Montana Notes Record in 1927 Montana Events
Eastern Montana wool season opens. Bozeman hosts Montana Osteopathic convention July 26 29. Three Forks residents push pool project. Miles City elevator handles 50000 bushels at 1 15 per. Anderson named assistant state forester Kalispell. Missoula hosts Prohibition campaign. Livingston candidate for Congress declares. Salvation Army raises funds in Billings. Prairie actions and court actions noted across the state. William Scott Ed Murray jailed for burglary in Terry. Baptist missions head to Vancouver. Yellowstone County eighth grade diplomas set record 100 in 1927. Havre mayor to serve without pay. miner dies at Butte mine. Legion to Kalispell convention. first auto party crosses Mullan Pass. Red Lodge police chief and clerk faces removal. sanity case in Livingston. Wesleyan college elects Bovard president. Glendive rod and gun club forming. Montana crop prospects announce strong yields. wheat oats barley hay forecasts. Big Horn County youth summer camp. Missoula storm damage reported. Dahl suicide in Helena jail. Montana to battle barberry bush from July. Great Falls hosts Northwestern Grain Dealers meet. Bowman Lake hosts summer military camp. Lewistown officer named deputy game warden. Missoula track captaincy awarded. Butte wedding license to 98-year-old groom. 65-yearold bride. Cascade Red Cross aid totals 281 in May. Red Lodge gas project revived. Irish public support in Anaconda. Montana tax payers reelect officers. Great Falls. Columbia Falls man killed near Kalispell. Eastern Star school in Bozeman hosts multiple chapters. Nine Mile cattlemen form association. Musselshell County land pledges under J M Moyer methods. Winnett hit by electrical storm and hail damage.
Hope Wars End As Archangel Statue Honors Legion Hero
A silver statuette presented by Gen. Armando Diaz to Commander Hanford MacNider is displayed in the American Legion national trophy room. The miniature replicas the St. Michael statue atop San Angelo in Rome, a fortress and Hadrian’s Tomb, recalling a 12th century papal vision and a pestilence.
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Archangel. Michael
Diaz
Archangel Michael
Armando Diaz
Italy
Hanford MacNider
American Legion
Legion
St. Michael
San Angelo
Rome
Hadrian
Gregory
Plans relief arrangement between labor and the Legion
John H. Walker, eight-year president of the Illinois State Federation of Labor, proposes an official labor Legion plan to aid World War I sick and wounded and dependents. Commander Mac Nider of the Legion responds warmly. the proposal is under consideration. Walker began in Illinois mines at age ten and joined the Knights of Labor at eleven, later serving in nearly every miners’ organization office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Walker
Illinois State Federation of Labor
Organized Labor
American Legion
MacNider
Legion
Walker
Ilinois
Knights of Labor
Steel Helmet Inventor Dead in Paris
Doctor Monprofit, a member of the French chamber of deputies and veteran of the French ambulance, died in Paris. He introduced the steel helmet in World War I and is said to have perfected plans for steel breastplates. He conceived the idea of the tin hat during the Balkans campaign in 1914.
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Paris
Doctor Monprofit
Chamber of Deputies of
France
Balkans
War department offers nationwide correspondence courses for military branches
Correspondence courses in cavalry infantry and artillery are the latest program in the War department. The courses align with citizen training supported by the American Legion. A national plan covers applications nationwide. Five instruction courses are offered in each service branch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
American Legion
Bury St Edmunds Owl of Magna Charta History
English city famed for its odd name Bury St Edmunds and its link to Magna Charta. It honors St Edmund king of East Anglia who died in 870 and was buried here. The abbey is the town’s chief sight and in 1447 Humphrey Duke of Gloucester was imprisoned, reportedly dying there.
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England
Bury
St. Edmund's
St. Edmund
East Anglia
Humphrey Duke of Gloucester
Legion seeks free hometown papers for wounded WWI veterans
The American Legion auxiliary urges editors to send daily or weekly hometown newspapers to about 30 000 wounded or sick veterans in hospitals nationwide. Local editors may receive state lists of hospitalised men and should request name lists from Indianapolis national headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
American Legion Auriliary
Legion
Indianapolis
Ind
Stranded Ex-Soldiers Helped by Local Legion Post
In Washington DC ex soldiers drift seeking compensation. Bill Franklin, commander of the Vincent B. Costello post, finds those with a chance at settlement and assists them. The post spends over five dollars per man on average, helping hopeless cases return home, as DC recently assumes much of this work.
