Grasshopper Battle In Montana Ahead Of 1938 Infestation
State entomologist Dr. Harlow Mills says counts will drop from 1937 levels but eastern Montana, north Dakota border areas face the worst hoppers. Affected counties include Park, Broadwater, Pondera, Fergus, Petroleum, Glacier, Blaine, Hill, Lewis and Clark, Cascade, Judith Basin and Beaverhead. The 1938 campaign aims at $100000 in costs with an estimated 5018 tons of bait needed, about one third less than 1937.
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Montana
Harlow B. Mills
Treasure State
Mills
State Extension Service
State College
North Dakota Line
Daniels
Powder River
Dakota Line
Continental Divide
Park
Broadwater
Pondera
Fergus
Petroleum
Glacier
Blaine
Hill
Lewis and Clark
Cascade
Judith Basin
Beaverhead
Missoula
Lake Counties
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Irreligious Trends Noted in China and Abroad
The piece argues that irreligious literature and movements are as current in present day China as in many other regions. It highlights a broad cultural shift and places emphasis on secular writings and organized nonbelief across societies.
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China
Tailings Not Hazard to Town of Zortman
Residents of Zortman Montana worry tailings from the Ruby Ich mill may flood low areas when heavy rain sweeps through the gulch. An old-timer notes the town sits in a flood-prone flat and has long depended on tailings flows, claiming the risk is minimal in their lifetimes.
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Zortman
Ruby Ich
Sai Authority
Woman Pioneer Alice Duff Dies in Butte Home
Mrs. Alice Priest Duff a Montana resident since infancy died at her daughter and son in law William and Mary Kane home in Butte Her husband Frank Duff died nineteen years ago Her father Valentine T Priest came to Montana with Jim Bridger's train in 1864 and later built a toll road through Priest's pass on the Helena Gold Creek route The family moved from Taylorsville Illinois to Helena and then to Marysville before settling in Butte Duff spent life in the mining industry
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Alice Priest Duff
Montana
William A. Kane
Butte
Frank Duff
Duff
Valentine T. Priest
Jim Bridger
Taylorsville
Virginia City
Priest
Illnois
Helena
Union Pacific Railroad
Corinne
Utah
McDonald Pass
Priest’s Pass
Marysville
Lewis R. Babb Named State Publicity Chief
Louis R. Babb a Helena newspaper reporter is named state publicity director by Agriculture Commissioner James T. Sparling. He succeeds John W. Nelson who resigned to lead the state employment service field operations. Gov. Roy E. Ayers confirmed the appointment.
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Louis R. Babb
Helena
James T. Sparling
Babb
John W. Nelson
State Employment Service
Roy E. Ayers
Taxes Increase Across 45 Montana Counties in 1937-38
The Montana Taxpayer reports that 45 of 56 counties raised tax levies from 1936-37 to 1937-38 while 10 reduced and Stillwater stayed the same. Average cost per $3,500 farm home rose statewide from 22.10 to 24.90. Stillwater kept a steady rate.
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Montana
Montana Taxpayer
Montana Taxpayers’ Association
Stillwater
Lewis and Clark and
Broadwater
Garfield
Musselshell
Jefferson
Lincoln
Dawson
Sanders
Flathead
Gallatin
Lewis and Clark County
Damsite Survey Progress Near Toston in Broadwater County
Surveying and sounding crews under Eddie LaCasse and Joseph Malerle work daily at Point of Rock Missouri canyon to map the Toston dam site. Two Townsend men, Henry Huth and Hugh Broderick Jr, assist. work funded by Montana State Water Conservation Board.
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Broadwater County
Missouri River
Toston
Townsend
Point of Rock
Missouri Canyon
Eddie LaCasse
Joseph Malerle
Helena
al Reidelbach
Henry Huth
Hugh Broderick Jr
Water Conservation Board of
Building in Falls Authorized 24 Projects in May
Great Falls records show May building authorizations valued at $28,365. For the first five months the city reported about $109,895 in building valuations. May authorized 24 projects with 16 designated for new construction.
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Falls Great Falls
Montana Legion to place 28th in Los Angeles parade
The Montana department of the American Legion will hold the 28th position in the parade at the 1938 convention in Los Angeles. Positions are set by membership percentages as of May 2.
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Montana
Montana Department of the American Legion
Los Angeles
Opposition to Diversion Resolution in Southwestern Montana Meeting
The Southwestern Montana men’s association at its annual Feolution meeting opposed diversion measures. A resolution opposing vero of mee from Lie Fei was discussed. Peterson was elected president amid full development of the plans.
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Montana
All Lodge Pease
Lie Fei
Wed Peterson
Victim Named in United Airlines Car Crash Burial Details
In a United Airlines crash near Cleveland two victims were identified as Feena Es and Veblen Een. Investigators traced the route from Cleveland to a distant city and noted the victims lived at 1 Big ee wa and near TA. Officials released limited facts as the inquiry continued.
