Butte Engineer Sees Argentinian Livestock Lead
Butte mining engineer Arthur V. Corry returns from four months in Brazil and the Argentine Republic with observations on cattle, industry, and cities. He cites Argentina’s 7,000 cattle per 1,000 people, 100 million livestock, and a climate spanning frigid to tropical. He notes Buenos Aires’ growth, wine from Mendoza, a 12-province federation, and favorable mining conditions with low taxes on imported machinery and five percent tax on net mining proceeds.
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South America
Arthur V. Corry
Butte
Brazil
Argentine Republic
Mr. Corry
Florida
Hudson’s Bay
United States
Buenos Aires
Rio de la Plata
la Plata
Italy
Mendoza
District of Columbia
Corry
Montage of Montana Briefs From Culbertson to Great Falls
Culbertson Rifle club receives National Rifle Association charter with 25 members. Libby, Libby Creek head, 700 pound grizzly killed with a 30.06 rifle by Paul Cowan. Helena plans fast tracking lighting for city field project. Great Falls police to appear in court for rising accidents. Gophers at McDonald Pass trek after heavy snowfall. Harlem man killed in blasting at Snake Butte quarry. colleague injured. Yellowstone Park opens fishing season. gates vary by snow clearance. Helena schools appoints new superintendent in Quincy Illinois. Gov Ayers to attend Miles City water celebration. Morrison Flying School opens in Great Falls with Glenn Grazier training pilots. Warm Springs bird pens seek WPA labor. Bankers elect officers in Musselshell county. Montana State College sights new student leadership. lightning bolt kills a man near Jordan. New York Smelting Co bids open for East Helena stack. Great Falls hosts radio licenses for police. Emil Williams begins inspection duties in Helena. Great Falls police seize illegal gaming machines. Montana cheese output climbs in first four months. Your Flag folders issued to Great Falls army recruiters. Musselshell county land parcel completion for federal resettlement grant.
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Culbertson
Culbertson Rifle Club
National Rifle Association
Libby
Paul Cowan
Libby Creek
Helena
Helena High School
Citizens
Ray Church Promoted Winning Helena Baseball Team
Helena historian recalls Ray Church, a local insurance man and former state senator, organizing a Labor Day baseball clash at Fort Harrison. His Helena team, led by Sid Cooney and Jack Flannery, defeated the colored Regimenters 6 to 1, with Church funding bets and publicity that filled the park.
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Ray Church
Helena
Ray
Fort Harrison
25Th Infantry Regiment
Montana
Church
Jack Flannery
Sid Cooney
University of Pennsylvania
Flannery
Fort
Helena Independent
Helena Herald
Ball
Glacier Park Travel Increase Foreseen for Summer
Glacier Park travel is expected to rise 25 percent over last season according to Howard H. Hays president of the Glacier Park Transport Co. He cites European conflicts diverting visitors to Montana and notes many national conventions will occur on the Pacific coast boosting park attendance. He lists the American Legion and other gatherings in Los Angeles San Francisco and Oakland as examples of conventions drawing travelers westward.
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Glacier Park
Howard H. Hays
Glacier Park Transport Co
Riverside
Calif
Europe
Montana
Mr. Hays
Pacific Coast
Hays
American Legion
Los Angeles
American Medical Association
San Francisco
The
Shriners
International Rotary, Kiwanis and Retail Clerks Managers
Lions
Oakland
Salting Water Helps Clean Spinach and Greens
A teaspoon of salt added to each quart of water used to clean spinach, watercress, and other small leaved greens helps draw out any small insects present.
Campus Beautification at School of Mines Gains Steam
The Montana School of Mines in Butte expands its campus beautification under the WPA with 40 workers directing a $40,000 project. Trees and grass replace bare ground, a beauty circle with an ornamental light, oiled walks, new tennis court, enhanced football bowl, and landscaped parking areas are added.
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Montana School of Mines Cam
Butte
Main Hall
WPA
Metallurgy
Walkerville
Berryman
Butte Plans First Annual Horse Show June 18 19
Butte hosts its first annual horse show June 18 and 19 at the Highland Kennel club grounds by the Silver Bow post. More than 40 gaited horses and ponies from multiple Montana cities entered, with a parallel beach show for pedigreed dogs drawing statewide interest.
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Butte
Highland Kennel Club
Silver Bow Post
Bozeman
Livingston
Missoula
Helena
Deer Lodge
Great Falls
Anaconda
Philipsburg
Glenmore Names C E Lees Montana Sales Agent
Glenmore Distilleries Co Inc of Louisville and Owensboro Ky appointed Curtis E Lees of Butte to head Glenmore sales in Montana. Lees came from the Montana liquor control board where he served since 1934 as assistant to the administrator handling buying merchandising and administration. He is a Walkerville native and educated in Butte, Montana.
