Shelterbelt planting tips and salt in cooking from Montana State
Extension notes emphasize summer ground preparation for shel ter belt trees in dry and irrigated Montana lands. Recommended species include caragana and Russian olive, with cautions on Chinese elm. A nutrition specialist advises adding salt during hot days to counteract perspiration, detailing salt use in cooking and food preparation.
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Bozeman
E. E. Isaac
Montana State College
Isaac
Montana
Bessie E. McClelland
Supreme Court Rejects 1937 Chain Store Tax
In a 3 to 2 ruling the state supreme court held the 1937 chain store tax unconstitutional due to a faulty enacting clause. The Vaughan-Ragsdale case in Billings leads to a refund of eight protest payments totaling $41,000. The clause read be enacted by the people of Montana instead of the legislative assembly. The decision notes the error was admitted by a state official and the law was corrected in 1939. Majority by Justice Morris. dissent by Justices Angstman and Erickson.
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State Supreme Court
Vaughan- Ragsdale Company
Billings
State of
Montana
Legislative Assembly
John A. Matthews
State Board of Equalization
Claude F. Morris
Howard A. Johnson
Sam V. Stewart
Albert H. Angstman
Leif Erickson
The Best in Job Work at the Examiner Printing Co
The Examiner Printing Co offers premier job printing services for newspapers and commercial clients with quality typography, accurate color, and timely production. Local business leaders note reliable turnaround and consistent results across varied print runs.
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The
Examiner Printing Co
Welfare Board Allows Larger Grants for Direct Relief
Board of Examiners ruling permits the state welfare department to exceed its general welfare budget for the current year to boost county direct relief grants. Montana Welfare Council petitioned, noting counties cannot sustain payments with $600,000 annual allotment. Governor Roy E. Ayers ill in Great Falls hospital and unable to attend.
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H. J. Freebourn
Sam.w. Mitchell
State Board of Examiners
State Welfare Department
Welfare Board
Examiners
Montana Welfare Council
State Board
Freebourn
Mitchell
General Welfare Department
Great Falls
Roy E. Ayers
Keeney Reinstated as Librarian at State University
Philip O. Keeney is reinstated as librarian and professor of library economy at the state university in Missoula by the state board of education after the state supreme court ruled he deserved reinstatement. The board will determine back pay, with potential influence from a deficiency claim to the 1941 legislature.
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Philip O. Keeney
State University
Missoula
State Board of Education
Helena
State Supreme Court
Keeney
Counties to receive 2.87 million in unemployment benefits
Montana’s 20 large counties are forecast to share about 2.87 million of the 5 million total in weekly unemployment benefits over the next year. Barclay Craighead, chairman of the state unemployment compensation commission, released the county breakdown with amounts ranging from Silver Bow at 658,000 to Richland at 38,500.
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Montana
State
Barclay Craighead
Silver Bow
Cascade
Yellowstone
Missoula
Deer Lodge
Lewis and Clark
Flathead
Valley
Gallatin
Hill
Custer
Glacier
Park
Lake
Toole
Fergus
Dawson
Lincoln
Pondera
Richland
Freight Carloadings In April Show Gain
Montana stations loaded 18 159 cars in April up 4 333 from 13 826 a year earlier. The report by the state railroad and public service commission notes gains in 29 of 43 commodities including Wheat 1 253 total and ore 4 620 with broader increases in stone coal flour millstuffs logs lumber concentrates stucco cement plaster crude petroleum and railroad company coal. Decreases occurred in sheep lime sugar and refined petroleum.
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Montana
State Railroad and Public Service Commission
Montana Hog Crop Seen Doubling From 1938 Harvest
A survey by the federal Department of Agriculture projects Montana's 1939 hog crop nearly doubles last year. Spring pig crop reaches 165 000 head vs 83 000. farmers plan 16 000 sows farrow for fall pigs, up from 12 000. Average litter 6.6 vs 6.4. 1939 spring crop would be largest since 207 000 in 1933.
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Federal Department of Agriculture
Montana
Zeigler Springs Woman Visited Dillon Yesterday
Miss May Cocanaugher of Zeigler Springs was a Dillon visitor yesterday, continuing a local travel pattern noted in regional society notes.
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May Cocanaugher
Zeigler Springs
Dillon
Mourning for Frank Hazelbaker Draws Dillon's Quiet Tributes
Dan Whetstone recalls the late Frank Hazelbaker as Dillon gathers for his funeral. Citizens from across the state attend while neighbors remember his kindness, steady leadership, and devotion to irrigation, farming, and public service. He faced criticism with quiet resolve and campaigned successfully in two elections before his death in the Beaverheads region.
