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Newspaper
Baker Sentinel
Location
Baker, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1917
Page
3
Advertising copy for a southeastern state ranch listing 1 920 acres priced at six dollars per acre with 3000 cash and ten annual payments at six percent. Includes 4490 acres of stock land with tillable and grazing, water, priced five dollars per acre from Western Land Co.
Sell this money making rooming house near the depot at 7 Third St Great Falls Montana. Rent only 125 dollars a month with an eight year lease and a swap if sold at once. Send for particulars and GO people.
Patterns listed for girls and women from 1916 to 1943 include dresses, gowns, robes, an apron, a corset cover and drawers, and a two pattern set. Sizes range from toddlers to adults with yardage and fabric width specifications, prices at 10 cents, and order details for the Montana Newspaper Association in Great Falls.
Scott Leavitt, supervisor of Jefferson National Forest in Great Falls, argues good roads pay. He calls for a definite plan of construction and finance, trunk and secondary routes, surveys, cost estimates, and a budget to direct funds to main projects and maintain roads, with measurable financial benefits.
An old advertisement promotes Poslam for skin ailments including eczema and pimples with claims of fast healing after a single night use. It urges a free sample from Emergency Laboratories and notes Poslam Soap benefits for daily toilet and bath.
The state board met after a heated session at the Capitol as dealers and supporters attacked Secretary Dean over a long ago land deal. Debates centered on shipper duties for old apple products and fumigation rules amid claims of bias and a newspaper story about Dean.
At the Washington conference the A A A and the Interior Department spotlighted parks as magnets drawing Americans to explore the country. The Good Roads Board urged connecting western park roads to form a Park to Park highway with advocates including Gus Helms of Cody Wyoming.
Bids were received on 163 tracts offered for sale at Crow Agency government offices. There were 230 bidders representing. The total offered acreage was 20,038.69 acres. Indira and Sanmdi Seba were noted among the inheritors.
The Great Northern building in St Paul tops a real skyscraper housing Hill interests offices and First National Bank. On its roof is a private bungalow built by the late James J Hill, now used by Louis W Hill as a retreat and entertaining space. Lunch for visitors is served from the thirteenth floor restaurant on a cafeteria plan.
The Railway Age Gazette ranks Montana first among states for new railroad construction, citing 99.36 miles but noting official figures show 41.3 miles less completed within Montana. It lists errors in distances from Lambert to Richey andMisestimated sections such as Lewistown to the western Great Northern cut off. The longest continuous line cited is 88 miles on the Charleston Southern Seaboard Air Line, followed by 66.7 miles from Great Falls to Agawam.
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