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Newspaper

The Montana Standard

Location

Butte, Montana, United States of America

Date

Jun 08, 1938

Page

7

First annual electrical exposition in Butte opens

The three day event at the Masonic temple features 18 display units of modern electrical appliances. Cooking classes run daily with free admission led by Ina Scrivner and Ethel Sales. Prizes from local dealers and performances by Bishop's School of Dance accompany demonstrations of electric cookery and time saving devices.

Masonic Temple Ina Scrivner Home Service Department Montana Power Company Ethel Sales Divine'’s Dreibelbis Music Co Edwards’ Electrical Hennessy Company Maytag Shop Ellis Paint Company Radio Engineering and Service Shiners Slauson's Radio Service Len Waters Orton Bros Montgomery Ward Company Butte

Problems of dairying industry discussed

Montana farm groups met in Helena on June 7 to discuss marketing and distribution issues for dairy products and potential upcoming legislation. Committees from the Montana Farm Bureau and allied associations took part with B F Thrailkill of the Agriculture Department hosting and Lee Metcalf advising.

Helena Montana Farm Bureau Farmers’ Educational and Co-operative Union of America Montana Dairy Products Association Montana Association of Local Creameries B. F. Thrailkill Department of Agriculture Lee Metcalf Attorney General's Office

Funds for Pest Control Limited

Washington reports that control of grasshoppers and other insect pests would cost $950,000 more than Congress has appropriated. Rohner says $2,834,517 is available. requests include $819,220 for grasshoppers and $131,298 for Mormon crickets. Last year federal and state aid saved crops valued at $102,288,177 while grasshoppers destroyed $65,827,215. Each line ends with a period.

Washington Agriculture Department House Appropriations Committee Congress A. Rohner Bureau of Entomology and Rohner Montana

Three Democrats file for state railroad and public service post

Helena June 7. Three more candidates join the Democratic field for the two year state railroad and public service commissioner term. E E B Krebsbach Wolf Point incumbent Clarence Chamberlain Sand Creek and A B Anderson Butte filed today joining Paul T Smith Boulder E J Nichols Deer Lodge and Charles J Erickson Butte in the contest. No Republican candidates have filed.

Helena State Railroad and Public Service Commissioner E. E B. Krebsbach Wolf Point Clarence Chamberlain Sand Creek A. 8. Anderson Butte Krebsbach J. J. O'Connell Congress Paul T. Smith Boulder E. J. Nichols Deer Lodge Charles J. Erickson

Spotted fever blamed for second Montana death

The second Rocky Mountain spotted fever death in Montana this season occurred at a hospital in Hamilton. Cecil Stroud, 25, who moved to the Corvallis area a year ago, fell ill after a camping trip in the Bitter Root range west of town. His parents live in Kelso Washington and a brother in Miles City, with a sister Mrs Roy Norbury living in Hamilton.

Hamilton Rocky Mountain Montana Cecil Stroud Corvallis Section Bitter Root Range Stroud Kelso Wash Miles City Roy Norbury

Grain Elevator Hazed by Fire at Townsend Montana

Townsend Montana June 7 The Montana Flour Mills Townsend elevator destroyed by fire with a nine thousand dollar loss to buildings and contents. Nearby grain warehouses saved but water damaged contents. Office records saved but water soaked. Insurance covers loss. A F Stroebehn announces immediate replacement from Great Falls. Also note: Austrian children Toni 16 and Wetis 15 weigh 208 pounds each with five siblings normal.

Townsend Mont Montana Flour Mills Company A. F. Stroebehn Great Falls al Schwab Toni Wetis Austria

Daughters of State Official Among Bar Admits

Margaret Mary Holmes, daughter of State Auditor John J. Holmes, was admitted to the Montana bar with 28 men from Montana State University law school in ceremonies led by Supreme Court Justice W. B. Sands in Helena.

John J. Holmes Montana Montana State University Law School Supreme Court W. B. Sands

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Shelvador E. Park Butte Electric Divine’s Dreibelbis Music Co Edwards Elec Radio Eng Shiners Slauson AND The Funds For Pest Control Limited Arctic Islands el Pubicit I Insurance U.P Margaret Mary Holmes Orton’s 218 N. Main Westinghouse Radios Shiner Masonic Temple Ballroom Grunow Shiner’s Buckeye Refrigerator America Thor
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