Movement to put Bitter Root irrigation under federal control
A vote of confidence in federal handling of irrigation is growing as the Big Ditch Water Users Association forms in Hamilton to push for federal management. President Charles Mattie and secretary-treasurer L. J. Trempe lead a plan that could bring up to 300 landowners into the drive, citing three years of private ownership delays and crop losses. Some oppose due to cost, but supporters seek security and faster irrigation for a record sugar beet yield in Eastern Montana. Notes from Tillings plant visit forecast a beet yield of 18 to 20 tons per acre across 10,000 irrigated acres, with weather aiding a strong season and a sugar beet path to processing in the near term.
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Hamilton
Big Ditch Association
Bitter Root Valley
Charles Mattie
L. J. ‘Trempe
Montone
Congress
Real Renulte
Montana
Armera
Western
Footn City
Belfry
C. & Morey
Vetrikin
Ndeneral
Aesistant
Edmond Ansistant
Maniva
Grin
Wwist Te Law i
Packing Company Builds First Unit in East Helena
Helena June 7 Northwestern Packing company advances toward its East Helena plant by inviting bids to construct the first building unit. The reinforced concrete structure will be 160 feet long and 40 feet wide, one story, with government supervision. The project, on several acres of land, aims for completion by year end as workers prep for upcoming solar eclipse observations.
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Newts
Senator Myers Land Bill Passes Senate in Montana
A bill by Senator Myers of Montana to authorize the secretary of the interior to make allotments of mineral lands in the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Montana and repeal disposal prohibitions was passed today by the Senate. The measure moves to the House for consideration with a 10th noted reference.
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Washington
Myers
Montana
Secretary of the Interior
Dillon Trial Attracts Court Attention In Kalamath Case
The Dillon district court hears the Ham Stoller trial for the killing of Greek restaurant man Chris Scholmutl. Defense cites insanity. jury seated, case expected to extend into the coming days. County commissioners discuss road matters in Centennial Valley. Irish passenger incident on northbound train leads to quick arrests. Jury awards plaintiff $100 in a Minst case. Drought threatens forage and wheat crops. rainfall needed to avert agricultural losses.
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Stoller
Norris
Hurd
Collins
Board of County Commissioners
Theodore Nelson
Dave McKnight
Joe Shaw
Centennial Valley
Polich
Montana Seeks Rate Adjustments After Federal Action
Helena June 1 The chief council of the federal railroad commission notified the Montana railway commission that all rate questions between carriers and the railroad system are suspended by Director General Mel Adoo s rate increase order The Montana commission will take up matters with the director general to secure adjustments The rate increase will hit Montana hard in some lines but less than in Minnesota and Texas freight rates likely to rise to interstate levels
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Helena
Federal Railroad” Commission
Montana Railway Commission
Montana
Minnesota
Texas
Crowder Orders Draft Reclassification For Montana Units
Gen Crowder directs immediate reclassifications of draft men across Montana focusing on classes 2-A 1-C and 4-A with physical re exams to find soldiers fit for general duty. He notes high 1-A percentages statewide and cites several counties with unusually low or high figures while authorizing removal and replacement of government appeal agents.
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Helena
Hit Reenan
General Crowder
Montana
Crowder
Clase 1
Cenawder
Stallwater
Wibaux
Broadwater
Dust Meagher
Phillips
Rosebud
Neral Greenan
Appointments At State College For Two Laboratory Assistants
Bozeman Montana State College awarded recognition as Mise Estella Milner and Miss Gladys Kite were named laboratory assistants in two tactical camps Camp Cody and Camp Dade. Graduates from Flathead County High School, they join the Stontana club of graduates.
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Bozeman
Tona State College
Mise Estella
Registration Shortage Leaves Dillon Short of Recruits
Registration returns from Dillon and the county show a shortfall in eligible youths and only about 120 men are available under the new draft registration. Of 300 class one men, 118 are slated for entrainment on June 24, with remaining quotas to be filled. Final class two four decisions are pending but unlikely to bring more active service entrants.
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Dillon
Draft Board
Regia
Missoula Rail Clerks Quit Over Wages Reported
Dissatisfied with the new wage schedule and provisions, thousands of Northwest railroad clerks and station employes prepare to quit. Brotherhood leader Montgomery says no strike, workers will resign to seek better pay.
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Missoula
HS HE Montgomery
Brotherhood of Clerks and
Lewistown Sets June 28 War Celebration Plan
Lewistown hosts a county wide mobilization update as 61 new eligible men registered since last June. With Gov. Stewart unavailable on June 14, the celebration moved to June 28 when Fergus county troops depart for Camp Lewis. Marine recruiting Sgt Hedden signs up 10 local men. Red Cross adds 650 members in May bringing total to 6,550. Blanche McCauley, Fargo teacher, held by Sheriff Ross after arrest for cashing a...
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Lewistown
War Office
Stewart
Fergus
Camp Lewis
Hedden
Marine Corps
Hig
Servi
War Relief Association
Fergus County
The
Red Cross
Blanche McCauley
Fargo
Sherif Ross
County election judges named for August primary
Fragmented county notices report 240 judges to oversee the August 27 primary. Other items note a fatal injury to a child near Suffolk, a local burial, and various legal and regulatory actions including an advance payment and a case tied to Edward Pos tion.
