Montana Farm Crops and Live Stock Valued at 281 864 000
The 1917 livestock and crop value reached about 282 million with horses up 51 000 while mules show little change and sheep fell 61 000. Cattle rose modestly and swine dropped 15 000. Commissioner Greenfield notes cattle and other crops detailed in the report. A local note satirizes Main Street riding and Broadway displays for city officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Charles D. Greenfield
Guy Fitzpatrick
United Bttes
Department of Agriculture
United States
Montana Speed Fiend Before Days of Auto
A historical note traces early speed mania in Montana towns with speed laws and fines. It recalls a boisterous forebearer of automobile racing and mentions Charles W. Hoffman of Bozeman, once an officer at Fort Ellis, as a source of first hand memory from thirty-five years ago when Hoffman and five others were arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Blade
Montana
Charles W. Hoffman
Bozeman
Fort Ellis
Gallatin
Hoffman
Montana Seeks Federal Aid For Education Programs
A proposed Smith bill would allot Montana 630 157 78 annually matching state funds for illiteracy removal Americanization equalizing opportunities health and physical education and teacher training. If passed Montana would gain about 1 694 90 for literacy 52 565 72 for immigration work 380 088 54 for equalization 81 791 52 for health education and 114 017 10 for teacher training totaling 630 157 78 with equal state matches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Smith
Department of Education
Congress
The Story of Harry L Summers by J F Lewis
A Montana livestock leader, Harry L Summers, recalls meeting his Iowa farmer father on a train tale. The piece traces Summers rise as a Shorthorn Breeders’ leader, his Montana influence, and a note of his movements after his mother’s death, with a cautious forecast of his future in Idaho.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Lewis
Sidney
Iowa
G. P
Summers
Chicago, Burlington & Quincey Railroad
Tie
Harry L. Summers
Harry
Montana
Montana Shorthorn Breeders’ Association
Montana Farmer
Malvern
Harry Summers
Shorthorn Breeders’ Association
Bozeman
Stock Associations Rule National Forest Ranges
The Missoula national forest will manage community ranges through stock associations with forest service rules added to permits. Supervisor Rutledge Parker announced after aiding Hall stock association formation with 14 users east of Hall. Additional meetings will organize other associations to balance stock needs with range preservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stock Associations
National Forest
Forest Service
Rutledge Parker
Missoula National Forest
Hall
Hall Stock Association
Bitro-Phosphate Promises Nerve Relief and Weight Gain
An advertisement touts Bitro-Phosphate as a nerve building, non stimulant remedy for thin, nervous individuals. It claims five grain tablets with meals improve energy, sleep, mood, and facial fullness, with Buro-Phosphate aiding digestion and weight gain. Caution notes avoid use by those not seeking flesh growth.
Ideal Montana farmland listed with long term terms
An advertisement offers 820 acres of wheat land near a railroad with good roads in Montana at 30 dollars an acre, 4000 down and six percent financing. It also promotes 60 acre parcels near a growing town, plus farm land from Canada and various agricultural services listings from Helena to Great Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FEF
Madison Valley
Dance
Threa
Mont
Belt Dist
Frary & Burlingame
Great Falls
Montana
Helena
Httle
P. O
Canadian Pacific Railway
Western Canada
J. J. Akin
Dunnblock
Sali
Broadwater
Chouteau
Granite
Lewis & Clark
Powell, Prairie
Valley
Llerbert A
Hover
Judith Basin
Farmera Land Co
Lewistown
Shields River Valley
J W
Halesmen
Montana-Warrenton Development ‘Company
Stanton Bank
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Main Street
T. H. Carroll
C. W. Hoffman
William Kermode
F. D. Pease
Vreeland Place
Broadway
Sameas Cuticua
Dept. Boston
Salmon
Idaho
Irving Whitehouse Company
Third Street South
Warrenton
E. A. Tyler Realty Company
Montana-Warrenton Development Company
North Bank
E. A. Tyler & Co
Moni
Hard Bros
Butte
Denny
Anderson Rooms
Owsley Bldg
Huseth
Optometrist
Optician
Great Falls, Mont
the Great Western Company
Livingston, Montana
Hughes Loan & Land CO
Alhambra Hot Springs
M. J. Sullivan
W. C. McClintock
Custer County Bank
Miles City
Holntein
Tord & Kollister
Darby, Mont
Huntsberger-Givens Co
Great Malla
Avestock Insureranos
LWT
D. Watson Robb Co
Darsh & Greenfield Co
B. Nelson
Central Avenue
Great Walls
TIP Ato Theta
Minneapolis
J. A. Walters
Kelly Springfield
Buick
Dominant Motor Co
Copper Street
Montana Tractor, Truck & Auto School
Billings
Om Area
Kovig Lumber Co
Pirst
Au. Su
Seattle
Wash
A. L. Jose
West Park Street
Lewistown Hide & Fur Co
Rurs
Hoenck
Montana Fur Manufacturing Co
Butte, Mont
W. Broadway
KODAK
Eastman Kodaks
Kenyon & Wheeler, Druggista
Blue Prints
Blue Print & Supply Co
Dunn Bg
A. J. Rowland
Tout & McCarthy
Lewis & Walker
Wyoming
Butterfont
Grover & Leuchars
1St Ave
M. N. A—Wk
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