Plucky Lads Fight Forest Fires With Scout Troop
In Montana the boy scout movement has grown to 25 troops and about 500 members led by civic leaders. At Great Falls a local council of 21 businessmen oversees three troops, with Rev Dietrick guiding 39 scouts who saved Belt Creek forest from a locomotive sparked fire and learned military like routine, drills, and patrol tests.
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Montana
Great Falls
B. B. McNair
J. H. Irwin
Will Arthur Dietrick
Wellwood Spur
Belt Mountains
Belt Creek
Jefferson National Forest
Forest Ranger
Dietrick
D. K. Woods
Boy Scouts
Scott Leavitt
Forestry Service
National Capital
Tradick
Great Futls
Harold Morris
Dietrich
Wood
Miss Detour
Deaconess Hospital
Henrietta Levesque
Ethel Dietrick
Jennie Newman
Gus Barth Becomes Montana Millionaire Through Sheep Ranching
Gus Barth of Billings, now a Montana millionaire, bought a large Wyoming ranch near Cody for 178000 dollars in cash. He began as a blacksmith helper in Billings, later invested in sheep, built a sizable statewide sheep empire, and runs an oil and refining operation connected to his Montana holdings.
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Gus Barth
Billings
Cody
Wyo
Cowley
Wyoming
Montana
Little Bo Peep
Bo Peep
Barth
Red Riding Hood Tale Sparks Roosevelt Guess
A Long Island teacher recounted Red Riding Hood and the forest dangers when a student interjected with Teddy Roosevelt as the figure standing in the woods. The moment added a playful historical twist to the classroom storytelling.
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Long Island
Red Riding Hood
Teddy Roosevelt
Record fat market high with hog prices at Chicago
The note reports lard at 14.75 wholesale in Chicago the highest since 1875 and pork wholesale at 30.50 the peak since 1871. It cites small stocks and large consumption with fats of all kinds remaining high.
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Chicago
Coyotes gain value as fur prices rise with war
Market notes say coyotes now fetch 10 to 12 dollars for good skins with extra bounties boosting returns, aided by Allied demand for fur in trenches and a Montana head bounty of 3 dollars. Wolves may follow, with potential price increases due to war-induced fur shortages in Europe.
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Russia
Europe
Montana
West
England
France
Balkans
Saved Again
A reflective piece recalls saving an old winter coat for a wanderer, hoping it would aid someone in need. After a spring-time vow to discard it, the coat is found useful again during a late winter chill, proving its value and the writer’s generosity.
Five Calf Scottish Cow Draws Local Attention
An old stockman spots a cow from Scotland followed by five calves near Fife. Tommy Simpson, a longtime cattleman, explains the cow came from his Highlands kin and was shipped to the United States aboard with a cousin. The herd milks on two sides, supplying a local creamery.
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Box Elder Creek
Cascade County
Tommy Simpson
Tommy
Fife
Highlands
Scotland
United States
Seateh Highlands
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Washington
Id Newman
Louis Newman
Coyote
Robert Stro
Montana Newspaper Association
Tom
Fife Mercantile Company
Strachlachan
Ballachantry
Galloway
Larbord Watch
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