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United Airlines
Cleveviere
Feena Es
Man Who Heard Montana's Statehood Dies at 69
Frank Kyle, 69, long time telegraph operator in Helena and assistant treasurer at Montana State College, died in Bozeman after an operation. He was the first to learn Montana became a state on November 8 from President Cleveland. Survivors include a daughter in Bozeman and a sister and two brothers in Toronto.
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Montana
Bozeman
Frank Kyle
Helena
Cleveland
Monana
Kyle
Montana State College
L. W. Nation
Toronto
Canada
Essay Writing as Punishment for Traffic Violations
Justice Rudolph J. Kline of Butte orders guilty drivers to copy a 2000 word essay in longhand as part of sentencing to emphasize the dangers of reckless driving. Six offenders in Silver Bow County, including McKinley Walker convicted of reckless driving, have complied. one proposed a stenographer and another a typewriter, but the judge refused.
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Justice of the Peace
Rudolph J. Kline
Butte
Silver Bow County
Lou Boedecker
State Highway Patrol
Kline
McKinley Walker
Walker
Initiative Drive for Road Funds Debenture Bonds Planned
Montana moves to place on the November ballot an initiated measure to authorize 3 million dollars in highway debenture bonds. If approved the state would match that amount with federal funds, creating a six million dollar highway program focused on feeder roads and trunk highways to support tourism and farm to market access statewide.
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W. R. Church
Montana Highway Finance Committee
Highway Finance Committee
Roy E. Ayers
Church
Montana
H. J. Kelley
Kalispell
Ayers
State Highway Department
Treasure
Harlowton Boy Scouts Run The City For A Day
Mayor L L Kal berg and the city council placed Boy Scouts in charge for a day in Harlowton. They made over 150 arrests for jaywalking resisting an officer minor collision running stop signs driving on the wrong side of the road reckless driving and impersonating an officer. Fines totaled just over 35 dollars. The day’s city leadership included mayor W Gallagher police chief Gordon Morse justice of the peace Larry Miller and court recorder Mark.
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L. L. Kalberg
Boy Scouts
Harlowton
Jay
W. Gallagher
Gordon Morse
Justice of Peace
Larry Miller
Mark
Indian Hall mural draft tied to Assinniboine heritage
In Gros Vette region records show the Milk River community hall at Fort Halls related to Assinniboine groups, with ties to Pole and Hays bands.
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Milk River
Fort Halls
Dlen Pole
Hays
Meteor seen over Great Falls in north central Montana
Residents across a wide area witnessed a bright column of light and smoke in the sky believed to be a meteor. Observers at Great Falls airport reported a plume from about 10 000 feet to the earth, possibly landing in the Benchmark area, with several locals including the Mortons noting a bolt like flare and a vertical smoke trail.
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Montana
Air Commerce
Great Falls
Employes
Augusta
State Game Warden Arrests Own Grandson in Missoula
Montana’s oldest game warden Harry Morgan age 70 of Missoula arrested his grandson Edward Wanamaker for fishing without a license and Wanamaker was fined $25 in justice court. Wanamaker later produced a post arrest license with a altered date. Morgan then charged and secured a conviction acting as prosecution witness.
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Montana
Harry Morgan
Missoula
Edward Wanamaker
Wanamaker
Morgan
Hhaled
University of Kentucky Graduates Agriculture and Home Economics Class
Eighteen men and thirteen women graduated this year from the University of Kentucky college of agriculture and home economics, marking the completion of their degree programs.
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University of Kentucky College of Agriculture
Elephant unharmed after highway collision with circus trucks
Jumbo the five ton elephant from Polack Bros circus escaped during a crash on the highway en route from Sweet Grass to Calgary. The collision with a motorist’s trailer near Kalispell damaged the trailer. the elephant was quickly controlled by its trainer and a camel aboard received a minor neck cut. No serious injuries reported.
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Jumbo
Polack ‘Bros. Circus
Sweet Grass
Thbridge
Tenoon
Kalispell
Girl sets mark in showmanship at Montana State College
Dorothy McPherson daughter of G G McPherson Great Falls dairyman became the first coed to place in a collegiate showmanship contest at Montana State College winning in two classes at the Little International Livestock exposition She placed third in fitting and showing a beef animal first in the dairy cow division and topped all showmen in dairy showing She competed against freshmen sophomores and juniors with less than one quarter of work and was named reserve champion behind Joe Hermann and George Loomis The 60 entries marked a notable achievement for a woman student in agriculture.
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Dorothy McPherson
G. G. McPherson
Great Falls
Montana State College
Miss McPherson
Joe Hermann
Dillon
George Loomis
Simms
Europe to Hollywood: pantsed dictator becomes movie director
A wry cultural note contrasts authority figures in Europe and the United States. The phrase compares a man surrounded by flatterers as a dictator in Europe with how that same figure is labeled a movie director in American usage.
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Europe
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