Fodder Scarce Shifts Beef Market Fears
Dillon dispatch notes cattlemen expect beef prices to drop within three months due to drought and heat. Range burnouts and scarce hay will force feeding, lifting costs. Many feeders and some sheepmen may sell stock to avoid winter feed costs. Rain dampens dust as Chautauqua opens and local officials post draft notices for 220 men. Officers report arrest of agitator Jack Clifford and Bozeman health stats show July deaths at five with 25 births.
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Dillon
City records show eight permits issued totaling 6600 dollars
The city reported eight building and repair permits valued at 6600 dollars while six fires caused mounting damage totaling 21000 dollars. The council granted a petition for a special election to decide on a growth and franchise for a company to place true posts on business streets to display advertisements. The election date has not been set.
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Munic ‘Pel Appliance Company
Lewistown War Parade Returns. Men Join Army
Lewistown August Fourth reports another large parade by the War Telegram association and citizens as six more men depart to join the army led by the Bike Trumpet corps. Judge E K Cheadle delivers farewell remarks at the Great Northern depot. Richard Ragland faces a preliminary hearing on a felony charge for alleged bad checks with $1,000 bail. Milwaukee branch work inspected with steel progressing toward Winnett and six weeks more to completion. Mrs Clare Mull sues Adam Mull for divorce.
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Lewistown
War Telier Association
Great Northern
E. K. Cheadle
Thompson
Thompson Construction Company
Richard Ragland
Barrett
Grass Range
Winnett
Clare Mull
Adam Mull
Montana potato market meetings and bean conference planned
Roseman Montana notes anticipate a large potato crop and outline a series of meetings from Aug 6 to Aug 11 in Great Falls Lewistown Helena Billings and Hamilton to organize export markets. Federal food emergency work funding may allow 18 more county agricultural agents and nine women agents, with draft-resistance registrants in Gallatin County examined this week.
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Roseman
Montana
Extension
Col- Reve
Norion
Hamilton
Rick Che. Burnett
Bureau of United Stites Department of and We i. Beers
Mone Ghta'weld
Great Falls
Lewistown
Helena
Mthitchall
Billings
Avg Se
Stan
Ensil
Santana
Washington
Stace
Nadie Fon
Girte Club
Gallatin
Thuredas
Iuota Ie
de & Mex Leon
Serif de B Gray
Dy SC Baithe
Clyde We
Banker Appears Before State Board Of Equalization
Jena August 4 W B Story Columbus banker becomes first to appear before the state board of the Stillwater county senior the county board and the county assessor. The board will not act until the assessor presents his aide. A key hearing on August 15 will seek equalization of bank assessments as Montana Bank Association leaders press for uniform 100 percent in some counties and as low as 40 percent in others.
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Jena
W. B. Story
Columbus
Stillwater County
Story
Montana State Bank Association
Park County drafts 151 men for Army service
Park County authorized the drafted army call listing 60 men to report for physicals next Monday with 75 more to be called tomorrow and further calls of 75 until the 151 quota is filled. The county is an early adopter of the draft system. John Still, first on the 60 list, is a bridge carpenter and unmarried. Northern Pacific officials warned against blanket exemptions for railway workers, but engineers and other key staff may seek exemptions to prevent crippling service. The body of Peter J. Sullivan, a Northern Pacific brakeman, was found crushed after falling from a train near Belgrade, leaving a widow. The area reports over 200 L W W in Livingston with many employed by the railroad. A third forest fire, likely caused by leaning or LW W, burned about 600 acres but is under control. Park County’s assessed value rose by 260,000, led by autos rising from 50,000 to 160,000. About 300 women work for the Northern Pacific between Mandan and Paradise, performing roles such as machinist helpers, engine wipers, car cleaners, clerks and operators, all reported as performing well.
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Livingston
Park County
John Still
Northern Pacific
Peter J. Sullivan
Belgrade
Lewis Scheytt
Northern Pacifi Railway
Shieldstate Forestry
LW. W
John Fraser
Mandan
Paradise
A.V. Brown
Alexander Roy Bound Over On Calf Branding Charge
Alexander Roy, a well known stockman, bound over to appear at district court this fall in the sum of 3000 dollars on the charge of branding calves belonging to a neighbor. The charge was likely to be pursued in upcoming court action.
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Alexander Roy
Roundup area forms home guard unit and crop reports emerge
Deputy Stock Inspect J F Kiehl oversees creation of a home guard company to deter post withdrawal unrest in Roundup and surrounding mines. Musselshell county reports show first Musselshell wheat field yields about six bushels per acre, oats promising, timothy and alfalfa yields satisfactory. Elk and Palace cafes targeted by union cooks over pay disputes. Klein mine posts strike-related charter revocation and reemployment plan at Klein offices.
