10 Aug 1917
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Newspaper
Baker Sentinel
Location
Baker, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1917
Page
1
Washington Aug 8 The Senate approved Food Bill 66 by a 66 to 7 vote. With the President's signature the measure becomes law, placing a minimum two dollars on wheat and regulating numerous products.
Late Wednesday the senate moved the food control bill toward final passage. It grants broad government control over foods fuels and production essentials, authorizes the president to coordinate agencies, and appoints Herbert Hoover food administrator. The measure limits alcohol, fixes minimum wheat prices, and funds federal purchase and administration of fertilizers and essentials.
Sheridan county farmers plan a complete county slate for next year including state senate and house seats. They argue old party lines are broken and dissatisfaction with past county governance fuels the push. Business leaders in many towns are anticipated to support the farmer movement.
Figures from the United States Geological Survey indicate railroads consumed about ten million tons of bituminous coal and nearly three fourths of a million tons of Pennsylvania anthracite in 1916. Bituminous coal use rose by about 14 million tons from 1915, while anthracite consumption grew modestly.
Montana attorney general argues workers compensation does not cover occupational diseases. Wichmann of Roundup Coal Mining Company claims thumb injury from iron sliver but doctors found no clear accident. Opinion asserts state act requires a time and place specific accident and compares language across states.
Under the auspices of the Civic league a Red Cross benefit was held Saturday night in the town hall. Tickets and cake sales plus donations brought in over a hundred dollars for relief work. music by the orchestra and venue were donated. Attendees included locals and visitors from Baker, with Carlyle, Dennis, and Alpha among organizers.
WC Vandervoort presides over the Montana Petroleum Co stockholders meeting in Miles City. New directors include A. M Hotchkiss C B Towers C H Loud L W Stacy Frank T Kelsey Chas Ef Emerson Walter I Maxwell. Officers elected: President A M Hotchkiss vice president C B Towers secretary treasurer L W Stacy assistant secretary treasurer R H Debach. Directors to meet in Baker around September 1 to plan gas and oil drilling.
An Anaconda Standard report alleges WW agitators in Butte are financed by German sources via the Bank of Sonora in Hermosillo, with connections to Nogales and Hermosillo. It claims local supporters and Arizona operatives profit from the scheme as Washington contemplates action after President Wilson’s discussions with western governors.
The county draft board reviewed seventy five called and granted exemptions for numerous reasons. A long list of individuals from Carlyle Plevna Westmore and Baker was examined with many given extensions or deemed physically deficient. Some officials and attorneys handled legal matters as others appeared at various exam points.
August county commission actions include vacating the Shi howsky road section north of Meditere Rocks, studying a proposed new road with signed petitions, and appointing a district examiner. The Wells-Me Clam-Curry road and a Cattle Beaver bridge contract were handled, with objections filed over changes to the Phivaka road and other road plans.
Geologists report a potential oil or gas reservoir at Bowden dome near Malta in northeastern Montana on the Great Northern line. The dome, partly covered by glacial drift, shows top rock as Claggett shale with gas found in Eagle sandstone at about 600 feet, and a deep well is under construction to determine profitability.
The State University at Missoula will publish three pamphlets this week detailing university work. One booklet, Can Boys and Girls Earn Their Way Through Montana State University, compiled by Professor James Bonner with help from Professor Win Aber and others, presents statistics on student employment, wages, scholarships, and comparisons for men and women.
Attorney General Derd and the state industrial accident board ponder whether a company employee assaulted on the job hours is in the course of employment. The attorney general ruled the man was not injured in work, urging courts to set a clear ruling on liability.
A union church service is planned for Sunday September 2 at the opera house to commemorate the quadricentennial of Tutner. The Rev H L Anderson expects a notable speaker from St Paul to attend and a full program will follow in a later issue.
Fallon County reports sending more men into military service relative to its population than any other county in the state, reflecting strong local enlistment and patriotic support during the wartime period.
Note indicates material obtained without charge from the Director of the U S Geological Survey within the Department of the Interior, Washington D C.
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