Landscaping Work on Polson Park Under WA Supervision
Polson Montana May 31 Wa landscaping of the Polson city park on Flathead Lake began under the supervision of H Crogman architectural engineer and Frank Derich WPA project engineer. The 3 acre park was purchased last year by the city and will feature a 40 by 70 foot log clubhouse with basement dining kitchen and offices. The park will include a golf course, lakefront grounds, a sandy bathing beach, and planned tennis courts.
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Polson
Polson City
Flatheed
Jake
Aupervision
H. Crogman
Frank Derich
W.P.A
Montana
Lake Sira
Washington
Moss Auld
J J Broughall noted mining man dies in Los Angeles
John Joseph Broughall 88 mining engineer and Park Utah mines original owner died after a long illness in Los Angeles where he lived 14 years. Born in Zanesville Ohio he worked in Butte and Salt Lake City. Survived by widow Mary K Broughall and daughter Helen Broughall Teresis of Palo Alto. Funeral services set for Wednesday at the Little Church of the Flowers Glendale.
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Los Angeles
John Joseph Broughall
Park
Utah
Zanesville
Ohio
Broughall
Butte
Mont
Salt Lake City
Mary K. Broughall
Mra
Ilelen Broughall Teresis
Palo Alto
Calif
Little Church of the Flowers
Glendale
Melstone School Man for Work for Degree
Truman Cheney formerly of Kletnigh school faculty and now principal of Melstone schools will leave in June for New York to pursue a doctor’s degree at Columbia University. Mrs Cheney will study for a master’s degree at the same institution. They will spend about two weeks at their ranch homes in Stanford and Ennla before departing.
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Truman Cheney
Kletnigh School
Melstone
New York
Columbia University
Cheney
Stanford
Ennla
Resume drilling on Flatwillow test at Winnett
Winnett May 31. After a winter shutdown drilling has resumed on the Flatwillow structure in Petroleum county south of the Sibbert ranch. The 3800 acre lease is held by George Brundage H C Rowland of Lewistown and Harry Penn of Great Falls. Geologists note potential to reach the second Cat Creek sand at about 900 feet, the main producing sand in Cat Creek field. Brundage says the well should finish within 30 days and the partners plan a second well regardless of the first outcome.
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Cat Creek
Great Falls Plans Record Building Valuation in 1937
Great Falls expects about $590,000 in building valuation for the first half of 1937, the largest for such a period since 1931. City records show building permits from Jan 1 to May 27 totaling $541,295 in new construction or improvements, with May displaying unusually strong activity.
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Great Falls
Ed Henen
Power report outlines 12 month income for Northern States Power unit
Northern States Power and its Standard Gas and Electric unit reported net income of 5.25 million for the year ended March 11, up from 4.90 million a year earlier. For the March quarter, net income was 1.67 million versus 1.61 million last year. The article notes rugged bicycle can components weighing about 25 pounds of steel.
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Power Report
New York
Northern States Power Company
Subsidiarios
Standard Gas and Electric Company System
Barbara Bell pattern for a child frock and undies
Barbara Bell presents a top to toe child outfit using same material for underwear to avoid raveling. Frock features pleats a small collar and front buttons in perforated satin pattern. sizes 2 to 5 years. material needs noted. pattern 1812-B.
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Mary
Barbara Bell
Katherine Chrisman Named Physical Ed Instructor at MSU
Bozeman May 9 1 Miss Katherine Vada Chrisman graduate of Ottawa University Kansas and holder of a master’s in physical education from George Peabody College Nashville has been named to lead physical education for women at Montana State College President Alfred Atkinson announces She succeeds Miss Mary Stewart who resigned to become assistant professor at Utah State College Chrisman will teach this summer at Baylor University and will begin duties Sept 1 She has three years experience teaching mathematics and three years as physical education instructor at Garden City High School and Junior College with training at Kansas University and the University of Southern California In 1933 she led a girl reserves camp in Honolulu Hawaii and last summer was employed at Yellow Stone Park
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Bozeman
Katharine Vada Chrisman
Ottawa University
Kansas
George Feabody College
Nashville, Tenn
Montana State College
Alfred Atkinson
Misa Mary Stewart
Utah State College
Chrisman
Hayler University
Waco
Texas
Misa Chrisman
Garden City, Han
Kansas University
University of Southern California
Honolulu
Hawaii
Yellowatona Park
Memorial Day Snow Paralyzes Billings Parade Ruins Gardens
Twenty years ago Memorial Day brought Billings a heavy slushy snow five inches deep that halted a scheduled parade and damaged thousands of fruit trees, shrubs, and willow trees. The storm, described as the area's most disastrous by the Gazette, left streets slick and gardens wrecked with widespread damage across the city.
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Billings
Babcock Theater
Gazette
the Gazette
Californian Dies of Strange Disease in California Workman
Santa Ana May 31. William AL Morrison a 49 year old citrus worker died today from a disease described as melanosis arising from a liver tumor. The illness has slowly darkened his skin from white to black and was once called black cancer.
