State Board Rejects University Funding Increase
At Helena the State Board of Education refused Chancellor Brannon’s request to restore $60,000 yearly cut from the University of Montana payroll and to restore funds for four teaching units. A committee including Judge Rhoades was appointed to review payroll costs and the board considered financing plans for a new women’s building through bond sales and residence revenues.
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State Board of Education
Helena
M. A. Brannon
State Board of Examiners
University of Montana
Board of Examiners
Boyne
W. B. Rhoades
Great Falls
State University At
Missoula
Supreme Court
Brannon
C. H. Clapp
State University
Craig Hall
Washington
Idaho
Rhoades
Foot
West as It Really Was and the Old West Film Dilemma
A column by Anne Hawkins laments Western misrepresentation in cinema. It recalls Carl Laemmle’s invitation for Western truth, praises early range photographers, and critiques a recent Nugget Nell spoof while urging authentic depictions of cattlemen, pioneers, and eastern missionaries.
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Anne Hawkins
Screen Pictures
Carl Laemmle
Cheyenne
Wyo
Huffman
Miles City
Montana
Charles Russell
West
Dorothy Gish
Comedienne
The
Ladies’ Home Journal
America
Old West
Missoula
Missouri River
Pacific Ocean
Canada
Mexico
Nell
Old Mexico
U.S. A
United States
San Francisco
New York
Charles M. Knussell
Beavers and Beavers Hats Paved Montana’s Early West
The article argues fur trading and beaver hats drove Montana’s early settlement. It notes Dutch and Yankee traders manipulated native peoples, the rise of Fort Orange, and the global fur market. It credits Jesuit missions for agriculture and cites Lewis and Clark era explorers who learned from trappers. It concludes fashion for beaver hats helped spark Montana’s development.
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Montana
Europe
America
England
New York
Fort Orange
Albany
New
Adrien van der Donck
Russia
Hudson’s Bay Company
Manuel Lisa
United States
Mississippi
Jefferson
Lewis and Clark
Bonneville
Fremont
West
Northwest
Hedges Estate Donates Yellowstone Diary to Montana Library
Cornelius Hedges Sr diary from the Washburn expedition of 1870 adds firsthand Yellowstone explorations to Montana history. David Hilger selected papers and newspapers from the Hedges collection for the state historical library and heirs aided the transfer. Also received from Helena resident Sally Davenport Davidson are 12 early Montana history books.
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Cornelius Hedges
Washburn
Yellowstone Park
David Hilger
State
Historical Library
Toby” Hedges
Montana
Billings Tour Park Host to Thousands of Auto Parties
City records show 7700 automobile groups found accommodations at Billings Tour Park during the season that opened May 1 and ended recently. Figures were compiled by City Treasurer Clara M. Hunt.
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Billings
Clara M. Hunt
Ca Sae
Pal
Montanans Lead in Park Visits at Yellowstone
Montana tops auto visitors to Yellowstone with 13 765 by car and Gardiner gateway recording 7 642. California, Idaho and Wyoming also strong. total travel reaches 154 282 with 106 229 autos and 44 786 rail visitors. Other notes on foreign arrivals and pet walking trends included.
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Montana
Yellowstone National Park
Washington
Iowa
Nebraska
Illinois
Ohio
New York
Pennsylvania
Union
Alaska
Philippine Islands
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Cat Creek Oil Royalty Paid for August Output
The Lewistown Oil & Refining Co paid the government 14310 for royalty oil from Cat Creek field taken in August. August production totaled 91740 barrels with Greene 30646, Wildschuts 23390, Oldham 12626, Catlett 10446 barrels.
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Lewistown Oil & Refining Company
Cat Creek
Greene
Wildschuts
Oldham
Catlett
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Investigati An
Cowboys
Martha Edgerton Plassmann
St. Mary’s
Rockies
Great American Desert
Hedges
Montana Library
Yellowstone
California
Wyoming
Cody
London
Paris
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