollywood
Calif
Jordan
Here
Roy E. Ayers
Water Conservation Office
Robert J. Kelley
E. B. Donahue
Hungry Horse
John J. Kingman
War Department
Hobson
Lewistown
Charles R. Bebb
Fergus County Democrat
Union Printers
Colorado Springs
Colo
Typographical Union
Montana Park Commission
Rutledge Parker
Shelby
North
Board of
At Prea
Butte Miners Union
Walter Smith
Ickes
PWA
Galen Tuberculosis Sanitarilum
James E. Murray
Father van de Gevel
Shelby’s
St. Williams Church
Hollyburn
B. C
Dykesville
Wis
Walier
W. P. DeClene
West Depere
State Board of Equalization
Treasury
Joe St. Marks
Babb
Blackae Hospital
Bourbon Bay
Sin Montana
Stitzel- Weller Distillery
IEC
Shively
Furnish Graham & Ross
Great Falls, Mont
Schenley
Schenleys
Abel Srain
Schenley Distillers Cor?p., Nly
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