Drouth Aid Rules Expand Feed Loans for Farmers
Montana Extension Service cites Farm Credit Administration action to fund food and forage loans to drought stricken counties. Advances secured by feed reserves, not livestock, with 60 day supply possible and monthly allowances available. 123000 applications received across 1200 counties in 23 states, 109000 loans approved totaling over 8.2 million dollars. Strong lambs and cattle expected with alfalfa and wheat rations. wheat carryover down from 389 to 290 million bushels.
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J. C. Taylor
Montana Extension Service
Farm Credit Administraon
Ets
FCA
Arm Credit Administration
Drouth ‘Ea
Montana Turkey Growers Seek Higher Feed Subsidy
Montana turkey producers push for a raise in monthly feed subsidies from five to fifteen cents per head while emergency loans aid turkeys in drought areas. The Agricultural Adjustment Administration has disbursed over 282 million to wheat, corn hog, cotton and tobacco contracts with Montana farmers expected to receive about 13 million from current agreements.
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Montana
H. E. Cushman
Montana Extension Service
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Northwest vows to oppose booze tax across four states
Secretary of State Sam W. Mitchell announced a united front by Washington Oregon Idaho and Montana to fight any government income tax on beer and liquor profits. He called the plan racketeering and hi jacking while noting a Supreme Court ruling allowing the tax. He warned the tax would cost Montana 250000 to 500000 this year and said plans to oppose the measure would be laid soon.
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Helena
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
Sam W. Mitchell
Mitchell
Montana Liquor Control Board
U. S. Supreme Court
Ohio
Montana drought report shows severe winter feed shortages
A federal Montana drought survey in cooperation with the Montana Extension Service finds only 5 to 10 percent of normal feed in the eastern state and 14 to 25 percent in the northeast. Nationally, 68.7 percent statewide. Madison County tops Montana gold production in 1933 with 12,980.46 ounces from 147 miners, also high in copper and silver.
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U. S. Division of Crop and Livestock
Montana Extension Service
Bection
Montana
Madison County
Department of the Interior
Draper Elected President of Montana Press Association
Charles H. Draper of the Red Lodge Picket Journal was elected president of the Montana State Press Association in Miles City. He succeeds L. E. Flint of the Livingston Enterprise. The Phillips County News and Laurel Outlook won top weekly awards for front page and all around weekly. Resolutions honored Charles H. Reisenrath and urged water conservation, better housing for Montana State University school of journalism, and free press advocacy. Speakers included Sen. Wheeler Gov. Cooney and Dr. W. J. Butler.
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Charles H. Draper
Red Lodge Picket-Journal
Montana State Press Association
Miles City
L. EB. Flint
Livingston Enterprise
Association For Weekly Newspapers of
Montana
Phillips County News of Malta
Laurel Outlook
Association
Charles H. Reisenrath
Record-Herald
Helena
State Planning Board
Montana State University School of Journalism
Graphic Arte Code
Montanans, Inc
B. K. Wheeler
F. H. Cooney
W. J. Butler
State Director of Relief
High priced saddles tied to Wrigley and film stars
Edward Bohlin, known as the saddle monkey to Southern California elites, claimed at a Billings rodeo that he built a saddle for P. K. Wrigley costing 12,500 dollars with heavy gold chase adornments and a Catalina estate etching. Other costly pieces include a 3,500 dollar Tom Mix saddle and a 1,250 dollar pair of wrought silver spurs sold with it.
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P. K. Wrigley
Edward H. Bohl N
California
Bohlin
Billings
Wrigley
Catalina Island
Tom Mix
Must Remove Pelts From Sheep Under A A A Buying Plan
Montana stockmen face a new drought relief ruling from the Agricultural Adjustment Administration requiring that non edible sheep be slaughtered on the range and buried and that pelts be removed and delivered to the designated government officer in each county. Secretary Murray E Stebbins of the Montana Woolgrowers Association says the task will be heavy for lone sheepmen with about 1000 head, estimating at least ten minutes per animal.
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Montana
Murray ‘E. Stebbins
Montana Woolgrowers’ Association
Drought Relief Service
The
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Harry Petrie
Denver
Stebbins
Constitutional amendments set for Montana November ballot
Montana secretary of state moves toward certifying two constitutional amendments for the November election. One would authorize a state income tax and the other would grant boards of county commissioners power to consolidate certain functions.
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Secretary of State
Montana
Boards of County Commissioners
County Offices Faces Budget and Consolidation Debate
Supreme Court upheld the income measure as valid. A third question on veteran affairs hit a constitutional snag. The budget law, if approved, requires state budgets prepared for offices and submitted by the governor for legislative action. the legislature may cut but not raise appropriations. If the county consolidation amendment passes, commissioners could merge offices such as clerk recorder sheriff treasurer school superintendent surveyor assessor coroner and public administrator.
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Supreme Court
Miss Polich Heads to Chicago for Century of Progress
Miss Mary Polich left Sunday for Chicago to attend the Century of Progress exposition.
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Mary Polich
Chicago
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Livestock Department
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Ringelde
U. S
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Standard Oil
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