Two Vaudeville Stands Planned for Montana State Fair
The state fire board after a recent session ordered two vaudeville stands and a hard stand erected at the fair grounds with other improvements. The A C M band and the Bogeman Chamber of Commerce band will perform all week. Quarters are being built for 50 boys who win county agricultural contests while girl winners will be entertained in town and hosted at the fair for three days.
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Helena
Aug. S
State Fire Board
Bogeman Chamber of Commerce
Skinner
Grand Master Getty Visits Lewistown Lodge Banquet
Masonic grand master R W Getty visited the Lewistown lodge and, after an in depth business session, attended a banquet led by past grand master C F Wasmansdorff. Speeches were given by Getty Wasmansdorff Tom Stout and Franzke. A Fergus War Relief mass meeting followed a parade led by the Elks trumpet corps and band with speakers Stout Marshall and Franzke. County officials authorized sheriff deputy appointments at Moccasin and Utica with more officers to follow harvest season. Mae Trumper state superintendent gave addresses at the joint summer school and held discussions with county superintendents on school issues. A Miss Trumper banquet and conference rounded out the day. Of 85 drafted men examined 14 failed and will be deferred pending orders. exemptions mainly filed by farmers and married men.
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Lewistown
Aug
R. W. Getty
Masonic Order
Lewistown Lodge
C. F. Wasmansdorff
Messrs. Getty
Wasmansdorff
Tom Stout
Professor Franzke
Fergus War Relief Association
Elks’ Trumpet Corps
C. J. Marshall
Arthur A. Franzke
Moccasin
Utica
Mae Trumper
Trumper
Dogs forbidden from Idaho enter Dillon by order
Otto Gosman reported return from Monida where a special deputy sheriff was appointed with power to kill all dogs entering the state from Idaho. Owners may return dogs to Idaho but cannot bring them into this state. The county commissioners issued the order to stop rabies spread. Dr. Arthur Jones of Butte is visiting for a few days. A boy was born to Mr and Mrs Harry Gray. A marriage license was issued to Joseph K Herman and Ingeborg Syrstad. The Chautauqua season opened with the usual crowd and offerings here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Otto Gosman
Monida
Sherif
Idaho
Idaho Territory
Arthur Jones
Butte
Jones
Harry Gray
Officials discuss draft board duties in Helena visit
Helena August 8 Governor Stewart and Adjutant General Greenan hosted two callers former Governor E L Norris of Great Falls chairman of district No 2 selective draft board and Robert Condon of Billings a board member They came to Helena to review duties as offices will open at Great Falls within a few days
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Helena
Stewart
Greenan
E. L. Norris
Great Falls
Selective Draft Board
Robert Condon
Billings
Exemption Claims Filed At Helena Draft Board
Nineteen of thirty men notified to appear before Helena’s local selective draft exemption board showed up today. One enlisted in the army, one claimed alien status, eight sought exemption due to dependents, and eight made no exemption claim. The board will announce tomorrow who is rejected and who is accepted.
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Helena, Aug
Selective Draft Exemption Board
Census of Infants in Chouteau County Montana
A census of all infants under two years will be conducted in Chouteau county by Dr Grace L Meigs and Miss Paradice from the United States children's bureau. They arrived from Washington after a conference with Secretary W F Cogswell of the state board of health and chose Chouteau county to represent Montana for data on child life conditions.
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Helena
Aug
Chouteau County
Grace L. Meigs
Great Falls Commercial Day Observed with Excursion
Great Falls merchants butchers and clerks will observe Commercial day on Wednesday August 15 with a holiday and an excursion to Monarch in the Belt mountains. A special train, the Black Eagle band, ball games, athletic contests, dancing and a picnic will mark the day. All stores and wholesale houses will close for the observance.
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Great Falls
Monarch
Belt Mountains
Black Eagle Band
Park to Park Road Meets in White Sulphur Springs
Great Falls will be well represented at the park to park good roads meeting in White Sulphur Springs next Friday Aug 10. About 50 good roads enthusiasts from Great Falls and members from Kalispell Choteau and other communities are expected to attend.
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Great Falls
Goat Falls
White Sulphur Springs
Kalispell
Choteau
Travel plans by auto to Great Falls area via Monarch Neihart Kingshill
The party will depart by automobile Friday morning at 6 and travel by Monarch Neihart and the new road over Kingshill, with construction listed near the federal government and Cascade and Meagher counties. The trip proceeds toward the direction of the Great Falls Commercial club.
