Montana Considers Pickup Airmail Service Expansion
Postmaster Hendricks of Helena claims pickup airmail could reach Montana towns lacking airports. New Stinson Reliant planes on routes in Pennsylvania and West Virginia demonstrate in-flight mail retrieval, handling fragile items and weights over 100 pounds. Congress funded the system with routes Philadelphia to Clarksburg and Pittsburgh to Clarksburg, serving 28 cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Hendricks
Helena
Montana
Hendricks
Sta
Washington
Congressional
Stinson
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Ter
Congress
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Clarksburg
W. Va
Courageous Montana hunter crawls two miles with broken leg
Leonard J. Hall of Greenough, Montana, suffered a broken right leg in Elk creek, crawled two miles through brush and logs in darkness to reach a road, signaling for help with his shotgun until Roy and Clarence Fogler found him and carried him three miles to a cabin for rescue and onward to hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard J. Hall
Greenough
Montana
Elk Creek
Hall
Lon McMahon
McMahon
Huntsman
Roy
Clarence Fogler
Foglers
Thornton
Dr. Thornton
Woodworth
A. H. Hartley
Eleven Hunters Die In Montana Hunting Accidents
Eleven hunters died in Montana during the hunting season, with seven shot to death, two from exhaustion and exposure, and two missing. The report lists names and circumstances across multiple counties, noting searches abandoned for missing men and several fatalities from accidental firearm discharges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Clarence Corey
Missoula
Rock Creek
CCC
William Hoshima
Yogo Divide
Yogo Creek
Judith Basin
Ge Bec
George McLeslie
Chinook
William Forsyth
McLessie
Dick Powell
Bozeman
Gallatin Mountains
Squaw Creek
Gallatin County
Howard Nelson
Powell
John J. Marshall
Helena
Townsend
Mark Kaulbach
Fort Benton
Marshall’s. Kaulbach
Daniel Mitchell
Shelby
Ireland's New Constitution Stamps Spark Global Demand
Ireland issued stamps to honor its new constitution and received orders from buyers worldwide. The issue drew attention from collectors and postal services across continents, signaling broad international interest in the constitutional milestone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Golden Wedding Celebrated by North Crow Creek Friends
Mr and Mrs Joseph Houle of Ronan celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at the North Crow Creek clubhouse with over 200 guests. The couple, married Oct 22 1888 at Frenchtown, have lived in the Flathead since 1890 and raised a family of five children and several grandchildren and great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Houle OF
Ronan
Frenchtown
North Crow Creek
Joseph Houle
Houle
Flathead
Dawson County School History Compiled by Grace Gilmore
A serialized history of Dawson county education begins in 1880, tracing early schools in a vast territory. The project, completed to 1934, details early one and two room schools, the Glendive museum funding, and the 1883 county college building funded by residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Gilmore
Montana
Territory
Glendive
Dawson County
Wyoming
North Dakota
Musselshell River
Newland
Savage
Hee
E. C. Waters
Merrill
Gilmore
Lincoln
Washington
Open Season Helps Shelter Upland Birds in Montana
Montana hunters harvested hundreds of Chinese pheasants during a five day open season and officials expect yearly losses to be far higher from weather and predators. Refuges on Pablo and Bowdoin plus shelter feeders built by the bureau of biological survey aid survival of upland game birds through winter. Kenneth L. Roahen reports thousands of birds were sheltered and fed, with pheasants, pintail grouse, and Hungarian partridges among those aided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Anderson
Geraldine
Great Falls
Anderson
Wayne Nichol
Nichol
Forest Smurf
Pol
Missoula
Stevensville
Afey Little
James A. Parrish
Helena
Montana
Bureau of Biological Survey
Migratory Waterfowl Division
Pablo
Lake County
Kenneth L. Roahen
Billings
Will Reclaim Cutover Flathead County Land
The Flathead Land Utilization Co operatives association forms to reclaim about 15 000 acres of cut over land in Flathead county Clearing the land starts the project irrigation will be a major development The association plans to buy machinery blasting powder and other equipment C W Kaliner elected president J C Doyle first vice president Grant Prestley second vice president George Duffy secretary treasurer and John Tombrink fifth board member
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flathead County
Flathead Land Utilization Cooperative Association
C. W. Kaliner
J. C. Doyle
Grant Prestleye
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East and
Hunter
Thornton Hospital
Conrad
SUA
Weissman
Carl Weissman & Company
Great Falls, Montana
Marths West
Mon Flour Mills Company
Sappre
James A. Farley
Treasure Island
San Francisco Bay
Roosevelt
Jack Sullivan
Dawson County School History
Pablo and
Bowdoin
Caren Fae Taree
Central
Montana Hardware Co
Butte
Second
Mont
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