Insurance cuts hit Montana farm shares in Wheat Belt
The Federal Land Bank of Spokane will remove crop insurance on its Montana farm shares, downsizing to properties with over 50 acres of wheat. About 600 lands affected, 200 winter wheat farms excluded, with coverage focusing on 1939 and 1940 yields.
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Federal Land Bank of
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Montana
J. H. Fraser
Minneapolis
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
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Big Horn
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Carbon
Cascade
Chateau
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Flathead
Gallatin
Judith Basin
Lewis and Clark
Lincoln
Madison
Musselshell
Park
Ravalli
Rosebud
Sweetgrass
Treasure
Wheatland
Yellowstone
Plan Campaign for Highway Debentures
The Montana highway finance committee met in Helena to plan a fall campaign for initiative 41. The measure would allow the highway commission to issue 3 million dollars in bonds redeemable from gasoline tax proceeds. If rejected the state would forfeit 3 million dollars in federal road grants, and a vigorous campaign will urge voters to pass the measure to avoid losing 6 million dollars for road work.
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Montana Highway Finance Committee
Helena
The
Highway Commission
Sheepmen Warned About Speargrass In Montana Fields
Montana sheep growers are urged to keep lambs out of speargrass infested fields as reports from Chicago commission firms indicate record lamb losses this year. The barbed seed embeds in wool and skin, causing injuries and prompting buyers to source lambs from other states to avoid infection.
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Montana
Chicago Commission
Nature
Chicago
Christian Science Lesson Sermon Pinpoints Matter
Sunday readers across Christ Scientist churches studied a lesson on matter with the golden text Isaiah 40 8 and cited II Corinthians 4 18 about unseen eternal realities. The Christian Science textScience and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy is quoted noting matter is mortal and temporal and a human concept.
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Churches of Christ, Scientist
Mary Baker Eddy
Montana 4 H clubs set enrollment record in 1938
R. E. Cameron state club leader reports Montana 4 H clubs reached a record enrollment near 9 000 members in 1938 marking the biggest year in the program’s history.
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Montana
R. E. Cameron
Dillon Man Honored for Air Mail Week Effort
Postmaster Harry Hendricks of Helena announced that the Post Office Department will present certificates of honor signed by Postmaster General James A. Farley to three Montana aviators for flying "pick up" mail routes during National Air Mail Week. The honorees are John W. Fox of Butte L. W. Fahrner of Helena and Fred Woodside of Dillon.
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Harry Hendricks
Helena
National Air Mail Week
Post Office Department
James A. Farley
Montana
John W. Fox
Butte
L. W. Fahrner
Fred Woodside
Dillon
Sleeping Sickness Claims Five in Montana
Sleeping sickness last week killed five of the 37 Montanans struck this year, per the state board of health. Dr. Charles of the national health institute is studying the disease in Montana. No human livestock connection is known to science, the doctor said.
Bar Exam Applicants Set for Montana Supreme Court Session
The Montana supreme court opens in Helena on September 26 with at least 17 candidates seeking permission to practice law in the state. The list includes Harry C. Alley Lewistown. Jasper C. DeCobbe leer Glasgow. Howard Drake Fort Peck. Keifer L. Gray Helena. D. L. Holland Butte. Randolph Jacobs Missoula. Charles B. Jennings Beverly Hills Calif. . James Howard Kilbourne Helena. Leo S. Kolstad Washington DC. William W. Lessley Bozeman. Charles E. Marshall Lewistown. Frederic B. Moriarity Butte. Francis J. Murphy Butte. Edward J. Nichols Deer Lodge. Robert F. Swanberg Great Falls. John J. Walsh Butte.
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Montana Supreme Court
Helena
A. T. Porter
Harry C. Alley
Whitehall
Roy Donald Ayers
Lewistown
Jasper C. DeCobbeleer, Jr
Glasgow
Howard Drake
Fort Peck
Keifer L. Gray
D. L. Holland
Butte
Randolph Jacobs
Missoula
Charles B
Mrs W D Sandy Spends Sunday in Dillon
Mrs W D Sandy traveled from Twin Bridges to Dillon for a Sunday visit.
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W. D. Sandy
Dillon
Twin Bridges
Storage sale offer for 1938 spinet pianos
Two new 1938 spinet console pianos, 40 inches high, in storage in Butte Montana. Offered for sacrifice sale or possible rent to a reliable party. For information write Orton Brothers. August 31.
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Orton Brothers
Butte
Montana
Sheriff Sale of Beaverhead Property in Montana District Court
In the Fifth Judicial District of Montana Beaverhead County Maggie J Lawrence sues Georgia L Miller and Miller as administratrix of Dana E Miller Deceased. A sheriff's sale is set for October 1 1938 at 2 pm at the Dillon courthouse front door to convey all rights title and interest in described real property including sections and river centerline paths with Wise River and county road meanderings toward Wisdom.
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District’ Court
Fifth Judicial District
State of
Montana
County of
Beaverhead
Maggie J. Lawrence
Georgia L. Miller
Dana E. Miller
Dillon
Montana Meridian
Wise River
Wisdom
Spring Branch
Beaverhead County Sheriff Seeks Cash Sale of 127 Acre Land Tract
The 127 acre parcel in Township 1 South Range 11 West Montana Meridian, with water rights on Wise River and including six acres railway right of way, is offered for sale by cash bid. Boundaries detail sections 34 and 34, with specific corner measurements and an undivided half interest in a Wise River appropriation. Also described are tract A 135.90 acres and tract B 22.58 acres with multiple metes and bounds, less west of Wise River. Sale dated September 6, 1938.
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Montana
Montana Meridian
Wise River
Montana Southern Railway
Ed Trueman
Beaverhead County
H.E.S
S.C
Range
A. D
Paul H. Temple
Montana proposes constitutional amendments on trust funds
Montana asks voters in the November 1938 general election to amend Sections 6 through 11 of Article XXI to change investment and administration rules for the Public School Permanent Fund and related lands grants. The act defines fund consolidation into the Montana Trust and Legacy Fund, investment limits, deposits separation, and routine apportionment and approval processes.
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State of Montana
United States
Montana Trust and Legacy Fund
Legislative Assembly
State of
Montana
Federal Land Bank
United States OF America
Sam W. Mitchell
Higher Institutions of Learning
Helena
Montana Amendment to County officer terms proposed for ballot
A 1938 certified act outlines submitting to Montana voters an amendment to Section 5 of Article XVI, changing qualification and four year terms for county officers, with consolidation provisions and procedural steps for ballot designation and publication. It authorizes the governor to proclaim the amendment if approved and specifies effective date after passage.
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State of
Montana
Legislative Assembly
State of Montana
Montanas
Novemer
Board of County Commissioners
United States OF America
Sam W. Mitchell
Helena
Livestock Market Shows Broad Demand at Los Angeles Yards
Los Angeles Union Stock Yards reports strong demand across hogs and cattle. Hog prices rise with cheap grains boosting profitability for grain-to-meat sellers. Fat cattle remain firm with limited supplies, while range cattle expected to grow as stickers and feeders for future replacement needs.
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Los Angeles
California
Public Works Adds Funds for Missoula Pharmacy Building
The Public Works Administration increases the Missoula state university project funds by 50000, boosting the grant to 112909 and the loan to 138000. The extra money will fireproof and earthquake‑proof the pharmacy chemistry building.
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The
Public Works Administration
State University At
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