Severe cattle losses hit Montana amid brutal March weather
The Helena weather bureau reports reveal northeastern counties including Cascade Sheridan and Davon faced the worst cattle losses in years due to heavy snow and cold. West of the divide suffered little, while feed costs soared with hay and straw at about 50 dollars per ton in Dawson County. March set a record cold, with 7.3 inches of snow and 0.65 inches precipitation, the coldest since 1899.
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Cascade
Sheridan
Davon
Helena
United States Weather Bureau
Continental Divide
Wheaton
Deer Lodge
Dunkirk
Highwood
Livingston
Whitewater
Merino
Snowbelt
Jordan
Dawson County
Ancestral bragging on pre plumbing days
The speaker mocks excessive boasting about ancestors who supposedly lived without modern plumbing and endured winter without bathing. The remark trails a critique of romanticized historical narratives and hygiene norms.
Call of the Last West Promotes Blackfoot Land Development
Anaconda Copper Mining Company markets Western Montana lands directly to buyers with no commissions. Offers low payments over 10 years on agricultural property fixed by appraisers. Highlights fertile land, climate, rail and telegraph access, schools, and plans for electric light and power. Address Blackfoot Land Development Co. Missoula Montana.
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Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Montana
Northwest
Blackfoot Land ‘Development CO
Missoula, Mont
Stallion Owners Offered Complete Service Record Book
Stallion owners are urged to purchase a 60 page service record book for 2.50 or a 100 page volume for 3.00. The notes promise an iron clad service record system with care information for stallions mares and colts and include a payments option via check or money order from The Tribune Roundupy Mortana.
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the Tribune
Protection against insect and rodent crop pests urged
The Montana experiment station urges farmers to join in a season of pest protection for staple crops. Early detection and remedies, such as poisoned mash and rodent control, can prevent losses estimated at 5 to 10 percent of agricultural output. Farmers are asked to report any unknown pests for guidance.
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United States
Army
Montana
Entomology and Zoology Department
Experiment Station
Pegleg Sheep Dog Gets His Owner Arrested
A Billings rancher is jailed on grand larceny charges after a missing clawed sheep dog led Deputy Willis to a sheep theft at A. W. Jones’s Huntley ranch. The dog’s tracks and carcasses found on the premises identify the accused, with the dog fed by the sheriff as a potential witness.
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Billings
A. W. Jones
Huntley
Willis
Test All Garden Seed This Year for High Germination
Advice urges gardeners to test all vegetable seeds before planting to avoid poor germination and losses. It recommends germination checks above 75 percent, testing in a greenhouse or living room, using a shallow tray with loam and sand, and keeping careful seedling records for each vegetable.
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Europe
Yworth
Little Difference Fable on Time and Fishing
A man jokes with a fisherman that his time is wasted watching fish. The fisherman responds that his time is valuable and he won’t waste two hours watching a man fish for nothing. The exchange conveys a moral about effort and perception.
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Washington R
Teasing Money Sense Sparks City Store Exchange
A fragment reflects a speaker arguing men misstate women's grasp of money while a woman shops downtown with a dollar, gaining value through department store wagons or home delivery. The line hints at consumer savvy and urban shopping dynamics.
Montana highway assets total seven point five million
Montana counties report a total highway outlay of 7 524 330 including roads bridges tools and ferries. Expenditures for roads and bridges in 1916 were 3 449 419 about 150 000 less than 1915. New bridges cost 560 509 roads 682 000. bonded debt statewide stands at 10 153 062.
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Montana
George R. Metlen
State Highway Commission
Metlen
Silver Bow
Breadwater County
Yellowstone County
Park County
Lewis and Clark
Broadwater
Granite
Parkie
Toole
Deer Lodge
Help Wanted Ad Listings Spark Local Job Queries
Help wanted notices offer positions for male helpers with weekly pay in St Louis and life insurance sales roles in Missoula. Rural product reps seek Montana residents. telegraphy training promises quick placement. collectors seek Byron DeForest in Great Falls for pill collection.