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Glenmore Distilleries Co., Inc
Louisville
Owensboro
Curtis E. Lees
Butte
Glenmore Sales
Montana
Lees
Glenmore
Montana Liquor Control Board
Walkerville
Butte High School
University of Montana, Montana School of Mines
Butte Business College
Montana School of Mines
Budding Enterprise Proves Without Profit
A Butte urchin sets up with an apple box and bucket of soft drinks by the courthouse steps. He sells cold drinks for one cent and, after each sale, buys candy from a nearby store. As the sun heats, business grows cooler and by 2 PM he ends the venture with no profit and no stock.
Rodent Eradication Underway in Montana Public Lands
Eradication of rodents on public domain and purchased lands is the main project on sub marginal land in the Milk River region. In Phillips county twenty workers four subforemen and four trucks are on the job. Blaine county has sixteen men two subforemen and two trucks, while Valley county employs fifteen men two subforemen and two trucks. Infestation is severe in some areas and work is concentrated there.
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Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Milk River
Montana
Phillips County
Blaine County
Valley County
Cyclists of England Adopt Red Reflectors on Gloves
Report notes cyclists in England now wear red reflectors on the backs of their gloves for visibility. The change aims to improve safety during low light conditions as part of broader cycling safety efforts.
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England
Farm Bureau conference slated in Yellowstone Park
The Montana Farm Bureau announces the annual western farm bureau conference will run June 23 to 25 in Yellowstone Park with representation from eleven western states. Principal speakers include John C. Page federal reclamation commissioner and W. W. McLaughlin irrigation chief.
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Bozeman
Montana Farm Bureau
Western Farm Bureau
Yellowstone Park
John C. Page
W. W. McLaughlin
Division of Irrigation
United States Department of Agriculture
Two Men and Woman Kill 41 Rattlesnakes Near Norris
In the old fire clay district one mile east of Norris, two men a Bill Foster and Carl Sinclair with Mrs Theis killed forty one rattlesnakes. The four largest measured four and a half to five feet and bore 17 rattles each. Theis kept the snakes as souvenirs of the episode.
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Norris
Bill Foster
Men‘Hardware Co
Ratte
Carl Sinclair
Roebling Ro Co
Salt Lake City
Ur Thies
Boaz
Old Fire Clay
Homesteader Wins Over Mineral Claimant at Wolf Creek
Decision favorable to Bert B. Davis the homesteader and adverse to John W. Leslie in a contest action over land near Wolf Creek was issued by T F Corbally registrar of the Great Falls land office. The case centered on claimed mineral discoveries conflicting with Davis' homestead entry. Commissioner E B Parsons heard testimony at Cascade and a later bid for more testimony was denied. Corbally concluded the testimony did not show minerals warranting further development.
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T. F. Corbally
Great Falls
Corbally
Tailings Threaten Zortman as Mine Waste Reaches Town
Ruby Gulch mill tailings slowly bury Zortman as heavy rains sweep material from Ruby Gulch head to the town flats. Three days of rain fill the Louie Goslin house and pile tailings around several homes, while the road in is buried and rerouted along the bench.
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Ruby Gulch
Zortman
Louie Goslin
Bennion Aids $1 Million Exhibit For West At 1939 World’s Fair
Fred Bennion secretary of the Montana Taxpayers association will help prepare a $1,000,000 exhibit to showcase industrial opportunities in the west at the 1939 San Francisco World's Fair. The display titled The Industrial West will be presented by California utility companies and the federal government. A main feature will be a relief map 132 by 136 feet showing 11 western states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Bennion
Montana Taxpayers Association
San Francisco Fair
California
Cookie Jar Robbery Reports Distressed Girls Call Police
Two six year old girls call Butte police reporting a robbery at 627 South Clark Street. Officers arrive to find the cookie jar empty, their mother away, and the girls distressed on the steps seeking answers.
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South
Clark Street
Butte
U S Army Seeks French Horn Player for Canal Zone or Hawaii
The United States Army advertises a vacancy for a French horn player to be stationed in either the Panama Canal Zone or the Hawaiian islands. Applicants should have fair instrument knowledge, preferably band experience, with bandsmen able to compete for the music school in Washington, D C.
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United States Army
Panama Canal Zone
Hawaiian Islands
Charley R. Hill
Great Falls
Washington, D. C
Hill
New York Fair Model Shown to Montana Governor
A stainless steel model of the New York fair theme center arrives in Montana and is presented to Gov. E. Ayers. The three foot high display includes the perisphere and trylon and will be shown in the governor's reception room with a scroll bearing signatures of mayors from the tour states.
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New York
Fyne
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Harlem
A. E. “Bud” Phares
Snake Butte
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Yellowstone
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Quincy
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Roy E. Ayers
Miles City
Water Conservation Board
R. E
Red” Morrison
Morrison
Glenn Grazier
Aeronca
Warm Springs
James A. el
Harlowton
Montana Bankers Association
L. S. Hazzard
R. W. Johnson
White Sulphur Springs
R. S. Baker
Lewistown
Phyllis_ Nelson
Plentywood
Associated Women Students of Montana State College
Jordan
Edwin Schlenker
East Helena
American Smelting & Refining Co
J. D. MacKenzie
Ray Daley
Montana State College
Daley
Alpha Gamma Rho
Butte Anglers Club
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Butte Mont
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