Montana Gas Wells Hold Big Output and Long Life
Dr. E. B. Perry of the Montana School of Mines reports Montana gas wells can yield 500 to 550 million cubic feet daily with an expected life of 40 years. He notes methods to extract gasoline from gas before use and cites depth ranges across fields such as Shelby 1,500 feet Cut Bank 2,200 to 2,500 Baker Glendive about 800 and Red Lodge 5,300 feet.
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Shelby
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Red Lodge
Montana Power awarded gas franchise in state cities
Livingston and other towns join Butte Anaconda and Bozeman in granting Montana Power a gas franchise as the firm plans a 15 million dollar project to supply natural gas to multiple cities. Malta reports crews laying seven miles of power lines serving 11 farmers and moving high tension lines along a new highway.
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Butte
Anaconda
Bozeman
Montana Power Company
Malta
Stratere
Bridger
Wyoming State Line
State Highway Commission
Carbon County
Billings
Wyoming
Helena
Montana
Montana Railroad Commission
State Board of Education
Elizabeth Ireland
Red Lodge
Washington
W. W. Flashman
T. F. Pollard
Rev. Houtonen
News Review of Current Events
A survey of the Farm Board stabilization efforts to prop up domestic wheat prices and the impact on coarse grains, with talk of a new $100 million appropriation. Hoover appeals for child health safeguards, while Caldwell & Co. collapse triggers bank closings across several states and regional suicides. Spain faces strikes and political tension as republicans press ahead.
Western Canadian wheat plan seeks price support
DREMIERS and western bankers work to halt wheat slump with rising Winnipeg prices and renewed confidence. Manitoba Alberta Saskatchewan premiers meet in Montreal proposing a temporary 70 cent minimum. Saskatchewan and Alberta targets are higher. A dollar minimum is desired by some farmers. stabilization awaits Premier Dennett's return from London.
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Canada
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Montreal
Dennett
London
Wheat market fears prompt farm hoard action
An expert explains the Western wheat co operatives in the US and Canada borrowed heavily from banks. As prices fell and collateral thinned, forced sales of millions of bushels loomed. American millers faced cancelled orders while seeking cheaper wheat later. About 100 million bushels were affected as Legge and associates moved to stabilize prices.
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United States
Canada
Mr. Legge
Asin
President Opens White House Conference on Child Health
The president delivered an uplifting address Wednesday at the White House launching a high level conference focused on strengthening child health and protection efforts. Officials and health experts from major agencies outlined goals for improving access to care and safeguarding vulnerable families.
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Oroyer
White Louse
Protec
Chicago University restructures to divisional system
Pruste eS and faculty sanction a radical education reform at the University of Chicago abandoning the four year course and abolishing the undergraduate school and graduate college. The university will have five divisions arts humanities biological sciences social sciences physical sciences and the college. President Hutchins says the plan coordinates teaching and scholarship and allows early graduation while preserving general education for those who want it.
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Pruste Es
University of Chicago
Robert Faynard Hutchins
Indian delegates press for dominion status at London roundtable
Native delegates from princes to untouchables urge India to gain dominion status with federal rule at the London conference. Among speakers last week were Maharaja of Bikaner, noted fighting prince Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru, and other Nationalist leaders.
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Ngland
India
Roundtake
London
Maharajah
Bikaner
Tej Bahandur Sapru
Tenio Vincent Elected President of Haiti Surprises Nation
Tenio Vincent editor of the Taiti Journal and former diplomat won a national assembly vote to succeed Eugene Roy as Haiti’s president. He heads a government seen as a surprise result in a country long resisting American occupation. He is the first regularly elected president since the 1916 intervention.
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Taiti Journal
Haiti
National Assembly
Eugene Roy
Vincent
Republic
Hoover Commission
John H. Russell
Dana
General Summerall Leaves Army Chief of Staff Post
G Charles P Summerall concluded his four year term as chief of staff and was succeeded by Maj Gen Douglas MacArthur. In farewell he praised the army’s postwar reorganizations and lauded officers and enlisted men for intelligence loyalty and devotion to duty.
