Weather by wireless to send Montana forecasts twice daily
Montana weather bureau officials announce radio telegraph forecasts and storm warnings will be broadcast from Helena. William T. Lathrop and Kemp Roberts outline schedule with day reports at 9 45 am and night at 9 pm, stressing rapid warnings for remote communities. Sir Ross Smith plans a world flight later this fall.
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Helena
Montana
William T. Lathrop
United States Weather Bureau
Lathrop
Kemp Roberts
Weather Bureau
Roberts
Montana Club
Wireless
London
Ross Smith
England
Australia
Dry Land Farming Record From Fort Assinniboine
The Montana agricultural experiment station at Fort Assinniboine tests five year results from 1916 to 1921 with a focus on dry land farming and corn rotation. Dean F. B. Linfield and experts from Bozeman supervise, detailing yields from wheat, corn, and fodder, plus implications for livestock and rotation.
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Fort Assinniboine
Havre
State College
Bozeman
Helena
Dean F. B. Linfield
Huntley
Moccasin
Assinniboine
Dean Linfield
Clyde McKee
F. H. Harrington
C. N. Arnett
Montana
Dean
State approves new oil lease terms for state lands
A state board adopts a new oil and gas lease form requiring a $200 bid deposit, a $5,000 bond, 12 percent royalty, and annual rents in advance. Drilling must start within 12 months with a 1500 foot depth target, plus staged depth increases, or risk forfeiture unless $5 per acre is paid. Renewal and termination rules apply with bonds up to $20,000.
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State Board of Land Commissioners
Register of State
Pioneer Factory Resumes Soap Making In Montana
The Charles T. Perry company, a Helena originator since 1888, restarts soap production in 1921 after refitting its factory. It now emphasizes laundry soaps, selling Neat Laundry white soap and Nap o soap powder statewide, with 1000 cases monthly output and capacity for four times that. David Perry leads as president. O H Perry handles sales and distribution.
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Charles T. Perry
Helena
Montana
Colgate & Co
New York
Woolen Mills
New England
Boston
du Pont
Napo
David Perry
O. H. Perry
Principles of Poultry Feeding for Hens
The article outlines three basic rations for hens: maintenance, laying, and fattening. It urges farmers with flocks to understand poultry feeding principles and keep a suitable ration for their flock in mind.
Improvement in Montana gasoline quality shown by tests
W M Colleigh Bozeman chemist reports 143 gasoline samples gathered by W S Ballard inspector in June July and August. 97.9 percent meet Montana law standards. Secretary Charles T Stewart notes improvement from just over 60 percent compliance when inspection began two years ago.
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Montana
W. M. Colleigh
Bozeman
W. S. Ballard
Charles T. Stewart
Stewart
Hard Surface Highway Completed Soon on Unpaved Stretch
A nearly mile and a half of unpaved highway will be fully surfaced within three weeks, linking the Anaconda-Butte road to the Silver Bow road at the Deer Lodge county line, per the county commissioners' estimate.
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Anaconda-Butte
Silver Bow
Deer Lodge County
Grain and stock shipments move well in Montana
Shipping stock and grain shipments in Montana are moving at a good average daily pace according to information from the Great Northern and Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railways offices in Great Falls.
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Montana
Great Northern
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railways
Great Falls
Montana fights bovine tuberculosis in dairy cattle
Montana officials report a long campaign against bovine tuberculosis begun in 1911. In 1921 tests covered nearly all dairy herds and hundreds of small dairies, finding about 0.92 percent infected. The state pays 75 percent of assessed value for culled cattle, shifting toward owner sharing of losses to hasten eradiation.
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Montana
Butler
State Department
Pinio
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St. Joseph
Buffalo, N. Y
Omaha, Neb
Sioux City
Ta. S. St. Louis
Ill
Denver, Col
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Texas
Chickering
VOLE
Krausch & Bach
J& C. Fischer, Kimball
Apollo
Victrolas
Victor
Butte
Anaconda
Missoula
Lewistown
Orton Bros
DR. Butler
T. B
Vicks
Wood & Weiller CO. Livestock Commission
South ST. Paul, Minn
Chicago
Illinois
Warren Latham
Mfg
Spokane
Hallowe’en
New Meadow Lark Country Club
Great Falls, Mont
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