Sketch of Montana Territory seal draft by Judge Frances M. Thompson
Letter from Judge Frances M. Thompson recounts the drafting of the Montana territorial seal in 1864 65. He notes political tensions during the Civil War era debates over oath tests and secretary vacancy, and the lack of printing or stenography as the council organized and began lawmaking for eventual statehood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Historical Library
Territory of
Montana
Frances M. Thompson
Territorial Council
Greenfield
Mass
Thompson
Edgerton
James Tufts
Henry P. Torsey
Washington
Torsey
Doty
Utah
Bannack
Fatigue Fighting Diets Backed by Montana Officials
Secretary Fred Bennion of the Montana Taxpayers association urged school boards to cut costs and avoid tax hikes during war by limiting new construction and equipment while boosting efficiency. He noted rising state funds and full tax collections, urging economy to prevent higher levies. The Montana School Boards association named Butte the 1943 convention city with Arthur Dye as president and listed other officers. Read the Classified Advertisements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Bennion
The
Montana Taxpayers Association
Bennion
Montana
Silver Bow
Montana School Boards Association
Missoula
Butte
Arthur E. Dye
Roundup
BE. H. Newell
Livingston
Fred Traber
Great Falls
W. F
Pattern 471 Pattern Details and Pattern Dept Address
The notice lists size options small medium and large with fabric requirements and a mailing address for orders to Newspaper Pattern Dept MN New York. The remainder recounts a Montana territorial seal story referencing President Lawrence council prayer controversy and the seal design featuring Great Falls Missouri sun Rocky mountains buffalo and wildlife with motto Ore in Plata and notes on early legislators and the state’s founding.
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Fifth Avenue
New York
Council For Divine Aid
Lawrence
Great Falls
Missouri
Rocky Mountains
Plata
Montana
Public Works Reserve Value Outlined by Kelly
Martin E. Kelly, state director, described the public works reserve as a long range planning agency for wartime and postwar periods. The San Francisco conference reviewed wins since the program began last July and new phases in operations, including capital improvements for western states and municipal needs. Howard McIntyre of Butte heads the capital improvements program. The reserve aims to assist planning for public services and capital improvements and to stabilize employment during economic stress.
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Public Work Reserve
Martin E. Kelly
Public Worker Service
San Francisco
Howard McIintyre
Butte
Many Fish Planted In Glacier Waters
The U S fish and wildlife service reports Glacier national park waters stocked with 2 722 362 trout fry fingerlings and yearlings, totaling 89793 pounds. Black spotted trout led with 1 750 268 fish weighing 3 487 pounds, plus 336 000 brook trout and 636 000 rainbow trout, weighing 3 845 and 1 679 pounds respectively. The Glacier hatchery has operated only this past season. Thirty Comanche Indians have been chosen by the army for signal corps duty to use their language for signaling.
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Glacier National Park
Fish and Wildlife Service
United States Department of the Interior
National Park Service
Creston
Glacier
Army
News Briefs From the Treasure State
A compendium of short notes from Montana towns. Obituaries for Choteau, Butte, Red Lodge, and Helena figures detail deaths and lifespans. Officials announce rail warning sign deadlines and transit fare changes. Local leaders elected or appointed include Montana club president Whitney Smith and Toole County Sportsmen officer E A Daubenstek.
Montana Contractors elect new directors at Helena meeting
Montana Contractors association re elected Harry Bjerkness of Omaha and J L McLaughlin of Great Falls to the board and chosen L V Lockwood of Glasgow and Pierre Herrick of Butte as new members at their Helena convention. Speakers included Barclay Craig, J Burke Clements, and Walter Averill who outlined four key factors shaping wartime highway plans in 1942 including federal funds release and defense importance of routes 10 91 and 2.
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Montana Contractors Association
Harry Bjerkness
Omaha
J. L. McLaughlin
Great Falls
L. V. Lockwood
Glasgow
Pierre Herrick
Butte
Helena
Barclay Craighead
State Unemployment Compensation Commission
J. Burke Clements
State Industrial Accident Board
Walter A. Averill
Pacific Coast Construction and Engineering Magazine
Montana
Averill
Army
Navy
State Highway Department
Warden and Fabrick Appointed to Missouri Basin Committee
Gov. Sam C. Ford names O. S. Warden of Great Falls and D. P. Fabrick of Chateau as Montana representatives on the upper Missouri river drainage basin committee. Both men sit on the Montana water conservation board. The 10 member panel stems from a Bismarck meeting with the national planning board and includes Minnesota and Nebraska among others.
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Sam C. Ford
O. S. Warden
Great Falls
D. P. Fabrick
Chateau
Montana
Montana Water Conservation Board
Bismarck
N. D
National Planning Board
Upper Missouri
North
South Dakota
Wyoming
Nebraska
Involuntary Swallowing Happens Roughly Every Minute
A health note explains that the average person swallows involuntarily about once per minute, roughly every 60 to 75 seconds.
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Frances Thompson
Taxpayers’ Association
J. A. Tobey
Zinnias
Charlton
Apron
Kelly
Betty Crocker
U. & Pat
Off
Home Service Department
Choteau
Thomas Groot
Teton County
Burton Beach
Mary Bruce Erickson
Sweden
State Railroad Commission
RED Lodge
Orville Hammer Beals
Iowa
Kalispell
John F. Miller
Beatrice
Neb
Malta
R. E. Morgan
Advisory Board of
Shelby—Douglas Parker
Sweet Grass
First International Bank
Sunburst State Bank
Nat Taylor
Virginia City
Norman L. Foote
Madison County Episcopal Church Missions
Margaret Vanek Storfa
Lewistown
Fergus County High School
Eastern Montana Normal
Billings
Shelby
E. A. Daubenstek
Ferdig
Toole County Sportsmen’s Club
Dewey Sandell
Oilmont
J. Doyle Annis
Robert H. O'Brien
J. G. O’brien
Roosevelt
Edward C. Eicher
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D. C
William Watkins Dodds
Dodds
England
Montana Railroad Commission
Butte City Lines
Anaconda
E. O. Melby
Montana State University
Anaconda Commercial Club
Ralph Thorson
Harlowton
Henry Strickland
Henry Anderson
Horace Strickland
State Penitentiary
W. C. Husband
H. R. Cox
United States Public Health Service Laboratory
Hamilton
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Elmo Steffensen
Helena Retail Credit Association
P. W. Singer
Harry McCain
Frank Brown
Claude McGuinness
Frank Anderson
James H. Baldwin
Movius-Bridenbaugh Clinic
Lewis Penwell
Internal Revenue Collector
Great Fpalls
Andrew Penderson
McDonald Ranch
Bird Tail
Penderson
Flathead Pulp & Paper Co
Polson
Carl Engel
Bakersfield, Calif
Graham Horn
Peck
Rocker
Placer
James H. Stewart
Shelbyville
Stewart
Kansas City
State Board of Equalization
Unemployment Compensation Commission
David Craig
Scotland
Craig
America
Chicago
Truly
Conrad
Oregon
Marine Corps
Daniel
van Huss
Erle E. Parks
W. E. Conyers
Leatherneck
James T. Moon
Fred M. Kunz
St. Louis
Montana Club
Marks California Wine and Liquor House
Kunz
Bartenders’ Union
Fabrick
Ford
Tata
Dearborn
St. Chicago
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