State college gains legislature support and funding boost
With the legislature’s closing and full gubernatorial approval, Montana’s state college of agricultural and mechanical arts secured most requested funding. Major items include maintenance, engineering and farm facilities, and a sizable increase for the dry farming program, plus $160,000 from the federal government. The two bills tie the college to state welfare by enforcing pure food laws and regulating dairy products, placing chem and biology work under college supervision and creating a traveling dairy inspector.
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State College of Agricultural and Mechanical Arts
Montana
Farmers’ Institute Board
State Board of Health
College Department of Chemistry
Department of
Fresh room looks with cretonne furniture covers
A Woman's Home Companion April feature advises refreshing rooms by rearranging furniture and using cretonne summer covers. Details include ecru backgrounds, floral prints, sofa covers with a deep box plait ruffle, chair covers, removable slips, and matching curtains and window treatments.
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Woman's Home Companion
Cretonne
Boston Wool Market Sees Mixed Signals Amid tariff Fears
Dealers split on price trends as domestic wools hold near duty free levels while European markets rise. Uncertainty over tariff changes dampens trading, though some brokers push for options on colonial wools. Goods firms remain cautious, with spotty demand and hand to mouth purchasing across mills and cloth sectors.
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Boston
Board of Trade
Coleman Street
Ramsay Appointed to Montana State Poultry Board
A reporter questions James G. Ramsay after his appointment by the governor to Montana’s state board of poultry husbandry. The board, with C. R. Sivegle, Sig. Goodfriend, and Ramsay, aims to promote poultry raising, publish reports, and organize an annual exhibition, with a $1,500 appropriation for salaries and work. The piece cites Missouri’s past growth and the substantial state poultry trade and urges farmers to support better stock and county fairs.
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The
Independent
James G Ramsay
State Board of Poultry Husbandry
Ramsay
Montana
State Board of Poultr Husbandry
Norris
C. R. Sivegle
Helena
Sig. Goodfriend
Ancanda
Ames G. Ramsay
Miles City
United States
Montina
Missouri
State Labor Commissioner
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Board of Poultry Husbandry
Treating Gumbo Soils for Tillage in the Mid West
The gumbo is a dense sticky soil common in parts of the middle west. It forms tough ribbons when plowed and is hard to till when dry or wet. Best practice is to plow with slight moisture and add humus via barnyard manure or green manures like rye and sweet clover to improve structure.
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Middle West
Wyoming
Mid-West
Industrial Journal
Elks Temple Work Restarted in Missoula State News
State notes report Elks' temple construction resumes in Missoula while Beaverhead county to exhibit at the state fair. Bozeman advances to second class city status. Montana records 3962 marriages and 666 divorces in the past year.
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Elks’ Temple
Missoula
Beaverhead County
Bozeman
Montana
Bridger
Billings
Flathead City
Flathead County
Norris
James F. McNamee
First Baptist Church
Helena
W. W. van Orsdel
Methodist Episcopal Church
Great Falls
State Board of Charities and Reform
Northwestern Development League
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
Montana a Banner State Says Paper
The Montana state fair orator extols Montana as the richest state with vast mines forests and water powers. He cites 300 million pounds of copper yearly and 0,000,000 pounds of wool from range sheep, predicting Montana will become a leading manufacturing and grain state.
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The
Union
Montana
North American
James J. Hill
Northwest
Helena
Iowa
Ilinois
Illinois
Exposition Building
Montana Rail Commission Examines Montana Wyoming Southern Property
The Montana railroad commission will inspect the property of the Montana Wyoming Southern Railway from Bear Creek to Bridger. The company has objected to coal shipment rates set by the commission.
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Montana Railroad Commission
Montana, Wyoming Southern Railway Company
Bear Creek
Bridger
Notice of Non-Coal Lands Classification in Montana
Department of the Interior United States Land Office Miles City Montana March 6 1911 notices that lands described in several townships were classified by the Geological Survey as Non-Coal Lands Enemies and may be patented under the homestead law with mutation proof. First publication March 10 1911.
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Department of the Interiornited States Land Office
Miles City
Montana
General Land Office
Geological Survey
E. T
Public Land Notice for Ismay Homestead Claim
Department of the Interior Miles City Office Montana February 24 1911 notice that Lester J Dack of Ismay MT holder of homestead entry 01634 for NW 4 section 28 township 9 N range 63 E will file final commutation proof before Felix Gray Ismay MT on April 8 1911 witnesses Oscar Brackett Ford Brittenham W Jarratt all of Ismay MT A Kirch er Register first published March 1 1911
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Department of the Interior
United States Land Office
Miles City
Montana
Lester J. Dack
Ismay
Range
M. P
Meridian
Felix Gray
United States
Oscar Brackett
Ford Brittenham
Notice of Contest for Montana Homestead Cancellation
Montana notice to Crescus Schweitzer of St Paul and Ismay bidder George M Jones, filed November 11 1910 to cancel entry No 6309 May 7 1908 SE 2 section 2 township 9N range 56E M P Meridian on grounds claimant never built resided or improved property. If no answer within twenty days after fourth publication the entry will be canceled without right to hearing. Publication dates show March 24 1911.
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Department of the Interior
United States Land Office
Miles City
Montana
Crescus Schweitzer
St. Paul
Minn
George M. Jones
Ismay
Custer County
M. P. Meridian
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Cretonne Furniture Coverings
Gro
W. Burr
J.B. Kempton
Alfred Wright
State Bank of Terry
Terry, Montana
David Bickle
J.B. KampPton
Geo. W. Burr
W. A
Brubaker
Gero. T, Gipson Lon Fluss
Remington
York
Romain
le Mons
London
Cmules City Independent
State News
Minnesota Journal
Ada M. Bennett
G. A. Lewis
Earlingburt Building
J.C. Auld
W. D. Smith
W. Jarratt
A. Kircher
Register
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