Advertising Montana to Tourists Opens With 5000 Fund
The first systematic effort to lure visitors to western Montana began with a 5000 dollar fund raised by the Silver Bow County Good Roads association and the Butte Rotary club. A relief map of the Yellowstone trail from Jefferson Island to Missoula will be distributed, funded by Jefferson Island Whitehall Butte Deer Lodge and Missoula. Also notes wind storm losses for Great Falls mayor Louis Newman and a new 100 ton mill being built at Mount Washington near Wickes.
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Montana
Silver Bow
Mount Washington
Wickes
Rangers Prohibit Factory Cigarettes in Forest Work
Beartooth National Forest officials ban factory made cigarettes for all field employees after a unanimous fire meeting at Savenac. Secretary Meredith asks tobacco firms to include warnings in packs to curb fires from burning matches and tobacco in forests.
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Billings
Forest Service
R. T. Ferguson
Beartooth National Forest
Savenac
Department of Agriculture
E. T. Meredith
Meredith
Enforcement funds run dry for federal liquor cases in Montana
Butte district attorney George W. Shelton reports his new federal prosecution office is effectively abolished after Congress failed to pass an appropriation for special attorneys. Palmer told Day the funding depleted July 1, leaving no money to pay prosecutors. Without new arrangements, Shelton's office will cease to exist, amid questions about last minute congressional acts before the presidential election.
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Butte
United States
George W. Shelton
Montana
Congress
Shelton
FE. C. Day
Palmer
Yegen Junior Pardoned by Acting Governor Williams
Acting Governor Williams pardons Christian Yegen Jr of Billings after four months in custody for burglary while Lyman Ross and Albert Palmer receive pardons as well. The governor cites youth and confinement as sufficient punishment and notes Yegen’s parents will aid his reintegration. Governor Williams serves in place of Stewart and McDowell.
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C. 11. Williams
Powell County
Republican
Senate
Grand Jury Indicts Rail Agent for Theft in Superior
Helena reports the grand jury indicted M. P. Bacon a Milwaukee railway station agent at Superior for stealing about 222 from the company. Bacon pleaded guilty the court suspended six months in jail and fined 225. Most indictments allege liquor and drug act violations.
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Helena
M. P. Bacon
Milwaukee Railway
Superior
Bacon
Maine’s Centennial Celebration Marks State’s Rich Early History
A retrospective honors Maine’s 100 years as a state with a Portland celebration from June 28 to July 5. The piece traces Maine’s early exploration from Cabot in 1498 through Monts and Popham settlements, naval battles, and the Aroostook War, highlighting founders, leaders, and notable Maine-born figures in culture and politics.
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Portland
Maine
North America
Plgrims
Plymouth
Mass
John Cabot
New World
Corte-Real
Varrazano
Gomez
Penobscot
Rio de Las Gomez
Stag River
Thevet
Europe
Morumbega
Great Britain
Sir John Hawkins
Bartholomew Gosnold
Martin Pring
Casco Bay
Sieur de Monts
United States
Florida
Neutral
St. Croix River
Calais
Champlain
Kennebec River
Mount Desert Island
Virginia
Brunswick
Cape Elizabeth
America
Ferdinando Gorges
Gorgeana
York
Machias
Margaretta
Unity
Jeremiah O’brien
Congress
Benedict Arnold
Quebec
Falmouth
Mowatt
Castine
Sir John Moore
John Moore
Paul Revere
Massachusetts
Edward Preble
Tripoli
Longfellow
Enterprise
Boxer
Eastport
Hampden
Bangor
Belfast
Aroostook
Winfield Scott
Daniel Webster
Lord Ashburton
Sons and Daughters
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Hiram S. Maxim
Maxim
Sangerville
Hudson Maxim
Orneville
Lillian Nordica
Farmington
Artemus Ward
Waterford
Franklin Simmons
Benjamin Paul Akers
Webster
Westbrook
Elijah Kellogg
Elm Island
Hannibal Hamlin
Lincoln
Paris
Wiliam Phipps
Annapolis Royal
Nova Scotia
Woolwich
Dorothea Lynde Dix
Mites Threaten Poultry Flocks Warned Control Methods
Poultry houses must be kept mite free to protect hen health and egg production. Mites hide in roosts and walls, attack at night, and can be eradicated with kerosene or coal tar products or crude petroleum, before spraying ensure filtration, strain mixtures, and repeat treatments weekly to ten days.
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United States Department of Agriculture
The Eskimo Shimmy Dance Expert
The Eskimo conjuror and medicine man performs a unique shimmy dance singing and shaking his body without moving his feet, a skill he knew before the song gained wider popularity in warmer regions.
Aim High For The Class And Greater Achievements
The message urges striving for excellence with bold ambition. It emphasizes that higher aims lead to bigger accomplishments and that effort toward lofty goals benefits students and communities. The tone is motivational and forward looking.
Guinea Fowls Favored For Farm Use And Security
Guineas are hardy and industrious domestic fowls that roam the farm while aiding the garden by avoiding injury. Their wild nature leads them to remote areas where they gather much of their own food. On hawk infested farms they deter predators with vigorous protests and guard against cats and dogs.
Simple shed-roof turkey shelter praised for success
A plain substantial shed-roof house provides dry ample light and good ventilation for turkeys. The design simplifies flock care and offers benefits for successful turkey farming during seasonal needs.
Turning eggs for hatching tests show no hatch gain
Prof B F Kaupp at North Carolina station conducted thorough tests comparing eggs turned daily with undisturbed eggs kept until incubation finds no improvement in hatchability from turning.
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B. F. Kaupp
North Carolina
Fowls Grow Lazy in Summer Heat
Hens become less active in hot weather and some reduce egg production. Cold months prompt hens to struggle for warmth, but summer inactivity is more pronounced as birds conserve energy.
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California
Louis Newman
Great Falls
Havre
Newman
Anaconda
France
American Legion
Livingston
The
Insurance Federation of Montana
Thomas Galoway
B. J. Martin
State Industrial Accident Board
Charles H. Austin
Cascade
Sarah F. Austin
Ruth Austin Johnson
Yellowstone National Park
William Rollins
Rollins
Flathead Lake
State Board of Health
John J. Sippy
Musselshell County
E. L. Coleman
Billings Commercial Club
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Burlington
Charles L. Sheridan
Bozeman
Yellowstone Park
C. Yegen, JR
Grand Jury
R. R. Man
Canal Zone
Balboa
Pershing
Samuel H. Marcuse
Abou Saad Temple
Pine Tree
John Smith
Pocahontas Fame
New England
Christopher Levett
George Cleeve
Richard Wacker
Maineborn
Thomas Brackett Reed
John D. Long
Navy
Buckfield
Rufus King
Scarboro
William P. Frye
United States Senate
Lewiston
Lot M. Morrill
Secretary of the Treasury
Belgrade
Melville W. Fuller
United States Supreme Court
Augusta
Nelson Dingley
Eugene Hale
Durham
Turner
Hugh McCulloch
Kennebunk
Sergt. Smith Prentiss
Gen
Neal Dow
Annie Louise Cary
Wayne
W. W. Hoegg, Jr
Chicago Post
Kaupp
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