Wisdom Notes From Big Hole Community Life
Mary N Wisdom reports local visits and social events in Wisdom Montana. Residents and visitors like Cottrell, Thompson, White, Sullivan, Pomeroy, Van Houten, Clapp, Blake, and many neighbors attend gatherings, fundraisers, and family occasions while forest and park services plant trout and ICCF officers are installed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Thompson
Hamilton
Los Angeles
Montana
Walter White
Claud Anderson
Butte
Big Hole
Stewart Capehart
Echo Lake
June Sullivan
Miss Sullivan
Patsey Sullivan
Community notices from Polaris and surrounding areas
Social and visitor updates from Polaris Montana and nearby valleys include funeral attendance for Mrs. Patterson in Dillon, extended visits by Byron and Seattle residents, and guests at ranches in Bedrock Elkhorn Springs and Crystal Park. Local medical updates note Dwight Harrison after an appendicitis operation. weather mentions a cloudburst and hail damaging hay at the Marchesseau ranch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Nay
John Judge
S. S. Patterson
Dillon
Miami
Ariz
Frank Buck
Margaret
Frank
Buster
Frank Marchesseau
Marchesseau
Buck
Seattle
Roe Ranch
Bedrock
Ed Roe
Elkhorn Springs
Moore McKinley
Caroline
Moore
Robert Schoettler
Lowell Smith
June Roe
Joe Roe
Norman Nelson
Wayne
Clara Lavene
Leon Beese
Mbeaverhead Valley
Centerville
Iowa
W. H. Wells
Grace Wells
Grasshopper Valley
Judge
Nelson
Grasshopper
Crystal Park
Elkhorn Mountain
Judson Best
Peter
Wallace
Elkhorn
Joe Madden
Earl Tash
George Pyle
E. E. Hazel
M. A. Cooke
Henry Rinehart
George Harrison
Mill Point
E. P. Marchesseau Ranch
Polaris
Dwight Harrison
Butte
Harrison Ranch
Carl L. Knoll
Otto Pahnish
Carl G. Knoll
Dillon Area Social Notes Compile Visiting Guests
Mrs. Fred Nelson hosts and guests include Mr. and Mrs. Mark Clemon, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Hirschy of San Francisco, Mrs. William Knudsen of Reno, Nev., and Mrs. Esta Husted. Visitors from Los Angeles Hollywood and Chicago arrive, with ranch activity noting haying season and improved sunshine forecast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jurvig
Rasmussen
Ole
Ed Lingrin
Helena
William Knudsen, Jr
Reno
Nev
William Knudsen
Charles Hirschy
San Francisco
Amy
Hallie Stephens
Normal College
Dillon
Warren Hughes
Seymour Creek
Wisdom
Ray Willey
Asa Willey
Harry Hathaway
Long Beach
Arch Stewart
Mary M. Savory
Butte
Albert Smith
Ed Hamlin
Gwendoline
Edward
Ed Glassey
Bitter Root
Alvin Millicam
Eric Maybee
Mark Clemon
Charlie Hirschy
Esta Husted
Honor Mortimer
Los Angeles
Jimmie Bateman
Hollywood
Cailif
John Jackson
May Hawk
Mr. Jackson
Jackson
Fred Bauman
Chicago
Fred Hirschy
Hirschy
Sam Shepherd
Cleveland
Ohio
Francis Barnes
Missoula
Bozeman Names New Montana Extension Service Director
John C. Bower, research worker at the Montana Agricultural Experiment Station, was named Montana extension service director. He succeeds Clyde Howard and will continue farm management work while studying extension land use planning and county records. Bower, a Washington State College graduate in agricultural economics and farm management, previously led a farm organization survey and earned a Montana station fellowship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bozeman
Mont
U.P
John C. Bower
Montana Agricultural Experiment Station
Montana Extension Service
Clyde Howard
Bower
Washington State College
Montana
Don't Be a Flipper Urged for Forest Fire Safety
Supervisor W B Willey of Beaverhead National Forest urges citizens to avoid smoking in the woods. He notes 46 percent of Beaverhead fires in five years were man caused and 56 percent of those by careless smokers. He cites nine forest fires last year and warns flippers have caused over 800 fires in northern Rockies forests, costing nearly $1 million in timber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Willey
Beaverhead National Forest
Forest Service
Beaverhead Forest
Rocky Mountains
Local notes on illness travel and union meeting
Mrs Lars Kalsta suffers an infected foot from a large wood sliver. Mrs Nicolas de Leon returned from Arizona due to her father illness. William Garrison receives treatment at Murray hospital. Farmers Union Local 490 met at Lavon hall with State Secretary Harold Brown who spoke on current problems and announced a Butte convention. A day outing for juniors and juveniles near was decided for Friday under union direction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lars Kalsta
