Land bargains flood Great Falls ads offer 13 000 acres
Classified notices advertise diverse Montana land deals near Great Falls and Helena. Listings include 13 000 acres at seven dollars per acre with water and tillable land, 1920 acres at nine dollars, 161 acres near Moore, 1 500 acre stock ranch at ten dollars, and 350 acre dairy ranch at thirty dollars per acre. Multiple firms like Fagan McCutcheon Price and Straus Realty present Grant Lands. Also offers for sheep ranches, lease on crop shares, and horse auctions near Helena and Brady.
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Fagan-McCutcheon-Price
Central Avenue
Great Falls
ayan-McCutcheon-Price
Moore
I. W. Church
Montana
Wuntsburger-Givens Co
Mont Dairy
Center of
I. W.church
Forrest Reserve
Helena
Qualls Realty Agence
W. K. Floweree
Mont
Great Falls Montana Hotel and rooming house ads
Real estate notices emphasize income from rooming houses near the depot in Great Falls with 35 to 52 rooms and high occupancy. Listings promote low rent, monthly income around 400 dollars, and a bar gain at 8500 with a town hotel and bar nearby. Montana Fiscal Agency at 7 Third St lists offerings seeking quick sales and exchanges.
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Depot
Central Avenue
Great Falls
Montana
Third St
Mont
Montana Business Exchange
Farm Loan Act Explained For Bozeman Farmers
Farmers at Bozeman meetings learned how the federal farm loan act works. Spokane serves as banking headquarters with a 12 district plan. groups of ten or more farmers may borrow up to 60 percent of land value and 25 percent of improvements at rates not exceeding six percent.
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Bozeman
Hamilton
The
State College
Spokane
Farm Loan Association
Losses From Blizzard Hit Glentana Stock
A recent Glentana blizzard caused heavy livestock losses. William Baylor reports about 100 sheep lost when they escaped and were snowed under. Elmer Blikken says seven cattle perished after straying in the storm.
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Glentana
William Baylor
Elmer Blikken
Highway Proviso Hinders Montana Highway Aid
Senator Dan Healy of Park county says federal highway aid rules block Montana funding. Healy notes the joint legislative committee was told funds must go to hard surface roads at 5 000 to 10 000 dollars per mile, a standard the state may not meet.
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Montana
Dan Healy
Park County
Healy
Great Northern Montana stampede to double capital stock
At a special stockholders meeting the Great Northern Montana stampede unanimously voted to raise capital stock from 10000 to 20000 to fund the purchase of the Hill County Fair grounds.
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Havre
Montana
Hill County Fair Association
Special Watch Offer From Unlap Jewelry Co
An offer for 17 jewel watches including Elgin Waltham or Illinois 18 size sent post paid for $10.00. The notice promises best watch repair and quick returns with satisfaction guaranteed from Unlap Jewelry Company at 19 Third Street South, Great Falls.
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Jewel
Elgin
Waltham
Illinois
Unlap Jewelry Company
Third Street South
Great Falls
Pioneer Miller Sells Tractors in Montana Switch
W. R. Sutherland, longtime Great Falls miller and farm adviser, resigns as Bozeman Flour Milling superintendent to promote the Challenge light farm tractor in Montana. He secures the state agency and demonstrates the machine designed for 160 to 640 acre farms, with limited initial supply and upcoming public demonstrations.
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W. R. Sutherland
Bozeman Company
Montana
Sutherland
Challenge
Challenge Tractor Company
Minneapolis
A. P. Heaney
Mr. Heaney
Great Falls
Royal Mills
Louisville
Kentucky
Spokane
Bozeman Flour Milling Company
Milwaukee extension opens vast Montana corridor
Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway advances 33 miles of new track through Blackfoot country from a Missoula extension toward Great Falls, reaching near Lincoln. The line unlocks mining prospects, cattle, wheat and hay farming, the Oregon and Montana mine at Silver Camp, and big public hunting grounds, forecasting ore shipments and regional growth.
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Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company
Blackfoot Country
Missoula
Great Falls
Ovando
Brown’s Lake
Lincoln
Lewis and Clark County
Blackfoot Junction
Oregon
Montana
Silver Camp
Blackfoot
Rockies
East Helena
Auto Dealers Go Joy Riding in Montana Show Circuit
A. P. Heaney notes Montana auto dealers from eastern regions, once in the “great American desert,” have thrived as farmers prosper. Velie cars grow from 40 to 86 in Great Falls area since 1915, with 300 sold and 300 more on order. Velie plans a February show in Great Falls. prices rise March 1 due to war costs.
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Billings
Lewistown
Great Falls
Havre
Missoula
Ligimonton
Glendive
Williston
Great American Desert
A. P. Heaney
Montana
Chicago
Velie
Minneapolis
PRIOH
Booth 7
Saxon Motor Car Company expanding output in 1917 plan
Growth of the Saxon Motor Car corporation continues as production targets rise toward 60 000 cars for the coming season. Since its founding in 1913 under H W Ford the company has built 6915 Saxon sedans in eight months and 10 873 with the Saxon Six. In the next year 26 466 were delivered and a new 40 acre Detroit plant site was acquired to support expansion.
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Saxon Motor Car Corporation
H. W. Ford
Detroit
Mich
Overland 1917 Output Seen at About 206000 Cars
Willys Overland reports 1917 output likely to reach 206 750 cars with a value near 175 million for the main contract. Canadian and export deals bring the total to about 220 000 cars worth 187 million. The firm has shipped 600 000 cars since starting production, with roughly 360 000 in operation and annual profits from parts and maintenance around 1 million. Montana National Guard may be federalized to reinforce Panama and Hawaii garrisons, replacing regulars already ordered elsewhere.
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Willys-Overland
Toledo
Overland
Helena
Panama Canal
Hawaii
National Guard of
Montana
Panama
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Straus Realty Company
Oregon & California Railroad CO
United States
Grant Lands Locating Co
Portland
Orexon
A L. Gescheinna
Hereford Bulls
Brady
Hal B. Ives
Brown & Carney
Great Falls Horse Exchange
Second South
America
Byrd & Hetland, Jollet
Washington City
Pratt Sales Agency
First National Bank
Hood Employment Agency
Second Street
South
Great_ Falls
Butte College Telegraphy
Lewisohn Klock
Butte
Chas. M. Russell
L Pictures
Montana Printing Company
Montana Piano Co
Butte. Mont
Tout & McCarthy
Atal Linex
Lewis & Walker
Wyoming
Montana Automobile School
South Main
Byron Deforest
Great Falia
Hrarry & Burlingame
Wash
D. C
Helena, Mont
Pioneer Miller Sells
Challenge Agency
Milwaukee
Studebaker
Automobile Warehouse and Service CO. of
Vello Garage
First Avenue North
Fourth Streeet
Vellé
Smelter HI
Continental Motor
First Avenue
Fourth Street
BIG Lexington Motor CO
Great ‘Falls
State Dist
Great Falls, Mont
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