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Eneck
Fargo
Lewistown
Belie
Hedeld
Kulaie “Perdue
Evelyn Perdue
Suffolk
Pecely
Fed
Edward Postion
Poster
Montana Regiment
Philippies
Spaniat-Aimer
Noliet Foster
Hilger
Lenihan
Great Pallewi
Twin Bridges News Highlights 1918 Local Economy and Events
Twin Bridges June 7 1918 report covers Montana Powe mill prep for Lake Shore operations near Twin Bridges restocking efforts at Hedford mine in Ramshorn gulch and ore shipments. Also notes King’s Mayo visit Kalispell rain prospects irrigation water concerns and a wedding recount. Government war measures include income tax payment options and wage talks with Missoula Railway. Court ruling on a mining suit is reported from Helena.
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J. M. Oakwood
Montana Powe
T. Hand
Lake Shore
Jesse Fraser
First National Bank Tett
Hutte
Mise Ava Mtesse
Twin Ridges
Carlton
McCarty
Hedford
Ramshorn Gulch
John E. King
Twin Bridges
Sheridan
Kalispell
King
Mayo Hospital
Mochester
Minn
Sui King
Misuri
Quiet title dispute over Peasta mining claim
In a contested matter the court handles a quiet title action involving the Peasta mining claim. The dispute centers on a one fourth interest and a tunnel site in Browdwater emunte, with references to decry rights and recombination of the Peasta claim.
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Clair Browdwater
Draft resolutions honor Judea in Seattle misinterpreted Missoula history
Inland weather and water concerns dominate Missoula reporting as the city grapples with drought and potential federal control of water systems. References to Pioneer era figures mix with discussion of current trials and political tension.
Rural residents face excess and weight concerns
Fragmented OCR text shows scattered phrases about excess, rural people and percentages. Limited units and unclear context hinder precise facts. The readable ideas suggest local weight or population notes, but no coherent event, date, or named entities emerge.
Barret Funeral Sunday Afternoon
Helena June 7 The body of the late former state official and officer of the Masons will be returned from Kan. for burial. Funeral will be held Sunday afternoon at exact time with Masons and the Pioneers societies attending.
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Helena
Bitter root dairy prosperity report and survey notes
The Bitter Root dairy prosperity report details surveys across the county. It notes labor conditions push dairymen to reduce best practices and mentions hearings and inspections at multiple sites, including Helena, Dunkirk, Lothale, Medicine Lake, and Prager. It also lists bank charter applications from Cheteau Bank of Cheteau and The Wonal Bank of Tiber, plus a new Security National Bank charter in Bridger.
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W. F. Thomson
Hington
Treasury Department
Cheteau I Bank of
Cheteau
Wonal Bank of
Tiber
Mont
Pest Bank of
Bridger
Te Security National Bank of
Thousands Homeless After Constantinople Fire
Thousands of residents in Stamboul the Mohammedan quarter of Constantinople are homeless after a large fire that devastated much of the Sultan Selim district. The blaze destroyed buildings on both sides of the mosque, though the mosque itself was spared according to the Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung Berlin.
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Amsterdam
Jun
Stamboul
Constantinople
Sultan Selim
Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
Berin
Fires and strikes touch many poison and wogalies
A garbled report describes fires and strikes affecting workers at timber camps in Linny and Meastern city areas. It mentions letters, a defender, and an attempt to release a detainee. Warnings about organ zations, methods used by I W Ws, ties, and footwear tampering appear, with quotes from Rowan and others expressing concern and resilience.
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Chartes Janse Rowsn
Linny
I. W. Ws
Rowan
Bebieyg
Witane
Light Breaks Through the Haze in Germany
Fragmentary OCR notes reference rising anxiety over an eastern situation, mentioning Ukraine, Japan, and President Wilson's doctrine. The garbled June Amsterdam dateline hints at cautious optimism about potential shifts and policy echoes across Europe.
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Germany
Kultur Doesn't Thrive in the United States Amsterdam
A June report from Berlin cites a Philadelphia released statement on the voluntary dissolution of a German American alliance. It argues German migrants lack readiness in cultural allegiance, saying optimism about German Americans was based on naive views of foreign politics and loyalty.
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Amsterdam
Philadelphia
Mamaranere Crick
Keaitur
Lokal Angeiger
Berlin
Indictments Signal Broad Pursuit of Ireland Plotters
Washington June 7 Doctone of evidence of plots between German agents and Irish agitators in the United States to promote rebellion in Ireland is expected by the department of Justice in connection with the indictment in New York today of Jeremiah O Leary a fugitive whose relations with Irish leaders would develop from the trial Indications suggested more indictments would follow in New York and elsewhere in the United States.
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Washington
United States
Ireland
Department of Justice
New York
Jeremiah O'Leary
Leists Cerning
Naw
Trish
United State
Granite Mountain Mine Disaster Claims 164 Men
The Granite Mountain mine blaze at the 2400 level killed 164 men by gas fumes within two weeks after the fire started. Rescue efforts saved 209 workers who reached the 2400 level on June 19, led by Manus Duggan, hailed as the most valiant. The North Butte Mining Company plans a monument for the graves of 161 identified victims.
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Granite Mountain
Manus
Gam
North Butte Mining Company
Manus Duggan
Duggan
Highland City
Pans
Reinvestigation Ordered of Draft Classifications
Washington June 7. Provost General Crowder asks governors nationwide to reinvestigate draft classifications to increase available men and ensure fair administration. Exemption boards face uneven averages, with some slackers and unjust claims. local boards may reclassify upon evidence. No policy change. relief hinges on enforcing the work or fight order.
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Washington
Crowder
Ort
Evi Dence
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