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Santa Ana
Calif
William AL. Morrison
State Briefs From Butte To Washington In Short News
Butte fire destroys an unoccupied three story Greenfield poultry warehouse tied to the death of owner Charles A Greenfield earlier in 1536. Bozeman Sch. awards Danforth fellowship. Montana State U ag econ student Joga Brownies to leadership training midwest. Livingston staff of the air navigation bureau earns transfer to Salt Lake HQ. Butte reports the 17th child born to Mrs Juan Aguilar. a boy joins two sets of twins and 10 siblings. Polson deputy warden Elmer da Galler to Helena for state warden at large duties. Harlowton Major Bloomquist of the U S Army assigns company D 164th infantry rating as Montana’s best National Guard unit. Miles City hosts Montana State Federation of Business and Professional Women June 4 5 and 6 with Rev Margaret Clifford presiding. Washington veterans holding temporary government war risk insurance must convert by Tuesday.
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Bozeman—Danald A. Brownies
Mocrasin
Montana
Cal- Joga
William M. Danforth
Middle-West
Clyde McKee
Livingston—W. TR
Air Navigation Bureau
Department of Commerce
Livinggton
Salt Lake
Department
Creston brothers grow premier crested wheat seed for export
Nell and Sam Parker of Creston, Montana, prize crested wheat grass seed for purity and high germination. They harvest about 100 acres this year after yielding 28,000 pounds from 67 acres last year, using careful seed selection, clean equipment, and weed-free practices from field to market.
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Hazeman
Nell
Sam Parker
Creston
Chicago
Ralph D. Mercer
Montana State College
Parkers
Montana
Mercer
Parker Brothers
Parker
Gela
Zonolite expands Libby plant with new unit possible
Libby May 31 Paul M Cowan engineer in charge of Zonolite operations says the company is building another expanding unit at the Libby plant designed by him and said to be more efficient than current equipment. He added a new mill at the Maning creek mine will start soon and will roughly double existing capacity.
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Libby
Paul M. Cawan
Zonolite Company
Lib
Cowan
Maning Creek
High Water Delays Polson Dam Construction Progress
May records rising Flathead River hindered some dam work while right bank excavation advanced. Gravity section and earth dyke trenching neared completion. Right thrust block excavation finished and concrete forms were readied.
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Polson
Flathead
Parker brothers perfect crested wheatgrass culture method
Mercer notes the Parker brothers started crested wheatgrass farming in 1922 and have since registered seed annually since 1931. Their system includes repeated seed bed mulching and leaving fields fallow for six years, then rotating to other crops before Alpha sweet clover. They also seed Alpha sweet clover and cultivate high quality seed.
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Parkers
Mercer
Work continues on North Valley resettlement projects in North
In Tynedale on May 31, crews push the western valley county resettlement program. Fencing of dams will finish by June 1 and seeding by July 1 as the new fiscal year begins. Seven crews work on dam protection, erosion control, and grass seeding. A separate crew clears brush from reclamation ditches west of Hinsdale while graveling on Vandalia Road was completed and all-weather access created to the federal highway. Other graveling has occurred on Hinsdale streets in cooperation with the county road department.
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Tynedale
Valley County
A. P. Erleksan
Workera Ig
Hinsdale
Four Corners
County Road Department
Wool shipments from Polson and price outlook
Polson reports two carloads of wool shipped on consignment to Rooston last week with two more expected this week. Eastern buyers this month offer 30 to 31 cents, limiting sales. Growers anticipate 40 cents by fall or winter. O D Small, with the valley’s largest clip, sold at 84 cents last January. Jerry Paul of the National Wool Growers Association is purchasing most wool on consignment. Rabbit farts disguised under more names than that of any other animal, close to 150.
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Polson
Roston
OD. Small
Jerry Paul
National Wools Growers Association
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J. J. Broughall
Melstone School Man
Winnett
Falls
Barbara Degl
Divett
Angie
Barbara Bell Pattern Service
Care the Helens Independent
New Montgomery Avenue
San Francisco
California
Katherine Chrisman
Greenfield
Charles A. Greenfield
Juan Aguilar
Elmer da Galler
Flathead Valley
Helena
Harlowton
I. Bloomquist
U. S. Army
Spokane
Wash
Miles City
Montana State Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs
Margaret F. Clifford
Kallapell
Glendive
Columbus
Forsyth
Wormen
Creston Farmers Seed Specialists
Cheston
Conoco
Orchant
Zonolite
Polson Dam
North
Harkin's Service Station
Benton and Stewart Highway Service, Inc
Euclid and
Benton
Joseph Motlenterk
Canyon Creek
East Welena Garage
Arno Hansel
East Melony
Martin Tinisel
Clancy Herman Ingman
Morysvilla
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