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Monarch
Neihart
Kingshill
Cascade
Meagher
Great Falls
Creation of Wheatland County Frees Two Men From Trial
The Montana county split to form Wheatland county saves WH. WR. Farnsworth and F. J. Skillman from grand larceny charges over 56 stolen sheep near Harlowton. Sweet Grass sheriffs had held the men in Idaho but released them when the crime scene became Wheatland county. Idaho governor refuses to honor requisition papers, citing negligence by Montana officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Aue. S
Wheatland County
WR. Farnsworth
F. J. Skillman
Harlowton
Sweet Grass County
Idaho
Montana
Sure Thing Horse Race Nets a Texas Victim
In Great Falls, Texas man Fred Adair fell for a confidence scheme promising a sure thing horse race. He traded his car to finance the bet, received a Seattle ticket and $10, and was sent to collect winnings Bank and return for money wiring to his father. He reported the incident after contacting authorities. He left his family on a ranch and arrived in the city en route to North Dakota. He is now penniless and without funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Adair
Texas
Adair
New York
Seattle
North Dakota
Pioneer J A Green Dies in Billings After Long Gallatin Valley Life
Billings Aug 8 J A Green a pioneer of the Gallatin valley from 1864 until 1904 when he moved to Billings died here today of heart disease He is survived by his wife and two daughters The body will be sent to Bozeman where Dr W N Sloan Presbyterian missionary will conduct the services
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Billings
J. A. Green
Gallatin Valley
Bozeman
W. N. Sloan
First National Bank of Whitehall Opens in Rebuilt Hotel
On July 2 the First National bank of Whitehall opened in the former Whitehall hotel remodeled for banking. It is the town and county’s only national bank with William A. Clark as president and district judge, D F Riggs as vice president, and W G Myers as cashier. Myers hails from Colorado with 16 years banking experience at First National banks in Denver and Salida. The officers report strong location prospects and early realization of expectations.
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First National Bank of
Whitehall
Whitehall Hotel
William A. Clark
D. F. Riggs
W. G. Myers
Cahier
Colorado
Deiver
Salida
Molders Strike at Great Falls Iron Works
Great Falls Aug 8 Molders at the foundry of the Great Falls iron works have been on strike for several days seeking a 50 cent daily wage increase. Fifteen men previously earned 5.45 dollars a day and the walkout disrupts orders for Anaconda Copper Mining Company. The strike reportedly started outside union rules, with the international president en route to resolve the dispute.
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Great Falls
Federal War Era Weighs In On Wheat Planting Plan
Washington announces a wartime agricultural program aiming to produce over 1.0 billion bushels of wheat and more than 83 million bushels of rye next year. The plan, justified to avert bread shortages, requires 47.3 million acres of winter wheat and a rye area of 5.13 million acres, expanding prior records.
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Washington
German Lt Von Albensleben Arrested in Portland
Portland, Aug 8. Alvo von Albensleben of Seattle a reserve lieutenant in the German army was arrested at a hotel here on Washington attorney general advice. No charge is listed. He left Germany two days after the war began in 1914 saying he had large business interests in the United States and Canada to tend.
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Portland
Ore
Alvo von Aleensleben
Seattle
Washington
von Albensleben
Germany
United States
Canada
Rotary-build Boy Scouts Camp Opens In Montana
Great Falls August 8 builders from the Rotary club plan a permanent summer camp lodge for the Boy Scouts at Wellwood siding in the Little Belt Mountains between Monarch and Neihart. The one story 80 by 60 foot log lodge is dedicated to Henry Hall Johnson who designed the plans before his death in an auto accident. Carpenters will move to the site next Saturday to complete construction for occupancy.
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Great Falls
Boy Scouts
Wellwood Siding
Little Belt Mountains
Monarch
Neihart
Rotary Club
Henry Hall Johnson
Anaconda Exemption Board and Physicians Work Late
Local exemption board and Deer Lodge county physicians labored into the night to complete examinations. A continuing list of those examined yesterday shows accepted names and numbers, while a subsequent set lists cases rejected as unfit.
