Hepp Well Oil Grade Improves Says Midwest VP
Midwest officials report Hepp No. 1 oil in Lake Basin district improved after May 12 discovery. VP H C Bretschneider calls it a very satisfactory well with higher gasoline content and lower wax residue, though drilling halted. oil appears lighter and may rival Pennsylvania crudes with better gasoline yield. Tankage at site grows as analysis and productivity tests await.
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Hepp
Lake Basin District
Dakota
Midwest
H. C. Bretachneiider
Mutual Company
Pennsylvania
Government Hunters Kill Many Predatory Animals in Montana
May activity of the federal Biological Survey in Montana reports 1 027 predatory animals killed. Bateman notes 920 taken by 41 salaried and 2 cooperative hunters, plus 34 coyotes with parts unsaved and additional removals including wolves, foxes, badgers, skunks, a cat, porcupines, rattlesnakes, crows, hawks and magpies.
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Federal Bureau of Biological Survey
Montana
R. BH. Bateman
Mr. Bateman
Barley Fails Pigs Nutrition Until Alfalfa Added
Montana experiment station under Dr. W E Joseph finds barley alone causes malnutrition in pigs with leg weakness and pneumonia. Skim milk helps little, butterfat milk helps more, but addition of green leafy alfalfa to the ration quickly corrects the trouble.
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Montana Experiment Station
W. E. Joseph
Judith Basin Wheat Crop May Reach 15 Million Bushels
Lewistown reports the Judith Basin wheat crop could total about 15 million bushels if current conditions persist to harvest. Farmers watch weather and soil moisture as yields hinge on ongoing conditions.
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Lewistown
Judith Basin
ITS KOLD Ice Formula Promises Fast Cheap Ice
A Seattle advertisement offers a guaranteed ice making formula from ITSKOLD ICE COMPANY at 702 Stewart St for fifty cents. It claims quick results for ice, ice cream, and other uses, promoting convenience and savings.
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Itskold Ice Company
Stewart St
Seattle
Washington
Impressions of Mormon Life in Utah 1876
An English traveler recounts overland travel through Utah in 1876, noting Camp Douglas wartime gloom, a Brigham Young relative, polygamy debates, and social life at Utah stations. She befriends a New Hampshire woman and her Vermont husband, witnesses monogamy tensions, and observes Mormon hospitality and bishop roles along the journey to Montana.
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Utah
Montana Territory
Ogden
White Mountains
White Mountain
Beardsleys
Akron
Rolfe
Camp Douglas
Gilbert Carpenter
Custer
Brigham Young
Montana
Young
Franklin
Bishop
Skeleton May Tie Grass Range Rancher Mystery to Laramie Burned Clues
Skeleton found near Laramie Wyoming with two through skulls may belong to ex sheriff John Afflerback who vanished in 1916 while homesteading Grass Range country. Nebraska Colorado and Wyoming officers pursue the case tracing to Harry Randolph who stole a car in York and headed to Roy and Lewistown before Afflerback vanished. A rusted set of keys with the skeleton could provide proof as investigators in three states examine the evidence.
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Laramie
Wyoming
Nebraska
Colorado
John Afflerback
Grass Range
York
Harry Randolph
Billings
Roy Country
Randolph
Afflerback
Roy
Lewistown
Grain Elevator Merger Plan Drafted by Farm Bureau Group
A plan to unite five large board of trade elevators into a cooperative, valued at about 25 million dollars, is being guided by an American Farm Bureau committee led by O. E. Bradfute. George Marcy of Armour Grain endorses the move, while Patten says he has no ties to the merger and notes other major firms would continue to operate. Marcy cites growing support for the cooperative movement, backed by President Coolidge and Frank O. Lowden.
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Board of Trade
Co-Operative
American Farm Bureau Federation
O. E. Bradfute
Federation
George Marcy
Armour Grain Company
James A. Patten
Wheat King
Farm Bureau Federation
Mr. Patten
Bartlett- Frazier Company
Marcy
Co-Operative Movement
Coolidge
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
Six Year Forger Surrenders in Butte Jail
Roy Nelson, 37, a Bozeman man who fled six years ago after forging a twenty dollar check, walked into a Butte police station and asked to be punished. He said he would tell Gallatin authorities everything and is ready to face charges after years of roaming the country. Nelson, a former farmer near Bozeman, traveled from the coast and has been in custody about two days.
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Roy Nelson
Jack Barry
Butte
Bozeman
Nelson
Mike O’donnell
Gallatin
Don’t Forget Caticura Talcum Ad Feature
An advertising blurb promotes Caticura talcum as a scented powder for face skin baby and dusting use. It touts the trio of Soap Ointment and Talcum and claims each 25 cents everywhere in the ad copy.
Bold Highwaymen Catch a Tarter
Rice Taylor survives a street attempt to rob him as two assailants try to force him to surrender. Jose McCarren is jailed after a scuffle in which Taylor shot one, while John Curran is wounded and hospitalized with a bullet through the back and a shot in the arm. Curran is identified as the other robber. McCarren awaits charges.
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John Curran
St. James Hospital
Butte
Jose McCarren
Rice Taylor
Taylor
McCarren
Mike O’donnell
Walter Morrison
Curran
Durran
British Gunboat Crew Attend Hawley Burial in Wanhsien
Under threat of bombardment, the Cockchafer's commander forced China’s top military leaders to march in full dress behind Edwin C. Hawley’s coffin and attend his burial at Wanhsien on the Yangtze in Shechwan province after his death at the hands of Chinese junkmen.
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Peking
Wanhsien
Yangtze River
Shechwan
Edwin C. Hawley
War On Grasshoppers in Pondera County Aggressive Fight
County wide effort targets grasshopper outbreak in Pondera County with $5,000 in materials distributed and $15,000 more bought or ordered by June 1. County Agent Blaine Ferguson estimates the supplies will control the pests through the coming year as the county funds the campaign.
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Pondera
Blaine Ferguson
Clearwater Youth Found Guilty in Family Killings
Franklin McGow an of Clearwater is convicted of slaying his father mother and two sisters with the jury recommending mercy.
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Clearwater, Fla
Frank McGowan
Mercy
Boy Dies After Firecracker Request Sparks Tragedy
Butte tragedy recounts three year old Jackie Eustice who asked for firecrackers. While mother stepped out momentarily, the child found matches and ignited his clothing, suffering fatal burns the next day.
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Butte
Jackie Eustice
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