Montana State College to Hold Nine Women’s Camps
Montana will host nine women’s summer camps starting June 3 through June 14 and ending July 14. Camps will be at Forsyth Billings Helena Camp Tuffit Eureka Glasgow Sidney Lewistown Havre with a new site near Eureka. County agents will run sessions and lectures cover rural leadership and home demonstration topics for farm women.
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Montana
Jay
Blanche Lee
Eureka
Lincoln County
Miss Lee
Forsyth
Billings
Helena
Camp Tuffit
Lake Mary Rowan
Lake County
Glasgow
Sidney
Lewistown
Havre
Agnes Johnson
Edith Sloan
Illings
Nora Hulbush
Frances Smith
Montana Extension Service
Montana cuts farm indebtedness amid national decline
Between 1920 and 1925 nine states reduced farm debt. Montana led with a $35,385,000 drop, 43 percent of the nation’s total reduction. The period saw 39 states increasing debt by $595,905,000 while U.S. per acre debt fell to $2.22 in 1920 and $1.30 in 1925 for Montana, versus $4.19 and $4.98 nationwide.
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Union
United States
United States Department of Agriculture
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Seed growers urged to file inspection applications
All growers of registered small grain and alfalfa seed must have applications for inspection in the office of the Montana Seed Growers' association in Bozeman on or before June 1. L. D. Kurtz, secretary, and extension agronomist at Montana State College note likely rise in pure seed fields and acreages, requiring advance field inspections.
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Montana Seed Growers’ Association
Bozeman
L. D. Kurtz
Federal agents raid Florence hotel for moonshine and brew
Federal Agents Donovan and Corcoran visited the Florence hotel in Black Eagle near Great Falls to seize illegal moonshine beer, wine and beer mash. Proprietor T Grasseschi was arrested but later released on $300 bond set by U S Commissioner Wilmer Jeannette.
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Florence
Black Eagle
Great Falls
Donovan
Dan’ Corcoran
Ciry
T. Grasseschi
United States
Wilmer Jeannette
Butte Mayor Bans Chalked Paving Campaign Ads
In a future policy, Mayor Kerr Beadle orders jail for political candidates whose names are chalked on Butte sidewalks and decrees removal of all sidewalk advertising.
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Butte
Kerr Beadle
Cuticura Toilet Trio Promises Clear Complexion
Cuticura Soap daily and Ointment as needed for a clear complexion scalp cleanliness and soft white hands. Also advertised Cuticura Talcum adds fragrance to the trio.
Castoria Promises Quick Calm For Infants
The notice warns against overstimulation of babies and promotes Castoria as a safe, vegetable remedy for colic sleep troubles and other babyhood upsets. It claims rapid calming effects, no narcotics, and provides a Motherhood book with each bottle.
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Chas. H. Fletcher
Seed Spuds Show Strong Results in Southern Tests
Montana State College horticulturist F. M. Harrington reports Bliss Triumph seed potatoes from Montana perform as well as or better than other northern seed stock in southern tests. Demonstrations across Texas and other states, aided by the Northern Pacific and Great Northern railroads, push certification standards and seed quality to meet growing southern demand.
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Texas
F. M. Harrington
Montana
Harrington
South
Bliss Triumph
Louisiana
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Montana Experiment Station
Bozeman
Fort Ellis
Montana Potato Improvement Association
Farming IS VESTA HANSEN named home demonstration agent
Vesta Hansen will head three Roosevelt Sherdan and Daniels counties as home demonstration agent. She has taught at Mans field Washington and will start duties mid June with headquarters at Plentywood.
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Vesta Hansen
Roosevelt, Sherdan and
Daniels
Mansfield
Wash
Plentywood
Wool auctions resume in northern Montana as Boston firms buy
Two Boston houses Draper & Son and Cordingly & Co resume field contracting in northern Montana after a three month gap. About 700,000 pounds of wool purchased along Great Northern line and in Cascade Chateau Valier regions at 38 1 2 to 42 cents with Malta Phillips clip at 42 cents.
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Phillips
Malta
Boston
Draper & Son and
Cordingly & Co
Great Northern Railway
Cascade
Chateau
Valier
Montana
George Roberts
Draper & Son
Draper Dé Sons
Charles McDonald
Great Falls
Kingsbury
Waler
Lyman Reed
Jack Taylor
Reed
Veterans of Foreign Wars Dance Raises $200
The Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Missoula cleared $200 at a recent dance. Funds will pay the final cost of drums and equipment for the local drum corps ahead of its trip to the Butte tournament this year.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Missoula
Butte
Government assigns parasite expert to Miles City station
Montana's range and livestock report shows about 12 percent of last year's hay remains at openings of the 1928 season while crop farmers carry 17 percent. Weather April brought below normal precipitation and temperatures, slowing new grass growth and causing some stock losses. A parasite research specialist from Illinois will work in Montana on sheep and hog parasites, while Carroll H. Baker of Miles City is named assistant rate clerk for the state railroad commission.
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Miles City
Helena
Montana
United States Department of Agriculture
Raffensberger
McLean County
Carroll H. Baker
Argonne Drive
State Railroad Commission
Baker
Benjamin Lamb
Yellowstone National Park
Federal Range Livestock Experimental Station
Relly
Montana Livestock Penmaneees
Montana Woolgrowers’ Association
Linn
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