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G. Charles P. Summerall
Douglas MacArthur
General Summerall
Bar association referendum on repeal of Eighteenth Amendment
The American Bar Association vote shows 18 779 in favor of repeal and 6 340 against. Judge Orrie I Phillips, chair of the handling subcommittee, says steps toward repeal will likely wait until the next annual meeting in Atlantic City in September, and may produce no definite action.
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American Bar Association
Orrie I. Phillips
Atlantic City
Indictment Details Flying Rum Runners Caso Detriot Fourteen Men Charged
A federal grand jury in Detroit indicted fourteen men over liquor smuggling by airplanes from Canada. The scheme used two powerful combines with most flights centered on Detroit though some went to Ohio Indiana and Illinois. Aliens allegedly rode as extra cargo and on some trips were transported on special runs.
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Detroit
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Tornado Hits Vethany Church Colony Near Oklahoma City
A tornado wrecked the little church colony of Vethany near Oklahoma City killing men women and children and injuring many. The storm leveled more than two hundred buildings and first struck a country school house where four pupils died.
Montana seed show honors split between Yellowstone and valley counties
The 14th Montana state seed show in Great Falls awarded sweepstakes in utility classes to Valley and Yellowstone counties with alfalfa and barley going to Valley and oats and winter wheat to Yellowstone. Blaine and Daniels counties won for flax and spring wheat respectively. The event drew 123 entries worldwide as officials prep for the International Livestock Exposition and Hay and Grain show.
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Montana
Montana Farm Notes Highlight Cattle Champs and Crop News
Maj Wallis Huidekop er reports his Wheatland county shipped stock won grand champion at Chicago show from his American ranch herd. Turkey growers near Hinsdale ship 6 000 pounds of dressed birds to eastern markets at about 80 cents a pound. Great Western Sugar pays October beets totaling 1 698 000 dollars in Billings district. total up to 1 894 000 before Nov 1. Missoula breaks ground on a 143 736 dollar wing at Missoula county high school. concrete work to continue through winter. Stanford plans artesian water irrigation as R A Miner drills south of town, prompting hope others follow. Helena reports Montana crop value near 3.3 percent below 1929, with 1930 values down about 23 million. Conrad beet growers see rising interest for 1931, 15 tons per acre at 87 a ton, 141 acres valued at 20 000. Conrad turkey shipment to Chi nook. 25 percent prime, 25 percent choice, 40 percent medium, 10 percent common. three cars expected for Christmas. Laurel turkey pool ships 65 000 pounds total for first market, Stillwater pool contributes 17 000 to Philadelphia, 48 000 at Columbus. Bozeman notes rapid TB eradication. 1314 counties now modified accredited tuberculosis free per Dr J W Murdock.
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Wallis Huidekoper
Wheatland County
Chicago
Hinsdale
Valley County Poultry Association
Great Western Sugar Company
Missoula
Missoula County High School
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Hightower
Stanford
R. A. Miner
Helena
Montana
Federal Crop Reporting Service
Conrad
Pondera County
Pondera Poultry Growers’ Association
Chinook
New York
United States
Laurel
Stillwater
Turkey
Philadelphia
Columbus
Bozeman
J. W. Murdock
United States Department of Agriculture
Balloon ascent to 50 thousand feet eyed by Brussels scientist
A Brussels scientist plans a balloon ascent to 50 000 feet near Augsburg Bavaria. The gondola will use a diving-bell design with a six foot hollow aluminum sphere hermetically sealed with oxygen and breathing gear and outlook windows for the scientist and a helper.
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Augsburg
Bavaria
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Michigan College Tops Land Grants in Acreage
A statistical bulletin from the office of education shows Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science in East Lansing has the largest landholding among land grant colleges with 91,825 acres.
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Office of Education
Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science
Eeast
Lansing
Mich
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