Montana News Roundup From 1920 Dairying to Oil Cuts
The 1920 Montana dairy industry was valued at 27 596 016 10 according to the eighth annual report by state dairy commissioner William A Fluhr. Montana ranked twenty first in the United States for butter. Emigrant hatchery plans to begin pheasant breeding next year and 2 000 000 fry ready for spring planting. Mid Northern Oil of Billings cuts Montana oil by 50 cents a barrel with downstream price drops expected. Barton Tucker probes an 18 inch vein of lead ore in the Bull Mountains near Roundup. Paul McCormick of Billings, the Grand Old Man of Montana, dies at 75. A Gallatin County rancher faces conversion after timber theft from a national forest. Secretary of State Charles Slowars report highlights Montana business growth and motor registrations. State payroll outside Helena reaches 1 225 708. Lewistown New Rockford Great Northern cut off contract awarded with April delivery. University of Montana to mark 25th charter day. Great Northern reduces locomotive shop hours at Great Falls. Ninth district Federal Reserve Bank opens Helena branch. Northern Pacific notifies Montana railroad commission of hay rate reductions to eastern terminals. Rose drug store burglary in Bozeman results in rapid capture.
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Pony Fire Threatens Town After Gasoline Blast
The Crewes block in Pony burned including the Olaf Morris residence with losses around 25000 dollars. A gasoline explosion started the blaze in banker Fred Smith's home. Mrs Smith and her young son were burned lightly while Mrs Smith's brother Harence Farrell suffered severe injuries. Firefighters prevented spread to Isbell Mercantile Pony Drug and Pony Moving Picture buildings.
State passenger fares raised to equal interstate rates
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered Montana to raise state passenger fares to the interstate level. Montana rates rise from three cents per mile to three and three-fifths cents plus war tax, with similar increases for padding and excess baggage. Efffective on or before March 2, the ruling aligns Montana with New York and Minnesota decisions.
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Forest Aerial Patrol Bases at Bozeman for Fire Watch
The Ninth aerial squadron of the United States Army will base three or four aircraft at Bozeman to patrol Montana forest reserves and northern Idaho and Wyoming next summer. A pilot and observer aboard each plane will monitor for fires and vandalism, land to relay warnings, and operate on regular air lanes from the fair grounds secured by the Chamber of Commerce.
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Unknowingly Fares Sit on Jewels Worth 12000 in Butte
In Butte three casually minded taxi riders unknowingly occupied a cab seat with a jewel case worth twelve thousand dollars belonging to Mrs. M. Delavage. The case disappeared after she returned from New York and left it in the cab. A search located the case on the back cushion, unnoticed by the three passengers and the driver during subsequent trips.
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Havre Sets Bicycle Speed Limit and Fines
Havre imposes a traffic ordinance restricting bicycles to twelve miles per hour in a hour while cars may reach fifteen. Bicycles and automobiles face seven miles per hour at street crossings with cumulative penalties for violators.
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Havre
Ready for the Birds Winning Bird House in Washington Parks
The blue ribbon bird house, showcased on a barge tree in Washington parks, is presented to the American Por Estry Association. In a recent competition, 3800 Washington pupils received blue ribbons for their bird lade fries.
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American Porestry Association
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Novel wedding cake from American colony in Jerusalem
A 50 pound wedding cake presented by the American colony in Jerusalem adorned with decorations depicting historic scenes from the lineage of the holy city. The cake honored Hadassna Grasovsky of Jaffa and a son of Sir Herbert Samuel, the British high commissioner in Palestine.
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Herbert Samuel
Palestine
Hadassna Grasovsky
Jaffa
Keep Barber Guessing
A New York Evening Post item notes a prankish idea in a barber chair. The writer suggests delaying decisions on services like shaves or massages to keep the barber engaged, pretending to ponder options and promising details after the haircut is complete.
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New York Evening Post
Remarkable Insanity Record at Ashford Inquest
An inquest in Ashford Kent heard that Eddil Gail died by placing his herd on a railway line to end his life. His wife is in an asylum after air raid related insanity. A brother and a brother in law are in asylums and another brother in law committed suicide. Gail left a note citing family and money troubles.
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Bull associations rise 57 percent in last fiscal year
The United States Department of Agriculture dairy division reports 123 bull associations nationwide, up from 78. Four states Alabama Pennsylvania Mississippi and South Carolina account for nearly half the total, with Alabama 7 Pennsylvania 21 Mississippi 11 and South Carolina 17. Dairying grows in the cotton belt through cooperative methods and extension work. Pennsylvania remains the largest member state.
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Molasses for Dairy Stock Boosts Milk Production
The article explains using molasses from sugar mills as a daily feed for dairy cows kept off pasture. It notes molasses serves as a digester and tonic, restores appetite, and helps cows in small enclosures maintain and increase milk output by replacing green feed and improving digestion.
Liberal feeding urged for dairy cattle profits
Authorities at University farm, St Paul, urge liberal feeding of dairy cattle as profitable. They cite examples where feeding costs rose from 63 to 83 per cow while income rose from 129 to 218, yielding an extra 89 profit per cow for 380 extra expenditure.
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University Farm
St Paul
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Winter care of milk demands hot wash and pure rinsing
The article stresses unusual cleaning for milk equipment in winter. It contrasts summer ease with sunlight as a purifier and urges using hot water for washing tin items and pure cold water for rinsing.
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Have Good Purebreeds Only for Productive Sires
Fragmentary note emphasizes insistence on purebred sires rather than merely purebreds. Stresses that pedigrees alone do not guarantee value and urges selecting productive, well bred stock for farm needs.
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