Miss E Augusta Ariss Celebrates 50 Years as Nurse Leader
Miss E Augusta Ariss honored by Deaconess hospital alumnae for half a century of nursing service. She began in Canada, moved to Montana in 1902 as first superintendent of the Montana Deaconess hospital, helped build a 20 bed facility into a major system, and helped train nurses. Her work fostered expansion to Glasgow Bozeman Butte Sidney Havre Billings and a Spencer Memorial hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deaconess Hospital of Nursing Alumnae Association
E. Augusta Ariss
Canada
William W. van Orsdel
Van
Montana
Miss Ariss
Helena
Peter Larson
Jacob Mills
L. H. Hamilton
Ariss
Glasgow
Bozeman
Butte’s
Sidney
Havre’s
Billings
Great Falls
Samuel Spencer
Spencer Memorial
Montana Deaconess Hospital
Edith Long
Six-Gun Syndicate debuts by Norman A. Fox in New York
Norman A. Fox of Great Falls introduces The Six-Gun Syndicate set in Bitter Root valley. Steve Reardon leads ranchers against the Storme clan during a yearly rodeo truce as Fox’s western fiction continues to draw on Montana settings and history. The Gunsight Kid and Gun Handy precede this book. Fox left Montana for full-time writing in 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman A. Fox
Great Falls
Phoenix Press
New York
Fox
Bitter Root
Steve Reardon
Storme
Great Falls High School
West
Montana
Gold Creek Linked With Two Events Of Importance in History of Montana
Gold Creek figures in Montana history for two pivotal events. A half breed found the first gold colors near the creek, while Gold Creek station hosted the spike ceremony completing the Northern Pacific line. Notables like William M. Evarts, Gen. U.S. Grant, and Henry M. Teller attended amid a clash of railroad ambitions and routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gold Creek
Montana
Clark Fork
Columbia
Northwest
Northern Pacific
Hell Gate Canyon
Henry Villard
William M. Evarts
Gen
U. S. Grant
Henry M. Teller
Villard
Pacific Seaboard
Union Pacific
Mullen
Butte
Pipestone Pass
Deer Lodge Valley
Silver Bow
Montana Union
Missoula
Bitter Root
Deer Lodge
Early Montana Rail Tour Impresses German Guests
German counts and barons visited Montana on a Northern Pacific tour ending with Mount McDonald ascent. They cheered the Gold Creek spike, heard Evarts and Grant, and telegrammed home to sell NP stock after the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard
Villard
Custer Cavalry Banner Returns to Montana Display
A bloodstained silk flag carried by General Custer’s cavalry from the Little Bighorn battle has been returned to Montana and is shown in Livingston. The banner, with 35 gold stars, was found by Sergeant Prince and long kept by Orrin A. Prince in Oregon before donation to Dr. E. T. Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Custer
the Little Big Horn
Montana
Livingston
E. T. Lake
Sergeant Prince
Orrin A. Prince
Eugene
Ore
Prince
Dr. Lake
University of Oregon
Lake
North Central and Pacific District Meeting Scheduled at Helena
Heads of agriculture departments from multiple Midwest states will gather in Helena in July for the annual conventions of the North Central and Pacific districts of the National Association of Agricultural Commissioners and Secretaries. Montana’s Albert H. Kruse will host with notable attendees including R. A. Trovatten of St Paul and Math Dahl of Bismarck. Invitations go to officials in Wisconsin, South Dakota, Iowa, Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska and Pacific coast states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
North Central and Pacific
National Association of Agricultural Commissioners and Secretaries
Montana
Albert H. Kruse
R. A. Trovatten
St. Paul
Minnesota
National Association
Math Dahl
Bismarck
North Dakota
North Central
Association
Wisconsin
South Dakota
Iowa
Wyoming
Colorado
Nebraska
Pacific Coast
Bats Produce Only One Young and Carry It
A note explains that bats typically have a single offspring per birth and keep the pup close as it grows. The statement highlights a unique mammal reproductive pattern and social carrying behavior observed in bat species.
Farmers urged to keep trucks in good shape
Montana farmers and ranchers must conserve vehicles to move four key wartime crops to market. With rubber shortages and few repair parts, chairman R J McKenna urges fewer trips, shared drives, slower speeds, timely maintenance, and proper tire inflation to ensure wartime production continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
R. J. McKenna
Usda War Board
War Board
McKenna
Navy
Anderson urges nationwide flour purchases
John S. Anderson, a young insurance man, calls on households to stockpile wheat flour to ease grain storage congestion. He frames the drive as a patriotic effort to free bins for the 1942 crop and to curb consumption of wheat products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John S. Anderson
Calgary Exhibition and Stampede Set for July 6 to 11
Calgary Exhibition and Stampede will run July 6 to 11 at Victoria Park presenting a half million dollars in livestock exhibits, the Stampe parade, Range land Derby chuckwagon race, stage shows, Indian villages, and a new bleacher, stage, and lighting upgrades. J Charles Yule announced wartime restrictions will not curb the program. The event opens with four armed forces representatives and closes with trophy presentations and an Indians parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calgary
Victoria Park
J. Charles Yule
Canada
West
Canadian Army
Royal Canadian Air Force
United States Army
Montana towns invite Seattle residents to move for war effort
Paul Bricker of the Kalispell Chamber of Commerce says rents in four Kalispell area towns Kalispell Missoula Polson and Hot Springs run ten to twenty five dollars a month for modern homes. He notes Seattle families in war industries have left, and Montana offers benefits for those not essential to the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Flathead Valley
Montana
Paul Bricker
Kalispeill
Airbase Commander Earl T. Vance Named New Garrison Chief
Earl T. Vance, veteran air officer and longtime flier, was appointed commanding officer of a new air base at Walla Walla Washington. A native of Washington Indiana, he began flying at Love Field Texas during World War I and later served at Gowen Field. Vance barnstormed in Missoula and Great Falls and ran Vance Air Service in Great Falls establishing the citys first commercial airport. He joined the Army in 1940 as a captain after career flying for 25 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl T. Vance
Love Field
Tex
Vance
Gowen Field
Walla Walla
Wash
Fort Douglas
Utah
Washington
Ind
Missoula
Great Falls
Vance Air Service
Salt Lake City
National Parks Airways
Western Air Lines
Best irrigation method told for Montana gardens
Extension horticulturist E. E. Isaac of Montana State College urges soil condition and season to guide irrigation. He recommends thorough soaking to 8 to 10 inches, avoid excess sprinkling to prevent crusts, and light cultivation after drying to curb surface baking and encourage deeper root growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victory
Montana
E. E. Isaac
Montana State College
Isaac
Cheerful wall art brightens a busy kitchen
Create a pleasant workspace by displaying favorite magazine pictures. Cut images neatly, mat them with heavy paper, and rotate selections regularly to keep the kitchen inviting.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Norman Fox
Bitter Root Valley
Grant
Evarts
General Grant
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Custer Cavalry
Oregon
Agriculturists Slate Meeting
Boote
Western Union
Boote’s Hatcheries, Inc
Worthington, Minn
Calgary Exhibition
State City
Jupiter
Rockies
Western Life Insurance Company
R. B. Richardson
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