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Newspaper
Baker Sentinel
Location
Baker, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1917
Page
8
Farmers offer peaches pears agg ies pimms cantaloupes watermelons carrots cabbage potatoes and more. Customers urged to place orders for arrival and delivery from Baker G HL Solr Co and Wal Bey filling carloads.
The notice warns about maximum charges for carpenter work by Master Builders Baker and mentions linoleum products sold by Rosell & Co. It references cleaning floors beneath linoleum, large contracts with lower rates, and a reward for information about a dog incident. This is a fragmented OCR with scattered business notices and minor local ads.
The Matador cattle company plans to ship about 9000 head to market this fall as drought reduces range. The first of 23 tramloads began to Choctaw market recently, with shipments starting earlier due to dry conditions on the range.
The Farmers Elevator at Reserve Montana east of Pledgwood is among the area’s most successful. Its farmer ownership extends east toward the Dakota line. For 1917 the Reserve elevator reported earnings and grain sales including 92252 bushels Wheat 69200 Flex 66994 Dorm 243F Bushels and about $190900 in business. Operating expenses for the year reached 5110. AG for the grain was shipped to Se Pass.
In the abandoned Fergus County Bank building Lewistown two paintings by Charles Russell were found dust covered in the basement. One depicts Indians hunting buffalo and the other a cowboy driving steers. Preservation poses a problem.
G E LaFollette, longtime Independent managing editor, becomes publicity commissioner succeeding Seth Max w ell and joining Montana state service. A seasoned journalist with broad Montana ties he will promote the Treasure state to settlers and investors. He was secretary to the Democratic state central committee and is a cousin of Wisconsin Senator LaFollette.
The Sioux City Stock Yards hosts the second annual Stocker and Feeder show on October 9 16 and 11 with premiums totaling 3000 and 400 in special awards. Secretary Benn notes growing exhibitor interest from around the region and buyers' arrival is anticipated.
Rev Otto G Ponath of Hankinson North Dakota toured Yellowstone Park with his family after buying a car. He plans to settle in Baker Montana and seek work in the Treasure State. The U S Engineer Corps seeks stenographers typists clerks bookkeepers and draftsmen for Europe with salaries 1000 to 1800 plus rations quarters medical care and travel. About fifty draf men are sought topographical architectural and mechanical with similar pay. Eligibility excludes conscription age. Men to report in about three weeks.
T. J. Miller serves his country by guarding elevators to safeguard the food supply. He began duties last Tuesday and will man the sentry for four months. After dark no person is supposed to appear near the facilities.
A report notes a guard near grain houses with Mr Miller watching from less than 100 feet away. Elevators are lit with candescent lights creating daylight illumination around the grain facilities.
President Hugh Wells of the Miles City National Bank reports cattle men are better prepared for winter than last year. He cites more hay stored, fewer leftovers, and beef shipped early with good profit potential for growers, indicating a promising year for livestock producers.
Chicago August 21 heavy hog choices sold at 20 dollars per hundredweight marking a three dollar rise in the last eleven days.
Arthur Brittan, a Sedan district farmer near Wilsall, proposes to interest eastern farmers in Shields River Valley lands by issuing a detailed booklet describing each farm and its advantages. The pamphlets will be circulated in eastern states where farmers have crops and money to invest.
Government experts report wartime prosperity spurring rapid wealth growth in the United States with a steady stream of new millionaires appearing each month due to broad economic expansion across sectors.
Al Hansen as administrator notifies creditors and all persons with claims against Gottlich Kinzie deceased to exhibit them with vouchers to the undersigned. The notice is published per probate requirements to settle the estate. Claims must be presented within the statutory period.
The administrator Theos M. Munn announces that creditors with vouchers must present them within four weeks after the first publication to Munn Hansen at Baker Montana. Estate in Fallon County Montana. Dated August 29 1917. attorney for administrator Theos M. Munn Baker Montana.
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