Wisdom notes and civic updates from the Big Hole
Local Wisdom news recounts social gatherings at Forty Bar ranch and Petersons else, and details on Lausen garage management shift to Roy Baker. It covers American Legion meetings plans, September music events, visitors, travels, and community boosts in Wisdom Montana with multiple residents named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lausen
Wisdom
Roy Baker
Hans Lausen
Lausen Transportation Company
Butte
Salmon, Idaho
Mrs. Lausen
Mrs. Baker
American Legion and ‘Auxiliary
Roy Wil Jey
Stephen Foster
Foster
Arch Stewart
Ray Willey
Joe
Assembly
Partment
Big Hole
Alfred Peterson
May Sprinkle
Logan
Utah
Helen Schonenberger
Armstead
Dale Méden
Florence Dillon
Bristow
Jim O'Connell
Fishtrap
Maud Stabler
Veleta
Lillian Stabler
Yellowstone Park
Don Anson
Basin Mercantile Company
Salt Lake City
Jim Paddock
Mary Wells
Berthold
Spokane
Eleanore Bissner
Anaconda
Harry Hathaway
Long Beach
Calif
May Sargent
Cheyenne
Wyo
George Cottrell
Harold Capehart
Clarence Helming
Twin Lake Club
Twin Lakes
Eunice Tovey
Dorothy
Marion Hurley
Miles Ramsey
Henry Edwards
Stewart Capehart
Missoula
Ted Woodward
Warren Hughes
Wise River
Charley Olsen
Contract Bridge Club
Pretty Ranch
Jack Miller
Swamp Creek
Montana Highway Patrol Links Speed to Most Crashes
A state analysis of 271 car accidents involving 436 drivers shows speed as a major cause. Lou Boedecker says most tragedies occur on open daylight roads with clear weather and dry pavement. Most wrecks involve cars up to four years old. 357 of drivers were male and 165 had 11 or more years of driving experience.
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Majof
Egislature
Montana
Lou Boedecker
Special Elk Season Opens September 15 in Flathead Wilderness
A special bull elk season starts this Friday in the South Fork and Middle Fork Flathead river wilderness. From October 1 to November 30 elk of both sexes may be taken in the same areas, with the Fish and Game Commission authorized to close after 1 250 elk are harvested. Rifle seasons begin September 20 in Ravalli county with two areas open for elk of both sexes, buck deer and adult Rocky Mountain goats, covering the West Fork drainage and the region west of the Bitter Root river.
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South Fork
Middle Fork
Flathead River
Fish and Game Commission
Ravalli County
Ravalli
Montana Freight Carloads Jump 48 Percent in July
A state public service commission report shows Montana railcar tonnage rising 48 percent in July year over year. Wheat ore and crude petroleum shipments led gains while sand, gravel, lumber, wood and lime rock fell. total freight cars loaded at Montana stations reached 22 937.
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State Public Service Commission
Montana
Hunters Stock Up for One Day Montana Bird Season
Thousands of hunters prepare scatterguns for a one day attack on native upland birds across Montana counties. Prairie chickens and grouse populations have risen since earlier years, with the season permitting three birds per hunter, except in Lincoln county where the limit is three daily through Wednesday.
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Lincoln County
Gasoline tax refunds drop at state board in August
The state board of equalization paid gasoline tax refunds in August totaling 72 977 dollars, down 14 737 from a year earlier. Approved claims were 2 152 last August and 1 376 this August. Refunds last month were 13 percent of tax collected. Refunds cover gasoline not used on highways and for cities and counties at five cents per gallon.
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State Board of Equalization
Burgess Lasby Lawsuit Ends After 15 Years
A famed Montana case from 1924, Burgess vs Lasby, about a ranch sold under a conditional contract, is settled by a federal referee in bankruptcy. C N Burgess, a Broadwater county state senator, reclaimed the ranch and more than the original $20 000 sought. Lasby retains the Townsend drugstore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Burgess-Lasby
C.N. Burgess
Broadwater County
Lasby
Townsend
Supreme Court
Burgess
Lasky
Federal plans to install fish screen at Pishkun reservoir outlet
John W. Schofield state superintendent says the federal government will install a fish screen on the outlet of Pishkun reservoir, a renowned state fishing waters. The move aims to protect fish stocks while preserving popular angling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pishkun Reservoir
John W. Schofield
State Superintendent of Fisheries and Hatcheries
Navy quota set at 23 for September in Montana
Montana drafts 23 young men for the United States Navy during September as per weekly recels by authorities.
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Montana
United States Navy
Tourist cars flood Montana during Labor Day travel peak
The Montana highway department reports 93,763 tourist cars entered the state, a 12 percent rise from last year’s 83,665. State highway engineer D. A. McKinnon notes many cars likely went unregistered due to not stopping at entry stations or entering after hours, with Glacier National Park also showing travel about 12 percent higher than 1938.
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Labor Day
Montana
State Highway Department
U. S
D. A. McKinnon
Glacier Park
Welfare council delegation seeks more relief funds in Montana
About 100 members of the Montana Public Welfare council gathered in Helena to demand action for higher relief incomes. Led by Phil O'Donnell and Arvo Fredrickson, the group plans to petition state officials, seek a court order to convene a meeting, and press Governor Ayers for a special legislative session to provide extra relief funding.
