High Wool Prices Persist Amid Mixed Buyer Demand
Wool market report shows buyers willing to pay for quality with normalizing conditions. May London auctions rose five to ten percent for choice combings while board markets vary. 107000 bales offered, most not withdrawn. Ontario to Montana fleece grades quoted across many staple categories with cents per pound ranges given.
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London
Montana
Bureau of Markets
Department of Agriculture
Seaboard
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Michigan
New England
Indiana
Missouri
New York
Illinois
Wisconsin
Iowa
Arkansas
Minnesota
Kansas
Nebraska
North
South Dakota
Territory
Idaho
Wyoming
Utah
Advice to irrigators from Montana professor on conserving water
H E Murdock of Montana State College urges Gallatin county irrigators to cooperate in using scarce water. He calls for rotating headgates, reducing seepage and evaporation, and running field laterals efficiently to save water and protect crops during the drought. He stresses patriotism and community cooperation.
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H. E. Murdock
Montana State College
Gallatin County
Murdock
Government restores cheap postal rates in Montana press
The new postal regulations take effect this month with first class mail at two cents a stamp replacing the old three cent rate. Second class matter rates vary by zone from 1 1/2 to 5 1/2 cents per pound, with special provisions for publications advertising and those serving religious educational scientific and philanthropic groups. Free county mailing remains unchanged and intra county copies keep existing rates.
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Montana
P. L
P. L. and
Cascade County Creates First Herd District Since 1917 Law
The board of county commissioners ordered a herd district in Cascade County embracing about two townships between Vaughn and Power. It marks the first district created since the 1917 herd district law. It will be illegal to let livestock roam and damages can be recovered for trespass.
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Cascade
Gordon
Board of County Commissioners
Vaughn
Power
Cascade County
Foote Named Director Of Montana Vocational School Work
L. R. Foote of the state superintendent staff is chosen as general director of vocational school work in Montana with headquarters in Helena. Professor M. J. Abbey of Bozeman is named superintendent of trades and industries and Miss Lucille Reynolds of Helena appointed superintendent of home economics with Bozeman as the movement’s headquarters.
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Foote
L. R. Foote
State Superintendent of Schools
Montana
Helena
M. J. Abbey
Bozeman
Lucille Reynolds
New Federal Rule Targets Interstate Cattle Movement
Regulation to curb tuberculosis shifts into force July 1 1919 and strengthens state laws. It bans moving breeding or dairy cattle across state lines unless tuberculin tested and properly documented. Exemptions cover public stockyards, steers, and strictly range cattle. The rule imposes identification marks, health certificates, and disinfected transport, with strict paper trails. Federal and 42 states back the program to eradicate bovine TB.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
Bureau of Animal Industry
Bureau
Interstate cattle shipping rules under tuberculosis quarantine
Cattle may be shipped interstate only with proper certificates and for specific purposes. Heifers may be moved for feeding or grazing with certification they will not be used otherwise. Cows from public yards may be shipped on affidavit to same effect, and Bulls may be moved for feeding if quarantine is observed. Authorities require origin herd TB free status and accompanying official certificates.
Red Cross Director Advises Publicity Direction
EF R Rus sell, director of publicity for the American Red Cross northern division, issues guidance on nationwide communication strategies and public information efforts.
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Glasgow
Valley county chapter tops state and nation in production
Valley county chapter achieved the highest production per capita in Montana. Montana led northern division and northern division led the union, placing the chapter first in the United States. County auxiliaries and officers earned praise for the outstanding work as Minneapolis headquarters notes a Red Cross Bulletin article on the effort.
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Valley County
Montana
United States
Minneapolis
Red Cross Bulletin
Licenses in Montana Reach 54000 Mark
Montana motorists have 54000 automobile licenses on record in the secretary of state’s office. The secretary’s drive to compel delinquent owners to obtain their 1919 licenses shows results, with expectations that the total will exceed 60000 before fall.
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Secretary of State
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Texas
California
Butte
Henningsen Produce Company
Butte, Montana
Montana Culvert & Flume Company
Missoula, Montana
Great Falls
Wrixon & Agnew
Mont
Boston Hide, Wool & Fur CO
P. O. Box
Great Falls, Mont
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Blackfoot Land Development CO
Missoula, Mont
ELK Run Herefords
Elk Run Ranch
W. L. Velie
Moline
Beau Brummel
Don Carlos
Don Perfect
Lamplighter
Dale
Perfection
Beau Picture
Beau Donald
Highwood
Frank Ledingham
Live Stock Report
Chicago, Il
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Kansas City
St. Paul
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N. Y
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el Paso
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