Park City Boy Leads State In Boys' Club Activities
Herbert Zwisler of Park City is named Montana's champion boys' club member for 1924 after leading in corn and garden club work. He wins a free trip to the Interstate Fair in Sioux City and has placed highly at state and national shows. Fellow top club boys include Albert Day Helena, Rami Blais Belt, Gustave Vercruyssen Chinook, LaVerne Fairbanks Twin Bridges, and Marion Kelly Twin Bridges.
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Montana
Charles E. Potter
Herbert
Sioux City
Iowa
Cudahy
Albert Day
Helena
Rami Blais
Belt
Gustave Vercruyssen
Chinook
LaVerne Fairbanks
Marion Kelly
Twin Bridges
Park City
Monts Zwisler
Herbert Zwisler
Stillwater
The Appealing Charm of Health and Beauty
Mrs. Christina Van Hess of Sioux Falls recalls two years of nervous weakness and pain relief after using Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. She credits renewed strength and health to the remedy and promotes its sale in drug stores with a trial offer from the Invalids’ Hotel in Buffalo New York.
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Sioux Falls, S. Dak
Dr. Pierce
Christina van Hess
Dakota Street
Tnvalids’ Hotel
Buffalo
N. Y
Valley County Farmers to Get Federal Credit to Purchase Sheep
Valley county farmers will receive federal credit to buy at least 2,000 sheep this fall through the Agricultural Credit Corporation headquartered in Minneapolis. A Glasgow committee will vet applications and forward them to Minneapolis two days before the deadline. Valley plans buy Ranbouillet ewes and pure bred bucks from local ranchers to cut freight costs and streamline marketing of wool and mutton.
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Valley County
Agricultural Credit Corporation
Minneapolis
Glasgow
Murray E. Stebbins
Valley County Agricultural
M. QO. Grangaard
Stebbins
Demonstrations Planned for Pyrotol Use on Montana Farms
G. J. Boyd and J. C. Taylor announce demonstrations in Sanders Mineral Flathead and Lincoln counties on Pyrotol the war department explosive for agricultural stump clearing. Prof H E Murdock of Montana State College will lead the demonstrations with orders already sent to Washington for large quantities to western Montana counties.
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G. J. Boyd
J. C. Taylor
Montana State College
Montana
War Department
Sanders
Mineral
Flathead
Lincoln
H. E. Murdock
The
State College
Bozeman
Washington
Bitter Root berries find ready market as growers ship to Chicago
Bitter Root Farm Products union reports August berry sales totaling more than a tally, with two car loads to Chicago and demand for additional car lots. Brokers praise the fruit and a Denver shipment signals growing markets. pre cooling and earlier picking reduce culls. The association, formed this spring, opens new markets and aims for ten thousand dollars a month for produce.
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Bitter Root Farm Products Association
Chicago
Hamilton
Denver
Colo
O. N. Kaldor
Bitter Root Farm Products Company
Bitter Root
James Stuart A Prairie Warpath on the Crow Frontier
James Stuart led a frontier expedition against the Crow after clashes that left one man dead and three wounded. He and his party endured a dangerous two days of retreat before reaching Banack on June 22 1863. The following year Stuart moved to Virginia City and organized a second Yellowstone expedition to seek gold and avenge fallen comrades.
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Heif
E. Bostwick
Banack
Stuart
Virginia City
Yellowstone
Gopher Contest Totals And Prize Winners Across 30 Districts
Final report shows a season total of 71 531 tails collected with 30 districts, 277 enrolled. Grand prize of rifle went to Louis Levo for 8 895 tails. Arthur Buck led juniors with 3 909 tails but was disqualified for a prior prize. Junior and girls top five lists include names and prize amounts.
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Louis Levo
Arthur Buck
Clarence Atteberry
Arthur Vlasack
Thomas Haynes
Thain White
Dorris Gonser
Laura Heath
Elsie Mero
Ruth Newhouse
Helen Edwards
Chicago Livestock Market Report by Weiller & Weiller Co
Weiller & Weiller Co notes Labor Day closures affected receipts across seven western markets with a lighter tally in Chicago and bearish mood among packers. Killing cattle trade started steady then slowed, with baby beeves last Friday at 775 pounds fetching $10.00 per cwt and range cattle priced from 6 to 7.25 dollars per cwt, grass steers 6.25 to 6.75, other killing grades 3.50 to 6.25, and many at or below 6 cents.
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Chicago
James Stuart Led Uprising Crisis in 1865 Frontier
Governor Edgerton appointed James Stuart lieutenant-colonel to command during a feared uprising by Blood Indians at the mouth of the Maria River in spring 1865. After the threat subsided, Stuart held roles as post trader at Fort Browning Assiniboine and Upper Sioux agencies and at Ft. Peck until his death in September 1873. His funeral oration was delivered by Judge Hiram Knowles.
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Maria’s River
Edgerton
James Stuart
Canada
Fort Browning
Assiniboine
Upper
Sioux Agency
Ft. Peck
A. J. Simmons
Deer Lodge
Hiram Knowles
Livestock Market Report Highlights Mixed Demand
The Dakotans and Canadians supply mixed cattle with slight Montana presence. Veal and calf values range 4 to 10.50 dollars, hogs top at 9.60 with sows near 8.50 and pigs around 8.00. Sheep demand remains strong for Western lambs up to 13.50 and breeding ewes from 7.00 to 8.50, yearling ewes up to 10.50.
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Vielon
Great Falls Area to Serve as Western Movie Backdrop
Great Falls may recreate its old cow town atmosphere as the Great Falls commercial club pursues a plan to turn the surrounding region into an outdoor stage for films. After weeks of correspondence with Los Angeles and Hollywood studios, the club says film companies will visit to shoot outdoor scenes here. Local hotels ranchers retailers and others have agreed to cooperate by offering reasonable rates and supplying needed materials.
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Great Falls
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Minnesota
Aporub
Egmillion
Jaro
Northern Creamery C Co
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Fletcher
Livestock Commission
South ST. Paul
Illinois
Sheep Shippers
Aubrey Williams
Ed Nolan
Omaha
St. Paul
Charles O. Robinson
A.W. Thomas
Fred Patterson
E. W. Cahow
James L. Lush
L. C. Robinson
Chris Hansen
Alexander
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Charles C. Robinson
Lederle Blackley Aggressin
Montana State Veterinary Department
United States Bureau of Animal Industry
M. E. Knowles
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