Fight Against Horse and Cattle Thieves in Montana
Chief Montana Stock Inspector outlines the history of horse and cattle thefts from 1884, the formation and evolution of state and livestock boards, and the modern stock inspector and detective system. He notes organization, persistence, and evidence as keys to reducing losses, plus challenges from juries and bail bondsman witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
State Board of Stock Commissioners
State Board of Sheep Commissioners
Live Stock Commission
Department of the States’ Government
State Live Stock Commission
Helena
Bar of Justice
Ivestock Commission
New Route To Glacier Park Aided By Counties
State highway commission outlined eight federal aided projects to extend a second Rocky Mountain route from Belt to Glacier Park. Work starts within 10 days with Paul Pratt directing in cooperation with Teton and Flathead counties. Total cost about 155 000 with 50 50 county and federal funding and 110 000 on hand.
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Teton
Flathead
State Highway Commission
Rocky Mountains
Belt
Cascade County
Glacier Park
Priest’s Pass
Helena
Commission
Paul Pratt
Secretary of Agriculture
Montana Doctors Offered New Emergency Medical Reserve
Montana physicians who failed to meet regular army standards are invited to join a volunteer emergency medical reserve corps. Women may join, with state boards governing. members serve in home and national public health and hospital roles as needed. Dr. W F Cogswell of Helena pursued overseas service but may enlist in the new corps.
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Montana
Volunteer Medical Reserve Corps
Council of Defense
Surgeon Generals
Army and Navy
Public Health Service
General Medical Board
Council of National Defense
W. F. Cogswell
State Board of Health
Helena
Surgeon General’s Office
Medical Reserve Corps
Montana miner corps to train as Marine sapper unit
Sergeant Harold Reed arrives in Butte seeking 60 Montana miners to form a mining and sapper company for overseas service. Recruits aged 18 to 36 with mining experience will train at Paris Island and Quantico for No Man's Land operations. Reed, Harvard graduate, emphasizes toughness and leadership.
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Doc Reed
Montana
Doc” Reed
Marine Corps
Doc
Harold Reed
Butte
France
Sergeant Reed
Reed
Paris Island
S. C
Quantico
Germany
Coeur d’Alene
Arizona
Salt Lake
Soldiers of the Sea
Montana Food Administrator Orders Sale of Surplus Non-Seed Wheat
Montana not seeding wheat must be sold by May 15 to ease looming flour shortages. Alfred Atkinson says millions of pounds of surplus home flour exist as farmers hoard crop profits. The order imposes wheatless days and strict sugar limits to preserve supplies for potential emergencies and spring seeding.
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Montana
Atkinson
Alfred Atkinson
Bozeman
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Frank C. Lavigne
Musselshell River
Mosby
Miles City
Fort Benton
Montana Stock Growers’ Association State Board
Secret Service
C. Lavigne
Yellowstone Chemical CO
Mont
Montana Typewriter Co
Butth, Montana
S. C. Huseth
Opticias
Great Falls
Montar
Sun River Beach
Ulm
Montana-Western Lands CO
First Avenue North
Snowy Mountain
Herefords
Wyoming
Dakota
Snowy Mountain Ranch
Carl
Beau Jackson
Senator
Ross Brown
Montana Ranch Company
MOORE
Ranchers Hail and Fire Insurance Co
Great Falls, Montana
State Commission
HMS
Company OF Marines
Harvard University
Ray
Ayanroule
Gotzian
C. Gotzian & Company
Square Saint Paul, Minn
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