PWA Montana projects advance irrigation and schools
Montana’s Public Works Administration highlights include irrigation of about 87 000 acres under 16 projects costing over 8 million dollars and completion of 34 of 46 non federal projects, with several major works like Bozeman schools and Great Falls airport improvements finished this year.
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Butte
Public Works Administration
Montana
PWA State Water Board
PWA
Upper
Musselshell
Tongue River
Missouri
Middle Creek
Bozeman
Great Falls
Montana State University
Thompson Falls
Lewistown
Billings
Dillon
Galen
Montana School of Mines
Congress
Wheeler for President Club Formed in Montana
J Burke Clements announced a Wheeler for president club in Montana with Clements as president and Barclay Craighead as secretary. Craighead, former chairman of the unemployment compensation commission, previously served as secretary to Senator Burton Wheeler.
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Helena
Montana
John W. Bonner
Heléna
J. Burke Clements
Montana Democratic Central Committee
Clements
Barclay Craighead
Craighead
Unemployment, Compensation Commission
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana property taxes cut by 3.4 million since 1930
The Montana Tax Payer reports that tax reductions total 3.431 million dollars since 1930 due to lower state valuation and retirement of university building bonds.
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Helena
Montana
Sugar Quota Set for 1940 by Wallace
Secretary Wallace announced the 1940 sugar quota totaling 6,725,100 short tons raw value. Domestic beet quota is 1,559,695 tons, mainland cane 442,823 tons, with Hawaii 943,967 and Cuba 1,923,680 tons among other regional allocations.
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Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Philippine Islands
Cuba
Crow tribe members rally behind Montana Democrat
The Hawk and fellow Crow members including Rides-at-the-Door Black Weasel Jim No Chief Day Rider Louis Champine Three Calf Tom Many Guns Black Boy Bird Earrings Adam White man Wallace Night Gun Wades in-the-Water Stuart Hazlett L. J. Burd George White Grass and Mike Berry Child voiced support for the Montana Democrat.
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the Hawk
Rides-at-the- Door
Black Weasel
Jim No
Louis Champine
Tom
Bear census in Lewis and Clark forest cites 400 black bears
The Lewis and Clark national forest reports 400 black bears and 90 grizzlies after a district survey led by F H Kennedy. Most grizzlies and about 240 black bears concentrate in Sun River and Teton divisions with others across ranges. Bears have not yet entered hibernation and have damaged cabins while foraging.
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Great Falls
Forestry Department
Lewis and Clark National Forest
Census Bureau
Lewis and Clark
F. H. Kennedy
Sun River
Teton
Rockies
Kennedy
Births Connect Great Falls Smootz Family Milestones
Christmas day birth of Robert Ellis Smootz links to nephew Lawrence Morris Smootz born Dec 20 in Deaconess hospital. Lawrence E Smootz, a Great Falls printer, becomes a grandfather for the first time while Robert's arrival makes Smootz a father for the fourth time.
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Great Falls
Robert Ellis Smootz
Lawrence Morris Smootz
Deaconess Hospital
Lawrence
Leslie Smootz
Lawrence E. Smootz
Robert
Smootz
Helena seeks revival of assay office to boost Montana trade
Sen Wheeler urged reestablishment of the Helena assay office to counter higher costs from a $35 gold price, arguing it would spur Montana gold production and economy. Merchants statewide report no early Thanksgiving this year but appreciate the extra time for holiday trade.
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Nyy
Helena
Burton K. Wheeler
Mont
of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Wheeler
Montana
United Press
Merchants cite mild fall weather as holiday sales dampener
News notes that warm autumn kept winter goods and woolens well stocked while temperate conditions reduced early buying. In Kalispell some shops saw 12 to 16 percent higher volume than last year, but Helena and Great Falls faced mixed results with snowless conditions delaying Christmas demand and shoppers favoring pricier gifts.
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Helena
Kalispell
Butte
Great Falls
Butte—Sale of the Timber Butte Mill Here To Dulien Steel Products, Inc
Seattle
Wash
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
W. A. Clark
Anaconda Company
Tiny Arizona land tract highlights mining history
A one inch wide public land strip near Clifton Morenci Arizona was examined by the division of investigations in a report to Interior Secretary Ickes. The tiny tract, one of 18 fractional portions in a copper ore region, attracted attention as a curious footnote in the late F August Heinze era mining saga.