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Deer Lodge County
Anaconda
John Bosar
F. T. White
Mike Shepa
Marion J. May
Jay Willis
Ralph R. Smith
Angelo Branchini
Albert Amon
Joseph A. Butler
Ross Eccleston
John Lewson
William Conlon
Edwin C. Payne Jr
Joseph Ujicich
Earl Ondrajicik
John, C. Whisenant
Nick Babich
Anthony J. Monahan
Mose J. Gaenter
Thomas J. Walsh
Dan J. Driscoll
William Brunell
Ray E. Williams
George W. Kinihan
Mike Radovich
John O. Harvey
Alphonso Bilodeau
KE. D. Brundage
Ernst Burnett
John EK. Peterson
Joseph Karlovac
William J. Lamberton
Emmet PD. Hagerty
F. Karlock
B. A. Lane
Henry L. Arnold
Elmer Joseph
Norman Weech
Dennis P. McCarthy
Clarence Lee
H. R. Putnam
Lewis A. Leskey
Just Carlson
Andrew Sorenson
Horace J. Garrity
Skyler Casada
Bert McCann
Raymond C. Hiller
Leon A. Prince
Enoch A. Barnard
Rudolph Susany
Trobert Kliska
Adolph Eide
Sdmund R. Wright
Charles FE. Bateman
Carl Retiheaur
Arthur Thiel
Ivor J. Simcox
Michael J. Tuss
Paul Arsenal
Quincy Little
Bob Lautenpeacher
Frank D. Wise
M. S. Radusinovich
John Martinovich
William H. Martin
Carl Granstrom
John Prince
Roscoe Hartwell
Anthony Jr. Rising
Richard W. Heller
KF. Destabelle
Vajo Lemiach
Pat F. Fitzgerald
Albert Myron
Fernando Gallasi
Fred J. Spellman
William W. Thibideau
Albert F. Linz
Fraccaro Giovanni
Thomas M. Corcoran
Naut W. Anderson
Jules Czervko
Fritz Thumulka
Frank Farrell
A. G. Hamilton
Max Cardinal
Joseph Larko
A. J. Mehrens
Cecil W. Henson
Patrick Ward
Peter Tomich
Harry Sunderland
Frank H. Staffanson
James P. Poindexter
John J. Regan
Frank Antonich
Ralph C. Dale
Anthony Antonin
Bozeman Campgrounds Advertise Hospitality and Park News
Bozeman public camping area offers free water and wood to auto tourists, highlighted in a Portland article noting Montana hospitality. Floyd L. Crittenden, formerly of Bozeman, passed naval apprenticeship exams in Salt Lake. a Gallatin county high school and state college alum. The Gallatin county fair ends Sept 13 with Park county day and Livingston band performing. Park county farmers will display at Bozeman. Park county may not have a fair this year. Kharkov wheat is touted as best Montana winter seed by Prof. Alfred Atkinson, though extended tests remain ongoing.
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Bozeman
Aug
Portland Orefkenian
Yellowstone Park
Montana
George M. Vinton
Floyd L. Crittenden
Kalispell
Salt Lake
United States Navy
Crittenden
Gallatin County
State College
Park County
Livingston
J. A. Harader
Chamber of Commerce
W. R B. Burker
The
Fair Association
Kharkov
Alfred Atkinson
Montana Experiment Station
Horse meat palatable says a master butcher
Minneapolis Aug. 8 Charles Grismer of Brooklyn told the United Master Butchers of America convention that horse meat may become common food in the United States as in Europe. He warned meat prices would stay high after the war and questioned packers' efforts to lower prices. He asserted horse flesh is wholesome and as palatable as beef, noting horses live cleaner than hogs.
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Minneapolis
United States
Europe
Charles Grismer
Brooklyn
United Master Butchers of America
Grismer
Governor Ferguson Impeachment Inquiry Opens In Texas House
Dr. R. E. Vinson of the University of Texas testified as the principal witness as the Texas House, meeting as a committee of the whole, began investigating alleged illegal acts by Gov. James E. Ferguson. The inquiry into the governor’s financial transactions was briefly held and will resume later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
R. 8. Vinson
University of Texas
Texas House of Representatives
F. Offler
James E. Ferguson
Progress hoped at Seattle mill workers conference
A conference of employees and striking mill workers with the state council of defense and a neutral committee of business men is planned for tomorrow. Earlier sessions this week reportedly yielded progress, and organizers aim to resolve the main points blocking settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
State Council of Defense
The Cuckoo Bee Description and Traits
The cuckoo bee lays its eggs in other bees nests like a cuckoo. It includes many species with slender smooth bodies, bright colors, and a wasp like appearance. They emit a sweet balsamic odor.