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Washington, D. C
Bill Franklin
American Legion
Franklin
Vincent B. Costello
Washington
District of Columbia
The Walking Encyclopedia Pol lock Army Paper Work Expert
Marion E Pollock known as The Walking Encyclopedia of the A E F and the American Legion rose to chief of the personnel division at the U S Veterans' Bureau in Washington D C Although an enlisted man he was an acknowledged expert on army paperwork Pollock served in France as chief of the orders division in the adjutant general's department He could recite nearly every World War I general headquarters order verbatim after the Armistice
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion E. Pollock
American Legion
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Washington
D. C
Pollock
France
Adjutant General’s Department
Legion Carrying On With Japanese Tenants Ousted on Yakima Farm
Washington informs the American Legion that Japanese tenants on farms on the Yakima Indian reservation have been ousted to favor returning service men. David Phillips of Dover Ohio, an ex soldier, received a 2500 compensation check on a 250 claim but refunded 2250 immediately. Maj Gen Clarence Edwards in France asked Legion men in Holyoke Massachusetts about adjusted compensation choices. 85 percent chose paid up insurance, 10 percent farm and home aid, rest for vocational training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yakima
Wash
Washington
American Legion
David Phillips
Dover
Philips
Clarence Edwards
France
Legion
Holyoke
Mass
Process for Removing Gum From Flax in Argentina
A new process in Argentina removes gums and waste from flax straw before drying and shipment to Europe for fiber article manufacture. This development aims to improve quality and efficiency in flax processing for European markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argentina
Europe
Apple Aphis Control Timing in Spring Sprays Key
The green apple aphis is Montana’s major orchard pest. Eggs overwinter on bark hatch with leaf buds. Early summer sprays kill nymphs and larvae, while winter egg destruction remains important. Black Leaf 40 mixture listed for effective contact control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Montana
Straightening the bottom of a skirt technique
Montana Extension service advises a simple home method to hem a skirt. Use a yardstick held perpendicular to the floor to mark a line parallel to the floor, then measure down to the desired length on a table.
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Home Management Department
The
Montana Extension Service
Keep Rope in Dry Place on the Farm
Rope care depends on rope quality and treatment. Dragging on the ground grinds material, acids damage fibres, and ropes must stay dry and protected from weather. Dry storage is essential, with night covers, ventilation, and elevated racks for large ropes.
Shelter belt plan for Montana farm homes described
The Montana experiment station reports shelter belt needs for northern and eastern Montana farms. Box Elder and Northwest Poplar yield fastest growth, while Green Ash and American Elm endure harsh winters and dry summers. Caragana shows promise as a tall shrub. A. Green Ash may suffer blister beetles. Alternate rows of quick and slow growers are proposed, aligned north to south to catch winter drift.
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Montana
Havre
George Morgan
North Montana
Mortana Extension Offers Two Mothers Camps This Summer
The Mortana extension service runs two Mothers' Camps this summer, one in Sidney and one in Glasgow, aiming to provide guidance and activities for mothers.
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The
Mortana Extension Service
Sidney
Glasgow
Girls May Attend Camps In Four Montana Sites
Montana extension service club division lists junior camps for both boys and girls in four counties. Richland and Dawson hold June 12–17 at Lovering's grove near Sidney. Ravalli hosts June 20–23 at Hamilton. Yellowstone hosts July 31–Aug 4 at Huntley experiment station farm near Osborn. Big Horn hosts June 19–23 at Crow Agency.
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Montana Farms
Montana Extension Service
Richland
Dawson Counties
Lovering’s Grove
Sidney
Ravalli County
Hamilton
Yellowstone County
Huntley Experiment Station Farm
Osborn
Big Horn County
Crow Agency
Linen Authentication Tests for Distinguishing Linen from Cotton
Home management specialists from the Montana Extension service explain tests to verify linen purity amid high cost and common adulteration. Oil, sizing, ink, burning, and breaking tests compare linen and cotton fibers, focusing on transparency, harshness, ink absorption, burn behavior, and thread strength.
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Montana Extension Service
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Montana Osteopathic Association
Bozeman
Three Forks
Miles City
BH. A. Anderson
Kalispell
Sanity League of America
Missoula
R. W. Foster
Jerome G. Locke
Livingston
Congress
Waa
Salvation Army
William Scott
Ed Murray
Terry
G. C. Cress
Lewistown
Baptist Missions
Baptist Denomination
Vancouver
B. C
George Bourne
Eugene L. Yeamans
Black Rock
Butte and Superior Company
Butte
Lloyd J Yeamans
Lamport
Mullan Pass
Idaho
Bellingham
New York
District Court
J. H. McAllister
C. D. Grafft
Red Lodge
Owen Criswell
Park County
Sanity Commission
Thomas A. Edison
Criswell
State Asylum For the
Warm Springs
C. L. Bovard
Montana Wesleyan College
Board of Trustees
Helena
Co. D. Crouch
C. B. Pfeiffer
E.G. Hitchcock
Glendive
Montana Crop Reporting Service
Big
Horn County
Charles Dahl
Department of Agriculture
Charles N. Pray
Great Falls
Pipestone Springs
Continental Divide
State Highway Commission
Clayton No. 2
Winnett
Division of Publicity
State Department of Agriculture
Beaverhead
Madison
Northwestern Grain Dealers’ Association
Bowman Lake
Glacier National Park
Culver Military School of
Culver
Co. L. Wentworth
Robert Egan
State University
Sam Protine
Lottie Knapp
Harriet Carvier
Cascade County
Red Cross
Dry Creek
Anaconda
American Association For the Recognition of the
Montana Taxpayers’ Association Board of Directors
Henry Maddox
Columbia Falls
Great Northern
Order of Eastern Star
Big Timber
Belgrade
Manhattan
Whitehall
Townsend
Wilsall
Drummond, Pony and
Bozemah
Cattlemen’s Association
Lolo National Forest
Forest Service Administration
J. M. Moyer
Yuma Colp
Musselshell County
Weona
Rca
News Service
Iinois Federation of Labor
Walking Encyclopedia
Aphis
Montana Experiment Station
North Montana Farm
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