English Ringers Ride Into Three Forks Fox Hunt Chronicle
In 1880s Three Forks, Montana residents witnessed English nobles stage fox hunts with jackrabbits and coyote chases. A boastful old man with a sorrel jumper raced a rival horse for $500, with Frank Conway as stakeholder. The event reflected frontier rivalries of Daly’s copper era and English remittance culture.
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Joneer
Gallatin County
Montana
Augustus Heinze
Marcus Daly
Butte
Three Forks
Madison River
Copper King
Daly
Snapper Garrison
Sitting Bull
Crazy Horse
Rain-in-the-Face
Crow Creek
Jefferson River
Sorrel
Frank Conway
Conway
D. D. Pattee
Upper Willow Creek
Pattee
Santa Claus
Benny Goodman
Willow Creek
Northern Pacific
Chicago
Washington Park
Montana Leads Northwest In Wool Harvest of 1938
Montana produced 24,510,000 pounds of wool in 1938, the largest in the Northwest, with an average fleece weight of 9.8 pounds. Idaho, Oregon, Washington, North Dakota and Minnesota trailed. The note highlights shifting lamb sales to Middle Western markets and a new lamb feed lot in Fairfield, as forests retreat from summer ranges and cattle move from lower ranges by October.
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Montana
Northwestern
Northern Pacific Railroad
Pubyah
Northwest
Idaho
Oregon
Washington
North Dakota
Minnesota
Middlewestern
Farm Security Administration
Fairfield
Milk River
Rocky Mountain
Continental Divide
City ordinance curbing peddlers upheld as constitutional
Attorney General H J Freebourn ruled a Fort Benton ordinance banning solicitors from private property without permission is constitutional and enforceable as a misdemeanor. The ruling, requested by County Attorney J W Lynch, affirms police powers to enforce the rule with limited exceptions for registered merchants and local farmers selling self produced food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Freebourn
J. W. Lynch
Fort Benton
Chouteau County
Hog Cholera Epidemic Reported in Several Counties
Six hundred hog cholera cases have been reported to the state live stock sanitary department. Acting veterinarian Dr. H. F. Wilkins said a few cases came from Kalispell and Beaverhead County, but most are around Hysham Bere Billings Laurel and Malta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Livestock Sanitary Department
H. F. Wilkins
Kalispell
Beaverhead County
Hysham
Bere Billings
Laurel
Malta
Dr Butler Sees Inevitable Conflict as Hitler Tightens Hold
Dr W J Butler state veterinarian back from Europe says only a miracle can avert war in Europe. He portrays Hitler as the driving force, praises Germany’s regime, youth programs, and loyalty to Germany while warning that Ukraine may be a target and that war seems likely despite some antiwar sentiment in England.
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W. J. Butler
Europe
Perpersi
Hitler
Germany
Butler
Third Reich
Fuehrer
Berlin
Dr. Butler
Austria
Reich
America
Sudeten Germany
Ukraine
Remnant Club Hosts Argonne Veteran Col Parker Speaks
Col John H Parker known as Gatling Gun addresses 45 Montana Remnant club members in Helena from New Haven via long distance telephony. He urges staying out of new war while recalling Argonne actions with his old 362d Infantry unit. Banquet linked to San Francisco gathering as veterans share memories.
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John H
Parker
Argonne
New Haven
Conn
Montana
West
Col
Gatling
Helena
362D
Shelltorn
American Legion Hall
Gesnes
San Francisco
Eric C. Faulkner
John G. Brown
G. R. Richie
Richie
G.A.R
Ohh
ZoMenhman
Pinkham's Compound Promises Nerve Relief for Women
An old advertisement urges nervous women to try Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It claims the tonic strengthens physical resistance and eases symptoms linked to female functional disorders, noting over a million women reportedly benefited.
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Zydia I. Pinkham
Pinkham
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Edward.b. Reynolds
Forest Service
Montana School OF Aeronautical Trades
Vocational Education Department
State of
Remnant Club
Old Chief
Conoco
Sind
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