Grasshoppers to Be Fought in Preventive War Across Plains
The article details a government insect war against grasshoppers targeting Nebraska, North and South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Wyoming, Montana, Kansas. President Hoover seeks 1.45 million dollars for bran and arsenide sprays as eggs hatch in warm, dry springs.
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Ashington
Dakotas
Nebraska
Montana
Kansas
Wyoming
Iowa
Minnesota
Department of Agriculture
Great
Mid-West Country
Hoover
Congress
Bureau of Entomology
South Dakota
North Dakota
Western Plains
North
Colorado
Stockmen Protest Tax Valuation Of Sheep In Montana
The Northern Montana Stockmen's Association asks the Montana Board of Equalization to cut the 1932 sheep valuation from three dollars to two per head. President John Survant argues current market prices do not support the higher valuation and urges tax relief to prevent widespread livestock indigence.
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Malta
Northern Montana Stockmen’s Association
Montana State Board of Equalization
John Survant
Board of Equalization
State Board of Equalization
Helena
Montana
Northern
Montana Stockmen’s Association
Sam
C M T C to Open at Fort Missoula in June
Citizens military training camps for Montana will be held at Fort Missoula from June 17 to July 16 as announced by the Ninth Corps area headquarters. The program aims to accommodate Montana youths at no cost and seeks record attendance, organized by the Military Training Camps association founded in 1916. Eligibility includes U S citizenship, physical fitness, good character, age 17, and a character certificate.
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Montana
Fort Missoula
Ninth Corps
U. S. Army
United States
Military Training Camps’ Association of the
Plattsburg
Citizens
National Army
Secretary of War
War Department
Beaverhead County Newspaper Promise
The Examiner proclaims itself Beaverhead’s own newspaper with countywide concern and focus on local interests.
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The
Examiner
Beaverhead
Forest Fire Loss tops 1 Million in Montana Idaho 1931
A regional report from the Deer Lodge national forest supervisor R T Ferguson shows 1931 fire season in western Montana and Idaho cost over 1 million dollars. 1637 fires burned 171000 acres. 43 ranches burned. 11 fire fighters died. stock losses valued at 311000.
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Forest Reserve
Montana
Idaho
Missoula
R. T. Ferguson
Deer Lodge National Forest
Montana Sheep Industry Tops State Agriculture In 1931
Montana in 1931 saw sheep and wool sales totaling 11.361 million dollars, edging beef cattle at 11.069 million and wheat at 5.779 million. Over 41 years of the Wheat vs Sheep contest, sheep led early, Wheat surged to a 1927 peak of 76 million, then declined.
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Montana
Federal
Bread line feeds Montana wild birds at multiple stations
Montana Game Body reports feeding programs for waterfowl and game birds in northeastern and northwestern regions. Jack Goldsby says 17 000 ducks pheasants partridges and grouse are being fed at 48 Lake County stations with 11 farmers and the U S biological survey in cooperation. Travelers report 10 000 mallard ducks on a 40 acre field south of Rowan. Flocks move daily between Flathead lake and reservoirs and ponds. Warden Harry Cosner disperses feed to thousands of ducks on the ice above Dodson dam in Phillips County.
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Montana
Game Department
Jack Goldsby
Polson
Lake County
U.S. Biological Survey
Rowan
Flathead Lake
Phillips County
Harry Cosner
Dodson Dam
Montana road projects foreseen with 3 million in 1982 plans
Federal engineers outline 1982 Montana road work funded entirely by federal dollars. Projects focus on park and forest highways linking Red Lodge Cooke City Yellowstone Glacier park areas with emphasis on the Transmountain road and McDonald Pass. Several projects carry over from 1931 32 and completion figures are provided alongside past expenditures.
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Oatland
Ore
Montana
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
National Forests and Parks
Red Lodge-Cooke City
Yellowstone Park
Glacier Park
Red Lodge
Bureau
Congress
McDonald Pass
Kootenai Falls
Libby-Troy Road
Belton
Cooke City Road
King’s Hill
West Yellowstone
Yellowstone Trail
St. Regis
Idaho State Line
Trout Creek
Haugen
Nimrod
Granite County
Elliston
Ten Mile Creek
Duck Creek
Gallatin Gateway
Swan Creek
Penfield East
Elk Park
King’s Hill Pass
Cabin Creek
Montana Climate Debate Over Recent Temperature Rise
Montana's climate debate centers on 1931 weather data. Federal analysts note new high temperature and low rainfall records do not prove a lasting change, citing past fluctuations and a long series of varying extremes.
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Montana
Jay G. Diamon
Auto Associations Protest New Sales Taxes on Vehicles
Montana automobile groups plan a protest campaign against proposed federal revenue taxes on autos, accessories, lubricants, and fuel oils. The Montana Association joins a national A A A effort to mobilize petitions and direct petitions to Congress to oppose the tax proposal.
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Montana
Montana Automobile Association
American Automobile Association
Congress
Campaign opens March 2 to urge defeat of measure
The campaign will be used in warring the campaign and A A A members will be asked to write their senators and congressmen urging defeat of the measure. It is planned to open nationwide on Wednesday March 2 with the American Automobile Association sponsoring the opening and state associations carrying the drive afterward.
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American Automobile Association
State Land Queries Should Be Sent To Helena Offices
Citizens of Montana should address state land matters to the Helena office directly says I M Brandford commissioner of public lands. He notes many letters to Washington congressmen were forwarded here causing delays and unnecessary waiting for answers that belong in Helena.
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Helena
Montana
State Land Department
I. M. Brandford
Public Lands
Washington, D. C
Mr. Brandford
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