Federal inquiry begins into Minneapolis grain firms
In Minneapolis on August 8 the federal trade commission started examining local grain commission firms as part of the flour milling industry probe. Records of principal grain and milling firms will be reviewed before the inquiry ends, says Co. McDonald, chairman of the commission’s board of review.
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Minneapolis
Grain Commission
Federal Trade Commission
Co. McDonald
Board of Review of the Trade Commission
Russia Mission Urges US Help to Back New Government
Elihu Root and an American mission report to President Wilson on Russia, urging moral and financial aid to sustain the Kerensky government or prepare for a stronger Russia. They warn a German victory could topple Russia, while support and publicity would bolster morale and a potential American troop presence advocates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Russia
United States
Wilson
Lansing
Elihu Root
Germany
Kerensky
Hugh Scott
Mr. Root
White House
Four Die in Target Practice Accident Near Kennesaw Mountain
Four persons killed and three men seriously injured when a field artillery shell used in target practice by Fort McPherson student officers exploded on the slope of Kennesaw mountain near Marietta Georgia. A woman was among the dead and two of the victims are described as Negro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marietta, Ga
Fort McPherson, Ga
Kennesaw Mountain
Public Bread Markets Planned for Minneapolis and St Paul
Public bread markets will open in Minneapolis and St Paul soon as the state food and supply commission, chaired by C. H. Marsh, announces plans. Bakers from both cities will meet the commission at the capital next Wednesday to discuss arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Minneapolis
State Commission
C. H. Marsh
What Sort of Russia Would That Become
Debate on Russia’s future as a strong business republic frames a discussion of economy, governance, and potential paths. Analysts weigh reforms, markets, and political openness as drivers of transformation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Russia and the West A Vision of Russia’s Future
The passage argues Russia will embrace Western material prosperity over spiritual ideals. It describes a glamorous, immoral spectacle culture in Moscow and London alongside Broadway, forecasting graft, entrenched power, and anarchic temperament. It asserts Western attention will favor a business republic over mystic czardom.
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Moscow
Coliseum
Palace of London
Broadway
New York
Russia
Russians Abroad Cant Return Home
San Francisco August 8 Premier Kerensky orders Russians abroad barred from returning home. A consulate document cites spies in exile as the cause of opposition to the provisional government and desertions on the eastern front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Kerensky
Russia
Corn Forecast Surpasses July Prediction in Millions
A revised corn outlook shows a forecast exceeding the July projection by many millions of bushels. The report underscores stronger yields or demand, signaling a notable rise in expected production and market impact.
Wheat prospects edge toward record crops after weather
The August 1 crop report from the U S Department of Agriculture forecasts a corn record and wide gains in potatoes and tobacco. Winter wheat rises while spring wheat falls due to adverse weather, with oats and buckwheat near top yields. Record white and sweet potatoes, tobacco output about 120 million pounds above last year, and buckwheat strong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Ilinois
Indiana
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
North Dakota
South Dakota
Indians and Mexicans Quelled by Rangers near Globe
In Globe Arizona on August 8 an uprising of striking Indians and Mexicans at United States Asbestos Company mines in the Sierra Anchas mountains 50 miles away was quelled by seven forest rangers and armed ranchers. Deputy sheriffs drove all the Indians from the company property and arrested an Indian named Montana and an Apache called Johnny Cook who will be brought to the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Globe, Ariz
United States Asbestos Company
Sierra Anchas Mountains
Forest Rangers
Montana
Johnny Cook
Railroads Asked to Run Food Instruction Trains
New York officials reported the American Defense Society urged every railroad to operate food instruction trains to educate communities along routes about wartime food conservation and the need to stretch supplies during the national effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Aug
American Defense Society
Nettles Used in German Textile Industry
Nettles, once considered useless weeds, are now collected in large quantities in Germany for textile production. The shift reflects wartime resource use as plant fibers replace scarce imports. Local farmers report increasing harvests, with nettle fibers processed into fabrics for civilian and military needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
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Edward
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Stanley Washburn
Rusia
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Mildred
Gravely
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Kram
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