Nez Perce Flight and Chief Joseph’s Enduring Strategist Legend
In Blaine County near Chinook the 1877 Nez Perce clash led by Chief Joseph and General Miles ended after a epic retreat spanning nearly 2000 miles. July 19 1925 historians and dignitaries praised Miles and Joseph for military genius and restraint. Joseph later sought peace on the Colville reservation then a final visit to the president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blaine County
Chinook
Nelson A. Miles
America
Chief Joseph
Nez Perces
General Miles
United States
Hugh L. Scott
Joseph
Miles
Howard
Lolo
Gibbon
Big Hole
Sitting Bull
Canada
Missouri
Oregon
O. O. Howard
Camas Meadows
Henry Lake
Notable Montana Obituaries and Local Notes Roundup
A compendium of brief obituaries and notices from Butte, Glasgow, Billings, Helena, Great Falls, Missoula, and Roundup. Entries honor Julia Healy, Ada Berryman, Joseph Leonard, and others. report appointments, retirements, awards, and a wool auction record. Includes university and Girl Scouts items and a historic reference to General Miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings
Bonnie Bovee
Great Falls
Yellowstone County Organization of Girl Scouts
State Normal College At
Dillon
The
State University At
Missoula
Wartime Metals Emphasized by Anaconda Scientist at Butte Club
Dr Albert W Schlechten told Butte Rotary on metals as sinews of modern warfare. He warned the US leads if it concentrates on strategic metals, rubber and petroleum, noting a smaller but better equipped force could win. He contrasted past manpower reliance with today’s material emphasis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
United States
Albert W. Schlechten
Anaconda
Butte Rotary Club
Schlechten
Calcite Deposits Seen Possible in Park and Sweet Grass Counties
Prospect of optical calcite or Iceland spar development announced in Livingston by Wilroy C. Miller. Miller aided by Dr. Harry Berman of Harvard. Polaroid shows definite interest after receiving calcite samples. Several existing low-grade deposits quarried for animal feed and other uses. prime lens-grade calcite found near Deer creek in Sweet Grass and near Brackett and Flathead creeks, with Italian and Japanese governments previously sourcing material.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park
Sweet Grass
Livingston
Wilroy C. Miller
Miller
Harry Berman
Harvard
United States
Polaroid Company
Shields River
Flathead Creeks
Yellowstone Flow Falls Slightly Behind Average
U S G S reports August flow on the Yellowstone at Corwin Springs below the 30 year average. Judith River near Utica runs near twice August norms with last month at 47 cfs versus 25.4 cfs in 1920-41. Yellowstone at HM 5 shows August flow 2 675 cfs vs 3 000 cfs for 1911-41.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corwin Springs
United States Geological Survey
Utica
Yellowstone
No Decision Yet on Yellowstone Opening Next Year
Supt Edmund B Rogers said no decision has been reached on Yellowstone National Park reopening in 1943. The remark followed Spokane reports claiming bus transportation circles said the park would not reopen next season. Libbey of Glacier Park also weighed in on the reopen question.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellowstone National Park
Edmund B. Rogers
Spokane
Wash
Yellowstone Park
Libbey
Glacier Park
Brand Record Dated 1887 Found in 1926 Box
P. J. Anderson, serving as Petroleum county treasurer, finds a Montana brand record from 1887 among J. Henry Chadd’s papers after his death at a ranch northeast of Ashley. The record No. 10 issued November 16 1887 by R. B. Harrison lists Chadd whose Great Falls Chouteau county address used a flying U brand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. J. Anderson
Petroleum County
J. Henry Chadd
Ashley
Anderson
R. B. Harrison
General Recorder of Brands
Montana Territory
Chadd
Great Falls
Chouteau County
The
Livestock Journal
Helena
Wartime Talks Hint 1943 Yellowstone Glacier Park Status
A Spokane report notes a study on using transport facilities for 1943 as the Interior Department weighs keeping Glacier National Park closed and suggests Yellowstone may follow. Wartime limits reduced traffic and could keep parks shut, with Yellowstone possibly down for a full season for the first time in decades.
