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Newspaper
Baker Sentinel
Location
Baker, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1917
Page
4
Property listing near Lewistown and Great Falls mentions per acre pricing and easy terms. Includes railroad and land grants notes with U S act references and a Portland box address for inquiries. Grant Hams and W. B. Flow are listed in connection with land offers and response instructions.
At the United Farmers of Alberta convention in Edmonton strong rural influence is shown as Alberta and Saskatchewan farmers push for tariff cuts with Britain, reciprocity with the United States, direct taxation on land value gains, graduated income and inheritance taxes, proportional representation, public campaign funding, direct legislation, civil service exams, and nationalization of railways telegraphs and express services.
The General Roofing Manufacturing Company is reorganized as Certain-teed Products Corporation with headquarters in St. Louis. It has acquired Mound City Paint and Color Co Gregg Varnish Co and Lockport Paper Co mill at Niagara Falls.
A wide array of dispatches notes mining in Santiago harbor, Belgian execution of youth, Irish freedom activists urging peace, and German mobilization of trade unions. US reports include a papercourt inquiry, L W W in North Dakota, and a naval cadet exam slate as well as wartime fiscal projections and coast patrol ideas.
An editorial summary outlines the National Parks highway proposed route across the upper plains, through Wisconsin Minnesota North Dakota Montana and into Washington. It highlights scenic passes along lakes and rivers and mentions towns and landmarks from Chicago to Seattle and the Yellowstone and Mount Rainier regions.
The Hanson Packing company of Butte offers $100 for the best suggestion for a Montana cured ham name and $100 for the best name for Montana cured bacon. Readers are urged to view the company's notice elsewhere in this paper.
Effort to build a new equity road on the west side of Whitefish Lake proceeds as landowners are approached about a right of way. If approved the route would link with a county road planned this summer along the east shore, creating a drive around the lake with access to scenic areas.
The Washington The Philippine National Bank has been designated as correspondent of the Reserve Bank of San Francisco to extend American trade and secure the dollar as the standard of international exchange.
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