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J. F. Kiehl
W. W
Company of Home Guards
Lavina Equity Association
Walter Tillman
C. P. Nd
W. L. Tillman
France
Musselshell
Melstone
Alice
Timothy
Elk
Orton
Dille
Employers’ Association
Republic Coal Company
Klein
No. #15
Klein Local No. 916
Dillon News highlights on camp trips draft and travel
Ed Duff ships cattle to Omaha for packing houses and plans a return early next week. Two camping parties depart for county woods and Brown's Lake with Judge Joseph Smith and young Dil ton socialites. A six room bungalow begins construction in Normal addition as final draft preparations start with 220 men to be examined locally. Dr Thorkelson returns from Helena for mobilization hospital work.
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Dil- Ton
Brown's Lake
Ed Dut
R. Ryburn
Thorkelson
Helena
Mississippi River
Virginia City News Briefs Elevate Local Life and Death
Joseph Lane Walker, a popular Virginia City resident born May 10 1875, died July 1917 of uremia at his home in Virginia Du Mont after a rapid spinal decline. The community mourns. funeral held at sister’s residence as family named. The town weighs a proposed new hotel to serve Yellowstone visitors and tourism growth, with the Brook Nook ranch sale rumor fueling regional interest. Walter W Payne of Lyon was named supervisor of Glacier National Park with a $8000 salary starting Aug 13. Local residents travel, visit kin, and attend exams while several figures, including Grace Wonderly and the Bolans, are noted in social and business rounds. Disturbance charges loom in Bozeman as three railroad workers face trial and possible sentences.
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Virginia City
Joseph Lane Walker
Virginia du Mont
Tane Walker
Ting
Virginia City Band
E. M. Smith
William Elliott
Episcopal Church
Walker
Bertie Walker
Sheridan
James G. Walker
Los Angeles
Cal
B. M. Costin
Butte
Peple
Bickford
Orton
Man
Yellowstone National Park
Brook-Nook
Bay Valeley
C. X. Larrabie
Great Falls
Tong
United States
Walter W. Payne
Lyon
Washington, D. C
Graeles National Park
Madison County
Leola Kinkead
Adobetown
Poller Springs
Ruby Valley
James Wonderly
James H. Chapman
Ennis
United States Army
Chapman
Madison Land and Irrigation Company
Bony Wike
Montana
Vike
T B Ellis Pioneer Dead at Bozeman
Bozeman Montana Aug 4 T B Ellis longtime local figure aged 75 died early this morning after living in the area for over six decades He came to Alder Gulch in 1864 later worked with Cover McAdoo pioneer millers and farmed south of Bozeman He leaves a wife two stepchildren and five grandchildren.
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Bozeman
Mont
T. B. Ellis
Cover & McAdoo
New Hotel to Be Built at Flathead Lake
Col. A A White says a thoroughly modern Flathead Lake Hotel will be erected at a picturesque site with the Flathead Lake Hotel company to be organized in Helena. He also plans two palatial ferry boats to run between railway terminals at the lake's north and south ends. At 74, White has spent summers on the lake for 23 years and hopes to live 26 more to see its development into a top summer resort.
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Flathead Lake
Col
A. A. White
Helena
Colonel White
Dally Interlake
Kalispell
Mont
Beaverhead Metropolis Grows At A Rapid Pace
Dillon August 4. The city has seen the greatest building boom in its residential districts this season with 15 five room modern bungalows and several three and four room cottages erected in two months. Renters abound as many buy lots and build to secure housing for winter with a real estate man noting 15 rental inquiries and almost no vacancies. Population is estimated near 4,300 as the city continues to expand.
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Dillon
Wortham Bros Show Arrives With Praises for Deer Lodge
The Wortham Bros circus train arrived this morning from Anaconda, bringing a three day engagement to Deer Lodge. The troupe, praised across cities, promises a week of mirth and amusement with strong endorsements for the current season. The page mentions the biblical Levites in a marginal note about the Book of Leviticus.
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R Lodge
Wortham Bros
Anaconda
Yearly rent offered for land near Castickmacroxe Castle
A dated notice advertises a yearly rent of £10 16s 0d for two miles from Castickmacroxe land. Describes land as in excellent condition with good fencing and comfortable dwellings in repair. Further particulars obtainable from McBennet Alicman.
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Castickmacroxe
McBennet Alicman
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Armstead
Jack Clifford
I. W. W. Brand
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W. G. Alexande
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Board OF Equalization
Pankers
Livingston News
Roundup News
Dillon News
Virginia City News
Charles M. Metzel
Logan
Pioneer
Flathead
R. L. Goldberg
Aly
Taree
Minnie
Lojo
Wis
Panekerchiet
BY Goldberg
SHAW
Hotrouse
Beaverhead
Ireland
Umerafree
Cordart
Carri
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