Farmers' Club Had Prosperous Year in Sheridan County
The Progressive Farmers' Club, formed four years ago west of Plentywood, grew to 103 stockholders each owning $100 in shares. It owns three grain elevators at Plentywood Midley and Archer with over $1,000 in property and net profits of over $2,700 in its first year. John Westerby, founder and longtime manager, was re elected president and general manager.
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Plentywood
Progressive Farmers’ Club
Sheridan County
Welliver Country
Farmers’ Club
Midley
Archer
Ture
John Westerby
Drafted Young Men Near Black Butte District
Several young men of this vicinity have been drafted for the war, as reported by Black Butte Correspondence in the Valley County News. The notice notes local families awaiting calls and the community’s response to military service.
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Black Butte
Valley County News
Thought Ed Was Dead Era King Edward Regroups Titles
Absarokee Enterprise notes King Edward shifts from German titles to English form. He adopts a simple name ready for use with plain Mr as he steps back from royal ceremonial roles.
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Edward
Absarokee Enterprise
Farmers Viewpoint on Wheat Production and Prices
The article contrasts farmer steadiness amid a feverish national drive for higher food output with concerns over overproduction and falling prices. It notes farmers fear high costs, debt, and uncertain profits, while government efforts to marshal grain production face skepticism from many growers.
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HHS
Ife
Tfe
Focal Bank
Notorious Police Court Character Peg Blakle
A fragmentary item reports on a man known as Peg Blakle offering a wooden leg in a scheme to swap for a colored man’s home made liquor plus $250. The oddly phrased note hints at exchange and criminal elements in Livingston.
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Prinks Livingston
Oa Spree
Peg” Blakle
Hood
Montana Senators Find Tax Burden Shifts Across Industries
A Montana senate committee reports tax burden by sector with mining bearing 8.79 percent, farming 32.14 percent, and livestock 10.73 percent, while mining and railroads show $201,699,996 gross income for 1916 and farming accounts for about 43 percent of total tax burden. Also notes losses from alfalfa fire at Box Elder ranch and local hospital patients in Camp Crook.
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United States
Montana Senate
ANZ Water Power
Othe
George Varnall
Box Elder
Sarah Seeley
Taker
John N. Burns
Plem. Mont
Camp Croox Hospital
Notice of Contest for Homestead Entry Cancellation
Department of the Interior notices Baker Montana resident James H. Brown that Lille Westburg filed June 28 1917 to contest and cancel Brown's February 25 1913 homestead entry in East Half section 14 township 6 north range 59 east Montana Principal Meridian on grounds of non residence and no improvements. Brown must answer within twenty days after the fourth publication or the entry will be canceled without hearing. G W Myers Register. First publication July 20 1917. Second July 27 1917. Third August 3 1917. Fourth August 10 1917.
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Department of the Interior
United States Land Office
Miles City
Montana
James H. Brown
Baker
Lille Westburg
Township
Range
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Civil Engineers
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J. Y. Creel
F. O. Carmichael
R.e.cobbgo
Itixnesors
Staude-Make
Stater Bros
Yellowstone Trail
the Farmers
G. W. Myers
Register
Carpenter-Webster Lumber Go
West Side Yard
Equity Abstract & Title Co
Security A. and
T. Co
Ome People
Lake Block
AL Hansen
F. R. Kisow
Fallon County Abstract Company Bonded Title Service
Montana Cafe
Lew Jim
Fallon County
Baker Light and Power Co
Paul Collette
Baker Auto Co
R. B. Eaton
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