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Dillon
Tie
Frank Hazelbaker
Main Street
Virtue
Frank
Cut Bank
Len Young
Prisoner Parole Board Releases Twenty One Inmates
Twenty one prisoners will be released from the Deer Lodge state penitentiary this month by action of the state parole board. Ten inmates are let go on expiration of half their sentences as first time offenders. Eleven have completed their sentences and three are wanted on other charges. The report also notes a project to assess lake fingerling stocking levels by natural propagation.
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Deer Lodge
State Parole Board
Yellowstone road and bridge projects announced by park officials
Construction work costing 1,250,000 is underway on 65 miles of road in Yellowstone National park. A 240,000 bridge is being built over the Gardiner river between Mammoth and Tower junction. An emergency relief administration allocation of 153,000 funds general landscaping and improving settled areas this year. The park will stay in its natural state with improvements only where travel demands.
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Yellowstone National Park
Gardiner River
Mammoth
Tower Junction
Emergency Relief Administration
Park
Yellowstone lake trout catch relation study begins
A park program on Yellowstone Lake will measure the ratio of trout caught to trout planted and hatched each year. Edmund B. Rogers, the park superintendent, says checkers will tally daily catches and compare to the annual plantings and hatchings totals.
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Yellowstone Lake
Edmund B. Rogers
Checkers
Wheeler Declines 1940 VP Bid Says He Will Seek Senate
Senator Burton Wheeler of Montana says he was asked to run for vice president in 1940 but rejected the offer and will seek re election to the Senate. He notes past campaign bids and says Roosevelt may seek a third term but he does not intend to be his running mate.
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Wheeler
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Roosevelt
John Garner
Washington
United States Senate
United States
Farmer- Labor
Robert LaFollette
State forestry board empowered to close areas in emergencies
The court ruled that the state forestry board can close areas during sharp fire emergencies and issue reasonable safety regulations for life and property. The ruling cited State Forester Rutledge Parker in support of the board’s authority and duties.
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H. J. Freebourn
State Forestry Board
Rutledge Parker
Poindexter Visits Helena During Diamond Jubilee
Former Hawaii governor and Dillon native Joseph B Poindexter attended Helena's Diamond Jubilee last week. Appointed to the governorship in 1933 by President Roosevelt he invited Montanans visiting the islands to call on him during an informal Main Street talk.
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Joseph B. Poindexter
Hawaiian Islands
Dillon
Helena
Roosevelt
Main Street
Islands
Montana diseases fall to summer low, measles down
State board of health reports Montana diseases at summer low after doctors’ submissions. Measles near 200 cases weeks ago fell to 45. other illnesses also at monthslong lows with no new spotted tick fever cases reported.
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State Board of Health
Montana
National Emergency Council to be renamed Office of Government Reports
The national emergency council will become the Office of Government Reports under a plan announced by the president. The move aligns with broader government reorganization to streamline public information and reporting obligations.
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National Emergency Council
Office of Government Reports
Roose
Reorganization Plan Outlined by Miles Romney
Miles Romney, state director of the bureau, says Velt's plan keeps the office functions unchanged. In Butte, copper and zinc stocks fell over the last 30 days. Foreign copper purchases for armaments buoyed the industry early this year.
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Velt
Miles Romney
Bureau
Butte
U.P
Phosphate survey urges federal aid for Idaho deposits
Idaho surveys show phosphate reserves need federal support before development to support farm lands, with irrigated areas singled out for mineral demand. Montana reports 20 000 cattle imported since March 1, breeding stock dominant, cattle and sheep gains near or above normal. Governor Ayers receives Roosevelt telegram on Montana’s fifty year Jubilee. Montana liquor tax for first half totals 1 436 807.09 with three quarters from liquor and one quarter from beer.
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Boise, Idaho
U.P
Helena
Montana
Federal Agricultural Marketing Service
L. M. A. Wass
Reorganization meetings planned for grazing districts
Carl M. Yerrington of Billings says 40 state grazing districts will hold reorganization meetings over the next two months. The aim is to bring district cooperatives under the revised state grass conservation setup and align with federal grazing regulations.
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Helena
U.P
Carl M. Yerrington
Billings
State
Grass Conservation Commission
State Grazing Commission
Yerrington
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