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Montana
VanGleckland E. Ng
Great Falls
Chicago
Butte College Telegraphy
Leisohn Block
Butte
Farm Lands For Sale In Montana Large Advert
Multiple Montana land listings outline acres for sale with varied terms. Fagan McCutcheon Price agency rooms in Great Falls advertise hundreds of acres of plow land and pasture near towns, with cash and long-term financing. Other notices from Mercantile Realty Co and Nelson & Emerson market farms, ranches, and investment land near Joliet, Billings, Shields River, and Great Falls with prices per acre, down payments, and 6 percent interest.
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Fagan McCutcheonrkce
Central Ave
Great Falls
Fagan-McCutcheon-Price
Mont
Ideal
Mercantile Realty Co
First
Bank
Montague
Highwood
Nelson & Emerson
Steele
Montana
Joliet
Grimstad & Brown
Electric
Billings
Peeeennaee- Stee Co
Ent
H. Larkin
General Realty Service
Pilding
P. O. Box
Shields River
Ene
Jordan & Robertson
Wilsall, Mont
Great Fall
J. W. Church
Teton County
Strauf Realty Co
Central Avenue
Fergus County
Strouf Realty Co
Moore
W. Churely
A. L. Geache
Vermon Trust Co
Billinga
T. H. Larkin
Bank & Trust Co
Strout Co
Lefora
Spokane
Krell
Schiffner Investment Co
Straus Realty Co
Carseat Hall
J. W. Watson
Hall
Paris Drygoods Co
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Yoming
Public Oil - Exchange
R A. Cooley
Montana Agricultural Experiment Station
Pegleg
Farwett Orman Kirk Co
Paul
Vwan Gleckland
National Bourde of
van Gleckland
Ford Bidg
Wood & Safford Machine Works
Montana Mutual Insurance Company
Ranchers’ Hail & Fire Insurance Co
St. Louis
W. I. Fraser
Central Life
Missoula
Byron Deforest
Great Falls, Mont
Frary & Burlingame
First National Bank
Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Company
Equity Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Tod Block
Wash
D. C
Connections Diamond Bldg
Helena, Mont
Judith Basin
J Basin
Reat Ee
Lewistown
J. S. Eakin
Duna Block
Dawson
Prairie Counties
Alex B. Lehman
Pmontana
Pratty Sales Agency
Didg
Ont
Sevier & Robinson
Third Street
Milwaukee
Milwaukee & St
Aul
Seattle
Washington
Kevin
J. N. Thelen
Cograd Bank
Great ‘Falls
Montoa
Bonner County
Idaho
Percheron Na Maite
Holbers
Holbert Guaran
Faily
Holbert
Holbert Horse Importing
O. Thos
Culbertson
Park Flat
Great Palig
Mo Montene
Wood-Sa Ford Machine Works
Jewel Elgin
Waltham Tilinols
Bare Womlup Jewelsy Co
Great Faille
II Ie
Hi. Larkin
General Realty Ser
Wyoming Oil
Man Peyple
Joming Moncane
Public Oil Exchange
Casper
Minneapolis
Steele Building
Boo
Commercial Employment Agency
Ford Building
Grerat Falls
Hood Pool
Agency
Architects
Geo. H. Shanley
J. Ira Jones CO
Sam'l Henry Haas
Nat. Bank
Great Walls
Tel
Edwin A. Pierge
First Avenue
Wort Worth
Nelson
Brady
Fisk Teachers’ Agency
Hele
KUK Sale
Someon
Smith
Boulder
Jordan & Loeker Hair Store
Rainbow Drug Store
U. S
Joseph Clark
Sacramento
H. EB. Jones
View Acres
Liton
Ano Co. Piano Co
Oder
Saab
Walger
D. B. Fryer Co
Mort
Certified Accountants
WM. B. Finlay
Auto School
Equipp Automobile College
Botte
Tout & McCarthy
An Dutte
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