University of Montana ScholarWorks at University of Montana The Frontier and The Frontier and Midland Literary Magazines, 1920-1939 University of Montana Publications 5-1933 The Frontier, May 1933 Harold G. Merriam Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/frontier Let us know how access to this document benefits ou.y Recommended Citation Merriam, Harold G., "The Frontier, May 1933" (1933). The Frontier and The Frontier and Midland Literary Magazines, 1920-1939. 44. https://scholarworks.umt.edu/frontier/44 This Journal is brought to you for free and open access by the University of Montana Publications at ScholarWorks at University of Montana. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Frontier and The Frontier and Midland Literary Magazines, 1920-1939 by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at University of Montana. For more information, please contact [email protected]. ■ MAY, 1933 ■ H R 9 MAGAZINE O f THE NORTHWE ST BLACK ■ | M O T H ER A Story by Elma Godchaux RING-TAILED R fA R ER S H f i ■ V. L. O, CKittick ! ■ !-------------- , WE TALK ABOUT REGIONALISM: NORTH, EAST, SOUTH, AND WEST I Ben A . Botkin FORTY CENTS WESTERN MONTANA t f S R t f i e Scenic Empire ^ Sitoated approximately midway between tbe two great National Glacier, Missoula literally may be said to b e m me heart of tbe Scenic Empire of theNorfchwest In H directions out of B Garden City of Montana are places of marvelous. beauty. Entering Missoula from the Bast, tbe pas- s e ^ e r on either of the two great transconiahental lines/ Milwaukee R B Pacific, or the automobile, tourist winds "for miles through Hellgate Oanypu. Westward tbe way is through I the Bo^maes which provide never-ending delights for the eye of the traveler seeking Nature’s beauty spots. Should the vacationist *s urge be in the direction o f Glacier, his route will take him through the Flathead Valley fringed by the beautiful Mission Bangs , of the Bookies. Snow-capped, glacier- fringed, the Missions are incomparable in their beauty. As might be expected, I Western Montana country is a place for sportsmen. a radius of 25 miles of tbe City of Missoula. During thHbig game season, hunters H Missoula know where to go. |S Oome to the West you’re heard about ail your Po the things 9 H a e y ^ dcme before end always wanted to. The dqde ranches aud recreatiou of We.v -n^bu irf^n .■ - 'itiOh/'S^b S bathi I H B mbing mountains, flyin g, and hunting in the heart of H $<?ctey Mountains or on dude ranches thousands of acres in extent Indian life within twenty-five miles Of the City and buffalos and other wild life in their native land. Also historical places connected with the first settlement s Montana. H these things and more can he enjoyed in Western Mbntana’s SeenieEmpire. 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Albert Richard Wetjen. .279 Roadhouse ____ :_____ ......................... Don Stevens. .280 God Poems ................ ............... .Donald Partridge. .280 Stone Breaker ........... ...................... Merle Beynon. .281 Lullaby for Travelers. .........................Jane Morrill. .281 A Man Is Named ___ ..............John C. Frohlicher. ..282 Kettle Cache, story............ .Howard McKinley Corning. .283 We Talk About Regionalism: North, East, South, West................... B. A. Botkin. .286 Cheeseman Park, poem_______ _________________________ _____ John Van Male. .296 Adam Cargo, second installment and conclusion of a novel.............. Upton Terrell. .297 OPEN RANGE Old Timer: Ezra Meeker.......................................................Maud Maple Miles. .307 With Custer, poem. .Orpah M. Gardner. .310 HISTORICAL SECTION Upham Letters from the Upper Missouri, 1865.......Edited by Paul C. Phillips. .311 NORTHWEST FOLKLORE Traditions of West Coast Indians.™..................................... Albert B. Reagan. .318 BOOKSHELF-LITERARY NEWS—ABOARD THE COVERED WAGON.................. .................................................................................... Front and Back Advertising Sections BOARD OF EDITORS Editor.................... ...Harold G. M erriam ' G race Raym ond H ebard (Grace Stone Coates Advisory Editors University of Wyoming Assistant Editors. (B rassil F itzgerald for the Histori- Pa u l C. P hillips ical Section------ University of Montana F ran k B. Linderman A rcher B. H ulbert Jam es Stevens Colorado College Contributing Editors- L ew Sarett P h ilip A shton R ollins New York City H . L. D avis H elen M arino (V. L. O. Ch ittic k , Reed College Advisory Editors for the Folklore Section (H arry T urney-H igh , University of Montana Editor of Book Section Pat V. 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