Miles City poised for Holly Sugar factory in sugar region
Article discusses ideal conditions for a Holly Sugar Corporation factory in Miles City. It notes potential rail links to Salt Creek, strong livestock markets, and beet farming prospects in Yellowstone and Tongue River valleys. Success hinges on soil sugar content, pulp demand, shipping capacity, and factory labor availability.
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Holly Sugar Corporation
Miles City
G.L., Ammon
Ammon
Yellowstone
Tongue River
Salt Creek
Holly Corporation
Sunburst Refining Co. defends its plant leadership
L. C. Stevenson, president of Sunburst Refining Co., denies claims by Arro Refining Co. about statements regarding the Sunburst organization and superintendency at Great Falls. He says Parker’s conduct caused misplaced confidence, but Sunburst will hire a competent replacement without delaying operations.
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Great Falla
Arro Refining Company
Sunburst Refining Company
Great Falls
Parker
L. C. Stevenson
Montana Frontiersmen of Agriculture Rise to Conquest
The piece honors homeseekers who forged Montana’s agricultural frontier through hardship. It traces migrations from Kansas to Minnesota and beyond, notes battles against arid lands and market gaps, and salutes farmers who transformed plains into fertile fields, predicting lasting victory as soil and effort converge.
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Rontier
Montana
Soll
Kansas
Minnesota
Michigan
Wisconsin
Dakotas
Colorado
Pacific
Atlantic
Army of
American
Miles City Plans Big Roundup for This Year
The state reports Miles City planning a large roundup this year. Miles City and surrounding areas show ongoing civic and economic activity amid recruitment, construction, and local events across several towns.
Definite railroad route proposed from Salt Creek fields to Montana line
Haskell interests offer to finance the Salt Creek to southeastern Montana railroad with a 10 percent repayment from benefiting communities. Miles City has pledged about 100000 with land for terminals, while Sheridan contends for the route that would add about 31 miles and cost extra. Construction aimed to start June first and finish by September, with Miles City as northern terminal and Casper as southern via Sheridan.
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Salt Creek
Wyoming
Montana
Haskell
Miles City
Sheridan
Casper
Haakell
McDowell Heads to Moscow Aims for Copper Concession
Former Lieutenant Governor W W McDowell left for Moscow carrying letters from Secretary Hoover to Lenin and Trotzky. He seeks a concession linked to a major copper deposit in Russia while leveraging a career in Montana politics and mining.
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W. W. McDowell
Moscow
Russia
Herbert A. Hoover
Lenin
Trotzky
McDowell
Montana
Silver Bow County
Burton. K.wheeler
Widow Mary Sharp Dies In Butte After Montana Years
Mrs. Mary Sharp widow of Col Leander J Sharp died at her niece M R R Eugene Carroll’s home in Butte after a long Montana residence. Born June 12 1886 in Pittsburgh Pa she married Col Sharp October 21 1865. They lived in Missouri St Louis Fort Benton Deer Lodge Salt Lake Missoula and finally Butte where she remained until death.
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Mary
Sharp
Leander J. Sharp
Montana
Mrr
Eugene Carroll
Butte
Pittsburg
Reitinburgh
Missouri
Colonel Sharp
St. Louis
Montane
Fort Benton
Walter Hill Brings Scotch Highland Cattle to Montana Ranch
Walter Hill imported a herd of Scotch Highland cattle valued at $25,000 to his 106000 acre Goat Mountain ranch near Wilsall Montana. The shipment includes three bulls and 39 heifers noted for short legs and 12 inch hair. A. W. Rose and two Highland youths accompanied the herd from Aberdeenshire and plan to remain to care for it as the nucleus of a larger herd. The cattle sailed from Glasgow December 15 aboard the Donaldson freighter Lakonia and endured storms en route to Baltimore and Livingston before arriving in good condition.
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Walter Hill
J. J. Hill
Aberdeenshire
Scotland
Goat Mountain
Wilsall
Hill
Montana
Highlands
A. W. Rose
Lawrence — Kirk
Norman McLeod
Jim Chisholm
Inverness
Mr. Hill
Glasgow
Lakonia
Mr. Ross
Baltimore
Livingston
Diamond Dyes Promise No Spotting or Fading for Fabrics
An advertisement touts Diamond Dyes claiming dyes will not spot fade streak or run on wool silk cotton or mixed fabrics. Consumers are advised to tell the druggist the material type and whether it is wool silk cotton or a blend before dyeing.
Anaconda Man Builds Poultry Profit From Small Farm
H B Crosby of Anaconda shows how a winter net of 20 to 25 dollars daily on a leased plot led to a spring purchase of 1500 White Leghorn chicks. By November pullets laid 400 eggs daily, rising to 460 in December, at an average price of 75 cents a dozen. Food cost averaged six dollars daily as Crosby plans to expand with 2,000 more chicks.
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Anaconda
Montana Development Association
Crosby
Lhat
Biddy
Beef Demand Rising Signals Beef Price Increase
The department of agriculture reports rising beef consumption, predicting higher beef prices as demand grows. Government officials expect meat intake to continue increasing, influencing market prices and policy discussions.
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Department of Agriculture
Great Falls Elks Offer Dempsey Training Quarters
Great Falls Elks offer training quarters for Jack Dempsey ahead of his coming bout with Tom Gibbons at Shelby. Cattle valued at 2000 dollars owned by Alex Kerr of Ulm drown after breaking through the Missouri River ice while being moved across.
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Great Falls
the Elks of
Jack Dempsey
Tom Gibbons
Shelby
Alex Kerr
Ulm
Missouri River
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Jim Bridger
Baye
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Bayer
Helena
Tom Scott
Denver
Washington
Standard City
Rome
Gabdriel “D'Annunzi
Petrel
Italy
M'Dowell
Dr. Kings
Studebaker
Billings
Studebaker Finance Plan
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