Michigan hermit turns fortune into Montana school for poor boys
James H. Cowan, a reclusive Montanan hermit, netted $40,000 from a power rights sale to Montana Power Co. He deposited $30,000 for a school for underprivileged boys and plans to fund land near Salem for farming and education. He continues living in a dugout shack by the Missouri River, saving money for his students.
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Great Falls
James
H. Cowan
Montana Power Company
Cowan
Michigan
Missouri River
Montana
Salem
Milwaukee
Providence
Missouri
Conan
Montana capitalists eye spruce forests for new paper mill
McKee and Rhule with Montana financiers plan a Flathead Lake mill as Glacier Pulp and Paper forms to build near Big Fork. Minneapolis and St Paul backers lead a Minnesota Minnesota incorporated company with $100,444 capital and $2.5 million debt.
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McKee and Rhule
Montana
West Minneapolis
Flathead Lake
James McKee
Spokane
Butte
Ray Rhule
Flathead Country
George Thompson
Western Canada
Glacier Pulp and Paper Company
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Big Fork
Mplathead Lake
Warner
McGill-Warner Company
G. M
Gillette
Minneapolis Steel and Foundry Company
J. F. Jordan
Wyman-Partridge Company
W. P. Snow
Mont
Warning Against Thistle in Gallatin valley grows
Speakers at the Gallatin county farmers advisory committee meeting warned that Canadian thistle will become a major menace to the Gallatin valley and surrounding areas unless control begins immediately. Clarence Matthew described his battle with the weed on his farm, noting he plowed his soil twenty times in one season to win.
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Gallatin Valley
Gallatin County
Montana Eagles Deep Roots At Great Falls Storyline
An 1860 account by General Reynolds and later notes by Thomas Roberts recount a long lived eagle near the Great Falls of the Missouri seen by Lewis and Clark in 1805. The guardian bird reportedly nested on an island below the Sun River cataract and was observed again in 1860 and 1872.
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General Reynolds
Great Falls
The
Missouri
Montana
Lewis and Clark
Frank
B. Linderman
Telena
Sun River
Clark
Thomas Roberts
Three Forks
Fort Benton
Roberts
Lwis and Clark
Magles
Niagara
Mississippi River
Gulf of Mexico
Rocky Mountains
Montana population grows 73 percent in six years says school census
H A Davee, Montana public instruction superintendent, estimates population near 700000 based on last year’s school age count of 147374. Census compares with 1916 county figures and 1910 federal totals, noting major growth in farming counties and Silver Bow leads in population.
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Montana
H. A. Davee
Davee
Silver Bow
Cascade
Yellowstone
Missoula
Flathead
Carbon
Sheridan
Hill
Lewis and Clark
Beaverhead
Big Horn
Blaine
Broadwater
Carslon
Chouteau
Custer
Dawson
Deer Lodge
Fallon
Fergus
Gallatin
Granite
Jefferson
Lincoln
Madigan
Meagher
Mineral
Musselshell
Park
Phillips
Powell
Prairie
Ravalli
Richland
Rosebud
Sanders
Sliver Bow
Stillwater
Sweet Grass
Teton
Toole
Valley
Wibaux
Total
Wheat sale by Albert Welte from Conrad farms
Albert Welte of Conrad sold his 172 acre wheat crop for 11 500 dollars. The land was summer fallowed and 60 acres yielded 48 bushels per acre.
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Albert Welte
Conrad
New Citizens of Phillips County and Dress Patterns
Four hundred forty one foreigners in Phillips County filed declarations of intention to become U S citizens in 1916. Catalogue notice offers 1916 1917 Fall and Winter patterns for Ladies Misses and Children with prices ten cents each and instructions to order through Montana Newspaper Association Great Falls Montana.
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Phillips County
The
United States
Ein
Mantee
Montana Newspaper Association
Great Falls
Montana
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Postoffice
MR. Philosoher
James Cowan
West
McKee
Thistle
the Great Falls
Frank B. Linderman
State Superintendent OF Public Instruction
Ea Ma
Torna
Acorn Brass Mfg. CO
Uni-Lite Bidg
Chicago
Symons
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