Government to probe Montana coal costs and prices
Washington dispatch says the federal and price fixing committee will send representatives to Montana and other districts to investigate coal costs and determine if established price figures should be raised. Coal mine owners must provide cost accounts for the last available month to establish actual production costs.
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Ederal Coal and
Montana
Sect! Dispatch
The
Standard
Washington
al and
Coal Mine
Prom Ni
Ing
Federal Investi
Basins Mills Forced Close After Workers Walkout
On September 4 the two Atwater mills in Basin were forced to shut down as there was no place to treat concentrates after a walkout halted operations at Washoe and the Great Falls plant. The closures threaten local payrolls totaling several thousand dollars, affecting many families.
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Esterday
Hich
Great
Lewistown Honors First Contingent With Parade and Dinner
Lewistown September 4 reports a wire parade dinner and street dance in honor of 28 men sailing for Ameri can Lake. Women of War Rehabilitation presented soldiers baskets of eatables. A larger county event is planned for September 28 when 200 soldiers depart. Also noted are the deaths of Floyd Bacon aged 72 and mining man John Melihone, with funeral services held in Creel chapel and at a Catholic church respectively.
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Lewistown
American Lake
Floyd Bacon
Moore
Creel Chapel
Bacon
John Melihone
Melihone
Gold Reef
Gilt Edge
Joan A. Drake
Editor Summoned Over Exemption Board Controversy
Helena reports editor W. J. McMahon of the Livingston Enterprise was summoned to appear before the district exemption board after publishing Let Justice Be Done claiming some exempted men should have served in the national army. Local boards protest fairness and strain over alien exemption claims in Butte highlighting national draft tensions.
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Helena
W. J. McMahon
Livingston
Butte
Suppressing Anthrax Report In Helena Area
W. J. Butler, back in Helena from Sheridan county, said anthrax outbreaks at Dooley and Culbertson are being suppressed and pose no danger of spread. He denied that alien enemies introduced the contagion into the state.
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Vetan
W. J. Butler
Helena
Sheridan County
Dooley
Culbertson
Important Ruling On Draft Registrants
Helena Sept 4 Adjutant General Greenan was wires instructed by Provost General Crowder that men called before local draft boards cannot enlist. The marine corps recruiting service published a statement that a registrant called by a local board may enlist with local board consent. This instruction errs and will be recalled by marine corps authorities.
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Helena
Greenan
Crowder
Marine Corps Recruiting Service
Marine Corps
Senator Walsh Heads to Lake McDonald Summer Home
Senator T. J. Walsh departed Helena for a summer home on Lake McDonald with his daughter Mrs. Emmett C. Gudker and Mrs. Key Pittman wife of Senator Key Pittman of Nevada. He will return to Helena and may visit additional Montana towns. His daughter will join her husband in France soon where he serves as lieutenant commander in the navy.
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Helena
T. J. Walsh
Lake McDonald
Emmett C. Gudker
Key Pittman
United States
Nevada
Walsh
France
Oil Drilling Begins in City Core Amid Busy Week
Livingston news reports drilling for oil in the heart of the city near the business district will start this week. Towers rise as options on city lots are taken and machinery heads in. A Wilsall corporation plans oil work in Potter basin north of town. Schools reopen with strong enrollment, while a new $70,000 addition to the high school under construction. A bartender, Earl H. Hall, is jailed for robbing a city saloon safe of over $500, followed by his wife’s pursuit. Labor unions stage a parade and celebrate with races and a baseball game between Livingston and Bozeman. The Teal team wins a batting bee 9 to 0. A reception for county-selected men precedes a march to American Lake. judges and speakers address the contingents.
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Livingston
Wilsall
Potter Basin
Cit
Earl H. Hall
Allen
Edge
W. H. Owen
Hall
Deer Lodge
Gateway City Band
Bozeman
American Lake
A. P. Stark
T.C. Witherspoon
Butte
Sergi
Doe Wells
Canada
Coal Miners in Convention Adjourns Without Action
BillingsSept 4 The union miners convention adjourned without a definite plan to order a strike or press demands for higher pay. The Montana Coal Operators association is in session but no formal positions were announced. Talks on coal prices for government use were reportedly under consideration, though a meeting with miners was deemed unlikely.
