Federal reclamation growth from Roosevelt act outlined
Yellowstone dispatch reports on the 1902 reclamation act shaping West irrigation. John C Page says programs will add 825000 homes and 2500000 acres irrigated, with 20 million acres under irrigation overall. Power projects expand with Grand Coulee and Shasta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellowstone National Park
Theodore Roosevelt
Reclamation
John C. Page
Western Regional Farm Bureau
Page
Rey B. Williams
Reclamation Bureau
Federal Bureau of Reclamation
Barbara Bell Fashion Pattern No 1544 B Spring Dress Cape
Barbara Bell pattern No 1544 B features a summer dress with a cape free of fastenings and shoulder fullness to fit puff sleeves. It shows a waistline dart back and front shaping, an action pleat in the skirt, and versatile fabric options. Available sizes 14 to 42 with yardage details and a 15 cent pattern book order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Hell
Cape
Barbara Bell
Auto Championship Races Sunday at Missoula Track
Missoula hosts National championship dirt track races Sunday June 26 at the Fairgrounds. Contenders from across the country join Gold Cup Series action with drivers like Bayless Leverett Cotton Grable Ted Parker Dave Champat Harold Sham Bobby Mays Posey Meeves and Guy Schrader chasing records and significant purses. Schrader holds the half mile dirt track mark from Cedar Rapids and aims to improve his 25 23 time set May 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula
Tosa
Grim Reaper
Missoula Fairgrounds
International Motor Contest, Association
Lbsc.a
Bayless Leverett
California
Cotton Grable
Texas
Ted Parker
Dallas
Dave Champat
Hollywood
Oscar Coleman
Houston
Harold Sham
Indianapolis
Bobby Mays
Dayton
Larry Beckett
Tampa
Fla
Posey Meeves
Oklahoma City
Shane Witzgerald
Galesburg
Bertolla Rex
Ames
Iowa
AJ Mather
Minneapolis
Minn
Harold Kinseburg
Guy Schrader
Cedar Rapids
Dutchman
Town
Hea
Shreveport
Rancher's Warning Drove Town to Safety as Flood Hits
Pilot Rock Oregon experienced torrential rain and a cloudburst that sent feet of water through the town of 300 flooding all stores and homes. No lives were lost after rancher Hana Nielsen warned residents to run for their lives as Esat Birch Creek surged, causing about 50,000 dollars in damage.
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Pilot Rock
Ore
Tune
Hana Nielson
Esat Birch Creek
Shriners Reach Red Lodge After Yellowstone Trip
Red Lodge reports the first bus of Shriners from Yellowstone National Park arriving Monday afternoon. Twenty five Shriners led by potentate D. Davies of Trem Temple Wilkes-Barre, Pa, praised the Red Lodge highway for its scenery and travel quality after a long journey from Los Angeles to the park via several western cities.
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Red Lodge
Davies
Wilkes-Barre
Yellowstone National Park
Park
Los Angeles
Portland
Seattle
Victoria
B. C
the Park
Butler Bower
The
Temple
Acenery
Belgrade voters authorize GH school project
Belgrade high school district voters approved a bond proposal 228 to 46 to build and equip a new high school on the present Belgrade school block at a total cost of 60000. A $27000 grant from the PWA reduces the bond amount to 33000. A suit to block bonding was filed in district court by Walter Sales and others. Construction would begin as soon as possible if not delayed by the suit.
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Bozeman
Belgrade High
Belgrade
Washington
P.ww.a
Walter Sales
Manhattan
W. T. Hodgskiss
Cloudburst Drenches Deer Lodge District
A morning cloudburst drenched Deer Lodge with flooded streets and drains filled briefly to capacity. A late afternoon rumbling thunder signaled another storm as lawns trees shrubs and gardens flourished unusually after the downpour.
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Deer Lodge
Kaufman Speaks at Convocation at State University Missoula
H N Kaufman state Supervisor of distributive education was featured speaker at Montana State University student convocation in Missoula. He led a vocational conference with Russell Merritt and Kalispell trainees Ann Miller Gordon Kroger Harold Peterson. About 800 attendees heard key points on boosting local trades, schools, and happiness through doing the job well.
