Rural Electrification Expands Across Montana Farms
Montana's rural electric associations reach 13 percent of farms, with 10 REA groups serving through cooperatives. Since 1935 REA funds helped build 1,631 miles of line, 812 miles in 1939, expanding power to farm households via non profit cooperatives powered by wholesale utilities.
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Montana
State
Armin J S. Hill
Montana State College
Rural Electrification Administration
Hill
REA
Hill Last
L ‘Nes
Montana highway marker system nears standard completion
Montana's highway marker program nearly meets the American Association of State Highway Officials standards. State highway engineer D A McKinnon notes a two year effort, with about $3 505 spent on replacements and new markers, all aligned with safety guidelines.
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State Nursery & Seed CO
Helena
Montana
American Association of State Highway Officials
D. A. McKinnon
McKinnon
Highway Officials’ Association
Association
Lum and Abner star Lum Jr. born near year’s end
Lum and Abner creator Lum coaxes a first photo of son Chester Lauck Jr. born two days before New Year. He has two sisters aged 11 and 7, while Norris Goff’s Abner family includes a son aged 5 and a daughter aged 2.
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Chester Lauck Jr
Lum
CBS
Abner
Young Chester
Norris Goff
Rimini CCC Camp Links New York Youths to Montana Town
Rimini Montana once named for a stage hit now hosts a CCC camp with about 200 New York and New Jersey youths. The six month program offers education, recreation, and a $30 monthly wage with most sent home or saved, under Capt. Chester A. Lee.
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Rimini
Helena National Forest
Montana
New York City
Francesca da
New York
New Jersey
Lee Mountain
Schuyler Crosby
Helena
Crosby
Postoffice Department
Lawrence Barrett
Ming Theater
Marie Wainwright
Madison Square Garden
Forest Service
Army
Civilian Conservation Corps
Chester A. Lee
Pennsylvania
Reg’larly
CCC
CCC Camp Activities Highlight Rural Skills and Forest Work
The report details Rimini CCC activities including a bustling canteen, barber chair, and tailor shop, plus winter boxing and basketball and summer sports. Workers built boundary fences, cleared 73 acres in the Minnehaha watershed, opened three miles of project road, and erected 56 miles of telephone line to Lincoln.
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Henty
Lee
CCC
Rimini
Helena
The
Eagles
Forest Service
Minnehaha
MacDonald Pass Grounds Plans Include Lincoln Ranger Station Builds
Plans outline future work by Helena residents including consolidation of piles at Cromwell Dizon and MacDonald grounds. Proposed are a bunk house admin building at Lincoln ranger station, additional administrative cabins and back country facilities, road and trail maintenance, and lookouts access.
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MacDonald Pass
Cromwell Dizon
MacDonald
Helena
Lincoln Ranger Station
Lincoln
Skiers to Explore Yellowstone Park
Director Amo B. Cammerer of the national park service informs Senator O Mahoney of Wyoming that a small group of known skiers will soon inspect Yellowstone National Park to assess its potential as a winter playground. The park superintendent has been asked to evaluate if skiing could be permitted there.
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Amo B. Cammerer
National Park Service
Senator O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Yellowstone National Park
Cammerer
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