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Billings
United 3
Montana Coal Operators Association
Dillon News Roundup Highlights Local Events and Cantankerous Travel
Dillon, Sept 4 8 events include C Cook in Madison county on land business, Phil Goodwin visiting from Butte, funeral of Anna Owsley drawing crowds, Gar Rife and Idaho fastball visitors at fairgrounds, six men delaying training camp to Sept 7 due to transport limits, American Lake departure reception at Dillmont park, Alma Van Der Walker and Fred Waldorf wedding in Camden New Jersey, Alma a local trainer, Waldorf manager of Olmstead Stevenson company, Dillon defeating Pocatello 9 to 0 at fairgrounds, Sheriff C K Wyman leaving for Kidd on official business, Clarence Benson rejected for physical, Sergeant McDonald arriving with Montana company and others visiting.
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Iion
Pocatello
Idaho
Fair Grounds
American Lake
National Arm
Dillmont Park
Alma van der Walker
Fred Waldorf
Camden
N. J
Mr. Waldorf
Olmstead Stevenson Company
Dillon
C.K. Wyman
Beaverhead County
Kidd
Clarence Benson
Sergeant McDonald
Montana
George Baker
Lonnie Linson
Rela
Montana State Normal College Opens Fall Term With Record Enrollments
The Montana State Normal College opens its fall term with grounds cleaned and ready. The public school remains under college authority serving as a training school for student teachers under critic teachers. Registrations for the coming college year exceed previous records and the dormitory is fully booked. Dr. J E Monroe will return from Chicago to oversee opening activities. a few faculty changes have occurred but names are not yet public.
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Dinion
P Tane
Montana State Normal College
Montana Seite Normal
Normal College
Eers
J. E. Monroe
Chicago
Lewistown Invites Gerard to Speak at Fair
Lewistown chambers Rotary club and fair association urge ex Ambassador James W Gerard to visit during the county fair September 11 to 14 and deliver a fan address. State Senator J E Lane departed for Butte this morning. Helena reports a cartload of 209009 fish fry due to arrive and be distributed by M D Chatfield and the Sixth Ward Anglers to stock regional streams.
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Lewistown
Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
Fair Association
James W. Gerard
J. E. Lane
Butte
Helena
M.D. Chatfield
Angiers
Russians in Full Retreat After Riga Fall
Soviet and British dispatches report Riga's collapse as a turning point with German forces near Petrograd and Minsk. Petrograd papers warn of a widening war while urging a strong defense. Bolsheviks welcome the setback as potential peace through victory for Germany.
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Russkin Volla
Minsk
Riga
Novoe Vremya
Petrograd
Russia
Bolsheviks
German offensive likely Riga target says Petrograd critic
London reports Colonel Shumsky, army critic of the Petrograd Bourse Gazette, on the eve of a potential German push. He argues an attack on Petrograd is unlikely this year due to rain, bad roads, and fortified routes. He says Riga or Reval are possible aims, with evacuations already under way.
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Petrograd
Riga
Council of Deputies
Steelt
von Hindenburg
Seven Corps
London
Shumsky
Reval
Man minus one finger to be investigated
Helena reports a northern Montana man claimed compensation for losing the first finger of his right hand by a pistol shot to avoid the draft. His name is withheld pending military investigation, and he told insurers he battled a prowler in the dark near an elevator. Bread prices also noted in this transcript and local film showings described in detail.
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Helena
Haseen
State Compensation Board
Montana
Deschutes County Exemption Board Reports No Claims
Bend Oregon today notified the district exemption board that all Deschutes County draftees examined under the selective war draft have no claims for exemption no discharges from army duty and no appeals to the district board all readings confirm full eligibility for service with no exemptions or appeals filed.
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Bend
Ore
Deschutes
Anaconda Plans Big Patriot Demonstration Friday
Anaconda holds a major patriotic gathering to honor the first 12 drafted men leaving for camp. The 22 member Anaconda band will participate and the Grand Army and Spanish War veterans will guard the march to the train. Citizens are urged to meet at the Montana hotel at 6 pm and join the procession to the courthouse and cantonment, with Rotary Club events and a dinner preceding the march.
