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Library of Congress1873

In the Senate of the United States. January 20, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Machen submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1402.) The Committee on Claims, to whom this case was referred, report that it appears from the proofs in the case that on the 15th of September, 1861, the fairgrounds of the Agricultural and Mechanical Association of Lexington, Kentucky, were taken possession of by the United States troops, then under Colonel Grigsby, and his troops encamped thereon

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Library of Congress1908

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), December 24, 1908

u 1 Wealth By The Billions Tears Farm Products Worth 7 778000000 Washington December 14th After twelve years of service as head of the Department the Secretary of Agricul ture in his twelfth annual report to the President issued today renders a com prehensive account of his stewardship and presents a review of the progress of agriculture in the United States during this period Concerning the farm pro duction of 1908 he says that the farmer has created wealth by the billions Pro duction has been above the average of recent years with few exceptions and while some prices have fallen others have risen The farm value of all farm products ot 1908 reaches the most extraordinary total in the nations history7778000000 This is about four times the value of the products of the mines including mineral oils and precious metals The gain in value of farm products in 1908 over 1907 is 290000000 and would have been much larger had not the prices of cotton and hay been low Greatest of all crops is Indian corn whose production this year is 2543090000 bushels The value of this crop is 1015000000 It seems likely that the cotton crop is one

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Library of Congress1925

Image 7 of The Ronan pioneer (Ronan, Mont.), November 27, 1925

EDITOR OF MONTANAS OLDEST NEWSPAPER RECALLS BALMY PLACER DAYS OF DIAMOND CITY AND CONFEDERATE GULCH By DAN R CONWAY IN GREAT FALLS there resides a Krayhaired old Kontleman now well paat the fourscore mark who continuously for the past fifty years has been editor and publisher of the states oldest newspaper the first agricultural publication in the entire Rocky Mountain region and the only weekly farm paper published in the Northwest On November 25 1875 just 50 years ago R N Sutherlin printed the first copy of the Rocky Mountain Husbandman at the old mining camp of Diamond City M T This same R N Sutherlin has just issued his fiftieth anniversary number of that paper which is now being published in Great Falls A firm believer in the agricultural future of Montana Editor Sutherlin has from the beginning conducted his newspaper as a farm journal In the early gold days as is the common condition there were many disap pointments There were not a suffi cient number of claims to satisfy all and many took up claims which did not prove profitable As a result scores of those who had been lured to the foothills of Montana by the

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Library of Congress1927

Image 6 of The Bozeman courier (Bozeman, Mont.), July 15, 1927

THIRTY NINE NEW LAWS WENT INTO EFFECT FRIDAY JULY FIRS Thirtynine of the 163 laws passed by the twentieth session of the Mon tana legislature went into effect July 1 Except for a provision requiring that personal property taxes on autoJ mobiles must be paid before a license is issued the 1927 budget now is in force The automobile law goes into effect December 1 when the 1928 li tenses are ready I As summarized by E C Toomey for the Corporation company of Hel en a the new statutes are i Chapter 1Increasing the monthly maintenance allowance for persons receiving state vocational training Chapter 4Fixing the order of ad mission at the Montana State Tuber culosis sanitarium for males and fe males according to available accom me da cions at the time of entry Chapter 5Limiting liability of coropration directors for failure to file statements as required to debts which may thereafter after failure to file be in any wise incurred until such report shall be made and filed Chapter 6Making Eastern Mon tana State Normal school at Bil lints and Northern Agricultural and Manual Training school at Fort As sinniboine component parts of the University of Montana Chapter

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