History of the American Fur Trade reviewed for Dillon readers
F H Garver notes the fur trade era as one of America s most romantic periods and highlights H M Chittenden s History of the American Fur Trade as the premier account. The review outlines five parts, Part I general fur trade features, Part II chronological events and companies, Part III related events, Part IV notable incidents, and Part V people and geography with an appendix including Montana firsthand documents and a Three Forks battle note.
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West
Asia
Europe
America
Public Library
Dillon
Far West
Hiram Martin Chittenden
Corps of Engineers
United States Army
Missouri Valley
Rocky Mountains
Overland
Santa Fe
Missouri
Rocky Mountain
Astoria
Oregon Trail
Captain Bonneville
Yellowstone
John Colter
Hugh Glass
Mike Fink
Pierre's Hole
Beaverhead County
Idaho
Henry Vanderbuggh
Madison County
Chittenden
Montana
Pierre Menard
Three Forks of
Pierre Chouteau
St. Louis
Menard
Three Forks
Union
Benton
Snowfall Report for Montana March 1918
The March snowfall in Montana was above average west of the divide and near average in eastern regions. Cold nights preserved water storage in the mountains, with minimal melting and runoff. Notes from Forest Service officials describe watershed conditions across Bitterroot, Flathead, Gallatin, Jefferson, Kootenai, Milk River, Musselshell, and Sun River basins, highlighting snowpack, ground frost, and projected water flow for spring and summer.
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Yellowstone Watershed
G. E. McKinsey
Cooke
H. B. Yerkes
Luther
W. E. Lockhart
United States Department of Agriculture
Montana
Helena
Continental Divide
Jefferson
Gallatin
Bridger Ranges
U. S. Forest Service
Bitter Root
Darby
East and
West Forks
W. E. Wilkerson
Sula
N. A. Lyman
Clark's Fork
Noxon
R. N. Bradley
Stryker
M. E. Berg
Gallatin Watershed
Gallatin Valley
E. F. Foreman
Jefferson Watershed Divide
Shepherd
Bowen
Big Hole Valley
Lawrence
Argenta
W. C. Butterfield
Divide
H. G. Hungate
Kootenai
Trego
F. Herrig
Warland
M. W. Alderson
Deer Lodge
H. F. Shahy
Ovando
H. A. Rogers
Elliston
M. D. Mizner
Musselshell
Pinegrove
G. W. White
Findon
L. Cameron
Delphine
J. P. Bonham
Sun River
Augusta
Narcotic bullet proposed to halt burglars and aid warfare
A Pittsburg scientist Alexander F. Humphrey develops a narcotic bullet using morphia in a steel jacket designed to render a target unconscious after a slight wound. Army officers police officials and sportsmen test the concept with aims for humane warfare and ethical hunting while arguing it reduces battlefield horror.
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The
Washington City Dispatch
Pittsburg
United States
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Alexander F. Humphrey
Army
Humphrey
Death Valley to See Rail Link Opens Mysteries to Tours
Reports describe plans by Avawatt Salt and Gypsum to build a railroad from Milepost station on the Tonopah and Tidewater line to Death Valley holdings. The venture aims to lift the region's shroud of mystery by bringing water, transport, and capital closer, potentially making the desert a new tourism and mining corridor for Los Angeles interests.
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Los Angeles Capital and Enterprise
Death Valley
Avawatt Salt and Gypsum Company
Ludlow
Tonopah and Tidewater
Farm reform pays off in DeKalb County gains
Three years after DeKalb County farmers funded a soil doctor the project shows concrete returns. The program cost the county $1,000 plus a $3,000 yearly funding toward the doctor’s $4,000 pay, with the soil expert’s work yielding 10 bushels more corn per acre across 100,000 acres and boosting land values from $150 to $190 per acre. County funds and a loaned car supported the effort, and while full figures on other crops aren’t in, the venture suggests strong demand for agricultural graduates and promising earnings disparity between farming specialists and other professions.
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DeKalb County
de Kalb
St. Paul
Oldest Hen in Country Dies in Pasadena Home
A 25 year old hen claimed as America’s oldest died at Mrs. Elizabeth Grinnell’s Pasadena California residence. The bird befriended many visiting notables, including Mrs. Russell Sage who visited three times to pet her. The hen laid about 5700 eggs and helped hatch many broods in an incubator.
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America
Elizabeth Grinnell
Pasadena
Cali
Russell Sage
Grinnell
Stoop It Out: Health Board Urges Sneeze Stop Ridicule
The March bulletin from the St. Louis board of health advises people to stoop repeatedly when sensing a cold or sneeze to curb illness. It notes the method in plain terms and mentions public reaction.
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St. Louis
Cattle Shipments Drop Washington
The United States exported far less beef and cattle now than six years ago, with only 5,479,439 pounds of fresh beef shipped in the first nine months of this fiscal year ending March 31, versus 200,069,729 pounds in the same period of 1907, per Secretary Redfield.
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Washington
United States
Redfield
Department of Commerce
Moving Picture Machines Introduced in Sabbath Schools
The Edison company cooperates with the Presbyterian board to bring moving picture machines to Sabbath schools nationwide in a special arrangement. Other large denominations join the effort to spread film gospel during services and programing.
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Edison Company
Presbyterian Board of Publication
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