Montana to Sell All Royalty Oil Including Kevin and Cat Creek
The Montana state board of land commissioners plans to sell all royalty oil from the Kevin and Cat Creek fields with bids due September 26, 1927. Bids must state whether the bidder wants all oil or only part, and may cover one to three years with a fixed bonus per barrel. If awarded, a contract and bond will be required. The article also covers right of way damag es for Northern Pacific near Glendive and surveys to collect 1927 crop acreage data, plus notes on a recovered stick left on a peak by an aviator’s nephew.
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Eptember
I. M. Brandford
Commissioner of
State Lands and Investments
State Board of Land Commissioners
Northern Pacific
Glendive
Brockway
Brandford
Shelby
L. BE. Chouquetté
Montana Farms Included in 1927 Acreage Survey
More than 10 000 Montana farms will be surveyed this year as part of a United States Department of Agriculture program. The survey, conducted through the state division of publicity in cooperation with the Post Office Department, targets crop acreage across Montana.
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Star Route
Montana
United States Department of Agriculture
State Division of Publicity
United States Post — Office Department
Memento Found From Aviator Uncle in Montana Alps
Lamont and David Nichols recovered a carved stick bearing Alan L. Nichols August 10 1910 from Mount Baldy near Livingston. The artifact, a relic of the aviator who died in the Alps, rests now in Dr. S Nichols home, cherished as a family keepsake and coincidence laden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livingston
Rocky Mountains
Montana
Alps
Italy
Alan L. Nichols
Mount Baldy
Lamont
David Nichols
Dr. 5. Nichols
Forget-Me-Not Day Set For Sept 26 By Disabled Vets
The Disabled American Veterans announce an annual Forget-Me-Not sale will occur on Argonne day September 26 to aid the welfare of disabled veterans. About 27000 veterans are in government hospitals and will benefit from the funds raised. The poem The Forget-Me-Not Speaks by William Ellie Register underscores the day’s significance.
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State Department of the Disabled American Veterans
Argonne Day
William Ellie Register
Belgian Heroes Laid Bare On Foreign Soil
Memorial lines recall soldiers who endured terrible wounds on Belgian ground. They gave their all without seeking gain and now rest in orderly hospital beds as their sacrifice is affirmed not to be in vain.
3000 Will Pursue Higher Education
Helena report states that in September Montana higher learning institutions will enroll over 3,000 students. Last year’s total was 3,372, with freshmen week planned at the University of Missoula and the Bozeman Agricultural College.
School terms start across Montana normals and colleges
Instruction begins at Dillon Normal September 26 and at the School of Mines Butte and Eastern Montana Normal Billings on September 12. Last year enrollment excluding summer session included Dillon Normal 722, School of Mines 138, State College 935, University 1,677. Eastern Montana Normal Billings opens its first term this fall.
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School of Mines
Butte
Normal
Dillon
Eastern
Montana Normal
Billings
Dillon Normal
State College
University
Eastern Montana Normal
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State Fair
Helena
Sunburst Refining Company
Great Falls
Charles Lindbergh
Powerized
Dillon Oil Company
Dillon, Mont
Habe Sas
Ae Oey
Harding Oil Company
Lima,mont
Ralph Harding
N. P
State Board of Land Commission
Kevin
Cat
Agricultural Statistician
Hall
Flandersfield
Marne
Belleau
Man
Fisher
Regs Pontiacs Cie
Rasy
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