Exemption Board Begins Work On 800 Claims In Mt. Meta
Metena Aug 14 Exemption board district No began session and reviewed about 60 cases. Eight exemption claims on occupational grounds and 12 more sent for further evidence. Board intends to grant only claims proven by substantial evidence. Public hearings set for tomorrow. Farmers must show crops large enough for production. if others can do the work, exemption granted. Miners must prove active production of metals needed for manufacturing and continuation in that work.
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Metena
District No
Tt Ie
Mainder Industrial
No Agreement With Miners in Billings
After a three day conference the United Mine Workers and the Montana Mine Operators association adjourned sine die without wage agreement. Miners demanded higher pay while operators refused any increase beyond two months earlier. A strike is seen as unlikely. President Ell said Klein local union dissolved and new union will form when operations resume. This involves a Milwaukee railroad group in Musselshell County.
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Billings
United Mine Workers
Montana
Associaion
Stephen Ell
Klein
Milwaukee Tall Road
Musselshell County
David Robb of Dillon Dies After Cancer Surgery
Dillon August 14 Word reached here of the death of David Robb a prominent citizen of this city. He had been ill for months and underwent an operation for cancer of the stomach but failed to recover. He was long identified with business interests in Dillon and is survived by a daughter Miss Freda Robb and a sister Mrs John Frizzell both of Dillon.
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Dillon
David Robb
Freda Robb
Montana State College
Bozeman
John Frizzell
Wheat Yields Increase In Lewistown Area
Lewistown reports improve wheat yields with one farmer noting 15 bushels and a seed crop offer of 24 dollars per bushel. In other news Judge Edward Brassey retired from Winifred after serving at the Holmes inquest. Reverend H T Crego resigns as Baptist pastor to become history instructor at the high school September 15. Fergus County War Relief sends off draftees at Great Northern station with Tom Stout speaking. Bar ney Logan, longtime sheepman, dies at St Joseph’s Hospital at age 84 after a lengthy illness.
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Lewistown
Edward Brassey
Winifred
Edward Holmes
HT. Crego
Fas
The
Baptist Church
Crego
Fergus County War Relief Association
Tom Stout
Barney Logan
St. Joseph's Hospital
Logan
Exemption Board Faces Tough Draw In Dillon
In Dillon on August 14 the local exemption board completed 220 physicals and moves to the exemption claims. A tall, angry man complained his name was far down the list and demanded a swap to earlier exempt status, saying he registered early to be drawn sooner.
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Dillon
Butte Clerks Set Big Picnic at Dillon Park
Dillon August 14 All plans are ready for a large picnic for Butte clerks at Dillon Park. Extra rustic tables and a waxed dance floor, swings, and cots for visitors. Special trains tomorrow morning bring picnickers to two state orchestras and the Montana State band in the band stand. A cafe and refreshment pavilion will serve visitors, with rail service every 10 to 15 minutes. The city expects about 3 000 guests and reports excellent fishing in Beaverhead River and Black Tall Creek.
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Picnickera
Montana State Band
Beaverhead
Tall Creek
Dillon News update from August reports local events
Dillon notes show Paul Brown vacationing at Howell ranch on Horse Prairie for two weeks while Mrs. Albert Metzel returns from Ruby valley visit. Alumni from Butte motor to Glen for their first annual picnic hosted by E J Callaway and H F Best. Chautauqua ends as Goddard performs. tax levy set by commissioners for 1917. Bechtold/Bemis marriage. bicycle sidewalk complaints loom over enforcement. Runaway on Bannack Street damages a car, repairs estimated at $200. J B Campbell highlights eastern insurance visit. Rumors in Big Hole basin warn ranchers of agitators unless stopped.
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H. F. Best
Glasseler Park
Park-To-Park
Goddard
Board of County Commissioners
Dave McKnight
Dell
Theodore Neleson
Dillon
J.B. Shaw
Wisdom
Frank L. Bechtold
Gloria Bemis
Mark Poindester
England
Poindester
Minetary
Bannack Street
Johnson Garage
Idaho Street
Hignight
Bannack
Idaho
J.B. Campbell
Eastern Insurance Company
Campbell
Klein Coal Mine Strike Prolonged With Faller Output
Aug. 14 roundup reports the Klein No. 2 mine strike far from settlement. Output has fallen by 100,000 tons as idle days grow, workers miss wages totaling about £50,000, and some may lose their jobs when mine operators reopen. Officials deny dynamite theft at the powder house. A saloon fire near Carpenter Creek caused little damage while a man linked to the incident, who refused liquor, may be connected to the blaze. Musselshell county allocates $1,000 for state fair exhibits and promises strong grain, vegetable, and tool displays. Winter rye planting rises, with a local farmer ordering a carload seed at about $2.50 per bushel. In Wilson, two youths aged 18 and 19 are sentenced to 90 days for petit larceny after robbing a rancher and a sheep herder. judge calls them very lucky a grand larceny charge wasn’t pursued.
