Fort Peck Dam Reaches 200 Feet Height Amid Massive Fill Work
Army engineers report Fort Peck dam height near 200 feet above old river level since 1934, with over 96 million cubic yards of earth hydraulically placed. Pumped soupy borrow material via 28 inch pipelines, coarse material settles on top, fine material forms an impervious core. Riprap on the upstream face protects against waves, reservoir now holds back Missouri River water about 100 feet deep and covers more than 106 square miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Peck
Missouri River
Flathead Lake
Montana
State Institutions Earn $66 781 In June
Auditor John J. Holmes reports June earnings for state institutions and departments totaling 66 781 dollars. The agricultural college 16 004 dollars, department of agriculture 8 681, training school 1 156, industrial school 249, hospital 4 785, normal school 4 687, orphans home 1 951, prison 1 266, school of mines 1 349, soldiers home 1 000, tubercular sanitarium 6 561, university 2 780, college of agriculture extension services 6 170, girls vocation school 1 249, deaf and blind school 485, board of health 2 499, Eastern Montana Normal school 4 076, Northern Montana college 1 883.
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John J. Holmes
Agricultural College
Department of Agriculture
School of Mines
University
College of Agriculture
Girls’ Vocation
Deaf and Blind
Board of Health
Eastern Montana Normal School
Northern Montana College
Growth of Nation From Fit to Present Shown at Butte Art Center
The Butte Art Association presents a broad exhibit in the School Administration building showing artifacts from frontier days to later progress. Displays range from Nez Perce War weapons and buffalo rifles to early tools, spinning wheels, quilts, samplers, and handmade toys, illustrating cultural evolution and daily life across nearly a century. The show is directed by F. L. Stevens with notable contributions from Dr. John A. Donovan and local collectors.
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Butte Art Center
Buchanan
Lincoln
Butte Art Association
Nez Perce
Joseph
John A. Donovan
Nels Atkinson
Melrose
Atkinson
Gettysburg
France
Sharp and Hawkins
Philadelphia
United States Army
Deer Lodge
Claude Duval
Dick Turpin
Abraham Lincoln
Mary Donovan
Goldsmith
Dickens
Mothers of the West
Henry Clay
F. L. Stevens
Montana
Milburn Wilson A Montana Homesteader To National Figure
Milburn L. Wilson, a 24 year old Montana homesteader near Miles City, rose from a 320 acre ranch to become assistant secretary of agriculture. A scientific farmer, he advised crop diversification, led Montana farm programs, taught at Montana State College, and later influenced New Deal policies as a key brain trust member. He is known as M L Wilson in Washington and maintains roots in Montana through his Bozeman home and Custer county ranch.
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Walter ED Taylor
Montana
Nebraska
Miles City
Iowa State Agricultural College
Milburn Lincoln Wilson
Roosevelt
Wilson
Atlantic
Custer County
Montana State College
University of Wisconsin
University of Chicago
Washington
Department of Agriculture
United States
M. L. Wilson
America
Caucasus
Rockefeller Foundation
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Chicago
New Deal
Brain Trust
AAA
M. L
Whitehouse
Hyde Park
Bozeman
Lincoln
Montana State Vet to Represent U S at Zurich Conference Abroad
Dr W J Butler state veterinarian will represent the United States at the 13th international veterinarians conference in Zurich Switzerland this July He sails from New York July 13 aboard the Manhattan after attending the American Veterinarians association anniversary Dr Butler will present a paper on Fowl Leukosis and study European animal disease control methods with Dr Mohler and other officials including Cordell Hull signing his appointment.
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W J. Butler
Zurich
Switzerland
Butler
New York
Manhattan
American Veterinarians Association
Montana
John R. Mohler
United States Bureau of Animal Industry
He Wallace
Secretary of Agriculture
Sec. of
Cordell Hull
Uncle Sam
Canadian Boy Scouts Bicycle Trip Reaches Malta
Canadian Boy Scouts from Swift Current Saskatchewan Troop 3 completed a rapid cross border bicycle journey to Malta Malta Park encampment after traveling from Val Marie about eighty miles. A group of nine scouts, plus leaders and a truck driver, carried food and beds and urged speedy completion of the Dominion Yellow stone trail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TU. S
Swift Current
Sask
Malta
Yon
Tees
Poey
United States
Malta Park
Val Marie
Wheat loan program set at 59 to 60 cents a bushel
Secretary Wallace announces wheat loans to co operating producers at 59 to 60 cents per bushel to curb a glut as the US harvests a record second largest crop. The Commodity Credit Corp allocates 100 million dollars to store 130 million bushels on farms and in warehouses and plans to release 967 million bushels gradually to stabilize prices.
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Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
United States
Commodity Credit Corp
Department
Congress
H. R. Tolley
Tolley
Agriculture Department
Repo Board
Also Mentioned on This Page
Old
Missouri
Kentucky
Stitzel-Weller Distiller
Fare
Maye Carmen
Webster School
Butte
Charles W. Towne
Ruth Sultzer
Baltimore
Charleston
Rochester
Lot
U. S. Bureau OF Mines
Butte, Montana
W. J. Butler
U. S
W. H. McCall
Doan
Gartavin
Schenley’s
Asauranc
Inspecta
Henley Products
Harry B
Wilken
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