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Newspaper
Baker Sentinel
Location
Baker, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1924
Page
2
In Johnson City Indiana, a massive explosion at the Crerar Clinch McClintock mine traps 60 miners and entombs 40 as rescue crews battle fire and smoke. Thirty seven are dead and six seriously burned with many more injured while some workers reach the surface unscathed.
President Coolidge signaled readiness to pursue any necessary legal action to expose and combat fraud linked to the Teapot Dome naval reserve lease. He noted Senate disclosures and cabinet discussions support moves against possible criminal acts by officials and private interests, including relations between Secretary Fall and Harry F Sinclair.
Washington witnesses testifying before the house agriculture committee endorse the McNary-Haugen export corporation proposal. Leaders from Montana Idaho and northwest wheat growers question the Norbeck-Burriss bill offering federal loans for livestock purchase as economically unsound citing misaligned credit and price needs.
President Coolidge signed his first general bills as president. The measures included a relief grant to Mrs. Florence Kling Harding and authorization of $100 payments to Chippewa Indians of Minnesota.
Reports say after 80 hours of brutal combat under General Bravo Izquierdo loyal forces captured the port of Salina Cruz. The seizure follows a protracted battle with rebel forces as authorities move to secure the area and embark supplies.
Montana farmers from Huntley Sun River and Milk River districts told a Salt Lake government fact finding panel that delays and mismanagement plague their irrigation projects. They urged a 40 year payment plan and for penalties and townsite profits to fund the districts, while noting unfinished construction and faulty engineering increased costs.
A territorial court in Silver Bow County Montana set aside a 1885 divorce grant to Bennett Benson from Mollie Benson. Service by publication in Butte was invalid. Mollie, living in Minneapolis, did not know of the decree until seeking a US pension. Benson died in 1917 at Sawtelle California and did not remarry.
Undertakers and their suppliers report low winter deaths in the state. Despite a warm fall, the health picture remains good and death numbers have not reached summer averages.
The record shows 140 producing oil wells in the Kevin Sunburst field with 266 drilled total. Other figures include 140 producing gas wells 15 water wells in commercial amounts 60 dry holes on structure 15 dry holes off structure and 723% rigs.
Over two years predatory animals surge in Hill County prompting calls for a government trapper. Marion Kelly’s shotgun mishap injures Marshall Strautt near Twin Bridges. Montana Coal Operators elect Whyte president and others to executive posts at Billings meeting. National Guard forms unit in Lewistown with 60 enlisted, Company D to form in Polson. Anaconda Copper to acquire Davis Daly properties for 3 million. Trail Cafe in Columbus damaged by oil stove fire. Alfred H. Wall, who killed himself in Denver, linked to Browning area family heritage.
W M Fredericks secretary of Continental Mining says McKay group claims in Ophir region yield ore assaying up to 33000 a ton. The Continental is developing these claims in the area where Montana’s largest gold nugget was found, calling it among the richest ore in years.
A series of obituaries notes deaths of prominent early Montana figures. Joseph Eastman Farnum of Miles City, 70, longtime east state timer. Mary Weydert, 64, who settled west of Lewistown. Mrs Jane Steers of Yellow stone valley, cancer death in Park City. Harvey B. Ellis, northern stockman, pneumonia in Great Falls. J B Farnum, Miles City councilman, pneumonia. Charles Anderson, Glendive founder of Hodge, postmaster. A E Graeter, 89, miner and settler moving from Bannack to Dillon. Patrick Kavanagh, Shields Valley to Musselshell, Lennen. Col T J Bryan, pioneer east of state, died in Lemon Grove California. S Freeterston Peterson, longtime Dillon resident, noted age and life in that town.
The Montana Sportsmen's Association plans to trap a covey of albino grouse in Madison county and establish a captive group to study traits. Albino grouse are very rare and scientists dispute whether they produce only albino offspring or occasionally colored birds. The Madison county group was found in 1892 and has grown, with old timers attributing it to inbreeding during a past grouse shortage. The only similar Montana record is a mixed plumage white grouse killed near Fort Benton years ago.
