Baker Banks Report Strong Finances at Annual Meetings
Three Baker area banks reported sound financial health as they held annual meetings. Directors elected included R F Morris and David Bickle among others, with officers chosen to lead in the coming year. All banks maintain substantial reserves and credit confidence remains high in the community.
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Mortana
Baker and Vicinity
Baker State Bank
R. F. Morris
Baker
Mont
David Bickle
Ismay
F. R. Savage
Miles City
William Fulton
A G. Vincelette
E. A Mulkey
R. F. Smith
C H
Fallon
Baker Business
Sorever
O Christopher
Butter Boon, Wheat Woe: Farmer Says Cut Wheat, Raise Butter
In a valley town, a creamery president argues for guiding production by demand. He urges less wheat, more butter, noting butter shortages and surplus wheat while farmers rush to grow wheat and neglect dairy. He criticizes fruit growers and distant eastern wheat farmers reliant on government aid.
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Littl
Baker Commercial Club Elects Officers for 1924
The Baker Commercial Club elected officers with about 50 members attending. Larry Burns became president and the group supported the Coulter bill offering a 50 million dollar loan for Northwest agricultural relief.
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Baker Commercial Club
Commercial Club
Congress
Coulter
Minnesota
Dakotas
Montana
Washington
Larry Burns
Baker
Paul E
No Vacation for the Year Round Worker
A speaker denounces agribusiness and factory work as profit chasing with little effort. He insists on year round labor for national riches, laments 10 years without vacation except a brief trip to see his dying father, and rejects two weeks off to rest the human machinery.
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California
Legion Boys Open Basketball Season Versus Tigers
Local Legion Post forms a basketball team ready to challenge section rivals. The first game is set for Saturday evening January 19 at Community Hall against the shame Tigers. Team members listed include Foster Roberts Thomas Daugherty Swift Holmes Wally Robinson Lloyd Owens Leon Plath and Jesse Gries.
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Legion Post
Shame Tigers
Tigers
Legion
Foster Roberts
Thos. Daugherty
Swift” Holmes
Wally Robinson
Lloyd Owens
Leon
Eastern Men Express Confidence in Prosperous Baker County
Local investors note rising interest as gas wells multiply in Baker and surrounding areas. A Baker property owner declines to price land, saying they have great confidence in the ultimate prosperity of the country, signaling faith in future growth and opportunities for investors.
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Baker
Baker Carbon Black Company Plans New Processing Plant
The Baker Carbon Black Company announces plans to acquire a new processing plant from an eastern firm. The upgrade would raise output eightfold, aiming at 20 000 pounds daily with export volumes potentially rising, signaling strong local development prospects for Baker's resources.
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Baker Carbon Black Company
Gettng
Baker Carbon Black Company, Inc
Baker Company
Baker
Baker Field
Oil Business Takes Turn for Better
The oil industry shows improvement as national production declines to levels last seen in April. Declining flash pools in California and Texas reduce market threats while rising domestic demand for crude grows, aided by safer home oil burners.
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California
Texas
Calumet Woman seeks care for creameries by Nurse Coons
Mrs Wm Holmes of Calumet requests Nurse Coons look after her other two creameries while she recovers. She asserts the arrangement is good recreation and sufficient care.
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Wm. Holmes
Calumet
Oil Fuel Promises Vast Market for Refiners
In this field consumption is highly noticeable and many refiners foresee a large untapped market. The idea gains popularity since oil is widely regarded as an ideal fuel.
From kerosene burner to world oil empire
The passage notes that the oil business began with a humble kerosene burner in homes and suggests domestic fuel may become a mainstay of the petroleum industry, extending to the globe. It reflects on how a simple home device helped spark a vast industry.
Discovery at Johns Hopkins on Coal Powder Reduction
Announcement reports D Christie at Johns Hopkins University developing a method that converts coal ground to particles two one-thousandths of an inch in diameter. The process claims to reduce two tons of coal to negligible cost per ton, promising significant efficiency gains for chemists and engineers.
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D. Christie
John Hopkins Univeristy
Baker High teams defeated at Marmarth
Baker High School boys and girls traveled to Marmarth to face the local railroad town teams. The Baker girls lost 2 to 4 and the boys 8 to 17, with both squads outclassed and unable to gain any headway.
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Baker High School
Marmarth
Baker Girls
Bakers High boys shine at Bozeman Vocational Conference
The Baker High School delegation at the Boys Vocational Conference in Bozeman features Chester Biffle Bennett Owen Leonard Brewer John Rushley and John Mains as the group competes this week.
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Baker High School
Bozeman
Chester Biffle
Bennett Owen
Leonard Brewer
John Rushley
John Mains
Zinc Production Share Highlighted in Silver Bow County
One fifth of the nation’s total zinc output is reported to come from Silver Bow County, underscoring the region’s prominence in primary metal mining and industrial activity.
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Silver Bow County
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Aote
Emerson
Direcors
PFV Smith
FR Savage
Rob Morris
R Lloyd Smith
First National Bank
R. S. Johnson
L. Price
H Shreve
Comstock
W. Brant
W W. Brant
Thos Forde
Sunu
STATI
Legion Boys
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