Pioneer farmer Phil Knorr and the early days on Wolf Point
The article recalls Philipp Knorr, credited with plowing northwestern Montana’s first land at Wolf Point in 1874 and planting the initial garden. It details his 36 acres of wheat, a son’s 900 bushel wheat crop, and rust affecting some crops, plus stories of frontier encounters with hostile Indians, ambushes, and a 1868 massacre of six woodsmen near Round Butte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matt ‘W. Alderson
Montana
Phillip Knorr
Wolf Point
Knorr
Pittsburg
Fort Peck
Wolf Creek
Missouri River
Joe Lambert
Mitchells
Tom Campbell
Missouri
Fraser
Oswego
Campbell
Round Butte
Dave Conklin
Dave Kennedy
Black Eye
Andy Ackley
Fort Benton
I. G. Baker & Co
Montana Scouts Reach National HQ War Savings Drive
Montana Boy Scouts report 5530 orders for war savings stamps on red post cards. They earned 54 achievement buttons 26 ace medals and 21 palms for this work. Across the United States including Canal Zone Hawaii and Porto Rico a total of 1510475 orders were taken for war savings stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana Boy Scouts
Boy Scouts of America
United States
Canal Zone
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Hidden Hazards in War Fronts and Unseen Tricks
A terse note from a wartime desk hints at exhausted German forces approaching the limit of harsh warfare with grim inevitability. It mentions potential new stratagems and misdirections that might still emerge despite the grim toll.
Montana Babies Winning Prizes at State Fair Show
Official Montana baby show awards announced by the State Fair Board. Helena wins big with Edith Brackett the top girl and Herbert Lay the champion boy. rural districts name winners in 12 to 36 month categories across towns over 500 and over 5,000 population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Bozeman
Edith B. Brackett
Second Street
Herbert Lay
Bozeman Avenue
Robert Balheser
Austin
Eugene Trevise
Virginia la Chapelle
Riebeling
Lloyd Henry Naylor
Roundup
Mary Louise Stock
East Helena
Doris Suter
Townsend
Charles Mollet
Missoula
Edith E. Brackett
Nita Pittman
Claude Phillip Rogers
Elmo V. Kemp
Boulder
Ernestine A. Hrella
Vinnie R. Pratt
Big Sandy
Sumner G. Heidel
John E. W. Hawkins
Aerial mail route eyed for Montana cities
Spokane chamber promotes a northwestern air mail path linking Butte Missoula Spokane Ellensburg Seattle and Portland with a Pacific coast extension. Officials may back the plan as cities consider municipal hangars upriver park to support transcontinental flights and a 100 mile hangar spacing policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Spokane Chamber of Commerce
Spokane
Butte
Missoula
Ellensburg
Seattle
Portland
Pacific Coast
Washington
New York
Chicago
Minneapolis
Park Board
Hopeful Sign Amid War Horror Descriptions
A remark notes that while the Huns begin to dwell on the horrors of war they overlook that these horrors originate from German actions. The observation hints at evolving attitudes toward the conflict and its sources.
Furloughs For Expert Workmen
Government aims to keep skilled labor from front lines by granting industrial furloughs to drafted or enlisted workers whose skills benefit their industries more. Employers must prove status as necessary industry with government contract details and submit questionnaires to local boards for reclassification.
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Sam D. Goza
The
War Industries, Board
War Department
Selective Service Act
District Board
Department of the Government
A. M. Alderson
Montana
Helena
The Humble Muskrat Now Hudson Seal Headline
The muskrat fur, dyed and plucked to imitate seal, becomes a affordable alternative to genuine sealskin. Prices rise as demand grows. good muskrat may fetch 1.50 to 2.00 dollars, boosting trappers nationwide.
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Milady
America
Warrenton poised to become west coast grain hub
A Warrenton Oregon prospectus promotes grain shipments from the west to Pacific ports after the war. It cites W G McAdoo and Panama Canal freight savings, predicts Warrenton as a future major grain port with harbor and rail advantages, and notes land purchases by the American Society of Equity to build terminal elevators. It promises strong property appreciation and invites correspondence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Western States
Pacific Coast
W. G. McAdoo
Panama Canal
Atlantic Seaboard
Warrenton
West
The
American Society
Columbia River
Atlantic
Flathead Pupils Hold Exposition in Unique Fair
Flathead county staged its first annual girls and boys fair, attracting national attention. Boston educator Dr. A E Winship praised the displays and lectures, noting the event sets a new standard for the nation. Miss May Trumper and Mary B E helped organize with H N Kauffman, schools, county, and civic groups. A $1,000 prize fund supported livestock, grain, sewing, cooking, and races, plus a patriotic pageant featuring Columbia Falls and other Flathead schools.
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United States
Boston
Flathead County
A. E. Winship
May Trumper
H. N. Kauffman
Mary BE. E
Big School
Columbia Falls
Whitefish
Somers
Polson
West Side
Kalispell
Central Kalispell
Land Opens for Filing Near Bowdoin November 27
Considerable land within four miles of Bowdoin will be thrown open to filing on November 27. The land lies in townships 25 north ranges 29 30 and 33 east and township 27 range 33 east. Plats of the survey will be mailed from the Glasgow land office.
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Bowdoin
Glasgow Land Office
Montana Woman Traps for Fur in Tom Miner Basin
Mrs. Alex F Martin of Tom Miner Basin, southern Montana, traps and skins furbearing animals to ship their pelts. Living in a forested cabin with her dog, she sets steel traps for fox, coyote, mink, martens, and other wildlife, finding outdoor life healthful and profitable despite harsh winters.
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Alex Martin
Montana
Alex F. Martin
Tom Miner Basin
Gallatin Range
Yellowstone River
Tom Miner Creek
Paria
Lewistown Audience Celebrates Americanism at Fair
Jean P. McEwen YWCA state publicity manager told Lewistown crowds they were wholly American as she contrasted U S efforts in San Francisco with camp life for colored troops. She recalled gas mask work by East women and rest homes on Long Island for nervous workers. She noted Marines from Montana and praised American unity despite wartime strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewistown
Jean P. McEwen
War Work Council
Miss McEwen
America
San Francisco
East
Long Island
Montana
Trap Release of Trapped Animals by Quick Thinking
A woman feared being bitten by trapped animals yet refused to kill them. She used a six inch log placed on the animals’ backs to force their jaws open and freed them after prying the traps apart.
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Phil Knorr
Wolf Points
Edith Brackett
State Fair Board
Ernest Earl Webb
St. Peter
Everett Yubas
Joseph Kukol
Norman R. Beatty
Cascade
Virginia LaChapelle
Lillian Armando Dodds
Waterloo
Margaret Schwarzhaus
Rimini
Bozéman
Industries Board
Warrenton, Oregon
Great Northern Steamship
Warrenton Dock
E. A. Tyler Realty Company
Todd Block
Great Falls
Max
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