Nicolas de Leon
Arizona
William Garrison
Murray Hospital
Butte
Farmers Union Local 490
Lavon
Harold Brown
State Farmers Union
Dell Visitors and Local Moves Highlight Dell Weekend
Those in Dell this week from Dell included several families visiting relatives such as the Dowlings Bimats Birrers and McKnights. Mrs Birrer and Clifford Birrer moved P H Watt and family to Pony Montana. The Dell Home Demonstration club met at Mrs Earl Cantrell's with Mrs War Cantrell and Leslie serving refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Dell
Joe Dowling
P. J. Bimat
Joe Birrer
Floyd Kenison
Asa Mecham
John Brock
Alma Henderson
George Lefgren
Ettie Holderman
Alva Garr
M. McKnight
Nellie McKnight
Clifford Birrer
P. H. Watt
Pony, Mont
Dave Burke
Kathleen Burke
Dell Home Demonstration Club
Earl Cantrell
Cantrell
Leslie
Montana Farm Butter Cartons Now Available
The Montana dairy division orders butter sold in wax cartons following health board recommendations. Paper manufacturers offer a two color Montana Farm Butter carton in red white or green white. A de waxed space on one side is reserved for the manufacturer name as required. The Tribune Publishing Company will order and print the cartons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Health
Dairy Division
State Department of Agriculture
Montana
Tribune Publishing Company
Mining deal closes as Steiner sells Sheridan mine
Jacob Steiner sold his group of mines in Current Gulch to G Arthur Gustafson of Hardin and Eugene Bishop of New York. The new owners will remodel the mill and run a 24 hour shift once completed. Steiner, a Sheridan resident since 1887, is fragile and unable to supervise work. Mrs. Foster suffers a wrist fracture after a stepladder fall. Mrs. Rosster hosted about 20 ladies for tea in honor of out of town guests including Mary McGregor Des Moines O H Junod Billings Maurice Roberts Chicago F B McClure Hostania George Handel Laurel Olive Smith Paradise Calif. Sheridan primary election passes quietly with some not registering under the new law and farmers attending hay fields staying away to cast ballots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Steiner
Gulch
G. Arthur Gustafson
Hardin
Eugene Bishop
New York
Mr. Steiner
Sheridan
R. W. Rosster
Mary McGregor
Des Moines
O. H. Junod
Billings
Maurice. Roberts
Chicago
F. B. McClure
Hostaniia
George Handel
Laurel
Olive Smith
Paradise
Calif
Montana suffers warm week aids crops and hay harvest
The U S weather bureau and the bureau of agricultural economics report the past week was the warmest of the year in Montana with scattered showers late in the week. Temperatures ranged in the upper eighties to lower nineties as crops ripened and haying resumed. Grain and hay gains outpaced losses though a grasshopper outbreak threatens about 15 counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Mont
U.P
U. S. Weather Bureau
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Montana
Big Horn
Big Horn County
Richland
Dawson
Prairie
Wibaux
Fallon
Carter
Dakotas
Flathead County
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cottrell
Wisdom Woman's Club
Masonic Temple
Wisdom Library
Billy Pomeroy
Ray Lewis
Fishtrap
Ben van Houten
Earl van Houten
Anaconda
Walter Clapp
Jack Anderson
Hienie Williams
Clapp
George Blake
Blake
Jack Paddock
Francis Ralston
Barbara
Charles Ralston
The
Agricultural College
End Miller
Ted
Shirley
C. E Miller
George York
Peoples Market
Miner Lake
Crystal Lake
Lily Lake
I.C.C.F
Coy Rice
Noble Grand
Harvey Johnson
Dan Pendergast
Lu Hoyrup
Martin Jackson
Jos. Poole
Elvin Peterson
the Forty Bar
Pugh Payton
Park Service
Edward J. Hummell
Omaha
Nebraska
Historical Division
Service
United States
Ted Woodward
Divide Monffy
Frank Pendleton
Warren Shaw
Mary Shaw
J. H. ‘Scofield
Carmen
Shirley Miller
Orville Sparrow
Fred Baumen
Guy Gray
Doc” Irvine
Basin
Day Francis of Wisdom
Jorgensen Ranch
Lena Nelson
U. S. Forest Service
Lewis & Walker
Reichle
N. J. Birrer
Gertrude of Sheridan
Montana Farm
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