Baby Rose Steamer at Fort Benton Recalled in Local History
A fragmentary 1909 Fort Benton steamboat tale recalls the Baby Rose the only commercial steamer built there. Charles Crepeau supervised construction with ship carpenters from Tacoma and his daughter Rose christened the vessel. The 71 foot craft ran briefly on the Missouri River between Fort Benton and points downstream before ice ended its promising run.
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Fort Benton
Charles Crepeau
Man
Rose
Ganentes
Crepeau
Missouri
Leedy
Wilder
Missouri River
Tacoma
Joseph McMillan
W. S. Towner
Black Eagle Band of
Great Falls
L. D. Sharp Ranch
Butte Business College Nears Its Fiftieth Anniversary
The Butte Business College, founded in Beaverhead County in 1890 by A F Rice, approaches its 50th year. It began as a penmanship class for miners at Glendale and grew into Montana’s oldest business college with typewriter rooms, day and night classes, a four year high school department, higher accounting leading to CPA prep, civil service and public speaking courses. Longtime founder A F Rice remained involved, with partners over the years and J L Scott guiding administration. The school has graduated over 15,000 students and enrolled more than 38,000, promoting Montana-based careers with statewide business support.
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Beaverhead County
A. F. Rice
Alonzo F. Rice
Butte Business College
Montana
Glendale
Hecla Mining Co
Sedalia
Henry Rice
West
EF. L. Kern
Rice
He. Nippenberg
J. C.0. Thorton
Butte
Butte Central High School
Butte Public Library
Kern
Quartz Street
Owsley
Peast Shack Butte
Utte Business College
Mr. Rice
W. Fulton
E. W. Gold
L. A. May
J. Lee Rice
J. L. Scott
Scott
Newtown
Kirksville State Normal
Chillicothe Business College
National Association of Cost Accountants of
New York
Montana Business Colleges
Snowfall in Montana Below Last Year and Above Average
A late report shows Montana's average snowfall for Sept 1 1937 to March 31 1938 was 45.3 inches, below 1936-37 but above the 10 year average, with regional totals and drainage-area notes indicating mostly normal to above normal conditions in elevated regions and generally above last year for stream flows.
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Montana
Late
United States Weather Bureau
W. E. Maughan
Helena
Divide
Flathead
Madison
Musselshell
Yellowstone
Clark Fork
Gallatin
Jefferson Basin
Jefferson
Kootenai
Upper
Missouri
The Baby Rose River Venture to Round Butte Ends in Wreck
The Baby Rose, July 10, towed a long barge toward Round Butte 300 miles below Fort Benton. It took on 60 tons of coal near Wilder as Archieer joined the voyage. The steamer bucked and rolled, used excessive fuel, and Captain Crepeau ordered the barge cast off to return to Fort Benton. The attempt failed and river booster traffic faded after 1908. The Baby Rose later wrecked in ice in 1909 below the Pioneer store site, with timbers still visible as spring ice clears.
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Town
Round Butte
Fort Benton
Archieer
Wilder
Crepeau
Missouri
O. K
Government
Benton Packet Co
Grant Marsh
Milk River
Pioneer
Power
New Patrolman Added to State Highway Force
William Cahill of Miles City moves from reserve to active list to fill the vacancy left by Jack Gilligan who resigned from Billings. Cahill will be stationed at Great Falls.
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NEW Broad
William Cahill
Miles City
State Highway Patrol
Jack Gilligan
Billings
Cahill
Great Falls
Entomologist Selects Sites for Cricket Poison Storage
Dr. Harlow B. Mills state entomologist reports tentative sites for storing 500 tons of poison dust for cricket eradication. Locations listed are Billings Big Timber and Great Falls.
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Harlow B. Mills
State Board of Examiners
Billings
Big Timber
Great Falls
German People Decline to Follow World Events
The passage asserts that Germans are highly educated yet detached from global affairs and even indifferent to internal happenings. It reflects a critical view of public engagement and awareness among the German populace.
Beavers Build Water Project at Bowman Lake
In Glacier National Park a beaver colony completed a dam 140 feet long and 1.5 feet high at Bowman Lake raising the water level by about a foot. The lake spans roughly seven miles by one mile with storage around 2,500 acre feet. Park policy opposes man-made dams but allows preservation of native wildlife without interference.
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Polebridge
Gdom
Bowman Lake
Glacier National Park
Bowman
National Park Service
The Pioneers of Montana A Homage to the Old West
The poem reflects on Montana pioneers who came in 1864 to seek gold and blaze trails across the plains. It laments the passing of those sturdy men who faced Indians, storms, and harsh journeys, noting only a few remain who made this state and its wealth possible.
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Idaho
Glacier National Park road openings and closures update
Most roads in Glacier Park are open while some sections remain closed. The Going to the Sun Pass is partially open with full opening delayed until June 16. Travel slow on two stretches. Logan Creek to Sun Camp and Chief Mountain International Highway remain closed or uncertain.
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Glacier Park
Highwand
Glacier Park Station
Belton
Logan Creek
Salm St. Mary's Junction
Sat Camp
Sun Camp
Logan Pass
Iilaos Station
Two Medicine
Many Glacier
Babb
North Fork
Inalthough Park
Park
Dr. Howard Griffin to Attend National School Heads Conference
Dr. Howard Griffin president of the state training school at Boulder will spend several weeks in Baltimore this spring attending a conference of heads of similar schools. He will make the trip at his own expense.
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Howard Griffin
Boulder
Baltimore
Public Welfare Chief Urges Community Truck Gardens
I M Brandford state welfare administrator asks county welfare boards and case workers to assist relief clients in partially caring for their needs by planting their own truck gardens. The directive stresses self help and local action to ease relief burdens.
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I. M. Brandford
Record Warrants Rise to 125000 in 1937
State Auditor John J. Holmes reports nearly 125000 warrants issued in 1937, a rise over each of the three preceding years, reflecting growing activity in the auditor’s office.
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Office of State Auditor
John J. Holmes
Jamaica’s banana exports rise by about half this year
Jamaica ships nearly 50 percent more bananas to overseas markets than in the same period last year, signaling a stronger export push and growing demand for the fruit abroad. The rise reflects broader agricultural export momentum and market access gains.
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Jamaica
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John P. Cooney
Mentans
Beavers
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Los Angeles
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OLD Hickory
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