Wisdom and Dillon Social Visitors List Rodent Creek Ranch Life
Local residents during the week hosted and visited families across Wisdom and Dillon. Highlights include Mrs Claus on Dishno ranch falling ill then recovering with support from Mrs W Knud, and visits by the Armitages Sackett and others in Wisdom. Betsy Maybee moved to Hogan Station for forest service bridge work. other gatherings involve Jorgensen, Tope, Peterson, Capehart, Powe, Wells, Maxwell, Sparow, and Van Houten households as community ties and seasonal work continue. Jack Miller freights lambs to Butte, while Dave Hirschy handles Ruby creek hay operations for Joe Murphy.
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Claus, Anderson
W. Knudwen
Herbert Ezenkoff
Butte
Jack Miller
Swamp ‘Creek
Eric. Maybee
Hogan Stations
Trail Creek
Maybee
Harold Capehart
Wisdom
Ed Glassey
Thomas Power
George Powe
Hamilton
George Wells
Gerald Wells
Kingman, Ariz
Francis Maxwell
Los Angeles
Peggy Powe
Peggy
Orville ‘Sparow
Richfield
Utah
C. E. Miller
Big Hole Basin
Ben van Houten
Wilson Young
George ‘Cottrell
Lucy Lawrence
Dave Hirschy
Ruby Ranch
Joe Murphy
Hansen Packing Company
Wisdom area figures at haying and visits in Montana
Wisdom neighbors gather at Way Bacon’s to celebrate his birthday as Big Hole ranchers harvest bumper hay crops. Mrs. Helen Margott and Charles Henderson visit Arch Stewart in Wisdom, with a round trip via Wise River and Dillon. Visitors include Mrs. Lottie Goeltz from Missouri and Miss Florence Rice from Jackson helping on local ranches.
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Gibbons
Bowen
Way Bacon
Helen Margott
Normal College
Dillon
Charles S. Henderson
Long Beach
ArchiStewart
Wisdom
Stewart
Harry
Duncan
Irene Margott
Wise River
Jackson
Gibbonsville
Charley Bell
Big Hole
Wash Elliott
Armitage
Wissdom
E. Miller
West of
George Dart
Public schools cope with finances across Montana districts
Trustees in more than 2 000 districts adopted preliminary budgets for 1989 40. Taxable valuations fell 29 percent from 1980 to 1988, forcing cuts in elementary programs as high school costs rose with enrollment. State funds offset some losses, while figures show shifting income sources from 1931 to 1938.
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Montana
H. S
New U Physical Ed Instructor Named at MSU
Miss Ellen Jane Potter is named Montana State University's new women's physical education instructor. Former UCLA educator, she succeeds Miss Lesley Vinal who resigned in June to lead Arkansas’s women's department. Potter earned a 1935 UCLA bachelor’s and a 1937 Oregon master’s, and taught at Oregon, Ellensburg Normal, Central Normal Oregon, and in California.
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Missoula
Montana State University
Ellen Jane Potter
University of California At Los Angeles
Potter
Lesley Vinal
University of Arkansas
University of California At
Los Angeles
University of Oregon
Ellensburg Normal College
Central Normal College of Oregon
California
Great Falls Hosts Northwest Police Training School
More than 200 officers from Montana Idaho and Alberta attended the Great Falls police school opened July 10. The 11 day program included five federal instructors and featured lectures on crime specialization and interagency cooperation with FBI agents W Guy Banister and R H Hicks stressing expert qualifications to reduce crime costs.
