Flathead Irrigation Push Seeks $2.5 Million for 1920
Flathead Irrigation association led by James Herbert plans an aggressive campaign to secure a $2.5 million congressional appropriation for 1920 to complete the Flathead project. About $4.5 million will be spent by June 30, with a total near $7 million if the new funds are granted and used in the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flathead
Flathead Irrigation Association
James Herbert
Crowe
Senator Myers
Evans
Herbert
A. P. Davis
Reclamation Service
Davis
Camas
Little Bitter Root
Irrigation Association
Mission Valley Fair
Stanley Scearce
George Beckwith
Joe Allard
Dennis Dellno
Malcolm McLeod
Beet Seed Boom Behind Hardin Big Horn Valley
Large Western Sugar company expansion near Hardin Montana grows beet seed on over 2,000 irrigated acres. Two years to produce seed, about 500 per acre gross, with 1,500 pounds per acre typical seed yield. 100 Mexican workers, M B Wilson manages crews, Alberta ranch and tributaries include 1,280 and 520 acres plus 320 more. Company plans yearly rotation to grain, 800 acres alfalfa, 120 acres stecklings, 1,000 acres seed in Carbon and Yellowstone counties. Stock feeding and heavy labor needs persist through harvests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Montana
Hardin
Great Western Sugar Company
Billings
Charles M. Blair
Alberta
Blair
W. B. McComb
W. E. Warren
Loveland
Colorado
Ralph B. Mellice
Big Horn Valley
United States
Great Western
Harding
M. B. Wilson
Mellice
Carbon
Yellowstone
Alberta Ranch
Shave With Cuticura Soap Ad Claims Efficiency
An old advertisement touts Cuticura Soap promising double razor efficiency and skin health. It asserts no mug residue, no slimy soap, no germs, no waste, and no irritation even with twice daily use for shaving bathing and shampooing.
Dozen Strains From One Hen Claims Report
Audie Price, a Fergus county rancher, is said to have perfected a secret method to raise a dozen thoroughbred chicken varieties from one purebred strain. Neighbors cannot learn the process, with speculation it involves grafting, feed, or egg manipulation. Price has 24 chicks and 15 hens from a single strain, displaying many colors and patterns. He believes one strain matches dirt color and is hawk-proof. Equity elevators posted strong profits in 1919, per W. M. Burlingame, with 100 local managers at a recent conference outlining a productive year ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audie Price
Fergus County
Burbank
Mr. Price
Price
America
France
Ferry Creek
Equity
W. M. Burlingame
Montana
American Society of Equity
Fargo
N. D
H. O. Folkestad
EB. A. Tyler
Equity Co-operative Exchange
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Farmers Thwart the Profiteers in Montana Hay Plan
Cascade county ranchers convened in Great Falls to halt profiteers by buying standing hay in Minnesota for 1 dollar per ton down and sending 15 crews to cut and ship 4,000 tons at actual cost. F. E. MacSpadden began with 4,000 dollars, bank financing arranged, and hired farmers to form crews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Cascade County
Great Falls
F. E. MacSpadden
Montana
Farm Bureau
Chester C. Davis
M. J. Brander
State College At
Bozeman
Federal control of all grazing lands urged by stockmen
Stockmen from thirteen north western states push congress to place public grazing lands under the federal agricultural department similar to the forest service model. Leaders from Montana and other states voiced support after a Salt Lake conference, praising the forest service’s results and urging nationwide administration of grazing lands. Yellowstone reclamation plans for Livingston to Billings beaches are revived due to drought, with irrigation surveys and stock safety cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Federal Agricultural Department
West
C. N. Arnett
Department of
Animal Industry
Montana State College and Experiment Station
Arnett
Salt Lake
Agricultural Department
Forest Service
Montana
Wallace Huidekoper
Wallace, Mont
Montana Stockgrowers’ Association
Dan Raymond
Sheridan
Dr. Donovan
Butte
C. E. Arnett
The
State College
Yellowstone
Yellowstone River
Livingston
Billings
Reed Point
United States Reclamation Service
Plentywood Man Swindled in Minneapolis Jail
Gilbert Olson traveled to Minneapolis to start a real estate business and ended up in the city jail intoxicated. Two strangers befriended him, bought liquor, and one collected $20 with a fake promise of release after a second trial. The impersonation included a pretend judge and a fellow prisoner, Nate Davis, who used Olson for a fake fine. Olson then faced fifteen days in the workhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Olson
Minneapolis
Plentywood
Olson
Nate Davis
Davis
Escape of Deer Lodge convict Kenneth Dean in Ford
Kenneth Dean a Deer Lodge penitentiary convict treated as a trustee escaped in a Ford car and fled up the Deer Lodge valley before events halted his flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Dean
Deer Lodge Penitentiary
Deer Lodge Valley
Escape Ends at Warm Springs as Guards Recapture
The trouble was compelled to stop at Warm Springs as officials, warned of the escape, held him until guards arrived and recaptured him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warm Springs
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Treasure State Farm and Livestock
Boston Hide, Wool & Fur CO
Wrixon & Agnew P. O
Mont
Big Horn County
Spokane Union
Spokane Union Stockyards
Romneys
Oxfords
Lincolns Cotswolds
Hampshires
Shropshires
Rambouillets
P. O
A. J. Knolling
First National Bank
Pocatello, Idaho
F. S. Cooley
Meen
South Sea Islands
Jopia
Timbuctope
Great Falls Dairy Products Co
Great Falls, Mont
Blackfoot Land Development CO
Missoula, Mont
ELK Run Herefords
Elk Run Ranch
W. L. Welie
Moline, NL
Beau Brummel
Don Carlos
Don Perfect
Lamp
Highwood
Frank Ledingham
Chicago
C. O. Robinson
Miles Dodd
Billy” Tormoehten
Omaha
Albert Noe
Jim” Bush
J. E. Lus
Invincible
Leo C. Robinson
Chris Hansen
Sioux City
Lester L. Gravelle
Horace Hempstead
St. Paul
Gene” McAdams
Jim” Hunt
Kansas City
Jim” Reid
Charles F. Schriver
Steve Gainey
Homer White
James L. Wilfley
St. Joseph
Tom” McKee
H. C. Baker
Frank Jackson
Denver
Clyde Stevens
James Miller
Clay, Robinson & CO
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