How to Secure Land Under Federal Laws Today
The Messenger outlines homestead desert land and timber land laws for settlers. It explains eligibility for 160 acres under homestead, residence and cultivation requirements, final proof timelines, and special provisions for soldiers and widows. It also details the desert land act with irrigation plans, fees, and patent conditions, plus timber and stone land rules and married woman eligibility.
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United States
Register of the Land Office
General Land Office
Washington
SoLprmr
Department of the Interior
Congress
Carnegie on the Peace of Nations Speech at Hotel Astor
Andrew Carnegie, president of the Peace Society of New York, urged at the annual meeting that the big stick policy is folly. He argued nations have armed themselves for decades with little gain, citing Britain Germany and the United States, urging disarmament and a peaceful led path instead of endless arms races.
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Great Falls
Tribune
Andrew Carnegie
The
Peace Society of New York
Hotel Astor
Carnegie
Roosevelt
United States
Great Britain
Germany
Britain
United ‘States
France
Japan
Russia
Australia
Europe
Montana College offers practical six month agriculture course
W J Elliott Bozeman Montana reports extreme demand for trained agricultural workers and outlines a six month practical course at the Montana Agricultural College. The program targets eighth grade dropouts and undereducated youths aged fourteen to thirty five, includes dairy and orchard work plus wood and forge skills, begins October twentieth, and prioritizes the first hundred applicants.
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Ismay
Montana Agricultural College
Montana
Bitter Root Valley
Flathead Country
The
Agricultural College
Bozeman
Custer County
W. J. Elliott
Notices of Land Entries Opened in Miles City District
United States Land Office announces plats filed for townships in T5N to T6N and ranges 58E to 61E with fractional parcels. Entries will open Tuesday June 8 1909. Signed A Kircher Register.
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United States Land Office
Miles City
Montana
Five Children and Four Potatoes Riddle
A mother with five children has four potatoes and asks how to divide equally. The quick solution: mash the potatoes and share the mash, so all receive an equal portion. The moment prompts a playful classroom response from Harry and a pun filled aside from the teacher.
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Harry
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Timber and Stone Act
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Register
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Fiji
Lea College Bulletin
Lakin Brothers
Miles City, Montana
Frank L. Comstock
Ismay, Montana
Live Stock Investments
J. E. Prindle
Ismay, Mont
Gray Gables Hotel
Underwood Sisters
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