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Newspaper
Baker Sentinel
Location
Baker, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1917
Page
8
State Council of Defense launches drive to organize local committees to boost food production. Chancellor E C Elliot urges meetings, plow days, garden clubs, and a garde r supervisor to turn vacant lands into cultivated plots.
Governor Stewart appoints county advisory committees to mobilize defense efforts in each county. High school conference in Helena aims to boost food production for the coming season. Listings name members for all counties including Fallon with R F Smith Lang and C J Dousman. A western proverb notes boys leaving the farm because Willie’s calf becomes a cow’s calf.
The War Department is urged to accept Col. Roosevelt to command a 23 000 man division with infantry cavalry artillery engineers machine gun detachments and an aerial corps ready within four months. A reserve force of 100 000 is available. Requisitions for equipment are ready to be submitted within two hours of organization. Most volunteers have prior training.
Officials in Richland County Montana active against dry law violations. Wilfred Lemieux of Fairview and Baker of Fairview pleaded guilty to county option law offenses, each fined 100 dollars. Bert Hawkins of Lambert fined 50 for gambling. Art Partlow of Fairview sentenced to six months for blind pigging, suspended on good behavior. Billy Carter of Lambert found guilty by jury. fined 200 dollars plus costs. Jack McHugh of Lambert fined 50 for blind pigging. Fred Cheff of Lambert found not guilty and dismissed.
The Senate Judiciary Committee finished consideration of the administration espionage bill and likely will take it up after passage of a $7,000,000 revenue measure. Changes limit press censorship but preserve postmaster mail controls and wartime embargo provisions. A Rivers and Harbors bill funding about $33,000,000 will be introduced in the current session. President McAdoo revises war revenue estimates on liquor taxes to about $125,000,000 if liquor tax rises to $2.50 per barrel. A Senate resolution seeks allied commitment to joint peace terms with Germany only through united action.
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