Howell Harris and early cattle traders of the Highwood
Senator Dan Riley recalls Howell Harris, Montana trader and frontier cattleman, who helped shape southern Alberta in the late 19th century. The tale covers Fort Spitzee, the Circle outfit, and encounters with Cree leader Gabriel Dumont, marking Harris as a noted pioneer figure.
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Dan Riley
Alberta
Howell Harris
Montana
Highwood River
Duke of Windsor
Lafayette French
QO. H. Smith
High River
High River On the Old Fort Benton-Edmonton
Highwood
Ings Brothers
Buck Smith
Missouri
John Quirk
Placer Gulches
Sheep Creek
Fort Spitzee
the Harris
Circle
Senator Riley
Blackfeet Reserve
Northwest Territories
Harris
Conrad Brothers
Canada
United States
Gabriel Dumont
Louis Riel
Northwest
Butte Car Salesman Again Joins Marines
Fred A. Grefig, a 46 year old Butte automobile salesman, reenlists in the Marines. Born in Butte, he previously served 25 years earlier and trained at Mare Island California and Quantico Virginia. He worked as assistant chief electrician for Butte and Superior Mining Co before joining Murray Motor Co as salesman and then sales manager in 1933. He recently reentered the armed forces.
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America
Fred A. Grefig
Butte
Montana
Grefig
Mare Island
California
Quantico
France
Butteman
Butte and Superior Mining Co
Murray Motor Co
Crooked Road Rescue and Mysterious Hitchhiker
Mollie Pearce is trapped on a rain swept New England road when a pursuing pair forces a crash. A wounded hitchhiker and a shady driver are hauled to safety by Mollie as danger unfurls, with a plan to abandon the man at a farm and push toward Boston.
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Mollie Pearce
New England
Mollie
Pearce
Rami
Slim
Heath
I. K
Boston
Tax collections decline amid rationing and conservation efforts
Automobile and tire rationing and slow driving campaigns reduced tire wear and gasoline use, leading to a 15 percent drop in gasoline tax receipts in states reporting June 1942 collections to the federation of tax administrators compared with June 1941.
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Federation of Tax Administrators
Lobster Purchase Provokes Witty Exchange
A brief shopfront exchange shows a lady ordering a large lobster and asking for wrap indicating playful familiarity with the clerk. The interaction ends with plans to follow home, leaving the moment framed as a light social vignette.
Will James Cowboy Painter and Author Dies in California
Will James 50 longtime Montana range hand turned artist and writer died in Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital California after months of illness. Born near Great Falls in 1892 he left school early to work as a cow hand then drew and wrote earning fame for books like Smoky Lone Cowboy Scorpion Sand and Home Ranch all self illustrated. He briefly worked in Hollywood on a film assignment which ended abruptly and his Montana ranch holdings dwindled due to foreclosures.
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Will James
Montana Range
Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital
James
Great Falls
Hollywood
Kelly
Montana
Segmented beet seed trial shows high yield potential
L. H. Humphrey of Utah Idaho Sugar Co reports on a segmented beet seed test on his Paisley farm. With careful spacing and long-handled hoe work, 80 to 96 beets appeared in a 100 foot row, suggesting reduced stoop and hand labor and easier thinning. Seed germination was very good and beets broke crusted soil after irrigation. Farmers are advised to inspect seeding and consider using old drills with the new seed.
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Paisley
L. 8. Humphrey
Glasgow
Utah-Idaho Sugar Co
Humphrey
Pressed wood boards used in military trailers and gear
Report notes pressed wood hardboards are employed across U S military equipment including army trailers tank interiors arsenal shell holders and even refrigerator boxes and bowling balls in various applications.
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United States Army
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Senator Dan Riley
West
Marines
By News Syndicate Co., Inc
Cowboy Painter
College OF Great Falls
College of Education
Third Avenue North
Great Falls, Montana
Applied Music
INS
Opera International
SSES
State Board of Education
Northwest Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Navy
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