Visitors Count Reach 5000 At Bison Range Talk
Dr E S Norton, manager of the Flathead national bison range on the reservation, reported to the Missoula Kiwanis club that more than 5000 people have visited this year. He spoke on bison history from 1521 Cortez in Mexico to present day and noted albino specimens drawing public interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. E
Norton
Buffalo
Cortez
Mexico
Flathead Indian Reservation
E. S. Norton
Missoula
Pennsylvania
Great Plains
M. J. Elrod
The
University
Flathead Reservation
Conrad
Kalispell
Walking Coyote
Pend d'Oreille
Longtime Montana Editor W C Kester Dies at 74
W C Kester 74 dean of newspaper men in northern Montana died in a Havre hospital from asthma and complications. Survived by Mrs Kester and two daughters Pearl Bailey Coeur d Alene Ida and Vera McAnelly Great Falls. He owned Liberty County Farmer until selling to A E Babcock Chester and bought Hi Line weekly in Hingham. He founded Chinook Opinion 48 years ago and directed the Joplin band after a noted career as a musician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Kester
Hingham
Montana
Havre
Kester
Pearl Bailey
Coeur d’Alene
Ida
Vera McAnelly
Great Falls
Liberty County Farmer
A. E. Babcock
Chester
Experiment Succeeds at Deer Lodge Fire Stations
Four test tube fire stations in the Deer Lodge national forest will be closed for the season by September 30. They measured humidity timber moisture content wind velocity and other factors to predict fire hazard and were pronounced a complete success. The Free City of Danzig area is 791 square miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deer Lodge National Forest
Bozeman Home Turns Nursery To Teach Home Ec
Montana State College expands practical home management training by renting the remodeled home to host a two day per week nursery school run by senior women. The program prepares graduates to teach home economics in Montana vocational high schools, with supervised teaching and summer home applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Montana State College
Gladys Branegan
Emily Post
Bozeman
Dean Branegan
Lelia Massey
Insurance Paid on Hail Losses Warrants Totaling 32519 83
Warrants totaling 32519.83 drawn by State Auditor for 1938 hail insurance adjustments. Payments to county treasurers include 30656.15 as payments due and 1863.68 as delinquent tax deductions. Readable county totals list numerous counties and amounts with one note of a delinquent tax deduction in Big Horn county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of
State Auditor
John J. Holmes
State Hail Insurance Department
Blaine
Breadwater
Carbon
Cascade
Chouteau
Custer
Daniels
Dawson
Fallon
Fergus
Gallatin
Garfield
Glacier
Golden Valley
Hill
Judith Basin
Lewis and Clark
Liberty
Madison
McCone
Musselshell
Phillips
Pondera
Powder River
Prairie
Richland
Roosevelt
Rosebud
Sheridan
Sete
Teton
Toole
Treasure
Valley
Wheatland
Wibaux
Yellowstone
Big Horn’ County
Teau
NYA Grants Made to 196 Montana Schools
J B Love Montana NYA director announces allocation of 65 266 for 1938 39 school year to 196 public and parochial high schools with a monthly average of 1210 students earning 6. The total funds are 32840 less than last year due to cessation of drought grants though grant is 1516 higher than last year. Some counties report crop damage from grasshopper hail and rust. Love will confer with regional NYA director Dr Kenneth Rowe in Billings and may tour distressed areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NYA
Montana
J. B. Love
National Youth Administration
Love
Drouth
Washington
Tate
Billings
Kenneth Rowe
Washington, D.C
Tax collections dip in August by about fifty thousand
State board of equalization reports August 1938 collections totaling 636 266 60 a drop from 686 809 09 in August 1937. Declines blamed on gasoline taxes oil production and license taxes with several lines showing lower receipts while overall year income may offset the monthly fall. Cervantes and Scott noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Equalization
E. A. Dye
Sam D. Goza
John J. Greene
Montana
Fort Peck dam crest rises as emergency signal system planned
The Fort Peck dam crest advances about 47 feet toward final height after hydraulic fill of 1.6 million cubic yards between August 16 and 31. An upstream signal system with 200 ft alarm boxes automates dredge shutdowns and directs pumping to reduce corepool water during emergencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Peck
Saco divide plan favored by federal bureau says Glasgow official
Otto M. Christinson reports the bureau of reclamation favors lowering the charge against the Saco divide project for Milk River works. R Williams replies the project may be feasible if existing works are not repaid by the Saco divide unit. Helena offices mobilize 48 county labor for beet harvest with 300 beet toppers located for farm placements. US game fish losses estimated at 25,000 tons annually. Amethysts from India, Ceylon, and Brazil noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glasgow
Malta
Bureau of Reclamation
Otto M. Christinson
R. Williams
Bureau
Christinson
Helena
Montana Employment Service
R. B. Downs
Montana wolfers mourn Farber Irion and kin
Casey Barthelmess recalls Farber Irion of Olive who died at Lakeview Mont and was famed as a wolfer with 25 to 35 years of work. He and brothers Ray and AL were noted for marksmanship, riding skills, and wolf and coyote drives in the Miles City and Mizpah areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farber Irion
Miles City
Lakeview
Mont
Ray
Farber
Casey Barthelmess
Olive
Coyote
Maxwell Buttes
Irion
Corral Creek
Mizpah
C. H. Irion
Scottsbluff
Neb
A. F. Kelley
Epsie
John
A. J
Lee
William Irion
Reorganization at Helena Catholic Diocese Names New Roles
Bishop Joseph M. Gilmore announced elevation of Rev. John J. Sullivan to chancellor of the Helena diocese succeeding Rev. Edward Gilmore who becomes pastor at Sacred Heart parish in Rowan. Rev. George B. Gerner will replace Sullivan as assistant at St Helena Cathedral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
John J. Sullivan
Edward Gilmore
Joseph M. Gilmore
Sacred Heart
Rowan
George B. Gerner
Carroll College
Father Sullivan
St. Helena
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bison Range
Flathead
Free City of Danzig
Edna Bunch
Thermopolis
Wyo
Wong Sun
Wong Sun Company
Billings, Mont. Sheridan, Wyo
Missoula, Mont
Great Falls, Mont
Western Horseman Magazine
Lafayette
California
CAN
Bozeman Home Management, ‘Nursery School
Holmes
Cervantes
Don Quixote
Sir Walter Scott
Butte
West
First Ave
India
Ceylon
Brazil
Wolfer
Republic
Tata
James E
Schenley
Midland Empire
Billings Polytechnic Institute
School of
Director OF
Self Help
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