Montana's record wheat crop boosts optimism for futures
Agricultural editor Charles F. Collisson notes Montana’s harvest may be the largest and finest in history. He cites a 20,000,000 bushel gain over prior yields, high protein content, and average bushel weights of 60 to 64. Dairy herds have surged, dairy production doubling in six years, with cows rising from 80,000 to 228,000 as drought and market swings hit grain farming hard.
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Montana
Charles F. Collisson
Minneapolis Tribune
Bam
Large Autumn Class to Graduate at Montana Normal College
Twenty nine students will receive diplomas at the autumn quarter commencement of Montana State Normal College on Wednesday November 30. Principal Payne Templeton of Flathead County High School will deliver the address, serving as president of the Montana Education Association and longtime instructor in regional summer programs.
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Montana State Normal College
Payne Templeton
Flathead County High School
Montana Education Association
Normal College
Templeton
Northern Pacific and Great Northern Rail Projects Expand Montana Lines
Montana will gain about 143 miles of railroad, boosting total mileage to roughly 7,100. The Northern Pacific from Glendive to Brockway and into Circle, and the Great Northern expansion into Valley and Blaine counties, will improve marketing access for Garfield, McCone and Dawson counties. The work includes freight from Lindsay to Glendive and aims to attract settlers and farmers to eastern Montana’s rich agricultural regions.
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Brockway
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Blaine Counties
Montana
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State Board of Equalization
Circle
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McCone County
Garfield
McCone
Dawson Counties
Redwater Valley
Normal College Glee Club to Present Concert Here
The Normal College Glee Club will give a concert at the campus before starting a major tour. The program features multiple acts led by Miss Robe and Ralph McFadden with performances by the college music ensemble.
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Normal College Glee Club
Robe
Ralph ‘McFadden
College Music
Rotary Club Entertained by Glee Club
The Normal College Women's Glee Club sang for the Rotary lunch at the college auditorium. Ralph McFadden taught piano with Violet Vonder Vor as violinist and the Rotary club quartet performed. The group plans a state tour next month with 21 members traveling by motor bus to seven Montana towns.
Wise River Divide Route Reopens After Dam Break
After a June 14 tor rent washed away grades and bridges, the Wise River to Divide highway into the Big Hole basin reopened last Saturday with traffic crossing the new bridge over the Big Hole at Divide. The canyon road had been cut off for weeks.
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Big Hole Basin
Big Hole
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Grand Prize Draw To Be Given November 22
The Hartwig theater and Dillon merchants wrap four weeks of gift nights with a final drawing next Tuesday night. A $115 Orthophonic Vietrola will be awarded to the lucky ticket holder, with every ticket from the five weeks valid. George M. Gosman dr iggist donated the grand prize. Billy Ballard and Russell Harrison won twice among tonight’s gifts as the event drew another packed crowd.
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Dillon
Hartwig Theater
George M. Gosman
Hartwig
Fortune
Billy Ballard
Russell Harrison
Examiner
Beaverhead and Helena Battle to Scoreless Tie in Snow
Beaverhead and Helena played to a 0–0 tie on a snowbound Helena field after four quarters as Armistice Day festivities closed the season for both schools. Little and Wright starred for Beaverhead, while Condon and Anderson led Helena’s offense and defense.
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Intermountain
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Little
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Wright
Dansie
Sanders
Ohe
Beaty
Little and Wright
Landers
Harold Price
Condon and
Anderson
Queer Accident Puzzles Dillon Officer on Highway
Undersheriff Carl Hartwig finds two abandoned Ford touring cars locked wheels after a Sunday collision on the main highway south of Armetead. He reports the scene as a puzzling queer accident observed while returning from the county’s southern part.
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Armetead
Veterans Attend Dillon Rotary Luncheon as Honor Guests
Veterans from the Civil War Spanish-American War and World War were honored guests at the Dillon Rotary Club luncheon at the Andrus hotel. William Reed represented the A A R, George Banks spoke for Spanish-American War veterans, and Eugene Bond discussed Armistice Day plans and a Beaverhead post pledge to support the mining district basketball tournament in February or March. Mrs. Harry Gilbert spoke on the work of the Parent Teachers Association and its Montana Congress leadership.
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Dillon Rotary Club
Andrus Hotel
William Reed
Dillon
George Banks
Eugene Bond
American Legion
Harry Gilbert
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Gilbert
Montana Congress of Parents and Teachers
Armistice Day Observed With Splendid Program
Beaverhead post of the American Legion led a strong Armistice Day celebration despite snow. The Friday program in the city hall drew a large crowd and featured dances, fireworks, a football game, and a standout address by Tom Eli Gilbert on World War lessons and U S entry.
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Beaverhead
American Legion
Mercury
Legionnaires
Legion
Tom Eli
Gilbert
Beaverhead County
Gilbert Vivie
America
United States
Kaiser
Training School Pupils to Take Part in Pageant
A Thanksgiving pageant tracing the holiday from Colonial times will be staged at the training school auditorium tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock. Nearly all fourth to eighth graders participate, with a 15 cent admission to raise funds for a drum set for the school orchestra.
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Training School
Pioneer rancher Rancn Armstead dies in Armstead area
Alvin DeWitt long time Armstead rancher dies at Barrett hospital after illness. He was brought from his ranch to the hospital days earlier. Body shipped to Grant City Missouri for funeral and burial. Born May 10 1857 in Redding Iowa survived by several siblings and a niece Mrs Faye Parshall Arcoy Idaho.
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Armstead
Barrett Hospital
Mr. DeWitt
Grant City
Missouri
Armatead
Redding
Iowa
Faye Parshall
Arcoy Idaho
Fort Benton Man Proposes Reenacting Montana Prohibition Laws
Vernon C. Lewis of Fort Benton plans an initiative measure to reenact Montana prohibition laws after voters repealed them in November. Mary C. Alderson notes this move to the Helena Independent, while Mrs Minnie Fairchild of Dillon writes a new Montana song recently published for wide statewide distribution.
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Montana
Helena
Mont
Vernon C. Lewis
State Senate
Chateau County
Mary.c. Alderson
Dillon
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