Smith brothers farm 260 acres harvest and sell 4500 bushels for $4000 in Montana
John 22 and Albert 16 Smith drive from Glendale to a Great Falls area ranch where they plough 260 acres, seed spring wheat, harvest it with a hired man, and sell the crop at 92 cents per bushel. They work auto mechanic and farming jobs to fund the operation, then return to California with their earnings and mother.
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E. H. Cooney
Montana
Smith
John
Albert
Great Falls
Sun River Bench
Glendale
California
Smith Boys
Mother
Lizzie
Dad
Butte Doctor Aims to Raise Montana's Tinyest Baby
Dr Gertrude Pitkanen fosters Elsie Myriam Lahti the smallest baby born in Montana weighing about one pound. She plans two weeks of nourishment then a structured calisthenics program to build strength. Montana Lily Pitkanen, nearly a year old, already proofs success by rowing a boat and performing stunts.
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Dr. Pitkanen
Montana
Lily Pitkanen
Lake Avoca
United States
Montana Lily
Elsie Myriam Lahti
Elsie Myriam
Pitkanen
Gertrude Pitkanen
Thomson
Gibson Studio
Lily
Antiques Older Than King Tut Found In Montana Dinosaur Bones
Four vertebrae unearthed along a Montana creek are identified as dinosaur bones, likely brontosaurus, dating 40 million to 140 million years ago. Discovered by F F Runkel during summer fieldwork, the bones are real bone, not fossils, with Chicago Field Museum confirming the find. An expedition to South America is noted as a contrast to fossil recovery.
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King Tut
Billings
F. F. Runkel
Montana Development Association
Runkel
Montana
8. C. Simms
Field Museum of Ptural History
Chicago
Imense
Mississippi River
South America
Unkel
Montana oil prospects for 1928 eye eight drilling wells
Montana advances toward a new oil field as eight drilling wells show potential. Maginnis dome in Fergus county draws focus with Henry Sherard claiming it among the most likely structures and current drilling confirms a closed structure with 700 feet drilled and 1,000 feet to go toward the Ellis.
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Montana
Kevin Sunburst
Flatwillow
Maginnis Dome
Fergus County
Taylor-Owens
Chouteau County
Bowdoin Dome
Phillips County
Gladys Bellefield
Liberty County
Cowboy Creek
Bowes
Blaine County
Porcupine Dome
Rosebud
Jackson Dome
Sage Creek
Teton Beach
Ragged Point
Musselshell County
Oil Springs
Judith Basin
Muddy Creek
Cascade County
Lake Basin
Yellowstone County
Baker
Fallon County
Kootenai Home
Browning
Glacier County
Chateau
Teton County
Lake Butte
Teton Ridge
Spring Creek
Pondéra County
Bayley Dome
Judith Basin County
Hobson Structure
Ingomar Dome
Treasure County
Brush Creek
Coalwood
Broadview
Silver Dyke Mine Near Neihart Forecasts Decade of Ore
Howard Young of the American Zinc Lead Refining company says the Silver Dyke property in the Neihart district contains more than one million tons of ore with seven to 10 years of operations ahead. A 140 foot tunnel exists. mining is throughput at 40 percent and expansion to 500 tons daily is planned as equipment arrives. Over 80 men are employed. W E Wambler is local manager.
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Silver Dyke
Neihart
Montana
Howard Young
American, Zinc, Lead & Refining. Company
Great Falls
Mancot
Tenn
Young
American Zinc, Lead & Refining Company
Free oil lamp offer from R. P. Johnson in Chicago
Advertising note from inventor R. P. Johnson 609 W Lake St Chicago offering a new oil lamp that uses 94 percent air and can heat gas or electricity. He will give one free lamp to the first user in each locality who will assist in its introduction. Agents wanted.
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RE. P. Johnson
W. Lake
Chicago
Ill
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Noth
Seope
Postum Cereal Company, Inc
Battle Creek
Mich
Adams
Bunkel
Virgin Territory
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Willow
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