Western Montana Benefit From Flathead Dam Plans
Joseph M. Dixon praises a Flathead power site lease to Montana Power and a 750000 dollar loan to the Bitter Root irrigation district. He says the dam near Polson will store water for irrigation and that the Salt River project funds funded the loan. Dixon notes droughts mainly affect eastern Montana while western Montana remains less damaged and calls for gradual recovery in business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flathead
Montana Power Company
Bitter Root
Montana
Joseph M. Dixon
Flathead Country
Flathead River
Polson
Dixon
Flathead Irrigation District
Salt River
Arizona
Hoover
United States
Montana News Briefs Show Tax, Gas, Mining and Weather
State locals report natural gas use in Bismark and a mine ore pocket near White Sulphur Springs may revive gold prospecting. J C McGuire of Butte wins Forsyth main street paving contract for 31 821 40 dollars. Billings Gas seeks Bozeman Big Timber franchises and a 2 500 000 pipeline to Gallatin valley. The dry law costs Montana 11 cents per person in the 12th district with 394 250 dollars allotted statewide. Sunriver’s first casualty George Leuchars drowns while retrieving a rubber ball. Federal land mines in Montana Wyoming resume large operations. smaller mines to start in September. Great Northern reports wool loadings exceed 11 200 000 pounds, up a million from 1929. A damaging hailstorm hits Billings area with many car tops, windows, lamps and sewers affected. August grain movement shows 1 446 carloads of wheat via Great Northern, near 1929 figures. Great Falls to open a girls junior college in September 1931 with 250 000 dollars in buildings. work to begin in November. One hundred three Montana music teachers passed exams for state music credits.
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Bismark
Elmer Watson
White Sulphur Springs
J. C. McGuire
Butte
Forsyth
Bozeman
Big Timber
Billings Gas Company
Montana
Wyoming
Gallatin
Federal Prohibition Bureau
Sunriver
George Stewart Leuchars
Great Falls
Cascade County
R. H. Allport
United States Geological Survey
Great Northern Railway
Billings
Ursuline Sisters
State Board of Examiners
State Board of Education
Destructive hurricane devastates Santo Domingo
News review reports Santo Domingo nearly razed by a four hour hurricane with about 800 dead in the capital. President Trujillo leads relief as the army aids victims. Red Cross and the US respond, while communications and transport across the region suffer severe disruption. The storm tracked toward Cuba and the Florida straits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward W. Pickard
Domingo
Dominican Republic
New World
Rafael Trujillo
Republic
Santo Domingo
United States
Red Cross
Curtis
Cuba
Florida Straits
Porto Rico
Coamo
San Juan
Weather Bureau
Atlantic
Washington Weather Bureau
Florida
Atlantic crossing nonstop by Coste and Bellonte
For the first time Varig to New York the Atlantic is crossed nonstop by Capt. Dieu donne Coste and Maurice Bellonte in the Question Mark. They landed at Curtiss field Valley Stream after about 37 hours of flight amid fair weather and fog with the motor never faltering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Ocean
Varig
New York
Dieudonne Coste
Maurice Bellonte
Curtiss Field
Valley Stream
Long Island
Nova Scotia
W. F. Easterwood
Dallas
Texas
Hoover
White House
Paris
Paul Codos
Coste
Bellonte
France
Finnch
Hoover to launch four speeches in six days in October
President Hoover will deliver four campaign addresses in three states to support Republicans in the November elections. He opens October 2 in Cleveland before the American Bankers Association, then speaks October 6 in Boston before the American Legion and the American Federation of Sauber on unemployment. On October 7 he keynote Kings Mountain battle anniversary, detrain in North Carolina and speak across the border in South Carolina, appealing to voters from North Carolina and Tennessee who gave him electoral votes in 1928.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
Washington
Republican Party
Congress
American Bankers’ Association
Cleveland
American Legion
Mr. Hoover
Toston
American Federation of Sauber
Kings Mountain
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
McCormick Charges Persecution In Senate Campaign Probe
Illinois investigation into campaign expenditures prompted Hanna McCormick to accuse Senator Nye’s committee of persecution. She said her office was broken into and papers ransacked, prompting her to hire a detective agency to probe Nye and his staff, while her investigators were shadowed by others.
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Nye
Ruth
Chicago
Illinois
Hanna’ McCormick
Senate
North Dakota
McCormick
Labor costs linked to farmer tax rise sparks AFL protest
Chairman Legge told the New York State Grange in Syracuse that tax hikes are largely due to labor rate increases. AFL President Green telegraphed a demand for correction noting wage costs rose only slightly from 1914 to 1927, with wages taking 16.8 to 17.8 percent of wholesale prices.
