Montana Farmers Back Measures in Legislative Program
The Montana Farmers Federation endorses a broad package of bills through its executive committee with input from Farmers Society of Equity American Society of Equity Farmers Educational and Co operative Union and the State Grange. Proposals include state insurance for public buildings and bail insurance state bonding of officials Torrens land title system state farm loans storage elevators usury cap eight percent optional herd and mutual insurance extensions oil inspection load platforms and grain grading tolls local road control and other reforms. Senator O Shea of Carbon seeks Spokane farm loan bank presidency while Poindexter appointed to Hawaiian federal judgeship and Billings coin commission member Arthur named. Hogan bill for constitutional convention vote is stalled. Absentee ballots and rural turnout concerns noted Maggie Smith Hathaway first Montana woman to chair a legislative committee. Bills to fund county fairs and to consolidate city and county governments proposed with Lewistown normal school library and grain laboratory provisions.
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Montana Farmers’ Federation
Federation
Farmer's Society of Equity
American Society of Equity
Farmers’ Educational and Co-operative Union
State Grange
L. W. Robinson
Forsythe
O'Shea
O’shea
Edward
Whiteside
White
Holt
Hawk
Hurd
Public Utilities Commission
Meadows
House
Special Committee On Taxation
Montana
Federal State Bank
Spokane
Billings
Missoula
Lewistown
Daniel O’shea
Carbon County
Spokane Farm Loan Bank
Washington
Federal Farm Loan Board
Wilson
Joseph Poindexter
Hawaiian Islands
Associated Press
Thomas Arthur
Philadelphia
United States Mint
Senator McCone a Pioneer of Montana Mail Trails
Senator George McCone carried mail from Bismarck to Fort Keogh and later by Glendive to Fort Buford and Fort Peck. He faced Indian attacks, rescued wounded drivers, and buried dead on remote 270 mile stretches with no white inhabitants. He helped bring the first beef cattle to Dawson county and built the region’s cattle ranching era.
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George McCone
Dawson County
Fort Keogh
Montana
Bismarck
North Dakota
Custer
Yellowstone
Missouri
Indian Territory
Senator McCone
Michigan
Fort Sill
Fort Reno
Canadian
Washita
Welle, Miner, Peck & Company
Star Route Mail
Alva Ketchum
Nelson A. Miles
George A. Bier
Fort Line
Tongue River
Powder River
McCone
Black Hills
Sitting Bull
Canada
Green River
Beaver Station
Northern Pacific
Gladstone
N. D
Antelope Station
Wallace Heidenkopher
Miles City
Glendive
Fort Buford
Fort Peck
North Fork
Burns Creek
Boulder
Jefferson County
Porcupine
Forsyth
Hoe
Boosts Cook City as Park Entrance
Lieut. Gov. W. W. McDowell notes rising discussion in the southern region about designating Cook City as a park entrance. The piece signals official interest in linking park access with local development plans and regional tourism potential.
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Cook City
W. W. McDowell
Arthur Appointed to U S Assay Commission
President Wilson names Thomas Arthur of Billings to the assay commission. The panel will meet in Philadelphia on February 15 to judge weight and fineness of coins minted at U S mints during the past year. Arthur is a prominent Montana figure and former state Democratic chairman.
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Wilson
Thomas Arthur
Billings
Philadelphia
United States
Arthur
Democratic Committee
Pioneer Montana writer chronicles Blaine County history
The article profiles Montana rancher and miner Ajax author Al Noyes and his planned Blaine County history. It highlights Noyes work with the Montana Historical Society to preserve stories of Indians, squaw men, prospectors, miners, cattle and sheep men, and dry land farmers, plus the Big Hole saga and placer mines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Blaine County
Prospector
Miner
Stockman
Drylander
Jason
Nome
King Solomon
South Africa
California
Big Hole
Ajax
Dimsdale
Stewart
al Noyes
Balknap Reservation
Mr. Noyes
Placer Mines
Miss Fortune
The
Historical Society
Noyes
Voyage Up the Yellowstone by Steamboat to Billings Area
In June 1875 the steamer Josephine captained by Grant Marsh navigated the Yellowstone to within 60 miles of present day Billings. The expedition proved the river navigable for commerce to Pompey’s Pillar, with reports of a potential Montana highway until railroads ended river traffic. The voyage highlighted Yellowstone’s commercial promise and spurred short lived western townsite efforts near Fort Pease.
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Yellowstone Park
Montana
Josephine
Grant Marsh
United States
J. W. Forsyth
Phil Sheridan
Yellowstone River
Big Horn
F. D. Grant
Bozeman
Josephine’s Head of
Fort
Pease
I. D. Pease
Musselshell
Kerchival
Fort Benton
Fort Pease
Fort Ellis
Yellowstone
Spars
Ines
Joseph Mills Hanson
The
Missouri
William Clark
Wm. Clark
Clark
Captain Marsh
Pryor
Hell Roaring Rapids
Yellowstone National Park
Billings
Also Mentioned on This Page
Farm Federation Conference
Farmers’ Union
Farmers
Legislative Bureau of the
Montana Newspaper Association
Helena
Hogan
Senate
Maggie Smith Hathaway
Boards of County Commissioners
Belden
Shaw
Page
Stephens
Oliver
Pioneer Cattle Raiser
Gardiner
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Yancey
Dan Yancey
Livingston
Milwaukee Railroad
Milwaukee
Laurel
Columbus
Stillwater
Absarokee
Cook
Stillwater Valley
Ita Passen
A. J. Noyes
Archives OF
State Historical Society
Captain Grant. Marsh
Washburn, N. C
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