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G. D. Shallenberger
J. W. Bevery
Glacier Park
W. R. Ames
Dean Deloss Smith
Florence Smith
Phil L. Blitthorpe
Minot
N. D
Chifford Cyr
Missoula
Sunday Storm Destroys Dam in McCone County
Weather records indicate a cloudburst in McCone County Saturday with 3.14 inches total rainfall, 2.16 inches in 30 minutes, washing out small bridges and flooding streets and basements. The 14 Ranch dam failed after 30 years, inundating fields and gardens with ash as other farm dams collapsed.
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Wall Point
McCone
14 Ranch
Wolf Point
Townsend Home Talent Delivers Warm Preview For Tonight
Townsend residents praised the preview of Hurry Hurry Hurry by Leroy Arnold, with strong character work and belief a full Townsend High School Gym performance will delight tonight. The comedy in three acts features Townsend men and women led by director W P Thomas with a full production staff and contributes proceeds to the town civic improvement and county library funds.
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QG Hearn
Lowell Mires
Douglas Hawn
Lowell Braum
Harry Axders
W. P. Thomas
Townsend
Edith For
John Elis
R. M. O'Hearn
F.L. Holloway
William Wall
Stege
Tommy Ellis
Gloria Mae Bruce
Aretha Brisbin
Dillon Chamber Publishes 18 Page Wonders of Region Pamphlet
Dillon reports the Dillon Chamber of Commerce offers an 18 page publicity folder on Beaverhead County and nearby areas. The tourist aid includes two maps, highway routes from Salt Lake City to Butte, and sections on schools live stock mining recreation and religious sites.
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Dillon
Dillon Chamber of
Conmerre
Beaverhead County
J. L Mayland
Chamber
Salt Lake City
Butte
Montana
Mother, Identical Twins Doing Nicely
In Butte on June 23 Mrs. Joshua Gilman of 1009 Nevada avenue reported her newborn identical twin girls in excellent condition at the county hospital. The babies weigh five pounds ten ounces and five pounds nine ounces, attended by Tr. Harold Joesting, while the father works on the WPA.
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Butte
Joshua Gilman
Nevada Avenue
Harold Joesting
W.P.A
Fort Peck dismantling of concrete mixing plant begins
Fort Peck project workers start dismantling the concrete mixing plant used by Addison Miller Inc and Fielding and Shelton Inc for spillway construction. The plant, erected in 1935, produced up to 291,732 cubic yards of concrete across three seasons, with actual output exceeding 100 cubic yards per hour at times.
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Fort Peck
Addison Miller, Inc
Fielding & Shepley, Inc
Fort Peck Dam
Large Fish Plantings Mark Beaverhead Forest Year
Beaverhead National Forest reports nearly 11 000 fry and fingerling fish stocked in 1937. Rainbow fry and fingerlings plus native and crawling fry totals vast, with 6 759 380 more fish planted than in 1936. Moose and beaver leads noted. predatory animals tallied, with losses to sheep and cattle in the domain.
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Dmion
Beaterhead National Forest
Evan W. Kelley
Region One
Forest Service
Washington, D. C
Beaverhead National Forest
Idaho
Montana
Beaverhead Forest
Cabin Under Construction at Hell Roaring Ski Course
Whitefish June 23 Work has begun on a new 20 by 30 cabin with balcony sleeping quarters at Hell Roaring ski course. It will be one of several to be built this year. The first cabin will serve as kitchen dining room and ski equipment storage. Supervisor J C Urquhart of the Flathead forest and a regional engineer from Missoula conducted a preliminary survey for the road to the course with a survey crew to follow soon.
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Whitefish
Hell Roaring Ski Course
J. C. Urquhart
Flathead Forest
Missoula
Mads
Hell Roaring Mountain
Urquhart
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Elephant Butte
Rio Grande
New Mexico
San Diego County
Calif
Sheriff's Department
United States
Cape Ensemble
Barbara Bell Pattern Service
Helena Independent
New Montgomery Avegua
San Francisco
Wspaper OF
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Webster
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Oise Vn
Ker T
Missoula Track
Shriners Saul
Cooke City
Cloudburst
Drenches Deer Lodge District
Mcone County
Sheffield
England
LON Chamber
Beaerkead Wild Lfe
U.S
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Helena Legionnaires OF Montana
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