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Montana Public Welfare Council
Helena
Phil O'Donnell
Butte
Arvo Fredrickson
Communist Party
Montana
Frank Finnegan
Anaconda
O'Donnell
State Board of Examiners
State Public Welfare Board
Welfare Board
Council
Roy. E. Ayers
Mahan Aids Army Mobilization Plans Conference
Brigadier General John W. Mahan of the Montana national guard returned from a Portland meeting with regular army and guard officers to discuss possible mobilization and federalization. Attendees from Washington Idaho Oregon and Wyoming within the 41st division framework. Mahan said the administration may mobilize for practice and protection at Fort Lewis Washington with guardsmen loading at their home stations and proceeding there.
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Fort Lewis
Wash
Mahan
State helps 15,224 gain jobs between Jan and Aug
The employment division of the state unemployment compensation commission placed 15,224 persons in public and private employment between January 1 and August 31 this year. The commission reports 2,343 placements in August, with 1,008 in private industry and 1,340 in public employment. The report notes growing employer calls.
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State Unemployment Compensation Commission
State trade board warns stores over below cost pricing
The railroad board acting as the state fair trade commission said it will take action against Red Cross drug store and Buy for Less drugstore for selling Cliquot Club ginger ale below cost. The board ordered enforcement and warned of further actions for continued below cost sales with violations punishable by at least a $1,000 fine.
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Red Cross
Railroad Board
State Fair Trade Commission
Counters mistaken for speed traps in Montana
Montana motorists have damaged small wooden traffic counters, believed to be speed traps, by tearing out rubber tubes that detect vehicle passage. State highway engineer D A McKinnon urged drivers to stop destroying the devices and warned they measure traffic flow between the two boxes.
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State Highway Department
Montana
D. A. McKinnon
McKinnon
Wranglers Face Bear Surprises On Augusta Ranch
A Augusta region dude ranch tale mirrors John Gilpin as cowboys chase a bear. The bear climbs a tree after a bell is tied round its neck. The early morning roundup starts with the lead horse, but the lead animal is a bear, leaving the wrangler seven tired miles from home.
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Augusta
John Gilpin
Merchants Leader Urges Action to Curb Price Speculation
R. B. Albin of Billings, president of Montana's Independent Merchants' Association, asks Senator Wheeler to urge President to seek congressional steps to stop war induced price speculation in life necessities. He warns against creating millionaires at the expense of the underprivileged.
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R. B. Albin
Billings
Independent Merchants’ Association of
Montana
B. K. Wheeler
Albin
Photographers film moving picture session at Polaris store
A Washington DC crew led by Charles McDonald shot moving pictures at Polaris store and Elkhorn Springs area with local participants including Assistant Ranger Kenneth Bray Sheridan and locals like George Harrison and the Judge family. The footage features Hollywood style cameras and 200 Hereford steers later sent to Washington for educational showings.
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Polaris
Mov- Moving ‘Picture Ifen
U ‘8
Kenneth Bray
Sheridan
Elkhorn Springs Ranger Station
George Harrison
Joe Moser
Bob Marchesseau
Leon
Beese
Walter
Melcher
Bob Salon
John Judge
Hélen Judge
Frank Judge
Hollywood
Grasshopper Valley Herding Association
Elkhorn
Forest Reserve
Moving Picture
Washington, D. C
Ovid Design Third in Homeland Series for Low Cost Homes
Western Homes Foundation releases the Ovid Home Land design as a lowest cost Colonial cottage. Developed by National Plan Service for the Home-land Program, the plan fits an acre lot with a spacious living room and a bathroom.
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Ovid
Western Homes Foundation
National Plan Service
Western Homes
Helena
Montana
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Mary
Cottrell
Frank Leniville
Dale Metlen
Dillon
Sari Peterson
Peterson
Kenneth Peterson
Elvin Peterson
Melvin
Bob
Pete Peterson
Legion
Margaret Swartz
Three Forks
Willson Young
Murray Hospital
D. J. Stephens
Larry Redmond
Mary Lawrence
Barrett Hospital
Mr. Redmond
W. P. Redmond
Jackson Hole
Redmond
Bob Lee
Dan Tovey
Edgar
Lee
Audrey
Jimmy Dodd
Percy Willey
Messrs
Mesdames
H. S. Armitage
J. T. Armitage
Harold Ellwood
Hamilton
Mont
U.P
Bitter Root National Forest
Dick Johnson
Johnson
Clarence Sutcliff
Bitter Root Forest
Sutcliff
Max Hartwell
Los Angeles
Hartwell
NAVY
Charles McDonald
William McCarthy
Ben Sanders
Fred Dunham
Pahnish Livestock Company
James Dodd
Lolo Ranger Station
Darrel Weaver
Bitter Root Valley
Hazel
Elkhorn Hot Springs
George Lenox
Farley Ranch
E. W. Tucker
Cecelia Montgomery
George
R. D. Marchesseau
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