Montana Plans 1939 Tourist Drive On World Fairs
Montana plans a 1939 tourism push tying to east and west coast world fairs. The program urges travel through Montana for scenic, cooler routes, backed by new color film “Skyway to the Nation's Playgrounds” and state highway promotion. Four travel shows will visit Chicago Detroit Cleveland and Philadelphia to publicize Montana and nearby states.
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Montana
Montana Highway Finance Committee
Highway Department
San Francisco
West
Western Air Express
Utah
Nevada
Idaho
California
Southland
Ferguson
Pacific Northwest Tourist Association
Chicago
Detroit
Cleveland
Philadelphia
United States
Northwest
Irrigation Aids 5 000 Montana Families
Montana state reports that irrigation projects aided over 5 000 families in four years. Reservoirs impound 443 500 acre feet to irrigate 415 000 acres with 181 reservoirs and 2 000 stock ponds. Federal and state programs reseed 350 000 acres of grass and 20 000 acres are diked or terraced.
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Montana
D. P. Fabrick
Chateau
State Water Conservation Board
Northern Great Plains
Roy Byers
Montana Water Conservation Board
Fabrick
Water Conservation Board
Northern
Great Plains
Roosevelt
Ayers
Plains
North
South Dakota
Nebraska
Congress
Saco Divide
Phillips County
Buffalo Rapids
Custer
Dawson
Prairie
Treasure
Marlas River
Fort Peck
Yellowstone River
Oil Use Tied to Gasoline Consumption Across U S Cars
The statement links fuel use to oil consumption, asserting that for every 50.7 gallons of gasoline burned in U S automobiles, about one gallon of oil is used. It frames a ratio between gas usage and oil demand in the transportation sector.
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United States
Elixir Sought by Medieval Alchemists for Eternal Youth
Medieval alchemists pursued the legendary elixir as a means to extend life and achieve lasting youth, seeking transformation and immortality through mysterious mixtures and experiments.
George Washington's 1791 Swing Around the Circle Tour
The article notes George Washington undertook a 1 889 mile swing around the circle journey in a second hand coach during 1791. It mentions a London cake modeled after the Tower of London weighing 1200 pounds with drawbridges.
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George Washington
London
Tower of London
Aged Indians Relive Past At Choquette Ranch Feast
Maggie Chouquette hosted a Blackfeet gathering at her Cut Bank creek ranch north of Browning with 60 guests including Chief White Calf and Bill Shoots. The event sparked reminiscences of Blackfeet councils, battles, legends, and place names tied to the early days along the Helena Fort McLeod route.
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Maggie Jackson Chouquette
Blackfeet
Cut Bank Creek
Browning
White Calf
Bill Shoots
Black Weasel
Chief Eagle
Dusty Bull
Louis Champine
Night Shoots
Mad Wolf
James Little Plume
Mrs. Whitmire
Cut Bank School
Goss
L. J. Howard
Chateau
Magogle Chouquette
Helena
Fort McLeod
William Jackson
Bill Jackson
Maggie Chouquette
Jackson
Custer
Little Big Horn
George Bird Grinnell
New York
George Cook
Oliver Day Rider
James White
Pola
Red Man
Priest Butte
Hagle
Cut Bank
Marias
Bear River
Supreme Chief
Iron Shield
Ancien Calf
Short Chief
Eagle Calf
Eagle Feathers
Eagle Talk
Bozeman Civil War Vet John Edwards Turns 95
John Edwards of Bozeman celebrated his 95th birthday and was hailed as the world’s oldest Odd Fellows member. A Civil War veteran and Grand Army of the Republic survivor, he attended the Helena IOOF convention and recalled early frontier days. Born October 22, 1843 in Kentucky, he later moved to Missouri and joined IOOF in Bonneville in 1865. He is noted as the lodge’s oldest living member and a figure in western history.
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John Edwards
Bozeman
Grand Army of the Republic
Montana
Odd Fellows Lodge
Helena
Kentucky
Edwards
Lawrence Capron a Montana Railroad Figure in Horatio Alger Rise
Lawrence B. Capron a veteran railroad man widely known in Montana and the region has climbed from office boy in 1902 to top roles with Northern Pacific and Burlington lines. He began as an office boy after a brief law apprenticeship and rose through assistant general freight agent positions in St Paul and Seattle to freight traffic manager, frequently visiting Montana in that capacity.
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Lawrence B. Capron
Montana
Horatio Alger
Chicago, Bullington Co
Chicago, Bur & Quincy Railroad Co
Rtd
Capron
Rere
Horace Hale Holcomb
The
Burlington
Holcomb
St. Paul
Larry
Young Capron
Northern Pacific
Burlington Lines
Seattle
Milwaukee Road
Chicago
Winona & Southwestern Railway
Arsenal Sought for Helena State Arsenal by Guard Group
The National Guard association of Maine urges Montana to fund a new state arsenal at Helena to replace the damaged facility. About $100,000 of U S army equipment sits in Helena, with the state as sponsor. The group backs WPA financing and notes Montana could gain $250,000 yearly for expanded guard training and personnel.
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Helena
War Department
National Guard Association of Maine
Great Falls
United States Army
Montana National Guard
Camp
Roy E. Ayers
Fort Harrison
William G. Ferguson
Helena Chamber of Commerce
John L. Hoffman
Glasgow
National Guard Association of the
United States
Montana
Hoffman
Missoula
Hamilton
Havre
Big Timber
Miles City
National Guard Association of Montana
William H. Fredericks
Clinton L. Pruner
Montana Wheat Survays Shows Best Subsoil Moisture In Years
A Montana survey of subsoil moisture in wheat regions finds favorable conditions as drought fears ease. Winter wheat and rye gain from recent precipitation and mid October snow, while topsoil dryness hurt winter wheat in September. October rainfall exceeded normal across the state except the southeast.
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Montana
Jay G. Diamond
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Helena
Weather Bureau
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Victor Oneida
Skunk
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Flathead County
Harold
Robert Louden
Stanley Halverson
Columbus
Ohio
Louden
Choquette Ranch
Opie
Gros Ventres
Cypress Hill
Teton
Teton Buttes
James White Calf
Red Old Man
Baker
Lower
Marias River
Grinnell
Jones, White
Great Northern
Glacier Park
Augusta
Hay Stack Butte
Sweet Pine Buttes
Sweet Grass Hills
Missouri
Good Gap
Cadett Pass
Continental Divide
Lewis and Clark and
Helena National Forests
Lawrence Capron
NEW Burlington
Arsenal
Midwest
Good Housekeeping Bureau
Are
John Etchart
Tampico, Mont
Sam Freeman
Dillon
Aberdeen
Angus
Greenwood Ranch
Dalton, Nebraska
Mary K. Keenan & Sons
Heart-Barl Ranch
Ralph W. Selkire
P. O. Fishtall
Tel
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