Montana Notes Sketch Rural Life and Local Events
In Montana notes, a plea by Jake DeHart prompts swift hay support for elk from national park service, while gopher control sees over half a ton of strychnine spread across 8.5 million acres with 17,000 farmers cooperating. Fox farm plans near Billings advance as new fox stock arrives. Scarlet fever cases rise across counties. Roundup pastor becomes Milk River district superintendent. Attorney General Ford rules irrigation bonds prevail over farm loans security, Honey production tops $1,000 with 40 hives. A fatal hotel fire in Billings claims Mrs. Georgia Henderson, and Livingston votes on a $20,000 park island bond. Antelope protection urged north of Fort Shaw. state education officials seek to depoliticize school offices. Longtime Great Falls alderman Frank A. Johnson dies. Montana State University enrollment nears a new high as mid-year figures rise.
Montana farmers plan bigger crops and seek loans
Senator C. A. Whipple notes Montana farmers aim for a larger year in 1920 with farm loans rising toward 1000 annually. Farmers prefer six percent rates and swap loans when possible as appraisers report optimism across the north central and northwestern state regions.
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Helena
Montana
C. A. Whipple
Whipple
Anaconda Mayor Fires Police Matron Grace Fleming
Mayor James McCavitt of Anaconda discharged Grace Fleming from the police matron post for alleged inefficiency and failure to work in harmony with the force. Fleming, still probation officer, had circulated reports criticizing the police without presenting them to the mayor.
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Fleming
Anaconda
District Court
Power Company Offers to Sell Ditch System
Helena Montana Power plans to turn over its irrigation project in the Prickly Pear valley and contract to supply electricity to farmers at rates enabling two pumping plants instead of one. Frank Kerr says the company may buy irrigation district bonds nearby.
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Helena
Montana Power Company
Prickly Pear
Frank Kerr
Canadian Wheat Purchase By Rocky Mountain Elevator
John McVay, superintendent of the Rocky Mountain elevator company, announces a deal with the Canadian wheat board to buy 100,000 bushels of Canadian spring wheat at 3.46 dollars per bushel. The grain will be distributed to over 50 elevators for farmers in seeding.
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Great Falls
John McVay
Rocky Mountain Elevator Company
Canadian Wheat Board
Calgary
Butte Boy Donates Prize To Help Friend Buy Leg
Joe McCaffery won a $100 contest prize but gave $25 to his crippled friend Johnny Sullivan to help cover payments on a wooden leg. Sullivan finished third and would have benefited more if he had placed higher.
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Butte
Joe McCaffery
Johnny Sullivan
McCaffery
Sullivan
Potato Famine Threatens Butte Supply Shortage Rising Prices
Butte faces a potato famine as current stocks fail to meet local demand and will run out soon. Prices creep up from four dollars eighty five cents to five fifty per hundred as grocers report scarce supplies and farmers fear cold-weather cellar openings may expose tubers to freezing.
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Butte
Northwest
Painful Operation and Railway Travel Reflections
A police call ends in a noisy dispute over a plaster job as a wife and husband argue behind a door. The piece also discusses railway travel's allure, noting speed and scenery sidestep daily life while thoughts drift to distant stations and towns.
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American Legion Weekly
Py R. L. Stevenson
The Rise of Raccoon Coats
The Columbus Dispatch notes raccoon coats rose from ten dollars to six hundred dollars this winter as motorists accepted them as essential attire. Twenty to twenty five skins make a coat with prime skins at eighteen dollars each and cutters earning a hundred dollars weekly, driving prices up.
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Columbus Dispatch
Bantam Rooster Raises Orphaned Chicks In Hingham
Brainard Souther of Hingham Massachusetts says a bantam rooster named George Washington has adopted eight chick ens abandoned by their mother. The rooster provides maternal care though his small size leaves some chicks peeking out at the edges.
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Brainard Souther
Hingham, Mass
George Washington
G. W
Remarkable Race by a Horse Castor in 300 Mile Endurance
A 300 mile endurance race from Fort Ethan Allen Vermont to Camp Devens Massachusetts saw Castor the USDA MorgAn gelding finish third in speed despite a nose injury and a late walk. The trial aimed to boost cavalry mount breeding with Arabians predominating plus two Morgans from the USDA farm. Colonel George’s overseas veteran Bob led early but did not finish. Maj. Benton served as bureau of animal industry judge.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Castor
Middlebury
Morgan ‘Horse Farm
Department of Agriculture
Fort Ethan Allen
Camp Devens
Mass
United States
Newport News
Overseas Service
Bob
George
Cost Of Horse Blemishes At Western Market
A Western selling point notes blemishes reduce price by up to 50 dollars or more for first rate horses. Blemishes are sometimes unavoidable, but avoiding them pays. The article urges breeding only sound mares to sound stallions to minimize defects and protect profit.
Adding Piglets to Feed With Molasses Trough Method
When piglets reach about three weeks they need more than milk. Place a shallow trough inaccessible to the sow. Scald middlings, mix with milk, and add a tablespoon of molasses. Move piglets to the trough. they will sense the odor and begin to eat.
Proper Quarters for Pigs
Pigs should be kept in dry clean quarters and fed in clean troughs. They must not be allowed to run out in cold rain or become chilled in any way. Sows running through filth and being guckled will often cause pigs to scour.
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Jake DeHart
J. L. Fox
H. B. Greenleaf
Billings
John J. Sippy
Big Horn County
Fergus
Flathead
Kalispell
Missoula
Musselshell
Ravalli
Wheatland
Wibaux
J. I. Durand
First Methodist Church
Roundup
R. J. Cooke
W. W. van Orsdel
Milk River
North Montana
Joseph Hogue
State Accident Board
S. C. Ford
Ford
I. &. Clark
Sun River
Georgia Henderson
Boykin House
Livingston
McLeod Island
Fort Shaw
Asheulot
Fairfield
Lester Young
Young
County Superintendents’ Institute
Bozeman State
May Trumper
Frank A. Johnson
City of
E. C. Ellertt
Power Company
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Bureau
North Island Naval Air Station
San Diego
Cal
Navy
Boston
Robert Burns
Robert Burns Memorial Association
Henry H. Kitson
Cairo
Pal
Ilm
Morgan
Rustem Bey
Ramla
Maj. C. A. Benton
Bureau of Animal Industry
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