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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1917
Page
7
State director HW Turner distributes circulars to 360 Montana bankers urging Christmas gifts to be in war savings stamps or certificates rather than cash. The effort aims to reach about 108 000 bank patrons and promote economizing for national finance during 1917.
The War Emergency Council of the Baking Industry issues a revised rule effective today governing bakery products. Bread and rolls from bread dough are restricted. turning out dough products including coffee cake is limited. The licensee may not add sugar or fats to dough during baking. Immediate price reductions to retailers are urged, though wholesale bread remains at 10 cents per 16 ounces in Butte due to costs.
Citizens of Butte led by the chamber of commerce plan to decide city aid for Halifax victims of Thursday's munitions ship explosion. A directors meeting this afternoon will discuss assistance options after postponement from Saturday.
J G O Shea of Montana, president of the Federal Land Bank of Spokane, reports daily lending of 75 000 dollars and a total 2 000 000 dollars monthly to farmers in four northwestern states. Loans already issued reach 5 600 000 dollars by November with 13 487 farmers applying for 58 000 000 dollars. The bank, outgrowing its Columbia building quarters, plans larger space as new farm loan associations proliferate and bonds sold reach about 20 000 000 dollars nationally.
A message from Edward T. Devine Ernest P. Bicknell and Paul Kellogg relayed to Butte outlines Red Cross aid for Italian refugees. It notes 100000 lire from American consul in Venice and $20000 for immediate use, plus plans for ambulances soup kitchens and a refugee creche in Rome and other cities to move and support 15000 remaining families.
Scottish Rites Masons of the V of Butte In the Orient of Montana assemble in Butte for the thirty four th reunion today through Thursday in the Mayonte temple. A special meeting for the candidates at 8 o'clock opens the day and degree work from the fourth to the fourteenth follows. Banquet Thursday night marks the culmination, and the four Shriners will be sold Friday with proceeds aiding Red Cross work in Butte.
Senator Walsh reached Los Angeles after a quiet Montana to California trip and said he feels better, with health improving. A. H. Tiedbronner, Butte representative of the Salt Lake Route, greeted him at the station. In Butte a miner, a Colorado native and 32-year resident, died yesterday leaving a sister Mrs. C. L. McGarry as survivor. funeral plans pending.
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