Election results and social plans brighten Jackson area notes
The Friday report notes officers elected for another year and plans for an entertainment and food sale in Jackadh on October 14. Guests attended a barn dance and barbecue at the Wesley Skeeter ranch, with many families and visitors from Dillon, Baker Idaho, Missoula, Hamilton, Butte, and Anaconda noted for gatherings, hunting trips, and ranch activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisdom School
Ralph Huntley
Elmer Jensen
Lucy Lawrence
Lois Crichton
Willie Rasmussen
Ruby Ranch
Malad
Tolato
Jerry Zebarth
Hamilton
Don Francis
Edith Jorgensen
Jess Tope
Charles Gnose
Anaconda
Walter Gnose
Ralph Potts
Wise River
Warren Shaw
Tom Schulz
R. J. Fetty
Wolfe-Langman Company
Great Falls
Soren Christiansen
Wisdom
Francis
Dillon
Elaine
June Willey
George Stewart
Dale Willey
Billy Francis
Jim Scofield
Harry Lapham
John Jackson
Enfield
N. H
New York
Wesley Skeeter
Jackson
Harve Paddock
Virginia
Charley Barry
Big Hole
Elvin Peterson
Fred Gritg
Adolph Grifig
Frank Forcella
Butte
Bob Peterson
C. E. Miller
Strawbridge
George Grubb
Evelyn Stewart
L. J. Somers
Deer Lodge
Ivan Shaw
Jack Paddock
Fishtrap
Donald Thompson
Ray Lewis
Marjory Paddock
Tom Murphy
Walter White
Peter
Jim Paddock
Charles Ralston,Jr
William Ralston
State College
Bozeman
Charles
William
Salmon
Idaho
Wallace
Lawrence
Ronald Christiansen
Squaw Creek
Jack Anderson
Harry, Hopkins
Ladies’ Aid of Wisdom
Jackadh
Ben Oneal
Swamp Creek
Fritz ‘Walchly
Goldstone
Harold Contway
Jules Wenger
Wesley Skeeter Ranch
Kestor Loyle
Gus
Nels ‘Swanson
Baker
Charlie Miller Ranch
Earl Clark
Missoula
State University
M. R. Drake
William Showe
Bud Lapham
Ed Krause
Howard Hess
Dell
Thompson Ranch
Roy Zebarth
Spark
Lena Nelson
Jay
Fred Nelson
Esta Husted
Noel Jackson
Allen Dansie
Mail service to foreign countries amid limited direct steamship links
Postmaster Harry Andrus releases word from the United States Post Office department that direct steamship service with Great Britain and France is less frequent, but mails to these and other destinations are being expedited by using Postal Union and parcel post, with forwarding through intermediary countries as needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Andrus
United State Postoffice Department
Great Britain
France
Postal Union
Parcel Post
Germany
Poland
U. S
Water Board Sued Over Irrigation Canal Contract
Barnard-Curtiss contracting company sues the state water conservation board seeking 21205.98 allegedly due on the Columbus project irrigation canal in Stillwater county. It claims 7236.90 is owed and damages totaling 13934.08 from specification reductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Water Conservation Board
Barnard-Curtiss Contracting Company
Columbus
Stillwater County
State Board
Attorney General Rules Tax Payment Without Penalty
H J Freebourn rules delinquent taxes may be paid by January 1 1940 without penalty or interest in an opinion written for Edward T Dussault attorney for Missoula county The opinion addresses delinquent taxes including
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Freebourn
Edward T.dussault
Missoula County
Montana extension chief warns against 1941 wheat acreage rise
Taylor, director of the Montana extension service, says no wheat shortage in 1940 due to a world carryover of 1.8 billion bushels. He urges farmers to study world conditions before expanding 1941 acreage, noting 1914 world supplies of 3.46 billion and current supplies about 5.33 billion bushels. War risks include production dips, market speculation, and tariff shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Taylor
Billings Approves Police Radio System Contract
Billings will install short wave radio for police and fire departments after the city council awarded Raf Morgan Electric of Billings a contract worth 4033.50 dollars. The city also entered a contract with Yellowstone county to purchase the equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings
Mont
U.P
Raf-Morgan Electric Company
Yellowstone County
Improvement in condition of Rev William Mitchell noted
Improvement in the condition of Rev William H Mitchell a well known Montana Episcopal clergyman was noted today He is seriously ill at his home after a heart attack suffered Tuesday Though retired he has filled the pulpit of St James Episcopal church on numerous occasions
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Mitchell
Montana
Mitchell
St. James Episcopal Church
Local ranch visits and incidents near Dillon
Reports from the area include Ja Walchley and Hirschy selling two yearling bulls to James Mansfield of Horse Prairie. Anthony Chapman of the George Harrison ranch dies at Barrett hospital. Numerous visitors to the Harrison and Farley ranches arrive from Dillon and beyond. a car collision near the Harrison ranch injures Clark Mills. Dale accounts note travels of A L Gibson from Jackson Hole to Elkhorn and Couer d Alene, Idaho, with others visiting relatives and attending work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ja. Walchley
Hirschy
Basin
Wisco Tash
James ~Mansfield
Horse Prairie District
Anthony Chapman
George
Idaho
Clark Mills
Dillon
Harrison Ranch
BE. A. Marchesseau
J. J. Brown
Brown
EB. P. Marchesseau
Bob Hogg
Walter McAndrews
Jimmy
Anaconda
Dwight Harrison
Jackson
J. D. Harrison
Lansing Waldorf
Fort Peck
Ed Farley
Waldorf
Grasshopper Valley
Norman
Nelson
Grasshopper
Beaverhead
Montana CCC enrollment set for 620 youths this month
Dale H. Wixon, supervisor of enrollment, says six hundred twenty Montana boys will join CCC camps this month. Enrollment begins this week in Billings Bozeman Butte and Kalispell with more slated for Oct 11 at Great Falls and Missoula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Dale H. Wixon
Billings
Bozeman
Butte
Kalispell
Great Falls
Missoula
Relief official urges winter preparation for relief families
Jeffrey Brandford urges relief recipients to store large quantities of fruits vegetables and fuel for winter. He says preps protect citizens from idleness defeat and public-fund waste while enabling self reliance. Advice includes harvesting work through farmers and stocking feed with a view to dairying and free timber and fuel sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefforth
Brandford
Drowned Man in Oregon Jailhouse Identity Revealed
Norman W. Dillman alias Robert Wayne Gordon was found not drowned. A Missouri river disappearance near Great Falls led to a search that found no body. An Oregon sheriff confirmed the man, serving a two year burglary sentence, had staged a drowning to conceal his location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman W. Dillman
Robert Wayne
Gordon
Missouri
Great Falls
Oregon
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Ted Woodward
Argyle Stephens
Hobart Sneed
J.W. Neidt
Lillian White
Dorothy
Hurley
Grover Helming
Wisdom American Legion
Wisdom Library
Grace Else
Olaf Hegland
Bert Bacon
Weldon Else
North Dakota
George Else
Fred Else Ranch
Gibbons District
Charles. Ralaton
Arnold Holm
Eunice Tovey
Miles Ramsey
Henry. Edwards
Stewart Capehart
Ralph
Clark Huntley
Dave
Pecora
Harold Capehart
Arch Stewart
Jack _Anderson
Wisdom Chapter
Sheridan
Orient
South Pacific
South Africa
South and
Central America
Water Board
Montana Extension
CCC
Hereford
County Fair Grounds
Stock Pavilion
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