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Heinze
Montana
Butte Hill
Arizona
Division of Investigations
National Conservation Program
Butte
F. Augustus Heinze
Secretary of Interior
Harold L. Ickes
B. B. Smith
Clifton
Morenci
Montana 1939 grasshopper control saved crops and land
Montana entomologist Dr. H B Mills reports the 1939 grasshopper campaign cost 35617 51 dollars excluding federal funds but saved nearly 7 million dollars in crops and range land. The effort saw 9 588 farmers spread bait and broad federal state and local cooperation, covering over 2 1 million acres of crop land and 1 021 623 acres of range land.
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Bozeman
Montana
H. B. Mills
Mills
Federal Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine
Indian Service
Montana Extension Service
Reclamation Service
WPA Division of Grazing
CCC
Ford introduces improved V-8 line with new bodies
Ford unveils two V-8 lines for 1940 featuring an improved spring suspension and a torsion bar ride stabilizer. The roster includes four V-8s and five deluxe body types in each line, with a new business coupé plus standard coupe Tudor sedan and Fordor sedan. A deluxe convertible club coupe with automatic top is also listed.
Agricultural Dorm and Hopper Control Efforts Documented
Montana extension notes compare crop and range land baiting totals from the hopper control program, detailing how 6 314 tons of bran based bait and other materials were spread at 57 stations. It notes this year’s use of airplanes, associated costs, and future planning for 1940. Separate item reports 10 Madison Jefferson county 4-H members obtaining 14 registered ewes to establish purebred flocks with Hampshire and Rambouillet stock and record of 4-H sheep projects, fairs, and premiums.
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Fort Peck
Montana
Mammoth Fort Peckham
Missouri
St. Louis
Sioux City
Maj
Clark Kittrell
Army Engineers
Wheeler
New Deal
Park Grove
Wilson
Delano Heights
Mills
Bozeman
Madison
Jefferson
Montana State College
Hampshire
Charles LaDue
Sheridan
Rambouillet Company
Three Forks
Niven
Whitehall
Great Falls
Yellowstone county dairy herd tops state in butter fat
Yellowstone county dairy herds led Montana in November butterfat with 31.0 pounds per cow, per J O Tretsven Montana State College extension dairy specialist. Gallatin, Cascade counties followed with 28.4 and 28.1 pounds respectively, as eight associations tested 2,741 cows across 84 herds.
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Bozeman
Yellowstone County Dairy Herd Improvement Association
J. O. Tretsven
Montana State College
Gallatin County Association
Cascade County Association
Fergus County
Lake County
Lewis and Clark County
Flathead County
Madison and Jefferson
Tretsven
First Lutheran Church announces weekly schedule and events
Leonard Thompson, pastor, lists Sunday services and Sunday school at 10 and 11 a.m. The day also features a 2:30 p.m. congregational business meeting and 5:30 p.m. Lutheran Students at the parsonage. Week events include choir practice Friday and various meetings through Jan 11. During the Chicago 4-H congress, three Montana members appeared on national radio.
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First Lutheran Church
Leonard Thompson
Lutheran Students Association
Wisdom
Mont
Jackson
First Lutheran Ladies’ Aid
Luther League
Chicago
Montana Club
Ann Stiegler
Missoula County
Maxine Johnson
Cascade County
Helen Rae McDermott
Teton County
Liquor Department Reports 2.32 Million Net Profit
The state liquor department shows a net profit of 2,324,242.90 for the first 11 months, with expenses of 567,809.86. November profits were 137,278.87, about five percent below last November. Liquor earnings totaled 1,842,073.88 for 11 months, beer 482,169.02, with revenue broken into state stores sales 1,130,644.93 and licenses plus taxes 412,518.95.
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State Liquor Department
L.M.A. Wass
Liquor Control Board
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Pres
George Finlay Simmons
State Board of Education
American Association of University Professors
New Orleans
Montana U
Board of Education
Philip O’keeney
Atkinson
Merriam
State University of Oregon
Simmons
State Highway Patrol
W. G. Ferguson
Montanans, Inc
Pacific Northwest Tourist Association
Detroit
Mich
Freiberg University
Germany
l’E¢gle Des Mines
Paris
Won O
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Montana Mines
Ernest E. Henry
Production Credit Corporation
Spokane
Midland Production Credit Association
Henry
Montana Livestock Production Credit Association
Montana Wool Growers Association
Montana Law Notes
Law School Association
Burke McNamer
Shelby
Howard Toelle
Law School
Bill Browning
Belt
Milton Thompson
Browning
B. K
Kittrell
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