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Legge
Federal Farm Board
New York State Grange
Syracuse
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Green
United States
Van Orman wins Gordon Bennett balloon race in Goodyear VIT
Warp T. Van Orman, America's leading balloonist, wins the Gordon Bennett trophy at a race that started near Cleveland and ended near Canton Massachusetts after roughly 700 miles. Belgium's Captain Ernest Demuyter on the Belgica finishes second with about 435 miles and faces possible disqualification over a drag rope incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warp T. van Orman
America
Cleveland
Ohio
van Orman
Canton
Mass
Ernest Demuyter
Drought Fears Rise in Middle West Prompt Meeting
Secretary of Agriculture Arthur M Hyde warns that drought may continue and spread northward after July and early August. He calls a September 10 Washington meeting of state relief chairmen as he notes wheat and small grains harvests mitigate some farmer losses while corn and other commodities price rise.
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Arthur M
Hyde
Middle West
Washington
Mr. Hyde
Ayde
General Henry T. Allen Dies of Heart Disease in Pennsylvania
Former American army commander in Germany after the armistice, Henry T. Allen died suddenly of heart disease at Buena Vista Springs, Pennsylvania. Born 1859 in Sharpsburg Kentucky, he graduated West Point in 1882 and held commands across Alaska Russia Cuba the Philippines Mexico France and in the AEF, earning distinguished service honors.
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Henry T. Allen
Germany
Buena Vista Springs
Sharpsburg
Military Academy
West Point
Alaska
Russia
Cuba
Philippines
Mexico
Wif Pershing
France
Rhine
Western Newspaper Union
Range conditions greatly improved for Montana livestock
E L Hopper livestock agent reports Montana range feed sufficient for breeding stock with few small areas still lacking. Cattle prices rose early in the week and lambs move to North Dakota Minnesota and markets as fall shipping nears. Demand for starved prices faded as growers hold to terms and no outside feeding required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
E. L. Hopper
Northern Pacific Railway
Hoppel
North Dakota
Minnesota
Oregon
Washington
Wheat proves valuable feed for cattle hogs and sheep
Montana State extension livestock specialist D E Richards cites 11 Montana experiment station trials showing wheat as the main fattening component yields about 10 percent faster gains than barley and lowers cost per hundred pounds of gain. Wheat can replace hay with one pound equaling 2.5 pounds alfalfa. replacement values depend on hay price. Wheat nearly matches corn for milk and fattening, supported by 1923 authorities and corroborating experiments.
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D. E. Richards
Montana State College
Montana
Henry & Morrison
Farm notes on seed reductions and county contests
The farm board cheers acreage reduction policies as farmers plan 4.5 percent less wheat seeding this fall. Sheep country near Ingomar prospers with lambs at a 35 year high per Jim Rea. Cascade county hosts a keen first corn contest with 600 plus dollars in prizes from locals and the chamber. Harvest advances as flax and clover seed thresh. Bean pulling and canning corn start on Huntley project. canning pea harvest in Gallatin. seed peas cut and threshed in Musselshell. Twenty one cars of stock moved from Columbus to Chicago and Omaha. Lower Yellowstone Bean Growers form a five-director association with NOPD Seed Co to set up a signing plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agriculture Department
Shee
Ingomar
Jim Rea
Rea Brothers
Rea
Rosebud County
Cascade County
County Extension Service
Great Falls
Gallatin County
Musselshell County
Columbus
Chicago
Omaha
Lower Yellowstone
Unenviable Status of Jackaroo in Australia
Lieutenant Colonel W C Brazier Creagh describes the jackaroo as a youth sent to Australian stations to learn stock work. He lives with staff but works with hands, seen as a nuisance until skilled. Most become overseers or buy a station after four to five years, if wealth allows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Brazier-Creagh
London Times
City Without Railroad in Long Beach Struggles for Passenger Service
Long Beach California with over 100000 residents lacks passenger train service as Union Pacific abandoned its route and Southern Pacific ended passenger trains five years ago. Interurban cars and buses now move travelers to and from Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Calif
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Los Angeles
Clearing House Origin in London 1775
The London clearing house began in 1775 when city bankers formed a meeting place on Change Alley to settle and exchange payments. This early institution laid the groundwork for standardized interbank settlements in the financial district.
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London
Change Alley
Rowdy Air Best Suited When Dignity Is Absent
The saying suggests choosing a bold or brash approach when faced with tasks lacking dignity. It frames a practical stance on handling unpleasant duties with a loud, unapologetic attitude.
Come down town in your plus-fours and get the fashion started
A brisk fashion teaser invites readers to embrace stylish plus-fours and comfort as downtown wear becomes the talk of the season.
Phillips Milk of Magnesia promotion
Phillips Milk of Magnesia offers relief for sour stomach and indigestion with medical endorsement. The ad highlights pleasant taste and reliability, branding the product as a genuine Phillips remedy from the Charles H. Phillips Chemical Co. since 1875.
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Phillips
U. S
Charles H. Phillips Chemical Co
Charles H. Phillips
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National Tribunal of Accounts
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