Fulton Joins Mines Faculty In Wartime Charge
President Thomson of Montana School of Mines announces Dr. Charles H. Fulton will head metallurgy for the war period, replacing Prof. John P. Spielman who serves as an air corps officer. Fulton, a Columbia graduate and former Missouri Mines director, is an eminent metallurgist and author.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis A. Thomson
Montana School of Mines
Charles H. Fulton
Fulton
John P. Spielman
Air Corps
Columbia School of Mines
Columbia
Wyo
South Dakota School of Mines
Case School of Applied Science
Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy
Missouri
Thomson
Indians to Aid in Beet Harvest
More than 1,500 Native Americans and about 4,000 Japanese will work with Montana farmers this fall to harvest a record sugar beet crop. O C Lamport of the state employment service praised farm families and townspeople for the wheat harvest spirit and said Indian recruitment has begun to meet a projected 10,000 or more beet workers. He noted Indians have already aided in haying and wheat combining and the goal is to double native labor by harvest time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
United States Employment Service
O. C. Lamport
Employment Service
Lamport
Wheat protein soars in triangle area north and west of Great Falls
State agriculture commissioner A. H. Kruse reported 1942 spring wheat samples show protein levels from 9.5 to 20 percent, with triangle area samples about 14 percent above other regions. Average protein content in triangle and north central counties reached 15.95 percent, higher than prior years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Triangle
Great Falls
A. H. Kruse
Triangle Area
North Central Counties
Hydrogen energy by converting water to helium
A teaspoonful of water contains hydrogen that released as helium would yield about 100,000 kilowatt hours of energy equivalent to roughly $10,000 in electrical value.
Slim Pattern 9048 Dress. sizes 34 to 48
A vintage newspaper item advertises Pattern 9048 for a women’s dress offered in sizes 34 through 48. It notes fabric needs for size 36 and invites readers to mail 16 cents for the pattern and 10 cents for the fall and winter pattern book. Addresses and orders directed to Newspaper Pattern Dept MN at 232 West 18th Street New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marian Martin
Newspaper Pattern Dept
West 18Th Street
New York
N. Y
Also Mentioned on This Page
Telegraph
Sherman
Fort Leavenworth
Baxter Springs
Kan
Colville Reservation
Washington
Julia Healy
Ireland
Robert O. Kerr
Butte Council of Girl Scouts
Helena—Joseph Leonard
McClellan Creek
St. Peter’s Hospital
Australia
E. T. Hertz
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Salt Lake City
John P. Burke
District of Columbia
Archie Webking Jr
Archie Webbing
Liberty Lake
Ada Berryman
Cornwall
England
Glasgow
James T. Finlen Jr
Anaconda Copper Mining Co
Council of Mineral Law
American Bar Association
Finlen
Association
Detroit
Western Territory
John J. Holmes
Glendive
Jimmy Doran
Plentywood
Montana Tuberculosis Association
E. M. Larson
Frank Terrill
Galen
W. B. Canfield
Eden
H. A. Low
Canfields
Wilson Creek
Marias Country
Roundup
Volney J. Hain
Bremerton
Musselshell County
Lafayette
Ind
Flatwillow
Pan-American Union
Beverly Ann Conrad
Mary Jane Bigelow
Poplar
Sacred Heart Academy
Jessie McDonald
Colstrip High School
Si Hickox
Drummond
Hickox
Board of Recreation
Cummin
Plain
Madison Square Garden
C. T. Brady
Nez Perce
Xenophon
Napoleon
Ann Beckwith
State Board of Examiners For Nurses
Capitol
Cascade County
W. J. Burton
Burton
Lewistown
S. S. Warren
Taunton
Minn
Red ‘Lodge
Gratia Klessen
Montana State University
Hell Roaring
Miss Klessen
Cites University
Minneapolis
Ing
Interior Department
Glacier National Park
Rogers
Glacier Parks
MINES
Spielman
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