Fire destroys the Eureka drug store in Eureka with $8,000 in contents and $3,000 in the building lost. A nearby frame building owned by the Lindsey estate was damaged beyond repair with a $1,000 loss. The fire, believed caused by an exploding coal stove, started in the drug store as firefighters fought the blaze in extreme cold.
Champion Ric Thaber of the high school stock judging team won the annual event held in Bozeman with the Young Men's Vocational conference. About 250 teams entered with Valley City N C taking second and Big Sandy Mont third. Other top finishers included Enureka Simms Wilsall and Harlem, while the Wallis City team hailed from Nordlmer consolidated school near that farming community.
Ludwig Rake returned to Har lem from Spokane with 85 corn fed lchester White spring hogs averaging just under 200 pounds. He earned $7.80 per hundred, noting Spokane has become the market for Montana hogs and that the market was fairly flooded upon arrival.
C. B. Hanna of Simms owns the prize Rhode Island Red hen named Gwns. The hen won first prize at the Northwest Poultry Meet in Spokane and at the Montana state meet. She also earned a special prize from the Old National Bank of Spokane.
The Hidden Treasure group of mining plains near Clinton, about 20 miles east of Missouri, has been purchased by a group of eastern capitalists for an estimated 115000 dollars.
Hog shipments from Roosevelt county total 21 car loads from local stations. Fourteen more are planned before spring, bringing a total to 35 car loads, an increase of 30 cars over last year.
The Northern Pacific railroad completed two brick depots on its Montana line, one at Bozeman and another at Miles City, costing about $120000 in total. The new structures are modernly appointed to ensure traveler comfort and convenience.
Mrs J J Cranston of Cascade churned and sold 2258 pounds of butter in 1928, a state record for an individual producer.
Fred Fire hammer of Franklin began crossing the lake ice east of Ryegate. At the center the ice broke and his automobile sank into about four feet of water. Rescue hopes hinge on an early spring thaw.
The piece by Reverend P. B. Fitzwater, D.D., dean of Moody Bible Institute's Evening School in Chicago, appears in a 1934 Western Newspaper Union feature. It urges steadfast spiritual discipline and daily devotion.
The lesson discusses Deuteronomy as a restatement of the law for a new generation, highlighting God's unparalleled goodness to Israel through audible revelation from the fire and miraculous deliverance from Egypt. It outlines Israel's obligation to worship the Lord alone, keep the commandments, honor parents, protect life, and resist theft lies and covetousness.
A quotation attributed to Daniel Webster argues that physical monuments fade but moral character endures. It emphasizes shaping immortal souls through fear of God and love of neighbor, engraving enduring value beyond marble, brass, or temples.
A short reflective piece likens human spirit to a climbing vine guided by a trellis. Without structure the vine withers in dust, and the spirit without purpose or progress follows a similar fate, echoing a moral about growth and discipline in faith.
Fragmentary text references learning to walk and resilience after a fall. Mentions Baptist World and a gate location with unclear nearby identifiers. No coherent event or persons clearly established in readable portions.
Cornell researchers outline that grazing sheep offer favorable economics and land improvement with low labor and shelter costs. A new state study course, free to residents with animals, gathers shepherd experiences and returns feedback based on scientific findings from New York and beyond.
The article argues that high grain prices stunt young colts, hindering final size. It urges keeping foals with mares, using a colt creep for controlled feeding, supplementing poor pastures with hay, and continuing grain through the first winter until green grass appears to achieve maximum weight.
North Carolina State College agent G P Williams explains docking lambs to prevent filth and improve wool. He notes tails serve no practical purpose and that docked lambs recover quickly, reducing untidy wool and worthless tail hair.
Hog diets improve on barley with higher protein content than corn, boosting weight gain and efficiency. Farmers note barley feeds swine well, though some uncertainty remains about precise protein levels and tank age effects.
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