Northstate Corn and Livestock Show Opens with Big Exhibits
The Second Annual North Central Montana Corn and Livestock show runs October 28 to 30 at Montana Livestock pavilion Great Falls. Secretary of Agriculture will be principal speaker at a farmers meeting. Twenty thousand ears of corn and full stall space reflect strong exhibitor turnout across six counties. Premiums total 3700 dollars funded by Great Falls merchants. Admission is free.
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Montana Livestock Pavilion
Great Falls
MacSpadden
North Central
United States
Montana
Fort Owen Proposed as Montana Pioneer Monument
Historical advocate Seymour Dunbar praises Fort Owen at Stevensville as the Northwest’s greatest monument and notes Major John Owen’s records will be published. The site played the first legal Montana property transfer when Owen leased the fort, and he died in 1889 in Camden New Jersey after returning from the West.
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Old Fort Owen
Montana
John Owen
Ontana
Northwest
Fort Owen
Stevensville
Seymour Dunar
New York
United States
Fort Benton
Seattle
Portland
Deseret
Salt Lake City
Owen
Montana Pioneer Major Owen Fort Archive Seen as State History
A Montana historian promotes Major John Owen as a pivotal pioneer. He built a Bitter Root fort in 1850 and kept journals now being prepared into a book with his diary and a resume of early Montana history. The plan envisions turning Fort Owen into a state monument and tourist site.
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Montana
Dunbar
Dixon
C. H. Clapp
The
State University
Washington J. McCormick
Paul C. Phillips
University
John M. Evans
Mr. Dunbar
Sutter’s Fort
Owen
Major Owen
Montana Historical Society
Bitter Root Valley
Missoula
Stevensville
Northwest
Great Falls Show Highlights Livestock Judging and Speakers
The second day features judging of corn and livestock in the heated auditorium with explanations by judges. A big farmers meeting will include Henry Wallace of the U S Department of Agriculture as a speaker. Civic groups and the Great Falls commercial club cooperate to provide entertainment for visitors. Premium lists are available from the commercial club office and F B MacSpadden, secretary.
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Henry €. Wallace
United States Department of Agriculture
Great Falls
Agricultural Committee of the
The
Great Falls Commercial Club
F. B. MacSpadden
Cuticura Advertises Itching Scalp Relief
The advertisement promotes Cuticura Ointment for soothing itching scalp and dandruff. It advises rubbing spots gently, then using Cuticura Soap with hot water for shampoo the next morning. The ad claims using these products daily leads to clear skin and soft hands.
Boy Survives Bear Attack After Felling Cubs
Michael McNair an 11 year old of Ural Libby district used a 16 gauge shotgun to kill three cub bears after the mother bear charged him. He had run across the bear while rabbit hunting and, after reloading, killed the cubs and narrowly escaped a second charge from the mother bear. He escaped without serious injuries and alerted his father and two workmen.
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Michael McNair
A. H. McNair
Ural
Libby
Michael
California Gold Strike At Central Eureka Mine
Reports from San Francisco say the Central Eureka company struck gold at its Sutter Creek property in Amador County. The find near the Eureka mine could revive riches from the adjoining Central Eureka and start a new gold output.
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California
Central Eureka Company
San Francisco
Sutter Creek
Amador County
Sacramento
Calif
Eureka
New Oil Lamp Free for Local Introducers
E. P. Johnson of 609 W Lake St Chicago offers a free oil lamp to the first user in each locality who helps introduce it. The lamp supposedly burns 94 percent air and can heat gas or electricity. Agents wanted. write for particulars.
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E. P. Johnson
W. Lake St
Chicago
Montana sculptor to open studio in the South
Deaf wood sculptor John Clarke and wife Mamie plan an overland trip to California possibly Los Angeles to establish a studio. He reports a good Glacier National Park season selling “A Fighting Grizzly and Mountain Lion” to J Wallace of Indianapolis. Rockefeller Jr bought “The Walking Bear” and “Mother Bear and Cub” plus ordered “Wighting Buffalo.” Clarke, grandson of Captain Malcolm Clarke and Morning Bird, hails from Terra Haute Indiana. Captain Clarke served under General Houston.
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John Fouls Clarke
Mamie Clarke
California
Los Angeles
Mr. Clarke
Glacier National Park
J. Wallace
Indianapolis
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Park
Chicago Fine Arts Institute
Rockefeller
Malcolm Clarke
Morning Bird
Clarke
Terra Haute
Indiana
Memoir of a Montana Prospector and Family Ties
Horace, son of a Sioux City migrant murdered near Helena in 1869, writes a sketch of his father’s life and memoirs with his sister Helen C. for the Montana Historical Library. The text recalls the battle of Buena Vista and a Texas ranger background.
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Texas Rangers
Buena Vista
Montana
Sioux City
Iowa
Helena
Horace
Helen C
Montana Historical Library
Add Sheep To Farms In Garfield County
A growing tendency among Garfield County farmers to stock farms with small bands of sheep is noted. Recent purchases include several ewes by farmers near Jordan and surrounding towns as they expand livestock holdings.
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Garfield County
Jordan
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Mother Bear
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N.Y
South
DELCO
Mosby Electric Co
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Delco Light Products and Radio
Frank J. Carmody
New York City
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the Thousand
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