Montana stockmen prepare to apply for War Finance livestock loans
Montana bankers report a flood of interest in War Finance livestock loans as blanks arrive slowly and details remain to be fixed. L. M. Ford of Great Falls predicts many stockmen will file applications once the Helena headquarters supplies full instructions and schedules. Banks will convert livestock papers into cash, aiding smaller country banks as cash flows into the state.
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Montana
War Finance Corporation
State Committee
L. M. Ford
Great Falls
Washington
Ford
Helena
Local boy dies in hunting accident
Billings Grant McNay, 10, son of a local hotel man, was accidentally shot and killed by his younger brother during a hunting trip. The younger boy discharged the weapon by accident.
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Billings
Grant McNay
Alder gulch dredges close era of major gold mining
Placer mining in Alder gulch nears end as dredges exhaust usable acreage. Since 1898 the Conrey Placer Mining Co and rivals have extracted tens of millions in gold with electric dredges, fueling Harvard endowments and inspiring dredging in Bannack and other Montana sites.
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Alder Gulch
Gulch
Scientific Department
Harvard University
Gordon McKay
Conrey Placer Mining Company
Conrey Company
Pioneer Company
Alder
Poor Farm Company
N. S. Shaler
Bannack City
Montana
Charles Kamerer
Dredge No 4 Conrey Shows Machinery Over Hand Labor
The No 4 Conrey dredge demonstrates how modern machinery and teamwork multiply labor efficiency. A 20 year, multi-discipline effort by miners, metallurgists, chemists, engineers and scientists yielded 400,000 yards of output in a month with only 10 men, at a cost of about 3 cents per ton. The piece notes ethical and practical implications and asks what future conquest will yield yellow grains from nature.
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Hennen Jennings
United States Bureau of Mines
Montana
Conrey Company
Jennings
Odell M Connell Lawyer Dies After Health Fails in New York
Odell W McConnell a prominent Montana lawyer and son of Judge N W McConnell died in New York while seeking specialist care. Born July 4 1868 in Tennessee he practiced in Helena and held posts with Montana Life Insurance Conrad Trust & Savings bank and Helena Light & Railway before his death. He graduated from Vanderbilt in 1890 and 1891 with arts and law degrees and began practice in Montana that same year.
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Odell W. McConnell
Montana
New York
McConnell
Helena
Montana Life
Conrad Trust& Savings Bank
W. C. Callahan
Helena Light & Railway Company
Mr. McConnell
Tennessee
N. W. McConnell
Cleveland
Marshall County
Masonic Academy
Hartsville
Vanderbilt University
Nashville
Bar of
Vanderbilt University Law Department
McConnell and McConnell
Judge McConnell
McConnell, Gunn & McConnell
Made in Montana campaign pushes state pride
December will be Made in Montana Month to promote Montana products and producers. The Montana Chamber of Commerce leadership, including Max Goodsill P L Wills and L E Jones, will publish a classified directory of Montana made goods for households to reference before buying. The campaign urges buying Montana products when quality and price are equal to non Montana goods to keep money at home and support local industries.
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Montana
Chambers of Commerce
Max Goodsill
Helena
P. L. Wills
Butte
L. E. Jones
Great Falls
Chamber of Commerce
Goodsill
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Prospect
Montana Power Company
Madison River
California
America
Aldergulch
United States
Grasshopper Creek
Beaverhead County
Bannack
Gold Dredging Company
Ruby Valley
Conrey
Colorado
W. A. Clark
Philippine Islands
Alaska
South America
Odell M’connell
Lewis and Clark County
Odell McConnell
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