Fight Against Horse Thieves Marks Montana Stock History
Chief Montana Stock Inspector recounts the long fight against horse and cattle theft. From 1884 vigilante actions near Musselshell and Mosby to the formation of Montana Stock Growers and the later live stock commission, the piece outlines organizational changes, emphasis on evidence, and ongoing efforts to curb rustling through a coordinated state system and vigilant detectives.
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Montana
Musselshell River
Mosby
Miles City
Fort Benton
Montana Stock Growers’ Association State Create
State Board of Stock Commissioners
State Board of Sheep Commissioners
Live Stock Commission
Department of the States’ Government
State Livestock Commission
Second Highway to Glacier Park
The Montana state highway commission outlined plans for a new route from Belt to Glacier Park built with Teton and Flathead counties. Eight federal aid projects and eight county works will run at fifty fifty with the government. surveys by two five man crews begin within ten days with $110000 in current funds.
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Teton
Flathead
State Highway Commission
Rocky Mountains
Belt
Cascade County
Glacier Park
Priest's Pass
Helena
Commission
Paul Pratt
The
of Agriculture
Another Chance for Physicians in Emergency Medical Corps
Montana doctors once rejected for regular service can enlist in a new volunteer medical reserve corps. Open to men and women, eligible physicians without disability or not meeting military standards may join to provide civic and military aid at home or in public hospitals. Dr. W. F. Cogswell of Helena reports enrollment efforts and previous rejection for overseas service.
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Montana
Volunteer Medical Reserve Corps
Council of Defense
Surgeon Generals
Army and Navy
Public Health Service
General Medical Board
Council of National Defense
W. F. Cogswell
State Board of Health
Helena
Surgeon General's Office
Medical Reserve Corps
Montana Miner Corps Enlists For Marine Service
Sergeant Harold Reed from Harvard arrives in Butte seeking 60 Montana miners to form a sapper unit for overseas service in France. Recruits must be 18 to 36 with mining experience and pass physicals at Paris Island and Quantico. The unit trains at a mining and sapping school to learn No Man's Land tactics and leadership is rewarded with advancement.
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Doc” Reed
Montana
Marine Corps
Doc
Harold Reed
Butte
France
Sergeant Reed
Reed
Paris Island
8. C
Quantico
Germany
Coeur d’Alene
Arizona
Salt Lake
Soldiers of the Sea
Surplus Wheat Flour Order Affects Montana Homes
Montana food administrator Alfred Atkinson issues an order mandating sale of all non seed wheat on the market by May 15. He cites looming flour shortages and notes Montanans have reached a million pounds in surplus flour held at home. The plan includes wheatless days and strict sugar limits of two lumps per person.
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Montana
Atkinson
Alfred Atkinson
Bozeman
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Frank C. Lavigne
Bar of Justice
Secret Service
Yellowstone Chemical CO
Reach
Mont
Montana Typewriter Co
Butte, Montana
S. C. Huseth
Lie An
Opticias
Montar
Sun River Beach
Great Falls
Ulm
Montana-Western Lands CO
First Avenue North
Snowy Mountain
Herefords
Wyoming
Dakota
Snowy Mountain Ranch
Herd Balle
Carl
Beau Jackson
Senator
Ross Brown
Montana Ranch Company
MOORE
Ranchers Hail and Fire Insurance Co
State Commission
HMS
No Man’s Land
Marines
Harvard University
Isa
C. Gotzian & Company Square
Saint Paul, Minn
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