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Klein
Carpenter Creek
Musselshell County
Wilson
Ollie Albuem
Wolf Jensen
Meme Bera
Salt Lake
Phillips
Conrad-Sant Helena Bride Marries Marie Sullivan of Great Falls
Arthur F. Conrad of Helena wed Marie Sullivan of Great Falls at Sea Trt Mise. Sullivan, employed at Ja Coby Jewelry in Great Falls, is the bride. The ceremony linked two Montana families in a small Helena ceremony.
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Conrad
Sant Helena
Arthur F. Conrad
Marie Sullivan
Great Falls
Ja Coby Jewelry
Soldiers Reject Nickname Sammy for U S Forces
American troops in France resent the label Sammy as undignified and inappropriate. Officers and men urge sending home commentary on how the standard hearers of the army dislike the name. They favor a nickname that arises naturally and is officially accepted, possibly by the French.
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Merican
France
Sammy
Associated Press
Olnd
Paris
Pease
Nickames
Johnny Yanks
Johnny Rebel
County Commission Proceedings at Anaconda 1917 Session
The Deer Lodge County Commissioners met in regular session at the Anaconda courthouse with all members present. Bills were audited and approved across funds including General, Poor, Bridge, Contingent, and Road, paying numerous vendors, residents, and workers. adjournment followed after a lengthy list of disbursements and attestations by Chair D. Roach and Clerk F. Christensen.
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W. J. Collins Medrath
Arthur Horn
Work County
Ana Tising Western
Cnio
D. Lynch
DE Morgan
Charles “Branscombe
George Furlong
Hartsell
Board of County Commissioners
Mont
D. Rt. Roach
W. L. Collins
T. P.mcgrath
J. J. Gilmore
F. K E. Christensen
D. T. Roach
W.L. Collins
TP. McGrath
J.J. Gilmore
Christensen
L. L. Hartsell
Joseph Henult
Neesoen Ane
Percy Ingalls
Vic Carlson
Malaryss James White
W. Hogan
Neal
Nora ‘Bryn J.J. Gilmore
G. Finnegin
JP. O'Brien
May Russell
Mes May Mauthe
John Collins
W.N. Nelson
HL Neal
Law ‘Riskin
A.B. Christensen
P. J. Murphy
Dovepm Armstrong
D. Hi. Morgan
Mongaalang
Sackett
Sal
Mary Dragoye
BP. Brogan
D._R. Roach
Missioner
Z. P. McGrath
D. BR. Roach
J. R. Blackstone
J. T. Blackstone
St Park’ Avenue
yAna
Bie’ Hess of Sald
Deer Lodge
Montana
JA. Risken
Anaconda Commissioners Fix Tax Levy At Meeting
At yesterday afternoon county commissioners fixed the tax levy for the ensuing year with allocations across funds including general 2 mills, contingent 3 mills, bridge 1 mill, bond and interest 11 mills, food 5 mills, general school 4 mills, high school 2 mills, state livestock fund and sinking fund 1 mill, asylum fund 1/2 mill, stock bounty initial sanitation 1 mill, plus district apportionments ranging from 2 to 10 mills for Districts 1 to 12 reflecting the local tax plan.
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Livestock Commission
Fatal Auto and Train Watesin Helena and Dillon
Helena reports Fred N. Scott a Great Northern locomotive engineer died after being crushed under his locomotive in Helena. A local party found him and rushed him to a hospital where he died from internal injuries. In Dillon Bert Johnson narrowly escaped death when his car was struck and wrecked by a passing flatcar, dragging the vehicle about 30 feet before the train stopped.
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Fred N. Scott
Great Northern Railroad
Heena
Ie Teaves
Asker
Minn
Dillon
Bert. Johnson
Bannack Street
Johnson
Allroad
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