Home Ownership in Montana Dips in 1940 Census
The 1940 census shows Montana's owner occupied dwellings at 52 percent down from 54.5 percent in 1930. Rural farm areas lead with 62.6 percent ownership, urban areas drop to 43.1 percent, and rural non-farm rise to 53.6 percent. Non-white households total 2.6 percent. overcrowding affects 13.3 percent of units. average rent statewide is 19.87 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
J. C. Capt
Bureau of the Census
Department of Commerce
Census Bureau
Steamboat Captains Ran Rum to Indians for Fortunes
In the mid 19th century, steamboat captains illicitly carried liquor to Indian wards despite prohibition laws. A 1843 Missouri River voyage on the Omega under Capt. Joseph A. Sire and pilot Joseph LaBarge shows Audubon aiding with a government permit, a staged search, and liquor hidden in the hold to avoid inspection. The vessel ultimately was released with a clean record.
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Missouri River
American Fur Co
Missouri
Joseph A. Sire
Joseph LaBarge
Audubon
Atdubon
Captain Sires
Sires
Omega
Audubon Party Unearths Corn Trick and Prohibition Tactics
The article recounts an Audubon expedition botanist foiled by a leaf only to reveal corn, and Captain LaBarge disguising alcohol as flour barrels for shipment to Sarpy at Bellevue. A zealous temperance ex minister failed to detect the deceit as the Nimrod sailed upstream. The episode reflects broader Missouri river steamboat liquor trading profits and enforcement struggles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audubon
Peter A. Sarpy
Bellevue
LaBarge
Chittenden
Missouri
Hattersley Heads State Masons at Helena Meeting
Montana Masons elected Judge R. M. Hattersley of Conrad as grand master at Helena during the 1942 grand lodge sessions. The body endorsed cooperation with the Masonic Service Association to aid army and navy camps. New officers include Charles Davidson Great Falls deputy grand master and Luther Hauberg Helena grand secretary.
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Missoula
Helena
Montana
R. M. Hattersley
Conrad
Grand Lodge
Masonic Services Association
Army
Navy
Carl Claudy
Masonic Service Association
Washington, D. C
South Carolina
Florida
Alabama
Louisiana
Missouri
New Jersey
Rhode Island
District of Columbia
Albert H. Davis
Charles Davidson
Great Falls
Charles E. Coe
W. R. Flachsenhar
Terry
Luther Hauberg
Edwin Grafton
Billings
Grand Coulee Powers World Largest Water Wheel Generator
The assembly of the 108000 kilowatt unit completes the first of 18 giants planned for Grand Coulee dam to supply the Pacific Northwest. The set will feed the Grand Coulee Bonneville network and power aluminum plants and factories in Oregon and Washington, with full capacity reaching 1,944,000 kilowatts after all units are installed.
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Grand Coulee Dam
Pacific Northwest
Harry W. Bashore
Bureau of Reclamation
Secretary of the Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Grand Coulee-Bonneville
Oregon
Washington
Columbia
Grand Coulee
Hollywood
Highway Oiling Starts Near Malta
Machinery for oiling 26.5 miles of highway No 19 south of Malta is arriving and work has begun. Harold Tilsey, state highway project engineer at Malta, says about 100 men are employed. Six blocks on Sixth Avenue and the curbing crew of about 20 men are part of a WPA funded city project.
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Malta
Harold Tilsey
Lou Richardson
Inland Construction Company of
Omaha
Sixth Avenue
Prominent Billings Attorney Is Honored
A. H. Brown of Billings has been appointed general counsel of the Ancient and Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine of North America and serves as chairman of the Republican state central committee. The item notes tax gifts recorded by Doncaster residents, including a $250 donation.
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A. H. Brown
Billings
Brown
Republican State Central Committee
Traders, Liquor Trade, and Indian Decline on the Upper Missouri
Fur traders and river men faced great risks and sought proportionate profits while traveling the upper Missouri. They justified high prices with the claim they came for the journey, not health. Liquor traffic harmed the Indians, who degenerated as trading expanded, with moonshine profits eclipsing pure whisky.
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Missouri
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John J. Audubon
Fort Union
Hattersley
Masons
Coulee
Doncaster
England
Charles M
Russell Prints
United States
Montana Newspaper Association
Great Falls, Montana
Lydia EB
Pinkham
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