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Anaconda
John Marchion
Grand Army
Montana
George Trayer
Frank McEcinney
Archibald B. Gillespie
N. A. Apostle
Ivor J. Simcox
Wallace K. Smith
Lewis Buckwald
Lester H. Epperson
Albert L. Johnson
Gustaf W. Peterson
John Lebson
Ray E. Williams
Sheriff Hartsell
J. M. Sigh
D. R. Roach
Rotary Club
W. M. Montgomery
T. P. Stewart
Rotary Eluiy
Anacondan Who Made Good Visits Friends in City
Patrick J. Parker general manager of the Hudson Bay Company store at Calgary Alberta spent yesterday in Anaconda visiting his brother Joseph Parker and cousin Thomas Parker. He came to bid Joe goodbye before he and other young men join the national army at Camp Lewis. Parker is a former Anaconda salesman who later worked in Tacoma Seattle and London before becoming Calgary manager.
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Patrick J. Parker
Hudson Bay Company
Calgary
Alberta
Joseph” Parker
Thomas Parker
Joe
National Army
Camp Lewis
Mr. Parker
Copper City
Tacoma
Claflin Syndicate
Seattle
McDougal &Southwick
Ireland
England
London
Knights of Columbus Farewell For Local Soldier Members
At a meeting in Anaconda No 2 Knights of Columbus elected Earl Battey grand knight Matt Kelly deputy grand knight and other officers. A farewell party is planned for Thursday at the club to honor members leaving for the army under the selective draft about 40 local council members have been drafted. A social program and buffet luncheon will conclude the evening with a musical program.
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Anaconda
Knights of Columbus
Earlie ‘Battey
Matt 5
Kelly
Ari | Sonverse
Mikel. Bren
Mr. Davlasom
PM. Tintsloran
Hugh Patterson
D. Hi. Morgan
Thomas F. McCarvel
Martin Hogan
Thomas
Donovan
Thomas J. Kelly
P. Saunders
Peter Laughlin
du Fooma
Patsy Finnegan
Mike ‘Brennan
James Lynch
Columbus Club
Regular meeting notice for Anaconda lodge No 239 BF
Regular meeting of Anaconda lodge No. 239 BP.O.F. at 8:50. Attendees include listed members and guests from Butte and neighboring towns. E.R. N. Blake and Secretary F.H. Clinton sign the notice.
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Cawenne
Anaconda
HH. N. Blake
E.R
H. Clinton
City Council Forms Vigilante Committee to Secure Quorum
At the August meeting Mayor Hasley and available aldermen formed a makeshift vigilante committee to reach a quorum after a lack of members left the session short. Alderman Kane was found at his ranch and Corrigan arrived with the missing link to restore order. State Examiner MacGraw praised the administration’s findings as audits showed a $26,407.70 balance and 281 business licenses issued in 1917.
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Hasley
Hante
Henry Quane
Fire Department
Beausoleil
Quane
Jitney
Kane
Teausoleil
Ranning
Dawson
Dow
H. L. Petton
Montana Municipal League
Lewistown
League
Great Falls
Atte D. J. Reardon
Cullen
Elty
Francis Burns
Speckeled Trout Outing Party Heads to Moose Lake
A party led by George Remington and his son Earl, joined by Robert Dunn and Fred Weaver, left yesterday with several fishing rods and a large assortment of flies for a two week outing at Moose Lake.
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George Remington
Earl
Robert Dunn
Fred Weaver
Moose Lake
Bavarian Troops Sent to Isonzo Front Reported
A Prussian dispatch says after urgent appeals Field Marshal von Hinden has agreed to move two Bavarian divisions from the Russian front to bolster Austrian defense on the Isonzo line.
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Neva
Annabruck
von’ Hinke
Isonzo
PRIA
Corega Holds False Teeth Firmly in Mouth
Corega promises secure denture fit by evenly powdering the plate to reduce gum shrinkage and looseness. The product claims to improve mouth hygiene and comfort, available at drug stores and dental supply houses with samples from Corega Chemical Co Cleveland Ohio.
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Corega
Corega Chemical Co
Cleveland
Ohio
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