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Lice
Inter-Mountain
Federal Bureau of Investigation
W. Guy Banister
Butte
FBI
R. H. Hicks
Hicks
Great Falls
New York
Business visitors and trips in Wisdom and Dillon
Frank Allerton of Dillon and J. H. Scofield with spouses made business trips to Wisdom and Dillon. San Francisco guests Mr. and Mrs. Loring Grimm visited relatives in Jackson and called on the Will Knudsen family in Wisdom. George Cottrell led the stacking crew on the C. E. Miller ranch after building bridges near Trail Creek. Mrs. R. J. Somers of Deer Lodge spent several days with her son-in-law and daughter, the Avan Shaw family in Vindons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Allerton
Dillon
Wisdom
J. H. Scofield
Deer Lodge
Avan Shaw
Qvindons
Dell Social Roundup and Farm News
Dell residents listed include Bill and Pete Sweeney, Miss Mary Sweeney, the Rogers family, Cantrells, Smelkas, Marie Bishop, Birrer family, Nellie McKnight, Amos Hanson clan, Alma Henderson, Floyd Kenison, and Glen Garr. The Dell Home Demonstration club visited Williams Sweeney ranch on Sheep Creek for a ham dinner hosted by Mrs Rogers and others. Billie and Doris Rogers visit from Salt Lake City. Ted Renfro hosted a 60 guest birthday dinner for Mrs N J Birrer. Haying is in full swing in the valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Dell
Bill Sweeney
Pete Sweeney
Mary Sweeney
Ora Rogers
Helen Godfrey
Billie
Doris Rogers
Earl Cantrell
Andrew Smelka
Marie Bishop
Joe Birrer
Nellie McKnight
Amos Hanson
Glen Garr
Dell Home Demonstration Club
Williams ‘Sweeney
Sheep Creek
William Sweeney
E. B. Harkness
Salt Lake City
E.B
Ted) Renfro
Renfro
Civil Service Examinations Announced by U S Agencies
The United States Civil Service Commission announces open competitive examinations for multiple positions. Applications must be filed in Washington, D C, by August 17 for posts including inspector ordnance material, senior associate and assistant roles, education and curriculum consultants, home economics education federal agent, extension agriculturists, forest ecologist and economists, industrial counsellor, and engineering ranks. Full details available at the Dillon post office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Civil Service Commission
Commission
Washington, D. C
Forest Service
Wheeler says he is not for presidency
In a letter to Frank Miles of Des Moines editor of the Iowa Legionnair e Senator B K Wheeler declares I am not a candidate for the presidency Miles previously opined he should not seek the White House and Wheeler says he bears no ill will toward the editor for opposing his nomination
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Miles
Des Moines
The
Iowa Legionnaire
B. K. Wheeler
Miles
Wheeler
White House
Contracts Set On College Building at State College Bozeman
The state board of education awarded contracts for the new student union building at State College in Bozeman. Low bids totaled 185,227 dollars according to Dr. Swain executive secretary of the state university system. Completion is planned by the stated date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Education
State College
Bozeman
Montana Leads In Mustard Seed Production In 1938
Helena report by statistician Jay G. Diamond places Montana at the top in mustard seed production for 1938, overtaking California. Montana ranks among the top four wool producers with 25,245,000 pounds, while wheat output places Kansas and North Dakota ahead of Montana with 72,349,000 bushels.
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Montana
Helena
Jay G. Diamond
Diamond
California
Kansas
North Dakota
Texas
Wyoming
Montana Cowboy Day set at North Montana Fair
Directors of the Montana Cowboy's association announced a Cowboy day at the North Montana state fair and rodeo on August 8. Veterans who rode the range 25 or 30 years ago will parade on horseback and participate in events, with a chuck wagon and tent planned at the fair grounds. Notables assisting include Dick Loss, Fairfield. Tom Davis, Sun River. Sid Willis, Great Falls. and Tom Adams, White Sulphur Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
Montana Cowboy's Association
Montana
North Montana
William Shea
Fair Grounds
Dick Loss
Fairfield
Tom Davis
Sun River
Sid Willis
Tom Adams
White Sulphur Springs
Gasoline spills as tanker rolls into Porcupine Creek
Misener, a Matta resident, faced a loss when his tank truck carrying 4000 gallons of gasoline rolled down into Porcupine creek after the driver left it in gear. Responders from Nashua Glasgow and Malta wreckers to right the vehicle and pump the fuel away, leaving the creek contaminated.
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Nashua
Porcupine Creek
R. P. Misener
Misener
Matta
Cutbank
Culbertson
Glasgow
Malta
Botanist Barkley to Tour US Herbaria and Gardens
Dr. Fred A. Barkley Montana State University botany instructor will depart July 16 for a nationwide tour of herbaria and botanical gardens. He studies the Sumach family and will be on leave until October 1, funded by a Penrose grant from the American Philosophical Society of Philadelphia.
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Botanical Gardens
Missoula
Fred A. Barkley
Montana State University
Sumach
Expedition follows Marco Polo route to Central China
Adventure group plans a hazardous trek from Burma toward Chungking filming the giraffe women neck rings removal for the first time. Producers Armand, Denis and Leila Roosevelt travel from London via Burma with Hassoldt Davis and a crew meeting in Rangoon to move by Dodge cars for sound filming.
