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As I Saw It.

PART XXVII MONTANA FARMING CORP.

By Rolland E. Maxwell

Rt. 4, Huntington, Ind. 46750.

For some time I have been working on the story of the Montana Farming Corp. operated by the late Thomas Campbell. My trouble is that many who once worked for or had any connection with it are now gone out of the picture. I want to give credit to Harold R. Aslakson of Sheyenne N.D. who worked on the unit at Popular in 1920. Also Edward A. Yeater of Winslow, Ark., who lived at Popular at the time of its operation there.

The Montana Farming Corp. was founded and managed by Thos. Campbell and was based on a $2,000,000 loan from the J. P. Morgan bank of New York City. Evidently Campbell knew his way around because it was a big operation from the first and was well financed.

Two 10,000 acre units were at Popular Mont, and were really north of Brouckton. It started in World Wa...

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