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Chungking
China
Marco Polo
Armand
Denis
Leila Roosevelt
Burma
London
Hassoldt Davis
Leroy G. Phelps
Rangoon
Dodge
Many Acres to Be Irrigated Glasgow Fort Peck Project
The Fort Peck irrigation proposal includes 65 000 acres between the Fort Peck dam and the Milk river valley. Gravity irrigation would use pumping downstream from the dam to cover larger lands as designs and estimates for canal and lateral systems are prepared. Progress on Rock Creek and Marias river projects is reported and funds for power equipment at Fort Peck have been turned over to army engineers.
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Glasgow
Fort Peck Dam
Milk River
Fort Peck
Reclamation Era
Bureau of Reclamation
Montana-North Dakota
Missouri River
North
South Dakota
the Magazine
Rock Creek
Marias River
Army Engineers
Harvesting of winter wheat starts in Sanders county Montana
Harvesting of winter wheat has started in Sanders county and is expected to spread across Montana within ten days to two weeks. Spring wheat is largely headed out and some is turning in Missoula county. Weather and soil conditions were favorable but cooled slightly by hot dry spells. Irrigated areas report heavy water use with supplies still plentiful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
UUP
Sanders County
Montana
Missoula County
Federal Weather Bureau and Marketing Service
Wind Tests Gyro, Destroys CCC Camp in Jordan
A high wind near Jordan twisted an auto gyro from the Greer Dusting plate wreckage. The same storm blew steel granaries more than a mile and razed several Jordan CCC camp buildings.
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Miles City
Jordan
Greer
State CCC Camps Host Over Five Thousand Enrollees
The 32 CCC camps in Montana hold more than 5,000 enrollees, per CCC director Robert Fechner. Enrollees are drawn from relief or relief-borderline families and must remit 25 dollars monthly of their 30 dollar salary to dependents.
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CCC
Montana
Robert Fechner
Washington, D. C
Ranch activity and social notes from Dillon area
Report outlines haying with auto machines improving speed. several ranches equipped with power mowers and buck rakes. Local deaths include Sophia Goodspeed in Bannack. Dillon residents attend family events and dances. Electric lighting added at Elkhorn plunge. multiple ranch homes modernized by wind charger plants.
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4. D. Harrison
Dillon
J. J. Brown
Russell
Marchesseau
F. E. Daly
Mildred Pahnish
Earl Tash
E. A. Marchesseau
Mary B. Sheppard
Ted Marchesseau
Frank
Helen Judge
Paul
Betty Daly
Jackson
John Judge
Helen
Betty Harrison
Elkhorn Hot Springs
Hazel
Clark Mills
Exams Scheduled for Welfare Department in Montana
Payne Templeton announces merit system examinations by the Montana Department of Public Welfare to be held on Saturday, September 23 with tentative centers in Billings Bozeman Butte Glasgow Great Falls Havre Helena Kalispell Lewistown Miles City and Missoula. Examinations target Junior Case Worker Senior Case Worker Child Welfare Worker Junior Stenographer and Senior Stenographer. Inquiries to the Committee on Examinations Helena Montana.
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Payne Templeton
Montana Department of Public Welfare
Department
Montana
Billings
Bozeman
Butte
Glasgow
Great Falls
Havre
Helena
Kalispell
Lewiston
Miles City
Missoula
Committee On
State Department of Public Welfare
Helena, Mont
Unemployment Benefits Set for Montana Workers
Barclay Craighead says average weekly unemployment benefit will be 12.74 dollars per recipient under Montana law. Since July 1 the state has received over 3,000 claims, with checks to be mailed starting July 24. Eligible workers must have earned at least 150 dollars in the last year and will receive benefits for 16 weeks.
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Montana
Barclay Craighead
State
Mont cattle imports reach twenty thousand since March
Helena reports nearly 20 000 head of cattle imported into Montana since March 1 nearly 25 percent above the same period in 1938 Breeding stock formed the larger share of the shipments Cattle gains were above average and listed at 95 percent of normal July 1 Sheep and lambs also posted good gains listed at 94 percent of normal
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Helena
Montana
Federal Agricultural Marketing Service
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Turday
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Tri-State School For Law Enforcement
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Martin Walsh
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George Lenox
Farley Ranch
W. S. Tash
Tash
Olive
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Walter Paddock
George Harrison
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